Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-18
DAY IN DAVENPORT

7 local jewelers. while In this city. There
IS a reward OF 5000 posted by Mr..
Grossman for the return OF the dia-
monds-
Were Betrothed on Pixies Peak
A dispatch states DR.. Edward l. Long
of Chicago and Miss Edith BuZzard
of Davenport, who were recently mar
ried in that city, where the central
figures in a pretty romance. The dis
pa.ch states their marriage was the
elimination of a betrothal which took
place four years ago on Pixies Peak in
a snow storm The young people
among other tourists sought shelter on
the peak and it was then that the pro-
posal was made and accepted.
Church Gains II New Members
The revival services which have been
conducted for the past two weeks at
St Johns ". E church, came to
close Sunday. There were three large
audiences during the day and evening.
AS a result Of the meetings. ~ new
members were received into the
church. DR.. John. the evangelist, and
Harry Maxwell, singer, both left today
for their homes in Greencastle, Ind.
At the end of the week DR.. John goes
to Cincinnati and Mr.. Maxwell to Port
land, Ind.
Ministers TO Banquet Dec. THE
Tri-City Ministerial association will
banquet IN Edwards chapel parlors
Monday evening, Dec. l, the business
meetings al o'clock and supper at 8.
There was a meeting of the Daven-
port Ministerial association yesterday
at St PauTs church when Rev. B. II.
Cheney read a review of DR.. William
y. Clark's book, The Use OF the
Scriptures in Theology"
Big Price for Farm.-The highest
price ever paid for u Scott county farm
OF its size was the consideration in a
deal Saturday. when Frank Caverly of
Toulon. Ill. paid s25. 900 for the S4-page !
farm OF Henry Thompson. The price |
averages $500 per acre. Mr.. Caverly |
is a well known stock raiser of Tou- !
Ion. The farm was purchased for in /
yestment purposes and also to give
his family the advantages of the Scott I
schools. The deal was com /
pleted through the agency OF Sorrow
free & Dougherty.
Free-for-aII BrawIers Sentenced.-A
free-for-au brawl near Second and |
Iowa streets resulted in the arrest of
10 youths who were arraigned before
Roddewig in police court
for disturbing the peace.
Louis Paasch, an old offender. seems
20 have been ringleader of the gang.
He was sent to Jail for 80 days. James
Mason and Roy Manion, two other
each received a sentence
If 10 days. The other seven were dis
missed. They were Carl Hansen, Ed
Vetter. a. Zoller. Henry Hoeck, Will
Trainor. Al Roenfeldt. and A. Hoeck.
Church Raises 26,ooo.-Raising $685.
100 in shortly over half an hour Sun
lay the First Christian church congre-
,ation signaliZed its dedicatory exer-
Uses by wiping out all Indebtedness
m the new church at Fifteenth and
-eClaire streets in addition to provid-
ng several thousand dollars for the
linking and interest funds. All of the
money was contributed by the men
nd women of the church, none of the
BUSINESS houses being solicited. The I
manner in which the
campaign was met exceed
d the expectations of the church Of
icials.
Obituary Record.-Mrs. II. Hass, 621 !
harrison street, has received word OF !
he death OF her cousin, Herman
Iardt. which occurred suddenly at his
ONE in Sanborn. MINI. Deceased was !
'orn in Hamburg, Germany, Feb. IL,
S5I. He came TO Princeton. Ia, with
is parents when a year old and spent
most OF his life at that place. From ]
Princeton he moved TO St. Paul and
ater TO Sanborn. He was buried at
Il. Paul Sunday.
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