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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27
pETITION TO SELL REAL ESTATE
STATE OF ILLINOIS. =.

STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Rock Island County, -
In the County Court of said Rock Island county
in Probate.
Charles ". HAYES. Administrator of the Estate
of Robert Smith, deceased. Amanda j
Smith. John Moro6s, the Unknown owners of
the premises in said petition described and the
Unknown heirs OF Robert Smith, deceased
Petition TO sell Real Estate
Due affidavit h8vg. been iled herein. notice i
hereby gwen that the above entitled SUIT is now
pending in SAID court for the sale of the undivided
ON. half part of the following PREMISES situate in
said Rock Island county. VIZ. Lots seventeen.
eight cen. nineteen, twenty. twenty -rne, twenty
two, twenty three twenty -four. twenty five and
twenty-slN, all OF Ransom and Youns's addition
| TO the town of Coal valley; ALSO of the following
premises IN sand county viz. beginning at the
north west corner of the south east quarter of
| the rmth-wcst quarter of section twenty-six in
township Il. north range ! west of 18th = NJ.
| running thence east ON the 5 section line,
| S17. II 81 lnl ChlaHs; thence 1JI - west, var.
IA 1910 chains. thence sou h - east. SS-lH
chains 10 a post; thence north So west. 3ts
| Chsius; thence south ST Ia west. 100 CHAINS
| Ia the Is section line: thence north on laid 5
section line II &c 100 chains to the place of begin
nlnG. except 3>lOO Of an acre At the 81 tn west
| corner. south of the creek, formerly conveyed.
Now. unless yoG sballp"rsonIily be- and ppear
| BEIGE said court on TIA FIRST day of the Septcm
| her term thereof, to be begun and holden in the
city Of Roe Island IN sad county and STATE the
Third Monday Of September, \. D., 1885,, 10
which time and place the said summons is made
IetHTuahle, and plead. answer demUr tn the
petition in said sui, filed. that said petition will
he taken tor confessed A. against You and decree
entered a"Cottincly.
Rock Island. Ill August 18th. A n. 1856,
RICHARD A DONALDSON.
Clerk of said Court.
HENrY CURTIS. Sol'r for Petitioner 1Idiw
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

James Gordon Bennett is in the gulf Of
Finland
Senator Ingalls, will not so to Kansas
during the congressional recess
An appeal is issued for aid for the suf
ferers by the recent inundation in Texas
Scalpers in New Y ork are selling tickets
to Chicago on tina Baltimore & Ohio road
for ST..
Cyrus Fillmore, the only living brother
of eN President Fillmore, has been visiting
in Buffalo His home is in Indiana
A warehouse collapsed Wednesday at
Sheffield, England, killing a number of
children Seven bodies have been recov-
cred.
Willie Sells, the 1'-year- Old boy recently
convicted at Usage Mission, Kan, for the
murder of his parents, brother and sister,
has been refused new trial
An insane man was taken into custody in
Washington Wednesday who had walked
the entire distance from Council Bluffs,
Iowa, TO get an Off e. but had been dis
appointed
Cen John Newton, U. S A., was ap-
pointed commissioner of public works by
Mayor Grace, of New York, Wednesday,
vice Squire, removed. His term Of office
will expire May !, lsS!
Miss Hattie Hadseli was watching game
Of base bail in Plttstield, Mass, on Friday
afternoon, when foul ball struck her in
5be side. crushed some ribs and injured
Der that she may die
MIR b. B Foy, of Boston, is son ln-law
who deserves the praises of all tue ladies'
h.,V, h. Of h,,. L.. -
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27

DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 27-The Repub
iican convention at Grand Rapids Thurs
day. nominated for governor Cyrus G.
Luce, of Gilead, by acclammation; leuten-
ant governor, James H. Mcdonald, oil
Escanaba; secretary of state, Gil H. os'
man, of Detroit; treasurer, George l.
Maltz, of Alpena; auditor general, I. +.
Alpin, of Bay City; attorney general,
Moses Taggart, of Grand Rapids; commits
sioner Of land Office, Roscoe D. Dicks, OF
Berrien county; superintendent of public
instraetion Joseph Estabrook, Of Ypsi-
lanti
The convention adopted platform re-
affirming the principles of the Republican
party; declaring In favor of organization OF
labor; condemning President Cleveland S
pension vetoes; declaring against poly gamy
and the occupation of public lands by fer
eigners, and declaring in favor Of Irish
homo r,,ita
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27

