The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-12
TO u ktg OF gin,
And Xii he lost his banner.

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For solid comfort, commend us to the
Sherman.
Any young man who don't move IN
first family circles stands no chance to be
screened by our police magistrate and city
marshal when caught in violations of law
it is only the upper tens that can con-
troll court and police.
They were standing on the dark green
sward, looking at Saturn approach the
moon, when he said with a squeeze,
Darling, is the moon made of green
cheese?' Yes. Charley" said she, tits
a mitey, mitey moon.
Billy Grouse, Esq, Peoria, Ills,
Hamilton street" wont get his letter quite
as sooa as he would If his correspondent
had known the difference between THE
ARGUS letter box and the post Office
Probably he couldn't read.
What wonder that dazzling bagnios
flourish on our principal streets when the
police magistrate and the city marshal
connive to protect young men from expos
IRE who are pulled from the companion
ship of the painted harlets.
The Vermont election demonstrates
that wherever there are Democrats they
are voting this year. When in that hope
less state they go to the polls it is an indi-
cation of such fighting trim as always tore
runs victory. Harrisburg Patriot,
The organs have become as mute as
oysters about the Vermont vote. An
evening paper resorting to the trick OF
changing the result from 1857 to 1900,
not daring to let the party see how the
tide is running even in that strong ground
of partyism = Chicago Times.
st. Mary's Temperance Total Absti-
nence Society, Davenport. held an election
for officers at the church Monday evening,
with the following result: President, Rev
NJ Flavin; vice president. Henry Tohr:
secretary, J. Martinelle; Treasurer, Jno.
Turner; MARSHALL. Walsch. The society
number 125 members.
There is "a heap" of just indignation
all over town against Police Magistrate
Chopper and City Marshal HAYES for con
niving to shield the young bloods who were
pulled" from May Wier's bagnio. These
dockets, knowing them to be fictitious, thus
making up false record, for which both
of them should be removed frcm office.
-Nobby young men are perfectly safe
in going to May Wier's bagnio. The court
will get up at any hour of night to keep
them out of Jail, and fine them. and enter
false names on the record. and after they
pay they can go right back to the arms of
the painted harlots and stay until morn
ing Poor young men, without rich rela
tives can't do this-in Rock Island police
courts of justice!
Captain Silas Haigtt, an old citizen of
Keokuk. and veteran river captain, died
10 Keokuk on Wednesday, of last week.
He was charged by Edward Bonney, 10
his book, the "Banditti of the Prairie, or
the Murders Doom" with being a con-
federate of Long and Young, hung in
Rock Island for the murder of Col. Geo.
Davenport. but no proof of the charge was
false.
"A freight train, bound southwest from
Wilton, Saturday, met with an accident
which was more remarkable for the dam
age it didn't do than for that which was
DONE Near Summit car heavily loaded
with lumber jumped the track and bounced
the ties for mile or more before the tram
was stopped, a bridge being included in
that distance The car was the only one
that left the track, and being in the middle
of the train prevented it being ditched
Miss Mary K. Runnels, about IS
years old, was found dead in her room at
the Rathbun House at Grand Rapids.
Mich, Saturday morning. She arrived
Friday night from Mears, Mich, retired
early, and blew out the gas. The room
bo.n Of hn h,,iI ba
escaping gas was not discovered until the
| ehambermaid came to c'ean the room.
The deceased was on her way to Wayland,
Mich.
A hundred innocent and decent young
men in Rock Island are suspected of hav-
ing been pulled from May Wier's bagnio,
because of the shameful course of Chopper
and Hawes What business have they to
hide the wrong acts of anybody? They
probably never saw the figure of Justice
or ii they Gid they cannot comprehend
that justice is represented as without sight,
for the reason that she should know only the
violated law, and show no favor to persons.
They should meet out the same justice to
the banker as to the beggar.
/ The pretense of the supervisors for
adjourning to Monday, the day previous to
the annual meeting, was that they might,
as this was to be the long session, get
through with the business this week. How
we'll they kept their promise is shown by
the proceedings of Monday in this paper
They did nothing; but will draw pay fol
one day from thefcounty Treasury! They
might, at least, have received bills, peti.
tons. etc.. and referred them, and thus
have advanced the business one day. The
excuse they have for drawing pay for Mon.
day is what the people would like to know
| Chandler attests the Gripping effects
OF Democratic legislation. He has ordered
that all the clerks from Ohio and Indian;
shall be sent home on furlough. and t
save the expense of railroad fare the.