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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-07

Howe's concentrated syrup, the great
blood purifier, and ague cure and tonic
bitters, can be had of Bengston and
Thomas.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-07

MOTHERS can secure health for their
children and rest for themselves by the
use of Castoria, a peafect substitute for
Castoria Oil. 1t is absolutely harmless,
and is as pleasant to take as honey For
Wind Collie Sour Stomach. Worms or
Constipation, for young or old, there is
nothing in existence like it, 1t is certain,
it is speedy.
CAKED BREASTS. Rheumatism, Sciatica,
Swellings, Sprains, Stiff Joints. Burns,
Scalds, Poisonous Bites, and allflesh, bone
and muscle ailments, can be absolutely
cured by the Centaur Liniments. What
the White Liniment is for the human
| family, the Yellow Linimentis for spawned
CALLED, and lame horses and animals.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-07

BLossBURG Coal at E. G. Frazer'E
warehouse
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-07

MINERAL SPRINGS Ark, March 9, &c.
Shallenbcrger Pills are the most effect
ual Ague medicine we ever sold; we could
name several cures after all other remedies
failed MIILNER 4 PARKER.
4-22d&w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-07

HARD Coal at Frazer's warehouse on
he leyee.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-07
Muscatine Democratic.

On Monday the Democrats of Muscatine,
Iowa, carried every man on the ticket ex-
cept one alderman. The majorities were
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-07

Killed in Coal Mine at Coal Valley.
By the accidental falling of some chunks
Of coal against a prop in the mines OF the
Coal Valley Mining Co., this morning,
causing the fall of the prop and that prop
falling on another one aud knocking that
out, a portion Of the roof fell upon Mr..
VIM. Beading, killing him almost instant
ly. His partner, Thomas Glendenning,
was neai him and heard him grOan as he
| fell and say 80 dear"-but that was all.
He gasped few times and died. Others
were also near, but no other person was
hurt. Mr.. Beading and his partner were
engaged in drawing a pillar" Part of
the pillar had been squeezed" off and
settled down to the bottom. Beading was
shovelling the loose coal back to his pa t
ner, when large lump thrown by Bead,
ling fell over against prop and knocked
it out with the result above stated. Glen
denning says he is not aware that any onC
is to blame.
Mr.. Beading was a cousin of Mr.
Robert Lee. He leaves a wife and on
child. The accident occurred within few
moments after he had entered the min
aud commenced work.
z We are indebted to MIR. VIM. Moore 10
most of the above facts. Mr. NJ came il
for the coroner, but as he is in poor healtl
he was not able to 60, and an inquest Wi
be held by a magistrate at Coal Vale
this afternoon.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-07

NANTED-lmmediately, six blacks miths
on light work. Apply at the office of the
Moline Wagon Co, Moline, Ills. 6.d3t.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-07

Nothing in the Quaker City has receiv
ed more unlimited or we'll merited praise
from Its guests than the Colonnade Hotel
Philadelphia, for liberal management and
excellent courtesy
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-07

Shakespeare ISLANDERS life when he
makes Macbeth stigmatize it as a tale
Told by an idiot, full Of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing"
Life is pleasant used properly. But
he careful to use B I. Babbitt's Toilet
Soap, for it is the pleasantest and purest
Of things for the toilet and bath. If you
don't believe it, try it,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-07

Republican majority in the city 66
THE CITY COUNCIL.
For the coming year the council, politi-
cally, will be as follows:
MAYOR.
Hon. Vim. 2. Butler, candidate of both
parties.
ALDERMEN.
lst Ward, NJ. S. O'Neil, Dem.......2 years
- Henry Carse, Rep......l year
End Ward, Peter Schlemmer, Dem.2 years
VIM. H. Lundy, Dem, L year
3rd Ward, Philip Simmon, Dem, 2 years
Ignatz Huber, Dem.......l year
4th Ward, VIM. Il. Brooks, Rep. . years
" H. Il. Woods, Rep. III year
9Th Ward, Hugh Warnock, Rep. q years
" John Davis, Rep. year
FIVE Democrats and FIVE Republicans,
and mayor supported by both parties
and under no pledges to either. If that
don't make an even thing of it,what would
do it? But, really. politics had little or
nothing to do with the election. 1t was a
question of personal preference of men,
aud there was very little chance for
choice, for none of the candidates for
aldermen were quite the kind of timber
to make aldermen out of. We hope that
they will act with an eye solely to the good
of the city and that there will be no oc-
casion for politics in the board
Be sure and call for DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup if you are troubled with a bad
conph or cold. Il will give YOU relief.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-07
Railroad Changes ,