No one can question that large part
of the present trade depression Is due to
the restrictions placed upon commerce
by the ciIcumscribiDg influence of our
pernicious system Of protective tariff.
The last four or five years have been I'M
satisfactory and unproductive TO both
labor and capital. and the rich as well as
the poor have suffered as & result, though
the burden has fallen most heavily upon
the poor. Our commerce is practically
shut out from the states OF South Amer
lea because our tariff on raw materials
makes it Impossible for our merchants
and manufacturers to complete with free
trade England, and the people of those
states, to use their own expression, pre-
fer to trade where they can secure the
most profitable bargains. The Grand
Rapids Democrat in discussing the ne,
cessity fer change in our tariff policy
says:
When an economical policy results bad
ly-no matter upon what plausible the
cries it is based-is 1t not time to Ques-
ton it and change il? Experience Is the
test of theory. The tariff was enacted
to promote business prosperity. 1t has
failed. The country needs a business
revival. Nothing else can allay the ex
isting irritation and discomfort. And.
we submit, business cannot permanently
improve without larger markets for the
products Of labor; and, furthermore,
larger markets cannot be obtained under
the present tariff restrictions and de
pressions of trade In no field of human
affairs are cause and effect more certain
SO long, therefore, as We shut ourselves
out from the commerce OF the world We
have no reason to expect anything else
than bad times, and, what is worse, the
larger the products of the farms and the
factories, under the tariff strangled con-
ditjoDs of trade, the more severe the de
preston If we desire revival of bus
mess we must remove the distractions,
and that means down with the tariff E"
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27
ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS.
The state Convention in Session at
Springfield Platform.

The State Convention in Session at
SprinsiieId-Th Platform.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Aug =3-Senator
Duncan called the Illinois Democratic state
convention to order at l2-i5 clock Prayer
was offered by Rev. Ball, chaplain OF CON
gress Chairman Orendorfr In his speech
praised Cleveland and Tilden. both names
causing applause The change of admins
tration did not cause any upheaval of the
social order, as the Republicans threat
ened, in 1854. The administration
was purely Democratic. Cleveland bad
only removed from office inefficient and OBJ
noxious partisans More pensions had been
granted by Cleveland in one year than any
previous year since the war, but fraudu-
lent pension claims had been vetoed A
committee conducted the temporary chair
man to the chair Mr. Duncan predicted
success for the party in the state,
after quarter of century
of defeat He said that it in the
power of the Democratic party of the
state to assume control, The administra-
ton of President Cleveland was all that
could be- desired For the first time in
years the people of the country had Il pres
ident who did not think his position mere
practical official, but rather an office of
trust for the benefit of The entire
people He hoped that the pemocrs tic
members of the next house would be more
true TO their trusts than The members Of the
last were
A lively tilt eusued between j J. Curran
and Congressman Lawyer when the Second
district was called upon TO present the
name of its member on the control commit
tee LAWYER named James Stain and Cur
ran named himself. The matter was re-
ferred TO The proper committee.
After long siege the convention chose
Alfred Grendorf, James A. Ewing, William
H. Green, A. A. Goodrich, Charles Kerr,
T. NJ Phelps, and J. ". Olson as commit
teemen at large. The fight was between
Goudy and Mcdonald, and Van felt, the
latter candidate a. ter desperate contest
went down.
The platform reGffirms the national dec
laration of Democratic principles adopted
at Chicago in 1881. indorses the admins
tration in a general way, declares for a
revenue tariff for the payment Of the ma
tional debt out of tue treasury surplus, and
for the protection OF public land from alien
entry or ownership 1t opposes prohibition,
but favors strict license laws. demands the
exclusion of foreigners imported under con-
tract, and Cinnamon OF all sorts, the
enactment of laws prohibiting the employ
ment of children under a i'll mines and
factories
The convict labor clause is as follows:
That We favor the enactment of such laws
as will etfectuaily prohibit convict labor
from coming in competition with the honest
laborers Of the country and that we espe-
cially commend TO the voters of this state
the ratification Of the constitutional amend
ment on this subject submitted at the COM
ing election The reimbursement OF taxa
tion is demanded of the legislature, SO that
public burdens may bear equally on all
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27

