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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-29
A Detectives Mistake.

James Harmon is new detective on the
New York force. Anxious to win laurels,
Harmon spotted James Mckay, and, for
some inexplicable reason, made up his
mind he was policy fiend. Mckay Is a
member of a Congregational church and
sings in the choir.
Harmon saw Mckay talking with some
men on the street and handling some slips
of paper covered with figures. He prompt
ly arrested him for trying to sell policy
slips. In court Mckay explained that It
was enc of his duties to select the hymns
to be sung in church on Sundays He
marked the numbers Of the hymns down
on a slip of paper, designating which were
to be sung in the morning and in the even
ing. He wrote the words morning" and
evening" On top of the numbers. This
was what Harmon thought was . policy
drawing. ..---s-.s---,.s -,
Mckay va discharged. and the det<0t
Sve vas xuunfly xepEima1ded
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-29

which che could be admitted to see Hill.
dreth in the afternoon. Another visit Of
two hours would follow, and then Miss
Perryn would bid Hildreth an afiectioncte
goodby hurry to the station and board
the ESQ train for home.
Some little token was always brought
by her on these occasions. On one occasion
she brought bottle of pickles. Another
time she presented TO Hildreth q pot OF
strawberry jam. On almost her lrst visit
she brought Hildreth her picture in o pref
tily embroidered frame, the work of her
! own hands. Usually the Offering is candy,
chocolate bonbons having decided pre-
erence
After this had gone on for some months
ie dawned upon the prison officials that
! these visits were having an injurious ef-
rect upon Hildreth. For days afterward ho
would be gloomy and depressed. When
warden Mead assumed control Of affairs
at the prison, he was made aware Of the
facts. and after satisfying himself that
there was really ground for alarm he de.
termlned to restrict Miss Perryn's priyi-
ieges. She didn't take at all kindly to the
new arrangement, and she didn't hesitate
70 express her feelings to the warden.
warden Mead Is o kindly man, and he
bore her outbreak with patience. When
at last she had exhausted her pleedinrs
and had sought refuge in tears, the vnrden
gave the girl some wholesome, fatherly ad-
| vice.
This boy can never be anything 70
you, said Mr.. Mead ''He is dead to the
} worid-a Prisoner for life. You should
nave some ambition beyond a convict. l.
Is better for you to break with him now
THAN later. 1t will be easier for you both. -
No, no." interrupted the girl
Some day, it is to be hoped, you S:ill
! marry some honest man, and then son
Will look back with shame and horrc- 81
} your prison associations" continued tie
warden You are young, and what now
seems to you to be a grand passion will 81
after years bring blush to your check.
J NOW, do not wish to be unkird, but you-
, visits are doing harm to the one ron err
trying to assist You are not relative q:
; Hildreth, and you have not under the prs
. on rules any right to visit him q. all. I
am not going to say that you shaIl be en-
tireiy separated, but you must curtsil YOU
. visits"
Miss Perryn sobbed and protested. bus
the warden was infexibie, and she finally
left the prison. As for Hildreth. he took
the announcement of the new restriction
IN grim silence. If he felt any panes Of
grief, they were hidden. He accepted the
} oraef - he has everything else in The peio.
oo-os matter q course.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-29
NEW USE FOR A BICYCLE.
4 Texas Deputy Sheriff Makes HIS Prs
0ner Ride Behind Him.

