The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-04
MOLINE.
R@~Ben Keator has returned from ,

R9~Ben Keator has returned from the
centennial.
S1-The highway commissioners meet
on Saturday next.
gor The second span of the Rock river
bridge was expected to arrive to-day.
Da~That meeting last night has struck
terror to the Republican ranks in this
town.
Bas- Police Magistrate Swauder was out
yesterday for the fist time since his
illpess.
H9~T The ARGUS can be had at Glen
denim d Martins post Office drug store
every evening.
RarJ. T. Peterson, the man who was
accidentally shot on Sunday last, was very
weak to-day and seemed to be failing.
lie can hardly recover.
.R9~Geo. W. Vin.on and family return
ed from the east to day. Mr.. Vinton is
looking better now than for years. These
centennial trips seem to agree with most
everybody.
BaF esterday morning Maroni Wheeler
met his object of hate, Henry Harwood,
'and without saying word struck him in
the face. Harwood followed him with
club add then Marioni drew pistol, and
bat for the interference of friends woud d
probably have used it. The affair did
not get into the police courts.
Dastaraly Tricks by the Republicans of
Moline.
Last evening the Republicans, or at
least some creatures who claim TO be mem
bers of that model (2) organization used
every mean artifice to make it unpleasant
tor the Democratic procession aLd meet
ing. Chaiing under the fact that the
demonstration was grand success. and
desiring to show how utterly low aud
mean they could be, boys were placed at
convenient intervals who made it their
business to hoot and yell at the members
Of the Tilden Legion calling them copper
| heads, rebels" :" traitors" and every
thing else even to "s-ns of b-hs." In the
centre OF the street large dead snake
was placed, with string around it so
situated 'that all could sec it. On the
common, where the brush had been piled
up in heaps by the Democratic committee.
she sneaking Republicans had placed
paper and shavings so that a chance
spark from torch would easily ignite it or
with the intention, if the crowd had not
been so large, to fire the heaps and
break up the meeting, This is
not all. number of boys were
hired bv DR., Morey to distribute
campaign documents of the bloody
shirt order. thus offering an open insui,
10 those in the procession. Nor is this all
for when the train arrived from Rock Is
land stones were hurled from near Will
llams White q Cos, and struck a number
fthose from Rock Island. This kind o
J tactics may suit the Republicans who
} driven to desperation by the alarming de
pletion from their ranks in this town, cyl
dently hope to gain, by intimidation and
brow beating that which they cannot sus-
tain by argument. Go in gentlemen( p ant
do the best you can, but don't go too far
There is law in the county yet aud some 0
you will feel the weight of it perhaps. Th,
Democrats of Moline have never interfer
ed in any manner with the Haymakers
they have not insulted pronounced Repub
licans with documents during a mee,in
they meyer have done anything t
which the Republicans could take except
5 ion and the conduct of few of those wh
claim to be members of the model ~ Re
publican party proved last night that thei
:
we must" The conduct of the Repub
/ ican party, last night, or at least a te'
o who style themselves such, was disgrace
: iul in the extreme.
j The Moline Council.
Regular meeting of the city counc
held October ID 1876. Present Mayo
| Wheelock and all the aldermen.
Minutes OF the last regular meeti0
> read and approved.
= Moved by Aid. Whipple that Mr.. Har
y man be appointed as a designator of uuu
bers for numbering the city on the Phil
delphia plan, and that Rodman Avenue b
the dividing line OF the city. Carried.
A petition was presented by the Molin
< Plow Co., and others asking that g. Bo
y neman be granted license to establis
y and maintain ferry on the Mississippi riv,
u from the Iowa shore at or near Gilbertow
t. the Illinois shore at some convenier
place within the Moline city limits wher,
ever he may select. Moved by Aid, Ba
Sc uard that the petition be granted. Ca
- ried unanimously.
% NJ A. Gould,l civil engineer, presentt
a report with exhibits of the present grad
" of the gutter on the west side of Salt,
% street FROM the bridge at the mouth
Sugar Hollow to the river without allowiu
for cut at river; also proposed grade
=, the gutter on the eas. side of said stree
a fr III the source of Salter street to ii
y bridge, with an estimate of the propos,
= cost Cf building the gutter.
as Moved by Aid White that the grade
~ the west side of Salter street from Il
: bridge to the railroad be accepted. Ca
- RED.
"a y A petition was presented signed by
~ q. Morris and others asking that sid
walk be built on the west side of AtkinsC
street from Keator & Sons Office tc De;
street. Moved by Aid. Barnard that t
petition be laid on the table Carried
A petition was presented signed by
5. richards and others asking that sid
walk be built on the east side of Salt
sh street from Main street to Sugar Hollt
on bridge. Moved Gy Aid Grao;z that t
u. petition BE- laid over until next regul
meeting. Carried,
,rt A petition was presented signed
Henry Schacft aud others asking that &
al sidewalk on Waterman street from Ru
nd uan avenue to Second avenue be ma
N. four feet wide instead of two feet.
ae On motion OF Aid Grantz the petit
:, was granted Carried.
nj The petition asking for sidewalk fro
W. Henry street south to the No. J. sch,
he house laid over at last meeting was tax
up and on motion of Aid. White the ci
attorney was instructed to prepare an
he diuance providing tor two plank sid
walk on the west side of Deer street fir,
M the north side of Lincoln avenue to W,
he side of Harold street; thence south