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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13
THE HAND OF DEATH.
F"r'ek Fcnaeli Passes Away.Fsner.ls-

ODet0orys
Patrick Ecnnell died this morning
ut 6O'clock ut his home, 42S Third
street. after an illness of four weeks,
with pneumonia. He was born in
County Clare, ireland, came to Chi
cngo in 1855. and then to Rock ISL
and in 1853. He was married 20
Mary II. Kane on June z. To- them
were born nine children. He Is sur
Sived by his wife and eight children:
Edward. Joseph. Daniel, Nellie, Eliza,
ana Mrs. +. &. Shields. Of this city:
Mrs. Louis Schncrt, of ST.. Louiss
Mrs. j. ID. Rutherford. of Chicago.
In the death of Mr.. rcnnell the COM
munity loses good citizen. and
the family a kind aid indulgent hus.
band and father. After his long
years spent in faithfully performing
his duties to church and family. he
leaves good example that his chill
dren may well emulate.
He has for IS years held a trust
worthy position with Weyerhauser
4 Dcnkmann, and was held in high
esteem by all who knew him for his
industrious and STEADY habits.
The funeral services will be held at
9o'clock Saturday morning from st.
sJoseph's church, Rev. Father Mackin
officiating.
The Late Hon. j. u. Murphy.
The remains of Hon. j. II. Murpf '
left Washington yesterday for Dav.
export. The pail bearers at the cap.
ital were Hon. Thomas J. Henderson
NJ. c.. Of Illinois: cx-Gev. Gear, NJ
C., of Iowa: Hon. II. II. A. Williams
an ex-member of congress from
North Carolina: ex-Con@ressman F.
r.. White, Hon. Thomas II. Bowman
and Hon. Lycurgus Dalton. postmas.
ter of the house. A committee from
the press club. of which MIR. Muir IN
was IN honorary member. was alst
present. The funeral will he he'll,
from the Sacred Heart Cathedral
across the river, tomorrow morning
ut = O'Clock.
Funeral Of G. j. Dart.
The funeral of the late &. J. Oar
was held from the family home
ZIG Twen;y-sccond street. at /:
O'Clock this afternoon. Rev. W. S
Marquis. pastor of the Broadwa,
Presbyterian church. officiating. i
male quartet rendered a number O
appropriate selections. The pal
bearers were all from the force o
travelling statesmen for the whole
sale house of Henry Darts Sons, an,
were: Mcssrs. Ira karr. .. NJ
Eoylcs. George W. Cash, George W
Davis. Henry Burns and A. ID
VI elch.
| Other Obituary.
| Albinus Brashar died at his home i,
Milan At l. O'Clock yesterday. o
pneumonia. aged 50. lie leaves
wife and two children. The funcra
will he held. at l O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon 1t Milan. and will he I'm
der the auspices of the Masonic fra
tcrnity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13
CATS CAUSE DIVORCE.

An Accumulation Of Fclines Separate q
Couple Married Forty Years.
Cats and clairvoyance are the reasons
given by Simon Fritz Of 46 COTE street,
New Haven. for separating from his
wife. The couple were married in Iowa
about 40 years ago. Ten years ago Mrs.
Fritz developed mania for cats. She
gathered in and cared for every stray fe-
line she could find. Mr.. Fritz tried to
escape from them by moving to this city,
but she brought crate of cats with the
furniture.
Mr.. Fritz is woodworker. He set up
a repairing shop on Winter street, and
they lived in the building until the con-
stantly increasing number of cats around
the house caused the neighbors to CON-
plain, and they moved to COTE street.
Mr.. Fitz also has some inventions he is
trying to perfect, but the nightly uproar
by the cats seldom allowed him to get a
nights rest, and he was unable to work
effectively.
Then Mrs. Fritz became a trance me-
dunn. and. her husband says, neglected
her household work to delve into the
mysteries of the past. present and future.
She attracted attention by asserting tina.
Anna Orr, then missing from Bridge.
port, was dead in n well. The girls body
has since been found in we'll in Fair.
field.
Mr.. Fritz could stand the forum tell.
ing, but he couldn't stand the cats, and
he finally declared that his wife's pets
must all go. Mrs. Fritz demurred. bu;
her husband was firm. The cats went
and so did the woman. Now Mr.. Fritz
declares he will apply for a DIVORCE
New Haven Cor. New York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13
Among the sapers isors.