Rock Island ILL.,. July "a, 1886.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27
TxXa Washington MiIIiOnaires

Washington is fast becoming city Of
rich men. There are len men here now
worth $500 900 to one worth that amount
in 1880 The statesmen themselves are
richer, and not a few of them now own
property here. The two richest citizens
are W. W. Corcoran, who has given
away three-fourths as much as he is now
worth, and JohE w. Thompson, who is
one of the most enterprising men in the
district Corcoran is the wealthiest, and
is probably worth several millions. He
has given away not less than $13, 900, 900
or $4,000, 000i charities, and he is givs
ing all the time. lie began life as clerk
in his fathers shoe store, and am told,
says Carp, that his father was a shoe'
maker. One of Corcoran's first enterr
prises was in the dry goods business. and
he kept dry goods store in Georgetown
l think he was connected in this enter
prise with George Peabody. who after
wards became SO noted as charitable
millionaire. Both Corcoran and Pea
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27
THE FIELD OF POLITICS.
MAKING PREPARATION IN SEVERAL
STATES FOR THE CAMPAIGN.

Pennsylvania Prohibitionists Adopt a
Platform and Select State Ticket
Nominations of the Ohio Republican
Convention - The Iowa Republican
Tieket-Poiitical News from Michigan
and Elsewhere.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Aug TITS most OF
Wednesday was occupied by the Prohibit
ton convention III organizing and making
speeches. A message from ex Governor St.
John was received, saying he was en- route
to meet Blaine at Maine Phillippi- When
the resolutions committee announced their
readiness to report the convention ad-
journed for the day.
Thursday the convention opened with
672 delegates present number Of reso-
lutions were introduced and adopted Mr.
Hunter, chairman OF the committee ION
finance, reported that the committee asked
for SI0,0N to carry on the work success
fully. The roll of counties was called,
and the amount of money pledged
was $6,al9. part of which was
paid in cash Rev. John H. Hector, a col
ored minis ter OF Washington, was called
upon To address the convention His adj
dress was warmly received He said the
colored men were determined TO join the
ranks, and wanted to fight the demon that
was worse than slavery. He told story
with moral in which the colored race
were be ginning to he disguised with the old
parties. Both Democrats and Republicans
had taken them along for company. He
believed the convention has started out
Alright, and by giving him a chance TO
speak they were giving the convention the
proper color"
Rev. Palmer, another colored man, also
addressed the convention, and spoke for a
short time on the issues of the Prohibition
campaign After other addresses the con.
vention adjourned until p. m.
On reassembling Charles +. Wolfe was
nominated by reclamation for governor
Other nominations were: A. A. Barker
for lieutenant governor, Charles l. Hawley
for auditor general: Rev john NJ Palmer
(coloredl for congressman at large; John
NJ Emery for secretary of internal affairs
The platform was adopted by acclama
tion, and is substantially as follows: The
preamble declares for the total abolition of
the liquor traffic. 1t arraigns both the old
parties as being false 10 all trusts given
into their hands by the people The people
are asked to abandon all other parties and
come to the rescue
II advocates the reformation of the
drunkard and adoption of measures to pro-
tect the church and bone 1t declares as
being the only party willing to be defeated
IN the cause OF prohibition Or tri-
umph in its triumpps. They favor the
enforcement of the state laws in reference
to anti-discriminstion. They demand that
American labor and production be gwen
the preference by the American people 1t
advocates arbitration between capital and
labor. 1t dsnounces the plank of the he
publican platform relative TO Prohibition
| and consider it hut a trap TO catch votes
That the party feeling Letween the north
and south should be oblIterated Demand a
national marriage law, uniform III all states
and that all elections should be fair and
| free
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27
SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue Of an Execution and Fee Bill No COST,
ued ont of the clerk office Of the circuit court
Of Rock Island county, aud state of Illinois and
To me directed whereby am commanded TO make
the amount of Il certain Judgment recently oh
tanned against Andrew Peterson, in favor Of DO
hanna Peterson. out of the lands tenements goods
and ChaitelS of the said defend ant, Andrew Pc
tersou, have levied upon the following proper
". tO-Nit:
The west twenty feet Of lot number ten and the
east half of lot number eleven. in block numbs
one John Deere's addition to the town. now city,
Of Moline, in the county Of Rock Island aud State
Of Illinois
Therefore. according Ia said command ! shall
expose FOR sale. at pnbiC auction. all the right
title aud interest Of the above named Andrew
Peterson, in and II the above described property
on Tuesday the cath day of August. 1885,, at
o Cock p y. nj the uorth door of the court house
in the city Of Rock Island. in The county Of Roct
Island md state Of Illinois, for cash IN hapd. ID
satisfy said execution and fee IN !.
Dated at Rock Island. this Sd day of 1ugg~t 4
d IsS6.
JOHN VI REfICKER.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27

