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it ...t Rock Island Daily fcxnix. no. 254 HOCK ISLAND, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1891. Plugle Cupies (fPrat Per Week HiiUit . j , : ' 4 ' Argus. iCAST CALLN All summer coats and vests that are left you can have at half price. All light weight dress suits that are left you can have at half price. All light colored business suits that are left you can have at half price. Pants at half price. Children's Clothing at half price. School Suits at half price. Summer Underwear at half price. Neglige Shirts at half price. Straw Hats at half price. Neckwear at half price. Children's Waists at half price. Knee Pants at half price. r . All odds and ends must and will go at half price. We carry no goods over from season to season. Our fall stock is beginning to come in. We must havemorelroom. Therefore this great sale. London ClOtM ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS. Henry Henson, a wife murderer, was hanged in St. Louis. Chris Young was hanged at Lexington, Mo. Joseph Brothers & Co., dealers in dry goods at l'J9 Fifth avenue, Chicago, have confessed judgments amounting to $42, 51L The London Times says the death of Mr. Lowell is probably more keenly and widely felt in England thau would be that of any man not an Englishman. Mrs. Catherine Coody, at Philadelphia, was killed bj lightning while closing a window in her house. Mayor Chapin, of Brooklyn, is seriously til. The Yankton National bank, of lYank ton, S. D.. capital S50.0U0, has been author ized to begin business. The 'Select Clydesdale Stud Book" has been recognized by the United States treasury department as a record book of recognized breeds'. Missouri Knights of Labor and Alliance men are negotiating with a view to co-operation. Joseph Pulitzer is reported to Jbe fser lously ill of nervous prostration in Europe. Ex-President Cleveland has written re gretting that he and Mrs. Cleveland can not attend the Bennington monument un veiling. The pope has sent his blessing to the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Amer ica. Abraham Backer, the note broker 'cf New York, who owes about $4,OJu,0oa, has been arrested, charged with fraud. A merchant of Steinitz, Germany, was sent to prison for fourteen days for "steal ing" an umbrella. He was so chagrined that he attempted suicide, but a doctor S ived his life. Rev. J. C. Kenney, late a Roman Catho lic priest, but who "stuck"' on transub stantiation, and came near becoming an agnostic, joined the Methodist church at D;s PUiiues camp meeting. Fifteen deaths from the heat were re ported at Xew York yesterday. Cora Belle Chaska denies the story that she has tired of her Sioux husband. The Maryland People's party conven tion at Baltimore has indorsed Frank Brown, the Democratic nominee for gov ernor. .- . "' David McCallum, one of the oldest set tlers tif Dts Moiues county, Iowa, died at Buriiugton, aged 4 years. Mrs. Jcmes R, Rohinson and her daugh ter were found murdered in their beds at St. Martinsville, La. Robbery was the object of the murderers. The Reading company wiil run its col lieries at Pottsville, Pa , four days of nine hoars each per week until the coal trade bjonis again. Man and W ife like Together. Dexvek, Aug. 14j Yesterdiy morning Eugene II. Bounick jtnd Lis young wife were found dead in bed at their residence, 611 Santa Fe avenue. They had taken morphine in large quantities. The fol lowing note was found: '"Pltase bury ns side by side. Don't separate us. Grace and G-ne.'" It is said that family troubles were the cause of the double suicide. Tils' Weather We May Expect. Washington, Aug. It. The following are the