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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24

Little would anyone have thought who
saw Matte Vickers in the rollicking
comedy of "Cherub" at Hsrper's theatre
two weeks ago, that within her heart as
she appeared on the stage there was sor
row and despair, vet there was, for even
as she appear d she had the knowledge
that her husband Chas S. Rogers, who
became familiar TO the theatre goers of
Rock Island when be appeared as the bill
poster in Mattie's 'Jscquine" on her pre-
vious visit, lay dying in Chicago. Only
the day before her appearance here Mat
| tie had visited his death bed. The little
| soubrette knew this. but she knew thai
she had acting to perform in Rock Island
| and she threw the veil of sorrow aside
and performed her part. Mattie's ex
/ pected grief has come now. as her con
nection with the following narratatiol
shows. 1t is dispstch from Pittsburl
to the New York Sun of the 18th inst:
There was an air of sadness among III,
passengers on the New York and Chicago
limited as they slighted from the train
when it stopped at the Union depot, snc
among them came an undertsker's sssis
tant. while coffin and rough box wer
placed in the baggage compartment. Til
undertaken entered one of the sleeping
cars, and as the door was opened thu
sound of a woman weeping could b
heard. When the San reporter entere
the car he saw a lady, who, rs she turne
her tear stained face toward him, was ,
once recognized as the popular soubrett
Matte Vickers. She was bending over
berth where lay all that was left of hi
husband. Charles 8 Rogers, the coined
an. who had hresIhed his last but fe
| hours before of consum ption shortly a
, ter the train passed Munroeville.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
"gncle Tom T0-Nisht

Tonight, Roscoe s. Swift's Uncle
Toms Cabin" company appears at Har-
per's Theatre The Hiilsdale (Mlch)
Standard says of this entertainment of
which the public never tires:
Rlsco & Swift's rendition of USele
Toms Cabin Wednesday was by far the
most acceptable of any here given of
that oft produced play. and included sew
eral novel and taking features. Miss
Kittie Edwards is the queen of all the
Topsies, and John Z Kelley, IN acting
and makeup, is an ideal ''Legree. "
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips. as Marks and
Aunt Ohpelia," and Will L. Swift as
"Gumption Cute" were equally realas-
tic. Little Mamie Lewis. aged six
wears, is a marvel in tie character of
Eva The historical lecture by the or
iginal George Harris, who furnished
Mrs Stowe, the facts of her immortal
work, was worth the price of admission,
while his fiax-spinning was an interest,"
ing feature. Rusco i Swift will need 8
larger hall when they come here again.
THEATRICAL NOTES.
The Uncle Toms Cabin" company hal
a Christmas tree in the parlors of the
Rock Island house this evening.
The McCollin Opera company came il
on the Beardstown accommodation thi
morning and went over to Davenport.
j. H. Hanson, advance courier for "On'
of the Finest" company, is at the Rock
Island house. His company appears q
Harper's theatre next Saturday night.
The BARLEY Campbell company, afte
spending a week at the Rock Islam
house recognizing, and putting in on
night each at Moline and Davenport, LEI
this morning for Streator, where the CON
pany appears tonight.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
LOCAL NOTICES.

Fine candies at Krell & Maths.
Home made candies at Krell & Maths.
Get prices on toys, etc, at Birkenfelds
before you buy.
Rooms for rent over J. 7. Dixon's tai
loring establishment.
Go to John Evans for your -four, feed
and groceries.
A full line of toys and Christmas trees
and ornaments at Birkenfeld's.
Christmas trees and tree ornaments at
Krell & Maths confectionery.
Onlv few more tickets remain unsold
on the thoroughbred stallion, Tom Kirk
wood.
Malaga grapes, Florida oranges, new
figs, new dates, mixed nuts. and fine
assortment of candies, at Krell e. Maths
Dec "a, 25, 81 and Jan, l, the c.. r.
I. & P. R. R. will sell round trip tickets
to all local points for one and one-third
fare, Limited for return passage to JAN
uary 8, 1899. JNo. F. Cook. Agent
Insure in the Boyston Insurance Co
of Boston, Mass, organized 1872. As
sets nearly 81 100000. E. W. Hurst
agent. Office over Rock Island Nationa
bank.
Clergymen wishing c.. R, l. & P
railway one-half permits for the ensuin:
year please call at passenger station ant
sign application for same.
JNo. F. Cook, Agent.
Christmas trees from Is cents up an
a whole car load to select from. Be sur
and make your selection now as tn
prices they are offered at will soon Sc
them, Krell & Maths confectionery
E. E. Parmenter, attorney Al law
Makes collections. loans money and wi
attend to any legal business intrusted
him. Office, postofice block. Rock Isl
and, Ills. ds&wly
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
PICTURE SALE.
Fine Engravings, Etchings and Art
Goods at Is per Cent Discount.

