Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-21

| former home or kew. .. TX. d. hOyi,
now occupied by Rev. Fayette L.
Thompson, pastor of the Central NJ.
+. church. There was small blaze
between the plaster and the siding of
i the house which was extinguished
with only a nominal loss.
At the parsonage of ST. Paul's Eng
lish Lutheran church, at O'Clock
Thursday evening, Rev. w. IL. Blancke
officiating, occurred the marriage of
Sydney b. Grant and Miss lrma Viola
Burgess, both of Bettendorf. The
young couple will reside in a cosy
new home which the groom has cree
ted at Bettendorf, directly north Of
the steel car plant.
Judge Bollinger gave decree OF
divorce Thursday to Fannie Henn
separating her from her husband,
Joseph Yenn. The suit was brought
on the grounds of unfaithfulness, and
the plaintiff, through her attorney,
George w. Scott, showed that her
husband had been supporting another
woman and living in the same house
with her as his wife, while he still
maintained his home nominally with
the plaintiff.
At 9:3O o'clock yesterday morning
occurred the death of John Dettman
in the 56th year of his age. Death oc-
Cured at 22S Ripley street. The de
ceased was native of Lubbock, Ger
many, and came to this country, and
to Davenport in 1878. He was a MEM
Der of the Davenport lodge, No. so,
Knights of Pythias, and of the lodge
of Herman Sons, No. l. There survive
the wife, Augusta, three sons and one
daughter, Charles Ferdinand and
John Dettmann and Mrs. Dora Stelk.
The funeral will be held from the late
home, 22S Ripley street, under Pyth-
ian auspices, at o'clock Sunday af-
ternoon, with interment at Oakdale
cemetery.
Having lived we'll beyond her 93rd
year, and had the command of all
her faculties to the last, Mrs. Rhoda
Burroughs Roraback, the venerable
mother of Mrs. l.. y. Roberts. of this
city. expired yesterday morning at
her daughters home. 726 East Locust
, street. She was the mother of six
children. of whom one, Catherine,
died in her youth, leaving five now liy-
ing-George Il. Roarback and Mrs. I,
" Roberts of this city, Uriah Rora-
back. of Minneapolis, and Mrs. L. l..
Roberts and Mrs. NJ. \. Thompson,
both of Chicago. The remains will
be taken this afternoon to South
Bend. Ind. after private funeral SER
h. Ipnl in he
morning.
Stair & Haviland, theatrical mana
, gers, who have Il circuit of theatres
Throughout the west, have been negO-
tiating for the Turner Grand opera
4 house in this city. Whether they Sc
cure it or not depends upon the sentl-
! ment of the Germans for the usual
Sunday night theatricals heretofore
4 given by the Fritz Singer company
y committee of Turner's has been APP
lpointed to secure subscriptions for
8 the continuance of the German thea
s tire, and if they succeed Stair & Havi-
8 land will have to look elsewhere.
Judge Bollinger has set April % as
4 the date on which he will consider
the petition for the incorporation OF
4 the town of Bettendorf. Those who
are taking particular interest in the
matter, from the standpoint of the
q petitioners. say they are confident
that the petition will be favorably
acted upon and the machinery set in
motion which will soon make Betten
dorf an incorporated town. As has
been stated in these columns, if the
! petition is granted, the court will APP
4 point five commissioners who will
4 conduct an election upon the question
of incorporation. If the incorpora
tors carry the election, SECOND
election will be in order to choose
officers for the new burg. The new
village. if incorporated as proposed
will adjoin the city of Davenport anC
extend east to the Davenport town
ship boundary line. In the other di
rection it will reach from the middle
OF the Mississippi river north to the
north line of section 80 and 50. Candi
dates formay of the new town are {
l.. Reed, of Reeds Temple of Music, thi:
city, who lives in the boundary of the
proposed town, has been mentioned
= So have j. +. Kuehl, {. ii. Schroeder
Land of