4 Texas Deputy Sheriff Makes His Pris-
oner Ride Behind Him.
Josh Messenger, q deputy sheriff Of Gray
son county, Tex, has brand new device
for bringing In prisoners whom he has ar
rested. He is probably the first peace Of
ficer in the United States to adopt It. The
device is nothing more nor less than that
Of bringing them on the rear step OF his
bicycle. :
81 should think you'd be afraid to risk
yourself in your prisoners power to that
extent" suggested one Of an interested
circle of auditors as Mr.. Messenger had
been explaining howitis done.
swell, that was whathhat fellow thought
the other night when, ], brought him In
from Southmayd," was the reply, "but 1
didn't have bit q difficulty in explaining
to him how matters stood. As matter Of
fact it is every bit as safe to bring . prison
er in standing on the rear step Of your
wheel as any other way and possibly safer.
If the fellow is on one horse and you on
another, he may make some motion and
get the advantage of you before you can
help yourself, but if he's standing on the
step of your bicycle he's got to hold on to
your shoulders. 1t don't make a bit Of
difference how dark a night it is, if he goes
TO make the least unusual motion, you can
feel him, and you can throw him of the
wheel before he can wink an eye. Before
he can get up again you can cover him
with your gun, and there he is. F"
"How about that fellow you brought In
from Southmayds'
"Oh, I almost forgot to tell about him.
He was a fellow charged with murder.
After some little argument l persuaded
him tO ret nm behind mo IN the stems of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-29

DEPUTY SHERIFF MEssERGER AND HIS OUT
FIT.
light cleaning down it and me at the
other end. AS soon as he could catch his
breath he gasped:
CT understand now why you wasn't
afraid Of me; but, darn it, you needn't
have explained things quite SO blamed
hard =.
"After that he got up behind me again
and never said another word till we got to
Sherman
Chow did you get started at bringing in
prisoners this way?" asked some one.
II was mighty near forced into it," was
the reply. lone time went out after q
fellow named Zeb Harmon, who was want
ed as prosecuting witness in q certain
case. found him nine miles out in the
country, and found that he wasn't very
have any way to come. He didn't own q
horse and couldn't borrow one, and he
swore he wouldn't walk. I was sorter pug
zled at first, but finally happened to
think maybe he could ride behind me on
the step of my bicycle, and told him so.
He said he never was on a bicycle and
couldn't ride one. l told him didn't
know whether he could or not, but for him
to try, and if he couldn't I'd let him OF
from going in to town. 1 guess he thought
that was good way to get out Of it, for
he hoped up behind me, cheerful as you
please. don't know which was the most
surprised, him or me, when we found that
the scheme worked to perfection. brought
him in, over mighty rough roads, too-only
horse trail part of the way. A bicycle can
come mighty near going where a horse can
go. It's only the dude riders that can't go
where the roads happen to be a little bad -
The wheel Mr.. Messenger uses has no
special features except that it has q step
on each side in the rear instead Of on only
one side. This slight variation was made
for the special accommodation of the pris-
oner, who has to stand behind. He is q
man of powerful build and has the reputo.
ton of being as brave Texan as ever
faced bullets and gunpowGer. He Is by no
means O man whom the average citizen
would care to get into fight with. In the
case of an officer of a different kind this
device might not work SO well.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-29

rassoEg5. us.E- 'es7. ~, n! 2. (xclir.
9 mol toooi nye CO. r.isusss .e,',af .hs1 rr-
\ iei. Trains marked sally. ~ s,asr train
Il ~ except SaadsJ.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-29
STRANGE SOUL SAVING
A Chicago EvanGaIist Tries SEN
sational h ".
FLYING MACHINES IN THE PULPIT.

ject Lessons That Interest the People
and Crowd the Church-Evangelist Cook
Calls Them Sunshine Sessions.
Rev David c. Cook of the Wicker Park
Methodist church is just now the head and
center Of one Of the most sensational series
Of revival meetings Chicago has ever
known.
q section Of the big Sunday school room
of the church has looked on different days
like menagerie, q museum, Q toy shop, q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-29

it.. d 1i by ' q nsi i%- Medicine
pure condition Of the blood after win
ter's hearty foods, and breathing viii
ated air in home, Office, schoolroom
or shop. When weak, thin or impure,
the blood cannot nourish the body as
1t should. The demand for cleansing
and invigorating is grandly met by
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which gives the
blood just the quality and vitality need
cd TO maintain health, properly digest
food, build up and steady the nerves
and overcome that tired feeling. 1t is
the ideal Spring Medicine. Get only
Arizona silver belt., 1897-12-02
THE CASE CLOSED.

