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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-19

Popular illustrated book 600 pagesl on
MANHOOD WoMANHooDl MARRIAGEl
lmpediments to Marriage; the cause and
cure. Sent securely sealed. postpaid. for
so cents, by DR.. &. WHITTIER, CIT ST.
Charles street, St Louis, Mo-, the great
specialist. Read his work.
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MINERAL SPRINGS Ark, March 9, '76.
Shallenberger's Pills are the most effect
lal Ague medicine we ever sold; we could
name several cures after all other remedies
allied. MIILNER & PARKER.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-19

China tea sets at prices 40 per cent
lower than usual retail rates st May
Bros. l9dlt
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Howe's concentrated syrup, the great
blood purifier, and aeue cure aud tonic
bitters, can be had Of Bengston and
Thomas.
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Table cutlery, spoons, castors, etc.,
lower than elsewhere in the three cities
as May Bros. 19dlt
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Attempted Suicide.

About noon, day, Max Myerson,a young
man 81 years Of age, formerly in the en-
ploy of M. W. Childs's clothing store, but
lately travelling for the Philadelphia Car
pet RenovaJing Co., attempted to commit
suicide in room 45, at the Bellows
House, where he boarded, by
swallowing two drachms of laudanum,
which he had purchased short time be-
fore at Bengston's drug store.
The facts in regard to the case appear
to be about as follows: Myerson has been
keeping company with a young lady in
this city, daughter of one of our most re-
spected citizens, but owing to his loose
habits the father, on last Wednesday, for
bid him the house, and informed
him that his company was no longer ac-
ceptable, Last night Myerson met the
young lady, and asked her to elope with
him which she very properly refused to
DO. About 1870 this forenoon he asked
Louie Lieberman if he would come up to his
room az the Bellows House, as he had
something to say to him. Louie went up,
and then Myerson commenced telling him
his Notwithstanding by taking small
bottle from his pocket, drinking the cor
tents, and then saying, GOOD by, Louie
l have poisoned myself" Liebermar
started for physician, and soon returned
with DIR, Carter. and, soon atterward, DIR. s
f. Farrell arrived. They Immediately ad
ministered emetics, walked him up anc
down the hall of the hotel-and at :
o'clock this afternoon he was considered
out of danger, though still in drowsy
condition.
His attempt at suicide is considered
rather thin but he protests that h
will attempt it again, and will be more
successful, the next time.
A beautiful complexion depends upor
the purity of the blood To keep the blooC
pure and healthy use DR.. Bulls Bloot
Mixture.
River News.
The Diamond Joe passed up this morn
ing and will be down again Tuesda!
morning.
The Minneapolis passed down last even
ing, the Belle of La Crosse this morning
and the Red Wing up this forenoon, a
we'll loaded.
The Clintou is expected up on Monda
noon and the Northwestern down. Tues
day evening.
Hereafter, the Keokuk-Northern Lin
Packet Co. intend to run boats regularly
those going up leaving this city every
other day at noon, and those going dow
every other day at o'clock in the even
, ing.
: The Saltwater came down this forenoo
. with a raft for Anawalt. Denkman & Co
? saw mill. The Iowa and the Dexte
passed down this morning with RATS.
, The following is the stage of water abov
5 low water mark at the places named, q
t o'clock yesterday afternoon, as receive
r by telegraph;
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-19

Breakfast and dinner sets, vases, chan
deliers, lamps, chimneys, etc, at net
wholesale prices, at retail. May Bros,
cor. 18th street and I'd avenue. l9dlt
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The celebrated Peoria show cases;
cheaper than any other 10 the market.
Quality guaranteed, Workmanship un-
surpassed Rob't 6 Luke, manufacturer,
Peoria, Ills, Field Bros, agents, Rock
Island, Ills 510dIy
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-19

Fraok Miller's Prepared Harness Oil is
the best in the known world.
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PRICE, 81 PER BOTTLE.
An IMPORTANT LETTER.

