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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-05
THAT TowH CLOCK.

For some time past THE WORLD has
been hammering away at the council
for city town clock. The petition
appearing in its columns was presented
to them and action taken in the mat
ter. Well, when the above is said an
Is said. Martinsburg is no nearer
having town clock than it ever was,
and it never win be any nearer SO long
as some Of the present Rip Van Wrinkle
couneilmen continue to wear the chairs
out in the city hall. 1t is to-day
nearer being farce than anything
else. Further, il is an insult to a clvili-
ed community-for the citizens TO
elect men to the city council, then be
compelled to petition them for a town
elock-and as final result be passed
by nnnoticed
Mr.. Mayor, what is the matteri Is
il custom TO take up matters, appoint
4 committee, Ito drop III, and then
class it among causes ended" This
seems to be the case, and the people
want to know when they will get the
clock. 1t is rather bard, indeed, for a
constituency Of a city council to be
placed in such a position that they have
no rights excepting to elect the officials,
and afterward take their abuse. This
is the state Of affairs to-day, and will
continue to be unless some change il
made.
There are men in the council to-day
whose only delight is in walking over
bad pavements and wading through
mud on our principal thoroughfares to
reach some poor widows property on
the Noutskirts, to notify her to lay a
pavement. And she is generally com
PEELED to lay one. Yet they cannot
find time to consider town clocks, mend
the streets and payementsson the main
streets, Or improve the more important
interests of'the city. Wake up from
Your slumbers. Throw off that drowsy
lethargy, and let the people Ace that
you have some life in you.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-05
a TOWN CLOCK WANTED.
Let Us All Make ~ Effort 70 S.
cure One.
EVERY ONE URGED TO Sign.
n r,lssirg Pss1sa sIrtssi-s : = - p
trsl. Ksy- - cIsy cs.sel
-slgnIsi
EVERY ONE URGED 10 Sign.

For some time PAD THE WORLD has
been hammering avzy Il tie city
eounefl for toxa clock, and bas con
eluAsd to use this means 70 Ascertain
The feeling 81 the general public r.
gnrdipg Il Below We publish > PET
ton. which We urge every citizen and
business man - this city 70 sign-
This win give the Mayor ard mem
bers * the city council a. ideA Whist
the public st large think q i, and
whether they are satisfied 70 be With
out 4 town clock. When good NUM-
Der 81 signatures are attached The
WoKLD viii place this petition before
the council, and continue doing - As
fast as new names are added. Also As
5 reminder We viii continue Publishing
the petitition until some action h
taken. II Jon are not called upon "a
sign, drip 1 postal card ii tie oiElee 4
10 your intention, and yon viii ~
promptly waited upon. 0urcity needs
1 town clock badly, and We are going
to make an effort 70 SIT Il. Following
Is the petition:
10 ge Honorable Mayor md Mem5eys FL
he Cay cos,cl n MarttasJt~g. W.
Va
GeAtsmeH
We, the undersigned citizens and
business men Of The city Of Martins
burg, West Va, knowing the yaine
81. and advantage 20 the public gen
orally, 40 hereby respectfully petition
your honorable body to take some inn
mediate steps towards tho erection q
TOWN CLOCK. NeighbsEiag toMns
much smaller than ours take especial
pride Id this direction and W. sec M
reason Why our city should not have
one and first-class one at that. II
i All invaluable thing, and We urge
YOU, as our representatives. 70 take
immediate action toward the erection
81 = good and permanent TOWN
CLOCK. SIGNED,
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-05

Two murderous wretcheG are to be
hanged At Tunkannock on Mag IS
who, ii they keep il their present mind,
win die accusing each other Of The
murder for which they are to suffer
death. There can hardly be doubt
ii the competency 81 their testimony.
They probably both tell half the
.xrtb
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-05

The second lighting n the battle 81
Gettysburg reveals degree of hind
sight which might have been iuyalua-
bic il ii had not been 50 far behind.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-05

THE WoRLDlat locents per week,
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-05

s&rx. nEE2KLR YEsc1 1wsgr 50 rKE wtaN.
LAM OWNERS ssFs ons lsaif the eosf
-. = ~ =. A -, 4vusd dangerous harris
~ &GlfLo nssnsh and exg-srsss stloH
1hE k<r sossi er1 travelling axerss wantel
sTevyx asFe Write 81 once Y1F eixs1sars and
ses care IL
HnIb&rt Fenee ard Wire Com sany,
MaaIf4efaseFes 1as DliFe street. 81 Isouis No
FxetsFY Catalogues with 20 engraved designs
Ard ss1ees sent FIRE n any who vast faneT
irQa sEd wtre work y. city. cenctxry and farm
&srces. &c.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-07-08
The Great West.

