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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-22
Excursions to the Rocky Mountains


The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail
road has arranged with the various rail!
trip rates to the Rocky Mountains, and
has secured the following rates to Denver.
Colorado Springs, Canon City, Pueblo and
return: from Kansas City and Atchison,
$45; St, Louis, $50; Chicago, $65; Quincy,
$50; Cincinnati, 500; Buffalo, $75, and
correspondingly low rates from all points
east, north and south These tickets are
good for 80 days, aud to stop at all stations
west of the Missouri river. Tickets are on
sale at all principal stations throughout
the country. This is the new route to
Denver through the garden of Kansas aud
Colorado Send for maps, circulars time
tables, etc, to I. j. ANDERSON,
Gen Pass Agent.
TOPEKA, Kan.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-22
$4,000 BOTTLES
Sold in 1875 of This Imminent.

Testimonials.
ST. CHARLES, Mo-
Vordick's Rheumatic Lnment is wonAerfnl /
was laid up for Is weeks; tried everything was
told; doctors could do nothing for me, until was
told to try one bottle of Nordieks Celebrated Rheu-
matte Linimcnt. Ii cured me, and must give it
all the praise My case is too long to tell you all
here. Address me and enclose stamp and win
tell you all about 1t. Yours truly,
Prop. of Washington House, corner Clay aud sixth
streets, st. Charles, No.
1t sure cure for Neuralgia,
JOHN POWERS
ST. LOUIS, Mo.
1t cured my back. / suffered great deal.
JoEEATHAN $. RUDOLPH,
ST. CHARLES. Mo.
/ sell 1t now. GEO. F. BoENKER.
recommend Il TO everyone. It always helped in
our family. MRS FORSTER,
Six Mile House, West st Louis.
ST LOUIS Mo-
1 can recommend Vordick's Rheumatic Liniment.
never saw any Linlmcnt to beat it,
Yours truly, DANIEL PRINCE.
l recommend it to everyone for the above com
plants This Eminent has done great wonders.
Yours turly, FRED HACKMAN.
ST. LOUIS. Mo,
I can recommend VordIck's Rheumatic Liniment
as one f the greatest Liniments the world can pro
duCe / had very hand, sprained while
catching fly ball. Yours truly,
Catcher Of Red Stockings Base Ball Club.
ST LOUIS Mo.
I always keep Vordick's Celebrated Rheumatic
LinimeEtin the house. 1t is a good remedy for all
1t claims above. q q GATHER,
st. Louis Four-Mile House
I recommend it to all afflicted. It is q friend in
the house, Yours truly, SETH CHAPMAN,
WARRINGTON. No.
It is great Liniment for all pains. 1t makes nc
difference where you have pasn, it will cure it,
Yours truly, HENRY ROVE
CALIFORNIA, Mo.
1t is great remedy for Rheumatism and Neu.
ralgia, say 1t Will cure every case.
am yours JOHN HOWARD.
WENTZyuLE, Mo.
/ sell Vordick' 8 Rheumatic Liniment in my store
Thew all praise it every day when they come to me
for IL. Yours, HENRY WFpERKEMPER
Thousands more Of testimonials, but space does
not allow more.
Jefferson Avenue and Benton st. .,ST. LOUIS
Sold by all Rock Island Druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-22

Thompson, of Indiana, declares that I'VE
have the finest navy in the world, "-that
is, in point Of personnel and morale. Under
Grants administration, it may be remem-
bered, we had the finest civil service this
side.of the pearly gates
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-22
Saturday. September 40. 1877.

A Joint discussion between Stanley
Matthews and old Ben Wade might serve
to enliven the campaign in Ohio. We can
hardly think of anything else that would.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-05

killed or captured, was said be comfortably
encamped within thirty miles Of Fort Peck,
surrounded by his principal warriors, and
probably employed in laying in supplies Of
provisions. ammunition, and other requisites
for the prosecution of vigorous warfare.
When spring comes. and the expected inn
migration of miners into tho Black Hills
country begins, Sitting BULBS and other
bands will probably emerge from their hid
ing places, and lighting will be resumed in
earnest, condition Of affairs which the au-
thoritics In Washington seem determined TO
bring about If possible. With the expert
oncc Of last summer, and with rccollcction5
of the Seminole the Cheyenne, and the Mo-
doc difficulties in mind, it Is easy toimaginc
the consequences of u renewal Of active hos
tilitics with the powerful and savage Sioux
nation. A year ago there were nearly $4,000
people in the nation; the war we wagcd
against it last summer reduced that num-
Der by about one hundred. 1t must DO con-
fcssed that the present outlook for white
settlers in the Black Hills is anything but
encouraging.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-05

