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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09

ALREADY 1t is plain to be seen that
eIest aud his henchmen pro pose to dictate
The republican citY-township ticket to the
party. Immediately following the last
congressional election the dictum was
sent forth that no republican who was
not enthusiastically loyal to Brother Gest
would be allowed admission in the party's
councils or be recognized in a city or
county convention as a candidate for any
office for some time to come. This is the
reason that Gest. Wells, ct. a., are for
McCOnochie for mayor. Haas for attor-
ney and Koehler for clerk.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09
THE cuRAre,s STORY.
It Was Not in His Usual Vein, bat Far
More Entertaining.

It Was Not in His Usual Vein. bat Far
More Entertaining.
Here is choice bit from Jerome K.
Jerome's latest book, "Told After Sup
per-" 1t is the story of party made up
exclusively of men, and the time is
Christmas eve:
I'VE had some more punch and then
the curate told US a story. 1 could not
make head or tail of the curate's story,
so 1 cannot retail it to you. We none
of as could make head or tail of that
story. 1t was good story enough, SO
far as material went. There seemed to
be an enormous amount of plot, and
enough incident to have made dozen
novels. never before heard a story con-
tanning so much incident, nor dealing
with so many varied characters.
81 should suppose that every human
being our curate had ever known or met,
or even heard of, was brought into that
story. There were simply hundreds of
them. Every five seconds he would in
troduce a completely fresh collection
of characters, accompanied by brand
new set of incidents.
''This was the sort of story it was:
"'Well, then my uncle went into the
garden and got his gun, but of course it
wasn't there, and Scroggins said he
didn't believe it.
"'Didn't believe what? Who's Scrog-
gins?
'Scroggins! Oh, why, he was the
other man, you know. 1t was his
wife,
What was his wife? What's she
got to do with it,
"'Why, that's what Tn telling Won.
1t was she that found the hat. She'd
come up with her cousin to London
her cousin was my sister-in-law, and the
other niece had married man named
Evans, and Evans, after it was all over.
had taken the box around to Mr.. Jacobs.
because Jacobs father had seen the man
when he was alive, and when he was
dead Joseph
"'Now look here, never you mind
Evans and the box. What's become of
your uncle and the gum
1.-The gun! What gum
why, the gun your uncle used to
keep in the garden, and that wasn't
there. What did he do with it? Did he
kill any of these people with it-any of
these Jacobses and Evanses and Scrog-
ginses and Josephses? Because if SO it
was a good and useful work, and we
should enjoy hearing about it
'No-oh, no-how could hee He had
been built up alive in the wall, you
know, and when Edward " spoke to the
abbot about it my sister said that in her
then state of health she could not and
would not, rs it was endangering tire
child's life. So they christened it Ho-
ratio, after her own son, who had been
killed at Waterloo before he was born,
and Lord Napier himself said
Look here, do You know what You
are talking aboutT we asked him at this
point.
He said no, but he knew it was every
word of it true, because his aunt had
seen it herself. Whereupon we covered
him over with the tablecloth and he
went to sleep.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09
Supervisors Proceedings.
Special March Term, March 8
1891.
THIRD DAY

THIRD DAY.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present. all the members, Supervisor
Smith presiding. Minutes Of yesterday g
proceedings read and approved.
Supervisor Wilson moved the poor farm
committee be instructed to ascertain what
price the so acre tract of land belonging
to the estate of John Wsrnock, deceased,
can be purchased for and report to the
board this afternoon. The yeas and nays
being called resulted as follows: yeas,
Browner. Cralle, Elliott, Ford. Hasson,
Kerr, Naylor, Schneider. Spickler. Will
son and WOODBURY.. IL; nays, Burial.
Carey, DALEY, Frick, Forsyth, Hanna,
Heath, Hofer. Ludolph. Lamont, Mont
gomery. Pearsall, 10. Lost.
The committee on poor submitted the
following report:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09
ing desc ribed tracts ofland: neX and seq Of sex
sec So, township 16. ranges.
The petition Of P. L. Mitchell we refer back to
the board for their action

