Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-31

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Central and Elm street shoe stores
shipped stock of goods to Mt Pleasant
Iowa. Saturday night, and he leaves fol
that city tonight with his brother Joseph
who will have charge of the new branch
house.
The democrats of the Fifth ward hold
their adjourned caucus tonight. and al
though it is rather late in the day. def
mite action should be taken and whatever
course is adopted. the democrats OF the
ward should stand by as n unit, and put
in ticks tomorrow that will count.
Chas. Durham should. and no doubt
will be the choice of the voters of the
Second ward for alderman to-
morrow. He was born and raised in
the ward. and people who have known
him all his life will not overlook chance
to honor him.
The Chicago, Burlington s. Quincy
has decided to equip its freight cars with
| air brakes at once, and has given the
| Westinghouse AIR Brake company an
| order for 6.570 sets of the quick-actipg
brake. The total freight equipment of
the Burlington was reported last month
at 20. $50 cars of all classes.
A sad accident occurred at Geneseo
yesterday. Freight train No. "a on the
| Rock Island, which left here at $50 p.
m. IN charge of Conductor Benford and
Engineer Shields. ran over a thirteen
year old boy named OFT, who attempted
to hook ride on the cars and fell upon
the rail. and was ground to death
Sorrow has again invaded the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Koch, of Fourth
| avenue between Twenty sixth and TWEEN
ty-seventh streets, and claimed their
| daughter Nettie. aged eleven years, who
| expired at $50 this morning of diphthe-
| ria, the same dread disease which carried
away young daughter nine days ago.
| Th funeral occurred this afternoon.
The mass of the voters will show to-
| morrow whether man who brags that
| he carries his head erect" and wears
| ''clean Clothes" can trample under foot a
| man who works for living. and is not
ashamed of bis toll. David Fitzgerald is
poor mana street car driver-but he
is as honest and as capable as his aristo-
cratic opponent, "Juggler Josh"
The Union seems to have great deal
| of trouble about locating its party lead
ers. 10 attempting TO reprimand Super
visor VIM. Atkinson for being a cousin
to John Atkinson, the democratic NOM
inee for alderman in the Sixth ward, and
threatening him with political annihils.
ton on the same ground, it speaks of him
as resident of the ward. Mr.. Atkinson
resides IN the Seventh ward.
The char &c that Mrs. Nurre will ever
recall any of the incidents of the terrible
tragedy, IN which she was so fearfully
abused and her husband slain, is growing
fainter. AS she RECEIVERS more and more
| from the effects of the injuries, she seems
to know less and less of the occurrence
All recollection of the affair appears to
| have passed from her mind. Without the
evidence that was expected from her no
| clue will be had to the perpetrators OF the
crime. Democrat.
"Juggler Josh" is man Of elegant
ease and well provided with all the COM
forts of life. For this reason he assumes
to hold his head erect. to brsg
of wearing "clean clothes" and to scoff
| and sneer at his opponent for collector
| as only one of the common herd of hu-
manity. Mr.. Fitzgerald on the other
| hand is poor man who has 10 work
| hard for living, but he does not feel in
| the least humiliated over the position he
| occupies in the mind of the mighty and
sristocrs,ic political Iuggler from the
region of Augustsna.
| The Union, realizing that its tactics
toward Mr.. Fitzgerald have not made a
profound impression upon anyone but
| 40 nd
| of admirers, now adopts a new course, by
claiming that Mr.. c. II. Seidel and his
| German friends are opposing Mr. Fitz-
| gerald. This lie is branded by MIR. Sci
| del himself, who not only congratulated
| Mr.. Fitzgerald on the night of his nom
| instion. but promised his hearty support,
and Mr.. Seidel is man of his word.
Neither he nor his friends will be hood
winked by one of "Juggler Josh's "
schemes. They are successful only in
republican conventions.
The Schoessel secret caucus in the Fifth
ward. which the ARGUS exposed Satur-
day night is Indignantly referred to by
! the Union as dog in-the- manger tactics
of two or three republicans" and the
Union further compliments these. lone
or two republicans" by saving the star
chamber incident was conducted by de-
signing democrats. This is simply an
other of the Unions political falsehoods
No democrat had the honor of being
present at that "dog-in the msnger" cau>
Gus, and the enlire proceeding. brilliant
as it was, was concocted without demo-
cratic assistance. The democrats of the
Fifth ward will decide upon their course
tonight. and will not do it in "dog-in.