Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-18
-T0WN-TALK.

Footwear for everybody; lots of the m:
s. B. S
Twenty minute cars to the tower to-
morrow.
Nice free lunch at The Club tonight,
O'Connor s. Sage.
Bleuer's complete ban will give con-
cert at Black Hawks tower tomorrow.
Bleuer's band at Black Hawk tower to-
morrow. Cars every twenty minutes on
the Milan road.
Cornelius o Brien and wife of Chicago
accompanied bv their daughter, Miss
Lizzie, are in the city on visit to their
son Thomas O'Brien on Fourteenth
street.
twenty-five years ago yesterday
Messrs Jonas Besr and Emil Beck landed
In this country Yesterday on the
strength of their quarter-century resi-
dence here they treated each other to
cigars.
Rock Islands new police patrol wagon
will be ready for delivery next Tuesday.
The council will undoubtedly instruct the
police committee and Chief Miller st it's
session Monday night as to the DISPOSE
ZION of the present horse and the securing
of the necessary double team, and also as
to reconstruction of the stables in the rear
of the police station.
/, is suggested that the best way out
OF the difficulty between Messrs. Walsh
and Schn tiger is TO order both before the
council Monday night with two ounce
| gloves, there and then TO settle the n after
If they will bring their qusrrels into
Rock Island. This view of the case will
no doubt meet the appreciation of one al
| dermsn al least.
Iu view of the fact that the old engine
| house on the northwest corner of Court
house square has caused the board OF
supervisors 80 much annoyance, would
not the quickest way out of the difficult.
be 20 demolish it. 1t is public eyesore
and with it out of the way there would
be one less on the grounds in which tn,
county appears to pride itself.
The Chicago Herald in writing NJ
Council Bluffs has the following regard,
ing former Moline citizen: Another
brihht democrat is Lucius Wells, residen
partner OF The big agricultural firm O
Deere. Wells & Co. Mr.. Wells used t.
live in Moline before he came to Iowa II
years ago. He is now president of tn
school board, broad.minded. liberia
thinker of advanced views aud gererou
| pToclivities. He is man of high stand
ing in the social and business circles o
Council Bluffs anu al honor 10 the demo
cratic party whose doctrines he warml,
espouses."
II isn't every msn who can run al
electric car successfully, simple as does tb'
operation sppear TO the caussl observer
An incident yesterday afternoon demon
strsted this fact A man who was beiul
instructed in the modus opersndi switches
the current into Car 35 at the corner O
Twenty Third street and Fourth avenu,
without turning off the brake, and thu
car leaped from the track, kicked I'D
terrible racket for second, there was
binding fash of light grinding roa
and then the car stood still. The motto
part Of the car was dead. The helples
car was lowed slowly down TO marke
square, it taking some time to do il
where it was taken from the track unit
such repairs could be made as To enabl,
pushing it back to the barn. The Ca
was not only seriously disabled electri
cally speaking. but some Of the cogs wer
badly twisted. the general damsg
amounting to over $50.