The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-28
MOLINE,

Eugene Lewis is in Chicago OF busi,
ness.
Dr. McKinnie and family are visiting
in Chicago this week.
Frank Schraeder, J. B. Kerns and C.
W. Johnson are delegates at the 4. o. U.
W. convention in Chicago.
Newton Craig secured the contract for
fixing up the rink for the Y. NJ c. A. lie
began work on it yesterday.
Billy Burton was caught with bundle
of stolen clothing on Monday night by
John kittleson. He languishes in the
| bsstile.
All needed now is $50 to purchase
flags, and Postmaster Gould will give us
the weather signals the same as in Dav
export.
City Clerk Mcrherson was not 10 time
J at Sterling to see his sister alive. He has
returned after being present at the inter
| ment.
| DIR. r. ii, Trevor has opened veterin-
airy. sale, exchange, farmers feed and
boarding stable on Second avenue neal
the opera house.
Hon John Deere has decided the west
sixty feet of lot 4, block s, old town. to
the city, for the purpose Of market
place. 1t runs east of Seventeenth street,
from Second to Third avenue.
Sam Davis is putting fire under his
boilers today. All the city could be
lighted by electricity on May 1st as per
contract, if the wires could he taken ut
Fifteenth street by the annulling of that
| Injunction.
The stock Of drugs formerly owned by
Mr.. Cram. in the Keator house drug
store, is being boxed for shipment to Da>
kota. Col. Clendenin will move his
stock of drugs from the old postoffice
block to the keator block at once, or as
soon as room is made.
Another quarrel was beng settled he
fore Squire Mapes Tuesday He fined a
lady So and costs. The parties live on
the bluff, and another time grew out of
the first SO and costs also This day paid
| the magistrate well.
| New hands have partially filled The
places of the striking grinders at Deere &
Co s works. The strikers were paid of
yesterday afternoon. 1t is not likely they
| will be needed for some time as the nun
Der of men at work will be able TO supply
the demand for an indefinite period
Mrs Holt and Mrs. Clendenin are pre-
pairing box of nice things for the boys
A..
wildly boxes having been received by
the boys twenty five years ago from kind
friends at home, and imagine with whal
pleasure this one will be received
Mr.. J. W. Brown, the architect VIII,
put up the keator mill here. and is now
erecting the Mueller saw mill in Daven
port. must be quite genius in mil
building, judging from the amount oil
work he does and the distances he goe
to do it. When he built the Keator mill
his next call was to Paduka, Ky, from
there to British Columbia, next TO the G
p. r. and built mill ut Seattle, W. T.,
and made plans for two circular and gsns
mills. He put up the machinery for E
| P. Allis g. Co.. al the New Orleans expo
sition, went from there to Moline an,
made plans for Henderson & Lansing
back again to Minneapolis, Themes
to Grand Forks, Dakota; from there /,
Casterland. N. ". back to Hillsboro
Dakota, where he built grist mill for E
P. Allis & Co., and from there to Dav
export, where he is now. His fame as
mill architect is as broad as North Amer
lea, and his work always gives the bes
satisfaction. Mr.. Brown has engaged
to start the Keator saw mill in this cit,
inside of ten days. The Davenport mil
| will not he given up, but remain idl,
| while this mill is running to make stool
! for this yard.