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THJj: AltGUS, THUliSDAY, Al'lil-L 30. 1X91. Intelligence Column. For Sale, Rent, Exchange and Miscel laneous wants inserted one day at lo per -word; threa days at Ko per word and one week at Ho per word. "Situations wanted" and looal 'Hlp" wants not exceeding three lines in serted one week in the DAILY ARGUS free. TOB KENT A Barn. MO Twentj-nrst ttreet. For RK XT-Two furnished rooms: enquire at I. IT Second avenue. W; ANTED A aituation aa book keeper or clerk : addreas C. 81 thit office. 3 N IC"LY FCRNISHRD ROOM FOB TWO gvnuemen at K7 Twentfetn atreet. MB W A N T K D Sal ary and eVene: per manent place ; apply at once. Brows Baoa. Co., Nurserymen, Chicago. n 1UTOSRX TO LOAN On chattel mortgages. 'A waict-eo, diamonds Jewelry, and all art Won af Talne. J. W. Jone. V;i4 Second avenue. -tf "IVTAXTED Lsdy and comlemen aeontu; flte to l tra dollora a dny ray made: will par a!ar or commlwion . Call at Gordon Hotel, room one. J A. ELBERT. deMer In teconu Mnd cooda, SOS Kat !-ectiul street Davenport, will pay the hlirnest cash price for carpe t. book, cloth ing, cno. etc. frompt attCLtioa will be paid to correspondence. 23 WANTED Two or three (rood men to ropre f ent o-.r well known for town ami city traae; local and iravclinc. $11 and ezpvraea per month to the r:cht man. Applv quick, rut ins aee. L. L, Mat i Co. Xnrtervmeu, Horitti and Seedsmen. t. Pl, Minn. (This house U responsible. WAITERS WASTE" Girl waiters, for a first class hotel in one of the lareest cities ia Illi nois; wajes 1S. 00 per month wim room and hoard. nst be ex)K-rienced waiters, of good rharactrrand fully understand the hiifim s: none others need apply. Address "steward"' care of this pji(M r. stating ', nationality, experience, where employed, and when could commence work, etc iTlw John Volk Sc Co., GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND HOUSE BUILDERS. Manufacturers of Sash. Doors. Blinds, Siding. Flooring, Wainscoating, and all kinds of wood work for builders, lithteenth St.. bet. Third and Fourth aves. ROCK ISLAND. pOR THE BEST AND CHEAPEST PAINTS OILS, Etc. t2TThe only Paint House in the city. R. M. WALL, 1612 Third Ave . CHAS. R. WHEELAN, Undertaking and Embalming Dimlck Block, No. 09 90th Sr.. flock Island. $2 HaTlnc purcnasea a cotrplete line of Tndertak ln poods, with hearse and anpuartenn'-es. and havinz seenred the services of Vr. Geo. . Reed, of Chir.aco. an sxpert funeral director and em halmerof 12 years experience, I am fully pre pared to rnnrar.ve satisfaction. Telephone 1U5. Ilealtli is Give the Baby a Ride in one of Our Fine Carriages. A ruU line of FURNITURE AND CARPETS, REFRIGER ATORS AND STOVES. Wbyt How reasonable the prices are Is what Oar aim ia to sell goods at lwe-t possible prices, Telephone 421. NOTHING LIKE ITI Blood is thicker than water, and must be kept pure to Insure good health. Witt's Specific is natures remedy (or this purpose. It nerer to fails eli innate the impair ties and build up the pencral healik. There is only one Swift's Sper-lAe, and there is nothing like it , Be sure and get the prnuinn. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseasa tailed free. The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga Sweat Groan Crowl VThjiclseisti be expected of the ol.t fashioned way of b 1 ac k i nir the shoes? Try the n?w way and uwWolfTs Acme (Slacking ar.d tlie dirty task becomes a cleTiN picas WsACMEBIacking REQI IRES XO BltrSH. ,10c WUl pavr lor tlM Cot 1 0c 1QC "MCn Flwta W hit VZ . ClaaaTeaaelatoRnbr, iUC lUC Enwrald. Dial. Ifln 10o 10o 10o rUlr cayGi. 10 M FOR GLASS X WILL DO - For sale everywhere. As " WOLF & RANDOLPH, Philadelphia SPRING WALL PAPER Xow Ioacly. NEW PATTERNS. NEW COLORINGS For Parlors, Libraries, Chambers, Halls, Dining Rooms Fiieze and CV iling to Match. 