At the meeting Of the board of
supervisors this morning. the matter
Of putting in telephone at the poor
farm was discussed at some length.
after which the matter was referred
back to the poor farm committee. to
report Mt the next meeting.
The Drury toll road report came
up this morning. and was laid over
until this afternoons meeting. The
rest Of the morning was taken up
with committee work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13

Last night was the coolest of the
season, it being Z below zero at 9
o'clock this morning. and below at
Z o'clock. The river has now frozen
'.,vef fes+lieiwintsr in all sptdASbiiity.
and in view Of this fact road is be-
ing made between Rock Island aud
Davenport. and soon the sleighs aud
foot passengers will begin crossing
the Missss.4PPi ON the ice bridge. :
The indications for today and to-
morrow are considerably warmer
weather.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Regular Monthly Meeting Of the Board Of
Education.

The board of education met in
regular monthly session last eve
hing. all the members being present,
and President Ferguson in the chair.
The minutes Of the las, regular meet
ing were read and approved. Tue
finance committee was au:horiz cd
to sell $500 in ) per cent bonds to
replace the bonds maturing this
month. and to meet urgent liabili-
ties. On recommendation OF the
same committee. the following bills
were n lowed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13
THE THEATRE.
walker Whitsside in ..Othello' Last Eve

ming.
The gifted young tragedian. Walk
or Whiteside, presented Shakespeare's
wonderful conception, ''Othello'' to
the largest audience of the season at
Harper's theatre last evening. If
Mr.. Whiteside had made friends here
and in Davenport on the occasions of
previous visits, he strengthened and
increased the admiration previously
created by this artistic representation.
The reception accorded HIM was such
a tribute as keen appreciation pays
to genius. To the close observer MIR.
Whiteside improves at every per-
Torrance, and affords steadily
convincing proof of the place he is
destined to occupy among the FORE
most of American actors. His char
acterizations are the product of care
full study, and the application of his
trionic talents. Mr.. Whiteside has
the advantage OF admirable support.
John Surgeons Iago shared the
honors bestowed, while Miss Leila
Wolstan as Desdemonia was highly
acceptable. The other characters
were well taken.
.sHOn YOnson.''
Actors have often had to snffer
from the bad taste OF friends and pat
rons. who. offer some trifiing civili-
ties and expect gratuitOus exhibit
ton in return. Such designs are
sometimes pleasantly frustrated, be
it said to the credit of the actor.
Gus Heege was recently invited to a
dinner, and divining that he had
been asked for the special enter
tainment of the company, this young
comedian purposelv remained as dull
and silent as possible. One of the
party finally losing all patience, eN-
claimed: Come, Mr.. Heege, when
do you intend to begin to be conf
cal?" Cad" said the actor. rising.
II forgot my fools dress, but I'll go
and fetch it if You viii! be my substi-
tutc until l return" This was con-
sidered very droll, but Heege never
came back" Mr.. Heege comes to
the Burtis tomorrow night in lyon
Yonson."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13

The regular monthly meeting OF
the Tri.City Dental society was he'd
las, evening in the .parlors 81 the
M.r,cr house. DIR. W. I. &sgill.
nrc.ident. being in the chair: The
r.ncr Of the evening. carefully pre-
p.rc,I and thoroughly able Produe.
sion. was rad by DIR. X. M: r r,s
on, th. subject. Calculus. or Dental .,
T.-tar.- The discussion that tol.
loved was led by DR.. Z. X. Baker o.
davenport. The next meeting VIII
be held in Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13
FINE FELLOW.
+" Sold swind'e Neatly oper.
ated,
ated,
SO DELIVERED 1sro H1s Earns

