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: '". -: h THE AE&US, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1899. ifc a . n mt jh . ! . The Weather We May nave. Generally fair tonight and Tue'daj; rising temperature. Today s ien.perature 1 above. J) J. M. Shibiib, Observer. iff CITY CHAT. Andrae bicycles. Leaf lard at Gilmore's, Eberhart's piano house. Keidy Bros., real estate. Buy a home of Reidy Bros'. For insurance, E. J. Burn?. Be wise and smoke Kinship. For real estate, E. J. Burns. Dressed poultry at Schroedcr's. Fresh eggs and butter at Long's. The citv council holds its monthlv session tonight. liny your mantels for your gas lamps at j-.cknart s. Just received a full line of electric supplies at Kckhart's. aioquet.e carpets at 4H cents at Clemann & Sil:natjn'.s. John Koch lor bicycle repairing and sundries. rhone4 14z. All wool ingrain carpets at 3 cents arid up at Clemann & Sulzmann's. The collections of Deputy L. Eihl for last week were $ 1,1'-!. 61. A line line of velvets and Wilton carpets at Clemann & Salzmann's. The largest stock of cai pets and furniture and the lowest prices at Clemann & Salmann's. Revival services are in progress at the Second ISaptist church, Tenth street and Sixth avenue. Carpets, carpets, carpets. All wool ingrain carpets i'7 cents per yard at Clemann & Salmann,;.). Dyeing and cleaning ot everv description done at Yerbury's dve works. Superior work guaranteed. The promoters of the Terminal rail way are ready te ask theMoline coun cil fr a right, of way through that city. The Jov.a State Ii'gh School Athletic fc3-oc ialiou will "iold its annrt.1 meet ing at the fair giounds, in Dare:: port, in M::y. The last dance of the scries of iiancca given by the Hock Island Turn Oemeirilc will be held Wednesday, March . with the convic;'.5n that the conrt had its decision made up before Daven port's case was presented. As stated Saturday, Des Moines won. It is just possible that Anti-Washboard soap may not suit you; don't condemn home manufactured soaps on tLat account. Try the Imperial or any other brand of Hock Island soap The wrappers from any brand are va'uab'.e for premiums. We make all grades of soap, but Anti-Wash brard is the best. Three young men from Moline were arrested by Oilicer Stafenbiel Saturday night while they were creating a dis turbance in a front street resort. In their pockets were found several pool iuis tli:U had Ijeen stolen from a Kock Island saloon earlier iu the even ing. The charge of larceny might lie against them, although thev could plead non compos mentis. Davenport uemoerat. Kobert Stcckhouse, general passen ger and ticket asrent of the Teoria road, has leen making inquiries about the isamter Manufacturing company that we e e told bv Ixmis ilir.-c'i was to remove from Belleville to lloek Isl and. Mr. Stockhouse has received a letter from E. A. Williams, jreneral passenger and ticket agent of theC. P. fcSt. L. at St. Louis, stating that. j,e had visited Belleville and was unable to locate such a firm as the Sunter Manufacturing company. The Lnion has jnven expression to the lirst of its philosophical deduc tions. apropos of local politics Steakintr of the comments of The Aleut: on the morning paper's ah there-.-tav there tlirtation with "re ceptive candidates on the republican side, it indulges in the exclamation. how tickled The Ai:';rs would be if the people would only address the same expression to Mayor Mcdill 1 he Lnion dread foreboding is not without foundation in this particular instance. I he salutation of which the L'nion may claim the origin may ith everv respect for consistency be pplied to both candidates in ihecc- nig election. PHILl.V CROSS A BAD GiJE. No grade so high as tht Sky High Crescent grade. Call ard examin; the 1S99 models at DAVID DON'S, 615-1617 Stconi Aveaae. ROCK ISLAND. 6 6JlffJ?S&f&f& g&0lfiM0lUMlg& 3 Hunan & Son. SSilSfe Men's Fine-Shoes for 1 fli-$f I1 p0yl- f 4 Spring, 1S99. t I ; k f aJ:: sl we have added this u trrrJ 3 line of celebrated men's f IWw;(X , 'X f : ' : M-?-t shoes to our Florsheini M. V 1 fj f$ S .--V . 7pr-:j2$&$e A Co. line, making the f '!sr-i -?V J x i .JfiP ' SS:1 strongest line of mens V "si!sa i 5S '-i--i- v-'JiS--':rl'& line shoes in the trl- VS?5 ' I ff . t 'Wf'yHSf Price $5.00 a pair. ZSMbK fe) S tmml The spring lines now (-l m&M&? (iet your spring dresses ar.d light jackets cleaned at Yer'uiry's dye works. 