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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
THE POISONED MINERS AT sTREAToR
HAVE ALL RECOVERED.
Fifteen Hundred Yet on a Strike.

STREAToR, ILL.,, May 26.-The miners
recently poisoned here haye so far recover
ed as to be able to resume labor, Work
at No 2 shaft at the Vermillion mines is
partly suspended, and about seventy of the
blackleg miners, as they are termed, have
been sent to the mines at Braidwood,
where they will remain until the first of
September, when they will probably re-
turn to Streator
Al! the old miners, about 1900, are yet
on the strike. The companies are sup
plying their places as rapidly as possible
with new corners, who are called "black
legs" The companies running the mines
at the Vermillion shafts and at Braidwood
have consolidated, and the places of the
old miners have been supplied now with
about It's new miners The new men are
generally. brought in in the night, and put at
once in the mines. What the old miners
will yet do is not determined. OF course,
many fthem are short Of provisions, and
are gradually getting into desperate con
dition, One of the new miners was badly
beaten the other day, and all require pro
lection. About fOrty-fve policemen art
now required to protect the new miners.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
Croquet will be as fashionable as ever

-Croquet will be as fashionable as ever
this year, and the average of lies, denuu-
Citations and broken friendships to the game
will be even higher than in any previous
season. Experienced players declare that
a man should never play in a stiff hat;
that if young woman has pet corn on
her foot she should have keen eye and
steady hand when, placing her foot
triumphantly on her ball and riyal's eye,
she undertakes to drive the latter into the
shrubbery, and that when a dishonest
player joggles ball with his foot it is
better not to make scene about it. but.
when your turn comes to play, to try and
steal hoop.
The Detroit Free Press can see that
the man who is arranging to sandwich an
advertising wagon 10 the decoration day
parade could better accomplish his object
by pasting bills on all the headstones in
the cemetery.
We are going to have lively fight
with potato bugs this year. They are fly
| ing and crawling everywhere, and people
should remember that every one OF these
| that is killed destroys acres OF the des
tructive slugs in embroyo. - Cdnbradg,
Chronicle.
An exchange says: "A San francisco
hotel has fire escape outside of every
room, and the undismayed commercial
traveller sleeps as sweetly as if he were
doubled up in a sleeping car with his heaC
on bag of samples and bis feet out of tn,
window"
No heart but her own can know tn
agony that rends Washington lady cor
respondent when she is trying to explain
what it is about a senator's wife, who ha
red hair, one eye, freckles, and a wart o.
her nose. that is so irresistibly beautiful
and universally admired. Burltsgto
HaUh Eye
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28

CHICAGO, May 2S.-A FIRE, this morn
ing, injured the building is and l20
Franklin street, to the amount of $4,000.
Insured in London. Liverpool, and Globe,
and Hamburg and Bremen for $4,000 each;
in Commercial of London, $4,000; in
Western American. Toronto, for $4,000.
The National Printing Co. occupying
upper floors, lost $45, 900 in stock being
almost entirely burned out. Their in.
surauce 1860, ,OOOl is placed 10 % companies
chiefly eastern.
o l.. American 4 Co., dealers in notions
occupied the lower floor. Loss about 81,
900
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
sanford's Radical Cure
Is Prepared by Distillation.

EVERY plant and herb that yields its medical
L essence to 1t j. placed In improved still and
there mingled with solvent iqu i'd which, by heat,
is made to pass into the receiver. bearing with
ii the healing juices of these plants and
herbs, free from every contamination. pure and
colorless. Thus the active, medical constituents
of thousands of pounds of ht RIBS may be condensed
into a very small compass. In this way SAM
FoRDs RADICAL CURE is divested of the nauseating,
worthless features of all other remedies while its
curative properties are increased tenfold. 1t is
positively the greatest medical triumph of the age
Each package'contains Dr. Sanford's Impr sed
Inhaling Tube, with full direc ions for use in all
cases Price 800. For sale by all wholesale and
retail druggists throughout the United States
WEEKS g. POTTER, General Agents and Whole
sale Druggists, Boston.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28