Ordered . Bin es S;roe-,,-. g..
~""r'''. aud s".e Mo.-y .. cA....
~'''-t"es the Cash .sa Left o.. p,o,s..
""'-Ass Ne Never Cas~. ss.~n.
In trampdom now the elder. NINA.
nave put their heads together and
composed an encyclopedia through
winch those wishing 20 Join the order
must acquire the rudiments of ncfar.
'ous tricks. and recent events int;.
cate number Of graduates. Such a
student showed himself Mt W. A.
Ehleb's grocery store YESTERDAY after.
noon. with the following order:
One-half pound best tea, 80 cent.
worth OF loaf sugar. small can black
pepper. small can cinnamon. two
pounds OF raisins. onc-half pound
can Royal baking powder. On the
os"cr was also request to deliver
the goods To $40 Twenty-sccond
street. and to bring $40 in change to
the house. Mr.. Ehleb. of course.
took the order. and the goods were
delivered In the address, aud rs per
request. sent so in change with The
!clerk--and now he's sorry that he did
it. "
Whcn the delivcry,man drove up
TO the gate on Twentv-sccond street
the gentleman volunteered to take in
the groceries. and asked the unsus-
pccting clerk il hc had brought the
SO change with him. Upon his re-
plying in the affirmative. the recip-
tent then said tina. To save him the
tr0uhesof jumping of the wagon
ana running in with the articles, he
would take them in and bring out
the so bill. which his wife had in
the house. The clerk let him take
the groceries and the money. and in
the meantime was ticing his horse
preparatory to saving his polite Gus
toner lew steps. but in this in
stance the cat didn't come back. and
the young man suspcc,ing something
wrong. went into the house and ask
ed where his money was. What was
his chagrin and surprise then to find
that no groceries had been ordered
was there. either. There were the
groceries. the innocent cause Of all
this trouble. in the basket lying on
the sidewalk. but his joblots. who
had ordered them. had made him.
self scarce.
} The clerk returned 10 the store.
and there appraised Mr.. Ehlcb OF the
facts. but no sign was left TO mark
the illusirious departure of Weary
Nogglcs. the swindlcr.
The Same Fellow.
| The scamp. no doubt. is the same
individual who swindlcd Edward
Herbert. the Fifth avenue butcher
out of $lI Saturday evening. by pre-.
seating a check TO him with the re.
quest that BE- cash il. il being drawn
on the Peoples National bank. and
bearing the signature Of j. II. Will
.pn.
Both men are described rs of me
dunn height. dark complexion and
m,ustache. and wearing dark era,
\
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13
fSOCIETY'S SEASON.
Another Brilliant Event Last
Evening.
THE CABLE MANSION THE Scent.

secoad Of the Ante-Nuptial Parties ,. An
ticipasion OF the Chandler Edison Wed
siing-Those Present Msj. and Mrs. <
c. Couneliy's breakfast at Noon To-Day.
The second of the ante-nuptia
informal parties in honor of the
bridal party. attendant upon the
|Chandler-Edson wedding. to occhr
at Trinity church tomorrow night,
was given by Mrs. Ben L. Cable at
the Cable mansion on Moline avenue
last evening. and informal though it
was, it was a most brilliant affair in
all details Mrs. Cable was assisted
by Mrs. Judge G. A. Castleman, of ST.
Louis. in receiving the guests. The
table decorations were beautiful and
appropriate to the forthcoming event,
and the collation. was superb.
The ring contained in the bridal
cake fell to Miss Curtis, one'of the
coming bridesmaids. There were
present besides the hostess, the fol-
lowing. all of which are of the bridal
party, except Mr.. Putnam. who took
the place At the table of one of the
out of town members who is expected
today:
Misses
agatha 'ds'n. Marrot rcst'cwaie
| Hore curtis. (St Onis1
| Al ne Hufri. Mabe, Runpclt.'
| Lucia Mackvnzin. QhicagoD
Lucia Connolly
Ensign Chandler. EEsisl Britain,
Nicholas Dunn. Otto Huber,
W C. ru,a ssa ra"'o c { ! k.nI su;ors
VIZ Chandler. Concord, n. "a.
Later in the evening n number of
couple arrived in response to invita-
lions. and dancing was taken up as
the order of the evening.
| Tosiay's Brcakfast.s
At high noon today AT their home,
1920 Second avenue, Mai. and Mrs.
II. &. Connolly gave four seasons
breakfast to the Chandler-E Edison bri-
DIAL party. which was elaborate in all
its appointments. and in keeping
with the other events of similar
nature that have been given the past
week.
=. Arsenal Council: Mt Home,
Arsenal Council. No. III, National
Union. celebrated its annua! election
of officers last evening by a social
affair in which the members Joined.
Caterer Fred Schmid, assisted by
Louis Ihrig. spread a fine rcpast in
the dining room, and afterward games
and other Pastimcs were INDUCED in
in the lodge room. The officers
elected are:
Presidential. A. j. Mcdonald.
| Eice-President-F. W. Wiesler.
Spcakcr-Wiii Johnston.
Secretary-I. ID. Burgh.
misunderstanding c. Pfoh.
Treasurer-Horst Won Kocckri;z.
Chaplain-J..-H Reeves.
Cshcr-M. J. Higgins.
Sergeant-A. ". Tanner.
Docrkceper--F. L. Hemenway.
Trnsiees-H. ID. Mack. L. J. Nc =
dill, Jr.. W. j. KahRe.
A Surprise.
Miss Anna Vogel was very plea :.
antly surprised last evening at he.
home, 81 Nineteenth street. by
about fifteen of her friends. VIII
came laden with good things. and a;
about II O'Clock most dcliciou:
spread was sc, by the young ladie:
Of the party. The evening was mos
pleasantly spent in singing, games
etc. and at $50 the surprisers dis
! persed to their various homes, re
GREETING much the fight of time.
An AT Home"
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. 4. Rice gave ar
/, exceedingly pleasant lat home
party last evening at their home
40 Seventeenth street. Abou
) twelve couples were present. and en-
joyed one of the brightest socia
: evenings OF the season.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13

