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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-18
A Fatal Shot.

Boston, Sept, 1S.-John Burnett fatal
ly shot Patrick Dufhn last evening at No 4
Shaving street, Boston, while endeavoripg
to break in Burnett's door.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-18
yellow Fever in Savannah

SAVANNAH, Ga. Sept l6.-Totai inter
ments to day. %: yellow fever, 81. The
weather is very threatening. with north
east winds and rain. which is bad for the
sick
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-18
Highland Hall, Highland Park, Ill.
A COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION
FOR LADIES.

FALL SESSION BEGINS SEPT. 20, 1876
Course of instruction thorough and extensive.
Rare facilities for Muse and Painting Health,
manners and morals of the first Impor ance. Col
lege edifce commodious and elegant. No rooms for
pupils higher than two flights of stairs. Graduates
of oiher Institutions received TO post graduate
course with special privileges. Terms moderate.
For circulars apply to
EDWARD P. WESTON. President.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-18
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO. September 1S.
Wheat-Opened weak closed steady; 293c high
er; 04la cash; 031a asked Oct
Confirm; shade higher; 491s cash. 4a2l Sept
Az Oct.
Oats-Firm; shade higher; 1874 0331a cash; 322s
133 Oct.
Rye-Easier; 641a.
Barley-Firmer; T9G190
Pork Heavy: lower; Is 80 cash. IA 55 year
Lard-Heavy; lower; 10 10 Oct; 9 05 year.
Whisky-1 06.
LIVE STOCK.
Hogs-Receipts 1900; moderately active low
er; common to choice heavy 5 7G616 20; light 10@
6 20
| Cattle-Quiet; receipts $500; good to choice 49
| as 90.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-18

Offers to YOUNG LADIES every facility for &C
quiring a thorough mental End mora education
Ths Scholastic year is divided into sessions of
hVe months each beginning respectively on the first
Monday of September and the fret Monday in Feb
ruary. Pupils are, however, received at any time
during the year, their sessions dating from lime of
entrance
Board and tuition per session, $50. Music, paint
ing etc, form additional charges. For particulars
address SISTER SUPERiO X, Immaculate Concep-
ton Academy, Davenport, Iowa. 7-SdA w2m
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-18
USE REENE'S
PAIN-KILLING
Nj ACIC OIL

cit Works like a Charm
If you have got Rheumatism,
USE RENNE'S MAGIC OIL
II you have got Neuralgia,
USE RENNE'S MAGIC OIL.
If you have got Colic or Cramps,
USE RENNE'S MAGIC OIL.
If you have got any kind of Ache or Pam,
USE RkNNE'S PAIN-kILLING MAGIC OIL.
Try it, and you will be surprised at the beneficial
effect derived from a thorough and faithful use OF
this popular remedy. 1t Is purely vegetable; safe
and clean to use internally ar externally.
SYRACUSE, n, Y, July 25th, 1875.
VIM RENNE & Sons, Pittsfeld, ass,
SIRs-As duty, as well as privilege, wish tc
commend To those unacquainted with its healing
qualities You "Pain-KiI ling Magic OIL" TO BI
KEPT IN READINESS FOR EMERGEFCIEs, as severe at
tacks of bowel difficulties, to be applied EXTER
NALIY. a counter irrltdnt, and INTERNALLY as al
anodyne and healer. Also for fresh wounds, having
tested it. especially the cuts bruises and strains
received in the terrible calamity at the Centra
baptist Church, June %, 1S7i. In behalf OF al
Things which are good, and truly useful. subscribe
myself, Fraturually yours, Rev. Ii. a. SlzEI
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-18
New gcrk Market.

