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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-19
Chancery Notice.

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
COUNTY OF Rock ISLAND ( GO
In the Circuit Court Of Rock Island County, to the
January term, A. ID. 1873.
Andreas Hoffman, Complainant, VS. Julia A. Walter
George Walter, and the unknown heirs al law Of
George Walter, deceased, Defendants.-In Chan
Gerry.
Affidavit Of the non-resdence of all of the above
named defendants having been filed in the office of
the Clerk Of said Court notice is hereby given to
each OF the above named defendants, that the said
complainant has filed his bill of complaint against
them In said Court, on the chancery side thereof,
and that summons in chancery has been issued
out of said Court against all of said defendants
turnable on the first day of the next term of said
Court, which is to be begun and holden st the
Court House, in the city of Rock Island, in said
county, on the first Monday of January, A. d. 1878,
at which time and place You and each of you will
appear.
Dated this 97th day of November, A. D. 1877
LEVI r. HANSON.
OLIVER OLSEN, Clerk of said Court.
Solicitor for Complainant. 11-2Td4w
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
TELEGRAPHIc TICKS.

A general meeting of railroad fire.
men and brakemen assembled at
Stroudsburg, Pa, yesterday afternoon.
The object of the meeting is unknown.
A dispatch from Placerville, Gala.
says the jury were unable to agree In
the libel suit Of Congressman Page VS..
the San Francisco Chronicle, and were
discharged after being out all night.
Three members of a notorious gang
of horse thieves who have been operat-
ing in western Missouri for several
months, were captured yesterday. 1t
is said the gang to which these men be-
long have fifty horses on hand, and had
stolen three hundred since last May.
The town council of Glasgow have
unanimously resolved to present the
freedom of the city to Gen. Grant on
the occasion of his approaching visit.
A dispatch has been received in New
York which states that the Pacific
Mail steamship City Of San Francisco,
sunk at Acapulco, has been found by
the divers sent to examine her, to be SO
badly injured that she cannot be raised.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
CONNECTICUT.
The Peace Party.

Mystic, August 24.-The annual
grove meeting Of the Connecticut Peace
Society was attended by 5000 persons
to-day. The resolutions call on the
President to negotiate an international
arbitration treaty; they ascribe the
panic and business depression to the
war debt and taxation; they attribute
the Indian troubles to bad faith on the
part of the government, and demand
congressional investigation into the
misdeeds Of the army toward the lndi-
ans and insist on sincere peace policy;
also the abolition Of the army; they in
sist that the difficulties between Mexi-
CO and Canada be settled by arbitra-
tion treaty; to the peaceful settlement
of the presidential question they assign
the growth of the peace movement, and
claim that peace principles on both
sides would have prevented the late
strikes.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
FOREIGN.
Turkish Attack on sehipka Pass.

Turkish Attack on Schipka Pass.
Constantinople, August 24.-Sul-
eiman Pasha telegraphs August 21st
that three of his brigades ascended the
heights of Schipka Pass in spite Of
shower of Russian projectiles, drove
back the Russian outpost and advanced
to one hundred yards of the enemy's
entrenchment. There was desperate
fight for IA hours and, although the
Turks retained the grornd, the con-
quered enemy still held their fortified
positions, which were defended by
fourteen cannon and large force.
The telegram concludes: Tomorrow
we shall bring up our siege guns and
renew the struggle. We hope to be
successful"
London, August 24.-Bulletins from
the Russian general commanding the
Schipka Pass, show that ON August 22d
the Turks erected two batteries of long
range guns and made trenches through
which they approached the Russian po-
sitions. The Russian loss on August
21st and 22d was much less. The lat
est bulletin recounts the operations of
Thursday. It says: The Turkish fire
commenced at half-past four in the
morning and lasted with great violence
until noon, meanwhile the Turks made
several desperate assaults but were re-
pulsed. Our heroes didn't give foot.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
Corn on the Cob

