Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-28


has turned up in Muscatine. His dis
covery has been effected through the
recording of mortgage with Capt.
Bryson made out in favor of his
brother.
At the police court assizes yester-
pickaninny on her arm appeared as
a defendant to larceny charge. She
and her husband, RUDE Hogan, were
the entertainers of Swede and a
party named Dempsey. The growl-
er was invoked by the quartet and
finally when the descendant of the
vikings left the Hogan domicile he
found that he lacked SIS of being
even. He rashly, of course, accused
the dusky Lie, and the unimpression-
able patrol wagon was called by
Officer Quincy to whom the man from
Stockholm narrated his troubles.
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Miss Martha Sibson, of Syracuse,
Y. Y, who has been the guest of Miss
Elinor Lee, of 426 East Sixth street,
returned to her home yesterday
morning.
Ignatz Schmidt, secretary of the
Veteran Volunteer Firemen's associ-
alton, says that the steamer j. S.
is slated for big excursion from Sa-
wanna, ILL.,, and surrounding points
for Wednesday, Sept. B, the date of
the big tournament parade in this
city.
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Two now recruits have been Sc
cured at the local recruiting office
for the coast artillery at Fort Flag
Ter, Wash. and will leave tomorrow
morning. They are Peter Bang and
August Windler. Chauncey Large of
Company H, Twenty-first infantry,
has reported here, but will be sent to
Fort Smelling, Mimi. Lieut.. Perry of
the local office, has been in Burling
ton the past week, to swear in troops
enlisted by Sergeant Vetter. a copy
of the new orders in regard TO the
new uniforms have been received
here from the secretary of war. The
new uniforms were TO have come in
to use Jan. 1, 1903, but it has been
changed to July 1. 1908.
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4 3O-acre farm located out on the
Jersey Ridge road one and one-half
miles from the city was purchased
by Messrs. Bishcoff e. Kuehl from
Claus Gruenau for the consideration
of $4,000. Mr.. Gruenau was former
proprietor of the Washington gar
den, and only last spring moved out
upon the farm which he disposed of
Tuesday.
Leon NJ. Allen, general passenger
agent of the Rock Island road, re-
turned to Chicago last evening, after
a business visit in Davenport.
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pretty home wedding took place
at $3.50 Tuesday evening at GLIB West
Seventeenth street, where Earl A.
Walrod, of this city, and Miss Mary
A. Fuller, of Des Moines. were united
in marriage at the residence of the
groom's parents. Justice j. C.. Hall
performed the ceremony in the pres
ence of relatives and friends of the
contracting parties, a number being
present from Grand Mound and De-
Witt. The bride and groom will
make their home in Woodbury. coun-
ty in this state.
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c. W.. Field, local manager of the
Pittsburg Plate Glass company, is at
Mercy hospital recovering from an
operation. He will be back at his
post again in short time.
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The fling of suit in the district
court yesterday by Edward j. Dahm
thing of a sensation when the news
of it was passed by word of mouth
from person to person and from sa-
loon to saloon. The action is in the
nature of a petition for an order of
court to abate nuisance and to en-
join the nuisance from being commit
ted in the future. The alleged nui-
sance of which Mr.. Dahms, one of
the younger members of the bar,
makes complaint is the Gadient sa-
loon at the northeast corner of Sew
enth and Marquette streets, and the
suit is based on the claim that the
saloon does not comply with the
mulct law.
Frank Cooper, an attorney repre-
senting Joseph f. Roach. began an
action for damages yesterday against
John Cameron & Sons. Mr.. Roach's
petition recites that on the 18th day
of this month he was passing from
the north side of Third street be-
tween Brady and Perry to catch, a
street car; the defendants or their
employees were driving a horse and
wagon east on the north side of
Third street in fast, careless and
unlawful manner, and in so doing
did drive into and over the person of
the plaintiff with the horse and wag-
on, injuring him and destroying his
clothing, so he lost 20 days from his
work, IS for medical attendance and
S35 in replacing the clothing destroy