Jay Gould is endeaYoring to get a
through line from the Atlantic to the Pa
cihc, and he also has a little unpleasant
ness with the G. B. & Q. Preparatory to
the war he has got possession of the c..
r. |. Il p aud g. & n. w. roads, by
electing himself and Sidney Dillon and Oil.
yer Ames, directors of the G. r. l. & T.,
in place of P, L. Gable, of this city. Geo
H. Davenport, of Davenport, and Mr..
Cartwright, of Erie Pa. These last named
gentlemen forwarded to Mr. BOWS, some
time ago, their resignation, to be used il
found desirable, Similar changes were
made on the G. q \. ".
Mr. Hugh Riddle will probably con
tinue to manage the c. r. |. & P, as he
has done for some time past. He and
Mr., Gould are old friends,
Whether the war will give US compel
ing line to Chicago. via ProphetstowI
and Mendoza cannot yet be told. TIL
probability is that it will result 10 a com
promise in which the people will not b
the gamers by competition.
The result of the U. 2, election will b
found among our kilograms.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-07
CITY ELECTION.
The Centennial Style.
AN EVEN THING ALL AROUND

But no Electoral Commission Needed
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-07

Be sure and call for DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup if you are troubled with a bad
cough or cold. 1t will give you relief
Price 25 cents
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-22
I. The Self.Made in a Paris Gallery.

Paris Correspondence of Boston Transcript
There is certain type of American,
not unfrequently seen here, who has be-
come rich without becoming wise, and
VINO apes wisdom because he has money.
You will find him generally at the
Grand Hotel or the Hotel de Louvre, al
ways growing because dinner is not
served at midday, and in chronic state
of wonder and dissatisfaction because
people who surrounded him speak French
instead of English. He is generally
badly dressed in the newest garments,
speaks. with an utter recklessness of ad-
verbs and adjectiyes, is hazy ON the sub
ject of lenses, and admires nothing
without asking how much it cost. With
out the slightest necessity of his making
such an assertion, he generally tells you
he is sel-made man. The writer met
such person as this awhile ago, and in
a spasm of good nature consented to
conduct him through the Louvre and the
Luxembourg galleries. The following
is specimen of the mans ordinary con-
! versation: whats that picture? sort
of a picnic, amt it ?" he said, pointing
to the largest canvas in in Louvre.
That is The Marriage Feast at Cana,
by Paul Veronese,' answered the writer.
Frenchman? "No, an Italian"
"Deadp ooh yes, a long time ago."
How much do you suppose it cost ?''
"Well, some hundreds of thousands OF
francs" Tain't worth it! Look here, "
he said, "what's this?" "That! that is
the gem of the Louvre, Murillo's Tmmac.
ulate Conception, answered, wonder.
ing whether there wasn't some corner Of
his heart that this great work would ap
peal to. WELL" said he, "taint nat
ural; no woman could STAN up on &
cloud like that. Pretty babies-ain't
theyT (thinking of his own little ones a
home, no doubt). "How much is i
worth! !" " About forty million dollars,
:. l answered at random. "I guess yol
are mistaken" he continued, with .
look of triumph in his shrewd, calcula
ting eye. " 1t amt nowhere near as biz
as the other one you told me about.
That man just spent two hours in tn
Louvre. hope it did him good. A
we walked down the stairs he said +
me, Ever been in Cincinnati P
"Never." "Well, you ought to see
picture the've got there, painted by
young man named Farm and shown
how to kill a hog. 1t begins from tn
time the hogs brought in, and shows al
the various processes till he's hung u
ready for market. 1t is as natural q
| life,"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-22
A Child's Devotion.