NEW YORK, September IS.
FINANCIAL.
Gold--1 091s.
MoDey-1MG2.
Governments-Steady.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-18

MRS ATTY D. Onlo OF, Cleveland y.
RHEUMATISM-Dr. Fenton: Having been laid
up five weeks with rheumatism and spent dollar
after dollar, my physician told it must wear
off; got up ana on crutches many more weeks
was advised to get six bottles of Fentons Sarsapa-
rilla. Five bottles cured me completely. freely
recommend the Matchless Syrup a sure cure for
Rheumatism. Yours truly,
W. II BATES cleveland, o.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-18

SALT RHEUM eighteen years; used all the 49,
Matehless Sarsaparila cured me; it is dead sure
cure. 4 GOOD Buffalo n Y
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-18

CHICAGO, Sept. lS.-The following is
received at military headquarters:
Fort LARAMIE. Wyoming, Sept. II. 1876
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-21
THE KING or An THE CATS.
Remarkable sagaciiy of Mrs. Rogers's Gate
Wonderful Anecdotes.

Talk about cats-none of them equal
Cato, tue recently deceased, the property, wnen
alive, OF Mrs. stevens Rogers. Tue animal Iived
twenty years, lacking one month, aud when he
departed, was mOurned for by a large circle OF
friends.
Cato was a re igiously To- lined cat Told, "Cato
It's time you went To bed his oatship walked
sOlemnly To the chair or stand. ana placing his
paws over his face to shade his eyes from the
glare and glitter vi sinful world, engaged, ap-
pa1ently. In earnest dtvOtOns.
Mrs. Rogers Is an old lazy. and rather feeble.
Cato used to 40 10 call ner up In the morning,
would wait around until she was ready TO 90
down stairs, ana then would mimic nl> mistress
IN the manner Of her descent. Mrs Rogers was
compelled to steady herself by leaning against
the Dalusters; the cat regularly went through
the same exercise; but u1on getting WITHIN
three or four steps of the nding he would
spring clear down at leap, and then look
around In u way that said distinctly, why don't
you come down IN that snapef'
Mrs. Rogers one DAY tainted, and attention
was called to the fact by Ca o. VINO ran TO the
old lady's daughter and succeeded 10y pulling,
and pushing, and CRYING TO call her from nn-
other part OF the mousse to the mothers assist
auce, probably this being the means Of saving
the latter's life.
there USED TO be kept In the house little box
Ia which IRON time to time were deposited pen
MES for procuring food for Cato. Cato under
stood the arrangement, and would watch over
bis pile carefully AS could any little boy, mani
festlu anxiety whenever tue supply Of casn ran
so low us 10 BE- sugg stive OF short ,tiuns. II
the Dox Of cOppers gave out altogether, Cato
knew enough TO 60 To the next pOcketboOk.
Cato would allow the canaIyto uOp around upon
IL upon the 1uor.
When Capt. Rogers died the cat manifested
the utmost grief. aud would sit aud waton tn
portrait Of his deceased master exactly as II ha
saw resemblance between II and MIN. James,
son Of Mrs. Rogers, came home, and one day
concluded he would have smoke. lie puf-
chased pipe and tobacco, and LAID them on ths
table. at once interesting exceedingly Cato, who
commenced calling Pap, papa,' as he used %
do when Gait. Rogers was stu alive. CONT
was set apart for the cats use, a a matter OF
fun, and daily Cato came to have his toilet IN adj
by some member Of tue family.
When finally he was taken sick tho neighbor'
OF Mrs. Rogers used 10 come b. to see him ; anC
when at the vers last Cato saw he was gong, b,
| raised himself up In his bed, waved al adieu Il
bis friends. aud sank oacA into tue sleep non
| which he never fairly awoke.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-21
judy. Grover. Opinion Dian Eloauen, Prayer.


