The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-26
MOLINE.
mKnox sells chromos.

Knox sells chromos. s&#
z@First snow storm Of tie season to-
day.
R6Eugene Lewis is at home again after
a short trip in the west.
sGrThe Liftenant says no order for
election has yet been received. sa
n@The Temperance Billiard Hall is
the favorite resort these chilly evenings
1 nay Support your pictur's with room
moulding and hooks, q complete stock at
Knox's. 1a
BG~For quiet game, where no boys or
roughs are allowed, go to the Temperance
Billiard Hall.
D6rKnox makes picture frames.
s@Rev. Henry Williams Of Dayen-
port, will occupy the Baptist church pull
pit tomorrow morning at 1920. In the
evening Rev. Linfield will preach, takine
for his subject Dives and lazarus Bi.
BILE school at IL m. All are invited.
p@Ford aud Simonson received very
little consolation here this week. Repub-
Iicans here will plump" three votes tol
| Mock and those who cannot bring them
| selves to vote for McKinnie or Wilson viii
will probably stay at home. Simonson is
looked upon here as particularly weak
sister.
E@>a The political aspect has un.
dergone wonderful change during the
past two weeks, and it is apparent to every
body that the democracy have but 70 go to
the polls and cast every available vote
and victory is theirs. This of course
stimulates the democrats to work and hat
proportionately demorslizing effect upor
the opposition.
sgPicture moulding for sale in any
quantity at Knox's.
sGS-Barney Gamble, a Coal Town
rough, made complaint yesterday before
Magistrate Grover against Robt. Rosen
quist for selling liquor to a minor named
Eugene Divan. The evidence adduced II
the trial was to the effect that Gamble
and another fellow had persuaded Rosen
quist to give Divan the liquor, after hav
ing refused, by positively asserting tina
Divan was of age. 1t was evidently
concocted plan with the roughs to taxi
advantage of Rosenquist.
e@Last Wednesday night Mayo
Wheelock's residence was entered by bur
glars, and gold hunting case, stem-wind
ing stop watch, valued at $500; q COL,
chain to which was attached an opa
charm valued at $ll5, and $l8 in none
taken. The goods belonged to j. H. Ba
con, of Colorado Springs, who has bee
stopping with Mr.. Wheelock several days
purchasing some of his fine horses whicl
he shipped to Colorado. The burglar
was known to THE ARGUS reporter, ant
police Thursday morning, but suppresse
10 the hope of catching the thieves.
19Last evening, about o'clock, Dim
ock, Gould & Co.'S whistle sounded tn
alarm of fire, blaze having been discoy
cred 10 0 small frame building adjoiDin
their lumber yard, occupied by VIM. Mas
well. The hose cart started in the diret
ton of the mill and had made over haI
the distance when the Moline Wagon Go.
shop whistle began blowing. This cor
fused the hose company, causing them |
{ turn back short distance under the in
preston that the fire was in the west il
stead of the east part of the city. Out
delay was occasioned by this mishap b.
fore they reached the fire which was a
), insignificant flame caused by defectiN
l. fiue and easily extinguished. ProvideI
: TALLY this bluder on the part of the ma
who sounded the wagon shop whistle r,
suited 10 nothing more serious than Il
: provocation of an avalanche of profani
;, hurled at bis unknown head, but had IL
J, fire required prompt and active attentiC
:, the biunder might have caused immen
l.. loss,