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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
HILLSDALE.

HILLsDALE, Jan. 20-J. Butzer is
building new cribs and has most of them
full of corn, and is Smelling and shipping
now
Word came here las, week of the death
of Ezra Palmer, of Bureau county. He
has been ailing for several years.
Our item last week concerning Nellie
Mcconnell should have read Sadie
There is no improvement in her condi
ton vet.
Rev Coffmau left for his home in Rey-
nolds to be absent until Friday. We I'M
derstand there are some other attractions
there aside from parents and home.
Those afflicted with the grippe are
slowly convalescing. This has been q
season of considerable sickness, though
but few cases were serious.
Toe Young people Of Bethel are taking
quite lively interest in religious work.
having formed a young peoples meeting
which meets each Sabbath evening at
o'clock.
Rock river is frozen over making a
very safe bridge and many are improving
the opportunity by hauling corn and
wood. Our town is undergoing more
activity than for several years past.
e HI. Kempter, of Dutch Bottoms. a
political orator OF considerable local re-
nown and who until recently was q very
ardent republican, talked TO the people of
this vicinity last Saturday night in the
interest Of the F. NJ B A He il now
a very ardent memb7r of that party and
does the subject full justice in an able
and intelligent manner. A large crowd
was out 10 hear him.
At the M. w. A. meeting last Satur-
day afternoon, j. NJ. Martin was elected
secretary tolfIl the unexpired term of G
SariDs, Jr who has removed TO Adsir,
I'LL. There seems to be but very little
interest taken in these meetings by most
of the members and it is a shame that out
of camp of Al members it is so difficult
matter to get quorum ou'
to these meetings. There were only
eight present last Saturday and these
self same members who are conspicuous
By their absence will be the first persons
to complain of the management of the
affairs of the camp.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
He Didn't Keen HnId.

The Rev. Russell H. Conwell, of the Bap.
tist Temple, is the young mans friend and
exerts himself to turn aside every young
man whom he beholds "treading the prim
rose path to the everlasting bonfire" Last
week, in his percgrinations, his eyes fell
upon one needing his holy admonirion Ia
save him from going down TO botromIeS@
perdition. So, approaching him, DR.. Con.
well placed one hand impressively upon
his shoulder and exclaimed:
Young man, Satan hath hold of thee,''
What the effect of this startling decIara.
ton upon the young man was cannot he
described; but certain it is that when DIR.
Conwell, totally unconscious of the hui
NOR of the occasion, reported TO his con
gregation how he took hold of the young
man and addressed him a very perccptible
litter surprised the pastor. BY this time he
Is probably laughing, too, at the droll at
titude in which he made himself pose.
Philadelphia Record.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
Philosophers and the World.

In outward circumstance and condition
the lives of the philosophers have varied As
widely as those of any other class of men.
While Aristotle gathered riches through
the patronage of kings, Comte constructed
the Positive Philosophy" on an income
that once, indeed, in phenomenal tide OF
good fortune, amounted to e40O year, but
which usually was less than 600, and
often less than el00. While Descartes. be.
fore entering upon that eight years soil
tary study of himself which was the last
stage in the evolution of his philosophic
system, had the means and inclination to
wander the better part of nine years up
and down Europe studying other men,
Kant in all his long life never got outside
the boundaries of east Prussia or as much
as hundred miles away from the town Of
konigsberg.
But, however different in opportunities
and rewards, the lives of the philosophers
are at one in the love of truth for its own
sake, and in a readiness to spare no labor,
and none of the ordinary forms of worldly
success to find it. Such examples of self
denial and of long, secluded diligence as
some of the philosophers furnish, are
scarcely to be matched elsewhere.-Scrib.
ner's
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
COUNTY BUILDING.