Tho intention is 10 carry up eight brick
pilastcrs, four feet by five, clear to the roof,
to serve as supports for tho DOME Some
hundreds Of tons Of iron beams have been
cut out and removed from the old roof and
we are informed that The weakening of the
structure thus occq-ioncd is what renders
the now plaetors necessary. BE this as IL
may, # is plain that they will be clumsy
and unsightly, and a serious obstacle in the
way of free passage from one part OF tho
building TO another. They will stand right
at the foot Of both main stairways, and
whenever the Court House is crowded will
cfectually stranglo circulation.
The interior Of the new wing Is also to be
finished and decorated in quito another style
than that which prevails elsewhere. Its
walls are to he Of varicgatcd brick, and its
ceilings plain fiat surfaces No adequate
provision has been made for vcntilating it,
and the present machinery, which Is
notorious failure, will alone be relied on for
that purpose.
The probable cost Of this projected archi-
tectural butchcry is about 100000. The
mon responsible for it are the four Commits
sOncrs, Messrs. WILLIS BLACKSTONE, JOHN
Z. CUNNING, THoNfNs Il. TAPPEN, and SMITH
ESnAw. The architect Is the same man who
built Tompkins Market with roof which
would not keep out the rain until it was
proppcd up with iron columns, added after
the building was finished.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-05
Mnrring the New Conn House.

Tho New Court House Is dlsagrccohlc
object 90 look Of on account Of the enormous
frauds of which il Is tho cmholmcnt sum,
hmm architectural point Of Wow. it Is. a. IL
stands. not without merit. II has cost
slo01'ooO mora than il ought 10, but II Is
-,mpie in -tyle. solldly lullt, and, compared
with Che Post Office, which it faces, our cltl-
IONS may lu-tlyrcgord it as almost an orna-
mcut % tho city. Now, we hear, they arc TO
he deprived Of ovcn this small satisfaction.
Alterations Of tho building are in progress
which, when completed, will render it IL
monument of uglincss as well as of munici-
pal maladminietration, and physical us
we'll rs Il moral cycsorc.
ENtorlorly, n sort ol wing or cvcrcsconco
IS to 10 constructed ON the south side. ON
the sito originally intended for powico
with stops and columns like the ono fronting
Chambers street, This addition, which is
cstlmatod to cost siooo00, will be in differ
emit lyle Of architecture from the old por-
ton, having round headed windows, insioaI
Of windows with straight llntols, which
both uniformity and harmony require. The
old plan for tho dome has also boon aban-
doned, and now and cheaper design
adopted, which will he incongruous with the
rest Of the structure
within, brlcllaycrs arc busy in the hneo-
mcnt, building eight hugo masses of brick
work. two Mt each angle Of the rotunda.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-05
Minncsotn's Itorpcr-.


There arrived in this city yesterday. d.
long, eight inches wide, and six inches deop,
which was hllel with damp. rich. black earth,
while skipping over tho top Of tho EARTH and
lnrroWing therein, We're myrnds Of gruS7hup-
pers, varying I'm size from that of an ordinary
ant 90 that of "A juvenile cockroaeh Upon the
tscn from the farm Of I. T. Ford. Gloneon.
VI 'Irod county. Minnesota, and TINT tho little
cu--ns w"rc hut'hcI In the Office of the Glcucoe
Register. l.ihcr'y Han. publisher" Tho cargo
ot pests left Glen .oe Jan. .n. az which time they
wer' ono week old; and when inspected -. T.
day they W're 10 good condition, ana capable u
making prodgious jumps.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-05

Vul l'iEhuS contemporary, lne iNNpol-
d7f. ~hods its light upon the question ri count
INK the electoral vote, tothc following oifs.t:
"one 'h'ni enc m,rcan reonio. whether Democrats
or ~ ruNll.Au- should most imrrrHrf y doWnui. and
ihnf ls .ueh nn nmeuiuH ut OF the Constitution vIi
j. lNr - opportunity Tor similar complications IA the
future.
Thor IA n class - rul'iolsis who find rom
ody for every trouble either in a now law or Il
now Amendment % the Constitution. Tho truth
is THAT we have laws enough for useful purposes.
anil that tho Constitution is worry good as it is.
Tho present complication docs not arise from
amy do'o Z Ina that in. irumcnt; and no amend
meut could be- adopted that would avail against
The DEPRIVED tendency Of tho Republican man.
az rs To- steal electoral votes and make prosi-
dent hy fraud. We ara sorry. too. that a relg-
ious journal should propose a change in the
Constitution instead Of enforcing with 2nal and
curnestu's' those principles Of the divine legis-
lniion that boar against the wickodnoss that has
caus an this mis- 'hcf Instead Of advocating
now laws, let tho IodpeH'ird repeat in tones of
thnulDl the command Of Sinai: Thou Shalt
not stral.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-05
Republican. iIn,c Hope. r.omJ Judge Bradley

