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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-22
to confer with Governor Buchanan and
erbitrate the present difficulties.
Resolved to Protect Property.

to confer with Governor Buchanan and
srbitrate the present difficulties,
Resolved to Protect Property.
A resolution was unanimously passed.
each man pledging himself on his honor
that not one dollars worth OF prop
erty would be destroyed, and the COM
pany's property would be guarded. 1t
was further determined that no one
should offer violence to any one except in
self defense. There is a sense of relief and
quiet since the meeting The miners
seem to feel that they are now taking the
proper course. There was some talk OF
attacking the troops coming to assist the
operators. The meeting has resulted in
good, for the men are now quiet. They
are as determined as ever that no convicts
shall work here, and say they will release
all who come just as soon as the troops
leave.
The Committee at Knoxville.
A telegram was received from the Ken
lucky side at Jellico yesterday offering
large number of men in case help was
needed. The reply was for the men to
hold themselves in readiness in case they
were called for. Nearly every man pres
ent had double barrelled shotgun in his
hand, few Winchesters, and no small
number Of revolvers. The meeting was
held in the grove near the Knoxville Iron
company's mine. The committee of min
srs came to town last night to confer
with the governor and effect settlement
before the troops started into Anderson
county. The governor not being here,
they called on General Carnes, but that
gentleman declined TO be interviewed.
Broken Promises Come Home to Roost.
1t is feared that the miners will not keep
their word not to modest property of the
coal companies, since they stated Monday
that they would not release the convicts
at the works of the Knoxville Iron com
pany and hardly waited until the troops
were out of sight before they did j. t
what they promised not to do. The pre-
vailing opinion is that the mine machin-
cry is safe so long as the miners think
they will win in the end, but that the mo-
ment they feel they cannot longer keep
ont the militia, they Will set fire to every
mine in the district before leaving for
other fields
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-22
What is lacking is truth

What is lacking is truth
and confidence.
If there were absolute truth
on the one hand and absolute
confidence on the other, it
wouldn't be necessary for the
makers of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy to back up a plain
statement of fact by a $500
guarantee.
They say If we can't
cure you make it personal,
Please,) of catarrh in the head,
in any form or stage, we'll pay
you $500 for your trouble in
making the trial"
AN advertising fake" you
say.
Funny, isn't it, how some
people prefer sickness to
health when the remedy is
positive and the guarantee
absolute.
Wise men don't put money
back of fakes"
And " taking doesn't pay.
Magical little granules -
those tiny, sugar-coated Pei
lets Of DR.. Pierce scarcely
larger than mustard seeds,
yet powerful to cure active
yet mild in operation. The
best Liver Pill ever invented.
Cure sick headache, dizziness,
constipation. One a dose.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-22
Value of Land in London.

LONDON, July 2a-The enormous value
reached by choicely situated land in this
city is freshly illustrated by real estate
transaction which has just been com
pleted. 1t is the leasing of a piece of
crown land in Pail Mall, and the rental
obtained is based on a selling price of half
a million pounds sterling per acre.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-22
Shnt His Brains Ont.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 22.-Gilbert
Parker of the real estate fra of Blain,
Parker & Co., shot his brains out last
night in front of The American office.
Financial troubles the cause. He was
young and quite prominent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-22
MEETING OF THE COAL MINERS.
They Talk Peace, but All Have Their
Guns on Hand.

They Talk Peace, but All Have Their
Guns on Hand.
A meeting of miners was held at Coal
Greek yesterday afternoon. When tie
men assembled there were few hot heads,
who began to talk about resistance, but
they were outsiders and not miners. The
miners leaders took possession of the
meeting and would not allow such. Mr..
Ingraham was called to preside, and the
meeting was formally opened. There
were speeches by number of leaders and
all of a conservative tone and advising
against any sort or act or violation OF the
law. The men said they wanted the con-
victs sent away, and nothing more or less.
Finally a resolution was unanimously
passed to appoint committee OF hve TO
90 to Knoxville and Nashville If necessary
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-22
ENCOURAGING FOR THE FAIR.
The English Receive Our Commissioners
with Great Cordially.