On our first page will be fonnd s lengthy communication from James Colquhoun, general manager of the Arizona Copper company. in answer to an editorial which appeared recently in these columns. It is not our pur- pose to prolong the discussion, as the SILVER BEIr's position upon the boleto system and the employment of cheap labor has been fully stated, and we are willing to submit the matter to our readers to determine for themselves whether Mr. Colquhoun or the SILVER BELT is right in this controversy. There are several statements in his letter, however. which We can not allow to pass unchallenged.
 Clifton aod Morenci have certainly furnished large majority of the crim- insl cases tried in the district court of Graham county (barring Indisns) for many yssrs. ss the records will show.
Arizona silver belt., 1897-12-02
NOT THE REPORT COURTEOUS.

The Arizona Sentinel has hurt our feelings by saying, ''the editor ot the Globe SILVER BELT is either n fool or a wilfni liar.' Thet is not ''lhe rcto,t courteous" nor is it in accordance with the code of journalistic etiquette. It is ''more in sorrow than iu aDger' that we remonstrate with Brother Dorring ton for his intemperate language, and we beg to remind him. of Cbrist's ad munitiou, that mot thut winch goeth into the month detileth man. hut that which cometb out of the mouth, this detileth man."
 We may be fuol, us the Sentinel says, hut stl' "a foul must now aud then be right by chance" But to call man Q lar Is to use the language of the rowdy. It is uuseemly, and dis graces him who utfers it more than him to whom il Is applied. Neither Is "the lie direct" ever necessary in news paper controversy We have always found the English language sufficiently flexible aud expressive to afford us op. portuuity. when occasion demanded, to Hay au opponent without resorting to oprohrious epithets.
 Touchstone said that even the lie direct may be avoided with an Eff. !" The Sentinel has misquoted us. We did not say that the State of Arizona Improvement compary's canal ''runs through alkali beds that will not hold water" referring to the canal below Yuma which the Improvement com pauy lately purchased aud is now en- largiug. What we did say is, that the canal which the company proposed to construct above the Gila river would run for many miles through an alkaii soil that will not hold water.
 If" as we have shown, the Sentinel has mscopstrued our language, and If" Brother Darlington will admit his error aud make the amende honor able, we will agree to bury the hs,chet, with the handle sticking out.
Arizona silver belt., 1897-12-02

The law most needed by Arizona is compulsory school law, and that Jaw should be worded in no unmistakable terms. Williams is only one of tha towns of Arizona that has herd of boys that in the future will condemn their parents to everlasting shame and condemnation, and furnish food for the penitentiaries.- Williams News.
 The editor of the News, as peda- gogue, should b. better posted upon the educational laws of the territory. Arizona has had compulsory school law on her statute books since 1895, but like many other good laws it has never been enforced.
Arizona silver belt., 1897-12-02

quite or oak. or mixed. as may be required, to le delivered at the court house or hospital in such quantities as may be necessary. Terms to commence after the contracts have 1een awarded and end on the first Mon day in Janaary, 1898. payments to be made quarterly by warranss drawn on the County Ire lsugcr
 Bonds win be required from all persons to whom contracts are awarded. for the faithful performance thereof.
 Bids will be received at the oclce of the Cle.k of the Board until 10 o'clock a. m., Jan, uary 3. 1898
 The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids
 Globe, GIl County, A. T.. Dec I, 1897.
 G. Nj. ALLISON. Clerk of Board of Supervisors, Gila County Arizona Territory. (it)
Arizona silver belt., 1897-12-02
Horses boarded and given the best of
 care. Low rates by the month.
NOTICE !!

