Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-07

Ber. Other prizes will be announced
later. Call at BENEFITS glove store
and find out about it.
The ladies of Trinity church will
| give 1O-cent coffee at the residence
of Mrs De Santo. en- Twenty-third
street, Wednesday afternoon from
3 to 3. All are cordially invited.
Pat Grove, a former Davenporter.
has been arrested in Chicago. charged
with being the promoter and princi-
pal actor in the robbery of the North
western fast mail a miles west OF
IChhicagO.
| Money loaned on personal property
such as household furniture. horses,
wagons. etc. without publicity or
removal. Eastman & Co., 1712}
Second avenue. Office open Monday
Wednesday and Saturday nights.
Chairman H. A. j. Mcdonald. of
the republican city-township com nit
tee, announces that the primaries for
the election of delegates TO the county
convention will occur Friday, Feb. %.
The polls will be open from l to 4
p. IN.
Davenport, Rock Island IL North
western railway homeseeker1' ex-
cursions. Feb. and 20, March
and 20, April and Il. One fare
plus 81 for the round trip. For fur
Their information call on CT write to
w. r. Jaffray, c. L. * P. agent, 1903
Second avenue, Rock Island. Tele-
phone 1040.
The engine pulling the afternoon
passenger train from Clinton on the
D., K. l. & y. W., left the track above
Davenport yesterday. The locomotive
was soon restored to the track and
was able to resume its journey. being
only slightly damaged.
Davenport. Rock Island & North
western railway homeseekers' excur.
sions: Feb. and 20, March and
20, April and II. One fare plus 81
for the round trip. For further in
formation call on or write to w. R.
Jaffray, c. T. & p. agent, 1903 Sec
ond avenue, Rock Island. Telephone
1910.
p. L. Walsh. of Davenport, has been
awarded the contract for the making
of the Improvements proposed by the
Rock Island Il Peoria road in the
neigh borhood of Bishop Hill, which in
clude the laying of considerable new
track and the removal of $50, 900 yards !
of earth.
Davenport, Rock Island Il North |
western railway homeseekers' excur-
sions: Feb. 6 and 20, March and 20, |
April 3 and II. One fare plus 81 for
the round trip. For further informa-
ton call on or write to w. K. Jafrray,
c. I. Il p. agent, 1903 Second avenue,
Rock Island. Telephone 1910.
The w. r. c. is preparing for fair
TO be held in Memorial hall Feb. Is,
10. and Il. Friday evening au en-
will be given by the Syl-
Wan quartet for which a small ad-
mittance fee of IL cents will be
Saturday the ladies Will
serve supper from $50 until s p. III.
Except Friday evening the admit
lance Will be free.
The construction of the Moline
bridge over Rock river goes on very
slowly. The loss of the false work
the movement of the ice, not
lOng ago, gave the work hard set
back and increased the delay How
ever the ice in Rock river in that
is so firm that teams are cross
ng it with loads. apparently in per-
Iect safety, and the work of construc-
ion of the bridge is going on, with a
prospect that it may he completed by
april l.
The Blues and Whites. the basket
ball teams of the Emanon club. met
Yesterday afternoon at the roller
skating rink in the first of series of
games. The Whites were victorious
by score of IL to g. The teams are
made up as follows: Whites-Ger-
rude Don (captain). Mildred Dodge.
Ada Durham. Paula Harms. MYRTLE
Gilmore. Stella Kohn and Stella Mel
,hoir. Blues-Fay Warren (captain),
Josephine Whistler, Marian West.
4uella Stoddard, Nellie Folsom, Amy
Thompson and Alma Holt.
Secretary ID. F. Krell. of the local
government civil service commission,
las received notice from Washington
hat hereafter applicants for the posi-
ions of janitor and firemen at post
offices will not be required to sub
nit TO educational tests or examina-
ions. All that is necessary now is to
pplv for application blanks to the {:
postal department at Washington,
III out and return the same, which
will be kept on file, and the candidates
Will be notified of their appointment =
s vacancies occur, their fitness for
he positions to be judged by exper-
ence and quali6cations.as shown On
heir applications.
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