Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-08


taxes was begun at the office of the
county treasurer today.
Housekeepers, attention. Aluminium
cooking utensils win neither rust nor
corrode. Examine this ware at Sum
mers' store. Prices right.
Bring in the boys and dress them
for a little price. High grade pant
suits at one-fourth off the regular
price this week. Sommers q LaNelle.
1t is a strange fact that automo-
bilists appear to prefer the rough
pavement of Second avenue to the
smoother surface on some of the
back streets.
The ladies of the First Baptist
church will give an ice cream and
strawberry social in the parlors of
the church Tuesday evening. June 0.
Everyone invited.
Rock Island is again without a case
of smallpox, the quarantine having
been lifted Saturday evening at the
home of John and Joseph Felt, in the
east end of the city.
The board of plumbers examiners
will meet at the city council room at
2 p. m, Wednesday, June 10. Address
all communications to Maj. w. +.
FChannon, 112-114 Seventeenth street.
Invitations have been issued for the
10th annual commencement of the
Villa de Chantal Thursday, June Is.
\ morning musicale is to be given by
the pupils Wednesday morning, June
II.
The young son of Sheriff Heider was
bitten and thrown from his bicycle on
Eighteenth street Saturday by a dog.
The animal seized him by the calf of
the leg, but the wound was not a seri-
Gus one.
The Industrial Home association
will run their excursion to Milwaukee
July 25. y wrong impression seems
to have been given out to the effect
that this excursion would be given by
the typographical union.
w. l.. Reed. recently of Browns
Business college at Champaign. has
succeeded c. o. Bentley as manager
of Browns Business college in Rock
Island, the latter having moved to
Denver. Mr.. Reed has already entered
upon his duties.
Shadrach Wilfred. who is afflicted
with perpetual motion mania, was
given a hearing in the county court
| this afternoon to determine his san
ity. He comes from the vicinity of
Andalusia, and was once before com
| mitted for treatment
A delivery wagon was upset this
morning about o'clock at the cor
ner of Twentieth street and Fourth
avenue. The driver was thrown to
the pavement, having his nose broken
and his face badly scratched. He was
| carried into Canode's drug store,
where his injuries were dressed.
Men are at work again today on
the Fifteenth street sewer. The lat.
ter part of last week the men Struck
for raise from $1.75 to 81. The mat
ter was compromised, some of the
men returning to work at the old
scale, while new men were added to
take the places of those who did not
return.
The county board of supervisors
met at o'clock this afternoon in
their room at the court house. Little
attention. Many incidental contracts
on the building at the county in
Urinary Will probably be reported by
the infirmary committee for approx
al.
The trains on the southwestern di-
vision of the Rock Island from Kan
sas City are now running through.
The Burlington is beginning to expeF-
fence trouble al St. Louis and the
passengers are now transferred from
Alton across the river by boat. as the
tracks at East St. Louis are under
water.
About twenty-five of the local mem
bers of the Knights of Columbus went
up to Clinton yesterday to attend
some degree work given in that city.
The visitors were entertained at
| banquet in the evening. j. F. Muir
ply, of this city, was among those
responding to a toast.
Magistrate johnson Saturday after
noon officiated at two weddings. David
Knittle, of this city, and Miss Eva
Twaddle, of Colchester, Ia. and Ed
ward Bealer and Miss Gertrude Knit
tie, both of this city, were the con-
tracing parties. David and Miss
Gertrude knittle are brother and sis
| ter.
Saturday Hans Beck, of Third ave
nue. and Twenty-fffth street, had his
right hand quite badly lacerated while
working with a saw at the plant of
the Rock Island Lumber company.
tits probable that the injury will be
permanent one as number of the
chords connecting with the finger
were severed.
\ stranger fell from a car at Fifth
avenue and Twenty-third street Sat-
urday evening and struck the pave
ment with such force that he was rem
dered unconscious and it was thought
for time that he$Svas seriously hurt.
| He was taken TO Rieber'S drug store