On his way home n friend said. Well,
Judge, how did YOU Ike the sermont" "Well,
1 Father think Mr. Blank considers himself ex-
actly qualified to blow the silver trun pet on the
walls OF ZiOn but which sermon do you allude
tor" "Why, we had but one sermon, aid we
We had very able and eloquent prayer, but
only one sermon" Yes, tn ink We had two
sermons. The first one Was delivered immedi-
ately after MIR. Blank said. Let US pray. lie
did not do ANYTHING In the way Of praying AS
understand the ON Of prayer. lie neither
suDplicated nor pettioned, but he told God
what great Things mad been done for the spread
Of the Gospel, for the cause OF temperance, for
tue suppression Of the rebell the protection
vi the negro. He went on aud informed ana
gave the Deity general history OF the great
events that had happened, and then told the
peope what their duty was. Alter that he com
nonced telling God the best way To man ige the
matters he had referred TO. l thought for a
common man TO stand there and inform tho
hin. OF eartu and heASen, who sees all thi ng3
and knows all things, what nad been going on Ia
the world for space Of time, was "A piece OF I'M
perlinenC0 tnat amounted to subimity; but " hen
he presumed to direct that Almighty how u
manage Ills own affairs II was absolutely sac
Illege.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-21
The New Homo of New York Fashisn.
Eron. fh< SUNDAY Hereurn

A visit to several of our more prominent
real estate dealers has disclosed the remark able
fact that there Is actually SCARCITY OF nrstoass
dwellings IN eligible neighborhooos, As for ex-
ample the centr i section Of the city, between
Madison and Sixtn avenues. and from Forty
NTH street "a high UP As Eighty sixth street In
the north. This Is evidenced by Tue fact that
builders Of sucn DIV ching nouses In TINS vicinity
which can be sold AT prices VARYING from $4,000
to S+5OuO, md ready purchasers, and all the
agents agree that tue demand 1or sucu dwellings
Is now actually greater than tue supply. In
proof OF this assertion IL may DO mentioned that
one builder erected nye nfst-class brown stone
houses ON tue NORTH SIDE OF fifty eighth street,
between Fifth and sixth avenues, which, when
completed this spring, were all i'm mediately sold
for $1,000 each, and Is now engaged In con-
struCting row OF eleven similar houses in the
sane vicinity, and he has already assurances OF
selling most of tnem in advance OF completion.
Nor need this he any cause Tor srecial wonder,
when II 10 known that between titty-nrst street
and the Central Park, anu between the Fiith
and sixth avenues, there are left only lJ2 vacant
building lots OF twenty feet front each, which
goes To show that an Investment In buildings
here at the present time and at the low prices
for building material nov ruling, must prove
very profitable.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-21
What the Suez Canal is Doing.

NJ. De Lesseps has returned from hii
nve months trip to Egypt. lilo has a7crtthlhre
that Port SAID IL not likely to De niled III win
sand, as predicted, thU WORK duns by t@o dtt.S'
INK machines Last year being still nuen. In win.
ter. when the Bitter Lakes are full, "A TIA" seu
into the canal, winch turns the current TOWARD
the Mediterranean. Ia summer, when the lsNai
Of the lakes has teen lowered 10y rVapWhiil liz
the current turns In the opposite direction
Formerly ram was unKnown on TINS part Oh the
Red sea, lut since ire UulidiuR Oh the IAN
showers have fallen regularly about once "A iliE
night. The result ms been to start Neg"ta''n
W, even On the Asiltic side, IN the most ~u.i.
derlul manner. OiVnlZation, therefore, cnaiit q
the climate a. Well 80 the face of the conn, ~
and II Things - on Hs they have began I've
sands OF the lsthnds viii be covered Win l"-
ests In another hlty vera.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-21

