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Rock Island Badly Argus.-- I Single CoplM Cents 1 Per WMk IS Grail. 1 Wren's Reef rs We Poini!! With Pride WSJ lo 1 NT it E 1 1 n ROOM FOR There is bo Bon for Children's Blazer Children's 3-Piece Suits Children's Double-Breasted Suits Nobby Hats, ROCK ISLAND, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1891. OPPOSITION To our immense line of Fall Overcoats. To our immense line of Men's Dress Suits. To our immense line of Men's Business Suits. To our immense line of Boys' and Children's Clotbi THE LOWEST PRICES YET NAMED FOR EQUAL VALUES. Never have better goods been shown. Never have greater varieties been Shown. Never have prices been so low. Every department full of new novelties. Rjeh in quality, all the leading styles, plenty of them IMPROVEMENT Impmrnt in Onr Boys and CMWs Department. Nobby Ties, ROCK ISLAND. IN OUR MEN'S Children's Nobby Kilt Suits Children's Fine Overcoats No End to mar DEPARTMENT. Them. ABREVIATED TELEGRAMS. One Chicago Arm is said to have char tered vessel room for 7UO.OU) bushel, of com to Buffalo. K.ibert Vinton Kennedy, once a mem ber of the Illinois state senate, wan killed on the Illinois Central tracks. The Fifty-ecoud session of the Rock liiver conference of the Methodist Episco pal church w.;l be held in Joliet. i Sir James Ferguson has been appointed postmaster general of Great B.itaio to succeed the late Henry Cecil It.iikes. The death of "Larry" Corcoran, the onc ' famous base ball man, is denied by his friends. A hurricane which visited the town of Consuegra, Spain, has added to the dam age done by the flood. Many houses were1 blown down. . . , A monument is to be erected at. AtlintW Highlands, X. J., to mark the spoil' where Heinnck Hudson first landed on American soil. Miss Hattie Belknan. aired 1 vartk rescued two children from a burning buildiosr at Ci fund Ci-twaincr Tll - r- great risk of her own life. About twenty Cbinanien sneaked across the river at Detroit from Canada under, the direct-mil rif whit. ,..,. have been arrested and will be returned at once. odist Episcopal church, delivered a lecl ure 10 me coiorea people of Boston, in vhich he strongly urged a migration of lis race to Africa. A larce businea hlrwlr t Chenango county, X. Y., owned by Fred Weiler. Mrs. Airnes WiW inl'r...i. Cox, has burned. Origin unknown.' . Loss, $55,000; Insurance about $72,000. Ine Orerman Press club, of California, branch Of tha Vut.innnl .fl.nKl.tfnn .P Herman American journalists has been' organized at Sin Fr.incirr. r r.,. blutt, of The California Democrat, was elected president and Emil Burgh secre tary. ' Herman Toman nf rhinoon ol old, was left by his parents in their home m r.ignry-tmra street and Euclid avenue. In some mmnur th. MM inmA matches, one of which igniting set Are to its clothing After suffering all night it died yesterday morning. Fatal Elevator Accident. Cixcixsati, Sept. '.2 John O'Brien was instantly killed yesterday morning by an elevator in Gale Bros.' warehouse falling two floors down. John Roach was badly injured. About 5:SO o'clock an unknown man was run down bv a Cin cinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad train. He was struck and hurled twenty feet in the air. The train was stODDed and the mangled form placed upon iti xuere was notning on the body by which it could be identified. Chrlatened and Then Killed. BOSTON'. Sent. 22. Thomas Horan and wife, of South