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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-31
FEVER and AGUE
or CHILLS and FEVER.

The proprietor of this celebrated medicine justly
claims for it a superiority over all remedies ever
offered to the public for tthe SAFE. CERTAIN,
SPEEDY, and PERMANENT cure of Ague and
Fever, or Chills and Fever, whether Of short or
long standing. He refers to the entire Western
and Southern country to bear him testimony to the
truth of the assertion that in whatever will
it fail to cure If the directions strictly followed
and carried out. IN great many cases single
dose has been sufficient for a cure, and whole
families have been cured by single bottle, with
perfect restoration of the general health. 1t is,
however. prudent, and in every case more certain to
cure, il its is continued in smaller doses foI
week or two after the disease has been checked,
more especially in difficult and long-standing
cases. Usually this medicine will not require any
aid to keep the bowels in good order. Should the
patient however, require cathartic medicine after
having taken three or four doses Of the Tonic, q
single dose of BULLS VEGETABLE FAMILY
PILLS will be sufficient.
The genuine SMITHS TONIC SYRUP must have
DIR. JOHN BULLS private stamp on each bottle.
DIR. JOHN BULL only has the right to manuiact.
uIe and sell the original JOHN j. SMITHS TONIC
SYRUP, of Louisville, Ky. Examine well the label
on each bottle. If my private Etamp is not on each
bottle, do not purchase, or you will be deceived.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-31
Tor kansas and Colorado

take the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad, extending from Kansas City and
Atchison, on the Missouri river, via
Topeka, the capitol of Kansas, through
the fertile Arkansas Valley, to Pueblo,
where direct connection is made with the
Denver Il Rio Grande Railway for Colo
RADIO Springs. Manitou, Denver, Canon
City and all points of note on the Denver &
Rio Grande. The track is excelled by
that OF no road in the west, and the pas
senger equipment embraces all the modern
improvements for comfort and safety
Through express trains leave union depots,
Kansas City and Atchison, daily, CD the
arrival lof trains from the east, and run
through to the Rocky Mountains, with
Pullman Sleeping Cars attached. Fol
maps, circulars and detailed information
send to I. j. ANDERSON,
Gen. Pass. Agent,
Topeka, Kan.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-31
BUSINESS CARDS.
M. M. CoRBETT.

ATTORNEY At LAW, SOLICITOR IN CHAN.
~ Gerry and Notary Public, Abstracts, Loans and
Collects. Once and Avenue, Bird door east Of
Drug Store, Rock Island, Ills.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-31

to one party or another. In the midst of
the cries which 90 up from labOring men
for honest work, in the midst of coLnmer-
cial distress and general stsgnation Of
business, it is worse than folly for
Congressman to sit twiddling their
thumbs and splitting hairs, lest one side
should gam some partizan advantage over
the other; it is time for action, and for
good honest well meant legislation, and
nothing else can, or ought, to satisfy the
people.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-31
IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING !

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING NEW
YoRK.-One of the best kept and most
convenient Hotels for Merchants and
others to stop at when in New York is the
Grand Union Hotel, nearly opposite the
Grand Central Depot. kept on the Euro
pean plan--you therefore only pay for
what you get. Everything is first class,
and prices moderate, adapted to the string
ency of the times, You save the expense
of carriage hire, and by leaving your bag
gage check on the counter Of the Hotel,
your baggage will be delivered in your
rooms, ifteens minutes after the arrival
of the cars, free of expense. We advise
you to give the Grand Union trial.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-31
The Products of the Gold and Silver
Mines Of the o. 8.


Mines Of the q. 8.
Returns from thirty-ones mines in Cali
fornia, Nevada, Arizona and Utah, give
total gold and silver product of $4,768, 300
for November. This production is at the
rate of $57,2l9,600 year. The mines
from which returns have been received
are undoubtedly the richest in the coun
try. The aggregate yield of the smaller
mines, and from wastings and pockets is
by no means inconsiderable, and the above
figures afford no good ground for the belief
that the product for the whole country for
the current fiscal year will fall short of
that of last year, OF about $S4,000,000.
| Possibly there may be even an increase
resulting from the introduction of an in
vention by means of which it is claimed
that gold can be probably separated from
the auriferous sands found in New Mexico,
in some localities on the Pacific beach. and
elsewhere. 1t is said that the auriferous
sands of the beach are continually changing,
and bringing in fresh supplies of gold. II
this is true, and if profitable mode OF
separation has been, or shall be discovered,
there need be no apprehension Of failure
of the gold products for long time. The
supply may be regarded as sure for many
years, and as only a comparatively small
portion can be available at any one time, il
may be expected that the production vii
be SO evenly distributed as to produce nc
gerious disturbance Of values.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-31
ROSSMAN'S CTTRE

ITCHING PTLEs is generally preceded by
a moisture like perspiration producing a
very disagreeable and distressing itching,
particularly at night, after getting warm
in bed. No humbug-as trial will prove.
For sale by all respectable druggists.
RossMAN & McKINsTRY, Hudson, NY,
Proprietors.
Sent by mail for so cents.
For sale by all Druggists in RockfIsland
Fuller & Fuller, and VanSchaack,
Stevenson & Reed, Chicago, wholesale
agents.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-31
Worth 81, 900 IN a Single Case.

