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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18
MASSACHUSETTS,.

Boston, March ls.-Bank examiner
Needham states that the recent loss to
Lechmek bank at East Cambridge by rob-
berry last Saturday amounts to S3.O3S.
leaving surplus of $ll3.00O; the balance
of loss falls upon the president and out.
side parties.
The run on savings banks to, iay con-
tinues but the excitement has greatly
diminished
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18
CAN ADA,

MONTREAL, March l8.-The suit against
the directors of the Metropolitan hank
to recover damages tor their mismanape-
ment, it is alleged in the proceedings that
the statements OF the bank. four to six
years ago, were false, that the directors
borrowed over half a million dollars and
used the money for stock speculations and
that this heavy loss accrued to the hnnt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18
SPECIAL NOTICES.
The triumphant success OF the great Arabian rem
edy for man and beast, Fl. &. FARRELL'S
CELEBRATED ABRAHAM f.TNTnFr.Ngr

edy for man and beast, H 6. FARRELLS
Gel EBRATED ARABIAN LINIMENT,
Is causing counterfeits to spring up all over the
country, spreading their baneful influence over the
land. robbing the pockets of the honest and un
suspecting, by imposing upon them worthless and
poisonous trash, for the genuine H. G. Farrell's
Arabian Lniment. Fellow Citizens Look we'll
before you buy and see that the label OF the bot
tie has the letters 81. G. before Farrels for If It
has not, it is counterfeit. The label around each
bottle of the genuine liniment reads thus, n. G.
Farrell's Arabian Liniment,' and the signature OF
the proprietor, iR written upon the label also and
these words are blown in the glass bottle, Fl. G.
Farrell's ArabiaD Liniment, Peoria. -
The daring boldness of the recreant who would
deceive the people by imposing upon them worth
less trash, for really genuine and good medicine,
thus not only cheating them out of their money,
but that which is far dearer-their health-ought
to be held up in scorn, and receive the contempt
his dsstardly spirit merits. Let every one then who
regards his own health, and lwishes truth and hon
esty to triumph over deception and rascality, put
his heel on all base impositions, and uphold that
which is just and right The genuine II. G. Farrlls
Arabian Lniment has proved itself to be the most
remarkable medicine known for the cure of rheu
atism, neuralgia, pains, wherever located, sprains
bruises, hardened Jumps, Durns, wounds, corns
chroBic sore and weak eyes, lame back, etc. etc,
and is an efectual remedy for horses and cattle in
the cure of sweeny distemper, lameness dry should
er, spint, wounds, ETC., etc, and will always stoI
the further progress of poil-evi, stula, ringbon
and blood SPAWN, If used in the beginning.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18

For SALE.-The entire outfit of the
barber shop lately occupied by E. Smith,
consisting of two good chairs, stove, clock,
fine barber pole, razors, etc.. first class
set of tools and furniture. Will be sold
cheap. Apply to Jos. Johnston, S, E.
corner Fourth Avenue and 18th street,
Rock Island. I2-dte
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18
WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, March 16. The Senate
Committee on Ways and Means having
gone through the entire tariff bill, will
begin its review on Monday, and probably
have it ready for reporting to the House
by the close of the week.
The committee of the Whole, without
discussion, struck out the enacting clause
of the bill for the relief of certain Southern
mail contractors, and reported its action
to the House. The House concurred in
this action. which defeats the bill.
Among the changes by the Ways and
Means Committee on the tariff are:
Liquors-The duty on still wines imported
in casks, containing not more than % per
cent of alcohol and valued at not over 40
cents gallon, was increased from 25 to
40 cents gallon; valued at 40 cents to ST, ,
increased from 60 to Is cents. Wines in
bottles not otherwise provided for 100
centum ad valorem. If they contain over
"a per cent of alcohol they are forfeited to
the government
The counsel for McGarrahan demanded
that the original stock journal should be
produced, aud that the committee should
be informed of the source whence the
scraps of paper purporting to be stock
lists came DR.. Mccormick said they
would be produced at the proper time, TO
show where the paper came from The
counsel for the New Idria Company stated
that they might hereafter desire to place
it 10 evidence, in addition to the letters
already filed. Some letters were informal
| ly laid before the committe The counsel
for the other side objected unless they
| were first given an opportunity to examine
the letters. as they had been in possession
of the company, which the counsel were
prepared to prove had once made con-
tract for given amount OF perjury and
| forgery, made TO defeat the claim o
| Meg Garraghan. The committee agreed The
| desired opportunity be offered.
10 regard 10 the statements that thu
treasury department would place 500,
100000 OF Al per cen, bonds upon the
market, tho secretary Of the treasury
states, in response to applications, that b.
has asked that the terms for placing ,hes
bonds be submitted for his considerations
The offers received have not been salts
| factory and the secretary states that onl,
four per cent bonds SlIl now be sold Th
unsold 43 per cents can be disposed of a
their relative value with the 4 per cents, tn
latter being placed at par Hewiu at an.
time receive bids for 43 per cent bonds o.
that basis.
Special Agent W. Fl. BInham has beel
designated by the secretary of the treas
ury to take the place of Special Agen
Brush on the committee to investigat
alleged irregularities connected with th
valuation Of goods at the port of New ork
The secretary of the treasury the pas
week purchased silver bullion to run th
mlnts about FIVE weeks. The price pai
was not as great as expected by bullio
holders.
i Designs for the back and face of the 81
and $40 silver certificates have been com
pIeted and are now in the engraver'
hands. The bureau will be able to tur
out certificates of these denominations b
Wednesday next Other denomination
will soon be ready.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18
BILIOUS DIFFICULTIES.

