Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-26
TOWN TOPICS.

IOWN uOPlCSs
Police Judge ]. T. Stafford il visit
ing at Morgan Park. Ill.
Miss Jones' dancing school for
adults ut Standard club rooms &c.
night.
The McCaskrin boys give another
opsn air performance in Moline TO-
night
Do not neglect to pay personal
taxes. The books close Monday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Henderson and
children have gone to Chicago to
visit over Sunday.
Edmund r. Popham, of Maryville,
No., and Miss Rosa l.. Wiggid,. OF
Hillsda!e. we're married last Wednes.
day by Rev. E. w. Thompson. oil
Port Byron.
Ex-Mayor William McCon ochie de.
parts for Alpha, Okla. tonight. He
has the contract for the stone and
brick work of . normal school there
for which John Volk & Co. have the
general contract.
Permit me to extend q cordial in.
vitation to visit our fine millinery
ablishment-many Rock Island
ladies think big bly, Of it. and call on
rs every season. Ottesen, 222 West
Second street. Davenport.
Iiyou we're offered two glasses Of
water. one clear and pure. the Other
thick and muddy. which would yog
take? The first you can get from 9
Crystal filter, the other from any
faucet furnishing city water. Davit
company will supply the filter, the
city will furnish the other.
Sutton played q remarkable game
OF cushion caroms at Green's acad.
envy. Chicago, yesterday, in Q game
Of 40 points. defeating his opponent,
Spinks, ~ points. Ives attempted
to play Cation leo to IS at balk line
and managed to get I2l. Shaeiel
played remarkable three-cushions
and won his ball. line game from Gal.
laghsr. Ives in practice made o per.
feet run Of 26l.
A dispatch from Long Branch, N.
j., telling Of the contest for the Low.
Ing cup In the & md American hand.
leap shoot, which was won BY Full.
ford, says: IT. r. Latin, Of Rocl
Island. drew . hard bird in the
seventh round. 1t was . screaming
right quarterer, and there was NJ
fault ia the shooters Workmanship
as he hit 1t hard with the second b.r.
rel. bat it dropped dead out Of thu
boundary"
Tie ARGUS received Q dispatch
this morning from f. +. Field, chair
man OF the boatd Of managers OF the
Jenkins Orphansge at Charleston
s. c., stating that President Jcnk.nl
and Z. A. Clsrk, . witness, left their
last evening ct $50 for Rock Island
to be present at the habeas corpu!
proceedings Monday instituted BY
II. A. Weld aud Mrs. w. b. Fergu
son to keep the Alexander childrer
from being returned to the institu
ton.
SET preservation is the first law o
nature. When 0 woman can just o.
easily have her hand soft and whit
40 rough aud red. She owes it {,
herself to make . change in tn
cause. which is generally q liberia
use Of cheap soaps and cheaper WISH
ing powders. Both are injurious T.
tho akin and the clothes. China,
Borated Soap Flakes. used as directed
will preserve the clothes, soften tn
hands, and make work much easier
A we'll made soap shaker with eac
package. At your grocers.
i A telegram from Washington state
that the committee on commerce ha
recommended that $4,000, or q
much thereof rs may be necessary
DO placed at the disposal of the sec
rotary Of war to recompense the cit
OF Moline for the removal or rebuild
.. ing Of her bridge over Rock rive1
The bridge, which was oonstructe
before the river was considered
navigsble stream. has no draw, an
will b IN obstruction to navigstio
! when the Hennepin canal is con
. pleted. As the river IL now rattle
high. the bridge has already been
source of inconveni0nco to the COZ
. miners up the river, and there 10 nc
|, room for boats and barges for CARY
ing coal to pass under the bridge.
TWILL CR1NGE NO MORE