The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14

The New \ ork Herald is of the opin-
ion that thirty millions saved entities the
Democratic House to public gratitude
Gov Seymours name has been placed
at the head OF the Tilden electoral ticket
in New York. John Kelley withdrawing
for that purpose
There were only 60 or 80 coal oil
bearers from this city, and less from Mo
line, who attended the Hiram Price meet
ing in Davenport Wednesday evening. 1t
was a slim affair.
1t is not creditable to the public spirit
of Rock Island people that they take no
measures towards building fine opera
house. or inducing some man to do it for
the good of the town.
"A barge load of bridge timber for the
new Rock river bridge, which was being
shipped from Clinton few days ago, was
sunk shortly after starting out. The
barge was 10 charge of the Diamond 10
Lane. 1t is understood that the barge can
be raised and all the timbers saved, the
bridge contractors,
The Republican Office holders in Rock
Island hired men and boys to carry torches
IN their procession to Davenport Wednes-
day evening. We have been furnished
the name of one boy whom they offered
dollar to go and carry torch. but his
father declined to let him do so. 1t is the
same old corrupt Grant whisky ring party.
The election of Hayes is the third term oil
| Grant.
AT the Republican meeting in Daven.
port last evening the audience soon became
Disguised with the speakers, and at every
opportunity the people would call for some
other man to address them-before g
speaker had addressed them 10 minutes
| they wanted to hear somebody else. This
was particularly the case when the rene
gade, futile, was speaking-and every
time he was applauded the people would
commence yelling for somebody else te
address them. He finally had to sit down
before his remarks were finished.
About 20 of the stockholders of the
old Lamar Insurance Co., met in the Office
of Hoys & cleveland last evening and
PASSED a resolution authorizing Messrs
A. f. Cutter, L. j. Robinson and l.
Heinsfurter to assess each stakeholder
according to his amount of stock TO raise
money to contest the case of the receiver,
| in the supreme court of this state Sweeney
81 Jackson are the attorneys for the stock
holders, and Connolly & McNeal and
Parker 4 Twomey, of Davenport, for
the receiver.
"A train of eleven coaches containing
about six hundred centennial pilgrims from
Oskaloosa, Sigourney, Washington and
other towns in that portion of Iowa. came
in on the southwestern branch of the c.
r. 1. & P. road, Tuesday night. These
excursiouists paid $32,40 fare for the
round trip via. the Baltimore & Ohio road
to Philadelphia and return-each ticke
taking its holder by the way of Washing
ton aud Baltimore should he choose &c
visit those cities When the train left fo
Chicago it was composed of thirteen pas
senger coaches end four sleepers-2l cars
including baggage, mail end express cars
1t went out with two locomotives.
In Fort Madison, Lee county, 10 1868
says the Fort Madison Democrat, "Ol
the reception of the news that ten Jane
futile. the Democratic candidate for gov
ernor. had been ANONYMOUSLY defeated il
his aspirations, large number of Radlea
politicians Iin this city formed in gram
procession, paraded the streets with mu
sic, songs, shouts and yells. bearing il
: front of the mob finely polished cofi
labeled, Gen. James Tuttle. And on tn
corner Of Pine and Third streets, after
funeral grafton, by Rev. A. G. William
the coffin was consigned to the flames
t amid deaiening applause of the radical
6 who perpetrated the act" That's tn
fellow that the GRAFT Office holders ar
carrying kerosene lamps for now and cheer
ing his proven falsehoods-a fellow the
0 they denounced then as coward and
thief,