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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31
SCOTT COUNTY's SENSATION
NO New Development. in the Nc
Causiand shooting Anlir-An EN-
citing Incident.

NO New Developments In the Nc
CausIand shooting Anlir-An EN-
citing Incident.
Thomas McCausland, the Scott county
stock dealer. shot by burglar Monday
night. still lies in an almost hopless con-
dtion. The sheriff thinks h. has good
clew to Webb's confederate the crime,
and that he does not live lar from the
scene OF the shooting.
Angry farmers still guard every road.
and one may judge of the state of the
feeling in the neighborhood when it is
said that Sheriff Leonsrd's carriage was
fired into early yesterday morning. The
circumstances are interesting. 1t was 8
O'Clock when the sheriff reached the out
skirts OF the town on his return after con-
Quoting the prisoner. Webb to Daven-
port. The night was dsrk--he and his
companions could scarcely see the road
ahead of them. They did not know
whether they were on the right road or
not. nor how far they wert from Nc,
Csuslsnd. So they stopped in the mid
die of the road in front of farm house,
and Jim Howard. deputy. Who accom-
panied the sheriff and Coroner Bswden,
jumped out of the carriage and walked
through the yard to the house and
knocked at the door. The farmer ap.
peared. and Jim asked hun how far it
Was to McCsusland. You re right in
Nice auslandr' exclaimed the farmer in an
angry tone. The ex-policeuan whirled
around, and trotted back to he carriage
shouting, Were all right. toys; this is
the placer The farmer believed that
the sheriff and his men were q gang Of
robbers. and proposed to. 90 through
| his house. Sheriff Leonard got
out of the carriage just AS Howard
had returned to it, and just then the far
mer in his doorway shouted to them,
hold up your hsndsi" and fired. The
whistle of shot kind OF unner7ed the cor
oner and deputy, hut Sheriff Leonard was
/
the granger commanded him TO do so and
in answer 10 his orders calmly answered,
What is the mktterT" MY God!" ex.
claimed Howard, you're shooting al the
sheriff Of Scott county," lis that you.
NatS" the granger surprisingly answered
Yes" said the sheriff, and then words
Of remorse were not numerous enough
for the farmer to suitably ma Ie an apol>
ogy. As no one was injured and as thu
sheriff knew the excited state of feeling
existing in that neighborhood, he accept
ed the farmers apology and drove on.
A feeling of terror still reiyns in the
neighborhood and not farm house il
seen that is not lighted and the peopl
within stirring about all night Men 81
up armed to the teeth, women 90 abou
in mortal fear constantly and children CT,
not to be put to bed. II is 3 queer stat
OF affsirs-slmost smusing-even whel
Monday nights shooting Is &C nsidered.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31
PRESSING THE PEDDLERs.
A Vigorous Newspaper warfare ON
this Glass OF Itinerants "A Pointer
For C0unctImen.

A Vigorous Newspaper Warfare Oh
this Glass Of Itinerants "A Pointer
For Councilmen.
Just at this time there is quite q war
fare being wsged upon peddlers who e
from town to town selling wares and com
pounds of various descriptions to the
detriment of the regularly established
merchants. In many cities the laws
governing peddlers are very limited and
the income that the cities receive from
this source is merely nominal. Generally
the price that is asked of itinerant ped
dlers for the privilege of canvassing q
city is a mere bagatelle. The Blooming
ton Paragraph in handling this subject
in a recent issue said;
In justice to our merchants the license
required of q peddler should be such that
it would bring him into competition with
regularly established merchant. selling
the same goods, unless il is, the license
falls short of its intended purpose, and
the city gives preference In the race for
business to one who is not resident OF
our city and who should not have such
preference. Every merchant in Bloom
ington and every man in our city who
is regularly established in business,
who carries a large stock of goods,
who either owns building or paws
rent for building. who pays taxes,
who pays clerk hire, who gays for
street improvements, who contributes
for the city and to our city government
and the public Improvements of the city,
and who has the general welfare Of the
city at heart. should be given a decided
preference and advantage over an timer
ant peddler handling the same goods and
wares. The daily expenses of almost
every merchant in Bloomington will run
from $40 TO S25. and any man selling
the same goods that these merchants that
pay the expenses do, before he should he
permitted to sell transiently in the city,
should not only pay an equal amount
with the merchants. but should be re-
CURED to pay double that sum. In other
words: If the daily expenses of the
average grocer of Bloomington are $40
day, then, before peddler selling the
same goods or goods that grocer sells,
should be permitted to sell his goods,
should pay license of $50 day.
The city council should lose no time in
reconsidering the peddler laws. and should
fix the price for license to foreign ped
oilers, foreign manufacturers and produ.
GERS at such price as would bring them
into competition with our merchants. 1t
is probably beyond the power of the
council to positively prohibit the traffic
of the foreign peddler, but 1t should be so
regulated that ii he sees fit to do business
in our city he must pay portion Of the
taxes and the general expenses of the
city's government and improvement, and
must come into competition with the
merchant who sells the same kind or the
same class OF goods.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31
OUR IMPROVEMENT
The Filling of Union Square CON-
menced.
Depiorabie sidewaIx Yet---spite
Work at Court House square.

