Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-27

Heating & Plumbing company. Tues
day April % az 9 .. m. at Davis COM
pany's Office, by T. B. Davis, sssignees
Frank Kils and Miss Emma Scott
were married at 1905 Fifth avenue
Saturday evening. Rev. H. 8. Cain.
Of the Emmanuel Baptist church. OFF,
ciated. Bride and groom come from
Moline.
William Mcfarland and Thomas
Pinkley fell from q scaffold while At
work on the Rock Island bridge Sat-
turday. Pinkley sustained q cut in
the knee and Mcfarland had an
ankle sprsined.
Edwin's big stock company opens
3 weeks engagement at Harper's
theatre tonight and . series of fine
attractions is assured. An admission
Of 10 cents to all parts of the house
is to be charged.
The child alleged to have been de-
serted at Danville by Mr.. and Mrs.
J. H. Mcguire. the latter being form
erly Miss Avis Atkinson, of this city.
is now ct the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Atkinson, OF this city.
The Epworth League of the First
NJ. Z. church will hold its literary
and social meeting Friday evening,
May 1, in the Sunday school room.
A very interesting and profitable
time is promised. All are invited.
William Sehnert, j. K. Reams,
Sam Arndt, Charles Oswald and H. S.
Lindblom left this morning for Cam
bridge. where they represent Rock
Island republicans in the legislative
convention, which comes of today.
Sister Payne accompanied the dele
cation.
The board Of supervisors OF Clinton
county, Iowa, has called special
election to vote on the proposition to
expend $75. 900 on the completion Of
the court house there, work on which
was interrupted a number of years
ago by fraud on the part of the con-
tractors.
Mr.. and Nrs. Charles Nelson, 9O1
Eleventh street, mourn the loss OF
their only daughter, who died at IL
o'clock yesterday morning Of con-
gestion OF the lungs at the age of 5
years. The funeral occurs from St.
Mary's church tomorrow afternoon
st 2 o'clock.
The Turner's exhibition Saturday
evening was well patronized and a
neat sum was realized to swell the
fund with which to construct the
new building, work on which is soon
to begin. The entertainment was
followed by dancing to the strains oil
Bleuer's orchestra.
The Augustana college team and q
club from the business department
played game Of ball Saturday after
noon which resulted in the defeat of
the college team by score OF 10 to
IL. The batteries were: Business
department team, Aud and Mielke;
college. Olson and Field.
Telephone service between Rock
Island and Davenport was entirely
cut of by the breaking of the cable
at the bridge today. Manager Hun
toon had it soon arranged so that
one wire could be used between the
two cities, and he will do his best
until such time as the cable can be
mended.
The Columbia Opera company
closed 4-night engagement at Har.
per's theatre last evening with q
creditable production Of FRA Dia-
vola." The company's engagement
in Rock Island, although not a rous-
ing success from q financial stand.
point. was nevertheless one much
appreciated by the music loving PEG.
Iple.
Those OF the Rock Island instruc-
tors who attended the Northern
Illinois Teachers association meet
ing ut Ottawa Saturday have re-
turned homo much pleased with
what they saw and heard. Mrs.
Dorothy Gornam's paper on univer-
sity methods as applicable to High
school work was an able piece of work
and took well among the teachers.
Eddie and Freddie, the little twin
sons of Mr.. aud Mrs. George Etzel,
722 Ninth avenue. were playing with
ball Saturday afternoon when Fred
die attempted to catch one which hi:
brother had put some ginger into
with the result that the top Of the
third finger Of his right. hand wa.
badly lacerated. DR.. Kinyon ampu.
tated the member between the secont
q and third joints.
II Fred Woltmann has just purchased
safe which is guaranteed to be I
difficult piece of machinery for thu
dark lantern man to handle. 1t il
Of Mosler-Bahmann make an,
weighs about four tons. The innel
, doors are operated by two combina
tions, either Of which will not worl
independently. thereby complicatin!
matters considerably for one no
Thoroughly acquainted with tn
| eurrnunlinDs Tho safe IL a hand