Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-30
BY THE HENNEPIN.
News of q Miscellaneous Character From
Milan and Sears.

MILAN, July 30.-Fred Wright is
very i'll with typhoid fever at hi:
home on Water street.
Mrs. Robert Huealett, of Bowling,
is very sick.
A great many citizens expect to &c
on the excursion Thursday.
Mrs. L. L. Wheeler and daughter,
Mabel, of Sterling, are visiting with
Milan friends.
Miss Emma Mccartney has left for
an extended visit to friends and rel
atives in Nebraska.
Carpenters are at work at lock 81.
The weeds along the bank have all
been cut and burned. and the cansl
presents fine appearance.
Joseph Amman, of Rural, was in
town Monday for the first time In
two years. He moved to the farm
where he now resides in 1862. He
is 80 years old, and although his
hearing is not good he can still read
a newspaper without glasses.
There seems to be an epidemic OF
typhoid fever near Sherrard. Joseph
Allen has been sick for two weeks.
and his son Edward has also been
very low. Edward Spaivie is also
sick, and quite number have been
sick with the same disease. Fred
Wright. of Milan, took the disease
while at Sherrard. The lowness of
the water in the wells seems to be
the cause of the epidemic.
The business men met last evening
in the town hall for the purpose OF
taking action for the appointment of
committee to cooperate with the
committee representing the county
and the Town of Milan for the loca-
ton of the Western Hospital for the
Insane. and also to consi Ter sites.
Howard McCulloch called the meet
ing to order and appointed S. w.
Heath, president of the meeting,
and the following delegates were
chosen: F. II. Caldwell, P. f. Zahu
and Wilson Matthews.
The storm Friday evening did con-
siderable damage around Milan. At
Bingham farm, near the camp
ground. the barn was unroofed and
the end blown in. The corn suffered
a great deal, being blown down and
broken off. The millet was as fiat
as if it had been cut and large trees
were twisted off. At George Mell's
farm on Big island the barn was
blown down. and in falling it killed a
COW. No one was injured as all hap
pered to be in the house at the time
OF the storm. The campers on Van
druff's island had quite an exciting
time tor n while, aud several tents
were blown down.
AS to Scars.
The pottery is rapidly assuming
proportions.
\ citizen tells us that there are
buildings in Sears that need looking
after more than the waiting house.
Is it so?
a large number of the citizens of
Sears have not read the big ordi-
nance. They should do so at once
as it may save them further trouble.
The Davenport & Rock Island
Street Railway company was notified
by the Sears board of health that the
house at the Sears branch OF
The car line should be removed, as it
vas in condition which would tend
10 bother the citizens residing in the
neigh borhood. Now on the part of
he people of Milan we object to re-
moving the building. In case of
ain where would the people 60 who
wait for the Milan car? Ii the build
NC is not in a sanitary condition.
whose fault is it? Surely not the
street railway company, because it
ERECTED the building and the Sears
promised to look after its
Welfare which has not been done.
The matter should be considered and
I it should become necessary
o post 6 notice regarding the care of
he bull ing. it should be done. and
with the aid Of the marshal
md support of the citizens the build
ng could be kept in sanitary con-
lit on.