Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-30
DAVENPORT DOTS

The recent election OF FRED b
Sharon of this city as state president
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians,
was the occasion of an enjoyable
function ar Grand Isle Wednesday
evening, which took the form of COM
plimentary luncheon rendered Mr.
Sharon by his friends of the local di-
vision of the order.
| Tho grand jury now in session, is
reported to be engaged in investigat-
| ing the affairs of 5. F. Smith, and
number of the interested witnesses
have been summoned before that body
to give their testimony.
| The reunion of the four coordinate
bodies of the ancient and accepted
Scottish Rite of Freemasonary. sitting
in the valley of Davenport closed at
the Masonic Temple with a banquet
last evening. The reunion has been
very successful one. and was the &C
casiOn for drawing a large number of
visitors to the city. During the reun-
ion degrees were conferred upon the
following class: l. r Anderson, Ok
ford, Ia; Horace Birdsall, Marshall
town, Ia; David MiIlar Brownlee,
Sioux City. Ia; Orren A. Houghland,
Charlton, Ia; w j. Kirkpatrick. Lone
Tree, Ia: George NJ. Kline, Mt. Pleas
ant Ia; Ralph X. Luse, Oxford. Ia:
Carl ]. Miller. Fit Madison. Ia; w. w.
Rarick. Osceola. Ia; Guy w. Na!en-
tine, Webster City, Ia; Augustus G..
Gould. Davenport; Carey NJ. Jones,
Davenport; Leas e. Lingafelt. Daven-
port: John ~ Reading, Davenport;
Clark Z. Reed, Davenport; Charles E.
Robson, Davenport.
The regular supper and gold medal
shoot of the Cumberland Gun club
will be held at the Schuetzen park
range on Sunday afternoon. Oct. 8.
The Shoot will be open to all marks
men whether they belong to the club
or not. and the supper will be the
function which closes the Out-Of-dOOr
season There were 46 shooters pres
ent at the last shoot and the club eX-
poets at least so of its own members
present on this occasion. with as many
outside shooters, who will be tempted
to attend. All who know how to han
die a gun are invited.
What has the distinction of being
the largest damage suit ever brought
in Scott county has been assigned for
trial by jury beginning next Monday.
1t is the case of A. p. Huggard VS.. the
Glucose Sugar Refining company, and
is an action brought for the recovery
of So, 900 for alleged injuries sustain
ed by the plaintiff while at work
year ago in the plant of the defendant
company at the foot of Division street.
| Officer Sodergren of the East Daven-
port beat was sent to Esplanade ave
nue. and Locust street at $50 o'clock
yesterday for the purpose of shooting
a horse. The animal fell into trench
which is being dug there, fracturing
a leg so that it was necessary to shoot
the beast. The horse belonged to a
teamster ar work upon the excavation.
He drove too close TO the trench the
sides of which cavcd, letting the horse
into the hole. The fracturing of its
lleg necessitating its shooting. The
animal was a good draft horse and
was worth 800 to its owner.
One OF the prettiest home weddings
of the season was that performed at
high noon, Wednesday. at the home of
the brides mother, Mrs. H. G.. Let's,
421 East Fourteenth street. The prin-
cipals to the happy event were Miss
Emma Frances Let's of Davenport and
Writ Berry King of Fairfield, Iowa.
The bride is a sister of F. Dickinson
Let's. the well known Davenport at
torney. and has for several years been
one of the fair and popular young so
ciety ladies of the city. She is grad
uate of the Westminster seminary of
Fort Wayne, Ind. The groom is a
prominent business man of Fairfield,
which city will be the future home of
Mr.. and Mrs. King. The couple de-
parted for st. Louis and after a we'd
ding trip of several weeks duration,
will be at home to their friends at