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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-19
Failed,

Boston, August. l9.-TLe failure OF
Hon. Josiah Quincy is announced. Liza
bilities $4,000. Assets twenty thousand.
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USE RENNE'S
PAIN-KILLING
M MAGIC OIL
"It Works like q Charm

w OTkS Ike II SudIIu.
If you have got rheumatism,
USE RENNE'S MAGIC OIL
If you have got Neuralgia,
USE RENNEs MAGIC OIL
II you have got Collie or Cramps,
USE RENNES MAGIC OIL
II 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 thorough and faithful use o.
this popular remedy. 1t Is purely vegetable; safe
and clean to use internally externally.
SYRACUSE, n, Y, July 25th, 1875.
WM. RENNE & Sons, Pittsfeld, Mass,
SIRs-As a duty, well privilege, wish tC
commend to those unacquainted with its healin!
qualities You 'Pain-Killing Magic OIL" TO BI
KEPT IN READINESS FOR EMERGEFCIEs, as severe at
tacks of bowel difficulties, to be applied EXTER
NALLY, a counter irrltant, and INTERNALLY as al
anodyne and healer. Also for fresh wounds, havin!
tested it, especially the cuts, bruises and strain
received in the terrible calamity at the Centra
baptist Church. June - 1874 In behalf of al
Things which good, and truly useful, subscrib
| myself, Fraturnally yours, Rev. II. A. SIzER
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JOHN ROOTS
BI 7 7 I | En- 5.
500 REV ARD

will pay one hundred dollars to any person who
will make proof that John Roots B.ters fail to i'm
prove the condition of such person if suffering from
the effects of either ofthe following diseases, viz:
Fever and Ague, Dumb Ague,
Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver or Kid,
ney Complaint, Loss OF Appetite
Headache, Bilious Attacks, Brain,
Scarlet, Typhoid, Remittent or In
termittent Fevers, when taken &C.
cording to the directions accom-
panving each bottle of the same.
/ do not claim that these Bitters possess any su
perhuman virtue, but what do claim, is that wher
relief can be had in the cases specified or in fac
any case which arises from impure state of tht
Blood or deranged condition of the Stomach, Live.
or Kidneys the of these Bitters will Insure sucf
relief and it is upon this frank and fair condition
that offer this reward in candor and good faith.
| JOHN ROOTS, Manufacturer, No. s92 Senec,
Street Buffalo, n. Y; VAN SCHAACK, STEVEN
| SGN & REID. Agents for John Roots Bitters, 92.a
81 Lake Street, Chicago.
For sale by all Druggists in Rock Island and vi
| Ditv
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-19
Remarkable Escape from Terrible Death

PORTSMOUTH, n. H., August l9,-At
noon yesterday, John Sullivan, while at
tempting to recover a dipper from the
bottom of an old WE'LL was buried alive by
the caving in OF earth. A large force
iiD mediately went to work to dig him out
and at midnight he was extricated alive
He was buried under 40 feet of earth and
stones.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-19
Useless Goes to the Branch for Eis Sur
mer Spree.

WASHINGTON, Aug. l9.-The president
with his family left this morning for Long
Rranch
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-19
Bank Reserves.


NEW YORK. Aug. l9.-Bank statemer
reserve decrease 81, ,l90,375.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-19
The New South Wales Escaped Fenian
Prisoners Arrived in New York.

New YORK, Aug. l9.-The whaling
bark Catalpa arrived here this morning
from New South Wales with the Fenian
prisoners who escaped from that country
some time since.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-19
Universalist's Missionary Society.

CHICAGO, Aug. 19-The Illinois State
Woman's Universalist Missionary society
held meeting here to-day and heard re-
ports and transacted the usual business.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-19
DIR. RAILWAYS
SarsapariIlian ResoIvent
The Great Blood Purifier.