Contractor Mcconnell commenced tn,
filling of Union Square this morning
hauling dirt from Seventh avenue east OF
Elm, on the line of the abandoned por
ton OF the Union street railway line
which is to DE cut down to proper grade
and made passsble for buggies. Thus
two advantages are to come from this
enterprise. Mr.. McCor nell states tina,
work will be pushed as rapidly as pos.
sible.
This morning Street Commissioner
Harris had his forces al work cleaning
of the Second avenue pavement and ex'
posing the brick as far as it can lie done
The surface presents a very attractive
appearance and our citizens are more
pleased with it the more they see it,
The more that is put Gown of the old
broken tagging on the north side of
court house square, as heretofore spoken
OF in the ARGUS, the more unsightly the
walk appears and the more the pride Of
people having proper interests in the city
is wounded. The committee of the coun-
~ board has in this as in ether instances.
evidently exercised false economy. For
a difference of little over $50 an entire
ly new walk could be put down and the
expenditure would be wise che on the
~ hn he
Island members are alive TO the interests
of the city they will see that the present
work is stopped snd firstclass walk put
down, although it can hardly be SAID
that the old one casts any reflections on
the disgraceful old court house itself. 1t
is question. nevertheless,i If the commit
tee is now complying with the ordinance
specifications as to new walks.
The committee on public expenditures
which is responsible for the work is COM
posed of Supervisors Prick. of this city,
Huntoon, of Moline, and Little, of Buff
falo Prairie, and it is due alone to the
narrow prejudice of Supervisor Huntoon
that the old stone is being put back.
That very creditsble member of the
county board prevented a new walk be-
ing put down on the ground that he did
not propose that the county board should
aid in Rock Island city impro vements.
The mud blockade has not yet been
raised on Seventeenth street between
Third and Fourth avenues, and pedestri-
ans are compelled TO take he street car
track or go around block to reach Sec
ond avenue without getting ankle deep
in mud. Isn't il about tine the mayor
and street commissioner abtted this nui-
sance, and compelled the property owner
on the east side of the street to put down
a brick sidewalk on top of the clay bank
which has been substituted for q sidewalk
for the past four months?
The sidewalks on Eighteenth street
south of Fourth avenue and also on
Nineteenth street and Fourth avenue are
needful of attention. while there is much
ground for grievance throughout the en-
tire central resident portion of the city
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31
Months Public Bus mess.

City Marshal Phil MiIIers report Tor
the month ending today is as follows:
Total number Of arrests. AZ; assault
and battery. IL; disorderly conduct. 3;
drunk. 2; carrying concealed weapons. 8;
disturbing the peace. A; abusive Ian
puaRe, 9; inmates of house of i'll fame, 2;
Keeping house Of i'll fame. 1; vsgrsncy.
/: drunk and disorderly. 1; forgery, 1.
State cases, Is; city cases. II
Amount of fines collected by Police
Magistrate II. G. WIvill, $10}40; police
fees, S13 80; total, $117.80.
Number of lights reported out, 81.
Number Of trsmps lodged. 80.
Jail bill, %. 40.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31

IT Won't BAKE BREAD.-In other
words, Hoods Ssrsaparills will not do
impossibilities. Its proprietors tell
plainly what it has done, submit proofs
from sources of unquestioned reliability,
and ask you frankly If you are suffering
from any disease or affection caused OIL
promoted by impure blood or low state
Of the system. to try Hoods Ssrsaparilla
The experience of others is sufficient as
surance that you will not be disappointed
in the result.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31
Hard Coal 4 arket.

