Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-08

The contract was let this morning in
Moline to Peter Peterson for the English
Lutheran church which is to be built in
Rock Island, opposite Edgewood Park.
The building will cost $1,000.
Rev. q. W. Cue speaks on the subject,
"a Hum an Mensgerie" at the First NJ .
E. church tomorrow night. The rev.
erend gentleman has no doubt gained bis
impressions from visit to a newspaper
concern on Eighteenth street.
Electrical Engineer Fredericks hopes to
make the overhead connections of the
trolley wires at Seventeenth street and
Second avenue tonight. II this is &C
complished electric cars will run on the
Milan road tomorrow as far as the car
house.
While the city is making other i'm.
provements at Flatiron square. it should
order the taking down of the
bill boards on the south end
of the triangle, back of the new engine
house. Such an improvement would
add greatly to the neatness of the grounds
about the fire department headquarters.
The vacant store room on the first floor
of Mitchell s. Lynde's new building is to
be used temporarily for the books of the
public library pending the improvement
OF the rooms on the second floor, and the
work Of storing the books was COM
menced This morning under the direction
of the librarian, Miss Gale, and assistant
librarian, Miss Babcock.
The social and dance given at the
Davenport homestead last evening under
the auspices of the Sons of Vetrans, was
success in every particular. The house
and lawns were brilliantly illuminated, and
the visitors were shewn through the
romantic old house by Mrs. Milton Jones,
after which refreshments were served and
dancing was INDUCED in until late hour.
There will be special corn exhibit in
connection with the state fair at Peoria
this year. Exhibitors not holding exhib-
itors' tickets will be charged 25 cents for
each entry of twelve ears. Persons hold,
ing exhibitors tickets will be permitted
to make entries in the corn exhibit with.
out extra charge. An exhibit will con-
sist of twelve ears each. Shipping cards
will be sent by the secretary of the state
board of agriculture on application of the
exhibitor.
II the correspondent who has been
furnishing THE ARGUS with anonymous
communications relative to police officer
will call at THE ARGUS office he can have
the money enclosed in his last letter
THE ARGUS does not accept pay for items
of news, except where an advertisement
is included and then at regular rates, and
further than this does not under any cir
cumstances publish communication the
author Of which it does not know.
The annual sutumnal river carnival at
Davenport, and which cannot be other,
wise than great source of pride to
Rock Island, as well as Davenport, prom
Uses to be on much more elaborate and
brilliant scale this year than before. Ar
engagements have been practically under
consideration and in hand since last year S
event. and no effort or expense will be
spared 10 make it all that it is expected
to be. Tuesday evening Sept. s is the
date of this years Carnival.
States Attorney Sturgeon was called to
Port Byron this morning to prosecute u
case against Charles Frswley, charged
with the larceny of some drills belonging
to we'll drilling machine. The case
came 10 before Justice c. P. Abrecht,
and who held him in bonds of 5000 to
await the action of the grand jury and
not beirg able to furnish bonds, he was
brought to this city by Constable Harvey
Randall of that place, and turned over to
Sheriff Gordon. He is now confined in
the county jail.