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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-17
IKE P|CCARD'S FATE.
Well Known Rock Island En-.
gineer Suffering From a
Vicious Assault.
Is IN A PREOARI0Us CONDITION.

Attacked In . Street Car In Chicago
He Hes Since Been Bsswsea Life
and Death - . Result of Concussion-
There 10 No Motive Known Tor the On
slsughr.
Isaac Picard, one OF the best
known engineers on the Illinois d.
vision Of the Rock leland, and run
ming regularly into this city. who
was viciously assaulted In Chicago
the other night. is still in o precar-
ious condition from the injuries re-
ceived. The motive for the attack
seems to be be enshrouded in mys-
terry. and neither his family nor the
authorities are able to assign any
cause for it. as it does not appear to
have been prompted by robbery.
The Chicago Times-Herald has the
following details concerning the Of.
fair: 1.-The police have not yet ar
rested the asssilants Of Isaac Pic
card, who was assaulted Tuesday
night on q trolley Car at One Hun
dred and Ninth street and Vince nnes
road. They are equally unable to
assign . motive for the assault,
which beyond all doubt was not rob-
berry, as neither o valuable gold
watch nor any other of Piccard's ef-
fects were taken from him. He is
unconscious at his home, and the at
tending physicians say he cannot
live.
The Assault.
''As the Englewood and Chicago
electric car on which PICARD was
riding approached Eighty-seventh
street it was boarded by three we'll
dressed young men, who at One Hun.
dred and Ninth street attacked him,
striking and kicking him until he
fell to the street unconscious. As
the motorman brought the car TO Q
stop the assailants fed into the
woods. Picard was taken to q drug
store at One Hundred and Eleventh
street, where was he found to have
sustained . conclusion Of the brain.
"The Blue Island police recognised
him as Isaac PICARD, OF New avenue,
Blue Island. PICARD Is one of the
best known engineers on the Rock
Island road. His four children, who
live with him. can suggest no motive
for the assault"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-17
Strange Mistake.

Did Mrs. Jones entered the drawing
room Unexpectedly and spoiled q very
pretty tableau.
Il was just whispering a secret in
cousin Jennie's ear. explained Charlie.
I'm sorry" said the old lady grave
~, that your eyesight has become 90
bad that you mistake Jennie's mouth
Tor her ear. London Tit Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-17
MEYER TURNED DOWN
County Board and Moline's
Poormaster at Log
gerheads..
BILLS ENDORSED BY HIN REJECTED.

vices OF the Physician Reoently Ap-
pointed By Them, But No Oths rex
psnse OF POSTING rser,s Claimed 70 be
Fxo,bitsnt.
DR.. r. c. j. Meyer, the poormas-
ter of Moline. and the Rock Island
county board Of supervisors are at
logger-heads over the payment of
bills Of physicians called upon BY
him to administer to the poor of his
territory. At the last session of the
board DR.. Meyer in a statement to
the board said that he had appointed
DR.. John Swensson to serve as poor
physician of Moline. and asked his
confirmation.
Several of the supervisors ques-
toned the right of the poormaster to
say who should be poor physician,
and wanted to know if that official
was not oversteppirg his bounds. 1t
had always been the custom OF the
board to make the appointment DR..
Meyer insisted that he was only fol-
lowing out the law, and submitted
to the board the clause on which he
based his position. The supervisors
concluded to stand by custom. So
DR.. w. o. Beam was rsappointed.
Today the following bills were pre-
sented to the board by Moline physi-
clans: DR.. John Swensson, $36. 90;
DR.. W. o. Beam, $50; DR.. E. A. Ed
lin, -; DR.. j. G. Johns, SIG; Dr.. P.
H. VESSEL. $3.50. All were accom-
panied by the endorsements of the
poormaster, save Dr., Beams. The
board allowed DR.. Beams bill, but
rejected all the others. So there you
are.
A resolution, offered by Supervisor
Gripp. setting forth that DR.. w. ..
Beam had been elected poor ply ST..
clan OF Moline at salary of $500 per
annum. and directing Poormaster
Meyer to employ him when in need
of medical services in the discharge
Of his duties as overseer. was
adopted.
Fxoi bitsnt Fees.
The board adopted this resolution,
which was presented by Supervisor
George: Whereas. the county has
been charged excessive and exorbi-
tant fees for the holding Of post NOR
tenn examinations; therefore be it
resolved, that from this date 10 bill
or bills exceeding the sum Of $25 for
holding post norton examinations
will be paid by this board.
The committee on public expendi-
lures was authorized to construct a
curbstone on the east side of the Jail
building. and also to construct CO.
ment walk, five feet wide, from the
main walk on the south side of the
court house to the pump.
The following were selected to
serve as grand jurors at the January
term Of the circuit court: w. s.
Matthews, Cordovs; c. j. Golden,
Coe; j. H. Dudin, Canoe Greek; Frank
Ziegler, Yuma; James Swisher, Port
Byron; G. B. Henry, Hampton; Dam
lei Gordon, South Moline; Morris
Holmgren. Henry Plambeck. G. H.
Huntoon. Moline; James F. Hodges,
John o. Freed. f. M. Sinnet. W. L.
Nichols. Rock Island Ed Jens, South
Rock Island; c. H. Branden burg,
Black Hawk; James Clegg, Coal Val
ley; William Framing, Rural; Cy
Miller. Bowling; Charles Waltman.
Edgington; John w. Britton, Anda-
lusia; Theo Morehead, Buffalo
Prairie; Daniel Kleist. Drury.
The board adjourned until Dec. IA.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-17
One More Unfortunate,

