Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-05

Reed Kober and Miss Carrie Hyland.
The groom is "a son of Charles Kober,
and the bride daughter of John Hy-
land, both families, living near the
city to the northwest, being very well
known. Mr.. and Mrs. Kober go to
Missouri to spend couple of weeks
with relatives. About March / they
go to the vicinity of Hastings, Neb.,
there to make their home on u good
farm that is waiting for them.
The Davenport Cremation society
held its annual meeting Yesterday at
the rooms of the Davenport Bust
ness Mems association and elected
officers for the ensuing year as fol-
lows: President, j. II. Harrison;
vice president. Emil Geisler; secre-
tary, William Haase; treasurer, Will
liam Haase; directors, j. II. Harrison,
Emil Geisler. William Haase. +. T..
Bluncl0e. l.. p. Best, p. j. Stelling, Pc
ter Roddewig and Mr.. OFT. There
We're 81 incinerations last year
against 20 for the preceding year,
making 1902 the record year in the
history Of the association.
Edward Kay, a painter and paper
hanger in the employ of w. IL. Fluke,
had a hard fall in the Famous shoe
store Tuesday forenoon about 10: 80
o'clock. He was working on a scat
fold about ten feet in height, clean
ing wall paper, when he suddenly lost
his balance and fell to the floor. His
right wrist was fractured and he was
otherwise bruised and injured. He
was assisted to the Office of DR.. Lam
bach. where the fracture was reduced,
after which he was taken to his
home, 1871 lie Claire street.
Three weeks ago Judge Bollinger
granted decree of divorce il the
case of LaGrange W. EaGrange, re-
storing the rights of unmarried per-
sons to DIR. Fred {. LaGrange and his
wife, Edith LaGrange. Three weeks
is not very long while, but it was
sufficient to convince the doctor and
his former wife that their lives were
better satisfied in each Others com
pany, and so Tuesday afternoon n
quiet wedding was solemniZed in the
court of JUS 'ce Louis +. Roddewig
whereby DR.. Fred {. LaGrange was
reunited in marriage to Mrs. Edith
LaGrange. The couple will continue
to make this city, where the doctors
success and skill as an optician has
built him such n good practice, their
home.
Supt James Ferra1d, of the Daven-
port postoffice, states that the re-
ceipts at the local office for the past
month of January were $9,074.4s,
which shows an increase of S1,312.97
over the receipts for the correspond
ing month of the year Previous This
is a very gratifying showing.
The remains of Oliver White, of
Peoria. arrived in the city yesterday
and were incinerated at the Daven-
port crematorium. The deceased was
6S years of age and was an old news
paper man. His death was due to
heart failure.
The Concatenated Order of Hoo
Hoo will initiate candidates into tine
degree OF Playful Kitten tonight at
the Elks' lodge rooms at nine minutes
after o'clock. Heretofore the EIks'
lodge rooms have been distinguished
for the quality of elks' milk dispensed
there. But it is. said that tonight Il
Different milk. not even that of human
kindness. Will be melted out to the
searchers after the mysteries con-
nected with the sacred figure Q. The
VOWS of the Playful KITTENS will be
mingled with those of the purblind
and there will be raising hair in the
gardens.
The regular meeting. of the city
council last evening was of an UNI
renee of the salary question over
which the two divisions of the coun-
ell split. 1t resulted in the ordinance
to grant the firemen s. a month addi-
tional salary being lost by a party
vote. The paving matters came up
for vote and it was voted by the coun-
ell to pave all the streets voted on in
the committee of tie whole meeting
Monday evening, which passed that
meeting by five votes or more. The
revised ordinance of the /. & |. inter
urban railway came up for its first
reading and was referred to the com
mittee of the whole. The matter of
the alleged laNity of the Rock Island
road in not placing fiagmen at street
crossings after dark was also the sub
iect of considerable discussion.