Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-14
CITY CHAT.

Leaf lard at Gilmore's.
Shoe sale. Dolly Bros.
For insurance, +. j. Burns.
Be wise and smoke Kinship.
For real estate, f. J. Burns.
Farms for sale. Reidy Bros
Six per cent loans. Reidy Bros.
Roll butter Is cents a pound at
Longs.
The Mystic Shriners are to nave a
banquet at Davenport Friday night
The internal revenue collections OF
Deputy l.. X. Eihl for last week were
$1,915.35.
Pocahontas Council No. ), /. o. r.
NJ, will give a social dance at Carse' s
hall Wednesday evening. Feb ID.
In future address or call on Frank
lin Williams, piano teacher. at Eber-
harris piano house, 800 twentieth
street.
An Informal meeting of the city
council will be held at Mayor Medill's
Office tonight TO discuss street railway
franchises.
For 4 limited time the Peoples
Power company will sell lump coke at
81 per ton. and crushed coke at 81. 40,
ut the works.
The stage of the water at the Rock
Island bridge at 6 a. III. was 2.35,
and at noon it was 2.4O. The tenn
perature at noon was 20 above.
The prize puzzle printed again to-
night, and if you have not already
done so, try and estimate the dots.
The Argus office will be open tonight
from Z to o'clock.
The Hallelujah club will give n
mask ball at Roche's hall Saturday
evening. Feb. IS. 1899. Gents tickets,
35 cents; ladies ID cents. Two prizes
given away. Union music.
Tickets for the ''Huskin' Bee are
on sale at the drug stores of Marshall
" Fisher, III. Won Koeckritz and Au
gust Heimbeck, and at the Mill store |
and Augustana Book Concern.
Conductor j. l.. Ehmei, of the Bur- |
lington. was overbalanced in a coach |
Sunday night. while his train was
turning a curve, and fell against a seat |
with such force as to fracture one of |
his ribs.
The flower committee of the Y. p. |
S. G.. +. OF Memorial Christian church |
will give concert social at the church |
Thursday evening. Feb. 10. at 8
o'clock. Cut flowers and plants will |
be for sale.
The Flick Il johnson Construction
company has a force of men ut work
today making arrangements to COM
plete the fill for the Terminal COM
pany on the river front between Fiji
teenth and Seventeenth streets.
John T. Burk, who recently pur-
chased Cap. Corcoran's barber bust
ness on Second avenue, has sold out
to William II. LANCE, who has for the
past few years been employed at
Schmidt's barber shop.
A good many estimates have been
received on TIE ARGUS prize puzzle
contest. The contest remains open
two weeks. It's hard to tell the ex-
act number of dots, and you might
get the wheel. Get your ticket and
try it.
1t is just possible that Anti-Wash- ;
board soap may not suit you; don't
condemn home manufactured soaps !
on that account. Try the Imperial or I
any other brand of Rock Island soap. Z;
The wrappers from any brand are I
valuable Tor premiums we make
all grades of soap, but Anti-Wash
board is the best.
The home of Albert Hubner, ut
Clinton, Iowa, was destroyed by fire
at noon today. A 1J-months-old child
was burned 10 death. The mother
had left her children at home while
she took her husbands dinner to
Lambs mill, where he is employed.
One of the young boys in attempting
to put wood in the stove set fire to
the house.
Thursday. Feb. 10, before the Tri-
City Athletic club. at Claus Groths
hall, Davenport. John Root, Tom
sParring partner, and Billy
Stiff. champion middle weight of
Chicago. viii fight 90 rounds to n
decision, for purse OF 81, 900. Tom
my Ryan will positively appear and
challenge the winner for a fight before
the same club in March.
In the last will and testament of
the late Henry Fielder, of Hampton.
the testator leaves an S0-acre farm in
Hampton township for division be-
tween his two daughters, Josepha
Marie Denhart and Veronika Bick.
and bequeathes 800 to his grand