Prom Daiooi Richrrl "',h'' Ciaoi 'ln Gasen,.
WAsHINGrON. Jan. 3l.-Thcrc Is a univcr-
sal loo.ing of Satsfa' tion among tho Nopuhli-
cans today over the election of Ju~tic" Bradley
MS the nfth Judge OF the commission. There
was hearty rejoicing last night but many would
had been roa he'd until it should hr ON -nlly
announced. At noon. however. an douhi- wcrn
removed. und the Repuli cans com,rutulat a
each other freely on all sides. The PROMISE of
Hays y.,tory in ite coming s,N coutl 4 is
quit. clearly Swallowed forth.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-05

Tho recent developments Of mismanage-
mont and fraud in life insurance companies nrc
causing great uncasncss. not only among pol
ley holders who find that they have been swim
died out Of the money they had paid in pre-
NUNS. but also among many Of those who are
insured in solvent institutions Tho fact that
concerns generally supposed to rank as first
class have been found unsound naturally causes
doubts as TO tho trustworthiness OF others.
especially among the largo class Of people who
have no means Of forming an intelligent iudg-
ment for themselves as to the relative strength
of such institutions. There are thousands Of
heads Of families who have for long years prac-
tisod great solf-donial in order TO make pro-
vision. in case Of death. for those who are de-
pcNdcnt upon them; and in view Of this fact. all
life insurance companies that are able to pre-
sent the proofs Of their stability should take
tho earliest opportunity TO relieve the natural
anxiety of policy holders by aiding in every
available way the efforts Of the authorities TO
give the public authentic Information as to
their actual condition.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-05
I'M Groat MetropolItan RaiIway Compnny


is an old friend under now name. less thnn
100000 at present prices for labor would build
an underground road from City Hall Park to tho
Grand Central depot. connecting with WANDER
bits Fourth avenue road thus giving the people
of this city the long desired and much needed
means Of going from one end OF the island TO the
other by steam. This the Great Metropolitan
Railway Company propose to accomplish, pro-
yided capitalists will furnish the money. \
pamphlet setting forth the cost Of the road, the
enormous profits 90 be- reapel. and the entire
feasibility of thc PLAN Inns been allressolto cor
tain capitalists in this city with the view of enlist
mg their ass istancn on behalf Of the enterprise.
Most likely road Of this kind. economically
built and prudnntly managed. would moro than
FUN the most -anguine expectation Of ts pro-
ie.tors. II Is probable. too, that any sch me
Of this character which does not seek to benefit
one portion Of the city ut the expense Of an
other. and is not organized by band Of specu-
la,ors. whose chief concern is to sell stock and
issue bonds. will enlist tho sympathios Of tho
people. and attract the attention Of capitalists.
Inns much as tho proposed underground road
depends for its success on an assured connec-
ton at moderate rat swthVANDERBILrs Fourth
avenue road we take it that no prudent man
would embark his money in the enterprise
unless Mr.. VANDERBILT personally or tho
Harlem Railroad Company were not only par
tics To the project. hut sufficiently pledged to
mike their interests and tho interests of tho
Great Metropolitan Railway Company identical.
Mr.. NANDEnBMI's name AMI influence would
positively assure tho success of this I'M
dcgtaking Why should he not embark
his capital. energy. and experience IN
an enterprise which promises the most
gratifying returns? We sugg, 81 TO the promo
tcrs Of the Groat Metropolitan Railway Com
pany that They SEQ WILLIAM" They might tell
him the Underground Metropolitan Railway in
London. being the Metropolitan extension Of
the Chatham and Dover line twelve miles long,
runs about $50 trains daily on an average con-
ynying 7.o01ooo pass myers in siN months. Ono
sixteenth Of the entire population Of London
made uso Of this road in one day. Inthc busiest
time Of the day. between 9and 10 \. NJ. a train
passes over the line every forty-threc seconds
During twelve years 2oL25s,535 persons have
boon transferred over this road. M. Wander
nlrr could make his calculations on a basis OF
population ofl.2-oo5o. lfhc believed the on'cr-
prise profitable ii would soon be- carried out, TO
tho great JOY II the people Of this ,sty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-05

Senator MITCHELL Of Oregon, better
known in some parts Of the country az HrrrLE,
ought to be able. as an expert to read the cipher
dispatches which he fishes out OF the Western
Union pilos. He is the only man in Congress
who habitually writes his name in cipher.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-05
The CapitoI ut Albany.

