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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03

There is one matter that should res
ceive the attention of the city council at
Monday nights meeting, and that is the
recent conduct of Marshal Eckhart and
Deputy Marshal Hull Within the past
month both have been guilty of violating
| their trusts as peace officers, while Hull
was arrested and a tine imposed upon
him for assault and battery. II was the
mayors duty to suspend him at once,
and if the subsequent investigation war
ranted it, dismiss him for good But hi:
homer neither censured Hull nor inquired
into the case. No; he virtually assented to
Hull's violation of law and order, and il
is quietly minated that the officer is
more of favorite with the mayor than
before the assault.
SO far Eckhart has not been as obstrep,
erous as Hull, but he has grossly abused
his trust, and lowered the dignity Of his
position. by making threats which are
generally heard in the dens of assassins
and sand-baggers. As chief of police Of
the city of Rock Island he has publicly
stated on the streets of Rock Island that
he would blow out the brains" of Ger
tain citizen, shoot him on sight if he
had tn hauu the I.aYt minnie - and siui
lar blood curdiing phrases. On the very
night that Hull made the assault, and
within few feet of the place where he
made it, Eckhart repeated his threat be-
fore several citizens. This q surely al
edIfying spectacle-the chief peace officer
OF city threatening the life of peaceabe
citizen, and his deputy assaulting him on
a public street. What protection has
person or property from such source
Our friends have several times remind
ed us that barking dog never bites, :
but it is far from pleasant to be continu-
ally threatened by even an irresponsible
crank. 1t is duty the aldermen owe
the city and themselves to investigate-al-
though that is unnecessary-the discip.
line and bearing of the police force, and
relieve this community from the odium
the present management attaches TO it.
Will they do it2
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03
Wade Surprise.

Ed 5. Kelley is married and has
been 10 that state for nearly two weeks.
This announcement will doubtless sur
prise keeley's many friends in Rock
Island; it was something of a sur
prise to his parents and relatives here,
and we doubt not that it had the nature
of surprise to Ed himself. He Brought
his wife down from Milwaukee last week
to introduce her to his parents. this beiag
the first intimation they had of his be.
coming or contemplating oeiug a victim
of Cupid's dictations. The happy couple
made their visit brief, as Mr.. Keeley's du
ties IN the C., NJ & St. P office at Mil
waukee would not permit Il longer stay
1t is to be hoped that Kelley will sur
prise his Rock Island friends again soon,
by making them au extended visit Kee-
ley always was great oa surprises, but
this last one Is the climax of them all
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03

Anyone who mas ever dealt iu lands,
knows that no investment of money will
so surely and quickly yield return. as
such venture If carefully made. To
the absolute safety % government
bond, is added a profit far in excess of
rate of interest which can be obtained
on any safe loan. In Kansas and Neb-
raska especially lands are raising in value
very rapidly and with steady growth
which gives assurance of stability. The
good season and the great tide of immi>
grafton into these states has made invest
ment there doubly safe and desirable
The climate Of Southern Nebraska aud
of Kansas, flee as it is from the long
RIGOROUS cold winter, added to soil
unsurpassed for richness and productive
capacity, has made possible the wonderful
development of these states. To the far
mer they hold out special inducements
Cheap land. easy term of purchase, good
markets and varied products enable him to
own his farm at a smaller cost and with less
labor than is required to pay rent for the
land he occupies here, or the interest on
the money he has invested in it.
If you are looking for safe place to
invest money, where it will pay you a
large and sure profit. or if you are farm
or and want farm of your own, call on
me and see what ! have to offer. will
make the visit profitable to you. Office
over American Express Office, Rock Is
land. Ill. SAvILLE JOHNSTON.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03
sSBi8yett the Visit.

