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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14
pETITION TO SELL REAL ESTATE.

STATE up ILLINOIS, -
Rock Island County.
In the County Court of SAID Rock island county
In Probate.
Charles ". HawcS Administrator OF the Estate
of Robert Smith, deceased, " Amanda j
Smith, John M0russ. the Unknown owners of
the premises in SAID petition described. and the
Unknown heirs of Robert Smith, deceased
Petition u sell Real Estate.
DU- affidavit having been filed herein. notice J.
hereby given that the above entitled SUIT II now
pending IN said court for the sale OF the undivided
unr hall lsrt nf the following premises situate in
said ROCK Island COUNTY, VIZ: Lots seventeen,
eighteen. nineteen, twenty. twenty-one, twenty
two, twenty thrrc. twenty fonr, twenty -liye aud
twenty six. All of Ransom and NounC's addition
| to the tnwp of Coal valley; also Of the following
premises in said county. VIZ Beginning at the
north west corner Of the south east quarter Of
the >puIh west quarter of section twenty six, in
township L. north range l west of lth P NJ,
running thence east On The l 5 section line,
50 :. II 81 ial CiiI8us, thence : I53. west,
"a, '9l9 chains thence sou h go east SS 100
chains to a post, thence north - west. > o.
rhsus; thence south 81 l-4- west. Il-Oo CHAINS
10 the Is section line: thence north sald )
section line II - th chalu~ to the place OF begin
nng, except ;S-fOa OF AN al the sugth west
o0rucr south Of the creek, formerly conveyed.
Now, unless YOU shall personally hC and ppcar
hc!C-c SAID court on tn FIRST day Of the Septcm-
her term thereof, to he begun and holden in the
civ Of Roc Island M SAID county and state. on the
Third MONDAY Of september, A D.. 1SS6. 10
which time and place the said summons is made
rcturudbIc. and plead answer iemnr 10 the
petition in said suit filed. that said petition will
he taken Tor confessed as against yen and decree
entered acCorlin7ly.
Rock Island. III. August llth. A. ". 1856,
RICHARD A. DONALDSON,
clerk Of said Court.
IiENEy CURTIS, Sol'r for Petitioner. l1-diw
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14

BosToN, Aug. u About 5000 peop!s
attended the labor mass- meeting on thu
common Thursday night Addresses were
made by W. Z. Cherrington, who presided,
). X. Pike of the executive board of
Knights of Labor, Mrs. Casey Ward W
U'keiffe, and several others. Hiesolu-
tons were adopted declaring that employer
or employees who refuse to submit disputes
to arbitration are INSTRUCTORS of Justice
and dangerous to the peace of the commun
ity.
John A. Henry, the Anarchist, writes to
The Herald that bis request to he Included
among the speakers was refused. His letter
ends as fulows: "But theirs was plenty of
COOL Anarchy proclaimed by those vino
were OF the regular speakers, and if the
listeners will ponder over it, there may
come more good than if / had boldly de
clared the righteous use of the bomb in
Chicago. For such an opinion l do main
tain
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14
BANKERS GET THROUGH.


Resolutions, Etc.
BosToN, Mass, Aug. l4-At the bank
ers convention, Thursday, a report of
the executive council urging boards of
trade chambers of commerce. and civil and
political associations of every kind to make
persistent efforts to secure repeal of the
law, or suspension of the coinage of such
silver dollars, was unanimously adopted,
also a resolution urging that continued eff
forts be made to secure an international
uniform basis OF value between gold and
silver.
An additional resolution was adopted re-
affirming the resolutions adopted by the
convention last year, AMI further provId-
ing that it he strongly urged that the coin
age OF silver be susl ,endeI and that contin-
ued efforts be made To secure an interna
tionaI uniform basis of value between gold
and silver Also resolutions offered in be-
half of Mr. Horton OF Ohio, wednesday
Endorsement of silver with view OF bring
ing about its parity with gold AS money
metal
The address was then delivered by Cur.
rency Comptroller Trerhoten, in which he
urged the necessity of the adoption of some
plan by which national banks can be re
ievsd OF the obligation to hold United
States bonds as security for their clrcuia
ton, while having sail circulation amply
secured. and the consideration OF tbs
question how to make the national bank
circulation the elastic element in the
Matioual currency.
The convention then ad jourred sine die.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14
CHAPTER Ii.