with Great Cordially.
LONDON, July 22-The reception given
to the Worlds fair commissioners by the
Society of Arts, Chamber of Commerce,
and other bodies since their arrival here
has been highly gratifying to the visitors,
and equally encouraging to the object of
their visit. Though they were prepared
in advance for the display of reasonable
degree Of interest in the fair on the part of
the English merchants, manufacturers,
and others, they express themselves as
amazed at the enthusiasm which abounds
in every circle likely to be represented at
the exposition.
Butterworth CIR eatly Surprised.
In his reply to Sir Cunliffe Owen g well
coming address at the chamber of COM
merce yesterday Mr.. Butterworth to <
occasion to express the unbounded sur
prise of himself and hfs colleagues at the
warmth of their reception and the deep in
terest which the Englishmen manifest in
the great American enterprise. A dis
patch from Paris, whittier the commits
sioners will go on Friday, says the inter
est taken in their prospective visit justi-
fies the belief that their reception in the
French capital will be no less cordial.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-22
Butterworth CIR eatIy Surprised.
We're in Canadian waters.

OTTAWA, Ont, July 22-An impression
has got abroad that the six American fish
ing boa seized by the Dominion cruiser
Dream, on the 10th inst, were not taken
in British waters. The department has
received the official report of the captain
of the cruiser. He says there is no doubt
that the boats when taken were within
Canada maritime jurisdiction.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-22

COAL CREEK, Tenn, July 22-Every-
thing was quiet and orderly at 10 o'clock
last night. There had been no demonstra-
tons shown, and but few men were TO be
seen. No trnOns We're eXpected.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-22
Lars Anderson Given a Place.

CAPE MAY, July 22.-The president yes
terday appointed Lars Anderson, of
Ohio. second secretary of the legation at
the court of St. James.
The Bossier banner., 1891-10-01
LARGE STAKES.
A Game of Poker Played on a Flying
stock Train.

A Game of Poker Played on a Flying
stock Train.
''The game began at Texarkana,"
said a Pittsburgher who occasionally
drops into poker, "the oldest and one
of the biggest poker games ever played.
1t was early in the fall last year when
four big ranchmen, who own between
them thousands of acres and tens of
thousands of cattle in Tex s, met at the
terminus of the Iron Mountain road
They were bound for Chicago where
they intended to sell their cattle, and
as the wealthiest eattlemen of the great
southwest often do, they preferred to
make the journey in the caboose of a
stock train-the atmosphere was more
congenial and the chance to indulge in
the national game was tempting. The
game was not peculiar in itself; it was
carried on in the free and easy but
business-lil1e way that obtains in the
west, but the value of the chips was
stated in unusual terms, white stand
ing for one steer, a red chip for five
steers, and blue chip for ten steers.
A tolerably large herd of cattle was
upon the dry goo0s box, which served
for table, at every deal, and one jack
pot contained no less that three hun
dred head of cattle. From Texarkana
to st. Louis the players luck was about
even, although hundreds of hands were
played in that time. But when they
struck the Alton and entered the home
stretch for Chicago the contest grew
fercer and at about every third hand
the betting ran high. Luck turned in
one of the players favor-the man who
had least rocks, by the way-and when
the multiplying lights on the prairie
showed that the train was nearing
Chicago the game ended. The other
three men had lost every chip they had,
had borrowed again and again with the
same result. And when the winner
counted up he found he had won 40, 900
head of cattle, belonging to the other
three men in the game, or in dollars,
close upon $3.50, Co., Pittsburgh DIG
match.
The Bossier banner., 1891-10-01
NO MlLLlNER SHOP.
A Landlord Who Was Particular About
His Guests.

A Landlord Who Was Particular About
His Guests.
"Can get something to eat here?''
asked an eastern man of the proprietor
of Montana ''hotel." The landlord
eyed him suspiciously.
"Tenderfoot, eh?"
81 suppose So"
Eat pie with yer lxnife2"
"No."
'Make noise when you drinkP"
''Try not to"
'Pick yer teeth with the fork?"
Certainly not
Take off yer hat at the table?"
''Yes."
''smack ye. lips when you strike
somethin' good?"
NO"
''Then you can't eat here. = led a
teller last spring that parted his hair in
the middle and had the same brand on
his face that you've got. and he hoo
dooed my place for month. They's a
half-breed runs a feed-trough further
own the street, Guess he'll take you
in-he don't know no better-but, by
guml as long as 1 run this ranch it
amt goin' TO be no millinery shop, Day,
stranger, Detroit Free PreSs,
The Bossier banner., 1891-10-01
What They Could Do.