DR.. PIERCE's INDIAN RESTORATIVE BIT
TIERS.
DR.. G. W. Skinner, member of the
American Association for the Advance.
ment Of Science. writing from Little Falls,
n. Y, said: Il freely use 1T IN preference
to any of the ordinary articles. such as OIL
Senna. Salts. etc., for tie most delicate an
faats, the robust, and those enfeebled By
age II IS a Specific for all Bilious DIS
orders, Agues, Coles, Headaches, Cos
iueneSS, ETC..
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18
PEHNsYLvANIA.

WIKEsBARRE, March lS-The Lehigh
& Wilkesbarre Coal Co. resumed work
this morning. in eleven collieries on three
quarter time, giving work to two thousand
men and boys,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18

From an eastern exchange we learn that
there the winter of lS29-3O surpassed the
last 10 nidness; farmers ploughed every
month in the season. That winter was
followed by cold spring, with snow
storm 10 May which killed the swallows.
As an offset to this the year 1915 was
the year without a summer" January
and February of that year were mildi
March cold and boisterous. April opened
warmer but ended with snow, ice and win
ter cold. In May ice formed half an inch
thick, buds and flowers we're frozen and
corn was killed, Frost, ice and snow were
common in June Almost everything
green, including fruit, was destroyed.
Snow fell to the depth of from three to ten
inches. In July and August ice formed
from the thickness of window glass to
half an inch. Very little corn ripened in
the New England and Middle states. and
the year was known familiarly for long
time as eighteen hundred and starve to
death" Farmers were obliged to pay from
four to five dollars bushel for corn of the
year 1915 for planting 10 the spring of 1917
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18
CannphOrinei !

Is the most effectual remedy sold, is luxury to
USE gives the best satisfaction, gives instant relief,
will not grease stain the most delicate fabric,
has pleasant and refreshing odor. 1t will lmme-
diately relieve and cure rheumatism, Chronic and
Acute; Neuralgia and Catarrh, Headache and
Swelled Face, Sore Throat, Sprains and Bruises,
BuDions and Chilblains, Eruptions of the Skin,
Pain in Chest, Back or Limbs, Burns and Scalds.
For sale by all Druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18
The Weather for Sixty Years.

The records of the weather, in this lati
tude. for the past sixty years, kept at Ft.
Smelling, Minn., have furnished the St.
Paul Dispatch with data for very inter
esting compilation, from which we extract
the following: The mean temperature
of the winter months from 1919 to 1855
was 1907. The mean temperature for the
past winter lS77-S, was 1888, or nearly
double the average given above for 81 years.
The exceptionally cold winters in which
the average mean of winter months was
below ten degrees, were: 1881, S.72; 1885,
.S.25; l949. 9.O4. The exceptionally warm
winters in which the average mean of
winter months was about twenty degrees,
were 1883, 1887, 1886 and 1916.
The warmest of these was 1888, when
the mean was 24.50 as against %. 33 for the
past winter, which proves this to have
been the warmest known in the northwest
for sixty years For future reference and
comparison we give the record Of the three
coldest winter months since 1919. also tbs
three warmest, t, gether with that OF las
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18
Poverty and Suffering.

Dutch Recruit at Darts Hall, tomorrow
night.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18
Last Nights Dispatch es.
FOREIGN.
ENGLAND.

