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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-29

our Palace Cars is a SMOKING SALOON where
you can ENJOY your Havana at all hours of the day.
Magnificent Iron Bridges span the Mississippi and
missouri rivers at all points crossed byths line and
transfers are avoided at Council Bluffs Leaven-
worth and Atehison, connections being made In
Union depots -
THE PRINCIPAL R. r. CONNECTIONS OF THIS
GREAT THROUGH LINE ARE AS FOLIO
AtSH!cAGo, with all diverging lines for the East
At ENGLEwooD, with the Lake Shore Michigan
Soutbern and FlttsburR. Bt.Wayne Chicago X. Rds.
AT WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, with Pittsburp Gin.
cinnati 61St. Louis R. r.
lila SALE, with Illinois Central R. r.
,AtPEoRIA, with p. p: J.; p, l.. 4 D.; l. b. s. w. ;
Ill Midland; and T., p. & w. Railroads.
At ROCK ISLAND, with We stern Union II Il and
Rock Island Il Peoria Railroads
AT DAVENPORT. with the Davenport & North
Western X. X. - '
At WEST LIBERTY, with the burlington Cedar
Rapids Northern X. X.
AtGRINNELLr with Central r. r. of Iowa
At DIES MONIES, with d. NJ. d Ft Dodge r. r
Az COUNCIL BLuFRS, with Union Pacific r II.
At OMAHA. with b. d Mo. X. X. r. din Neb)
,AtCoLuMBUs JUNCTION, with Burlington Cedar
Rapids Il Northern II. X.
Louis, Kan. City q Northern and c. b. & o. Il fgds
At kEoRUK, with Toledo. Peoria and Warsaw:
WABASH, and St. Louis, keokuk 81 NV H. Rds
At BEVERLY, with Kan City, st. j. 81 &. b. r. r.
AT ATCHISON, with AtchisOn, Topeka Il Santa Ee:
Atchison Neb and Cen. Br. Union Pacific X. Rds
AT LEAVKNwokTH, with K z. and X. Cen. II. Rds
OKLA, DES MONIES, COUNCIL BLUFFS.
trsat Rock island Route" are sold by all
Ome ticket ONCE, address,
e. ST. JOHN.
Gen'l Tiki. and Pass'gr Aet,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-29

1872 w. Washington St., INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
sB- Sold and warranted by oil Druggists in Rock
Island, Ill.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-29
Electricity and Healing Balsan, The
Medical Giants of the World
PRICE IS CENTS.

Be careful to obtain COLLINS VoLTAIC ELECTRIC
PLAsTERs' least some worthless porous plaster be
given you. Sold by all Druggists.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
.1bOMt the Government Piers.

1t will be remembered that on a mo-
ton of Councilman Anderson, the City
Council passed a resolution at recent
meeting, asking Congressman Ward to
do what he could toward getting the
Government to grant the two piers at the
foot of Market street and Edgemont ave-
nue., to the city for its use. Mr.. Ward
wrote to j. N. Macomb, Colonel of En-
gineers, U. S. A., whose Office is al Phila-
delphia, informing him Of the action of
City Council, and urging HIM to report
favoraOly on the matter. The following
is the reply, which will explain itself; it
was received by Mr.. Ward few days
ago:
Respectfully returned to the Hon. VIM.
Ward, with the recomme ndatiOn that
TIE transfer within asked for be event.
ally made, but not until after an approp-
ration OF money shall have been made
by Congr IS for more extended Ice har-
Dor in the vicinity of Marcus Hook aid
Chester, survey and project which are
called for in section of the River and
Harbor Act, approved March Sd, 1870, to
be made and submitted to the Engineer
Department before The next session of
Congress. Ne,cs.
Cong essman Ward has been the me-
dium through whom much has been done
for Chester and Hook. The ice-harbor
at the latter place was not projected un-
til he urged it.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
A DMINIsTRATOR's SALE i 80
n OF
REAL ESTATEl