MAI. CRAwSHAW BLUNDEkS TO BEGIN WITH.
The last train from town had reached Bat
Teton junction at 90 p, m, aud the station
girls were extra busy III cousequ nee, when
a tall stern bron1o-facod man, with closely
cropped gray heir and an iron gray MUS
tache. strobe up to tire counter end de-
man,ied cup of tea Maj Crawsaaw had
chosen bis time well, for young Todd was
not present on the occasion-tbe Todds
dining late on that particular evening, by
some kitchen mischance which had been
carefully prepared beforehand by more than
one conspirator.
Mai Crawshaw had marched at once to
that portion OF the counter over which Miss
Racket presided. From hasty glance over
the heads of "A struggling mob his keen eyes
bad taken stock of Miss Racket-her tall, full
figure, her round, rosy cheeks and broad,
continual smile: and he had decided that
this was the particular vixen who had upset
the mental equilibrium of his family, and
fascinated his fool Of a nephew. just the
sort of young woman to wind poor little
Todd round her finger, he thought-peri.
snowy, saucy aud far from uureserved III
her demeanor This WIS she, without a
doubt
Miss Racket drew him his cup of tea lei
surely and iudifferently, aud after five stem
torian applications for the beverage. She
was in no hurry, if he were, and there was
a young man TO attend to who was going
north, with white hat all on one side, and
who had compimcnted her on her appear
ance that evening, and regretted that he did
not live at Battleton, and would have
| heaped other compliments had time allowed
| him, and Maj Crawshaw had not bawled
persistently for tea over his left shoulder.
The major drank slowly, and ate a ham
| sandwich meanwhile, which he forgot to pay
| for until another of the young ladies re-
| minded him of his error. This was Miss
Daily, always as sharp as a needle in her en-
ployers' interest; not Miss Racket, who,
when furried by admirers. would have al
| lowed q quarter of hundred Of Waiting IS
pies to escape her notice with IMMUNITY.
When the railway bell had rung and the
white hat had drifted away with other
| travelling atoms, and there was peace, aud
oniy one man left at the counter, Maj Craw-
shaw began to attract the attention OF Miss
| Racket He was not going on ty the 9:55;
| he was a resident at Battleton, or visitor,
| or-for such odd things do occur at refresh
| ment counters-he had been struck by her
personal appearance and disposed to proceed
| by the next down train. Miss Racket was
/ impulsive and romantic and leaped quickly
| to conclusions, but then the major stared at
| her very much, did not even take his eyes
| off her when drinking his tea, but glared at
her with the rim of his cup pressed against
the bridge of bis aquiline nose Miss Racket
| plapced at him again By the side of the
ELUSIVE young man in the white hat he had
appeared grim and old enough, but alone In
his glory he was trim, good looking, stall
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14
THE IRISH PROBLEM.


Churchill Engaged in Drafting a Bill for
SeIf-Government In Ireland.
DUBLIN, Aug H. The Irish Times states
that it is reliably informed that Lord Ran
dolph Churchill is engaged in drafting a
bill intended to solve the Irish problem.
The skeleton of the measure is already
done, the paper says, and it provides for
universal self government throughout Great
Britain and ireland, giving Ireland, Eng
land, Scotland and Wales control each of
its own immediate affairs, leaving the su-
preme power of the imperial parliament
undiminished. The bill is described as a
measure which opens the door to imperial
federation. The full text of tho bill, Tue
Times says, will not be completed before
next February, "but," adds the paper, so
far as it has gone it has been submitted to
the marquis OF Salisbury, the marquis of
Harrington, and others, and is broad
enough to satisfy all modern lrishmen."
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14
AN ADVENTURE WITH ROBBERS.
A Bicyclist Attacked and Carried OF by
Unknown Men.

A Bicyclist Attacked and Carried on by
Unknown Men.
TIPToN, Ind. Aug 14.-Monday afternoon
viii Warren rode on his bicycle TO Cicero,
where, after collecting So he mounted for
ride home by moonlight After going a
short distance he dismounted, took his
pocketbook and secreted it in the lining of
bis clothes He then proceeded on his way,
but soon encountered two men, who were
apparently fixing their buggy, but were
really lying i'll wait for him They seized,
gagged and bound him, threw his bicycle
down an embankment, and after searching
him again and again for his money without
success, put him in the buggy and drove
away. About O'Clock Tuesday morning
they dumped him out near Malott park
He soon succeeded in freeing himself from
bis bonds, but not until daylight did he as
certain where he was He got home late
in the day, bearing signs of rough treat
meut
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14
SHERIFFS SALE.

