Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-24

ed by husband and three small chill
dren, her father and mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. I. Ball of Moline, and a
brother and sister, VIII and Nellie.
During her residence here she has
been prominent in the work of the
Edwards Congregational church, of
which she was member.
Death has again enterd the O'Dea
home at 1888 Prairie street, claiming
the venerable widow of Patrick
O'Dea, making the third death in the
family within the past year. Mrs.
O'Dea had been i'll but n few days,
from pneumonia. She was born in
county Kilkenny. ireland. nearly rs
years ago, as Bridget Grimes, and
came to this country in 1916.
Henry a. McBurney, formerly
popular member of Company Il, is
here with his family to spend the
holidays with Mrs. McBurney's moth
| err, Mrs. Amelia Evans, at her home on
Sixteenth street. Mr.. McBurney is
connected with the Morning Star
Railroad company, which is building
"A new railroad into the zinc regions
in Arkansas. His headquarters are
at Newport, Ark, and he is thorough
/ ly convinced that that region will
prove the greatest zinc producer in.
the world when it's resources in that
direction have been fully developed.
! Clerk Cheek has issued marriage Ii
censes to the following:
Herman F. Edens and Bertha AL
vina Stuehrmann; James Avery Bir-
chard of Muscatine and Sarah Elinor
Wall of Moline; Walter j. Edwards
and Lena Catherine Kimmerle.
Fifty dollars and COSTS" remarked
Police magistrate Finger after hear
ing the testimony against o. V. Ed
wards, of Moline, whom Detective
Charles Garland caught in the act of
lifting n pair of gloves at the Peter
sen store Saturday evening. The evil
dence was conclusive, for the detec-
tive was right on the spot and saw
the goods disappear and helped find
them on the person of the shoplifter.
The court concluded to make the fine
one that would help to put an end to
shoplifting in the Davenport stores.
Charles Schlenz, n former we'll
known street car driver of this city
is dead ut his home, near North
street and Arlington avenue, after
suffering several years from lung af-
lection. Mr.. Schlenz was a familiar
figure on the street car platform
here. especially the northwest Daven-
port line. as far back as the days of
the horse cars. He left the cars 20
go to- farming, impelled to do so per-
haps, by symptoms of the trouble
that soon made him practically an in
valid. \ wife and two sons, John
and Harry as well as his mother and
two brothers. Christ, and Fritz,
mourn their loss.
The marriagenof Herman F.. Edens
and Miss Bertha A. Struehrmann took
place at o'clock yesterday after
noon Mt the residence of Frederick
Ram, 723 West Fourth street. Justice
J. 5. Altman performed the ceremony.
Otto Moeller and Miss Dora Edens
stood up with the couple. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edens have gone To New Hol-
stein, Wis, on wedding trip. The
groom is n carpenter in the employ
OF JOnn Quiet. lllt
Magistrate Finger sent two mar
ried women to the house of detention
for sc days each on charges of fire.
quenting wine rooms. One of them
has two children at home and the
other was only recently married, yet
both left their homes to go out for
time"
George Lindgroen, the grocer whose
store is on Gaines and Fourteenth,
ana who was reported to have alb
seconded, turned up yesterday and
stated he had been to Arkansas on n
business trip. Soon after he return
ed he executed a deed of trust con-
veying the stock of goods at the
place named to Isaac Petersberger
as trustee, for the benefit of all the
creditors.