Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-27
The Weather We May Have.
Generally fair tonight and Wednes-
day; decidedly colder tonight.
Today's Temperature 20.
JIM SHERIER Observer.
CITY CHAT.

Hynes for skates.
Pay your water rent.
Leaf Lard st Gilmore's.
For insurance. E. j. Burns.
For real estate, f. j. Burns.
Smoke Kinship, and be happy.
f. b. @ finest beyond question.
We sell real estate-Reidy Bros.
New cure for indigestion-eat at
the Stag club.
Observer Sherier predicts a cold
wave for this evening.
Basket ball tonight at the Y. NJ.
c. A. Don't miss it. Admission 10
cents.
The Twin-City Ice company has re-
duced the wages of its employees II
cents per hour.
Maj. George p. Mcclellan, one of
Davenport's best known citizens, died
this afternoon. aged So.
Tomorrow, the festival of the Holy
1nnocents, there will be services at
Trinity church at 10 a. IN.
The stage of water at the Rock ISL
and bridge at 6 a. m. was 4.25; at ~
IN. it was 4.15. The temperature at
noon was 26.
Davenport is making a determined
effort to secure a suitable appropria-
ton for harbor improvement at the
present session of congress.
The noise of the hammer and saw
resounds through all corners of the
Harper these days. The work of i'm
provement is in full progress.
Choice of our finest children's suits,
including those we sold at SO for
Sc. so; all suits up to 1915 at So and
all s. suits at 1915. NJ. & X.
The Rock Island and Muscatine bas-
ket ball teams meet in game that
promies to be a warm one at the
local associations gymnasium this
evening.
1t is believed in Davenport that
when Bishop Morrison takes hold of
the Episcopal diocese of Iowa that
Eemper hall, Griswold college, will be
ireopened.
The Illinois supreme court has sus-
tanned the will of the late William
Drury, of New Boston, who left
large sum for the establishment of
college in Mercer county.
Chief of Police j. III. Pender was
made the happy recipient of a solid
gold watch case from the members of
his department Christmas. The case
is appropriately inscribed.
All 81 underwear $3.50; al $3.50 |
underwear 80 cents; all 81 underwear |
79 cents; all 80 cent und crwear 50 |
cents; 81 900 if you find goods other
wise than advertised by M. & X.
Jack Leonard, manager of the Tri- |
CITY Athletic club, has advices from
Kid Mccoy stating to certainty that |
he will witness the Barry-Leon match |
at Davenport Thursday evening.
All small lots of 1915 mems suits |
reduced to 1895, and $6.75 for all |
IS. 80 suits, and 81 900 if NJ. & X. fail |
to fulfill a single promise their ads |
call for Could anything be fairer or
more convincing?
Put us to the test. We offer 81 900 |
if we fail to fulfill single promise
our ads call for Read our display
ad-note the reductions in prices for
the last days of this grand old year.
NJ. & X.
Nothing could please NJ. & X. more
than to have other dealers copy their
aus as uSual, ana make the same con-
vincing offer of $1,000 if they fail to
fulfill a single promise or claim their
announcements call for
Hon. William Jackson. n member of |
the board of managers of the institu
ton, today closed contract with the
Lancashire-Marshall Organ company
for 81, 900 organ for the Pontiac re-
formatory. the instrument to be de-
livered in April.
A stranger giving his name as
Henry Anderson was arrested in
Muscatine and brought back to Dav-
export charged with stealing a rig
from Charles Haskins. of Davenport.
Anderson was attempting to sell the
outfit for $45 when arrested.
Peculiarly sad are the circumstances
the death of Robert Rea, a
young farmer living near Dewitt. in
Clinton county, across the river.
last in Davenport, ne and
Miss Maud Carsens, also of Dewitt,
were married. Saturday while en-
gagged in digging well he missed his
footing and fell into the opening and
was killed.
News has been received in this
country that the committee recently