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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1881
Page
5
A long fragmented report notes Baroness Burdett Coutts and her American husband will come to the country in October. The text also mentions various disasters and notable events from different places, including fires, explosions, and public notices, with many garbled details and scattered names.
After testimony and a May court verdict, Alderman Peterson faces a potential appeal. He was fined under the Police Department ordinance for resisting officers during a Sunday saloon disturbance. Observers urge resignation and possible council charges.
The Cobb House has been rebuilt and repainted after last winter's fire. Mrs John Senderson, widow of a man killed by a streetcar, will host boarders at the location near the city business district, ensuring quick occupancy.
Wesley Martin, a barber, was arrested in Walcott Iowa the same evening after a Monday morning assault on O Carlson with a razor. Police Kittelesch and Ben Beers tracked him to Davenport, then returned him to Moline for a hearing before Judge Mapes on a change of venue. Meese Judd defend, W R Moore prosecutes.
A new coal mining firm is organized with HOM Gilchrist as President and JOM Goitests as Vice President. The venture aims to lease tract rights near What Cheer and Grinnell, BOC R AN road, to begin operations immediately, asserting improved safety and drainage measures.
Prof Benjamin Merrill of Milwaukee pursues a controversial method to magnify sight. He designs two perforated discs pressed to the eyeballs to flatten or round them, claiming to read a newspaper at twenty rods and spot Jovian moons. He cautions about eye injury and practicality.
The Boston Journal of Chemistry lists dangerous household substances and warns of risks. It highlights volatile liquids like benzine ether and strong ammonia, noting they require special handling to prevent harm in families.
The article warns that certain glazes and viscous fluids vaporize on cork removal and ignite from distant flames. It cautions against bringing such liquids into homes and notes ammonia risks from accidental ingestion. It advises keeping vials separated, using rubber stoppers, and labeling substances to prevent harm and poisoning.
Dr Bee teeder reports observations on a family of chameleons whose skin color shifts with surroundings from green to yellow to black. Their shapes transform into a mouse or ground lion, while the tail becomes a leaf stalk and a serrated line mimics leaf edges.
In Coldshora a monkey owned by Mr Rockwell Syrock died by hanging in a jail. The animal had watched the scaffold preparations for a planned execution of Alex Howard, a prisoner condemned for murder. The monkey’s death followed a visit by Syrock amid delays to the case.
A brief fable from the San Francesco Argonaut recounts Mister Gipple running a glassware store in a town marked by a revival, drinking, fishing, and theft. A visitor questions devoutness, claiming to follow commandments, while admitting past evasion and promising new reforms from San Francisco.
A Providence woman separated from her husband for twenty four years is to join him in Saginaw Michigan. He moved to Saginaw as a gunsmith after a profitable start in Worcester. Both believed the other dead. a clairvoyant in Providence linked him to Birmingham relatives and learned he was alive in Sugman, exposing a final reunion.
The document, titled Conservator’s Notice, outlines a state deed process for a parcel described as Lot A in the city of Moline. It lists boundaries including a west corner, south west corner, and specific measurements, noting a forty foot width and references to a timber lot. The notice appears to address a public sale or legal claim relating to property under conservatorship and includes names and roles such as Conservator and others.
The decree of the Circuit Court of Rock Island County Illinois directs a public sale to satisfy the decree in the case Mitchell vs Ball Hall Ball and Hall. The sale occurs September 3 at one o clock in the courthouse doorway in Rock Island. Parcels include parts of sections 31 and 11 in Lin Township with described boundaries totaling about twenty acres and related halves of quarters in section 11 and 1.
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