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THE ABGU8, THUB8DAY MAKCH 26, 1890. Baker, McNeill & Sessler. Stoves Hardware. at Plumbing, COR. METEENTH ST. and SECOND AYE Opposite Harper House, Rock Island. Jci'NSN'K I (If lt: "I rnn't hiitton thrra. Vie bail Letter ut boiae." fun '1'tt not Yntt rati I iit mr a tnlr"f 'Mathrr (.love n nlonv: laev tiwu-n In a tiwnm-nt and L. rfuvt!. fUcy am lor eulvat Bennett's Glove Store, lLZt?JzJyjz!S I where tou fcrl It moot when your collars arc sent home froni the laundry with a "raw edge." When thin happen to toil say ti yourself: I'm tired of this! Believe I'll make a change. I'll try another place." You wljl like the way we "do up' yoor collar and on Hi and shirts! Returned to you clean and white. We are careful of your linen liaudln it "gently" use machinery that won't tear" If. Let your bundle come we're always rrady our wagons will rail. It will be returned to you the day promised, too! Drop a postal. Rock Island Steam Laundry. Baucrsfeld & Sexton. Telephone 1293. West Seventeenth ttreet. The Zigler Filter sm k. Allen, Mvers & Company 1S21 Second Avenue. Hot Water Heating, Steam and Gas Fitting, Copper, Tin and Sheet Iron Work. The latest Spring and Ea-ter Gloves have arrived. Also a full line of ladies' and gent' Bicycle Gloves and Leggings. Local Agents for the "Fowler," "Ide" and "Sechler" Bicy cles. Call and ex amine them at mop 1605 SECOND AVENUE. IS THE BEST. WHY? BECAUSE There arc no tubes to break. It will last longer and filter better. It will filter more in the same time than any other. BECAUSE It filters as clear as crystal. It is the simplest and the most durable Glter ever offered to the public. Do not be de ceived, but get the best. Call and see the Zigler at Opposite Harper House THE PUBLIC GOOD. The Meaning of the Term as to Ferry Licenses. SERVICE ABD DISPOSIJIOH TAKES. The Law easl Ita Adaptation tha Prevent Hltaatloa I Footle KOeslea on Be ba'f ortfteOldt ompavT The City's la. Irratu ara P'lo. It is eoutended on the part of tha Union that because both the scate law and the municipal code are em. powered to grant a ferry license in view of the application' of the new Twin-City company that whatever the state law says is paramount, and that any city ordinance that seeks to override its provisions is void of no effect whatever." If this be true, why the flurry which is now being created by the old com. pany to prevent the granting by the council of the license of the new? If the position thus assumed is tenable, and the conncil has no discretionary powers in the premises, the old com pany's license from the council is surely void, too, and what matters it what the municipal body does? The Akucs disagrees with the theory ad. vanced by the Union that such authority as a municipality take3 onto itself is void, because that authority is already held by the state which is paramount on the princi ple that all law-giving" bodies are amenable to higher ones. A the municipal law is to the state so is the state law to the national. Localities are permitted to govern themselves oniy under such laws as conform to the higher lawsof the commonwealth and of the land. The state has general license laws, and so has the city, and because one may assume the province of the other it does not to The Argus appear that they are in conllict or that either is void. As held yester day, the state law has a general ap plication and does not seem to be intended to deprive the city of its functions, but rather to assume the authority when an incorporated town does not exist where a ferry license is sought. "The state law," it is maintained further by the morning law giver, "recognizes a licensed ferry as a franchise to be protected by the power that derives revenue from it, precisely as any other privilege of an exclusive nature is. It says that no other ferry shall be allowed within mile of an established ferry so long as such established ferry i competent to do the business, and its owner complies with the provis ions of this act, unless the county board in this case the city council j shall deem it necessary to establish another ferry for the public good.' " For the Public tiouil.' That phrase "for the public good'' is susceptible of broad construction and comprehension. In the first place 11 snouia apply to tne service ren dered, the customary service, not th" emergency service. Ia the second place it should apply to the general disposition in the discharge of its duty of the company seeking protection unucr it toward the public. In the third place it