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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-08
ALLEN INDICTED
Former Sheriff of Henderson
County Formally Charged
With ENLIGHTENMENT.
AMOUNTS BELIEVED $4,000
Careless Bookkeeping and Extravagant
Living Held Causes of Down.
fall.

Oquawka H.. March S-The Hender-
son count grand jury yesterday after
noon returned four indictments against
former Sheriff Trumen C.SAllen, each
charging him with the embeZzlement
of county funds. Aliens bond was
fixed at $500. The date of the trial
has not been set.
The indictments accuse Allen OF
footing road and bridge, school and
town taxes. The total amount is ex-
pected to reach not less than $25, 0e0,
The deficit in county funds will total
$4,000. the remainder representing
omitted taxes which were collected by
tax ferrets and turned over to Allen.
There are eight to Ten counts in each
indictment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-08
Political Leader &c Years.

Allen has been the political leader
of Henderson county for Sc years and
most of the time he has been connect
ed with the Office of sheriff and col
lector, the former official serving in the
latter capacity as the county is not
under township organization. Suspi-
cion first attached to his accounts last
November. and States Attorney James
w. Gordon began an investigation.
The shortage which has been uncover
ed thus far includes only the loot of
the last four years.
When the result of the investigation
was made known, Allen hurried TO
make good his deficit, which at first
was supposed not to exceed $4,000.
By mortgaging his property he was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-08
A Positive
CURE
EIy's Cream Balm
10 quickly absorbed.
c;xo~ Qafisf "A 0nro

10 quickly absorbed.
Gives Relief 1t Once.
1t cleanses, soothes
heals and protects
the diseased menu
brane. Itcures Ca
tarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re-
stores the Senses of
~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-08
III q III
Friday.
Fish Day
At the II. s III. Market.

Extra fine fresh caught Chan
mel Catfish, all varieties of Lake
and Sea Fish, all varieties of
Salt Fish. smoked White Fish,
smoked Sturgeon. fresh Oysters,
etc. Order early to insure prompt
delivery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-08
Homeseekers' Excursions.

To points on c., M. & st. P. railway.
Dates of sale: March 6 and 20, and
April and IL, 1906. Rates: One rsga-
lar (not special or reduced) fare, plus
SO for round trip. No tickets to be
sold for less than 50. Rate for chill
dren to be one-half of the homeseek-
ers' excursion rate. Stop-overs will be
permitted on going passage within Is
days from date of sale at all points in
homeseekers' excursion territory. For
further information cali or telephone
any c., M. & st. p. ticket office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-08
c., M. & St. p. Excursion Rates.

Homeseekers' tickets on sale the
first and third Tuesday in each month
TO points in Iowa, Minnesota, North
and South Dakota and to other home.
seekers territory. For further infor.
nation phone or call at any c., M. &
st. P. Office.
, The c., M. & st. p. offers first class
train service to Chicago and Kansas
City, from the tri-cities, sleeping car
reservations made to any point desir-
ed. For further information phone any
of their Offices.
One would think the laxative idea
in cough syrup should have been
advanced long before it was. 1t seems
the only rational remedy for coughs and
colds would be to move the bowels
and clean the mucous membranes OF
the throat and lungs at the same time
Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar
does this. 1t is the original laxative
cough syrup, the best known remedy
for coughs, colds, Group, whoopfng
cough, etc. Tastes good and harmless.
Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-08
one-Way second-cIass coIonists Rates

To the west and southwest via the
c., M. & st. p. railway Dates of sale:
March 6 and 20, 1906. Rate: One-half
of the regular first-class limited fare,
plus 81, except that rates to Denver,
Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Trinidad.
Col, and to Hot Springs, Deadwood,
Lead, Rapids City and Belle Fourche,
S. D., will be one-hah of the first linn
tied fare, plus 81. Minimum rates:
The lowest. rate at which colonist tick
cts may be sold is Sc. For further in
formation call or telephone any c., NJ.
e st. P ticket office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-08

