Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-04
SUBURBAN SETTINGS.
COALVALLEY.

COAL>yALLEY.
Coal VALLEY, Oct. AIR. and
Mrs. Frank Norton and daughter re-
turned Wednesday from a 4-weeks'
visit with relatives in Bucks county,
Pa.
Samuel P. Gobat left for Chicago
on Tuesday.
Charles Cobalt. of Cable, was in
the city Monday.
Miss Ida Nelson is stopping with
friends in Rock Island.
Miss Jennie Ransom, of Rock ISL
and. was here Tuesday.
Miss j. Saurman, Of Rock Island,
is the guest OF Miss Clara Hass.
The Black Diamond mine has not
got all of the water out Of the mine
yet.
Robert Brown has moved into one
of the houses belonging to the S. Co
bat estate.
Robert Somerson is supplying his
customers with coal. The trade is
fairly good.
Mrs. William n. Glenn left Mon
day to attend a meeting of the o. f.
S. at Chicago.
George Wilson and Joseph Connley
went to Rock Island Monday to serve
as petit jurors.
Miss Minnie Martin is teaching
again in Cable. She has taught there
for number of years.
| Myers & Hintz are abou: ready to
put out coal. Their mine is across
the road from F. Freeberg's.
| w. H. H. Dow is attending the
grand lodge of the A. F. & A. NJ, as
a delegate at Chicago this week.
Mrs. DIR. Huston arrived on the Cd
from months visit with friends in
champaign and Vermillion counties.
Miss Mary A. Green commenced
her school in the Doxsee district last
week. This is her second term there.
Lewis & Wilson have been operat-
ing all of the time. They are always
ready to supply the trade with good
coal.
Mrs. Robert Somerson, Jr., has
been visiting friends in Iowa for the
past 80 days, and will return this
week.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sutcliff. of Patter-
son, n. j., is here visiting relatives.
Mrs. SutclifT is daughter of Samuel
Colbert.
Jens Peter Anderson has bought
the lot on which the old Gobat home
stead stood. The house was burned
last July.
The base ball boys are not so much
interested as they have been, but il
any team will challenge them they
will take them up, as they have the
skill and determination to do SO.
John +. Hass is busy supplying
his customers with brick. He has
burned five kilns and will burn two
more, and then will not fill all orders.
John j. Pryce's mine is doing a
good business. Mr.. Pryce has
doubled his force of miners in the
past two weeks. Business is on the
increase.
Mrs. James Wilson, of Henry
county, and Eta Barton, have
returned from Pittsburg and vicin.
ity, having attended the G. A. r. en-
campment. and visited relatives there
and vicinity.
The appraisers appointed to ap.
praise the estate of W. s. Bailey, did
some work partly on Saturday. A:
the work is extensive they did moi
get through and will have to meet
again. Andrew Donaldson and Johr
c. Bailey were named as executors o.
the will.
William Moore's new barn wa:
raised Saturday. 1t is the larges,
one in that vicinity. being 72x42 feet
20 feet post, with one of the mos,
compact foundations of stone. Tn,
work was done by practical me
chanic-a bridge builder. johnson
of Orion, has the contract for the
building.
The largest piece of coal that ha:
been taken out of any mine in thi
vicinity, was taken from r. Somer
sons mine in section /, one mil,
south. The depth of the STRAIT,
from which it was mined was fou
feet, two inches. Its original weigh
, was $500 pounds, but it was so larg
it would not pass the entry, so it ha,
. to be made smaller. It's presen
!, weight is 300 pounds. 1t isrow il
D Davenport on exhibition.