Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-24

his left leg below the knee were tract
| tured- He was conveyed to his home,
716 First avenue, in the ambulance.
and DIR. E. Bradford called TO attend
him.
A meeting will be held by the
Transfers union tomorrow night.
Business OF Importance A. r Henke.
president
See display of collars and cuffs in
east window of the NJ. & X, made of
sun-kissed linen. guaranteed four-ply.
All shapes and sizes
Four Pattee Crest bicycles sold Sat-
urday at Spencer's. s22 is our price.
Remem Der, they are the only Patee
bicycle made in '99.
Call at Adams and see what IS
cents and dollar will buy in ladies'
oxfords. Worth from 81 to 81 pair.
They must go, though.
Let us put our keen edge on your
lawn mower. Work called for. 119
trio Construction company. Phone
1872.
Special home seekers excursion to
Kansas and Nebraska Tuesday. Aug.
l, over the c.. b. & Q. For full par
ticulars call on Hull & Co, room 81,
Mitchell & Lynde building.
Don't forget us on house wiring
and bell work. Fans. All kinds of
electrical repair work done. Phone
4572. 119 Eighteenth street. Rock
Island Electric Construction company.
In write up of the leading Swedish
educational institutions of the country
appears fine likeness of DIR. Olof OILS
son, president of Augustana college.
Do you want to buy ladies' tan IS
shoe for 50? Do you want to buy a
ladies' tan $3.50 shoe for s1.75? Do
you want to buy ladies' tan 81 shoe
for $50? Adams is the only one
Offering such values.
Two commissions fall to the 9th IL
linois in the list of volunteer officers
to 90 to Manila: Capt. Latimer, of
Company ID, is made captain and
Corporal Holt a. Bradford, of Com
pany III, a Monmouth boy, has been
appointed a second lieutenant by Pres
ident Mckinley.
Mrs. Martha Damn, of Cleghorn,
Iowa. who came here to attend the
funeral of Mrs. +. NJ. Sinnet, and
who has been visiting with her grand
son, DIR. II. r. Beal, at WatertoW n,
fell and broke a limb Thursday. Ow-
ing to her advanced age, she being so
years of age. the result of the mishap
is attended by grave fears.
The Weekly Carom, a journal devo-
ted to the interests of billiards, and
published by Clarence Green and Will
liam III. Cation, at Chicago, made its
initial appearance Saturday. 1t is
edited by VIII j. Egan, formerly of
Rock Island, and is bright, breezy,
neat, and its contents
well selected and attractively gotten
up.
So many people nowadays suffer
from nervous prostration. Constantly
the question is asked, Where can l
go for rest, quiet, pure air and good
food?" The place of all others for the
invalid to recuperate is the Black
Hills of South Dakota. Either at Hot
Springs, where the great plunge bath
of crystal water is, or at Sylvan Lake,
q beautiful spot father in the hills.
The pine-perfumed air and the heal
ing waters have the most astonishing
results. Our friend. the c., b. & q.
ticket agent. is well posted about the
hills and invites inquiries.
The placing of retaining wall on
the Davenport levee is destined to
cause considerable trouble to the boats
the next few days. The retaining
wall for the levee fill has been COM
pleted from Perry street past the front
of the Diamond 10 warehouse and
there barely remains room enough
below the warehouse for the boats to
land. The retaining wall forms sort
of reef through which no boat can
pass, so that if the wall was continued
"a little farther west the big Diamond
10 boats could not land. 1t is eX-
pected that by Wednesday the levee
will be filled out to the retaining wall
so that the boats can make their land
ing there