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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-09
Tt at Railroad souabble.

The city of Davenport and the B o., G.
R & N road are still at swords points
over the railroad company having taken
possession of ground for switch and
the city having ripped up the tracks tres
passing o.: the forbidden territory. Sat-
urday Joe R. Lane, attorney for the
road, secu red from Judge Brannan at
Muscatine, a temporary Injunction res
straining tie city from further interfering
with the track. In convers ltion about
the matter, Mr.. Lane, the attorney of the
company, said that the company consid-
cred the ordinance as fully covering the
case. The ground upon which the track
is laid is in private ownership. and the
owners had signified their willingness to
have the track laid. The city has no right
to tear it up. not owning the ground and
having nothing to do with its ownership
or possesslon Even if the city did have
rights, it was wrong in tearing up the
track. There is no sanction under law
for the removal of any track in such q
manner. All that can be done in advance
of the laying of a track is to secure
injunction against that work, and af-
ter track is down all that can
be done to secure an sppraisement of
damage in 1icted and collect them from
the owner of the track. In this country
railroads can take property wherever it is
necessary, as far as that goes, upon pay
ment of Just damages to the owners from
whom it is seized. Mr.. Lane did not
say that the company would seek to col
lect from the city the sum in which it has
been dana ed by the action Of the latter
in the removal of the track. but be init
mated that this case will be carried to the
conclusion whatever that may be. The
company b ad understood. he said, that it
had certain rights here. These rights are
now in dis oute, and now the company
will proceed to determine whether it does
In fact possess those rights or not.
The city's representatives were COM
| planning Saturday that their shoulders
were sore and there muscles strained with
the unwon!ed exertion of lifting rails and
| ties, but they bad no regrets for what
they had done. Aid. Smith was quite as
positive as Mayor Ficke that the rights of
the city had been trampled in the dust.
along with its dignity. but, he said, the
work of de nolition had been done un-
der the advice of the city attorney. The
c,ty's repre- sentatives still hold the opin>
| ion that the company tried to steal mean
march on il, and do not accept the state-
ment that it was necessary to lay the
track at night il it was to be laid at all.
| The end is not yet.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-09
STILL MORE ARSON.
Rock Islands Fire Bug Gets in His
Work Again.
He IL Ai'fer RaIirOad Property Once
Merchant Nj hts Blaze Near
the Burlington Round
H0use.

The, fire bug was out again last night
The blaze which he created near the Bur-
lington round house, there were many
who were disposed to claim was not the
work OF sn incendiary, but investig alton
By the police revealed the fact that it W as.
Officer Kramer, after making q close ex.
animation of the property. informed an
ARGUS reporter this morning that he
was salts fed that the little building WAS
fired, as the stove was in an entirely diff
ferent part of the building from the place
where the fire originated, and further>
more there was no fire in the stove last
night. anyway.
The alarm at 7:30 o'clock last evening
cime-from the c.. B. & Q. round house.
Toe paid department responded with its
usual promptness, and found the frame
building at the corner of First avenue
and Fifteenth street, which is used as a
repair shop, in flames. The prompt ac-
ton of the department subdued the fla mes,
but not before the roof of the
building had been badly damaged, and
the loss will probably be about $500.
The fire was undoubtedly the work of an
incendiary, as there had been no fire in
the building since morning, and the root
being new, no sparks could possibly have
gotten into the place where the fire orig
mated. which was in the second story
among some engine curtains and seasoned
lumber. which occupied the upper floor
William Rice, the night man, had been
in the bui ding short time before, and
observed nothing unusual.
Later in the evening couple of suspi-
cious looking individuals were seen Turk.
ing about the Silver Plating works and the
police were communicated with by tele
phone. The patrol wagon was sent uE
flying, but when it arrived the men had
disappeared, and though careful search
Of the premises was made, they could no
be found.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-09
Police Points.

