Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-17

and educational convention closed
with an address by DIR. j. G. Evans.
OF Hedding college. at the First NJ.
E. church yesterday morning.
The contract between the city OF
Davenport and Walsh Bros. of Clin-
ton. Iowa. for lighting the city for a
period OF 25 years was formally en-
tered into Saturday and ratified.
The Davenporter who furnished
the Democrat with the reports OF the
lectures Of the Taylor Brothers on
this side Of the river got things
badly mixed. He put Bob in Alf's
shoes and vice versa.
Davenport may have a clock in its
new city hall tower. Rock Island
county will have one in its new court
house dome-if the board OF super
visors is wise. A committee is look
ing into the matter now.
A hack mans horse ran away on
the ice near the Davenport shore
this afternoon, throwing a passenger
out and shaking him up pretty
badly. The animal then went
through the ice. but was rescued.
Mr.. and Mrs. William McEniry and
children departed yesterday on s.
weeks southern visit. Mrs. McEniry
will visit with her parents at New
Orleans, while MIR. McEniry will go
on to Texas on business mission.
An investigation by the proper
authorities has shown that a recent
accident in which an old lady was
bad y injured, was caused by an as
sault made upon her by another
member of the family-and probably
the end is not yet.
David Fry, q switchman for the
Rock Island. residing at 1lO7 Twenty
ninth street, had the index and
middle fingers of his right hand
mashed while making coupling last
evening. DR.. Plummer attended and
will save the fingers.
Mrs. Frank Martin (nee Mary Rose)
formerly of Rock Island, died Of con-
sumption at her home in Davenport.
She was the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. }. S. Rose and her age was 10
years. She was the sister of Mrs. A.
d. Knocke, OF Edgewood park. The
funeral occurred yesterday.
The fire department was summoned
to extinguish a fire in history frame
house near the viaduct between Sec
ond and Third avenues belonging to
Morris & Lewis, this morning. The
fire broke out among some clothing
in closet and was subdued before
any damage ensued by, few buckets
Of water.
Secretary j. z. Bailey and II. N.
Hansen are back from Princeton,
where they attended the annual con-
vention of the Young Mems Chris
tian association of the Rock Island
district Saturday and Sunday. The
convention was rousing one and
both Messrs. Bailey and Hansen
made stirring addresses.
j. b. thinner G. Co. is the style of
the new firm composed OF the veter-
an tailor, j. d. thinner, and William
Emig, la.e of 1907 Second avenue.
The new combination will be q
strong one in every particular. Mr..
Zimmer's excellent reputation as
thorough merchant tailor together
with Mr.. Emig's up-to-date cutting
will furnish the groundwork for a
fine future business.
Capt. George Lamont has returned
from Dubuque. where among other
things he Inspected the new Gem
City, which the Diamond 10 com.
pany is having constructed there.
The boat will be in readiness to
glide along the waters in the spring
and Capt. Lamont says it will be one
of the finest crafts that ever graced
the upper river. 1t will be much
larger than any Of the other Diamond
10 boats. it's length being 265 feet
and its width AZ feet.