Tho Legislature are in trouble about the
now building for state Capitol at Albany.
And well thcy may bc. According to the
original estimates it was to cost 100000,
and no more. Already s3OOO,OOO have
been expended upon it, and it is only
about half done. Tho architect who drew
the original plans had no just conception of
the purposes for which the structure was TO
bc used lie designed hugo pile OF gram
ito with an imposing exterior, inadcquatoly
lighted, with rooms Of such enormous di-
mansions as to be utterly unfit for any usc-
full purpose; In short, crazy building quito
unsuitable for the transaction of business.
Tho legislative mind is bcwildercd:
whether to remodel the building or abandon
it wholly and try again, seems to be the
question. This elephant belongs to the ru-
raj districts of the State. Their members
oi the Legislature bought him, and quarter
ed him on the public treasury; and now they
would like TO get rid OF him in any way and
at any price.
From the beginning, the erection Of the
now Capitol has been greasy job into
which projectors. contractors. legislators,
commissioners, and euposlntendonts have
dipped thclr hands. Perhaps the best usc
that could We mado Of tho half finished
structure would bc to treat 1T as Il stone
quarry. from which to obtain materials for
erecting suitable Capitol in this city. with
view Of moving the State Government here.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-05
Tho domestic trade of Baltimore was

NV 'l'iNNAi' lifiiAf III llNlillnfll 10 WIS
grcmly restricted during January by the cold
which oloiudod water communication hy tao
Chesapeake ana rs tributaries. rendering tho
arrival and departure Of yoss "a impossible.
There Is Il largo territory lying upon the
Chesapeake, tho Potomac, tho Jamos and
l@pplhunnock rly rs. and upon the nMi-
gable waters leading from Norfolk into
Nouh Carolina which draws it's sup
plies mainly through Baltimore nnl which
must have suffered no litiIo Inconvenience
from tho recent stoppage Of navigation.
The loroirn tradc OF that port has boon somo-
what cumailod hy the higher price OF ono or two
staple alti' les of export on this side of tho At
laulio than on ihc other This Is notably tnc
case with petroleum, and to a lesser extent with
G.ln.
Statistics Of tho import trade Of baltimore
bring out an interesting comparison between
the foreign trade Of New York aud that OF tho
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-05

When MADDOX told the story of WELLs's
fruitoss attempt to sell to the Democrats the
decision Of the Louisiana Returning Board.
then MADDOX was at once turned out Of his
Office in the Internal Revenue Bureau. Up 10
that time GRANT and MORRILL, and all the Re-
pubcrn officials had known him as high
tened and Trustworthy officer
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-05

1t is on o vast scale that the British Gov
crnmcnt in India is prosecuting public works
there. in order to relieve tho famine which ia
affecting tho people. In the region Of which
Madras is the centre over ono million persons
are employed on tho relief works which have
been undertaken, and in Bombay. nearly
three hundred thousand persons are sim
ilarly employed. Besides these. mutltudcs of
tho helpless. who arc unable TO work,
receive charity. Tho authorities at Delhi
have sent Sir RICHARD TEMPLE. man of
experience and energy. to the distressed
districts. to devise means of relief and. at latest
advccs. he was engaged in this business in tho
Dcccan. We were informed by n recent de-
spntch from Calcutta, that the Government Of
India estimated its expenditures for relief
works and charity in Madras and Bombay ut
the enormous sum OF s32,5oO0oo. II is not often
that such gigantic scheme of preventing idle
ness and starvation has been put in practice
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-05

spirit. was engaged in Its fraudulent issues Of
bonds, and shows that he was proflting person.
ally by those frauds. Several Of CHAMBERLAIN
former intimatcs. with whom he has quarrellcd
at different times. have boosted that they had il
in their power to ruin him, and it would not be
surprising if he should yet end his Southern
career in the pcnitontiary. through evidence
suppIied by his former eomrAnIons in erIme
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-01-12
A SIA-INGH SsIELL.


