Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-12
BREIFLETs.

| rev. JOHNSTON, OF EuSlngt0n, was IL
the city today.
II. o. Norton, ESQ. of Hampton. had
business in the city today.
Mrs. g. F. Gazetteer left this morning on
visit to friends at WiLona, MINI.
| Miss Frances Cutter leaves tomorrow
for a three months visit with Chicago
friends.
Col. and Mrs. H. B. Burgh spent Sum-
day in Clinton, visiting their son, Mr.
Irving Burgh.
w. III. Truesdale and family, of Min
neapolis spent yesterday in the city with
Dr. Calvin Truesdale.
Oscar Iosky. the injured electrici an OF
the Merchants Electric Light company,
is again able to be out on the street.
One Of James McQuay's large mules
died Yesterday and was carted off to the
bone yard. Union please copy.
Tomorrow occurs the excursion of the
First M. E. church to Hampton. where
there will be a picnic aud a Jolly good
| time.
The Rodman Rifles returned from
| Springfield at ten minutes to this after
noon by special train over the c., b. &
Q. road.
Mr.. Will Uhlmeyer. temporarily with
MIR. T. III. Thomas. will enter the employ
of Mr.. Henry Grimm, formerly of Rock
Island, but now druggist of Aurora
Sept. LIST.
Vt was reported Saturday that Mr.. John
Streckfus had purchased the little steam>
er Verne Swain. No such deal has been
made yet, though it is not unlikely that
| 1t may be.
The Scott county republicans held their
convention Saturday and selected fifteen
delegates to the state convention to be
| held at Des Moines, Wednesday. The
delegates are for the most part for Hull
| for governor.
At Camp Viewer, near Fl. Madison,
where the Second Iowa regiment was in
camp. DIR. j. E. Babcock. son of Mr. John
Babcock. of WATERFOWL, aud a membe
of Company C. of Muscstine, made the
best individual score of sixty-one points.
At the home of the brides grandmoth-
er. Mrs. Jacob Frysinger. Saturday even.
ing, Rev. G. w. Cue united in marriage
| Mr.. VIM. S. Deimer and Miss Agnes G.
Frysinger. happy collation. followed
| and the young couple received many
congratulations snd a great many hand
some presents.
The third grand concert given by
Strasser's Union band under the direction
of Prof. Jacob Strasser, at Schuetzen
park, Davenport. occurs next FRIDAY
evening. Mr.. II. Schillinger is manager
and an extraordinary programme has been
prepared for this event.
Don't forget the coax and ivy leaf so
cial" given under the auspices of the Y
W. &. T. U. at the residence of Mr.. Geo.
Battles, 1902 First avenue, Tuesday
| evening. Ice cream and cake will be fol-
sale, and an interesting programme has
| been prepared.
Early this morning one of the motors
on the Rock Island & Milan road was
taken apart for repairs and few hours
later the other broke down, so that the
road is without motor service today and
| is running with street cars at each end
and Huber's bus line betwe en- the barns
and Sears town via the Milan road.
| Mr.. Samuel Hanna, formerly of this
city, and now of Trenton. Mo. brough,
the remains of his two year old daughter
to Moline today and the funeral occurred
| from the esidence of w. !. Entrikin
there this afternoon, Rev. ]. H. G. Read
officiating. Mr.. and Mrs. Hopewell and
| Mrs. Young accompanied Mr.. Hanna on
his sad mission.
A horse belonging to Mr.. John Volk
took posse ssiOn of the city Saturday eve.
ming and dashed about at will for some
time leaving the fragments of long
wagon scattered along the route of its
rampsges. On Third avenue between
Sixteenth and Seventeenth street, the
horse tripped on all that was left of the
| single~tree and fell into the window OF
Chas. Weynorth's shoe shop, and while
the large window was totally demolished
no great harm was done, aud the horse
was caught
| Prominent among the Rock Island
people who visited White Sulphur Spring.
last week were: W. b. Ferguson and
family. Mrs. Ii. B. Sudlow and daughter
is. J. Keator and wife. Mrs. J. Ross
Mills. J. F. Robinson and wife. DIR. J. w.
Stewart and wife. Mrs. A G. Dart and
daughter, c. X. Mixter and wife, Frank
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Gregg, c. c. Keator and wife, and E. B
Keator. of Moline; DR.. w. A. Paul and
wife, Mrs. Lynde, Miss Ellen Gale, Miss
Hattie Carter and Miss Wright. P R.
Wilhelm and wife are still at the springs.
| Peter Engdahl. of Port Byron, met with
| an unpleasant experience while driving
across Armstrong avenue on the Island
from Davenport Saturday afternoon. He
had just driven off the Rock Island
| bridge when team in front of him
started to run. At this the staid animal
| he was driving began kicking, and he
says the next thing he knew he was be
| ing picked up from the roadway by
Officer Sexton. DR.. Bsrth was sum,
moned, who found that he had re.
| ceived bruise and that the outer
| skin had been scraped off over the
right eye, and that he had cut in the
! region of the groin. Fearing that he
might be injured internally, and learning
that he had relatives in Moline, the ply
stefan advised that he be taken there
He was taken to his brother-in>law, Mr.
Johnsop's home. and DR.. Sloan sum
moned On examination he found that
the incision in the region of the groin
extended thr0uuh tho ahdnpnipo oil Uall