Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-17
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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.
Clemann & Salzmann Just received
la car load of iron and brass beds that
will still be. sold at the old price. as
long as they last. Now is your
chance to buy, as the prices are go
ing up.
When lady is going to clean house
she makes a bee line for Sutcliffe s.
Why? Because she knows he has
the stock to select from, and sells it
much cheaper than any other wall
payer decler in the city.
The Moline city council has decided
that hereafter tramps and offenders
against the city statuts who are put
in Jail to serve out fines will be COM
PEELED to work out their penalties at
the rate of so cents per day.
To parties having money to invest
800, $3.50, 5000, $3.50, $500 to $500
and up-can place same in an invest
ment absolutely secured and paying z
per cent. Apply to f. j. Burns, room
II, Mitchell & Lynde building.
Frank Russell, for years a familiar
character about Rock Island livery
barns, dropped out of town some time
ago. 1t now comes from an authorita-
tive source that Frank has returned
to his old love-the tented arena.
Get a Stearns ball-bearing lawn
mower at Spencer's. Take it any
where, compare it with any other
make, and il it don't dc better work,
and run easier than any other, bring
it back and get your money. SPen-
GER.
A team attached to Schmacht's ice
wagon ran away on Seventh street
this morning. The wagon was de-
molished. The horses continued east
at break-neck speed until Fifteenth
street and Fourth avenue was reached.
Here they collided with a pole, one of
them being seriously injured.
Sam Burgart got his left hand
caught in a stamping machine at
Rock Island arsenal today. Four fin
gers were severely lacerated. His in
iuries were dressed at the Rock Island
sanitarium, after which he was taken
to St. Anthony's hospital. 1t may
not be necessary to amputate the fin
fers. Mr.. Burgart year ago suf-
fered a similar accident to his right
hand.
Four of the new open cars for the
Tri-City Railway company arrived
from the Pullman works this morning
and are being unloaded in Davenport.
As soon as they are mounted on
trucks they will be placed in the ser
vice. Six more will arrive tomorrow.
The cars are built according to the
same specifications as the cars now
running on the Tri-City lines.
Prof. Huffey writes that he is ieav-
ing the Lick observatory with the
choicest views that the observatory
affords. with which to illustrate his
stereopticon lecture next Friday
night The lecture will be given in
the Y NJ. c. A. auditorium. the ad-
vance sale of tickets proving too great
for the High school assembly. Re-
served seats can be secured for 10
cents at the Y. Nj. c. A. Friday.
The passenger department of the
Northern Pacific road has published
its annual edition of Wonderland, an
artistically designed and illustrated
glimpse into the heretofore not extern
sively explored by the ordinary trav-
eler at least. The northwest is large
and varied country and welcomes all
to test it's resources and possibilities.
The tourist and traveller may also,
perhaps, find in these pages some
facts and knowledge relative to scenic
beauty and heal h in this grand re-
gion heretofore unknown TO him. The
publication is of value in the home
and to school teachers and scholars,
and is mailed in special envelopes to
any address upon receipt of cents in
stamps or otherwise by Charles S. Fee,
reneral Dassenper and ticket AGENT