The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-21

R9"Pull down your stove"
nRCity council meeting to.nioht

BBCity council meeting tonight.
The latest telegraphic news can always
be found in the DAILY ARGUS.
E~Work has been commenced on tie |
new foundry for the Union Malleable Iron
Works.
@Persons who wish to examine their
assessment are notified to call at Sup'r. d. |
o. Reid s store.
ETThe Moline editor of the Union
judges other people by himself-but they
object to being placed SO low.
gsy-He told Squire Swander that he |
was tramp, that his name was Tom o.
Conner, aged %, and an Irishman, and he |
was bounced"
B9~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. 8dtf.
Beg~The Moline boys played the Rapid
City nine match game of ball this after
noon on the GROUNDS just west of the old
quilt factory, but the game was not com
pleted when this paper went to press.
BI@A typographical error occurred in
publishing the amount Of bond which the
collector of poll tax is required to give, in
THE ARGUS last evening 1t should have
been $1,000 in place of 500 as published.
sg~A horse belonging to Pete Munger,
the dog slayer, was kicked on the right
hind leg by another horse ,on Sunday after
noon, and it was broken in two places and
lit became necessary to kill the poor
creature. Pete valued the animal at S16O-
rather a reloss to him.
| IL =.
morning by Policeman Olsen on complaint
Of VIM. Young, who charged him with
kicking his step-son, Richard Hatfield
All the parties work at Dimock & Gould's
pail and tub works. Lindberg plead
all-which he paid. The boy was the
aggressor, and deserved the kick which he
received.
Bg@It is reported that Alderman Okcr-
berg has played neat trick on the people
in his ward, who live on Okerberg street,
in order that sidewalks could be laid down
there, by serving notices on the property
holders there to construct the walk-when
no ordinance was ever passed compelling
them to do the work. The city had TO pay
half the expense.
BI@The following from the Tri- C2ty
Times, might be cf some interest to the
many in this city who have been in the
habit of b0rT0Uing THE ARGUS and not
returning 1t. They should take warning in
tine and avoid having themselves put
dow1 as dead beats:
| ~ nickel il not much money but many nickle
2 makes mckle," and when a wealthy malster like
. John George comes into the press-ro and flches
paper to five cents he chuckles the idea
that he has increased his STOCK Of knowledge with
2 out decreasing his capital. The man who viii
, steal newspaper is first cousin to the petty lar
ceny rascal who lifted the dark pennies from his
: dead mothers eyes."
Esg@Tne Herald Of Liberty, (Col Joseph
Eiboeck's paper of Desmoines, in speak
ing of the late Turner festival in this city
says: Our last issues gave the more i'm
! portant events OF tie celebration, and 1t Is
; needless to again repeat them, but We
Il cannot forego the opportunity, late as il
is, to speak of the generous hospitality Of
the Turner's, and of the noble hearted
Il citizens of Moline in general. That little
5, city Of seven or eight thousand inhabltauts
e had been converted into 4 fairy place, witt
the most elaborately wreGthed trIumpaa
e arches the handsomest festoons, garlapds
Z and all conceivable kinds Of mottos of wei
: come and decorations, imnressing the visi
tor with the taste, genius and hberality o
its people" Col Eiboeck, it will be re
!. membere9 is the gentleman who deliYere(
the English Grafton during the festival.
I To the Moline Editor of The Argus
i | am a constant reader of THE ARGUS
Y and | think it is my duty to commend tha
y paper for the course it has taken in regart
to the dirty Gould Ash controversy. Firs:
= TIE ARGUS, in giving the account OF th
elopement between Ash and Gould
| "a
# the parerts, believing, as nearly every on
- did, at that time, that Ash was a scouu
A. drel aud that be had seduced the girl froI
her home. This was perfectly right
Secondly, When The ARGUS stated th
al their daughter an unmerciiul beating wit
a crutch and cane 1t simply stated thf
II if this was true the parents should be Sc
u u verely punished. These were the falls
III reports" which aroused the ire of Nj.
: Gould, and he wrote bis disgusting lette
vs. to the Union, which was published in tia
~ ~ paper last Sunday morning, in which lie
~ Ter, instead OF correcting any false r
ia ports" he admits more than The ARGU
OF charged him with, and he then voluntarlI
s er gives an account of three other fights aoit
ut has daughter besides the one mentiont
u u before. If NJ. A. Gould had never write
~ ~! that letter he would probably have bee
Il. happier nan to-day. am well, and,
el might say, intimately acquainted with hin
20 and | have always known him to be 10y
oe vulgar, profane and dissipated creatur
who, when talking in private conversatio
would use the most vile and degraded la
'or guage human being is capable Of
IN is a man who takes great pride in boas
ing that he does not believe there is al
ed hereafter-and | would ask any parent
ng that is the kind Of father who would
mt likely to rear a child III the paths OF yirtl
as and truth? No. The people general
It'll did not kaoac NJ. A Gould, (although
he has lived here many years. until after
rss published his letter in the Union. The
ct, any man with common sense could S
ng the low and british nature of the creatu
lily he is not worthy to be called u man
ey and people were no longer surprised
lev the course of his daughter in leavi
such home and casting her lot with Al
or any one else. | could, if | chose
e = to do so, give many instances of Goult
contemplate nature, and could Tefers
ase circumstances which occurred years ago
.a5 relation to the family, which would pro
nn that the conduct of Gould's daughter
for not the only case of the kind which cou
On be mentioned, but | refrain from doing {
r.s as it will only add bad TO worse-and the
ne believe, the people are sufficiently
DR. formed as to the character of the creatu
nm. who goes under the name OF NJ. \. Gou
Iul. that they do not care to hear anythi
Il L