Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-10

uoRx this city and
Peoria on the
RI. & In 1873 he was promoted
to freight conductor and eventually he
was given charge of the train known
as the Cannon Ball" which ran to
its destination in hours and 20 min
utes.
Mr.. Horn is at present the Oldest
mploye in the train service of the
company, and by his Conscientious
efforts and steady and temperate
habits has won the respect and conf
dence of the owners and attaches of
the road.
Heard Along the Track.
Sam T. Williams, engineer on the
Rock Island, is sick.
Jim Walker, roundhouse foreman at
Eldon, was in the city yesterday.
/. j. Hoar, freight house foreman
for the Peoria, has typhoid fever.
Engineer William Arnold, of the
Rock Island, is visiting in Wyanet.
John Fitzpatrick, travelling freight
agent of the Vandalia, was in the city
today.
Charles Stevens, of Milan, succeeds
Oscar Freeman as night wiper at the
Peoria.
A L. Swanson, night clerk at the
Peoria, has returned to duty after an
illness.
Sam Mattison, of the c.. NJ. & St.
p. platform force, is visiting in Far
go, 5. ID.
I. L. Smith, road foreman of en-
gines on the Burlington, was in tue
city yesterday.
The SO3, Engineer Frank Means
mount, is back from the shops on the
Rock Island.
Master Mechanic A. Mccormack, of
the X. l. ~ p, was in the city from
Peoria Thursday.
r. B. Holman, of Savanna, is the
new brakeman on the Burlington
morning Savanna train.
Freddie Beck, of Milwaukee, is
"newsy" on the c., NJ. & st. p. train
in Ike Reishman's place.
Conductor j. A. Dizotell, of the
Rock Island, has returned from his
northern and eastern visit.
Frank Joplin, porter on the Rock
Island who has been visiting in Paolo,
Kansas, has returned to the city.
Jere Cunningham's engine, the SOC
of the Rock Island, has returned from
the shops with radiant appearance.
Fred Hildebrant, head car repairer
at the Rock Island, is in Kansas City
attending the Woodmen convention.
Joe Hazmiller. formerly machinist
at the Rock Island in this city, has
been made foreman of the company's
roundhouse in Chicago.
Emil Freytag, formerly abstract
clerk at the Peoria freight office, is to
be the operator at the new telegraph
station to be erected in the yards at
Fourth street by the Peoria.
Alex Macy, assistant messenger for
the United States Express company at
the Rock Island depot, is visiting in
Arlington, Kas. Clint Harper, of
Geneseo, is serving in his place.
A special Knights Templar train
conveying the Kansas City. st. Joe.
Fort Worth and Denver knights to
Buffalo. will pass through the city over
the Rock Island Monday morning at >
o clock.
Albert Brunswig, coach cleaner at
the Burlington, while at work Tues
day, had the misfortune to have n hy-
draulic jack fall upon his left hand,
the two middle fingers being painfully
lacerated.
Genial Charlie Lemon blew into
town the other day singing the praises
of the Baltimore * Ohio. He is con-
nected with the passenger department
of that road now, having left the
Northern Pacific to accept a more lu-
crative ''posish."
Engineers Jake Stillwell and W. H.
Perry, old attaches of the Peoria.
have resigned. and will engage in
business in Peoria. Mr.. Stillwell will
EN- bark in the commission business,
while Mr.. Perry will conduct n wet
goods dispensary- Engineers Frank
Mousley and j. E Padden have been
transferred from freight runs to fill
the vacancies
z. J. Joyce, the well known Mil
waukee freight conductor who has
been running between Rock Island
and Savanna for years, has received
deserved promotion, being given a
passenger run from Savanna to Mil
waukee. Pats friends will regret
that they are to be deprived of the
pleasure of meeting his smiling
countenance as frequently as in the