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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-14
pEYNSYLvANTA

Rugelsville, Pa. Feb. l4.-At this
morning four masked men broke into the
dry goods and grocery store of B. r.
Ba,hman & Bros three miles from here
and bound and gagged two clerks and g.
w. Bachmau. The burglars then beat
Bachman oyer the head badly, and then
then broke open two safes They secured
81, 900 in money and a thousand dollars
worth of goods, and escaped, taking with
them a wagon and two fine horses belong
ing to the firm
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-14

WASHINGTON Feb. 13,-Secretary Sher-
man in his letter TO the House to-day
states that the estimate OF expenditures
the next fiscal year amoupts to S2o4, ,562,-
2l9. The estimated receipts are: from
customs. $133, 100000; internal revenue,
$lo6. .OOO, 900; miscellaneous, SIS, 100000.
Total, $257, 900, 600; deficiency, 81, ,000.-
n0A
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-14

WASHINGTON, Feb 14-Iudications for
the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri
valleys: Very cold. clear or fair weather
will cont tinue during the rest OF Friday
areas of snow with northwesteriy to south
westerly winds and high barometer, follow
ed during Sturday by falling barometer
and slowly rising temperature.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-14

Under no circumstances aoould enter
into competition to obtain the certificate of
the camvossing boards IN The disputed
States, even those to achich I belieoe aUe
,oere entitled, except bV discussion, argu-
ment, reason, truth, justice. President
SAMUEL j. TILDEN.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-14
MISSOURI.

ST.. LOUIS, Feb. l4-James Beck, bag
gage master on st. Louis, Iron Mountain
& Southern r. r., between here and
Columbus Ky, was arrested at 10 O'Clock
this morning at Plum St. Depot by Col,
Schanerte of the post Office department
on the charge Of robbing the mail. lie
was taken to the post Office, where on pro-
duction OF proof against him, he made q
full confession before Judge Treat oil
U. S District Court aud pleaded guilty
aud was sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary. The entire business being
accomplished within fonr hours The
amount purloin from letters is sup
posed to be between 10 aud 20 thousand
dollars, all taken within year.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-14
PEN NSYLvENIA.

HARRISBURG, Feb 13.-The Sheriff cf
WASHINGTON county has arrested between
ant of the militia Of the district has been
instructed TO aid the Sheriff il necessary.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-14
NEW YORR

New YORK, Feb. 13.-The New York
''Tattersalls'' burned tonight with oyer 60
horses. Some animals were valuable
roadsters. Tive fremen were severely in
jured by the roof falling.
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NEW YORK.

New York, Feb. 14.-The Star ana
Herald, of Panama. says, Williamson, U.
S. Minister to Central America, has re-
signed to superintend the Iona Larga
Mine.
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New { ECrk Aarket.
New YORK, Feb. Il.
FINANCIAL.
COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL
Wheat-Quiet; No red March 1 113l.
Rye-Quiet and unchanged.
Corn-Trife better; western mixed 42h Q47A.
Barley UNCHANGED.
Oats Steady; mixed western soy G3a.
Pork-Dull and unchanged.
Lard-Quiet; 6 IS.
WhsKy-1 G7.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-14
TIrCEIGAN.

DETROIT, F4b. l3.-Hon. Zacharish
Chandler was unanimously nominated for
United States Senator by the Republican
caucus at Lansing. this evening.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-14
TELEGRA.P.HIC.
tzsssgrapasd tot the Roek1.Iana Arou.. !

1 WOULD sCoRN AND CONDEMN MY
RIGHTEOUS TITLE IF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY HAD SECURED MY SEAT BY
FRAUD. "-President Samuel j. Tvldem.
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CANADA.

OTTAWA, Feb. 14.-The thermometer
is 81 below zero and it is the coldest
weather of the season; at several points the
mercury was frozen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-14

FALL RIVER, Feb. l4.-All the credit
ors of the American Print Works have de-
cided to grant The two years extension
asked
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CANADA.

MONTREAL, Feb. l4.-Louis Tourville,
has tailed. Liabilities $lS7,00 assets
$4,000.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-14

To make shoe-pegs enough for Ameri-
can use, consumes annually 100000 cords
of timber, and to make our lucifer matches
300, 900 cubic feet Of the best pine are re-
quired every year. Lasts and boot-trees
take 500, 600 cords Of birch, beech and ma
pie, and the handles of tools 100000 more.
The baking of bricks consume 1000 900
cords of wood, or what would cover with
forest about $4,000 acres of land Tele-
graph poles already up represent 100000
trees, and their annual repair consumes
about 300,0 more. The ties of our rail
roads consume annually thirty years
growth of rs, 900 acres. and to fence all our
railroads would cost $45,000,0O0 for re-
pairs. These are some of the ways in
which American forests are going. There
are others, our packing boxes. for instance,
cost in 1874, $12. 900. 900, while the timber
used each year In the making of wagons and
agricultural implements is valued at more
! than 500, 100000.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-14
FOREIGN.
Sensational report from son.h AFRICA

Sensational report from South Africa.
LONDON, Feb. l3-A correspondent of the
Manchester Guardian telegraphs that
paper that intelligence is received from
South Africa that the native levies, serv-
ing with the British, have risen en- mdsse
and have massaered the officers. Those
natives engaged in the fight Of the 2lst ult,
have massacred their officers, and the bulk
of the native force along the frontier is de-
serting. The colonial Secretary, referring
to the above report, says: we have no
information in any way confirming the ru-
NOR that the natives have risen agains,
their officers"
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Reunolds.