A splash In the water and q scream
OF terror. heard by excursionists on
she Silver Crescent returning from
quincy, Monday evening, showed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-17

hlce is the most important of all
japanese crops The cultivation takes
up more than half of the country s total
surface of arabic land
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-17

In buying medicine As in other
matters. 1t is economy to get Hoods
Sarsaparilla because there is more
medicinal value in Hoods Sarsa-
parilla than in any other. Every
bottle Of Hoods Ssrsaparilla contains
100 doses and will average, taken &C.
cording to directions, to last Q
month, while others last but 0 fort
night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-17

Just try . 10 cent box Of Cascsrets
she dnest liver and Bowel regulator
ever made
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-17

No family should be without 70
ley's Collie Cure. for all bowel CON,
plants. For sale By 7. H. Thomas,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-17
History
RepeatSHSef

In many instances. This fact has been
observed by students of the worlds
record. Not alone is this true of the
events of mankind, but of individuals
as well. What has taken place
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-17

Hoods Pills are the only pills to
take with Hoods Sarsaparilla. Easy
and yet Efficient.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-09-03
THE LETTER ct"
4 French Graph oloRist Says That It In
dictates the WritcPs Character.

4 French apholoRist Says That It In
dictates the Writer'S Character.
A French graphologist has discovered
that character can be read from the
letter st" alone. He claims that the
vertical line represents the fatality of
life, and the horizontal bar the influ-
ence human will exercises upon this
fatality.
In addition, he claims that the higher
part of the vertical line-that project
ing above the horizontal bar-has indi-
cations of the amount of ideality con-
tanned in the makeup of the writer, and
that the inferior part of this line corre-
spends to the practical and material
part of the mans character.
For instance, the optinist crosses his
rs with q line that slopes upward from
the earth to the sky, as it were. The
poet often crosses his is quite above
the vertical line; in other words, in the
sky.
The pessimist crosses his It's with a
downward sloping stroke. The line,
which commences at the ideal portion
Of the letter, descends little by little un-
til it is lost among the sod realities OF
earthly existence.
The practical man, it appears, always
steers q middle course, and crosses his
is neither in the ideal nor in the ma
terial. but exactly midway between the
two.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-09-03
A Fine Farm For Sale.

We offer for sale at $40 per acre,
the Overman place, eight miles
west of Grangeville, consisting of
116O acres. The home place COM
prises $50 acres, with new two
story frame dwelling house, 36x36
feet, 20 feet high and containing
IL rooms, with water piped
throughout the building, and cost
SO, 900; cellar and woodshed 24x48
feet; horse barn 4Ox6O feet, all
painted. Windmill, plenty of run
ming water, new granary 2Sx16
feet; smoke house, 3 stock barns,
orchard of 200 bearing trees, ETC.,
and 800 acres enclosed by 8-rail
hog-tight fencing.
The other place consists of 48O
acres in three fields, enclosed with
wire and pole fence, with spring
and reservoir for stock. All good
pillow land except about ten acres.
A box house of three rooms down.
stairs and two rooms upstairs;
spring within 20 steps of house.
A thousand acres Of pasturage adj
joining with fine grass, water and
shelter for stock the year round.
so per acre buys it. For further
particulars call on A. r. Parker,
Grangeville, or Cyrus Overman, on
the ranch.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-09-03
APPLICATION OF A FABLE.
4 Sleeps Skin Hidcs the Form Of . Hu'
man Wolf.

