021$ UXJOYQ
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
fently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
aver and Bowel9, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy ana agreeable substances, its
manv excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most,
popular remedy known.
Svrup of Figs is for sale in 75c
bottles by all leading druggists.
Any reliable druggist who may not
have it on hand, will procure it
promptly forr iiy one who wishes
to try it. Manufactured only by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.,
SAN FitANCISOO, CAL.
lOTJISVILLE. KY. HEW TOBK, XT. TC
Best Line cf
CARPETS AKD FURNITURE
And the largest and beat line of
CHIIDREN'S CARRIAGES
IX THE THREE C.TIE?.
G. O. HUCKS TAEDT,
1809 and 1811 Second Ave.
i. e. reidt:'
T. B. KK1DY.
REIDY BROS.,
THE POPULAR
Real Estate
-Insurance.
AGENTS.
We now have antne flr.t-clagfl bargains in reil
eetate which will net all the way from 8 to 12 per
cent or the inTeatment. It will be to the interest
of pa ties who bave tbetr money placed ut a lens
rate or Interest to can ana examine new i aruama
Room 4. Mitchell I.ynde building, ground
noor, in rearoi auicueii s tynue Dana.
Subscribe for Stock
In the Second series of the
Home Building and Loan Asso
ciation, of Kock Island.
A safer and better investment
than Government Bonds, be
cause the loans are made only
upon established valnes and it
pays more I ban ihree times as
much, interest besides the
amount invested and the profits
can be withdrawn at any time.
Money loaned at lowest rats.
H. A. DONALDSON , Secretary.
Oraos, Rooms 8, 4, 3 and 6 MaaonlcTenu.ie.
"Vases and Statuary for all.
On Saturday, August 13th.
prices on every, vase, without
exception -Royal Worcester,
Crown Derby, Iron Cross, Ru
dalstadt. as -well ' as the cheap
glass vases and also on every
piece of Statuary in the store
will be very much reduced, for
that day,-0nly. In some cases
they will be sold at much lees
than co'a; in all canes, bo low
that every cne who has flowers
to put into vases, or mantel
shelves that need ornament,
will fiad this special sale well
worth looking into.
Please notice the date
Saturday. August 13th Prices
will not be reduced on other
days. .:'iy. '
. M. LooeMY.
MB Deeond avenue.
Hock Island, 111.
DONTV LIKE IT.
Rev. Kerr on the Snap Easiness of
the Select Committee.
Tell Mr. West WbatheThUbtoflt
A Jaadlst Hloaaeir bat Oaly
by Kalr Hubs.
Learning of me snap judgment Gest
and the select committee had sprung on
the republicans of the county in order to
insure Gest of the republican congres
sional semination as far as the sup
port of Rock Island county was con
cerned. Rev. W. T. Kerr of Miln. who
has a by no'means insignificant following
all over the county and the entire district,
for that matter, came to town this
morning to look the thing up
a little. One of the first men he ran
across was Mr. Gest himself. Now, Mr.
Kerr is not a man who minces matters so
when he encountered Mr. Gest near
Mitchell & Lynde's corner, be hastened to
mke inquiry as who were the select
coTmittee of Rock Island who were at
tenrrtirjg to run the republican party of
Rock Island county.
To ibis question Mr. Gest meekly re
p.icd that he did not know. He had
merely been called on by a number of
reprtsensative republicans of Rock Isl
and who had asked him to consent to be
the candidate of the republicans of Rock
Island county, and he had consented.
Mr. Kerr said something about he did
not exactly like that way of dcing things
and that he believed in hearing from tbe
majority, and then the conversation was
turned upon other subjects.
Later when asked by an Argus re
porter as to his candidacy, Mr. Kerr
sud: "Yes, my friends ure working for
me through tbe district, and while I
should be glad to become a candidate, I
have made no formal announcement to
tbat effect. nor will I. This
much I will say, though, I am not like a
man who does not want to go to con
gress, for I do. I should appreciate the
nomination, and work bard to be elected,
but political honor is not so much to me
that I will sacrifice personal honor to at
tain it. If I may borrow an idea from a
great American, I will say, "I would
rather be honorable than be congress-
ANOTHER NEW CHURCH.
