Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-31


ter of the picnic in charge is as fol-
lows: DIR. c. Il. Lindley, w. III. Kane,
Theodore Hartman, Henry Nabstedt,
Herman Lemm, John Poeltl, Otto
Kahler, IL. r. Knaack, H. Bode and
John Moravek
The August harness events at the
Davenport Mile Track will be well
filled out. The entries are getting
along splendidly. and include Major
Muscovite, the 2:10 winner against
William Mae at the Ottawa Driving
park events. Secretary Sears thinks
that there Will be no need to fear for
the success of the venture made by
the Tri-City Racing association, under
whose auspices the meet has been ar
ranged. There will be at least ten
tri-city horses entered in the events.
The week will be classified as fol-
lows: Rock Island Day, Moline Day,
Derby Day and Davenport Day.
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w. Z. Carlin and his son. Henry
Carlin, who were fined % and So, and
costs respectively in Justice Halls
court, upon being adiudged guilty of
assault and battery, have filed notice
of appeal To the district court.
Ruymann & Ruymann and \. p. Nc
Guirk represent the appellants.
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Tuesday night an alarm of fire
came from box II on Second and
Taylor streets. The fire was only a
spark in the malt house of the Dav-
EXPORT Mailing company which was
easily eNtinguished.
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The strange procession of red ants,
millions i'll number, crossing Fourth
street near Ripley and entering the
court house square, first seen by Otto
Hartmann and later by Il number of
other persons, has been explained.
The red ants were on Il warlike mis-
sion when they went to the lawn sur
rounding the court house. Only a
few feet from the sidewalk on Fourth
street the head of the column encoun-
tered the outposts of the black ants
that make the lawn their home. y
fierce battle lasting more than an
hour ensued and was watched during
its last stages by Andrew Werthmann
and Sheriff McArthur, who say the
combat seemed favorable to the black
ants for Il time, but was changed in
its aspect by the arrival of endless
reenforcements for the reds, who fl
nally scattered the blacks. Then the
red ants hunted up the stores of the
black ants and carried them away,
retreating in good order to the south
side of Fourth and down Ripley.
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T. NJ. Thurston, father of Mrs. DIR.
{. 4. Lindley, is suffering from a run
away accident in which he was the
principal. The old gentleman is pain
fully bruised by being thrown from
the vehicle, but very fortunately es-
capped without sustaining fractures.
The runaway occurred on Brady
street and the horse showed the
tenacity of its race when it held to
the gait il had struck until it drew
up in Eldridge, 10 miles north of Dav-
export. The horse, by the way, is. Il
mountain animal, and was brought
here in one of the broncho shipments
to the Downs farm.
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Nick Plank and III. Rohwedder, jew
elers at 40 and 32S West Second
street, respectively, got into Il con-
yersation one day regarding the mer-
its of their respective locations and
as Il result they each decided that the
other had the advantage and agreed
to change buildings. The moving
took place yesterday, and now Mr..
Plank is located at 32S West Second
street, where Mr.. Rohwedder used to
be, and Mr.. Rohwedder is located at
40 West Second street, where Mr..
Plank formerly held forth. Both are
satisfied, though there has been no
time as yet in which to test the wis