Crate and egg, 81 30; stove, No. and
nut. 81. as per ton. screened and deliv-
cred; 25 cents per ton discount allowed
if paid within ten days. Camel coal
for CRATES, Sc per ton. Now is the time
to buy. Blacksmiths' coal. coke and
charcoal on hand. E. G.. FRAZER.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31

A large stock of children's hats and
bonnets going at half price at II.
Deutsch's, No. III West Second street,
Davenport.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31
County Buildings.

29-Chsrles w Wakes TO Stephen w
Woodburn, ne4. sw4. %. 10. pc. 81. 400.
Ellen Riley to T J Robinson. ct al, pit
lot 8, block 2, Rock Island, 500.
Moline Water Power Co. to Carl A
Forsel, lot /. block T, Moline Water
Power Co. ad. Moline. $3.50.
Theodore Strommerts to Hannah L
Huffman, lot 9. block s, South Moline,
81 900.
PROBATE.
89-Insanity of Fred Roseberry. Hear.
ing. Verdict, insane and not q pauper.
Ordered committed to Northern Insane
hospital si Elgin.
LICENSED To WE'D.
29-Chsrles G. Truesdale. Minnie j.
Hull, Rock Island; John Marshall. Cor
dova, Mrs Sarah e. shelton, Port Byron.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31

Distress after eating, heartburn, sick
headache and indigestion are cured by
Hoods Sarsaparils. 1t also creates a
good appetite.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31

An elegant line of hand painted scarfs
a. ID. Deutschs, Ill West Second street
Davenport.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31

Mashed strawberry ribbons sell at one
dollar yard, but YOU can get bottle of
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup for only twenty
five cents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31

Deutsch, Ill West Second street, Dsv-
export, is offering great inducements in
cloaks. Call and examine his large vari-
ETY..
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31
Soft Coal for Sale

At my yard. corner Of Eleventh street
and Tenth avenue, at ten cents per bush
ell. B. DAVENPORT.
Aug. 80, 1889.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31

The best and cheapest line OF plush
table scsrfs at H. Deutsch's. No. Ill
West Second street, Davenport.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31

A lot Of tricot going at 10 cents at
Deutsch's. No. III West Second street,
Davenport.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31

Ponds Extract. for pains, aches, cuts,
etc. Its power is supreme over all dis
ease that comes within its range. II
never fails. Try it once.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31

A fine line Of ladies' cashmere hose at
% cents at h. Deutsch's. No. Ill West
Second street, Davenport.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31

A lot of h2 inch tricot going at %
cents per yard at Deutsch's. No. Ill
West Second street. Davenport.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31

A good house OF eight rooms. fine lot, barn. good
mel ghboorhOod, convenient to business, In the
lower part Of the city. cheap.
A good house barn and foe corner lot in the
upper part OF the city convenient to the saw mill
depot and island, cheap.
nice two-story dwelling well located on
Twentieth street, cheap.
nice bluff property. large grounds, shade trees,
fruits, etc cheap.
Iue and Eighth street.
$3.50 will buy a good lot 5Oxs2, well located on
Thirteenth street.
| A good eshty-acre farm, well located In this
county will take house and lot In this city fol-
i part payment.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31

A fine lot Of tricot at Is cents at b.
Deutschs. No. Ill West Second street,
Davenport.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31

Don't forget to buy cloaks at Deutsch's,
No. III West Second street, Davenport.
You can save money.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31

Blankets very low at Il. Deutsch's
No. Ill West Second street, Davenport
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31
Weather Forecast.

U. 8. SIGNAL OFFICE.
Washington, D. c., Oct, 81
For the next "a hours for Illinois
Light rain and cooler.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31

Nature does not cackle over an egg
plant.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-31
Geo. w. D. Harris,
Real Estate and Insurance,
ROCK ISLAND. ILL

under Commercial Hotel ROCK ISLAND
Fr-te iass In.ur
The following among the many bargains offered:
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
A BRAVE MANS DEED.
A IIaIf Hundred Miners Rescued FroI
nnahlv Peril I,z the Lnfrenih ActInn 1

