Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-17
DAVENPORT DOINGs

Henry Balluff has rendered and
has had accepted his resignation as
city clerk. He gives up the position
owing to i'll health.
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Hon. j. X. Lane announces that he
will not be a candidate for the repub
lican congressional nomination to
succeed Capt. j. y. w. Rumple.
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Abe Levy has gone east for two
months trip, which will be spent at
West Baden, Atlantic City and with
his sister at Cincinnati.
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Little Ona Mccoy, the 9-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. III. Me
Coy, living in the rear of 400 West
Fifth street, narrowly escaped death
yesterday, while playing in front of
her parents door in the alley between
Fifth and Sixth and Ripley and Scott
streets. Ona was at play when one
of the overhead wires there broke
and fell into the alley. She made a
grasp to put away the seething wire,
and fortunately did not grasp the
bare wire, but a portion of it in
stead, which was lily insulated and
saturated with moisture. The voltage
which escaped into her hand was
sufficient to burn the palm badly and
to- shock the child almost to death.
Aid was instantly summoned, DR..
Starbuck responding. He revived the
child after about 10 minutes hard
work.
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Very Rev. James Davis, rector of the
Sacred Heart cathedral. are in Chi
cago whittier they went to attend the
bishop Feehan. which was held this.
morning from the Holy Name ca
thedral in Chicago.
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Guy r. Ahrens. of the Davenport
Steam Heating company. will leave
the city the end of this week for New
York, whence he sails on board the
steamer "Fuerst Bismarck" enroute
for the coast of Holland. From The
Hague he will journey TO the Danish
capital Copenhagen to look after
certain business interests which in
wolves the organization of new com
pany in this city. Mr.. Ahrens will
sail from New York on July -, and
will be absent month.
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Justice Hall Tuesday released and
discharged the young lady whom Al.
Rust, the bicycle dealer, had arrested
for the alleged theft of a bicycle
which she had rented the week be-
fore. The evidence of the accused
showed that the young lady had en-
| pIoyed messenger boy with light
hair and eyes to return the wheel for
which services she gave him 10 cents.
| y young lady friend of hers coro-
borated the testimony. upon which
the Justice decided that the defendant
could not he held to answer for theft
and therefore discharged her.
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\ new bowling club. which will
meet regularly at Aliens and at
Schuetzen park was organized
Monday evening. The Allen bowling
alley will he used on alternate Mon
days. and the Schuetzen park alley
on alternate Tuesdays. The officers
and membership of the club is as fol-
lows: President. Miss Frances Har-
beck; vice president, Miss Bertha
Meisner; secretary and treasurer,
Dorothy Taylor; members. Misses
Pauline Brandt, Marie Brandt, Della
Brandt. Ida Newman, Mary Brehmer.
Clara Buergel. Ella Buergel. Amy
Buergel Hertha Grevsmuhl. Elsie
Grevsmuhl and Nettie Long.
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\. Il. Othmer, an arsenal employee,
took advantage of his vacation to go
down to Muscatine, where Friday
night last he was united in marriage
to Miss Myrtle Z Heinig of the Pearl
city. The ceremony took place at
the brides parents, 30s East Ninth
street in Muscatine, in the presence
of about so relatives and friends. The
couple will enter upon housekeeping
in this city.
Justice j. s. Altman Tuesday af-
ternoop officiated at the marriage of
Fritz Sohlber of Rock Island and
Miss Lizzie Everson of Crawford,
Canada. The ceremony was perform
ed at the office of Mr.. Altman.
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Roy Sibley, a Clintonite, who at
one time operated a, tea and coffee
store in Sterling, ILL.,, is missing, and
is supposed to be somewhere in Dav-
export. The story goes that he left
Clinton for Davenport one day last
week and has been n missiag man
ever since. He is only married few