..R,siug gencrasion!'' said . worn
licking mother. II guess they would
NJ h. callcd ~ II folks <aly knew how
hard Il vss 70 gst dx chillrea out VI
"a IN tho morning. "-Boseuo Com
mercial Bulletin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13

1:OliGay Vacation.
That the usual two weeks holidays
te ail)wch, and that it beyinsat the
enl of the present school month; also
that W. l.. Sweeney be continued
truunt officer for the remainder of
the present school year ut the pres
cut salary. $40 per month.
The truant officers report was re-
ceived and plac sd on file.
The committee on insurance re.
ported having placed $4,000 on the
new No. 4 building. in the following
agencies.
III sehtd. scot i-h vni,n and Satiss,ai ssnG1 OC
az iisds' IN. 1ockf ri ...........- saO o
Waves & Grave nd. q en-. ........ 2.:0' O.
d Ilu .i' &. NiIvxr' Ncch-- -. p q n
r tdy Bn Q. Connecticut II lla tford.... :,01o q
The policies all expire Nov. Is,
18DS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13

Fair today. probably followed to
night or Thursday by snow; warmer
easterly winds.
+. J. WALz. Observer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13
Hard and ,soft CoeI laarket.

The best in the market and ut low.
est prices for December delivery, ut
r. H Ellis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13

Five hundred large Rugs given away
mas presents Wednesday and $3.50
to - O'Clock each day. Come rugs get posted
on prices at which we selling Christmas goods.
The special prices which cloaks
make them especially desirable presents paid
down will either pattern cloak until Saturday
evening before Christmas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13
III l'I|]I||::::|||| {: T FOE.
Christmas Reminders.
Dolls.

. =
Big dolls. little dolls. sleeping
dolls. wideawake dolls. dressed
dolls. and dolls half dressed.
black dolls, white dolls, dolls at
1c. dolls at SC. dolls at Sc. dolls
at Zoe. 12c, lSc, 22c. 25c, SIC.
42c. SOC, Use, S5c, 94c and ti.OO.
The grandest line OF dolls We
have ever shown.
Our money has done wonders.
cash is n great lever just now.
and we neSer before got such
big value for our money rs ON
the toys and dolls which we
shall open up on Monday morn
ing. We can't begin to enumer-
ate: nearly a car load was re-
ceivcd on Saturday and all go ON
sale at once rs fast As they can
be marked.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13
Books.

Just received and placed on
sale at the following prices:
Marion Crawford's books 75c
each.
Ben Hur and Fair God 97c.
Scarlet Letter, House of Seven
Gables, Drummond's Addresses.
all 22c.
Uncle Toms Cabin, l7c, Re-
verics of Bachelor, lie, Dream
Life, 17c.
1903 volumes 12mO fiction.
poetry, history, prose. ETC.. etc.
Good cloth binding SC and 12c.
Children's highly colored pie
ture books &c and up. Juvenile
and story books at One-quarter
regular price.
The largest Unabridged Die
tionary in the, world for 47c (on-
ly one to 4 customary
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13

Is where they
Are having the slipper sale.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-13

