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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29

occupied as Union Express Office by some
their property, Losses In this building
outside of Houghton. Osgood & Co, are
estimated at $3.50. 900, and the loss on the
building which was owned by the heirs of
Isaac Rich, is placed at 1925, 900. Adjoin-
ing building facing Winthrop Square was
destroyed. It was valued at about $780,
900; insured. Occupants were Pierce,
Hardy & Co.. woolens, who lose $4,000;
insured. Davis Lake & Allen, clothing,
lose about 100000 Spaulding & Newks-
burg, paper. suffered total loss. but the
amount is not ascertained. Moore, Smith
& Co., Hats, Benjamin Calender & Co..
Cutlery, Geo. Foster, and Moses E.
Osgood. are losers.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29

Persons visiting or leaving New York
City for business or pleasure. or to visia
Niagara, Saratoga, the White Noun
tains, West Point, Garrison 8, Brighton, or
Manhattan Beach, Long Branch, or other
summer resorts, will find the GRAND
UNION HOTEL, opposite the Grand
Central Depot. one of the best and most
convenient Hotels in New York City
to stop at, being situated just opposite the
Grand Central Depot, you save your bag
gage, expressage and carriage hire: it is
first class in all It's appointments, and kept
on the European plan. affording guests
the privilege of paying only for what they
get: it's $50 elegantly furnished rooms are
reduced to only one dollar and upwards
per day. The Restaurants. Lunch and
Wine Rooms are supplied with the best.
You Gao live better with less money at the
GRAND UNION HoTFL than at any other
first-class Rotel 10 the city. 1t is under
the management OF VIM. ID. Garrison,
who studies to make guests fully at home
and fully merits the large patronage it
receives
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29

To BUILDERS, MECHANICS, AND ALL
WORKMEN. There is no remedy in the
world equal to PONDS EXTRACT for any
disease where pain exists. 1t is acknowl-
edged by many of the greatest medical
men of the day. as being the best known
remedy for all of the complaints for which
it is recommended. 1t should al,oays be
kept IN readiness. For Injuries or Acci-
dents it is worth its weight in gold.
Burns, Bruises, Cuts. Old Sores, Sore
Eyes, Piles, for which it is an Invaluable
specific; also Neuralgia and Rhes@notism
asd SRd "@y to e, other ais DnGRss n6s IN fsc
may truly be called "a priceless boon to
suffering humanity" for any external or
internal inflammation or bleeding. Ponds
Extract is sold everywhere.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
NEW YORK

NEW YORK. Dec. 29.-Arrived. steam
ship State of Pennsylvania, from Glasgow
Houghton. Osgood & Co.. have tele-
gram stating that their Boston Office is
completely burnt, but that only bound
stock was consumed. Plates and sheet
stock are safe at the factory at Cambridge
They will be ready for business in three
days.
ROCHESTER, Dec. 29.-Col. Arthur T.
Lee, u. s. A.. retired. died to-day,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29

OFTEN TRIED AND NEVER DENIED,
among children and ladies, in
creasing in its popularity every day. Ld1.
ina is mild, safe and effectual luxatiye
and cathartic for the rellef and cure of
Costiveness and attendant evils, does not
weaken the system like pills and nauseous
medicines. should be kept by all as the
standard cathartic. Pleasant to the taste.
Price, SO cents.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
Old Medford.

Nothing is Superior to the old genuine
Medford Rum from Daniel Lawrence &
Son, Boston. They keep only a strictly
pure article. For sale by all first class
dealers inRock Island. Inquire for
Daniel Lawrence & Sons genuine old
Medford.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
You Never Heard a peutigt

say the SOZODONT was not good arti-
Gle to presereve the teeth and gums.
This fact is not to be controverted.
What gives it such prominence as a
curative wash? 1t is compounded. after
years of scientific plodding. of materials
calculated to harden the gum, remove
the septic acid, and avoid putrefactiou.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
whv are You Bilious ?

