Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-15

full brass band to furnish Sunday
nights concert at Turner hall palm
garden. An excellent program is
promised.
| Nhe Augustana Stars defeated the
second Y. NJ. c. A. team at basketball
last night. The game was played at
the college gymnasium The score
was to o.
Property holders from Seventh to
Tenth avenues on Twenty-third street
are requested to meet street and alley
committee. at mayors Office, Saturday
evening at O'Clock.
DIR. LaGrange's wide experience as
an instructor. as well as a practition-
er in optics, enables him to correct
many cases in which ordinary optic
ians fail. Consultation free at Bleuer' s
Saturday.
| The Ridgeway company is the only
number on last years course that was
recalled this season. Everyone
knows what that indicates. Saturday
evening in Y. M. G. A. course. Tick
cts 30 cents.
The ice is still gorged at the Cres-
cent bridge, with the result that the
floating crystal chunks have congre-
gated in front of the city, filling the
| river nearly from the shore to the
channel.
The Rock Island Fuel company
boys will give their first grand ball at
Turner hall Saturday evening, March
II. Schieberl's orchestra will fur
nish music. Admission, gents, so
cents; ladies free.
A. NJ. Schocker. of sos Third street,
brought his wife, Katie. down from
the Watertown hospital yesterday.
She has been an inmate there for over
a year, but has nearl V recovered, and
is out on a 90-day parole.
The young people of the United
Presbyterian church invite their
friends to ''measuring" social at the
church tomorrow evening. An ele-
CANT lunch will be served to all who
will pay for their exact measure.
The first passenger train since the
washout went to Clinton today over
the D., X. & n. w, leaving here
about IL o'clock. The bridge over
the Wapsie is completed and here
after all trains will be run on time.
Gottlieb Zwicker and Louis Clock
hoff are to EN- bark in the saloon bust
ness in the building on Twentieth
street and Third avenue so long occu-
pied as a grocery by Conrad Schnei-
der. The building is to be remOdeled
aud equipped with handsome fixtures.
Elizabeth b. Gahagen has begun
suit for divorce through her attorney,
NJ. f. Sweeney. She alleges desertion
against her husband. Benjamin j.
Gahagen. to whom she was married
March II, 1897. She asks for the GUS
tody Of her child.
The Ladies' guild and the Y. p. S.
G. +. of the Central Presby terrain
church will give series of Saturday
suppers in the lecture room of the
church for the benefit of the business
people. a substantial supper will be
served next Saturday, beginning at >
o'clock. Charge, Is cents.
Architect & p. Stauduhar is still at
work on the plans for the academy
building the Visitation sisters are to
have erected on Twentieth street,
work on which is to be begun as
early in the spring as possible. 1t is
said it will be handsome structure,
of two stories and basement.
H. w. Ploeger, the Iowa farmer
who was taken IN by the police for
Tuesday. went back to
the station yesterday afternoon with
another load aboard. He was enter
tanned over night, and this morning
borrowed So from one of the officers,
leaving a valuable watch as security,
and took train for home.
Sheriff l.. +. Cralle returned today
from his trip to Springfield and Des
whittier he had gone for a
for Charles Donahoo, who
is charged with implication in the
Rapids City grave robbery. and who,
hearing that the sheriff was after him.
left his studies at Keokuk and came
to Rock Island and surrendered HIM
self to Deputy Sheriff Heider.
Nj. j. Carney and Z. NJ. jackson, of
Chicago, general manager and super
of construction, respective
ly, of the Central Union Telephone
company, accompanied by Robert
Cline, general foreman of construc-
ton, arrived in the city last night |
on company business. Messrs. Car
ney and jackson left for Chicago at
noon today, Mr.. Cline remaining.