Bids will be opened on January 8, 1898, by the Board of Supervisors of Gila County for the following pur- poses:
 PRINTING. For publishing the proceedings of the Board of Supervisors
 For publishing the great register. For publishing reward notices. For publishing notices of bids. For publishing election proclamations and all publications public notices, etc, required by the county or of the officers thereof in the manner prescribed by law.
 BOARD OF PAyPERs. For boarding paupers two meals per day of good and wholesome food, stated price per ufeal, day or month.
 BURIAL OF PAUPERs. For the burial of paupers, including plain cofiln and headstone or board; grave to be not less than five feet deep, stated price per case.
 INSANE. For conveying the insane to the asylum at Phoenix, Arizona, stated price per case.
 MEDICAL ATTENDANCE. To the indigent sick and prisoners confioed in the county jaA, and attending on the pro bate court on examination of ins the persons. Bids for medical attendance, etc. must be made in accordance with Act No. 9, laws of 1891, and Act No 4s laws of 1895
 WOOD. For twenty cords of wood. more or less, Of good merchantable quality. either cedar mes.
Arizona silver belt., 1897-12-02

The Copper Queen Consolidated Mining company are shipping from Bisbee large quantities of copper matte to Gugenheim X Sons, at Agua CAliente, Msxico.
Arizona silver belt., 1897-12-02

New fall and winter samples of clothing just received at G. 5. Vau Wsgrnen's.
Arizona silver belt., 1897-12-02
Articles of Incorporation THE GLOBE < CONTINENTAL
 RAILWAY co.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
 That we. Nathan L. Amstcr, Alfred Kinney Joseph II. Hamill, Oliver N. Creswell and Peter T, Robertson. ail Of the town of Globe, County of Gila. Territory of Arizona, having associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation for the construction maintenance and operation of a railroad under and by virtue of the laws of the Terri tory of Arizona, in tha, case made and pro vided. do hereby make. sign. acknowledge and adopt the following Articles oi Incorporation:
Arizona silver belt., 1897-12-02
ARTICLE V.

Section 1. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of directors consisting of Ave stockholders of the corpora ton.
 Sec. 9 Said board of directors shall be elected annually by the stockholders on the second Monday in January of each year at the principal place of business of the corporation mentioned in these articles of Incorporation
 Sec. 3. Notice of the time and place of holding said annual meeting shall be given by the secretary. as the bylaws of the corpora ton shall provide.
 Sec. 4. Said directors shall hold their offices for term of one year from the date Of their election and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.
 Sec. 5. The following named persons who are subscribers to the capital stock of this corporation and whose names and places of residence are as follows: Nathan L. Amster Alfred Kinney. Joseph II. Hamll Oliver N. Creswell. and Peter T. Robertson, all of the town of Globe, County of Gla, Territory of Arizona. shall constitute the board of direc- tors of this corporation until tue second Mon day In January, 1893, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.
 Sec. 6 Vacancies in the board of directors shall be filled in such msnner as the bylaws of the corporation shall provide.
 Sec. :. A majority of the board of directors shall constitute q quorum, and any meeting of such board of directors at which a quorum is present shall be deemed a legal meeting and have the same authority as meeting of the full board.
 Secs The meetings of the board of direc- .uf... |. rt.. -..I. the bylaws Of the corporation.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or lia. bllity to which this corporation may at any time subject itself shall be limited to two hun dred thousand (s:o000o) dollars. ARTICLE VII.
 The private property of the stockholders and officers of this corporation shall bo exempt
Arizona silver belt., 1897-12-02
ARTICLE ".

The time Of the commencement of this cor poration shall be the day of the filing Of these articles of incorporation in the office of the Secretary of the Territory of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be fifty (5O) years thereafter
Arizona silver belt., 1897-12-02
ARTICLE II.

Section I. The general nature Of the bust ness to Dc transacted by ;ais corporation and for which the same is formed, shall be the locating. building, constructing, owning main taining and operating narrow gauge railroad and telegraph iine as common carriers of freight, passengers and telegraph messages for hire, from or near the town of Globe. County of Gila. Territory Of Arizona. to the Continental mine, in Giia County. Arizona Ter ri,oEy: also the locating, building, construct ing owning. maintaining and operating branch railroads and telegraph lines from the main road and line heretofore mentioned to the Kasser Gold Mining company's mines in Lost Gulch and to Bloody Tanks and Pinto Creek, all in said Gila County.
 Sec. 9 The terminal points of said main road and telegraph line shall be the town of Globe, or point near thereto, and the Cont mental mine. and all of the said road and tele- graph line will be wholly within the County of Gila. Territory of Arizona. and the length thereof will be about fourteen miles
Arizona silver belt., 1897-12-02
ARTICLE I.

