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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25
HOW GRANT BEAT GREELEY.
CORRUPT USE OF THE PUBLIC
MONEY.
Grant the Author of it,

WASHINGTON, April 23,-There is a
preconcerted attempt oil along the admin
istratlon line to claim the results of Caul-
fields investigation in the Grant-Daven-
port business as abortive. A few days
will disclose how much these confident
rogues are counting without their hosts.
Documents which Atty. Gen. Williams
produced, and which Whitley leaves with
the committee, show, as the first state
ments indicate, that GRAFT knowingly
violated the law to foist his party and his
party friends upon the people; that he
expended money to which Davenport had
no shadow of right, and that he did this
KNOWING 1T TO BE CORRUPT,
and persisted in it knowing it to be crimi-
nal The law is as plain as the command
ments. and even Grant could not mis-
appreheDd it,and even if he did, Williams
is on record as having protested against an
illegal and unwarranted use Of funds at his
disposal. No law of congress contemplates
the use of the secret service bureau out
side OF Washington, as is shown to have
been done in Whitley's case. 1t is
A CRIMINAL FRAUD
on the part Of Grant 1t is a criminal
fraud or the part of Williams. Ii was
almost as great fraud on the part of
Whitley, though he was acting as an agent
OF power that he dared not refuse and
keep his place. The attempts TO show
that Davenport's expenditures were in no
sense inconsistent with acts creating a
supervisory elective power in different
states of the union are an insult to public
intelligence. The books which Davenport,
on his own showing, prepared were his
own property, for which he gained large
compensation at public sales, as any other
author Ills name is down in the treas
ury rs The recipient of hundreds OF
thousands of dollars. The beggarly 1885,.
600 which Williams confesses TO
IS MOE A 1.-THE OF THE MONEY
expended bylGrant's order for the foistinc
OF this dishonest dog upon New York city,
There is no sense in which the Davenport
fraud can be construed into anything else
than gross corruption outlay on the par
OF President Grant and his intimat,
trend. the chief of the custom house il
New York, Tom Murphy. Those who ar,
attempting to.mislead public attention b,
the assertion that Davenport was charged
With roofing out the Democratic frauds II
New York, will find that documents on fle
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25

1T GLADDENs THE HEART to be and
recognize the being in the enjoyment Of
perfect health, and yet how few possess it.
The active habits of life in this country
make people neglect the mastication Of
their food; hence follows indigestion, con.
stipation or diarrhea, hatulence, &c
making life a burden. Under such a
regime it becomes necessary to use q
means Of assisting the over-taxed power oil
nature in digesting the food taken into the
stomach, and we find no better adjutant
than can be found in the Home Stomach
Bitters.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25
GEO. IT. WEEKS g. G
Attachment Notice,
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock ISLAND COUNTY.

STATE OF ILLINOIS, GO
Rock ISLAND COUNTY. { GO
To the May term A. d. 1876, of the Circuit Court of
said county.
John c. Heuser W.. Frederick A. SAKE and Edward
Widmer-attachment
Affidavit of the nonresidence of said defendant,
Frederick A. SAKE, having been filed in said cause,
notice is hereby given to him, the said defendant,
Frederick A. SAKE, that the above entitled lie
now pendingin said court and that writ of attach
ment was issued therein out of the office of the
clerk Of said court dated the 10th day Of January
A ID. 1876, at the suit of said plaintiff, John c.
Heusler, and against the estate OF said defendant,
Frederick A. SAKE, for the sum of three hundred
and twenty three dollars and thirty cents 1923
and directed to the sheriff of said Rock Island
ty to execute Now, therefore. unless you the said
Frederick A. SAKE, shall personally be and appear
before the said circuit court of said Rock Island
cuunty on or before the twelfth day Of the next
term thereof to be begun and holden at the Court
House in the city of Rock Island in said county on
the firsl Monday of May, A. ID. 1876 and give bail
and plead to said plaintiffs action judgment win
be entered against you and in favor of the said
plaintiff and the estate attached will be sold.
Dated April 10th, A. D. 1876
GEORGE ID. GOULD, Clerk of said Court.
OLIVER OLSEN attorney for plaintiff, 4i0-d8w
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25
DEMOCRATIC STATE.
REPUBLIoAN COUNTY.