Because you have allowed your bowels
to become costive, ane liver torpid. Use
Kidney-W W ort to produce a free state OF
the bowels, and it will stimulate the liver
to proper action. cleanses the skin of It's
yelIowness, cures bilious headache, and
causes new life in the blood. Druggists
have it,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
Poxzoni.

No name is better and more pleas.
antly and widely known than. that Of
Mr.. j. A. Pozzoni. For years he has
made himself famous by the elegant
perfumes and complexion powder that
bears bis name, the latter having
found its way to the bellies of Paris,
Germany and London. Everybody admires
beauty in ladies. Nothing will do more
o produce or enchance it than a use of
Mr. Pozzoni's preparations:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
Climax! Climax

Pages Climax SaIVe,
A Family Blessing for rs cents.
1t heals without a scar. No
family should be without il.
We WARRANT it to CURE
Sores, Ulcers, ScrOfuIa Sores,
Fever Sores, Salt Rheum, Sore
Breasts or Nipples, Erysipelas,
Swollen Glands, In1lamed Eyes,
Scalds, Burns, Cuts, Bruises,
Fistula, Piles, BOiIs, Chilblains,
Frosted Feet, COrnS, and all Gu
taneOuS diseases on man or beast.
1t has been used over twenty
five years, without one failure.
1t has no parallel-having per-
fectly eradicated disease, and
healed after all other remedies
had failed. 1t is a compound of
Arnica with many other Extracts
and Balsams, and put up in larger
boxes for the same price than any
other Ointment.
e9y- Sold by Druggists everywhere.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
NOVA SCOTIA.

HALIFALK, Dec 29.-At Oxford, Cum
berIand county, on Friday night. the
thermometer fell to % and at daylight
yesterday. to 35 below zero. lower than
ever known before in that region.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
$500 Reward.

They cure all diseases of the Stomach,
Bowels. Blood, Liver, Nerves, Kidneys
and Urinary Organs, and $500 will be
paid for case they will not cure or help
or for anything impure or injurious found
in them-Hop Bitters. Test it. See
Truths" or Proverbs, another column.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
LOUISIANA a.

ANTE, Dec. 29.-Four negroes charged
with murder. were taken FROM the Jail last
night by mob of fifty men and shot to
death Two ether prisoners are reported
t. be liberated
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29

Frank Miler's Harness Oil and Backing
is pronounced blythe trade generally to be
the best manufactured. The grade OF
these goods is always standard aud their
reputation unsurpassed anywhere. The
firm is one of the oldest in the country and
has tho largest trade in its line. diff
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29

WASHINGTON, Dec. % Indications
for upper Mississippi and lower Missouri
valleys: Rising, followed by stationary
barometer, colder northerly winds and
partly cloudy weather.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO. Dec. 20
Wheat Firm and staedy; 33H asked cash and
Jan; IS Feb,
Corn-Easier; 403S cash 4O% Jan; 46L Nav.
0ats-Flrmer; SO cash; 3914 bid Jan; 40H May.
Rye-S0.
Barley-60.
Pork-Firmer; 10 55 cash; 13 s5H Feb; IA O21S
Marck.
Lard -Firmer; so bid cash; Z 60 bid Jan; 72H
Feb
Whisky-1 TO-
LIVE STOCK.
aIHogs-Receipts II 900; quiet and nrm light 60
"a %; heavy mixed packing 4 5O04 rs; shipping
4 7O114 IS.
Cattle-Receip:s 2,G0O; steady
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29

For DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depres.
sion of spirits and general debility, in their
various forms; also as preventive against
fever and ague and other intermittent
fevers. the 'FERRo PHosPHoRATED ELK
IR OF CALIsAYA," made by CaswelI, Haz
ard & Co., New York, and sold by all
druggists, is the best tonic; and as tonic
for patients recovering from fever or other
it has no equal. NJ
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
To-Dav's Dispatches.
FOREIGN.
ENGLAND.