William Henry Cuyerl Hosmer. the
poet, we'll known as the Bard of Avon,
of Western New York, died at Avon, in
that state, Wednesday morning the 23rd
aged about 63 years. Mr.. Hosmer be-
came an author at a very early age, his
principal themes being the legends. GUS
toms and superstitions Of the North
American Indians. Among the works
which helped to build up his literary
reputation, the following are prominent:
"Yonnondio; or, The Warriors Of the
Genesee." in 1874; The Months" in
lS47. Legends of the Senecas, Bird
Notes." and Indian Traditions and
Songs" In 1850; and Complete Poetica
Works. = in 1858. Mr.. Hosmer's poetry
has been very highly commended by com
petent critics.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
Ex-pREsIDENT GRANT.
Naval Ohicers Instructed to Show Him
Proper Attention

WAsHINGToN,D D. c., May 27.-The sec
retary of the navy yesterday addressed a
letter of instruction TO COZ manders of
foreign stations. stating that Ex President
Grant was now making a tour of the
world, and that when he reached their vi
cinty they will show him proper attentions.
QUEENSTOWN May 27.-The steamship
Indiana has arrived. She proceeded for
Liverpool at 8 p. "A. Sunday eve, General
Grant and party were all well.
LONDON, May 27,-Minister Pierrepont,
Consuls Badeau and Fairchild. and num-
Der of Americans residing in England, re-
ceived Gen. Grant at Liverpool.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
II CAN BE CURED,

1 T can be cured. There is no doubt about it, The
] immediate relief afforded by SANFoRD's RADICAL
CURE FOR CATARRH is but u slight evidence OF
what may follow persistent of this remedy.
The hard, incrusted matter that has lodged in the
nasal passages is removed with few applications ;
the liberation and Inflammation sHbdued and
healed the entire membranous Innings of the head
are cleansed and purified. ConstitutiOnally its
action is that of a powerful purifying agent, de-
sroying in its course through the system the acid
pOisQn the destructive agent CAtarrh al diseases
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
THE BAPTIST PARsoN TO BE TRIED
FOE MURDER.
Distinguished Attorneys on Both Sides.

Dixon, ILL.,, May 27.-The Rev McGee.
who was some three months 90 lodged in
our jail, on charge of poisoning his wife,
from evidence adIuced before the coroners 5
inquest, was to day indicted by the grand
jury, who have been in session here for two
weeks. The trial, unless change of
venue is granted, will take place next week.
Judge Eustace is employed by the prisoner
aud his friends, and A. g. Bradwell, the
district attorney, and :; on, William Barge
on behalf of the people. If the evidence
which the ex parte examination has
brought stands unimpeached, it is mur.
der of the deepest dye, having only It's
parallel in that of the DR. Parkman murder
iG Boston.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
weather Probabilities.

WASHINGTON, May 2S-The Signal Ser
vice observations taken at 10 o'clock this
forenoon indicate the following weather
probabilities for this afternoon and to-
night:
Indications for the northwest: Souther-
ly winds, falling barometer, stationary or
higher temperature. partly cloudy weather
with rain areas.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28

The ARGUS JOB PRINTING Rooms
turn out Cards, Circulars, Note Heads,
Bill Heads, Law Briefs, and all other
kinds of Printing, in the highest style of
the art, ard on the most reasonable terms.
And THE ARGUS Book BINDERY is doing
all kinds of work in that line, neat, quick
and cheap. The friends of the paper and
the public generally are invited to give our
work trial. dWtf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
Mr. Eayes Does another Good Thing.

WASHINGTON, May 27.-It is 40 longer
considered expedient to retain the army
officers on duty at the " bite House. and
Col FL. G. Gorbin. who was detailed, at the
presidents request, as one Of bis secretaries,
will be relieved at the end of this month.
and by direction of the president assigned
to duty in the war department.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
Suicide.

