The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-08
Shark, from the smokestack.

Trains from the east this morning were
all on time or nearly so.
The Southwestern No. 2 was reported
four hours behind time.
The Peoria train left twenty minutes
late because of waiting for Davenport
passengers,
The Atlantic left ten minutes late be
cause it had to wait for special from
Davenport.
There has been no washouts on the
Peoria road and all trains are running on
time.
A special train of one coach was run
over from Davenport to the union depot
with passengers who were ON their way to
Peoria
The r. |. & NJ c. train came in on
time this morning, and the train men re.
port everything lovely along their line.
There were no washouts, although little
mud was washed on to the track at differ
ent places.
The atmospherical disturbance of the
past two or three days has broken the
trains all up. The cannon-ball this morn>
| ing was from one and half to three hours
| late. No one around the union depot
could leil anything about when it would
arrive
The morning train on the G., 3. & @
was one hour and fifteen minutes late, and
No was fifty minutes late These de-
lays were caused principally because of
the making up of special train at
Bearlstown TO bring visitors to the st.
Louis fair, exposition and parade of the
Yelled Prophets, home. There are no
washouts along the road
Apeculiar looking engine on the c., B.
& @. attracted attention rs it pulled out
of the city this morning The smokes
stack was what attracted public attention
1t looked as though it had been IN a
wreck. Inquiry disclosed the fact that it
is new double brick arch smokestack
on engine No. so. Engineer James, and
warranted not to emit sparks 1t runs
between Bcardstown and st. Louis, but
brought special train up here last
night.
| The boys at the union depot were tell
ing pretty good one on CONDUCTOR Prick,
of the cannon ball train this morning
Yesterday he was five hours late going
east. He was mad. Everybody connect,
ed with the train was mad. The passens
gers were mad The engine seemed to
be mad, aud the coaches were all out of
humor. When the train reached the
uuion depot in this city Conductor Fricli
grasped the arm of girl abont II or Ii
years old and was about TO put her off the
train. A woman jumped up from
a seat and grapsed the conduc>
tor by the throat and choked him until
his tongue protruded Then she let 90
and talked at the rate of two hundred
words to the minute in broken English
In the meantime the little girl kept ap
pealing to her mother. for such the woman
was, to pay the fare out of her pocket
book, and the mother suddenly seized the
girl by the throat and choked her Then
Officer McCabe went into the coach and
stopped the racket. 1t was learned that
the conductor had demanded half fare fol-
the girl who was thirteen to fourteen
years old, which the woman, who was a
Prussian Jewess, refused to pay. She
told the officer if the conductor came
near her again she would brain him, and
Prick when he learned that, jumped on
his train with the remark that no BANKED
female sheeney in Christendom could get
away with him, and he promised to fix
her before ne got ten miles further 1t is
snrmised that Frick intended to stop be
tween stations and fire the girl off unless
the fare was forthcoming. The boys arc
breathlessly waiting his return toni CHIT to
learn how the affair turned out