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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-20

tions. 1t was our f. c. He had been
waiting in the pits two hours for us to
come along, and he had thrown away six
easy shots in peppering at us. We gave
him our heartfelt sympathies. Indeed we
have always felt doggoned sorry for the
man. Built to follow corn pillow and in
tended by nature to boss a cider mill, he
drifted out here on the crest of some err
ratio wave and started in as an editor
There has never been place for him and
the thought rankles in his soul. That is
it tries to, but he hasn't got enough soul
for one little rankle to slosh around in for
ten seconds. We didn't hurt him. We
simply talked to him till he cried and
promised better things. We've lent him
ink and paper, got him out of Jail, done
his presswork free gratis, introduced him
to decent folks, let him win twenty dollars
of us at poker, and he has shot at us no
less than seven different times, but yet the
critter don't and never will amount to
shucks. Some day he will follow around
with his rusty old shooter and keep pop
ping until we get weary of the noise.
Then we shall pick him up and drive him
into the sand head first, and if anybody
takes the trouble to pull him out he will
be found dead.
HE REGRETS IT.-His honor the mayor
(who is oursel) deeply regrets the little
incident which interrupted the routine of
the common council work Friday evening,
but at the same time feels that it was not
in the least his fault. All our leading
citizens have FASTENED to assure him that
he made no mistake. The truth of the
matter is that Alderman Tom Jackson, of
the First ward, entered the council room
ugly drunk. He arose to speak when
there was no question before the body,
and was called to order He refused to
heed the caution, and was mentioned by
name and ordered to sit down. This made
him furious and he became abusive. The
city marshal was ordered to put him out,
but crawfished. His honor then walked
down the aisle, and though covered by a
shooter he disarmed the alderman, broke
three benches with his body and flung
him down stairs in n miscellaneous heap,
when he was carried home on door fur
nished by the Red Star saloon people.
The alderman is said to have been some
how teleScoped until he is now only three
feet high, but the doctors We're pulling at
him all day yesterday in hopes to draw
him out foot or two if no more If he
ever gets out again his legs will be badly
bowed, his shoulders bumped up, and he
can never pose under a calcium light as
the western Hercules, which he claims to
have done with great success. He has
been itching for the last three months to
get up row in the common council, and
this is the result of it. We understand
that he is very contrite and humble, and
admits it was all his own fault but he
sent for his guns yesterday and had them
cleaned and loaded. He will probably
fool around until funeral will be the
proper caper.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-20
He Was Onto the Racket,

As came along to a field in which there
we're several log fires and n good many oak
stumps l found two men at a gate holding
a very animated conversation. One /
identified as the owner of the field, but the
other was a ragged and hungry looking
stranger, who seemed overcome with
emotion They both turned to me as
stopped my horse, and the ragged man
feelingly remarked:
Stranger, I'm glad you came alongI /
want you to argue with this hard hearted
man!'
Pm not hard hearted replied the
farmer; Pm simply protectin myself,
just anybody ought tor
''What is the caSe?' | asked.
''Just this answered the farmer, ''Im
using cartridges to blow up stumps over
there. This Teller is a tramp. He wants
to sit on Il stump and be blowed up along
with it. l refuse to let him.
What's your object?' queried of the
tramp.
ITO die!; he replied. II hain't no good
to nobody, and IL better be under ground.
Nobody but n mighty mean man would
deny me the favor"
IT'S just this way, stranger" said the
farmer as he came nearer; he'd git blowed
up all right with the stump, but it would
not xii! him. He'd go up about fifteen
feet high and come down leetle bit singed,
and he'd make it an excuse to hang around
on me for the next four weeks. I've tried
it OF seven, and I've got two in the house
now, and Pm goin to draw the line right
here. Consarn 'em! Bein blowed up just
acts tonic and gives 'cm an appetite,
and they can't play it on me no more!''
TN agree to de- protested the tramp,
with tears in his eyes.
Cant help it. The line is dra wed, and
tramps has got to drown themselves in the
creek if they want to die. You move on!
Two miles up the road you'u come to a
farm where they are burnin lime If they
want to let you jump into the kiln l hahn t
nothin o say, but 1 tell you positively that
/ won't have no more tramps a-bein blowed
up and sharpenin their appetite on my
landr'
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-20