BURLINGTON, VT Dec. 18th, 1876.
MRS. LYDIA Z, PINKaAM:-It is with pleasure
that able to say that in every case reported
to us your VEGETABLE COMPOUND has given uni
verssl satisfaction. One gentleman told us to-day
that 1t had done his wife thousand dollars worth
OF good, as he expressed it. Our customers with
out a single exception speak of it in the highest
terms OF praise. Hou are at liberty To make use Of
this in advertising II yeu choose. Yours very re-
specially. II. B. STEARNS & CO., Druggists.
W-The Pamphlet "Guide to Women" will be
sent free to any address by enclosing stamp to
LYDIA K. PINKHAM, Lynn, Mass.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-31

THE ONLY AGENCY DOING EXCLUSIVELY INSURANCE.
ALL LOSSES PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. POLL
CTEs ISSUED IN THE FOLLOWING OLD
AND TRIED COMPANIES.
PRE-

Old New y acknowledgements Agency. s 8,5OOOOO |
Old Continental. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100000
Old Phoenix 2,7920O0 |
Old Howard, organized 1825............ 100000 |
German American 225O,O0O
Liverpool & London s. Globe .....,..... 100000
Royal, OF London. 20 900 600
Imperial, of London. -. 1S 900
Northern of London $1,000 600
Girard of PHILADELPHIA. -............ 100000
St. Paul Fire and Marine. 100000
Traders of Chicago. $4,000
Atlantic, of Brooklyn. $500. ........ 45T, 900
Amazon, of Cincinnati, Ohio. ........... 9s5, 600
Rhode Island Association. ...... ...... 100000
Western, of Toronto ................... 100000
Fairfield, of Connecticut. Dos, 315
Commonwealth, sof Boston. ............ ABS, 1874
Revere, of Boston. s6s, 3T5
ACCIDENT.
Travellers Accident, Of Hartford 3,7O0, 900
LIFE.
asplngton Lie. 5,5U0,VO0
Total Assets .... s11q q89 59a
OFFICE, BENGsToN's BLOCK,
| ROCK ISLAND,kIlL
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-31
Cure of all Female Weaknesses

This Compound, which Is purely vegetable, has
entirely cured the most stubborn cases that have
ba1ed the skill Of our best physicians, and thous-
snds If persons who were considered as incurable
before this remedy was discovered have been re-
stored TO perfect health by its use.
The New York herald., 1877-10-12
NEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY OCTOBER H. 1s77TR1PLE SHEET

Of investigation and the steamer that
brought him safely back. Certainly
the Third Avenue Railroad directors and
managers viii give us rapid transit they can
do SO. as their experience and business
ability, and the large wealth they have
realized ont Of their horse car business
render them especially qualified for the
work But then the people have been SO
outrageously deceived and so bitterly op-
posed by these horse car corporations that
they will no doubt require some pledge to
insure the completion of the much needed
work by its new champions. Why should
not the Third Avenue Railroad Company
assign its present charter to the city in
return for the right to build rapid transit
road; the same to be reconyeyed to the COM
pany as coon as the road shall be completed,
but to be forfeited in case the road is not
constructed, the company, OF J, course, to
continue to operate and to receive the money
for their horse car line the same as usual,
until the forfeit Of tie charter should be
complete? If the company is in ''dead
earnest" as its president says, it could not
object to such an arrangement. es-s
The New York herald., 1877-10-12
A Welcome Convert.

The president Of the Third Avenue Rail-
road Company has just returned home from
q European trip, made with the object of
examining into the subject of rapid transit
as practically presented in cities where
steam roads are in operation. We are glad
to say that he comes back to us a welcome
convert. Indeed, he is a hopeful and eager
convert and, like all new disciples of
faith they have before condemned, he rushes
into the fight with zeal that is likely to
leave all the old rapid transit legion far in
the rear. The Third Avenue Railroad Com
pany, he assures US will, after his report
is made, be in s'dead earnest" in their de-
termination to give to the people OF New
York rapid transit, las substantial and
thorough as the underground railway Of
London, so that the working classes may
be able 'to move up and down, from
and to the upper part of the island
rs quickly as they do in London,
and as cheaply as they now do on the
horse cars" But this is not the most re-
markable feature OF the conversion. The
president OF the road which has hitherto
been the associate of the Sixth Avenue Com
pany in its factious fight against rapid
transit now declares that, 80 far as the
property owners are concerned, his investi.
cations abroad lead him to state emphati-
cally that a safe and good rapid transit road
can be built without injury to property
owners"
"Glory to God and to the Empress, Is
mail S ours" We have captured great
horse car railroad, and from the hands of
its directors we are to look for rapid tran
sit road that will be swift and cheap, and
will smeet with universal appreciation.
This is, indeed, good news, and the people
of New York will bless the steamer
that carried away the president Of the
Third Avenue Railroad on his voyage
The New York herald., 1877-10-12
Echoes from the East.