L. s. PEARsALL,
GEO. B. BRowNER.
Committee.
Supervisor Wilson submitted the fol.
lowing minority report:
That on all petition for attachments presented
to this board on account OF clerical errors and
vaiuafon made by assessors and not corrected by
the re- ewing boards of the various towns or the
board OF Supervisors at its regular July meeting
be rejected, as according to supreme court de-
csions of the state Of illinois, the board Of super
visors As no legal right to make any attachments
after the regular July meeting.
The petitioners having good reasons, may 60 to
the county court and il their petitions are there
granted the various taxes win all be abated at the
same time. The petitions referred to are those CT
G. Lofquist, L. C. Elliott, G. N. Patterson and p.
L. Mitchell.
Supervisor Hanna moved that the ma. .
jority report be adopted. Supervisor
FORSYTH moved to substitute the minority
report for that of the msjority. The
yeas and nays being called resulted as
follows: yeas, Burial, Forsyth, Hasson,
Heath, Hofer, Montgomery. Spickler,
Wilson and WOODBURY.. 8; nays, Browner.
Carey, Cralle, Daley, Elliott. Ford. Prick,
Hanna, Kerr, Ludolph. Lamont, Naylor,
Pearssll and Schneider, IA Lost.
Thereupon the motion to adopt the
majority report was voted upon and car
ried.
On motion OF Supervisor Hanna the pc
tition of P. L. Mitchell for an abatement
was rejected
The motion to adopt the report of the
committee on poor. upon which action
was deferred. was then taken up and
voted upon aud carried and the report
adopted.
Supervisor Burial moved that the bills
from Mercer county he land on the table
Lost.
Supervisor Kerr moved to defer action
upon the bills from Mercer county until
the next meeting Of the board. Carried.
Supervisor Burial moved that the poor
farm committee be instructed to investi
gate as to whether Rock Island county Is
legally liable for the support of the Weth-
erspoon family and John Schubert and
as to whether they should be removed to
the poor farm or not. Carried.
The report OF the committee on roads
and bridges upon which action was de-
ferred until this afternoon was then taken
up for consideration. Supervisor Burial
moved as an amendment that the board
consult the states's attorney as to the
jurisdiction of the county board in grant
ing ferry licenses, within the limits of in
cerporated cities or villages. Supervisor
Frick moved as an amendment to the
amend nent that the matter be laid over
until tomorr W morning. Carried. The
following report of the committee on
poor farm WIS on motion received and
adopted:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09
Lower Wages in a Nail Mill,

Here is a dispatch from Bellefonte.
Pa, which has recently appeared In tho
daily papers: "A general 25 per cent re-
duction of wages was agreed to today at
the nail works, and they will start up at
full capacity tomorrow. The works
have been partially shut down for some
time"
This is an interesting statement in
connection with the fact that the nail
making business is one of the highly
protected industries of the country. The
Mckinley duty on cut nails of iron or
steel is one cent per pound NOW equal
TO more than 80 per cent ad valorem);
on horseshoe nails, four cents; on wrought
iron or steel nails, four cents, and on
wire nails, two to four cents pound.
A Pennsylvania nail manufacturer is
authority for the statement that our
nail mills have a capacity of 1900, 900
kegs per annum, but that our home con-
sumption is only 1000, 900 kegs. Not
withstanding this great DEVELOPMENT
the industry is still treated by the high
tariff Mckinleyites as an "infant indus
try and prohibitory duty now equal
to so per cent. ad valorem is levied on
nails.
This looks like wanton piece of tariff
folly when 1t Is remembered that in 1899
we exported 13,400,000 pounds of nails
and spikes and IA, 400, 900 pounds in 1890
while our imp~rts are so insignificant
that they are not separately reported.
The largest buyers of these nails are
Mexico, Chilli and Cuba, and it is thus
seen that our nails are able to meet the
competition of the world in neutral mar
kets.
The protechonists boast of the nail
industry as a conspicuous example of the
good effects of our high tariff system
but they should face the music and state
all the facts about the development of
this industry. Some interesting facts
of this kind are stated by David A
Wells Ill his Recent Economic
Changes" He shows that owing to the
great prosperity of the nail business
from 1881 to 1884 many establishments
increased their capacity, and some more
than doubled it. Many new mills were
built east and west, and the producing
power of the country was nearly doubled,
but consumption increased by only one
fifth
In this way the market was overstock-
ed and prices were forced down in some
cases below the cost of production. The
result was that combination or agree
ment was entered into by the manufact-
urers for the purpose of restricting pro-
duction; in this way prices were again
in measure restored
When the protectonists boast of the
nail industry they should also boast of
the nail trust and the reduction of wages
at Bellefonte, Pa.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09
A Well Matched Couple.

