Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-19

July p, leaving Rock Island at 1:45
p. III. Returning viii leave Muscatine
at Y p. M. Round trip 25 cents.
The United States government has
awarded a contract to John Peck. OF
Sterling. for the manufacture of wal
nut stocks for the Springfield rife
The total amount of the contract is
$4,000.
. The Rock Island Industrial Home
/ association, at its meeting Thursday
| evening, will complete the arrange
ments for the tri-city labor day cele-
bratiOn, which this year is TO be held
at Grand Isle.
Best patent" and chronic disease
! medicines in the world. Two bottles,
! boxes or packages of the same kind
for the price of one at the Pru-ri-ta
! store. 1913 Second avenue. Over 100
| kinds to select from.
Teros q Coliopulos will open anoth-
er first class shining parlor Saturday
morning at 1906 Second avenue. Bill
! lizards, pool and cigars of all kinds.
| Shine, ladies and gentlemen, only five
cents. Give US a trial.
You have heard about it. OF course
you have-'tis the talk of the town
What? The low prices that UIlemeyer
* Sterling are selling suits and pants
for man or boy. Remember tbs a
genuine clearing out of suits and pants
you find at Ullemeyer & Sterling's.
Charles Redan. formerly day yard
master in the lower yards for the Rock
| Island road. has been made night yard
master at the Fifth avenue station.
| George Gallery takes charge of the
| lower yards. Clarence KreitZ. former
| ~ night yard master al the Fifth ave
| nue. yards, takes a position at Natick
Thirty-fve members of the Rock
Island tribunal leave at Gao in the
morning for GalesbuTg to attend the
picnic to be held in the latter city
| under the auspices Of The Fraternal
| Tribuncs. The ladies' drill team of
the local lodge viii be with the party
| and viii compete in the prize drill that
| is to be made feature of the celebra-
| ton.
August HOrstman. the chief offender
| i'll the crowd of Moline boys brought
| into the county court for stealing rasp-
J berries from the promises Of q. II.
| Darling, entered a plea of guilty To the
! charge OF larceny. Sentence vas de
| ferrcd. Horstman is only II years of
! age but he has already served a term
IN the reform school. lie Will prob
ably be sent TO Pontiac.
The surveying party having in hand
| the establishing of the new channel
| for Green river is pushing the wOr+,
and will have il completed in about
! two weeks. The western limit of the
district contcmplatcS the sjraiShtcn-
| ing OF the river 10 a point west of
where GeneseO creek emptics into il.
| The change Will To- a large extent spoil
the sport of duck shooting in that 10
cality.
This evening. at the Central hall on
| Second avenue Moline and Davenport
are to have their innings in the bill
Hard tournament in progress there.
| Messrs. Owning and Gcisuer will rep
resent Moline and Messrs. Tciderman
and German Davenport. The two
teams are evenly matched and pretty
exhibition is looked for. Following
| the twO-hand tourney there is To DC
an individual. open to all players in
the tri-Cities.
\ meeting of the board OF directors
of Augustana hospital was held at Chi
CaEo Saturday. The board found the
hospital in very prosperous cOndi
ton. made more so by the announce
ment that in the will of the late
Thomas d. Lowther the hospital has
been given not less than 10000 to be
used as its board of directors saw fit
The will has been probated and the
money is assured. After all beqUest:
are paid. the hospital is to gain an ad
Gitional percentage of the residue.