The Toronto Globe says that little
girl, eleven years old, very lightly clad
and barefooted, applied at the Jail at
Goderich, one Wednesday forenoon re-
Gently, to be permitted to see her father,
George May, from Exeter, who was serv-
ing term of one month for abusing his
wife. She was at once admitted,
and the fathers surprise and pleasure
were genuine, and the more SO when he
had discovered that the little one had
walked a greater portion of the way.
The girl left her home on the previous
Monday evening and walked along the
track toward Clinton until it got dark,
when she lay down in the grass by the
way and slept till morning. The jour.
ney was resumed early on Tuesday and
maintained until the vicinity of Clinton
was reached, late in the evening. Dur
ing the day she had nothing to eat but
beech nuts, which she had gathered il
the woods, but at evening she was taker
in by the kindly wife of farmer, KEEP
over night and forwarded to her desti
nation the next morning in buggy
She was kept for a short time in the Jail
where she made herself very useful, AM
proved bright, intelligent little one
On Thursday the mother arrived an,
took the child, much against her will
home again.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-22
MRS. HAwK, NEE bows


hawk once courted little white dove: u siz =
With the softest of wings and voice full Of love,
And the hawk-0h yes, as other hawks go az 8
Was well enough hawk, for aught that know.
Welk she married the hawk; the groom was de-
lighted, -
feast was prepared, and the friends all invited;
Then he few to his nest with the dove at bis side,
And soon all ther rest took squint at the bride.
hawk for his father, hawk for his mother,
hawk for his sister, and one for his brother,
And uncles and aunts there were by the dozens,
And ohi such number of hawks for his cousins.
If thought Of the peaceful, far away nest &, 2
Ever haunted her dreams, or throbbed In her
No bird ever ever knew; each hour Of herlife
Kind, gentle and true was the hawks dove wife,
But the delicate nature too sorely was tried
With no visible sickness the dove drooped and
Then loud was their grief, and the wish al ex-k
pressed, Z ~
To call the learned birds sand hold inquest. eti
So all the birds came, but each shook his head
No disease could he name why the dove should Ne
TIL wise old owl, with knowing look, ~
Stated this: The case is as clear book"
"No disease do find, or accidents shock;
The cause Of her death was-too much haTkf fit@
Hawk for her father hawk for her mother,
Hawk for her sister and haEk for her brofherl =
"she was nurtured a dovess too hard The nawk
Void Of kindness and love, full of harshness and
strifein
And when he had told them, the other birds knew
That this was the cause, and the verdict was true
.ttIl iftrrT RI. --B Bnxf0u HnfchQtQU. .
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-22
Two Famous Wills.

A small town in the interior of New
Jersey is probably the last place where
one would look for facts in writing up
the history of the Bonaparte family, and
yet in the village of Mount Holly may
be found information which can be had
nowhere else in America. The will of
Joseph Bonaparte, Count de Surveillers,
brother of the great Napoleon, is spread
at length in the record books of the
Surrogate of Burlington County. The
record covers the will in English,
French and Italian, an official copy hav-
ing been sent from Florence in 1916.
Joseph Bonaparte left a portion of
his New Jersey estate to Lewis Maillard,
who had charge of his affairs, and hence
the necessity of having the will re-
corded in New Jersey. There is also at
Mount Holly a certificate copy from
London of the will of Mary Penn, Of
the family of William Penn, which GOV.
ers nine sheets of parchment, each 2!
by 8 feet square.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-22
Norway Women and Weddings.

