Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
DAVENPORT DOTS

st. Katherine's hall closed Thurs
day afternoon for the holiday vaca-
ton, and st. Ambrose college and the
Immaculate Conception academy
closed Yesterday. The students from
all three institutions are scattering
to their homes to spend Christmas
tide. Yesterday was the last day of
study for the public school, children
till after Christmas. the schools re-
manning closed all of next week.
The last will aud testament of
Charles \. Hall. as years of age at the
time of making the will. has been
filed for probate The testator gives
his son Harry $50. daughter Hannah
now Mrs. Starick, $50. and another
son. Edward. $50. To the wife, Mary
Hall, is left the remainder of the pro-
perty. In case she re-marries, one
third viii be hers and the remaining
two-thirds is to he divided among the
children. The instrument bears the
date of Sept. 80. 1902.
The Children'S festivity of the Dav-
export Turngemeinde will be held at
the small hall in the Turner building
this afternoon. There will be Il
Weinac htsbaum. or Christmas tree.
filled with gifts for each child, to
whom they will be distributed this
evening. The ladies' Weinachstfest,
or Christmas tree festival will be held
the Tuesday following, at which gifts
will be distributed. The. program will
be followed by dancing. New Years
eve will be held the Sylvester feier, or
festival. at which the features will be
Il concert and ball. Strasser's orches-
ira and the singing sections will par
ticipate with these programs.
Miss Westervelt. of the corps of in
structors at Saint Katherine's hall,
left Yesterday afternoon for Philadel-
phia to spend the holidays.
Ed {. Roberts is home again from
n two weeks trip he has been making
through the south, arranging for the
L. y. Roberts company's supply of
hard wood lumber.
The affairs of the typographical
IId bSIHilN III iIllS Guy are DtlllS LOON
ed after by Charles f. Hawkes.. first
vice president of the International
Typographical union, who is here for
Il day or SO. 1t is not the understand
ing that there is any trouble brewing.
Mrs. w. K. Phillips has received
word of the death of her brother
Thomas c. Downs, which occurred at
y. D.. Tuesday MIR.
Downs was visitor in this city last
summer. and was 4 severe sufferer
from rheumatism at the time. He
went from here to Hot Springs, evil
IDENTIFY without finding relief. Mr..
Downs was a resident of Davenport
until he was 16 years of age.
The Morning Glory Household of
Ruth. No. 1915 Grand United Order
of Colored Odd Fellows, held its annu-
al meeting Wednesday night and cleo
ted the following officers for the en-
suing year: Worthy recorder. Jennie
! Johnson; worthy treasurer, Harriet
McGaw; worthy prelate, Hattie Lam
bert; worthy counsel. James NJ.
Thomas; noble governor. John T.
Nlabry; right noble governor, Bette
Lindsey; most noble governor. Emma
past most noble COVER |
nor, Frances Baker: worthy chamber
lain. Mary Thompson. worthy shep- |
herd, Peter Thompson; worthy usher,
Mary Rogers; right senior steward, |
Henry McGaw.
Mrs. Anna Wohl, an aged woman
who lives in squalor and want in one
Of Deacon TOung's houses near Rock
Island street on Fourth, and who was
aiken from her wretchedness by the
police officers a day or two ago, was
lrraigned before the commissioners
IF insanity Yesterday afternoon on
he charge of insanity. Similarly to