Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-05
PORT BYRON POINTS,
Miscellaneous Budget of News
Gathered in the Upper
End.
MISS MADGE PRATT MARRIED.

| Former school Teacher Becomes the Bride
of Thomas A Morgan, of Anita, Iowa
Royal NeIghbors Have "MIdsummer
| PIcnic'-Omcerso OF the New Eastern Star
| Lodge.
Port Byron, April 5.-Thursday
morning Edison Stone, OF Rock Island,
| came home to visit.
Saturday last Mrs. d. Pottiger, of
Rock Island. was visiting friends.
Thursday morning F. II. Schafer, of
Malta. H.. was here to visit his
| father.
Mrs. Fannie Fleming and mother,
Mrs. George Allen. arrived here from
Denver last Friday.
Tuesday evening last Reuben Hol-
lister left for Ward, Kas.. to attend
Mrs. Bells funeral.
Fred Moore, son of A. c. Moore. of
| Bolliver, Mo-, arrived in Port Byron
| Tuesday last to visit his uncle, George
II. Moore.
r. p. Pearsall, who is attending
Rush Medical college, and his brother,
c. r. Pearsall, ARE spending their va
cation at home.
John Schafer, Sr.. who was pros
trated with a paralytic stroke, is re-
ported by DIR. Block to be gradually
improving.
On account of the stoppage of the
button factory, j. II. Reynolds. the
foreman, is moving his family back
| to Muscatine.
Tuesday last Miss Clara Martin was
brought home from the Homeopathic
hospital at Iowa City, where she has
been under treatment.
Thursday morning last Mrs. Case,
who was driving down town in a
sleigh, was upset and left high and
dry in the road. The horse, after
getting rid of it's harness, cantered
away, jingling his sleigh bells, at a
lively rate and seemed to enjoy the
fun.
Hotel Changes.
The hotel in Port Byron known as
the Maxwell house has been rented to
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allsbrow, of Wa
| tertown, who will take possession in a
short time, and open up the house for
accommodate of the citizens and the
travelling public.
\ The friends of Miss Madge Pratt,
who taught several terms of school in
Yuma and adjoining townships, will
be interested to know that she was
united in marriage to Thomas A.
Morgan, of Anita, Iowa, March 20,
by Rev. j. w. II. Pyke. The bride
will be known as the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Ira A. Pratt, who formerly
resided upon a farm near Port Byron.
IA lodge known as the Order of
Eastern Star was organized in Port
Byron Tuesday evening last by the
officers of the Rock Island lodge, with
"a charter members. The officers
of the new lodge are az follows:
Worthy matron, Mrs. Sarah Adams;
worthy patron, w. II. H. Dow; asso-
ciate matron, Mrs. Ida Metzgar; secre-
tary, Mrs. Melissa Schafer; treasurer,
II. f. Wade; conductress, Miss Elsie
Fleming, assistant conductress, Mrs.
Maggie Grant; chaplain, Mrs. Jane
Walker; marshall. Mrs. Anthony Fill
mer; warden, Mrs. Mary Fife; SEN
tinel. A. b. f. Adams.
Friday evening last the Roy al Neigh
bors held a midsummer picnic' in the
new Woodman hall which attracted
large crowd. The hall was highly
decorated with flags and bunting and
Chinese lanterns, which gave it the
appearance of fairy land. There was
May pole dance by eight little boys
and girls. There were booths arrang
ed for the sale of cocoa and waters,
sandwiches, ice cream and candy.
There was likewise a gypsie tent for
fortune telling.
IA horse owned by John Schall died
last week, aged 30 years.