Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04


berg, the young man accidentally shot
Sunday morning by his friend, Iiu-
dolph Borgesson, is far OH the road
toward recovery, so reports DR.. Perry
Everything is in Hogberg's favor, the
bullet passed entirely through his
body and left a clean woun1 Je
was also in splendid health which al
tends towards his rapid recovery.
Slow in Paying Taxes.-Less than
rs per cent of Moline taxes have been
collected by Deputy Collector F. c..
Vierch though the Office has been op-
ened since Feb. 1. For that reason the
taxpayers are to be given until March
20 to pay their taxes instead of March
10, as was originally announced. But
$4,000 has so far been collected
while there is $23S, 327.17 to be paid
Greenhouse in Suburb. ]. STACK
& Sons, the well known florists, are
planning on establishing large green
house in WATERFOWL. At the meet
ing of the village board of Water
town Tuesday evening these facts
were given out, but Henry STACK. a
member of the firm stated yesterday
that they were not ready to divulge
, their plans at the prisent time. 1t is
understood that the firm contemplates
: improving the land and also building
nursery which will necessitate an ex-
penditure of $4,000.
o.
To Pave Fifth Avenue.-A meeting
of the board of local Improvements
has been set for 10 a. III. Wednesday,
March 10, at which time property own
ers will be given an opportunity 10
enter objections to improvement jobs
contemplated for the coming summer,
/ prepared by Clark G. Anderson, city
engineer. A petition has been present
ed by the property owners asking for
the paving of Fifth avenue from First
| to Seventh streets with asphalt.
Obituary Record.-Esther Cecilia,
! the 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Claus Nelson, 1914 Eighteenth
avenue, died yesterday a victim Of
complication of measles Sand pne,l-
monia The little one had been ill for
the past two weeks, first having been
afflicted with measles, pneumonia set
ting in later Esther was born in Mo
line Nov. %, 1905.
| A NJ Hayward. for so years a citi-
zen of Hampton and we'll known
throughout this vicinity, died at the
home of his niece Mrs. S. S. Crompton
at, TIA Seventeenth street, Moline, yes
! terday He had been i'll for some time
with heart disease and complications
| He was n years of age and leaves one
sister, Jane Wright. age 81 years oi
age, and brother, who is 50 years Of
age. Another sister, Alice Thomas
passed away two years ago at the age
lof 92 years. He also leaves several
lnieces who are Mrs. S. S. Crompton
Mrs. T. D. Wheelock and Mrs. Vincent
of Moline. Mrs. Fred Hemenway 81
Rock Island and a nephew, Herbert
Thomas. He was veteran of the civil
war, having served in Captain l.. E
Hemenway' company, the 49, Illinois
volunteers.
Sad news comes from Geneseo oi
1.-THE death there at $50 p. m. of Arthur
lWeidlein, well known former resident
of Moline The end came after i(
days suffering with pleuro-pneumonia
Arthur Weidlein was born on farm
NEAR Morristown in Henry county n
l1S70 He received his early education
in district schools, later attending col
|lege. In January, 1896, he was mar
ried in Geneseo to Gertrude Rogers
daughted of Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Roger!
lof that place. To them one daughter
was born, Marie, who is now II year.
old. Mr.. and Mrs. Weidlein have LIVED
in Moline much of the time since thei
marriage, and only year ago moved
to Geneseo, where Mr.. Weidlien oper
ated meat market.