Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-26
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the city today.
White and red onion sets, new flower
and garden seeds at Mays.
Mrs. Gallagher has some very nice
fresh fsh-corner Twelfth street and
Third avenue.
Mr.. ID. T. Robinson came in from his
farm near Taylor Ridge this morning OF
business.
Wanted immediately-A matron fol
st. Luke's hospital. Apply to Mrs. J. M
Buford. No. 1117, Second avenue.
Lost-Supposed to be lost between
Twenty-fourth and Elm street, GOLD
watch. Liberal reward at this Office.
Geo. SCHNEIDER left this morning fOl
Milwaukee and other points in Wiscon'
sin on two weeks recuperatiug tour.
Henry L. Kiner. the bright editor Of
the Geneseo Nesos. was in the city last
evening, and gave the ARGUS fraternal
call
Mr.. II. B. Sudlow has commenced the
| foundation of his new house at the cor
ner of Twentieth street and Sixth avenue.
Walsh & Edwards have the contract.
E. E. Lowyer, late with the manufac'
turing firm of Miller & Co., Quincy. has
accepted position as stenographer for
the music house of d. Roy Bowlby.
Lost, between Second and Fourth
avenues. gold breastpin, set in pearls
with initials T. M. G. Return to this
Office and receive liberal reward.
In another column can be seen the ad-
vertisement of Mr.. Fred Alter. the artis>
tic sign writer, who is prepared to do any
work of that kind in a very satisfactory
manner.
Mutual Admiration" McCo1ochie has
appOinted-with the approval of the
''masheen"--Ph Miller to look after his
canvass down town. and Pat Cary to res
present him up town.
There will be a meeting for prayer at
the Y. NJ. q. A. rooms each evening this
week, to which young men are invited.
1t cannot yet be stated certainly when
Mr.. Wishard will be with the associa
ton.
II McConochie had foreseen the nomi>
nation of his opponent he could not have
been more disrespectful in his conduct,
as an alderman. toward the association
of which the democratic nominee is
president.
The republican nominees have already
commenced to desert the sinking ship.
Mr.. T. F. Cary announces that he will
not accept the nomination for assistant
supervisor. He sees the handwriting on
the wall.
Where Nc Conochie is known at all, it is
only thought his opposition to public
improvements. his attempted deprecia
ton of downtown property and his un-
provoked slurs upon the Rock Island
Citizens Improvement association.
Ed. Wilcox. republican committeeman
of the Sixth ward. has issued a call for a
caucus this evening. ito nominate a
candidate for alderman in place of
William McConochie. promoted" Pro-
NOTED to what3 The empty honor of a
republican nomination for mayor.
Sutcliffe Bros, the well known and re-
liable wall paper dealers and hangers,
are now ready for business at their new
branch store, No. 3l9 Twentieth street,
where they would be pleased to have
their friends call and see them. They
have just received a car load of beautiful
wall paper for the branch house.
One of the republican ''masheen" spoke
of Mutual Admiration" McConochie
this morning as a man who was too much
of an artful dodger not to get out of his
many mistakes in the council. McCono-
chic may be an artful dOdger, but the
great mass of voters will prove more art
full than he when it comes to lodging HIM
on election day.
As mayor of Rock Island, McConochie
would be like a milestone about a city
that is attempting to lift itself up out of
the mire of oppression. while Mr.. Fred
himself to be- an executive whose energy
and aim would be to push the city for
ward; to encourage enterprise rather
than cry it down with sneers and jibes.
The republicans are out of timber to
make the consiabulary race, already. 1t
now appears that Lieberknecht's nomin-
alton was mistake and that in reality
Officer Pat Cary was nominated, but that
he, like Levy and Harris. is not anxious
to run. T. F. Cary has also declined to
run for supervisor. Now the republican
city committee is advertising for candi-
dates. which of course, must be salts
factory to the "masheen."
Col. A. K. Burlington. commandant
al the government arsenal of Springfield.
Mass. is here. He Is one of the inspect
ors of the army and visits Rock Island
arsenal in that capacity. He is accom-
panied by Clemens Hirschl of Holyoke,
Mass, one of the noted civil engineers of
the country. who will examine the water
power work as an expert, accompanying
Col. Burlington for that purpose.
A teamster from Davenport was
thrown out of his wagon ut the corner of
Third avenue and Sixteenth street yes
terday afternoon, and the heavily loaded
wagon passed over his right leg. He was
taken into the police station by an officer,