Fine Engravings, Etchings and Art
Goods at rs per Cent Discount.
AT $50 O'Clock this morning Cramp>
ton insugursted grand Christmas clos,
ing out sale of steel engravings, etchlngs,
artrotypes. water color prints, fine photo
graphs, framed and unframed. Among
them are those beautiful SIS 90 artrotypes
with new white frames which have been
SO much admired. Also 25 unframed
artrotypes usually sold at 81 at rs cents.
Also lot of rare steel engravings from
so cents to $40. On all of th csc and CT
all mouldings and art goods ge nerally
25 per cent discount will be allowed for
this evening only. The former prices Of
these goods are well known. Such op-
portunity to obtain them at such rate:
will not occur after tonight. Remember
25 per cent off from all marked prices.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
All Aboard For Frrd'S.

A rare treat is IN store for the patrons
of Fred Appelquist's tomorrow. The
lunch will consist of wild turkey shot on
the highlands of Arkansas. q wild COOS e
shot on the suburbs of Green river, and q
few rabbits from Joe SCOTS farm, and
some rare specimens IN oysters and
clans and many other delicious visnds.
Spirituously speaking. Fred is also
prepared to meet the wants of all,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24

Late Saturday night they received st
Looseley's crockery store lot Of Japs-
nese novelties suitable for Christmas,
which you ought TO see. Vases, tea pots,
cups and seucers, plates, etc, very at
trsctive; japanese coins, incense, tooth
pick holders, etc; cotton mice and SO on
Call and see them.
Prices of rose jars, today only, will bt
25 per cent off.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24

The vast amount of business the
Fair" has done in the last few days has
enabled them to further reduce their
prices and all those who have not en-
hraced the opportunity of looking al this
large stock should do so this evening.
The goods are all marked down to very
small profit, thus enabling all to buy a
good many beautiful and useful things al
small outlay. Remember that you car
there find all the latest novelties in toys
and beautiful plush goods and hundreds
of other things too numerous to mention
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
Weather Signal.

This morning orders came to Observer
Fitzgerald at Davenport TO hoist the
black flag and that fall of twenty de-
grees might be expected by tomorrow
morning The ARGUS black flag made
its appearance in accordance with these
advice.. The indications are further
that there will be fall of snow by to
morrow morning.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24

