Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-23
SUIT OVER HOG SALE.
John Schall and William Dillon
in a Legal Contro-
VerSy.
DEFENDANT SAYS PIGS DIED.


Gossip About Port Byron.
Port Byron, Nov. 3.-Wednesday
last a law suit was brought be-
fore Squire Albrecht by John
Schall to recover on promis-
sorry note given by William Dillon for
hogs purchased, upon which consider
able interest has been manifested. a
change of venue was taken to
Squire Whiteside, before whom the
case was tried. NJ. j. McEnirv, of
Moline, represented the plaintiff, and
William jackson, of Rock Island, the
defendant. j. Swisher. Il. Lamb, W.
Ohara, w. Kruckenberg, w. Ross and
Alfred Spaid served as jurors upon
the case. William Dillon testified
that he bought four brood sows and
20 pigs from Henry Schall, the son of
John Schall. After taking the hogs
home he discovered that they did not
seem to eat right. and he called his
wife's attention to it, and in the morn
ing of the following day he found one
pig dead, the next morning three more
and finally he lost 40 of his own hogs,
which he valued at 5000. At the time
the hogs were sold to Mr.. Dillon a car
load was sold to W. w. Pearsall by
Henry Schall, and Tom Quick was
called as witness, and stated that he
went at W. w. Pearsall's request to
examine the carload or hogs spoken of.
and concluded at once that some of
them were diseased. W. W. Pearsall
being sworn, stated that he bought
about forty hogs from Henry Schall
about the Sd of October. They were
driven from Mr.. Schall's to the depot,
distance of about three miles, and
being suspicious that something was
wrong, he induced several persons to
call at the shipping yards to examine
them. He shipped the hogs to Chica-
90 and two of them died on the
train presumably from cholera.
John Schall, the plaintiff, stated that
the reason he desired to sell some of
the sows was simply because he had
too many and he had never raised a
healthier and more thrifty lot of hogs
since he had been in the hog raising
business.
The trial of the case has aroused no
little amount of interest among the
farmers. The closing arguments to
the Jury were made this afternoon.
A verdict was returned in favor of the
plaintiff.
Other Items.
Mrs. Pearl Kelley spent Sunday in
Lyons with relatives.
W. II. Whiteside, of Joslin, was in
Port Byron last Friday.
Henry Necker, OF Alto Iona, Texas,
has arrived in Port Byron.
Mrs. Freek, of Cordova, visited
with her cousin, Mrs. w. II Hall.
Mrs. Harvey Hayes and baby. of
Chicago, are visiting in Port Byron.
Miss Lucy Lawless, who is teaching
in Moline, has been visiting at her
home.
William Kruckenburg, of Mt. Au-
burn, Iowa, has arrived for a visit
to his parents.
Mrs. James Marten and daughter,
Clara, have gone for 2-weeks' visit
At StanwOod, Iowa.
The Fairfield Sunday school will
give an oyster supper at Ed Ashdown's
Thanksgiving evening.
F. f. Simpson, of La Porte, Iowa
after visiting relatives for a couple of
days, has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sheppard, of
OskaloCsa, Iowa, have been visiting a
week with Port Byron friends and
relatives.
There was n musical entertainment
given at the NJ. Z. church Tuesday
evening by the Ideal Concert Mando-
lin orchestra.
Henry Ashdown, of Coe township,
will move to Port Byron as soon as a
convenient and desira BILE residence can
be purchased.
A. q. Brewster has had the interior
of mis- new premises completely reno
waited and painted and has commenced
purchasing oats.
There were upwards of eighty at
the oyster supper given under the
auspices of the NJ. f. church Satur-
day evening last.
Mrs. Mary Ellis was shaking hands
and saying good bye to friends and
relatives Friday last previous to her
departure for California.
Rev. Hunter will address the citi-
zens of Port Byron in the NJ. +.
church Sunday evening next upon the
subject of temperance.
Thursday morning last c., B. &
Q. passenger train passed through
Port Byron on its way south. The
q. line was blOekaded at Savanna on
account of a wreck.
Mr. Bigelow, of Albany, states that
he has found a valuable pearl that
weighs so grains and is shaped like
bird egg. He has been offered slS5
for it, but expects to get $780,
The losses upon James Searle's barn
and contents. which were owned by
his son, Am brose, have been satisfac-
torily adjusted by the directors of the
Coe and Yuma Mutual. said loss be-
ing S545.
Dime sociables are very popular en-
tertainments in Port Byron The
one last week was held at Edwin
Rogers, when about fifty were in
attendance. The one this week will
be held at the residence of A. II.