1 h?y guarantee not to fade or shrink. For a limited time the People's Tower company will sell lump coke at fl per ton. and" crushed coke at $1.40, at the works. The stage of water at the Rock Inl and bridge at a. m. was 3.M, and stationary. The temperature at noon was 2 alove. In the county coi.rt today Baker & Knox con f esse 1 to judgment notes j aggregating Jfiil! 1 in favor of the Crib-. ivii iV sexton company. A change in the time card on the Burlington's main line enables pas sengers for Denver to leave hire at L':l.i p. in. and arrive in the ..lorado city at the next morning. I cm place money in amounts of ;f HO. t'oo, ;5(mj, finn. 1.0"! and up in :in investment that will pay 7 to H p r cent. Apply to E. J. Burns, room 1l Mitchell iV Lynde building. William James, an employe of the I'iurnix Bridge company, received a severe laceration of the nose while at work on the Crescent bridge this morning. He was attended by Dr. C. C. Carter. M. T. Free left for "eago last evening to purchase photographic !i t tires and apparat us for his new studio over Woltmann's jewelry store, which he intends to ojkmi to the public the last of this week. A jury in the county court Saturday afternoon declared Carrie Snider a de eiident. and Jndg Adams accord ingly ordered he .onimittetl to the South E anston industrial school for girls until she is 1 yea: . of age. It is taken for granted, as no infor mation to the contrary has Iteeii re ceived, that the appropriation of :J.jO.W. recommended for the estab lishment of a small arms factory at Rock Island arsenal wa- passed by the senate. Mrs. R. B. Ellis, of Cable, while visiting at A. D. Valentine's, at the corner of Fifth avenue and l'tventy seventh street, met with a mishap Sat in day which will confine her to the house for several days, but is re-ting comfortably under the cir cumstance. The Davenport delegation that went to Des Moines to try to get the repub lican state convention for the city across the river, has returned home llrrnkn Out c" Jail at Muscatine anil Uttm lutj TrouMe Here. Philip Cross, a stranger, was lefore olice Magistrate StalTord today iu spouse to two warrants, one charg ing it i in with larceny and another barging him with being the possessor I of obscene and indecent pictures. iCro:-swas held to the grand jury in each instance. His total bond was fivtf.,1 '! &:!0ll S'l t 11 rdn V litrrlir Prnfia stole a laproliv from the busily of Mrs. Orrin Leonard, which was stand ing at Sixteenth street and Second avenue. He was captured bv Oilicer Dan McCarthy and the stolen property returned. Cross came here from Muscatine, where, the Rock Island police are in formed, he broke out of jail last wc Old Time I'ircmrn. Fifty yeais and more ngo, when Now York and many other cities relied upon the members of their volunteer fire de partment to put out fires, the ambition of each company was to be fir.-t at a lire and most ellicient in subduing the flame?. One old time fireman says that noth ing now can rouse iu him the excite ment which never failed to come at the sound of the fire alarm. "Business, meals anil health were of small account compared to a call to jiin the fireiuf;ine," this veteran says, with I a retro.-pective sipu. "The uiht of my i weddiupr there was a fire, Lut it camu riht iu the middle r f the marriafio serv ice and I bad toi.:issit. However, there was one early the next i"oruins while we wero catii: l.nakfalv, and 1 weut. No bride was so exa-'lns as to expect to keep her husband a,, jer siilo when the lire dt-partment hail use for him." There were no salaries in those days pave those paid to chief engineers. The. firemen paid for tho painting and ileco rating of their honrred engines and for such repairs as were needed from timo to time. In the days before cities were divided into di.