A Well Matched Couple.
A convict at a French penal settle
ment, who was undergoing a life SEN
tence, desired to marry a female con-
vict, such marriages being of common
occurrence. The governor of the colony
offered no objections, but the priest pro-
ceeded to cross-examine the prisoner.
did you not marry in FranceY' he
asked.
eyes"
"And your wife is deads"
''She is"
Have you any document to show that
she is dead?'
"No."
Then l must decline to marry YOU.
You must produce some proof that your
wife is dead"
There was a pause, and the bride pros
pective looked anMously at the would
be groom. Finally he said:
81 can prove that my former wife is
dead"
''How will you do SOP"
81 was sent here for killing her."
And the bride accepted him notwith-
standing. Siftings.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09

WHY did the Union withhold its en-
dorsement of mayoralty candidate until
the return of ex-Congressman Gest from
Washington Because Gest secured a
pslsry office for its editor. is it only neces-
sary for that gentleman to pull the string
to make the Union bow in humble obe-
dlence to lis wishes? 1t looks that way.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09

The republican machine, through its
mouthpiece. the Union. has given notice
to Mr.. Schroeder that he isn't in the NAV.
orally race. What's the matter with
Schroeder's republicanism!
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09

RATHER strange, isn't it, that about
this time every two years, the Union takes
occasion TO rehash Capt. Koehler's war
recordl Is there no other valorous re-
publican in the city qualified for the city
clerkship?
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09

In the pursuit OF the goo1 things OF
this world we anticipate too much; we
eat out the heart and sweetness Of world,
iy pleas ures by delightful forethought OF
them. The results obtained from the use
OF DR.. Jones Red Clover Tonic far exceed
al claims. 1t cures dyspepsia, and all
stomach, liver, kidney and bladder
troubles. 1t is perfect tonic, appetizer
G!ocd purifier, sure cure for ague snd
malarisl diseases. Price, so cents. Of
druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09

WILL the republican representatives at
Springfield continue to disgrace their
party this week by clinging to Acrobat
Jayhswker Streeter?
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09

The Merchants Review, of New York,
says that nine-tenths of all the industries
Of the country are controlled by COM
binations or trusts.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09
Hard Coal Market.

S775 per ton for best anthracite coal,
all sizes, delivered within city limits, Csc
per ton discount for cash. Indiana black
S4.60snd Camel coal S6 per ton delivered
carriage added on all orders for less than
one ton; carving in 25c per ton extra.
E. g. FRAZER.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09

PALMER's election has been DELAYED
long enough. Itshould occur this week
without fail.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09

There's time to mourn and time to
dance. and a time for everything; but
at any hour. day or night. winter or sum-
mer, seed or harvest time you can cure a
cold with DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09

MAN from the wild west came into
Chicago recently with $4,000 tewed up
in bis twenty-five cent necktie.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09

Z. SCHNEIDER,
FRANK NAYLoR.
The annual report and invoice and q
special report Of the committee on poor
farm we're on motion received and placed
on file
Board adjourned until tomorrow
morning at 9 O'Clock.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09
Willing to Oblige.

Mr.. John E. Gett lat an amateur mu-
sicalel-What's he singing,
Miss Van Clef-''Let Me Like a Sol
der Die"
Mr.. Gett-H 1 had my gun with me
he should be gratiied!-Puck.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09