wants to sell out and go east and edit a
Sunday school paper, and the right kind of
an editor could hit Rockville right and
make things hum.
WE PITY HIM.-The other night as we
were returning from the birthday party
given by Mrs. Colonel Bland on the coca
sion of her eldest daughters eighteenth
birthday we heard a gun go off six times
in rapid succession, while two of the bull
lets entered telegraph pole about ten feet
above our head. They came from the old
gravel pit, and at first we thought some
drunken Indian was amusing himself by
wasting cartridges. All of sudden it
struck us that our esteemed contemporary
might have broken loose again, and we
retraced our steps and discovered cadav-
erous critter seated on stone by the road
side and evidently overcome by his emo
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-20
There Was Another.

Just before the train reached Montgom-
cry colored man, who had been riding all
night in the smoking car, requested the
brakeman to send in the porter of the
sleeping car next behind. The porter
came in, and when he saw who it was that
wanted him, he put on a good deal of dig
nifty and demanded:
Boy, what yo' dun want of de offishul
who has cha'ge of a hull sleepin kyar?"
Was yo' the potter, sah?"
Oats one of my titles"
''Po'ter, heah's quarter fur yo'," said
the other in a bland and patronizing way
as he extended the coin.
boy, what yo' mean! Yo' didn't dun
ride in my kyar."
NO, sab; no sab, but I dun want to
show yo', sab, dat yo' hain't de only gem'len
dat has cum up from Nashville on dis yere
trainn' NJ. QUAD.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-20

''WaaI, it's jest awful to think of it, and
1 can't sit still If she's dead the railroad
folks will pay for the funeral, won't they?"
''That is the rule, believe"
''Poor old MAJ 1 hope she's all right, OF
course, but if she's smashed 1 shall stick
for s., 600 Would the railroad also buy
her tombstone?"
81 think not"
''They orter do it, and I'll see if 1 can't
make en-. Poor old ma-how 1 do hope
you are all rightr'
When the train stopped at the scene OF
the wreck we all got out and went forward.
We saw several victims lying on the grass.
and as we stopped to look them over l
asked my friend if he could see his wife
anywhere.
No, can't see nobody like her." he re-
piled. ''She's probably smashed as fiat as
pancake under that car, and they've got
to pay me them 81, OO0"-
''Hello, Billr' shouted voice from the
top of the bank twenty feet above us, and
we looked up to little old woman
sitting crosslegged and smoking pipe.
''Hain't hurt miter' she exclaimed as
she waved her hand-"hain't even barked
one of my shins!''
SIS that your wife," l asked.
1t was, but he did not reply. His jaw
fell, the excitement died out of his look
and he turned on his heel and walked off.
She called and called, but he did not stop.
He had lost them IS, 0OO'' through her OBJ
stinacy in not being killed.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-20

crap bizness or let go of Cato. Dey doan'
collide together l also noticed seben win
ders in yo'r cabin wild broken panes of glass
an rags an PLIERS an ole hats hangin out
Cato didn't make no show of dat sort. Am
Elder Kaniff heah wild us tonight?''
HE ar, ;" replied the elder from the back
end of the hall
Elder, it am reported dat yo' desiah to
becum n second Henry Clay"
Yes, sah.'
Il hear dat yo' am practicin speakin in
de woodshed?"
81 ar, sah.'
''But at de same time yo'r wife am prac-
ticin on de washbo'd to support de family.
Dat won't do, elder. If Mrs. Henry Clay
had bin obleeged to arm de support of de
family her husband would nebber hev bin
heard of 'cept in de perlice cote or at a
boss race. PIE glad to see yo' ambishus,
but reckon yo'd better return to white
washin an pay up yo'r back rent. Henry
Clay nebber owed no back rent, an de con-
stable nebber had to tote his goods out on
de sidewalk. Oar am sartin odder mem
bers of dis club who hev lately been seized
wild ambishun to becum great men. While
l wish to Encourage all SIGH, / must at de
same time warn 'em to go slow. About
ten pounds of ambishun in de system to
one bar'l of flour in de house is de scale to
go by. De world won't read de speeches
OF n man whose vile mas TO go DarIuU. NO
body kin enthuse ober de oratory of a man
who can't buy Goldfish fur breakfas'. De
poetry of a poet who owes de grocer, butcher
an baker hasn't got much ring to it. De
philosophy of a philosopher whose wife has
bin waitin three Vars fur a new kaliker
dress ut five cents n yard is too crooked to
be follered wild any comfort. Be ambishus,
but cut de string off purity low down to
begin on. De pusson who bites off more II
ch1w
all, but he kicks hisself arterward fur his
foolishness."
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-20
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
A Few Incidents That Make Life Worth
Living.

