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THE AltGUS; MONDAY. OCTOBER 20. 18911 L
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CITY CHAT.
At Toung'i Thursday.
Bed comfort sl t McCb Bros'.
"Our Irish Visitors? t lbs theatre to
B'ffbt. , ' -
Don't foreet tbe day. ' Yourfrs open
ing Thurtdty.
Young's (rand opening of fancy gro -eerie
i Thursday- ,
Special prices oa bed comforts all thin
week at McCabe Bros.
A. G, Emerson, of Chicago, is in the
city calling on friends.
Dress goods are to be made conspicu
ous this week at McCabe Bros.
Go to the First M. E. church tomcr
row tight. ' Admission 10 cents.
'Four dray loads of bed comforts on
ale at McCabe Bros, this week.
. Call on the bachelors Tuesday night
at Fifth avenue and Nineteenth street.
Senator W. F. Crawford and wife of
Taylor Ridge, were in the city today.
Hon . . W. Hurst leaves tomorrow
evening for Nebraska on a business trip.
Muscatine is moving in the direction of
paved streets the right direction ex
actly. .
Prices that will surprise everybody in
fancy bottle goods and canned goods at
Young's opening.
Bed comforts sale in McCabe Bros',
double annex on the west, Nos. 1712 and
1T14 all this week.
The annual fair of St. Joseph's church
will open tonight at Armory hall and
entinue one week.
Nick Blair' caught a walled pike
(white salmon) at the boatyard last week
that weighed 17 pounds.
Carl Frederick Corsel of Moline at
tempted to hng himself with a shawl
strap Saturday night, but failed.
Mrs. A. Brock and little son, of Chi
cago, are visiting at the residence of
Adair Pleasants on Second avenue.
At Young's opening Thursday will be
seen the finest line of fancy groceries
that have ever been shown in the city.
Oliver O'aen is able to be ont
gre eting bis many friends who are oyer
joyed at his presence ein on the streets.
nr. a. ferry ana wire oi tfusbnell,
spent Sunday at the residence of their
grandson, Solomon Perry, on Fourteenth
street.
The The tri-city street railwsy syndi
cate has made the Illinois Trust company
bank of Cnicaso trus'ee for all its prop
erty in the trickles
Moline is to lose its popular physician
Dr. George . Mtrrjman, who will soon
move to Bloomington to continue the
practice of his profession.
Miss Nellie Murray, formerly manager
of the Postal Telegraph company's office
at Peru. III., is in the city to take the
managpmi'nt of the Rock Island office.
Moline and Rock Isiaad are joining
hands on the Columbian exhibit. An
association is being formed with 1 100.000
lanital tnffe rtiviHari In ftlfl Dh.ua
Davenport Times
George A Ewing and wife of Iowa
City apent yesterday the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. S. W. Searle, being Mrs.
Searle's parents, who with her diughter
returned with them on a visit.
From now until the holidays I offer
special terms to those joining my class in
China painting. Instructions in oil and
water colors at reasonable terms. Studio
1414 Third avenue. Jessie F. Perrine.
Toe Rock Island city council will bold
an important meeting tonight. It will
be an adjourned session, and at it the
contract will probably be let for the new
pump for the Rock Island waterworks.
Street Superintendent BlaisdeU came
out with the newly painted wagon of the
street department this morning. The
wagon is nicely painted and a credit to
the city, and to Robert Wall who did the
work
You can fully depend upon Underbill's
judgment and honesty as to buying a
load of bay, potatoes or grain for you.
Leave your orders with him; it will re
ceive proper attention, 213 Market
Square.
Supervisors S. W. Heath, of Bowling,
Dr. M atthews, Joseph Fiizpatrick, Mer
ritt Goble audC.E. Kyte, of Black
Hawk, left this afternoon for Peoria, to
attend the canal condemnation proceed-
ingsinths U. S. court.
w.j. jtrr, me liveryman, received a
pair of beautiful carriages from the fac
tory of Tom Connollyjat Dubuque Sat
urday. The carriages are substantially
and artistically built and elaborately
mounted and beautifully upholstered.
The windows are beveled glass and the
wood work highly polished and deco
rated. ,. Sam Freyer, of Muscatine, the tough
who hammered Capt. Wi liatn Boland of
the Diamond Joe line over the head with
a stone during an excursion to that place
last summer, has been serylog - a six
months' jail sentence at Muscatine. Yes
terday he slipped and fell on the pile and
one of his ankles was broken.