Taste and Smell. Full size 50 cts, at Drug
gists or by mail Trial Size 10 cts. by mail.
Ely Brothers, Sc WarrenS Street. New York
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

| tigation. NOVEMBER first: Prisidint
goes to Pannyma. Spends tn afther-
noon. In tn accompanying pitcher tn
prisidint is seen havin' his photygraft
taken alongside a steam shovel. Tn
mark (x) enables tn reader to distin-
guish tn prisidint. Decimber twenty:
TIL prisidint. makes most exhaustin'
rapport on his "Trip to Pannyma. De-
climber twinty-eight:. Injineers ray
poort that thirty-two feet iv canal have
Deem dug.
'DipIomacy-th year has been a
notable wan in diplomacy. In Janooary
the prisidint addressed tn followin
note to wan iv his most distinguished
Ambassadors: Dearest Marian. Well,
well, it's like a breath iv fresh air to
hear firm ye again. Ye're such dear.
TIL necktie We knit FIR me came this
niornin', an I'm wearin' it as write.
am sindin' We minichure Nv meself.
1t wud fill me heart with happiness IL
thought We were wearin' 1t. Now,
Marian. will We do something FIR me:
It's on'y little thing, but ] want it
done very much. 1 wisht ye'd dhrop In
at tn Vatican some day an tell tn
Pope that 'twud be fine thing FIR tn
cause if rellijon if we cud show that
an Irishman doesn't lose anything be
bein' a Republican. Tell him to give
our GOOD frind wan Nv thin red hats
that ar-re so becomin'. Ye'er's Thay-
door, p S.-Write soon. How's dear
old Rell?'
9TH Ambassadure acted at wansr.
Putin 'on her diplomatic UNIFORM iv
green Grape de shine an carryin' law
ender parasol. she proceeded to tn Vat
ican 1t is regrettable that tn simple
priests there didn't understand her.
They showed her tn durc. closed tn
dure. locked it. an said some prayers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
By f. P. Dunno

me best frinds, knocked most iv me
teeth out Nv me. / bear thin no gredre
Maybe they're goin' off somewhere an
tellin' ivrybody what they done to me.
can see nineteen hundred an SIX
smokers behind his hand, whin he
hurries away to qualify FIR tn Assocy-
ation Nv Dooley's Years. He's got a
right to. l don't care. They think
they've defaced me. Maybe 7 DO look
like fence in a school yard They can
laugh an say: Look at that bald head.
Thats Dooley. Look at thin weak
legs! Martin Dooley. That's what we've
done to him. He's a tough old fellow
an We've been in a hurry, but were
sendin' in. an apprentice thatH shave
him down to a wishbone'
But, dye know, Hinnissy, I've got
e feelin' they haven't reached me.
Fools, says /, I've deceived We Ye've
oeen shootin' at a decoy FIR tn best part
Nv a finchry. That FIGURE says 1. was
not Martin Dooley, but a scarecrow that
L put on tn breastworks 4 to dhraw
ye'er fire while T. says I. ser down here
safe an sound in tn trench an smoke
me good seegar an laugh iyry time ye
blow a limb off me REPRESENTATIVES,. says
l. 'feer niver touched me- says /. I'm
younger thin 1 liver was says l. TIL
Oldest I've iver been was fcrty years
ago whin I had all tn weight iv the
wurruid on me shoulders. I've been
CROWN younger liver since. In thin
days 1 cud do tn longest hop, skip an
q jump Nv amy man in TIL ward. Today
tn o'ny way 1 cud do a hop, skip an a
jump wud be to do it off til top Nv a
buildin' But I can do other things.
can, fly, canK' FIR Hive1's sake. Hin
Missy. close that dure. There's a tur-
rble dhraft. Why, yell be til death iv
me with ye're care]--sness.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

10 tn Ambassadure Extraordinary
an Minister Plinipootinchry iv tn Unit
go states iV America to tn Kingdom iv
1iven, Marian, they give what is known
IN Rome as tn merry delval. TIL onfor-
cIillt incident was closed with tn usual
ui-plomatfc resarve. Tn Prisidint wrote
a letter to tn Ambassadure 5eginnin':
say you an the Ambassadure ray
turned to America with her husband,
an slnt all her private letters, valen-
llhes' keepsakes an photographs to Tn
Cinclnnaty Inquirer FIR publication
do yo1 want me to r-read We amy
more about tn progress iv tn wurruld
IN this ma gnificent year? It's all here
ooWn to tn failures an deaths. But
won't Tread on. Wan year is a good
deal like another. 1 suppose nineteen
hundred an six done it's best. Con-
slonren' the matteryal a year has got
10 Wurruk with we can't blame 1t too
ihuch. Sometimes I'm sorry FIR tn
years. We welcome thin, an whin
we've used thin we kick thin out Just
IN same as ff they were people. But
tney have fun with us, too. We hustle
thim out late at night. but befure we
go back to welcome i'll tn New Year
we've got to wash our wounds
Nineteen hundred an six was a
good 1rlnd an compannyon w mine. But
he was rough. He was rough. He cud-
dent tako joke I'm all marked upI
fr' m him now. An all tn years that
Nv known have left their signs on me.
That wrinkle undher me eye was made
be eighteen hundred an seventy-wan.
Eighteen hundred an sivinty-two,
three. an four san1papered me naIr
pm me- Eighty-wan injured me hearin'
Eighty-three almost put out me eyes
got this stoop in me shoulders firm
sighty-five. Nineteen hundred. wan Nv
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

