Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-06-19

diet for defendant.
The morning hour vas occupied in disposing
Of miscellaneous business
Col.am-r rs d. r. Young Thompson h
Barner for plaintiff; shorey for defendant
The argument in this case occupied the whole
forenoon.
No. 4Ss5. Faner os Stein Trial be Jury
submitted At o'clock. Hubbell for plain.
tiff Whitcomb for defendant
4349 II Wilhelm Vs. John H. I.sprany.-
Judgment for plaintiff for 1927.
Court adjourned until o'clock tomorrow
morning.
For the Democrat and News
IHAvE heard many persons speak in
favor OF having Fourt Of July celebration on
Rock Island. in ccnns ction with the citizens OF
Rock IaaLd and Moline, ss proposed by Dr.
saunders on Saturday evening. Every peraon
| have heard sp'ak on the subject say that if
hs an i July d@ come ,~o m. eks from mr.,
Wednesday," that it Is ample tim. to make pre-
parations tor good time All persons do not
get heir lager tree irom the iesse OF Mitcheli's
/ grounds. ana Of cou,se do not sd, ocste his
pe"dence and Grafton read. (rl,her have the
oration drlvered) on the Isa. j. and meet our
| tieLds 10 a good old fashioned celebration
What says Rock Island and Moline?
Iiux Wins Saturday afternoon was the time
set apart by Judge Dillon for t.Ling de-
faults' and the old court room was crowded
with members of the Bar ard spectators -
until an attorney-st one time an attachee Of
the Court-known in sporting circles as Rap
| ~poo, the Thruster," arose 10 take default.
when another attorney, employed for the de-
fence discover.d d that he had neglected to file
his answer" The defendani's attorney re-
quested Rapa poo to wait a moment Until he
could step down to mis- Office. aud procure the
answer. already prepared, and have il filed.
Rara,uo would not consent to this arrange
,oent aud the Court was obliged 10 give him q
is' ault A f,w moments after, a.other case
vas called. 10 which R.papoo was attorney
Tor the defence, aud as the case WAS "cri.d,"s
shadow Of horror and intense agony over
spread his count enc nce-he tso hod "syiectsd to
fie a. unswer Turning to Mr.. D the sttor--
ney for the plaintiff. wi h . look OF mot s!u
dicrous entreaty. Rspapoo begged for . few
mo II enls time TO run To h. office and procure
the snsw.r which vas ready prepared. With
.ut waiting Tor reply. the Old Chief seized
HE hat a.d cane aud da.hed IF at . pace
and caused Flora Tenpls to look to her isurels
The whole army 0. Iaw wyers ushed 10 the WIN
lows tO see the race. Over the high Court yard
fence went the rhru.,er wit out grazing
heel-such scratching gravel el.nevsrObeiore wa
witnessed. The air a. it came together be-
hin.i the racer 3 back sounded like small thuu.
der, aud his ccst.tsils as they Tapped 10 the
wi.d reminded one Of Fourth Of July morL-
ing Sma boys not acquainted with the !,
moral aud social standing Of the great man.
hsiled him with expression not altogether com-
plitnentsry
600 it, old ssallionl" Throw ealt on his
tail - Pony Ex. re.e!" Runaway Nigge'l
'Rats 10 bic boo.s I" aud other polite greetings
net him - he dashed altnK at . pace oh CHI
bid fair to carry him off his feet. Over gut 'ers
At . single leap. kicking cobble-stcnes promis-
cuously in every direction. and dodging here
aud there to escape impedments. wildly flew
The great legal representative
About three uinutes and forty-6ve seconds
had elapsed since Rapapoo had left the Court
room. when great noise, as Of rushing va ere.
was heard, and the next moment the now
broken winded Chisl,a'n lesp-d into the Court
room and with aspasmodic effort exclaimed -
May it please tue Court. file my snswsr =
The Court politely informed him that he was
just too late. and that his client had been de-
f.ulted. With a heart wrenching groa",
Ra apoo sunk into . chair and giving
vent to faint expression. which sounded wou-
deriully like a request for some individual to
gather up his remains and carefully depos's
them in the bo.ou Of his fami!y-subsided.
SrABB1NG AFFRAY ON FRoNT STREET.
-I.sst evening about nine o'clock, - two gen.
tlemen we're paesing . low dcggery situa ed
on the corner Of Trout and Main streets. kept
hy one Edward Lavender. they stumbled over
the body Of man laying on the sidewalk
They 1t once knocked for admission into the
saloon. but the lights uere Immediately +xtin-
guished aud no answer was given. They NJ
once gave the alarm and soon . large crowd
had asSe.L bled, aud when lights we're procured
il was found that the msn hai been most aw-
fully cut up about the face with . knife or
some other dangerous weapon. HE j.w broken.
and beaten and bruised until he Vas entirely
inse nsible. An entrance was Effected into the
house AMI Lavender At once arrested and taken
up to Jail. The account Of the ira ssctiou
gir,n Ly his wife was that about half an hour
before the fracas. q man known ~ 'one armed
Charley passed through the tack room and
into the back yard where he etot ped down.
picked eomething up and putting it into bis
Pocket. again vent into the bar room: Char
ley remarking A. he passed through. that II
the "f-."w dill n". bold his t"pgne he could
get something he had not bargained for that
e owed him an old grudse for talking about
nim. About half an hour alter, she heard the
70" and opeli' Z the door. saw Charley going
out ana the wounded man, whose rams 10
'mes Mccarthy. lsyir bleeding ON the Aoor.
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