At the great celebration of the
Fourth by the Tammany society OF
Columb bian order, one of the princi.
pal speeches was made by Congress-
man Beauchamp Clark, of Missouri,
better known in the west as Champ
Clark, who is credited with having
made the ahit of the day. In the
course of his remarks Congressman
Clark said:
The central west is the great mis-
sionary ground for democrats. It's
easy to make fun of chasing political
rainbows. You must know how.
When General Palmer, Ben L. Gable,
William K. Morrison. William F. vi
las, the daddy of Peck's Bad Boy, and
Governor Boies began chasing rain
bows, somehow they got what they
went after, and some people heard
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-07-08
NOTICE IN ATTACHMENT

County court Of Rosk Island county, July
Term, A. D. 1893.
Montpelier Tile Company V. Eli Bronson, in
attachment
Public notice is hereby given to the said Eli
Bronson that writ of attachment issued out OF the
Office of the clerk OF the county OF Rock ISL
and county dated the 10th day OF February. AID.
1898. at the suit of the said Montpelier Tile Com
psny and against the estate of the said Xii Bronson
FOR the sum Of two hundred and twenty-five dol
lars ard nine cents, directed tn the sheriff OF said
Rock Island county, which aid writ has been re-
turned executed.
And order having been entered of record
in said court ct the Ma ,ch term, 1898, thereof.
t. at said causc stand Continued, with order OF
publication.
New, therefore, unless you, the said Eli Bron
son shall personally be ard appear before the
said county court Of Rock Island county on the
firsrday of the next term thereof. ID be holden
81 the court house in the citv OF Rock Island. in
sad county, the Tenth day OF July A.
d. 1898, give special bail and plead to the said
plaintiffs action, Judgment will be entered
against you, and in favor of the said Montpelier
Tile company and so much of the property at
tached as may be suffic lent 10 satisfy the said
Jude me ut and costs, Will be cold 10 satisfy the
same.
HJALMAR KOHLER,
Clerk OF the County Court.
Jacks on i Hurst. Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Rock isIann July 3 a. j. 1sea.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-07-08

While we are talking about silver
being wiped out as money, let's refer
to the democratic platform on the
subject, on which we swept the coun-
try short time ago. Here it is:
We denounce the republican legis-
lation known as the Sherman act OF
1890 as a cowardly makeshift, fraught
with possibilities of danger in the
future, which should make all of it's
supporters, as well as its author,
anxious for its speady repeal. We
hold to the use of both gold and sill
yer without discriminating against
either metal or charge for mintage,
but the dollar unit OF coinage of both
metals must be Of equal intrinsic and
exchangeable value, or be ad justed
through international agreement,
or by such safeguards of legislation
as shall insure the maintenance of
the parity Of the two metals, and the
equal power of every dollar at all
times in the markets, and in pay
ment Of debt; and we demand that
all paper currency shall be kept at
par with and redeemable in such
coin. We insist upon this policy as
especially necessary for the .protec-
tion of the farmer and the laboring
classes, the first and most defense
less victims of unstable money and a
fluctuating currency.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-07-08
SATURDAY. July s, 1898.

AMONG defeated bills of the late
legislature are the following: The
hard roads bill; to repeal the anti
sparrow act; for uniform text books;
prohibiting gambling at races: for a
western hospital for the insane; Civ
ing women the right to vote for
township officers; to create state
dairy commission. and for pure food.
The resolution to memorable con-
gress to make an open channel in the
Illinois river was defeated, also reso-
lutions for constitutional amend
ments and convention.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-07-08

something drop. Besides a presi-
dent, we western democrats want a
few other things.
We want that .'cowardly make
shift" the Sherman law, repealed,
but in its steal we want the money
of democracy and the constitution.
both silver and gold, and a paper
currency to be kept at par with and
redeemable in such coin. We want
the robber tariff so broken down that
we can follow the rule of common
sense, justice and commerce-sell in
the highest market and buy in the
lowest. We want the pension list so
thoroughly purged that it shall be-
come veritable roll of honor We
want an income tax on incomes of
ten thousand and over, so that alb
normal wealth NAV bear its proper
tional burden We want true civil
service accomplished by placing only
democrats on guard from Martha's
Vineyard to the Aleutian islands.
and from the lake of the Woods to
the Dry Tortugas. We want our
great rivers and waterways so i'm
proved that they will be navigable,
in fact as well as by act of congress,
thereby regulating freight and pas
senger rates.
We want those utterly un-Ameri-
can and un-d emocratic cancers on
the body politic-monopolies and
trusts-mercilessly cut up by the
roots with surgeons knife, to the
end that business shall be untramel-
ed, that labor shall receive its Just
recomPense and that government
of the people. by the people and for
the people shall not perish from the
earth"
These things we want. and these
things we vii have Give US these
and then, like Oliver Twist, we will
call for more.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-07-08

