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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-04
THE BANK ROBBERS,

The preliminary examination of E. n.
Welch, DR.. Scott and j. ]. Pratt for the
robbery of the Kewanee bank occurred in
that city last Saturday, and attracted a
large crowd of people. Among other
witnesses was Miss Palmer who detailed
the rough treatment which she received at
the time, and identified WEIGH as one of the
robbers. j. ]. Pratt, the acting cashier,
also made clean breast of the affair. He
testified there was about $4,000 in the
bank at the time of the robbery. He said
the robbery was the result of a plan ar
range months before Scott and witness first
talked it up, but finally agreed to let WEIGH
in the ring. 1t was concluded to
drill the safe by means of a
tunnel from the fire engine room
TO the vanlt. 1t was intended to come up
behind the check case which would allow
them to drill at pleasure. Another plan
was devised which was to have WEIGH i'm
personate a farmer who would receive a
valuable package This was to be placed
in the vault, and an internal machine was
this the vault could be blown to pieces and
the money secured. Another plan was ar
ranged to have Welch and Scott come in
the bank and throw pepper into the eyes of
Pratt, but to this arrangement Pratt oh
jected. The last plan was to have Welch
ana Scott disguised bring satchel in the
bank and call for the same after banking
hours, when the robbery could be carried
out, and that was finally carried out
Scott refused to play his part, as he feared
recognition. WEIGH secured fourth par
ty, who visited the bank with him. The
understanding was that Scott was to re-
ceiye third if he took part; if not, So, 600
was to be paid him. Pratt was to receive
$4,000, and WEIGH was to give the man
who helped him $4,000. WEIGH also con-
fessed TO the robbery, but Scott denied
that he was a. party to the affair The
three men were placed under SIC, 900 bail
and in default of that amount they were
committed tothe jail at Cambridge to await
the action of the grand jury.
LOCAL REPUTATION.
In speaking of the, arrest the Kewanee
Courier says:
The excitement and delight at the arrest
OF WEIGH had scarcely commenced to cool
down, when it received sudden shock
yesterday morning by the report that Mr..
j. j. Pratt, acting cashier of the bank at
the time OF the robbery, hal been arrested
on suspicion of completely in the affair.
and soon after that Dr. j. S. Scott. OF St.
Louis, was also arrested on similar
charge To say that the community was
shocked from center to circumference is
but tamely expressing the condition of
things, and their friends have not been
slow IN declaring the move an outrage.
The facts, as we learn them, are that Lieut..
Matt Pinkerton and detective johnson ar
rived here Monday evening and soon an
nounced their intention of arresting Mr..
Pratt. This the bank officials would moi
consent to, and it was not until after Mr..
Pinkerton declared that he would leave
the Case and return home that
night If his plan was not pursued,
that they finally reluctantly Yielded.
As Tar as we low no evidence has been
produced against Mr.. Pratt or Mr.. Scott
except the assertion of the detectives.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-04

There will be a supper at Ellis Hal
on Tuesday evening Sept. 5, under s ac
auspices of Rock Island Temple NO ?U
u. D. A. II. The public are cordially ~ o
vited. Supper, 20 Gems. proceeds 70 ~
toward purchasing an organ. elo iitnJ
Davenport and Milan Temples are lhsi'''
to meet with us ard have good time
w. F. GILMORE, Tempiaf'
ANNIE ROBSON, Recorder,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-04

plains that the prison fare does not include
ice cream, which deiicacy she pretends to
be very fond of. She arrived from Peoria.
and desires to be sent to Kansas City.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-04
! BREVITIES.