20-Alexander jackson to Leonard
Arnold. lot 4. Island d, nw4 20. II, 4w,
and lots l and 2, sw. %. II, 4w, $3.50.
Oliver 8 Gibson TO Charles W Berg
quist. lots 1, 2. 8. 4, 5, and 6, A. W
Wadsworth's subdivition to South Moline
$1,000
Bridget Verne re to Margaret Mulvihil
lot 10. block 2. Baily & Beyle's addition,
Rock Island. $500.
John O'Brien and Stephen Eiker &c
John ID Menzenberg, 80 acres " sci
II. lie, $4,000.
81 81 Sears, by adm, to Adam Black
hall, 80 acres, 100 acres, swi, 3, 16
2w. $1,000.
Adam Blsckhsll TO Kate VI Sears, 80
acres. W 1870 acres. su4 8, 16, 2w, So
600.
David Cramer to Margaret Kennedy
lots f6 and II, black /, William Dickson s
addition, Milan. $50.
2t-Guardianship of minor heirs oil
Thomas ] Davis Guardian S report FLED
and approved Receipts and release OF
wards. Charles L and Hattie Mildred
baNiS, MI VI duu hpplOfcu obu SuaiuidL
discharged as 10 them.
Estate o. Themts J. Davis. Claims
of Fred Hiifinger, Sl6 25. and Daniel
Gordon, IS. allowed in seventh class.
Estate of Andrew Drugg. Petition by
John Z Drugg for letters of sdministra
ton.
Estate of Herman Lippelt Claims of
frederick Wendell. S.. Whiteside 6
Hubbard. 1914 &c. Francis Black. S402. 90,
G. o Arenschield, S106 81. and A. c..
Brewster $24.99, sllowtd.
Estate of Margaretha King. Will sd-
mitted to probate, and letters testsmen-
cary issued le Charles j. King. Bond
waived by will.
LICENSE TO WE'D.
14-Albert Freeman, Hannah NJ. Linn,
Moline.
16-Alhert L. Roesner. Amanda J
Orlofski Carbon lift
1S-Wiliam II Elliott, Gertrude Eek,
hsrdt, Buffalo Prairie.
20-E mer e Vaud' revere. Andalusis
Susan NJ. Roberts. Buffalo Prairie.
21-David Stephens, May Haddeck,
Cable.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
Catarrh Cant be Cured

with local applications. as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is
blood or constitutional disease, and in
order to cure it you have to take internal
remedies. Halls Catarrh cure is taken
internally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh
Cure is no qusck medicine. 1t was pre-
scribed by one of the best physicians IN
this country for years; and is regular
prescription 1t is composed of the best
tonics known. combined with the best
blood purifiers. acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combine
ton of the two ingredients is what pro-
duces such wonderful results in curing
catarrh. Send for testimonials free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co. Props, Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
The Newspaper Pur.


Bill Nye says that the newspaper puff
is something that makes men feel bad
if they don't get it. The groundwork OF
q newspaper puff consists OF q good moral
character and good bank account.
Writing new spaper puffs is like mixing
sherry cobblers and mint juleps all
through the summer months for custo-
mers and quenching your own thirst with
rainwater. Sometimes a man is looking
for puff and don't get it; then he says
the publication is going down hill, and
that it is in the hands of monopoly aud
ne would stop subscribing if he did not
have to pay his bill first. Writing news
paper puff is like taking the photograph of
homely baby. II the photograph doesn't
represent the child with wings ard halos,
and harps. and things it shows that II e
artist does not understand his business
81 1t is with the newspaper puff the
fearless exponent of truth aud morality
1t shows that the puffer doesn't under
stand human nature. 1t is more fun to
see man read puff of himself than it is
to see fat man slip up on an orange
peel. The narrow minded man reads it
over seven or eight times, and then goes
around to the different places in town
where the paper is taken, and steals what
copies he can. The kind-hearted family
man goes home and reads it to
his wife, and then pays up his
bill on the paper. The successful BUSH
ness man, who advertises and makes
money, starts Immediately to find the
newspaper man and speak a word CT
grateful acknowledgement and encour-
sgement. Then tive men start out of the
sanc,um and walk thoughtfully down the
street together, and The successful bust.
ness man takes sugar in his, and they
both eat a Glove or two; ard life i
sweeter and peace settles down like q
turtle dove in their hearts, and after a
while lamp posts get more plentiful, and
everybody seems to be more or less in
toxicated; but the hearts of these two
men are filed with nameless JOY, because
they know where to stop and not make
themselves ridiculous.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
Tax Notice .

