Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-21

Brierton, mailed from Alabama, prac-
tically admitting his guilt, and saying
he hoped to pay the money back if
he wasn't chased too hard. That
letter may have been a blind, as the
next heard from him he had been ar
rested in Colorado.
Two negresses were at the bar of
justice yesterday. They were caught
fighting in the rear of the Lindsay
Pitts establishment, and were placed
under arrest. They had almost ap-
preached the point where razors
flash when the square shouldered ma
Jesty o. the law in the person of Of
ficer Goetsch interfered. They were
booked as Dora Withers and Nora
Williams. The charge of peace dis
tnrbance was filed against the twain
and on hearing they were fined in
the sum of S. and costs or SIO.95 in
all. Both the disputants had put up
the sum of $25 each for security.
Since the main route TO the Rock
Island station has been shifted to the
west side of Brady street. instead of
lying along Fifth street on the east
side, the doings of Darktown. located
on Fifth between Brady and Perry
streets, have not been so much no.
ticed by the average citizen. There
Is less occasion to pass through that
quarter, and things may be doing
there and not be noticed. But the po-
lice seem to have been finding con-
siderable to occupy them in that sec
ton during the past few days, and
there is no doubt that if they keep a
close watch on the place they can
find it all the time, day or night. The
locality is on sufferance most of the
time, and especially just now, for it
is being watched.
The board of public works has pre-
pared its annual prospectus of paving
for 1903, from the information of the
paving committee and council, and as
a guide to the appropriation for paw
ing of intersections which must be
mate next month. The list as ar
ranged includes about $31, 900 as the
cost of intersections, and how fully
the program will be carried out re-
being probable that some of these
strips will be protested, while others
not on the list will be petitioned for:
Marquette street between Third and
Fourteenth streets, S5,917.99S: Ripley
street between Eighth and Ninth and
alley between Sixth and Seventh
streets, $444.S7; Thirteenth street. be-
tween Harrison and Brady, S529.1S;
Sixteenth street. between Harrison
and Brady streets, $425; Fourteenth
street, between Carey and Bridge
avenue, $3.50; Thirteenth street be-
tween Grand avenue and Farnum
street, $107.61; Arlington avenue be-
tween Fifteenth and Twelfth streets,
S722. S5; Farnum street between Fed
eral and Tenth streets. S3,001.60; Per
ry street between Fifth and Twelfth
streets, $3.719.2O; Iowa street between
Fourth and Sixth street, $50; Fifth
street between Iowa and Perry,
$3S0.7O; Grand avenue between Tenth
and Thirteenth streets. Rockingham
road between Harris street and Lin
coin avenue. S5,439 -; fremont ave-
nue. from East River to Thirteenth
street, $4,000; Fulton avenue from
Bridge to Eastern avenue. Main street
between Locust and the park, ST.
1873; Harrison street between Lo-
Gust and the park, 81 1920 Sixteenth
street between Harrison and Gaines,
81 .S43..52: Gaines street between Six
tecnth and Fourteenth, S1,0S6.S6;
Brown street between Third and
Fourth streets, $2SO.70; Scott street
between Second and Front street,
$3sO.7O; Leonard street between Mar
quette and Washington, $644.52.
The death of Paula Rhode, aged II
years, occurred Wednesday night at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Asmus Wolf, 226 West Sixteenth
street. Besides her parents, two
brothers, Richard and Herman, sur
vive The funeral will be held Sat
urday afternoon at = o'clock, with
interment at Paramount cemetery.
The death of Jacob Rolls, one of
the longtime citizens of Davenport.
occurred Wednesday night at his
home, after long and severe illness.