Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-09

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wound in which DIR. Carter was obliged
to take several stitches.
Owing to the lateness of the season the
subscription concerts in Spencer square
have been abandoned, and the one APP
pointed for this evening is off. There
will be no more until next spring
The donkeys that do service on the
Rock Island shouse baggage wagon got
away again at noon today and led the
driver a nice little chase around few
blocks before he could again get them
back to the barn.
A chimney sweep, while working on q
building on Market square this morning.
thought he discovered fire and scream
ed to someone on tie street. who sent in
a still alarm and the Hooks" and hose
from the central station responded but
found no fire.
The Rock Island and Davenport ball
clubs will play at the Davenport ball park
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Cum
ningham and Sage and Browner and Zeis
will be the Rock Island batteries. while
Steiner and Dinger will oficiate for Dav-
export.
| John Cowden, Rock Islands crack
sorinter, defeated II. W. Hammerly OF
Ottawa, who claims the championship of
Illinois. in race for $500 run at Maple
Grove yesterday afternoon. Cowden
had already won the championship of
Iowa and may now also claim the cham
pionship of Illinois.
The remains of the late Ira Coyne ar
rived from Chicago at o'clock this
morning and were at once taken to his
parents home 1920 Fifth avenue. from
wi ich place the funeral will occur tomor-
row afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. C. E.
Tayl,r, of the First Baptist church, Off
ciating.
Bernard McNaney, of Milwaukee, m ade
brief visit TO his mother and sister in
the city. and also to his sister, Mrs W.
G. Livingston, at Livingston. His wife
accompanied him and they returned Sat-
urday morning. Mr.. McNaney is con-
due or of a passenger train on the c., NJ.
& s.. P. road, running between Milwau
| kee and Beloit. -Gsiens Democrat.
After Dec. the c., B. & Q. officials
will stop writing to train and ysrdmen
for statements of accidents to trains or
passengers or for personal injury reports.
Hereafter blank or personal injury re-
port must be handed in at once. Con-
ductors will wire accidents or personal
injuries from the nearest telegraph sta
ton.
]. 2. Robinson and wife drove down
to the lower part of the city last evening
to,make call and when ready TO return
home they found that their horse and
buggy wss missing. The police were
| notified but no trace of the rig was found
until early this morning when it was
found about two blocks away from the
place in which it was left.
Yesterday transfers were made of the
property of the Moline s. Rock Island
Horse Railway company, The Union
line, arc two deeds of D. n. Louderback
conveying the Watch Tower track and
Milan line to the Davenport s. Rock ISL
and railway company. The idea in max
ing the above transfers is to get the roads
all under one name to simplify matters in
the issuing of bonds and other transsc-
tions.
Charles Brown died at his home on
Thirty-frst between Fifteenth and Six.
;eenth yesterday, aged IS. He had re,
sided in Rock Island since 1870. and was
q gas filter by trade. He leaves a wife
and the following children: Harry,
Charles and John, in Rock Island; Mrs.
Esther Ryan. of Denver. and Mrs. Annie
Segardner. of Indianapolis. The funeral
will be held tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock from the house.
The CIV of child in a Rock Island
freight csr loaded with lumber, attracted
a crowd at Bureau. The car was opened,
when half-starved boy of six years
crswled out. He was at once fed. he
said he had been put in the car by man
in Chicago, and that he lives on Halsted
street. He was sent back to Chicago in
passenger car. and the police have
probably found his parents.
The quarterly meeting of the Iowa and
Illinois Central District Medical society
was to have been held at the rooms of
the association last evening. but the roll
call showed only Drs. Calvin Truesdale,
G. G Craig, G L Eyster and W. II.
Ludewig present. and consequently moth
ing in the line of business was trans
acted. the evening being given over to
sociability and very pleasant occasion
it proved to be, by the way.
There is q new chewing gum in town