The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-18
MOLINE.
Miss Bertha Springmeyer visited the
family of Mayor Schili. ger Yesterday.
She resides in Buffalo, Iowa.

Miss Bertha Springmeyer visited the
family of Mayor Schilii4ger Yesterday.
She resides in Buffalo, Iowa.
Mr. Goetsch, our harness man, is very |
busy this morning setting them up" 1t
is tiae specimen of the German Ameri
can boy.
The ladies of our Foreign Missionary |
society OF the First NJ. E. church will
partake of lunch at p, NJ. on Thursday, |
January 21st Afterward missionary les,
sons will be read and business of the So
ciety transacted.
A daughter of Mr.. Wash Huey had her
leg broken Saturday while sliding down |
hill. The bone Yves set and she is now as |
well as could be expected She is the |
first of perhaps a series of such accidents |
We may have to chronicle before the slid |
ing time js past.
The body of A. NJ. Enttikin, arrived
from Chicago in charge of his brother
State Attorney Eutrikin If arrangements
are not changed the funeral will be held |
at the house of w. J. Entrikin tomorrow
at p n, and the interment at Riverside |
cemetery.
There will be meeting of the W. r. |
G. at their hall in the Deere block on Jan.
10th, at p. m, for the installation of all
officers OF the corps. Department Sec,
retary Miss Minnie NJ. Kvles will direct
the ceremonies.
AT p. M. on Saturday the police
horse, hitched to sleigh, took fright at
tie cover of the U. 5. express wagon and
| ran away, throwing out of the sleigh
| Officers Geisberger and Derman, who
were ont on duty. The horse ran from
near the wagon shop on Third avenue up
until reaching Sixteenth street. when he
turned toward the pond, striking hitch
ing post before he reached the water,
breaking the sleigh to pieces. The horse
was not injured.
No one would suppose on looking al
John Gamble, the faithful guard of the
Moline bridge to the island, that there
was much more in him than you can't
go over without pass from the colonel.
There is, however. John is genius, an
inventive genius, and has applied for a
patent on an article he names the Intel
lectual Promoter, which he has perfect
ed nights and Sundays, since the PlOw
Cos. men began TO put in the new water
wheels. John borrowed the tools to work
with from them. We do not think ii
would be right to describe the machine,
as patent has not yet been received, but
John will take great pleasure in telling
you about it, and perhaps show il TO you
if he feels good natured, bv calling upon
him at the bridge guard house where ne
is on duty.
THE HENNEPIN.
The canal meating at the Keator house
Saturday at p. M, was called to order
by Hon c. Ii Deere S. III. Nielie was
elected chairman and w X. Moore sec>
retary Mr. Deere stated that at a meets
ing of the executive committee of the
lake Michigan and Mississippi canal in
Chicago il was decided TO he the interest
of the canal to keep J G. Davis aud ID.
T. Littler in Washington As long as they
could DO any good, and that Edward Rus
sell should be sent there to assist the
OILERS Money was required for this
purpose and also for printing and crcu-
lating maps, etc. Mr.. Eugene Lewis
wanted change made in the route, "a'
or below Rock Island, rs a terminus was
not, he thought the place 10 enter the
, Mississippi 1t was the view of nearly
all present that no contention regarding
: the location should be INDUCED in. The
opinion was also expressed that either the
r Watertown or Rock Island route would
be satisfactory. On motion a committee
of five. MessrS c. II. Deere, J NJ, Gould,
5 W. Wheelock. Morris Rosenfeld and
H A Ainsworth were appointed to so
licit subscriptions TO fund TO be used to
: pay the expenses of parties whose bust
p ness at Washington will be to attend to
the canal matters before congress.
o Eugene Lewis, ESQ, offered the follow
ing preamble and resolutions:
WHEREAS, Since the survey made TO
the Hcnnepin canal in the fall of 1882
:, new surveys of the western terminal o
the lines known as the Rock Island an'
Watertovn lines we're male in the fall o
| 1885, upon which estimates are now be-
ing made up which it is supposed vii
t materially change The estimates OF tht
cost of these lines, and
WHEREAS. The bills now before con
gress localize the canal to the Rock lslan'
!. terminus, and confine it 10 the line Q
= 1882; therefore
o RosoI1ed. That in our opinion, th0s
bills should now be changed so as TO read
BY the best and most practical route, a
shall be determined By the new surveys
The resolutions were unanimousl
S. adopted, there being not dessentint
r vote.