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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-14

Eaa FhrseIs. Blankets and Embroider
.ss co 20 EmshsimeG.s.
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LE0v DA, ENgoEr. the buriesque skater,
and MS wonderful sksung pony, General
R00uie AZ the ChaphHe Street Rink to-
night Admission. = cents; children, Is
cents.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-14

t.u&,s Socjni e-cursion 10 Moundsvil!e
,a.s evening over Ohio River railroad at
o clock.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-14

S,si,L Robes. Sleigh Bells
VIM. SchwertfegeS,
Snow Bah Pads. Hlr,e Blankets
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-14
SEVERAL KUSAWAYS.

OrG o1u make shoes in oil styles 81 80
Lockes. lN42 MIN street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-14
4ddjhona, Loca! on First Page

Go With the Clerks Social eNcur-'oa to
MouudsvilIs this evening.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-14

THs voader,s. Skating pony. General
Bonnie, 90 'He tlspt.e Street Rink 20
nlghH Admission, 50 c,D,s. children
Is cents.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-14

ALI rink-go,rs should see the race at the
Cspitol rink tonight,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-14

Sleigh Robes, Sleigh Climc7.
Wa SchwertGpgs-.
Snow Ball PaGa Horse Blankets.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-14
4 DWELLING BURNED.

ORR own make shoes in all styles g 50,
Locke's 1913 Ma;n street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-14

James Dixon, trustee and James Dixon IN h's owl
right, Julia \. turiIs, Mrs. Julia =. Her. uv
Mrs. Earan !. BAY, with Edward Eay, he hur
handi + liza a. zen with kathanicl can. h,l
husband: tlITissa Low with ---- Low her nus
band; Florence r. IiN0n, Minerva h. Cunts
Mrs ;. 4. Euddy with --- Eudiy her nt.,
bard; AGGCr Is. Quits, Rlva NJ Curtis. IN,
Board Of IIuStH.s OF The i'r.pcs Church .'
West Liberty, OHIO rrWy'y, M"st Virginia. a..
IauCs iNon, adTi i'trrlO. OF the estate D
william Martin, It, Crus,pi
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-14
ZlEGENFELDER'S
Ice Cream
FOR RENT.

Has been used by the best iamllie, IN Wheeling
for over twenty -oue years. jyl6
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20
ARReARAGES OF LABOR.
4 Movement That VIII Assist to Reduce
That SurptuS.

WASHINGTON CITY, Feb 20-Congre S.
man Null OF New \ ork, presented a petit
ton in the house Friiay, signed by Presi
dent Lille, of the Labor league, and nearly
l,0a0 others, p aging .or the prompt adjudi
cation of tho claims OF laborers employed
by the government for services rendered in
excess Of ei lit hours per day The peti,
tioa was referred t. the committee on
claims
MIR Miller, III behalf Of the committee on
Gains, of which he is a member, subse-
quentIy conferred with Mr. OpNeiIl, chair
man of tie committee on labor, where the
question Of allowance for tine served in ex-
cess of eight hours sine the enactment OF
the eight hour law, is also under considera-
ton, and it was decided to arrange as soon
as possible for a joint meeting of the two
committees with view to preparing q
measure to cover all eases of claimants
under the eight hour law, Both congress
men are deeply interested in the subject
and say they will use every endeavor tt
comply with the requests of the petitioners
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20
PARNELLiTES jUBlLANT.