ENGLAED
LONDON, Dec. 29.-The steamer Viii.
liam BIfkett, from Savannah, for Revel
grounded near Mainio, and is laboripa
heavily.
N1h11istic and Socia1istic Alliance
BERLIN, Dec. 9.-Correspondence has
oeen discovered proving an alliance be.
tween the German Socialists and the
Russian Nihilists.
LONDON. Dec. 29.-The Berlin cores
pondent of the morning Post says he is
authorized to contradict that revival OF
the alliance between Emperors is con-
tempiated. The correspondent says the
Imperial government intend bringing in a
bill restricting the right of free settlement
with view to checking the spread of
socialism.
SCOTLAND
LONDON, Dec. ga dispatch from
Dundee asserts that the number of lives
lost by the Tay Bridge disaster, does not
exceed go; the bodies of six victims have
been recovered ats--t Ger
The train left Edinburg at 4. IS in the af-
ternoon. It consisted of four third class
cars, ,one first class and one second class, and
brakeman's van. At the last station be-
fore entering the bridge, tickets were
taken and the train was then crowded.
Vast quantities of wreckage, such as doors
and roofs of carriages. pieces of bridge
and articles of wearing apparel, are coming
ashore. The entire 13 girders of the long
central spans of the bridge are gone.
The night was bright, but the wind was
blowing hurricane.
Tho Atghanistan War.
LONDON, Dec. 29.-Further kilograms
from General Roberts, dated Goth, says
that snow fall on the 25th inst. prevented
the pursuit of the enemy.
The country about Cabul and the line
of communications are now clear.
The Balahissar magazine has been
emptied.
There were several explosions in Bala-
hissar during its occupation By the insur-
gents. and one explosion it is stated killed
one hundred persons.
Telegraph line was moet destroyed, but
is being rapidly repaired
CALCUTTA. Dec. 29.-General Roberts
telegraphs under date Goth inst. as follows:
Butkak has been reoccupied, A force
will start for Kehistan TO o-morrew to punish
those who participated in the recent move
meDt there" General Roberts total loss
was II killed and 220 wounded.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
Z MIne of Wealth.

There is a mine of wealth for the peo-
pie 10 Warmers Safe Pills: for health is
wealth, and nothing so contributes to the
health of large class of people as these
pills. As a laxative and regulator of
the bowels and cure for bilious troubles
and malaria they surpass all other
remedies
OUR LADIES FRIEND is the most reiia-
bic of any female preparation, and only
costs fifty CENTS per bottle. Sold by C.
Speidel. Rock Island. and Richards d
Sohr beck, Moline.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
ST. LOuiS Market,

ST. Louis. Dec. ~.
Wheat HIGHER; No Q red 36l01 371z each;
81 Jan; 4IA4f AZ Feb: 46 March; Nos3,
2651G1 81.
Corn Better; 35L037K cash; 36Jk 6L36L Feb
43A@43% May.
Oats-32M
Rye-S1.
Barley-S5.
Whisky-I 10.
Pork-l3 %.
Tard-7IS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
Children Cry for Petoher's Castoria.
D.: ii . q 81
CITRATE 81 ILydI SJLS

An Agreeable Aperient and Refrigerant
This wellknown preparation Is highly recon-
mended for DYSPEPSIA HEADACHE. Sickness of the
Stomach Heartburn, and all complaints arising
from Acidity, Bilious and Malarial Feyers 1t cooIs
the blood and regulates the bowels. 1t is faVor-
ite medicine for children and its acidity and sweet
taste makes it cooling and refreshing. Put up III
OF. bottles. Prepared by
A. ROGERS SONS, Chemists, N. z
~ Superior to Mineral Waters, SeidlitZ Pow
ders, &c.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29

So all ladies say of SPALDING GLUE.
They use il to make Lovers stick.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
Mi1wankee Market.