The Pekln Times. speaking of Tues,
day 5 cxeursionto Rock Island aud vicin-
ity, says;
The English NJ L church excursion
| train steamed out from The P Il p. L
depot about o'clock Tuesday morning
rs advertised. with about 1870 passengers,
swelling the number to nearly 400 At
Peoria, leaving that city about $50 and
| carrying AS happy and as fine looking an
excursion as was ever seen. Nothing
worthy of note tranSpired during the
journey to The Three Cities" arriving
at Rock Island at 1890. All those who
wished tn visit The island, which contains
the government buildings, workshops,
store rooms. etc, were requested to re
main on board, aud were taken, after a
short delay, To that noted place. On ar
irving at the island. the sight-seckers i'm
mediately started on tour of inspection,
and IN a few moments were met
by guard. Mr.. IL. d. Fish,
who proved to be a most pleasant,
entertaining and obliging gentleman,
who remained with the party during their
stay. The island is three miles in length
| by three-foUrths OF mile in width II
contains ten immense stone buildings,
each four stories in height, which are
| used for manufacturing everything that
is needed 10 military service. To show
| the magnitude Of these structures. the
| guard informed us that were these build
ngS all on one floor it would OCCUPY a
space % 1870 feet long by sixty feet wide
The stone buildings, four in number and
built 10 like mnaner, would occupy, if in
in length by sixty feet in
width. Besides these are various other
equally imposing buildings. some
completed and others in course of con
struction. The hospital was the poorest
| building We saw 1t is an old tumbled
down affair, but We were informed that
there is but little sickness there, and that
a new one is to be built next year The
guard house stands alone and like the
rest is built of stone Fronting the struc-
lure are two mounted brass field pieces
1t is not only the disobedient soldiers
that finds himself occasionly within the
grim old walls, but citizens as well
Breaking any of the rules is sufficient
cause for arrest. We were informed by
our escort that the mayor of the Cit
passed three hours in the house one da,
for disobeying orders. We, of course,
were all on our good behaviour and con.
tent to view the structure from the out
side. The gun yard was visited next ant
proved to be quite interesting. Beside
the heavy guns were to be seen number
Of trophies. captured during the revolu
tionary war. They were all brass. ant
some of them beautifully engraved-on
dating 1777. Remaining on the isant
about an hour and half, the train re
turned to Rock Island where the part
scattered TO take in the Three Cities,
some going to Davenport. others to Mo
line. while some remained IN Rock Island
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03

FfeepOTt Bulletin.
Ever since Il murderer was hung in the
Jail yard at Mount Carroll many years
ago, the superstitious people of that town
have looked at the place with feelings of
horror, and particularly SO when they
think of the fine shade trees between
which the scaffold was erected. These
trees died not long after the hanging and
the superstiti0us said it was because of
the curse put upon them by contact with
the murderer at his death
Now the believers in ghosts and hob
COLLINS of Mount Carroll have another
story of the same order which they will
tell for many years to come. Ga Friday
night last, the night before the death of
Charles Lashelle, the murderer of Patrick
Reddiugton, black dog appeared before
his cell window and kept up terrible
bowling nearly all night long. Tue man
watching with Lashelle, who, by the way
was fellow prisoner, paid to take care
Of the murderer, listened To the ptteous
wailipg Of the dog aud was filed with
anything but pleasant feelings. In faet he
looked upon il as an evil sign. He ia
formed Hon. james Shaw, one of Las
shelle's attorneys, of it the next day and
that gentleman told him it was some
times remarked that the bowling of dog
in such cases meant death. and he felt
pretty sure that the sign was truthful
one this time, as he believed that La
shelle would die before night Whether
the dogs bowls were sign or not the
murderer died at about half past 8 o'clock
that afternoon.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03
BRIEFLETS.
Ice cream, at Birkenfeld's.
Fresh oysters at John Russ.


