Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-22
The property is located north of this

transaction closed in the office of
Attorney w. II. Wilson, has sold a
farm in Cedar county TO John Tells
row, for $4,000. As the farm cost
Dr. Kemmerer S25, 200 last year, he
makes a nice margin. The sale was
made through William Bierkamp.
cashier of the Bennett Savings bank.
deed conveying 240 acres in Blue
Grass township for which the con
sideration of $4,000 has been paid,
was filed for record with the county
recorder yesterday. BY its terms
Louis Buttenob and Christopher But
tenob. administrator of the estate of
Michael Buttenob. sell the farm to
Bertha and Asmus Sueverkruebbe.
The following licenses to we'd were
issued by the clerk of the court yes
terday: ,IohE ii. Lynde of Plato. la,
and Agnes l.. Farren of Noel. Ia;
II. l.. Gallagher of Princeton. Ia. and
Minnie Guard, of Sheffield, la; Christ
+. Munchrath, city, and Cecilia Egg
gers, city.
I'm announcement that will be very
welcome to tri-city music lovers is
to the effect that Harriet johnson.
teacher of piano al. Saint Katharine's
hall. will give a recital at Library
hall the evening of May Z. Miss John
son is one of the most talented of the
young pianistes who have been heard
by Davenport audiences. She hopes
by this recital and others to be given
in few neighboring cities to in
s.l xxfn har.
to carry out a cherished desire for
two years study in Europe. Her
friends will doubtless take pleasure
i'm making her recital here n success.
At his home on Marquette and
Leonard streets occurred the death
of DR.. +. j. Raabe. one of the oldest
pra cticing physicians of the city.
The deceased was Il native of the city
of Neuenstedt, Holstein. where he
was born Is years ago. He served
for three years in the Schleswig-HoI
stein wars of 1S4S-49. and for 40
wears was aresident of Davenport.
He was well known to the people of
Northwest Davenport, and particular
ly 10 the German population of the
city and county. He was member
of the Krieger or Nampfgennossen
association and his brother veterans
will attend his funeral in body. 1t
will he held from his late residence
Wednesday afternoon. with incinera-
tion and exercises at the cremator-
ium. The deceased leaves no sur
vivors. he being without any imme-
diate family.
Weld & OImsted. Of Rock Island. to-
day began suit in the district court
against II. j. Betty and 5. Dickinson
Lerts. former president and director
respectively of the Tri-City Oil COM
pany, for the recovery of 10000 shares |
of stock il is alleged they hold ille
gally and which it is asked that the
court order returned to the company.
The Milwaukee road has decided to |
a public stock yards on the /,
premises of the Davenport Slaughter |
pg and Rendering company. on Rock |
'ngham road. the first of its kind in |
the three cities. The yards will be
Ised for receiving. weighing and ship
ping cattle. horses, hogs. sheep. etc. |
Mrs Robert Murdock. of Twelfth |
and Ripley streets, received a tele-
gram yesterday announcing the death
IF her son, John, at Omaha. Particu-
ars were not given. but it is under
tood that he had been i'll for some
lime. He was born and reared in
and left this city for Om-
lha not very long ago. His wife went
here last week to take care of him..
Judge Wolfe granted two DEGREES
# divorce yesterday. one of them be-
ng in the case of Cora Benedict vs..
eugene Benedict. and the other that j
# Pope vs.. Pope. In the Benedict
.ase the petitioner was awarded the
'ustody of a minor child. The Pope
$ serving sentence in the peniten-
iary for bigamy. His wife gets back
Ter maiden name of Hattie Leateh-
rman.
News has been received in the city
4 the marriage at Denver yesterday
f Clark ID. Bane. former Davenport
T. to Miss Lizzie Logan. of 22T West
fifteenth street. They will make
heir home at Francis. Colo, where !
Ir. Bane has charge of gold mine.
Adolph Hoeck, son of John Hoeck, 1
he well known musician, met with a :
cry serious and painful accident yes h
erday while at work at the plant of ]
he Lee Broom g. Duster works where =
e had just begun work. He was as
igned to one of the machines used
Dr the purpose of cleaning the broom
orn of the seeds. According TO the
ccount given by his father Adolph /,
adj never worked at one of these
IA chimes nor seen them operated.
ccordingly instead of removing the
orn from it by means of pitchfork,