1t is claimed that John Rockefeller
could give every man, woman and child
in the United States 81 and still nave the
modest sum of 81, OOO, 600 with which to
start a peanut stand. William Waldorf
Astor could do the same thing. while
our own dear Jay Gould could give
SLIGO each and have left IS, 600, 900 with
which to sink well for more water. 1t
is also stated that Mr.. Jones and Mr.
Brown, who work ten hours each day,
can only give their wives $3.50 once a
year, and M Smith, who works from
6 a. m. to P. m. upon section on the
railroad atS1.1O per day, and supports a
wife and five small children, says he
would be a financial wreck if he squan-
dered cent.-Buffalo Truth.
The Bossier banner., 1891-10-01
QUEER CAPTURE OF A BEAR.
Imprisoned in a Smoke House by a Single
Man.

Man.
Ephraim Brown came with the set
tiers who first broke into the heavy
timbered forests not very far from the
Cattaraugus Creek, New York Brown
was an active, muscular man, never
beaten in foot race and the champion
wrestler and chopper through all that
section of the country. He was hardly
past middle age at the time of which
write, but by his friends and the peo-
pie where he was best known, he was
always mentio ned as ''Old Eph."
Bears were plenty and occasionally
raided the farmers pig-pens and sheep
folds, and except by few hunters,
were consider ed rather nuisance than
otherwise. Now Eph had near neigh
Dor, Shultz, who called on him one day
to examine his cornfeld, when he said
bears or cOons, or both, were pulling
down the corn every night. Brown
looked over the field and soon discov-
cred by the tracks that small bear
(perhaps yearling) was making II
nightly raid on the corn. He offered
for small consideration that he would
that night or the next drive the bear
into the smoke house and shut the door,
Shultz readily agreed to Browns pro-
posal, though rather doubling his abil-
ity to fulfil the contract. Shultz's sur
prise was something more than ordin-
ary when on the following morning he
found the bear cooped up in his log
smoke no use with the door shut, barred
and bolted.
No one had seen just how Brown had
captured the bear, but his explanation
was about as follows: He cut blue
beach OK CAD about the length of an
ordinary fish pole, with good switch
end, and with this formidable weapon
he lay in ambush near where the bear
would be likely to pass in coming into
the field 1t was long after the full
moon had risen that he discovered the
bear making toward the field, and the
bright moonlight enabled him to see
that it was the same small bear that he
expected By this time the bear had
scented danger and started back for the
woods, and Brown started for the bear,
which he overlook just at the moment
that it was climbing the high rail fence.
This gave Brown a chance to give him
a smart cut over the nose, which brought
the bear in limp heap at his feet; but
only for moment, when he turned and
began to show fight, but one or two
clips in the face brought his nose down
between his forelegs, at which, Brown
said, he would whine like a whipped
cur. So he started bruin for the smoke
house, as he said, by touching him on
each flank, and if he went too fast he
would slow him up little by a slight
tap over the nose with his long whitl.
In this way he succeeded in working
him up to the smolzehouse, where the
bear was only too glad to get out of the
reach of the cruel whip. 1t is not to be
supposed that an old, full-grown bear
could be captured that way. Neverthe-
less, it was generally believed that
Brown had accomplished feat that
could not be done by any other man in
that region. and Stream.
The Bossier banner., 1891-10-01
THE PINK OF PoLITENEss.
Old-Time Highwaymen as Compared witt
Modern d-Baggers.

