Rock Island Argus., 1897-03-12
BUILDING is ACCEPTED.
Omeers distracted to O,capy tho New
County Temple.

Omeefs distracted to O,c1py the New
County Temple.
Rock Island county's new court
house was formally accepted by the
board of supervisors by unanimous
vote this afternoon on recommends
tion of the building committee. Cen
tractor Larkin's total bill for tbs
building is $12S, ,02S.53. The county
officers were instructed to move into
the new building as soon as possible
The following were appointed BY
the board to serve as grand Jurors at
the May term of the circuit court:
Charles Silas. Cordova; Wesley Simp-
son, Coe; c. Dillin, Canoe Greek;
John G Sachau, Zuma; Mark Ash
down, Port Byron; Henry Denhart,
Hampton; &. A. Smith. South Mo-
line; c. H. Boman, Jerry Kelly.
George Herbst, Moline; Frank Eek
hart, ". L. Nichols, George w.
Henry, Josiah Rhodenbaugh, Rock
Island; Ed Crouch. South Rock ISL
and; j. K. McMichael, Black Hawk;
Robert Patterson, Coal Valley;
Charles Simmou, Rural; Edward
Dixon, Sr.. Bowling; Daniel Mont
gomery, Edgingtou; John W. Wal
ton. Andalusia; William A. France,
Buffalo Prairie; Enoch Warman,
Drury.
NJ. Iglehart & Co. we're awarded the
contract for removing the soldiers
monument to the northeast corner OF
the square, where it is TO be placed
on new granite base. The letter
ing on the monument is also to be
rechiseled. The contract price for
doing the work is $500. There were
three other bids, one from Devore 6
Fisher, 5000; c. j. Larkin, $500, and
| a. z. Elmer, $570.
The committee appointed to inves.
| tigate the ownership of the cannon
in court house square, Graham Post,
Of Moline, having requested the
board to loan it four of the guns
| with which to decorate the old SOL
diers' cemetery there, reported tha,
they were the property of the Rock
Island County Soldiers Monumen,
association, and were presented BY
Uncle Sam. Supervisor Fitzpatrick
| Withdrew his motion that Graham
Post be loaned four of the guns, as
according to the committees report
the board has no jurisdiction over
the artillery.
The construction of board walks
leading from the four entrances O
the court house TO the sidewalk wa:
ordered by the adoption of a resolu
tion by Supervisor Rinck. Thre.
foot walks are provided for, and tn,
building committee was instructed
TO employ c. j. Larkin to do the Job
These, OF course, will be only ten
porary. This being the case. wall
to the main entrance would have
sufiiced, as it is only to be uset
a month Or so. or until such time a
conditions permit the laying OF tn,
permanent ones.
Rev. j. w. Washington, pastor O
the Second Baptist church. who hac
agreed to remove the old court hous,
for the use OF the material contained
was before the board today in sup
port OF a petition asking the appr0.
priation by the county of *75 II
assist him in the work, as he claimed
now that he could not do il
without an outlay which he did no
prepare for at the time he entered
into the original agreement. Bu'
after some discussion Rev. Washing
ton agreed to remove the buildin!
without the S75 appropriation, ;
man from Milan having told thu
board that he would be glad to taxi
the material in the court house il
consideration for its removal.
Twenty of the 26 supervisors en-
joyed an opossum feast yesterday af
'ernoon, but the statesmen who st
tended have cautious way of dis
cussing the incident, and all that de
velopcd in connection Herewith
The supervisors who did not avai
themselves Of the occasion are some
what curious to know the true in
wardness of the matter.