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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-08
ASTHMA.

THE SUBSCRIBERS ARE MANUFACTURERS
| and Proprietors of DR.. r. W. Reads Celebrated
Asthma Relief, which is undoubtedly the best
asthma remedy yet discovered. INSTANT RE-
LIEF IS GUARANTEED OR PURCHASE PRICE
REFUNDED. We put up the medicine in boxes Of
three Sizes which retail for Is cents, so cents and
81. Persons renting retail price will have tho
medicine promptly forwarded by mail. postpaid
Also samples sent free to any who desire Prices
per doz. $175; $3.50 and 500; gross price, $1S
$3.50; S72. ETHRIDGE, FULLER & CO.,
Rome, n. Y.
For sale in Rock Island By John Bengston, Emf
R9hler, and Z. Breunert
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-08
Railroad Time Table.

SHORTEST ROUTE TO The EAST AND SOUTH.
LEAVE ARRIVE.
Eastern Ex. 90 g. m. Mail q Elk. 1:10 m.
Mail & XIX. 1'45 p. m. Western Ex. 500 p, m.
Way Freight $50 o. m. Way Freight 3:25 p m
Through TT. 500 p. m. Through Fl. 400 q. m.
The 600 q. m, train makes close connection at
Galva with B q Q, for Monmouth, Bushnell &c,
also at Peoria with q j, for Jacksonville, Spring
field, st Louis and all points south and southwest
arriving in st Louis at 100 pm.
The AS train makes close connection at Galva
with B q @ r r, for Galesburgh and Burlington,
also at Peoria with T W & wv, BE w, and Illinois
Midland for points east and southeast,
j. R. HILILARD, Receiver.
jas. V. MAHoNEY, Gen'. Tk't Agt.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-08

GOING EAST TRAINS LEAVE
At 30 q. m. 4:15 p, m; and 1000 p. N. Trains
arrive from west as above.
come WEST TRAINS LEAVE
At $3.50 o. m; S:55 O. m, and 8 20 p. m. Train
arrive from the east as above.
ROCKFORD. ROCK BLAND B ST. LOUIS 3. 3.
GOING SOUTH TRAINS LEAVE
At $40 Q. m. and $50 p. m. daily,
ARRIVE FROM ST. LOUIS
At 6:20 q. m. daily, and s:45 p. m.
STERLING TRAINS LEAVE
At $40 q. m. and $40 p. m.
ARRIVE PROM STERLING
At 900 q. m. and 8 100 p. m.
COAL VALLEY MINING CO.'S TRAINS.
LEAVE ARRIVE.
gY:O5 M 1880 A. N
f2:OOM $3.50 p. N
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There's nothing very bad about that
kind of talk, and we hope the coming year
will develop nothing worthy of censure.
Aldermen Woods and Csrse said few
congratulatory words; Jim Parks shot off
his mouth; and L. M. Hsverstick spoke a
little piece, and then the boys ''whooped it
up all over town." went home in the morn
ing, and have very bad headaches to-day
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-08

At every great exhibition during the past 40 years
Beware OF limitations, the country is full of them
See that DIXON is On the package
~ The great labor question solved by Dixon's
Stove Polish which saves nearly all the labor
For sale by Henry Darts Sons. Wholesale Gro.
GERS, Rock Island.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-24
NEW YORK.

New YORK, Marcn 1G-Night.-A
special to The Herald from Bismarck,
ID. T., says uudeniable evidence will
be sent from that place to Washing
ton III few days proving that within
one week after Belkuap's ypstaiiat on
rs Secretary of War he began to
scheme for the sale Of all The prOmi-
nent traJerships on the front,er; tha6
they were eventually dispos of for
money. The dispatch says the evil
dence referred 20 will show that one
Senator and one eI-Sene toe, boi n from
the same State, the later row Cover
nor OF d Territory, and an tx Cover r Or
OF rrjtory now holding / 'gh aud
rosponslb'e position il the War De
partmeu:, and Fl ex-TerritOrial Mar
shrt, all have been implicated.
Prosper NJ. WetmOre is dead.
Geo. e. Defreest ard VIM. b. Bui-
hons, clerks in the insurance office OF
Christie q Doardman at Troy. have
abLco Idei with Sl1, ,00O. Speculat on
at faro led 10 the defalcation.
The costs OF the Tweed six million
dollar siit were taxed to-day W. h
some interest yet TO be compu ed.
rDey are between S12, 900 aud $i3. 900
exclusive OF one per cent. allowance,
which will amount to aboht $50, 900.
The new di~ecto; of the Back o.
the State "f New. York elected Law
renee Funure vice president and a.
pointed Il committee 10 III vestie ace the
affairs of the bank and report as soon
as possible. 1t is said the required
extension of sixty days has not be /
s.gned by the necessary number Of
creditors and hence the appOii L,nept
Of an investigating committee.
New YORK, March. Is S-Night-Dur-
ing the week at the Cotton Exchange
tue spot market has advanced cent,
but has been quiet and at the close
prices were weak. Futures opened
very firm and tending upward, but the
bank failure Interrupted this, being
followed by weakening III the Liver-
pool market and the decline 10 gold.
The market has ever since been de-
pressed.
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The shadow of tue Rock ,,