BY virtue OF n Execution and Fee Bill No ig53.
issued out of the clerks Office Of the circuit court
of Rock Island county, and state Of Illinois, and
10 me directed, whereby am commanded 10 make
the amount of a certain Judgment recently OBJ
tanned against Andrew Peterson, in favor of
Clans Berglend. ont of the lands tenements.
goods and rhattels of the said defendant An
drew Peterson. have levied upon the following
property to-wit:
The west twenty feet of lot number ten and the
east half of lot number eleven, in block number
one, John Dcerc's addition To the town, now city,
of Moline, in the county of Rock Island and state
Of Illinois.
Therefore, according 10 said command, ! shall
expose for sale, at public anction Ill the right
title and interest Of the above named Andrew Pc
ters"n, in and 10 the above described property
on Tuesday, the 2lth day Of August, 1850, at :
O'Clock D. m, at the north door Of the court boU
in the city OF Rock Island, in the county of Rock
island and state Of Illinois. for cash ia hand, to
satisfy said execution and zee bill
Dated AT Rock Island this Sd day Of August,
A. n, 1856. JOHN NJ. RETICKER,
3-dtd sheriff of Rock Island County, Illinois
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14
CHAPTER l.
YOUNG TODD. "

Not that Miss DAILY was the only maid in
attendance behind the counter of the big re-
freshment room at Battleton junction, but
that she was girl with difference-and a
remarkable difference-from her six contem-
poraries employed by Messrs. Javelins and
Freshwater. the eminent contractors to at
tend to the wants and wishes of a passing
crowd olamoring for soup. sausage rolls,
buns and bitter ale TO the frightful accom-
paniment of railway bells and whistles, and
stentorian commands to change here for
everywhere That her personal appear
ance was attractive was her good fortune or
her misfortune, and was certainly not her
fault; she would scarcely have been placed
at Battleton junction had she been old, ugly,
or "squat." She was tall, good-looking
girl, with brown eyes and brown hair, and
she attended to her duties with a grave self
possession that was remarkable in the Bat
Teton Junction girls who were demonstra-
lively f,lssy OF coldly Indifferent, according
10 the class of customer who presented him
self to their merciful consideration
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14
CHANCERY NOTICE.

{ TsTE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock island County, !
In the circuit court Of said county, september
term. \. ~, iSsG In Chaucory.
William nrury, Administrator etc, Eliza Jane
Meyers snd Rachel Fisher, ComPlaiuants. y.
John Boncy, Joseph Buncy, IT,, Euuce Bow
ser, Thompson Beney, FrauCts NJ B0Hcy. Sarah
Bnncy Lizzie +. Eoncy, Jimmy y, Bnney. Laura
Eerrv. Lcua Berry Ida Buney, Anna Geescy,
Ellis Il LLOYD. Ellen V, Bon"y, Mary \. Bur
goy;c. Mary 6. Bursoync, Milton NJ. B"ney, FL
la J. Bnncy. Matthew Bnnry. CornCha +. Hnncy
Charles ". Boney, kittic \, Bon1y and Maud
Bouey, Defendants.
AFFIDAVIT Of the non residence Of Milton NJ 70
ucy one Of the defendants in the above entitled
cause having been filed in the office Of the clerk
of said Couu in said caHse, notice i hereby given
said nor-r,'~t lent defendant, Milton NJ. Bouey,
that the above named complainanis heretofore
sled their hill of complaint N said Cause the
side thereof. ami that summons thereon
issued out Of SAID court against you ICtUrRahle
the first day Of the September term, A b, 1856,
of said court to he begun aud holden on the iirst
Monday in Scp'cm ber- A. D., 1856, at the court
house in the city and county Of Rock Island and
state Of Illinois. when yoH can appear. etc.
+. IL BOWMAN,
Clerk Of said Court.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14
TEXAS DEMOCRATS.


GALVESTON, Tex, Aug, "A The Demo
cratic state convention succeeded in Or
ganizing Thursday. The committee on
platform and resolutions reported a
platform, which, after an exciting dis
cussion between free grass and land lease
elements, was adopted Gen. L. c. Ross
was then nominated for governor by a
unanimous vote.
The platform upholds the administration
of the president; favors the best system Of
education for white and colored children
separately, but by state, not national aid
denounces unlawful interference with
corporate power; denounces the convict
labor system; declares that the members of
the party may have what views they choose
on local option without FORGETTING their
rights to be known as Democrats. and,
lastly, declares it to be the duty of the gov
eminent to protect the humbiest American
citizen against the unlawful acts OF any OF
all nations.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14
AN ANSWER WANTED.

Can any ore bring us case of Kidney
or Liver Complaint that the Electric Bltters
will not speedily cure2 We say that they
can not, as thousands of cases already per-
manently cured and and who are daily re
commenting Electric Bitters, will prove.
Bright's Disease, Diabetes, week Back, OF
any urinary complaint quickly cured; they
purify the blood, regulate the bowels. and
act directly on the diseased parts. Every
bottle guaranteed. For sale at soc. bot
tie by Hartz g. Bahnsen.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14
MR.. IlLoEN's SWEETHEART.
He Leaves a Legacy of 500, 900 to the
Lady He Loved.