NIrwA UEEE. Dec. 80
Wheat-1s 1%c higher; Closed steady; hard
90; No ], 3l9<; No ., 81 cash; 3l9s Jan; 337s
Feb; NoA, III.
Corn--40A
Oats-3419c.
Rye-1S11c.
Barley 76c
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
Important Information.

Printing and binding executed neat
auick aud cheap at THE ARaUs0FFICE
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
Cured. Cured. Cured. Cured.

G PREsBURY, Prop. West End Hotel, Long
Branch, cured of 20 years Chronic Catarrh.
S BENEDICT, JR., Jeweler, 697 Broadway, N. 7.
(memb. of fanny (cured of Chronic Catarrh.
BROWN, 339 Canal st, n. Y, cured of II years
Chronic Catarrh.
j D MCDONALD, TO Broadway, N Y, (Sister-in--
Law cured of 40 years Chronic Catarrh.
MRS JOHN DoUGHTT, Fishkill, n. Y, cured of s
years Chronic Catarrh.
Mrs JACOB SwARTz, JE., 200 Warren St, Jersey
City, cured of Is years Chronic Catarrh.
B THORN, 183 Montague St, Brooklyn, (self and
son. cured of Catarrh.
REV VIM ANDERSON, FOrdham N Y cured of 20
years Chronic Catarrh.
MILE AIMEE Opera Prima Donna, II have received
very great benefit from it
MCKINNEY, r Pres, SO Broad ST.. N Y. !;
My family experienced Immediate relief"
&c, &C.. sc, &C., &C.
Wei De Meyers Catarrh Cure is the
most important medical discovery since
vaccination. It is sold by all Drugg1sts or
delivered by D. b. DEWEY & Co., 40 Dey St.,
N. Y, a: $3.50 package To clubs, six pack
ages for G7.50. DR.. wei De Meyers
Treatise, is sent free to anybody.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29

EHogs-Receipts $500; higher; light shipping 4
2504 90; packing 3GG4 IS; butchers TO fancy 4 65
"a rs.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
Swallowing
POI ON

Spurts OF disgusting mucous fromsthe
nostrils or upon the tonsi1s, Watery Eyes, Snuff
hes, Buzzipg in the Ears, Deafness, Cracking
sensations in the Head, Intermittent Pains over
the Eyes, Fetid Breath, Nasal Twang scabs
in the Nostrlls, and Tickling in the Throat are
SIGNS OF CATARRH.
No other such 1oathsome. treaeherous
and undermining malady curses mankind. One
fifth of our Children die of diseases generated
by its Infectious Poison, and one-fourth of
living men and women drag out miserable exist
enees from the same cause. while asleep
the impurities in the nostr1ls are necessarily
swallowed into the zsGomach and i'm
hailed into the lungs to poison every part
OF the system.
DR.. Wei De Meyers Catarrh Cure
absorbs the puruleut virus and kills theEseeds
OF poison in the farthest parts of the system
1t will net only relieve, but certainly cure
Catarrh at any stage. 1t is the only remedy
which in our Judgment has ever yet really
ured case of Chronic Catarrh.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29

HaIford Table Sauce, sold
by all Gr0cers.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29

ENGLAND.
LONDON, Dec. 29.-The steamer Will
liam B1.kett, from Savannah, for Revel,
grounded near Mainio, and is laboring
heavily.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-01

tho inspiration Of this instrument It is natural
enough that tho few holidays Of the year and
the long evenings also should be enlivened with
dances. In which all the dusky half breed
maidens within hailing distance Of tho fort
participate.
Other interesting chapters in this book are
concerned with tho curious race Of half breeds
arising from the more or less lawful relations
OF French and Scotch colonists with Indian
women-with the mode Of iourneying in the
wide northern wastes-with tho methods OF
hunting and trapping recommended by long
experience. and with other unfamiliar aspects
OF life in an almost inaccessible and unknown
country. Both the sportsman and the student
OF anomalous social conditions will find much
to seize and reward attention in Mr.. Robin
sons volume. NJ. w. II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-01