The most important news from the war
this morning is that Of the revictualling Of
Plevna by Chefket Pacha. This beleaguered
town is likely to become rs famous in the
history OF the war rs Nicsics, the hungry
fortress of Herzegovina. From Russian
official sources comes the statement that
O Turkish monitor has been blown up off
the Sulina mouth Of the Danube by tor
pedo. The Turks do not acknowledge the
loss. The bridge thrown across the Danube
by the Turks near Silistria has been de-
stroyed and the attempt to enter Rou-
mania abandoned. 1t was an ill-timed
effort anyhow. From Armenia comes the
news that an indecisive battle was fought
eastward of Kars on Wednesday, both
sides losing heavily. 1t is evident the
Turks have lost some ground during the
past week in the several engagements re-
ported. The object of the Russians is to
outfank the Turkish left and throw it south
eastward, and SO cut off Moukhtar Pacha
from Kars. As the fighting will probably
be renewed some bloody battles may be
fought in this region before winter calls a
truce. A correspondent at Bucharest states
that the Russians have now two hundred
and thirty thousand men in Bulgaria, but
that their losses by sickness and exposure
are enormous.
The New York herald., 1877-10-12
Henry Meiggs.

The reported death of Henry Meiggs,
which is said to have occurred last month
at Lima, Peru, recalls public attention to
the extraordinary career Of that remarkable
man, whose story reads more like the pages
Of romance than a tale Of real life. The
name Of the great contractor has been SO
often before the public that little that is
new can be said about him now that he has
passed away. The public press has on
score of occasions when he has been thrust
prominently forward, either for good or
evil, exhausted the stock of anecdote with
which gossip associates him, and told and
retold the many wonderful things he has
done and the changes of fortune he he's
known. From the time when he CON-
menced life in Boston MS contractor,
through his grandly successful speculations
in lumber in New York, his bankruptcy in
1887, his realization of another fortune.
his second failure, his striking and brilliant
Californian career, his reckless crimes when
the crash of 1854 came upon him in the
Pacific State, his disgraceful flight from his
country, his magnificent successes in Chill
and Peru, where his genius made itself con-
spicuous, down to his later and once more
clouded days, the people Of the United
States have followed his history with curious
interest. The grand works he accomplished
in South America gained him worldwide
reputation, while the brlliancy of his life
at Santiago and Lima and the stories of his
fabulous wealth and princely generosity
won for him the fame of Monte Cristo
There are many who will be inclined to
believe that the story of Henry Meiggs' life
has in it more of evil than OF good With
splendid abilities and remarkable power he
was destitute of moral sense, reckless,
audacious and INSCRIPTIONS. His business
career reminds one involuntarily of the acts
of Dick Turpin or Claude Duval. He
was indifferent as to what means he used to
accomplish his ends. lie would hire the
corrupt and debauch the pure with equal
nonchalance. When trouble came upon him
he did not hesitate to stamp upon himself
the brand of forger in his desperate but
hopeless effort to redeem his fortunes. He
threw money about him with prodigality,
and seemed to have no thought or care for
the future, trusting to his genius to
The New York herald., 1877-10-12

replenish his purse as q kighwayman
would trust to his arms and his
horse. HIS generosity was as eccentric
as 1t was often noble. He would help the
poor, and glory in doing some unexpected
act of princely liberality to an old friend or
TO one he had wronged. Many incidents Of
his life suggest the sentiment which made
the highwayman Of the olden times plunder
prince or bishop and give half the
proceeds of the robbery to the needy. Does
such life afford good or an evi, example
to the youth Of nation? That is q ques-
ton that many will probably be dis
posed to ask, even as the Peruvian people
to whom Henry Meiggs, with his genius
and his strength, brought SO many practi-
cal advantages--are now asking whether he
has not been rather q calamity than bless
ing to their country.
The report of his death needs confrma-
ton, although his sickness, already known,
renders it probable that it is well founded.
II he has really passed away without hay-
ing accomplished the wish that is believed
to have been nearest to his heart for many
years-namely, to return to his native coun-
try and be at peace-no one will be disposed
to remember his faults, while all will be
ready to do honor to his unquestionable
good and generous qualities and to his
splendid genius.
The New York herald., 1877-10-12
Tweed's Serial.

