Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-07-26
TOWN TALK.

''HNNS Si'Nh o"o' ~ Dois biSo
Tan and brown SHOES at the S. Il. Il
s.. Davenport.
The big saengerfest at Davenport
opens Thursday.
Hear Ed Seaman's fine tenor solos
and Palmer Walkers rich soprano
solos at the Tower tonight. Fra Dia-
volo."
Charles A. Lithgow. of Los Angeles,
Cal, succeeds I. A. Bryant as man.
ager of the Postal Telegraph COM
pany's Davenport office.
The ladies of Trinity mission are to
give lawn sociable on the chapel
grounds Eighth street and Fourth
avenue Wednesday night.
Do not miss seeing our s. and Sc
ladies' shoes that go at this grand
sale for s. and $3.50 per pair. S. b.
& S. Shoe Co., Davenport.
Yardmaster Hardy Hetter. of the
Burlington, is suffering from a severe
cash in his left hand, received while
making a coupling Sunday.
All the timers are not gone to the
arsenal. II. T. Siemon has shop
full of them. and is prepared to do
all kinds of tin, cornice and furnace
work on short notice. 1916 Third
avenue.
The Marie Bell Opera company gave
another excellent performance of Fra
Diavolo' at the Watch Tower theatre
last evening before an appreciative au-
dience. This pretty and popular
opera will be repeated tonight, and to-
morrow evening ''Olivette" will be
sung.
Rock Island and Davenport chapters.
Order of Eastern Star, will give their
annual moonlight excursion Tuesday
evening. Aug. ,. A limited number
of tickets will be sold by members at
% cents each. and are sold on recon-
mendation only, which will assure all
their friends pleasant evening.
Good music. Dancing on the barge
and refreshments served on board.
| Robbie Connolly, the 14-year-old
lad in iured in the arsenal shops the
other day, is now at Mercy hospital,
Davenport, where he will receive the
constant attention of the best medical
skill. His injury is a serious one and
very painful, and is likely to result in
a permanent injury unless great care
is exercised.
Get up a box party for the opera at
the Tower. Boxes hold six people.
Box seats 80 cents each or book cou
pons good for box seats. Books on
sale at box Office during engagement
Six seats in each book ut r.. 80. "Oli.
vette" Thursday, Friday and Sat.
urday. Matinces Friday and Sunday
Boxes can be reserved.
The annual picnic of the United
Presbyterian church Sunday schoo
will be held Thursday of this week al
Manhattan beach. The. boat will
leave Seventeenth street at 10 o'clock
An invitation is extended to friend.
Is well as members of the church to
| join in the outing. Tickets NAV bt
obtained at the boat at % cents fol
adults. and - cents for children moi
members Of the school.
Mr.. and Mrs. ii. ID. Blakemore' :,
little daughter Ruth got hold of q
bottle of cough medicine containing
morphine Yesterday, and took 5,
much of it that it made he
ill. Drs. Bradford and Chas.
were called to minister to tn,
child, but they found that her ctndi
ton at no time had been 'really dan
; gerous, the dose that she took only be
ing strong enough to produce drowsi
ness. which naturally greatly alarmed
the parents.
Fifty years ago today Capt. d. p
McKown landed in Davenport with
boat load of pine lumber from Gin
cinnati. He spent his first nigh
sleeping in Il 9-story building, whicl
was in process of erection for milin!
purposes, and standing where is nov
located George Whites buggy work
on First avenue near Twentieth street
He settled in Davenport, and ha
lived there the entire time with tn
exception of the II years spent il
Rock Island, when he served as as
, sistant postmaster.