A Sleeps Skin Hldcs the Form OF . 0u.
man Wolf.
The story of the ass who clothed him.
self in a lions skin in order to pass
himself Off as the king Of beasts is well
known, but the tale of the thief who
got inside a Sleeps skin to be better
able to carry on his nefarious trade
has yet to be told, says the London
Telegraph. Early one morning two
policemen, who were on duty at the
slaughter houses of Paris, were aston
ished to see sheep endeavoring to
effect an entrance into the Enclosure
where creatures of its kind were dou-
bled when a mans hand protruded from
beneath the stolen fleece. Their curl
osity became intensified and they care
fully followed the sham animal, who
stopped at the pen which inclosed the
real article, and with great GOODNESS
chose the two largest and fattest Of the
flock.
Still observed by the watchful guard
ians of the law, this plagiarist OF an
ancient fable proceeded to kill and cut
up his capture, and was on the point
Of making of with his booty when he
found himself in turn the spoil of the
law and was quickly marched of to
the police station, where he gave his
name as Eugene Lassot. From his &C.
count he made good living out of his
occupation by selling the meat to vari
GUS butchers. For some time, at least
it is to be hoped, that the animals al
the abattoirs will cease to be sent to
an earlier death by the depredations Of
this latest wolf in sleeps clothing.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-09-03
Notice to Road Oyerseers.

Notice is hereby given that pur-
suant to an order of the Hon,
Board of County Commissioners
of Idaho county, Idaho, made this
the 21st day Of July, A. D. 1897.
you are hereby notified to suspend
all labor in your respective road
districts until the October, 1897,
session of the Board; and you are
hereby further notified that the
Board will not allow any bills for
road work done during the third
quarter of the year 1897.
Done by order of the Board in
open session this 21st day of July
A. d. 1897.
Attest: My hand and seal of the
County Commissioners the
[sEAL] 21st day of July A. d. 1897.
A. w. TALKINGToN,
Clerk of the Board of County
Commissioners of Idaho
county, Idaho.
By w. N. Knox, Deputy.
1dseate fosr Beweis with CAsesrssa
~ Cenoy Cnshsrtic. cure constipation forever.
~ -. G. Q. Q. tail, dSuggists refund moees.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-09-03

and another is the fact that when
the snow comes it stays until
spring. Last winter there was
seven feet of snow for nearly all
the season.
During a stay Of three days !
visited nearly all of the more
prominent mines, description Of
which have already appeared in
the Spokesman-Review.
On the trip "out' made the
distance to Grangeville in eight
hours.
In u doctors Office, a combina-
ton of general store and doctors
office was this placard:
"Sick calls from Indians must
be accompanied by the cash or
they will not be answered"
From Grangeville l returned
over the same road to Denver,
thence diverging to the new town
of Nez Perez, only couple OF
years old, but now prominent
and evidently prosperous commu-
nifty; thence to Greer's Ferry, on
the Clearwater, drop of 5000
feet and rise of the same height
on the north bank to Fraser post
office, on the old Nez Perez
trail; thence westward to Kendrick
and down the Potlatch to Lapwai
where | inspected the agency;
thence into Lewiston again, hav-
ing covered 80 miles in just two
weeks.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-09-03
Wheeling In Idaho.
Spokane Review.