The women on holidays turn out in
the old Morse costume, the chief feature
of which is the bodice, which is often
made of some bright colored velvet,
turned down in front with white silk,
and laced before and behind, according
to our author, with several yards of
fine silver chain, each chain ending in
silver bodkin, in order that they may be
the better threaded through double eyes
lin themselves strikingly pretty articles
of silver), that run in four lines up the
back and front of this snowy piece of
Scandinavian haberdashery." Both men
and women are fond of large bright but
tons and of silver or plated ornaments.
A Morse wedding is always preceded by
a series of presents from the bridegroom
to the bride. First, there are about two
dozen meat tubs of various sizes, elabor-
ately painted; and last and crowRing
glory of the trousseau, there is a won
derful clothes-press. Inside, as far as
regards drawers large and small, and
brass pegs and racks for crockery. it is a
marvel Of ingenuity; while outside it is
a perfect triumph of art. The ground
tint is warm bright vermilion, painted
all over with green and yellow scrolls,
enlivened with wreaths of gorgeous
flowers and piles of brilliantly hued
fruit, pleasingly interspersed with quaint
lovers knots and bleeding hearts trans
fixed upon Cupid's darts, in the midst o.
which are the names and birth-dates o.
the liberal donor and blissful recipien
of this magnificent wedding-gift. A
Norwegian maiden, who is generally a
sober as linnet in her ordinary attire
appears on her bridal day glittering il
all the colors of the rainbow. On he
long fair hair is set an antique crown o
silver gilt; and her bodice, stiff as cui
rass, is thickly studded with beads, sill
ver-gilt brooches, and small mirrors
The bridal adornment is too valuable t
be the individual property of any Nors
belle, but belongs to the district, and
hired out for the day.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-22

He was interesting, with his very
natural manner of reserved modesty. 1
was glad that Patricia found him So.
He had pale, silken hair, that fell in
shadowy curls over abeautiful forehead,
soft, dark eyes, softly modulated tones.
He contrasted nicely with her dark,
spirited beauty.
"Clyde has an elder brother-Ray-
mond-just the one for Patricia" l
unused. 1 wonder if it cannot be
brought about"
But 1 soon had my hands full, for at
all hours of the day and night Mr.. Red
mond came to the Hermitage. And it
was not long before my success as a
decoy was patent to the most careless
observer. He asked only for Miss
Gertrude" He came solely to see me.
In three weeks the crisis burst upon
me. He proposed:
1 used to think Mr.. Sherrington was
your lover" he said, standing before me,
the light on his frank, handsome face,
but late observation has shown me
that his visits here are for your sister.
Since you are free, then, will you not
marry me? | can support you well,
Gertrude, or would not ask you to bind
your future to mine. The death of my
grandfather two years ago left me $780,
900, besides some real estate. | have a
pleasant home on the Hudson-retired,
but elegant-where would like to take
you. What do you think, Gertrude
Could you be contented to leave your
friends and live at Rose Cottage with
meP
My amazement allowed me to stammer
nothing Ineligible. In some distinct
way temporized the matter, and begged
Mr.. Redmond would give time for re-
Election.
He went away, making an appoint
ment for the next evening.
So thunderstruck was l by the revela-
ton of Mr.. Redmond's wealth, that /
wandered about the house in dazed
way, not needing how mamma was fret
ting about Patricia who had gone to
ride with Mr.. Sherrington.
What is the matter, mamma? Is it
going to storm?' l said at last.
"To storm? Nonsensel Where are
your eyes, Gertrude? But it is nearly
nine o'clock. Patricia has been gone
seven hours with Mr.. Sherrington, and |
know something is wrong"
What@' l demanded, arousing my
self.
"1 don't know"
Nine, ten, eleven and twelve O'Clock
passed. No carriage-no news.
AT noon the next day the buggy drove
nto the yard. Patricia and Clyde Sher-
rington alighted. Patricia coolly pre-
sented her husband. They had been
married the evening before, by our
pastor at Lowbridge.
$50 nice and quiet" said Patricia.
/" No fuss, no notoriety."
She took her place coolly at the table.
You needn't hesitate to take Gage
now, Gertrude; he's dead in love with
you, and as / like Clyde best, I thought
I'd decide the matter without any COM
plications." -
1 think l was dumfounded, But /
found my tongue when Mr.. Redmond
came that evening, and said, Yes"
l give my experience for the benefit
of others. 1t is dangerous loaning ones
lover,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-22
The Terrible Telephone.
loil City Derrick.1