LONDON, March I6.-There is less ex-
element at the government works at
Woolwich than some weeks ago, but still
there is no abatement o. energy or dimu
milton of work Nearly all hands work
until s, 9 or 10 o o'clock at night, instead of
5. the usual closing hour. In consequence
OF want of officers for the army, cadets who
entered Sandhurst last summer and whose
period of probation would expire 10 July
in ordinary circumstances. will be passed
out next month. Those who entered at
the beginning of the year and would com
plete their course in December will be
passed out and commissioned in July. A
large number of commissions in the line
will also be available for militia battalions
the present year.
FRANCE.
PARIS, March 16.-Sixteen thousand
persons have been attacked with measles
at Lyons.
SPAIN.
MADRID, March I6.-Most papers dis
cuss the causes of the crisis in the man
ufacturing districts of Catalonia and in the
commercial centres on the Mediterranean
coast, where numerous failures have taken
place. One hundred and nineteen factories
have been closed and 5000 workmen
thrown out of employment. The ministerial
papers advocate policy of entering into
commercial treaties with reciprocity and
to open new markets, as the best remedy
for the crisis.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18
LOUISIANA.
The Supreme Court of the State order tho
release Of Anderson

New ORLEANS, March ls.-In ,be case
of the State versus Thos. G. Anderson, on
appeal for new trial, the Supreme court
reversed the verdict of the jury and orderad
the prisoner to be released.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18

Dutch Recruit at Darts Hall, to- morrow
night.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18
A Boston Savings Bank takes ADVANTAGE -
the go Davs ruu

BosToN, March 18.-The Hyde part
Savings bank requires 60 days notice he.
fore paying sums over $25,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18
COMMERCIAL.


Wheat-shade better; s6 No ? spring.
Rye-Steady.
Corn-Shade frmer; 52L
Barley-Steady.
Oats-Firmer; sales 35942A.
Pork-Steady; 10 1910 40.
Iard-Steady; z IS.
Whisky-1 Olh.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18

NEW YORK, March IS.
FINANCIAL.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18

Extracts from letters received.
RHEUMATISM-Sone six months could not
walk without the help Of crutch; tried phYsl-
clans and many kinds of advertised cures without
benefit Six bottles OF Fenton's Matchless Syrup
cured me. CAPT GEO HAND
SALT RHEUM- Eight bottles made perfect and
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-18

Chicago MARKET.
CHICAGO. March 1S.
Wheat-Strong: active and higher; 1O1z01 1OJS
cash. 075s April; 071i May; No 8, 03.
Confirm and higher; % cash and April.
Oats-Qulet and steady; 24A cash and April; q
927S May.
Rye-55.
Barley-46846K
Fork-Quiet; shade lower; Q IS cash; 9 AZ Ap'I-
Lard-Firmer; : 20G7 22x cash: : 25 May
Whisky-1 04.
LIVE STOCK.
Hogs-Receipts 5000; moderately active; higher !;
packers paying 1908 IS for light 8 5O03 so mixed
heavy; shippers paying 3 75(54OO
Cattle-Quiet; steady; receipts 25Co; common
TO choice to shippers 1894 20.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

Great Brft0in.-The wheat crop is better than it has been for some years.
 Fowler, an American has crossed the Chan nel on new apparatus.
 Commissioners have been appointed to revise the Penal Code.
 Germany is said that the negotiations with the Vatican have failed.
 Austria.-The Austrians occupied Serajevo on the 18th, after stubborn fighting with in surgents. The Emperor is delighted and has promoted General Phillipovich.
 The commanders have been appointed for five army corps, 190, 900 strong
 RHssia.-The government issued loan of S23S, ,000, ,000, at 93
 The surrender of Batum has peen postponed to September 12.
 Spajn.-The ex-Queen Maria Christina, of Spain, is dead
 A foreign loan has been declined.
 1s9key.-General Todleben proposes to re- move soon to Adrianople, and will afterward make Varna his headquarters.
 The Porte is seeking English aid to borrow money to carry out reforms, claiming that he can do nothing without their assistance.
 Hostilities have broken out between the Montenegrins and the Turks.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-29
Washington.