The sidewalk in front of ARgIIS hlopK is
receiving some needed attention.
The Milan street car track is about filed
and ready for the cars.
The Henry county fair begins at Cam
bridge to day.
The Port Byron fair opens next Wed
nesday morning. and closes on Friday.
The glass works resumed operations last
Saturday.
Rice s. Hooley's nlinstrels will appear
at Davenport this evening.
The Rodman Rifles are expected home
from Springfield next Wednesday morning.
The school year commenced this morn
ing. rs -
The band concertslastS Saturday night at
tracted large audience.
Yesterday was the thirteenth Sunday af
ter Trinity.
The Peoria excursion did not arrive
Yesterday.
The GAYLORD building on Second avenue
has been purchased by L. s. NIcCabe.
The Chicago Laundry has removed to
corner of end avenue and 18th streets. et.
Fresh Milwaukee beer ON draught at the
Massasoit. ae9dtf
.Instice Hawes last Saturday married r
n Aonaw and Miss Efie M Heck
A number of nersons were admitted tn
the Swedish Lutheran church Yesterday.
The town hoard will meet 10 morrow
and transact such township business as
may come before the meeting.
The government steamer yixin left for
Keol,nk vesterdav with some haroes in
tow
The organ grinder. who has been on
DUTY in this CITY for several DAYS. has
taken his denartnre
The masonry work on the Milan bridge
has been completed. and accepted by the
bridge committee of the CITY council.
r. Presley, the. amateur phrenologist,
has been arrested in Moline for drunken
ness. He was fined So and costs
A. Holman was fined So by Justice
Chopper on Saturday for assaulting F. T.
Prathe.
The funeral of the late Hon. Hugh NJ
Martin, of Davenport, occurred yester day
afternoon, and was largely attended.
The Turner's picnic yesterday was
pleasant affair, and attracted a good at
tendance.
Leonard Koch, who was arrested for
stealing knives from his father's store, was
released from jail last Saturday :
Work on repairing the Jail was COM
menced last Saturday. The interior of
that institution win be lined with boiler
iron.
The postofice is not COMPLETED al
though the repairs were expected to he fin.
isbed nv the first of the nresent month
C. Gale s. Co.. of Chicago will have a
branch carriage repository on the south
side of ITnion Souare The hu;ldi,g w;I,
soon be erected.
Two bovs of Moline have n;ck.d ono
hundred and fifty quarts of berries dur;no
the present season. for which thew received
Sf5.
The Humpty Dumpty performance of
Andrews & StockwelPs COMPANY will he
given at Harper's theatre Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings.
The Stars will play the Geneseo nire in
this CITY during the present week re-
turn game with the Coal Valley team will
also be PLAYED in the latter place on Thurs
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-04
LoTs roR SALE.

am now selling lots in South Rock
Island at one half their value. Also some
improved property at very low figures.
Enquire of @. j. DaancK.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

manifested when 1T Camp Agnus Or
"Wednesday night Ca;ta T. Z
WARD was introduced as the frs,
Confederate wounded in the war
and General Henry A. Barnum, oil
the Union army, interrupted tbe
'psaker to propose cheers Tor Cap
tain Ward aud the brave men of tn,
South, to which Captain ward re-
sponded by opening ms address with
the word Comrades" This was ID,
spirit Of all that was said or 1on,
during the memorable three days by
the opponents OF past epoc5, and
the ATTEMPT now to spread abroad
misrepresentation and direct false
hoods is "a disreputsb.e as it j,
foolish. We can feel quite sure that
it does not proceed FROM tAe ez-s3l-
diers Of either army
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

EVERY LEGAL remedy to save The
ME o. me wretchel sssso-iu CUR
EAU having been Exhausted ip vain.
aud the President having refused to
lnterPose his cIsmency, only one act
apparently remains in the drama,
the OPENING cceue OF Which was en-
acted on the 2ni day OF Jply, 1891.
The death warrant bus been signed
sealed aad delivered; The gaiIows
and the bangmsn are in readiness
and according to the course of hu =
man affairs TIE murderer Of Presi-
dent GARFIELD viii have ezpiated
hs great crime before the Getting q
lhe sun to-day.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

The diary Of DE- LONG has Ieep
found, and ;be record of The last
days Of him and his devoted htue
band is pitiul in The extreme, and il,
is painful to read or think of what
he aud his men endured. The ,ss,
man must have died Within few
hours after The last entry was made
IN De LoNGs diary-October 3O,b.
The calm way in which those brave
men ookeG al death, and still strug-
gIei on against the horrors, The
miserles and !abors Of the march in
the desert Of Lena, shows a noble
type OF manhood 1t is peculiarly
distressing that after such heroic tolls
and endurance, nothing was left to
them but to lie down end die in the
snow. DE LoNG's stout heart never
seemed to quail. AS one by one his
men gave out from exposure and
starvation, he READ part of the
service The last entry records the
Death Of two, and a third dying.
After this hope deserted them, and
the three that were lett lay down
ard died.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

IT is said that Paraguay girls ex-
pect a kiss as q part OF the oeremo
ny when a gentleman is introduced.
But as only one girl in forty in that
country is pretty enough to make
kissing desirable, 1t leads Boston
paragrapher TO believe that 1t isn't
such dog goned good place to emf
crate to after all.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

