Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-28

To each balloon will be attached two
tickets to the performance that night,
which will become the property of the
finder.
F. o.. Linicke residing on Twelfth
street. was az judged insane in the county
couit this afternoon. His insanity is of
religious tendency. his firm belief being
that the Lord will take care of him. He
is 40 years of age, printer by trade, and
formerly resided in Davenport.
The compositors in the office of the
Moline Republicsn-Journal struck last
night because of disagreement between
the publishers and the typographical
union concerning the work of the sp-
prentice.
Bessie, 4-mon,hs Old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Carney. of 1877 Four
teenth-and "a half street. died at 10 o'clock
last night of cholera infantum. The
funeral will be held tomorrow morning at
9 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Carney have the
sympathy of many friends in their be-
reavement.
The packet Pit;sburg arrived: at IL
o'clock last night, and was busy with
heavy consignments of freight both in
and cut of this port until 9 O'Clock today,
when the boat departed northward, being
the first Diamond 10 boat by Burlington
for several weeks. The officials report
that the "trip was Improbable until this
point was reached, and it is thought the
present trip of the Pittsburg will be the
last made by Diamond 10 boats this sea-
son Huntington Gazette, 9Th.
G.. o. Huckstaedt, the furniture dealer.
has leased the storeroom at 1909 Second
avenue, at present occupied by Otto Grot>
jan, the druggist, and will. as soon as he
gets possession. connect it with his pres
ent store adjoining on the east, and both
will be overhauled and improved, inns
nense plate glass windows put in, max
ing it one OF the handsomest furniture
emporiums in the three cities. Mr.. Grot-
an will move his drug store to the re-
modelled storeroom at Fifteenth ard
Second avenue.
A nice interstate point of law developed
in the district court Yesterday when J.
I. Kenworthv, of Rock Island, represent
.ng George Wilson, the young man ar
rested here some time sgo for trifling with
the affections of a Rock Island county
RI. fled demurrer in which he claimed
that Wilson was exempt from civil suit in
tits state for crime committed in another
state. Judge Brsnnsn decided that the
protest should be filed as an answer rather
than as demurrer, and it will be so filed
ard argued. The girl asks damages for
her blighted affections, A. P. McGuirk
rearing for her. Mr.. Kenworthy and
W. K. White are the defendants attors
neys.-Daveuport Democrat.
The funeral of the late W. II Wheelan
was held from ST. Josephs church at 9
O'Clock this morning. the immense at
ter dance and the long line of carriages
which followed the remains 10 their last
resting place being an evidence of the re-
gard in which the deceased was held, and
of The sympathy for the sorrowing rels-
tiyes. Father Mackin conducted the GER
emonies. The pail bearers were: Capt.
W. T. Channon, Matthew Hogan, Martin
Cav anaugh, John A. Murrin, Richard
Lloyd and NJ. Brennan.
At Peoria yesterday the Hennepin can.
al condemnation suits were taken up in
the United States court. The proceedings
were commenced at II 80 with the tract
mex to the Mississippi river. and by / 80
all tracts TO the head of Cars island were
disposed of, and by the time court adj
jour ned the entire four>snd one-half miles
under improvement were disposed Of
The costs we're in accordance with Engi.
neer Wheeler's estimates, and amounted
to $ 200. this being exclusive of the
IS 0O0 for water power at Milan, which
was Withdrawn.
The Rock Island sports who claim to
have phenomenal in the dog OTTAWA
Jim" have matched him to fight an un>
known dog in Chicago on Nov. 81 for
$500 side. forfeit of 5000 having
already been put up for the fight. Gotta
wa Jim" was shipped Monday to Chicago