The last issue of the Rlle'gh CHyi,,
ian AdUOcate contains lengthy com
| munication from the peH OF Rev. w.
NJ. Robey, = NJ, pastor of the Metho-
dist church and president of the
Davenport Female College, Lenoir, N.
c., descriptive of th s handsome paint
ing, the last and greatest work of the
artist Rev. Johannes A. Oerte' Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church.
Mr.. Robey says many good things
the artist and his work, but want of
space onty allows Us to copy the fol-
lowing:
1T is a matter of pride to us as D
people that this great work of ait
should go from our little mountain
village to our nationa' centennial ex-
hIbltlon. NORTH Carolina's patriotic
sous who attend that great national
pageant will not fan to seek out in the
gallery of art "The Shadow of the
Rock" nor, as they 81 md before it.
will they fail to hold up their heads in
the face of the assembled nations in
hone It pride that their honest native
State IS the home OF a geliu8 whose
sublime conceptions and patient toll
can render Class cal her Obscurest
hamlcts.'
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-24

appointment of marshal when Healy's
term expired. The promise was made
long after he had begun to labor for
Spencer. The night before the cleo
ton witness kept guard over two coll
ored republicans who were feared to
| be disaffected. In the morning he
told them III the presence of Spencer
that Spencer had made up his mind TO
get them an Office. spencer said he
couldn't make a direct promise but
! there was route agency vacant on a
western railroad. They subsequently
voted for Spencer. The question was
asked If S Sr,encer furnished any money
to take a journey to Lowndes county
and 10 this eX Senator Carpenter, ,coun-
sci for Spencer, objected. taking
grounds that no proof can be given
before the committee. showing that
any one had been bribed; that bribery
was punishable by the State. Witness
was directed to answer the question
aud did SO by stating that Spe Ger fur
nished one of the party $500 for ex-
penses; the reason they went there WIS
70 defeat man named Stanwood. who
was an enemy OF Spencer. Moo :,
the colored man who was elected IN
his place, was also entrusted t. go into
Other counties aud induce persons TO
run as independent candidates, the
expenses OF the canvass to he pal by
Spencer or the state committee, he
forgets which. Several letters were
introdnced and re ID, one from / 'eD-
Ger, dated Nov. "a, no year. saying
Hastings time soon expires and you
shall have the plnce,' aud that the of
fee would be worth $1,000 a year.
The lette, adds that in csse q. S.
Grant has war with Spain Alabama
will come in for a good share of patron
a4e as he (SpenceD is on the military
committee of the Senate aud can thus
get many offcss, telling Barber that h :
could get him good place IN the army
# he wanted one. The witness said he
was appointed az inspector OF customs
at Mobile at a salary of S25 day,
although he never applied for it. He
thinks Spencer got the, appointment
for him. Never went to Mobile and !
never rendered any services but drew
bis pay. Held the position three
Gen. George Lewis declines the
Democratic nomination for Governor |
OF Rhode Islaud
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FOREIGN.

HAVANA, March S-Noon-Sevefal
plantations have been burned in the
district Of Colon. Troops have been
sent to punish tue insurgent incen-
diaries.
VIENNA, March 1S-Noon-Servia
has determined to raise a compulsory
loan for military purposes and will ex-
act Immediately with the utmost vigor.
The Servian ministers seem to favor
Immediate war. The situation is ag-
gravated by continued raids of Turkish
troops on the frontier.
The Austrian representative at Bel
grade had another interview with
Prince Milan Thursday and III ged
him to make binding declaration in
avor of peace. The Prince asked Il
four days delay. He stated that he
could not trust the pacific assurances
of Montenegro. He said further that
if Montenegro entered into action he
could not remain behind and prepara-
t on was necessary as the Turks were
again concentrating on the Servlan
frontier. Long cabinet COUNCILS are
held daily.
PARIS. March 1S -Noon.-M. Louis
Blauc has decided to take n seat in the
Chamber of Deputies for the thirteenth
| arronaissemeuS of Paris.
An arch of the railway bridge over
the river I'll gave way under pressure
| of the flood. a crossing passenger
train was precipitated into the river
and the carriages dashed to pieces.
The passengers were all crushed to
death or drowned. Thirty corpses
have already been recovered.
The programme of the ministry is as
follows: Ten or twelve of the most
o noxious projects or sub-prefects are
to be removed in few days; eight are
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cerely resolved to serve the republic
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tract the support of the middle class
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the elections through political passion
viii be dismissed; others who acted
under orders or through terror will bt
removed to other departments. After
these changes assurances will be giveI
to the officials that they have nothing
more to hear. A bill on municipal re
forms will not he in6I oduccd until thI
end of the year as the excitement at
tending municipal elections Is unde
sirable during the present year.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-24
Did it ever occur to you to lecture !?