1t is modern practice of writer's of enter
ments in weekly or monthly periodicals,
getting we'll paid for these fragmentary
issues, with q copyright interest when the
completed work is given to the world in
book form. If the story is good one this
method enables the author to keep the Curl
osity of his readers long in suspense and
excite their wonder as to the strange vicis-
situdes through which the hero or hero
inc will be conducted in the develop
ment of the plot. But if the au
thor has the completed work in his
desk before he begins its publication as
serial and has neglected to protect himself
by copyright sudden stop will be put to
further instalments in a magazine if some
enterprising person gets hold of his manu-
script and issues it as book. Something
like this has happened to Tweed's interest
ing serial, which he has been comm unicat-
ing through the vehicle OF the Aldermanic
examinations. Unluckily for Tweed he had
no copyright, and anybody was at liberty
to publish his whole story if it could be
obtained. We shall be sorry if we have
spoiled any profits which might have ac-
crued to the author, but there will be no
further interest in his examinations now
that his whole story is known.
The examination yesterday was mere
pottering over the statements of the written
confession. Mr.. Cole was not present to
perform his usual part as questioner, and
the examination, such as it was, drifted with
out aim or guidance. Tweed denied that
he had furnished the written statement, and
expressed regret at it's publication, because
Of it's tendency to do injury to innocent per-
sons. 1t would have been moro pertinent
to have explained why he paraded the
names Of innocent persons. in such bad
company. Was it his intention to injure
them in the estimation of the Attorney Gen.
eral? Tweed virtually confesses that his
confession was calculated to have that effect
by his affected regret that it would make
that impression on the public. What did
he think he was doing when he put into
statement which was offered to the Attorney
General as confession of his crimes list
VI CueCkS anu pay LueAtS Wuicu IcldCeu Only
to innocent business transactions? What
possible relevance or perth ence had they
there? Tweeds design is obvious enough !;
he meant to produce on the mind of
the Attorney General the impression that
vast sums Of money might be recov-
cred to the city, and he was tempted
to swell the list and make it look large rs
means of proving the value of his testi-
mony. If this parade Of innocent mems
names and checks was not made for that
purpose it was made for no ineligible or
pertinent purpose whatever. This trick
was as deceitful and scoundrelly as any
part of this infamous felon's career. The
public may judge from this specimen
whether the Attorney General was not fully
justified in refusing to give this champion
thief his liberty in exchange for document
padded with implied accusations Of the in
nocent.
The New York herald., 1877-10-12
the night" has touched the victorious chief

the night" has touched the victorious chief
on a tender spot. 1e 'rc#e
The same malignant, shadowy demon who
hovers over victors to damp their Joy has
given another evidence of spite. Having
frst put it into the minds Of many people TO
charge that Kelly is using Tweeds serial ex-
animation by the Aldermen to annoy and
frighten political opponents and subjugate
tainted men to his purposes, the same
shadowy demon, by tip Of his wing, has
caused the bottom to suddenly drop out Of
that huge scandal bucket and spill all its
contents. Since the publication of Tweed's
confession the public knows the whole
length and breadth Of what he was holding
In reserve. The examinations have no
longer dark and mysterious back
ground that can be turned to politi-
cal use as an instrument Of terror or
torture. Hereafter no peccant politician
will awake in the morning after troubled
dreams in mortal dread Of what Tweed
may say about him in that days examine
ton. The whole story is known, and
horrible nightmare has been raised from
many breast. This political engine hav-
ing been destroyed il only remains for the
new employers of Tweed to fulfil their
promises to him--if they can. No Attorney
General will release him against the inter-
no mood to grant personal favors to
the people who triumphed over him
in the Convention. We do not see
that the men who have been trying to use
Tweed have gained either honor or advan-
tage from this new alliance. When Mr..
Tilden returns to rectify the matters that
have gone awry in his absence We do not
see that it will help Mr.. Kelly to have it said
that he vainly attempted to get Tweed out
of the prison where Mr.. Tilden was chiefly
instrumental in lodging him. We do not
know that Mr.. Kelly has inspired these
examinations or made any promises in con-
nection with them; but the fact that it has
been SO widely charged, and that if true the
design has mlscarried, will not aid the Tam
many chief in a contest with Mr.. Tilden for
the control of the democratic organization.
In spite of these mishaps and drawbacks
Mr. Kelly is strong and powerful to-day,
and if he were only sagacious enough to
cut loose from bad associations and to use
his augmented influence for purposes to
which Mr.. Tilden could take no just excep-
tion, he might hold the position he has
gained and advance to new conquests. AS
he has always been our favorite local states
man we are entitled to give him good ad-
vice, and we only regret that it transcends
our limited authority to prefix the coveted
o. to his respectable name.