so much more slowly than nitro-Rlycerine that
the power of the latter IL considerably impaired.
One might AZ well attempt to quicken the cleo
trio current by coupling 1t to the velocity OF To-
some OF these compounds develop poisonous
gases when they are exploded, and cannot there
fore be used 10 tunnels without detriment TO
the workmen. In the iioosao tunnel, when they
were tried, the men would not pass through
after the DISCHARGE until train had re-
established ventilation, but preferred TO walt
for several hours to 20 home.
ITS PRACTICAL USE.
Sometimes diluted form Of nitro-glycerine Is
advantageous, provided Its price IL proportion
ate to that of the pure article. Where the rock
Is hard and tough, It Is easier to bore holes an
inch and a half than only an inch IN diameter,
because the drilling machine would -oOn batter
up the thinner drill on tue other hand. charge
OF nitro.evcerne, diluted SO as 70 M up Two
I'VE than N 1t were concentrated at the bottom
This, Of course, docs not prove that these d.
glycerine. At Hell Gate the tri nitro elycerine
was found To be six tines rs powerful as giant
powder and, as Prof. Norton SAYS ss miAsure
nitro glvcerine cannot be cOaxed TO explOue,
and misht be recommended as Rood hlliDs Tor
fire. proof safes. The real strength OF nitro :
Rycerine is probably eight or ten times that o.
gunpowder.
lie explosion Of nltro-elycerine is so rapid
and violent that the air above IL has no time %
move sway, but acts Ike o solid hence II Will
act downward when placed upon the surface OF
Mr.. Mowbray protested against the popular
assumption that nitro glycetine cannot be pre-
pared with sufficient putity to remain unchang-
ed, to DO safe To use, safe 10 transport, and safe
to store. He has sent l,OUOOJO pounds OF ms pure
limpid tri-nitro .Rlyceiine all over the coun ry
In teams, winch iulted over rough roads, rolled
down bluffs, aud broke down; In trains which
were thrown OF the track; and Ia sloops which
were storm-tossed.
lie concluded by hoping that railroad and
transportation companies would soon put an
end to the Gland estlne transportation OF nitro
vi, cerine. under feigned names, by appointing
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-21
DOC ON HIS TRAYELS.
He Tramps Nine Hundred Miles in TWENTY
two Dnys-Home Agnin.


The following aneodote, which is strictly
true. WAS related to our correspondent a few
DAYS since by "A very prominent and highly re-
spected railroad Official, aud Is based ON facts
contained IN letter received short time since
by Dan McCawley, at Le9na Kan:
some time ago ,ir. McCawley's father. who re-
sides at Fiat Rock, Seneca county, o., shipped
full OloOued shepherd dOg 10y express 10 his son
NJ Leona. Kan. In due time the dog arrived at
his destination. and wis conveyed IN wagon TO
Mr.. Noes house, two miles from that place,
where he W. ued ~ In tue RI 70 prevent his
strdying. The idea hat on the following morn
ing TIE dog would turn up missing never en-
tered the neau of friend Mac, and his asIobish-
msnt NAV be i'm gined when he discovered,
shortly after breakfast, tn At the dog mad broken
away ana left for parts unknown.
Tue loss was deeply felt by all the family, and
steps were at once taken to discover The where
abOuts Of the animal but all their efforts
proved unsuccessful. and tue disappearance re-
manned a mystery for nearly four weeks indeed,
no clue whatever could be obtained as to
whether lie n d wandered, or, " stolen, who the
thief was. 3d. after making many unsuccessful
attempts to recover MN, Mac concluded II was
a mystery too deep for solution, and resolved to
quit the search. at the same time vowlng DIRE
vengeance against whosoever should nave sto en-
bis valu iDle present, provided tho thief was
ever detected.
common and created nine DAYS wonder. out
II is hardly possible t. i'm .tgine how much more
SUI prise md astonishment we're felt by Mac ana
his family on receipt of the following inteili-
gence contained in "A letter from Macs father.
written about four weeks after tue disappear
In this letter he Informed hts son that twenty
two Gays after the oay on which tue dog was re,
ceivsd st the express ofhce at Leon he appeared
at his old home In Flat Rock, Ohio; or, In otner
| words. that the dog guided by his instinct mad
travelled nine hundred miles in twenty-five days
| The most astonishing circumstance connected
with this Anecdote h that the dog was conveyed
| the entire distance from Ohio TO Kansas on his
outward Journey ia an express Car, and how IN
| the world he ever found his way back on foot is
nmystery which only that dog can solve. That
he had tr 4velled the entire distance was clearly
| apparent by tue condition he was IN when ne
reached bis old home being footsore' nearly
| starved, and badly used up.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-21
MIR. POTTS LooKINe FOR 11oHr.
The Most Astonishing Circumsta noe that Ever
Game Under his Notice.

