Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-06-21

IONS tomorrow.
The sociable at the South Park chapel
last evening was pleasant affair. and q
success financially.
The Murray Shoe company of Daven-
port failed this morning. with liabilities
of S1i, 900 and assests $4,000.
If the census enumerator has omitted
you, send your name, address and the
number in your family to the ARGUS.
Black shirts, black suspenders, black
hose, black underwear, and all the latest
in black hats at Lloyd & Stewards.
Mr. Hugh Curtis returned this morn
ing from college at Exeter, N. H., from
which he graduated with honors this
year.
Mrs. Jessie Hamilton and Mrs Grace
Stevenson. of Oneida, arrived this after>
noon for visit to their neice. Mrs. J. E.
LarkIn.
Mr. John T. Schomp. chief clerk to
Division Agent Mack. of tine c. B. & O..
complains that the census enumerator has
missed him.
s. A. Marshall will serve a free turtle
soup lunch at his saloon, 1915 Third ave-
nue.. this evening. He asks his friends
to call and partake.
Two Moline female clerks are missing
One is seventeen and the other twenty.
and it is supposed they have eloped with
two young men from Davenport.
Rev. H. c Marshall snd wife leave
Monday for Pittsburg to attend the 10
ternational Sunday School convention.
They will be absent about three weeks
Mr. Frank Mcdonnell has rented the
premises No 22J1. Third avenue, and
will open a saloon there this evening. He
will have grand opening lunch this
evening to which he invites the public.
The Rock Island & Peoria railway has
made a further reduction of one third in
the rate to Springfield for the republican
delegation to the state convention. The
fare for the round trip is now "a .95.
Mr.. ID. G. Flanagan, a long slime bag
gsge-msn on the c., b. & Q railroad.
has been promoted to conductor, and his
run will be from St Louis to Beardstown
Hereafter his home will be ut the last
named place
The Utica, IN. " Globe of recent
date contains an excellent likeness and
biographical sketch of Marsh Noe, for
many years chief of the Davenport fire
department, who is one of the best
known firemen in the state of Iowa.
Mayor McConochie and Aids Corken,
Larkin and Tindsll have gone to Daven-
port this afternoon to inspect the fire de
paItment. They will come back more
firmly determined thsn ever to establish
a paid system in Rock Island.
Read the advertisement of A. F
Schmid. the lightning rod man, in an
other part of the ARGUS. Mr.. Schmid
was born and raised in this CITY, and is
an enterprising young man. He handles
some of the best lightning rods made. nd
all he asks is a trial.
There will be half hour cars on the
Milan road after 80 tomorrow after>
noon. Receiver Hsss desires it also an
nounced that hereafter late cars NAV al
ways be secured for any hour before
midnight by telepboning Supt Wilcher
at the Car house.
Conductor Fuller's train on the Milwau
kee road did not put in an appearance at
all yesterday. owing to washouts this side
train last night was an hour late owing
to the same cause. Today the road is
open as usual, however.
There IS to be Fourth of july cele-
bration at Coal Valley on the PRESBYTERIAN
church grounds. A street parade. an
address of welcome by John Barton. a
speech by Prof. Stoddard, singing and
other music, games and sports. and fire,
works, will constitute the order of the
day.
Mr.. Ell. Mcclellan, an old-time Rock
Island boy, and for q long time psssen.
ger agent for the c., B. & @. railroad at
st. Louis. is in the city visiting his sister,
Mrs. Fred Wright. His brother Charles,
who is route agent for the American
Express company, is also here re-
newing acquaintances.
The Sunday school of the First Metho-
dist church will have sn excursion on the
steamer Libbie Conger. accompanied by
a good band, one week from today, up
the river, leaving at s a. m. and return.
ing by p. m. The young children of
the Sunday school will be complimented;
all others will be charged twenty-five
cents for the trip. Everybody must pro.
vide their own lunch. and young children
be accompanied by older people.
There was dispute as to territory be-
tween Census Takers Harry Corken, of
the east division of the Third ward, and
Harry Hodges, of the west division of the
Fourth. The misunderstanding grew
out of the lay of the streets in the vicin-
ity of Flatiron square, Hodges holding
that west of Seventeenth to Sixteenth be.
longed to him. while Corken maintained
that it was in his district. The matter
was referred by Supervisor Bailey to
County Clerk Donaldson, who decided in
Corken's favor. The latter is desir-
Gus that If any one 10 his jurisdiction has
been omitted, he report to him at once.
Mr.. VIM. Graham, mention of whose
failing condition from consumption has
been made in the ARGUS, died at his
home, back of Fourth avenue and Ninth
street,a 2:15 this morning. He was about
thirty years OF age. His wife desert
ed him few years ago. and recently he
turned his three children over to the Rock
Island branch of the American Educa,
tioual Aid association, with the expressed
desire that the society provide homes for
them after his death. Those provisions
have already been made by the local Off :
GERS Mr.. Graham was born and raised
in Rock Island and was liked by all who
knew him.
The Union attempts to pacify the in
dignant mass of the republican party of
Rock Island county by copying an ex
tract from the Kewsnee Courier to the
effect that the senatorial nomina-
ton is assured to Mr.. Crawford il
the Rock Island county delegation
islands solid for him." That last pro.