The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-29

BTRegular meeting of the council on
Monday evening.
s9The board of education will meet On
Monday evening. The meeting will be an
important one.
B9The Phoenix House is being painted
and repapered. The Office and porch
present handsome appearance Jack
Beardsley, Moline's favorite fresco artist,
superintends the renovation.
RwThere is likely to be another change
of tactics in the Rodman avenue switch
question. The present location does lot
suit the Moline Plow Co. exactly. 1t GER
tainly does not meet the approval of our
citizens.
EHAnna Baumier, who resides in the
brick mansion" with the ''arch over the
gate" near the Halfway House, was fined
SO and costs for discharging firearms with
in the city limits. Paid like man and re-
leased from custody.
Bg@Henry Scnaack will no doubt be
appointed street commissioner by the
council on Monday evening", although he
will meet with some opposition from f. g.
White and others. Mr.. Setback has been
more or less identified with the position
for several years and thoroughly under
stands the requirements of the place.
Ba5~On Monday evening the city coun-
ell will decide who shall be marshal ard
who street commissioner, for the ensuing
year-both important positions. tor the
former Office no more capable man can he
selected than Officer Olsen He has been
a faithial policeman and is always on
hand to aE hon pnn1od Eaor
less in the discharge Of duty, thoroughly =
impartial and physically able. he pos
sesses all the requisites Cor making an eff
meet with general approval among busi
ness men aud citizens generally. Olsen is
steady mau, also, and belongs to ne
clique or set, but treats all alike, and keep.
his business to himself. He has displayed
considerable detective ability during hi
term and is unquestionably one of the bes
officers ever on tie force. At his hand
roughs and law breakers receive no ia
vors, aud, as city marshal, be would be
by all od1s the best man who is talked o
for the position. If appointed he woult
give his entire time to the duties of the of
,, fee and not leave it tor others to do 70
him.
BssE~For "a long while there has been
growing sentiment 10 opposition to ou
r heavy school taxes and decided feelin
a against teaching the foreign languages il
our public schools When the board O
education passed the bill providing for
Swede teacher The ARGUS opposed i
0 repeatedly, and did not hesitate to con
denim openly the course of the board
claiming that the public schools were iu
tended for the common English branche
r only, and that the letter of the law 81
r meant; that our taxes were now unusual
heavy and that it was defiance of publ
8 opinion to force additional burdens o.
. the people, especially when the Swed
! language, outside of certain localities
n could not be considered a necessity =
= The taxation for school purposes in thi
! township far exceeds the really necessar
!. amount, and wherein the people should b
+ forced to pay Ter teaching supcrfiuou
IS branches has never been demonstrated =
,fl The schoo are intended for acquiring
\ common English education, -nothin
more; and all branches outside of thi
u limit should lie paid tor extra There
Is not one in forty who attend the schoo
II that seek professional pursuits
,t tie remainder become engage
in agricultural, mechanical or mercanti
: calings. where the higher branches al
ot seldom called into use The feeling again'
e the enormous school tax has at last Gu
"a minated in the circulation of a petite
: which is receiving large number of sigi
III ers. The petition will be presented to I'll
le board If education at It's next regul,
d meeting. Il will no dcubt meet with o.
% position there. although It cannot bel
ommanding some attention, as numb'
'e of the petitioners are among our best Cit
10 zens. For petition see another artic
a. signed .Au Old Moline Citizen"