The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-01-16

standing of the duties 1t owes to an audi
ence.
IsJUS MEAL" was ridiculous failure
last evening, the receipts at the ticket Office
being less than $40. OF course few out
side tickets were sold, but somebody must
lose fright smart on the affair. We only
wish the loss could wholly fall upon persons
in this town, connected with the Library
Association, who aided in getting up and
gave their sanction to a programme burles-
quing some of our most distinguished and
highly respected citizens. The management
of the Young Mems Association have done
their organization in irreparable injury--one
which they as well as their society will very
much regret. Such warranted liberty taken
with the names of citizens will not be tolera-
ted in silence.
We did not hear the "Injun Neal man,
but we are informed by persons of goodjudg-
ment. that his "Great Lecture" was vulgar,
smutty affair, fit only for a bar room spree
disgrace to Literary society.
As to this winters course of lectures, it is
known to be disgraceful failure. The
Library Society is largely out of pocket, so
far, and the engagements of nearly all the
lecturers were cancelled sometime since. Are
the managers putting in any travelling noun
tebank they can pick up, like "Ingun Meal"
in order to avoid refunding the money due
the purchasers of season tickets? If so they
are injuring their society as badly as by the
unwaranted license they take with names of
respectable citize s. #.s
Last spring, certain members of the Lii
brary society bolted the regularly nominated
ticket for oHicers-on political grounds, and
went around the streets begging their friends
to join the society and help elect certain
men as officers in order. as they said to ''con-
troll the lectures"-of course for the purpose
of getting creatures of the radical ia
Goblin party into the course. They succeeded
in defeating two conservatives on the regu-
lar ticket and putting two boiling radical
candidates in their places. They have sue
ceeded ,also,in rendering the winter course of
lectures disgraceful financial and literary
failure. They ought, now,to put their hands
in their private pockets and repair the finan-
'cial injury they have done the society. The
moral wrong thew have done to the associa-
ton we doubt if they ever can repair.
Police REPoRT.-Last evening, between
8 and o'clock, Policeman Woods found a
drunken man staggering about near the
corner of Ohio and Orleans street, nearly
frozen, who said he belonged in Davenport +;
that his name was James Kelley that he
had lived there for u years that he borrow
ed team yesterday morning and went to
Coaltown for load of coal that, on his
way home, while in this city, being under
the influence of liquor and benumbed with
cold he fell from his load, his team going
on, and be was hunting for it. His hands
were nearly frozen, and Policeman Woods
placed his own gloves on his hands and
helped him hunt for his team, but not find
ing it he took him to the Jail and locked
him up for the night Had he been left out
he would have soon persisted with cold
This morning Magistrate Connolly fined him
S., and costs. He had only 81 and was
permitted to go home to get the balance
While in Jail he was set upon by some of
the prisoners and badly beaten, one eye
closed, his head cut, and kicked badly in the
ribs. Is this the kind of treatment city
prisoners receive while under the care OF
Sheriff Peetz? When the City Council
meets again would it not be well to investi
gate this matter of abuse of city prisoners
Many cases of the kind have occurred, and
if the Sheriff cannot take proper care OF
persons placed in his charge, the City should
provide place of its own for the purpose.
Last June, Davenport scalawag, named
David Joy Starback, member of the Da-
venport ''Hawkeye Detective Company"
came to our railroad depot, in great hurry,
about train time. and, finding Marshal Crop
per there, pretended that he had to 90 i'm
mediately TO Chicago on detective business,
and borrowed $40, of Mr.. Chopper. Mr.. C.
never saw the fellow nor the money, till yes
terday forenoon, when he spotted him in a
saloon, in this city, and arrested him. He
had not the necessary STAMPS" but manag.
ed to give security by divesting himself of
his jewelry and buffalo overcoat, when he
| elit out" for the "Hawkeye State"
On Tuesday evening well-to-do farmer
from Iowa, named I. Fl. Magoen, being very
dry and little fond of pigs feetwent around
among the saloons of this city to fill him
self free Of charge. He would walk up to {
bar, call for his drink, swallow it, and wall
off without pairing. At one place be fllet
himself with pigs feet and ale, in the same
| way. He was kicked out Of another plac,
and Policemen Barthalow and Schneider go
after him and locked him up. The mex
morning Magistrate Connolly permitted hin
| to loan the city treasury S. and the usua
| compliments to the officers.
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