Fresh oysters at John Russ.
b. Birkeufeld, has full supply of
school books. and school supplies
The finest line of fine French candies
just received al krell & Maths.
Opening of Mosenfelder & kohns boys
aud children's clothing department.
Teas and coffees, the purest in the mar
ket at the Hong Kong Tea store
For sale-Ice BY the ton. by p. j.
Heverling, Milan.
Old second and third readers, taken in
exchange in part payment for new books,
at Birkenfeld's.
Miss AoIlie McEniry, of Osborn. and
sister. Mrs. I. T. Dwyer, of st. Louis, are
visiting friends in this city today.
Miss Julia Murphy, who has been spends
ing the summer months at Spirit lake. res
turned this morning.
The Hong Kong Tea store has Just re-
ceIved fresh invoice of choice teas and
cotfees from the east. Call and see them
Call and see the many new designs in
boys and children's clothing at Mosen>
fielder 4 kohn's
John A. Wilson, ESQ of Rural, DEM
ocratic and candidate Tor county Judge,
was caller at the ARGUs office today.
Parents should not miss seeing Moseu-
fielder & kohn's handsome new stock of
boys and chidren's clcthing.
For a delicious plate of ice cream and
good lemonade. go TO Krell \ Math
parlor,
Call carly and make your selections in
boys and chidreu's clothing at Moseu-
fielder " Kohn's
Bar dockets are ready for the Seplem-
Der term of circuit court. and attorneys
may have them BY calling at Circuit Clerk
Bowman's office.
John T. Noftsker has received fine line
OF hard coal heaters which are now on eX-
hibtion at his store, and don't forget lh at
he is selling shelf hardware at very low
prices.
Mr.. X. J. Stcns:rom has opened boot
and shoe repair shop at No. 2o09 Fourth
avenue, where he would be pleased TO
have the public call Repairing done
neatly and promptly.
j. +. Crsmer, the Fourth avenue gro
Ger, is now located at No Poll Fourth
avenue, Birkenfeld's old stand. where
you will always find fine line of grocer
les of all kinds. The highest prc % paid
for country produce and goods delivered
free of charge
Maj. j. NJ. Beardsley and Hon. p.
0'Mara returned this morning from the re
publican state convention at Springfield,
having stopped oveC at Bearjstowu to at :
tend the soldiers reunion. Col. A. C.
Babcook accompanied them to Rock Isl
and. and is in the city to-day on business
with Maj. Beardsley.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03
CARY'S GREAT CAPTURE.
He Traces Down Satchel Contain
ing yaiuabIes, and Finds it.

ing NaIuabtes, ana n mus IL.
On Sunday afternoon. August %. the
daughter of A. II. Thompson, proprie
tor of the Gem restaurant on Second
avenue, lost hand satchel ON street
car on the Milan road while return
ing from the watch tower The satchel
contained pair of gold bracelets and
other jewelry, several handkerehiefs
and some little keepsakes valued in all at
about $50 The lost property was adver-
tised through the press at the time, but
was not returned. and Mr. Thompson
gave up all hope of recovering the prop
erty.
There was one person, however. who
did not give up. Officer Cary had taken
an interest in the matter, aud he made up
his mind he would trace the property
down if possible II was evident that
some one had found it, but the question
was, who that person WAS? Cary went to
work on the case, saying nothing to any
one of his intentions, and this morning
his efforts were crowned with success,
upon finding the satehel in possession of
a Miss Lizzie Fountain, in Davenport.
Ten dollars in money, which was also in
the salchel. together with all the
yaluables, was recovered, AMI Off
Ger Cary gave Mr.. Thompson a
very pleasant surprise by turning over to
him the satchel and all It's contents The
bracelets were of peculiar value to Mr.
Thompson, inasmuch as they had been
presented by him to his wife before their
marriage.
Cary very sensibly abstained from in
| forming the marshal OF his scheme, or TO
| furnish that official with any of the clues
as he obtained them, being fully aware
that if he did, he would he forced to tell
all he knew about it and to work up
the case for the marshal. who would rush
to his official paper and have it pro-
claimed that he had found the property.
There are several Others of the police
force who are getting tired of having
their light hid under a bushel The po.
lice are not as apt to seek notorlety as is
the chief. but they are right in desiring
the credit of their individual accomplish,
mentS.
As for Cary he is deserving of great
deal of credit for his success IL was a
clever piece of work aud demonstrates
the fact that he possesses the characters
teristics of.a good police officer hrewd
| ness aud DeTSiStCucV,
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03

Improvement Needed in Park Benches.
OF courc these benches are Inadequate to
the accommodation of the multitudcs that
visit the parks, and who, sooner or later are
ANXIOUS 10 sit down and rest. But man and
woman viii stand up or walk around a long
time before they will sit down alongside peo-
pie whom they do not fancy. The park
hen"hcs are all as long as if intended to hold
geography class at a common school, and
what usually happens Is this: One tramp
takes a SCAT at one end Of a bench. and soon
aiterwar1 another tramp takes seat at the
other end, after Win everybody avoids il as
carefully aS If If were newly painted. never
saw park bench twenty feet long vet that
would accommodate Tut two, or, at the most
three persons,
The seats provided for visitors should not
he lNnEcr than Will accommodates two per-
SONS Instead of one lnng bench there should
he three short onts, ten feet apart Better
still would he six chairs. six feet a,aIt. A
sill greater Improvement would be the sub
SuIutIon OF more stnGiS Tor the benches An
excellent stool could Inc made of iron nj a
very uliiing expense, and would present
many advantages 4 gentleman OF lafiy
could at on it without without beng in un.
pleasant iuyia position 10 coarse and itl-be-
havei people, and it would not Ia, SO com.
Portable that they would wish 10 occupy 1t
hours at tine Moreover, it could not he
detaccd with knives or pencils, AMI it would
lal almost iorevcr,-ChIcago Journal
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03
Rays from the Headlight.

