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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-19
weighing the Mail.

Beginning with the Both of this month
and continuing until the Sd of May, all
the mail carried upon any railway line in
the United States lie to be weighed. This
work is done every four years, and the
weights thus obtained furnish the basis
for the compensation paid each railway
by the government on mail carrying con-
tracts. On all the important lines a
special weigher is appointed, who re-
ceives So per day for his services. Upon
the smaller lines, the postal clerk may be
required to weigh the mails in addition
to his regular services. The appoint
mepts are made bv the general superin-
tendent of the railway mail service. upon
the recommendation. of course, of con.
gressmen or local politicians.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-19
That HprcinR Gaze

On the trial of the case of the city of
Moline against Al Gould for resisting an
officer, several of the business men on
Fifteenth street who Witnessed the trans
action testified to the circumstances as
heretofore given. For the defense NJ j..
A. Gould claimed that there had been an
animosity existing between the police Of
ficers and the members of his family for
several years. He also claimed harsh
words and treatment of the officers to-
ward Al and his brother George inside
the station just after the arrest At the
conclusion of the testimony the case was
submitted to the juvy without argument.
After q short time the jury returned a
verdict finding the defendant guilty and
assessing his fine at SO
The costs amount TO S14 So, and, with
the fine added, TO 1874 s.. As the Dis
patch remarks. rather an exhorbitant
price to pay for the temporary use of a
herring.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-19
COAL VALLEY.

Coal VALLEY. march, z Miss Lizzie
Counot has finished her winter term of
school.
Keene Crockett is suffering from an
attack of lung fever.
DR.. Houston went to Cambridge the
latter part of last week
J. Henry Wilson shipped car Of hogs
from here on Friday.
The paw car on the c.. r l. & p.
passed through here on Friday.
Mrs. McLsy, mother-in- Jaw of Prof. J.
II. Stoddsri, visited here last week.
Joseph Garland has been i'll for the
past month. but is not confined TO the
house.
On Friday evening number of Miss
Laura Peters class mates made her a very
happy surprise.
Miss Clarn Hass returned from Cable
on Fridsy, where she has been for the
past month.
X. j. Stens.rom has sold his property
to James Clegg for 1900 cash. 1t will be
good site for Mr. Clegg
John Moelier has started paint shop
in the old building east OF the drug store
He also does paper hanging.
Charles Clabenbsugh has sold his house
and lot on the corner of Graham and Ed
gar streets TO Johan Counley
There seems 10 be move for the ex,
change of property. There are prospects
for an advance in the near future
Some two months ago James Hsmpseu
sold his house aud lot TO Gilbert Petty.
The lot lays west of Mr. Pettv's shop.
Our town collector, J w. Gordon, is
about ready TO close his books. He will
return them in the early part OF next
week
The missionary meeting at the Presby-
terrain church on Sabbath evening was
quite interesting. The subject was
Mexico.
Michael Curry is alb ut closing his win
ter wo k. Hereafter the number of min
ers will be reduced. Blu: the trade will
still be supplied.
The exhibit, at the school house on
Saturday evening was well attended, The
entertainments were interesting, consist
ing of tsbesux. fairy aud Gypsy PLAYS
and various other amusemeuts.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-19
HILLSDAIE-

HILLsDALE, March 17.-Henry Wig
gins returned TO his home last week.
NJ. ID. Hauberg shipped car of hogs
last Thursday.
Just at present there seems to be lull
in the matrimonial stream that has reigned
supreme about here the past winter
And now comes the startling news that
one of our neigEbors has been the victim
of a swindle. II is J A. Liphsrit, who
traded dog for another of the canine
species last week. john gave fifty cents
and new collar TO make his dog equal
TO the other. He was highly .lsted with
the transaction until he arrived home
when TO his horror he discovered that the
newly acquired property had devoured
several pounds of dried beef which John
left in the company Of the cur in the rear
OF the wagon. he now wants TO buy a
cheap gun to shoot the Cog.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-19
Mrs. Ellen Neutrality-suspicious.