Gladstone win Introduce His Home Rule
Scheme in the Course of a aIoash.
LONDON, Feb 20-The leaders of the
Irish parliamentary party are in state of
wild exultation over the announcements
made by Mr.. Gladstone in the house of
commons Thursday night This is not be
| cause the premier has as yet promised to do
| much for Ireland, although his speech is
| understood as pledgiag him to introduce a
definite scheme of home rue on or about
March o. but because be has set at rest the
rumors that this burEing question was to
be postponed for six months Or until the
next session, because he was oatspoken
| against coercion and there is a good pro
spect of peace in Ireland during tha ON
paratively brief postponem NJ of the Eonc
rule question that tn government pro-
poses,
| Mr. Justin Mccarthy, the Nationalist
member for North Longtord was found in
| high spirit over the outlook for his party
| In answer to questions by a cable
news correspondent lie said: we are
| not at all dissatisfied with the
months time which Mr. Gladstone proposes
/ to take to frame his home rule measure. In
ised, with his cabinet only Just fairly or
| Sanized. and with a tckIish budget to be-
| prepared, it is difficult to see how lie eould
| give the Irish question the att ntion it de.
| rNe5 within a shorter time. 1t is Of tho
utmost imrortan,e that his home rule
chene should lie formulated with great
cne. 1t must be capable of Loiding the bulk
OF his party together, and it must satisfy
us Su, h measure is certain to pass the
| 6 I.,
But a measure which goes ei5Ee too far for
the Wings or not far enongh for the Parnei.-
ties would certainly fail, and this failure
might involve the overthrow of the govern.
nent and would necessarily postpone home
rule for many months | believe. however,
| that Mr. Gladstone will have his party we'll
in hand in a month from now, and will be
able to carry it solidly with him in support
of such measure as we can approve"
At a meeting of Nationalists in Cork.
John O'Leary, the Fenian and forty Fighter
delivered the most ntiammatory harangut
that has teen heard in ireland for many
years His argument was that the Orange
men had assumed 50 menacing an attitude
that the time had come when an appea
must be made to ply steal force as the only
arbiter between that handful of big
oted fanatics and the Catholic masses OF
Ireland
At a Loyalist meeting at Edinburg the
Rev Mr.. Hanna, Presbyterian minister
of Belfast, declared that his faith in th,
loyalty and honesty of the Irish Catholic;
was so slight that if it were in his power ht
would not allow even rat or mouse tt
stir in ireland without being watched by
the police
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Millionaire Maekay has contributed 81 900
TO the Hancock fund
The prince of Wales is selling large tracts
OF his Cornwall estates in small holdings
Passenger rates to San Francisco have
been reduced nearly 80 per cent from Chi
cage.
The German Bnndesrath has voted unani-
mousiy in favor of Bismarck's spirit monop-
oily bill
The Indiana G. A. r Thursday elected
Thomas ". Bennett, OF Richmond, depart
ment commander
There are said to be 1000 iiio Cinnamon
roaming the streJt3 of San Francisco with
out shelter or foot
John Bell, aged Is, was ,leeoyed into
"bunco foom at fittsburg Thursday
knocked insen aihie, and robbeI OF - 90
The New York Store, at Springfield, Ills,
owned b. j. E. Walsh, of Peoria, failed
Thursday the liabilities being $50, ,33!, with
assets Of S25,OJl
-Four mill operatives at Moodus, Conn.,
Nancy Sears, Sara Lowell and David and
Oliver Bly, ythe-have fallen heirs to 81, ,00O,.
900 left by their father in California several
years ago.
Eva Nactsworth, aged l., living with her
parents near Joliet, Ills, eloEe 81 Thursday
Afternoon with Felix Romanie, who has &
wife and two children in Wis onsin. Ro.
mamie worked for tbe father of his dupe
The junction Iron company at Minge,
Ohio, has signed the naiiers scale, and the
strikers are eated. II is now believed that
the other mills in the Western association
will also concede the demands of the naiers
Anton Ffiffner sued the st Paul road al
Dubuque Thursday for $500 damages al.
leglnS that his two chlliren were drowned
in a pond which remained undrained
through the negligence of the railway com
pany.
About seventy five miners, half of then
colored, quit work, Thursday morning, be
cause the operators Of tie Mattoon dis
mine would not concede their demands fol
| pay every two weeks, and various othel
| things
| Policemen at Cincinnati are guarding EN-
| ployes of a harness mandatory, whom tn
| proprietors imported from st Louis Tn
| goods of the firm have been Eoycotted, a
have certain dining rooms, the owners o
which supplied the 1scabn workmen witt
| food
Peter Wedermier and Josephine Amann
a young German couple of Buffalo fle'
with the court clerk in that city, the othe
day, an anti-nuptial agreement by which
after marriage, each is to control his or he
| property just as before, and dispose of it a
though no marriage bond united them Bot
are wealthy.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