What was 1 sayin'? All, about tbs
New Year l welcome It, mind We. br1r
its like amy new customer. I WOMB
give it much credit. Tn pitcher papers
have pitchers iv tn New Year as an m
nocent. prattlin' child, but don't We ne
lieve it. TIL New Year is a erovn-I1n
son iv tn old year an has been thurlv
coached kefure comm in. Ye can't fool
him. He's dark nysteervous
stranger, with a slouched hat puIIeff
over his eyes an something that Iooks
like knife up his sleeve. I'm goiu' fo
be as socyable to him as I can. He NAV
be nice fellow But I've had a. iot "
expeeryence with tn years, an I've
seen what they've done to some fv me-
frinds. This fellow may be all right.
but he may have designs on tn cash
dhrawer or me life, an 1 think III
watch him.
1T won't do amy good" said Mr..
Hennessy- He'll do as he likes, amy
how"
'"Thrue." cried Mr. DooIey. Thin all
bets ARE off, an I'll do as I like
Copyright, 1905, by H. H. Mcclure g
Co B
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

| creased, as ii looks to me firm a
bur-rd's-eye view, about 200 per clint.
can't raise tn price iv a sample iy
this Fountain iv PerpetchooI Youth
above 10 cents or two FIR a ouarther.
That price has been settled FIR cinch-
ries. AS Sicrity Shaw wud say, it's
part iv tn fundymirtal faith fv our
people. IL a case Nv where rellijon in
therferes with pollytickal economy.
IF 1 cud I'd thry to make TIL figures
on tn bill iv fare keep step with IN,
rent an tn price iv beefsteak. RI,t II
I did I'd be dhriven out fv tn ward
be an indignant popylace. But. thank
tn Lord, l always thry to look on IN,
bright side iv things. In tn mist iv all
this prosperity that makes life twice as
expansive to me as 1t was while If wac
a luxury and befure it becomes a neces-
sity, / rayjoice, as Hogan saws. that
I'm a citizen iv no mean city adjoining
a large lake with a small water tax
Have another dhrink. Hinnissy. Rar-
rim typhoid fever, there isn't a head
ache in a bari iv il.
Yes, sir, nineteen hundred an six
has been grand year. About this time
tn pa-apers prints an account Nv what
has happened since last Janooary. Here
it is in this pa-aper. Let me see.
Nineteen hundherd an six will go
down Into Hlslnry-ye bet IL will
U-m-m, remarkable peeryod. Niver he
fure has q. country been blessed with
such = bursting gran'ries = universal
welfare-car shortage-lack Nv money
In tn rich-insurauce scan
dals-increase iv dhrunkenness'-let me
see, let me see. Oh, here 1t is. PRO-
gress Nv tn wurruld in nineteen hun
dherd an six
" 'Scienee.-Feb'ry third: Professor
Schmittschfnitt iv Berlin raypoorts tn
discovery iv new element that en-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

ableS him to converse with tn shirt
wurruld, relieves tn human body iy
weight, cures whoopin' cough, an
makes hair grow on tn baldest head.
He calls tn new metal Gaboozulum. IT
is worth ninety millyon dollars an
ounce. Feb'ry foorth: Professor
Schmittschmitt, tn famous scientist an
discov'rer Nv Gaboozulum. has been
committed to rest cure in tn south iv
Germany. July first: Camel Flimflam-
marion announces that he has distinct
ly seen people swimmin' i'm tn canals
iV Mars. July second: While CameI
Flimfiammarion, tn discoy'rer iv life
on tn planet Mars, was waIkin' Wis
terdah in tn Change All Aisy. his lit-
tie dog broke away firm him an tn
great astronomer fell down a coal,
hole an broke his leg. August nine:
Erastus Moses iv South Framingham
Massachusetts, patents a new method
iv preparin' curled hair
'Exploration.-April first: Lemons;
tn INTREPID Attic explorer. starts m
his fifty-fifth attimpt to discover Al,
north pole. July first: Lemoni. tn IN
tl,repid Artic explorer, has nut int
Ostook. Norway, an raypoorts that
OWN to tn overcrowdin' iv tn Attic
sea with Swede fishermen, it was i'm
possible FIR him to go on in his dash
fr tn pole.
'Pannyma Canal.-Janooary tenth.
Poultry Big'low visits tn Pannvna
canal; it is not at home. March SVEN
teen: Great indignation at Wash'nton
on account iv Poulthry's Rapport on
tn Pannyma canal based on informa-
ton gained in fifteen minnyits. PouI-
thry Big'low again visits tn canal.
Stays an hour. Canal hands him his
hat July tenth: Prisidint announces
his intintion to call on tn canal an
chow tn Hjckedness iv careless inyis-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
II. DOOLEY REVIEWS THE YEAR. B. F.

