Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-22
PORT BYRON.
PORT BYRON, Aug. 81.

IORT byron, Aug. II.
James Cary was home this week for a
little vacation
LortOn Bros. of Davenport. bought
several horses here on Saturday.
Quite a number of our G. A r. intend
taking in the encampment at Milwaukee.
Hollister Il Swenck and Wilson Bros,
shipped several car loads of hogs Tues
day.
Harry Williams, of Moline, was home
Friday calling on some of his old school
mates
Miss Nellie Strickland left for her home
in Burlington Saturday after her extend
ed visit here
j. p. Odell, Sr., arrives home Tuesday
from Chillicothe, ILL.,, where he has been
working for the past year.
MIR. f. Black, of Clinton, Iowa, made a
flying trip here Thursday He ran a
barber shop here ten years ago.
W. G. Shepherd has purchased a
handsome residence in Geneseo, and will
make Geneseo his home in the future.
DIR. j. W. Morgan left for Knoxville,
Iowa. Monday, to attend the reunion of
his regiment which meets there this
week.
Fourteen of Port Byron's young ladies
took the Verne Swain today and pic
nicked at Camp Mcclellan, near Daven-
port
The Congregational and NJ Z Sunday
schools have chartered the Golden Gate
for Sept. 2 and will picnic at Union park,
Clinton.
Mr.. F. s. Gates and wife started Mon
day evening for Independence, Mo, be
ing called there by the death of Mr..
Gates mother, who was eighty three
years old.
ThOs. Mccall and wife returned home
Tuesday from Colorado Springs. They
took in Kansas in their return trip. Tom
is as spry as Kansas grasshopper since
his return.
The barn of John Schall, near Hills
dale. was burned to the ground this
morning at half past four O'Clock, to-
gether with all the contents, excepting
the horses and harness and one buggy
The family saw the fire in time to save
the horses. They turned out in their
night clothes, not taking time to dress.
A supposed tramp robbed a Swede a,
Hampton to-day of his coat and So in
money. The constable of Hampton fol,
lowed him up here on horseback and
after hunting for him for some
time found him at the John Woods
building below town; he offered
some resistance and started to run
when the constable fired three shots at
him and chased him up town, where he
ran onto Constable Edmunds, who
straightway laid him out with a buggy
whip and the handouts were soon placed
around his wrists He was then loaded
into Randall's express wagon and taken
to Hampton.
Sunday at 3 o'clock occurred the fun
eral Of Adam Ellis. He was buried by
the @. A. R., the |. o. o. F. and A. o.
| U. W., of which he was member, taking
part. The orders formed in front of
| their lodge rooms in the following order:
l. o. o. F., A. D. U. W., band, G. A. r.
and marched to the residence and then
to the Congregational church, where the
Rev. Harper paid a glowing tribute to the
dead soldier. This was the largest fun :
eral ever held in Port Byron. every inch
of standing room in the church WAS oc.
cupied and the largest part of the crowd
was on the outside. There were 12J in
line belonging to the three orders. Near
| ly all at the church followed the remains
to the cemetery and witnessed the cere-
mony of the G. A. K. which was very
affecting.