PITTsBURG, Feb. 20-Gen. W. T. Sher-
man arrived in this city Thursday morn
ing, and spent the day at the residence of
his daughter, Mrs, Lieut. Fitch In an in
terview the general said that his recent
statement about the tyranny of the press.
published by The New York Sun, was part
of an expression made by him in private
conversation As to Mr. Charles A Danits
charges that he favored slavery, Gen Sher
man emphaticaliy denies them, and char
aeterizes Mr. Dana's assertions as unworthy
of comment He said this statement was
similar to that of Gen. Fry, which of itself
conveys "a false idea but with the context,
as will soon appear in The North American
Review, will show the matter in its proper
light
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20
THE 'EDMUNDS REBELLION"
What the Democrats Call the Fight for
Papers.


WASHINGTON CITY, Feb 20-The report
submitted to the senate Thursday in regard
to suspension of federal officers and the de
clination of the administration to furnish
papers on file bearing upon their character
and official integretp is the talk
of the city, and Democrats speak
OF it as the "Edmunds rebellion.
1t has not yet been decided whether the
Democratic members of the Judiciary COM
mittee shall offer a substita for the Edmunds
report or whether they will make their fight
in d bate when the report of the majority
comes up for action. A caucus will be held
ami definite line of ton determined
Senators fugh, Jackson and kenna are
equipped for the battle and will, they say ,,,be
abundautly fortified with precedents to off
set those given by the Republicans 1t is said
that among other important papers, a Demo
craft senator has in his possession the copy of
a Letter written by Sherman, when secretary
OF tie treasury, de lining to furnish Conk-
ling then SENATOR with reasons for the suS-
pension Of Chester A. Arthur as collector of
the port of New York. The cooperation
and legal assistance OF Attorney General
Garland, ii is thought, will be requested by
the minority in preparing their case. The
ontrofersy viii be bitter, and the present
| outlook indicates a very exciting partisan
debate
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20
TIE MARkE