The taxes for 1891 are now due aud
may be paid to the township collector at
Hurst u Donaldson's office in Masonic
Temple block. Your last years receipt
will be of great assistance to the collector
in finding your descriptions on the tax
books. WILLIAM T. SUeDEN,
Township Collector
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
PROTECT YOUR EYES
MIR. H HIP Scunrn-

MR.. H. HIRSCHBERC
The well-knvwn upticisp Of cao ~
IN. K. cor. 7'h AMI olive, St Io-,
appointed T Fl. Thoma- IS 49, - :.
celebra e Diam' nd Spectacle. ana a,
glasses, and alec for his DfsnC-55 Z
Changeable SpeCtacl,s and Frec,.'
The glasses are the greatcsl "a
ever made n spectac'es. By
construction Of the Lens = na,s,I
chasing a pair of these Nor,CFs,,.!
Glas es never has 10 chanie these -.
from The eyes, and every ra.r rr.ss,s
is guaranteed, so that if thev 6re,
the eyer (no matter how or srr3-,is:sj
Lenses are) they will furnish The 81
with new ps'r OF la-ses free ~ ~
T. III. THOMAS ha- a f1.I ssso,s
and invites all TO satisfy tta-sI.j
of the great superiOriy Of tNels ca
over any and all Others now in 49,
end examine the same atm. no.
drGggis: aud optician, koc Island
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
$500 Reward

for any trace of aatipyrne, morphine.
choral, or any other Injurious compound
in Krause's Headache Capsules. Hartz
s Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22

For beauty, for comfort, for improve
ment of the complexion, use only Poz-
zoni's Powder; there is nothing equal to
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
Advertised List No. 4.

Letters not delivered at Rock Island pos ofice
Jan. 81. 1892: fEs
Barth Charles c Montgomery Louis
Brow X Miss
Bursnn Ray F +
Carlson August Shannon VIM Mrs
Carson Mary Miss Stark Malkan
Fisher Freeman SShundt
Hay born JamesC Valley M.nlie Miss
Wilks W W
FOREIGN LIST.
Hold iCh Alfred Held Peter
HOWARD WELLS, P NJ
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22

Standing advertisements in a paper
command confidence. "-Barnum.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-08-15
Indian Voters in Oklahoma.

The fact that the Indian can vote if
he lives sin severalty' and pays taxes
like any other citizen coEie3 Up at odd
times to bother new states and terri
tories. In 1859 it raised q great row IL
Minnesota. The Legislature having en-
acted that Indians, whether on a reser
walton or not, who had taken certain
steps in civilization, such as dressing
like white men and wearing their hair
ditto, should have the right to vote. Ole
Cullen, an Indian agent, promptly cut
the hair of all those in his charge, put
breeches on them and marched them tc
the polls.
Among the humors of the next cam
paign was a dialogue like this: ''Heh.
who cut your hair?'' Cullen G. Co.
Now Judge John Dills and other law
yers declare that the Indians in Oklaho-
ma will be entitled to vote at the COM
ing elections. They say the law pro-
vides that Indians taking land in sever
atty have the same right Of franchise as
any citizen. and if this opinion be good
law the candidates will have $500 In
dians to buttonhole. If the Indians vote
it is likely to make q great difference IL
the congressional contest.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-08-15
4 Pet Crow.

A we'll known up town family has a
pet crow which is given the liberty of
the whole household. 1t is as precise
and particular about its appearance as
a prudish young maiden, and frequently
it is allowed a place in the dining room
when the family meal is eaten. When
night comes it stations itself at one of
the fence corners and keeps looking
out for intruders until the early dawn,
setting up loud cawing at the sight of
any stranger approaching. / valuable
diamond earring belonging to one of the
daughters was missed from the dress
ing case the other day while the crow
was perched on the window sill. Search
was made everywhere for the missing
piece Of jewelry without success, and
the finding of it was given up as one of
the impossibilties.
A few days since the crow was fol-
lowed into a corner of the yard filled
with empty boxes, and in one of them,
hidden away from sight, was found a
perfect bric-a-brac shop, a number of
bright silver and copper coins, filigree
comb, several lustrous tortoise hair or
naments, lot of bits of broken col
ored glass, and stock of shining but
tons Of endless variety, and the dia-
mond earring. The character of the
crow has been considerably lowered in
the estimation of the family since the
discovery Philadelphia Press.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-08-15
A French Funeral Custom.

A funeral custom in vogue at present
is for the mourners at the obsequies of
some person of limited means to follow
the hearse in an omnibus. To be sure
it is a very solemn vehicle, all black,
with Omnibus Funeraire" inscribed in
large silver letters on either side, so that
the careless outsider shall not bounce
into the midst of the mourning multi
tude, but on the whole it seems to BELT
tie the dignity of grief. However, the
average Partisan does not specially en-
joy funerals unless they are grand Off
cial functions, when the crowd that
lines the streets has most unaffectedly
good time and IS unsparing of lively and
frivolous criticisms on every detail of
the affair-Paris Letter.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-08-15
Oil Springs Long Since Abandoned.