For the Cure Of oil Chronic Diseases.
sCROFUIA OR SYPHILITIC, HEREDITARY OR
CONTAGIOUS.
BE 1T SEATED IN THE
Lungs or Stomach, Skin or Bones, Flesh
or Nerves.
Corrupting the Solids and Vitiating the Fluids.
r"Chronic Rheumatism Scrofula Glandaur Swell
ling, Hacking Dry Cough, Cancerous Affections
Syphitic Complaints Bleeding of the Lungs, Dys
pepsia, Water Brash, Tic DOloreux White Swell
iings, TumOrs, Ulcers, Skin and Hip Diseass Mer-
cural Diseases, Female Complaints, Gout, Dropsy,
Ricketts,, Salt Rheum, Bronchitis, Consumption
Kidney ,tBladder, Liver Complaints, &c.
Price 81 per bottle. Sold by Druggists.
DIR. RADWAY & CO., % Warren St, New York
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COLLEGE
sWARTHMoRE. Delaware Go Penn,

wv sS3ss 41sRSssss' SS1UW u1S " . S<3A*'
THIS Institution, under the care of friends and
| open to students of either SEX s situated on the
West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad, ten miles
from Philadelphia. Full Courses of study are pro-
vided in both the Classical and the Scientific De-
partment, for completing either of which the usual
degrees conferred There is also connected with
the College Preparatory School, Applicants ad-
mitted either to the College or Preparatory School
who bring testimonials of good character from
their last teachers and pass the required prepara-
tory examinations. The examinations for admis-
sion 10 the College or the Preparatory school will
be held the Sd, 4th and 5th days, the 12th 13th
and 14th of ninth month (September), 1876. To se-
cure places, the accommodation being limited, ap-
plicaton should be made as early possible, either
personal or by letter, to the President For cata-
logues and further particulars address
EDWARD II. MAGILL, President.
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Lar0-F1rm, unenanSed-
LIVE STOCK
St. Louis Market.

st. Louis Market.
ST. LoUIs, august 49,
Wheat-Higher; No fall 1T01 25 bid cash
1TH bid Aug; No 3, 03al al 04; No 4, a2A bid.
Corn-Frm; 46l41H bid cash and Aug.
Oats-Higher; 346135 cash; 80 Sept.
Rye-Dull; 471a GAS.
Whisky 10.
Pork-Lower; 1S 25. .
Lard-Nominal.
LIVE STOCK.
Hogs-Qniet receipts 1900; Workers and bacon
T5@S 90; butchers o006 25; Philadephias %
Q6 80
wheat-Firm higher sa2l cash; s2as-sept; s24
Oct; No 8, %.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-19
New York Market.

NEW YORK, August 1s.
FINANCIAL.
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ILLINOIS NORMAL UNIVERSITY

NORMAL MCLEAN CO, ILLS.
For the preparation of teachers. Exclusively
PROFESSIONAL instruction for those who are pre-
pared for it. Tuition FREE. Next term begins
September 4, 1876. Superior Academic instruction
at low rates. in the Model Department. Adapted to
any grade from the gest pupils to those fitting
for the best colleges. Send for catalogue, or ad-
dress
EDWIN c. HEWETT, Prest, Normal fIll.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-19

Governments-Dull; steady.
IT & RpndG Eao cent 5-2n,s 1881
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-19

MRS ATTY B, OHIO ST, Cleveland. 0.
RHEUM ATISM-Dr. Fenton: Having been laid
up five weeks with rheumatism, and spent dollar
after dollar, my physician told me it must wear
off got up and on crutches many more weeks
was advised to get six bottles of Fenton's Sarsapa-
rilla. Five bottles cured me completely. freely
recommend the Matchless Syrup as q sure cure fol
Rheumatism. Yours truly,
W. Il BATES. Cleveland. O.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-30