Rock Island and Moline are getting to
be twins in earnest. Following the prep
aration of plans for a twin city Colum
bian celebration to take place July 4,
189i. oomes the announcement that the
Moline and Rock Island Mechanical Ex
position association is to be organ-zed,
with 9100.000 capital, divided into f 10,
000 shares of flO each Davenport
Democrat.
The north bound freight on the Mil
waukee road the other day ran over a boy
named Clarence McMahon of Albany. agtd
12, injuring his left leg so that amputation
was necessary, and if he" survives the
shock will be badly crippled, a3 the toes
of the right foot were cut off and the
heel painfully injured.
A special from Keokuk states that it is
almost a certainty now that the Balti
more & Ohio road will extend its lines
from Beardstown, 111, to the Mississippi
river at an early date. Tne people of
Keokuk, Qaincy, Fort Madison and pos
sibly Muscatine, will strive hard to have
the road cross the river at their respec
-,ive cities.
Robert Johnston, of Black Hawk, had
a peculiar accident Saturday. He was
clriving across the Rock river bridges when
the wheels of his wsgon so struck a piece
cf the rail of the street ear company that
i . fisw up, bormed a bow, capsizing the
v agon and .throwing Mr. Johnston out
hsavily. He was not seriously injured,
a thiugh painfully bruised.
P. H. Linneer and daughter and also
Miss Cook, of Chicago, are at the Har
per house. They have been at Denver,
acd Mr. Linneer, or Patrick Henry Lin
neer as he is affectionately know to the
trude, is western agent for the' Holly
mtoiutacturing company, and he stopped
he-e to represent his house in attempting
to secure the new pump for the Rock
Island waterworks.
Home important interior changes are
being made in Henry Dart's Sons' whole
sales house on Eighteenth street. Eighty
feet more of space are to be added and
and thrown into a reception room, sam
ple room and office. It is expected that
when the improvements are completed
the reat jobbing house will have one of
the most handsomely appointed suite of
office rooms in the three-cities.
While Mrs. Otto Heinz, of 1009
Tenth avenue, was shopping in McCabe's
store this morning .her 2-year-old girl
strayed off and was later found at the
corner of Fourteenth street and Second
avenue by J. 8. Gi'.more and turned
over to the police. The frenzied mother
later oalled at the police statiou to leave
notice of the loss of the little one and
found it waiting for her. It is needless
to say that the meeting was a happy
one.
The Piute club will give Col. Flagler,
who is an honorary member of the club,
an informal reception Monday eve
nine from 8 to 10. The Business Men's
association of this city kindly tendered
the use of its spacious rooms to the Piute
club, as the present club rooms might
prove i nadequate for such a reception.
Accordingly the reception will be held at
the rooms or tne Business Men s associa
tion. Invi ations to the reception have
been sent to the Businass Men's associa
tions of this city, Rock Island and Mo
line. Davenport Democrat.
David Kelso, of South Moline, was ad
judged insane in the county court this
morning before a jury composed of Dr.
S. C. plummer, E. EL Wright, Cyrus Val
entine, J. L Maslin, W. H. Yeatman and
Henry Falle. His insanity is of several
months' duration, and it is thought was
brought on by the excessive use of to
bacco. His age is 40 years, and the iury's
verdict was insane and a pauper, and he
will probably be sent to the Insane hoss
pital at Jacksonville.
Look Favorable.
It begins to look more favorable for
the re-est blisbment of the London Cloth
ing compiny, and that at an early day.
Negotiations have been in progress all
day, which may result in the London get
ting on itii feet again.
Additional judgments were confessed
in the county court late Saturday evei
ning against the London Clothing com
pany as follows: Harris & Sbrier, $1,639;
Marx & llass, $1,939; W. P. Qaayle,
106; the Union Printing company, (226,
and J. W. Potter. (116. Attachments
were also f led for the following amounts:
Khn Bros., (320; Oppenbeim & Strauss,
$750; Han is H. Marx etal, (854; Frank
Einthal, (334; and Emanuel Marx, (3,
604. This makes a total of (20,878 now
presented.
