The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-07
MOLINE.


6SS ' cry VIII III udS.
Eas- Manufacturers Lodge of Moline,
was down, 26 strong.
s1- Our people still continue to go to
the Centennial
BEEugene Lewis says it's boy. Con-
graduate him.
s9 Work on Deere & Cos. new
foundry is progressing rapidly.
BEThere is considerable talk of raising
a 1ilden Reform club here. The prospect
is good.
EgEverythine is quiet here since the
Fourth, and if it was not for the tramp
excitement the city would be perfectly
dead
BayThere was large chowder party
on the Moline Water Power Co. Island
this afternoon, and everybody had jolly
good time.
sy Finest stock of cigars, tobacco and
smokers articles in the city at II. Hen
necke's tobacco store on Main street. sec
ond door west of Lynde. Sdtf.
Bg-Charles A. Barnard. the champion
oarsman OF the northwest, leaves for Niles,
Michigan, this evening. Charley wears
| the pendant as the champion oarsmen Of
the Sylvan boat club.
beg Dr. 2. L. Mckinnie came very
near having a smash up at the post office
on the Foul th-his horse becoming fright
ened at frecrackers. A lady who was in
in the buggy was thrown out but not 10.
iured.
Bag~ Harmony Lodge, No, ., aud Schiil-
er Lodge, No. IL, A. o L. W., installed
their newly elected officers last evening
with appropriate ceremonies. This order
is becoming more and more popular every
cay.
B@@The tramps entertained by the city
last night said they were delegates re-
turning from the Cincinnati convention.
but cur Republican friends didn't seem to
be very anxious to form their acquain-
tance.
B1One tramp, last night, said, II will
sleep out here on the damp ground; [ will
go without food; will swim the Mssissip-
pi; will do anything else you want, but
but please don't lock me up in that city
council room, for still have little re-
spect for myself.
Oar yisilant special policeman,
Wormley, last night, locked up the fore
' man of one Of our largest manufacturing
, establishments on suspicion OF being q
. saucy tramp. He was, however, recog
, :, nized and released in few minutes, It.
a good joke on our special, aud on the
+ foreman, too.
g1A At | o'clock tlis forenoon trair
load of tramps tabout 300 arrived in oul
Iity over the Rockford road. About l5(
stopped the train Just as it entered tht
limits and Jumped off, The balance rode
into town and then commenced to juml
e off. Our citizens had been notified of the
: arrival and they swarmed around the trail
by hundreds, arms with shot guns re
: volvers, clubs, knives, etc, and wheneve
a tramp jumped from tie train he wa
: made to climb back again. The tramp
!, made one grand rush for liberty but the
were overcome, loaded again, and shippe
to Rock Island.
8 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp the Tramps ar
Coming.
IS Or, at least, that's what the citizens c
l. Moline thought last night when Rock
: ford freight train came 10 with about 80
tramps on board, and when not less tha
: 200 of them jumped off the train and con
d menced to scatter oyer the city. Tn
,f FIRE alarm was sounded to cali the paopl
q together. the tramps were surrounded an
" about $50 of them were marched to tt
4 square at the engine house, where the
" stretched themselves on the ground unt
! about IL o'clock, when they were remove
to the city council room, in the eugir
house, where food was distributed to then
The balance Of the crowd made for Roc
70 Island. The scene in the council roo1
about l o'clock this morning begga
Y description, for there lay all that lars
crowd of men in room 20 by so feet, O;
upon another, while the stencil arisil
from their bodies was perfectly awfu
Our citizens aud the Moline Rifles stoC
guard around the building all night, ar
this morning the tramps were again fe
and then escorted to the city limits of Ro:
Island, where they were received by office
from that city and taken "west"-whe
they wanted to go This is the same gal
in. that boarded freight train at Beardstov
few days ago, and, when told to get o
~ fired upon the train meu, killing Of
brakesman and injuring the conductc
Here, however, they were all unusual
~ quiet.