The Ilelilan Catholic, of Ilork. Isl
and and Jlallni! to Have a I'laeo f
Worship - Fathrr leo the Xtw
rasior.
For some time past tbe Belgian Catho
lics of this city and Moline have been
desirous of securing a priest who could
address them in their mother tongue.
Bishop Spaldicg of Peoria has finally
concluded to send another priest here.
and a new congregation will accordingly
be es'.ablithed to embrace the Roman
Catholics of both Rock Island and Mo
line. Tbe priest who will have charge
of the new congregation will be Rev.
Father DeVos, now in charge of a colony
in Greeley county, Nebraska, estab
lished by Bishop Spalding, and which
bcirs his name. A new church
will be built in the east end of the city
somewhere near the Moline line though
the exct location has not yet been de
termined. There are about 200 Belgian
families in this city and nearly the same
number in Moline, and this population is
rapi dly increasing. Father DeVos will
probably be here by thelst of September
to take the census of the Belgian popula
tion, after which work on the new church
will shortly begin.
There is also a possibility that another
new church for the English epeaking
Catholics 'may be erected in ihe city in
the near future.
PAVING EXTENSION.
Port Byron' Morrow.
The funerals of tbe three unfortunate
girls who met such a destressing fate at
Port Byron last Thursday, all occurred
on Saturday. The funeral of Nellie Zol
linger occurred from her parents' home
at 9 a. m., Revs. N. T. Blaketley and A.
Harper officiating, the pall bearers being
Wilber Tubbs, Harry Trent, Walter
Blakeslee, Clarence Candler, Walter
Rogers and Harry Schaible. The re
mains of little Blanche Simonson were
next laid to rest. Revs. Harper, Brink
and Cummins officiating, it being held
from the residence of her parents, Hon.
J. W. Simonson and wife, the same pall
bearera acting. The funeral of Miss
Grace Maxwell was held from her late
home at 2:33 in the afternoon, Revs.
Blakeslee, Brinkand Cummins officiating,
the pall bearers being L. H. Trent, Rob
ert Blakeslee, Charles Metzgar, Charles
Hunter, Oscar Dailcy and Eugene Har
per.
Business waB almost entirely sus
pended in the village, the population
turning out en masse to attend the last
sad ceremonies.
Pure and Wholesome Quality.
Commends to public approval tbe Cali
fornia liquid laxative remedy, Hyrup oi
Figs. It is pleasant to the taste, and by
acting gently on the kidneys, liver and
bowels to cleanse the system effectually,
it promotes the health and comfort of all
who use it, aid with millions it is the
best and only remedy. For sale by
Hartz & Bahnsen.
Every testimonial regarding Hood'a
Sarsapariila ia an honest, unpurchased
statement of what this medicine has act
u all v done.
Twentieth Mtreec to Be Properly Im
proved to KiKhteeath A venae JVew
Midewaiko oa All Paved Mtreeta.
The council at ita adjourned session
last evening adopted Aid. Bladel's ordin
ance for the paving of Twentieth street
from Ninth avenue, the present terminus
of the pavement on that thoroughfare, to
Eighteenth avenue, to the width of 35
feet, the work to be done by spe
cial assessment and on the installment
plan.
Another ordinance, equally as impor
tant, presented by Aid. Bladel. for the
following up of the Third avenue and
Nineteenth street pavement with side
walks to tbe proper grade, was adopted
with Aid. Huesing's amendment that the
ordinance include the sidewalks on the
work to be done on Eist and West Sev
enteenth. Sixteenth, Fifteenth and Four
teenth streets. The ordinance is timely,
and it is to be hoped will be enforced in
every particular. A similar ordinance
applicable to the walks on Twentieth
street and Moline avenue, , while gener
ally complied with by prooerty builders,
was not subjected to the strict enforce
ment that it should have been.