The many friends of Mrs. Ellen Bas>
tin. wife OF Prof. E s. Basin. will be
panied to learn of her death in Chicago,
March Is, of pneumonia, after a brief
illness. As. ellen Beardsley in her sirl-
hood she was we'll known to many peoS
pie IN Rock Island. Her father, Judge
Beardsley, was prominent lawyer of the
early bar of this city, where he resided
Mrs Basin was for some years promi.
nent as teacher in the public schools of
Chicago, and of late years had attained a
national reputation as geologist. Her
paper on the geology of the country
around Chicago was lately published in
Harper's Magazine, and gave her great
distinction in the scientific world.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-19
THE RIGHT SPIRIT.
The Proper Course to Pursue in
Encouraging Capital.
Which of the Three Cities Has shown
the Most Liberal Policy in This
Fartieular-The street
Railway Enterprise.

The Davenport papers are freely con :
demnlng the exacting attitude of the Mo-
line city council toward the Holmes syn
dictate and advancing some wholesome
truths as to how cities should extend en-
coursgement to outside capital seeking
investment, and in citing the ats
titude of the Moline council in making
unreasonable demands of the Chicago
street railway syndicate. the Democrat of
Tuesday evening states that the Rock
Island municipal assembly had displayed
an unfriendly spirit toward the street car
people, who were threatening to pull up
their tracks and get out of the city. The
assertion was evidently intended to ap-
ply to Moline, for the accusation as ap-
piled to Rock Island is not only ILL
founded, but the city has if anything dis.
tinguished itself in its friendliness
to outside capital, and the
street railway people in particular. If
there is anything that the Chicago cspi-
talists have ever asked of Rock Island
that has not been promptly extend ed
them, The ARGUS would like to be in
formed as to it, and the same spirit has
been manifest with reference to all kinds
of enterprises seeking to avail themselves
of our advantages as community, by To-
eating here.
The Davenport papers are quite right
in condemning the narrow minded policy
pursued in Moline, but did not the Dsv-
export council impose certain require
ments before the Chicago syndicate was
permitted to extend its lines over there
Were not the franchises actually
sold to them by the council at slipu-
lated price? THE ARGUS is glad to learn,
however, that the Davenport people are
awakening to proper sense of realiZa.
ton of what becomes an ambitious en-
terprising city Rock Island instead of
giving the street railway syndicate
cause 10 tear up its tracks
displayed a friendly hospit atty, which
members of the syndicate commented
upon at the time as characteristic of few
other cities. This city set an example
too, which while neighboring cities failed
to observe st the time, Davenport at
least seems disposed to follow now that
the syndi; ate has paid into the Golfers OF
that CITY the amount for which its enter,
prise was taxed in p DIVIDING advantages
such as have SO far proven unpr oftable
The proper idea is to welcome and en-
courage foreign capital, and not only to
extend every inducement posi- BILE. but
make it sn object for it to seek invest,
ment rather than to embsrrsss it with IN
necessary burdens, as Moline has done in
this case.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-19
THE PENNOCK SYSTEM.
scheme in Peoria-What He Prom.
Uses TO do.

scheme in Peoria-"hat He FROM.
Uses TO do.
Prof. Pennock, of the electric motor, is
in Peoris again. He intends to make
that city his headquarters and will stay
there until he de mopstrates that it is pos
sible to run electric lights. street cars,
threshlng machines. policemen, river
crafts and all other machinery by electri.
city. Mr.. Pennock would have been
ready ere this, but he found on investigs-
ton that III shipping his boxes some of
them leaked, and he has been obliged 10
wait until they were repaired. 1t is not
necessary to have dynamo to produce
all of the results that are now possible by
the steam engine. Saws the journal:
We have great faith in Mr.. Pennock
and We are glad that he has settled down
among US and is going to test his new in =
vention here and now. 1t is. perhaps. q
good thing that he has for the moment
abandoned the motor car and will give bis
whole atten ton to the electric lights. The
revolution which he has insugurated is
so great that it is not well to undertake
too many things at once After he gets
his electric light well under way and per-
msnently established then he can go
ahead with his otor. Mr.. Pennock is
very enthusiastic himself, very deter
mined and very much in earnest. We
pat him on the back and bid him God
speed. 1t is pleasure TO US to find an
undoubted genius. such as he is, strug-
Cling in the mud; 1t gives US ali cppor-
unity to pick him up, pst him on the
back, set his face towards Zion and help
him on with the good work. 1t is with
this sentiment that we take so strong an
interest in the work which MIR. Pennock
is undertaking.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-19


