The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-19
NorEs HERE AID THERE.

Those prairie chicken breakfasts at
the Harper House are delicious.
-Adg't Gen'l Nat. B. Baker, of Iowa,
is dangerously ill, at Des Moines.
WIN. Moore, of Rural, was paid 81
by the county clerk, yesterday, for one
wolf scalp.
The Monmouth Revieao says: "A
grand excursion to Rock Island is now
being arranged, to occur Thursday, Aug.
3lst-the great day of Rock Island County
Fair"
Street Comr Maucker is doing a
good lob around Bengston's block-and
no block In town better deserves good gut
ters and clean streets than that Mr..
Beneston has honored the town by the
erection of the finest building in it, and
his public spirit deserves recognition.
The Wheezanhalers of Rock Island
have bad luck. Judge Waite couldn't
come, even after they had advertised him
for to- night. Then they advertised State
Senator Moderwell- and now he can't come.
And now they advertise j. L. Lane.
They advertise Moline to be here also.
Free lunch?
Among the guests at the Harper
House yesterday was Mr.. j. l.. Whitlock,
of Chicago, the gentleman who was in the
carriage with the unfortunate Mr.. Herd
man who lost his life at the upper depot,
last spring. Mr.. Whitloek has never rode
across that death trap since. No persua-
ton will induce him to ride over it. The
place is very dangerous one-so are the
approaches to all the other depots in town.
Not one of them can be reached without
crossing railroad tracks.
| When will our city officials give up
their free passes on the street railroad anG
attend to the peoples interest instead of let
ting the railroad company violate their fran
chise? The railroad company is required
| to macadamize between the rails and l.
inches outside of each rail, and up ever
with the top of the rail, and the people
elect men to enforce the law. Why DOM
| they do it? Are they bribed with a free
pass? The people, whose lives aud prop
erty are endangered every day by Thu
neglect, want to know why the city govern
ment don't enforce the law.
"A few days ago Mr. Thomas Dunn
and wife were riding along an avenue Oh
Rock Island Arsenal grounds when thei
horse was frightened by fellow lying il
the grass They barely escaped running
off an embankment, and in the fright Mrs
Dunn dropped valuable fan. 1t wa
afterwards learned that the fellow IN tn
grass picked up and carried off the fan
He is a resident of a northern town in thi
state tand is known The best thing h
can do is to express that fan, prepaid, t
Thomas Dunn, wholesale and retail, deale
10 hardware, Moline, 1llinois-and tina
will end it.
The Republicans of Davenport haC
a small torchlight procession last night
They stopped in front of Der Den0krdt of
fee and cheered. No response. The.
then went to the house Of H. n. Clausso
Sen, and called him out, and tn
old man said few words to them
They then marched to Hiram Prices anc
called him out. Mr. Price, like Mr. Claus
son, had some regard for his reputation
and neither OF them lied very boldly
Penn Clark, of Iowa City, was then Gale
out, and for downright, Infamous and un
blushing falsehoods about Tilden and Hen
bricks he takes the broom. He had n
reputation to lose and he ratified off ,
string of brazen lies, every one of whic
he knew to be lies, and so did his hearers
They then marched down to the Gdzett
office and were addressed by Mr.. Russell
Of the Gazette, who didn't lie half SO ba
as be does in his paper. Fms.