If you want to buy shirt waists at half price Howe Burgston’s is the place.Special sale on wp-sh goods. Fast colbred lawns 3%c a yard at Howe Bursston’s.For trade—A 30-ineh telescope for a second-hand wheel. Call at 1838 Twelfth avenue.Remember the date of the Sveas’ Rockford excursion—Friday* July 20. Nearly fifteen hours at Rockford.Foot per cent Inter««fc paid ©n deposit* at the Dafenport Baring* has*, southwest corner of Second and Main street*, Davenport.1Dr. Brand will make no lt;charge for testing the eye* during the summer months. Glasses fitted at small eo*t. p. H, Brand, M. D., 518 15th street.Peter Plunkett ha* bought the Lo-Some Bargains ____^ igOTIlilxlTt feet, oootalnlzic four-houses and a two-itory brick store, u per cent on the purchase price ...............................•5*800▲ house and lot for......... . . v •.. • ^iao cash; $12 per month without interest.A 12-foot gasoline boat, good oabln. Just; the;yerr thing for hunting trip. Low price for quick buyers.Troperty for stie in both cities. Agent for New v?T|t Lire and London Assurance Fire.S. S. CROMPTON,Room 4, McKlnnle Block, Moline, 1U97 cents. It should have Been 79 seats which buyers who know this article will appreciate.Condition of tlio Twmsnry.Washington, July 16.—The statement of the treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve In the division of redemption* shows: Available cash balance, $149,-845,576; gold, $69,597,915;silver, $8,856,-142.KsU«r*it Coetly Stable.Emperor William of Germany will have a stable for his horses whleh will cost £400,000. It will have room for 270 horses, room for 300 vehicles and two great tan*bark ridingring*. It will take three years to build the stafile, and it will be finer than that of any other reigning monarch.The Csss'll Big Bstate*The cxar has one estate which covers over 100,000,000 acres, more than three times as large as England, and he has another estate which is more than twice the size of Scotland.-^Cincinnati Enquirer.Armstrong Gnus.The Chilean cruisers Erraturl*. Pinto and Prat are having their French cannons replaced by Armstrong guns, a very high compliment to British manufacturers.—Robert H. Reid, in Chicago Record.Jjiooooooooooooooooooooooooo^y^180CIAL AND PERSONALaOOOOOOOOOOOOOVcPiMrs. Reichel and son Ray of 1418 Sixth avenue returned this morning from a visit In Macon, Mo. They were accompanied by Mrs. Reichel's sl3ter and brother-in-law, who will visit here for awhile.* • «Mrs. Herbert K. Altz of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is visiting relatives andfriends in this city.• *'•Attorney Thomas H. Simmons ofBloomington, Ind., made the editor ofthe Mail a pleasant call yesterday.* * *It K. Swan is enjoying his outing at Eagle River, Wis.Dr. J. O, Cook of thJ* city leaves tMs evening for Bioux Flails, S. D., where he will engage in the practice of medicine.BuaiLi'i ri^Uoua o2 Horae* Russia is a country extremsly rich In horses, the number of which hat been estimated at 20.000,000, of which 1,000,000 are saddle horses lit for the purposes of war.