SUNDAY, MARCH FoURTH.-The fact
that the next 4th of March falls on Sun
day, is going to involve some curious
anomalies in our political history. It
has been currently assumed that one of
them would consist in elevating the
President pro tenn. of the Senate, and
now acting Vice President, Mr.. Ferry,
to the Presidency of the United States
for twenty-four hours. Further exami-
nation, however, shows that this cannot
be, because Mr.. Ferry term as Senator
from Michigan expires on the third of
March, SO that he viii be private citi-
zen on the next day, OF at the least but
a Senator re-elect, but not sworn in. It
will be necessary for the Senate, there
fore, which is a permanent body, to
elect President pro TEN. to preside
until the regularly electedVice President
of the United States shall take his place
as presiding officer. The choice will be
made from among those Senators whose
terms continue beyond 1877 and it is
likely to fall on either Senator Anthony,
of.Rhode Island, Edmunds, of Vermont,
Hamlip, of Maine, or Morton, of Indi-
ana. Who ever may be thus desig-
mated, that Senator will be President Of
the Unlted~StateS for one day,
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-30

a WONDERFUL TEXAS CAvF.-H. S.
P. Ashby, who recently visited the Nc
Crea Gave in Llano County. writes -
cat the entrance the cave is - feet and
fifteen feet wide. Many rocks jut out
upon either side, One hundred yards
under ground we entered spacious
room 100 feet high, $50 feet long, and
40 or so feet wide. From the dome
hung thousands of lime formations, re-
sembling icicles. Near the centre, on q
large pedestal, is what some call a Satan,
or bronze figure. We passed on through
the varied scenery until we came to an
upper room. We assembled o rugged,
slippery stairway, some 80 feet high, to
this room, which is smaller than any of
the others, it being only about &c feet
long, s high and wide. We went
about mile under ground, and crossed
several pools Of water, some Of them
very deep. Mr.. Farmer, one of the
party went down to see how deep one Of
these pools was, but accidentally went
down head first, and didn't stay long
enough to learn the exact depth, but
after blowing tue wafer out OF his nose,
said it was colder than spring water.
One mile within, the air was very heavy,
and the water rises to the top of the
cave, so we could go further Galveston
Mems
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-30

Two SUNDAYs.-You know that, in
crossing the Pacific, it becomes neces-
sary to alter the reckoning of the days
to conform to that of the Eastern or
Western Hemisphere, according as a
ship is sailing in one direction or the
other. In going to Japan, when the
190th degree OF longitude is reached
(Which is just half way around theworId
from the royal observatory at Greenwich
England, from which longitude is reck-
oned), a-day is dropped, and IN return
ing one is added. We crossed that
meridian on the Sth inst, and so two
days were put down in the ships oalen-
Oar rs the 8th of June. Now, as it hap
pened that this was Sunday, We had two
Sabbaths succeeding each other-one
OF which was the Sabbath in Japan and
IN all Asis, and the other the Sabbath in
America and in Europe. Some of our
ships company were puzzled to know
which to keep; bat / did not think
it would do me any harm TO keep them
both, and shall always remember with
pleasure this double Sabbnth on theses.
Dr.. Field Evangelist.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-30
THEJENNINGS ESTATE.

