Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-17
TRACK TALK.
ARE You PETER yAcksou, "

ana carried out . joke, the
.,esise Of which stands forth unfair.
n,saed and unrivaled. About I
o'clock yesterday afternoon the tcle-
P1one oell In . morning newspaper
once in Rock Island rang out. and
the peal conveyed to one Of the occu.
a sn's OF the Office the glad tiiings
'nat something new was happening
near the Burlington depot. With
snceks flushed and eyes fairly dane
ing IN his head. y repoyser eagerly
grasPed the receiver, and with =
GREEDY cagerness sang out the usual.
Come at once to the c, b. & O.
depot, Peter jackson is here.-
"b'h. went the receiver into its
rack. '.ting-a-ling' went the bell,
anu ISLAM" went the Office door, and
the newspaper man was of. Here
was the chance Of his life. He was
10 meet Peter jackson face to face,
and shake his manly hand. To him
would he pour forth his meayre
knowledge OF the manly at, and lis.
ten to the stories OF Peters victories,
mayhaP he might learn Peters idea
OF Jim Corbett. At least with
oreathlcss haste. and brain fairly
whirling with excitement and ques-
lions running riot in his '.noodle. :"
the ambitious young man tore down
Second avenue Mt about a 2-minuse
gait. Neither did he stop until he
reached the 20" depot.
~ the Depot.
Arrived ut the depot the interro-
CATION point stopped and took in the
bearings. "Ah!" and a smile of ex-
IRENE qualification lit up the young
mans face, rs he scanned one OF the
largest colored men he had ever
seen. Perhaps the young man es-
sayed to himself: My. but he's
big, but then I must remember this
Is my first experience" With
trembling limbs. open note book and
pencil posed the ambitious scribe
advanced. and greeting the surprised
darkey, said: '.Arc you Peter Jack
SOM"
The man turned upon him. and
looking down Mt him with a fcar-in-
spring look. he opened his mouth.
and the poor newspaper man
at that very moment wished he
were any place but there. But the
darkey didn't say n word-he opened
his mouth and laughed long and
loud. and a genuine ..draft-horse'
laugh IL was. too.
Suffice Is IL TO say that the aforc-
said Interrogation point turned on
his heel and went out with lump as
large rs an orange in his throat and
tear in his eve. Today he is sing
ing. Ill never 60 there any more. :"
Tsckes BROKER. Hopeful.
The ticket brokers look upon the
recent decision Of n ST. Paul Judge
that the law to break up scalping
tickets. passed by the Legislature Of
Minnesota, is Unconstitutional. ~
being strongly in their favor. and
while the question may be carried to
the supreme court Of the United
States. the ATTORNEYS Of the ticket
brokers are confident the decision
will stand. I'm commenting on thi.
decision the Cleveland Leader saws
The railroads might rs well give
up the notion that they can make il
q crime for man who buys one OF
their tickets to sell it again, and
that is the substance Of the broker
age business. In common sense.
and. we believe. in law, railroad
ticket Is Just as Legitimate subject
of sale or barter rs theatre tickets. q
bank note or a hat. The transpor-
tation il paid mt the company's price
originally. and unless a special con-
tract IL made with the individual
purchaser he cannot be prevented
from selling. trading or giving away
what il absolutely his own. The
fact that ticket brokers do so much
TO keep down railroad fares and to
prcvcnf the discrimination against
passengers and in favor OF large
shippers Of freight from beco ming
even greater than il is. can hardly
he considered valid reason for de-
nying their right to buy and sell like
other business men.
| smash, Bang. swish!
On the coal chute OF a certain
round house. in this city. hangs the
relic Of q once good. substantial Ian
tern, but now its frame is bent and
mashed. Connected with this relic
| is a story. the substance Of which is
ms follows: One evening last week
the night foreman Of this round
house left his comfortable quarters
| in the round house. and going to the
aforesaid coal chute. she .'stuck intO''
a little German employed there. and
that very little German "didn't do a
thing" only heat him up like piece
Of liver. He swung that lantern
with precision and every bin
counted. The lantern was picked
up and iendcrly preserved. and the
victim will not work before the lat.
ter mart ~ next week.
Css-Oas $50 fJS ssG s~iscsse-.
The Gsxellc was here this week.
n. r I. 4 p. pav-car IL out TODAY.