PHILADELPHIA Times: II the money
now withdrawn from circulation by
panic-stricken people were to seek
the best investments offered on our
markets it would end the money
stringeney in day. There is plenty
of money, but it Is entirely useless to
the business public while it is with
drawn from deposit and locked up.
Things are not going to smash just
yet, and those who have faith in the
country and people who have the
best resources and energies of any
nation in the world will reap the
largest profits without risking ,
farthing.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-07-08
a DMINIsTRAToR'S NOTICE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,

STATE OF ILLINOIS. L.
Rock ISLAND COUNTY.
In the county court OF said county to the May
Term, A. ID. 1895.
James r. Johnston. administrator of the es-
tate of Ros 1lie Hartnagel, deceased. VS. Emeie
Koher, Alice Engel, Theodore Hartnagel, VIII
liam Hartnagel, Arthur Hartnagel. Edwin Hart
nagel and Paul Hartnagel.
Affidavit Of non-residence of said Eraelie Ko-
her, Alice Engel, Theodore Hartnagel Willism
Hartnag. /. Arthur Hartnagel and Edwin hart
nagel having been fled in the office of the clerk
of said county court notice Is hereby given TO the
said kmelis koher Alice Engel. tt eodore Hart
nagel. William HArtnagel, Arthur Uartnagel and
| Edwin HaItnaee el, heirs OF The said Rosae Hart
| nagel, deceased. that the said James r. John
ston, administ ator of the estate of Rosalie
Hartnagel, deceased, filed IN the said coun-
I ty court on the 10h day of June. A. d, 1898 his
/ petition making the ssid Emelie koher, Alice
| Engel, Theodore Hartnagel. William Hartnqe el
| Arthur Har nagel. Edwin Harinagel and Paul
Hartnagel, defendants praying for an order di =
rectng him TO sell for he purpose of paying the
debts of said estate, the following described real
estate. to-wit'
| The north twenty (20, acres of the west half Of
! the east half of section nine (9) In township
! seventeen % north rsnge Two % west of the
| fourth az principal meridian stu ateG in the
county of Rock lsland state Of Illinois, except
ing theTetrom the following described real estate
/ taken by the United States government for the
/ building of the Illinois and Michigan canal. Be-
| ginning al point on the half section line forty
two (42) chains and fifty-seven t57) linss south
of the southwest cor er of the southeast quarter
Of said section nine (9) and running thence south
4
| east 5 63 degrees 40 E) thirte en- chains and
twenty-four Inks (13 24-100 chains) III nee south
ffty-two degrees and ffty-fve m nutes east (S 50
degrees So minutes E. ten chains and ffty-nine
Inks 40 59-100 chsins) more or less to the east
| line of said west half of the east half of said
section nine ,9) containing between said line and
! Rock Biver eight and twenty two hundredths Is
| 22-100l acres more or less
That a summons thereupon be issued out of
| said court against the above named defendants
| returnable on the list day OF the term of said
county court, TO be held at the court house in
said county on the first Monday of July, A D..
ls93 as is by the law required, which suit is
| pending. Now, uness you appear in said court
| on the first day Of the August term, thereof to
| be held at the court house in the city
| of Rock Island. IN said county and
| state, on the first Monday OF August A. ID. 1898,
and plead, answer or demur, TO q petition there
in fled. the same will be taken as confessed
| against you. and Judgment thereon against you
| entered accordingly.
Dated this 14fh day of June, A. D. 1898.
HJALMAR KOHLER, CLERK.
McEHIRY MCENIRY Solicitors.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-07-08
He Prayed for Them.