3 rs CO ! &5 We have arranged with the I es" Paper Hangers and Painters in the citj to take charge of onrwork. Satisfactory results can be relied on. R. CRAJ.IPTON & CO. Wealtli." everyone aajra who looks orer onr line of carriages. (juitfc sa'va and snail profit oar mottr. C f I cornier I C. A. MECK, 322 Brady Street, Davenport, Iowa J A COMMA JNDANT. A Sew Comeaandlnx Offleer liikely twbe Placed tm Charcesf Roeaa Isl Araeaal Meea. The report comes that a new com mandant is eoon to be placed in . charge of Rock Island arsenal to succeed Col. J. M. Whittemore and to relieve Capt. Lyons, the efficient officer who has been temporsrily in commind since Col. Whit temore's departure. The officers men tioned as the most likely to succeed are Col. Alfred Mordecai. of Governor's Isl and, N. T., or Mj, George W. Mc Eee. Col. Mordecai is a strict disciplinarian. He insists that all the workmen shall work in the interest of the government and that all the work must be of the very best, regardless of cost. It is related of him that on one occasion a workman, whose work was particularly good, but was very slow, went to him and told him he could not tnaks enoujh at the rate he was being paid lo keep his family. The cokmel thereupon raised the man'ssalary, not so much on account of his family but because of the excellency of his work. Col. Mordecai will be 51 years of sge in June. He was senior ordnance officer in Gen. Thomas' army in 1S64-5; he was assistant at Rock Island arsenal in 1S69-90; at Fort Leavenworth arsenal and chief ordnance officer department of Missouri 1ST0 to 1873: commanded Fort Leavenworth arsenal, 1873-4; was in structor of ordnance and gunnery at West Point 1874 to 1SS1; was at the Water vliet arsenal 188 1-6; has been command ant at New York arsenal since 1S37, and a member of the ordnance board and board for U sting rifled cannon since 1886. Msj. McKee is two years younger than Col. Mordecai, and is stated to be a man of jolly disposition and very fond of the social side of life. He commanded Washington arsenal, 1S79-S0; was an as sistant at Rock Island arsenal in 1830-81; was a member of the ordnance board 1881-3, and was placed in command of Alleghany arsenal last year. He grad uated from West Point in 1S63, and was senior ordnanct officer at Winchester, W. Vs., to 19G5. . He has heen assistant at Allegheny arsenal, at Watertown, at Benicia. at St. Louis, at B.loit armory, at Springfield aimory, as well as at Rock Island. Toe ( anal Revolution. The resolution adopted by the joint session cf the Illinois legislature Tuesday ceding jurisdiction to the United Ststes government for the Hennepin canal is as follows: Resolved, That the assent of the gen eral assembly of the state of Illinois be, and the same is hereby given to the Uni ted States to acquire title to, by purchase or condemnation proceedinzs in accord ance with the laws of the United States and this state, and to hold, occupy and possess, all lands necessary for the con struction and maintenance of the Illinois and Missis&ippi canal and feeder thereto, as provided for by the act of congress en titled. "An act making appropriations for the construction, repair and preser vation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes." ap proved September 19, 1890; and the state of Illinois hereby cedes to the Uoi ted States jurisdiction over any and all lands so acquired. itro. Lackey. Editor Kmer. of the News at Geneseo, has the following principally concerning tbe former pastor of the First M. E church in this city: Rev. G.J. Luckey of Galesbtirz and Rev. A. M. Stocking of the First M. E church of Molioe favored us with -a call during the recent foreign missionary meeting at the First M. E church of Geneeeo. Bro. Luckey's admiring par ishioners recently presented bim with an elegant gold watch as a token of their esteem. It has bis name and a compli mentary paragraph engraved in the inside case. Most Methodist ministers ought to be watched as Bro. Luckey has been. As Bro. Luckey grows in years, he grows in avoirdupois, grace, wisdom, love, girth, breadth beauty and goodness. Ever since he took up the burden of life in Geoeseo we have loved Luckey. our mission being so similar, the upbuilding and general boosting of the human race. Oar Ambition Keoator. Statesman Crawford, who has been representing this bright and beautiful senatorial district in the state senate the past winter, has been doing the News !roud recently. Just a week or two aco he sent us a dray load of the moot inter esting literature we ever saw. It is eles jrant reading, just the kind a man would lite to loan a wife's relations. Then, as if this wasn't enough, he sent us the other