should apply to the spirit ol tne company with reference to all matters concerning its fran chise and the public interest. So that aside from ample and suflicient accommodations at all times, and a purprse to serve the public as well as itfelf, the city may very properly. it seems, consider tne question of co-operation in public improvement under inn bead ol "lor the public good." Manifestly it has not been lor the policy of the Davenport & Kock Island Ferry company to meet the municipality on a friendly foot ing on the issue of public improve ment. Had it done so, bad it gone ahead with the march of progress and kept abreast of the times, even at a great sacrifice, as other corpora tions depending on a limited public patronage in the three cities have done, then it would have been unfair to have granted a franchise to a rival company in the time of the golden harvest. But the old ferry company has not been public spirited it has not done its duty to the public, and hence has not served "the public good." It has for years enjoyed a princely franchise for which it has given nothing in return. The new company offers to give a bond to make such public improvements as the city may desire. It is "for the publio good" to insure these im provements. It is "for the public good lor tne city to be in a position to demand those improvements. The Union to the contrary notwith standing, the "public good" is moch concerned in this matter, but the dosing assumption which the Union makes through its poetic applica tion that "it requires no lobbying to compel a council to grant a license 10 ao unlawful acts," is quite exhil irating, not only in innuendo as far as tne council is concerned, but in view of the amount of lobbying be ing done now by the emissaries of the oid company 'to thwart such ac. tion on the part of the council as will be most assuredly for the pub lic gooa. Hath Acrnt aud Vfn.el tillable. Cbatles Wolff, the pioneer eun smith at 121 Eighteenth street, is the local agent for the Majestic bicrcle, made bvHulbert Bro. A Co .ofSew York, the well known makers of fire arms. The Majestic is one of the handsomest and mcst reliable wheels made and retails for S5. Mr Wolff can furnish wheels from $50 to ffib and also does repairing. lie is a thorough mechanic and any work en trusted to him will be certain of the closest attention. He also carries a line ox bicycle sundries. THE TOWNSHIP TICKET. That of tba Dt ui jeni a a Sera Winner Ta'. Time . It does not take a prophet to tell that tie democratic city-townsh'p tickt t is a sure winner this year. Evci y indication is in that direction. It is in the very atmosphere. Since Mon day night's convention the republi can bosses have been contenting themselves with the assurance that Rcbert Kuschmann would not accept tne nomination lor snpervisor, but in this they are doomed to disappoint ment, for Mr. Kuschmann fully appreciates the honor bestowed upon him and is in the race. . Further than this, with the assurances that have come to him unsolicited, he has every reason to feel confident of election. There are a great many people in Kock island who realize about now tht they made a grave mistake in vot ing against Mr. Kuschmann for mayor a year ago. and this time they propose to niamuest tne confidence tney nave in him. The commotion the dis covery of the ineligibility of John i. Stafford, democratic candidate for assistant supervisor, occasioned, is evidence of the powerful suspense the Collins crowd is in and any break in the democratic ticket was hailed with infinite delight. But Mr. Stafford's place will be filled by a representative citizen. The demo. cratic city-township committee has determined to act with care in the matter and secure such a candidate as Mr. Stafford was, the right kind exactly. This is the reason the sup. plying of tne vacancy was deferred at last evening's meeting until to night. " Secret of the Qoayle-Gahacen Nomination The effrontery of the candidacy of Quayle and Gahagen for election de spite the protests of their own wards is aggravating rather than pacifying to the feeling against then. "We are tired of this rin? politics." said a representative First ward repab'icai la t night. "We are tired of this court house ring bus. iness and there is no stronger evi dence of the fact that there is a ring' man the persistency wun which the bosses have cli'ng to the retiring su pervisors aud insisted on their re nomination despite the opposition of their wards. I'll tell you a little in. cident of this: Just the night be fore the republican