at Springfield Thursday, June "a, to choose dele;
gates 70 st. Louis Rock Island county Is entitled
10 delegates.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25
SOUTHERN HOTEL!
Fronting on 4th, 9Th, and WalnutSts,,
ST LOFTS M(
"G a n y ~ e n
HOUSE,

Cor, Michigan Az, and jackson Street,
CHICAGO, -. Observation-Disclosures. ILL.
THIS elegant hotel Acknowledges no rival either
! in its management. appointments, or location.
In the latter respect it affords its guests charming
and unObstructed view from of its lofty fronts,
of Lake Michigan as far at the eye can reach. the
finest watnrscape view i'll America. Is diagonally
opposite the Great Exposition Building, and but
one block from the WABASH Avenue amp State St,
lines of Horse Railway leading to all parts of the
city, rnd convenient 10 places of amusement 1t
has $50 large and elegantly furnis ed rooms, with
all modern improvements. including Tufts Passen-
ger Elevator. c. Ii, GAUBERT, Proprietor.
FRANK w ENTWoRTH. (hief Clerk.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25

in the department contradict them at
every step. 1t was as plain plumber of
the treasury as any that has been brought
to light, and Grant was the chief and
responsible author.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25
JOHN ROOTS
Bit I Err S.
800 REWARD

/ will pay hundred dollars to any person who
will make proof that John Roots Bi:ters fail to i'm
prove the condition of such person if suffering from
the effects of either ofthe following diseases, viz:
Fever and Ague, Dumb Ague,
Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver or Kid.
ney Complaint, Loss of Appetite
Headache, Bilious Attacks, Brain,
Scarlet, Typhoid, Remittent or In
termittent Fevers, when taken &C
cording to the directions accom-
panying each bottle of the same.
/ do not claim that these Bitters possess any gu
perhuman virtue, but what do claim, is that when
relief can be had in the specified, in fact
any case which arises from an impure state of the
Blood or deranged condition Of the Stomach, Liver
Kidneys, the of these Bitters will Insure such
relief and II is upon this frank and fair condition
that offer this reward in candor and good faith
JOHN ROOTS, Manufacturer, No. 292 Seneca
Street Buffalo, n. Y; VAN Setback, STEVEN
SON d REID, Agents for John Roots Bitters, 90 &
81 Lake Street, Chicago.
For sale by all DruggistsL Rock Island and VI
eiuitya
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25

THE EVENING ARGUS, with afternoon
telegraphic news and markets, delivered
to subscribers in Rock Island and Moline.
Now is the time to subscriber. Leave
orders at the Phoenix Hotel in Moline, OF
at the Office in this city.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY,

at Geneseo, Wednesday, June Z, to nominate candi
date for congress
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25
Naval Frauds on the Pacific Coast.

In the court house, Saturday, June II, to choose
county committee, and delegates TO the state con
yentiOu.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN


at Cincinnati Wednesday June IS Delegation same
as above
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25

at Springfield, Wednesday, May "A, to choose dele
gates to Cincinnati and nominate state officers and
electors. Rock Island county lie entitled TO dele
gates,
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15
Nurn1rr,c cA1r