The soft i;low of the tea rose is ac
quired by la lies who use Pozzoai's Com
plexion Powder.
What is nc ore attractive than a pretty
face with a fresh, bright complexion T For
w if T X
it use rout ni jrowaer.
oaHlBaking
Used in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard.
THE A. P. A. 'S WERE PRESENT.
A Meeting at Connell Bluff's Denounces
the American Protective Association.
Council Bluffs, la., Oct. - 20. A most
remarkable meeting took place in the
Broadway theatre yesterday afternoon,
being the outcome, of trouble over the ex
istence in this cltf of the American Pro
tective association, an : anti-Roman
Catholic organization. The theatre was
filled to overflowing with both sexes,
and equally as many A. P. A-'a
as anti's were present, as it was
announced that the declaration - of
principles, oath and membership of the or
ganization would be made public. The
stage was draped with American flags,
and the meeting was called to order and
organized by prominent citiaens Roman
Catholics.
Answered to Tbeir Names.
The declaration of principles, oath and
questions for applicants to the A. P. A.
were read, also a list of several hundred
members. As the names were read some
rose tip and answered "Here." There was
cheering and some confusion but no real
disturbance occurred. The list included
many well-known citizens. Resolutions
denunciatory ot the A. P. A. were passed,
some voting "No." Both parties claim to
be satisfied with the result of the meet
ing. The A. P. A.'s say that the resi
dence of the secretary was burglaried last
Thursday and the list of membership
stolen.
CARRY PISTOLS TO SCHOOL.
A '-Somewhat Peculiar" Condition of Af
fairs In Louisiana.
New Orleans, Oct. 20. A somewhat
peculiar condition of affairs exists in east
Feliciana parish. In this state, as may be
judged from the complaint that the
parish superintendent of schools makes to
the school board of the habit of boys,
even in the lower schools, going there
armed with revolvers. He insists that
this a bad custom; that boys ought not to
carry pistols, and that the teachers should
prohibit them from doing so, and makes
tbe following suggestion to the school
board in his official report:
Seems a Reasonable Sacrestlon.
Carrying pistols to school should be positive
ly forbidden, and any teacher knowingly per
mitting it should be dismissed. It people see
fit to allow their boys to go on in this uncivil
ized manner ihey should not be permitted to
carry weapons to school to cripple the chil
dren ot other people.
Tbe board favors tbe proposition, and
tbe revolver will no longer be regarded as
a necessary branch of the curriculum of
the public schools.
leath of Rer. Dr. Tiffany.
MlXKEAPOLlS, Oct. 26.- The Rev. O. H.
Tiffany, pastor of the Hennepin Avenue
Methodist Episcopal church, died at 4
o'clock Saturday afternoon. He had been
ailing for some weeks, and his death was
not unexpected. Dr. Tiffany was one of
tbe best known and most eloquent
preachers in the Methodist church, and
had filled tbe leading pulpits in Chicago,
New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia and
Washington. He was aUo known as a
k cturer of great ability.
France Will Be at the Fair.
Paris, Oct. 26. Leading Americans
here are satisfied that tbe government is
sincerely anxious for a creditable exhibit
of French industries at tbe Chicago fair,
both because it will be to the material in
terest of France, and in order to show re
spect and friendship towards tbe Ameri
can republic Tbe government itself will
be well represented, and It is believed that
there will be an increased interest on the
subjeot among the French people.
CALIFORNIA FIRST PAPER.
Literary Grinders.
If you start out to make a livelihood by
the pen, with only tbe dollar mark before
you, you will fail unless you have a gigan
tic genius for blinding tbe editors and
tbeir public. Tbe man or woman who
writes only with the one overpowering
idea in view of what tbe work will bring
him or her makes a great mistake, and
never will make anything else. What are
called "literary grinders" by editors and
publishers are never popular or conspicu
ous for tbeir success. They may seem to
make a hit here or there, but not very
often. The lane of tbe "literary hack" has
a very abort and sharp turn, and it is gen
erally not far from the opening of the road.
An editor is quick to single out tbe "grind
er," as her work invariably shows it, and
the man or woman who is thus classified
in the editorial mind is most unfortunate.
Edward W. Bok in Ladies' Home Jour
nal A Retlary.
