Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
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Took Best Horse and New Buggy
A horse thief worked successfully in
the vicinity of Pleasant Valley We'd
nesday night. Nobody saw him do
the job and he succeeded in getting
away with a horse and set of harness
from one farmer and then stealing a
buggy from another These two farm
ers offer a reward of $25 for his arrest
and return of their property. The
sheriff and local police have taken up
the case. The horse was stolen from
s. c. BANNER, whose farm is situated
three miles north of Pleasant Valley.
Mr.. BANNER had four horses in the
pasture and one in the barn. The
thief not only evidently knew horse
flesh, but must have sized up the situa-
ton in advance. Although he went
into the barn and took a set of har-
ness, he did not modest the old horse
that was there. On the contrary, he
went out into the pasture and caught
Mr. Banners best driving mare. He
left the barn and buggy shed doors
and the barn yard gate open. From
Banners the man rode the horse he
had stolen to d. T. Wilson's farm a
mile west. Here he stopped and stole
brand new buggy which Mr.. Wilson
haa just purchased. From the Wilson
farm the thief continued westward
about a half mile farther and then
turned north. AS soon as Mr.. BANNER
noticed his loss, he began to trace
down the thief and followed his tracks
to Wilson's place. Then he and Mr..
Wilson together followed the tracks to
the turn north and here decided it
would be futile to pursue that way
farther and abandoned it to turn and
give the alarm by notifying the author
tiles.
Stole Shoes.-Some time during
Wednesday night, thieves entered the
wholesale shoe house of the North
Star Shoe company at Second and Per-
nv streets, of which L. G. Roberts is
the local manager and made away with
a large quantity of the finest shoes in
the place. So far the company has
checked up 90 pairs of shoes as miss
ing There were all of the So and So
brands and contained in boxes. There
is no telling how many pairs of loose
shoes, not boxed, that they carried
away at the same time. In addition to
the missing shoes, something like 90
pairs left in stock were ruined by rea-
son of having been handled with
bloody hands. which left blood stains
on them. The burglar or burglars, for
there were probably more than one
man implicated in the affair, gained
entrance to the store by breaking
window on the Perry street side and
then climbing through the aperture
thus made. In so doing, one of the
burglars must have severely cut one
or both of his hands, for blood stains
were everywhere to be seen all over
the store.
Dedicate Temple Next Friday The |
of Temple Emanuel
hopes to dedicate its new synagogue |
at Eleventh and Brady streets a week |
from this evening. The work of max |
ing over the building into handsome |
house of worship is progressing very |
favorabfy. During the week following |
the dedication the Jewish holidays be-
gin, and several special services will |
be held. Rev. and Mrs. w. II. Fine
schriber, have returned from their va
cation visit in the east, spending some
time near New York city and visiting |
on their way home.
Old Soldiers EIect.-Yesterday after
noon at Library hall the veteran mem
bers of the Twentieth Iowa shook
hands in farewell, many of them new
or to meet again. During the time
hat elapsed between the 18th and
18th reunions one-fourth as many were
placed on the honor roll as were in at
enhance at this reunion At yester-
lays session of the association it was
lecided to hold the next reunion at
CEDAR Rapids in 1908. Officers were
Elected as follows: President, w. III.
3oyce, Cedar Rapids; First Vice Pres
dent, c. S. Lake, Marion, adjutant;
second Vice President, Samuel Lorton,
davenport. company d; Secretary and :
treasurer. w. j. Johnson, Malcolm,
ompany E: Executive Committee for /
.iRn County, l.. l.. Wilson, Center
'oint, company B Harlan Hollenbeck, /
'edar Rapids, company F; Executive
Committee for Scott County, J. c. Dun /
an, Davenport, company G; A. r. Nc a
Rock Island, company D; j.
. Risley, Davenport, company ID. Sec
etary w. ]. Johnson of Malcolm, was 5
ade secretary for life.
Changes Observation-Disclosures, Rosen- d
Dom & Co., have removed from 107 b
asst Second street, to 115-117k West q
scund street. where they will open f,