Gen. Hill speaks of the conservative
power of six-inch shell, when the fuse is
in n state OF combustion" Admirable! I!
lie. all warlike blusterers take note. Such
a "shelp would take the wind out Of any
poor fellow. These times, war means
something. Don't you feel like trying it?
1t is the six-inch shell that you are not
personally wishing tOmaet. Anything but
that. Oh but you feel as ii you wanted
fight, do you? Well, then fight but do
trv to dodge the she'll. The General has
sent shell direct into the ranks Of the
so.cilled Democratic party. Hear him: ::
"They are invincible in time OF peace, and
invisible in time of war" Democrats, my
brethren, how is that? Don't you like the
she'll? Then, why do you thirst for blood
And why say "Tilden or blood?" Do you
not know that there are two sidcs TO that
question? Suppose your Tilden should GO
to war How about that she'll? In that
case it might, instead Of "Tildcn or blood,
| be "bloody Tilden;" our poor bloody 'rilden
who was hit by shell, or q segment there
of. Or, suppose Tilden should hide away
and let the rank and file take the shell
Then it would be, "poor bloody Democrats,
ali played out, and couldn't stand tho
she'll. Better take Mr.. Grants advice
My brethren, "let us have peace" Thi
idea of sending a six-inch shell through
the gable end of ones domicile may sounC
we'll, by way of bluster, but it is an exper
iment not so we'll adapted to promote tn
welfare OF men who have in trust the car
Of wives and babies. Before we ignite tn
fuses Of six-inch shells, let ms exhaust al
the resources of peace-making. We ar
brothers, ALL Why, then, shell each 9th
err? We can settle our own differences il
a more decent and honorable way. Nor
brains and less she'll? Don't shoot yet.
PEACE.MAKER.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-01-12

Personnl.--Mr. NJ, X. Ross is now engag-
ed in the study Of medicine, in Detroit.
MN. F. FRENCH and lady Of Toledo are vis
iting friends in this place.
Mr.. WILLIE G. BRLL now of Cleveland, is
visiting friends here this week.
We were pleased 10 receive n call rom Mr.
Gko. S. CANFIELD, of the Sunday Journal, or
wednesday. We were assured that ISLANDER
arorethought" prompted Ills visit.
Miss LorrIE A. LAWSON, of Cuyahcga Falls
Ohio, has been visiting her cousin, Mrs. JAS
P.AvARtLL, during the holidays. She return
ed home last Saturday.
Dr.C. Il. llUaS brake up hluSe- keeping er'
on Wednesday aud located his family in Tnt:
toEany. They carry with them to their new
home the best wishes OF many friends.
Majrr POwKLL aud DR.. Edwin FORBRs hav,
been heard from. They are in Austin, Texas
and are of the opinion thatthere is goud open
ing for us in that city. Va prefer to look be
fure we leap that far.
| Mr.. II. HAiSRR, cnuluctsr on the PerrysburC
Accommodation, removed his family to Perrys
burg last week an located them in Mr.. CAMP
BELLS residence on Front street. The JoUR.
NAL extenis welcome to Mr.. II as re sdeu
| OF our village.
| Our young friend. Ggo. G. HIMMsLN AN
started on Monday for Cincinnati, Drspa red Il
take u course in the Queen City Merchants Col
lege. After takiag this course he expects t.
attend a course OF m,lcal lectures, wbicl
will thoroughly ft him for business in his clio
sen profession of druggist. lie expects to b,
| absent about two wears.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-01-12

Look Ont for Sharpers.-This long
season of severe winter weather, Is driving
many poor persons to desperation, and they
do not hesitate to use any means which
will afford them protection against want
Some of these desperadoes would not be
bad citizens could they obtain work and
thus secure an honest living, They ar
too proud to beg, and not willing to starve.
Some of them are probably entitled TO
sympathy rather than censure, hut ii is
difficult 10 discriminate. 1t is we'll, under
such circumstances, TO err on the side OF
liberality. DR.. PECK set good example
in this respect. A few years ngo, man
approached the Doctor with pititul story.
HIS home was at Lima. lie had been
| West and got out OF money at Toledo. On
reaching this place, he was elected from
| the cars because he could not pay his fare
What he wanted was $40, which he would
return by mail on reaching home, The
story was thin" and few persons would
have opened their purses on such occasion
Not 40 with the Doctor. The man got
what he asked for. Some days after, when
it became evident that the man was an i'm
postor, a friend of the Doctors upbraided
him forsueh unguarded liberality, "Well,
said the Doctor, suppose that mans story
had been true; would rather have lost on'
hundred dollars than not needed his appea
for help" That was the true principle
and yet il Is WE'LL TO make use OF all proper
means to test the worthiness OF stranger
who apply for assistance,