The council having acted the part of
wisdom with reference to Twentieth
street, one of the p rincipal thoroughfares
leading to the suburbs, it is hoped it will
next turn its attention to Fourth avenue
and get the ordinance on paving it in
shape for passage so that it and South
Twentieth street might be included in
next year's work. The city will complete
Commercial alley, and the supple-
Third avenue and Nineteenth street and
mentary undertakings on Eist and West
Seventeenth. Sixteenth, Fifteenth and
Fourteenth streets this fall, and possibly
Moline avenue, and it it is hoped will
plan for a big season of pavicg next
year.
Atkinson & Oloff's paving forces at
Dubuque struck yesterday for $1.75 a
day, they having been receiving SI 50
heretofore. A report says the firm will
import Italian laborers from Chicago.
WHERE IS BERT E. MOORE?
A Port Byron Young Man Mysteriously
Missing: Left His Bank Account at
Home.
A case involving the mysterious dis
appearance of a young man who resided
at Port Byron has just came to light
that for some unknown reason has been
kept remarkably quiet, and is shrouded
in an impenetrable veil of mystery.
About five years ago Bert E. Moore
then a lad 16 years of age, came to Port
Byron from Dakotah, Minn., for the
purpose of learning the tinner's trade
with a cousin, W. H. Ney, who con
ducts a stoye and hardware store there.
Young Moore who was an orphan, was
taken into the Ney family and boarded
with them, and during the succeeding
four years learned his trade, and being a
bright, active lad and desirous of learn
ing more about tbe business, h3 left Mr.
Ney's employ and went to work in Mo
line. He only remained there a short
time, however, and afterward returned
to Port Byron, and again went to work
in Ney 's store. He was apparently sat
isfied with his place and was
getting along all right when
suddenly on the 15ih of April last
he disappeared without saying a word to
anyone or leaving tbe slightest intima
tion of his in'entions. Tne
first known of his having left town was
on the morning staled, when Mr. Ney,
upon coming down in the morninp, found
the store locked and no one about. He
returned to his home, and upon examin
ing the young man's bedroom, it was
found that his bed had not been occu'
pied on the previous night.
Inquiries were at once made about
town, but no one hsd seen the young
man on the previous night, till at last it
was learned that he had been to Devore's
bank, and had drawn some money, and
bad purchased a ticket for Moline. It
was then thought tbat he had become
dissatisfied, and had gone to look for
work, and no further attention was
paid to it. but as tbe days passed and
nothing was heard from him, his rela
tives became anxious, and a search was
made for him in Moline, which proved of
no avail, as no trce whatever of his ar
rival there could be found. It was 'then
thought tbat perhaps he had gone north,
as he has a brother living at Flor
ence, Minn., and another at
LaCrosse, Wis. Information from bath
of them disclosed the fact that nothing
had been heard of him there and the fam
ily have been waiting anxiously ever
since in the hope of hearing something
of his whereabouts, but not a single trace
of him has yet been found.
The circumstances surrounding the
case are mtde more mysteri
ous owing to the fact that
young Moore took no clothes whatever
with him.having left his trunk and all bis
belongings at Mr. Ney's home, and also
the remainder of his money which is still
in the bank there awaiting bis order.
As several months have now, passed
without any trace of him being found his
friends will mike an effort to clear up the
mystery that surrounds the case.
Characteristics of Hood's Sartaparilla:
Tbe largest sale, the most merit, the great
est cures Try it, and realizs its benefits
WILL BE A WINNER,
The Democratic County Ticket
When it is Named.
Who are Likely to be the Candidates
Before the Convention to be
Held Angmt 4.
