The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-17
OLE Daily Areast,
ROCK ISLAND, 1LIIHoIs.


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on Sixteenth street formerly Buffalo
street, adioining what was, lately. Eggle-
tons WOODEN factory. The building was
afterwards used for the Upper Mtssisstp-y
pioa, in its last days, When I came to Rock
Island the lower part of it was Robert
Graham's stove and tin shop, and the
| upper part his residence. 1t is now a
restaurant, Nearly opposite this was the
Eagle Hotel, by Thomas Bentley, Sen.
In October of that year the Banner
was moved, and its place of publication
read "On Illinois street, between Beaver
and Deer streets" This must have been in
Bachelors Row. or on the opposite side
of the street. Bachelors Row. was, a
lserias of one aud tWo-story buildings run
hing from the alley west of Father Roles's
residence to the corner of Beaver street,
and the business places of Andrews Il
McMaster, Lee & Chamberlin. j. Nj. 4 K.
Moore, T. Il. Cauffman, and others, were
there, The printing Office was probably
in the second story OF some of the build
Iiugs there, -''on Illinois str set, between
Beaver and Deer Streets" DIR. Gregg S
apothecary shop was on the next corner
below, and where he afterwards built a
house and lived for many years. T.
Turner had shoemaker's shop, opposite
Bachelors Row, and on the lot where his
residence now stands.
| The Banner Office was again moved, before
the publication of the paper was finally aban
Idoned, to Eagle street, and its address
was changed to read: "On Eagle street, be
tween Mississippi and Illinois streets. ;
In its issue of April Sd. lS4i, was the fol
q lowing notice:
el az Removal. The office of the Banner is rcmov
l. ed to the building Eagle street, immediate
| y over thetPost Office.
This was wooden building in the rea
u of the Rock Island House, condemned as
Is nuisance few years ago, and afterwards IT
:. paired and put in good condition. by its own
n n er, the late E. Burial. Jr, and now occu
e, pied as double-tenement dwelling house
In the fall of 184l the publication of tn
= Banner was suspended and the press an
Type were moved to Galena, where H. {
i & J. B. McGrew'' commenced the publ
cation Of the GaIeua Sentinel, Democrat
~ paper, published every Saturday. at 5
year." | have one copy of that pape
. No. 81, Vol. l, May 81, 1912. Ear,y
II
Y 1874, McGrew, declining to support job
Tyler tor nomination for president, W;
10 induced to sell his printing office to- tt
Tyler adhercnts. He returned to Cincir
to natl that year, aud commenced the pub
e cation of the presbyterian Of the Vest
Sc but after while sold that establishme
ke and from that time till within few yea
nd he worked at his trade, in various boz
al and Job offices in Cincinnati. He is Dc
II engaged in other business, and his adore
is 267 Poplar street, Cincinnati
In 1856, when attending the Cincinu;
conYention, which nominated Mr.. Bucha
an, met Mr. McGrew.
IS. His first paper was issued here Augr
i "a, 1889, and vas called the
ROCK ISLAND BANNER AND STEPHENS
GAZETTE.
, 1t was printed on sheet 80 by 81
ches, columns to page, and profess
to be Devoted to News. Arts, Scienc
Literature, Agriculture, etc, etc. 'Pl
F lished once a week on Mississippi sire
near the ferry landing, at S. year,
advance" "
In our public library can be found
bound file of % odd numbers of this
per, running from No. /, August "a, Is
to October 81, 1910, presented by Mr,C.
Smith, Ct Monmouth, former resid
of this place. also have few odd c
les published 10 April and June Is
These are all the files known to be in
"A Iistence.
concluded on Monday