Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-23
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The Iowa Citizen says H. + Berry,
who has returned to Iowa City, states
that satisfactory arrangements have
been made for the sale of $t,500,O00 OF
bonds of the Iowa City & Davenport
Electric railway. He wished to con-
suit the local parties as to some OF
the details not yet settled. Col. Spen-
Ger, who made the preliminary recon
noissance for the line, will have
charge of the permanent locating and
will be in the city for that purpose
with his corps of engineers next
week! The gentlemen, with the CONS
pany, as one reason for delay. have
sought to avoid inconyeniencing the
farmers by reason of surveying work
while crops We're growing, and now
that harvest is about completed the
difficulty has been overcome, it being
the desire of the gentlemen connected
with the movement to promote so far
as possible friendly feeling all along
the line.
At the regular meeting of the school
board held Monday afternoon, Secre-
tary McCollister presented the report
of his recent canvass of the city rela7
tive to the school census. This report
shows 1905 children between the
lagos of ) and 2l years to reside in the
city. OF this number 1867 are males
and 6,03S are females. being an in
crease of 1854 over the census of the
preceding year, The children between
the ages of Z and IA years residing in
the city number 6,053, divided into
l3,O24 males and 1929 females. Super
lintendent Young's report showed the
enrolment in the public schools at
the present time to be total of GAIA
scholars, being an increase. of la
over that of last year,
George S. Morrow, for years a
switchman in the employ eff the C.. r,
H. & p. road. had his arm pincliedl
while making coupling on Fourth
and Division streets yesterday after
noon. The ambulance took him to
DIR. Middleton's office, and thence to
his home at 703 Farnam street. His
injury is not serious one.
The Plasterers' union, No. rs, at
their meeting in Union hall transacted
miscellaneous business and installed
their new officers. The following is
the roster of new officers to serve the
union: President, Frank Foster;
vice president, John Jack; recording
secretary, James Hughes; financial
secretary, Charles Armstrong; treas
urer, Gould Murray.
4 The Salvation Army has secured the
old Ned Lee Mission hall and viii oc
cupy it as a permanent home soon
The building is being rePapered ano
reprinted and will be put in first class
shape The work will take severa
ldays to complete and the building vii
be ready for use Oct. 1.
Linsey Pitts, the well-<nown color
ed merchant and king of East FIFTH
! street, who conducts barber shop
saloon and restaurant upon that
thoroughfare known as African Row
between Brady and Perry streets, wa.
Il target Monday evening for design
ing thieves. who some time past mid
night entered his place of business
and made away with the cash register
containing pO.JO III duultlOli 10 SCNSFd
dozen nickel plated knives and forks
The cash register, with the bottom
broken through, was found yesterday
in the alley adjoining Mr.. Pitts place
of business. The thieves after secur
ing the machine, had procured r;
heavy stone, with which they broke
it open, and after rifiing the contents
disappeared. In their haste, however
they overlooked $3.50 which was founC
still remaining in the broken casl
register when discovered.
At Miller's hotel, where he hat
tbeen employed as a clerk by CarsteI
Christensen, the death of Carl Drueh
occurred Monday afternoon at thu
+ age of 90 years. Deceased was borl
in Mecklenburg. Schwerin, in 1884
and came to Davenport in 1855. For
time he operated a grocery on tn
present site of the Steffen building
and later moved to a farm in Betten
dorf. There survive him three sons
Carl. Frank and Edward Druehl, an
three daughters: Mrs. Ida SchaeffeI
Mrs. Elizabeth Garner and Mrs. Louis
: VERMONT The funeral was held a
IL o'clock this afternoon from tn
Runge undertaking parlors. with in
lterment at Paramount cemetery.
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