OHERIFFS SALE.
- By virtue of a writ of AL. Levari Facias, to me
directed. win be exposed to Public Sale, at the front
door of the County Building in the town of Dover,
Kent County and State of Delaware on TUESDAY,
the Dist day of March, 1876, at O'clock NJ, the
following Real Estate. to wit:
All that certain farm plantation tract and parcel of
land, situated in Dover Hundred, Kent County and
State of Delaware aforesaid. and bounded as follows,
to wit: On the east by Alabands Mill Pond, ON the
south by lands now late of Benjamin Strad-
SON. on the north by lands now of Nathaniel B.
Smithers date of Samuel H. Iews) and lands of the
heirs of Nathan Slaughter, decd and containing
IWO Hundred and Forty Acres Of Land, be the same
more less and being the same lands and premises
which Peter Miller late of Dover Hundred in Kent
County aforesaid died seized and intestae and which
BENJAMIN Stradley and Ann r.. his WIFE, Stephen Mil
Ter and Mary T.. his wife. William Kirk and Catherine,
his WIFE William H. Harris and Mary f., his wife, and
Samuel +. Smith and Hannah A.. his wife; the said
Ann f. Stradley, Stephen Miller Catharine Kirk Mary
T. Harris and Hannah a. Smith, being the children
and hersatlaw ofthc aforesaid Peter Aer deceased)
by their certain ndenture of bargain and sale bearing
date the eighteenth of September A. ID. 1868 and of
record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and
for Kent County aforesaid in book W. vol 4, folio 81
&c. conveyed to the said Henry Todd as in and by
the said conveyance to which reference is hereby
made, (reatiOn being thereuntO had will more fully
and at large appear together with all and singular
the buildings Improvements, fixtures, &c.
Seized and taken in execution as the property OF
HENRY TODD. who hath survived Elizabeth Todd
his wife and will be sold for cash.
PETER l.. COOPER Sheriff.
SuERIFF's OFFICE DOVER, DEL.,l
February, 16 lS76.-iw
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15

perfect system ald rules of self-measurement
make it possible to please people 1000 miles
S%ag Ssrsg6 i Perfectly as if they were here in
". 81 suppose you have at least half dozen
different Departmental?
A. my dear sirl we have more than t,rcnfy.
each charged with its own business and each
thoroughly organized, u necessary wheel with
in the great wheel"
V. will you name dozen or so of them?"
A. with pleasure. The Custom Depart
ment. for those who prefer custom made to
ready-madeA Tke Furnishing Department,
with its HsDense stock Of all underwear
The Shirt Factory, with its busy machines
making our own frst-cIass shirts. The Trim,
ming Department, itself sbig as many regu-
lar store The Garment Stock Room. The
named before. The Special Tniforms Bepart,, Spe,
ment. The Delivery Department, with its
score of messengers, The"
V. Hold, hOldl sir, enOughp'
A. "Pm not half through! The Advertising
Department, with its bill Land sign distributors,
editing and pGblishingA business and popular
if"IF iHIIFFnql al Edg eTcql9g ne 599O copies monthly
Department, witIr1ts many rooms The Boys
Department The Youths Department. The
Childrens. Department, with its special
ment. The Chief Clerks Department. with
its book-keepers and assistants General Man
ayers Department; Financier's Office, and
thinking, planning, ,exeEuting, buying, max
and in thousandSAfIys joining their forces
to carry on businessWith the people amount
ing to between 100000 and S3OOO,OOO an
nually."
V. "s-t-u-p-e-n-d-o-u-s~
A: Indeed it is! 1 forgot to name the
Cashiers Department, which handles its $25, 900
of retail sales on some single daysp'
v. "$25,000l Immense That's what enables
the house to buy cheap and seTcheap?
A. Exactly You have jEst hit it. The
people throng here, knets,i1E that we depend
on low prices and imme5a Esales."
"" What are the FOUR RULES hear so
much aboutH
A. "Our system of business dealing-1. One
price, no deviation; 2. Cash for everything; 8.
A guarantee protecting the purchaser; 4. The
money returned if the buyer can't otherwise
be suited"
V. Nothing could be fairer"
: A. Nothing. And the people see it."
v. Wei, thank you, sir, for your polite
attention"
A. Not at all. It's pleasure to sofve you.
!, Call again; and be sure of the plsEe-Wana-
maker y Browns Oak Halls lSAoIEh-East cor
" Thank you'll 1 shall be happy to do so
r Good morning"
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15
A MATTER OF POPULAR INTEREST,