Tomorrow evening Alden Behe diets
"Fabio Rom AMI" company is tc appear at
Hsrper's theatre with strong cast and
elaborate scenic properties. The Chica-
go Post says of the production:
In the cruel story of The Vendetta
there is much that is dramatic. The mo-
tive of revenge is fiendish in its vindict-
iveness. "Fabio Romsni' follows the
story with considerable fidelity. The
burial of Fabo Romsni alive, his recov>
cry in the tomb, his escape and return
to home, where he discovers that his wife
is false with bis best friend, the subse-
quept killing of that friend and bis mar
rage with his owe wife under another
name, and the taking of her to the to mo
where he had suffered and where
sne is left 10 go mad-were all
represented. The DEMONSTRATION. though
unnecessarily tslky, is forceful in general.
Walter Lswrence's impersonstion Of the
revengeful Fsbio Romani, was very f air
representation Of the part. A rather re-
markable piece of acting was done by
Charles L Fsrwe ], as Respetti q rag
picker. 1t was highly artistic. So was
the impersonstion of the bag. Mother
Biscardi. by Miss Addie Fsrwell. These
two people have an aptitude for chsrac-
ter delineation altogether rare. The
Guido Ferrari Of John Fay Palmer was
particularly effective. Miss Frances
Field gave to the character OF Nina con-
siderable earne stness. Her scene in the
tomb in the last act was quite strong.
There is much n Fabio Rom ami" to at
tract the lovers of dramatic sensational
ism.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-19
SilVer-Ware.

When such stocks as you find, for
instance at FOlsom's. Johnson's or RAM
ser's are offered to buyers, don't believe
it pays me to carry "hollow>ware. 1
shall still sell knives and forks, spoons.
etc, but to close out what have of such
articles as are named below, 1 offer the
prices given. These goods are Just az
good plate as money can buy, and be-
lieve this is an unusually good chance to
get silverwsre. if you can use any of the
pieces named
Tea set, former price s25 90, 90
includes teapot, sugar, cream spooner
! Cake basket, former price s. so, .... SO 90
Fruit dish, s775 81 00
former price S6.50, ........ 81. so
! Butter dish, former price $3.50, ........ So so
Card receiver, :, " $3.50, ......... 81 so
And number of other articles at CORE
spending prices,
G.. M. LOOSELY,
CHINA AND GLASS,
1909 Second Avenue.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-19
Rollcs

All parties holding passes on the syn
dicste lines. issued by c. b. Holmes or
Henry Schni'ger. superintendent, are
hereby notified thst on and after this
date. such passes are cancelled and will
not be honored BY our conductors. who
have orders TO tske them up upon pre-
sentstion. This refers to all psste5oard
passes, not coupon tickets.
DAVENPORT & Rock ISLAND RY Co.
ID Ii. LoUDERBACK,
Managing Director.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-19
MATRIMONIAL.
son Uaited in Marriage at Hilisdale
The Wedding Cite.

u
The Wedding Giftr.
HILLsDALE, March 17.-At the resi-
dence of the brides parents in Coe last
Wednesday evening. Rev. Weed of Co.
Iona, united in matrimony John Wood :.
burn and Miss Emma Johnson, in the
presence of large assembly of relatives
and friends. The bride was att;rod in
green silk, the groom In plain black. The
following is list of the presents:
Brides parents, gold banded dishes
and silver sugar bowl; Ora Johnson. pic
ture; Robert johnson. kettle and picture
frame; Katie Johnson. salt and pepper
set; MIR. and Mrs. s. L. WOODBURY., lamp;
Walter Wreath. psrlor lamp; Clare
Wreath. album; Jennie Wreath, glass
berry set: Lutiue Wreath. pair towels
Mr.. and Mrs. Mart johnson and Mr.. and
Mrs. Peterson, set silver knives and
forks; Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Gilpin, paper
holder; Mr.. and Mrs. r. Gilpin, damask
table cloth; Dollie Glpin, pair towels;
Mr.. and Mrs. d. NJ. Martin and
daughter. wash bowl and pitcher;
Jessie Allen, French china berry set, Mr..
and Mrs. Hask, set plates, cups and
saucers; Mr.. aud Mrs. Bovard. table
cloth; Amelia and Emma Haak. bed
spread; Mr.. and Mrs. Jas Quinn, table
cloth; Miss Kate johnson, set silver tea
spoons; Julia Quinn, fruit dish; John
Opendike, goblets; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
.Opendike, set silver teaspoons, Lille
'Opendike, glass set; Jas. Quinn, Jr ,
glass set; Mrs. Barber. towing; Allie
Quinn, lamp; Mr.. and Mrs. G. Gerhsrdt,
tub, dashboard and wringer.
After the ceremony the presents were
viewed. Then all adjourned to the din
ing room where a bounteous repsst was
in readiness for the guests. The affair
was a very enjoyable one for all con
cerned. We must not forget to mention
the serenade, however. which. was a very
orderly affair. The happy couple will
reside on the old Hubbard farm on Rock
river. May success be theirs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-19
Vo. .TAIc BELT Co. Marshall, Mich.

