Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-08

Mayor Medil is vet In hopes of having
water cOursing through the plant be
fore the month of November closes.
To definitely settle the woven wire
mattress business, McCabe will sell
80 good wire mattresses at 68 cents
each, com mencing at 9 O'Clock tomor-
row morning One to a customer
Where to get your groceries? Why,
there isn't a better place for high
quality and low prices where goods
are not misrepresented than the Twin
City cash grocery. Fifth avenue and
Elm street.
Paw no attention to cloudy days
when wishing TO pose for portraits at
Smiths studio. Rapid working in
struments and light built for the
purpose oyercomes the difficulty
Opposite Harper house.
Henry county has another sensa-
ton, Mrs. Helen Julia Gibbs. of
Galesburg. having been held to the
grand jury yesterday at Galva for
causing the death of Mrs. Ada Bates
(colored), in an attempt to perform
criminal operation
Having recovered from the nervous
attack that induced her to attempt to
end her life in the Mississippi river.
Miss Ella Anderson was released by
the police Yesterday afternoon and
taken to her home, Fortieth street and
Eighth avenue, by two lady relatives.
The girl was formerly an inmate of
the Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, asylum,
The fire department was called by
a general alarm to the home of Mrs
Kate Sohocker, 31S Twenty-third
street, at O'Clock this afternoon, but
the blaze was subdued before its ar
rival. only some bed clothing be-
ing damaged. 1t is thought Mrs.
Schocker, who was recently tried for
insanity, but was acquitted, set the
fire.
Friday afternoon and evening of
this week at the Book Concerns new
building, corner of Seventh avenue
and Thirty-eighth street, the ladies of
Grace Lutheran church will hold a
sale and auction of all kinds of pro-
duce, and also of linen articles, both
useful and ornamental. among which is
a handsome quilt in outline work.
The patronage of the public is in
vited.
A dispatch from Stockton, Cal,
saws that the real heir to the $75, 200
estate left by the late Peter Christen-
son, the aged hermit, has been found.
She is Catherine Christensen, sister
of the decedent. She resides in Dav-
export, and her attorneys have filed
power of attorney with the county
clerk. There are other claimants to
the estate represented by attorneys at
g hn
dead man on his mothers side.
All but two property holders in
South Moline block opposed the estab-
lishment of a saloon there, thus de-
feating an attempt to secure license.
So 10 parties representing Rock
Island Brewing company interests
purchased a portion of lot ). of the
block in question, from John Kay.
and for which as many deeds were
filed yesterday in the circuit clerks
office. Thus they have a petition
showing majority of the property
holders in the block.
Saloon license renewals: August
EngeIs. Mrs. c. Wieland, Charles s.
Parker, Christian Schmid, Emil
Thonn, James Given, August Sehnert,
Jr., James McElroy. Frank j. Raible,
Swan Youngren, j. w. Dresser. Louis
Laeseke, j johnson x Miller, II. Schmaht,
William ii. Cation, Charles Coppens,
Henry II. Doerring. Henry Kale, d.
Ulam, P. p Pfaff, Ed Kautz. f. Letter.
H. ]. Schweke, August c. Hanson,
Miles Mckinney, Otto Patting. j. w.
Roche. Henry Strive. Joseph Huber,
Joseph Deitz. Louis E. Englin, Henry
Holdorf A Schyvens.
The Illinois Naval Reserves have
again brought glory to their country
and flag, having received special men
ton from ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Harris and Lieutenant Blow, of the
repair ship Vulcan. in regard to their
conduct when the Vulcan was bravely
trying to keep the Inflated Maria
Teresa aloat after the Merritt had
abandoned her. They acted like
heroes, every one of the twenty
eight said Lieutenant Blow, land
their discipli was grand, showing
the careful training which they no
doubt received while on waiting orders
at Norfolk last May. Every man
seemed to know what was required of
him, and in a measure they helped to
keep the Vulcan's head to the awful