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ocr Island D Argus. iSliUO. 278 ROCK ISLAND, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1891. Single Copies B Cents. Per Week IS Cents. TH mm GRAND FALL OPENING! The London Clothing Co. are now ready after four weeks' un ceasing labor of unpacking, marking and arranging their stupen dous line of 'all and Winter Clothing, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hats and Last Saturday, Sept. 5th they inaugurated the grandest Fall open ing Rock Island, Davenport or Moline has ever witnessed. They will continue it each day and evening all of this week. Music ' will be furnished, the establishment handsomely decorated and everything arranged for the convenience and enjoyment of their guests. The many inquiries Caps. TPD0D1 ILtDMUXDM ; Has had as to when they would be ready to display their Fall and Winter stock has influenced them in having their opening at this time. This being the first fall opening since the advent of the London Clothing Co. in Rock Island, they are determined to outdo all former attempts. They are prepared to show a larger and more complete line of clothing and gents' furnishings than all the other establishments combined. If you are desirous of knowing the latest styles of men's and boys' clothing, and gents' furnishings attend this grand opening. CHILDREN'S CLOTHING A SPECIALTY mi raIliO London Clolf Company. ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS. Jay Gould is said to be arranging for year's cruise in his yacht Atalanta. An express train dashed into a body of railroad laborers at Glasgow, Scotland, killing five men. The failure of Alexander & Son, coin brokers of London, is announced. Their liabilities are 1.8TO.UOS Ex-Congressman Cl.trke, of Wisconsin , died at Jlieresa, X. Y., yesterday. HU home was in Xeenab. P. V. Dittlinger, who is wanted at Chi cago for stealing $10,000 freju the Chicago Building and Loan association has been arrested at Bostou. The United States Publishing company, of Chicago, has been placed in the hands of a receiver by Judge Uorton. Its lia bilities are JGO,oOO. Mrs. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. McKtfl and Baby McKee are expected at the Woodlawn Park hotel, at Auburndale, Mass., on Saturday. Governor Peck has appointed ex-Mayo.' Breese J. Stevens, of Madison, a regent of of the Wisconsin state university, vica George Raymer, resigned. A memorial tablet to commemorate tha departure of the Mayflower from that port in 1020 is to be erected at Plymouth, Eng., by the county council. A Hindoo princess, the Begum Ahmadee, is a new prima donna, who is said to be great beaut and to possess a voice of marvelous quality and power. Forty uiiliiou tons of anthracite and 40,700,000 of bituminous coal were minsd In Pennsylvania last year, at a cost of 524 lives, 24 widows, and 813 orphans. The government examination of the books of the Keystone bank has been sus pended owing to the exhaustion of the ap propriation for that sort of work. Cornelius Raegan, an iron worker, of Bethlehem, Pa., was attacked with hic coughs six weeks ago and had been hie coughing constantly until yesterday when he died. Annie Fairhurst, a 10-year-old girl of Leeds, England, has been sent to the workhouse because she possesses a mania for suicide, having made three attempts of that kind. Two trainmen Victor Hainsand George Cortman were fatally and Conductor Baird seriously injured by a collision of passenger trains ou the L'nion Pacific, near Beatrice, Xeb. Colonel William F. Switzler, the Mis souri statistician who held office under Cleveland's administration, is about to marry a Washington lady. The colonel Is 77 years of age. Miss Anderson, of Brunswick, Ga,, was1 to have been