The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-08
DANFORTH DESPERATE.
He Makes a Fool of Himself over a S3
Legal Advertisement.

Danforth. of the Rock Islander. is grow
ing desperate. He is stalking up and
down the streets, just tearing his hair in
handfuls from bis bare pate. Because the
ARGUS received an advertisement which
he thinks the Rock Islander should pub
lish, he is wild with excitement breathing
blood and thunder against the poor limo
cent victims of his hatred and displeasure.
Here is the gibbering he got off in his
weekly" issue yesterday:
| An act of injustice having been done
| to lady who is administrative of her
deceased husbands estate calls again for
an exposure of how the publication of
probate notices is done. The case is this:
Mrs. Frederick Schmid is Administrative
| of the estate of Dionis Schmid. and she
wanted the probate notice published in
the Rock Islander. She had employed H.
G. Connolly as her counsel, and he. with
out consulting her, caused the notice to be
published in the ARGUS, the proprietor of
which sent her a bill for $5, when the
publication in our paper would cost only
49, is there any reason why she and
her children should be compelled to
pay S. for the job when it could be as
we'll as legally done IN The Rock Island
er-and especially when she wanted it
published in the Rock Islander? Is Con
nelly the administrator? Was it not his
duty to consult his client2 And was it
not his duty to Mrs. Schmid and the heirs
to do the business with economy? 1t IS
the right of parties who pay the bills, not
the lawyer, TO direct in such cases, and We
Iagain cali public attention to the matter
as an injustice which ought to be rebuked
Parties having any legal advertising to do
have right, always, to direct where it
shall be done, and they should always
give directions. And especially should
lawyers consult the wishes of their clients
Mrs. Schmid says Connolly did not do
| this
From the above it can be seen that
Danforth is especially indignant at Maj.
Connolly, who probably would never have
seen his obscure sheet. had not the kind
hearted widow sent for Rim especially to
call his attention to the article She dis
claimed having any sympathy with Dan
forth and his rawlings, and voluntarily
placed in Maj. Connelly's hands this note,
which would make any other man but
Danforth blush with shame, to have his
poltroonery thus exposed
| MIR. CoNNELLY:-Mr. Danforth has
just brought to my store his paper calling
my attention to an article, in which he
tries to reflect on you. have only to
say that the advertisement he speaks of
was published in the ARGUS at my request,
and the work was well done and the price
perfectly satisfactory. You have been
very kind to me and have done everything
you could for me since my dear husbands
death, attending to my business with per-
feet satisfaction. | have asked you TO
call and see me to assure you / have no
sympathy with Mr. Danforth in this
| affair.
FREDRIKA SCHMID,
Rock Island, Dec. 8, 1888.
P.S Since Danforths paroxysm has
passed off by reason of his total and
humiliating failure to secure the three
dollar advertisement for his paper, and
he has collected the scattered remains of
his dear departed, VIC learn from an au-
thority that is perfectly reliable, that he
has ordered a new wig. and proposes in