1 Dl0 IL ever occur TO you TO lecture
Oh, yes; I have turned it over in my
mind. But guesSI won't. You see
my son, I am so crammed full of in
formation that if 1 began a discourse
I could hardly stop under couple Of
years, and tAat is too long for lee.
ture, you know. Then they might
encore it, and so I hardly think I'd
better go in. No, will Just trudge
along IN the old fashion.
Have you any views about the great
questions of the day ? Are you in
favor of soft money or hard !?
Young mau, tho advice to you of a
man who has studied the world for
nearly two thousand years, is to take
any kind you can get. That is solid
| wisdom.
Why don't you locate in this coun-
try, and be naturalized and have your
hair cut and run for something ? One
of the parties would put you up for
Governor, maybe, after awhile.
Do not want it, my boy. What good
does it do a man? There is old Bill
Allen, of Ohio; 1 first met him in 1897,
and he was laying his plans then for
what was it to him? I would rather
than to he the greatest statesman on
earth.
Have you been over to the Centen-
nial building yet?
Not yet. And, by the way, I want
to mention to you that if anybody
sends to the art exhibition from Peru
that famous picture of st. Augustine,
don't you place eny confidence in it.
[ knew him well, and it is ell lie
about his wearing high hat and tor
toise shell spectacles, and carrying a
revolver in his belt. pronounce that
picture a fraud; now mind me.
Then. as the old man babbled on, he
descended from the fence, shouldered
his umbrella, and together the two
started for the ferry. He said he
wanted to buy new suit of clothes.
The suit he had on he had bought in
1907 in Germany, and it was begin
ming to get threadbare. So the re-
porter led him over the river, put him
in horse-car, asked him to send his
address to the Office. and the aged pill
grim nudged up into corner seat, put
his valise on the floor and sailed serene
ly out Of sight amid the reverberation
of the oaths hurled by the driver at an
Irish drayman who occupied the track
in front of the car.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE.

CONCORD, March 6-Noon-keturns
from 234 towns give Cheney Hep.)
Il, ,24O, Marcy Oem.) 37,474 aud Ken
dali and sc 4ttering 419, which makes
Cheney's NJ sjority 3,343. Ten towns
are yet to hear from, the vote of Which
last year gave White (temperance) 8.
Cherev (Rep,) 5l4 and Roberts (Den. }
600. The latest count OF tue Hou ,
stands: Republicans, 207; Demo-
Gratis, ITS.
NASHUA, March 16-Noou-A fire in
Wilton, N. H., destroyed the railroad
house and Newell = block ard was still
spreading at last counts. Assistance
has beel sent from here and Milford.
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The Only Way to Conquer Dys-
DepSia.

1t is perfectly prepos.erors to introduce
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Ga the sound near Porter's Neck, and
on the lines of the W. & w. r. r. aud
the W., CaA. :. r. wo hear that tie
fires have done much damage.
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The Novel of the Season
CHRISTIAN REIDS'
"a QUESTION OF HONOR"

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Administrators Sale
Heal Estate.

TN pursuance of a jn igment and decree by
IL the Superior Court OF the County OF New
Hanover, made on the 14th day OF February,
1876, in the caseof Jot n X. brown, Admins
trotor of Mary j. Price, against ''Che Trus-
tees of the University of North Ca colIEa,' on
Monday the 9th ds of March 1875 at y O'Clock
m, at the Court Houso OF saiG county, he IN
dersignej will sell by public auction the follow
ing desirable parcel OF land and premises sit
nate in the city of Wilmington. in said county,
viz: Beginning in the western line o. McRae
street at a point 133 feet and inches south
ws'.dly from ITS intersection with the southern
line Bladen ST., In ,nce running westward ly
parallel with 8laden st.e feet, thence southwark
lV parallel with Eighth street about 100 feet to
the northern line OF the right OF way or
the wilmington and Weldon Railroad Com
pauy, hence enthusiastically along said hight
of wav about 10 feet il McRae street, ard
thence northwa-dly with the western lire OF
McRae street to tire begnniDg-part OF Lot no.
fs' IN Block 1888, :" per plan OF said CITY, One
fourth Of the purchase money VIII be payable
n cash, and the residue in two equal install
m nts, pay able six and twelve months after
i2y of sale, with interest from that day, and for
which note will be required from the purchaser
WILMINGTON, Feb. Path, 1875.
JOHN K. BROWN,
feb2 klmInistratar Of Mary j. Price.