married Wednesday night to E. W. Bingham, a newspaper man, Sun day Bingham called on his fiance and k'ssed her. The kiss betrayed the fact that he had been taking a "snifter." His sweetheart fled to her room, and Tuesday night left for Macon, after sending word to Bingham that his "cake was dough," because he was a drinking man. Five Bodies Washed Ashore. Halifax, X. S., Sept. 11 The bodies of four men and one woman have been washed ashore at Scatterie from the ill fated Camelia. The vessel, whose home port was St. Johns, X. F., was bound to that port from Bihhia. The womsn'a brxiy has been identified as that of Mrs. Harvey, wife of the muster of the vessel. Her husband ulso perished. A 3-Year-Old Record Brohen. XasHVILLE, Sept. 1L The b-year-old bay filly Blontonian owned by Muse & Adams, of Lewisburg, Tenn., trotted a mile over the Murfreesboro half-mile track Wednesday in 2:l. This is tbe fastest mile ever trotte 1 bs a 3-year-old. THc MARKETS? Chicago. - Chicago, Sept. 10. Following were the quotations on the board of trade today: Wheat No. 2 September, opened 91c, closed W1: December, opened 94Jc, closed V7; ear. opened 81c, closed 4i4C. Corn No. t September, opened 62 Vic, doted U5r; October, opened 63c, closed Sic; year, opened 4tie, closed 47sc Oats No. 8 September, opened 2c closed Sc; October, opened 2Hc. closed 29c: May, opened Sflw, closed itSjc. Pork October, opened closed $10.83; Decem ber opened $10.80. closed iU.lo: January, opened 81-1.(15, cloae.t $13.27!-$. L&rd October, opened itUK closed V.ViH- Live stock: Following were the prices at the Union Mots, yards today: Hos Market moderately a.-tive; shippers accepting fair numbers, tnt packers busing slowly; prices ruled oiloc lower; sales ranged at r '4.3J pigs, S4.59tf5.2J light, S4.TO&t.7"i rough packing. S4.M&5.SS mixed and e4.i0i5.3J heavy packing and shipping lots. Cattle Market rather active on local and shipping account, and prices well main tained, especially for the better grades; quotations ranged ar $.V7V3&30 prime to fancy shipping steers. i4.T5fi3.ttj good to choice do., J4.iAVi4.65 common to fair do.. J3-73r&4.40 butchers' steers. iOJfe3.U0 stockers, Si:) 3.30 Texaus. i;j,4.0S rangers. S3.0U&3.50 feeders, l.3..ii) cows, L5u3.U0 bulls. aoJ t2.50."5-.U) vel calves. Sheep Market fairly active and pries easy, and 5Sll0c lov er qnntatijes ranged at io.5B 4.4H westerns. i3.jU;..( natives, and $ J.75&5.50 lamb. Produce: Butter-Fancy separator, ZX&SS&i per lb; dairies, fancy freh. lo-jlbc; packing stocks, fresh, Uojimc. Eggs Loss oft l4o per doz. Live poultry Old chickens, 10c per lb; spring. lOc: roosters, 5sc; turkeys, mixed, ' 10c; ducks, Xc: spring, itfc. Potatoes fet. Louis, early Ohio. X'aiU; per bu: Kansas. Xi fttc; home grown Do per sack; Minne sota. oTSiCJc per bit; sweet potatoes, Balti more, ;i.ta3.j0 per bbl; Jerseys, t4.5oiiA.lM Apples Ureen cooking, JLSo&Lil per bbl; eating, $1.5o&i5o. Xew York. New York, Sept. 10. Wheat No. S rei winter cash, LOlfJ: Oc tober, SI.01;& November. UU; December. JLU5. Corn No. 2 mixed cash. 7Uii7ic: do beptember. tiic; do October. 6.x;: do No vember, c. Oats-Dull but steady: No. mixed cash. 35c: do October, 35c. Rys Dull but steady. Barley Nominal. Lard guiet; October. 7.31. Live Stock: Cattle Market stea-lv. but no trading in beeves; dreued beet, steady: na tive sides. 7&S.'ic per lb. Sheep and Lambs Market firm and steady for good stock, but dull and weak for common offerings; sbeep. t4.A&&23 per 100 lbs; lambs. M.T3iU0; Hons Market weak; live hogs, ttttQHAtt per luu lb. Tbe London are showing some fine novelties in puffs. E. E. Parmenter. attorney at law. Make collections, loans money and will attend to any legal boaineas intrusted to him. Office, poatofflce block. Rock IaU Md,HU. dwl A n