Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-19
PORT BYRON NEWS POINTS.
Personal Notes and Gossip Gathered II
Upper End Town.

Personal Notes and Gossip Gathered In
Upper End Town.
Port Byron. sept. 1S.-Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Stephens, of Denver, are
visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. George d.
Moore
Mr.. and Mrs Atwood, of Rock Is
land. have come to Port Byron for a
| visit
Miss Elsie Garnett is at Augustana
college taking course in music and
| shorthand.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Z F. Geisler. of Chi
C 90, came to visit with Mrs. Gels
lsr's mother Mrs. Ellis.
Allyn Fleming has returned to the
military school at Breeze, Mo-. to
take up his studies.
BOY Bell and John Me zer. of Grand
Rapids. Mimi, came to visit Grandma
Richards and other relatives.
Sunday last there was a ball game
at Wood wards grove between the
Rock Island maroons and the Fulton
blues. The blues were the victors by
a score of 10toS.
Z. E. Rogers has sold to Mark Ash
down the east half of the southwest
quarter of section % town 10, 2e,
containing 20 acres; consideration,
80 $50.
The course of entertainments under
the au spice, of the Epworth league
and given by the Glazier Lyceum
bureau will begin Oct. l.
+ E Crompton, ST., took the head
prize on a specimen of plain and or
namental pennanship at the Joslin
fair. which was written on his 77th
birthday.
1t Is a m liter of wonderment that
there should nave been such foe
dl'play of vegetables at the Joslin
fair, considering We had such an I'M
favorable season.
Word comes from Nebraska that
potatoes are up to 81 per bushel and
that formsr citizen of this place ex-
changed bushel aud hat OF toma-
toes for 100 pounds OF granulated
sugar.
George Hilton, formerly resident
of Coe township and PORT BYRON. but
now a resident of Mills county, Ia :.
is here visiting.
Mrs CRANE has gone to visit with
her parents and her husband. Rev. j.
&. Craine, was expected TO leave for
conference Tuesday last.
The funeral OF Mrs. j. w. Maxwell
whose death occurred Friday last
was held at the residence at 1890
Sunday morning. Rev. j. G. Ccaine
officiating. assisted by Revs. Harper
and Adams. The following citizens
acted as pallbearers: G ID Moore.
F. Garnett. T. Gates; d. L. Barrett, G
l.. Hobart. j. McCauley. Deceased was
born Feb IL, 1884 at Greensburg,
! Westmorland county, Pa. She IVES
the fifth daughter of Samuel and
Esther Allshouse, whose family con-
sisted of 13 children. She was brought
up in the German Lutheran faith and
was confirmed in that church in 1850
Later, in 1857, she was graciously
converted in a revival meeting held
in the Port Byron Methodist church
conducted by Rev Whitman, the
pastor. She immt diately jlined the
M E. church of this place. of which
her husband was already a member
aud e ntinued faithful and consit =
tent member of the same until death.
| She wa united in marriage to JJhn
w Maxwell Jan 1856, at her home
in Pennsylvania. and i'm mediately re-
moved with her husband to this
place, where they have since resided.
Their union was bles sed with four
children, two sons and two daughters
Marcellus, their second child died al
the age of z years in 1864. Grace
Esther. their youngest. died Aug
4. 1892, at the age of 20 years
In Mrs. Maxwell good WON N has
departed Expressions OF her worth,
of her almost ideal womsnhood are
heard on every side. She possessed a
quiet. reserved disposition, slow per
haps in forming friendships, but true
and loyal and trustworthy SO that
friendships were seldom, il ever,
broken.
CORDOVA CHAT.
Cordova, Sept 10 Mrs Lewis