Another instance of premeditsted devil
try occurred on Second avenue at
o'clock yesterday afternoon, when
Axtel johnson, of Moline, stand
ing on the north side of Second
avenue hurled a rock through the west
window of 1. Bamberger's clothing
store. Officer Kramer who happened to
be in the block promptly took johnson
into custody. and to him the prisoner
stated that he had fired revolver ct q
man across the street snd that he had
shot too high and the bullet had done the
mischief Officer Kramer has the rock
which was thrown, however. and also has
proof that johnson had previously stated
that he intended to commit some act of
depreciation to get in Jail for the winter.
He had stated that he had some money
and as soon as it was spent he would be
prepared to get in Jail for the winter.
There is man awaiting trial in jail just
now for a similar offense, and if both
could be sent to the penitentiary for their
offense it might cure them of their vii,
lainy and also prevent further such
acts of violence.
There is nothing new in the Hill case.
Chief Miller accompanied Hill to Dsven-
port Saturday night and Druggist Har-
rison, of whom he purchased the nitric
acid, identified Hill as the man to whom
he sold the vitriol. When Mr.. Harrison
told Hill that he was the man who pur>
chased the acid the latter became enraged
and called Mr.. Harrison liar, the insult
being promptly resented by Mr.. Har-
rison' s brother, and but for the interference
of Chief Miller there would have been
serious trouble. Mr.. Harrison says be
would take his oath that Hill was the man
who bought the nitric acid, that he gave
his name as William Johnson of Daven.
port, and said he wanted it for friend
living in the country.
Will Morrison, colore d. of this city, and
Link Roberts, Of Davenport. got into
trouble over colored woman in Daven-
port Saturday night. and the result was
that Roberts drew . razor and slashed
Morrison across the neck. He was
sfterward caught and taken to the police
station, but as Morrison's cut is rot seri.
GUS, he will probably be let down pretty
easy.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-09
ApREAM OF HAPPINESS

May be followed by morning of LA Grippe"
Easily, and whyf Because the displacement Of
covering in bed, neglected draught from partly
closed window, an open transom connected with
a windy entry in hotel, may convey 10 your nos
trils and lungs the death-dealing blast. Terrible
and swift are the inroads made by this new des-
troyer. The medicated al, oholic principle in
Hostetter's stomach Bitters will chsck the dire
complaint. A persistence In this preventive OF its
further development will absolutely cbeckmate
the dangerous malady. Unmedicated alcoholic
stimulants are of little no value. The Just me-
dunn is the Bitters No less ec scious is IL 10
ofmalaria, biiliousness. constipation rheumatism
dyspepsia and kidney trouble. The weak arc
usually those upon who O disease fastens first
Invigorate with the Bit,ers.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-09
WILL BUN las OF YORE.


The Cristy Cracker Bakery Will be
Continued In Rock Isiand-E. e..
Aemenway Appointed Manager.
John W. Heath. general manager of the
National Cracker company and also
manager of the same company's factory
at Omaha, spent day in Rock Island
last week inspecting the Christy Cracker
bakery which the company recently pur-
chased. as heretofore detailed in THE
ARGUS. Mr.. Heath brought with him
the appointment of Mr.. Hemenway, the
long time. experienced ard accommo-
dating manager of the bakery, as mana
ger under the new proprie;orship This
announcement will be received wi much
grauncation as will also the assurance
which Mr.. Heath gave that the factory
will be continued here as heretofore.
the National company real yes Rock
Islands shipping advantages and will
therefore make no change here The
company has a plant at Omaha, two at
Des Moines. one at Cedar Rapids and one
at Chicago. The company which re-
Gently purchased the Roddewig- Schmidt
factory at Davenport is the American
Biscuit company which owns the other
cracker concerns in that city.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-09
Our New Filter.

.. Ii. Jewell. of the Jewell Filter,
Chicago, arrived this morning and he
states the improvements on the Cable
filter plant at the waterworks will be
completed in a.month's time
"You see," said Mr.. Jewell, 1--WE first
figured at 100000 gallons pumping
capacity in "a hours, whereas the city
uses the best part of that amount be-
tween d. IN. and : p. MIN nail The
time contemplated, owing to Rock Island
being a much larger manufacturing
center than we were aware Of Owing
to this fact the filter plants and pumps
were run beyond their capacity In order
to obviste all diff culties and to mske the
plant entirely satisfactory. Mt. Gable has
arranged with me to increase the pumping
capacI,y 10 co UOu aud ,ne hlIer plant
proportionately, so that when cur present
plans are carried out Rock Island will
have the purest water in the world, can
guarantee that. Mr.. Cable has also
arranged to have the filter house enlarged
and improved and put in the best condi-
ton possible. 1t is expected that The
plant will be in running shape and in
complete operation by Dec. l. The in.
creased capacity and improvements will
involve large additional outlay o. tunds,
but Mr. Gable is determined that every
thing shall be first class and he will accept
nothing else
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-09

Call on Z. B. McKown for hard wood
and soft co.,. Telephone Lbs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-09
|9|1ething Useful.