supervisor Pesrsall moved TO adopt the
foregoing report. Supervisor Moutgom-
cry moved as an amendment that said re-.
port be recommitted to the committee
with instructions to strike out all bills not
coming within the scope of the rule of
the board. The yeas and nays being
called resulted as follows: yeas, DALEY.
Elliott. Forsyth, Hasson, Heath, Hotter.
Ludolph, Montgomery and Spickler, 8;
nays, Browner, Carey, Crslle. Ford, Prick,
Hanna, Kerr. Lamont, Naylor. Pearsall,
Schneider, Wilson aud Woodburn, 13.
Amendment lost.
The yeas and nays we're then called on
the motion to adopt the report and re,
suited as follows: yeas, Browner, Bur-
rail-. Carey. Ford. Frick, Hanna, Kerr.
Lamont, Pesrsall. Wilson and Woodburp.
II; nays. Cralle, Daley, Elliott, Forsyth.
HsssoD, Heath, HOfer Ludolph. Mont.
eOmery, NaYlor. Schneider and Spickler,
~. Lost.
Supervisor Crslle moved to reconsider
the vote just taken. Carried.
Supervisor DALEY moved as an amends
ment to strike out the bill of George
Herbst. Supervisor Montgomery moved
that the matter be laid on the table until
afternoon. Lost.
The yeas and nays were then called on
Supervisor Dailey's amendment and re-
suited as follows: yeas. Daley. Elliott,
Forsyth, Heath, Hofer. Ludol ph. Mont
gomery and Spickler, 8; nays, Browner,
Burial, Carey, Crslle. Ford. Prick,
Hanna, Hasson. Kerr, Lamont, Naylor.
Pearsall. Schneider. Wilson and Wood.
burn, Is Amendment lost.
BY request of Supervisors Heath.
Montgomery and Wilson action was de.
ferred upon said report until afternoon
The committee to WI ON was referred the peti-
tion OF 3. ~ Stewart for ferry franchise to ply
between the city of Rock Island II inois and Dav
That we would recommend that the PRAYER of
the petitioner be granted az hereby annexed
w r. CAREY,
GUST FORD,
ALBERT HOrER,
Committee.
Supervisor Montgomery moved the
adoption of the foregoing report. By
request of Supervisors Burial Ludolpb
and Prick, action was deferred upon said
report until afternoon.
Thecommittee on Attachments submitted
the following majority report:
The petit ion Of MAY er Rosendeld reject for
the reason that the cords show that he owned the
mortgage the first of May. 1886.
The petition OF =. Lofquist we reject as IL il a
matter that should have been attended to before
the July meeting of THE board.
The petition Of L c. Elliott and g. NJ. p tterson
we recommend TO abate county and special tax on
the assessed valuation Of S9ooto each Of the follow
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

AT the earnest solicitation of my friends, I
hereby announce myself as q candidate for the
once OF collector subject to the decision of the
democratic city township convention.
LOUIS OHLWEILER,
hereby announce myself as candidate for
the ONCE of collector at the suggestion of
many friends, subject to the decision of the
democratic city township convention
MM. kCKERMAN,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-09

=, nc IIaIIH OF I3it w C.T Q. soclety per Mrs.
recommend be rejected
The bills and Claims filed by the authorities of
Mercer county for care of poor of Mercer county
the Commute refer back to The board without
recommendation.
Respec fully submitted
ARTHUR BURIAL,
LESLIE HANNA,
Gao LAMONT,
GUST NJ FORD,
JAMES HAsSoN,
Middletown transcript., 1891-03-26
A cats EXTRAORDINARY Leap.

In the latter part Of 1890, alta time
when the Washington monument had
reached height of 100 feet, an ad-
venturous and patriotic cat ascended
the interior of the shaft by means of
the ropes and tubing. When the
workmen arrived at the upper land
ing the next morning and began to
prepare for the days work, pussy
took fright and springing to the outer
edge, took " header" of l60 feet to
the hard earth below. In the descent,
which was watched closely by two
score of men, the cat spread herself
out like flying squirrel and alight'
ed ON all fours. After turning over
on the ground few times in dazed
manner she prepared to leave the
grounds.
She had gotten almost beyond the
shadow of the monument when dog
belonging to one of the workmen
pounced upon her and killed her, she,
Of course, not being in her best run
ming trim after performing such an
extraordinary feat. One Of the men
procured the body of the dead feline,
smoothed out her silky coat and turn
ed the remains over to representa-
tive Of the Smithsonian institution,
who mounted the skin and placed it
under glass case. The label on the
case tells this wonderful story in a
few words: This cat, on Sept. %,
1880, jumped from the top Of Wash
ington's monument and lived. st
Louis Republic.
Middletown transcript., 1891-03-26
Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain Plainfield, ILL.,,
makes the statement that she caught cold,
which settled on her lungs; she was
treated for month by her family
physician, but grew worse. Hotold her
she was hopeless victim Of consumption
and that no medicine could cure her.
Her druggist suggested DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption she bought
a bottle and to her delight found herself
benefited from first dose. She continued
Is use and after taking ten bottles, found
herself sound and we'll, now does her
own homework and is as we'll as she ever
was. Free trial bottles OF this Great
Discovery at DR.. H. Vaughan's Drug
Store. Large bottles SOC. and $l.OO.
Middletown transcript., 1891-03-26
Hnw,s Your Liver I?