MINIsIRRIAL.-Mr. Thrall returned from his vacation, last Friday, very much recruited, preached very able eXtempore sermon on Sunday, on honesty toward God and man, from the text, 'Render unto Cesar the things that are C9sar.s, and unto God the things that are Gods" The desk was beautifully decora- ted with vines and flowers. A large number of strangers and visitors were in the congrega- tion. Among them were Miss Clara Clark, of Oberlin, Ohio; Mrs. Eli Smith, of Birming- ham Miss Mygatt of Brewsters Station, N. Y.: and several from Danbury. Yesterday, Q dense cloud and heavy rain fall occurred at the commencement of the services, and for the first time since our remembrance artificial light was necessary for the desk and choir at midday. An excellent discourse was preach ed by the pastor on Christ as the revelation of God the Father.
 REUNIoN.-The sixty-fi anniversary of the birth of Mrs. John Smith, of Roxbury, and Anniss Hunt, of Marbledale, was celebrated at the residence of her sister, Mrs. s. H. Clark, at Romford, on Wednesday. Some eighteen members of the royal family being present in- cluding the four surviving sisters and several of their descendants. A very enjoyable sea- son is reported, and nothing occurred to mar the happiness of the occasion, until evening when it was ascertained that MT. Clarks ia vorite horse and buggy were missing, having been taken the previous night by some tramp or outlaw. On Thursday morning a search was made and the horse and buggy were found in Litchfeld on South Plains, near the residence of Mir. Beebe, who first discovered them near his place. the wheels of the vehicle being caught between two trees. MT. Beebe we understand released it, put it in his barn, and on inquiry restored it to it's owner. Sev- eral other depradations were committed ill the vicinity the same night May the perpetra- tors carry guilty conscience and hear noise behind them louder than seven thunders until they reform
 DoGs.-Freddie Jacus, son of George Jacus has been confined to his house two weeks from the bite of dog belonging to MT. Charles Warner.
 IMPROVEMENTS. = MT. Robert Black has shingled his house, furnace, foundry and blacksmith shop. Mir. John Black has cleared away the debris caused by the tornado. Mrs. Blacks house plants which are in the yard are improving since the gale, and Blackville seems quite improved.
 CAMP.-The Gunnery have struck their of ,,l Birds Nest as industrious and quiet as before.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-29

The testimony of Prof. Simmons, of Yale ]; Horace White, of the Chicago Tribune ]; Charles Francis Adams, Jr., and other men who have made thorough study of the flnan- cial difficulties of the time, is being at last ta- ken by the Congressional committee on Labor Troubles 0yer-speculation, over-preduction, and extravagant living, they unite in saying, brought on the financial crash The trouble is one that legislation cannot remedy. It will be the work of time and difficulty to clear away the ruins of the old financial edifce and to build anew. This is not the view of build- CTS of the Kearney and Butler school. They declare for further destruction at the very time when almost nothing is left to destroy
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-29

AN UNDENIABLE TRUTH. You deserve to suffer, and if you lead miserable unsatisfac- tory life in this beautiful world it is entirely your own fault and there is only one excuse for you, - your unreasonable prediudice and skepticism, which has killed thousands. Personal knowledge and common sense req soning will soon show you that Greens August Flower will cure you of Liver Complaint, or Dyspepsia, with all its miserable effects, such as sick headache, palpitation of the heart, sour stomach, habitual costiveness, dizziness of the head, nervous prostration, low spirits, &c Its sales now reach every town on the Western Continent and not a Druggist but will tell you of it's wonderful cures. You can buy sam pie bottle for 10 cents. Three doses will re- lieve you. Sold by A. s. Wright < Co.,, of Lttchfeld
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-29
DOMESTIC.

There is no abatement of the yellow fever plague at the South.
 Horace H. Day, formerly a noted rubber manufacturer, is dead
 The President, Mrs. Hayes and family, are to leave for the West on Friday next.
 The New York Chamber of Commerce gave $4, 755 71 for the yellow fever sufferers, on Monday,
 Secretary Sherman, has replied in speech at Toledo, to Senator Thurman's recent speech.
 Travel was begun Monday, on the N. Y. Third Avenue Elevated Road.
 Over $6, 600 was raised in New York city, Saturday, for the yellow fever districts.
 Senator Patterson, it is reported, has offered to resign his seat in the Senate.
 Many members of the Rev. George B. Vos- burghs congregation have requested his resignation
 On Tuesday of last week General Butler ad- dressed large meeting at New Haven in the interest of the Greenback- Labor party.
 Major E. A. Burke, of New Orleans, testi- fled, last week, before the Potter Investigating Committee.
 There was a meeting of Administration Republicans at Saratoga, last week.
 Last weeks Saratoga Railway Conference agreed to establish a pooling arrangement for east t-bound freights
 On Thursday, the Vermont Greenback men nominated State ticket
 Tuesdays New Orleans yellow fever reports give the number of deaths of the day proceed ing at 49 total number of cases, 9, 348; total deaths, 702. At-Vicksburg, Monday. there were 600 cases under treatment and 73 deaths that day.
 The Oregon grain crop is better than that of last year.
 The Tennessee Republicans have nominated Emerson Ethridge for Governor, and adopted an anti-repudiation platform.
 The American Bar Association organized at Saratoga, last week. Hon. Benjamin H. Bris- tow was chairman of the meeting. James o. Broadhead, of St. Louis, was elected presi- dent; with vice presidents and secretaries for each state.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-29