Boston, gave a christening party at their home in South Boston.! During the festivities the babe, aged 8 weeks, was F-ffocated, evidently by some body lying unon it. The Horans have Iwn arrested. Switchman Delegate Found Dead. Philadelphia, Sept. 22. H. M. Davis." of Peoria, Ills., a delegate to the national switchmen's convention, was found dead n bis room at the Howard house vmatrrl day morning. Heart disease was the cause of death. Did Not Beat His Becord. " INDEPENDENCE, la., Sept. 22 With the track in good condition yesterday after noon AUerton was sent to beat his reootd, but only succeeded in tyins it. the onar- ters being 0:32.'. 1:04J. 1:37,Y. 8:08)tf. THE MARKETS. Chicago. Chicago, Sept. SL Following were the q notations on th. board of trade today: Wheat No. t Sentember. opened rc closed 97c; December, -opanad H.UAg; closed 1.00a; year. ODened V7W. cloaad . . KHc Corn No. 2 September, opened Mop -closed 52ic; October, opened Sic, closed SMwc: year, opened 44c, closed 41J$e. Oats Ko. i -September, opened -7c, closed 267s; Oo- tober. opened STUc, closed 27c: Slav, onened ii 31c. closed 30?6c Pork October, opened . llO.S.'Vi. closed J10.37H; December, opansd tl0.tK3. closed tlu.nr,; January, opened J12.HU, closed IliSU. Lard October, opened Stt.80, closed tH.7&. Live stock Following were the nrioss at the Union Stock yards today: Hogs Market moderately active on packing and shipping ac count; good grades Arm; common lota easy; prices without material change: sales ranged at tZXK&L3i ties, iLr& Sl lisht, 4.S.Vr.4-J roueh Dackins. &4.T5 I&5.3Q mixed, and S4-95iidU heavy packing and shipping lots. Cattle Market only moderately activa and feeling weak, and prices favored buyera: quotations ranged at f-VWaajti nrime ta abippinic steers. &4.i gool to fancy do.' ao.3i'i.i, common lo rair do, f4.til"ti.4v tellers- steers, X0U(a2.U ktockers. aZjnAaai Texans. t2.a4.W rangers. 3.iVl40 feed era. S1.50fia.. cows, tL&aa0 bulls, and f.9U Qj.uu veal calves. i Sheep -Market fairly' active and n eea rather easy; quotations ransed at 4.4U western. x3Juh4.tU native,- and S&UfiUi Produce: Better Fanev aenaratnr V 't. Ib; dairies, fancy, freahJAiaic: nankins atnoka. fresh. Lie. EgKS Loss off, 17c per dot Live poultry Old chickens, luc per lb: sDrlna-. Ufc: . roosters, 5Mc; turkeys, mixed. Wo; ducks, aHc: spring, lOilOHc. Potatoes Horn, grown. 53&i5 per sack: Wlscnnsui and Mlchl gao. fair to choice, -&i per bu; sweet pota toes, oaiumore, sz.ui:.3a per bbl; Jerseys, S&&&i.t. Apples re?n cooking, TrjolLUUr 1 per bbl; eating, tUSbQXM. . - New Vork. Nsw York, Sept. SI . Wheat Vo. 2 red winter ruh si tmju- do October, $1.H: do November. $1.CH: do December. $L10. Cora No. 2 mixed ih. aiM&siMc: do fiemmhr anu. rf October, Utc; do November. STT. .. Oats- Dull; No. 2 mixed cash. 33o; do Octo ber, 32ic Rye DulL Barley Nominal. Pork Moderately active and strong; newmera, tlx.iiaiz.Sa Lard-Steadyr October. 7.1; December, t7i". Live Stock: Cattle Market ruled fairly at firmer prices for choice offerings. Poorest to beet native steers. t3-2&&i.72prr UOlbs; Teian ana loioraaos, .). (t-r. nails and dry cows, f L75&t.iU. Sheep-Market rnled vary dull at adecline of strong He per lb. Sheep $3$ '. 4.87H; Iambs. lA iJio. Hogs -Market firm; : tiaiW per 100 lbs. - -. E. 15. Parmcntar. atuini Mskes collections, losjit BaoDej.arwl wilj m A . A . . , . . "j tcgat Dtuiness) imrnfrea in , him. Offlo. noatnfflM hlwh Ttwh T.i ukLLU-. da)