| C0ru VI tuo OOD.
An Englishman lately landed pro
pounds to US the following question:
"Will you please inform me as to the
correct rule in etiquette Of eating corr
from of the cob, and whether we should
crunch two or three rows of kernel:
at timep''
If our British friend purchases hot
corn from one of the negro damsels who
sit upon the doorsteps, and in mourn
full chant offer that delicious and nutri-
tious edible to travellers passing up the
Bowery at midnight, he may greedily
yaffie the corn off the cob and crunch
as many rows of kernels at mouthful
as the capacity of his jaws will allow.
If he goes out on coon hunt and builds
fire and roasts in its embers the corn
and potatoes which he has previously
''lifted" from neighboring farmer, and
sits down on the grass to that feast of
the gods with the summer moon hang
ing over him and the neighboring woods
and corn6eld rustling in the gentle
wind, then it will also be good for
him to eat from the cob, with the sim
gle purpose of getting all the satisfac-
tion he can out of the operation. At
family dinner-table, too, where people
have more regard to comfort than style,
no harm will be thought of him if he
takes firm grasp Of the golden ear and
bites as If he meant it, even as one of
Swinburn's heroes would bite the dam
ask cheek of his lady love. On state
occasions even, when 1t Is good to put
on company manners, we should say to
our newly landed visitor, Eat your
corn from the cob, for so firmly fxed
in the heart of every American Is the
conviction that only thus can the es-
sence, the sweetness, the true inward
ness of that glorious and truly free and
independent vegetable be got at, that
no one worth thinking about will pre-
sumo to criticise his action. If he
wears a moustache and likes to keep
his face clean, and is particular about
his hands, it may be better, however,
to forget the pleasure Of the palate and
take his corn cut from the cob and
served in the aboriginal form of succo-
tash. This can hardly be called eating
corn, however, and is a mere makeshift.
As to the proper size of the bites to be
taken in eating corn from the cob, our
correspondent will find that a kind
heaven has regulated that matter
apart from the size Of your mouth-by
the diameter of the ear of corn. A
small ear compels small bites, a large
one compels large ones. In few cases
it is possible to take single row of
kernels. and that should be assumed as
the minimum; in striving after maxi
mum we have only one advice to give
lately arrived foreigners, that is that
they beware of lockjaw. It is of record
that one aspiring scion Of a noble
British house perished miserably years
ago in the far west because he rashly
undertook to eat his first ear Of corn by
biting through the diameter of the cob
instead of following its natural meridian
Of longitude. IN. Y. World. f
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
MORTON IMPROVING.
His Physician Pronounces Him
Out Of Danger.

Richmond, Ind, August 24.-By re.
quest of a member of the Associated
Press DR.. Bliss, Senator Morton's
Washington physician, made the fol-
lowing written statement at 10 O'Clock
tonight: The Senator has been steadi-
ly improving since yesterday, making
rapid and satisfactory recovery from
the attack Of indigestion which oc-
CURED on Wednesday. He is careful
and hopeful, occupying his easy chair
several hours to-day, reading and dis
cussing the more prominent topics of
public interest. His physicians feel
warranted in pronouncing him out of
danger, and should no unexpected COM
plication occur his speedy recovery will
be insured.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25

THERE is large pond thirty or forty
feet deep in Chicago, adjacent to the
Halsted street viaduct, where the
strikers and the police had their battles
during the labor troubles. This pond
used to be a favorite fishing and bath
ing resort for the inhabitants living
around it, but there Is no fishing or
bathing there now; a dismal stencil
arises from 1t, and there are mysterious
stories afloat that the pond was made
the burial ground for an untold number
Of strikers slain in the Halsted, street
engagements.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
ILLINOIS.
Coal Miners Appealing to the Courts.

Coal Miners Appealing to the Courts.
Chicago, August 24.-The coal mi
ners in the vicinity Of LaSalle, who
struck July 9th, appeared in the q. 8.
court this morning and filed petition
representing their grievances, which
were, that after having arranged with
the receiver of the Northern Illinois
Coal Company to mine coal for rs
cents per ton and to receive full work,
they were nevertheless given but three
days work per week and had greatly
suffered in consequence; that the
scales were inaccurate and the powder
furnished inferior. Under these cir
cumstances they can only make about
S25 per month. They therefore ask
that the court arbitrate upon and ad-
Just their grievances.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
THE INDIAN WAR.
The Hostiles in Madison Valley.