HaIf Hundred Miners Rescued From
Deadly Peril by the Iatrepid Action OF
A. Il. Meem, Mining Engineer Cf the
Allegheny Mine, Near. Cumberland, MI.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, Aug. 31.-F3rty-fva
men were at work in the Ale ghenv mine,
thirteen miles from Cumberland. baloag-
ing to the Consolidated Coal ComDany,
yesterday morning when the wall be-
tween it and the worked out Boston, or
Htna mine, gave way frSm pressure of
water in the old mine. It flowed steadily
in a strong stream over four feet in
depth, and there were grave fears for
the men inside. Hours passed before any
relief could be obtained by the imprison-
ed men, aud outside the deep concern of
wives, children and loving friends was
depicted on every countena1ce.
Finally, the water had subsided to a
depth that would allow entrance to the
mine, and A. P. Meem, the mining engin-
eer of the company, started in alone in
search of the imprisoned men, none OF
the outsiders being willing to venture.
After wading through the water against
a strong current up to his armpits and
over an irregular bed, fifteen hundred
feet, he came to a group of forty three
men, who told him of man and q boy
being in a distant room. No one would
go to their relief He started on anew
and, finding the two, placed the boy on
his shoulders and bidding the man to fol-
low turned back and joined the group.
The men seemed terrified and without
judgment They declined to go forward
until after much persuasion, and then
only after Leem had taken the lead with
the child on his shoulders. Fortunately
all escaped. The water was an accumu-
latiOn of years and is still flowing at con-
siderable depth, though with less force.
The loss to the coal company is said to
be heavy, the full extent will not be as
certained until the water has entirely
subsided. Meem's courage in entering
the mine, his brave spirit and the hope
and encouragement he gave the entomb-
ed miners when he met them may be
justly considered their salvation. He is
certainly the beneficiary to many 8. low
ing heart in homes that would be grief
stricken, where widows tears and or
phaus' cries would prevail in place Of
! joyful and thankful hearts.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
LATE NEWS ITEMS

JIM DYER, one Of the most notorious des-
perados in the Indian Territory, was shot
and mOrtally wounded on the 1st.
AT Jacksonville, Ala, there was a unique
reunion on the 1st. The coIOred men who
served in the Confederate army in various
capacities as teamsters, cooks, etc, had a
Confederate reunion"
A PRAIRIE fire ten miles wide is sweep
ing the Minnesota bottom lands, and the
town of Big Stone City is threatened.
Hundreds of farmers have lost all their
hay and stock, and the fire is beyond con-
troll.
WHILE sitting in his house on the 1st j.
A. WoodaH, a business man of Birming-
ham, Ala, was struck by lightning and
fatally injured.
OK the 31st two sleepers containing a
large party of Georgia farmers and editors,
left Atlanta, Ca, for a two weeks tour
through Ohio and Northwest. The route
will he so timed that the party will visit a
number of agricultural fairs in Ohio.
WHILE a we'll was being dug near Rome,
Ga, and when the workmen had dug TO a
depth of twenty five feet, to their con-
sternation the bottom Of the well suddenly
fell out, dropping them ten feet and lodg-
ing them in a cave.
w. Is. GRANGER, one OF the oldest and
weaIthiest citizens of Louisville, died on
the 30th. He was eighty-two years old
and operated one of the largest foundries
in the South, since 1882 up to a few months
age.
LOUIS 4. NORTH, formerly a representa-
tive of Tufts & Co., Boston, recently in
duced c. w Preston, of Galveston, Texas
TO fndorse a draft drawn by North on Tuft:
& Co. for $50 The draft was repudiated
bv Tufts & Co.. who say North is now
operating thus in Tennessee.
TWO men were killed and seven other:
injured at the Homestead Steel Works al
Homestead, Pa, on the 30th by the boiling
over of ladle containing ten tons Of mol
ten steel Three of the injured will die.
THE United States Treasurer on the Sis
mailed ,923 checks. "A aggregating 81, 209, 724.
/ -, in payment of the interest due Septem
! Der /. on United States registered 41-2 pei
cent. bonds Of the funded loan of 1891.
THERE is trouble at New RIVER, W. Va.
on account of "a white man shooting a ne
/ gro. The hardware stores in the city have
4 sold all their Winchester rifles, and mor'
are ordered from other cities. II is feareC
/ that there will be an outbreak on the par
| Of the negroes.
IT is estimated at the Treasury Depart
me1t tuat, owing to large pension pay
ments, nearly SIS, ,90a, ,001, coming on top o
other large payments in July, the deb
] increased about 81 ,5000o during th'
month of August
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
FIVE NURSES INJURED.
Accident to an Elevator in the PhI'a tel
phia LYing-In Charity.

