Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-21

Cabe's this week. They are from our
big Doherty & Wadsworth and Sterl-
purchases, and are worth fully % to
so per cent more than our prices.
w. E. Copp. OF this city. and Frank
Gandient, of Davenport, have bought
| the business of the Roche Tea comPa
nv On Third avenue and will move it
| to Second avenue in the building now
occupied by the Western Union Tele-
graph company. which is to locate in
the Harper house block.
| Charles Davis. secretary of the
Rock Island Retail Clerks union, is in
receipt of the organization charter,
which Is mum bered 81, from the
headquarters of the national associa-
ton at Danver. The Rock Island
clerks are to hold a public meeting at
the Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium next Mon
day evening.
The work of constructing the Ter
| minal track to cross the Burlington s
spur on First avenue. west of West
Seventeenth street, begun yesterday,
was completed this morning. AS
|
allows the Terminal to enter upon its
till from the west about 40 feet west
of West Seventeenth street.
Mrs. S. A. Kerns, assisted by Mrs.
Cable and Mrs. Samuel Edwards. Will
entertain the Ladies' Guild of the
Central Pres bvterian church at her
home, S02 Second avenue. Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock. Coffee will be
served and an admission of 10 cents
will be charged. The ladies of the
church and their friends are cordially
invited to be present.
A buggy and a wagon collided on
Ninth street in South Rock Island
last night. Both were damaged. The
occupants of both vehicles held a
meeting to decide who was to blame
for the accident. 1t was decided
that the driver of the north-going
rig was on the wrong side OF the
street, and 4 compromise was effected
by the payment of so cents to the
owner of the other vehicle.
Those interested in art and all who
have an eye for the beautiful have
found much to admire at Kingsbury's
art store the past few days. On dis
play there is a collection of the ia
nous Copley prints which are said to
be most faithful reproductions of the
work of the old as well as the modern
masters. The assortment includes not
only copies of the Madonna that have
the stamp of approval of the art crit
les, but the much-praised Man With
the Hoe The Cleaners and dOz-
ems of others for the originals of
which fortunes have been spent. In
addition to these are marines, pas
torals portraits, and copies of lesser
works, of art that 90 far toward max
ing it striking exhibit and we'll worth
visit to see.
Aid. G. f. Willis is circulating a
petition among the property holders
on Seventeenth street. asking for the
carrying on of the pavement of that
thoroughfare from Ninth to Eight
zenith avenue-the city limits. Un-
der the present law, owners of a ma
jority of the frontage must sign for
the Improvement, and nearly the
requisite number of feet are already
represented on the petition, not in
the city's property, Longview
park, on the west side of the street.
The purpose is to dispose of the pre-
liminaries during the winter so that
the paving can be gone ahead with
the first thing in the spring. Seven
teenth street is one of the principal |
of the city, and the i'm
provement proposed will doubtless
meet with general favor. as it will in
sure another paved inlet to the city, |
and greatly enhance the value of prop |
erty toward the south limits