Salt Lake, August 24-Many of the
Bannock Indians that went with Capt.
Bainbridge from Fort Hall have re-
turned with quite an amount of stock
which they picked up, that was used up
and left by the hostiles.
A report from Virginia City, Mon
tana, this morning, says the Indians
are reported this morning on Madison
river, forty miles below Henry's Lake.
Most of the families in Madison valley
came to Virginia City during the night.
The Indians have gathered many horses,
and killed one man on Wolf Creek. 1t
is probably only struggling party, but
1t cuts off communication with General
Howard by that route. Couriers and
provision wagons en- route have been
stopped. No news from Gen. Howard
since night before last.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
CONNECTICUT.
Greenback Convention.

New Haven, August 24.-At the
meeting of the greenback men tonight
resolutions were passed, calling for the
unconditional repeal of the resumption
act; the full monetization of silver; the
passage of an act making greenbacks
full legal tender and interchangeable
with bonds; opposition to subsidies;
and condeming Secretary Sherman and
calling for his removal.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
ROYAL ARCH MASONS.
List of General Grand Officers.

Buffalo, August 24.-The General
Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons
visited Niagara Falls yesterday and
resumed their laboIs this morning. The
following officers were elected: General
Grand High Priest, John Frizzell,
Nashville; Deputy General Grand High
Priest, Robt. F. Bower, Keokuk;
Grand King, Alfred F. Chapman. Bos-
ton; General Grand Scribe, Noble D.
Larner, Washington; General Grand
Treasurer, John Mcclellan, Boston;
General Grand Secretary, Christopher
Z. Fox, Buffalo; General Grand Cap
tain of the Host, Henry Bostwick,
Washington; General Grand Royal
Arch Captain, David I. Day, Buffalo.
During the day drive was had through
the city.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25

TIE Turkish minister Of foreign af-
fairs continues to furnish diplomatic
agents abroad with details of the out
RACES committed by Russian troops.
He states that when the Russians en-
tered Lovatz they murdered fifteen
hundred women and children. Every
Mussulman house in the town was pill
laged and the neighboring district laid
waste. Many of the women, to avoid
outrage had to fly and even abandon
their children.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
SOUTH CAROLINA.

An Ex-Ofhcial Of the Legislature to Give
State's Evidence.
New York. August 24.-The Worlds
Columbia, 8. e., special says A. o.
Jones, colored, ex-clerk of the House of
Representatives, who has been confined
in jail here for several weeks upon the
charge OF defrauding the State, was re-
leased this afternoon. His security
consists of S27,0 of Bonanza bonds
put up by himself, $4,000 bond of his
wife, and a mortgage on his real estate.
1t is believed that he has expressed his
readiness to turn States evidence.
This testimony will implicate promi-
nent ex-officials to very damaging ex-
tent,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
NEW YORK.
Another Ferger Captured.

Another Forger Captured.
New York, August 24.-Col. Nelson
A. Gesson, charged with forging a
check for $685. on the Third Ma
tional bank of this city, and who is
one of the gang of forgers arrested in
Chicago, was arraigned in the Tombs
police court this morning. Affidavits
were made against him by Willis Van
Tyrce, teller of the bank, and Jas. W.
Thompson, who has turned States
evidence. The prisoner was remanded
to the police central office. 1t is stated
that the authorities are in possession of
facts showing that Gesson was con-
cerned in the forgery of checks for
S64, ,225 on the Union Trust Co.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
CALIFORNIA.
Pacheco vs.. Wigginton.

'S-
San Francisco, August 24.-Refer-
ring to the contest between Pacheco and
Wigginton, candidates for congress
from the Fourth district, in which
Pacheco had a majority of one vote, the
Examiner this evening says editorially:
I'VE are informed that an error has
been discovered in the returns of Kern
county for representatives, in congress, by
which Wigginton receives an addi-
tion of three votes, which were erro-
neously credited to Pacheco. This will
give the seat to Wigginton, as it more
than counterbalances the claim Of a ma
jority heretofore made for Pacheco."
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
Fraudulent Claims.