Few Incidents That Make Life Worth
Living.
A PLEASANT CALL.-We had a very pleas
ant call Saturday afternoon from Mr..
George H. Treadwell editor of The Banner
at Rockville, Utah. Mir. Treadwell is on a
trip for his health, which overwork had
greatly impaired. We took him out to our
private graveyard, made the tour of some
of the best poker rooms and endeavored to
make his few hours stay as pleasant as pos
sible. We think he went home with some
new ideas on journalism, although he has
been in the harness for fifteen years For in
stance, he had no idea that shoe store,
gun shop, grocery, harness store, meat
market and feed store could be run in con-
nection with great family weekly and all
under one roof and one central head. Rock
vile is harder town than this, and yet
Mr. Treadwel has never even been shot at.
while we can't say much for him as an
editor, we have the highest respect for him
as man and citizen of a sister state. He
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-20

It Is Well to he Ambitious, but Certain
Things Must Go Along with It-A Con-
vincing and Forcible Lecture from the
Great Philosopher.
Copyright 1892, by Charles b. Lewis.]
'It has cum to my knowledge" said
Brother Gardner as he arose and looked
around the hall and motioned to Samuel
Shin to drop another starchboX into the
stove to keep the thermometer at 104
degs-'it has cum to my knowledge dat
Giveadam Jones am full of ambishun to
BEGUN a second Sicero. l am pleased to
hear de news. De one great drawback in
our race is de want of ambishun. Sicero
was a great man. an he got clar to de top
of de ladder befo he died. Brudder Jones,
what time was it when / called at yo'r
cabin de odder mawnin?"
bout O'Clock, sah.''
can yo' hadn't got outer bed yitl Yo'
lay dar snorin like steamboat gwine up
stream, an 1 reckon yo' didn't hev break
fas' till an hour later. Let me say to yo',
Brudder Jones, dat if Sict 90 had laid on
his back in bed till o'clock in the mawn-
in he would nebber hev bin heard of out
side de Second ward of his own town. Am
bishun gifts inter bed at O'Clock in de
eavenin an rolls out by sunrise. Ambishun
nebber snores. Ambishun doan' low two
dogs to sleep under de bed, nor hang its ole
black feet ober de footbo'd. Yo' either
make sudden change or drap de Sicero
bzness, fur it's only time thrown away.
Am Kurnel Kyann johnson present heah
tonight?'
Yes, sah,'' replied the colonel as he rose
up.
''BIudder johnson, Tze told dat yo' also
hev an ambishun. Yo' is ambishus to be
IA second Cato"
Yes, sab"
Il was ODER to see yo' de odder eavenin
and yo' wasn't home. l went out an looked
around a leetle and l found yo' in a saloon
shootin craps"
Jess shootin leetle bit, sah.''
HIN! kurnel, did Cato fool away his
time shootin craps an hangin bout sa-
loons:"
Il dunno, sah.''
''Waal, do He didn't When he wasn't
sawin wood in de back yard or tendin baby
fur Mrs. Cato, he was readin up an stuffin
sense into his head. It's all right fur yo'
to hev ambishun, but yo'd better stop de
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-20
poor OLD MAJ
But She Turned Up After the Wreck All
Right.


