Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-12
awiully sorry for them, but it can't

awiully sorry for them, but it can't
be helped.
DE-. Houser, the noted lecturer and
physician, is to be in Rock Island at
the Harper house next Saturday,
May Is. He comes to see his mn.
merous patients here and any others
who need his skill and experience.
Consultation will be free on that day.
He will give no lecture during this
visit.
A party composed of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Heck, Mrs. 1. P. Wilson and
two children and j. w. Heck, of this
city, and Mr.. and Mrs. Milt Edwards,
Miss Abraham and George Edwards.
of Moline. left today over the Rock
Island & Peoria railway for Eureka
Springs. Ark. where they will spend
the summer.
Milo Lee surrenders the manage
ment Of the Argillo works, the con-
trolling interest OF which he has sold
to William Ball, OF Moline, the first
Of next month, when he Voes to Col
orado on q health seeking tour,
which will include the Pacific coast,
providing the first place does not
prove satisfactory.
From forgery to bigamy is the
step Of j. F. Kramer. who was in
dicted BY the grand jury here on the
former charge. and escaped with .
fiae in the county court. Then he
went south and now Sheriff Hemen.
way has q letter from St. Joseph,
Mo-. which says that Kramer is I'M
der arrest there charged wit b
bigamy.
1t has been suggested that tri-
city base ball league be formed. 1t
would not be bad idea. There is
some good timber ia Rock Island
and IL the boys would wake up and
shake the hickory. rs they are com.
petent TO do. aud get together in q
nine. they could give any of the
amateur teams heteabout . chase for
their money.
U. +. Younken WAS arrested this
morning At Moberly, No., on the in
formation Of the Penn Tank Line
company. Younken, who was un-
til recently travelling salesman in
Iowa for the Penn Tank Line com.
pauy. 10 charged with embezzlement
to the amount OF $500. Deputy
Sheriff Hull goes to Moberly tonight
to bring Younken back to Rock
Island.
Mrs. George Mutton, wife of the
little man who held down the third
sack for Rock Island when it capt
ured the Ii. league pennant, is in the
city for n weeks visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ferdinand Holdorf. Mrs. Null
ton is on her way to Burlington,
Iowa, to Join Mr.. Mutton, vino is
captaining the Western association
team OF that city, having quit the
Peoria club.
Fire broke out in a shed on the
premises occupied by Mrs. Honora
Flynn on LsClaire street, between
Ninth and Tenth, in Davenport last
night. and before it could be checked
had reduced the home to ashes with
= loss Of several hundred dollars to
Mrs. Flynn, who is q widow lady,
who had no insurance on her home.
An adjoining house owned by Mrs. S.
j. Ovens and barn on the Best es-
tate were also damaged.
William Goldsmith. OF Milan, was
operated upon yesterday for enoon by
DIR. George A. Virgins, Of Milan,
assisted by DR.. c. c. Carter. Of Rock
Island. The entire large toe OF the
left foot was removed and enough
bone cut away about the toe TO keep
the bone from decaying. Mr.. Gold
smith is now doing as vol as could
be expected. The bone Of the toe
crumbled to pieces when taken out. it
having entirely decayed. The oper-
alton was successful one and Mr..
Goldsmith will be around again in
few weeks.