Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-09-19
BY THE HENNEPlN.
Interesting Batch Of Happenings From
the Rock River Town.

Interesting Batch of Happenings From
the Rock River Town.
MILAN, Sept. 16.-School opened
Monday and the attendance in
each of the rooms is as follows:
Room No. 4, teacher, Miss Edith
Davis, As scholars; room No. =,
teacher, Miss Sadie Carnaghan. IS
scholars: room No. 3, teacher, Clark
Smith. As scholars: room No. 4, 29
scholars, making total enrolment
of 154 scholars up to the present
time. The books have also been
changed a great deal by the advice Of
the directors. The New Franklin
readers have been thrown aside and
the old-time McGuffey reader substi-
tuted.
l.. L. Wheeler, of Sterling, was in
Milan Tuesday.
Miss Kate Carnaghan has returned
from visit to Chicago.
George Keller, one of the early
settlers of Milan, is very sick.
Mrs. f. H. Afford is visiting
friends and relatives at Sibley, Ill.
The business firms have arranged
to close their stores at o'clock dur
ing the winter.
G. ID. Mclaughlin is going out of
the grocery business and is closing
out his stock of goods.
Perry O'Haver returned Monday
from the soldiers encampment at
Louisville and reports pleasant
time.
| n,;to =, r-,,bo, oe h,;1d;p~o oro
receiving a coat Of paint, and ii
changes the looks of things very
much.
The telephone company had gang
of men out Tuesday repairing the
line from Rock Island through t.
Briar Bluff.
Miss Ida Wheeler, of Moline, for
merly of Milan, has recovered from
her long attack of rheumatism ant
has now taken a trip to Woodbine
Iowa, to visit her sister, Mrs. Helm
Fred Honens has resumed hi
studies at Champaign after his sum
mer vacation, and will complete hi.
course this year. Benton Honen'
left with him to enter his studies a.
a pharmacist.
This afternoon at o'clock Occurret
the marriage of Edgar F. Olson, o
Evanston, and Miss Minnie Peterson
The bride and groom are both wei
known here and have many friend!
who extend congratulations.
Invitations are out for the mar
riage of Sarah. daughter Of Mr.. ant
Mrs. G. p. O'Haver, to Grant X
Simpson, at noon, Wednesday, Sep
TENDER %. The bride is well know
in social circles and the groom is nc
less popular.
The following persons from Milan
took in the sights of Chicago Sun.
day: Andrew Allen. John Lambert
Arthur Nice, Fred White, Mrs. NJ. j
Kennedy, Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Benn
Miss Ella Cannon. Mrs. K. Downs ant
Miss Emma Mccartney.
The city has been filling in tn,
streets and around hydrants and thu
streets are now in pretty good shape
lie: Improvements 60 on and VIC hops
before next fall that the council viii
decide to put in a system of electric
lighting. The town now has a goot
system of waterworks, good streets
sidewalks, water power and the Mex
thing on the subject is light.
The canal was built to help Milan
so it is said. but when a little sand il
needed FOR filling the streets, and tn,
teams attempt to haul it, the watel
is turned on full force and haulin.
has to stop on account of high water
Now the place where the sand i.
hauled from does not belong to tn,
government, and the people can't sc,
why they trouble themselves to keel
people from hauling the sand whel
they use it themselves.