Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-02
The Weather.
CITY CHAT.

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Clear Havana f. T. d.
For insurance, Z. J. Burns.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Homes for sale. A. Rush & Co.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Grab bag sale. Young & McComb's.
Friday grab sale at Young & Nc
Combs.
If you want good coal telephone
Empire Coal & Coke Co.
Empire Coal & Coke Co., 171s First
avenue, have coal to burn.
Empire Coal & Coke Co., telephone
red, 1890. Mercer county coal.
You can buy grab bags until 0
o'clock Saturday evening. Young &
McComb's.
y diamond ring worth 1925 given
& McCOmbs'.
The Rock Island Savings bank is
today paying its regular semi-annual
dividend of 2h per cent.
Women's Exchange Cook Book with
one can of Bartlett Bros. fifty cent
baking powder Saturday.
Be sure to get plug of Unome to-
bacco. 10 OF. plugs for thirty-three
cents. No. 1904 Second avenue.
Plenty of fresh smelts, white fish,
halibut, trout. mackerel, cod fish, red
snapper and herring at Hess Bros.
tomorrow.
Empire Coal & Coke Co. sells all
kinds of coal. Celebrated Alden coal
from their Mercer county mines is
their leader.
L. y. o. NJ. f. union made plug to-
baccO. 16 OF. plugs for thirty-three
cents plug. \ Good Cigar Store,
No. 1904 Second avenue.
The Illinois theatre now has a
more complete appearance since the
front panels, including the name
piece, have been put in place.
A H Lift, corner Third avenue
and Eighteenth street, sells pure
wines and liquors for family use in
small quantities at wholesale prices.
Open evenings.
The bridge committee of the county
board met today to inspect Il number
of bridges of which the county has
borne a part of the cost of construc-
ton, located in South Moline.
Judge Ramsay this morning in the
circuit court overruled motions for
new trials in the cases of Sjogrenl vs..
the Armour Packing company 'and
Siogren VS.. Van Patten & Marks.
Dispatches received by Observer
Sherier at the Davenport observatory
this afternoon announce the advent
of cold wave, TO begin with n drop
to 10 degrees above zero by tomorrow
morning.
y meeting of the property holders
in the city having houses to rent will
be held at Turner hall Friday,
Jan. Bird, at 1880 p. m, for the purpose
of organizing a house rent protective
association.
There will be a grand musicale and
concert at the \. NJ. f. church by
Prof. J. III. Robinson's Imperial or
chestra of Is men, Jan. IS, under the
auspices of the trustees. Admission,
adults, % cents; children, Is cents.
The Tri-Ciy Ministerial union will
meet in the Rock Island Y. NJ. c. A.
Monday, Jan. Sat 2:3O p. m. Rev. G.
S. Rollins will present a paper on
1.-The Significance of the Increased
Emphasis Laid Upon Christian Vir-
tue
The tri-city colored porters gave a
ball at Armory hall last evening.
About sixty couples attend
ed and the festivities were continued
till a late hour. a cake wallwas won
by Frank Travis and Miss Travis, OF
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Corken and fam
lily wish to return tEanks to those
friends who were so kind to them
during the illcess and at tho funeral
of their beloved son, George II. Down
ing. and especially do they feel CRATE
full to their neighbors.
Observer j. NJ. Sherier's meteorolog-
ical summary for the past month
shows that the mean atmospheric
pressure to have been 5000, the high
est being 3O.63 on the 10Th, and the
lowest $3.50 on the 23d. The mean
temperature was %, the highest 40 on