-tricts the volnuteer firemen, added to active service on the field of tho C'jniljKratioii, frequently bad a good deal ef preliminary exercise in the way of running before they dis covered where their services were need ed. Youth's Companion. GOOD THINGS TO EAT Is Hess Bros, motto. The reason is because you can tiud anything that is season able tii their large and com modious store. Order by telephone and your order wi'1 receive prompt attention. Read our lis' below. VEGETABLES. Head t .jce, Spat L-b Onion.., Cucumbers, Celery, Oyster P.ants Spinach, Ne Hue-.;-Pars'-., . C'3 .i!lo.v.;r. FRUIT Cra'.bcrrle . Orances, Hananas, Ir.e Sap, iweet Potatoes. -Soup Hunches, r:ilUhes. Kutabrst'os, -.aloes. Catawba Grapes. Nor hern Sp. UeUUowerApi les POULTRY. Dressed Ducks, Tressed CkicUns, Pressed Turkess. !11K AM cam:i OYSTKRS. HESS BROS. 1613 Znni A7. TU;t IKl WE DO NOT HANDLE All of the wheels man n factored, the ones that are that but lung- troubles, sm h as pleurisy or acute inflammation ,f uie iUIio-;j rhonhl iHJcarei'ully treated to avolid serious ro;istH)t:ences. These affec tions are quickly overcome bv the prompt uso of 1 r. Bull's Con jrh Svrun a wonderful n nudy, which always jrives relief, c'iscs coughing, allays all inflammation, and by its healine influence soon oflVctsa thorough cure. Cough Syrup Cures ail Lung and Throat Trouble. I loses are small ami p'.cnsaot to take. Doctors recommend it. Price 75 cU. At all dnggi&l& Ilouieseeker Exearsion. On March 7 and 21, April 1 and 1. and May -'and Id. the C.. II. I. iv P. railway will sell round trip tickets to a number of points north, west and southwest at the rate of one fare plus $ -J for the round trip. Have You llatl the Orlp? If you have, you probably need a reliable medicine like Foley's Honev and Tar to heal your lungs and slop the racking cough incidental to this tlisease. Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Medicine is utKjuestionablv the be?t remedy for the throat and lungs. Pleasant to take and is guaranteed. Taxes Dae. The real estate and personal taxes are now due ami payable at the town ship collector's ollice on the lirst lloor of the court house. Timothy O'Neill, Collector. For Over fifty Inn Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, ard is the best remedy for diarrhoea. 25 cents a bottle. Hard Coal. Coke and Wood. Indiana block for furnaces, canncl for grates. Cable and Athens lump and nut for stoves. E. B. McKowk. Nerves, stomach and liver are all aided by ( irangeine;" hence its quick and safe action on colds and headaches. WE DO HANDLE are the oi.v's we can stake our reputation on. We have more satis lied customers than any other dealer in town. HYNES 321 Twentieth St reel "lock Island. 303 V. Third St., Davenport. b ELECTRIC AGE. Have you seen the new Klectric Clock? We are sole agents for them. These clocks never need to be wound, never need re pairing or cleaning, anil runs on continuously with out attention and gives jxt fect time. Thi motive jHiwer is a dry battery with in the clock itself and no wires, cords, weights, or springs are required. Kvery disagreeable feature of a winding clock is obviated. If you need an otlicc clock particularly adapted to your need, leantiful iu design and finish at a small cost, call and see our line J. Ramser, Manufacturing Jeweler and Optician. Photoetched souvenir spoons of Woodman build1 jj ami Arsenal. If J JLjL Toil Have a Tliought Leaning Toward Spg vercoat Here you will find its materialization, sary as a spring top coat. You need spring days, in fact, a good top coat is an of every m n's wardrobe. No r:irment so neces cie these treacherous indispensable part You c an buy a G ood Coat for $6.oot I M Vcs, at SO u e7 furnish a top coat that has the snap, style and get-up of a $12 garment. SweH dressers wear these smart looking topcoats. But we have cheaper ar veil as finer grades. They range in prices from $4.50 to $15.00. It A Superior Garment will cost you only ZpiiJ.QO Were some one to slip a consider it a kindly act. doing coats. i nts is pocket you would we are practically $5 bill in your That is what to every man who buys one of our $10 spring over This is an honest fact, no advertising catch or thoughtless as erti m. The garments are here to substantiate our claim. These swell garments in English Whipcords, Covert Cloths and Vicunas are the latest iabrics. Sleeves and yoke are trimmed with the finest silk lining. They are buiU on very clever lines and have a fashion and chic that individualizes them from the ordinary overcoat you see in other stores. it i : 1 hTjj m-m-v j n Mf'' "pa-ii ii la . v W. ' tint... 1 fc 7 T V -.'2 . tit-r r . m. a -r t . m tan. m- -- - i -ii - -i i'nii lif1'' - 1729 Second Avenue, Rock IsJand. 115 and 117 W. Second St Davenport.