Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-28

! O'Clock and started into Whites
room in the boarding house. At
sight of her husband, Mrs. White
| is alleged to have grabbed a razor
and started after him. The man
ducked, and in attempting TO dodge
, the razor, White was cut twice in
the arm. Then, Coleman says,
White started to fight He sue
caeded in taking the razor away
from the woman, but in doing so
drew the blade through her hand,
slic:rg her fingers. Just then, the
police arrived.
Breaks fer Beer. - There is a
deep-dyed villain in Davenport
Friday night he broke a lock and
entered the home of Louis Writ
at 512 Harrison street. Louis had
had some excellent homemade beer
in the place. The culprit evidently
was aware of Louis private bar.
He carried away the beer and ever
touched another thing. He offers
reward of s. for the arrest and
conviction of the guilty party.
Bays Electric Power. G.
Fisher & Co. of Davenport, public
utility engineers, have purchased
control of the Iowa Southern Utili-
ties company, which furnishes cleo
trie power for 80 Iowa towns from
its generating, stations at Center
vile, Leon and Mt. Ayr, owns and
operates 200 miles of transmission
line and the interurban, railway be-
tween Centerville and Abba and
Centerville and Mystic. The stocks
and bonds of the Iowa Southern
Utilities company total $2,500,000
The Fisher interests, formerly
owning the minority stock in the
company, have purchased the stock
of D. c. Bradley and Frank S.
Payne, veteran public utility build
ers. 1t is understood that the
transaction involved in the neigh
borhoOd of $500a>
Home for Children. - With his
home shattered by conditions over
which he seems to have no control,
Roland Smith of East Davenport on
Saturday arranged to have his chill
dren turned over to the juvenile
home for adoption. 81 arf-going
away, judge, somewhere where |
will not be known and where the
world will not know me-" said the
parent, pathetically, because those
who know the domestic troubles !
have had look down\on me-" Smith
was asked if he were living with
his wife He replied in the mega
tive. The three children will be
placed in a home.
Obituary RecOrd.-Frank A. Walk
er, a member of the Spanish War
Veterans, died at his home in the
Walker apartments, West Fifth
street, early Saturday morning.
Mr.. Walker was taken sick in Feb ]
rtary of this year and went to Den
yer in an effort to regain his
health, but was obliged to return
home and his death followed. The
deceased was born at Princeton,
Iowa, Jan. %. 1878.
Saturday morning AT Mercy hos
pitalJoccurred the death of jane
Louis White, death following a
brief Illness, and was caused di-
rectly by a stroke of paralysis
which the deceased suffered q few
days ago. Mr. White was born in
Johnson county, Iowa, Dec. p,
1860.
Marriage Licenses. - Frank Coll
ton of Moline and Myrtle Harson
of Davenport; William Burke and
Amelia Josephine McDermott of
Chicago.
Falls Three Stories. To fall
three stories turn a sOmersault
land on your feet none the worse
for the experience, and go back TO
work as if nothing had happened. |
was what Marion Marcussen, sign /
painter employed BY Uken & i'm
hoff, ia West Third street, did FRI /
day morning. He fell from the rear
Of the building, landing a the back /
door of the Snider, Walsh { Hynes /,
office.