By virtue of an order OF the Orphhns'
Court of the State OF Delaware, in and for
New Castle County, made at Septe mbef
Term, A. D., 1879 OF said Court, Wilt be
exposed TO Public Sale, vt the house OF jos.
A. Kidd. In Delaware City. ON s q
THURSDAY, The Goth day Of oetobsr.
A. D., 1879, at 2 o'clock p. m, .i, q.
The following described Real Estate, being
part OF the property of Francis d, Duns
lap, deceased bounded and described as
follows, to wit: All that certain lot Of
land. situate in Delaware City, In Red
Lion Hundred. beginning at the north
corner of Fourth and Hamilton streets:
thence with Hamilton street north east.
wardly three hundred and sixty. one feet
more or less, to land of Harry W. Dunlap.
thence with his land north. westWnrdiy
and parallel with Third street two hum.
dred anu nine feet to Clinton street, thon0e,
with Clinton street sOuth-westwardly
three hundred and twenty-0ne feet more
or less, to land of John Carson. thence
south. eastwardly forty feet to Fourth
street, thence with Fourth street south.
eastwardly. one hundred and nine feet to
the place of beginning, containing 7l,llo
square fe-t Of land, more or less. D
Attendance will be given and terms
made known at the me and place afore.
said, by
FRANCIS 8. DUNLAP, M. D. sss
AdministratOr. ,si
Or, by Chas. B. Lore, his Attorney. !,
Attest, ]. M. Housman, Clerk Orphans
Court. octA.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
D IS 0- WILMINGTON. DEL. SATURDAY, OCTOBER
Some OfEis OIJ Tricks.

VIM. Rinegold Cooper, the "American
forger,' whose arrest In Europe has
greatly interested Delawareans, as he is
cfizen Of Kent county, was much noted
years ago for dark ways and d shonest
tr cks In OBJ aiming money. One incident
recalls itself Soon after the close oft-e
Rebellion, Messrs. J. ii. Walraven and
&. ii. Robinson of this city, were stop
ping a. Collins Beach ana young Cooper
was putting up at the hotel at the same
time. The two gentlemen went out fish
Ing in the afternoon with a seine and
left heir money, ninety dollars in all in
va ise In their room. COoprr's room
adjOined th,t Of. Messrs. Walraven aud
Robinson. Not great wiIle after they
hal gone, Cooper went into tie hotel
Office and said, Il cant unlock my door
with the key you gave me, lend me that
one" Indicating the k yof the room of
the gentlemen already mentioned), J, "I'm
sure IL will do" Suspectiiig no evil in
tentions on the part of young Cooper, the
clerk gave him the key. He went up
stairs and in few minutes came down
aud returned the key, sayingit unlocked
the door easily. Not long after that he
exhibited a great desire to 60 to Smyrna
AID was driven to that place before the
sunthjuking fishermen returned. When
tuey d d, they found that the money they
had left in their room had been taken.
On making inquiries it was discovered
that young Cooper had borrow ed the
key of their room, and, natul ally, suspi-
cion rested upon him. Cooper when he
came doan and returned the key 10 the
clerk had made the remark .that-it had
opened his door. 1t was tried and found
that it did not fit the 10 k at all.
Cooper was not"d FIR tricks of this
kind IN Smyrna, aud not there only, for
IBIS fame extended through all Kent
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
IIOlU the Cars "FLU.'

A baltimore Ne,os reporter has been
interviewing some of the old employees
of the railroad company in relation to
the spred of trains. "To give an idea"
said an experienced engineer, how fast
we go, we gain fitty-seven minutes on
the express which leaves President street
at 9:55 a. M, and we pass her with the
limited at Wilmington, distance OF
seventy miles. l have timed myself
often in running from point to point
along the road, and have made the dis
tAnce inside of the rate Of mile min
ute. Engineer Elias Sargeant has done
the same thing in running between Elk
ton ami North East, which is six miles,
and the distance has been made in six
minutes. There is Bacon Hill to GO up,
a pretty heavy grade, and if we do the
six miles in six minutes we must make
more than a mile minute part Of the
way, because she aint going to run that
fast up hill. There have been times
when the limited has made up TWEEN y
five minutes when she had been delay
ed,"-Cecu Democrat.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
Il YOttlt0 PicLDOcEet.

William Smith. n diminutive specimen
of the African persuasion, who, some
time ago.in company of two other d.
mIUutive specimens, robbed the money
drawer of Mrs. Ehzaheth Stockley, on
NJ ark-t street, below Water, Is again. in
trouble. He attempted to Pick the pocket
of lady named Day, III the curbstone
market at Sixth and King street, early
this morning. The lady was standing
talking to a friend, and f 1t something
give her jacket shght p9il. Turning
ACT Of taking her purse from her pocket.
and seizing HIM held him until Of
ticer Thomas came by. He was taken to
the police static n, and at once gwen
hearing before the Mas or, who held him
for court in the sum of 500. Smith said
he took the pocket book intending TO
give it TO the lady, as it was almost fall
ing out. 1t contained between three AID
Ave dollars.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
Beet SssgN7' Culture.

