Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-16

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Property holders from Seventh TO
Tenth avenues on Twenty-third street
are requested to meet street and alley
committee. at mayors Office, Saturday
evening at 8 O'Clock.
The Moline city council viii inspect
the Davenport waterworks next Sun
day as a part of its investigation
preparatory to establishing a new
water system in Moline.
DIR. LaGrange's wide experience as
an instructor, as well as practition-
er in optics, enables him to correct
manv cases in which ordinary optic
ians fail. Consultation free at Bleuer's
Saturday.
The Rock Island Fuel company
bows will give their first grand ball at
Turner hall Saturday evening, March
liz. Schieberrs orchestra will fur
nish music. Admission, gents, 80
cents; ladies free.
Eugene Swan, station agent on the
D., K. l. & n. w. at Davenport. has
resigned to return to his former place
as chief freight clerk for the same
road, end F. Z. Hutchins was checked
in today as agent.
Joseph Rank, the Moline shoe deal
er, who traced to Rock Islands goods
stolen from his store, desires The
ARGUS to state that the shoes-or
rather the remains of them-were not
found on Tenth street.
CITY Clerk II. C.. Schaelfer requests
that certificates of nominations both
on the aldermanic and city-township
tickets be filed at his Office as carly as
possible. They must be filed Is days
before election.
The Rock Island employing timers
are talking of organizing, and with
that end in view several of them met
at the court house yesterday after
noon. Nothing definite was done, but
other meetings will probably follow.
The Davenport city council last
evening decided to submit to the
voters April Z the proposition of An
drew Carnegie to present $50, 600
public library building to Davenport.
on condition that the city furnish a
site and 81 900 per annum for its
maintenance.
John Schafer, Jr., of Port
Byron, former county treasurer,
and one of the best known and
most popular democrats in Rock ISL
and county, is again suggested by his
friends as candidate for minority
representative from the Thirty third
senatorial district.
The ladies of Moline have secured
the services of Prof. Detlef to give a
course of six lessons il cooking at the
War; building on Sixteenth street,
commencing Monday, March 90. at
2:3O p. IN. Address Mrs. A. l.. Bry-
ant, 322 Seventeenth street, Moline,
or telephone 2l20, Moline.
Eddie BuergeI, aged IS, while
standing on the new bridge, near the
glucose works, on the Davenport side,
Wednesday. throwing chips into the
river, lost his balance and fell head
foremost into the water and was
drowned. His body was recovered
two hours afterward by his father.
President 6. II. Kingsbury, of the
Rock Island Retail Merchants asso-
citation, has received word from Nj.
w. Olson, of Galesburg, stating that
| he will be here to attend the meeting
of the association March 26, and eN-
plain the workings of the rating sys-
tenn, which may be adopted by the
local merchants.
The republicans will have their
city-township powwow at Turner
hall tonight. The delegates-wbo
are delegates by the grace ofthe party
bosses-will get together, say moth
ing. but saw wood; vote according TO
instructions. Candidates for super
visor, assistant supervisors, assessor
and collector will be nominated.