nom the Green Mountain FREEMAN.
One night during the recent troubles in
the Penns, lvania coal regions. Judge Potts's
brother Thos. Potts was round a. meeting Of
mtne owners, and after the adjournment he
stepped into a tavern. While there he met some
friends, and In the course Of an hour or two he
got very intoxicated. On bis way home be lost
his hat, and miner, who knew him, Feeling
com assion for MIN, clapped on his head
miners hat ; and 10 order to make the dark
street look brighter he lighted the lamp In 'front.'
OF the hat. When Pots reached the mouse ms
hut Potts felt certain the lamp was burning IN
the hall but he couldn't for the life OF him tell
He looked al the regular lamp aud 1t seemed
to DO out then hunted IN every Ilroc,ioh l1r
the light, but he was unable 10 ma ", nilh IuRn
Presently ne happened to stop In front OF the
mlrror IN the hat ok. and then he saw precisely
where the light was. After a brief obJufRdton
upon Mrs. Potts for leaving leht IN such
pl zee he vent up to TIE miro aud tired TO oi9w
Game burned as steadily az b,tiore.
That" I'D Potts, "is the most extraornary
lamps ever been my misfortune teucounter."
Then he took OF his coat, and, holung II In
front Of him, crept cautiously up to the mirror,
and tried to crush the coat over the lamp, which
still burned brightly. He said
" that's cerlnly very extrd'noryi Moz 'ston-
ishin' ctfcumstanz ever come uner my observa-
ton. Dou'o how to count for itp'
1t occurred To him that perhaps he might
smash the lamp with an umbrella. Selling the
wsapnn, he went up TO the hat, and, aiming
terrible blow at the light, he brought the UNI
brella down. lie missed, and smas oed his Sun
day hat into chaos. He took aim again, aud
O iuRhi the umbrell In the lamp overhead, bring
ing II down with crash. IN n he tried IA thlrd
time. and plunged the ferrule OF the umbrella
through the mirror, smashing II to atoms. lie
felt exultant for a moment as the light disap-
peared from his vision, but he was perplexed TO
hnd there was another light somewhere, no did
not know exactly where. So he sat down on the
stars and remarked:
MOI 'stonisnin circumstanz ever come
un'er my observation. Whaten thunder dok II
me n, any how? Llghts gone, an yefs hinin'l
Perfectly incomprehensible Wish To era cious
Mrs. Potts ii wake 40 an splain II. Durn 4
know what had better dof"
Then Potts took OF his hat TO scratch his
head, in the hope that he might scare up an
idea, aud the truth flashed upon him. Gazing
at the lamp for moment, until he drank In \
full conception OF the trouble II had caused
him, he suddenly SIN ished IL down on the hoor
In rage, aud extinguishe ed II after covering two
yards Of carpet with gre use. Then he went to
bed. and In the morning Mrs Potts informed
hun that some OF those horrible miners nad
broken into the house the night before, aud left
one Of their hats with lamp. Potts turned
over IN bed 81 that she could not see his face,
and said II tue stern hand OF the law wasn't
laid upon those rufiins soon. nObodys life
TN aafn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-21
The Thinnsss of American Women . Blessing
and "A Beauty.