Before the year 1900 oil springs were
known to exist along the valley of Oil
creek. The Indians of that section used
the oil for medicinal and othsr purposes.
Remains of wells and pits are to bs
found in that vicinity. Some of these
have been cribbed, the timber showing
the marks of edged tools, and are sunk
to the depth Of twenty feet or more. In
these pits ard wells, which are now
nearly all filed up, trees over several
hundred years old have been discovered
growing. The Indians do not know who
dug these wells, and the presumption is
that they were dug by a prehistoric
race.-Interview in Chicago Tribune.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-08-15
The locomotives Voice.

An engineer on one Of the railroads
running into this city says that persons
in his business can always judge of the
condition of their machinery by the tone
it gives out while running. Every en-
CINE, whether stationary or locomotive,
has a particular tone ot$its own. The
engineer becomes accustomed to that,
and any departure from it at once ex-
cites suspicion that all is not right.
The engineer may not know what is the
matter, he may have no ear for music,
but the change in tone of his machine
will be instantly perceptible and will
start him on an immediate investiga-
Enquirer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-08-15
HOW FOOTBALLS ARE MADE.
Pressed from a Gun Cotton Mixture. Cat
in a lathe and Dyed.

Pressed from, q Gun Cotton Mixture, Cat
in Lathe and Dyed.
'Celluloid has altogether superseded
ivory as material for poolballs,' said
manufacturer. GA set Of sixteen cellu-
loid balls will outwear three or four sets
of ivory and they cost only twenty-five
dollars. whereas you cannot buy six
teen good ivory balls for less than
$115 The condition of the atmosphere
which causes the ivory balls to shrink
and swell and crack just as if they were
made of wood has no effect upon cellu-
loid.
.sOf course you know that celluloid is
a mixture of gun cotton and camphOr.
Naturally it would be yellow, but zinc
white is put in to make it white. After
the ingredients have been properly
mingled with the aid of steam heat the
celluloid is pressed into blocks, which
are q little bigger than the balls that
are to be made. La order to render
them as hard as possible the material is
subjected to a pressure of 800 tons on
each ball. Next the blocks, are turned
in q lathe to perfect spheres of precisely
the diameter required by means of knives
which work automatically and cannot
cut beyond certain distance from the
center Of each ball.
''When this has been done the perfect
spheres of celluloid are ready to be dyed
in various colorS. For this purpose they
are dipped and allowed to remain for
some time in pots containing the dyes,
those parts which are not desired to be
colored being protected by means of lit
tie cups of brass ingeniously fastened
upon the balls. In the plain balls of
red, blue, green, purple and yellow only
the round spot where the number is to
go needs to be covered, but in the treat
ment of the striped balls the matter is
not SO easy. After they have been fished
out of the pots the dyed balls are put ON
lathe and made to revOlve rapidly,
while fine sandpaper is delicately APP
piled so as to smooth their surfaces.
Then keen knife, manipulated by
hand. removes from them the thinnest
conceivable shaving all over, which
does not take off the color, because the
dyes penetrate to a little depth. Finally
sandpaper is again applied and the balls
are ready for the last process to which
they must be subjected.
This last process is the vanishing.
They are placed for this purpose in little
wire cups, which come into contact with
them at as few points as possible, and
transparent lacquer is bestowed upon
them by hand with a brush. AS soon as
they are dry they are ready to be packed
and sent to the retailer. When they are
newly finished they are quite as pretty
to look at Us any ivory pool balls that
ever were made. When are the num-
bers put on, you ask? Oh, they are cut
very quickly with dies before the balls
go into the dye pots, and a little plum
bago is rubbed into them to make them
black. No it would not be possible for
a celluloid ball like one of these to ex-
plode; nor could it be made to burn, in
asmuch as its density is too great. How
ever if yn1 We're to emf If MP into chips
it would go off at Il pretty lively rate
upon being ignited. Washington Star.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-08-15
Poor Little "E,frum.n

s'E'frumr' cried Dinah.
'tYas, um, replied the little darby.
rs you bin over to Cap'n Joneses' wa
tmeln patch, an bin an gone an hooked
er nice big ripe wat'mel'n an hid it in
the woo'shed? Ans me, child. Ans me
jess ez quick ez yo' kim
mo, IN. Fo' de Lawd, | amt.
And little Ephraim never knew why
he got licked SO much harder than usual
that night, until he had grown little
older and understood these race ques-
lions better.-Harper's Bazaar.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-08-15
A Promised Electrical Improvement.