ANN, ARBOR, Mich, April 30, 1875.
DIR. RADwAY-Kind Sir: 1 have been taking your
Resolvent, Regulating Pills and also using the
Ready Relief about one year for ovarian tumors on
the abdomen which 'he mos Jeminent ph yscians OF
our Medical Collel pronounced incurable.
They were like lots tree. When / was cit
ting in q chair theJ hung almost to the floor, and
my weight was 275 pounds when commenced with
your remedies, and now 1t is 2l0 pounds but they
are 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"
MRS. G. KRAPF
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Fluid Lightning cures nervous head
ache
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Kidney and Bladder Complaints,

Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel, Diabetes,
Dropsy, StJppage of Water ,Incontnuance OF Urine,
Brghts / isease, Albuminuria, and In all cases
where there are brickdust deposits or the water Is
thick, cloudy, mixed with substances like the white
Of egg threads like white silk, or there il q
morbid, dark, bilious appearance, and white bone
dust deposits, and when there Is pricSing, 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, 1877-05-19

Odd dishes of all kinds at sacrifice at
May Bros Everything marked in plain
figures and, now selling at wholesale prices
at retail l9dlt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-19

WITHOUT AN BQuAL-The hygienic
properties of Murray & Lanmau's Florida
Water are marked and distinctive iea-
ture of this delicious perfume. Its won.
derful power in relieving nervous head
ache, fainting turns, ordinary hysteria,
and its healthful disinfectant properties
in the sick room, mark it as peculiarly
adapted to the requirements Of the bou-
doir, the dressing room and the bath.
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Railways Ready Relief

Inflammation OF the Kidneys, Inflammation Of the
Bladder, Inflammation OF the Bowels, Conges
ton OF the Lungs, Sore Throat, Difficult
Breathing Palpitation Of the Heart
Mysteries Group, Diptheria. Ca
tarrh. Influenza, Headache,
Toothache, Neuralgia,
Rheumatism, Cold Chils
Ague Chills.
The application OF the Ready Relief to the part
or parts where the pain difficulty exists will Of
ford ease and comfort.
Twenty drops in half tumbler OF water will in a
few minutes cure Cramps, Sprains, Sour Stomach
Heartburn, Sick Headache, Diarrhpa, Dysentery,
Collie, Wind in the Bowels, and all Internal Pains.
Travellers should always carry bottle of RAD
WAY 8 READY RELIEF with them. A few drops,
ia water will prevent sickness pains from change
OF water. II Is better than French Brandy or Pit
tsrs IA a stinulant
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The Great Blood Purifier.

Every Drop OF the SARSAPARILLIAN RESOIs-
VENT communicates through the Blood, Sweat,
Urine and other fluids aud juices OF the system the
Nlgor OF Life for IL repair the wastes Of The body
with new and sound material. ScrOfula, Syphilis,
Consumption, Glauduar 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, Scad 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, LOss Of Sperm and all Wastes of the
Life Principle are within the curative range of this
wonder OF Modern Chemistry, and few DAYS use
will prove to any person using 1t for either of these
forms Of disease its potent power to cure them.
II the patient, daily becoming reduced by the
wastes and decomposition that are continually pro-
crossing succeeds In arresing these wastes, and
repairs the same with new material made from
healthy blOod-and this the SARSAPARILLIAN
will and does secure-A cure Is certain; for when
once this remedy commences lite work OF purifca
ton, and succeeds In diminishing he loss OF wastes
its repairs will, be rapid and every day the patient
will feel himself growing better and stronger, the
food digestug better appetite improving, and flesh
and weight increasing.
Not only does the SARsAPARILLIAN RHsoLvEN1
excel ali remedial agents In the Cure Of chronic
ScrOfulOus, Constitutional and Skin Diseases, Du
IL IL the only positive cure for
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treatment. weil-appointed cuisine. and
well furnished rooms. You can find all
these at the Colonnade hotel in Philadel-
phia.
FALSE IMPRESSION 1t is generally sup
posed by a certain class of citizens, who
are not practical or experienced, that Dys
pepsia cannot invariably be cured. but we
are pleased to say that Green's August
Flower has never, to our knowledge, failed
to cure Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint in
all its forms. such as Sour Stomach, Cos
tiveness, Sick Headache, Palpitatlon of the
Heart, Low Spirits, &c, &c Out Of 30
900 dozen bottles sold last year, not single
failure was reported, but thousands of com
plimentary letters received from Druggists
of wonderful cures. Three doses will re-
lieve any case Try it. Sample Bottles
10 cents. Regular Size IS cents, For sale
| bv T. II. Thomas.
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FEVER & AGUE

fever and Ague cured for fifty cents. There is
not remedial agent in the world that will cure
fever and ague, and all other malarious, bilious
scarlet, typhoid, yellow and other fevers (aided BY
Railways Pills. so quick as Railway Ready Relief
Fifty cents per bottle.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-19

