The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-08

On the New York, Kingston & Syracuse /
coming from Delaware county, |
were covered with snow. The snow began |
there at four O'Clock in the morning and |
continued nearly all day About inches |
Of snow are reported 20 have fallen.
PoRT GALORE, Oct The propeller /
Asia, with wheat from Chicago for Mon |
treal, while coming into the harbor last
night, struck rock and sunk The cargo
will probably prove total loss.
JOLIET, ILL.,, October 6-Judge McRoh |
erts, in the Will County Circuit Court, |
rendered decision this afternoon which is
not only of great local importance but of
interest. The title of the case as
is ''The City Of Joliet VS. The
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Company and the Board of Supervisors of
VIII County" When the Chicago and
Rock Island Railway was built, the city of
Joliet in its anxiety to secure the road,
granted the company the right of way
through the Court House square. The
track passes within rod or so Of the Court
House, and the putting engines, numbering
trains. shrieking whistles and changing
bells are great annoyance and nuisance
The track also crosses two OF the principal
streets Of the city at a point that is con
stantly thronged with teams and pedes-
trains At the last October term of the
Circuit Court bill was filed to test the
right of the railray company TO the square.
The case was argued at the last June
term The Hon Henry Snapp and the
Hon Frank Goodspeed appeared AZ coun-
sci for the railway, and Judge G. ID. A
Parks, B. 4. Fuller, S. ". Randall and
B. DIN for the city. The arguments of
the counsel occupied six days, and Judge
MeRoberts took the case under advise
ment. The question came up on the de
murrer to the bill, and by the decision to-
day the demurrer was overruled and the
bill sustained. The result of the decision
will be that the railway company will be
required to answer the bill. Judge Me
Roberts opinion showed great deal of
labor, and is spoken of in very high terms
by the members of the Will county bar
The case is considered a test case as to
whether railway companies can take prop
erty for railway purposes which has been
previously dedicated to the public or pub
lie squares, parks, or commons.
T.
to-day issued proclamation, setting apart
Thursday the 9th inst, the second anmver-
sary of the great fire, as day of rest, to
be observed as best the people see fit, and
especially as day for the people to visit
the Grand Exposition He directs the
closing of all city offices at noon, and re-
quests the schools and all places of bust
ness TO close at that hour, and so remain
during the day The Exposition pro
gramme for the day includes grand mu-
steal concert and extra floral display
| Railroads will run extra trains to the city
on Wednesday and Thursday, and a great
crowd is expected on anniversary day
/ The annual communication of the Grand
/ Lodge of A f. & A. NJ which met at Me
Cormick Hall this morning was largely at
tended from all divisions in the State.
One of the first things done was the adop-
/ ton of resolution expressive of sympa-
/ thy for brethren IN Memphis and Shreve-
port. and instructlng the Grand Master OF
/ Illinois to telegram to the Grand Master Of
Louisiana to draw on the Lodge for $500
for Memphis, and $500 for Shreveport in
aid of suffering masons and families Five
hundred and seventy-eight lodges are rep
resented by fifteen hundred delegates
After the appointment of the usual COM
mittees, the address Of NJ. ". Grand Mas
ter, j. A. Hawley, was delivered. 1t
abounded in valuable Information to the OF.
der The sessions in the afternoon and
evening were devoted to the consideration
of the reports of Committees and t. the
discussion of proposed amendments and
bylaws.
The Railway Passenger Agents mel
this morning at the Grand Pacific io
tel to consider the proposition to ab1lisl
all commissions on the sale of tickets
The convention is in session with cl sec
doors, but it is understood that they have
concluded to abolish the system of paying
commissions TO runners, hackmen, ant
other middlemen for the sale Of tickets
An adjourned meeting for the considera
ton of minor details in ticket management
will be held at the Grand Pacific to-mor
E row. Nearly all the Western railways arr
E represented.
, PEORIA, Oct. BY invitation of th
l. Q. B. b. and Mayor Brotherson, Rev
DR.. Edward B. NJ Brown, the Jcwisl
| Rabbi, will deliver lecture at Rouse 0p
era Hail. Friday evening, for the benefit o
the Memphis and Shreveport sufferers
f The lecturer is said to be the finest Eng
lish orator in the Jewish pulpit-nezt {
the famous Rabbi Wise, of Cincinnati
: and crowded house is expected, and it i
I hoped Peoria will not be behind her Si>te
cities in charity.
!, NEW YORK, Oct. "A FIRE occurred thi
: morning, at 5l7, 5l9 and 52l " est Nine
. teenth street, occupied by Dielmat & Funk
piano case makers, and others, and dan
aged their stock to the amount of twenty
five thousand dollars
f LOUISVILLE, Oct. This morning tn
e large bagging factory Of Richardson, Hear
: x Co., the first factory of the kind starte
Il in the United States, caught fire from III
a friction Of the picker and was totally col
f sumed. Loss between $4,000 and $1,000
and $4,000 insurance in the followin
:, companies: Pennsylvania, Phila., So, 500
Franklin, Phila., $500; Atlantic, n 7
,. 900; St. Joe, Mo, $4,000; Amazon
Cincinnati, 81, 800 German of Erie, 81. 5st
Il Old Dominion, Richmond, $1,000; Ca,
Il Newport, KY, 81 900 Manhattan, n I
y $50; Merchants and Mechanics, of Kict
: mond, $500; State Ins Co, Mo, 81 I'D
I" American Continental, St. Louis, Sl,251
!, St Louis, of St Louis, 50, 800; Fire
5 Marine, Wheeling, Va, 81 $50; Phila, 81
, 250 Manufacturers Mutual, Phila. : |
i $50; Enterprise, Cincinnati, $1,000; NMf
= Missouri, and another Missouri town, III
- known, $500 each balance of insuranl
- in Louisville companies. Loss mainly q
machinery and building, Only $500 vert
al Of stock in the house The firm We
y right in the busiest season and will resun
n manufacturing at once One hundred O
rs eratives are thrown temporarily out of el
re ployment
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