Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-26

Package Lost Return to First Avenue
hotel and receive reward. j. w. Holt.
The real Belgian elysian overcoats tc
be found at Simon & Mosenfelder's only
Overcoats for the tall and slim, for the
| short and stout, at Simon & Mosenfeld-
er's.
! President Harrison yesterday signed the
bill making Rock Island a port of de-
livery.
The latest and most desirable STYLES in
carpets can be seen at Kann & Huck.
| staedts.
| Sheriff Silvisi is no better today. and his
friends are becoming very anxious abou,
him.
Parlor goods and lace curtains the
finest in the market at Kann g. Huck-
staedt's.
Mr.. Geo. w. Porter. business manager
of the Muscatine Ne,os- Tribune, was in
the city today.
Come and admire Simon g. Mosenfeld-
er's grand line of overcoats for men, BOYS
and children
| No such line of overcosts were ever
seen in the city as shown by Simon &
| Mosenfelder.
MIR. Ii. B. Sudlow returned last even.
ing from the east where he has been fol
the past ten days.
Messrs. Winslow Howard, Henry Ack.
erman and Albert Genung have returned
from their trip to Ohio and Indiana.
Mrs. Webster Hakes and children. OF
River Forrest, are visiting Mrs. Hakes
parents. MIR. and Mrs. r. Champion.
E. H. Fogg and wife, formerly of this
| city and Moline, bu. now o: Chicago, are
| in the city on visit to the family of c..
| nj. Williams.
Mrs. Sophia Myers, living in South
Park, and aged thirty-six. was adiudged
losane in the county court today, and
ordered committed 10 the Elgin asylum.
Her insanity is of a most violent form.
Mr.. Theo. Zellers, general superintend.
ent OF the plants of the United Glass
| company, is in the city experimenting
the extensive improvements at the Rock
Island factory, heretofore noted in the
ARGUS
Patrick Walsh. of the contracting firm
OF Edwards Il Walsh. left yesterday for
Rockford to commence work on the new
Congregational church there for which
the firm has the contract. Mr.. Edwards
will follow in few weeks.
Mrs. Henry Curtis and daughter, Miss
Hope, leave for Chicago next Monday,
the latter on her way to school in New
York City. while Mrs. Curtis. after visit.
ing in Chicago, will make an extended
tour through the west for the benefit of
her health.
A revival is in progress in the First
Baptist church of Moline under the lead
ership of Rev. Mr.. Cairns. Last evening
large number. probably nearly forty,
went into the inquiry room. The work is
widening and is affecting more or less all
the English speaking churches in the city
of Moline.
VIM. d. T. Obert, of Davenport sui>
cided yesterday by shooting himself. He
was stationary engineer, and had lived
in Davenport twenty-three years. He
leaves wife and nine children. The
desperate deed is attributable TO dissipa.
ton, coupled with the effects of an in
Jury received some time ago.
Our colored citizens held another meet.
ing in the Baptist church near the
Moline line last night. Resolutions
were adopted endorsing the force bill. but
resolution to forward the same to Con-
gresham Gest was stricken out. A pro-
position TO organize an independent col
ored club was freely discussed, but no
action was taken.
The city council last evening adopted
the ordinance containing the specifics-
tons and regulations governing the use
of electricity as q motive power by the
Holmes street car com pany. The work
of putting up the poles and stringlng
wires. both underground and overhead,
will now go rapidly forward, as far as
Rock Island is concerned, at least.
Bob Pelton is reported missing. and it
is feared that be persisted in the flames
which destroyed the boat on the river
bank in which he and man named Jones
have kept bachelors hall for some time.
He is stated to have been under the in
fluence of liquor Wednesday afternoon,
and his partner spent Wednesday night
in Jail for like offense .-Davenp0rt
Democrat.
The deed of conveyance OF lots 4 add
5. in block 1, Bailey & Boyle's addition.
otherwise Of property on Second aveJlue
and Twenty-third street, by John Grtpan
to J. J. Mitchell, trustee Of the. Names
syndicate, was filed last night witk Dep,
uty Recorder johnson. The coo sidera-
ton as heretofore stated is $4,SOQ The
power plant will be ioccted on it.at once.
A neighboring newspaper mat has a,
last made the fatal error of his life. end
bursts into the following grief: $50 stand
where have stood. 60 feel what have
felt; eat clsmmy, half>cooked food, and
fish and eggs that smelt. Go take what
/ have took. go bear what i have borne.
throw tea cups at the cook, and swear as
/ have sworn. Go live on iuiceless steak.
and soggy bread half baked. at midnight
lie awake. and ache as / bave ached. Go
do as have done--makei of yourself a
darned fool, by winning as have won. a
girl from cooking school"
Mr.. John George. formerly Of This city.
has written the following letter to a
friend in DavsJ sart. upon his return to
London after an absassle Of twenty-seven
years: "Mr. aniseaann. 81 Moline.
Mrs. Donaldson. q. And. my wife
and myself. left Neaa u on the 18th Of
August. on the Nevao OF the State line.
She is not new boat but has crossed ,'
the Atlantic 262 times The State liners
are not quite SO fast as some of the new
boats. yetfney cannot be called slow
ss s, CD pr We reached Glasgow in ten