A retiary was tbe name of a Roman
gladiator armed in a peculiar way. Be
was furnished with a trident and net, with
no more covering than a short tunic, and
with these implements he endeavored to
entangle and dispatch his adversary, who
was called a secutor (from sequi, to follow),
and was armed with a helmet, a shield and
a sword. Tbe name of tbe first ia pro
nounced as if spelled re-shi-a-ry, the accent
on the first syllable. New York Weekly.
The Advantage of a Hobby.
Almost every person of wealth and op
portunities has a hobby. One has a pre
dilection for pictures, another for armor,
still another for coins, or medallions,
watches, or the fad of souvenir spoons.
As to tbe latter, it is recorded that one in
defatigable collector has succeeded in get
ting together a variety of spoons of every
age and nation since man first discarded
tbe use of fingers for a more civilized sub
stitute. A certain philosopher advises all persons
to have a hobby. It gives a spice to life to
have an absorbing object. At seventy
years of ace Alison, reviewing his days and
feeling as strong as at twenty-five, attrib
uted his happy condition to a variety of
occupation. "Either the law or tbe liter
ature singly." he said, -"would, I am per
suaded, have ruined my health or termi
nated my life, but the two together saved
both.1' Microscope or telescope, botany or
literature, teacups or 'candlesticks, tbe
bobby world is a wide one and offers all
kinds of entertainment. New York Ad
vertiser. "-
Mot a Loafer.
Snod grass (to tramp who has asked for
assistance I have nothing for yon. You
are a' lazy loafer.
Tramp (with dignity) Yon do me an
injustice, sir. I am a passive member of
the Ancient Order of Sons of Reet. De
troit Free Press.
Hoping for the Best.
Snobberly's rich tincle was very sick,
so the doctor said to the nephew:
"Your uncle is much worse! You
must be prepared for everything."
"Til be glad to get half," replied Snob
berly. Texas Sittings.
A 6heet That Most Have Been a Curies
Ity Even In the Early Days of 184s).
- Gardiner Q. Colton writes to a New York
paper apropos of tbe suspension of Tbe
Alta California of San Francisco, concern
ing tbe origin or that paper, which was a
little sheet issued in Monterey by his
brother, the Rev. Walter Colton, then
chaplain in tbe United States service. He
quotes from his brother's "Three Years in
California," now a rare book:
"Saturday, July 15, 1846. Today the first
newspaper ever published in California
made its appearance. Tbe honor, if such
it be, of writing its prospectus fell to me.
It is to be issued every Saturday, and is
published by Semple & Colton. My part
ner is an emigrant from Kentucky, who
stands 0 feet 8 Inches in his stockings.
He is in a buckskin dress, a foxskln cap, is
true with his Title, ready with bis pen and
quick at the type case. He created the
material of our office out of chaos of a
small concern which had been used by a
Roman Catholic monk in printing a few
sectarian tracts.
"The press was old enough to be pre
served as a curiosity: tbe mice had bur
rowed in tbe balls; there were no rules, no
leads, and the types were rusty and in pi.
It was only by scouring that the letters
could be made to show tbeir faces. A sheet
or two of tin was procured, and these, with
a jackknife, were cut into rules and leads.
Luckily we found with the press tbe great
er part of a keg of ink, and now came the
main scratch for paper. None could be
found except what is used to envelope the
tobacco of the cigar smoked here by the
natives.
"A coaster had a small supply of this on
board, which we procured. It is in sheets
a little larger than the common sized fools
cap. And this is tbe size of our first paper,
which we have christened The Californian.
Though very small in dimensions, our first
number is as full of news as a black wal
rSatis of meat. We have received by couri
ers during the week intelligence from all
the important military posts through the
territory. Very little of this has trans
pired. It reaches tbe public for the first
time through our sheet.
"We have also the declaration of war be
tween the United States and Mexico, with
an abstract of the debate in the senate. A
crowd was waiting when the first sheet
was thrown from the press. It produced
quite a little sensation. Never was a bank
run upon harder, not, however, by people
with paper to get specie, but exactly tbe
reverse. One-half of the paper is in Eng
lish, tbe other in Spanish. The subscrip
tion for a year is $5; the price for a single
sheet is I2i4 cents, and is considered cheap
at that."
Reserving Scats on Trains.