well, SIR" said Mr.. Dooley, ''in &
few more days tn new year will be
here an Wen all date our letters nine
teen hundred an six
Its been a great year." said Mr..
Hennessy.
IT'S a year that will stand out in tn
histhry Nv tn country like eighteen
I've been readin' about il an I'm
proud I lived through it an glad. It's
been a wonderful year, accordin' to
this pa-aper. Mine an facthry have
poured out their TREASURES iv steel,
copper, copper stock, bedsprings, hair
ile. chewin' gum. glass eyes, patent
corkscrcws, safety raZors, union I'M
dherWear an See-gars. an all tn other
gloryous products that make us a free,
happy, united, an intellechool peopIe.
No wan has been out Nv employment
who wanted to wurruk an many who
didn't We've beer staggerin' undher
such a load iv mateeryal wealth that if
we can't dump some iv. ii don't know
whatll happen to US. We ARE so rich
that If we were amy richer we'd he
broke. TIL banks ar-re bursting with
goold or without it. as the case may
be.
''Ivrywhere I turn see men that
year ago were compelled to live in tb'
humblest surroundings On wan-fifty a
day now Twin in tn same surround
ings, although they get wan-sixty-fiye
a day. Such is tn force iv habit. Take
re own case. TIL best index. as Ho-
gan says, Nv tn condition iv tn coun-
thry is tn liquor business. Well. sir.
I'VE been sthruck be tn wave iv pros
perity. Ivrything has doomed. TIL
rent is up so per clint, tn wholesale
price iv Mrs. Nations Soothin' Syruo
has raised 25 per clint, an tn size iv me
customers drinks has IN |
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
HER sHREWDNEss.

cleveland Plain Dealer.)
until late in January"
''Why?"
She wants to make sure Of a Christ
mas present from him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
1T ALL DEPENDS.

ATLANTA Constitution.)
The night looks mighty lonesome
The road is mighty rough,
But | reckon that we'll git there
If we hold out long enoughi
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-08
By the late Senator John J. ingalls,.
BY Rev. DR.. Henry Ostrcm.

A world of significance thought and
the American il those T. H. part of the mani
fold stamping in Uncle Sans postoces With remarkable
and everyday likeness the letter. Honolulu T.
H. the Territory OF Hawaii belonged regular order
Oklahoma Territory Indian Territory undtbed by destnies
history We calculate the of the overland M and
neyng Honolulu between six which would be sail
ing from San Francisco IS simply our Hawaii people
who prairie jour
neyed round the Cape the Paradise of the Pacific"
There the eight islands locking off the southern
left New ENGLAND for those Islands thew od 1i th
through breaking during darkness the kings
and chiefs really orsakg their idols and thus the
heart of royalty they gained their
And when royal kapoan Went up the side OF Kauea confident
and living God she returned the people hail her
Volcano and the shark came to be Christians SO devoted that b
built churches schools colleges opanages
the OF strong drink from the country maintaining prohibition
great change land of the country which,
dollar under artificial capable
in good grade of sugar cane in eighteen months Now
and singing bugs save that and found
Pede izad this land where they call the showers liquid
tut flowers demands help for cuatng and stripping and harvest
brought the islands until today approximately
hoss Islands Of the japanese 10000 OF the Chinese and
are our They are more for every OF their children
these Asiatics and now and
again the Buddhist is ready do violence Christian.
aon? You will look the world and fail
OF IT. Here population of heather brought country
than half century proclaimed had been heaten
and this hundred thousand souls comingng with natives of
the Hawaiian Islands and 5000 white Peril
together here until they wrese with each other Dr.
and Dr. Wadman and Dr. Tying together with other valiant
hcial people those islands, today chndeep
produced by this problem OF the Aacs They would
them back; they with the plantation welcome
As1atcs But the church people United
the Hawaiian Islands become
and the Bnghams and
Bishops and the other noted
ucceeded: They the Richards
Damon and filed with the
the Hawaans but they forget that
problem by people,
under the fag.-Worcester, (Mass.) Gazette
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-08
TAKING NO CHANCES.

