Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-16

date for the city cleckship nomina-
ton.
Mrs. Lockhart, Mrs. Davenport and
Mrs. H. +. Joseph, the judges on in
ldustrial fair needlework. have
awarded the prize to Mrs. Olson, 43l
Eighth street.
| Clinton and return anv time during
the season of 1899 for the return TO
us of 80 Anti-Washboard soap wrap
pers. Begin to save them now. War
mock & RalstOn.
Make every purchase count. A
purchase of Rock Island soap of any
brand counts three times: Once for
good work, once for premiums and
| once for the good of our town.
The Milwaukee car. containing bag
gage and mail, is still in quarantine
at the Twentieth street depot. Moth
ing further has been heard from the
smallpox victim, Phil Stombs.
can place money in amounts of
800, $500, $500, $500, 81 900 and up
in an investment that will pay to 8
per cent. Apply to +. j. Burns,
room II, Mitchell * Lynde building.
The ladies who are endeavoring to
raise funds with which to pay for the
installation OF heating plant in St.
St. Patrick 5 dance at Industrial hall
he ) cents.
From MAY II to II. the c., r. /. e
p. will sell round trip tickets to San
Francisco at a rate of one fare. Tickets
good to return up to July Is. For in
formation regarding rates, through
car service, stopovers, ETC., apply to
c., II. |. IL p. ticket office.
Jesse y. Frean, for the past year
a clerk i'll the Petersen department
store ut Davenport, was arrested yes
terday for systematic stealing from
his employers, goods taken from the
stock valued at $50 having been
found in his room by the police.
The body of Henry Havil, the man
who broke through the ice near Port
Byron the other day while driving over
the ice with a load of coal, has not yet
been recovered. 1t is thought now
that the ice has gone out it will be
found in few days.
Harry Harris is at the Moline Ath-
letic club rooms training for fight in
which he participates in Chicago
Friday night. He will return Mon
day and continue his training for go
to be pulled off in Davenport about
April u. He is n twin brother of the
noted Jimmy Harris.
The Moline republicans made the
following aldermanic nominations
last night: First ward, Gus Ed: Sec
Ond. Charles V. Johnson: Third,
Frank A. Herbst Fourth, c. II. Perrin:
Fifth, a. III. Marselus: Sixth, +. l..
DOrman; Seventh, DR.. G. +. White
side. The delegates are for DIR. p. II.
Vessel for mayor.
The Illinois conference of the Au-
rustana synod at Rockford elected
Prof. A. .. Bersell of Rock Island,
and j. Il. Oakleaf. of Moline, lay dele
gates to the general assembly of
synOds to he held at St. Paul in June.
As members of the executive commit
tee of the synod G.. w. Foss and A. G..
of Rock Island, were elected.
Henry Myers, a former resident of
Rock Island, is diving at Wakeency,
Kas., according to a telegram received
Yesterday by Mrs. Julia Schreiner.
upon whose farm Myers has been liv-
inG for the past few years. The mes
sage asked that the dying mans wife
he notified. The police, upon investi- |
CATION, ascertained that Mrs. Myers, |
shortly after her husband went west, |
left Rock Island herself, stating that
she intended to return to her native |
home in Germany. Myers and one
Harry Evans were catching" it on
I he Wakecuey farm