Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-06

David Halves. and was held to the
grand jury in 5000 bonds. He furn-
ished bail.
In addition to their special clothing
| sale NJ. & X. will give an extra special
for the benefit of workingmen. Thurs
day is the day. Keep an eve on to-
morrow issue of The ARGUS
Every working man should sub
scribe for a Rock Island daily paper.
The saving in the special sale of
working clothes which NJ. & X. an
nounce for Thursday will more than
pay years subscription.
The friends of Paul F. Gerlich are
glad to see him around again after
his confinement at st. Anthony's hos
pital, where he underwent an opera
ton at the hands of Drs. G. c. Carter
and c. Bernhardi for the removal of
tumor.
G. a. Spencer is first on deck with
calenders for 1899. The design is 4
beauty and is presented with the COM
pliments of the Stearns bicycle max
ers of yellow Fellow fame, for
which Mr.. Spencer has the agency in
Rock Island.
The young ladies of the Twentieth
street German Lutheran church will
give a sale of fancy articles, suitable
for Christmas gifts, Wednesday after
noon and evening. Dec. z, in the
basement of the church. Coffee and
cake will be served.
Were it not for NJ. & X. where
would yon get these special price ben
efits? NJ. Il X. are always first in the
field. For Thursday they will have
an extra special, for the special bene-
fit of all workingmen. Won't other
dealers please copy?
The Rock Island Ministerial associ-
alton held its monthly meeting at
the Y. NJ. G.. A. Yesterday. HudsOn's
Psychic Phenomena" was discussed
by Rev. &. +. Taylor, after which
there was an informal talk on tenn
perance work in the local field.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur NJ. Rough, of
500 Thirtieth street, left yesterday
for Iowa City in response to a tele-
gram saying Mrs. Kough's mother,
Mrs. Sharp, had died in Mercy hospi-
tai there. The funeral occurred to-
day at Brooklyn, where the deceased
resided.
The committee having in charge the
disposition of the obligations con-
tracted in connection with the Wood
men removal. gathered in the out
standing subscriptions yesterday,
liquidated all bills and wound up
matters that had been pending before
the committee.
Leo Vermere attended the nationa
convention of BARRIERS at Memphis.
Here is what the Barber's Journal
says of him: Brother Vermere was
by large odds the ladies man. of the
convention, and no one tried to dis
pute his claim to the title which was
voted him unanimously
Messrs. Klaw and Erlanger and b.
ID. Stevens are the authority for the
statement that the production of
Sousa's new comic opera, The Bride
Elect" which comes to the Burtis to-
morrow night, represents a larger cash
outlay than has been given any SINH
lar work yet presented in this coun-
try.
The ladies Of Emanuel Baptist
church, on Forty-fourth street, will
hold a fair and festival Thursday
afternoon and evening, where nu-
merous articles, both ornamental and
useful, will be offered for sale. A
supper will also be served for % cents.
Come one and all and help the good
cause along.
An exciting contest is looked for at
the Y. NJ. c. A. tonight, when the
local basket ball team meets the Will
ton. Iowa, giants. Harry Terry will
hold down center and captain the
Rock Island boys, the other players
being Wilcher IF. Riddel If. Baker re-,
and Hubbard Il. The game will be
called at $50.