Don III q dealer offers You bottle
of Salvation Oil without labels or wrap
pers. Or in a mutilsted or defaced pack
age. don't touch it-don't buy it at any
price. vou can rest assured that there is
something wropg-lt may be dangerous
and worthless counterfeit Insist upon
getting q perfect. unbrokep, genuine
package. Price 25 cents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-19
A Gladdened Home.

NJ. VIM and wife, of Pocatello, Idaho.
Mrs. VIM WAS formerly Miss Hannah
Dolly, of this city. We clip the follow
ing from the Idaho Herald of March 10:
There IS new girl in town. She ar
rived on the 9th inst, and hung up her
buds in the VIM mansion. She is rather
Insignificant 1T present but is destined.
we trust, to some day become one of the
leading society bellies Of Pocatello. W.
M. has suddenly outgrown his clothes.
Mother and child doing well.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-19
To Nervous and Dsb,l,rarsd Hen.

II you will send me your address we
will mail you our illustrated pamphlet
explaining all about DR.. Dyes celebrated
electro voltaic belt and appliances. and
their charming effects upon the nervous
dabilitated system. and how they will
Eickly restore you to vigor. manhood
ant health. Pamphlet free. II you are
thuA afflicted. we will send you a belt and
apph noes on trial.
V0s.TAIC BELT Co, Marshall. Mich.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-19
A CLERK APPOINTED.

Judges Peasants. Glenn and Smith
name q Successor to Col. Ran kin, OF
Warren County.
Col Geo. C. Rankin recently resigned
his Office as circuit clerk and recorder of
Warren county and the judges Of the cir
cult court, have appointed his deputy,
L. o. Fourtellotte. to the vacancy thus
created, in the following notice:
State Of Illinois, Warm county.
In the matter of the appointment of q
clerk pro tempore Of the circuit court
of SAID county.
In vacation after the January term, A.
D. 1891.
Whereas, by the resignation of Geo.
G. Rankin vacancy has occurred in the
Office of clerk of the circuit court of said
county of Warren whose unexpired term
exceeds one year, il is by the undersigned
judges Of the tenth judicial cir
cult of said state of Illinois now
therefore ordered that L. o. Tour
tellotte of said county be and hereby is
appointed clerk of said court pro tempore
until some person is elected and qualified
according to law to fill such vacancy.
1t is further ordered that the official
bond to be given by said appointee shall
be in the penal sum of five thousand dol.
lars with two sureties.
Given unde. our hands this 18th day Of
March, A. d. 1891.
GEO. w. PLEAsANTs,
A. A. SMITH.
JOHN J. GLENN,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-19

Gov Fifer will be notified and wi II
doubtless call the election for June LIST,
the same time as the election for supreme
and circuit judges. The clerk then
elected will serve until the regular cleo
ton in the fall of 1892.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-19

This is to certify that have used DR..
B 1lPs Cough Syrup for bronchial affec-
ton and it has completely cured me.
FRANK E. MASON,
Artist and designer, 6 Bedford street,
New York
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-12-18
NOT EXPECTED so SOON

When The DENocRAT said few days ago
iha, in less than two months republican papers
would be denouneing Crisp asa iree trader
lalihoagh when elected they said be was a
pro,eetionist) ii did no, exPec, that its words
would be verified even before tie speaker
made up hiI committees, but so unsteady are
these organs that thus soon Genes the New
York Pfes', the leading organ Of that party
in New York, and emPhaticalIy establishes
the falflImsnt Of our prediction. It says:
Like Mills, Crisp is a thoroughgoirg g reF-
rtseniatiye Of the free trade southern dem
ocracy. His bitter pAilisAnship aud his sd-
herence to free trade were both shown in his
speech Sccepting tho nomination on Monday
night
Nr Crisp's anxiety that his hearers should
understand that he ia at heart jus. as fanAt
icAl a free trader as Mills is manifest. His
record shows him to be n consistent advocate
Of British free trade.
OF courss there is no reason for surprise,n
the mere fact that thesel organs should be
eating their own vortl', and saying things
exactly opposite what they formerly said,
but, even among democrats, there is some sur
prise that they should thus early repudiate
the things they were saying only cno week
ago. Bot this is only carrying out general
scheme which seems to have been adopted
by those organs-thAt Of depending upon
Misrepresentation where facts are SO uni
fqrmily unavailable with them as they seem
70 be a. present
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-12-18
SHOOT AT THE MARX.