Probably the most useful
Jung have received this fall,
sal alcohol lamp, stand, and
Kettle, all brass, which 1 am
~" showing. 1t is pretty
'aOugh to be ornamental, and
.aaVap enough for any one. For
Ss SICK room, or for any one
y no wishes to heat say a quart
water at a moments notice,
'sy are just the thing.
With them, also just in, a
=" and not expensive line OF
O'Clock teas.
g. M. LOOSELY.
I'M NJ ;. SASS AND LAMPS,
ROckIsland.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-09
|IlSGriba for Stock

In the Second series of the
E0ne Building and Loan Asso-
ailOn, OF Rock Island.
d safer and better investment
aaa Government Bonds, be-
aase the loans are made only
pon established values and it
!S more than three times as
Elch interest besides the
fa0ant invested and the profits
be Withdrawn at any time.
Nley loaned at lowest rates.
R. A. DONALDSON, Secretary.
VICE Rooms 3, 4, and 6 Masonic Temple,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-09
NEW


of wool and merino underwear for men,
women and children.
Some rare bargains will be offered
this week which cannot be promised
to duplicate when present lots are
closed.
One special lot mems grey mixed
shirts and drawers Csc; are very cheap.
Another lot equally as cheap to sell
at Acc Cancels hair mixed at soc.
The genuine Swits Condo $3.50
grade shirts and drawers in three col
ors. but not in all sizes. We close them
at e4c mote the regular price is $3.50
One lot ladies' real Egyptian yarn
ribbed vests csc
The celebrated Woodland mills san
itary natural mixed vests and drawers
with pearl buttons for ladies at only
47c each.
ions until jar. on the best AMI Host reli-
states for 80 cents per year. Send in your
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-09
Public Mott ce.

Rock ISLAND, Noy. ITO whom it
may concern: As l am asked many
times every day about the aoverusea
..sheriff ssls" at the London store wish
to say to the public that l or this once
have nothing whatever to do with SAID
81. CD. GORDON. Sheriff.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-09
oNE ENJOYS

=. method and results when
!. ' If Firs is taken; it is pleasant
I.Sesliag to the taste, and acts
l. r. vet promptly on the Kidneys,
ND Bowels, cleanses the sys-
.ssa r dispels colds, head
s. ND fegers and cures habitual
lion. Syrup of Figs is the
,.medy of its kind ever pro-
d nleasing to the taste and &C.
En- to the stomach, prompt in
.t;on and truly beneficial in its
/ 'I rrepared only from the most
F. and agreeable substances, its
L excellent qualities commend it
n and have made it the most
fi,r remedy known.
|rrp of Figs is for sale in Soc
Il bottles by all leading drug
ANY reliable druggist who
not have it on hand will pro-
/ i promptly for any one who
l.. 10 try it. Do not accept any
kitute.
EEDRNlA FIe syrup CO.
s4E FRANCISCO, CAL.
krMaIE " hsW FORK ~.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-09

Anoted Gypsy fortune-teller is stop
ping at 22s Sixteenth street, corner Iniro
avenue. Ms. Boswell will tell your past,
nreseut ard future, all by the hand. All
told by palinistry. Satisfaction guaran-
teed or NOR ey returned.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-09
McCabe Bros.
Millinery

Department is fairly OVERLOOKING with
the incest. choicest and most fashiona-
Bile millinery to be found in the west.
Prices always the lowest.
As special attraction for this week
in this department we will offer an en-
tire new lot of high class satin and
gros grain ribbons, numbers and 5 at
half price only &c yard.
Other attractions in millinery re-
ceived almost every day. Sales in our
cloak department are phenomenal
larger stock, splendid selection and
lowest prices ever quoted.
To thoroughly introduce the most re-
liable standard patterns for ladies',
misses, and children's garments, we
Will for short time sell them at Just
one-half of the published prices.
As stated last week we will receive subscrip
able Stand trd Fashion Magsz ne in the Unit
ma es or those OF your frienus whom you mi
N nuaxr
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-09
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