I once heard George Peabody say that
for many years he had been bored with
letters from America, asking him about
visionary estates, falling to more vision
ary eirs in the United States, and even
so humble an individual as your cores
pondent has received enough letters
about the Jennings estate to yield him
q glow of satisfaction in recording the
prospect that the famous case has at
last reached a situation in which thedOor
will speedily be shut against any future
inquirers. The high court of chancery
will soon have the case in hand. The
Jenningses, to the number of sew
eral hundred, have formed huge ''fam-
lily association, "a sort of joint stock
company-with, trcasurers secretaries,
and have issued memorial for public
information. In this adjudication of
Dickens Jarndyce VS.. Jarndyce the title
is Jennens VS. ennens; but Ibelieve that
the various waysin which Jennens canbe
written when there are millions in it are
family that once upon time concluded
that Jennings" or clemens" was
plebia1l as compared with Jenying, Jen-
yns, tanning, seems to have discovered
in recent years a more aristocratic accent
inJ enningsandJe Thereneverwere
such number of Jenningses in London
as at present, no fewer than nienty-six
persons of that name being on the di-
rectory. The property represents forty
millions of sgolden dollars and the hol-
ders of tickets that may draw prizes are
beginning, it is said, tospeculate in them.
The old man who left the original prop
erty points unusually well the saying,
che heapeth up riches and knoweth not
who shall gather them He was god
son of William ILL, and page to the
first Hanovrian king; miser, he died in
| lonely bachelorhood, and an unsigned
will was found hidden away in all mag
| pie places about his house. The sum he
left to be fought over was two million
pounds, and it has now become eight
millions of pounds. Scores Of people
have been ruined in the effort to grasp
the old miser's hoard, and scores of law
yers have made fortunes by it. When
the case is decided it is expected that a
number Of glossy gentleman of the Inns
will have to go about like workmen in
the winter, singing, eve have no work
to do-o-o." Some families may be con-
tent with gaining a certificate of connee-
ton with family which includes Due
hess of Marlborough (Sarah the tarma-
GENT; Richard Talbot, Duke of Tyrcon-
mel and Victor of Ireland under James I.
Edmund Jennings, the famous Jesuit;
Admiral Sir John Jennings, and Soame
Jenyns, Antiquary, the most respectable
of the lot, who reappears in one of the
est-drawn characters of the late Mr..
Shirley Brooks most pleasant romance.
The matter has gone now go far that
some notices of ejectment from the prop
erty have been served, and the conflict
begun century back, waged since in a
ghostly way, will soon grow warm.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-30

BURGLAR PROOF Doors. The follow
ing is said to be perfect continuance
for rendering doors burglar proof It is
simply little brass wedge, with small
piece Of the same metal attached to it's
sloping side. The wedge has only to be
pushed from the inside between the
closed doors and the door sill. No 9TH
er fastening is necessary, as any attempt
to open the door only tightens the wedge.
An ordinary torpedo may be inserted
between the wedge and the piece of me-
tai riveted upon it; the slightest attempt
to force the door will explode the tor
pedo and create an alarm, This style of
wedge may be made of hard wood, with
little piece of tin riveted on, under
which to place the torpedo. In this case
the tin should begin low down at the end
of the wedge to protect it. It is some
times good plan to have hole bored
10 the wedge SO that it may be temporar-
lily secured to the floor with a nail or q
pocket gimlet) about three inches in
front of the door. In this way an at
tempt to open the door is sure to meet
with failure and detection at the same
instant.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-30

ORIGIN OF THE COP HYAIEN.- Dam
Chef, the French poet, tells us respect
ing the dedication of Hymen that he was
young man of Athens, obscurely born,
but extremely handsome. Falling in
love with a young lady of distinction, he
disguised himself in a female habit in
order to get access to her and enjoy the
pleasure of her company. As he happen
ed to be one day in this disguise with
his mistress and her female companions,
celebrating on the seashore the rites of
Ceres Eleusina, q gang Of pirates came
upon them by surprise and carried them
of. The pirates having conveyed them
to a distant island, got drunk for Joy and
fell asleep. Hymen seized his oppor-
tunity, armed the virgins and despatch
ed the pirates After which, leaving the
ladies on the island, he went in haste to
Athens, where he told his adventure to
all the parents, and demanded her he
loved il marriage as her ransom His
request was granted, and SO fortunate
was the marriage that the name of Hy-
men was ever afterward invoked in all
future nuptials, and in progress of time
the Greeks enrolled him as one of their
gods.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-30