New YORK, Aug 14-Away down near
the end of the legacies in Mr.. Tiiden's will
is one of $I00, 900 to Miss Celeste Stauffer,
of New Orleans. Few people know or can
understand why Mr.. Tilden should remem-
Der her in his will The story is romantic,
and tells of the love of the aged statesman
for the young, handsome and brilliant
woman. Mr.. Tilden met Miss Stauifer in
1881, and at once became enamored of her.
For three years she, with her friends,
visited Greystone every summer. When
out of New York Miss Stauffer received a
long letter every week from Mr.. Tilden,
and these letters were all delivered by a
special messenger. Miss Stauffer is well re-
ceived by the best society in New York
city, and is queen of the southern people
who reside here She is now about % years
of age 1t is stated that the prospective
marriage did not take place because Mr..
Tilden felt his strength failing, and thought
she deserved a younger husband, whose
span of life was not nearly run. He
loved her, though, and left gage d'amour
when he died
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14

A MERCHANTS OPINION

Mr. r. F. Nourse, General Western
agent Royal Baking Powder Co, writes:
Il have never found so great results from
physicians prescriptions and attendance
upon our children, as have after few
days use of Pap!llon (extraet of flax
Skin Cure. I cannot describe to you
medically what it has done for us, but
can say that years of treatment have not
been accomplished what Papillon has
done after few applications. Large
bottles only 81 90 at Drug store.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14
WHOLESALE POISONING.
A Man and Woman Arrested Charged
with Killing Eleven People.

a Man and Woman Arrested Charged
with KILLING Eleven People.
Boston, Mass, Aug. 1.-THE arrest of
Mrs Sarah Jane Robinson, the alleged
wholesale prisoner, was quickly followed
by the death of the latest victim, her son
William. Mrs. Robinson and her accom-
plice, Thomas Il. Smith have been commit
ted for trial on the 18th 1t is now thought
that the couple are responsible for the
deaths of seven other members of the
woman's family, her sister and her husband
and children al! dying while under Mrs.
Robinson's care of the same mysterious
ailment, and all insured for s 90 or 81 600,
which, by the rapidity and order in which
they were put away, all went to the
woman.
Smith is a married man and a great sun
day-school promoter and exhorter. lie
lived at Hyde Park The last victim i'm
plicated Smith in his dying breath.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14

STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Rock Island County.
In the Circuit Court Of said Rock Island County
In Chauccry.
lanes NJ Barnard vs. Murly SlattcrY.-bill-
To said defendant M5Hy siattcry: Affidavit of
YOUR non-rVsideuCc having been fled, HoliCe l.
hereby given that the above entitled suit now
pending i'll said court ard that summons has been
issued against you therein.
Now, unless you shall personally be and appe5
before the said circuit court the first day of the
neXt term thereof 10 be holden in the court houso
in the city Of Rock Island, in the county of Roet
Island AID state of Illinois. on the first Mondal
OF September, \. D., 1856, to (Which time aud place
said summons is made rcturnable, and plead
answer VI dcmur to the bill OF complaint IN said
suit file d. the same will he taken for confessed rs
against ron and decree entered accorliugly.
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois, this I'D day 81
July, A. D., 1SS6.
l.. n. BOWMAN, Jr..
CLERK of said Court
| HENRY CURTIS SoI'tr for CompNt 2i-dIw
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14