Washington, August 24.-The solic-
itor of the treasury to-day decided that
the Secretary of the Treasury is justi-
fed in setting aside a fraudulent claim
against against the Government, al
though the claim has been allowed by
the Southern Claims Commission and
the money for its payment appropriated
by congress.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
MISSOURI.
A Gang of Horse Thieves Art

A Gang Of Horse Thieves Arrested.
Sedalia, August 24.-An extensive
gang of horse thieves has been broken
up in Salina county within the past few
days. Three of the gang were arrested
Wednesday and seven more last night.
A man who arrived at Lexington to-
day reports that between Holden and
Lexington he saw three bodies hanging
to tree, labeled ''horse thieves" +" and
supposed to be of the same gang.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25

Ne,U York Money and Stock Market.
New York, August 24.-Gold closed
at 1041.
Silver = bars 1923 greenbacks; lit
gold. Coin 3@s discount.
Money-2f.
Governments weak.
Stocks-Western Union, 82s; Quick
silver 1s; Pacific. 243; Mariposa, 8;
Welsh Fargo, s3f; n. Y. Central, 101i;
Erie, 10i; Panama, Ill: Union Pacific,
iiOi; q. p. Bonds 105t; Central Pacific
bonds 1864.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25

PRESIDENT HAYES reception in Ver-
mont and New Hampshire has been
very warm and enthusiastic,as it should
be. The politicians will find out by and
by that his policy Of conciliation and
reform and the restoration of prosperity
Is much more popular with the masses
than they suspect.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
ALABAMA.
Wholesale Murderer Arrested.

Whiting, August 25.-To-day as the
train was leaving Pensacola the Sheriff
with posse boarded the cars to assist
the train officers to arrest the notorious
John Wesley Harden, who Is said to
have committed 27 murders, and for
whose body reward of $4,000
has been offered by the State of Texas.
About twenty shots were fired in ma
king the arrest, and Harden's com.
panion, Mann, killed.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25

THE Imperial Guard of Russia, Of
which 30 much is said in the Dispatch
es, numbers 1907 men, Of all ranks
and arms Of the service. 1t can place
in the field 80, 900 bayonets, 800 sabres,
l44 field officers, and &c horse artillery
guns. The commander is the Caro-
witz. Lieutenant General Gourkha, of
Balkan raid fame, commands one Of
the divisions of cavalry,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25

WIN. McKEE's attorney has filed
demurrer to have ass counts of the
U. S. indictments thrown out on the
ground that they are barred by the
statuteof Limitation, and the remainder
Of the 1853 on the ground that he can
not be convicted and punished twice for
the same offense,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
SITTING BULL.
Declining the Honor.

Washington, August 24.-General
Mcneil, Of st. Louis, having declined
a position on the Sitting Bull commits
sion, the Secretary of the Interior tele-
graphed the appointment to General
Francis A. Walker, of Yale college,
who declined. Another, not named,
has been requested to serve.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
WASHINGTON.
Rough on Judge Key.

Rough on Judge Key.
Washington, August 24.-Among
the accumulated correspondence which
Judge Key found to-day was large
batch of letters from the South, ex-
pressing great dissatisfaction with his
speeches and the allusion to 'sthe vilest
sinner" ''erring brethren, /" etc.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25

THE President, Generals Sherman,
Sheridan, Crook, Cox, Howard, Carroll
and other celebrities will be present at
the annual reunion of Hayes old regi-
ment, the Twenty-third Ohio, at Ere
mont, September IA.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25

IF the Nez Perces will kindly spare
General Howard, it is probable arrange
ments will be made to promote him to
the position of Associated Press Agent.
He has such a cheerful way of trans
hitting dreary intelligence that his
services in such capacity would be
Invaluable
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25

ENGLISH JOURNALS are complaining
that the importation of American meat
has seriously disarranged the British
markets and largely reduced the profit
Of farming, and consequently the value
Of land for agricultural purposes.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25

IT is stated that the cost of the work
on the inter-ocean Nicaragua canal
will be Sls, 900, 900, and that it can be
completed within five years. No ap-
preparation will be asked of Congress,
but subscriptions will be opened in all
parts of the world.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
Philadelphia Wool Market.