The naTe of this corporation shall be The Globe X Continental Railway Company and it's principal place of transacting busine'Ss shah be al the town of Globe, County of Gla. Ter ri.ory Of Arizona.
Arizona silver belt., 1897-12-02
ARTICLE III.

Section 1. The amount Of the capital stock of this corporation Is one hundred and fifty thousand dollars (sI5o,0eo), which is divided into one thousand Ave hundred O5oW shares Of She psr value of one hundred dollars per share. which shall be paid into the corporation in such manner and at such times as the by-laws of the corporation shall direct.
 Sec. ?. The amount of the capital stock of this corporation as named and designated in section of this article is the actual contem- plated cost of constructing the railroad and telegraph line, mentioned in article of these articles of incorporation, together with the cost of the right-of-way, motive power and every other appurtenance and thing for the completion and runnina of said railroad and telegraph line as nearly as can be estimated by competent engineers.
Arizona silver belt., 1897-12-02
BOARD OF PAUpERs.

For boarding paupers, two meals per day, of good aud wholesome food Q stated price per ufeal, day or month
Arizona silver belt., 1897-12-02

shall have the power to establish bylaws and make all rules and regulations for the man agement of the affairs of this corporation and it's officers not inconsistent with the consttu- tion end laws of the United States and the laws of the Territory of Arizona.
Arizona silver belt., 1897-12-02

For twenty cords of wood. more or less. Of good merchantable quality. eithcr cedar. mes.
Arizona silver belt., 1897-12-02
BURIAL OF PAUPERs.

For the burial of paupers, including plain coffln and headstone or board; grave to be not less than five feet deep, stated price per
Arizona silver belt., 1897-12-02
MEDICAL ArrENpANcE.

For conveying the insane to the asylum at Phoenix, Arizona. stated price per case.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23
BEAUTIFYiNG THE HOME "
Oyerseer Robertson Calls for Contributions
from Augusta Citizens for That Purpose.

The Journal was made acquainted
with move that Overseer of the Poor
Robertson is making. with the view to
making the city home" just a little
more pleasant and attractive to the
inmates. This move is not made in the
hope that many people will be en-
couraged to seek home there, but to
make the place more bright and pleas
ing to the eye of not only the inmate
but the visitor. This can be done, as
Mr.. Robertson thinks by the addition
of few pictures for the walls. It
would seem that the gentleman is
right. The city farm, or aims house as
it was formerly known, is today much
different than the aims house of years
that are gone. Then the place was as
much. a house of detention as any
thing. and it is a matter of record that
the inmates were not kindly treated al
ways. Today people are more chart
table and, it may with propriety be
said, more civilized. The idea is now
that the inmates of the city home can
be provided for just as cheaply by
using them we'll as by any other
method. Augusta has one of the best
homes in the State and it is absolutely
necessary, to the fair fame of the city,
that it should be always kept in the
best possible condition. Now Overseer
Robertson calls attention to the fact
that the walls of the rooms and the
halls are entirely destitute of pictures.
He is not going to ask the people to go
to the picture store and buy elaborate
he just suggests to the dear people that
there are lot of pictures in the homes
just as well spared as not. He thinks
he knows of families that have pic
lures stored away in the attic, pictures
that have been replaced by other more
modern sketches. and they are doing no
one any good. Now if the citizens will
kindly let him know where and when
to call, he will come around and get
what they may have to offer. 1t would
be a big Improvement in the home to
have few dozens of nice pictures on
the walls, it would make the place look
more like home, and would not you
like to have the place look like home
if you were going to pass the rest of
your days there. Those who go to the
city farm are not always the lazy and
shiftless, on the contrary they are al
most to soul there because they have
been unfortunate in one way or an
other, and the city farm is the only
place for them to go, and in these days
of civilized communities no one has 4
right to starve to death or suffer from
the cold. Then Mr. Robertson's plan
to make the home home that will be
not only pleasant to those who must
occupy it but a credit to the city is g
good one.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23
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