Such remarkable Improvements are
constantly going on in the electrical
world that nothing now seems surpris-
ing. For that reason only one is enabled
to read with equanimity that an incan-
descent lamp without filament is the
next electrical Improvement promised.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-16
PIOUS, BUT WANTED GREEN GOODS"
Fountain County Hoosier Farmer Falls Into
the Clutches of Gotham's Police.

NEW YORK. Jan. 15.-Pious farmer Rat
cliffe, whose initials are T. r., and who came
here to buy green goods" told such var
iety of stories to the police yesterday and
in the court that it was concluded to lock
him up. II live at Kinqman. Ind, sixty
miles from Indianapolis. judge,D said he.
"Pm the village trustee. one of the Oldest
elders in the Methodist Church, q husband.
and a father of four grown children. Judge.
So you see wouldn't DO anything like
buying bad money. Why. if this thing
gets known out around Kingman, Pll be =
ruined man for llfe.' The farmer then
leaned over the bar in q confidential
way and added Co the Justice: "Yes. keep
things quiet; will We. Judges and Pll go
back home right now." Suiting his action
TO his words he started to leave the cou rt-
room. and became very indignant when
the policeman told him he could not 20
back To the farm just at present Il ain't
done nothing aud amt a-going to stay"
said the gentleman from Indiana, with q
tug at his oat-sleeves At that moment
the hands of two policemen were laid gent
ly but firmly on his shoulders. He cast a
look Of injured innocence at both men and
accepted his fate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-16
TRYING TO SAVE GRAyESS NECK.
Statements of Detective Charging Mrs. wor.
rell with Giving Widow Rarnaby the Poison.

SAN FRANCISCO. jar. 15.-Detective
Woods, of Denver, is in the city. claiming g
that he has been employed by the friends
of DIR. Graves. now under sentence of death
at Denver for the mprdef tss hrs. Barra-
by. He says that hs has thirty
sffidavits from people in shis city show
ing that Mrs. Barnaby was not poisoned by
DIR. Graves. These affidsvits, while not
making direct charges, insinuate that Mrs.
Worrell. Mrs. Barnaby's nurse. did the
poisoning; that Mrs Worrell 10 known to
have purchased poisons. Detective Woods
further says he has discovered that strych-
nine was purchased here ostensiby for MRS,
Barnaby, the purchaser stating that
1t was wanted to poison rats. AS
Mrs. Barnaby boarded at hotels all
the time she was here it is not probable
she would want strychnine for such pur-
pose. The detective claims he knows the
party who purchased this poison. Another
affidavit is from servant at the Arrow
Head Springs Hotel, San Bernardino county.
where Mrs. Barnaby stopped. 1t states
that this servant heard Mrs. Worrell say
she wished Mrs. Barnaby would die: that
she was a great trouble to her. and that
the only reason she stayed with her was IN
the hope that Mrs. Barnaby would leave
her some money In her will.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-16

because he sent Sim Coy to the peniten-
tiary for confessed election frauds. and did
not urge an indictment against Colonel
Dudley, who was charged with q crime In
connection with the 'blocks-of-fiveo circu-
lar. The committee will hear Sen ator
voorhees, in the same line next Monday,
and probably agree upon q report which.
when made. will surely favor confirmation.
The committee Of Chicago patent attor-
neys which were to come here and oppose
the confirmation of Judge Woods. on the
ground that he is prejudiced against pat
ents and refuses to sustain them. have not
arrived, and are not expected by the ILL
pois Senators or anybody else. Their
charges have all been forestalled and fully
negatived by Q statement of all the patent
cases ever heard by Judge Woods, in all
probability two dozen. The records show
that only five of these were ever appealed,
and of these five only ono was reversed in
q higher court Even this reversal was
based on the discovery of new evidence.
which had not come before Judge Woods,
but was admitted in chancery. This de-
fense is before the judiciary committee, and
is regarded by them as 90 conclusive that
they said they dad not care to hear any
more evidence from the patent men of Chi
cago or others on this branch Of the opposi-
tiOn.