weather inlir atioas fur twenty-four hours from s p. m. yesterday: For Indiana Gen erally fair weather, followed in the even ing by local showers in northwestern portion: siiUtly varmtr: generally southerly winds; loral rains Saturday. For Lower Michigan Local rains in northwestern, fair weather in southeastern portion: slightly warmer, except stationary temperature ou the shore of Lake Michigan: winds generally southerly: local rains are likely Saturday. For Fpper Michi gan and Wisconsin Local rains, perhaps oc casionally heavy in Wisconsin; southeasterly winds; no decided ihange in temperature: cloudiness and rain Saturday. For Illinois Local rains: probably thunderstorms in southern portion; slightly cooler, except sta tionary teiniK-rat are ia the extreme northern portion: soutlierly winds: showers Saturday. For Iowa Frequent showers; no decided " change in temperature, except warmer in northeastern portion: variable; winds. THE MARKETS. . Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 11 . Following were the quotations on the board of trade today: Wheat No. August, opened and closed W.4jc: Keptemler, opened Wc closed Kgc: December, opened iMc, closed 9."He. Corn No. S August, opened 6J4o, planed ic; September, opened 5Bc. closed 54c; October, opened 54?ic. closed 55o. Oats No. 8 August, opened 3sf.jc: closed SUtgc; Sepem ber. opened 2SVc, closed 27ic: May, opened 314C, closed 31:V. Pork .September, opened f lu.40. closed SV.tffVt: October, opened (10.56, closed Sl'.l.utr, January, opened tU.X), closed f LL'.Nt. Lard iseptember, opened &6.S closed Live Stock Following were the prices at the Union stock yards t inlay: Hogs Market rather active on packing and shipping ac count and feeliug lirni; quotations about So higher: sales ranged at $J.-&j.lJ pigs. 4.7.Vy.801igut. S4.5534.iW rough packing, 4.(W 3j.Su mixed, and UMii.'M heavy pack ing and shipping lots. Cattle .Market rather active on local and shippiug account and prices without change; quotations ranged at $5.7'e.a) choice tofaucy shipping steers. t4.IW3-i.6M good to choice do. ?4..jo.j,4.H common ti fair do, $3.75 5-4.40 buu-hetV steers. stockera, f?.&V4.t Texan. .4't.:M feeders.-81.5f: 4.U0 cows, il.50(!,:i..i bulla, and -.33.4.W veal calves. Sheep Market fairly active and prices anchanged: quotations ranged at ja.5Ujj4.ijJ westerns. 3.7SaA.&) natives, and fcit.50iS.60 lambs. Produce: Butter Faucy separator, 18c per lb: dairies, fancy, fresh. WtrlV: packing stocks, fresh, lOV&llc Lggs Loss off, 15c per doz. Live poultry Old chickens, luc per lb; spring, Utaloc: roosters. Static; turkeys, mixed, <ic: ducks. 41Uc: spring, lUSlOHc Potatoes St. Louis, early Ohio. H.Wijl.85 per bbl: Tennessee, i:tbn,&. Alton, f lAMiUS; Kansas. 3)5 40c per bu; home grown. 6r2AJc per sack. Apples Illinois, green, 75c(&fl.M per bbU choice, 8L.Uua.L2i; eating. $L50L75. Blackberries Michigan. &V: 7-jc per ltMjt case, blueberries gl.75.ui) per ltMjt case. Huckle bernea $ lJ5il.4U perltt-qt case. New Tork. Xew Yoke. Aug. 13. Wheat No. 2 red winter cash, $LUJ: iAu gust, jmm: September. J1JJ6H. October, tLO&H. Corn-No. 2 mixed cash. T3e; An- M guat. 71T6c; Sepember, BB&tjc; October, etc. - Oats Quiet but firm; No. t mixed cash, 45c; September. St6c Bye and Barter Neglect ed. Pork Dull; new meas.tlL003U.ta Lard Quiet; September, 9CM: October, JT.OO. Lire Stock: Cattle IBarket steady, but DO traoinc ia beeves; dressed beef, doll; native sides, tttMo per lb. Sheep sal . lernhe Steady market; sheep, tiAOHAM per lot lbs: isokM. Hxqtn. Horn AUrket firm. . for lire ttoas, MtUs Per 100 foal The finest sjmI sweetest line of French candies just leceiTod at KreU it MU'. i X . j fii i .1 - i J hi H f