Modern Sand-Baggers.
''The modern highwayman doesn't
understand his business" said an old
traveller as he looked up from an ac-
count of man being 'held up" He's
brutal-unnecessarily So"
''Do you want him to take off his hat
when he stops you?" he was asked. do
you want him to beg your pardon?"
so, no. You quite misunderstood me.
I'm not an admirer of Paul Clifford
But why jar mans nerves or mar his
beauty? Why hit him on the head with
a sand-bag or scare him to death by
jumping out at him from an alley?
Il was held up once in way that I
admired. No force, no serious shock to
the nervous system and no affected
courtesy. I've been in a good many
different countries and heard or read of
all the different methods, but for the
quiet and quick transaction of business
of that nature without any unnecessary
trimmings, commend me to the man
who got my watch.
''He was sauntering along the street
ahead of me, quietly humming tune.
He wasn't keeping in the shadow of the
buildings and he wasn't doing anything
else that was suspicious. He was just
sauntering along with his arms folded
on his breast. l was walking faster,
and so l had to overtake and pass him.
l passed him on the left-that is,
started to pass him on that side. When
| got even with him he said:
% Il sayp
1T was said quietly and didn't even
startle me. None of this absurd coure
tesy and nothing sensational in it. Of
course looked toward him, and | saw
the tip of a revolver resting on the
crook of his left elbow. His arms were
still folded, but / had an idea that his
right hand was on the other end of the
revolver.
IS Just take it easy, he added.
$50 sauntered along with him, and
at his suggestion transferred my watch
and money to his pockets. Then he
said:
Go on and don't look back
"And went on and didn't look back.
But always considered him a man
who could do job with neatness and
dispatch, and without unnecessary
trouble and excitement. That wouldn't
have hurt a man with heart disease. -
Chicago Times.
Overheard at the school gates. -
The Bossier banner., 1891-10-01
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Sunshine is better than medicine.
And you DON'T have to pay 81. so for
hVe cents worth of it, either. - Rich.
mond Recorder.
when lightning tries to be funny it
is very liable to make even the strong
est oaks split their -ides. : Baltimore
American.
Most Remarkable.-"W did you
say was the most remarkable thing
about my last poem?" THAT it was ac-
cepted. d."-Yankee Blade.
-Irate parent-"Young man, what
did you mean by taking my daughters
hand just now?" Ratified swain-'You
are mistaken, sir. Search me. Prince
ton Tiger.
So many people are like the fire.
cracker; they can only make a big
splurge and noise in the world at the
expense of being hopelessly busted =
Atchison Globe
If there is any luck in horseshoes a
good many people are of the opinion
than it is not when they are fastened to
the feet of the horses they bet on
Philadelphia Times.
job once said the ostrich was the
most foolish of all animals. The man
who takes pug dog out for its morn
ing walk was not allowed to exist in
Jobs time.-N. Y. Recorder.
-Pupson-"Have you heard of the
terrible scandal in Boston?" Cubleigh
mo. What is it?" Pupson-'One of
the ladies of the literary set r1ispro-
nounced word,"-Iowa Topics.
The Silver Lining SIT is
dreadful that all your furniture was
burned up in that FIRE in your fat, Mr..
Smith" Mr.. Smith-''Yes, it was pretty
bad; but, then, we got rid of the
reaches. Truth.
Young Husband-''My dear, busi-
ness reverses have caused me to make
an assignment and" Young Wife
(tearfully)-"Y-e-s." Young Husband
I'VE will go abroad and travel a year
or two Epoch.
-Father-''I wish you would not lace
SO tight. 1t is positively inhuman."
Daughter-''Why, thought you would
be pleased, father. The material for
this dress cost 81 a yard. Cloak Re-
view
You have spurned mep' he cried,
bitterly. 81 will go into the world.
will fight and win. My name shall be
known and my riches envied--'
''Then," he interrupted, try me
again. christian at Work.
Mr.. Selfmade-'I'1 have to cut
down your salary about 20 per cent Mr..
Johnson" Mr.. Johnson-"But why?
Is not my work just as well done as
ever?" "Ye-es, | guess so; but I've
just found out that you are one of these
college graduates. indianapolis Jour
nal
"A Rapid Recovery = "Wonderful
cure in the case of Smalledge." What
was it?'' why, you see his legs were
paralyzed, he hadn't walked a step in five
years, and out of sympathy they made
him cashier of the Lone Star bank"
'Well?" "Wel, in exactly two weeks
he skipped. ."-Elmira Gazette.
-Reassured-I hear that Mr.. Stacy
spoke rather slightingly of me the other
evening" You're very much mis-
taken. Mr.. Stacy never says anything
against a person. Ionce heard him say
that if he couldn't speak in ones favor,
he'd keep silent. No; your name wasn't
mentioned.-N. Y. Sun.
Gus Was in No Danger.-'I say
said Gus de Jay, as he laid the paper
across his knees, this article says that
a flood of intelligence is going to sweep
the country well deah boy, don't
let it worry you, replied Willie Wish
ington. You're not likely to be any
flood sufferer, you know. ."-Washingto
Post.
The Bossier banner., 1891-10-01
A Greater Than George.