The firm heretofore existing under the name Of
Given & Bell is hereby diseoivtd by mutual con-
sent Mr., Bell retiring and Mr.. Given assuming
firm. JAMES GIVEN,
JOHN BELL.
Rock Island, H., Nov. Q. 1891.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-04-24

Through the confidence inspired
by the Mckinley bill, new silk
mill has been recently established at
Bedding, Mich, by the well known
firm of Bedding Bros. q Co., which
in addition to its property at Beld.
ing, has silk mills in operation at
Rockville, Conn, San Francisco,
CAL, Southampton, Mass, and at
Montreal, Canada. American work.
men are being employed in the new
mill at Bedding, Mich, as fast as they
can be taught to operate machinery,
and when in running order, the mill
will give employment to about 400
hands.-American Economist.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-04-24
An Indian Challenge,

Two tribes of Indians in the upper
part of California had as boundary be-
tween their districts low ridge where
the streams headed. Hyou should go to
where one of these streams, Potter river,
rises you would see still standing a tall
pile of stones beside a never failing
spring. On one side of this cairn was the
territory Of the Pomo Indians, and on the
other the land of the Chumaia. These
tribes were enemies, and were often at
war. When the Chumaia wished to
challenge the others to battle they took
three little sticks, cut notches round
their ends and in the middle, tied them
at the ends into faggot and laid it on
this cairn. If the Pomos accepted the
challenge they tied string around the
middle of the three sticks and left them
in their place. Then agents Of both
tribes met on neutral ground and ar
ranged the time and place Of battle,
which took place accordingly.-St. Mich
olas
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-04-24
Substance and Form In Literary Judgment
And ia IL NOT trina that from, tho n a ~, "a

Substance and Form In Literary Judgment
And is it not true that from the nature
of things the contemporary judgment
lays most stress on substance, and that
the "fnal" judgment is favorable to
form? Substantially speaking, how many
historic things of immense contemporary
vogue seem insipid to us, whereas scarce
ly anything of very great formal merit
has been allowed to perish?
In other words, is there not an element
of universally about perfection of form
which significance of thought does not
possess? or, at any rate, is not perfection
more nearly attainable in form than it is
in substance? And nothing is so pre-
sentative as perfection or any approach
to it.
One thing is very certain-neglect Of
form involves the sacrifice Of an element
of positive attractiveness as well as Of
Tending positively by perverseness and &C.
centricity. Whether rhyme and rhythm,
cadence, purity, fawlessness, melody
are essential or not to poetry, the aban-
donment of the artistic quality which
they imply is obviously loss.-Scrib-
ner's,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-04-24
Plain Living.

To the ordinary housekeeping youth
plain living is usually the every day
diet to which he has always been accus.
toned, with little regard to its fitness or
wholesomeness. With royal contempt
for divergent tastes, he is apt to give a
domestic version of the old saying, "Or-
thodoxy is my doxy, so heterodoxy must
be yours" What suits him should suit
every one. The same spirit animated
DR.. johnson when he gave his famous
definition of "oats" as Sin England, food
for horses, in Scotland for men," But
the whirligig of time has so twisted af-
fairs around that the food at which the
great photographer sneered little more
than hundred years ago is now an ar
ticle of daily diet in thousands of En-
glish homes. The plainest Of plain liv-
ing it is to us nowadays, but the high
thinking of the Seventeenth and Eigh-
teenth centuries was cultivated On very
different aliment. Yet who is prepared
to say that greater intellects have ever
been known in the English nation than
were produced in the days Of FOSTERING,
wine bibbing and high living, when
such minds were developed as those OF
Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Dryden, Add
son, Swift, Pope and countless others
whom time fails even to mention?-
Christine Terhune Herrick.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-04-24
There is something humiliating i

