Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-14
DAVENPORT DOTS

S. F. Smith, executor of the estate
of Marianne Willis. late of Scott cOun-
ty, has just signed a deed conveying
to the American Missionary society
of the state of New York, and the
Woman's Foreign Missionary society
of St. Johns NJ E. church, of this city,
ID lots in Willis addition lying be-
tween Locust and High streets, and
College and Esplanade avenues.
Hon. William Bourke Cochran, the
greatest and most eloquent of all
American orators, will speak at the
Turner Grand opera house in this city
Friday evening, Oct. II. He will &C
company Judge Wade to this city upon
that date and both members of con-
gress will be heard upon the platform
that evening.
Superintendent ]. B. Young's report
for September shows a total enroll
ment in the city schools of GAP. OF
this 3.242 are boys and 1920 are girls,
showing different conditions than
those which exist in the east. The
leverage membership or enrolment was
I6,242 and the average attendance g.
lois.
The police have not been able to
capture any of the burglars and sneak
thieves who have been operating here
abouts. and this fact has set Detec-
/ tive Al Frees to thinking. In his ex-
Iperience in tracing the missing sacks of
potatoes from the cars in the Nahant
yards the other day, he bethought him
self of the case with which blood
hounds might have traced the two
rifiers of the c.. NJ. & st. P. refriger-
ator cars. The thought has taken
lsuch possession of him that he has ne
gotiated the purchase of a pair of
IblOOdhoundS at a cost of abOunt $3.50,
which he will use in his business and
which will doubtless become a source
of revenue to him. These hounds
said he. will earn more money in
/ year than l can, and prove of invalu-
able assistance to the police Mr..
Frees resides in the west end of the
city The bloodhounds may come from
the same stock as that of the Fair
field hounds. When they arrive in the
city Ike Gray will look after their
training.
The next case which will be tried
in the district court here. before the
petit jury, will be that of William
Harvey VS.. the c., r. l. & p. railway
! company. to recover the sum of $4,000.
The plaintiff is represented by Helmick
& BoudinOt. and alleged that in the
spring of this year, while at work in
the shops in East Moline, he had his
hand sawed off at the saw table of the
wood shop, thus Gripping him for
life. The saw table, just as it was
when the accident occurred where
| in Harvey lost his hand, is now being
erected in the court room, and will be
an exhibit in the case.
| The bankers and the bank employees
took the Davenport d Suburban cars
yesterday at 4:30 and repaired to
Grand Isle. where bowling, baseball,
and cards were enjoyed during the af-
ternoon followed by a supper. There
were in the neighborhoOd of 100 bank
ers and bank attaches, from the presi-
dent down to the janitOr, who attend
ed the outing
| Ruyman & Ruyman have filed an
answer on behalf of the defendants in
the case of Joseph Vilsmeier VS..
Michael. Frank and Louis Siebengar-
ten, asking for $1,000 wherein the
plaintiff is alleged to be of unsOund
mind. Vilsmeier is an Austrian who
had worked for the Siebengartens at