Mr. A J Earring, of the G., NJ & st.
P, formerly assistant general superinN
tendent east of the Mississippi. was yes
terday appointed first assistant general
superintendent of the above road with
jurisdiction over all lines of the Chicago,
Milwaukee s. st. Paul. Mr.. H. Pryor,
having resigned the position of assistant
general superintendent of the c., NJ. &
St P lines west of Mississippi, Mr. c.
W. Case was appointed in his stead, with
headquarters at Minneapolis.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03
MOLINE.

l. NJ. B. Burroughs, of Davenport. was
before the police court yesterday for
peddling without license. The case
against him was dismissed
Schultz, the butcher, was fined, with
costs, 1896 for fast driving on Fifteenth
street. II will be remembered he ran in-
to buggy and injured wheel
The Highland gun club will have a
shooting tournament September 18th and
nth. A big time is expected. A match
between two from Davenport and two
from this city will shoot for 800 a
side.
The Onward hose company will have a
picnic at Runge's garden on Saturday
evening. There will be a coupling match
between Henry Wehrena, of the On
wards, and Andrew Miles and Gibbs, of
the Deans.
The mule shot on the island was the
animal which came near hitting a news
| collector with his hind foot when he was
| trying TO examine woun il had re-
ceived Vengeance has been dealt out
with dispatch in this case.
1t is doubted in this city that mule,
even without the countersign. would be
so naturally devoid of sense as to break
the whole power of the United States and
infringe on the domain of Uncle Sam on
purpose to meet any emergency. 1t il
doubtful whether or not mule crossed
from the main land on the river bottom
or on some other route, and the doubt is
acquisced in.
Henry Reese and Ben Larson wer,
brought up on complaint of Mrs. Yearins
yesterday afternoon for dIsorderly con
duct-that they came to her honse at ;
late hour on Tuesday night and made !
noise by rapping on the door. The boy
deny making any unusual noise. but ow
ing TO the evidence against them. Polic'
Magistrate O'Nel fined them SO anC
costs, the lowest fine that could be as
: sessed under the ordinance There wa
some talk of appealing the case, but at
forwards fine and costs were paid.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03
IN A NEW ROLE.
A Journalist to Make His Debut Up
ON the Turf as Dark Horse.

A Journalist to Make His Debut Up
on the Turf as Dark Horse.
Upon the occasion of each victory by
Charles jerks, the pedestrian, recently,
il has been intimated that there yet re-
manned in the three cities one who could
beat him. and who, when the proper
time came, would drive all other aspir
ants for turf honors into obscurity. Ell
| forts have been made time and time again
to ascertain who this promising fleet
footer was, but to no avail until now. 1t
appears that jerks has at last obtained a
clue to his powerful silent opponent, and
| the name of the dark horse who is to as
tonish the sporting fraternity of the three
cities, and perhaps of the world, is shown
in the following challenge which has been
issued;
Charles jerks challenges P. 5. Me
Glynn for running race, he to run one
hundred yards TO McGlynn's seventy five;
the purse to be $25 and place and date
to suit McGlynn.
The challenge will of course be accepts
ed, and now that the dark horse is known
the coming contest will be anticipated
with much eagerness and interest, As tC
Mac, the ARGUS has not the least doubt
as to his success, for he is one of thai
kind who never fail in an undertaking.
The time and place of Macs" debut a,
a pedestrian celebrate has not yet beer
decided upon.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03
THE GREAT GATHERING.
Arrangements fer the Army of the
Tennessee Meeting.