A beautiful complexion depends upon
the purity Of the blood. To keep the blood
pure and healthy use DIR. Bulls Blood
Mixture.
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1877-03-22
sUPERsTITloNs OF RUss1AN
PEASANTRY.

Or the superstitioDs Of the Rus.
alan peassntry Mr.. Mackenzie
Wallace gives some striking Ia
stances. The strangess il The
following: One winter evening
there appeared in a peasants cot
tage a female figure drapsd as St.
Barbsra 10 commonly represented
herself as the saint sat and COM
menced an edifyiug discoure.-
Before long The cottage was be.
seiged BY an ioquisitive but rsvsr-
entail throng, from which not, q
soul in that village or the sdjacen,
one stayed away. Abcnt midnight
+shelrese announcing that she Was
gping to fetch ST. Nicholas, but
that no one must go away during
her absence. 50 the villagers
stayed where they we're, awaiting
.tbefeturn Of ST. Barbara and the
arrival of ST. Nicholas! They
waited ftiTll sun rise, and when dis
covered that the pretended saint
had decamped, taking with her
numberio of their horses n To the
'credulitysef the Russian peasant
there sppeSrs ito he no limit
About the time 6f the rDdksI Of
Edlubnrgh's mafrige, for instance
a report spread abrosd that A. fe.
male consumption was about to be
made, and tRat . large number Of
young girls were to be sent to
England ip . red ship Ia What
len styled their religious life,
also,s the Russian peasants often
eNnces singular. creddlity. A
robber kills o peasant but refrains
fro = eating a piece of cooked meat
which he finds, because IL happens
to be a fast day An artisan who
IS going 20 break into the rooms Of
= Young Austrian attache in St.
Petersburg FIRST .cuters . church
and commehds his dndertsking 10
the protection Of, the SANTA" sftsr
which he murdersthe Young Aus-
trian in question. A robbep Gnds
il difficult TO extract the jewels
from an Icon, eaud makes a vow
that If a certain saint aSsists him
he will place o. reoble's' worth Of
tspera before the saints image. 'a'
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THE NEMESIS OF HISTORY.

You doubtless remember Henri
Heine''s satirical romance on the
manner in which time had worked
It's revengos apropos oftheV Vatican.
Time was,' he said in ons Of biz
WorSs, when Jerusalem sent its
messengers 70 ths Pope tolkis Biz
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WEARING THE NT.T.-.ror

"Ao 'hE ~ ILOTHES
AS Old 81 filled the lamps last
night We said:
We'll, old man, how do you feet
:. 'Bou. desc pollytisEs I, k.l.
bluer dan | hez. fer some times. "a
"Wby is thstir sA,s anr ~ -
"well. sab, desc hyar ofissers,
ODER hsah at the United States
Co'rt IS freshin' up an pIayln'
dsrs chunes on hi'et says sense do
Flurridy 'scishuml" - a.Ff =
"Thsy feel safer 10 their places
suppose 2" ~
N y "Dst's bout dere tickih HAYES
are naugurased deyW be sloshin'
found hyar wuz dan de arrystoek.
Iesy at or niger bah!!"
SEQ don't see the resemblance
well, when foIkes is got on
robes dat don't long ter EN-, d4y
puts on er might >it OBJ big airs!
An when yer looks inter a nigget
bah an sees De mount OBJ white
folkes' washin' OATS ssaryed IN
taers tween days, ysr'il dke,ehA de
idee dat l'ss ~hsn@eria. os4-t4t.
tenta Ceas'autson,..
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there :sotbntt@ Acting Prpsidra ant.
will be forced to Interfere to keep
the peace. is IA part OF the naicTl
OF those radicals who eyppct. 10

