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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-30
Public Notice.
ST. LOUIS, Rock ISLAND & CHICAGO r. R. Co.
LOCAL AGENTS OFFICE.
RnnI Isr LII 1877

ST. LOUIS. ROCK ISLAND u CHICAGO II. II. 20.
LOCAL AGENTS OFFICE.
Rock ISLAND, Ill, June 30, 1877.
To the Argus:
For the benefit of those interested will
yeu kindly insert in your columns the
following information:
On the 4th of July the c., B. & @. r.
R. will transact no freight business at this
point. The Sterling train for that day
will carry only passengers. 1t will arrive
here at 9 A. NJ instead of 1910. and leave
at 6 P. NJ. instead of 4:30. will sell round
trip tickets to any point on the road at less
than one and one-6fth fare.
Yours truly, G. P. DANA.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-30

1t will pay to keep your Harness in good
condition. Use Frank Miller's Prepared
Harness Oil.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-30
An IMPORTANT LETTER.


ANN, ARBOB, Mich, April 30, 1875.
DIR. RADwAY-Kind Sir: 1 have been taking your
Resolyent Regulating Pills, and also using the
Ready Relief about one year for ovarian tumOrs on
the abdomen which |he mos samnent ph yscians OF
our Medical Collel pronounced incurAble.
They were like X 9ots tree. When | was cit
ting in n chair they hung almost to the floor, and
my weight was 275 pounds when commenced with
your remedies, and now II II 210 pounds but they
not all gone yet have taken twenty -four bot
ties Of ResOlvent, nine Of Relief, and twenty -four
boxes of pills. get the medicine from G. Gren-
WILL Please send me your book False and True
q
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-30

Odd dishes of all kinds at a sacrifice as
May Bros. Everything marked in plain
figures and, now selling at wholesale price
at retail. 30dIt.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-30

Breakfast and dinner sets, vases, chan
delers. lamps. ehimneys, ETC., at net
wholesale prices, at retail. May Bros,
cor 9th street and I'd avenue. 30dlt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-30

BARBER SHOP FOR RENT-Located on
9Th ave. I'd door from 18th street, newly
papered aud painted throughout, a very de-
dirable location for bar Der shop. For
terms, &c. apply to Henry Siemon, cor. 9th
Ave. and 18th. 29-dtf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-30

70 Mothers;-Should the Baby be SUIT
feriug With any of the disorders of Baby
hood use DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup at once for
the trouble. rs cents per bottle.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-30
WtUF u Il 4 bttTo UTULUUt UUT6tt "
Rdd1Ddu's Resident.

BEVERLY, Maes Gully IS, 1863.
DIR. RADwAY: have had Ovarian THmor in the
Ovaries and bowels. All the doctors said there
was no help for it," l tried everything that was
recommended, but nothing helped me. 1 saw your
Resolvent, and thought would try 1t; hut had no
faith IN II, because had suffered for twelve years
/ took six bottles OF the Resolvent and one box of
Railways Pills. and two bottles of your Ready Re-
lei and there is not sign of tumOr 10 be or
felt. and feel better, smarter and happier than
have for twelve years. The worst tumOr in the
left side OF the bowels the groin. write this
to you for the benefit Of others. You can publish
II II you choose. HANNAH =. KNAPP.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-30