WHAT is it, asks the New York
Sun, that drives 70 many Thousands
OF Industrious men to leave off the
work on which they depend for sub
sisteuce They 10 this because their
wages are insufficient to support
them, and because they hope by
strking 70 compel their employers
20 pay them more.
Why are their wages insufficient ?
Because the enormous taxes which
a-e imposed npon all the people Of
the country, and which, at last, fall
with the most crushing weight upon
those who labor with their hands, so
increase the cost Of the absolute nee
easares Of life that workingmen are
no longer able to procure them.
But is all the money which is
raised by these awful taxes applied
to paying off the public debt ? No :
1t isuot, Notwithstanding the enor-
nous sums paid on that account,
there is nog IN the Treasury a sur
plus Of more than hundred and
forty millions Of dollars; and thia
vast surplus the Republicans are
eagerly perverting to every kind Of
JOB, to every sort Of useless and uu-
Justltiable scheme, and to various
dishonest purposes, such rs hun.
dred millions to unnecessary pen
sions mostly fraudulent. Moreover.
millions upon millions have been
stolen outright and divided in vari-
ous sums among thieves connected
with the Navy Department, thieves
connected with The Whisky Ring,
in the Washington City Ring, and
thieves high and low, limited and
unlimited.
But now when the pressure Gomez,
and when the people in their lie
tress are cryins out n agony, and
even refusing to work because their
work does not bring them liveli-
hood, DO not the Republicans who
control all branches of the Govern
ment, Legislative, Executive, aud
Jn !'eial, propose to lessen these bur
dens aud TO leave the people h,t!e
Of the substance which they have
saved, notwithstanding their terrible
eXtortious2 No; they do not pro-
pose to do sny such thing. They
,ook with Indifference on tho suT r.
lag mass Of lahoreIs, aut thos. who
yet continue 90 work in the hope that
hey m y be allowed to earn live
Abooa Fem tter burdens thcy
will net remove a hairs weight ;
'ron their tazs4 they wi.i 10. take
apsnny.
TIE only safety for The people is
IN turning the Republican Party cut
Of power.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

In recent call upon Mr.. w, II. Nc
AIisier, 2OG Front Street, General Agent
FIR the sale Of the star Chewing tobacco,
he thus spoke to ono of our reporters:
II was tortured with pain from acute
rheumatism, and cared not whether /
nved or died. / tried 81. Jacobs Oil
Just two applicau ms OF which entirely
cured me- San Francisco (Cal.J Call.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

Mr.. BLAINE new house M Wash
ingtou, LOW nearing coup elton, w !
be one Of the mos, imposing private
reeidences "a that city. 1t will re-
ceIve light through seventy large
plate-glasa windows, On the first
floor are two halls, respectively fr-
teen and twenty feet vide, running
through the house 1t right angle-
with each other, and five rooms.
about twenty by twenty FIVE feel
each in size, all Of which, by sliding
doors, can be thrown into A single
suite. ihe interior wood work Of
The house is Of walnut, mahogany
oplai and oak.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

HE members Of the Tariff Com
mission az confirmed By the Senate
are as folIows; JOHN L. HAYES, OF
Massachusetts,, Chairmsnj HENRY
W. OLIVER, Of Pennsylvanis; JACOB
a. AMBLER, Of Ohio ROBERT P
PORTER, Of the District Of Columbia
JOHN W. II. UNDERWOOD, Of Geor-
g'sj duncan f. KFNNER, Of Louis
ians ALEXANDER r. BoTELER. OF
wet Virginia VIZ. II MCMAHoN.
Of New York,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

GENERAL SHERMAN has plaesG
~" '"e wan VI ms UIuue IN 1rasu-
lngton a new picture-a fine water
color sketch OF the Union Amy
crossing, by torohlight, the Big
Black River, near VIcksburg. He
considers it a remarkably faithful
representation of Que OF the most
memorable scenes Of the war.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

HE New York Herala says there
are two things this country cannot
afford and will not have, and the
sooner the RAILROAD barons, under
stand il The better They arc these
First workingmen m1st not be star
yed, aad, second, railroad corpora
lions will not be permitted with im.
Pun.ty to double their ato X +, q
night 10 cover excessive earninea
and lCen pretend that they cannot
pay their laborers
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