'H'lcHz hlln mtr thelr tanNallrI II
.he has q particle Of tie hdckbune
or ieh be has lately rec9'vef
grcdit ne will deal summsrnv VIII
Conspiracy. DsAo
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As Indgsna woman ihgs squaw;;
therefore an sl lndtian baby ia -
eqoSwiin&: (&Nee
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feet and implose his blessiags.'-
lc'N.ssaays. he adds: .'if you pas
I through the Roe L 6tte, you vii
ses,a' lean little man getting ont Q,
bis coupe at the door Of a oeiebra
ted Gebrew banker from time 10
''nfr. IL is the Papal lNuncio
E'okips after the funds Of the
Panai States; il is r me paying
.trifa. TO Jerusalem Quite as
singular . turn Of the, religious
has been noticed within the
layt few days, and is summed up
the following dispatch; "Tbe
Nancio of the Pope at Constants
nople has been received By the
sultan, aud has expressed 70, him
the hearty wishes Of the YaticspI
for the hccess of his diplomacy
AMI his Sims Shades Of the
Crusaders! What won d Peter the
Hermit and Godfrey de BouiIton
say OF this2 10 is enough to make
them turn in their groves. The
hobnodbIng with successor
OF Mahomet-can such things be-
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Reconstruction of the state Senate.

Tho Constitutional Convention OF 1867
proposed important changes in the lcgisla-
tive department, especially the Senate, tho
official terms of Senators being extended to
four years. But in partisan furry the
people rejected all the work Of the Convcn-
tion except that relating to the Judiciary.
The Constitutional Commission of 1873 pro-
posed no change in the mode of clcctng AS
Scmblymrn by single districts, but recon-
mendcd radical reconstruction OF the
Senate.
Portions Of the work of this Commission,
after being revised by the Legislature, have
been submitted to the people and beon
adopted by Them and they are found to OPP
srate hcnciclally. The reconstruction Of
ehe Senate, rs recommended by the Com
mission, Is now before the Legislature. The
journal Of Commerce objects to that part Of
the plan which proposes to elect four Scna-
tors from the state at large, and also 10 the
scheme generally, because it believes il
would operate njuriously TO the interests of
the cities Of New York and Brooklyn. We
see no solid hass for these objections. II the
State were now divided into eight districts,
with four Senator's each New York county
would have two districts and Kings one II,
In addition to the thirty-two Senators thus
provided for, four We're TO be chosen 10y the
Btate at large. the voters Of New York and
Brooklyn would, in proportion to their num-
bers, exert just the same influence in their
election a the voters Of any other locality.
and the four Senators would be as really the
representatives, of the two cities as of the
rest of the State. Indeed, the probabilities
ere that as Il general rule two of the four
wouh DE citizens of New York and Brooklyn.
The object Of the amendment IL to lift the
Benate beyond the reach Of petty local inhu-
enccs, to widen the scope Of its vision. and
60 elevate its character and tone generally.
To enlarge the Senate districts, to extend
the terms of senators, TO make portion Of
them amenable only to the whole state, and
20 impart stability to that branch of the
Legislature by clccting but one-fourth OF its
members annually. would in our judgment,
operate to accomplish this object.
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what to DO about the Dock Depart