STATE 0H ILLINOIS,
Rock Island County ~
In the Circuit Cont of SAID county, september
term, \. D., 1886 in Chauccry.
Herbert j. Whitney " Clara Whitney
AtihaNit Of the non residence Of Clara hituCy.
the defendant in the above entitled cause, having
been filed in the Office Of the clerk Of said court
in said cause. notice Is hereby given Ia SAID non
resil, Mt defendant Clara Whitney, thgt the above
named complainant heretofore flied his bill OF
complaint in said caaSc the chancery side
the reuf and that summons thereon issued out of
said court against ynn. rciumHbc on the tirst day
Of the September term, A. D.. 1886, Of said court
to he begun and holden ON the first Monday in
September, A. ID 1856 at The court house IN the
city and county of Rock island and state of Hi
nols, when you can appear. etc.
+. II. BOWMAN,
Clerk Of said Court,
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14
SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue Of an Execution aud Fee Bill No f:nli
issued out 81 the clerk office Of the circuit cont
Of Rock Island county and state of Illinois, and
10 me directed, whereby am comman ded tn make
the amount Of certain Judgment recently oh
tanned against Andrew Peterson, in favor OF DO.
hanna Peterson. ont oI the lands tcuements. goods
and chattels of the said defendant, Andrew Pc
terson, have levied upon the following proper
~, tn-wit:
The west twenty feet Of lot number ten aud the
east half of lot number eleven. in block number
one. John nerrc's addition to the town. city,
Of Moline, in the county of Rock Island and state
of Illinois
Therefore, according % said command, ! shall
expose for sale, at public anction. all the right.
title and interest of the above named, Andrew
Peterson, in and to the above described property
on Tuesday the 2ith day al August. 1856, At !
O'Clock r. y. at the north door OF The court house
in the city Of Rock Island, in the county Of Rock
Island state N illinois, Tor cash in haRd. Ia
satisfy said execution and Tee bill.
Dated at Rock Island, this Sd day of August, A.
D 1856.
JOHN VI. REfEGkER.
Sheriff Of Rock Island CouUty. Illinois.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14
NOTES FROM THE HooslsR STATE.

Clarence Hall, of Brownsville has be-
come insane through religious excitement
The election TO obtain the feelings eff the
people regarding the removal OF the county
seat OF Crawford county from Leavenworth
10 English will I've held Aug. Il.
The Poplar Grove Agricultural, Horti-
cultural, and Mechanical association will
bold its fourth annual fair oR the associa-
tons grounds, near Poplar Grove, Howard
county, Sept TO 10 inclusive.
y Mason c. Palmer, stock buyer of
Daviess county, has failed Liabilities,
s., D0I: assets nothing. On one shipment Of
cattle to New York last week he lost s., 00G
His failure was due TO the great depression
| in prices of stock
The general merchandise store owned by
William Pitman at Young America, Cas-
county, was robbed AMI burned early
Saturday morning Three hundred dollars
in cash were taken. Los by fire, s., $50;
only small insurance.
Samuel l.. Botser one of the leading mer-
chant of Vernon, died Tuesday night from
the effects of a poisonous dose OF medicine,
taken by mistake last Friday night Mrs
Botser had also taken the same medicine
| but has about recovered.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14
DR.. Bliss Seriously III.

WASHINGTON CRY, Aug. 14.-Dr. D. W.
Bliss, of this city, who recently met with a
carriage accident at Cleveland, is said to be
lying in very critical condition at Cha
grin Falls, Ohio, and his family have left
here for that place. DR.. Bliss was subjected
to great strain during his constant at
tendance on President Garfield, and all last
winter was In feeble co ndition 1t is now
believed that he will not recover from the
shock caused by the accident.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14
Christine Nilsson Married.

PARIS, Aug. l4-ChIistiIre Nilsson was
married Friday to Count De Casa Miranda,
of Spain The marriage was performed in
this city, and the ceremony was private as
possible. The couple will spend their
honeymoon In Spain.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14

kuKoMo, Ind Aug 4.-William Walker,
of Young America was arrested Wednesday
and held Tor a preliminary bearing,
charged with being an accomplice of Amor
Green in abductiug Miss LauelIa Mabbit
from her home last Friday night near
Young America. Her relatives are nearly
distracted over the sad affair, and hundreds
of people are in search of the missing girl
1t is believed that Mrs. Green, mother of
Amor Green, knows all about the girls fate,
but thus far her lips have been hermctically
sealed relative to the designs of her son,
who is still at large, with no clew to mis- or
the girls whereabouts
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14

FARMLAND, Ind, Aug Il. TREAT relig-
iOus excitement has commenced here Over
1000 people were on the camp grounds
"Wednesday night Mrs. Woeiworth's
sermons are brief, but she talks to the
point and she has two persons lying in
frances, and the moarners' bench is all
taken up Sunday will he the greatest day
our little village has ever experienced.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-14
HENRY CURTIS. SoI'tr for Go
EXECUTORS NOTICE,


Estate Of Phiiander l.. Gable, Deceased
The undersigned. having been appointed En-
eCutrx Of he last will and testament ur Phlandcr
L; Cable, late of the county of Rock Island, state
of Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice that she
will appear before the county court Of Rock Isl
and county. at the Office oG the clerk of said
court, in the city of Rock Island, al the Septcm-
her term on the Third Monday in September
next. at which time all persons having claims
against said estate notified and requested 10
ate nd fortho purpose of having the adj ust-
ed. All persons indebted 10 said estate are re
dersicned.
Dated this 10Th day 81 July \. D., 1856.
MARY J. CABLE,
inly- ID lSw ExtcHtriN