No, we are not excited nor angry; oh,
no; we never allow ourself; we are calm,
perfectly so; but we wish it distinctly
understood, once for all, that the next
son of a butcher who attempts to palm
off upon our unsuspecting credulity any
new-fangled invention whatever, does so
at his own peril.
nAy, but to die and gowe know not where;
To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot"
A telephonel That's what he called
it. He wanted us to have one connect
ing our sanctum with our dwelling
house. He said it would "telephone
called to see our wife" during our ab-
sence. Then he laughed heartily and
wanted to know if we couldn't work that
pun in some way. y=
He was nice, versatile young man,
with pleasing address and great CONVEX
sational abilities. He spoke of electric
ity, magnets, magnetic induction, the
galvanic battery, resonance and all the
other principles involved in the accursed
little earthquake, and succeeded in work
ing on our imagination until we finally
told him he might put up one for us.
40, happy man." said he, it will
complete your circuit of matrimonial
felicity and make happy all your days"
Well, he put the thing up and got it
in working order. We paid him cash
for it. Then he went away. The rest
is soon told. Our wife Immediately took
up a position at the other end of the
line. We of course had callers, both
male and female. The topics discussed
were various. One young lady, fol
whom we at one time, before we were
married, entertained feelings of the ten
der persuasion, called. She didn't know
about our marriage. Poor thing! Sht
shall never know the sufferings caused
by the sentimental words to which sh,
gave utterance. Our better half took i
all in, at the other end of the line, as W,
have since learned to our sorrow.
But worse than all this, whenever
high-toned political friend happened t.
call, that wife of ours would invariabl,
whisper over the wire, in stentorial
tones, something like:
"I wish to goodness you'd bring hom
some butter tonight; we haven't had
bit for nearly three weeks. If you
drink little less, we wouldn't be force
to eat tallow on our bread"
Again, when our minister called, sh
took advantage of the occasion to say
over the wires:
"That old, cross-eyed gospel singer
coming here again for tea. wish you
see if you can't get trusted for som
more meat"
{ Then that worthy man of God left tt
sanctum and slammed the door for a
the world as though he was mad.
A good many mean things were salt
, which would do well enough in IL
: family circle, but to have them expose
: to the criticism of all who might be in
the time was too much. We resolved
discontinue the thing the next da
. Our editorial lips pressed the mout
= piece to instruct our better half to ss
:, nothing more, for the love of mere
! when, in some manner or other an ele
y trio current was formed and in less tn;
\ jiffy no less than seven of our editori
Il 4 teeth lay sprawling on the floor. He
: it did kick.
! This is why we say we want no mo
! new tangled notions. We are calm, b
y y terribly in earnest.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-22

THE decorations of the table vary at
different seasons. The vase of flowers
of daily use is on occasions replaced by
plants in full bloom, or by small fruit
trees laden with their rich burden. For
early spring, strawberry plants in full
flower should grace the center of the
table; cherry trees succeed, and are fol-
lowed by apple, peach, pear, apricot,
and plum trees in succession; trained
vines appear later, and orange trees
adorn the midwinter mahogany. These
trees are very pretty and fashionable,
and should be placed in elegant pots. of
which the Pompeian patterns and colors
should be selected, as relieving the mo
notonous brilliancy of the white table.
cloth.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-22

CAPoUL, the tenor singer, iscontinually
pestered by the attentions of a crowd of
female admirers. The other night,
while he was singing in Virginia, a
Partisan duchess, who was tired of
writing him letters which he would not
answer or return, flung crimson
bouquet at him. He paid no attention
to it till his part of the scene was over,
when he rose and coolly and con-
temptuously drove, with a single kick
the bouquet into the wings.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-22

THE curled pine of Florida is in de-
mand by European cabinet-makers. 1t
is said to be difficult to work, and must
be handled by the best mechanics with
the best tools, but that results we'll re-
pay the care and skill expended.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-22

NoRRIsTowN Herald: Nothing will
bring man down in the world quicker
than few walnuts scattered on the
stair steps at night. So we are informed
by man who was brought down.