The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-09

in the "Tri City" that Miss Mamie had
been betrayed and had sought oblivion
beneath the placid surface of the Father
of Waters" This is all nonsense. She
is a young lady of superior mental endow
ments and personal attractions, and is the
last person to throw herself away upon
anybody, particularly worthless fellow,
when she can find respectable husband.
eminently worthy of her, almost anywhere.
Therefore, in one respect at least. the
public is hereby assured that Miss Mamie
has not made mistake. Unfortunately,
however, her health of late has not been
of the best, dyspeptic symptoms having
united with other troubles incident to her
sex to produce ill-health, this in
turn almost invariably begetting
dependency and this, in turn, Temporal
ry mental alienation
PROMPTING sELF-DEsTRUCTIoN.
Naturally of cheerful disposition, Miss
Mamie was about the house till 2 o'clock
yeaterday afternoon seemingly as cheerful
as usual, barring her physical ailments
About that hour she disappeared and the
next heard from her was the telephone
message from the Rock Island House early
in the evening to her father, announcing
that she had fallen overheard from the
ferry boat. 1t seems, however, that she
came down in car about O'Clock and
alighting at the ferry crossing went aboard
the Spencer on its $50 trip to the
other side. Aboard the car she
was the only lady, but there was nothing
in her appearance or dress to attract un-
usual attention. When the Spencer was
aboMt half way across she was observed to
be walking back and forth in the cabin
and on the upper deck in a mood of great
apparent mental abstraction. At last she
ran hurriedly down the stairway to the
boiler deck, threw her hat upon the deck
and leaped into the river from the port, or
down stream. side of the boat She sank
below the surface once and then appeared
to make frantic efforts to save herself by
SWIMMING AND FLOATING
toward the Iowa shore. A skif was quickly
of Captain Ca meron( Monroe Gglesin
and Henry F. Bryan, or Brennan, and in
a short time Miss Mamie was reached and
taken into the boat. What followed is
given in the first part of this article.
Too much praise cannot well be given,
in the first place, to Captain Cameron and
his crew for the promptness and GOODNESS
with which they acted, otherwise Miss
Mamie would not to-day be in the land of
the living. To all who in any way
AIDED IN HER RESTORATION,
the ladies of the Rock Island |
House, many of whom stale up all night |
with his daughter, Mr.. Walters tenders, |
through the ARGUS, most grateful acknowl |
edgment. Summed up in all its phases |
precisely the same trouble, begotten of |
physical disorders, might be experienced |
by any young lady, and she be none the |
worse in the eyes of the community for it.
Fortunately for her Miss Mamie
IS AN EXPERT SWIMMER,
and the fact of having added the natatorial |
TO her already long list of accomplishments
was of great benefit to her yesterday. Had
she not aided herself to keep afioat the
Duoyancy of her garments would scarcely
have sufficed to keep her af1oat until she
could be reached and rescued. For her the
sun shines as brightly as for the rest
If mankind. For 9 time the cloud was
black and threatening, but it has passed
away, and the ARGUS, which has not at
empted to weave a romantic sensation |
,ut of personal misfortune is among the
oremost to extend its warmest congratula-
ions for the future happiness of an esti-
nable and amiable young lady.
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
A Union memorial service was held last