Recognizing the fact tbat democratic
chances for carrying the state this fall
were never as bright as this year, the
election of Judge Alt geld having been
conceded by conservative men of both
parties in the state, and that the Elev
enth congressional district has been given
to the democrats by f organ e conclusion,
the democrats of Rock Island county are
determined to be in it with tbe party in
the state and congressional district, and
are therefore considering the moat avail
able material to compose the ticket to be
placed in the field by the county democs
racy when it assembles Aug. 24.
So far the preference is for a ticket
composed of Adam Stamm of Buffalo
Prairie for circuit clerk, M. J. McEniry
of Moliiie for state's attorney and H. C.
Wivill of Rock Island for coroner. Of
course the democracy of Rock Island
county will be strictly in it this fall with
tbe rest of the state in the contest which
is to decide the character of the national
administration for the next four years,
but with the candidates named on the
county ticket there is no possibility of
doubt as to bringing Rock Island county
into line with the democratic couniies of
the state.
Illinois may prove the pivotal state
of the union in deciding tbe political out
come, and tbe Eleventh district and Rock
Island county may determine how Illinois
stands. The democrats have only to act
wLely in the selection of their candi
dates to mike tbat result as it should be.
Over iciplet.
The Pilot, C. W. Cowles,West Rambo,
Pittsburgh, A. J. Whitney and Verne
Swain came down, and the A. J. Whit
ney. West Rambo, Abner Gile, Pilot and
Verne Swain passed up.
The stage of water at Rock Island
bridge at noon to day was 5.50 and the
temperature was 91.
Surprise to All.
After using "Mother's Frieni" two
mouths I was so speedily and easily re
lieved mat it was a surprise to those at
tending me. "Motners Unend un
doubtedly lessens the pains, shortens the
time and restores the mother speedily to
neaitn. Will recommend it to all ex
pectant and mothers, advise them to use
it., Mrs. J A. R , Muncie, Ind. Sold
by Hariz & Bahnsen.
Coughing leads to consumDtion
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once.
Sheet
Music.
2500
Pieces
to select from. Why pay 40 cents
to (1.00 for which yon can get
for 10 cents at
C. C. TAYLOR.
1717 Second Ave.
1 o call your attention to a few facts :
Tonr evesieht is priceless the cvei need mod
care; improper spectacles are h Jurioiio, you
ehouldiot truet your eyesight to irresponsible
peddlers of cheap sDeotacles.
H D. FOLSOM
is a Practical Optician, ar.d will taVe pains to
properly lit yonr eyes for every defect of vision
and will guarantee a perfect fit in every case.
thtlwifl mil n fertM-. Iter. 1, . MM OT
mw m II I J , I llll M W.IIOT .Mt Ikl
ill
1
If the lines in this diamond figure do not
appear equally black in all the different
meridians, it indicates a aezecc ot sign:
that causes pervous head-ache and should
be corrected at once. Lyes tested free.
BY
H. 0. I0LS0M,
Jeweler and Optician.
DMINISTRATOR'8 NOTICE.
Esttte of La wit nee flrngrr. Deceased.
Tne undersigned Darin been aD jointed admin
istratrix of toe ettate of l.aweoee Server.
l.te of the coun y of Rock Island, state of Illinois.
de-eased,hereby vives not'C that she will appear
oeiore ine county conn or kock leiani county, at
the office of the clerk of said court. In the city of
hock lai.nu. at ne ocroo -r term, on tne nit
Monday In October next, at bich time
all persons having cl;ms gaint aaid estate are
notified and rcqm-ated oatt nd. tor the purpose
of bar ng the same adjusted.
All per ne lnneoieo ( said eeta'e are reqass
icd to make la mediate payment to the under
eifn-d.
i.atea tnia sti cay or Auk., a. . iwh.
CAtllKKINK fENCKR,
. . Admlnl etratrix.
ill
DOWN-
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BLACK
DRESS
GOODS.