Accident to an Elevator in the PhTa tel
phia LYinE-In Charity.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 31.-Two
strands of the cable attached to the ele-
vator at the Philadelphia Lying-in Chari-
ty, Eleventh and Cherry streets, broke
yesterday and the car fell from the third
floor to the basement. The eIe vatOr boy
and five nurses who were in the car were
all moro or less injured, as follows:
Head Nurse Miss Alice Millspaugh, slight
confusion Of ankle; Nurse Buttle, tract
ure Of ankle joint; Nurse Chaudy, spin
al confusion and shock; Nurse Wilkin-
son, compound fracture of ankle joint;
Nurse Mcdonald, fracture of ankle-joint.
Frank Atkinson, the elevator boy, had
his knee sprained. Miss Wilkinson's
condition is said to be dangerous.
The nurses were going down TO the
basement for dinner. The fall of the
elevator shook the building, and the
screams of the injured women quickly
brought assistance. Tho car was COM
pletely wrecked, and it is considered re-
markable that no one was killed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
CHINA LOOMING UP.

The VicerOy of Canton becoming I'M
bued with Ideas that VIII Rebound to
the Material Prosperity of the Empire
and AStonish the World.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3L-Charles DENLY,
United States Minister to China, writes
from Peking under date of May %: 81
have the honor to inclOse the imperial
decree commenting on the late proposal
of the VicerOy of Canton to develop the
iron industry in the two Kuang. In
order to foster this important industry
he has abolished the inland duties on
iron and the prohibition against its ex-
port. He now proposes to Investigate by
a commission the subject OF abOlishing
the heavy duty now levied on furnaces.
Such a plan, put into force for three
years, would not involve a large diminu-
ton of the revenue, but would greatly
benefit the iron producers by doing away
with illegal fees. Hs proposes also the
creation of a joint-stock company to
work the fOundries with foreign machin-
cry. It would seem that the mind of this
distin guished man, Chang Chi Tung, had
undergone a change. He now, while still
materially seeking to retain for his
own people the benefits of industrial en-
terprises, favors the extensive use of for
eign methods in building railroads and
establishing electric lights and foun-
dries. do not doubt that the next pro-
cess in his mental development, will
lead him 10 the only correct conclusion,
that is TO say, that foreign talsnt and
honesty and will-pOwer are indispensa-
ble to the successful introduction of for
eign improvements. I have long advO-
Gated the idea that the successful work Of
Sir Robert Hart, Inspector General Of
Imperial Customs, furnishes the model
for future enterprises in China When
China puts at the head of her railroad
system a distinguished fOrei yner. and
when she does this also in a department
of banking magnificent imDccve neat
will be inaugurated which, in its results,
will astonish the world
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

A child, nine months old, son OF Mr..
and Mrs w. II. Pence, Of Birmingham.
Ala, died from the effects Of a fever blis-
ter on the lip, the first case Of the kind on
record. About 8 month ago a blister ap-
peared on the lip of the child, then a
strong, healthy infant. After a few days
the blister broke and commenced bleed
ing, and doctor was summoned. He
applied the usual remedy, and the bleed
ing stopped for awhile, but in day or
two it commenced again. The child con-
tinued to bleed at intervals, growing
worse every time. Other doctors were
called in, and still others came out Of
curiosity to see so remarkable a case.
Every thing known to medical science
was done to stop the bleeding, but it con-
tinued until the child died. The case has
greatly puzzled the doctors.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
Melville Garlitz II tnged for w ife- Murder
at Cumberland, MD.

CUMBERLAND, Nd, Aug. So Melville
Garlitz was banged here this morning for
the murder of his wife. He showed no
signs of fear on the scaffold and died
without extraordinary struggling.
Garlitz made a statement last night as
follows: Il desire to express my graft
fed appreciation Of the kind treatment
Of the sheriff and his family to me while
in jail; also the constant AMI consider
ate attention Of the guards. / would have
liked to have seen my little daughter be-
fore I died, and to be buried beside my
wife, b ut my father in-law refused botI
requests. ! die without any malice ia ny
heart toward any persan,7