The Rev. DR.. Black, of the Barony
church, Glasgo and another minister
once spent vacation in Cumberland,
and on the Sabbath attended a little
Scotch kirk, sitting in a remote cor.
ner, so that the minister should not
notice them But the eagle eye of the
minister detected them, and in the in.
tercessory prayer he SO expressed
himself as to make quite sure of some
aid from them. The good mans words
were these: Lord, have mercy on
thy ministering servants who have
popped in OH us so unexpectedly; one
of them will preach in the afternoon,
and the other il - evening"
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-07-08
A DMINISTRAToR'S SALE
OF REAL ESTATE.

OE kEAL RS IA IL.
BY virtue OF an order and decree of the coGrty
court. OF Rock sian d county. state OF Ulinni :,
made on the petition f the undersigned, James
y, Johnston. administrator Of the estate of
Tno1ss B. O'Donnell, deceased, at the May
term, A d, 1873, OF said court, to-wit on The "a
day of May, A. D., 1893
Ard an o. der en- cred on the 10Th day of June.
a. D.. 1893, ordering Il readvertising
/ shah the 10Ih day OF 5nly, A. n. 1893,
between the no Irs of 10 O'Clock in the forenoon,
aud O'Clock in the afternoon Of said Y. sell a.
public sale. at The north door OF the C .urt house.
in the city Of Rock Island, in said county, the
real estate described a. follows to-wit:
That certain tract or parcel OF land sIruated n
the northwest quarter Cd OF section number
twenty eight (2S), township number ninete, n
C9), north range three 81, tast OF the Fourth (4)
prInclpa meridian described IS follows, begin
ming 220s feet east OF the corner OF sections 20.
81 2s and 2s. in III: tow nship aforesaid thence
,outh 19s feet. theme north s6az degrees, east
l6s feet thence north 29l degrees, west 2l6 feet.
10 the section line; thence west on the section
line 591S feet TO the place OF beginning.
Situated in the township of Canoe Creek,
county OF Rock Island, state of Illinois. on the
following terms, to-w.t: Cash on delivery of
deed
Dated this 10th day of June. A. d 1s93.'
j. r. JOHNSTON.
Administrator of the Estate of Thomas B. O'Don-
nell, Deceased.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-07-08
NOTICE IN aTTCHMENT

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
RoCg ISLAND C UNITY.
circuit court of Rock Island county. September
term, A. d. 1898
The Peoples National Bank Of Rock Island Ill ,
VS. c. W. Mos er, In attachment.
Public notice l. hereby gwen 10 the said 9. "
Moeher that wris of attachment issued out OF
the Office OF the clerk Of the a -cuit 0: Rock
leland county, cated the z6-h DAY nf Nav. A
d. 1893, the suit o: the SAID Peoples National
Bank and g. ainst the estate of the said C. W d.
Nosher Tor the sum of I, n Thousand $1,000. 00)
dollars directed to the sheriff Of said Rock Island
county which said writ has been ret1rneG exc
cuted.
Now, therefore, unless you, the said c. ".
Mosher. shall personally be and appear before the
said circuit court of Rock leland county on the
rst day of the next term thereof, to he holden at
the court house in the city Of Rock Island in said
county, on the 4th OF September. A. d. 1898.
give special bsil aud plead to the said plaintiff
acton, judgment will be entered AGAINST you, and
In favor Of the said People'- National Bank and
80 much OF the property attached a may be sof-
dcient to sati-fy the said judgment ind cos:s will
be sold 10 satisfy the same.
GEORGE W. GAMBLE, Clerk.
Jas. L. HAAS, Plaintiffs Attorney.
jane IS A. ID. 1898.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-07-08
A North Carolina Affidavit.

The following is true copy, of an
affidavit to obtain warrant before a
justice of the peace in a certain county
in Western North Carolina. The
names alone are changed: John Smith
being duly sworn deposes and says
that at and in said county and in -
township Tom Jones and VIII Brown
did feloniously and willfully gether
my Sund Jack and toted him to the
river and throde him in and cursed
him and told him dam him to waid
contrary to Jaw and against the peace
and dignity Of the State. Sworn to &
subscribed before me, &c, G. w. H.,
j. i.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-07-08
A aappv combInation

OF the most pot ent and active properties of the
whole vegetable kingdom, is that which makes
DR.. Pierce's Ftvorite Prescription so pre-eml-
nently above every other so-caled woman's re-
storative in the market. Don't stop short Of the
best! Don't ex pertinent with worthless imita-
tions. when the world acknowledges no superior
to the original, reliable, and only guaranteed
remedy for the happy restoration of suffering and
debilitatsd won en-. Costs nothing II it don't do
just as recommended. See guarantee on bot ie-
wrapper.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-07-08
An EInpe ment in Mexico.