As our train reached Rossville we found
a great crowd gathered at the depot, and
about hundred boarded the train to go
down the line about six miles to the scene
of an accident. An accommodation train
had been thrown from the rails and it was
reported that about twenty people had
been killed.
My ole woman was that thar train
and is probably killed. said man who
sat down beside me.
you must hope for the best"
''Yaas, but Pm eXpectin to find her as
dead as a doornal. Pm feelin terribly
sorry, of course, but I'd like to know about
how much damages l kin git in case she's
killed.
1.-The company will probably be glad to
settle with you for three four thousand
dollars, and may possibly give five"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-20
THE LIMEKILN CLUB.
BROTHER GARDNER HOLDS FORTH
ON AMBITION.

It Is Well to he Ambitious, but Certain
Things Must Go Along with It-A Con-
vincing and Forcible Lecture from the
Great Philosopher.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-20

"That's heap O. money, but of course
Pm hopin they won't hev to pay it.
S'posin she's all broke up and crippled?'
well, you'd probably get one or two
Thousand dollars"
81 hope she hain't, of course, but I'm
Jest askin Sc as to be prepared. l don't
know how could git along without her.
A broken leg would be worth at least $500,
wouldn't it?''
Il should think sou
'Fm hopin she hain't got one, of course,
but / kinder want to be posted on dam
ages How much fur an arm?"
about the same"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-09

are summaries of the results Of yester.
days municipal elections in Ohio as re.
ported by specials tonight. Democratic
victories are reported from the cities of
Canton, Van Vert and Harrison.
At B~ellefontaine the republican ma
jority was reduced and two democratic
municipal officers we're elected.
AT Washington Court House the DEM
ocrats elected a mayor and the republi-
cans held their own in other municipal
offices.
At Carrollton the republican maiorities
were small.
Greenville and Norwalk were carried
by the republicans.
At Mt. Gilead. at Marion. New Phila-
delphia and jackson Court House the
republicans made a clean sweep.
At Gallilopolis the republicans elected
every officer except one member of the
board of education.
At Jefferson. Ohio. there was a fight
on the local option question. jefferson
has been a prohibition town for five
years. Thu saloon party carried the
election by forty majority.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-09

OMAHA. April I.-South Omaha never
had such an exciting election as that
which terminated this evening at sun
down. The city is overwhelmingly dem.
o%cratic. but during the municipal cam
palgn the democrats have been hop less.
ly split and the most bitter feeling
prevailed. The closing rally of the cam
palgn last night ended in a free fight
and predictions were made that blood
would flow at the polls today.
There were three city tickets in the
iield-t the republican and two democratic.
To add to the intensity of the struggle.
the religious question played a promi-
nent part-the American Protective as
sOc!ation being against the Catholic.
Early IN the morning partisan politics
were thrown to the winds and from al
most the very outset the battle of bal
lots was dominated by a fractional
strife. The feeling ran high and the
talk and demonstrations of the excited
friends Of the contestants were not cal.
culated TO ailay apprehension or sooth
the hard feelings that became more in.
tense with each passing hour. SO alarm
ing did the situation become that a re-
quest for official protection was made to
Sheriff Bennett, a prominent American
protective association man. who re-
spnnded by sending thirty-tve deputies
to the scene OF hostilit es. Their pres
ence seemed to intensity the feeling and
a clash soon occurred between the
sheritfs force and Mayor Sloane. who
contended that the county officials had
no business whatever interfering with
the doings Of his bailiwick. Despite the
protests OF tie mayor. the deputy
sheritfs prepared to act and at moor a
deputy arrested a man who was peddling
at one Of the polling places contrary to
the provisions Of the Australian ballot
law. The arrest precipItated trouble
and IN AN instant the deputy and pris-
Oner were the centre OF a wildly excited
surglng. cursing crowd that threatened
10 release the prisoner. Friends of both
were IN the crowd and for several min
utes the outlook was serious. Hands
were thrust into pockets that contained
revolvers and ready missiles were on the
point oil being called into active play.
Vigorous action on the part of the depu-
ty, however. got the prisoner out of the
way. Another call was made on Sheriff
Bennett and he at once went to South
Omaha to take charge of affairs person
ally. a conference was held with Mayor
Sloane and il was finally decided to
withdraw the deputy sheritfs. Several
tights occurred, but up To the time of
the polls closing nothing serious occur
red.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-09
NOTES