There is something humiliating in
a thought that country which gives
more beggars, thieves and cut.throats
to the United States in proportion
to her population than any other
country, should for moment occupy
the attention of our State department
upon questions raised by that country
as to actions of our own. We have
as nation no need of the good will
of Italy until she shall learn that
the United States is not refuge
for the baser sort of her people, and
the dumping ground for her crimi-
nails. The threats of such countries
are like the blocks which our children
use for building houses, easily
knocked over.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-04-24

The appropriation bill for the
Coldwater school passed both the
house and senate and then sent back
to the house for engrossment and en-
rollment. The members of that
body refused to allow any further
action on the bill by tabling it. When
a body of Legislators" attempt to
coerce the board of control of a
public institution into managing it's
affairs to suit themselves by deliber.
ately starving out the unfortunate
children whose only other home is
the street or the poor house, wheE
men who were sent to Lansing to
enact wholesome laws and make pro-
visions for the inmates of the public
institutions, so far forget their man
hood as to refuse the necessary ap'
preparation 10 care for these destitute
little ones they should be RELOCATED
to the solitude from which they came
where their microscopic brains will
be exercised by no state affairs. Men
of such stamp sink themselves below
the level of civilized humanity when
they refuse to allow the state to care
for It's destitute and orphan children,
and merit the execration of every
father and mother in this great state
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-04-24

The much abused and over-taxed
farmer is just now enjoying a healthy
reaction of vicissitudes of life. His
wheat and potatoes are worth more
than a dollar a bushel, his New
Orleans maple syrup is away up
among the costly Injuries, his stock
brings fancy prices and his politics
has the clinch on the nations rule.
We hope the farmer may live happi,
ly under these favorable conditions,
forget the bitter past and live in the
alliance present and silk.spun future.
Detroit Times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-04-24
A PICTURE IN FROST TIME.

A window, with wide panes embayed
And half moon seat of old gold cloth,
Looks forth TO where the trees are swayed
BY winds whose breath Is chill and wrotA.
And on the glass filmy veil
Extends, as II to shield the bloom
That mods In greeting to the gale
From midst the warm and CHEEKY room
Roses and lilies, dollhouse pinks
And pansies that no garden dew
Fer wet and ferns whose fragile links
No woodland pool with shade did strsw.
And showing multi-colored tints,
Full clusters Of chrysanthemums
Flash back the roseate flame that glints
Where costly the hearth log huns.
While near at hand sits one who reads
The pages of a book Of art,
And naught outdoors or indoors heeds,
Lost in some spirit realms fair mart.
William Struthers in Detroit Free Pres.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-04-24
SHlLOtl'S
CONSU M PTION
CURE.

The success or this Great Cough Cure is
without parallel in the history of medicine.
All druggists are authorized to sell it on pos
tive guarantee. test that no other cure can sue
cessfully stand. That 1t may become known,
the Proprietors, at an enormous expense, are
placing Sample Bottle Free INTO every home
in the United States and Canada. If you have
a Cough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use II, for
it will cure you. If your child has the Group,
or Whooping Cough. use it promptly, and relief
is sure. If you dread that insidious disease
Consumption, use it. Ask your Druggist for
SHILOH'S CURE, Price 10 cts, so cts. and
$780, If your Lungs are sore or Back lame
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Price IS cts.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-04-24
Origin of an Old Saying,

In the Sixteenth century it was gener-
ally stated that spiders be true signs of
great stores of gold," saying which
arose thus; While passage to Cathay
was being sought by the northwest a
mariner brought home a stone which
was announced to be gold, and caused
such ferment that several vessels were
fitted out for the express purpose of coll
lecting the precious metal. Frobisher,
in 1877, found on one of the islands
where he landed similar stones and an
enormous number of spiders,-Cornhill
Magazine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-04-24

From Kansas City come the state
ment that the Farmers Alliance is
going to embark the state and
counties of Kansas in the railroad
business. The alliance plan is said
to be to have the state construct a
trunk line $50 to 800 miles long, and
to have the counties construct net.
work of branches touching every i'm
portant point in the state.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-04-24

A Brazilian parrot once succeeded in
making a railway party believe that they
had run over a child. Sudden cries, fol-
lowed by low moaning, rang out from
beneath the wheels. The train was
stopped, and the employees nervously
searched the track, but no child was to
be seen. No clew to the situation could
be found until q large green parrot,
swinging in his cage, uttered a mocking
laugh.