The mos, determined effort to accomplish
tariff reform, ifuawisely directed. may prove
to be the greatest obstacle in the way Of tbs
reform.
The strength Of MtKinleyisw is The close
alliance Of the bene6ciaries Of McKinleyism
"Divide and conquer" would seem to be the
dictate Of wisdom oD the part Of democrats.
All the subsidized interests represented in
the senate viii surely stand together In hostil =
ity TO any general tarf-rsiorm bill that dem :
oerats can frame. They cannot be held to-
geiber in opposiliou 10 separate bills Tor the
relief Of the people.
When the democrats shall have control o
both houses Of congress and the president, /
will be their duty 10 reconstruct tn. entire
tariff system upon just and reasonable basis.
At p'esen' il seems clearly lhsir duty to force
so much Of reform as is obtaiDable.
It is folly to shoot into the air when there
is a target Cf Wrorg 10 be shot at.
Then let Us have a number Of tariff bills.
Let us have a bill Puidrg binding twine, jute
a;ks, salt, lumber and coal on the free list.
Let " heye one putting wool On the free list
and reducing the duty on woolen goods from
its present rate of9z per cent to about s. per
cent Aud few others that would be the
means oi putting number Of the republican
brethren 10 congress to crucial test. What
Squirming there would be when our republic
can friends IN congress were called to vote
upon such bills as The above.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-12-18
MCKINLEY IN a CORNER

The Amerhdn WcOi aud Cotton Reporter,
a we'll known journal of the textile indus
tries of New England, gives Major Nc
Kinley very chilling reception. The
Major was the guest Of the Home Market
Club in Boston at It's banquet on the 18th
inst, and he made the principal speech of
the evening. The Reporter says that this
speech misrepresented the industrial his
tory Of the nation, and that Il was partisan
and unstatesmanlike. Mr. Mckinley said,
for example, that the fourteen years Of
low tariff from 1916 TO 1861 were years OF
depression and distress In manufacturing
The Rsforter Gays that the president of the
Amoskeag Mills, who was present at this
banquet, could have told Mr. MeKinly
that in 1870 the Amoskeag declared dlvi-
dends OF IS per cent In stock and 10 pc
cent In cash, In iS47 Il declared IS pc
cent In stock S per cent in cash, and In
1899 Il declared 20 per cent In stock and J
per cent In cash, and there were but few
half years from that time to 1890 In which
It did not pay semi-annual dividends. AL
so that the following great textile mills
were started between 1876 end 1861;
"Atlantle mills 10 IS4o; Lyman mills,
at Holyoke, In 1884; Naumkeag Steam
Cotton mills, at Salem, In iS4y; Pepperell
mills, at Biddcford, In isSs; Bates mills, a,
Lewiston, In ISSl; lInl Manufacturing
mills, at Lewiston, In 1855; franklin
Company, at Lewiston, In 1887"
But the unkindest cut Of all is the Re
f0rfers's mention of the fact that the cotton
industry has been In a worse plight since
the Mckinley tariff bill passed than II was
before. Here Is what Il says on this par
ticular subject:
'FurlhsrmoTe, the cotton manufaetur-
Ing industry Of the United States has not
CHANGED to be as prosperous since the pas
sage. Of the Mckinley bill as Il was for a
year or two before that measure became a
law. The great Merrimac Manufae:ur .
ing company at Lowell has recently re-
duced It's semi annual dividend 10 two per
cent II paid per cent semi-annual In
1890 and per cent seml-annual in 1889,
and in 1891 the shares of the company
sold for just half what they brought in
1851, viz, $4,000 ins 1851 and $1,000 In
1891.
Equally partisan and duustatesmanlike, +"
Il saws, "was Mr. McKinley's citation OF
heavy exports OF gold between IS46 and
IS6o'-the fact beins that the great gold
discoveries of California came In this
period and ii was just as necessary as to ex-
port wheat or tobacco, or any other com
modify of which we were producing a
large surplus. In short, the REPORTER ex-
poses Ncklnley as a great humbug Il not
a downright f,aud.