CaIcA6o, Fa1 TO-
...Tl,e market quo atoms o. the board of trade u.
day ver,- as ful!oNs; Nhe.t No. = Febui,y
orele aid close, igc: March. oI Iened 1gc
ci,-el IgI.c' Nay, el en q ald closed 81 &C.
Coru-No. = February, o. eaed a a4c closed 37ssc;
March o.tfed ana cie ed 3.@4c; April opened
Sc, cloged 37..c oats--So, February. OF ened
All closed ,ei sia ch, opened and cl2sei soc;
MAY, t.i,e.ed B. cLpsed y c Pork-F ebr lary
opened aua casal SEL&1 Mach opened
a d c.osad 81 .05 NAV, opened ami closed
SiI lar February uplned Sl0 closed
sGri1a.
Li.e s8ock-The Union Stoc'; yarIs report the
fohowlng ian Of prices: Iiogs-fha mar Aes
opened u II s, irIn, and rr Z o. Ia :! er: iighI
grades, s3sl@4 Il; rough packing, C0143 };
hea ac IN q rhlpp.ng l1s, S4.3oQi. O. Cu
tle-t:uil s@.jl AS; coHs, u. Jtt3G9 stocker5,
So 5Ga.U ; LatiyeS, S390Gj ).
rraduc.: bnIcr-eancy reamscy 5l43ic per
10; dairy 10 Il alc. kim. 6aic. Eggs-StrictlS
1resh, lS0+c pr do; c1d storlse, l4dt l9c;
picked, ilGat2e. Pot9 oes- White rlsa snd155c;
PER bI-; brban s, - 5ss; mixed lots, 40g5)c;
all OIL track in car ioss. iiinois sweet pot ttoes
ST. 0lt3 80 per bib. Poultry Chickens, 8 per
h.; turSfys silllc, ducks, 5dSc; geese, 20
Sc. Applrs CEe'cs to fancy, sl5oGL7j PEI
bbt; seconds, .5cQsS1,to
New York.
New York, Fea 10.
Wheat-No red ate spo-, gic; No. = do 9ic;
No. 2 red Ia er, NJ uch. o Sse do April 9ss4c
Corn-No. mixed cGsh, c: No. mix d
FcD taiy, "a, u - ihi VI, 5o}ac. bais-No Wilt
SAFE, 3Sc; No. 2, do c kye--Duli: Barley
Nominal. Pork-Dall mes .S1N50a i095. Lard
t3i lid March, So. Il b ii April
st. Louis
ST. Lnu1s, Feb, 10.
VIII Easy anj a s,.a lie i}a,r; No red. cash,
9lc: hruary. 9oy<c bid; Nj RI, 9a4c hid; May,
% SstL 8 sc Cor.1-sGt 6 iaN,r; No. mixed
cash, - ,6A36e; e,tasy. 81 s, sl5: March
Sjsc biu; Nav, af al 1i4e Oats Inn; No.
mixed cash, ;0c bid q. : la bid. Marca
;04c bid: May &c Rye gpr. de bd
forn- sfia5 Lard-s1.s II Whisky-S: 10
Aiiiean~sr,
MILWAUKEE, FEB II,
Wheat u It: cash. Sc May, si4c; June,
SJ..c. Corn--stea j. Ne. =, 3sc. Oats-Steady
No ., 39c Rye am No |, Soc. Barley
Qu ei; Ne. q 81 &c.
Detroit.
DETROIT Feb 10
Wheat-Dul: white So bid cash; .a4
May; No. red Sac asked cas-: &c ask ID
March; 8 c May; No red, So b,A. Corn-40I.s 4
| as sed. Oat;-No, white, 55lhe No. :, Bic bid
rn!cdo.
TOLEDO Feb. 49,
Wheat--Fi M; cash, tkQae &c; February.
sl19Zc; May, e u: June, c bid Corn-fii m
| fash, &c bd: May, 4la4 Oais-auie.; cash
| G2Iac; May, 34l2c, Clover seed irn: cash. Feb-
| rtia,y or siarcii. 80 5; April, ~s-a
ROCK ISLAND.
| oate-osc
/ Hay-Tilnothy-S12 90
Wild-$s.01.
Rye-38e.
| Corn SIC. y
Potaioes-55c.
! Onions B0c. =,
oooI-Sost Lis hard IS so,
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

CHICAGO, Feb. 21-Dpring the last two
weeks Judge Anthony's court room has beer
filled t. ovcrfowns oa account of a breecl
of promise case brought by Miss Rose Moran
against CHRIS Nivha, Young man some
Ye4rs her junior, futh were residents OF
Chicago The case had considerable humol
in it throughout, and when the jury Friday
brought in verdi t of $50 for the fan
plaintiff th ra was much dissatisfaction ex
pressed hy the au!itnca because the amount
was so small \ motion for a new tra
will be made
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

WASHINGTON CITY, Feb 2l-Commis-
sioner Black was heard by the invalid pen
sion5 committee on the bill to increase pen
sions for total deafness and on the law Of
1886 known as the widows half pension
The committee has reported bill increasing
the pension for total deafness from SIS tt
$50, and Mr. Black thought it ought to b'
$50 He stated that the half pension" Law
wa imperative, but that that the com
mittee should have law enacted repeal
inc il
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

NV Y ORE, Feb 20-At the convention
of the American Agricultural and Dairy
association, Congressman F. I. Glass, OF
Tennessee, said that the United States ap-
propriated less for agricultural purposes
than any other country, Switzerland ex'
ceptsd France annually approrriates $50,
GOO, 900, Brazil 81, 100000, Russia, sll ,00O,-
900, Austria. s., ,50o, 900, Great Britain s795,
| 900, Japan Il 100000, Sutherland sl42, 600
and the IEnitei Statss sH52. 600
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20
MURDERED HER HUSBAND.
A Michigan Woman Confesses a Terrible
Crime.

