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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-08
Ghe Daily Arens,
BOOK ISLAND, ILLINOIS
Judge BIodgett's LETTER.


CHICAGO, Jan. f., l879.-To Hon. Sam
uel j. Randall, Speaker.-Sir: 1t has been
widely stated through the public press that
certain citizens OF Chicago, viz: Messrs.
John S. Cooper, Henry j. Sheldon and
Kulckerbocker, intend to apply to the hoo
orable house of representatives to order an
examination into the alleged :harges touch
ing my official conduct as judge of the I'm
tied States district court. The motive of
such charge has been carefully concealed
from me and have no knowledge of the
specific grounds upon which such applica-
ton is sought to be made. l am well aware
of the doubtful propriety OF Judge, SUBJ
ject to Qroundless, malicious and secret at
tacks, deeming it necessary to ask for az
investigation and the danger of establish,
ing a questionable precedent in that re-
gard, kyet such has been the persistence
with which vague assertions have been
made that | have been guilty of offenses
justifying impeachment, and so important
is it that the character of judicial officers
should be without suspicion, that leaving
out of view the pain inflicted on me by al
lowing the circulation of such rumors un.
answered, feel it my duty to address the
house OF representatives through you as
presiding officer on the subject, and to So
llclt the most thorough and searching in
qulry IN the premises, and earnestly urge
the house OF representatives to take such
order as will enable any charges supposed
to be brought forward by these or an,
other persons, and vigorously investigat,
the same.
| Respectfully, your Cbedient servant,
II. W. BLODGETT.
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Beautiful Hair.

FROM J. A. TYNEs, A WELL KNOWN
CITIZEN OF WILSON, n, C,-My wife had
suffered for ten or twelve years with a
kind of dry letter, which kept the scalp
covered with dandruff, and caused her
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turned grey, but after using London
Hair Color Restorer," the letter was
cured and the grey hair restored to its
natural color, the hair stopped falling
out and is growing beautifully. By
telling of the effect it had on the head
of my wife l have induced number
to try it, and want you to send me
dozen bottles by express. l enclose
postoffice order for S. to pay for it
London Hair Color Restorer is sold a
rs cents bottle by all leading drug
gists. DR.. Swayne& Son, Philadelphia
sole proprietors. Sold by John Beng
ston, Druggist, Rock Island.
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A CURE F1R ALL !
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THE VICTIM

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THE FRIEND OF ALL +!
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These famous Pills PURIFY the BLOOD, and
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Young or old, and a general FAMILY MED
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POVERTY AND SUFFERING.

Il was dragged down with debt, power
ty and suffering for years, caused by a
sick family and large bills for doctoring,
which did them no good was complete
ly discouraged, until one year ago. by the
advise of my pastor, procured Hop Bit
ters and commenced their use, and IN Que
month we were all we'll, and meme of us
have seen sick day since. and | want to
say to all poor men, you can keep your
families we'll year with Hop Bitters for
less than one doctors visit will cost
know it. A WORKINGMAN."
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an5 snpport OF trcoynulency, Abdominal Weas-
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application.
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Assignee's Notice.

ESTATE OH. c. wIvILL s. CO. DEBTORS FEB Tors
The unders gned hereby gives nollce NAT n9i[ r
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creditors according to the provisions OF ths aC,s
concerning assignments All peril eri1nIhss 20 mr.
hereby notified to present such claims rnder 9a; Il
or animation, to me at the City Of Rock lsiano II
said County within three montns iao ~ tiS 1873
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ARE fit al once Young suffering from the Conse-
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81 use this medicine with the assurance of speedy and
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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-05-17
The ouaker's Eggs.