The analy sis OF beets grown in Hart
ford county, which was made in Philadel.
phfa recently, by Prof. Stephen Wallace,
at the instance of Mr.. X. b. Mccoy,
Pres dent Of the Hartford County, Md,
Sugar Beet Association, showed u at the
average per cent. of sugar in 26 lots
fou.' of which we're, from Hartford cOlln-
~ and the rest from De'aware-was ). A.
Airhe highest per centage was S.46 and the
lowest 2.9D. OF the four Hartford coun-
ty lots the highest was 100. and the low
est 5.l3. The Hartford county beets
therefore stood remarkably well in COM
parison with he whole number analyzed.
One Of the Hartford county lots showed
7.0l per cent. OF sugar, aud was the third
Oh the entire list, the sample ana.yzing
100 being tie second. tr.a.t.. -.
Mr.. Lea Pusey, ofWilminelon through
whom the analysis was made, says in his
report thereof:
2 ave, consider that these tests are very
satisfactory for this time of the year and
if the rest Of the season is favorable, ex-
pect the percentage to double, nearly at
the end OF the season." ,i
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04

AN ORDINANCE Altering and re-
n establishing the grades Of parts OF
Gel tain streets IN the city Of Wilmington.
Be It ordained by the City Council o.
Section i, That the grade Of Fifth street
from the centre of jackson street to the
cent sixteen feet nine and one half inchess
C6.79 3Y.)
Section 2. That the grades Of Sixth street
from the centre Of jackson street to the
cent fifteen feet two and one half inches,
and thence to the centre OF Harrison
street shall be in ascent fifteen feet two
Sc, ton 8. That the grade Of Seventh
street from the centre Of Jackson street 70.
the centre OF Van Buren, street shall be In
ascent twenty feet one and three quarter
inches, and thence to the centre Of Harrl-
son street shall be In ascent twenty Ne6t
one and three quarter inches and thence
to the centre OF Franklin street shall bU
In ascent twenty feet one and three quAss
ter inches, making the grade OF seventh
street uniform from the centre of JackDOm
street to the centre OF Franklin street.
section 4. That the grade OF Van Bureu
street to the side and level OF Firth stross.
shall be in ascent twenty lone feet six in-
ches and thirty one thirty seconds OF an
inch. thence from the side and level ef
street shall be In ascent twenty-One ieet
ten inches and seventeen thirty seconds
of an inch, thence from the side and level
of sixth street to the side and level Of
Seventh street shall be in ascent fourteen
feet eight inches and thirty .one sixtv.
fOurths Of an inch aud thence to the oido
and level of Eighth street shall be in
ascent five feet seven inches and flfty.tVW
sixty-fourths of an inch. t fG'1
Section 5. That the grade OF Harrison
street from the side and level or kylxth
street, shall be In ascent nineteen fsA{,
seven inches and fOrty-three sixty fourths
OF an inch, and thence from the side and
level Of Eighth street shall be In ascs,Sf
seconds Of an inch. ~
Section 8. That all ordinances ana parts
OF ordinances inconsistent herewith h.
and the same are hereby repeaied. -
Passed at the City Hal, OCtobere 2. Lam
HARRY SHARPLEY.
Attest. f. B. FRAZER, Clerk OF Conn.i,
! 'oct5.2t,
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
jumped from o. Train.

Last evening as the 6:3S south bound
express train passed through here at
lightning speed, something was seen,
which looked like cloud, drop from the
train to the platform. Those stand ng
about the depot ran toward the place
where the object fell. Some thought it
was hat or a.bundle belonging TO one of
the passengers. 1t proved to be an OBJ
.ject of life, however. 1t soon raised up
its full length, and those about there be-
held the form of man. 1t was gentle
man named AL en-, who is employed in
the TreasureI's office of the +. w. Il b.
r. r., and he wanted to get off at Ches
tor bnt could not stop the train. The
jump was fearful one for the train was
going at an alarming rate of speed, and
it was altogether dangerous perform
auce. 1t occurred in front of the depot.
Chester Times.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
Pujamas on Monday NiDht.