necessary in order that the entire system
of the Rock Island and Davenport line
be complete, that few connecting Inks
in the city be completed. This included
the laying of the tracks through Fifteenth
street between Second and Third avenues
and through Third avenue between Nine
teenth and Twentieth streets Conse
quently the efforts of Superin>
tendents Luck and Schnitger were
directed to the dlling in of these
gaps as well as the completion of the
line to the bridge, the track laying to the
little bridge and finishing up on the ISL
and of Rock Island and the construction
OF the approach on the Davenport side
1t did not take long to put in the ties and
rails on Third avenue between Nine
teenth and Twentieth street as there was
no excavation to be made there. 1t was
only necessary TO lay the ties aloug the
surface and fasten rails as the grade re
quires q fill there of about four inches
Or Fifteenth street trenches had to be
dug, but the track layiug operations
there. Including two curves, were COM
pleted today.
The operations on Fifteenth street ant
Third avenue aroused considerable
curiosity and many times was
the question asked. why was this work
necessary now, and why was it postponed
until now! The reason is that both thes,
branches form parts of the bridge system
and their construction was necessary be-
fore the Rock Island and Davenport line:
could be called complete Had an at
tempt been made to build any psrl of tn,
bridge system before the injunction wa
secured, 1t would have opened the way Il
an injunction on the part of the Rocl
Island road, which Mr. Holmes prevented
by the injunction he obtained last week
All the work is row practically com
Pleted and the first Car will have passed
over the newly established liue before
midnight tonight The track is laid auc
Rock Island and Davenport enjoy To,
distinction Of being the only TWO cities OF
opposite sides of the river south O
81. Paul connected Uy street cars. rn'
route Of the road mas been given in TIL
ARGUS on numerous occasions. but ii vii
probably not be superf1Ious to repeat /
now: Coming off the bridge the line ex
tends south on Twenty-fourth street L
Third avenue, west to Twentieth stree
from which junction it follows the No
line & Rock Island line to Second avenu
and west 10 Fifteenth street, thenC
south to Third avenue and east to Twer
ty-fourth street. This is the order
which the cars will run.
The injunction under which Nj
Holmes has been working really has q
limit. 1t holds until changed by order (
court, though five days usually elaps
before the protection of such orders
permitted to expire. Mr. Holmes desire
to be on the safe side aud he has aeon
plished all that he desired to.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
County Building.
TRANSFERS

90 Gideon Reed to Harper Reed, e2
nwf swt in nwi; 81 lot 2. 10, 16, 4w; pr
nwt 80, 16, 4w, and el set, "a, 16, 5w,
800.
WI Henderson to Anna F Collins. pit
lot II, block /, Buford's addition pit LOT
II, block /. Briggs place; pit lot 3, block
5, lower addition; pit lot, block 2, Charles
Buford's addition, Rock Island, 81 each
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
To the Creditor. Of William Rams.
Ef1t

Notice is hereby given that William
Rsmskill, of the city of Rock island,
county of Rock Island, state OF Illinois,
did on the 18th day of December. 1888
make an assignment TO me OF his estate
to pay debts for the benefit of his credit
ors, that have this day qualified as sucl
assignee in the county court of sait
county. The shove named creditors vii
therefore present thei: claims aGains
said Rsmskill to me under oath or afr
nation. within three months from thi
date as required BY law.
GEORGE FOSTER, Assignee
Rock Island, H., this Goth day OF Dec.
1888.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
HOLMES Is ALL RIGHT.
The Rock Island and Davenport
Line Complete.
Yesterdays Track Laying Operations
In the City---The Route of the New
System.

1t has been good many years since q
Sunday has experienced as much life in
Rock Island as was the case yesterday.
1t was busy day and particularly was
it so for the track laying forces of the
Holmes street car syndicate. with whom
every working minute must be properly
accounted for and made use of. 1t was
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24

Some people are just as cross as .
bear, they snap your head Of when you
happen to open your mouth. We can
not excuse them, for they have bad colds,
which makes them irritable, and are ton
mean to buy bottle Of DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup, which would restore their good
nature.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24

of 1889 for our city is the great reduce
ton in the price of gas, thereby making it
lower than it has ever been in any city of
the same population west of the Ohio
coal f1elds-S2 per thousand feet with q
rebate OF twenty FIVE cents, and an addi.
tional twenty-five cents off. where 90. 00C
feet are consumed monthly.
W. q. JUDGE, Sec.
Rock Island Gas Co.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
Christmas Week Services

Rev. R. F. Sweet, of Trinity church,
announces the following services Christ
mas and the days following:
Tonight, Christmas eve services, at
ii 80 and midnight.
On Christmas day at 10 a. m. AT
cha pei at 7:30 p. m.
On Wednesday. (St. Stephens day) Al
chapel at 10 a. m.
On Thursday (St. Jehn's day. 10 a. N,
Children's festival at p. IN.
On Friday (Holy Innocents.) Services
at 10 q. m. and 7:30 p. m
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24

Ed. G. Nice, of Milan, was fined IS
and costs in the police court this morn
ing for being drunk and disorderly.
John P. Johnson was fined 80 and
costs by Magistrate Bennett this morn
ing for intoxication.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24

W. j. GahageD. tax collector Of the
city-township of Rock Island. has opened
an office in the county treasurer's office,
court house. and is ready to receive the
taxes OF 1888, now due.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
A SSIGNEE'S SALE.