We condense/ from the Lehigh Register the
substance of a Conversation about Oak Hall, in
PlhiladeSA PldiS NC LWanamaker & Browns Largest
attendantyfe the speakers:
PtsitOr. What corner is the Building on?'
Attendant; "South-E East corner of Sirth and
Market. Please note the SIXTH, for some,
strangers seeking Oak Hall, have been misled
by designing persons"
"" 1t is perfectly colossal! Do you know
A $4,000 square feet-6G on Market. and
$50 odd on Sixth, six stories high, has over
three acres a flooring, and covers space once
Sesg 9esgPiiSS PPisddsy 1y twenty different bust
Y. nDo you use steam-powerF"
A. giant young engine furnishes power
for the freight and passenger elevators and the
boilers steam tor heating, and the other opera
Y. What order do you take with goodsq'
the basement, on long 12% counters and taken
tors room @ on 5f thssS fOor sH4'Of % 'he inSpe'-
Y. Is inspecting the first operatien?"
A. mo, sir, measuring. The goods are first
measured in the piece, then inspected. The
cloth passes over rollers in the face of strong
light, and two men sit, one before and one
behind the goods, watching with the eve of O.
hawk for the least pin-hole imperfection, and
marking every flaw, so that the cutter may see
and avoid it when he comes to cut the gar
ments."
V. "You must employ an ar1zy of cuttersY'
a. NOue 70 our ulIn uOCE ana SeeI we
keep 70 hands all the tiNe cVAing up the cloth
into garments,-besidesEZ6 machines that do
dozen mems work eaclfRst stroke.'
goods?"
A. eve do, and most carefully. Our ex-
amlners inspect every stitch and seam, and
certify to every garment as extra-well made
before we put our ticket on it, and become
responsible for it."
deal?" e'
A. I'm every direction, sir. 1t is tM system
and economy we practice all tie wW through
That naaIfd enables US to put our gown to the
of II it?' After inspecting the work. what becomes
:. A. Before it goes into Stock it is .icEe.s1
Every single garment has its number and
other points o. ed on it, so that its entire his
tory can be Traced without fail, upon oul
v" You must have so or 40 salesmenY'
A; why sir, on busy days you mayfsee ion
IN the various rooms and suites of rooms
selling to the throngs of customers"/
Y, DO you do an order buSAeZ by mai
and express?" w
A. Very great. All over the country. ou
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15
She2'gH,s Safes.

CHERIFFs SALE.
- BY virtue of a writ of Levari Faeias, TO me
directed will be exposed to Puolic Sale, at the front
door of the County Building, in the town Of Dover
Kent County and State of Delaware on TUESDAY
the Dist day Of March, 1876, at halfpast o'clock
p NJ. the following tract of land to wit:
No. situate in Murderkill Hundred, Kent County
aforesaid with mill thereon erected and mill-Sea
located thereon, (beng grist and saw mill subject tC
both steam and water power, and known as ALA
bands bill be the contents thereof whatsoever they
may and being the same premises which were con
veyed unto the said Henry Todd, in fee, by Martin
Allaband, by deed dated the fourth day of July A.
eighteen hundred and siXty-seven and of record il
the office of the Recorder of Deeds &C., in and fo
Kent County in book ID, vol. s. folio 323, &c.
Seized and taken in execution as the property o
HENRY TODD, and will be sold for cash.
PETER L. COOPER, Sheriff
SHERIFF's OFFICE, DOVER, DEL,
February 16 1S76.-iw !
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15
.uERIFFrS SALE

OHERIFFS SALE
> BY virtue of a writ of Levari FaciaS, to me
directed will be exposed to Public Sale at the front
door of the County Building. in the town Of Dover
Kent County and State of Delaware, on TUESDAY,
the Dist day of March, 1876, at o'clock, p. NJ,
the following Real Estate, to wit:
No . All that certain farm, plantation. tract and
parcel of land situated in Dover Hundred, Kent
County and State aforesaid, adjoining lands of Rev.
Thomas B. Bradford land of Jacob r. Flick and the
parcel above described No and containing Serenity
Acres be the or less being the same lands
and premises which Jacob r. Flick and wife by in
denre bearing date the ninth day of September, A.
d. 1867 did grant and confirm unto the said Robert
Wilson, in fee, in and by said indenture recorded
in the Office aforesaid, i'll book x, vol. folio =.
buildings improvements fixtures, &c.
Seized and taken in execution the property OF
ROBERT WILSON and SARAH NJ, his wife, and will
| be sold for cash.
| SIIREIFFS OFFICE, DOVER, DEL,
February 16, 1S76.-4W
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15
BREAKwArER FRANKFORT AND WORCESTER R. R.