Bids for furnishing rock for the i'm
provement Of the harbor at Fort Madison,
Iowa, were..opened at the Office of COL J.
N. Macomb, corps of engineers, in this
city, Friday afternoon. Five bids we're re-
ceiyed. as follows:
Wells. Temberman..& Co., of Keokuk,
offer to deliver the rock on the island at or
near the northeasterly end of the proposed
dam for $3.50 per cubic yard, or furnish
and deliver the rock on the dam for $l.75
per cubic yard.
Chas. Doer, of Fort Madison, offers to
deliver the rock On the east shore of Niota
chute, about one mile below the proposed
dam, for $l.35 per cubic yard, or deliver
it on Island No. Is, at the point where the
proposed dyke strikes said island, for $l.6C
per cubic yard.
A. NJ. Hutchinson, Of Keokuk, offers tt
deliver the rock Oh Island No. IA. at the
point where the proposed dam is to be be-
gun, for 81. l8 per cubic yard; on barge
where the proposed dam is being built anC
left there to be used from the barge, fol
$l.25 per cubic yard; or deliver it within
one mile from the head of Island No. IA
for 80 cents per cubic yard.
II. s. Brown, Keokuk, offers to deliver
the rock within one mile of Island No. IA
for 81, 10 per cubic yard.
Sam'l. S. Sample. Keokuk, offers to de
liver the rock on Island No. IA, at tn,
point where the proposed dam is to begin
for $l.l3 per cubic yard, or within on
mile from the head Of Island No Ia, TO
IS cents per cubic yard.
The bids havesbeen sent to the authori
ties at Washington, and the contract wi.
not be granted until Col. Macomb receive
official notice from them. Mr.. Hutchin
sons bid is the lowest, and will most likel
be accepted. His sureties are j. ii
Langley. of this city. and Lon BrysoD, 0
Davenport.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-30
He Wanted So and Would leave
Gold" Ring as Security.

Ae wanted % ana w ouiu 4etVe
GOLD" Ring as Security.
A well-dressed, good-looking. meek
faced young man wasin the city yesterday,
and may be here still-but if he is he
wants to look out for a couple of our
citizens, who, if they catch him, mean
blood. The question would naturally be
asked, what did the young man do?--and,
of course, it is the duty Of THE ARGUS to
inform our citizens of ways that are dark
and tricks that are vain." Therefore,
thusly, to wit, VIZ: He sauntered into Fred
Applequist's saloon; called for and paid for
a glass Of soda water-he wouldn't drink
anything stronger; blushingly told Fred
that his name was J. G. Leonard; that he
had run short of money; would like TO
have Fred advance him 50, and he would
leave gold ring, worth Sl2, and the gift
of his dying mother, as security. He
pulled the ting from his finger; Fred
looked at il; it had the right color; it waG
heavy; it had the initials j. c. L. neat
ly engraved on the inside; it was solid
thought Fred--and the money was ad
yanced. Exit, Mr. Leonard.
Scene II-at the Harper House saloon
and billiard parlors-with the smiling face
of Knickerbocker behind the bar; Mr.
Leonard enters; he tells the same sac
story; gets his 50. and quietly steps out
Knickerbocker lie says--goes to {
jewelry store, finds that the ring is worth
$l2, but. this morning. cannot account fol
the dark, dulI-looking appearance hi
jewelry has assumed, and then quietl,
drops the circle of brass into box Con
tanning other valuables of like nature
obtained through having too much conf
dence in humanity in general and meek
faced youths 10 particular, and-but her
We drop the curtain. Others may hav
suffered, bat we know them not.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-30
ANNOUNCEMENTS

\ Ask your druggist for Grams Fluid
lightning.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-30

Every Drop of the SARSAPARILLIAN RESOL-
VENT communicates through the Blood, Sweat,
Urine and other fluids and juices OF the system the
Nigor OF Life, for it repairs the wastes of the body
with new and sound material. SCrOiulA, Syphilis,
Consumption, Glanduar Diseases Ulcers in the
Throat Mouth, Tumors, Nodes IN the Glands and
other parts OF the system, Sore Eyes, Strumorous
Discharges from the Ears, and the worst forms OF
Skin Diseases, EruptiOns Fever Sores, Scald Head,
Ring Worm, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Acne, Black
Spots Worms in the Flesh, Tumors, Cane ers in the
Womb, and all Weakening and Painful Discharges.
Night Sweats, Loes OF Sperm and all Wastes Of the
Life Principle within the curative range of this
wonder of Modern Chemistry, and few DAYS use
will prove to any person using it for either of these
lorms Of disease it's potent power to cure them.
II the patient, daily becoming reduced by the
wastes and decomposition that are continually pro-
crossing succeeds in nrresting these wastes, and
repairs the same with new material made from
healthy bloOd-Rnd this the SARSAPARILLIAN
will and does secure-a cure is certain; for when
once this remedy commences its work of purihca.
tOn, and succeeds In diminishing the loss OF wastes
its repairs wilt be rapid and every day the patient
will feel himself growing better and stronger, the
food digestng better, appetite improving, and flesh
and weight increasing.
Not only does the SARsAPARILLIAN REsOLvENT
excel all remedial agents in the Cure OF Chronic,
ScrOfulOus, Constitutional and Skin Diseases, but
IN ia he out fnr
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-30

Every effect must have a cause; so Boils,
Pimples. etc., are the result of poor blood.
Purify the blood by using Dr. Bulls Blood
Mixture and Danish such eruptions as those
named.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-30
Ridney and Bladder Complaints.