We have received an immerjse.new
stock of Black Dress Goods; among
which are some of the rarest bargains we
have ever been able to place on oor'
counters. These choice goods come.
from such bouses as B. Priestly & Co"
M. Rodier & Co., Ecrovd & Co., and
others who are knewn the world over as
the manufacturers of the very best and
highest class of black drees goods the
markets afford; with such manufacturers
to back our guarantees and with-tbe
enormous stock which we have now re
ceived for This season's busiaess, we ex
pect to more than treble tbe sales of this
departmen Tbe lowest of prices will
prevail on every piece of good) in line.
On Monday a. m.. all of our 50c
ured China Dress Silks go down to
3)co Yard lie, Ms.
will close them at 34c.
At same time we close a lot or dark
colored Dress Prints, full standard quali
ty at 3c a yard; also a lot of remounts
good prints, both light and dark work at
2s a yard. First come gets first pick.
SPECIAL DRIVE.
On Wednesday ana Thursday (two
days only) we will sell a big job of
SU.MMER CORSETS
at half price 25c 25c 25c. Remem
bej the'daps, Wednesday and Thurslev.
Aug. 10 and 11, (these two days only)
they go at 25c.
We have two Bcecial ha
o . , j o taut v tii uiuiru uiuui
snirt8 which we are selling at 50 and 75 cents respectively and
wnicn will readily recognized as great trade drawers. The
lots are not large and you ill need to be early if you wish to
secure select pai terns.
McCABE BROS.
1720, 1722 and 1724 Second Avenue.
GO TO THE
CENTRAL SHOE STORE
For your Summer Footwear.
Men's DoDgola Oxfords $1.75 and $2.00,
Men's Patent Leather Oxfords $2 00 and 82 50, :
Men's Working Shoes in Cong, or Lac-, $1.15 a pair.
cheap at $1.50 .
I adies' pat. tip cloth top Shoes $2 00 anl upwards,
Ladies' Booties only $1.60. woith $2 00, 1
Ladies' Oxfords patent tip, all solid, only $1 10 a pair,
A full line of Lawn Tennis goods, for large and small,
from 50c and up.
In addition to these low prices we are giving away free
an elegant lif e ize Crayon Portrait.
Call and get a card and ask for particulars.
GEO. SCHNEIDER.
Harper House Block.
N. B Not open on Sundays.
1818 Second Avenue.
READ THIS!
Upon the solicitation of a number of our leading
Physicians we have secured the agency for the sale
of the celebrated Brotherhood Wine Co's. Wines and
Liquors, which are unexcelled for medicinal use.
We have the following goods in original pint
bottles:
Angelica
.Mrir-catrl ...I..
SunnyMde Clnret "
Puru lable Claret
Zinfandel Cinre;
NorUin's get-dllng Claret.
tauU'rne .. .... .
Sauteme.... .............
Rtt-tliu
Madeira...
Tokay
-1P73
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.is-s
.lfTti
Sweet Catawba
n-eet Catawba
lry Culawba
lry -ata b.
. .i i i .
"i" I'ruuirrnooa Brandy
Old Cherrv Branriv
,i .Medicinal Port
Old liweet Delaware
Kx. old Itroctou Port
Cherry
tweet 1 -a Del la..
..1S7
..IS 6
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..ISO
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Also, Old XXXXX Emerson Rye 79 in original qts.
T. H. THOMAS, Druggist.
Adams Wall Paper Co.
V; '.;. r : J c- ADAMS. Pres:
"Wall Paper,
"Window Shades,"'
Engravings, -Fine
Etchings,
Picture Frames,
Mouldings.
CONTRACTORS
For all Kinds'bl
PAINTING
And-
Ur PAPER HANGING
STORES -Rock Island, Molinej Davenport, Reynolds
PATENTED MAY 20 p
ilie Holies Never Slip. No Knots to Tis.
Hammock size plate or screw. 15 cent. Clothes line sizes per pair. 1 cents, o
GEORGE H. KINGSBURY, Sole Agent
1703 and 1705 Second "Venue. Telephone No 12:6 )
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