Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-18
TOWN TALK.

monthly session tonight.
All talking machine records So cent.
each at Totten's music house.
Where is the best place to ge,
Christmas presents Spencer's.
The famous Henty books for boys
25 cents while they last, at McCabe's.
Save your eyes. Consult DIR. La
Grange at Bleuer's jewelry store all
| this week.
A car on the Elm street line left the
| track last night at Seventh.avenuea and
Twentytifth street. The damage
vas nominal.
Silver plated knives, forks and
spoons, carving sets, pocket cutlery
and scissors and shears, first quality,
at j. w. Stewards.
Thomas L. REGISTER, of Rock ISL
and, has obtained two valuable pat
ents for improvements in automatic
check rover wire machines.
A meeting of the Sheridan club is
to be held at s o'clock tonight at its
rooms in Mitchell & Lynde block. All
members are requested to attend.
A. c. Atkinson, attorney for the
government in the Hennepiu canal
light of way proceedings. delivered
an address at the gospel service at
the Y. NJ. c. A. yesterday afternoon.
Each day. every day, McCabe's
quote some special prices so low as to
be absolutely Incompatible with other
merchandise either in their own store
or elsewhere. Watch the local columns
of the daily papers.
A bicycle and it's rider going at
lively rate of speed on Fourth avenue
and Ninth street last night collided
damage is reported, but the bicyclist
is said to have had narrow escape.
The regular monthly meeting of
the w. G. T. q. will be held Tuesd ~
at 2:3O p. NJ. at the Y. M. G. A. chapel.
The subject is the Army Canteen,
and a special program has been pre-
pared. All interested in the work are
invited to be present.
Minnie Nikelson, through her attor-
neys. Searle & Marshall, has COM
menced suit for divorce in the circuit
court, charging that her husband,
John p. Nikelson, deserted her in 1897
She al.o asks the court to award her
the custody of her child.
Christmas goods went lively at
Walkers sale Saturday. Manicure
sets cuff and collar boxes, toilet sets,
glove boxes, were sold at about one
half, some less. Better go early in
the week if you would secure some of
those rare bargains.
Tri-City Bid store is the place 20
buy good singing canaries, hooking
birds, red birds and singing birds of
all kinds Just the thing for Christ
mas gift. Also monkeys and pet ami
mails at a reasonable price. 3I9
Brady street, Davenport Iowa.
The choir OF the Broadway church
a. SISTED in the musical program rem
dered in connection with the dedica-
catory exercises at the new First
church in Davenport
Miss Lillian A. Hill contributed
a contralto solo, % Thou
that Tellest, D." from The Messiah. The
number was rendered in an artis-
tic and finished manner, displaying
with beautiful effect rare quality of
voice.
A report was published in the tri- |
city papers recently to the effect that |
the Tri-City Musicians union had
made certain notable departures in |
the requirements as to the members |
Of the union not being permitted to |
accept engagements outside their re-
spective cities, and fixing the minimum
number of musicians that should be |
necessary in all engagements. THE
ARGUS is informed that no such limi-
tations as are spoken of have been
imposed by the musicians union.
Mem bers may play for entertainments
n any of the three cities, and one,
Two or more may accept engagements.