Hon. JAMES G. BLAINE has left
Washington for Maine aud proposes
TO make an active canvass for the
Republican State ticket. With plen.
y OF campaign work at home, Mr.
BLAINE Will have an excellent ex-
cuse Tor keeping out OF Pennsylya-
MIA fight.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

GENERAL GEORGE SroNEMAu, who
mas been nominated as the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor Of CAL
iiornia Is an old army officer, and
afterwards in the Western arrov.
After the close OF the war he served
IN Arizona unit; retired. He then
ssttled in Southern California. where
he embarked in speculative enter
prlses and made fortune.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

The Democratic State Convention
ct Maine yesterday renominated
Gov PLAIsTED. Ia three Of the
tour Congressional Districts Green
back candidates were nominated.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

SENATOR II. G. DAVIS places us
under renewed obligations for a copy
OF the Reports from the Cousuls OF
the United States on The Commerce.
Manufactures, &c.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

GENERAL NATHAN GoFF, Jr., OF
Claiksburg, has forwarded his resIg-
nation to the Department of Justice
% United States District Attorney
for West Virginia.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30
ANNOINCEMENT.
Tor Congres>--sccond District

Tor CongresS--Second District.
We are auth rized to announce DAN
TEL b. LUCAS, Of J, fTerson County. a,
candidate to represent this Oho 2rd)
District in the Ash Congress, subject 10
The decision of the District Nominating
Convention.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

The Chinese Government ia often
accused Of stupid aDtagonism to
progress because foreign attempts to
construct railways and telegraph
lines in that country have met with
opposition. There is, however, rea-
son for thinking that the opposition
was hot aroused so much by the en-
terpr,aes themselves as by the lrro-
CANT way in which the English Com =
panies carrying them on attempted
to override public and private rights.
THIS view OF the case is supported
toy the fact that the Chinese IL N
selves have taken to railway and
telegraph building. The Shanghai
Tientain line of telegraph has been
in operation oeveral months. A Com
pany of Chinese merchants in Canton
are nov building line between
Hong Kong and Canton, ulsranoa
Of about 100 miIes. The difficulty
in the way here is not native oppo-
sltion, but the refusal of the BRUSH
authorities 10 let the line traverse
the territory under their jurjsd ction
unless 1t is constructed by a British
COMPANY.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

The Democratic State Convention
OF Pennsylvania met at Harrisburg
Wednesday. Our latest intelligence
does not give the result of its action.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

CoNGREss proposes 10 adjourn on
the 10Th OF July.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

The Press Association of West
Virginia will hold its ennual Cou-
vention next Wednesday at Vince
ing.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30

YEARS ago, when the Rev. HENRY
WARD BEECHER was pastor ofaIittle
church in Indianapolis, he was dis
.urbed one Sunday evening in the
midst of long prayer by a sudden
commotlon in the congregation, fol-
lowed by an almost preteruatural
stiffness, OF course his eyes were
closed, but the silence soon seemed
so sepulchral in its intensity that he
could endure it no lonler, 20 he
opened them. Not a living being
beside himself was in the Church.
An alarm Of fire had
sounded down The street, an engine
had come trundling by, and every
man, woman and child had rushed
out to "run with the machine.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30
COUNTY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
COLUMN

Each week from now nll The opening
OF the schools next Fail, Mr.. Hawthorne.
the County Superintendent OF schools
VIII publish through this column of TIE
ARGUS articles giving his views upon the
matter Of syBtam.tiZiug and cleva'ing tue
schools Of our cUuuiy aud upon other
school subjects
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30