Quaker grocer In a country village
became notorious for selling eggs.
The village gossips were ready to tes e
tify that he bought large aud fine-look-
ing eggs, and where he could find so
many small-sized eggs AS he daily sent
out to customers was Il mystery they
could not fathom. There were two
mysterious looking holes in his counter
about the size of an egg, and curiosity
was excited TO the highest pitch to AS
certain what use they were pat to.
The only answer anybody could get
from the old man, when questioned
concerning the use of these holes, was :
"My friend, If tell thee the truth, It.
would not benefit me nor thee, and I
don't wish to tell falsehOod. It Is a
pity lying Is "A sin, for IL comes In so
easy In trade"
At last, IL was resolved by some of the
splnsters 10 watch his actions through
the cracks of the shutters after he had
closed his shop for the night, and thus
endeavor TO find out their use. This
resolution was put into execution and
the ladies' caught the grocer passing
eggs through the holes by the light of
penny dip. All those that passed
through the smaller hole he placed in
one basket; and those that passed
through the larger one he put In anoth
er, and all that would not pass through
either he placed In a tin pan and took
them TO his own house.
On his way thither, he heard the rust
ling of the wOmen's dresses, and he saw
that lac was caught; so ho called them
TO him, and in the blandest manner,
said
Sisters, ye have given yourselves
much trouble TO appease thy curiosity
and i VIII therefore explain all TO ye.
Ye see, sort my eggs into three sizes
by means Of these holes. The largest
use in my own family; the next size
sell a half-penny cheaper on dozen
than any Of my neighbors, for cash
the smallest | send to those who will
buy no other way than on credit"
The ladies were satisfied with the
lesson In trade, and spread the news
abroad.
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i'm that office for four nights and three
days with bucket on my head. put
there To hold the machinery down ;aud
that was so deliriOus most of the time
that he had TO strap me to the bookcase.
When | came to, | found had bump
over my ear as large as four cent loaf
of bread, and old Partridge you know
was standing there cNclaiming, "Splen-
did! Splendid" and decorating 1t
with caricatHrc i'm cauStiC of miscr
grasping u bag of gold! IN Kill that
old idiot yet. IL set a chance! :"
You recovered thoughr"
Yes; and next day I artridge said
he must have "A cast of that noble bump
at all hazards. Said he ", nted IL to
use To illustrate his annual address be-
fore the Philosophical Society. So.
like the incredible ass that | am. |
yielded. lie put me down on the sofa
plugged my nose with quilts, and then
daubed some kind OF white mud over
my face. stood it patiently till the
stun hardened, aud then the old man
took the mould of. About an hour
later he had "A bust OF me, without hair
and with bulge on one side that looks
like cantelOpe skewcred on Il water
melon. lie has it on his table now
with busts of murdurors, pirates, pick
pockets and paupers
"lou got his daughter, though ?"
That's what was coming to. Az
ter he had finished the bust, thought
I'd done about enough, and so asked
him Plumply If could have her. And
do you know what the beastly old
buccanecr saidg Actually rose mp and
said that Sally was engaged TO young
Jim Duncan, and the announcement
would be made on Tuesday Laid me
right out. The girl had gone back ON
me, fair and square! And so here
am. bought II wig and went oil to
hide my misery"
Then Simpson said good morning
and left. II struck me that his case
was rather hard, taking 1t altogether.
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Anecdotes of o'Connel,

lie was examining witness, whose
inebriety, at the time TO which the evi-
dence referred, IL was essential TO his
clients case TO prove. He was fellow
who may be described as "half foolish
with rogury."
well, Darby, YOU told the truth to
this gentlemanr"
Yes, your honor, Counselor O'Con-
nell"
Glow do you know my nameP"
"Ah. sure every one knows his own
pathroit."
"Weil, you are a good-humored, hon
est fellow. Now tell me Darby, did
you take drop of anything that day Y''
why, your honor, 1 took my share
Of pint OF spirits"
Your share oft! Now. by virtue
of your oath, was not your share all OF
it-all but the pewterY"
"Why, then, dear knows, that's true
for you, sir"
The court was convulsed at both
question and answer. IL soon, step by
step, came out that the man was drunk.
and was not, therefore a competent wit
ness. Thus O'Connell won the case
for his client.
Here Is another instance Of his read \
tact and infinite resource In the defense
OF his client. In trial at Cork for
murder, the principal witness swore
strongly against the prisoner, lie par
ticularly swOre that hat, found near
the place of the murder, belonged to the
prisoner, whose name was James
"By the virtue of your oath, are you
sure this is the same hatr"
eyes"
ibid you examine it carefully before
you swore in your information thq. it
was the prisoner'sy"
"I did"
"Now let me see" said O'Connell, as
he took up the hat, and began to exam
inc IL carefully In the inside. He then
spelled along the name of James, slow
ly, thus: "J-a m-e-s." "Now, do you
mean to say these letters were I'm the
hat when you found it2"
did you see them thereY"
81 did"
"And it is the same hatY"
cit isD
"NOw, my lord" SAID O'Connell,
holding up the hat To the bench, "there
is an end OF the case. There Is no
name whatever inscribed In the hat?
The result was an immediate acquit-
tai.
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certain step, gradually overlook them
They had drawn lots which of the five
should die, and the fatal slip had fallen To-
Badman They then drew lots which
should Kill him, which fell To Traverse,
who put him To death while the others col
leCted wood for the fire. This dreadful
provision lasted them some DAYS, and then
II became Matthews 'tun To die. ''By
the time he was all eaten, saws Pierce, for
we have his own confession, Traverse
through fatigue fell lame I'm his knces-so
much So that hc could not proceed Green
hill proposed that should kill him, which
| agreed to. but now even this supply
was exhausted, and the two men were alone
in the wilderness, each pretending friend
ship, yet each seeking the others life, in
order that he might prolong his own.
Neither of them dared to sleep The strug
gle resolved itself into winch could hold out
the longer against the ovcrpowcring desire
for rcposc and Grceuhills constitution
was the first To give way. Pierce snatChed
his axe and slew him, aud with recruited
strength, and carrying his CHASTITY victuals
with him, made his way to n human hahi-
tatiOn.
Convict to begin with, il is probable that
this man had hut little scnsihility of any
Sort but the rapidity with which hc became
dcmorliAed was frghtful. Having been
rcmittcd to the penal colony, he again made
his escape from it i'm company with one
Thomas Cox. This man had very eagerly
pressed the attempt, although Pierce from
experience knew something of its utter
hopccssncss. 81 had irons ON nt the time.
hut Cox knocked them of for me with the
axe. We came To Kings river, which Cox
said he could not swim. remarked, that
had ! known that, he should never have
been my companion. The arrangement
FOR crossing the river created words, and |
Killed Cox with the axe, and ate part of
him. They had been in straits for proyi-
sions, hut there seems really to have been
no necessity for such diet Had not Pierce
already partaken of this food four times,
hc would certainly not have touched il /,
nay, he even appears to have L, en- actuated
10y the very feeling that prompts the savage;
hc desired the flesh of his enemy.
After day of lone wandering and priva
ton, Picrcc's heart failed him, and he de
tcrmincd to go back, and give himself up.
81 threw most of the flesh away but some
! carried in my pocket To show the com
mandant that Cox was dead. One of the
wardcns at Macquaric llarbor, therefore,
upon pcrcciving IA signal-h fire i'm the direction
OF Kings lIivcr-which was common en-.
ough sign of some escaped convict getting
tired of his frccdom-took boat thither, and
found out the Anthropophagite. Having
confessed that hc had killed Cox, Alexander
Pierce was executed, June 81, 1882.
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unaerrronna cnrlo.I,les.

