The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-06
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age, Wis, to be gone week or ten days.
A. S. Ripley, of Denver, Col, and w j.
Barr, of Nashville, Tenn, were at the
Knnball yesterday.
Hon. John w. Green has returned from
Washington, ID. D., where he has been
looking after Davenport's interests in the
federal count bill
Lawrence Barrett and his company of
eighteen people, registered at the Kimball
yesterday. They played at Keokuk Satur-
day night. and appear at Clinton to night.
Mr.. Barrett's wife accompanies him
The Davenport Cornet Band, composed
of musically inclined young Davcnporters,
boarded the Grand Pacific Sunday for ST.
Paul and return. They will be the guests
of the steamer.
Sheriff Leonard will take the sentenced
criminals, James Howard, John Mcclure
and Charles Ellis for safe confinement, to
the Anamosa penetentiary this afternoon.
A surveying party will start out Thurs
day morning, making for Upton, in the
interest of the proposed Davenport, Iowa
& Dakota Railroad.
The Darwin memorial meeting will oe-
cur tonight at the Academy of Sciense. 1t
was postponed on Friday evening last on
account of the severe weather. Addresses
will be given by James Thompson, Hon
John c. Bills and Dr. w. W. Grant.
Dr.J. J. Tomson, Dr.W. F. Peck and DIR.
Ia0x Q.
the annual meeting of the American Medi-
cal Association, the Scott county, and
Iowa, and Illinois District Medical Asso-
Citations DIR. Peck also represents the
department of the State University.
Mrs. Henrietta SHELTON spoke from the
portico of the court house, Sunday after
noon, to a large audience assembled in the
square The address was in the German
language, and as previously announced,
her subject was Temperance" and favor
ing the adoption of the amendment. The
majority of the attendance were Germans.
AT Grace Cathedral Sunday morning,
Bishop Perry ordained II. L, c. Mymard
and c. F. Bradden as deacons, and G. III.
S. Somerville, of Keokuk, and II. B. Res
tauck, of Council Bluffs, as priests. Rev.
III. Thompson delivered an interesting ser
mon on the office of the ministry The
ceremonies were very impressive, and the
cathedral crowded.
A large concourse of friends escorted the
remains of Charles AIDE to the Oakdale
cemetery Sunday. The pail bearers were
Charles Dixon, W J. Mccullough, f. War
ner and E. Hender. A large floral pillow
with his name Charles set in the centre
with immortels, was placed on the coffin,
the gift of his young gentlemen friends
The Land League meeting Sunday night
listened to short speeches by Owen hurry,
John L. Miles. and reading by Edward
Mulch. The recent pastoral letter of
Bishop Gilmore, of Cleveland. Ohio, was
the subject of a spirited and animated
discussion, and the wish expressed that the
ladies would come out victorious The
League will probably hold picnic on the
fair grounds July fourth. T. j. O'Meara
presided and John Lillis acted as secre
tary.
What pleasant thing it must be for
man. hale and hearty, to read an obituary
notice of himself as he supped his morning
meal, and he a very lively corpse yet
Such was the case Sunday morning. A
Davenport daily conveyed the startling in
telligence to a well known Davenporter
on the Sabbath morn that he was ''deader
than door nail, but he had the satisfac-
ton of reading The account of his own
demise and his many sterling virtues
Such is this life.
Tonight Evarts' Commentary, of Rock
Island. and the Maquoketa Comman-
dairy, will be the guests of st. Simon
Cyrene Commentary, at an elegant ban
quet, to be spread at the KimbaI The
visiting Sir Knights participate in CONFER
ing the degree of the Red Cross and
Black Cross on some Davenport candidates
The ceremonies are quite lengthy, and
will commence at five o'clock. The BAN
quet will occur after the ceremonies are
concluded.
The family of Mr.. Patrick Jones are all
sick, the result of eating some
thing on Sunday supposed to contain some
poisonous ingredients. His two daughters,
son and two employees, who board at his
house, were yesterday suffering from the
poison. What it was has not
been determined yet, but some greens
which were on the table are thought to be
the cause Although all are feeling I'M
well, no serious results are anticipated.
A delegation of Davenport and Rock
Island crack shots left yesterday to attend
the fourth annual tournament of the Iowa
state association for the protection of game
and fish. The tournament will be held at
Cedar Rapids, June sixth, seventh,
eight and nine. The party
was composed of Walter Cham
b srs, S. #. Gilman, Louie Scmidt. John
Taylor, Peter Hanson, Peter Weinart and
Capt Hammond, of this city; Major L. NJ
Buford, Louie Harms, and Thomas Lailin.
of Rock Island.
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