The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-06

The Swedish Baptist society VIII noid
meetings nightly next week.
The weather to-day is the most delight
full with which we have been favored in
many weeks, but it's rough on sleighiug.
Gents latest style'shoes. at Carse g. Ret
icker's- tt
Messrs. Henry Vandolsh, Illinois City,
&C. S. Valentine, Rural, and w. Fl. Conner,
Drury have received Teachers certificates.
Week of PRAYER services at the Broad
way Presbyterian church every evening
next week except Saturday. beginning at
7:30 o'clock
Anybody finding part of a Knight of
Pythias charm, containing emblems of the
order, will confer favor upon the loser by
returning it to this office.
The Huber ice house in Elm street, which
has capacity of about $50 tons, is already
pretty well filled.
Rock Island is in a broad laugh to-day
over the inexpresslbly amusing error of an
''Old Settler" which the boys of the com
ing generation will be fond of repeating.
Susan Paul, the demented young woman
who was returned to this cityifrom the poor
farm by Stewart Butman, despite the feet
that she was sent out by Overseer Koch,
was sent there again this morning, where
it is hoped she viii be permitted to stay.
The town tax collector, Maj. Frazer
Wilson, publishes notice in another col
umn. that his Office is located with that of
the Western Union Telegraph Co.. where
he is now ready to receive the taxes of
1882
D. Roy Bowlby arrived from Chicago
last evening. He reports his sales the
largest of any branch house of WV. KIM
balls and twice as large as any other
branch house during the last yesr.
The position of Assistant General Pas
senger agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St Paul railroad has been abolished,
and Mr. James d. Brown, who has held
that Office for the last two years, has re-
tired from active railroad life.
The regular qusrlerly meeting of the
Iowa and Illinois Central District Medical
Association viii be held next Thursday
afternoon in the Academy of Science, Dav-
EXPORT DR.. Truesdale will read q paper
on eTetanus."
The newly elected officers of Rock Island
Lodge, No. 658, A. #. 81 A. M, were in
stalled last evening as follows: w. d.,
A f. Fleming; s. W., A. F., Cardiff. W., |
A. Burial; S. D., Jos. Peck; j. D., JAS. |
Engles; Treas, FL. Peetz; Sec; L. Kohn;
S. s., A Mosenfelder; J. S., John III. Ret |
ECKER; Tyler. G. McKusick.
The mortuary record for the week reads /
thus. Lydia Ann Littig, A. years and 3 /
days. embolism of the heart; Henrietta
Rugh, 80 years months and days, rup-
ture of the stomach; Mary L. McKenna, 6
months and "a days, congestion of the
brain: Mary O'Neil, SS years IL months
and 10 days, consumption.
Chicago journal: Mrs. Clark. VIII
county lady. who arrived in Joliet over
the Rock Island. left satchel in the seat
containing 81 500 in money. A telegram
was Immediately sent to Morris, and in
just an nour and twenty minutes from the
time the satchel was missed she had it
back.
1t is reported that Wesley Walters, who
slid out of Moline so unceremoniously last
Tuesday night, is in Davenport and that
through lawyer of that city he has open
ed negotiation with States Attorney
Parmenter looking toward q settlement of
the case against him.
The remains of Miss Annie Maucker ar
rived from Jacksonville this morning and
the funeral will take place from ST.
Joseph's church tomorrow afternoon at Q
O'Clock The deceased was first taken sick
about a year ago, having taken the typhoid
fever from her two brothers. whom she
was nursing. This turned into malarial
fever aud she grew gradually worse, until
her physical health became so shattered
that her mind was affected. Last October,
having been found insane by the county
court, she was sent to the asylum ct Jack
sonville, with the hope of restoring rea-
son. She was aged "a years 3months and
ID days.
The will of Andrew Whitbeck, deceased,
of the town of Hampton, was admitted to
probate by Judge Adams this morning,
letters testamentary being issued to MFR.
Thomas S. Silvis. executor, of Carbon
Cliff. First, testator gives to his sons,
Nax,-e,o and Thaadara a TRACT of a;rl,tv