Rock Island Argus., 1895-01-24
BY THE HENNEPIN.


Doings Of the Milan Town Councn-Other
Happenings There.
MILAN, Jan. 23.-The town council
of Milan met in special session Mon
day evening at p. m, President
Caldwell presiding. Trustees GAN
non, Thatcher. Brown and Haslip
were present. After a short talk to
the council by Attorney Weld. a res
olution was passed in regard to con-
tracing on the waterworks. En-
gineer Darling was psesent, as we'll
as quite q number of representatives.
Of hydrant companies. On motion of
the trustees. the bids on hand were
opened and were as follows: Krellin
& Lowell, of Des Moines. enclosed the
necessary check of deposit and
offered to construct the system for
the sum Of $l0,779; the Challenge
Windmill and Pump Co., of Batavia.
ILL.,, enclosed check of deposit, and
were willing to take special assess
ment bonds in payment. and offered
to complete the system for the sum
Of 1921; the last bid, that of Cast
agren & Mcdonald, of Chicago. was
for %, 256. As this was the lowest
bid, the council moved to accept the
offer on the condition that the CASE
which is now in court would be de-
cided in favor of having waterworks.
Any new improvement that the town
needs we should have by ali means.
as Improvements make a town what
it ought to be. The foolish opposi-
ton must be stopped pretty soon or
the town will be ruined by allowing
no new undertaking to begin. Had
it not been for few of the people re-
siding in Milan, the town would have
had the Deere Pow Company in Mi
Ian, as Mr.. Deere originally came
here and offered to locate here il
reasonable prices could be secured
for the water power needful to a con-
cern of this kind. We have as strong
a water power in Rock river as there
is in any river of it's size. But what
good is it if it is to be kept as an
heirloom for the family, merely as a
remembrance of what might have
been done If they had sold and al
lowed factories to locate and boom
the town.
Inc Epworth League.
Friday evening the fourth series Of
entertainments given by the Epworth
league of the NJ. E. church, was
held at the church. The house
was we'll filed, more people
being present than at any of the
other entertainments, mostly be-
cause the greater part of the pro-
gram was rendered by home talent.
The program was as follows:
Song. 20 Happy Day. Mrs stegmaeir
Lasca. 10000. Mrs n Huyott
Song, Song. sslsessd ae ted: Lu S sGds..in@
Miss Splicer Takes Ride on TOGO gan
.......-.................. Miss Jessie Bogue
Tomorrow at Ten. Mrs Huyeit
Song Fidelity. ty"...................a ars Stegmaeir
The song rendered by Mrs. Steg-
maeir was excellent. This was Mrs.
Stegmaeir's first appearance in pub
lie in this town and she deserves
praise for her efforts. Lasca, by Mrs.
H. j. Huyett, was well given
and the people Of Milan are
proud Of having such a fine elocu-
zionist in their midst as Mrs. H. j.
Huyett. We do not know of anyone
who could have filled the place any
better. Every part that Mrs. H. j.
Huyett rendered was q masterpiece
in itself. Miss Lu Sodestrom, of
Milan, also shows a fine talent for
singing. and she carried out her part
well. Miss Jessie Bogue, Of Rock
Island, also did very we'll. and to
sum everything up in one. the enter
tainment was the finest ever given in
Milan.
Mrs. Robert Downs visited in Rock
Island Tuesday.
w. F. Kuehl has returned after
three months at the Northern Indiana
Normal college.
Mrs. Kell Terry and son. Kell, left
for visit at Muscatine with Grand
pa Terry Wednesday.
Miss Annie Goldsmith will leave
this week for a visit with her sister.
Mrs. Thomas White, at Warren. Ill.
Miss Millie Hinderer, who has been
quite sick for the past few weeks, is
recovering under the care of DR.. H.
j. Huyett.
Quite a number of Milan folks at
tended the oyster supper at James
Wynes' the other evening and had an
enjoyable time.
Logan Brown leaves Wednesday
for Plattsmouth. Neb., after q few
months visit with his parents. His
wife. who was also here, returned a
few weeks ago to Plattsmouth.
The people Of Milan are behind
the times in sleigh rides this year. as
in a great many towns near Chicago
two and two-and-a-half feet Of snow
on the level is all the 60 and sleigh
bells can be heard everywhere.
Burnie Daxon returned Monday for
visit to Milan. He has been up
north all summer, and it seems
every time he comes we have q cold
snap on hand. His many friends
are pleased to see his face again.
Quite number of the friends OF
Mrs. John Hinderer assembled to-
gether and held . surprise party in