Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-21

general debility and old age.
The Ridgewood school promises to
give a grand entertainment Thurs
day evening at the Town hall.
Merritt Gobel. of Big Island, has
been sick for the past two weeks and
does not seem to improve much.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Clark and
daughter. Miss Maggie. of Preemp-
ton, gave a pleasant call Friday.
John Beck, of Black Hawk, who
has been i'll for some time with rheu-
matism. is reported a little better.
The Presbyterian parsonage is be-
ing reshingled by G. H. Honens,
John Boyer, Hugh Walker and James
Soldcnburg.
Charles Boyer reports that he and
another man husked 800 bushels of
corn last week at the farm of William
Wilson. of Bowling.
MIR. and Mrs. John Mcconnell and
sons, Walter and Charles. and Grand
ma Lickenfitt, of Black Hawk, were
Milan visitors Friday. :.
Daniel Daxon. of Bowling, has be-
gun moving his household goods and
will likely be full fledged Milan cit
izen by next Saturday.
We have received copy of the Sea-
ton Independence, published by
George W. Smith and Mr.. Abercrom.
bic. 1t is an SPACE paper.
Mrs. W. Boyer had the misfortune
of dropping a flatiron on one of her
toes last week, which makes it disa-
greeable for her to get around.
Mrs. John Darrick, of Bowling,
who has been very sick for two
months past, is improving nicely
under the care of her physician. Dr..
II. J. Huyett.
Swan Apple. of Sears, furnished
music at the house warming of Cur
tbs Ellis, of Bowling, Friday evening.
Dancing was the order of the even
ing and good time was reported.
There arrived to gladden. the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Benn a little
girl; her name is Mamie. the 9.vear-
old daughter of the late Mrs. Nissen.
of Sears. Mamie will have good
home.
Henry Kennedy, engineer of the
Milan Roller mills, has been laid up
for the past week with neuralgia.
William Williams has taken Henry's
place until he is able to be around
again.
Mrs. Karl C. Bastian and four chill
dren and August Bracket and Karl
Albrecht, of Black Hawk, departed
this evening "wednesday for visit
to Hanover, Germany. where they
will remain till March.
Alfred Rund9uist, publisher Of
Vikingen. Swedish weekly of Mo-
line, was in Milan Monday morning,
on his way to Galva. Mr.. Rundquist
stated that he had just returned
from a trip through Minnesota in the
interest of his paper.
The w. NJ. b. society of the NJ. E.
church will give an entertainment
Thanksgiving evening, Nov. 20, en-
titled, The Country Store in the
Time of Andrew Jackson" This
will be as good as the old ..Deestrict
School," given some yaars ago by
the same society.
Ed Leadford and Harry Witfferell
have just finished drilling a we'll for
David Sears. The we'll is LOG feet
deep with 40 feet OF water
They left Monday for Hugh
Walkers farm in. Bowling, where
they will drill we'll and will also
drill one for Ed Wanglin.
John Buryanaek, Louis Saulpaugh,
julius Christ and W. Blackstock
went to Taylor Ridge Sunday to dis
tribute telephone poles through the
country. They finished hauling be-
tween Milan and Andalusia last week
and we will soon have communities
tion by telephone with these places.
Last week we mentioned about a
large man, but this week weare go
ing to tell about big man. He
lives in South Rock Island and his
name is Simon Dexter. He came to
Milan in search of pair of shoes.
after he had been to all the shoe
stores in Rock Island and Davenport.
and found none big enough, but we
fitted him out all right in a pair OF
No. las. Mr.. Dexter weighs $50
pounds and more well proportioned
man nobody ever looked upon. We
did not let him 20 away till we found
out his length. He measured 6 feet
Z inches.
The supper and entertainment
given at the Town hall last Thursday
evening was very pleasant affair.
A fine musical program was rem
dered by Fanny Wild. The Apollo
quartet. Of Augustana college. gave
some fine selections. Mrs. Jacobs
and Master Virgil Jacobs won the
audience. as they never fail TO do.
The program was followed by a very
delightful social, at which refresh
ments were served in a most pleas
ing manner. The company dis
banded at late hour, voting it q