On the 18th day Of January next. commencing at
the hour Of two O'Clock in the afternoon, the IN
dersigned assignee Of William Ramskil, will offer
for sale at No. 1858 Second avenue In this city to
the highest bidder for cash in hand. the entire
stock Of clothes and gents furnishing goods
which were assigned TO me by said Ramskill Oh
the l7th inst, topay debts. The goods To be sod
can be inspected by any party interested at the
place named any day, Sunday excepted. before
the sale between the hours Of two and four oclocl
P. Il.
Rock Island, H., Dec s0ih, 1888.
GEORGE FOSTER, Assignee.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24

1t is understood that at a confidential
meeting of the rejoicing recently, Boss
Wells ordered show of hands of all who
aspire ID the direction of the postoffice,
and that he was stunned and amazed by
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
THE CHRISTMAS SEASON.
The Great Anniversary in Which
All The World RejOices.
Preparations for the Happy Christmas
Festival Which Genes Tomorrow
The Observances.

With the exception of the weather.
this has been an ideal day before Christ
mas. The streets and stores have been
thronged with busy purchasers all day
and many of the shoppers. too, have
come from out of town. The Rock ISL
and and Milan street ear line have been
running cars in gangs to accommodate
the vast flow of trade that has come in
from the country. lis doubtful if Rock
Island ever experienced buster day in
trade circles than this has been.
Merchants and tradesmen, it is needless
to say. have worn smiling countenanc es;
they were happy in selling, but no less
so indeed than the purchasers this is
the time when the fact is demonstrated
that it is blessed to give, and generous
heart and spirit that prompts kind acts
aud thoughts for others underlies the mo-
tive of the buyer in times like this. Every
body who had money has spent some Of
it during the past two weeks in the pur>
chase of things for the use or pleasure of
some other person. Many have spent
much. The Chicago Inter Ocean most
fttinely remarks:
The holiday trade is the outward and
visible sign of gracious spirit which
takes possession of far more than half OF
the people of the civilized world for two
weeks 10 every year. 1t is the proof pos
tive in couDtable. or perhaps uncounta
ble dollars and cents that the gospel oil
Peace upon earth. good will TO men
has had free course, has run and been
glorihed. One feels like reminding Mr.
Robert Ingersoll that without Christ
there could have been no Christmas, ant
without Christmas there would have
been no such season OF universal self
abnegatiOn, as the holiday trade bear:
witness to-; for it is to be borne in mint
that nine out of every ten purchasers o
Christmas gifts have denied themselves Of
some pleasure that they might contribute
the more literally 10 the pleasure o
others.
CHRISTMAS JOYS.
This must he a California Christina
season.
Hang up your stockings tonight an
see that there are 10 holes in it.
The Daily ARGUS wishes all Its reader
) Merry Christmas and Happy New Yea
l Old Santa Claus will have to sccl
i mate himself 10 new temperature tn
, year
1 Business in the government, count
r and city off ;es will be suspended tomor
I row as on all national holidays.
, The ARGUS will SUSPEND publicatic
= tomorrow to enable its force TO revel
5 the glores of roast turkey and plum pu
ding
As far as the weather Is concerned.
D would appear more ike the eve of 4
. Fourth Of July, than the beginning
+, the mid winter holidays
- The First NJ E, Ninth street NJ.
l. and U. P Sunday schools have the
i Christmas festivities tonight, Tunit
church Sunday school has its Christm
1T festival Thursday night.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24

FRICK- IN Rock Island. Sunday morning, Dec.
% at s 40 O'Clock susanna NJ, wife OF Henry j
Frick, aged % years. Remains will leave resi-.
denee on Twentieth street at a m Wednesday,
Dec. %, for Buffalo, Iowa, where services will be
held.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
DIED.

Portsmouth, Ohio, is to have corn
fair.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
$2.75 for S1.00.