CENTRAL LAKE, Mich, Feb. 90 The
inquest in the ease of Peer Higgins, found
dead in compost heap on his farm in Echo
township Monday last, was cut short by the
confession of Mr.. Higgins, that she
and George Higgins her husband
nephew, had murdered her husband
telling how the deed was committed On
being informed of the confession of Mrs
Higgins, the nephew, who had meantime
been removed to Beliaire for safe keeping
stated that they at first tried to choke hi.
uncle, but finally crushed his skull with s
hammer and that on Sunday he buried tn.
body in the compost heap while Mrs Hig
gins kept watch to see that he was net dis
turl ell while SO engaged
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

LONDON, Feb. t0-The great coursiae
F" aterloo cup, was decided Friday at The
Waterloo tAitcar meeting, the winner be
ing Mis- Glendyhe, The winners share of
the stale, mad up 10y sixty four subscriber
at s35 each is E50l
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb 20.-The G. A.
z. state eneampmsut. Thursday, indorse3
the universal pension bill They also de-
rlared agains5the policy Of using the organi
zation's power for the purpose OF boycotting
newspapers or per=ons differing from then
in opinion
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20
He Is .'put" Four Hundred Dollars,

CINCINNATI Feb. 20.-George Nj. Thomp-
son, cashier for the Pullman Palace Car
company, entered the Citizens National
bank about l O'Clock Thursday afternoon,
and laid his pocketbook, containing S375,
and bag containing $40 in coin, on a
table while lie made out check When he
sought the money, it was missing No
ptatg
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

WASHINGTON CITY, Feb 20-The follow
ing fourth-class postmasters were appointed
Friday in Pennsylvania: Charles . Zeig
Ter, Leuhartsville; George L. Reding, Lum
bervile; Mrs Marry Miller, Mount Jewett
Samuel S. Bossert, Pughtown; ]. X. Cron
noneer, Saulsburgh; Jonas B. Roger
West Mill Greek
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

WASHINGTON CITY, Fob. 20-The house
committee on postoffices and post-roads has
agreed to report adversely all postal tele
graph bills looking toward the purchase ol
construction of Lines The question with tn
committee now is whether the government
shall lease lines or contract for low rates
and on this subject arguments will be heard
by the committee.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

WINCHESTER, Ohio, Feb. 2D.-Three chill
drrn in a family of seven, named Monsin
living in the country, eight miles south Of
here, are probably dying from eating of q
cake made OF poisonous baking powder, The
others are still in convulsions, but may pull
| through The powder has been sent away
| for ANALYSIS
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20
ROCK ISLAND. SATURDAY.. FEBRUARY 20. 1856

made by the department of agriculture
place the aggregate amount of woodland in
all the states and territories at Al, 900, 900
acres, and at the present rate of consump-
ton this will be entirely cut off in eighteen
years
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

New YORK, Feb 20 An Ocala,
Fla, dispatch.to The Times says that, in
stead of being killed, the bearing orange
trees are even now in bloom, and prospects
for the coming crop are as favorable as in
any year
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

CARTHAGE, Mo, Feb, 2a.-Eight prisoners
in the county Jail escaped Thursday, by
a,eans of q tunnel twenty feet long, which
they mad dug during the last six months
and which began under the Jail floor and
opened outside of tho walls of the yard.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

Insurance in reliable companies at loves
rates, apply to E. Liebcrknecht, real es.
rate, loan and insurance agent, and nota-
.y public. Collections made. Office III
Second avenue eodtf
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

The thawing breeze that follows the
blizzard is known in the northwest as a
chinook"
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

EoR SALE, SIXTY LOTS IN MY AD-
= ditlons 20 the city Of Rock Island On four year.
ly payments with interest six per cent per an
uuIn DAVENPORT.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20
HALF-CENT A W0SN.