OMAHA. May 27.--A man named n. G,
Tiffany, lately conductor on the Chicago
& Northwestern railway ,and Texas road,
cut his throat with penknife and bied to
death in the station house this afternoon.
He had been on spree and was undoubt-
edly insane when he committed the act.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
SANF0RD'S RADICAL CURE

is local and constitutional remedy, and is ap-
] piled to the nasal passages by insufiation with
DR., Saniord's Improved Inhaling Tube, which
panies each bolle free OF charge; and
internally consttutionally. where. by IT'S action
on the mucous coatings of the throat and stomach,
ii frees the system from the poison generated by
Catarrh. Until this result is effected 20 permanent
cure can be made. thus the united action of this
remedy is superior to all Others combination OF
9TH
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
THE
NATIONAL DISRASB |
Is II DURABLE

THOSE who have suffered from the various aud
! complicated forms of disease assumed by
Catarrh, and have tried many physicians and
remedies without relief or cure, await the answer
TO this question with considerable anxiety. And
we'll they may; for no disease that be men
toned is SO universally prevalent and destruct-
I've to health as Cararrh Bronchitis, Asthma,
Coughs and serious and frequently fatal affections
of the luhgs follow, in many cases a case of simple
but neglected Catarrh. Other sympathetic affect
ions, such deafness, impaired eyeslght and loss
of sense of smell, may be referred to MINOR but
nevertheless serious results of neglected tarrh,
bad enough in themselves, but nothing com
pared with the dangerous affections =of the throat
| and lungs likely TO follow.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
Sanford's Radical Cure

Ii AS worked revolution in the treatment of
IT Catarrh. 1t has demonstrated beyond all doubt
that this disease, even in its seYerest forms, is
curable, and that comfort and happiness may be
made to follow years of misery, years of suffering.
by persistent of it. The method of treat
ment originated by DR.. Sanford, viz, the local and
constitutional, by remedy prepared by distila-
tion is the Only offered TO the public that
will bear the test of time
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
A roolhardy Undertaking

New BEDFORD, Mass. May 2s.-Tbe
schooner New Bedford, 20 feet long. with
Capt, Thomas Crapo and his wife on
board sailed for London.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28

COMMERCIAL
Wheat-Dull strongly in buyers favor.
Corn-Heavy and lower; new mixed western So
Oats-Dull; declining; mixed western and state
43064
Pork-Dull; IA 6GD14 IS.
Lard-Steady; 1909 SIS.
Whisky-1 10.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28

CHESTER, Pa, May 2S.-Patrlck Widen
was arrested here to-day, on charge of
robbing United States mails. He had a
mail bag containing great number OF
letters in his possession.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
A wife Shooter.

OMAHA. May 27.-A man named Myers
returned from pic nic this evening, got
into a row with his wife, aud shot her
seriously bat not fatally.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
The City of Brussels

QUEENSTOWN, May 2S. "A southwest
gale with thick weather aud rain has pre-
vailed here since last night. AS the wind
is favorable for the steamship City of
Brussels, she is likely to pass Oh, to LIVER
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28

ARGUS HEApouARrERs MOLINE.

RICHARDS s. SoHRBECK's Drug and Book Store
opposite First National Bank, where all orders
can be left for the ARGUS, aud where all Moline
business is transacted by D. J. Beardslee. Bust
ness notices should be handed in by noon to en-
sure publication the same day.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
ELECTRICITY

AS grand curative and restorative agent is not
equalled by any element medicine in the his
tory of the healing art. Unless the vital spark has
fed the body restoration by means of electricity s
possible 1t Is the last resort of ali physicians and
surgeons, and has rescued thousands. apparently
dead, from untimely grave, when no other
human agency could have succeeded, This is the
leading cnratfYe clement in this Plaster.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
COLLINS
VOLTAIC PLASTERS

An Electro-G Galvanic Battery combined
with the Celebrated Medicated Porus
Strengthening Plaster. forming the best
Plaster for pains aud aches in the World
of Medicine
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
TWO IN ONE.

Thus combined we have two grand medical agents
in one, each of which performs its function and
unitedly produce more cures than any liniment,
lotion, wash, plaster ever before compounded In
the history OF medicine. Try one. PRICE, Is
CENTS.
Sold iby ali druggists for 25 cents Sent on re-
eeipt of 25 cents for one 81 25 for six or $a25
twelve, carefully wrapped, and warranted perfect
By WEEKS o POTTER, Proprietors, Boston. Mass
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
CanphOrine !