For the benefit Of Grant University.
Call establishment and will receive on pay
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
ssssssssssssssssss

The boss adjourned the meeting to in>
vestigate and see if he had been played
horse" with.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
| A s I

Call on gold and silver head silk um>
brellas, Almost present at 81 81, 90 Sc.
and s 90. We show 116 styles to select
from, never such variety in Rock Isl,
and county before. Also the special
$500 and $3.50 ones go at IS 90 and
$3.50 all day Monday and Christmas
YporninU
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
10 Cents Each.
Twenty five dozen Ladies Sheer Lawn, Linen mn Al
handerchiefs handsome letters unauudred,
IS Cents Each.

Stacks of ladies plain and colored borders hehheu
stitched lsc and is and up to soc each
EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEFS-
~
To attempt descibe the immense and elegant assortment
white coored embroded handkerchefs is utterly useless
yon them. Prices range from 15c TO s5c each
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS- :
Splendid assortment of japanese plain and embrodeeu
cersage handkerchiefs various prices.
We could fill column and then not tell you all the Pre-
y things Come and Splendid line of gents handker-
chiefs and muf1ers
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
SCRAP BOOKS.

We have little indiscrete in this
s,psrtment and probably overbought
.,d find ourselves overstocked. Monday
we open them at half price.
Every Scrap Book sold on Monday at
.sn, ones &c; the IS cent ones at &c. thos
line. Grand clearance of all Holiday GC
V,sliest place in the three cities is at
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-24
HANDKERCHIEFS.

Many lines in silk and linen only half
prices on Monday.
Albums-quite an assortment still
left will go at almost any prices. One
lot especially large cabinet sizes, leather
covers will close at 25e. Come in the
morning or they may be gone
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-02

A Isctdeiscrx Professor Predicts
Catastrophy for she Town or

A Cincinnati special says: DR.. Ernest
Weissenbauer, professor OF geology 10 Hei-
deIbcrs University, Germany, 10 here Tor a
rest after q visit Of scientific inspection 10 the
pstural.gas wells at Findlay, Ohio. Hessys
he found the vasine-s OF the sas-well cavity
under Ffnday greatly undsr.estfmaled, and
that underneath the town at greaf DEPTHS lay
4 mighty cxyern Gllsd With highly infirfnma-
bic gas under tremendous pressure. He con.
nected some very delicate telephones win
steel rods sunk into the earth through the
shaft OF the well 10 4 distance 6elow II. lie
heard the boiling Of the rocks ptsinly, ac-
comp,nied by cracking sounds. deheate
heat instrument was then connected, and
after careful calculations be fonnd that al a
distance OF only one mile beneath tR great
gas cavity fire was raging al temperature
OF nearly $1,000.
So astonished wss be at this discovery that
he was not disposed 10 believe that 10 could
be so. Again and again he observed, always
with the same results. Not satisfied with
making the observations at one point, he
took several within radius Of three miles,
aud hts first observations were completely
confirmed. He says that about LOO feet De-
Row the city Of FiRdfay lies sn immense cav
ern beside which the Mammoth cave
shrinks into smaiinsss. Il Is several miles
long and in some places more than haif
mile deep Tins Is crowded fll OF gas
which ~ under pressure almost inconceIya-
HE, Then cones several Strata OF rock, per-
baps mile 10 thickness and this great inter-
nal FIRE
He saws he discovered something OF the
nature OF the strata that lies between the gas
cavity and tile fires. II Il at first solid rock,
jmperyiuus and firm; beneath this liesa great
mass of soft and crumbiihg stone. badly
formed and full OF assures; then another layer
OF considerable thickness equal to the nfst
layer in hardness and solidity. Tue last OF
these layers, which lies directly ever the nres,
Is melting away. Aboutten miles from Find
fry on either side IL is Of great thickness,
but as the town is nosred ID thi1s. The fur'
mace beneath IA disinteyrNing 1t and ever
Ipsseniug the barrier between itself and the
wei. From the tremendous cracHfns wmcn
Is 20 be heard by meMs Of the sound isstru-
noeBt n Is almost certain that the disintegra-
lion il goI0 on With great rapidly, and the
Professor Seems TO thing an early catastrophe
not only possible but probable.