Philadelphia, Aug. "a Wool quiet
and steady. Colorado washed, ESQ soc;
Colorado unwashed, 919c; extra and
merino pulled, 35@4oc; No. l and
medium, 2S@33c; California coarse,
2092sc.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25

ICE sells for ten cents pound or
three pounds for twenty-five cents at
Key West. They drink their liquor
plain down there, and, in the language
Of the Western frontiersman, want to
know: "Who ever heard Of ice in
Aupust?D
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
WEST VIRGINIA.
Suspected of Murder.

Cincinnati, August 24.-Dr. w. F.
Cooper, living near Charleston, W.
Va, was yesterday arrested for poison
ing his wife. She was the third wife.
Both of the former wives died sud-
denly under what were considered
suspicious circumstances.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25

THERE will be only one Republican
Senator in the Kentucky legislature
next winter. There were six last year;
but FIVE have been '.conciliated'' out.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25

IT is stated that Secretary Sherman
will come out as an avowed candidate
for the Ohio senatorship, both against
Stanley Matthews and Gen. Garfield.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25

THE President and his party returned
to Washington last evening. The Pres
ident will leave for Fremont, Ohio,
early next month.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25

THE political situation in Ohio seems
to indicate an easy victory for the Re-
publicans in the coming election.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25

CLIPPER VERTICAL ENGINES. Off and
on wheels. Price on wheels: 6-Horse Power,
sis5; s-Horse, on wheels, price 500.
DRY STEAM HORIZONTAL ENGINES
S.Horse Power Climax, on wheels, S925.
Builders of Stationary Engines, styles,
from to 200 Horse Power; Corliss Engines,
Extra Finish and Cutoff Engines; Crank,
Stationary and Plain Finished Engines;
Boilers, Circular Saw-Mills, &c,
Successors TO Utica Steam Engine Com
pany, formerly Wood & Mann. Established
is57.
We have the LARGEST line Engine Pat
terms In the United States.
TAYLOR MASCFaCTCRISG CO.,
m3-weowCm Westminster. Maryland.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
The Black Hills

The Cheyenne Leader has the latest infor-
nation about the Black Hills mines. Weekly
rs payes)l 1 year s2.50-S mos. Sl5U.-l copy 10 G.
II. GLAFcKE. Publisher. Cheyenne. Wyo
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25
The Daily Leader.
ss-Ofiicial paper OF the City, County, Ter
ritory and United states.
GOLD closed in New York yesterday
at 104&.

SENATOR MORTON is now considered
out of danger.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-25

THE National Board of Trade still
holds forth at Milwaukee.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-04-28
LOUISIANA.
LOUISIANA.
Gov, Nichols PrOCIalms a Day Of
Prayer and Praise.
The Tenth Of May a Day of
Thanksgiving,
Union and Prosperity the Motto
Of the Future.

new ORLEANS, April 27.-The follow.
ing will be issued tomorrow:
WHEREAS, The political troubles
which have weighed on the people Of the
State OF Louisiana for the past lew years
have under and by merciiul dispense,
tion OF the providence Of God been
brought to a happy end; and
WHEREAS, It Is meet that in the hour
OF their deliyerance and union the peo.
pie should return thanks for dangers
passed and seek strength to fulfill the
promises held out at the daWning OF an
auspicious future; therefore,
!, Francis T. Nichols, Governor Of the
State Of Louisiana, do issue this my pro.
clamation, fixing Thursday, the 10th day
Of May, as day Of thanksgiving and
prayer, and invite all good people Of this
State on aaid day to abstain from their
several avocations and to resort To- their
wonted places Of worship, there to offer
up Thanksgiving to that Divine and Mer.
clful Providence who has vorchsaied to
guide them TO a haven OF peace and
union, and to AJAX at His hands for future
blessings and His divine guidance, so that
all the people Of the State, forgetting past
dissensions and bitterness, may unite in
the tultllment Of common and happy
destiny,