FlONl Wf ~ NI IIl0NIVF
Al Lake Tahoe can be found trout woGhina
RON our T. twenty p.uuls Al udrUcut Ur ini pVu'
PER Lakes trout arc uu'ul NarNlus Iu Wr,-t u.ms
nan 10 Two pounds Every dtN usNrrutr lfI't foo iN1
n4T strings @ hsh ln',l tutruec Lake ., su t"',',s
WIN zee me nshrrrtu ut'r' $50 out Dr Gre noe ~ ~
snow shoes ana hrri b ii.'- tHrnu-N f.V .i /"
cast lhcir lines Tie uou bate readily eui arse mum
uefS a9e caught
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-03
Get your shoes repaired at Child II Phipps'

Last Friday evening there arrived man ut the
county Jail from Mendoza, named H. X. lloyt,
sent down on charge of horse stealing. 1t seems
that morning, about Z o'clock, Thos. Forristall,
marshal, had left his buggy on Main ST., and
coming back in few minutes learned that lloyt
"A stranger in town-had got into the buggy,
(unhitchcd by a bystander,) and driven out o!
town to the north. Forristal Immediately start
ed in pursuit. Hoyt was evcrhaulcd a short dis
lance out of town, when Forristall, riding along
side, struck him on the head with club, knock.
ing him out of the buggy, and injuring his scalp
The thief began to run but he was captured and
brought to town, when he had his head dressed
and was put under bonds of $1,000 in default OF
which he came to Ottawa. He claims to be 8
dentist and out of employment; and said he wa:
going to the next town with the intention Of
sending word back to the owner of the team.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-03

On Thursday afternoon Robert Coffee, OF
Streator, Iwho had just sold team of horses, was
out with hired rig, shaving a time" He had
some liquor aboard; and also friend named
Kennedy, of that city. During their drive up town
they had runaway, caused by bobs unmercliu
manner of handling the whip; but Kennedy sue
ceeded in managing the animals so that no acc
dent took place. Later they went west on the
Utica road, Coffee handling the whip as he had
while up in the city. The result was another
Runaway on Ottawa Avenue. At the Fair Grounds
Kennedy was thrown out but escaped unnJured
at Reddicl's farm Coffee was thrown out. Inc
horses were finally stopped, the vehicle being bad
" used up. Mr.. Oestrcicher coming into town
found Coffee insensible on the road side and
brought him to Whites Hotel in the city, when
DR.. Campbell was called to sec him. His injuries
were conclusion of the brain which, with the
whisky aboard, kept him unconscious for about
Is hours,-nt least after that time he began Il
show signs of consciousness. He is doing as wei
as could be expected.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-03
Fires.


Last Sunday was an intensely disagreeabe day.
The wind blew Il stiff gale all day from the west,
filing the air with dust lifted from streets dry as
finder and covered with powdered gravel. In the
midst of it, when the wind was at its height, came
an alarm Of fire. To say men were excited IS
putting it mildly, for a fire on such day is no
small matter Luckily, IL amounted to nothing
The kitchen roof of Mr.. j. Dickey's residence, in
east Ottawa, had caught from Il spark from the
chimney, but being Immediately discovered, /,
was promptly eXtinguishcd without the use ol
the department, which, however, was promptly
on hand as usual.
ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTY.
In Streator last week, Andrew Gaselins house
and contents were destroyed. Loss, $1,000; in
surance, $3.50.
On the following Saturday Il little hoy built q
fire under the back porch Of Weast's saloon, iir
ing the building. The flames were eXtinguishet
without loss.
Last Wednesday week, the Prendergast gro
Gerry in Peru was fired by passing locomotive
The upper part of the building was destroyed
and considerable of the stock damaged. An in
surancc of 5000 covered the loss.
In La Sale the Monday previous, Mr.. Johr
Higgins house, occupied by music teacher
took fire No water was available tor the fire en-
ginc but the flames were eXtinguished by thu
bucket brigade Loss, 500; insured.
In Mendoza last Friday afternoon spark iron
an linOs Central locomotive set fire to the grass
in the Catholic Cemetery at Mendoza, Some
| two or three acres were burned over, doing con
siderable damage to fences and shrubbery. -
| On Tuesday the stock pens at the e., b. " y
railroad station in Serena were burned, having
taken fire from sparks from a locomotive, which
| fell into dry straw. The cattle in the yards cs
| capped uninjured.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-03
$50 suits, very cheap, at NJ. Sticfel " Co.'S.