Il have been ustr of Simmons Liver
Regulator for many years, having made
it my only family medicine. 1t is pure
good and reliable medicine. My mother
before me was very partial to it.
Il find the Res ulator very safe, harm
less and reliable as family medicine,
and have used it for aIy disorder of the
system and found it to act like charm
| believe if it was used in time it would
proves great preventative of sickness.
| have often recommended it to my
friends and shall continue to do SO.
REV. JAS. nj. ROLLINS,
Pastor Nj. E. church, South Fairfield Va
TO J. II. Zeilin & Co. Philadelphia. =
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27
IOWA REPUBLICAN, TICKET.
Nominations Of the State Convention
The Platform.

Nominations Of the State Convention,
The Platform.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, Aug 27-The ticket
nominated by the Republican state conven-
ton Wednesday is as follows: Secretary
of state, Frank d. Jackson; auditor, A. J.
Lyons; treasurer, v p Trombly; attorney
general, A J. Baker; clerk supreme court,
G. B. Pray; court reporter, E. C. Ebersole.
The platform attacks the present admin
istration In toto, arraigus the Democratic
majority in the house, and sympathizes
with ParnelL The plank on Prohibition is
Ms follows;
THAT the laws for the suppression Of In
temperance were enacted as a part of tho
general legislation Of our state in obedieB ce
to the will of the ma jority; that we behold
with alarm the continued efforts Of the
Democratic party of Iowa to encourage re-
sistance to these laws and to iufame the
passions of the lawless classes in regard to
them, thereby menacing social order and
leading to the preparation OF murder and
other outrages While fully recognizing
the right OF tie people to agitate for the re-
peal of these or any other laws which time
may prove Intellectual for the bene1cent
purposes of their enactment, We insist that
these laws and all other laws of this state
shall be faithfully and fearlessly enforced
The failure of the house to pass the inter
state commerce bill is denounced, as well as
the veto of the Des Moines river land bill
pensions from the date of disability for
soldiers OF the Union are demanded, as also
pensions for soldiers of the Mexican war
not under political disability; southern
elections are declared a mockery and sham
| protection of American labor from compe-
tition of foreign paupers or home convicts,
is demanded, and sympathy with the efforts
of labor to elevate itself is expressed.
In Persian theatres the female parts are
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27
SHERIFFS SALE.

By virtue OF a Execution aud Fee Bill No 1858
issued out of the clerks office of the crouit cour
of Rock Island county, and state of Illinois, anC
10 me directed whereby am commanded TO make
the amount Of certain Judgment recently OBJ.
tanned against Andrew Peterson, in favor OF
Claus Berglend, ont of the lands, tcnements
goods and chattels of the said defendant. An
drew Peterson. | have levied upon tho following
property. to-wt:
The west twenty feet Of LOT number ten and the
east half of lot number eleven. in block number
one, John Bcere's addition 10 the town, now city
of Moline, in the county of Rock Island and state
Of Illinois.
Therefore according to said command. ] shal
expose for sale. at public auction. all the right.
title and interest of the above named, Andrew Pc
trrs0n, in and to the above described prupert,
on Tuesday, the oath day of August. 1885. at
O'Clock p. M, at the north door Of the court hou
in the city of Rock Island, in the county of Roct
Island and state of Illinois, for cash in hand, /,
satisfy said execution and fee hill
Dated at Rock Island. this 81 day of August
A. d. 1886. JOHN NJ RETICKER.
3-did Sheriff of Rock Island County. Illinois
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27