spokane REVIEW.
One of the most interesting BIZ
cycle trips to be made in the north
west is that from Lewiston to Flor
ence and return, via the central
Idaho towns, a distance of 10
miles. The trip out from Lewis
ton to Craig mountain is severe,
but leads through beautiful seem
cry and follows the old trail of the
COS.
After following the crest OF
Craig's mountain eastward for
80 miles the roads dips down
to the level of Camas prairie.
Standing on the top of the rise, in
the first glow of the rising sun, in
an atmosphere of unequaled clear
ness and with a range of vision
only limited by the power of the
eye, it would indeed be sphynz
whose pulse would not quicken al
the sight, which, at the height o
the harvest season, is one of the
fairest in the land. At your fee
lies Camas prairie, 40 miles across
to the foothills of the dark Bitter
Roots,ra rolling, rich, grain ant
timothy clothed plain. Far away
to the north sweeps the great Clear
water canyon, 1000 feet deep, ant
its trend to the east and south, A
miles away, can be easily followet
until it loses itself in the blu
distance toward the divide
Around to the southwest is tn
Salmon river, one of the Snake
greatest feeders, with great walls
rich in copper and the more pre-
cious metals, while across the val
10y IN an almost straight line ar
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-09-03
GENESIS. OF A "CRANk."
The Eject Of Large Ideas Upon Small
Minds.


Minds.
One of the most interesting of psy-
Geological studies, says the Century, IS
the effect of a large idea upon a small
mind. A large idea entering q large
mind balances and dignifies it.; its ef-
feet upon a small mind is often COM
pletely upsctting. The man becomes
intellectually top-heavy and unsteady.
When one becomes observant OF this
phenomenon he finds much to amuse
and again much to deplore. He Is
amused, for instance, to notice the re-
suit Of this overlooking throughout a
long career. Where q subject IS thus
acted upon by a succession Of ideas,
each embodying an important truth
which the man is incapable of carrying,
his receptivity to impression proves to
he his banc. The sudden realization
for the first time of a fundamental prin-
ciple makes a monomaniac OF him. An
other sudden realization of still another
fundamental principle and he is spin
ming of at a new tangent.
But there are times when this erect
Of large ideas upon little minds is most
mischieyous and deplorable. Thus il
bred the race of incurable cranks in
philosophy, theology, art and politics.
The word "crank" has been maliciously
misused for purpo-es Of cynical ridi-
Guile, but it is too descriptive name
to be set aside. The congenial crank
is always started on his career OF in
utility by this application of big idea
to q small brain. The most firing
thing about him is his self-compla'
cency. owing to his knowledge OF the
| fact that better men have been mis-
called by his own accurately descriptive
| cOQnOmcn.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-09-03
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

On stoves and furnaces 1880 pat
ents have been issued covering every
part Of these indispensable articles OF
comfort.
Five generations of one family are
living on a homestead at Bardstown,
Ga. The head Of the family. w. o.
Cherry, has 1876 living descendants.
After the cocoons intended for the
silk manufacture have been finished
the worms are killed by the heat either
Of steam or OF hot water. If the insects
were allowed to esape the value Of the
cocoons would be lcsscncd.
For several years an old soldier
has been compelled, by poverty, to live
in the poorhouse of Carroll county, Mo.
He has just received q pension, and has
decided to remain in the poorhouse and
pay his board, because he likes his
home there SO well.
-Indiana's oldest residents are Alex
ander Ferguson and his sister Of
OF Frankton. Alexander Is 103 years
old and his sister 107. Alexander
worked on the farm every day, doing
the ordinary chores of the place until
ne nau IalnStA uib Aooth VA sAooys nHu
il still in excellent health. He takes
daily walk Of q little more than two
miles. His wife 10 over 90 and is in good
health
The army rules are that two-inch
ice will sustain q man or properly
spaced infantry; f.ur-inch ice will
carry q man on horseback or cavalry
or light guns; six-inch ice. heavy field
guns, such % so Founders eight-inch
ice, a battery of artillery with car
riages and horses, but not over 1000
pounds per square foot on sledges; and
ten inch ice sustains an army or an in
Vulnerable multitude. On 15-inch ice
| railroad tracks are often laid and oper-
ated for months.
The most important, al we'll as the
commonest metal in the world, is iron.
It is almost everywhere in nature. We
are bombarded from cosmic spaces by
meteorolitcs of nearly pure iron; the
spectroscope finds it in stars SO distant
that the naked eye sees but emptiness
in the abysscs wherein they burn. 1t
makes a 18th part of the crust of the
earth. It's particles are mingled in the
dust OF every country road. in the air
we breathe, in the water we drink, in
the food we eat. It is the great color
ist of nature. Even the red OF oui
blood 10 due to its presence.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-09-03

