Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27
The Day in Davenport

F. Bishop, Muscatine; Johnson, Earl
S. Browning, Iowa City; Clinton, Will
liam Hines, Dewitt; Jackson, Albert
Durant, Preston; Iowa, w. T. Gates,
Marengo. Louis Trede Of Durant was
named county chairman of Cedar
county, although that county is not in
the district 1t was more convenient
for Mr. Trede to attend the Daven-
port meeting than the one in his own
district G. Decker French, chairman
for Scott county, will call meeting
within the next few days, which prob
ably will be held at the Commercial
club. At this meeting steps will be
taken to promote the cause Of good
roads.
Patient Husband Sues.-Job, famed
in biblical history as the original in
ventor of patience, didn't have any
more or any better quality Of that es-
Unable and much sought virtue than
did E. E. Phillips, who filed suit for
divorce against his wife, Flora, If the
complaining husbands story is true.
Job was troubled with boils, and any
one who has ever been the victim Of
those aggressive peace destroyers will
admit that he needed every bit Of pa
thence with which he was gifted. But
Mr.. Phillips says that his wife has de-
stroyed his peace once too often, and
seeks his freedom. There is such a
thing as too much Of good thing.
and patience is exhausted" says Mr..
Phillips. Here is what he says his
wife did to him: In March, 1913, she
struck him over the head with stove
poker. In September, 1914, she at
tackled him with Ratchet and cut his
arm. In October, 1914, she assaulted
him again with the poker and cut his
face. In August, 1915, she tried to
scald plaintiff. In March, 1916, she
attacked him with a butcher knife and
table fork. On March IS, 1915, she
procured revolver and threatened to
shoot plaintiff. On other occasions
she expressed a willingness to poison
the plaintiff. He asks the custody OF
tire three children, Marian, Wilbur and
Vivian.
Marriage Licenses. - William ].
Walsh Of Corning, H., and Bessie Ba-
ker of Champaign, Ill; W. H. BrUng-
ton of Alexis, Ill, and Crissie Brad
ley of Monmouth, Ill.
Warranty Deeds.-Mary E. Johnson
and husband to Mary F, Lenaghan.
lots II and 10, block 4, Westholme adj
dition; consideration. $500. ]. W.
Betty, ct al, to w. E. Kerns, lot IA,
Dover court subdivision. H. B. Betty
and wife to George Wareham, north
half of lot 3, A. C. Fulton outlot. H. B.
Betty and wife to Winnie c. Riegel,
north half of lot 2, A. c. Fulton outlot.
John B. Bruhn to Morton L. Marks,
east half of lot -, block 81, LeClaire's
third addition Rosie Young and hus-
, band to Henry Thomson, lot s, block
3. Camp Mcclellan annex; considera-
ton, $500 Emil Neyden and wife to
c. E Cafragher, lot l, block 7, Peter
sens addition; consideration, $4,000.
Hans Lehmbeck and wife to Christian
Thesis, ct al, lot 8, block 8, Park
Lawn addition.
Obituary RecOrd.-Mrs Elise Braun
Itch passed away after lingering i'll
ness at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Anna Zoeckler, 6O6 West Eighth street.
She had reached the advanced age Of
| 81 years, being born in Bremen, Ger
many, on July Is, 1881. For SO years
Mrs. Braunlich had been resident Of
Davenport, having come TO this coun-
try and TO Davenport in 1882. On May
16, 1857, she was united in marriage
with Professor II. G.. Braunlich, a
prominent music teacher of Daven-
port He passed away in 1900. Sur
viving Mrs. Braunlich are four daugh-
ters, Mrs. Anna Zoechler, Mrs. j. C.
GUIDE, Frieda and Millie Braunlich
and two sons, Or, Henry Braunlicb
and Hugo G. of Davenport.
The l7-months-old son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. James Johnson passed away al
II o'clock Saturday morning at ths
home of. the parents in Buffalo, fol
lowing an illness of several weeks o.
pleuro- pneumonia. He Is survived b,
his narents and two sisters.