The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-05
nsgC Council meeting next Monday eve

EEH51NYD6 lOUcIy ltUEIlp SOuRuI 6DOlLCA III
the calaboose last night.
ssrHand in your bills against the city
to the city clerk this evening.
naEServices at the Baptist church to-
morrow morning and evening.
n6FServices at the M. E. church to-
morrow morning and evening,
RSEThe Swedish Lutheran Sunday
tomorrow evening.
n@pTheo. Stenger has put into his bar
room, in the Bridge House, new Bruins
wick billiard table.
Berthe sociable at the Congregational
parsonage last evening was we'll attended
and richly enjoyed,
RH~Jacob Kissel returned to the city
| this morning. He will lecture on temper
ance in the.various churches next week.
Rg~There have been some births in the
city recently which have not been reported
to the board of health. Their attention
should be called to this matter.
DSPNext week the NJ, E., Baptist and
| Congregational churches will unite IN
holding prayer service, Monday and Tues
day it will be held In the Baptist, We'd
1 U6Hudy dUu uuEbudy III LkC W. L. ohN
Friday and Saturday in the Congregations
al church,
sG~Drs. Dunn, Morey. Piper and David.
son made post mortem examination of
the body Of Benj.' Wyld this morning.
They found a structure in one of the lower
Iintestines A thorough examination has
not yet been made, but the diseased por
ton was removed and preserved. and when
examined will probably reveal the cause
of the structure.
R6gY esterday morning John Petersen,
a farmer who lived about three miles
south of Moline, on the Sugar Hollow
road, was found in a dying condition by
the roadside about half mile from his
home. He was taken to the residence of
Mr. Erickson and expired in few mo-
ments Coroner Morris was notified, and
summoning the following jury: David o.
Reid, foreman. Anders klingberg, NJ. d.,
Levi Cralie, NJ. .. Miles, Thomas Crale,
Jacob Muck, John Wilson, James D.,
, Loug, George Webb, duff Lind, Kirk
Vincent and Simon Hirsch, who proceeded
to the residence of n. j. Erickson, about
0 two miles south of the city limits on the
Sugar Hollog road, where the body lay.
The first witness examined was John
Larson, q son in-law of the deceased who
8 testified that Peterson left home on
9 Wednesday in his usual health and that
he did not see him again until he saw him
y in Mr.. Ericksons summer kitchen dead.
is I'D. Peterson, son of the deceased testi
Is fed that his father left his store about
J, three o'clock 10 the afternoon for home
that he complained of being unwelI; he
70 stated that his father had been troubled
= with weak lungs for many years; did moi
n see or hear from him until he heard of hi:
y death; his father was GO years Of age
. Lewis Haines discovered the body lyinl
near the fence about forty rods from Mr.
Is Erickson's house. He informed Mr.
es Erickson of the fact, and Mr.. Erickson
n and John Peterson, farmer, assisted il
\ bringing him into the summer kitchen
~ He was breathing when they raised hin
Is from behind the fence, but he died in
IL few minutes after he was brought ioto thu
r house. Mr. Haines believed from all tn
- facts that be died from exposure. Tht
&C verdict of the Jury was, that be died frop
y exposure and exhaustion. The deoease.
Of owns 75-acre farm within a short dis
es lance of where he died He leaves wifi
and several children. The funeral wa
held from the farm this afternoon, and tn
al remains inferred in Riverside Cemetery.
t. Mere violarions(q)
&c DR.. McHinuie was arrested and take
lie before Magistrate Swander this mornin
% on complaint of the board of health for a
= alleged violation Of sec of the board @
Vi health ordinance, which provides for re
s. porting contagious and infectious disease
to to the secretary of the board, by attending
if physicians
49, Eugene Lewis appeared for the city an
% ". 4, Moore for the defendant.
to After introducing 10 evidence the cit
r. ordinance, which was the occasion of som
G. sharp shooting aad twting on truths be
:, tween the opposing counsel, Attorne
~ Lewis opened the case by stating that th
ne particular violation for which the actio
is was brought was the non reporting of
or case of measles in the family of FL. II
HILL The secretary of the board wa
absent, b1t defendant admitted what wa
to have been proved by him, namely, tia
no report had been made. Mr.. Hill wa
ge called and testified that his children ha
been afflicted. with measles: that hi
~ little boy was not feeling we'll the day be
fore Christmas, and DIR. McKinnie ha,
ID been called in to see him, but at tina
is time there was no positive evidence Q
measles and the DR.. told them it wa
probably bad cold. Two days thereafte
y the child came down with measles and Dr.
On Truesdale was called in and had sine
attended the family. Mr.. Hill testifer
ho also that DIR. McKinnie had never attend
w ed case Of measles in his family. As tn
e. prosecution failed to make a case on MIR
,rt Hills testimony they asked the court t
n issue subpmnas for other witnesses, claim
be that thew had the right to prove othe
violations under the same section of the or
he dinance, The defence objected on tn
fe ground that the prosecution had explicit.
I'd stated the case to be that OF Mr.. Hill
family and the court sustained the oh
No. lection whereupon Attorney Lewis admit
20 ted that he had made no case and the tria
se' was dismissed.
!; u DR.. McKilnie says that he always ba
- been and proposes to continue being
y, law abiding citizen, and is of the opinion
I; that the Laws ought tie protect citizens i,
IA the lawful transaction of their lawful bu-
siness Ills is the third time he ha
UT been arralsned for alleged violation o
raj law, and, q the evidence revealed eecl
RI time, for 10 infringement of the law
ass lie thinks lie has sufficient grounds 70,
} an action against the city for malicious
!, a prosecution,and after getting trustworth,
mt legal advlee,if he has a case, the city maj
prepare to lefend itself in an action o
In, that nature.
ne The management of these cases agains
ew the doctor spor much of prejudice some
ut, where. Ii lr. McKinnie is guilty o.
'ut any thing, evry good citizen should assist
we 10 bringing hin to punishment, but if hi
~. Is not, as In he three cases which hav,