Trains of Junction & Breakwater Railroad make
close connection at Georgetown, Del.with trains of
BreakWater Il FTanktOrd and Worcester Railroads
No change of cars between Harrington Del, and
Stockton, Nd, point near Chincoteague Bay noted
for fine oysters.
Passengers taking this route will find comfortable
cars and accommodating conductors.
At stockton. which is near the line between Mary
land and Virginia. stages connect with these railroads
for Greenback, miles distant; for HorntOwn, miles
distant: and Drummondtown, 23 miles distant; and
for towns all the way down the Eastern Shore of
Virginia.
Passengers from Delaware Railroad connect at
Harrington at LIS NJ. with train making connection
with steamer for New York on Tuesdays and Fridays
of each week.
Trains running as above connect at Iewes on Tues
York that leave at p. NJ, having good accommoda-
Ons for freight and passengers. Rates of fare and
/ freight very low.
Trains connect in the morning at Lewes Del. for all
points named above, on Tuesdays and Fridays with
steamers that left New York at P. the day before.
At Harrington connection is made with trains North
and South on the Delaware Railroad, by which the
principal points on the Peninsula may be reached by
| rail.
| At Berlin passengers can take the Wicomico and
| POcomOke Railroad for Salisbury, Princess Anne,
| Crisield, and other points.
| Freight not pershable is received every day in the
| week except Sundays for New York and all points
| East, West North and South.
| PeriShable freight is received ut ALL POINTS on
the days the steamers leave Lewes and is due in New
| York early the next morning.
| A. BROWN. Gen. Freight and Pass Agent ]. &. b.,
B. & F., and W. Railroads
| H. A. BOURNE. Gen. Supt. o. ID. 3. 3. Co.,
| THOMAS GROOM, Supt. j. IL B. Il. r.
| J. l.. MAPES, Supt. B. q f, and w. Roads. jan 5-u
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15
THE MARKETS,
MARRIAGES.

POWELL-JACKSON-In this town, March IL, 1876,
by Rev. E. Stubs, Hiram c. Powell to Martha
jackson, both of Kent county.
BISHOP-LAWS.-On Wednesday evening, March 9TH,
1876 the residence Of the brides father Alexander
Laws, Kent county Del, by Rev. c. Huntington, Dr.
L. Aug. H. Bishop, of Leipsic, and Miss Ida G. Laws
MCQUAY-STANLEY.-InS Still Pond NJ. f. Church
Kent co., Nd. on the 9th of March. by the Rev. j.
Hough, Rev. y. McQuay, of the Wilmington Confer
ence. 10 Miss NJ. Annie H. Stanley of Kent co., Nd
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15
TO THE PUBLIC.

VyO THE PUBLIC.
4 In compliance with the second paragraph of the
of the Act regulating the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors. passed at Dover, April 10th, 1873,
hereby give notice that Monday, the 24th day OF
April next shall make application TO the Court OF
General Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery then
to be held at Dover in and for Kent county. for a
license to keep an inn tavern in United School
districts Nos and H. in the town of Smyrna in
Duck Creek Hundred in said county. in the house
known as the "German Hotel, with the privilege OF
selling therein intoxicating liquors, in less quantities
than one quart TO be drunk on the premises. The
names Ofthe freGholders recommending me are
r. s. Gootee Aaron T. Morris
RObt. J. Thomas a. scout,
James NJ. Gray. James McCioskey
VIM. H. Burris Chas smith.
Nicklas (;rewer Edmond IIinson
William COnIey VIM. b. Farrell
Michael Riley. 9. r. HAZEL,
Jacob Hallman, ;. L. Kahn,
! Iohn ! RrOvn John J. Sem.
March II, 1S76.-3w ISAAC X SHORTMAN.
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15
DEATHS.

