The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-25
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WIEN WILL THE PEORIA ROAD BE DoNE?-
That depends altogether upon when the
company shall fulfill its part of the contract,
which is, to furnish the right of way, and
grade, bridge and tie the road, ready for the
iron. The contract provides that if, by the
LIST day of July next, the Peoria & Rock Is
land company shall have so far progressed
with its part Of the contract as to make it
reasonably certain that it would keep out of
Mr.. Cables way, so that be could complete
the track by the first day of December next,
thon he is to proceed and complete the road
by that time. But if the company has not,
on the first Of July next made such progress
as TO justify the purchase of the iron to com.
pete the road by the st Of December next,
then he is not required to commence his
part Of the work until the next spring, nor
until the company shall have fully completed
its part Of the work.
The company has already, as our readers
know, commenced active work ia grading
the road at the Peoria end Of the line, and it
is understood that operations will soon he
commenced at the Coal Valley end Of the
line, with view of preparing the road bed
so that track LAYING can commence at both
ends at the same time.
The only difficulty aPprehended in com
pleting the road by next December is in the
company being able to negotiate its securi'
ties in order to obtain funds to perform its
part of the contract. II is hoped that the
people of the townships along the line Of the
road will cash the bonds Of their several
townships at once, in order to enable the
company to perform its part of the contract.
If this is not done we shall probably have to
wait until another year for the road
MuRDocK's MUNIcIpAL AND GOVERNMENT
Observation-Disclosures the just con
tempt and abomination in which the Muir.
dock city authorities are now held by peo.
pie Of oil parties and cresds by attempting
to enforce an arbitrary rule and insultingly
restrict the rights Of people in the post Of.
fee to use tobacco, for two successiV e
nights, Murdoch was not satisfied, and Sat.
urday night last he had them on hand
again. People who never dTeampt Of smok.
ing in the post office were determined to
test the measure of Murdocks authority,
and the result was that some twenty ehthu-
siastc fumigators were on hand and the
whole interior soon presented the spectacle
Of IN immense bacon,curing establishment.
In the course of events, VIM. +. Cooper
the gentleman whom the police had insulted
by their petty tyranny the evening before,
entered, and Mclaughlin stepped up to him
and began to demonstrate with him at Civ
ing notoriety to the proceedings Of the even
ing before. Chopper had lighted cigar in
his hand, and, very naturally, before begin.
ming to reply, pulled ruminatingly for few
seconds. "Why!" said Mclaughlin, aghast
and dumbfounded at such assurance that
could calmly put its head into the wolf jaws
of Official authority, "you're smoking now ~
"Of course am," says Chopper, land mean
to as long as it suits my pleasure and con.
yenieuce.' Well said Mac, working
himself up to the proper pitch Of dignifed
Amusement aud indignation, "put out that
cigar or I'll put you out!"-the very words
that his and Murdock's minion had used un.
| der similar circumstances the evening be-
fore. "You are unable to put one side Of
| me out Mclaughlin then collared him,
and Chopper asked him if he was arresting
him. "No,' says Mac, "but I'll put you
OUT Chopper intimsted to him By few
dexterous punches, applied vigorously and
with anatomical precision, tina: it was a