THE attempt on the part OF GER
tain newspapers to improperly irau-
snce public opinion in favor ofJu3za
IcGE because he succeeded in gel
ting twenty-five thousand dollars
from the Treasury to aid the slack
water Improvement at Morgantown,
ls unworthy the Democratic press.
No member from this District has
tailed to secure saoh an appropria-
ton for a number Of years, and when
the bill was reported from the Riv-
sr ana Hsrbor Committee with The
Monongabo.a left out, All at once
concluded that Judge HoGE hal
aimPiy been remiss 10 his attention.
especially since il has become CIV.
dent that this Congress hal entered
upon log-roIIing job to spend
nearly twenty millions OF dollars on
similar Improvements.
Then Iocause Judge HoGE made
q persyna appeal to the Chairman Of
the Committee that unless that item
was inserted 90 The bin be would be
ruined-meaning that 10 w0u'l dam
age hs prospects for rsuomiuatio,
and sucossding by this apreal I'm
getting Chairman PAGE 60 Withdraw
bis opposition, it is put forward by
tbe class Of newspapers 30 which 40
have referred ss an aet msruog tho
higae5, public comneuja,ioa and
applause What is twenty-five
thousand dollars in an appropriation
.of TEESTY MILLIONS, which he IT,
compelled TO auction srl sustain fro
order to gel. taa twenty-five thou
sa1j2
We have no'biuq 90 cay about the
Monorgabes River appropriation.
Which ws bava 700 doubts sl.nell
ard ,ho improvement ought to be-
made, bot whaait comes 10 ssn. jon.
ling the E.ver and uar5or .,s and
10 be- placed .o 'ae position Of sr-
psa.i.g 20 zoe Cturusu oftha Con.
uittss for tie appropriation, wbs.b-
sr Iga' Or wrong upon purely rer.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30
SARTIN g WHITLEY
NOTICE TO FARMERS.
Ey,tEoyuIr WoaLsy FAoronY,

LFhNaYuLE WorLgN FACTORY.
ID, EVANSVILLE, w. VA March 81
Toxic notice. Farmprs ana fha pn&u,
.hai He have purchased and plocoJ IN ,' ,.,,,
i.c."fv new and improved mocbtperv
'h.F.i 're, we are able t5 compete viii,
any factory in ibc States I'm mskina
""'.'9 goods We piYe The
Highest IA lrbet Price TO Wool.
"na s'. goods very low. we do manu-
..c.H' ug 700 very low nt.8
If'r s.us . e1iI
5I j BOWMAN g. SON
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-17

DR.. James r. Taylor and wife. of New
York, are at the Merchants. Dr.. Taylor
was so favorably impressed with st. Paul
ton last spring that he decided to pass his
vacation here.
Miss Mary Barry, who has been the
guest of Miss LYDIA Schurmeier, of Ninth
street, left last week for her home in
Quincy, ILL., She was accompanied by
Miss Flora Weide, who will be the guest of
DIR. Smith, of Quincy.
Mrs. Emil Hart. nee Austrian; returns
to st. Paul the ensuing week on visit to
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Hart have
just returned from their bridal tour to
Europe, and after visiting here they viii
settle down in Republic, Michigan.
Mr.. Walter Veile, who is doing the re-
sorts of Minnesota, leaves tonight for an
| excursion to Detroit lake. During his alb
| sence Mrs. Wood, wife of the cashier of
the Merchants National bank, will be the
guest of Mrs. Veile at the Merchants hotel
pleasant wedding transpired last week
being the marriage of DR.. M. R. Metcalf
of this city, and Miss Maggie J. Taylor
the charming daughter of Mr.. S. J. Taylor
a prominent merchant of Duluth. The
wedding occurred on the 10Th inst at the
home of the brides parents, and it provet
very delightful and happy affair in al
/ particulars.
There is on exhibition at Hough's book
store on Wabashaw street, portrait in oil
of Mr.. Sphinx. of Tenth street. which is
marvellous for its life-ike appearance to
the original. The portrait is from the
easel of Miss Julia Gauthier, and it more
than ever demonstrates what the GLOBE
hitherto remarked, that the really fine
genius of this worthy young lady is par
ticularly happy when at work in this
branch of the art. The work should insure
her dozen liberal commissions.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Flanagan returned last
week from the East where they have beeB
spending the honeymoon for the past num-
Der of days. They were the recipients of
grand surprise by party of young
we'll wlshers and the young couple proved
/ themselves equal to the occasion. Dane
! ing was in order till late hour and among
those present were the following:
Misses Mamie Cavanaugh, Katie Carrier
Julia Carrier. Rosa Dion, Henrietta Davis
B. Keef, L. Keef, Nellie Wallace, Matte
Hagerty. Grace Hagerty, Lizzie Robinson
Katie Mcdonald, Corcoran, Keef, Fairburn
Mrs. Drake and Poupeny ,and Messrs. Frank
Clark, Charlie Gage, John Carrier, Hngl
Carrier, Charlie Mcbride Elmer Gray
James Henry, VIII Illignwoshh, John Mont
gomery, John Gillon, w. P. Lynch, Enslie,
Burns, O'Day, Walker, Burke, Pritcher,
Gray, Miller and Drake.
Miss Anna Murray, of Peoria, H., is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Jane Feeley, OF
Fort street.