A Glasgow steamer was laboring in a
heavy sea, the waves sometimes
sweeping her decks, but the officers had
assured the passengers that there was
no danger, and all seemed reasonably
calm with the exception of one meek
appearing little man, who, every few
minutes. would approach an officer, and
anxiousIy inquire if he thought the
ship would founder.
No. 1 tell you!" one of them finally
exclaimed, with Impotence. What is
the matter with you? Look at those
other people-they are not scared to
DEATH
ooh, I'm not scared the man re-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-08
A HOPEFUL OUTCOME

"iiilam Allen White says that the
most amusing personal note that
ever ne came across in co,,ntrv
newspaper was that which last wear
caught his eye While reading a Wis
cohsln paper. The item was sometime
like this: Ing
Nieis Andersen met with a painful
accident last week, a fish-hook becom-
ing entangled in his eye Niels is be-
ing attended by DR.. Phil Morton who
says his eye will come out all right"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-08
PARIS VS.. EVANSVILLE.

Uncle joe Cannon
evansville will keep loving n is heart
TINS faithful Indiana enabled
inheritance to abroad
anxious have his
obgngy all
suggested
Paris observed the Evansville
place. genta things considered
fully, Evansville for pleasure
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-08

piled; "but if the ship was going to
founder 1 wanted to know a little
ahead of time
oh, wanted to tell your friends
goodby, and all that?"
Well, not exactly" the man said.
hesitatingly; 1.-The fact is, my mother
in-law is along with me, and if the ship
was quite sure to sink, I wanted to say
few things to her"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-08

A smart young fellow called out TO a
farmer who was sowing seed in his
field. We'll done, old fellow, you sow.
l reap the fruits
Maybe you Will" said the farmer.
''for I'm sowing hemp
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-08

"Sbortiy after leaving college. was
szroubled with a skin disease which showed
aself hrst at the ankles. Physicians FRO
gsss,neesa il eczema, and treated me for that
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-10-27
The Maryland State Sunday
School Convention.

The Maryland State Sunday School
Convention was held in Baltimore City
on the llth and 18th of October. 1t
was great gathering. 1t required
three churches to accommodate its
meetings. The last meeting was held
in the Lyric, and was attended by about
two thousand people. A trained cho-
rus of three hundred voices furnished
the music. Addresses were delivered
by Marion Laurence. International
Field Secretary and Rev. DIR. Philips
of Richmond. Gov. Warfield presented
diplomas to sixty-fve graduates, and
delivered to them an admirable address.
A School of Methods. beginning on
the 9th. preceded the convention. and
was attended by two hundred students.
The MARYLAND Sunday School Associa-
ton is doing great work. and merits
a generous support.
Rev. G. c. Williams has been in Phila-
delphia this week.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-10-27

Attorney Generation. Charles J.
Bonaparte
Secretary of the Navy-Hon Victor
H. Metcalf
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Hon Oscar S. Straus"
The general understanding for some
time has been that Attorney General
Moody will retire on the first of the
coming January and that Secretary
Shaw will follow him on March 4. On
the first OF the year. therefore. Mr.
Bonaparte. who is now secretary OF
the navy. will succeed Mr.. Moody as
attorney general and he will in turn
be succeeded by Mr.. Metcalf. the sec
retary of commerce and labor. the lat
ter's place being filled by Mr. Straus
Mr. Cortelyou. now postmaster gen
eral will take Secretary Shaw's place
en- the 4th OF March. at which time
Mr. Meyer is To become postmaster
general.
The fact that Mr. Meyer was TO
have n place in the cabinet has been
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-10-27
JOHN w. STATION, Attorneys
Order NiSi.
The Stockton Bank, use OF X. Fulton
Powell

The Stockton Bank, use of K. Fulton
Powell
VS..
Edwin II. Taylor, administrator of the
goods. etc. of Francis T. Taylor.
deceased, ct. al.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester
County, in Equity. No. 2l2S. Septem-
ber term, 1906 to wit: October 18th,
1906.
ORDERED that the sales made and
reported by John w. Station and Edwin
II. Taylor, Trustees for the sale of the
real estate in the above cause described,
be ratified and confirmed unless cause
TO the contrary thereof be shown on or
before the 18th day of November next,
provided a copy Of this order be insert
ed in some newspaper printed in Wor-
cester County once in each Of three
successive weeks before the 5th day of
November in the year nineteen hundred
and six.
The report states the amount of sales
TO be 81, $1,000.
FRANCIS HENRY PuRNEIL. Clerk.
True Copy. Test:
FRANCIS HENRY PURNELL. Clerk.