The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-09

A Cowardly Attack.


general condemnation it is a mean, sneak
ing, cowardiy attack on the character Of
another, and especially SO when the
aminus is greedy, merceuary motives.
In this connection the article in the Union
of this morning. rejecting on r. Fl. Moore,
is at once cowardly and mean and cannot
help make him friends where it was IN
tended to crush him. Legitimate compe
titon in business is part of the laws of
trade and can only be overcome by up
right, honorable means, not through the
contemplate channel resorted to BY the
Union. Mr.. Moore, of the ReUies0, may
not be brilliant writer, and perhaps has
committed some trifiihg mistakes, but it
does not follow that he should be abused,
condemned and slandered because of
mistake of the head and not OF the heart
1t will not accomplish the object intended,
however, and will make Mr. Moore solid
friends among that class OF men who
detest mean action aud are always ready
mercenary ends by running fellow COM
petitor. The Union will discover when
too late that it has made grave mistake
in attacking Mr.. Moore's character instead
of meeting him like an honorable business
competitor 1t seeks to convey an insinu-
alton which it is too cowardIy to openly
charge. Such cowardly attacks never yet
injured man, and especially in this case
will it react on the Union, as its motives
in making the attack are so we'll under
stood.
gG-CulIom Zouaves' drill meeting to-
night at Reese's Hall.
RGThe rains have caused suspension
of work on Rodman avenue.
sG~Best's celebrated Milwaukee beer,
on tap at Frank Schraeder's. Call and
try it. 9-d3t
G9HPierce Bros decorated their front
windows yesterday with their name and
that "222" neatly displayed in lead and Of !.
E9Huey & Co. have flushed the brick
making season at their yard. One kiln
remains to be burned. which will be done
this week.
Ha-A little daughter of Mr.. Fl. Goss was
badly scalded yesterday by the Academia
spilling of boiler of hot water uron her
DIR. Morey dressed the burn.
RIHThe attention of our readers is called
to the communication of r, FL. Moore, oi
the ReUieaC, in answer to the Upion's cow
ardly insinuaton The letter appears on
the 4th page of this paper.
Ra%The Union, 10 speaking of the dis.
, affection in the republican ranks, says
] The men who go about exhibiting sore
heads for the delectation of the public may
= be numbered by the fingers of the single
, hand. What a hand that would be for {
school-man or game of draw, The mar
who could not successfully conceal three
decks of cards in hand like that ought t.
be ruled out of the game. 1t would b.
: fortune to its possessor. You can staBC
0 on any corner in Moline and see a score o
the kind Of men the Union describes
n Poor boy. Why don't some candidat,
G ask him to take suthin'2"
Ra About week ago George Koenigs-
q oechen, the popular driver of car No.
. said good bye to the boys and left for Mus
catine. This would be nothing unusual
, but then George was so happy over it. FL
seemed to be full of business This, witt
q several mysterious purchases of goods no
: generally needed by single man, led t
: the supposition that he was about to be
= come Benedict, The theory prove
correct. for last night George returne
looking somewhat 'jaded" but good nature
as ever-but not alone. The young coupl
= have gone to housekeeping and Georg
;, says "he don't know how that was.' Bu
= here drops the curtain on the peaceft
y scene. May they live long and prosper.
- 69Olof Pierson, the man who had b
{ leg broken about four weeks since. marrow
4 ly escaped being seriously hurt again la;
r. night, He has been going up and dow
stairs at Pierce Bros, where he board
for week past, with the assistance of
pair of crutches. and had no fear of bein
unable to handle himself, but last evening
when about half way up, one OF the crutcht
slipped, and he was precipitated to tt
bottom. No one saw him falig but whe
discovered, his position indicated til;
j. he bad fallen backwards and turne
complete summersault He was rer
Z dereu unconscious by the fall and RENAME
/ in that condition for over an hour, bu
Is strange TO say, bis broken leg was not Il
jured. nor did he sustain any serious il
lc jury otherwise.