Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-27

| DIR. G.. NJ. Babcock has secured Office
room with DIR. J. NJ. Silvis, where ht
will be pleased to see his old patrons
$2.9S for So suits, 80. 90 for 81
suits, 50 for IS suits, 1915 for so
suits, at the NJ. & K, the King cloth.
iers.
| John Kaiser has taken a position
with w. c. Maucker, where he will
be pleased to have a call from his
| friends.
Plenty of ducks to be disposed OF
at Chris Vogle's saloon, corner Sew
enth avenue and Fourth street Sat
urday night.
A civil service examination OF
clerks was recently conducted at the
Rock Island postoffice. Three candi-
dates were examined.
Grand Reformation concert at
Augustana college Monday. Oct. 81.
at 8 O'Clock p. m. Admission % and
30 cents. Procure your tickets early.
Four-ply linen collars cents; cuffs,
Is cents wool mitts, 7.cents ;choice of all
25-cent neckwear, Is cents; chinchilla
REFERS, 1925. at the NJ. q X. King
sale, the King clothiers.
Ladies, clean your kid gloves with
Miller's Glovine. 1t is not liquid,
leaves no odor and can be used while
only at Harper house pharmacy.
Stove Mounter's Union No. IS will
give a dance at Armory hall Friday
evening, Oct. %. A heating stove
will be given to some person who at
tends. Bleuer's union band will fur
nish music.
There is no use talking, when NJ.
& h. announce a special sale you can
put it down as something above the
usual, for they are king of kings when
it comes to clothing, gents furnish
ings or anything in that line.
Schiller lodge No. 1850, Knights of
Honor, will give a sociable at Bese-
Inns hall Saturday evening, Oct. 20.
All members and friends are cordially
invited to attend. Admission, gentle
men. 50 cents; ladies, 10 cents. Sup
per free.
Because the snow was premature
does not absolve people from the duty
of keeping their walks in navigsble
condition. Sidewalk cleaning is al
ways in order when the snow falls,
be that when it may, Fourth of July
or Christmas.
w. j. Good, Western Union line
man. was rendered unconscious by
contact with live wire in Davenport
this morning. He soon recovered.
but it was regarded as close call to
another shocking fatality in that city
from the storms effect.
The b. b. I. society cleared nearly
SIS at its sale held for the purpose of
raising funds for the purchase of
fracture bed at st. Anthony's hospi-
tai. The ladies wish to thank Nc
Cabe Bros, the Peoples Power COM
pany and all others who assisted in
the affair a success.
In view of the fact that so many of
the teachers in the Rock Island schools,
who will be absent from the city to-
are members of the choir of
the First NJ. f. church, the regular
Friday night rehearsal will be post
poned until Saturday evening.
Harry Lyman, lad employed at
the Rock Island Sash and Door works,
had his right hand caught in a ma
chine yesterday, resulting in the loss
of the ring and little fingers. DIR. c.
c. Carter, who attended the boy, also
found it necessary to amputate half of
the middle finger, which with the in
dex finger was badly lacerated.
DR.. Arvid Kohler, assistant sur
geon; Harry C. Hege and Charles
Lindquist, firemen; Robert Souther-
land, George Sophy, Guy Darling,
seamen; Gus b. Monson, coal passer,
and Charles o. Larson, mess attend
ant, are the members of the Moline
Naval Reserves, who are to form a
part of the crew which will bring the
auxiliary gunboat Frolic from the
Atlantic to Lake Michigan, where it
will be used as training ship for the
Illinois tars.
Secretary, Krell of the board of civil
service examiners of the Rock Island
postoffice. has received instructions |
to conduct an examination at the |
postoffice building tomorrow for in
spector of ordnance candidates, for |
which they are to present themselves |
tomorrow morning. This is a some
what unusual proceeding, and the an
of it has created some
surprise, as each department of the |
to which the civil service |
law applies has its own particular ex-
aiming board. and the successful |
conducted tomorrow could not. for |
instance. be recognized at Rock ISL |
and arsenal in any event.