Pursuant TO the call of Chairman
Plummer, there was large gathering OF
the representatives of the various COM
mittees on entertainment OF the Army OF
the Tennessee at the Harper house last
evening. The programme of the meeting
of the society September Is and Is
was mapped out. 1t was decided that
the invitation of President Davenport, of
the Rock Island & Milan street railway,
and Superintendent Sudlow, of the Rock
Island & Peoria road, aud the Rock ISL
and County Veterans association TO ats
tend the encampment on Vandruff's ISL
and on the 10Th. to aud the G. A. X.
camp fire, be accepted. On the alter
noon of the 18th the government island
will be visited by The society in body.
On the evening OF the 18th the eXer-
cises will be held at Harper's theatre,
when the annual address will be delivered
bv Gen. A. L. Chetlain of Chicago, and
prayer will be conducted BIZ Rt, Rev.
Bishop Fellows, of Chicago, chaplain of
the society. There will also be music
and other addresses. On the evening of
the nth the banquet will beheld at the
Harper House and will be grand affair.
The committees for the distribution of
badges, tickets, etc, were appointed last
evening, and adjournment taken until
Saturday evening. September IL. The
committee on transportation reported re-
duced rates to those attending of one and
one>third fare for the round trip.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03

The tremor Of earthquake felt here
the other evening the last flicker of the
throes which destroyed Charleston-was
the first agitation of the kind known in
Rock Island in twenty years. One after
noon in September, 1865, there was an
earthquake>tremble which alarmed a
great number of people in the houses and
business buildings And slight shock
WAS felt here, also, in the summer OF
1854.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03
Rock island Baptists.

The forty>second anniversary OF the
Rock Island Baptist association, and the
twenty second of the Bible school con
vention. will meet at Cordova. on Mon
day, September 6, and continue fOul
days. The Sunday school convention
lasts until Tuesday evening. The asso-
citation will open on Wednesday morning
at 10 o'clock. Opening sermon by The
Rev. Thomas Campbell, of Geneseo
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03

The following new books have been re
ceived at the Rock Islnnd public library
The Modem Steam Engine" JOSIAH
Rofe; STORY of the Nations, Norway,
Boyeson; STORY of the Nations, Ger
many" Boyeson; "Justina," (no name
series); kidnapped, II. l.. Stevenson;
Heavens Gate, Laurence Severn; The
Doctors Daughter Sophie May; His
tory of Pedagogy" Gabriel Campayre;
STORY of Spain" E. E. Hale
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03

NJ Aurelien ScholI, the witty French au-
thor, dcvotes an amusing chronique to the
late Dir Thcvcnct, whose notorious readiness
to magnify the meftst sword prick into a
dangerous wound brought his services into
great request IN such occasions NJ Scholl,
indeed, goes 40 far rs to assert that the excel
lent doctor adopted the precaution of
bringing vial ri hl"oi with him. when he
was asked to attend a comhatant into the
field; and he contrirci, by a dcxterous use of
its contents, 10 give such a ghastly appear
ance to the slightest scratch that some ap-
parntlv sanguinary duels at which he as
sisted did not cost a solitary drop Of blood
to oltberot the parties The Argonaut.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03

II appears that the announced caudi
dacy of J. J. Reimers, Esq, as Il csudi
date for state senator was hoax, as that
gentleman declines to run and is dis
pleased at the action of his friend, in
placing his name in the field The tele
gram which was sent from this city TO
Cambridge yesterday signed with Mr.
Reimcrs name, stating that he would ac-
cept the democratic nomination, was the
mischievous work of some of his repub,
liCan friends.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03

A good, healthy fall business is what
merchants are coming upon, and already
the indications are favorable for au in
creased activity in all business lines. The
fall business has commenced all along the
line several weeks ago in advance OF last
season and with increased activity.
There is a general feeling of satisfaction
prospects worthy of note.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03
Check Yeur Canine.

The city commenced its warfare on dog
owners whose taxes are delinquent this
morning, and Magistrate Bennett fined
Chris. Shultz and Chris. Danielson each
Sc and costs for failure to pay the 81 fine.
Fine was suspended on condition that
the tax and costs be paid.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03

Visiting NJ Renar's birthplace recently,
NJ. jules Simon asked the housekeeper il
many visitors came TO sNa it "Nes. great
many. English folk We'll, YOU III, ght get a
handsome little fortune from some Of them
by selling them the pen with which NJ.
Rcnar wrote his 'Lifc of jesus" Alas. |
have it not! But will SO to the statianer's
tomorrow and buy So hundredr-Chicago
1rlhuna
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-03
County Isuiidin =.


Sept, 1-Thos. G. Pilgrim to Eliza
beth Graham. lot s, Heinrichs subdivi
sion in q 81 3 II. 2s. $50.
Allen Hamilton to Ellen d. Owen, pt
ne! Sc, is. 2w. -, 800.
Geo. A, Darling to Ellen u. Owen. lo
6, Alvin HILLS Il EDITION, Rock Island
81 900.