Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-26

last summer, has been serving o Six
months Jail sentence at Muscatine. Yes
terday he slipped and fell on the pile and
one Of his ankles was broken.
Rock Island and Moline are getting to
be twins in earnest. Following the prep>
aration OF plans for q twin city Colum.
bian celebration to take place July 4.
| 1891, comes the announcement that the
Moline and Rock Island Mechanical Elk
position association is to be organized,
with S1OO,000 capitsl, divided into $10.>
600 shares of $40 each Davenport
Democrat.
The north bound freight on the Mil
waukee road the other day ran over boy
named Clarence Mcmahon of Albany. aged
10. irjuring his left leg 30 that amputation
was necessary, and il he survives the
shock will be badly crippled, as the toes
OF the right foot were cut off and the
heel painfully injured.
almost certainty now that the Balti-
more & Ohio road will extend its lines
from Beardstown, H., to the Mississippi
river at an early date. The people of
Keokuk, Quincy, Fort Madison and pos-
sibly Muscstine. will strive hard to have
the road cross the river at their respec.
i've cities.
Robert Johnston, of Black Hawk, had
q peculiar accident Saturday. He was
driving across the Rock river bridges when
the wheels of his wagon so struck piece
CT the rail of the street car company that
il few up, bormed bow, capsizing the
wagon and throwing Mr. Johnston out
heavily. He was not seriously injured,
though painfully bruised.
P. Fl. Linneer and daughter and also
Miss Cook. of Chicago. are at the Har-
per house. They have been at Denver,
and Mr.. Linneer, or Patrick Henry Lin
neer as he is stectionately know to the
trade, is western agent for the Holly
manufacturing company, and he stopped
here to represent his house in attempting
to secure the new pump for the Rock
Island waterworks.
Some important interior changes are
being made in Henry Darts Sons whole
sale house on Eighteenth street. Eighty
fee more OF space are to be added and
and thrown into reception room. SAM
pie room aud office. 1t is expected that
when the Improvements are completed
the great joobing house will have one of
the most handsomely appointed suite of
Office rooms In the three cities.
" bile Mrs. Otto Heinza, of 1909
Tenth avenue, was shopping in McCabe's
store this morning her 2-year-old girl
stray ed off and was later found at the
corner of Fourteenth street and Second
avenue by j. s. Gilmore and turned
over 20 the police. The frepzied mother
later called at the police station to leave
notice of the loss of the little one and
found it waiting for her. 1t is needless
, to say that the meeting was happy
one.
The Piute club will give Col. Flagler.
who is an honorary member of the club,
an informal reception Monday eve
ming from to 10. Tue Business Mems
association of this city kindly rendered
the use of its spacious rooms to the Piute
club, as the present club rooms might
prove inadequate for such reception.
Accordingly the reception will be held at
the rooms of the Business Mems sssocis
ton. [nvi atoms to the reception have
been sent to the Businass Mems associa-
tions OF this city, Rock Island and Mo-
lline.-Davenport Democrat.
David Xelso. of South Moline, was adj
judged insane in the county court this
morning before Jury composed of DR..
s. G. plummer. e. n. Wright. Cyrus Vail
entine. j. L Maslin, W. b. Yeatm an aud
Henry Falle. His insanity is of several
months duration, and it is thought was
brought on by the excessive use of to
bacco. His age is 40 years, and the iury's
verdict was insane and pauper. and he
will probably be sent to the insane hos>
pitsl at Jacksonville.
Looks Favorable.