The ARGUS hereafter will publish III this col
umn all advertisements of Lost, Found, For Rent
For Sale, Board or Rooms. Wanted. and similar
notices at the low rate Of etalf cent q aoord,
each figure word, but no advertisement less
than ten cents
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

A GENTS WANTED IN EVERY CITY
Aand county in the state Of Illinois to sell new
line Of novelties; county rights granted. Apply
to Brandford & Dow, sole state SCENTS, iS3 West
Madison street, Chicago, Room IA. elm
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20
Woo,Inan Spare Those Trees.
- .----. c,...,. Lah n-Af fhE

American forestry congress, which net in
Boston last September, a committee on iegis-
lation was created, of which Governor =
Sterling Morton, of Nebraska, Is chairman
He has issued call for his committee 10
meet him on the Esd Recent estimates
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-16
Emigration to Liberia.

Advices from Washington indicate that
the question OF the colonization of the
negro is not only live but a growing
one. fit is true, as has been stated, that
Southern and Western Senators and
Representatives are continually receiv-
ing petitions asking that appropriations
be made to assist the colOred people to
emigrate to Africa and to help to sustain
them there, it is probable that such
petitions will sooner or later meet with
a favorable answer, and that a great i'm
petus will be given to emigration to
Liberia.
1t is true that there are ar
guments against making appropri-
atoms TO aid emigration b Africa,
and there are serious doubts whether
the coored people would be bene-
fitted materially, morally and mentally
by emigrating there. 1t seems, however,
chat a great many of them desire to be-
come citizens of the black repgblic, where
they can work out their own destiny in
their own way. This is a natural desire,
and it ought not, perhaps, to be dscOur-
aged. The negro has given up all hope of
"oSOhhoHCJ III Guy pau VI bhlo OOuhbi >
or even OF equality with the whites for
generations, socially, mentally and NOR
ally, and it is not strange that those of the
race who do not feel content here turn in
their minds towards Liberia as the land
in which their fOndest hopes may be
realized.
1t is generally agreed that Liberia is
fine country, where, with ordinary thrift
and prudence, the negro cannot only live
but prosper. There are, no doubt, difficult
ties to be encountered in establishing
ones self there, as there are such diff Gull
ties in all new countries; but BY the aid
Of the American Colonization Society
such difficulties have been reduced to a
minimum, and if the government aid for
emigrants OF 500 per capita asked for
should be granted, there would be no ap-
parent reason why several thousand col
Ored people should not safely find new
homes in Liberia every year.
IL a few thousand of the more intelli-
gent and upright Of the colored people of
the South should go to Liberia, the condi-
ton Of that country would doubtless be
very much improved within the next gen.
Grafton.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-16
He Found out why they struck.
From the Detroit Free Press.


There was a group of striking painters at
the corner of Michigan avenue and Griswold
street, when farme !, with his whip in hand,
came up and querei:
as thi4 a striker"
"Yes. sir" replied one of the men
''What seems to be the trouble all over the
country just nOw?"
"Well, SIR" replied an oldish man with MANY
spots of pa Mt on his vest. "the trouble is there
are too many men in the country"
"All bOsh, JIM" exclaimed a young man
who was cleaning his nails with putty knife
II tell you the whole thing comes about from
the efforts of few to build up an aristocracv"
well. you must be greenr % sneered third
one. This crisis W S preciplta ed upon us
as a combined eff ,rt Of capitalists to drain us
of our life blood"
Life blood be hangedw exclaimed afourth
as he came to the front. "a man with
nrains knows that the trouble started with
10y Gould. He wants to own the United
States"
''Did l ever see so many fools together?'
sarcaStically remarked the last Of the group
1.-THE trouble is All caused by po iticans who
want to wind us around their fingers We
won't he wound: hence this ex itement.v
''Then, that's the trouble, eh?" queried the
farmer.
Eyes, sir, that's the trouble" answered the
Eve together. each one speaking for his own
theory.
''Glad to know it. Much obleeged, gentle
men. l knew it must be sunthin' or other,
and I'm glad found out"