Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-06

MOLINE

Destitute Woman Aided. - A pitiful
case of restitution was seen at the
Rock Island passenger station yes
terday afternoon when Mrs. Maud
Murphy and her three small chill
dren arrived from Brighton, Iowa
| While enroute the woman lost her
pocketbook containing So, and ex-
cept for a quarter tied in the cor
ner of her handkerchief, she was
| penniless. Attention of the poor
master was directed to her and on
investigation he learned that she had
come here seeking work. She had
no idea what she was going to do,
but she imagined she would easily
find a place for herself and children,
the oldest of whom is not more than
/ 5. She is a widow With the quar-
ter she purchased a quantity of fruit
for herself and children, as they had
| had nothing to eat since sunday
night. Poormaster Golden made ar
rangements to furnish them with
food and he purchased a ticket for
her to return to Brighton.
Coryn Heads Belgian cIub.-The Bel
gian club of Moline held it's annual
meeting and elected these officers
for the ensuing year: Edward Coryn,
president, reelected; A. c. Vender
Vennet. vice president, reelected;
Edward Andres. secretary. reflect
ed; Emil DeJaeger, assistant secre-
tary; Maurice Bockaert, treasurer.
reelected; julius Wander Vennet,
Charles Coryn and Henry Huyvaert.
trustees; Cyriel Dierichx and PETER
DeVIeeschhouwer, marshals; Anfons
BruyoOoghe, librarian, reelected.
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Dog on Rampage, Kills az Chickens.
There was real war last week out
in the rural territory south of Rock
river bridge. Blood flowed during
the siege, which was a short but vi
cious one. Loss to attacking army,
one. Loss to defending troops, AZ.
The attacking army was composed
OF a white and black half-breed bull
dog and his troops were an exceed
| ingly bad temper-and confidence.
His army moved down cocks, young
cockerals, pullets and clucking hens.
Battle No. / was fought in a chick
en- house on the farm of Ernest Six
and the invader emerged without
loss of life but leaving the floor of
the chicken roost strewn with the
blood, wishbones and feathers of IS
slain The instructor tore on, eager
for conquest over the peaceful feath-
cred denizens of the valley. Chan
ticleers on the farm of August Wei
vaert dreamed of danger when the
white and black was half mile
away. but they were too sleepy to
-nSr Ton -eafv
So in came the mad invader. again
sweeping all before him. Twenty-Five
fatalities were recorded in less time
than it takes to count them and the
remnant of the feathered army was
not putting up game fight when
), shot fired by an unexpected ally,
laid the entire army of the insurrec-
tor, bulldog and confidence. too,
very low The door of the chicken
house opened and the interior was
flooded by the light of lantern held
high A man, gun in hand, peered
in. What he saw was a very dead
bulldog and 90 very dead chicks.
II was Mr.. Welvaert's son who had
brought the invasion of the black
and white to a sudden end. The
supposition is that the dog, property
of a teamster. had strayed and in
time had become hungry and mad.
And, in his anxiety TO put every
other live thing out of existence, the
black and white worked toward his
own end.
Aged Woman Hurt in FalI.-Think-
ing she heard a cry, Mrs. Matilda
rushed out of the second-stoTy window
of Mrs Blanche Barnes home at Twen-
ty-fourth avenue and Fifteenth street
onto the roof of a summer kitchen,
from which she fell 90 feet to the
ground, breaking the bones of both
jaws. cutting her throat and fractur-