Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-24
IDAvENPioRT DOTS

Rev. A. n. P. Greif, of 1117 West
Sixth street was given pleasant sur
prise Wednesday evening by the mem-
bers of the choir of the Holy Cross
church, located on Belle avenue in
East Davenport. The party enjoyed
a fine supper. and after it was dis
posed of the choir sang several songs
and games and music were played
throughout the evening.
Tie first car on Fourth street under
the direction of the Davenport and
Suburban company made its initial
run Thursday. 1t. however, was not
one of the passenger variety, but was
merely fla car used in transporting
material over that portion of the
track Which had been lard. The com
pany yesterday received another con-
signment of four carloads of rails
from the Pennsylvania Steel company
and is pushing it's construction work
as fast as possible.
At the home of the brides parents,
Mr. and Mrs. :. 5. Jack, 316 East Lo-
Gust street Wednesday evening. oc-
Cured the nuptials of Frank y. Need
ham. Moline barber, and Miss Sina
Jeanette Jack Rev. W. III. Blancke
of st. Paufs English Lutheran church
performed the ceremony. John Need
ham, of Moline, and Miss Alice Jack.
brother of the groom and sister of
the bride were the attendants. \
wedding repast followed the cere-
mony The couple will be at home
Moline.
This e yening the fair for the bene-
fit of the l;ew Catholic church at Bet
tendorf will CLOSE definitely. At the
same time the voting contest on the
most popular political candidate will
also, end. Rev. Gfelinger expresses
his pleasure at the una nner in which
the fair has progressed and has been
patronized by the people
After a long illness the death Of
Mrs. B. T. Butterworth occurred Wed
nesday afternoon, at the home IN
Brooklyn. \. Y, at the age of 90 years
Deceased was the mother of Fred
Butterworth. and |. y. Butterworth,
secretary of the Tri-City Electrical
company, residing at 522 East Locust
street. The former son is now IN
Indiana. on business and has been notl-
fled of his mothers demise. The lat
ter has left for the east. ANOTHER son
and two daughters with the husband
survive. Funeral and interment viii
be at LaPorte, Ind.
At his home in LeClaire during the
noon hour Thursday, occurred the
death of George Carr, ST., at the adj
yanced age of % years. Deceased was
born in New York Oct. 8, 1908. The
survivors are four children: Richard,
of LeCIaire, Samuel, of California;
David. of Davenport; and NJ. Carr,
who is at present in the south. Mr..
Cars wife proceeded him in death a
number of years ago. The funeral
was held at O'Clock yesterday af-
ternoon from the family home con-
Quoted by Rev Williams. of the lie
Claire Methodist church, of which de-
ceased was member. Interment was
made at the LeClaire cemetery.
1t is reported that Mrs. w. w. How
ey, Who was one of The ladies thrown
from buggy to the street at the
intersection of Sixth and LeClaire
streets. by the skittishness of horse
frightened by the steam roller. suf-
feFed severe injuries. Her left wrist
was fractured and her right arm was
broken at the elbow So says her hus-
band who operates a saloon on Sec
ond and Iowa streets. 1t is said a
purse containing between $40 and $50
was lost, presumably picked up by a
passerby at the time of the accident.
a suit against the city for the recov-
cry of damages may result.
Davenport Association No. z, Sta
tionary Engineers. met Thursday ev-
enfng at G. A. r. hall. Joseph Welsen-i
bach gave a very interesting talk OBJ
his travels through California The liz
cense law was taken up and discussed
in detail and Mr.. Welsenbach was
elected as a delegate to attend the
state meeting Nov. Is to be held in
DeS Moines.
-..ss@z 80 -ll.ss -
Ia - l@ A eWR ~ RY~