t ay a little green book containins a list of the officers and members of the 37th gen eral assembly, as well as a lot of things tiat the title page calls "etc." There s jems to be an awful sight of that last t :uff going on all over the country. Every body seems to be long on "etc." We t iank the great statesman of Taylor Ridge aad hope that he may climb upward and o award til! there is no more upward or oi ward to climb. Then we hope he will tike a long needed rest. Geneeeo News. Bouc. All persons having claims against Fred Hass, as receiver or special master of the R)ck Island & Milan street railway com pi ny. must present them for adjustment or or before May 1, in order to have same ptld. It is expected that all funds in his hands will be distributed according to or ier of court on or after that date. Feed. Hass, Receiver and Special Master. What is more attractive than a pretty fat e with a fresh, bright complexion t For ly use Pozzoni's Powder. CORDOVA. Cordova, 111., April 29. Farmers are very busy seeding now. The river is rising slowly but suiely. 3. J. Johnson reports large ordcts for lime. Prof. Additon is suffering from the la grippe. Prof. Frank Mullery is suffering from la grippe. Supervisor Dailey is improving in health very slowly'. Dr. W. H. Freek reports sickness on the increase. Ralph Webster, eon of W. D. Webster, is teaching school at Joslin. D. T. Pinneo is about to commence tracking his island on a large scale. The M. W. A. of this place are talking of a celebration on the Fourth of July. Joseph Philkill starts on a visit to rela tives in New Jersey on Friday of this week. W. C. Heany's gang of masons efpect to be laid off from their worii for a short time. James Cronen, of Kansas City, is visits ing his sister, Mrs. Jerry Bryan, of this place. Numerous bands of gypsies and other nomaas passed through Cordova the last two weeks. L. C. Stockwell and wift, of Califor nia, have arrived and intend to spend the summer at Cordova. t O I -XT V Bl ILUUU TUANSFEIW. 27 Catherine Brayton to Stenhen Brayton. wl wj swj andnel aw. 17. 16, 4w. f 1.6(H) John Brayton to S Brayton. wl ne nwj, 20, 16. 4 v; r.e sw and sw swj snd wj sej 17, 17, 4w. and w st, 6 16. 4w, $300. L G Brown to S Bra ton. v. J sej, 6, 16. 4w; nei 8w and w gwt, anu wj sej, 17. 16, 4w, se awl. IT. 16.4. and wj and ne of nwj, 17. 16. 4w. i 100 W Anson to G W Anson, interest swj m and w 10 acres sej stj, 6. 16, 5w, SlwO. M Scoonmaker to R Mailett tract in i of block 1, town of Reynolds, 26, 19 2 J. $800. E E Roger to S W Woodburo. neL se 6. 18. 3e, $433 H C Trent to J Schaff :r, Jr.. sV lot 6, block 6, and sj lot 5, b'eck 6, town or Port Byron. $4. The Somnambulist Hail the Drop. Louis Franz, the night clerk at the Grand, relates the story of a narrow escape from the dream wrath of a somnambulist. "You see," said Louis, "nu old mininc man took a room one nisht, and some hours afterward, as 1 was dozinsi behind the desk, I was startled by hearing footsteps ihulHinsr down the stairs I looked up and saw my friend, the mining man, with a sis shooter in his riijht hand. He walked right over toward me, his eyes staring blindly and almost starting out of their sockets. It is hard to nil wbr.t thoughts flashed through my braiu as he apyi-.ached. What could he mean, and was I alone with a maniac He walked up lo my desk and took deliberate aim at me. I expected him to follow the action with a couple of shots, and so I dodsed down behind my desk and rang for the police. " "Fork over that fTOO, young fellow,' hi cried; 'you don't run in any cold deck on me and net away with the spoils.' '"Of course I knew the situation imme diately. Ih' had leen 'done up' in a game by some card sharps, and had leen dream ing the matter over until the operations oi his mind led him in his sleep to seek re dress of his grievances. I knew it would take some moments for the police to ar rive, and time was very precious just then. " 'I'll pay you the moi;ey:' I yelled. 'Put down that pistol and you cau have your blated three hundred.' "The miner lowered his weapon. 