At the city Of Medina, m Italy, and
about four miles around it, whenever
the earth is dug, ard the wOrkmen
arrive at a distance Of sixty-three feet
they come % bed Of chalk. which they
bore vi th an augur, five feet deep.
They then Withdraw from the pit be-
fore the augur Is removed, and upon
its extraction the water bursts up
through the aperture with great vic
lencc, and quickly fills the newly made
well, which continues full and Is af-
fected neither by rains nor drought.
But what is the most remarkable iu this
operation is the layers Of earth as we
descend. AZ the depth Of fourteen
feet are found the RUNS Of an ancient
city-paved streets, houses, floors and
different pieces Of mason work. Under
this b. found a soft. oozy earth, made
up Of vegetables; at twcnty-six feet,
large trees. with the waInuts still
sticking 10 the stem, and the leaves and
branches in n perfect state OF preserva-
tiOu. At twenty-clght feet deep a soft
chalk Is found. mixed with vast quan-
litY Of shells, and the bed Is eleven
feet thick. Under this vegetables are
found again.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-05-17
WHEN ALL Is DONE.

The sun Genes no sud the sun goes down
And tue day and the night are the same as
one
The year grows green aud the wear grows
trown,
Aud what IL it all when all Is done
Grams Of sOmbre or shining sand
Sliding into and out OF the hand
Aud men go down in ships TO the seas
Aud hundred ships are the same as ono
Aud backward aud forward b ows tho breeze.
Aud what is i all when all i dones
tide " ia never a shore IA SIGHT
Setting steadily on toward tue night
The fisherman droppeth his net in the r ream.
AM hundred streams are the same a. one
Tie maiden dreameth her lpve-ht dream,
Aud what Is il all when all is done
The fishers net the burden br AXE.
And after the dreaming the dreamer awakcz.
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On the Ith Of September, 1923. there
might have been seen two travellers making
their way ON foot across the hilT-cOuntry 10
The east of Macquarie llarbOr, Van Die
mems Land. OF AN parties consisting NJ
two persons moving Of the same time, upon
the earihs surface, or at sea, wc may safely
affirm that there was none placed loo such
strange circumstance as were thc men wc
write Of Others like themselves, might
have been escaped criminals, drradug lest
they should Doe pursued, and brought back
20 chains and labor others, like themselves.
might have been suffering the acutcsi pangs
Of hunger not tO bc appcascd by grass and
ncttle-tOps. boiled in Gin pot, which was
all The food they could procure but even
then their circumstance would have been
commonplace, compared tO the position Of
the two men in question BY reason of
faIutncss and the difficulties Of the way,
their progress was very tardy yo, slowly
as the leader advanced, who carried an axe
(Or they would never have made their way
at alp thc other man kept well boo thc rear
for hc was afraid Of being killed and eaten.
a few weeks back, these men, who were
call Grccnhill and Pierce, bad three COM
panIons Traverse, Badm8n aud Matthews
who had fed with them from the penal
colony, boz hopes to make their way across
the island to some of The eastern settlements.
They were soon safe enough from pursuit
Of man. but starvation with its slow bul
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Thoughts from tho French.

In some people mountains develop legs,
iu other wings
lie who travels alone Is dependent on
nobody and at The mercy Of everybody.
There is only one thing less cndurabI,
than iools folly 10 wit, wise mans.
u isa little queer how giving the law q,
Che world boo fashion consoles us for n,
longer giving 10 the law in anything else.
The most iniOlorable of travelled folk ara
those who have come back from everywhere
without having been anywhere
An Eng'ishman never travels without
his fcld.g glass, German without his spec.
facles, or FrcnChmon without his eye
glass
Real distinction is 90 Doc obtained not by
doing anything different from what your
neighbor docs, hut by doing everything
better than hc does