Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-28
COAL VALLEY.
Coal VALLEY. Aug. 81.

COAL NALLE1, aug. ~.
James Reed is preparing to move to
Cable.
Paul Martin. of Moline. was here on
the 22d.
Mrs. James B. Fritz returned to Bureau
county Saturday.
Many of our people attended the camp
meeting. particularly on Sunday.
On Thursday the Cambridge fair will
be we'll represented from here.
David Moran has sold his dapple gray
stallion. Turk, to FL. D. Carey, of Wash>
ington county. Iowa.
August Carlson has conveyed lot 10,
block 2. Old town of Coal Valley. to
Frank Anderson for x55.
VIM W. Glenn took his trotting horse
bob" and his four year old Rob Roy
stallion to the Cambridge fair on Mon
day.
The we'll al the county farm is pro-
crossing. They now are down 215 feet in
solid rock, and have been for over thirty
feet.
The dance on Friday evening at the
bowery, on account of the low tempera-
ture of the evening, was not well at
tended.
Peter Brewer did not go TO Washing,
ton as announced before. He had to re-
main to prosecute in the Brewer Treg-
Ian case.
The hog market has been brisk this
week. Wilson. Of Orion. has shipped
two cars and Moline butcher has also
shipped two.
Our teachers leave this week for their
schools about this wav: Miss Lizzie
Common on the 9th; IL Pryce, the 2Sth
and Irene Peters the 30th.
Herman Nitz, of Moline. has taken
| down his house here and will set it up in
| Moline. He transferred the lot to John
Topkey. who lives on a lot adjoining.
Dr.. Sly, of Oneida. Knox county, II,
linois, was here Saturday looking oyer
the field with view of locating. He has
been practitioner for two years. He will
be welcome, as we need phJsiciau
badly.
Mr.. Fred Freeberg has just returned
from Gladstone. where his son Olgel
lived. 1t is suburb of st. Paul, MINI
He and his daughter, Mrs Alma Ling
vail, went there on Thursday evening
The cause of Olger's death was by a belt
which, while fixing he was caught and
taken up. striking the wheel above an
falling to the floor. By some means i
caused instant death, as there were NJ
marks or injuries on the body. The de
ceased was born in Rock Island in Feb
1861. and was nearly thirty years of age
When an infant his parents came to Goa
Valley. where he lived until he arrived q
his majority, when he commenced wori
in Rock Island. In year or so sfte
this he commenced in BufOrd's pillow
works, where he remained till 1888, whel
, lie removed to Gladstone to work in tn
, pillow works where W. J. Browne, former
ly superintendent of the Rock Islam,
pillow works. was experimenting, an,
where he received his fatal injury
He was married in 1888 to Mis-
Augusta Arnsted. of Mercer county
They had from this union one daughte
who is about six years of age. The de
ceased was young man of unblemisheI
character, was faithful worker al any
thing he undertook. so he was always i
employment: he did not have to look 70
it, but it sought him. He was honored b
the officers of the works which we're close
till after the funeral. The hands of tn
shops did him homage. The neighbor
were unceasing in kindness, all shown
the greatest of respect and sympathy
: The remains were inferred in Oakdal
? cemetery in the city of st, Paul on Satm
. day. The Presbyterian minister of th
First church in the city OBLIGATED. Tn
bereaved wife deeply feels her loss. TIL
e parents feel sad and the sisters shsr
E with them. 1t shocked the community
! and for them it has the most profoun
sympathy.