"Do you think Blinks is clever
man?"
Eyes. In one point, at least, he ex-
GELS George Washington himself"
What do you mean?"
why, Washington couldn't tell a
lie. "-Munsey's Weekly.
The Bossier banner., 1891-10-01
A SUMMER THOUGHT.

a
mailing the landscape lies;
blue, gold, and green
Even TO tear-stained eyes
Beauteous, ween.
Pine sky wdespreading trees,
Greea, still, and tall;
Sunshine in golden case
Slanting DER all.
Happy hearts wandering,
sun on them too;
Streamlets meandering
Fair meadows through.
Presently sinks the sun
Crimson to rest;
After his work is done,
Seeks he the west.
Homeward the happy hearts
Stroll DER the lea;
Silent the stream departs,
Bound for the sea.
flushed stand the lordiy trees,
Sentinels strong:
Whispers the evening breeze
Gently along.
Gray-tinted shadows creep
Over the sky;
Deep in dreanless sleep
Soon all things lie.
Sorrow seems lost in rest,
Care in reposc-
Wrapt in oblivion blcst
Earth and her woes.
Only finger still, &C..
10th TO depart
From these calm scenes that kill
Pain at my heart!
Ethel Ireland, in Chicago Journal.
The Bossier banner., 1891-10-01
Doing Him Lnstice.

Irate Father-There's one thing that's
wonderful about you.
Dudeson-Aw! What's that?
Irate Father-That a spongey head
like yours doesn't absorb any thing
Jury,
The Bossier banner., 1891-10-01

And what" asked the young
woman who is sometimes facetious,
lis the rank of the individual who
brings up the rear with bucket and
tin cup?" ''Op' replied the member
of the militia without hesitation, ''he is
lemonade de camp."-Wsshington
Post
The Bossier banner., 1891-10-01
Prince Cont had the odd trick of

Prince Cont had the odd trick of
barking exactly like little yapping
lap dog, and not infrequently barked
at lady instead of answering her.
Once he was seized with a desire to
perform this strange antic while in the
throne-room of Louis XIV, but know
ing how furiously lie grand monarque
would have resented such an infringe
ment of his royal dignity, Cont hurried
to an open window and, leaning out,
pressed his handkerchief over his mouth
and barked softly to his hearts content.
The Bossier banner., 1891-10-01

Overheard at the school gates. -
"Djer gi tup?" Nope. Failed in me
grammer en got lef down numberwon.
Djou?' Yep. Got ninety feran aver
age en- me pop gimme dollar, ''-Philw
delphia Record
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-16
A MOB FOILED.

A Colored Mob at Kansas City Attempts to
Lynch a Negro Murderer But is De-
feated.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April "a mob
stormed the county Jail at Second and
Main streets at 1 o'clock this morn
ing. 1t was a mob of infuriated colored
masked with handkerchiefs, fully
armed and bearing rope, already
knotted, and which was intended to
choke out the life of William Mccoy
(colored), who last Sunday night bat
tered out the brains of his mistress,
Mollie Magruder, near the Priests of
Pallas hall at Seventh and Lydia.
The mob was driven away after shots
were fred and bloodshed seemed immi-
nent.
Everything was quiet about the coun-
ty Jail when the mob entered the front
hallway. Deputy Marshal Malloy, who
has charge of the Jail at night was
making the rounds of the cells In the
marshal's office in the west wing of the
court house was Deputy Marshal En-
mons. Upstairs Deputy Keshlear was
sleeping, for he was not on duty at the
time.
The mob entered the front hall quiet
ly, lowered the gas and began pouring
down the stairway to the basement
where the Jail proper is located. They
were checked by the wooden door
which shuts off the upstairs part of the
building from the visitors lobby in the
Jail This door the ringleaders of the
mob burst open and had just started
through when Capt Malloy came run
ming up from the woman's part of the
Jail with revolver in his hand.
''Give us those keys" yelled some
one down through the big light shaft,
and the men in the staircase echoed the
cry.
Capt Malloy began firing and the
men began retreating up the stairway.
Had not the door resisted them so long
they would have been at the entrance
to the cells, and then a fight would
have been necessary, for hurried fight
would have been cut off. AS the
negroes began to come up the stairway
Deputy Marshal Keshlear came down
stairs from the second floor, having
been aroused by the shouts and Deputy
Emmons ran INTO the front hallway
from the marshals Office. Emmons
was seized by the throat by three of the
men who demanded the keys. Another
with a revolver against Deputy Kesh-
lear's breast cried:
"Give us the man who killed that
woman"
The deputy answered in vigorous
words that they could not get Mccoy.
Capt Malloy fred again and the mob
began retreating slowly. 1t scattered
into groups of eight or ten and excited
knots of men were still lingering about
the street corners in the north end at .
o'clock this morning.