convention a con tractor came d wn to our ward and asked a republican delegate to pre sent tuayie to the caucus, lie knew that none of our delegates would take Gahagen, but we saw through his little game, which was to present Gahagen himself and that our sug gesting Quayle would show that we were not down on the ring, but that it was merely Gabagen we were after. Bat we are a'ter both of them. We want fair play without dictation from outside of tbe ward. We want this court house ring broken and we will snow it on election day sec if we don't." The Other C nl'.!t. For assessor IVer Schlemmiris sure of election. That little pamphlet of the tax list of the city has proven a boomerang to tbe re publican nominee and the jeople want a change and a fair show. For collector Herman Detjena will get a splendid vote. lie is deserving of tbe support thatis promised him and will 1j surely elected. Altogether the prospects could not hi brighter, for the X rav of public scrutiny seems to be shining clear through some things that have here tofore been kept dark in county mat ters. OFFICER CALLED DOWN. Seek to Invade the To In phone Station In the Dead of Niuht. A member of tbe ni;ht police force had better refrain from a repetition of that performance which he went through at the central telephone sta tion the other evening, or he is liable to get himself inta serious trouble, so the young lady who presides at the keyboard during the still hours avers. The blue coat's motive for desiring an entranca to the central station at such an unreasonable hour is an. known. A knock came at the door of the office, which is located on the second flior of the star block, iust about midnight. The visitor was asked his mission. Where doe the manager of the Western Union Telegraph company live?" came the question. He was told and central asked whom her interrogator mieht be. "Oh, don't you know me?" came tne blue coat's answer. Then the visitor walked away and all was serene in that naturally quiet jutauuB once aain. A half hour Hter central was at tracted by footsteps in the hallwav. A knock came. 'Who's there?" "Oh, don't you know me?" So, I don't." answered central, and what do vou want, anvwav." "Oh. I'd like to have a little talk with you." "Well, sir, if you wish to talk with me go and oo it through a telephone, Do you understand?" This was enough for the blue coat and h3 btrutted. awav. -WhT. he nearly frightened the life out of me," said the operator. "I really can't un dtr&taod what be means. That West ern Union business was onlv an ex cuse. I guess. You know he asked permission to come and visit me uights once before. But I told him I didn t receive callers. His actions are very peculiar, indeed, and think he had better attend to his own business or he is liable to get into iron Die. 1818 is Andy's number. FATAL RUNAWAY. Frank Hollister Killed on Twen tieth Street. TSIE3 TO MOUIT A MO v 1 EG "WAC05. Stambtes on n Obstruction and la Hailed - Aeaisst the Favemeut The Hear 'r Loaded Teblcle PaMing Orrr Htm Cast ing Almost InstantaneoDs Dealt). Twentieth street between Third and Fourth avenues was the scene cf a frightful and fatal runaway about 2 o'clock this afternoon. The victim was Frank Hollister. a middle aged farmer residing in Edgington township. The unfortunate was transacting business in Hansgen's Spencer square grocery when his team, attached to a farm wagon heavily loaded with lumber and provisions, became frightened and started up Twentieth street. Hollister rushed from the store and soon overtook the wagon. The horses dashed onward at a lively rate. Hollister took hold of tbe left side of the wagon and endeavored to reach the front: end and mount the seat. Falls Aralnat the Wheel. In crossing Third avenue Hollister stumbled against a street car track. He fell over against the front wheel, which whirled him aronnd and dashed him onto the pavement with terrible force. The rear wagon wheel then passed over Hoi lister's chest. Tbe unfortunate was carried into Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug store by bystanders. He never spoke. One short groan and life was extinct. The team dashed on np Twentieth street to Seventh avenue and then ran over to Twenty-second street, where it was caught. Little damage had been done beyond the breaking of a neck-yoke. Coroner's Inquest. Coroner llawes conducted an in quest over the remains, a jury com. posed of H. A. Weld. W. U Ludolph, J. J. Koucn, Andrew i.izei. II. S. Powers and Phil Miller, returning a veroict oi accidental death. Frightful Injuria. The