Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-15

home of the Scharif family near the
town of LeClaire. where the mother
and wife has become violently Insane.
Her husband flied complaint. alleg-
ing that Della Scharff was of unsound
mind. Friday. The hearing was de
cIared Oft until Yesterday, and Deputy
Sheriff Van Rowe went To the Schartf
home Sunday and brought the pa
tient to Davenport where she was
locked up in the insane department
of the Jail until the hearing in the af-
.ternoon. Mrs. Schartf was committed
to Mt. Pleasant a a public patient.
I'm alarm from box 10 summoned
the fired department TO Sixth and Mar
.quette streets yesterday where a
blaze started by a defective tiuc
threatened the building. The depart
ment eNtinguished the blaze without
much trouble, and with but little
damage. save that done by water. The
loss viii be in the neighborhood OF
So or 500.
Chief Martens has a few pocket
pieces. every one of which cost some
unsuspecting tradeSman 81. They are
excellent specimens of the worn 81
gold coin of 1850 but their ring is as
false rs lead. There is aluminium in
their composition. If one of these
coins is taken in the hand its weight
would detect it at once. How any
business man could take the stuff for
good with his senses of touch and
hearing in good working order is re-
markable. The eye might be deceiv-
ed, but not 50 the ear. nor the sense
of touch. The police are looking for
the fellow who unloaded them.
.
Scores of friends in this city will
regret to hear of the unfortunate ac-
cident that befell J. J. Humphrey. the
pioneer citizen, which occurred at his
home on Brady street Sunday after
noon. He fell and sustained frac-
ture of the right arm shoulder joint
and fracture of the right leg hip
joint. The case is Il very serious
one.
Mrs. Frieda Cordes. widow and eX-
ecutriX of the estate of the late II. f.
| Cordes. has filed an inventory of the
stock Of goods in the West Third
street store, listing it at S13,741.1O. In
this matter the Iowa National bank
| has asked for ar appraisement. stat
| ing that an offer Of &C p per cent
! Of the cost value of the goods. and
| desires to have the stock closed out
in order 10 adjust claim of $1,000
which il holds against the deceased
and his estate. The court viii name
the appraisers this week to make such
| appraisement.
Yesterday afternoon the $4,000
damage suit brought by William J.
| Helmet, proprietor of the Riviera
house at 1916 Rockingham road. was
called before the petit jury The af-
ternoon was spent in the selection Of
| the panel to try the case. \. p Nc
GuirE appears for the plaintiff, who
/ in his petition alleges that at o'clock
ON the morning of Aug. -. 1903. he
arose and i'm the darkness reached for
the button on the heel of an mean
descent electric light bulb for the
purpose of turning on the light. lie
says that as he did so he received a
shock Of almost 1000 volts Of cleo
! tricity which placed him near to
death and so burned his right hand
that it has practically become useless
to him. He alleges that the defend
ant company's wires had become
crossed with the ones entering his
place of business, thus causing the
accident. lie desires to be remunera-
ted in the sum of $4,000.
General Manager Z. Il. Smith. of
the Iowa Telephone company. left
yesterday for Des Moines, where he
will open up the new headquarters of
the Iowa Telephone company to be re-
moved to that city from Davenport.
Before departing Mr.. Smith stated
that the company's offices in the Nc
Mauus building in this city would be
closed Wednesday, almost all the
stock having already been shipped to
Des Moines.
The April grand jury will have little
to do unless a carnival of crime breaks
out in the next two or three weeks.
So far there is only one person held
to the grand jury. and he is Ed Stew
ard. charged with larceny of the How
ey place. In the county jail also are
only II prisoners. and Jailer Eldridge
states that the county bastile has not
been so nearly bereft of prisoners for
the past two years. Only one prisoner
for the grand jury is an unheard of
thing in Scott county. and if there
/ should come no more it viii establish
| a record that viii be hard to beat.
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