The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-03-06
Tas CHICAGO CITY KLE0rIoE.


The Municipal election came Of yester-
| aay, and vas one OF the mos, exciting con
ests ever held in our city, The rarly parl
| Of The day Was cod and gloomy, but in the
\ .lternoon the sun shone out and tie air vas
warm aud pleasant. The "grog shops"
we're open and free liquor was pleu,iluliy
isal, out q, the bars, being paid for by Boz
isr-Rufi4n psrisaBs. the resui' OF ths
bersi dealing out Of "ro,gut" was that BIZ.
fore noon a large number OF the "bye5
were decidedly "elevated," and, as might
| nave been anticipated, there was an active
| osligereEt feeling abroad in several of The
| Yards
! Before noon a serious hgnt took place in
| the Tenth Ws-d, in consequence of a r..
| publican challenging the votes Of some
| Irishmen. Several persons wers knocked.
| i1sn, Though NJ one was seriously injured.
After partial order .as restored, the voting
went on, hut another fracsssoon after came
a, and bloody noses and broken craniums
was the result, which unpleasant acsomps.
uinents u the "bt Of a row" were primo.
pally shSred between the Nurphies who orr
tInsted il, Another ight occurred In Tie
| .fteTnoon, which wa. created by the tee
fr . Imblting Of . couple of barrels o.
! Shi.key, which were opened by q leading
"Dinmecrat," but ths row vas gueIled
Nth ut any very serious results,
At the lower poll Of the SEVENTH Ward,
tue sghtlnF always incident to an election
here, Commenced unusually early; several
small hghls came OF before noon, aud If
Ter dinner IL was evident that u good ds4l
Of rouhle Vas to be anticipated. Some If
49, k.Iu-l CsEts t.L Sx..I..-E -
poll, an being excited BY liquor, we're re dy
sQr 8 row at the shortest notice. The Re-
pubIcsns managed 10 keep their positiors
NJ The poll until abou. Q O'Clock in the az
tsrnoou, when they were driven away by
the Irish, Mr.. George Armour, OF the hrL
0f Munger e. Armour, challenged the vote.
= some lrsmen who did not i've In the
yard, and was set upon . crowd ofiniuriaiad
isl, and severely kicked and beaten abou,
the head and lace. being dragged nearly
| across the street by his hair. He was RS.
clrd bY bis friends after a severe fghf, AID
cjngeyed home, The ruf1an who assault.
G 1 hin, crisd Kill him, kill him." and but
for the determined efforts OF his fricnds, the
sretChes wsIid no doeb, have carried ont
their mUrdefous intentions
NJ. Armour is seriously Injured, bat bis
physicians are confident thai he will speed.
w recover. A short time after This occur.
renee q Republican, whose name We could
not ieara. was attacked by the miscresn,e,
aud severely stabbed one Of them, He then
attempted To escape, and ran down LaSslle
aIrret TO the river, Jumping upon the ice -
6 cape his gursueEs who were yelling at his
neeis Ike devils incarnste. Two of his pur.
suers followed him upon the Ice and broke
through, bot were saved from drowning by
their eemrates, Meantime another portion
If the crowd went upon the ice, knocking
I cir victim down aud b,utally beating hln.
He m5n5geds however, to get clear Of hi,
q tsganlst5 and climbed on board q propel.
.r-thus c~cspjag. One Of the lrishmen
who COMMITTEE tue Assault, while attempt.
log - pass nlp!er Wei. street bridge, to r..
4sin the shore. baske ,htvusb The ice, AND,
before assistance could b. rendered, ras
drownsd a. dsrk his body bad not BEEN
recavsred.
The lnsh had esfJ resolved 10 quarrel
with the German. Of the northern district
VI the Seventh Ward, From morning a..
vi afternoon lhry en- s!oyed every iusuiun5
aTt TO pfyduce u riot. Fladag thar the Re.
pGRllcsns were ahead upon the vote, ,hny
sent 10 the south cad Of the ward, 10 the
o.hsr Psll, fr . reinforcement Of Csrkou.