One eveni"r ? recently the residence
of Refugio Martinez, near Chepuite-
pee cast e. Mexico, was entered and
robbed by band of supposed brig
arGS. who. besides stealing money and
Other valua bles, carried off the young
daughter of Martinez. Detectives
traced the bandits to New Orleans and
located them in a fashionable hotel.
The criminal was Louis Salazar, a
prominent young man, who was liv-
ing with the abducted daughter OF
Mr.. Martirez. Salazar was arrested,
anG made a confession of the whole
affair. He tates that he was the
lover of Miss Martinez, and that her
parents opposed his suit and forbade
her seeing him. In order to gain pos
session Of. his sweetheart he arranged
the attack with a party of friends.
The girl says she was not taken
against her will. They were married
on the day following the abduction.
The daring young lover and his COM
panions have been placed in Jail.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-07-08
A ssIGNEE's NOTICE.

In the mstter of Gus r. Eng in debtor.
The undersigned hereby gives notice that ems
r. Englin, dolnk bu.ness in The city of Rick Isl-
and. in the county Of Rock l. land. and state of
llin,i, did on the % day of June A -. 1898
transfer the undersigned as sssign-e his prop
ty for the benedt OF his ditorr. according TO
the provisions of the conc. ling assignme T.
Ali persons having aim. az iin-t saia Gus X.
Englin are hereby notified 10 present such ciAim ;
unde oath affirmation, to me 1T Ro' Island
in said county and state witsia th-e= moths
frOm this date.
Dated this 3Othday of June 1893
J.H. CLELAND. Assignee.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-07-08

ACCORDING to statistics there is
more wheat than the world knows
what to do with. There will be car
ried into the new crop year a stock
of wheat which probably will exceed
800, 900, 900 bushels. On June 3 the
visible supply in the United States
and Canada was over $4,000, 600
bushels More than IS, 900. 900 bush
els in the warehouses of grain depots
in Europe and on vessels bound for
European port. The 167 900, 600
bushels thus located by the statisti-
clan must be increased by an unde-
termined but enormous quantity of
wheat in the hands of farmers and
country dealers in America and Eu-
rope alike. Judging by the rate at
which the grain has lately been COM
ing into market it is a fair guess that
some 125, 900. 900 bushels remain in
the bins of wheat growers and small
dealers in various parts OF this civil
lized world. If the quantity is as
great as 133, 100000 bushels, the
grand total, just when new crop is
ripening, equals or exceeds 100000
600 bushels. It is not a pleasant
thing for farmers to contemplate,
but with the price of cattle and hogs,
corn is truly king. If Europe don't
want our cerals in one shape we can
convert it into something they will
take, and that at very good figure.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-07-08
LEGAL
NOTICE TO ooNTRACTo, $

Scales proposals will be received at I city
elerx's office, Rock Islsud, 8. until O'clock
p. m o.. \ ugust Z. 1893, for Teplsnking bridge AT
MiIar, Ills. commonly known e. bridge No
sDecifc ton. can be seen st the city clerk 5
ofic.
The city rec rves the right l, reject any or all
bids. BY order ol tie c. v uncu
Rock Island, Ill. July Isc3.
A ID. II ESING. CITY Clerk
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-07-08
Confederate Veterans Passing Away.

Confederate Veterans Passing Away.
Atlanta Journal
From some statistics just returned
to the governors office by State
Treasurer Hardeman it becomes
painfully apparent that the old sol
diers of the confederacy and their
widows are passing fast away. Col.
Hardeman this morning sent in his
report for the money paid out for
pensions since the first of March. II
shows that the crippled soldiers of
Georgia have received during the
year S1S1, ,225. There is a decided
falling off in the number of old sol
diers who have been drawing 500 a
year for the loss of limb or for total
disability. In 1888 there were ZOO
pensioners under this head, but from
Col. Hardeman's figures there are
now only us pensioners under this
head, showing that nearly 800 have
died since 1888.
Capt. W. +. Harrison. of the exec
utive Office, who receives all applica-
tions for pen sions, stated this morn
ing that the widows of the confeder-
ate soldiers were decreasing at an
alarming rate. Since last year 81 of
them have died, and as quite num-
Der have not renewed their applica-
tions for pensionsit it is presumed that
many OF them are dead. Last year
there were S3 deaths among the wild
ows, but this year there viii be more
there than 100 besides three mar.
riapes.