The old lady who replied, when
when asked how her liver was, "God
bless me, I never heard that there
was such thing in the house" was
noted for her amiability. Prone
theus, when chained 10 a rock, might
as we'll have pretended to be happy,
as the man who is chained TO q dis
eased liver. For poor Prometheus,
there was no escape, but BY the use Of
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets, the disagreeable feelings,
irritable temper, constipation, indiges-
ton, dizziness and sick headache,
which are caused by diseased liver,
promptly disappear. adv
Middletown transcript., 1891-03-26
Happy Hooslers.

WIN. Timmons, Postmaster OF ldAvlli
Ind. writes +" Electric Bitters has done
more for me than all other medicines
combined, for that bad feeling arising
from Kidney and Liver trouble John
Leslie, farmer and stockman, of same
place, says: +" Find Electric Bitters to pe
the best Kidney and Liver medicine,
made me feel like new man." j. w.
Gardner, hardware merchant. same town /,
says: Electric Bitters is just the thing for
a man who is all run down and don't
care whether he lives or dies he found
now strength, good appetite and felt just
like he had new lease on life. Only SOC.
a bottle, at DR.. II. Vaughan's Drug torres
Middletown transcript., 1891-03-26
A Great Spring Tour to Florida via
PennsyIyania Railroad

A Great Spring Tour to Florida via
Pennsylyania Railroad
By reason of the enormous
popularity accorded the Pennsylvania
Railroads personally-conducted tours
to Florida during the winter and
spring of 1891 the company has decid-
ed to run the sixth and last on March
31st. 1t will differ in many points
in many points from the others.
Going south the tourist will travel in
a special train of Pullman Sleeping
and Dining Cars similar in every re-
spect to the trains used on previous ex-
cursions. The excursion tickets,
which will be sold at rate of 500
from New York and $4S from Phila-
delphia, will include Pullman accom-
modations and meals en- route on the
south-bound trip, and railroad trans
portation only on the north-bound trip.
They will be valid for return trip on
regular trains upto May Both, 1891.
Fifteen days from the date they leave
Jacksonville will be allowed tourists
to reach Philadelphia or New York,
and during those fifteen days they can
stop off at points designated on the
tickets.
A tourist Agent and Chaperon will
accompany the party south.
The unusual limit of the tickets and
privileges accorded will afford an ex-
cellent opportunity of lengthy visit in
the South.
Middletown transcript., 1891-03-26
A Present for Every Bride.


For twenty-three years The
HOUSEHOLD " has been a welcome
visitor in hundreds of thousands of
American homes, and has been during
these years, the companion and help Of
the American housewife.
In older that the brides of the
country may have the benefit of the
visits Of this, the oldest household
publication in the country, the pub
fishers offer to send THE HOUSE
HOLD - to all brides of six months or
less, who will, themselves, or their
friends, send ten two-cent stamps
with printed notice Of the marriage
in the same letter.
This is very tempting offer,
and they call it their wedding
present, /" which they offer to every
bride in the United States on the
above terms.
Ah6 11OOoEI1OllD loo JuSe
made three very striking offers to the
three subscribers who shall obtain
the three largest lists Of new sub
scribers between March first and
August first.
These presents are nothing less than
500 Horse and Goddard Buggy, q
Miller Upright Piano, in either
Mahogany, Oak, Walnut or Ebouized
case, and a Columbia Bicycle for eithel
lady or gentleman's use.
The March number OF The
HOUSEHOLD" contains illustrations
and descriptions Of these elegant
presents, and can be found at the news
stands, or will be sent by the publish
ers, on receipt of ten cents by The
Household Company, so Bromfeld ST.,
Boston.
Middletown transcript., 1891-03-26
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from prac-
tice, having had placed in his hands by
an East India missionary the formula
of a simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure OF Con-
sumption, Bronchitis. Catarrh, Asth-
ma and all throat and Lung affections,
also a positive and radical cure for
Nervous Debility and all Nervous
Complaints, after having tested its
Wonderful curative powers in thous-
ndsof cases, has felt it his duty to
axe it known to his suffering fellows.
Euated by this motive and a desire
elieve human suffering, I will send
0f charge, to all who desire il,
receipt, in German, French or
ish, with full directions for pre-
and using. Sent by mail by
Sing with stamp, naming this
W. A. MOVES, 800 Powers
Rochester, N. Y. m5-1y