Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-11
COAL VALLEY.

NoAI ALLEY, oCt. y.
Miss NJ. F. Harris. of Horton. Kan. is
here visiting old friends.
Dell Morgan, a former operator here,
was on our streets Monday.
John L. Pryce was called back on the
grand jury by Judge Smith Monday
Thomas McMichael has gone to Joliet
TO act as night watchman with James
Glenn.
Rev. ] A. Griffin. of Gable. preached
in the Presbyterian church Tuesday eve-
ming TO O. well filed house
j. w. Gordon has resigned his posi-
tion at tie Banner farm, and is now with
the bridge carpenters on the II |. Il p.
w. ID. Crockett has a sale of fine stock
on the 18th inst. at the Longview farm.
They have an Iowa man to crv the sale.
There are some cases of typhoid fever
in this vicinity. Two of Daniel Ginty' s
sons are down with it, and John Nc
keag. in the suburbs of our village, has
had severe attack of it. He is not yet
out of danger.
On the 9th at Cable DAVID r. Jones
died from an abcess of long standing.
He was "A resident here for twenty years
or more. but has been in Iowa for MANY
years. Lately he came TO Cable to live
with his sister. Mrs. Robert Irwin. Mr..
Jones seemed like one of our people He
was courteous and charitable. His re,
mains will be laid to rest on the 10th in
our cemetery.
On last Friday at her residence in
Rock river bottom, Mrs. John Ginty
died of typhoid fever. She had been i'll
about IL ree weeks. The deceased was q
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. James Nc
keag. She resided number of years in
this place. She was married about TWEEN
~ months ago, and was about twenty
years Cf years. She leaves a husband
and an infant child To mourn her death.
1t casts gloom over the community To
see one in the brilhancy of youth taken
so suddenly away.
The district Sunday school convention
al the Eeulah church on the 9th was well
attended. The convention president, 5
ID ClelAnd, was present, as were + B
Mckown, j. ID. Warnock, of Rock Isl
and. Rev. F. Eckley and many others.
The programme was interesting The
president, j. e. Bailey, did his part nobly
The visitors from Rock Island all did
well in their instructions of the work.
Rev. Eckley gave some fine points of in :
formation. The choir rendered excellent
music which seemed to charm the au
dieDce. Byron Jordan led the devotional
exercises. The people responded well to
the hins of J. d. Wsrnock on giving to
christian objects. They gave in the col
lection $3.50 TO the cause After prayer
and the long meter doxolocy the meeting
adjourn ed.
On Saturday at her home Miss Anns
WOelle7, daughter of VIM. Woolley, had
n surgical operation performed by the re
moving of tumor. which weighed one
and half pounds 1t was performed by d
number of surgeons-Dr Plummer, OF
Rock Island; j. ID. Huyett. Milan
and son-in law of DR. Huyett. Th,
patient is doing well. The tumor ma:
been coming for n number of years. The
parient is about sixteen years of age.
The county poor farm has about TWEEN
" acres Of potatoes planted and will
have about 600 bushels. This will GER
tsinly feed the inmates well. The new
improvements in the insane hospital are
very Eood-the taking out of the old
wooden hunks and replacing them with
iron ones, the work being done by the
inmates.