"We read a good deal about the 'hog, as
he is called, on railway trains," remarked
an old traveler, "but there is one thing
that I have noticed in my journeys that
seems to me to deserve more attention than
it receives. That is the regard that travel
ers show for the rights of others. I never
go on a trip that I fail to notice it. It is
the universal custom to recognize tbe right
of a person to a seat if he or she has pre
empted it by leaving a valise or other prop
erty in it to indicate that it has been re
served, so to speak. In all my experience
I never saw any one seize upon such a piece
of baggage and eject it, and then sit down
and occupy the seat. That seems to me
to be really remarkable.
"And then how rarely does it happen
that a passe n eer loses any baggage that he
may have left unguarded in a peat. A man
may go into tbe smoking car and may re
main an hour or more, and on bis return
he will find his property Intact. At sta
tions where there are eating houses pas
sengers get out by the score, reserving their
seats with bags, overcoats, books, maga
zines, etc, and on coming back will find
everything undisturbed. This regard for
others' rights is one of the characteristics
of American travelers that ought to be em
phasized. I have seen numerous specimens
of the genus 'hog,' and nobody can be more
disgusted than I at the exhibitions they
make; but over against them I like to set
the other quality of which I have spoken.
There is a good bit of unselfishness iu this
world, after alL" New York Tribune.
A Schoolmaster's Nickname.
For some reason of his own, an assistant
master at our school, whose Christian
name was Joseph, used to sign himself at
length, "Josephus," apparently consider
ing it an improvement on the more famil
iar appellation. Though a good fellow as
assistant masters go, he was terribly fussy
about trifles which a master with more
tact would have passed by as if unseen.
The consequence was that we made tbe
most of his precious front name, and tbe
school humorist dubbed him, "Josey Fuss,"
not a bad play upon the name of Josephus.
London Tit-Bits.
'When Found Make a Note Of.'
When the professor strife es
the key his apS pupils will
make a note of it with no un
certain sound. Mns!c'ans
would do well to make a note
of this address 1726 Second
Avenue -where is located the
musical emporium of D. Koy
Bowlby.
M
ROS.
DRESS
HOODS
Choice new goods on sale on
Monday morning.
Camel's Hair Spots.
Embroidered Broadcloth
Robes.
Camel's Hair Stripes, etc.
we are doinc, .
nes8 in our Cloak0011
Want to i1
Can't we Bt-ll .
Hr-r Ma pqiv.-
Miss Mahon
plwed to show and fit!
v.j g.
Call and examine.
McLNTffiE BROS.,
Bock Island. Illi,,,
THE LARGEST STOCK OF
Furniture and Carpel
IN THE THREE CITIES.
NOS.
1525 and 1527
SECOND ATE.
AND
124, 126 and 128
Sixteenth Street.
CLEMANN & SALZf,
1
ROCK T8LA5D.
ROUND OAK STOVES
Are tlie Best.
Why bay the imitations? for all ethers are only that,
when you cai buy the genuine
BECKW1TH ROUND OAK
For nearly the same price at
John T. Noftsker's
Who has also a fine line of WOOD MANTLES, HEARTHS,
GRATES, ETC. Sole agent for the celebrated
ACORN AND ALADDEN STOVES AND RANGES,
Cor. Twentieth Street and Third Ave.
- McGUINNESS'
EUROPEAN HOTEL,
113 and 115 Brady Street.
DAVENPORT, IOWA.
ROOMS 50c to ei.00 Per Day.
A. BLACKBALL,
Xsnaf sctnrer of all kinds of
BOOTS AND SHOES
Gents' Fine Shoes s pecisltr. Repairing done neatly and prompUr .
A share of jour patronage respsctfnUy solicited. . n
-1618 Second AyenHe, Rok IeUm.11
B. F. DeGEAR,
Contractor and Builder,
. 1 1
Office and Shop Corner BeTenteenth 8t . . Pnrlc IsIaJluH
VA11 kinds of carpenter work s specialty. Plana and eetlmstea for all kicdi of buOiicP
faralabM on application.
JQ)avenport Business College,
COMPLETE IN AIX DEPARTMENTS.
FOB CATALOGUES ADDRSS9
J. C. DUNCAN, Davenport
I THE POSITIVE CURE. I
I SLY BROTHERS, M Wirrsm 8W Dear York. Friosso
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