In Persian theatres the female parts are
still PLAYED by boys.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 27-Thomas H.
Bowels, brought here from Montgomery
county under Indictment for the murder of
the two Frobman women at Traders Point,
this county, was given his liberty Wednes-
day. Tbs prosecuting attorney entered
nolle in The case Bowles is a highly re
spected citizen of Charlottesville and r1auy
friends accompanied him here. Tho prin-
cipal witnesses acknowledged their mistakes
as to certain dates, which wrecked the Ell
tire theory,
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27
CHANCERI NOTICE.

crATEoF ILLINOIS.
Rock Island County.
in The circuit court of said COUNTY. September
term. A. D.. lSS6 In Ch4nCrry
William prury, Administrator, etc. Eliza Jane
Meyers md Rachel Fisher. Compliments. vs.
John Bonry, Joseph Boney, Jr.. Eunice Bow
ser, Thompson Boucy. Francis NJ. Boncy. Sarah
BOney, Lizzie E. Boney Jimmy 4. Boucy Laura
Berry. Lena Berry, Ida Boney, Anna Gcesev,
Ella L. Lloyd Ellen V Bnney. Mary \. Bur
gnyre. Mary {. Burcoyne, Milton Nj Boney, Ell
Ia !. Boncy, Matthew Bnncy. Corneha e Buncy
Charles ". Boney, Kittie \. Boney and Mand
Bonry. Defendants.
Affidavit Of the nnn-residence uf Milton NJ. 70
ney, one Of the defendants in tie above entitled
cause. having been iiied the office of the clerk
ST said Cnuu in said cause. notice Is hereby giyeT
II said non-Tcsident defendant Milton NJ. BOney,
thst The above named complainAnts heretofore
filed their bill of complaint IN said cause on tht
chanCery side thereof. and that summons thereon
issued cut of said against you Ieturnable on
the first day Of the September term, A d, 1876
of said court, TO he begun and holden on the first
Monday III September. A D, 1876, at the court
house in the city and county of Rock Island and
state of Illinois. when You can appear. etc
f. II. BOWMAN,
Clerk of said Court.
NJ NJ STUKaE NN COmplt'S Sol'r
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27

when my horses were sick with lung
fever, last spring, used Simmons Liver
Regulator Ciquid) in one ounce doses,
twice "A day, and they speedily re-
covercd,-E t. Mchener. Propr Niche.
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"A valuable horse of mine was taken
with collie, fused Simmons Liver Regula.
tor, giving about four ounces. it acted
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Hollane. Jessupv!lle. Ca
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27


New York, Aug, 1.-THE Herald pub
fishes an interview with the president con-
corning The reappontmeGt of MIR. Matthews
as recorder of deeds of The District of
Columbia. In reply to request 10 state
| tie reason Tor the reappointment, the presi-
! dent said ''lf The senate rejected Matthews
by a party vote, then one party did not
rise TO the Importance of the occasion 1t
was a matter of very grave Importance in
which partisanship is curicusly and oh.
yIouSiy out of place
Tie president added that he had made
careful Inquiries about Matthews and was
assured that lie was one of the most capable
and intelligent OF his race He felt sure
that the people would come to see that he
was right In regarding it a ludicious thing
to recognize the Democratic coiored people
IN this appointment
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27
FOUND WATEFY GRAVES.
Two Vessels Wrecked OF the Coast of
NewfoundlaDd--The Lost.

NEW YORK, Aug. ga St Johns, N.
F., special to The Herald says: A dispatch
from St Pierre announces the total loss of
the French ship LEtoile. She was com.
manded by Capt. Cherel and was manned
by crew of twentyone fishermen. She
was returning fish laden, with others of the
Grand Bank fleet, when during the preva-
lence OF dense fog and very boisterous
sea she struck Wednesday morning on the
reefs of Ka'ansis and Lamaine, and was
shattered in pieces aud Immediately sank.
Twelve of her crew were drowned nine,
with the captain, were washed through the
boiling surf and landed among the shingle
apd seaweed of the shore in an apparently
jfeless condition 1t is hoped that most Of
them will recover A fishing vessel at Port
de Grave was also lost. Capt Butler, his
sen, and all hands persisted
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27
THOUSANDS SAY so.

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Purify the blood and regulate the bowels
No family can afford to he without them
They will save hundreds of dollars il
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Sold at fifty cents bottle by Harta &
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-27
Certainly the Best.

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Purely vegetable and scientifically pres
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