Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-01
ToWN TOPICS.
Spring chickens at Horizons.

Millinery Otteseu. Daven port.
Mr. and Mrs. John Grogan have
new son at their home.
Stein, Block g. Co.'S. suits and tol
coats. Sommers & La Velle.
Roland Reed and his company iefl
for Burlington over the @. thi:
morning.
Bob Long knocked out William
Walker in three rounds ct .Clau.
Groth hall, Davenport, last night.
The two leading brands Of iloul
are Big Joe ard Snow Flake. Fol
sale by W. A. Ehleb, 500 Twentieth
street.
States Attorney Charles j. Scarf,
and Miss May Pryce, OF Coal Valley
are to DO married next Tuesday a,
Racine, Wis.
Take CT your hat. LOOK at it; need
new one, don't you? We are wait
ing to see you with ooe Of the great.
est lines you have ever inspected
the London.
The McCasktin boys have arranged
Tor a series Of meetings throughout
the county beginning next Monday
night. when they will discuss "Our
Representative"
There is n rumor ailoat in Moline
to The effect that c. Il. Deere pre-.
poses deciding the old Keator mill
property on the river front for city
aud park purposes.
Capt. o. +. McGioley, master of
the steamer + G a. Denkmaun, re.
-igned his position today, and states
hat he has accepted the captancy OF
boat on the Yukon river.
Mrs. John Crubaugh and Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Mc.Iugh and daughter.
OJly, left this morning for New o.
cans, whore Mr.. McHugh Will at
END The national Convention Of hotel
directors.
Tim ONeill is essentially the
ltboring maa's candidate for the
lice OF township collector. lie has
always stood for union labor snd is
~ every way worthy and deserving
II the confidence and support Of
united labor.
Tie vile 0! one of Rock Islands
ply sici.us Played practical April
TOOL joke ol him this morniny by
sending him to a number Of houses
where MS services were not wanted
The doctor had made several such
professional calls before the nature
OF the joke dawned upon him.
Labor proposes to honor one OF it's
time-tried representatives for tie
iiice OF supervisor this year. Mr..
Bates was not nominated for effect
IN view OF passing events. He
has always been le-dsr in tie
cause OF organized labor and every
iaboripg man will delight to vote for
him.
The report Of the com missioners
m the widening of Tenth avenu,
from Seventeenth to Twcnty-sesond
stree. has beeu filed with the circuit
clerk by City Attorney Marshall
The estimated cost OF the i'm prove
ment is 81, 500, 81 COO being assessed
against the property holders ard the
balance against the city.
Somebody down town told "Bones,
johnson today that ho might stand
show of being elected, and
"B nney" was just about to Telephone
the news outside Of the state, when
some one else directed his attention
TO the cs'endar-lnd then "Bonvyn
hung up the receiver with some en-
phatic expression about the luck,
anyway.
Tim ONeill needs the oiiice oi
township collector, but he does no,
ask il on that account. Year after
year his friends have pushed him
for"srd, but each time he has pa.
tien'ly acquicsced in tho action O.
the convention before which his csp-
didacy Jailed, and has simply awaited
his time. II has come this wear. ar 4
be will be elected.
Fred X. Bastian, the leader in tbs
tight against the removal of the
Woodmen headquarters from Fulton
to Rock Island mas been nominated
Tor mayor o. his home city by q csu.
Gus made up of citizens Of ali politi.
Cal parties. Fred has been in seyer.I
iosing nights, but as the dusky nader
is attracted by the many scars he,
indian lover can show, 90 Fulton,
directions seem to go out to him -
Aleto Record.