Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-26
MOLINE
Find Old cistern.-While excavating

Find Old Cistern-While eXcavating
for trench along the south side of
Sixth avenue. near Fifteenth street,
worllmen found an old cistern half
filled with water. 1t was brick walled
and about is by 10 feet and g feet
deep. Ii is "A relic of the old volunteer
fire department. used when the CITY
waterworks had not been constructed.
Cisterns were built at various points
of the down town district and kept fill
ed with water pumped through the
few water mains which then existed
by the pumps of some of the factories.
First the old hand pump. and then
| later the steamer discarded some
eight or ten years ago, was used 10
pump water from these cisterns and
throw a stream on burning buildings.
| Fred Alsterlund. chief of the fire de-
partment before his death a number of
years. was the only man who had 4
lrecord of the location of these cisterns
/ 1t is believed that there were at one
time six. Most of them have been
filled. and the one just now discovered
will suffer the same fate.
Burglars Are Busy.-Burglars broke
into the shoe store of d. B. Anderson
at First street and Fifth avenue Sun
day night and stole a number of pairs
of shoes. The proprietor had taken all
the cash out of the drawer, and thus
lost no money
Girls Search Leads to Fine.-A search
of little girl for her father who was
found drunk Sunday night at the De
lClerk saloon at 1902 Fourth avenue
led to the arrest of the proprietor and
the imposing of fine of $40 for keep
ing open in violation of law. The child
was sent by her mother 10 find hel
father. and she located him in the De
Clerk place. He was not in condition
to 90 home The child and her mother
later went after the man. but We're un
able TO find him. They appealed to the
lpolice for assistance, but the man was
not to he found when Officer Lebber
visited the saloon. The officer wa:
satisfied from what he observed tina
the Sunday closing ordinance had beer
violated, and he caused a warrant Il
be issued against the proprietor.
! Union Services Arranged For.-Tht
annual Thanksgiving union services o
the English speaking Protestant churcl
has been arranged for. Il will be hel,
: at the First Baptist church al 1913
Thursday morning. and the congrega
tons Of the First and Second Congrs
gational. First and Second Baptist
First and Second Methodist. Christian
: join in the exercises The followin
Il program will be carried out: Rev. I
II F.. Martin. president of meeting: vo
Il luntary, organ; hymn and invocation b
Rev. Robert Henry: anthem choir
scripture lesson. Rev. Il. s. Haney
" Iprayer Rev. J. w Edwards; hymn
reading of presidents proclamation
Rev. Paul Brown; anthem, choir: Sc
> mon, Rev d. S. Andrewarrha: praye
:. Rev. w. NJ. Story: offerings hymn
benediction, Rev T. w. Lewis.
. Obituary Record. - Measles elaine
a victim. the first since a Year ag'
~ when Lizzie Mary Haertjens. infaI
y, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Haer
iens, died Sunday night of that di
e ease at the family home. 525 Fig
h teenth avenue.
T. w. Reese of Colona died Sunda
V after an illness of some weeks. H
h was past 30 years of age and had r
k sided in ColOna since the early go
ia He was at one time a butcher in c
Iona. but of late had lived more or lie!
in in retirement on a farm.
j., The postmaster of Gasconado, Nh
in Daniel A. Bugh, says: 81 cannot say t.
much for your Kidney and Bladder Phi
-, l feel like a new man." DeWitts HI
or iney and Bladder Pills are sold by