body was examined by Dr. De Silva, and the injuries were found to consist of five fractured ribs on the left side, while the neck was also broken. Mr. Hollister was formerly of Tort Byron and was 27 years of age. He is survived by his wife. BOAT BLOWS UP. Art. mas Lamb Overtaken lj a Fatal Dis aster at Alton. The rafter, Artemus Lamb, blew up at Alton this morning, killinp two ol the ere a man named Lan caster, formerly of Le Claire, and another named Laiiord. The boat was owned by the Joy Lumber company and was captained by Shcrmtn Brown, formerly of Kock lsiand, as well as by Eh Lan caster. He Ueserted Her. Louisa Kramer says that Barney Kramer deserted her without any reaonaoie cause alter enjoyirg aoout twenty-one years of connubial happiness aud the considers his ac tions of a rerious enough nature fcr the circuit court judge to sever tbe relations existing between herself and husband. Mrs. Kramer says they were married in Henry county and nine cniurcn ranging in ao-es between 5 and 20 years is the result of their union. She likewise seeks the f tistody of the children, claiming Mr. Kramer to be of such a character as to be an unfit person to entrust with the care and education of a child. Hest of All to cleanse the pvsteni in a gentle and truly beneficial manner. When the springtime comes, use the true and perfect remedy, Syrup of Figs. Oae bottle will answer lor all the family and costs only 50 cents; the large size fl. Buy the genuine. Manu factured by the California Fig Syrup company only, and fur salt) by all drugists. Getting Your Money's Worth SHOULD BE YOUR AIM IX BUYING GROCERIES, AND FOODS THAT ARE TOO CHEAP ARE NOT FIT MANY OF THEM FOR THE HUMAN STOMACH. NOTHING IS CHEAP THAT 13 INJURIOUS TO HEALTH. BUY THEM WHERE YOU ARE CER TAIN THAT YOUR MONEY Is buying Pure Food - NO FINER LINE OF FANCY GROCERIES CAN BE FOUND IN THE CITY, AND OUR SERVICE 13 PROMPT AND RELIABLE. cDonald GeccAJ 2S04 Fifth Ave. Phone 11M. ii yap! OUR LINE OF W'lion. Axminster, Velvet. Body and Tapestty Brussels. Agra and Ingrain And Chinese and Japanese Mattings Is now complete. We invite your inspection of Qualities and Prices. A. J. SMITH & SON 123-125 W. Third ! . ; j Time Tables Tell Tales. Take a bunch of time tables of the different rail roads and open them tip. Inside each one you'll liiid a map. Look at the different ina and what do you see'.' Hetween any two prominent cities in the country where two or more roads run, eaeh man will show you that this particular road is the most direct mute, and all the other roads go in a round about way. Take the fk.i i:ks then mid look them over, and you'll see that some one particular road is shorter than the rest, or its trains do get there ahead of the others. True, you can get there by any of the roads but there's always one iif.st way. It's like this in reading about goods. Every store blows its own horn. They eaeh claim to give you more or better for your money than the others. How can you tell? Look at the KinnsKS. Jv-e bow they all "get there." do in and see the re sults in the different stores. See what you can get with your money. There's always One Best Store in every town. See if you can cet as good a suit for your boy as our $2.50 all wool Knee Taut Suit. See if 35 will get your big boy as good a suit as we are showin? these days. Look into these things for yourself, it pays whether you're buying Tick ets or Clothes. Sorarners & LaVelle V 4 1814 Second Avenue Hrr-arw v www SPECIAL SALE The above prices will continue only till April i. GEO. SCHNEIDER. CENTRAL SHOE STORE, 1712 SECOND AVENUE Headquarters for Footwear at Lowest Prices. MISSED THE That's what many a man has done who carried a poor time-pitce, or had a eood one repaired by a poor workman. When you are goinc; to buy a watch or have one repaired consult us and you will never regret it. In considering our ability to give the best of service in the line don't forget that we carry a reliable line of Jewelry of every description, and that our PRICES ARE RIGHT. BLEUER BROS. Caipels! St., DAVENPORT. V ? One Prieo. y 'rvr'Fwvv On Ilisrll-Grade SHOES. During the month of March we will offer all our high-grade shoes at such prices that no one can afford to miss tho opportun ity of securing a pair. Ladies Ebon, worth fVM), golnr .1 f-.as " " 5 Wi, . 4 " - 4..V. 1 . 1 u. - -- - . " a. vi, ' si g.jQ, 1 il Jan patent kathrra, worth f)7 00. gur' it Sr.m ' - - t tit, i ", " " " .!.. 4- " ' " .oi, i m at-n'i ford or. t slys, oortb '', 4 4'i K.uv.-oo - ftOi, tiA C'.lt " &. ' U.K. m " - t.M i-s TRAIN XUEXXaXJ3XaX3