Urinary and Womb Diseases Gravel Diabetes
Dropsy, Stoppage of Water, Incontinuance OF Urine,
l3rights Disease, Albuminuria, and in all cases
where there brickdust deposits or the water is
thick cloudy, mixed with substances like the white
OF egg, or threads like white silk or there is a
morbid, dark, bilious appearance, and white bone
dust deposits, and when there Is pricking, burn
ing sensation when passing water, and Pain in the
Small OF the Back and along the Loins.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-30

China tea sets a prices 40 per cent
lower than usual retail rates at May
Bros 3Onlt
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-15
III for the War.

Servia has stood shivering on the brink
great while, but has finally plunged in and
committed herself to an act of war against
the Sultan. Although she can be OF no
great assistance to the Russians, and though
her hostility is not an imminent danger to
the Ottoman dominions, the aid she can give
and the harm she can do are not to be alto
gether despised. But she is an accessory
that would hardly be worth hav-
ing if her assumption of warlike
attitude implied the same complica-
tons that were apprehended from it
oil summer. All contingencies in which
Austria could have taken ground inimical
to the Russian advance have, however,
probably passed away. With the decision
of battle SO overwhelmingly against the
Moslem Austria could scarcely play an
effective game as his friend at this stage,
and it would therefore be folly for her to
forfeit the advantages she can count upon
rs the friend Of his enemies. AS she did
not in good time hold with the hare she
will not now throw over her claim to have a
run with the hounds. Therefore the act OF
Servia is not likely to do more harm to the
Russian cause than Servia can do good.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-15
Now VIII Mayor Ely Act9

We can conceive no reason why Mayor
Ely should not at once remove the Police
Commissioners, unless it might be dis
inclination to draw upon himself the
anger of his political party. Happily
tho democratic Aldermen have relieved
the Mayor of this embarrassment. They
call upon the Mayor, by a resolution Of
the Board, to make nomination in place
Of Commissioner Erhardt, whose term has
expired. Their reason for making this re-
quest is declared in the preamble to be that
'.it is we'll known to oil familiar with the
management of the present Police Board
that Commissioner Joel b. Erhardt is, by
reason of his shrewdness and energy, the
controlling power therein, and that he is
mainly responsible for the present spas
modic police raids-a responsibility which,
at recent meeting, he openly assumed
These spasmodic raids are SO injudicious
and mischievous that the Commissioner
who is responsible for them should certainly
be replaced. Commissioners Nichols and
Wheeler, who are alleged by the democratic
Board Of Aldermen to be SO incapable and
Indifferent to their duties MS to enable one
Commissioner to control and override them by
reason of his shrewdness and energy, should
also assuredly be removed. They are unfit
to hold such offices when they allow single
mischievous Commissioner to make himself
into majority and control the Board. No
doubt the Aldermen were only withheld
from demanding their removal by respect
for the Mayor, in whose hands, with the
Governor, is lodged the removing power.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-15