Alas, alas, all the Old World runs to flesh
with added years; the Anglo-Saxon, reutOnic,
Latin, ana SclayOnic races are unwilling that
their daughters shall stop within the bounds
RES of grace. Ins Republic, aged century,
alone pTescriDes limitations to the material
growth Of ner women; keeping them, II may be,
within their best devel lpmcnt, their lovetest
blossoming. Nature were wise. perchauce, to
strike an average, and 50 benefit both hemi-
spheres but since she docs not, lot US be con-
tent with our spaTeness and our angultrity, es-
pocially since these are sensOly growing less.
We are much nearer tine ideal and tue classic
than the rest OF the globe Is. Let our women
rejoice that they are not fat; that they can ap-
preach middle life without accommodating an
ovorplus of flesh. II they need consolation,
they should remember that adipose matter Is
not given with discrimination that nature or
dana 1t should be too much or too little, aud
that, all things considered, the latter Is far
preferable.
The Greek statues. still regarded as perfection
OF form rs arcnetypes OF beauty, are more Ike
American tn n like other women; the old mas
tiers, barring Rubens and his reproduction OF his
two huge, habby wives. painted goddesses,
saints, and mad unnas without leaning 10 stout
ness. The great beauties Of history, the fasci-
mating hetoInes OF poetry and fiction, wero slen-
der, Iissome creatures, whose glorious bodies
seemed capable OF reflection. There can be no
real grace, no elegance, no untold charm III two
hundred ayoituupois while she who ID thinness
itself may still ne enchanting; may iospIro
poetry, may make men mad for love VI her, and
set the world in arms.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-21
A Georgia Decision Regarding Turf BETS.
From ne Atlanta Constitution

FrOW Nt AHHNu IONSIWNNoV,
On the evidence tho Court assumes this
10 have been n turf race" and holds that
although money won on turf race cannot he
recovered back by the loser, as In cases of COM
mon betting, IL does not follow that money won
on a turf race can he recovered by the winner,
In AN action, either from tue better or the stake
holder. All wager contracts, on any sport pr
pastime, turf races included, are void. Money
lost In gaming may generally he recovered
after paid. Ii Is In this respect only that turf
racing Is made an exception. The law leaves
the party rs they are. Az common law btttlhR
contracts are not, as such, Illegal. Hut there
has been strong determination IN the courts Of
this country to discourage aud refuse 10 eutorce
them, even in the absrECe II statutes. Huffman
WIS entitled To his own money back but he re-
fused To take II, and had no right Of action
against the stakeholder.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-21

Come, boys have something TO tell youi
Come near, would whisper 1t low
You are thluNlne oi leaving thU homestead.
Don't be IN u hurry 10 ~.
The Ciiy has many attractions
Hut think of The vices AMI slnr-
When once IN the vortex Of fashion,
How soon the course downward DeGins.
You talk Of the mines Of Australia,
They're ~ealtny IN gold, without doubtI
But. All there l. gold ON the farm, boys,
II you will hut shovel II out.
The mercantile lfe 10 a hazard,
The goods are nrst high ana then low,
Better rish the old farm while longer.
Don't be In hurry 10 90.
The great stirring world hss Inducements,
There u many say, busy mart,
But wealth IL NOT maze In day, boys,
Cont be In hurry TO start
The BANKERS and brokers' are wealthy,
They lake ln their thousands or soi
All, think OF the frauds and deceptionl-
Don't be In hurry to 10.
TIE farm IA the SAFEST ard :;iress,
The orchards are budding today
You're free rs the air OF thr mOuntainA
And monarch OF all you survey
Better stay on the farm while longer,
Though pronts should come rather SLOW;
hamepbef you've nothing " Hsk, bora
D0nt BE- IN Q hurTJ 70 80
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-21
Partisan Hairdre..er's Trick.
From lie Figaro. Maya.

Owing TO the hue and cry which has
been raised about diseases contracted by wear
INK .ir cut from cofpses, the ladies' at Pans re-
fuse to purchase any hair unless from the mead
OF the living, and they insist on being present
at the snoaring.
expense, n beautiful peasant from Brittany, IN
her national costume.
lie lakes on her characteristic cap she sheds
a lew tears when the cruel scissors do their
work, and still more when the .stidiOus pur-
chaser receives a splendid brald-wnlch has
been in the store long while, but has been
adroity fastened, for the occasion, on the head
of the gisi VINO generally has never been outside
IL