The Lingard Folly Company appears
here on Monday evening" next IN their
successful speedily, "pajanas." The
Batimofe Anericda, Of this Week., III
speaking Of tlIis company says" i -
"Psjamas" was given last night by the
Lingard Folly Company at the Holiday
Street Theatre to large audience, and
proved success, the people being kept
in roa's OF laughter by the cccentricities
and the unique fun indulged in by the
performers nj the expense Of their pro
fessinnal brethren. The piece is what
nigh. might be termed a play within a
play, and Is a mixture OF rather eng
maiical nonsense and modern variety
business. The drift of the absurdity
IlIns with the eatrical manager, who adj
vertises for thirty-two performers, and
fIur only ansa er its call. TT ese, how
ever, pl o1nise to ssdouble-np," and do all
sthe roles in the plays which he intends
to produce. In the second act the cur
tain rises and discloses a stage within a
stage, where, on stage No. 2, the per
formers go through with their pieces-
"Paul and Tinette," "Wallawalla" All
emotional drama, with moral, and
"Pajamas," In the presence of the man.
ager, who IS In a private box, and who
discusses the merits OF the plays and
performers with a person who comes up
from the audience and sits in the oppo-
site box. There is no denying that
parts of the performance are exceeding
ly laughable, especially the first drama
-"Wallawall (which is hit at the
legitimate five act piece, with plenty OF
fun. Mr.. Burns, alias Tracy de George
Coufcey, took off the me'o-drAmatic
tone with good effect, and Wallawalla, a
Roman Emperor, was absurdly ridicu-
lous as &C ed by Mr.. w. IL. Lytell, alias
Pinkey, while Miss Dickle Lingard, as
the harassed young maiden, was all that
her part offered scope for.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
Brief Locals.

For an extra fine lunch go to Freye's
this evening, No. II E. Second street.
Miss Dickie Lingard at the Opera House
on Monday evening.
salt oysters at Fullmer's 500 Market.
Repairs are still being made at Third
street bridge.
Fine extra lunch this evening at Freye's
No. II Il. Second street.
Turtle soup at Fullmer's.
Madame Rentz's minstrels on Tuesday
evening.
Amusements are pouring In thick and
fast.
Local news Is scarce.
Reed birds at Fullmer's 5O6 Market.
City Council will hear the evidence in
the Evans Carmichael contest on Monday
evening.
Barnum's circus comes on next We'd
nesday week.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04

ALL rHE evidence that comes to us
goes To show negligence and bad gen
eralshlpi inthe Enlargement Of u'Ocps in
the Indian country. With an army of
27,OOO soldiers our people are more fire.
quently startled with the news of massa-
cres than in former years when the In
dians re- s-iar more numerous and our
army was eply 10, 900 men, Gen. .Sher-
man complains Of Congress reducing the
army. 1t did not do it. jackson, IIar-
rison and Gaines wiped out the Indians
with fewer men. The fact is there is
every evidence that the army is la'ge
enough but that it is badly handled.
After massacre there is always plenty
Of troops to forward. But it is found
that the Generals have been just where
they should not have been--have ne
elected their duties-or as in this case
and In Clusters, sent an inferior officer
far in advance of supports and aban-
.doned him and his command to the
merciless sayases., Thoruburgh has fvl-
lowed Custer, and so it will be until we
get rid Of the old grannies that have a
half eye turned on their duties, and an
eye and q half ON the Presidency. When
the commander Of the army got 5000 a
year he attended to his business; now
that he gets O,0OO 1t takes most OF his
time to spend his salary or 10 find good
investments for it, and the troops are lefl
to take their chances.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
The Reaciing Excursion.

The excursion to Reading, Pa, yester-
day. from DuPont's Bank aud Green
vile station on the Wilmington x
Northern r. r., was complete success.
A large number Of persons left this city.
Including many business men on the
$40 .. m. tram, aud at Greenville about
two hundred persons from the Banks
boarded the train.
The train arrived In Re aiding at 100
O'Clock, and the excursiOnists we're met
BY . number OF prominent cifizens OF
that place, including Mr.. Lauer, the
we'll knew brewer Of that city, VINO
had eneagsd = band for the occasion.
v Aftec arriving At Reading the excur-
sionists dispers ed and enjoyed them
solves according TO their own fncina,
tiuos. Some OF the number engaged
hacks and visited the various points OF
Interest in that city. Others proceedeu
TO the Berks County fair, which was
being held at that place, and srent the
time in examining the display OF stocks,
etc.. that was made. "A Number OF Those
Who attended tho fair report that the
displsy and trials of speed were inferior
to those .. Dover or Middletown. me
excurrion nists left Reading on specia
trail :, At ,35, and arrivei homo shorty
before II O'Clock, well pleased with ther
trim. w. -
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
Bttr,,un,'s Shoe.
, New York Eroress SAYS:

The New York Express says:
"The first pen fornance of Barnum's
Great Show for the present season was
gwen in the building OF the Ameri can
In titute on Saturday evening, in the
presence of Il concourse of spectators
which tilled. every corner of the great
structure Tue programme is entirely
good. The chief equestrian pert Fmers
are Madame Docknll, Linda Jeal, En-
ma Lake, Kettle Stokes, Lizzie Marcel
lus and Signor S. bastian, any of whom
would he Il sufficient attractiontfor any
ordinary circus. The acroUats, leapers,
jugglers and kymuas's are all excellent
in their several departments, all the
clowns are funny, which Is n departure
from the old circus policy. There are
twelve elcpl ants, black and white cam
els, a two lurned rhinoceros, Glands and
many other ra and curious animals il
the lneuagerie, aud many additions hav'
been ma le to the museum. The genera
verdict ON Saturday night seemed to- b.
at Birnum's show grows better and
better as 1t grows older, and that ;hiH
Latest exhibition is not likely TO be 'X-
celied by any other enter nj nment of IA
simi lar kind unit its ind faiigable pro-
DrietOr organizes new one u. xt year.
L. will exhibit here on "Wednesday
Octoter 10, h, aad will draw an iminense
crowd. Look out for great procession at
n. III,
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
FIRST EDITION.
lie River Road.

Nf ttr ----N fSSFt "a
SOME REASONS WHY BUSINESS MEN
SHOULD INTEREST THEMSELVES IN
THIN PRoJKCT. f|
The GAZETTE has already explained
the unfinished condition Of the proposed
road TO the river, by way OF Christana
Avenue, South W ,ln.ington, and the
d fiji ulti es-finsnciai and otherwise
that must be overcome, before through
fare TO the river front can be obtained
The next question that presents itself
Is: viii tue results ohtained by road
to, and . pier on. the river frsnt, COM
pensate for the outlay OF money neces-
sary to successfully inaugurate the en-
teiprise?
This seems to he a..questson for the
| business men of Wilmington to ans wer
For certainly before any more money is
expended on this highway to the river,
| it should be known to ascertaipty that
| the business interests Of the city demand
| such an iiDprOvriii. &. and Will make II
| OF practical beu II after it Is successfully
CON Dpleted.
For this pui pos. Ia. business men Of
this city should carefully consider The
subject, and examine the proposed roal
| AN lar AZ 1t Ia completed. They should
view the proposed vi o Of the pier on the
river font, aud determine Whether or
not snch an enterprise will result In
bringing 70 this city the amount OF
| trade and traffic the earnest suppDrt ters
| Of the measure claim that 1t Will. They
| should alsO consider the question vi the
| location Of the pier, and express their
views inr ard 10 the most Convenient
aud ,leslrs BILE point for its construction.
| And finally, they should ascertain to a
certiiuty that the pier, If built, II be
made stopping point by all the princi.
| pal steamers engaged IN river irafftc, ,and
by the ocean steamers starting from
Philadelphia. n'r
| Having determined the above points
| TO their SstistAetion,-tiIs bisi Bess In"D
should impress their views upon The
members Of City Council, ami assure
them thai the pros ecuti0n OF the work
TO successfnl completion will meet the
views Of, AMI be sustained BY the b'isi
ness community. The work must nee es-
sarily prove expensive, and member
| OF Council VIII naturally hesitate u
| plunge ipeO such o oostiy riit-rpr ~ sun
le-s assura,i tbAttt Will he ntihxed aid
sustai ned by those most interested inits
c,nsummali0n. Let the bu incss men
speak ont II They want the road to the
| uver.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04

= IT n So.-L Our neighbor, Of the Re
publican, is much more we're on illegrl
Seting now than he was in 1878. Then
he was one Of the guilty ones. And plead
OF upon various pretexts. He was not
an unfortunate "bummer," without
work or money, and bereft Of friends.
He did not vote ignorantly certainly: but
nevertheless his vote was charged to be
an illegal one, and was varlously COM
mented upon In the newspapers. just
how he escaped being indicted we do
not know, But he is not the, only one
of his party that 10 In the same boat by
. long shot; aud they are not all negroes
either. Time perhaps will show. Who
would have thought that the indignant
assistant editor Of The Republican had
ever placed himself on level with "Gus
O'Donnell" or 'Brocky Tom," by voting
an illegal election ticket only year or
50 ago? Yet this must have been the
case from what was said at the time aud
is repested now. }tstl kaf Z
or course this Is no excuse for others.
But what influence the example Of the
illegal vO.e of the editor Of the Repubt-
can might have had upon the poor
negroes and others who have since COM
mitted the oficnse we do not know