examination. But, apart from all other
arguments, the army of the United States is
shining refutation Of that theory
When clean sweep is made in the fed
eral offices as often as the administration is
changed il is impossible for appointments
to be made with the requisite care and de-
liberation. There is such deluge of that
higher officers, no part of it can be done
except in the most hasty and inconsiderate
manner; whereas if the rule We're
established that appointments are 10
be made only to fill accidental
vacancies the business would be put
into such manageable shape that the
President could bestow deliberate attention
on oil his selections Each successive Pres
ident would have about an equal share OF
new appointments, and the officers, feeling
secure of their tenure SO long as they proved
faithful, would be under no temptation to
neglect their duties for party politics. Any
other method Of civil service reform is
hollow, deceitful sham. The government
merely needs to 60 back to the practice OF
our early Presidents For the first forty
years of its existence very few removals
were made, and those were the purest years
OF our civil service. What our early Presi-
dents did voluntarily should be required OF
their successors by law. Washington dis
missed only nine officers during the eight
years of his presidency, John Adams only ten
during his four years, Jefferson forty-two in
eight years, Madison only tivein eight years,
Monroe nine in eight years, John Quincy
Adams only two during his four years. If
the selections are well made at first and the
officers duly watched there can be no need
of many or frequent changes. But if they
are appointed in haste, amid universal
scramble at the beginning of every new nd-
ministration. SO many Of them will necessa-
rily prove unfit as to call for incessant re-
visions, making the service bad and bring
ing constant trouble to the President. Mr..
Hayes Justly complains of it as o great
abuse and grievance that members of
the two houses of Congress are 50
active and importunate in demanding
appointments but if no removals were
permitted except for cause this evil would
cure itself The new appointments would
be so few, so scattered, SO infrequent in any
particular State or Congressional district,
that it would be no advantage to members
to be dispensers of SO small patronage,
and the President would seldom need their
assistance, because, as each isolated case
came up he could give it proper attention
himself.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-15
ChrIstn as Toys.

There is no subject in which during this
CHEEKY Christmas season more people are
interested than in that of Christmas toys.
The war in Asia, the gloom that hangs over
the Vatican, the struggle in France, the sill
yer controversy in Washington, the policy
of the administration are all secondary and
subordinate in popular thought to the
one great question we have pointed ont.
It is discussed in every home, no
matter how high or how low; on the
fringes as well as in the centres Of civiliza-
ton in every land where the Christian
name has been heard. No sweeter gift has
been given to the world by any nation than
this annual custom of present making to
children and friends, and it seems strange
that it should have come out Of the hard
and cold North German forests and noun
tains. There Christmas is often called
the chlldren's festival. The Christmas tree
was first planted there and laden down
with presents for old and young. It's seed
has been scattered over all the world, and
the rude gifts of the early days have given
place to the wonderful works OF the most
cunning of artifcers. No better evidence
of the growth and progress of the world
could be presented than by comparison
Of the toys of three or four hundred years
ago with those of the present time; but
unfortunately, the comparison can never
be made
That we are all only children Of larger
growth is shown by glance into the win
dows of the toy marts at the present time
Railway trains for, perhaps. the future rail-
way kings, or, it may be, unfortunate strik-
ing locomotive engineers; forts and cannon
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-15
Ma e Ma hons MESA ge.

President MacMahon's Message leaves
nothing to be desired in the way OF an ex-
plicit and absolute recantation OF the most
offensive pretensions put forward until re-
Gently as elements of his policy. Its repu-
diation Of the system Of government by dis
solution completely reverses the positions
lately held by the Executive. while It's
declaration that as the nature OF this resort
is an appeal to an ultimate authority, SO
having invited and received the response OF
that authority, the President will con-
form his acts to it, must satisfy
the republicans SO far certainly as any
mere words can be satisfactory. And
in this case they should go no little ways,
for in great part MacMahon's assault on
recognized principles was verbal, not actual.
His acts were bad enough, but he threatened
more terrible things than he did; and the
worst of his insult to the nation was the
declaration of purpose which he never put
in force. TO declare an intention to repeat
the irritating process OF dissolution and the.
further intention to collect taxes not voted
and thus express q will to usurp an
authority not given him by law are
offences not altogether purged by coun-
ter declaration yet when the counter
declaration reaches point that constitutes
its utterance almost humiliation beft re
the country it becomes itself species Of
guarantee, since it forfeits absolutely that
ground OF presumed faith in the moral rec
titude Of his illegal acts which alone ena-
bles tyrant to find willing tools. MacMa-
hons abnegation of his former declarations
tends to deprive him Of the power Of doing
evil in that precise way. 1t is, in the slang
of our own politics, an exceedingly hearty
meal Of ''biled crow" and chilled crow" is
not kind of meat on which Caesars can be
bred in any country, least of all in coun-
try where appearances count for SO much as
in France.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-15
NEW YORK HERALD SATURDAY DECEMBER 49,

