Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-03

either here or at Davenport. 1t is
supposed a stop will be made at Gin
ton.
c. b. Ward, who was injured. in a
fall from his bicycle on Thirtieth
street last week. was removed from
st. Anthony's hospital to his home,
SO Thirtieth street, in the ambulance
yesterday.
The abandonment case against Cas-
per Merk. brought by his wife, Anne
liza Merk, was dismissed by Justice
Sehriver yesterday afternoon. the
husband agreeing To provide for the
care of the children of the couple.
Rock Island commandery No. IS,
Knights Templar, has issued invita-
tions TO an lat home" to be held at
Black Hawk inn Thursday evening,
June ~. Special cars will leave Ma
sonic temple for the Tower ut 1880
o clock.
Filter & Co. the Twentieth street
tailors, reported last evening that
two pieces of cloth had been stolen
frcm their place of business between
$3.50 and $50 yesterday afternoon. \
description of a suspected party was
furnished the police. lct r
The Argus is in receipt of copy of
the Oktaba Post published at Oktaba
in the Creek Nation. Indian Terri
tory. This is one of the localities in
the southwest that is holding the
attention of far seeing business men.
The Post tells of the good things of its
in, no Il 4,
preciated by the people of that sec
ton.
Early this morning 4 we'll known
citizen looking out OF his window dis
covered an unwOnted object on his
front porch. 1t appeared to be man,
and the proprietor called to know
what he was doing there. No reply
being forthcoming, he citizen secured
his revolver and fired into the air to
emphasize his demands. Still the in
truder needed not. Then the owner
of the premises sought the telephone
and called the patrol wagon. When
the latter arrived it was found that
the stranger was an acquaintance both
OF the citizen and of the officers, and
that he was merely a triile under the
weather.
The meteorological summary of OBJ
server j. NJ. Sherier shows the mean
atmospheric pressure for May to
have been 1895, the highest being
3O.29 on the'9th, and the lowest 1886
on the 18th. The mean temperature
was Gj, the highest 80 on the 10Th,
and the lowest 40 on the 10th. The
total precipitation was 4.57 inches,
showing an excess of O.24 inches
when compared with the average for
the month-4.33 inches-for the past
81 years. There were II clear days,
g partly cloudy and IL cloudy days.
There were thunderstorms on the LIST
2d, 4th, 18th, 18th. 18th, 18th. Goth,
21st. 23d and 31st.
II. Il. Siemon. the tin work and fur
mace contractor, is now located in his
new building at I526-152S Fourth ave
nue.. The building is especially adapt
ed for that line of work and made
necessary by the demands of a fast
increasing business. Mr.. Siemon has
been engaged in this business for a
number of years and that he thor
oughly understands it is evidenced by
the fact that he had to seek larger
quarters to accommodate his trade.
In addition TO the Front Rank fur
mace, which has given complete sat
isfaction wherever il has been INSTALL
ed. he has accepted the agency for
the Gilt Edge" a well known high
grade furnace, and also for the Ma
iestic steel range, which needs no in
PRODUCTION here. its qualities being
well known.