STEvENSON.-On the 18th inst. in this town, Charles
L. Stevenson. in his 10th year
BELL-On Tuesday March 18th, in Dover, Mrs. Mary
S. Bell, widow of the late John Bell aged IS years.
Funeral from the residence of her daughter, Mrs.
Z. a. Smthers Dover. tomorrow Thursday morning.
at o'clock. Interment in GlenwOOd Cemetery,
Smyrna, Del. Friends of the deceased in Smyrna and
vicinity, who find it inconvenient to go to Dover,
invited to join the procession from the residence of
her son, W. NJ. Bell at Il o'clock, NJ, Thursday.l
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15

ORvILLE GRAST FISRD.-Orville Grant and
Martin Cronin, chief engineer of the fire
department Of Washington, were fined in
the Police Court in that city, on Monday,
for indulging in horse-race.- The former
was required to pay $40, while the latter
got off with 81, be having alleged that he
was going to a fire.
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15
SMYRNA SEMINARY.

Fourteen weeks of the current school year yet re-
main. Parents guardians having children tC
educate may enter them now and be charged from
time of entrance. Young ladies or young gentlemen
wishing to review any of their studies in the English
branches Higher Mathematics, Classics or German, Of
desrOus of preparing themselves by special cOursl
for teaching. can have the opportunity of doing
during the remaining part of the year. Isha be gaC
to communicate with any such parties either at thei
homes or at my boarding house Mr. Edward Streets
on Commerce ST. C. NJ. CARNAHAN.
SMYRNA, DEL, March 18th, 1876.
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15

The average Milwaukee reporter having
found the skull of an Aztec with glass
eye, now finds in Lake Michigan q sea SER
pent with fins Striped like the American
flag. Two drinks more would have put
spectacles on that skull and made the re-
portersee stars as well as stripes.-Ne,o York
Herald.
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15

Miles White, prominent citizen of Bal
timore and an active member OF the Society
of Friends, died on Sunday, in the S4th
year of his age. He leaves a property estl-
mated at s., 100000.
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15

Eight out of every ten Of the leading
Journals in the principal cities OF England
and Scotland are arranging to have CORES
pondents in this country during the Cen
tenniaL
Mrs. Ella r. Clark, of Mechanics Falls,
Me-, shot herself on Saturday. She was
afflicted because her husband refused to 1--we
with her after she had been divorced from
him.
In 1850 the aggregate value Of butter and
cheese exported from this country amoun-
ted to only 1884, 4,O00 This year the export
value of cheese alone will be over Slz,VOV,-
600.
Every garment sold by WanamakeI q
Brown. eth and Market, Philadelphia, has
to pass through the hands OF at least four
inspectors.
AT Pacific Place, Arkansas, on the 10th
instant, Mississippian named Leon was
shot dead by youth Of II, named Morris
to prevent him from numbering an invalid
The weather in England continues VERY
unlayorable to the wheat crop. There |!
still great depression in the grain trade.
At the centennial there will be represen
ted alive all the fish Of the great lakes, witt
all the varieties of the salmon family
A corn.starch factory at St. Joseph, Nh
souri,, makes in the course OF the year 5oo
600, bushels of corn into sfarch.
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15
Notice to Debtors.

All persons indebted to the late firm of j. T. Cooper
& Bro viii please settle the same at once, as shall
devote all my time at present TO collecting said claims
be found at the store of T. Cooper and in case
of my absence payment may be made TO him.
Feb 22d lS76-3t E. " COOPER.
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15

Little Fred, the famous horse, was bought
for s75, three years ago, and has just been
sold for $4,000. His earnings during 1873
amounted 10 81 $50, and he made record
of . %