and guns and paper squadrons for the cap
tains and rank and file of the generation
that will follow US ships and steamers for
our admirals and jolly tars; blocks OF
houses for the real estate men who
will be. and so on to the end of
the chapter. The toys Of the child are
very often the toys OF the man. We call
them by other names, but they are after all
only toys-substantial ones it may be for a
time, but in the end as unreal and imagi-
nary. We hope that to every man and
woman and child the coming Christmas
will bring the toy they most covet. Some
will Of course be disappointed, but that
cannot be helped. Frances Marshal will not
get the toy Of q subservent Cabinet for which
he has been SO long striving the young
Napoleon will not get the toy of a French
throne the silver men will not get their toy
of the silver dollar Of their fathers this
Christmas or the next; the President will
not be able to give away the handsome toy
of the Custom House the long waiting
democratic Senatorial minority will not get
their toy OF undisputcd control in the up
per chamber Mr.. Tilden will not get his
toy of the Presidency. All this is, of course,
very sad, but there is no help for it. Santa
Claus brings toys only to those who deserve
them
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-15
AMUSE M ENTS.
THE LYcEuM THEATRE LA RENE INDIGO

THE LYcEUM THEATRE-LA RENE INDIGO.
Aimee last evening introduced to New York audi :
ence opera Doue In three acts entitled above.
or "Queen lndgon the liDrctto BY Adolphe Jaimo
and Victor wilder, and the music by Johan Strauss,
ssthe waltz king.n rhe story itself Is cobwoD
OF fancy and Is neither better worse than those
around which have woven the melodies OF "La
FiIIo do Madame Angot," la Grando Duchcssc," "La
Marjolane," and the score OF operas bouGe that
familiar to tho American public. The Arss act repre-
scnis q scene in Turkey and tho inmates Of
a harem, attended by their cunuchs, stretched
iuxurousy upon carpets. Montadada Is the widow Of
King Indigo, and having been 10 Paris has penchant
for young and handsome follows and falls desperately
In lovo with Janio the late Kings jester The latter
however, Is desperately In love with Fantasca, the
late Kings avorito sutana who Is likewise the apple
OF the eye Of Romadour. the chief Of the cunuchs II
being announced that the Queen proposes 10 sell the
contents Of the haren generally, slaves and all
Fantasca comes TO tho rescue. and through
her lover Janio perfects scheme whereby sno
eventually prevents the contamination Of this pur-
pose 1, 10 arranged through Babazouk, who drives
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-15
Cha able Institutions and Excise
Moneys.

Comptroller Kelly having been notified
by the Excise Commissioners not to pay
out any more excise moneys to charitable
institutions, as some Of the money collected
for licenses may have to be returned, has
been compelled to notify the Board Of Esti-
mate and Apportionment of that fact. He
regrets that the real injury Of the excise diff
Guilty will thus fall on the noble charities
which do SO much for the relief Of poverty,
suffering and sickness in the city.
But how is it that the money actually re-
ceived for licenses cannot be appropriated
to the charities? The exact position of the
excise moneys has never been satisfactorily
explained by the Board further than the
fact that seventy-6ve thousand dollars re-
NAMED some days days ago in Commits
sioner Murphy's hands Is the money in
the Comptrollers possession that received
only after the granting Of licenses, or does
it embrace portion of that received
on deposit only as well? II the former,
why should any of it be returnable unless
the Excise Commissioners have actually
granted illegal licenses? If the latter, how
could it have been properly used by the city
at all, when the city had no good title to it :?
The Mayor should make prompt exami-
nation Of the excise accounts. 1t is very
necessary to know the exact amounts re-
ceived on deposit, tho name of every depos-
itor and the date of the payment Of the
money. The excise fund has realized the
city for three years on IN average more than
two hundred and sixty thousand dollars a
year. The financial operations of the pres
ent Board need strict scrutiny. 1t will
be we'll to know by what authority the Com
missioners charge one dollar for the filing
of every bond, and what becomes Of the
large amount arising from this fee. Is it
paid over to the city? Finally, is a member
of the Excise Board director in the Ger
mania Bank, that holds Commissioner MUIR
phys large deposits without INTEREST,""