Is the most effectual remedy sold is luxury TO
use gives the best satisfaction, gives instant
will not grease stain the most delicate iaorIc'
has pleasant and refreshing odor. 1t viii imme
diately relieve and cure kheumatism, Chronic an9
Acute; Neuralgia and Catarrh, Headache ana
swelled Face, Sore Throat, Sprains and Bruises,
Rnpions and Chilblains, Eruptions of the Skin,
Pain in Chest, Back or Limbs, Burns and Scalds.
For eale by all Druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
A CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and in
discretions of youth, nervous weakness early de-
cay, loss of manhood &C, will send recipe that
will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by missionary in South
America Send self-addressed envelope to the
REV. JOSEPH T. INMAN Station d, Bible House
New York City,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
BALSAM and PINE

The healing properties of our own fragrant
baisam and pine and the gums of the East are too
well known TO require description. Their grateful
healing, soothing, and stFengt ening properties
are known t. thousands. When Combined in
accordance with late and important discoveries in
pharamacy their healing and strengthening prop
erties are increased tenfold. In this respect our
Plaster is the bert in use without the aid of eiec-
friciIp
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28

NICE RULING done at TIE ARGUS
BiNDERY, Leave orc srs at the counting
room, Il
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
FLUID LIGHTNING.
Fm FLUle LIenrNl,e

Will positively afford relief by external
application. 1t cures on the instant Neu-
ralgia. Nervous Headache, Rheumatism,
Toothache, Earache, and all nervous pains,
so AS BY MAGIC.
Sold by all Druggists at so cts. and 81
per bottle.
For sale in Rock Island by John Bengston.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
FINANCIAL
In Wall Street.
S25. S5O, SiOO. $500, $500.

The reliable house of ALEX. FROTHINGHAM
& CO. No. IL Wall street, New York publish
handsome eight page weekly paper, called the
Weekly Financial Report, which trey send free to
any address In addition to a large number of edi-
torials on financial and other topics, ii contains
gery full and accurate reports OF the sales and
standing Of every stock, bond and security dealt in
at the Stock Exchange Messrs. FRoTHINGHAM &
Co are extensive brokers of large experience and
tried integrity In addition to their stock broker.
age business they sell what are termed privilege
or PUTS and Calls" now one OF the favorte meth
odssof Ie0itimate speculatIor Their advice is val
liable and by following it many have made for
tunes-r New York Metropolis.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, May 2S.
AWheat-Fair demand; higher; 46 cash June;
455s Julya
Corn Shade higher; 441S June; AZ asked July.
Oats-Steady; 371a cash; 37A June.
Rye-Nominal; 70.
Barley-Heavy and lower; 60 for cash or May.
PUrk-Firm; Is 50 cash.
Lard-Firm; 9 32h July.
Whisky OF.
LIVE STOCK.
Hogs-Receipts 1900; moderately active; light
9505 05; common to choice heavy 9O15 25 gen
eral market for extra hight or heavy co.
Cattle Active; 10 to 15c per hundred pounds
higher; receipts 200.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
Another Waste of the Peoples Money
Stopped.

WASHINGTON, May 27.-Preparations
are now being made to close up the national
armories and work shops after the lst of
July, there being no appropriations to con-
tinue work. Six hundred mechanics will
be thrown out of employment.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28

Milwaukee Market. -
MILWAUKEE. May e8
GWheat-Strong and higher; l 81 CASH 57A
June; 58h July; No 3, 35h.
Corn-43
Oats-FIrm; 36h.
Rye-72.
Barley-S0
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
st. Louis Market.

ST. LOUIS. May %.
Wheat-Lower; No fall; 1 SO; No 8, 49.
Corn-Lower; 424 gas.
Oats-Lower; 80 bid
Rye-75 bid.
Whisky-1 CT.
Pork-14 90 bid; ID 12 June.
Lard-Dull; 900.
LIVE STOCK.
=Hogs-R Receipts 5000; 5O05 90.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28
New York Market.

NEW YORK, May ae.
FINANCIAL.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28

f. A. LEHMANN, Solicitor of Patents, Washing
on. D. G, No Patent No Pay. Send for Circular.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-28

GOld-1 06&.
Money!.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-06-14
The Apple Worm.

