Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-07
DIDN'T GO WITH KILLEEN.

The Captain OF the Pittsburg Allows
No Nonsense ON HIS Boat-An Incl.
dent.
Capt. John Killeen. the robust. big
hearted. wholesouled master OF the
steamer Pittsburg. is gentleman who,
when people are placed in his charge, be-
l,eves in looking after them with fatherly
interest. especially if they are of the
gentler sex. When the steamer Pitts
burg stopped at the Burlington landing
tine other night on her last trip down. an
elderly gentleman. accompanied by two
young ladies boarded the boat. The
gentleman proved to be prominent and
influential citizen of that town and one
of the young ladies was his daughter.
The other was friend. and the twain
were bound for st. Louis or some other
point south. The gentleman commended
the girls to the captains protecting care.
and after bidding his daughter an affec,
tionate adien. went ashore. He had
scarcely left the gang plank when the
girls were enjoying the attentions of two
St. Louis travelling men, whom they evil
IDENTIFY knew and had met on the boat by
prearrangement. This circumstance
didn't exactly please the commander of
the boat and he instructed the Waterman
to shadow the quartet. 1t being Ia tie. the
girls soon went into their state rooms.
Not long sfterward the watchman came
to the captain and reported that the
travelling men had entered the girls
rooms from the outside doors. Right
eous'y indignant, the captain FASTENED to
the boat. hauled out the gay Missourians
and gave them lecture, the like of which
they had never received before. A party
who was passenger on the boat and who
got off at Keokuk. said that the captain
threatened to put the travelling men off
when morning came. but as the boat
reached Keokuk during the night. the Sc
quel of the sensation is not known.
RIVER RIPLETs.
A special from Galena saws: 1.-The re.
port of the removal by congress of the
office of the local board of steamboat in
spectors of this district, from Galena to
Dubuque, which was first made public
through the newspapers of the city, turns
out, according to reliable information re-
ceived here. to have been fake, the
only foundation for the story being bo-
gus telegram to the Dubuque Herald .pur-
porting to have been sent from Washing
ton by Gen. Henderson. announcing that
the bill making the change had passed the
senate, and had been signed by the pres
ident"
The Paducah Neaos is responsible for
the story that some tine since some gov
ernment employees. while blasting rocks
in the river opposite Paducah. unesrthed
portions of the steamer Lake of the
Woods, which was wrecked there thirty
four years ago, and with the remains of
Tue Uo6t Wus oOttic VI WHISKY, pSutiy
corked, upon which was the name of
Buck Bailey. the engineer of the wrecked
steamer.
The Libbie Conger has abandoned the
excursion business and left yesterday for
Dubuque. She will make a round trip
from that point to st. Paul in place of the
Sidney, which needs repairs, and then
lay up.
The White Eagle took the Y. NJ. G. A.
to Muscatine today. The Moline branch
came down by street car with band.
The river is falling again: The stage
of the water at noon was 2:65; the tenn
persture on the bridge at noon, SO.
The J. W. Van SAINT and West Rambo
each brought down eight strings of logs
The Sidney will be up tomorrow after
noon at 8 o'clock.
The Mary Morton is due down tomor-
row morning.
The G. ]. Caffrey. West Rambo and
Irene d. passed up.
The Irene d. and White Eagle came
down.