AN INTERESTING GfFT.-Gen. Mere
dith Read, American minister to Greece,
has presented to the department of state
at Washington, through Hon. Hamilton
Fish, an interesting and unique gift.
The Archaeological society Of Athens, OF
which he is a member, has been engaged
for some time in making excavations on
the southern side of the Acropclis. The
discoveries, already reached, In many
respects, sprpass in Importance those OF
Olympia. Besides the remains of three
temples mentioned by Pausanias, nu-
merous inscriptions and remains of an
cient statues, evidently belonging to the
Parthenon, have been found. But the
most remarkable relic was discovered IN
the base OF the southern wall of the
Acropolis. It was nothing less than q
treaty between the Athenians and Chal-
oedonians of the third year of the eighty
third Glympiad-446-445 g. O., en-
graved upon q large block Of Penteic
marble several years before the Parthe-
non was commenced by the order OF
Pericles. Not letter is missing from
this remarkable document. It completes
passage OF Thucydides, and is referred
to by Piutarch and Diodorus Siculus.
Immediately after it was brought to
light by the learned secretary Of the So
ciety, NJ. Coumanoadis, Gen. Reed Or
deraa plaster cast to be taken of the
original. This was handsomely framed
IN dark olive-wood case, with door
to preserve the inscription, and an apprc-
pirate dedication in gold letters. Our
minister then forwarded this unique copy
of this most ancient diplomatic instru-
ment as his personal gift to the depart
ment of state at Washington.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-30

CURE FOR CoRNs.-There is but one
cure for corns, and that is Take a
lemon and roll it until it is soft; cut a
firing at night. In the morning, if the
corn is white and disintegrated, pull it
out with your finger nails-never cut a
corn. Sometimes several applications OF
the lemon slices will be necessary, but
the oorns are bound to succumb, and
you can dance the next night if you like
After you remove the corns wear shoes
that are not too tight and are not too stiff
in the sofes.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-30
AGREATPIGEON BOOST.
From the Southland (Mo., Rustic.

From the Southland (Mo.l Rustic.
Pigeons have come into this part OF
the country by millions. OF evenings
the sky is darkened with them in the
neighborhood of DIR. Dodson's on the
Auglaize. They have made Dodson's
farm their head quarters, and at night
the trees and underbrush are loadedwith
multitudes. AS this roost is short dis
lance from our house we have had am
pie opportunity to watch their man
oeuvres and to hear the incessant noise
they make. A little before shutdown
large armies of pigeons are seen coming
from different points of the compass, but
each army prsses onward as if they in
tend to change their roosting place.
After awhile they return and settle on
the trees around the roost, not many of
them nearer than a mile of the place.
They make sudden flights from these
trees, and the sound of their wings is
like that Of great storm. There is g
constant roaring III the air as myriads
of the birds fly to and fro. About dark
they fly toward the roost, and for long
time they fly round and round and have
the appearance Of bees swarming, al
though the vast number and tornado
Ike roaring they make surpasses any
! thing in the power of man to describe.
After while they alight on the-tree and
bushes, and the limbs are bent down
ward, often are broken off,
The pigeons keep up a constant chat
| tering, which can be heard for miles
away. They are never still during the
night. So far as sleep is concerned such
thing is out of the question with
a pigeon. They are disturbed by them
selves, such throngs assembling in a
spot that none can be still for mo-
ment, and the incessant discharge of
firearms among them causes them 10
change their location almost constantly.
This roost is visited every night bycrowds
of men, some with guns and others with
poles, which they use in thrashing
down the pigeons that happen to be at
the point struck. Hundreds are killed
every night; but when light appears the
vrst armies again go forth with apparen-
tly as much Yigor as ever. Pigeons
have been killed in New York with I'M
digested rice in their crops, which they
had likely gathered in the rice fields of
the Carolinas. From these and other
circumstances it has been estimated that
pigeon flies at the rate of mile min
ute. Imagine, then, millions upon mil
lions, millions upon millions CT these
birds, all on the wing at the same time,
over scope of country not more than
two miles square, and faint idea of the
noise they make may be obtained. But
no one canever fully imagine what q pig
eon-roost is or how much noise they
make until one has seen and heard
There is abundance of mass here now
and we suppose the pigeons will remain
here until it is all gone. One curious
circumstance is that in the neighbor
hood of this pigeon roost we never SEE
a pigeon from the time they leave in the
morning until they return in the eve
ming. They are not eating the mas
here at all, but somewhere they are al
feasting luxuriantly, for they are all fat