The codllng moth or miller. the parent
"I the Worm found inside the apple, makes
It's appearance the last of June or the fore
part Of July, when the female spends her
time and energies in the orchard, flying
from apple to apple, drpositng her eggs
on the blossom end of the fruit. 1t is es-
tnnatcd that single moth will deposit
not less than 100 eggs on as many apples
From these soon hatch Il little worm that
Immediately begins to eat its way to the
core of the apple. The worm remains IN
side till ii completes its growth and hay
ING destroyed the Vitality of the half
grown fruit the latter falls prematurclv
from the tree, either before OF after the
worm leaves it. The t'ull-grown worm
now seeks some shelter secure from birds
or other enemies, under which to under
90 its transformation. The most of these
pup1 remain wound up in these silken
cocoons till the following spring Some
0t the earliest of them, however, complete
Their transformations and enter the per
1cctcd or moth state in a few uayS. and
soon deposit eggs, us did their mothers,
III the blossom end Of the apple, for a
second brood Of worms. These worms
from the second brood are the ones found
in the fall. so destructive are these little
pests that Ill many orchards nearly half
the apples are ruined by them. Many
farmers recommend allowing sheep and
swine to run in the orchard to devour the
wormy apples as they fall from the tree
This IS good as far aS it goes: but ls many
OF the worms leave the apple before the
latter fall, and as the halt grown apples
are not readily eaten by the sheep or
SWINE, the preventive is not Il sure one
The plan now recommended by entomol-
oglsts for ridding our orchards Of them is
to wind around the trunks Of the trees
bands OF straw. paper, or old cloths about
the time the worms leave the apples
When, III their search for secure places to
SPIN their coc0OnS, many of them will
crawl under these bandagcs for that pur-
pose. BY examining these bandages two
or three times Il month, thousands of
larva- may be killed. One half thus killed
(alloWing one-half to be temales) will be
just 50 many less to deposit each 100 or
more eggs on as many different apples.
By allowing sheep OF swine free access to
the orchard many OF the worms will be
destroyed by them. BY united efforts on
the part OF the orchardistS in trapping
them IN the manner referred to- their de
structlNe influences can be very much les
sencd. AS both sexes of this moth, I'M
like the females of the canker-Worm moth.
are provided with wings for flying, the
tar bands recommended for the one will
not answer for the other, but the paper
bandageS will. II the loose scaly bark
(thclr natural hiding placeS( be sclapcd
of the tree the bandages will be more ef-
1cctlyc. as more of them will find their
way beneath them. But, unless these
bandages are examined occasionally, and
the Larvae killed, they will do more harm
than good us they will afford the worms
Just the place they were searching for to
pass their chrysalid state secure from
birds.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-06-14
Sheep-Watching Dogs.

In the Wool-groWing districts of South
America 1t Is not uncommon for dogs to
take almost the entire care Of sheep.
They will often tend a flock that is mile
or two away from any habitation. The
method OF education consists in sepalat-
ing the puppy while very Young from the
bitch, and in keeping him away from
children and other dogs. \ eve is held
TWO or three times a day for the little
creature to suck, and he is allowed a bed
OF wool to sleep in. When few months
old he IS castratcd, after which there is,
lltlie disposition to associate with his
KIND. In times of danger one of these
dogs Will bark and the sheep gather
around him. He will leave thy flock two
OF three times Il day to go to the house
for meat. At these times he is liable to
be set upon by other dogs, but he will de
Nonr his food quickly, or taking it in his
mouth, Will run back to his wooly associ-
atcs, who will gather around him.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-06-14
Plaster.

We have often heard the declaration
made that plaster was not fertilizer by
itself But this must be mistake. be-
cause plaster is composed of sulphur lime
and water. Sulphur and lime are terti-
Izers, more 50 for some plants than for
others; more SO for clover than for corn ::
more so for the stalk of corn than for the
seed OF corn. There is no doubt that by
a drilling ot plaster we not only afford the
plant supply of sulphur and lime, but
we also afford it the means of obtaining
from the soil large supplies of potash and
magnesla. So that we get by the use of
plaster four most valuable and essential
constituents OF plant growth and plant
food, VIZ. sulphur, lime, potash and mag
nesla. When we consider the value of
potash III the growth of plants, we must
confess that this disintegrating influence
OF plaster, this unlocking of the soil, is
one OF It's most valuable properties. Ii is
Just as well to set the potash free that is
IN the soil, as to apply it outwardly.
flaSler IS the agent to do this.