Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-28
DAVENPORT DOTS.

y little buffalo has been given birth
to by one of the members OF the pair
now at Fejervary park and the little
animal therefore has the distinction
of being the only buffalo ever born
in Scott county. The little fellow
weighs 20 pounds and is already val
ued at a considerable figure.
Rev. W. II. Blancke, the popular
paste of st. Paul's English Lutheran
church in this city. has returned home
from Carthage. H.. where he attended
the annual meeting and commence
ment exc rcises at that weIIknown
school. At the meeting of the board
Rev. Blancke was reelected president
for the ensuing year. The board also
decided to erect a new gymnasium on
the college grounds in the near flu
ture.
\ severely afflicted family in this
city is that of d. H. Mcpherson. at
| 2O0J Gaines street. Mr.. Mcpherson.
his wife and three children are all
victims of typhoid fever. and with
every member of his family sick and
| himself confined TO his bed, the reve-
nues needed for the sustaining of the
| family expenses have ceased TO come
| to the head of the household. Mr..
| Mcpherson was until his affection en-
| ployed in the dining car service of the
| Rock Island road. He formerly re-
sided at Maquoketa and removed TO
this city with his family about three
years ago. He is a member of the
Woodmen order at Maquoketa, but
has never affiliated his membership
with any of the local camps. The ty-
phoid fever existing in his family is
supposed TO have been contracted
from the drinking of water from
well on the premises.
Mr. and Mrs Walter Kempter are
mourning the loss Of their 4-months
old son Leroy, who died Thursday at
the family residence, 526 Division
street.
The articles of incorporation of the
CooperS' union. n cooperative concern
doing business in the manufacture of
barrels, kegs and boxes on Fifth and
DeSoto streets for many years, have
been filed with the recorder. The
union is capitalized at 81, 100 and its
officers are as follows: President,
Gustav Krohn; secretary, Charles
Haschen; standing committee, W.
Weidner, ]. Schlapkohl and Charles
Haschen.
Camp Henry w. Lawton, Service
Men of the Spanish war, being the
s. I.
come affiliated with the new order to
be known as the United Spanish War
Veterans. The latter order now in
cludes all the various orders that were
organized by the veterans of the late
strife and growing out of the results
of the SPanish-American war.
There were three suits filed Thurs
day which grew out of the bankrupt
cy of f. c. Nhare, the unfortunate
architect and builder whose troubles
have come thick and fast upon him Of
late. The suits are for recovery of
goods and materials sold to the de-
PENDANT and for the tablishment of
mechanics liens.
One of the prominent weddings of
the season in Davenport will be that
TO be solemnized at the Kuhnen home
Wednesday. June s. Upon that occa-
sion Miss Alice Louise Kuhnen will be
united in marriage to Frank Marsh
Zittel, of New York City, prominent
young business man of the eastern
metropolis.
At the seventh annual meeting of
the Iowa State Bill Posters associa-
ton, held at Marshalltown. Charles Z.
Kindt, of Davenport, was elected sec
rotary of the association. William
Dermer, of Fort Dodge, was elected
president; w. w. Moore. of Des
Moines. vice president. and \. j. Bush
by, of Waterloo, secretary.
Tomorrow evening, beginning at
o'clock, takes place at st. Johns
Methodist Episcopal church the grand
Mrs. w. F. Bradley. of Rock Island,
with Miss Eta Garbert as organist
and Mrs. F. L. Thompson as pianist.
The program is to be as follows:
March fantasia Or. Bethelemy), Dav-
EXPORT Orchestral club; 'Miller's Woo
ing" (Eaton Saning), Mrs. Hostetler,
w. f. Bradley. ]. y. Johnson, chorus;
20. Italia, Italia. Beloved" arranged
chorus "Castle'O, Leura McCarl, Ber-
tina Karr, Gilbert Graves. w. F. Brad
lev and chorus; THE Flower Land