'Come this way,' said- I, and he followed me into the barroom. Behind the bar was a big dish of water. I fumbled a moment with the money drawer to deceive the murder ous lookicg sleeper, and then, quick as a flash, I threw the basinful of water iuto his face. "He yelled, dropped his pistol to the floor, rubbed his eyes a second, and then, fully awakened, began to look around. He lagged a thousand pardons when I ex plained matters to him, and told me how he had gone to bed wishing that he could get hold of the man who had played an tm-, fair game with him in a hotel east of the' mountains' Seattle Telegraph. An Advertising Scheme. "It's mighty hard work getting any free advertising out of you newspaper people nowadays,"' sighed the advance agent of a mammoth allied circus as he passed a stack of coin over the business office count er the other morning. "Space is space," replied the affable cashier, as he made out a receipt. "I don't know why it is," continued the A. A. retrospectively, "but somehow edit ors don't seem to bite as they used to. Same on the eastern coast too. I noticed it particularly ou a little tnap I worked way down at Galveston." "How was that?" "Well, you see, I was on my way to that city by steamer a week iu advance of our show when I struck a great scheme. 1 bought two dozen empty pop bottles and as many steaks from the steward. Then I got a lot of arsenic from the medical stores and rubbed it into the steaks. I put some of our bills in the bottles, tied a steak around each and dropped 'em overboard as we en tered the harbor, ily calculation was that the sharks would swallow the meat, be poisoned, float ashore, would be cut open, the bills found and the whole thing be writ ten np by the reporters in great shape." "How did it work?" "Like a charm my part of it, I mean. Nine sharks altogether stood in with the show, but every time one came ashore I got a note from every editor in the place pro posing to write the thing up, with a snap camera cut of the shark, at the regular rates." "Pretty meau, that." "Meant Those fellows could give Shy lock cards and spades. The only paper that referred to it at all was one we gave sixty four free passes to. The day we left town it remarked that our show was enough to kill a blind nigger let alone sharks. "San Francisco Examiner. Horses and Mare. Farriogton Bros, of Minneapolis who will be at Lorton Bros', stables, Daven Dort, on Thursday, Friday. Saturdav and Suodav. April 30. and May 1. 2 and' 3, to buy two car loads of horses and mares. Must be in good condition. Mares pre ferred. bat not in foal, and must weigh from 1.000 to 16,000 pounds, aged from 4 to 15 vears. No. Criinlea. noma early as we buy quick. Farhinqtos Bros. A. J. SMITH SON, FURNITURE, CARPETS. DRAPERY, GRILLE WORK OF ALL A. J. SMITH & SON 125 Mid 127 West Third Street, Opp. Masonic Temple. I).' "KN-poR THE MOLINE WAGON. BOLl, ILL. THE MOLINE WAGON CO. Manalacturers oi FARM, SPRING and FREIGHT WAGOB A roll an.l complete line of PLATFORM and other P,r1ng Wagons, especially adapted to tai w ecero trade . of mperior workmanship and lalh. ninetrated Price List free oa application. See the MOLlS' V aGON before pnirhasinii. iSaOaWrlOv 4 f J Davi3 Block, Moline, Illinois, Telephone 2526. ANDERSON COUNTY SOURMASH $2.50 Per Gallon. KOHN & ABLER Removed to 219 Seventeenth Street NL. E. MXTRRIN. j Dealer In Choice Family Groceries Cor. Third avenue and Twenty-first St., Rock I.-'.and. A flrtla stock of Groceries that will tw mid t l ... n. . . v- rrhc oat.-ocaire Kilicited. BIG INVOICE DAVENPORT BUSINESS COLLEGE C. J. W. SCHBEINEB, Contractor and Builder, 1121 and 1123 FoorthaTenoe. Beaidenca 1119 Fourth arcane. Plana aad PMUc'n'bed on an Hum, of work ; alao agent of Willer'a Patent Ineide Sliding Blinda. ometUog new, atylie h and dealrabla . . . , BOCK istAND. H-I AXD - KINDS. DAVIS & CO, PliUlVEBERS -AJTD- Steam Fitters, A complete stock of Pipe, Brass Goods, Packing Hose, Fire Brick. Etc Sole Agents for DEAN STEAM PUMPS and blliHI hhtU LUBRICATORS We guarantee eTcry one perfect, and wi'.l send O p. Twenty day'a trial, to responsible parties 8afety Heating Doiiers and Contractors fo furnishing and laying" Water, and Sewer Pipe. 1712 First Ave , Rock Island, Eliaok Telephone 1148. Eeslcler.ce Telepioce IOC. MARKET SQUARE. "" OF Goods received by HOPPE, Tlic Tailor. CALL AND EXAMINE. COMPLETE IN ALL DEPAITM ENTs FOR CATALOGUES ADDRESS J. C. DUNCAN, Davenport, Iowa