Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-29

Of the whole meeting Under the for
mer council appropriations were made
amounting to S570,250. Figuring every
taxable item in the city at is mills, the
total revenue would be but $516,000.
Last year the mulct tax amounted to
$4,000 This is now lost.
Dixon to Face Serious Charge-Jay
Dixon, charged with assault and bat
terry on the person of Mrs. Elizabeth
krotz tShipleyJ will be prosecuted this
time, the police state. Dixon has been
arrested several times on the COM
plant of Mrs. krotz, but she has new
er appeared against him. She claims
this time that she is sick in bed, and
! unable to come, but, the police intend
to give the man a hearing. The rum
pus which led to Dixons arrest, the
police state, happened at Mrs. krotz' S
home, 10S East Pleasant street, where
all the previous disturbances have
taken place. An argument which
started from something of minor i'm
portance led to the battle, in which the
woman is alleged to have received the
worst of it. The case has been con-
tinued indefinitely.
J Ready for National Meeting-The
members of Loras council, knights OF
| Columbus, have all been enlisted in
! the campaign of preparation for the
/ supreme or national convention of the
order to be held in Davenport, Aug. /,
+ and 3. AS the time grows near the
amount of work increases although
preparations have been in progress
/ ever since the meeting was awarded to
1 Davenport at the last convention in
! Portland. At the convention head
quarters in one of the Hotel Daven-
por storerooms several stenographers
are employed and the work of taking
care of the reservations, demands for
which are coming steadily from all
parts of the country, is being attend
/ ed TO.
Gets Marriage License But Is With
out Girl-"Yo sho cant force wom-
an 10 do it, said Charley Bondy as he
sadly returned an unused marriage Ii
cense in the Office of the clerk of the
/ district court. After waiting around
the counter until one of the clerks was
free from duty, Charley stepped up
and with a haggard look passed over
the paper which had been issued Mon
day to allow Charley Bondy and
Frances Scurlock to become united in
wedlock After saying these few words
in an undertone, Charley waited to see
/ that the license had been marked in
big red letters, cancelled, not used, ;"
and then slowly placed his hat on his
curly head and walked out of the door
with a solemn and sadder but wiser
look Charley is a dusky citizen of
Davenport and was under the impress
sion that he had secured the good
graces OF Miss Scurlock. Happy at the
thought of getting bride he hurried
TO the court house to get a license
After several days Of vain effort tu
conciliate the supposed bride to be
Charley gave up the fight and returned
the license but did not have the heart
to even ask for the dollar which be-
longed to the county.
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! Obituary RecOrd-Albert r. Prior OF
Sheffield, Ill. died at the home of his
sister. Mrs. Parker. at S04 East River
street. He had been spending some
time in North Dakota, but was taken
i'll there two months ago and started
for his home. When he arrived In Dav-
export he was unable to continue his
journey, and had been at the home OF
his sister here since that time. His
mother and brother, Charles Prior, Of
Sheffield, were at his bedside at the
time of his death. The remains were
shipped from the Bowling and Horri.
gan undertaking parlors at 6;55 THU