Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-12

is the method we choose to reduce our
stock Simon & Mosenfelder-
The Independent Voting club Of the
First and Second wards will hold
social and dance at Stodd's hall Sat
urday evening, Jan. IA. George
Stroehle, prompter.
$3.50 corduroy pants s1.67; our
$3.50 assimere pants $1-95; our ~
pants now only $3.50 These are
sample of prices Simon & Mosenfelder
are making. Great stock reducing
sale.
w. j. Price, formerly connected
with the Hammond Packing COM
pany in this CITY, has been made man
ager of the Tri-City Packing company
in Davenport.
Our overcoats had all been cut the
day after Christmas. We now make
a greater sacrifice by giving 10 per
cent off from reduced prices. Simon
& Mosenfelder's big stock reducing
sale.
Charles Hansgen & Son will add
coal to their flour and feed business,
223 Twentieth street, commencing
Monday next. They will be pleased
to have some of their old customers
give them an order. Phone 4473.
We are through invoicing and have
now inaugurated big stock reducing
sale. We promise saving from 10 to
% per cent on all heavy winter gar
ments bought at our store. Simon IL
Mosenfelder.
The Hill Bitters company, of Rock
81 LODI vii al Of
ton in the circuit clerks office. The
capital stock is $500. The stock
holders are Myer A. Loeb, Louis Loeb,
Fred r Loeb, John W. Schawack and
4. f. Steitz.
The Tri-City Baptist Young Peo-
pies union had a meeting at Calvary
Baptist church. Davenport, Tuesday
night. G. G. Taylor. of this city, the
vice president of the union, was chair
man. An entertaining program was
given, after which refreshments were
served.
II 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
any other brand of Rock Island soap.
The wrappers from any brand are val
liable for premiums. We make all
grades of soap, but Anti-Washboar
is the best.
Hall Adali. the "sultan's lion" who
is to meet Farmer" Burns and
Rooney, the giant gripman, at Tat
tersall's on Jan. %, arrived in Chica-
90 today. Adali has undertaken a
hard task in his coming match. Ac-
cOrding to the articles of agreement
he is to throw Farmer" Burns and
Gripman Rooney twice each in 80
minutes, and failing to do so will lose
the contest, which will also mean the
long end of the money. The purse is
81 900.
States Attorney Searle has received
to secure from the cor
porations of Rock Island and Moline a
with n law requiring them
to report to the state authorities
whether they are associated with 4
trust or combine and to enclose a
dollar with their report to pay post
age, etc. Most of the corporations
have paid no attention to the law, es-
pecialiy the part regarding the remit
tance. and are liable to a fine of 800 a
day since Oct. l, 1897, or something
like S23, 900 apiece.
As result of n court martial held
ut Rockford Nov. 20 w. L. Church,
commander of the Illinois division.
Sons of Veterans. has issued an order |
finding Carlisle Il. Clarke, of Rock |
ford, late commander of the Illinois |
division, guilty of disobedience of the |
and laws of the order !
and conduct unbecoming a member. |
fixing the sentence at dismissal from |
the Sons of Veterans. The finding |
was approved by the commander-in- |
chief and has caused something of |
sensation in Rockford. Col. Clarke hav-
ing occupied such n prominent station |
in the organization. Col. Clarke is |
well known here in consequence of |
his visits to John Morris camp, Sons |
Of Veterans.
Mayor Hale. of Monmouth, recently |
assaulted j. NJ. Porter, reporter on |!
the Daily Review OF that city, because |
the latter declined to retract certain |
he had made in his paper |
the mayors conduct as to |
public matters. After the objection
a BILE reference had appeared, his honor
in true autocratic style summoned the |
before him and demanded n |
rctraetion. The request was politely |
declined. whereuPon the dignitied mu-
nicipal executive became Infatuated. |
made wild gesticulations and finally |
laid violent hands upon the scribe.
While the reporter was neither in
iured nor terrorized by the ordeal. the |
MAYOR has been made to answer to |
the law. nevertheless. and will be
obliged to stand trial for his trans
preston.