Hunters after big game may note with
much pleasure and palpatation of the
heart that antelope in abundance are
seen this spring near Freezeout. II an
attempt to secure n or two of them
should prove futile, consolation in a
small degree may be had by bagging a
brace or two of ducks and geese on the
return home at the lake near Priest
Butte, where they abound in plenty and
to spare.-Choteau Montanian.
The date of holding the annual en-
campment of the G. A. II. at Missoula
has been changed from April to May 26,
q and %.
The Presbytery Of Montana will meet
Friday, April 8, in Helena.
City elections were held Monday in
Hell. ma, Bozeman and Billings. In each
OF these cities the democratic ticket was
victorious.
A census OF Red Lodge, taken with u
view to incorporation, shows a p0pula-
ton OF l,lSO within the proposed corpor
ate limits. There are III males and $50
females.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-09

tending from Greenwood to the Alabama
line and from Macon to Cornith. Rain
has been falling constantly for four days,
eliminating last night in a storm that
continued throughout the night: The
streams have all O%verfiowed their banks,
many bridges being swept away. Miles
OF railroad tracks have been submerged
and much of the road beds destroyed.
On the Georgia Pacific nearly four miles
OF the track is washed away.
Ilbbee. Suquata and Town creek are
higher than ever known, the water from
them covering the country for miles.
Many houses were washed away and
four colored families are reported
drowned. Tombigbee river is above all
previous high water marks. The water
is overlooking its banks and spreading
out owe the country for miles on either
side, doing great damages.
At Aberdeen tine river has overlooked
it's banks for the first time in many years.
The water has covered several streets in
that city and people are greatly alarmed.
1t is still raining.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-09
Seven Bodies Cremated in a Two
Story Building at Fort Madi-
son.
"A Mother. Baby and Sister Found
Locked in Each Others Arms
in the Embrace Of Death.
Two More U%nfOrtunates Were Taken
Out Alive but Died a Few
Hours Afterward.

FoRT MADISON. Iowa, April Ga
frightful calamity occurred last night in
the west end of this city by which nine
people lost their lives. At 1924 Santa
Fe e stood a two. story building
owned by S. V. Kitchen, the upper story
of which was used as a dwelling by the
owner and the lower occupied by a gen.
eral store and the meat market of McIn-
tosh g. Pease. At Has p. m. the build
ing was discovered on fire, the alarm
was given and the fire department turned
out. About two minutes after the fire
was ii discovered, a terrific explosion shook
the building and the flames burst out
f%uriously. 1t is supposed some kegs of
powder stored in the building exploded
and destroyed the narrow stairs leading
to the inside of the building from tue
second story and thus shut out all hope
OF escape. The fire burned very rapidly,
the nearest hydrant being four blocks
distant. and before connections could be
made the building was doomed. No
Ciios WcIc ncuTu from tnOSc IN tDe
building and they all persisted
in the flames. They were: S. V. Kitchen,
aged 30: Mrs. Kitchen, aged 30; three
children, aged one, three and five years:
Miss Sidney Day, a sister of Mrs. Kitchen,
aged IL; August Kncmeyer, a boarder.
aged II: Henry Knemeyer, a boarder,
aged is; Samuel Kitchen, brother of the
owner, aged 20. The two latter ones
were taken out alive, but died at 8 this
morning. The seven bodies found in the
ruins were taken to the undertaker's
where they presented a CHASTITY sight.
Mrs. Kitchen, her baby, and her sister,
Miss Day. were found in one embrace
and it was with great difficulty they
were separated. The dwelling owned by
John Knock was also destroyed with no
loss of life. The origin of the fire is a
mystery. When the store closed at 8
o'clock there vas very little fire left il
the store. There was no insurance on
the building, but the stock was fully in
sured. Loss on both buildings about
$1,000.