The rate ON cattle, sheep and
hogs from points east Of Ravalla,
Montana, on the Northern Pacific,
and American Falls on the Oregon
Short Line, will hereafter be in
cents per hundred pounds. From
points west of the above town the
present rate in dollars per car will
remain in effect to the Missouri
river, namely-$171.50 on sheep OF
cattle in standard cars in train
loads of ten cars or more.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-09-03

Notice of the Receiving Of Bids
for the Keeping of the County
Poor for the Term of Two
Years.
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
IDAHO COUNTY, IDAHO.
Notice is hereby given that in
accordance with an order of the
Board of County Commissioners of
the aforesaid county in the state
aforesaid, made on the 22nd
day of July, A. D. 1897, and of
record on page 2S1 (Vol 81 of the
records of the County Commission
ers' Court of the said county and
state, sealed bids for the keeping
of the county poor will be received
by the undersigned, clerk of the
said Board of county commission
ers, until Monday, October IL,
1897, at 10 o'clock a. m.
The said bids to be for the keep.
ing of the said poor for the period
of two years from October 1897;
the said poor to be kept upon the
poor farm of the county, which
will be furnished to the successful
bidder free of charge; the said pool
to be housed, fed, clothed, tended
in sickness, and cared for in hui
name manner, all at the expense
of the person to whom contrac
may be awarded for their mainten
ance.
The successful bidder to reside
upon the poor farm.
The Board reserves the right t.
reject any and all bids.
A bond from each bidder in TIN
sum of $4,000 as u guarantee tina
the bidder if awarded the contrac
for keeping said poor will enter
into a written agreement and fill
bond in the sum required by TIN
Board for the faithful Performance
of the terms of his bid will be re
quired.
In witness whereof / have here
unto set my hand and tn
SEAL. of the Commissioners Cour
this Oath day of July, A. d
1897.
A. w. DARLINGTON, Clerk.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-09-03
Back from the Grave

We cannot come but we can often stay our
progress thither. Disease, like everything else
must have a beginning. All chronic maladies
tend to shorten life, and render 1t species OF
martyrdom while they last. Malaria. kidney
complaint. chronic indigestion. rheumatism
all have small beginnings. ana may be stayed
at the outset with Hostetters's Stomach Bitters
This excellent tonic and alternative is adapt
ed alike to the prevention of disorders of the
system and to their removal. snd its early use
cannot be too strongly advocated. 10 renew
appetite and insure tranquil rest, there Is nc
surer and pleasanter means than the Btters
The effects of overwork and exhaustion men
tai or physical, are counteracted by it, and thu
busy merchant. the tired clerk or operative
aud the brain weary student. author or news
paper man, derive from it present relief and
future energy.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-09-03

Three hundred thousand bushels
of wheat has been grown this year
on lands recently thrown open in
the old Nez Perce Indian reserva-
ton. The advance in price will
enable the farmers there to market
their product. At formerg figures
the wheat could not be hauled to
shipping points, but the price is
now SO high that. every bushel not
needed for seed can be sold at a
fine profit. This will place most
of those farmers on their feet and
the benefit, not only to them but
to the state will be far reaching.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-09-03
snoxhall. Rolled by tho Wind.

Passengers on the Flint River divi-
Sion of the Flint & Pere Marquette rnil-
road who came to Flint, Mich, recently
reported observing a strange phenom-
enon in large, level fields not far from
the city, says the Chicago Tribune.
Hundreds of snowballs, some of them
OF colossal size, have been rolled to-
gether, it is thought, by the action of
the wind. The fields were covered with
them. and nature accomplished in one
night what it would take q large force
OF boys several days to do.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-09-03
A Remarkable Cure OF Chronic
DiarrhOea,


In 1862, when 1 served my
country as private in Company
A, 167th Pennsylvania Volunteers,
I contracted chronic diarrhoea. It
has given me a great deal of trou-
BILE ever since. I have tried a
dozen different medicines and Sow
eral prominent doctors without any
permanent relief. Not long ago a
friend sent me sample bottle of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, and after that
l bought and took a 30 cent bottle;
and now l can say that am en-
tirely cured. I cannot be thank
full enough to you for this great
Remedy, and recommend it to all
suffering veterans. If in doubt
write me. Yours gratefully, HENRY
STEINBERGER, Allentown, Pa. Sold
by G. A. Bonebrake, druggist.