The conference committee Of the CONNER
cial organizations engaged in investigating
the subject, on Wednesday adopted a report
concerning the Dock Department which had
some points which were obviously good and
others just as obviously bad The con-
demnation Of the department as at present
managed is none too severe The call for "A
system of bookkeeping which shall show
whore the money spent has gone, deserves
to be needed As it is now, no one can tell
from the hooks OF the department anything
whatever about the details of the expendi-
lures. The theory seems u be TO hide in a
mass Of figures every fact which such Il set
Of accounts ought to show. The conse-
qucnce is that neither the Commissioners
themselves nor any outside parties who have
examined the books can tell where the money
has gone.
But the chief recommendations OF this re-
port are Of a bulkhcad OF pershablc wood,
instead Of solid and permanent masonry;
that the dock property be leased for ten
years, subject to two renewals Of ten years
more each and that there shall be but one
Commissioner of Docks, instead Of three
The first two recommendations cannot be-
too strongly condemned. The bulkhead can
lee built of masonry, which will last inich-
nlt"ly at cost not more than double that
Of any passahlc timber work, which will not
last ana which Will require constant repairs,
besides furnishing home for rats and being
llthy and unslghtly. The second recon-
mendatiOn, as to the leasing Of the dock
property, really advises the putting Of the
control Of the water front out of the hands
Df the rit l. and uo--ihlv intn h..a az mar.
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dcncit Of some 500. 100000. Whore tho money Is
10 be got nobody knows. and the only hope left
seems to be that the 'rman Parliament will
take the matter up during tho prcsnnt session
and help the company. Meanwhile VI. Favrd,
too. has stopped his work Of piercing the tun-
mel and has suod the company for the 81 800. 900
which he deposited IA security. and which hc
now, naturally enough, considers not safe in
the company's hands. All no has boon ablo as
yet 10 recover is 100000
In justice to the Italians and tho Germans II
should be addol hero that the building Of tho
road was entirely in Swiss hands. and that IL il
the Swiss too. who seem to have been the guilty
party both in tho Acknowledgement and in tho
original underestimate OF the cost
While Germany may thus havo n good round
sum to pay to sec tho road com plctod. she IL
saddling her already lamc finances with most
cxtravagant military expenditures. Tho forti-
ncations the banks ofthc Rhine alone will cost
her millionsand millions. The works arc said to
be pushed with fcvcrlsh activity. Tho fortifira-
ton Of tho bridges. OF which there arc u good
many on the whole length of the river, between
Strasburg and Cologne arc exceptionally OK
pnnsive. Large sums OF money have also been
spent on experiments In launching gunboats.
all OF which have proved. from tho condition OF
the river and lis mouth, utter failures.
But. while Germany thus openly fortines itself
on the French frontier. and ncvor misses an OPP
portunty of expressing her hostility TO France.
every step made in the Same direction by tho
latter country is the subject Of a general outrry
in Germany, Quito recently the German papers
were full Of alarmst reports concerning the
large quantities OF catto and sheep which
France was purchasing in Hungary. It was
asserted that these purchases were made for the
Uli 4 - In ,uf LIZ. Ia
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Extraordinary Action of n Coroncr's
Jury.

At last We have verdict from coroucr's
Jury Indicative Of courage intelligence, and
integrity. The facts Of the Ashtabul,l hor-
ror have been clearly established by legal
evidence, and the verdict in which they are
Incorporated presents them In all the cnor-
nifty in which they appeared in the first pub
nshcd accounts.
/. The bridge was defective, and had been
~ from its first construction.
H. II was the fault of the railroad COM
pany that the defective and insufficient char
actcr of the structure had not been dis
severed and rcmcdicd.
III. Unncccs sarily dangerous heating ap-
paratus was used for heating the cars.
~. The ears and the passengers were pcr-
mittod to burn up when the flames might
sasily have been cxtinguishcd.
This coroncrs jury has rendered an In
valuable service to the public. The first i'm
portant step has been completed toward in
nicting pccuniary punishment upon the
company. and that Is better than nothing.
II the relatives of the deceased passengers
pursue their remedies diligently, no incOn-
siderable amount of the VANDERBILT prop
srty will be- required TO settle up this incx-
cusable human slaughter.
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beyond close municipal supervision. Prop
crly managed, its improvement need not
rest heavily on tho Taxpayers, for that can be
and should be made gradually. and only as
exigcnccs require. 1t Is absurd to think Of
going to tho expense OF rapidly pushing
forward such an Improvement, especially at
this time, when business Is 50 dull and com
mcrco SO inactive.
As TO reducing tho number Of Commits
sioners from three to one, that is very we'll;
but the experience of this abortive depart
mont leads every ono who has examined its
workings to conclude that the best way is
to get rid OF IL altogether or to place It's
management in the hands Of some compo-
tent authority. II has to deal with cngi-
nccrins questions as we'll az legal questions
really more complicated than those which
arise In any other department in the city;
for the rights and privileges under its keep
ing are much involved, and there are nut
merous unsettled questions us TO the validity
of titles, some Of which run back into the
last century.
1t is because the duties OF tho department
arc 10 cxactng, that Mr.. SALEM II. WALES
has made 80 bad II failure as its President
He seems to have been in fog over since he
got the place, and, In consequence, has
stumbled and bunglcd at every step he has
taken.