, 1876-06-10

Tho City Determined to IInve Another
Competing Limo to Chlra gn--. Svtnt Iluck-
fur.1 People Tltnk Of Ostnrl,crE and Ills
Isaltrontl---Frec Whisky nn.t Cheap Beer---
n saiIing-Isnnt Ul'set-.-" No1kius On the
Feeling" ar the Community.
Special Correspondence ef The Tribune.
lsoCKroRp. H., June 0.-Consilcrnhic stir
was created here lust Wednesday BY the ruIl-
roll meeting, under the management OF j.
Meredith Davis and ntlcrs interested in tho ex-
tension of what IL now known "a tile St. Louis,
Rock Island j. Chfcngu 1Rniiroad Company.
RogkfoFl wants the link US much as any town,
1nl ITO city III thu route will receive 40 much
benefit tllcrgfroni. THIS Company will agree to
carry eoul from Cleveland to Rockford for II
cent aud llaf ton, wllica, Is tariff far below
our present ono. 1t has been shipping agrt-
cultural implements from Sterling to
St. Louis for SIS per eur, utld clai,ns
to hayo nude money at 1t; and u
prominent manufacturer VI Dixon openly
stated at the inuss-lneutEng TINT be Ind pald
over $50 car-lohd for agricultural implements
from, Dixon to St. Louis. Tic link Is Just 53
miles In length. It extends through the must
fertile region Of thu Rock River Valley, running
through Dixon, Grand DE- Tour, Oregon, Byron,
And Rockford, connecting with tic Chicago &,
Pacific Road ut lyron. 1t woull give Rockford
three competing ltnes to Chicago; IT. would make
Osterbcsg'B line direct one from, Chicago aud
St. Louis. Mr. Sargent, Of Ch!cago, very aptly
remarked Wednesday night that lie "always
thought the Rockford, Rock Island Il St. Louis
Road commenced ",,whesu and ended nowhere"
lie was correct; no lue call l'r of any importance
fl the West unless 1t las Chicago outlet. THIS
outlet will be great advantage to aud will ad-
vance tho prospects. Of tile extension. The
new Colnpaiy want t!lc citizens along the lino
1nrt lint. Il ft+itr irt.
eat to be puitl anl Guaranteed by the Company;
the bombs eventually to bc taken up at the rate
of $4,000 per year by, the Conpa1y's stork. 1t
Is estimated by experienced engineers that the
52.,nie link can 6c gr,ulcd and brIdged really
for the iron at an nntlay Of alMnt 81, ,(s0 per
mile, ur about slGG, ,0U0. Tho right Of way iu
,nany instances Will be given, ai1 will not cost
agreat deal. II Rockford car raise t75, ,0o0 t!le
Jr., N. f. LYMAN, Dr.. K i. Lane, at.d other
prominent men, l'avc taken hold Of this atter,
md II our community will come down With tie
necessary amount Of money the link will b. iu
before al,y o,le Il aware Of 4.
TIE RE1uN or PNEE WHISKY.
Prohibition, Or free whisky. Is In full blast
herr Just now. The saloons are M lunger con-
selling Under a State license by the gnllon.
Back alleys ind vacant lots-espceially II there
nre few 8lnac-trcts upon tlclll-nrc occupied
by lt,afcrs md l1ungess With gallon bottles Of
WllGkY Af1n a{tlRll kEtEb Dl i'GGf making u UlA1-
ness of guzzltng. The front streets arc alike
infested With these rowd(ca, who tup kegs at
beer Oh the sidewalk atl hand 1t out IN tl1 DIP
rers to t1lose willing to assist in drinking It.
Altogether, Mayor RnOadeA utld Ills 1nyrfnltluns
begin to lind that preventing men drinking Is 4
dangerous dclusion; suitable, 1t IL true, for
temperance lcctures, but tmpsaetieable lu its
opefntluns.
noAr cArstzEp.
A sa!ltllg.b0At capsfzcu In the river on Thurs
t1o AMI p,trU rrdIfH usF ThH
occupants Of the boat were Al CLARK, II. X.
Wlltcsi,ics, md A. L. Katz The first mentioned
swutn to slurc, hut Katz u,ld Whttcsiies clung
to the boat until RESCUED by u tnw-boat+
LOCAL opficE:sEEKE1s.
Next Thursday Ii Republican caucus will b.
held here to cleut dulegaes fer the Convention
two days later. There ure lots OF candidates
who nrc working upoD tlr feelings Of the rom.
muuity, Tht temperance question hIs 80 rn-
tercd fnto Al questions That It Is quite amusing
to witness the efforts vi thu anriMg ,.ss,tllntes
With tho representatives Ut "license" and no
license" Astenlns Ward, In 0ns Vi Ills bust
ness letters, lescrIbes the situation here exact
~ wAG! Ae says:
We must fetch tho v0tcrs sonthow. We must
work Oh their fcclns': cum the moral on 'en,
strong. Fl ~ q temperance community, tell cal
nacti the pledge lftccn m!nlts aEttr t'uo born
but IN ihe cuntIary cf your Ntic take their tods.
sny Mater Ward y genial fe!lcr III VIC ever met,
full nf cpnyIralty md tie lffu and solg OF hi,
soshul uorud. Take, dnn't you'll
There nru four candidates for Circuit Clerk
AMI Recorder three for Sheriff, three for States
Attnrncy, And two fur Coroner, and they aTe all
Just now "worklng ou the fccllus'" Of tile COM