have come to the conclusion that it certainly IS Grayloek. We alse examined high, blue peak little west Of Mt Tom, but far beyond, and thought that it might be the Pinacle in Washington, but am now inclined to think it IS wooster. mountain, on which was coast survey station in 1864, in the town of Ridge neld, above the angle in the York state line. The U. 5. surveyors could see that station from Goshen. as well as another called Sandtord, farther east, which we have not yet looked for. Bantam Lake is seen exactly south of us. When we went through the bushes to the east side where we had a view of the country from Winchester center around by the Talcott mountain tower and the Bolton mountains. to the Hanging Rocks at Meriden, and around to the Litchfeld steeples, the adjectives in the English language were not strong enough for my legal friend to describe the magnifcence of the scene. I was much interested in the account given by his brother of his travels in the mountains of Switzerland; how, as the great glacier pushes on from year to year, the boulders drop off where the ice melts, and the bodies of people who had been lost in the cre- vases years before, also come to view He said when he was examining the glacial scratches on the Alps, he saw the name of the great philosopher Agassiz, cut in the rock Both of the visitors were much interested in viewing similar marks on our mountain, par ticularIy on the smooth rock west of the coast survey station, where several parallel marks IS inclined much more to the east, and comes into one of the others, making an acute angle
 They remarked that Prof Dana of New Ha- yen ought to see these wonders. One lady on the top of Mount Blanc requested her guides to raise her on their shoulders so that she could be higher than any one had been before.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-29
The Reunion.

At meeting of the Executive Committee last week, the following committees were ap pointed to arrange for the reception of tht Litchfeld County Regiment, in this village on Wednesday, Sept. 11th.
 FiaaGnce.-J. Deming Perkins, Charles E. Hinsdale, J. Wolcott Wheeler. Transportation. D. c. Kilbourn. N1sie.-Capt. A. B. Shumway.
 Reception. l.. W. Vessels, Capt Wm Bissell, Henry B. Graves, Dr. William Deming, Capt. A. B. Shumway
 Meeting and Speakers. Charles B. Andrews, Henry B. Graves, Esq.
 Tent, Stand, HaILs and Decoratton.-J. Deming Perkins George M Woodruff.
 Floaoers and Entertainment. Mrs. Chas. B. ainsdale, Mrs. George M. Woodruff, Mrs. Harriet B. Belden, Mrs. Harry W. Vessels, Mrs. Ava Stone, Mrs. Chester Addis
 Paimting.-Capt A. B. Shumway, Lieut.. D. c. Kilbeurn.
 Accomm1odatsoaa end Sta5Etng.-G. T. San ford, Oliver F. Peck
 Bantans, Br0dleayotzle, Mt. Tom, Prospect. Lewis Bisseil, Mrs Arden W. Cee.
 Milton, Headquarters, Gilbert DistTict.- AA' o' AAesiA' AAAc. AG. 11CHltCIed Bissell.
 Harrts Plajps, Beach iStrect.-Capt. Geo. W. Mason, Wm. Plumb
 Lttchttehd, North District, !South Plasaas.- Ladies' Committee.
 NortAfe1d, Guernsey HiU, MarM District FtatteOtte. s. Porter, J. H. Hop kins.
 Chestnut HS1.--Andrew D. Smith.
 East Chestnut Hi1l, Depot Distr1et.-Mrs. D. c. Kilbourn.
 NOrth F'G7ms. J. Pierpont.
 The committees upon supplies are particu- larly requested to notify their districts at once, appointing places to which contributions may be sent, and bring them in, to Armory Hall. on Tuesday afternoon, at which time tlse La dies Committee will be present to receive them. Contributions of Cold Meats, Poultry, Baked Beans, Pies, Puddings. Cake, Biscuit, Cheese, Butter, Pickles, Hard Boiled Eggs, Grapes, Apples, Pears, or any other articles, prepared for the Refreshment Tables, are re- spectfully solicited and will be most thankfully acknowledged.