Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-13
CITY CHAT.

Twenty third street this evening.
The Rock Island Citizens Improves
ment association meets in regular months
Iy session tomorrow evening.
Mrs. E. j. Skiles and daughter. Miss
Eta, returned last evening from three
months visit to western Iowa.
Mrs. A. F. Barber and children and
Mrs. German. Mrs. BARRIERS mother, left
for Burlington today on two weeks
visit.
A handsome fiagstone walk is TO be
laid on the Twentieth street and Third
avenue sides of the Hariz & Bahnsen
building.
A neat perspective of the new Y. M. q.
A. building, giving description OF the
building and floor plans, has been issued
by the building committee.
MIR. D. F. Krell has been appointed
a substitute carrier by Postmaster
Wells, and is at present assigned to the
route of Carrier Osterman who is taking
vacation.
News was received this morning of the
death by a railroad accident at Fostorn,
Ohio, of Peter Ratchet, former Rock
Island glass blower, and q member of Is
land City lodge No. 4. A. o. U. w.
The Rock Island Lumber & Manufac-
turing company has received the contract
for the shelving and other interior fix
lures for the new store of the Liverpool
g. London Clothing company.
Judge Cavan, of Ell Paso. was in the
city today on his way home from the
Woodmen meeting at Des MOines. The
judge is one of the foremost members o.
the order in the state.
Another break occurred in the Golfer,
dam at the Rock Island bridge draw yes
| terday afternoon, and the water poured
! in to an extent sufficient to cause sus>
| pension of work for several hours.
There is lively bidding Just now be.
tween two clothing firms for the two
stores in Mrs. Webber's Second avenue
building now occupied by Thompson's
restaurant and GaIes' bazaar, which have
received notice to move.
There will be quarterly meeting at
Swedons United Brethren church. Mer-
Ger county. Illinois. Aug. 16 and II, be-
ginning on Saturday at 2 o'clock p. m.
Presiding Elder Rev. A. Regney will have
charge of the meeting.
| Prof. David Felmley. of Carrollton,
has been elected professor of mathema-
tics in the state normal university at
salary of $4,000. Prof. Felmley has been
one of the instructors in the Rock Island
| County Teachers institute for several
| seasons.
The city officials in Des Moines arrest
and secure fires from all persons who jump
off and on all trains IN motion in that
| city. The same thing might done with
profit in other places. In Rock Island.
| for instance.
| Manager Montrose, of the Harper
house. has placed with Clemann & Salz>
mann a contract for refurnishing most of
the rooms of the Harper house in frst-
class shape and the order will require sew
eral car loads of furniture. Mr.. Mont
rose has placed his contract in good
hands.
Miss Addie NJ Cooke left last evening
| for Council Bluffs. In view of her de-
| parture, she was on Monday evening sur
prised by her Sunday school associates,
- teachers and pupils-in the United
| Presbyterian church, and presented with
a gold fountain pen and silver card re-
| ceiver.
E NJ. Herr. formerly superintendent of
| the Rock Island and st. Louis division of
c, B. & Q, has resigned his position as
superintendent of the Galesburg division
of the c B. & @. to accept that OF mass
ter mechanic of the c., nj. & ST. P.
at Milwaukee. The resignation takes
effect August Is.
The annual business meeting of the
Mississippi Valley Spirituslists' sssocia-
ton and the Mt. Pleasant Park Stock
company, held at Mt. Pleasant Park, near
| Clinton, Iowa. resulted IN the selection of
! Hiram Eddy, DeKalb. H.; Mrs. DR..
| Dobson, Maquoketa. Iowa, and L. P.
| Wheelock, Moline, as directors. 1t was
resolved TO merge the Mt Pleasant Park
Co. into the Mississippi Valley associa>
| ton.
The delegates selected by the Moline
caucus Monday night to the county pro-
hibition convention to be held in that city
next Friday are, F. L. Matt. G. Englund,
Chas. Ecker, H. L. Bullen, n B. Fassett,
Alfred Williams. B. B. Tvrrell, NJ. Hart
zell, 1. Cassel, w. W. Bearby, j. G.
Wright, w. A. Golden, N. q. Tyrrell. A.
II. Marcelus. James Murphy. Wash L.
Huey. F. w. Cook, G. W. Wood. VIM.
Goldsworthy. Walker Peterson and Ed.
p. Smith, The object Of this county
convention will be to nominate county
prohibition ticket, or at least consider the
advisability of so doing.
The directors of the Holmes company
having decided upon electricity as the
future motive power, met yesterday in
Chicago to consider as to what system
should be adopted and to award the con.
tract. The Westinghouse, Sprague and
Thompson s. Houston companies have
all bid for the contract, but if an award
was made yesterday the successful com.
petitor is not yet known. The company
may put in a storage battery motor
that has always been Mr. Holmes pref.
erence and it is a lingering hope on his
part that practical invention would We,
.. be made to that end that has DELAYED
him this long in adopting power other
than horses and mules.
! The value and use of patrol and am.
bulance wagon, such as the city of Mo-
line has provided its police department
with, was amply demonstrated yesterday
in the removal of Mrs. P. j. Heverline
, from the Dimick building on Second ave.
: nue. to her new home on Twentieth street
Mrs. Heverling is very ill-has been a
deaths door for several weeks-and un'
. der no other circumstances than the fac
! that the building is being RACED would she
! have been moved. but the Moline Wagon
9 happened to he in the city at the time ant
q it was kindly rendered Marshal Miller fol-
. the purpose Of moving the lady. She wa
accordingly moved with very little dis
turbance. Marshal Miller and the police
commiffea shnnld get their he ads fonefh,