Champaign, Joliet, and some other cities in
this state, are considering the proprety OF pass
ing an ordinance prohibiting boys of sixteen
years of age and under from being on the streets
after eight o'clock in the evening.-Er.
OF course, few, if any, boys have any business
on the streets after that hour; but isn't it mat
ter for the "head of the house" TO look after:
The world has too many ordinances now, and the
days of the Blue Laws are past and gone, thank
God. Nor do we care to be required to ask the
city marshal when we can take drink or call on
'our girl" as laws of such a spirit might con-
sistently require of US.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-03
Children's school shoes at Child " Phipps'

Particularly audacous representatives of the
genus culeX, commonly known as mosquitoes,
nave % pou IN n tbe M
vicinity of street lamps in the evenngs.-La Sale
Press.
True, we've noticed it ourselves But the Press
puts us onto' new idea, to wit: IF mos
quito were big enough to weigh pound, and its
venom proportionately increased its sting would
probably produce instant death" All, yes. But
have YOU noticed they are growing bigger? It's
all the result of that Development business.
Perhaps in hundred thousand years from now
they will weigh pound or have business end"
equal thereto Alas, we shall lie awake nights
thinking of the dreadful future in store for the
suffering race.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-03

The number of secret societies being cstab-
lished in this country is astonishing-enough to
make old anti-sccrcsy Blanchard die of broken
heart. Following in the footsteps OF the ycncra-
BILE Masonic fraternity, the cminently respectable
order of Odd Fellows, and the heightened Greek
Fraternities of the best American colleges, these
latter day orders aim to ill want for social,
charitable and beneficial order adapted to al!
classes of men, and in addition to give members
a cheap insurance to u limited amount. The last
of these we have heard of is the "Order Of the
Red Cross" the chief feature Of the plan being to
provide for the family of deceased member a
sum not to exceed one or two thousand dollars
as the member while living may direct. lodge
was instituted last week in Mendoza.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-03

Leroy Cortright, of Spencer, awoke his wife
Friday morning and told her the Lord had com
manded him to kill her. Mrs. Cortrght had sui
iicient presence of mind to make no demur, bu
got permission to go down stairs and see hel
sick mother before being slaughtered, and once
down, she scooted for the nearest neighbors, MIN
bly, pursued by her husband, Assistance was
procured and after a severe tusslc, Mr.. Cortrigh
was secured and placed in durancc. He had be
come suddenly insane from scrofulous catarrh
and is supposed to be incurabc. Though we are
certain mat II faithful use of DIR Pierce's Colder
Medical Discovery, and Dr. Sage's Catarrh Rem
cdy would effect a speedy cure. For many years
these remedies have been acknowledged as posi-
tive specifies for all scrofuous catarrhal affections
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-03

Anthony p Berry was ut one time wealthy
merchant of Lostant. Some time ago his riches
took to themselves wings and flew away, which
so weighed upon his mind that he became insane
On Monday he came to Ottawa with his friends,
as he said, TO complete the final details for a
purchase of the national bank of this city. He
was taken before Judge Miller, where it was de-
cided he had been insane for about four months,
and that he manifests homicidal tendencies. lie
is 81 wears Of age, and was taken to Elgn.