The tOIIoWlnT Observation-Disclosures ol
the teachers committee were ap
proved:
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-12-22

the BILL including music, too, suppose,
for those who did not dance had nothing to
pay unless they chose. We took glass of
the wine Of the country-a white wine,
made from small, yellow grape-and were
leaving the table when Jerry turned sud
denly to the right, having been tapped by a
fan.
by Jove, Tom, here she ia nowl'' he OK
claimed, and seized the small, thin white
hand of a very beautiful girl who had
called his attention. She smiled very sweet
ly, and her large black eyes seemed to
smile even more than her small, white
teeth. O'Farrell lowered his voice and
moderated the boisterousness of his man
ner, for, like all lrishmen, he was consttu-
tionally gentleman.
when did you come to Merida againw
she asked In those sweet, liquid tones which
only southern beauty is mistress of.
only to night; not an hour ago." said
O'Farrell. But we are going to stay as
long as you will let us"
wei" she exclaimed, looking steadily at
me. "Wel"
MY young friend and travelling compan-
ion, Tom Conover," said Jerry, dragging
me nearer. LA Sonora Carlotta de la Tore
the prettiest girl in Merida he added in
whisper, which of course she heard, as he
intended. She gave me her hand in the
most artless manner possible, l took it
and pressed it warmly
VI hope his visit to our city will be pleas
ant" said She.
"lf | meet you often, it certainly WILL"
said | boldly; Mt least l thought it boldly,
for then but IS summers had rolled over
my head.
hot pI,, Il tY1, Il,
said, and In five minutes more we had Joined
the walters and were whirling around the
long room in the graceful gyrations OF that
giddy dance.
This lasted "A long time, until | was dizzy,
and then we went to window. Opening
the grating, we found ourselves upon bal
cony without, where the moon was shining
down calm and still, and the city lay be
meath us as quiet IA the City Of the Dead y
| We walked away from the window till the
| hum and hustle of the fand6ngo were hard
! ly audible, and the liquid notes Of flageo-
/ let came up in the quiet street from an
orange grove, through which was visible a
little stream, shining in the moonlight
among the dark green foliage like silver
! thread.
We listened long time and talked in
! subdued tones, like two romantic children
as we We're. And she showed me her un-
cle's residence, dimly visible in the moon
light across the tops of the low, flat rooted
houses. The gardens around ii were full OF
trees, whose tropical foliage looked like Il
deep shade upon an exquisite picture She
told me she lived with her uncle, and in.
vited me to come there often, and of course
l promised to do so, and then dimly con,
scious perhaps that she was getting
along" very fast, she apnloeized by saying
that | was a friend of Senior O'Farrell, and
therefore her friend
But when questioned her about her nc
quaintance with him She only said She had
known him the year before and proposed
to return to the dancing room. Return we
did and danced another figure, Ia taran.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-12-22

i ing rented large farm IN Virginia,
with stock nnh I'M .lcment-, Will sell with
out res rye their entire 81 elk aud farni-
ing implement : on the iHiln OF samuel
w. stewart So. On the road from Drlt-
war. Giiy tn Newark. Immediately on the
Del w re rHilruad. one quar- er Of u milo
south OF Porcr'a,
On THURSDAY, DECEMBER esth. 1898.
at - o'clock u. H.. sharp.
The follow ny personal property. to wit:
So HORSES M, MILES AND IN
Noal-NdcS gray horsc. . years oil, 10
hamis hnh. sound, work anywhere. an
all. ny pullrr.
ND2-Coley. black roam horse. years
Cd. lbt. hands hig sound and all rIght
has worked in log tenn with No Tor two
years pUst These two horses don't know
what II is to have toe much load.
No, = Frank BiaclNstun ight bay. 10
hands high, coming years OIL broken
single or double.
No. 4 hussctt sorrel, l4ii hands hi1h.
coming years old hfoktn single or dou.
bic, rcd by / \. Buck 4 fiuu coach horse.
No o l'Nsh. buy mare II years old
sup o-Cd 10 he III foI sound and ali
r!ght, an elegant breed mare
No D FlorH buy mnre colt coming Q
years old. something very promising,
No. = Tcasrr. huy horse. 10 Years old,
good worker or driver everybody horse
No. Charlie. large hay horse. S years
old II good work hptSr.
NOS l,ouny. bnv mare plug.
No=io Fusty. bay colt, iyeitr Old sornG-
thing nice.
Mo-. n aud le-Dolls ana Daisy brown
aud hnA nal' :. coming q years uld- we'll
mated quick second 10 none have been
worked IA tn, lcud III II tam ai six head
the lnsi season by man with "A years
cNucfit nee; he say thy arc. without OK
Grplion pnir OF lhe best mules he ever
saw
Nus - aud l4.zPctc and Iac. bay NUTS.
aNchrs oldi they are good team, hard 10