Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-19

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20 - Csusuans uss1.
lCahaa, March l7.-11arS1 NM.
OF Horton Kan, srrived hokv Yue6s
aay morning. Andrvw 10 a ola g.
bite. He LETT hare G6tiy ~ IN.
The next day after b lelt. ~ Lis.
sts Bell, oae Of the mossa esSoened
yoppg ladies Of this place, mat "a
DAvsnport With the sxcuio los eoiia
shopping. She net Anare1 81
prearr1Dgomgut, end th6 oounis
we're quietly united in marrieee.
Mrs.. Miller returning 70 Cable snd
Andrew oontinsing his journey 70
Horton. whore he ID enx,eod =
brakeman for the c., K. 8 n. rail.
road. Mr.. and Mrs. Miller vim n.
main hero for . few days, when thev
will depart for kaniaS 70 make thoif
future homo. - i.
/, a peoples caucus was held here
last Fridty evening In The Village
hall for the purpose Of dominating
csndidates fog the township b6coe.
The meeting was called 70 order b.
George LAWSon, Jr. John e. Froet wes
elscted chairman and George Law.
son, Jr., secretary. JanssE. Brown
was nominated for town clerk By 20
clamation, - was Jesse Jaderberg
for assessor. There were four cand-
dates for collector. They were n.
A Beers, Ulyssis Bell. Walter Corse-
- A.
Informal ballot Was taken which re-
suited % follows: Beers IS. Bell 5,
Corsepious 10. Peterson .. A formal
ballot resulted: Beers 81, Bell 4.
Conceptions IS. Peterson .. Beers
having received majority OF al the
ballots cast, he Nas declared the
nominee. The rest of the nomina.
tions were made BY exclamation -
follows: For commissioner Of high
ways, Charles Peterson; justices Of
the peace, william Sarginson, d. II.
Smith; constables. James Kay, G. w.
Higgins; school trustee. G. e.
Young.
There is % much excitement and
enthusiasm in Cable now % there
was in Carson City. and the excite
ment grows higher - the time APP
proaches for the great greyhound
coursing at Davenport. Our dog
fanciers are getting buster daily
training and rubbing their dogs and
getting them in shape. We under.
stand that there win be at least
eight dogs entered in the race from
Cable. 1t is no easy task to get .
dog ready and put in good shape. It
takes - much time and work to
get dog in good running order % il
did to get J. ]. Corbett or
Bob Fitzsimmons in fighting trim.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Beck, who
reside two-and-one-half miles south
east OF here, entertained q large
number Of their friends Monday evs-
ming. March Is. in honor Of the goth
anniversary Of their marriage. Dane
ing and games were INDUCED in. A
very elaborate supper was spread at
midnight, which the guests did am
pie justice to. Mr.. and Mrs. Beck
were made the recipients Of . nice
purse Of free silver. ="
The Deisarte entertainment given
under the management of Miss Mel
lie Sheppard Monday evening, was Q
grand success and was well patron
lied. and will no doubt be only the
beginning Of large number Of this
kind Of On teftainments.
The ball given under the auspices
of May lodge 217, A. o. U. w., Of this
place. Thursday evening, was Q
grand success socially and financially.
NJ. D. Tomlinson and John T..
Frost, Of this place, are on the grand
Jury at Aledo this week.
William Burns has purchased the
Henry Evans property in New Eng
land and moved Tuesday. ~ r..
Quite . lot of money changed
hands here today. % Fitzsimmons
had lots Of friends here.
Tom McManus and John Barnes
attended the A. o. U. w. ball Tues
day evening. 80 J-,-
G. b. Ellis, Of Taylor Ridge, Wis
tied relatives and friends here last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Lee and family
were Rock Island visitor Monday.
Harry It'll and T. b. Ellis were in
Aledo Monday attending cou rt.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Ellis,
. bouncing 10-pound girl.
Aaron Washke has purchased the
Gus. Nelson property.