REYNOLDS, Feb. II, 1879.
To the Editoc of the Argus.
Andrew Hamnoh aud wife, who are in
the employ of Mr.. Thompson, proprietor
Of the Reynolds House, had a son aged
anout years, who turned up missing last
Friday morning, ard has not been seen or
heard from since. The parents do not
make any pretense of looking for the child
or enquiring for him. He was a bright,
intelligent boy, and it is a most inhuman
affair; it is needless to state he has step
mother.
Prot. Ferguson gave concert here last
Friday evening for the benefit Of the M.
E Church; it was grand success, netting
the church about $40. The Professor has
been engaged to return next January, and
| hold another musical convention.
Mr.. Rufus Walker sold his stock Of
goods to MIR. Schoonmaker, of Edgiugton
and Mr. s. will remove to Reynolds. We
welcome bin, and wish him success, which
be will doubtless achieve, as he is a good
man, with a host OF friends,
A quarterly meeting will be held 10 tht
NJ. L. church, commencing Friday, Feb
2lst. Il Is expected there will be mum
ber of accessious to the church.
Our little village boasts of more corr
cribs and larger than any 10 the county
There is at present over 100000 bushel
held here. W. w. Johnston aud Mont
gomery Bros are the buyers. The mar
ket price is % cents
Traveller" in writing few items fo
the Union, casts slur on some of ou
citizens. We know of none of them tha
cannot and do not pay hundred cents o
Z the dollar-unless they occasionally skip
board bill,
S. L. Johnston. of Johnston & Co., ha
been quite sick for the past month. but
! rapidly improving under the treatment
DR.. Ashbaugh.
It is the general opinion of the people
Reynolds that Hugh Gilmore would NAL
good devil, as he will sit for two hou
within three feet of red hot stove witt
out sweating.
9 Business is good in all branches
;. trade. Will give you more news in Il
1t future.
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St. louis Market.

Sts Louis n arkOts
ST. LOUIS, Feb IA.
Wheat Strong and higqer; No red e7H G979s
Corn-Lower; 81 ss GI32.
oats-Higher: 23as024G.
Rye Quiet; 41AG43A.
Whisky-1 VI.
Pork Quiet; 9 90.
Lar6-Active; & IS bid.
LIVE STOCK.
Hogs Receipts 500 light grades active; York
ers and Batimores 3 65G3 80; packing nominal at
60G3 80; heavy grades 9094 20.
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7 VI
LIVE STOCK.

Hoge-Receipts 1900; active; firm and higher
light 8 9004 90; heavy mixed 7G94 90; heavy
shipping 0014 20.
Cattle-Quiai and firm; receipts $500; good to
choice natives 7515 10; fair to good shipping 90
"a 70; butchers . 35G3 50.
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RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 13.-Since the
thaw set 10 the number of plague stricken
at Zaritzin has increased Prof jacob,
head of the medical commission sent into
the infected district, has been attacked
with the disease and was worse at last ac-
counts,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-14

II WOULD sCoRN AND CONDEMN MY
RIGHTEOUS TITLE IF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY HAD SECURED MY SEAT BY
FRAUD. ."-President Samuel j. Tslden.
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ChiCacO MarKet.

C2IGAIJ EAAEASCs
CHICAGO, Feb. IA
wheat-Steady and frmer; 9C0901S cash 9O2!
March; 91A G92 April
Iorn-Strady and firmer; 32}a cash
Oats-Easier; 2lIa cash; 2121 asked March; 22ls
April.
Rye- Firm; As.
Barley-S0-
Pork-weak and lower; 621a99 65 Apri-.
Lard Heavy and lower; 65 cash; IS April; 6
IS May.
Whisky-1 04.
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"IR[ YOU INSURED? 2"
p ", HURST. Agent,
REPRESENTS THE

4 british & Mercantile lns. Co.,
~ D'- Organized 1909.
o..rsvlvania Fire Insurance Co.
ehH0' Organized 1925.
Onoen Insurance Company,
Q" Organized 1857.
r,rdon Assurance Corporation,
DOn''0 Organized 179O
rorcashire Insurance Comp ny,
LaA'' Organized 1882.
o.,,mercial Union Assurance Co.
Voil"'' Organized 1851.
o,,r;rrfeld Fire Insurance Co.,
ePl1"7 oiMass. Organized 1919.
Glens Falls, of New York,
Organized 1s49.
Connecticut, Of Hartford,
Organized 1850.
,rotual Benefit Life lnsur'ce Co.,
h"' Organized 149.
,-.,,e companies have sggrsgate assets OF over
S60 0OO and have paid over $loO'UVOOOO iossee'
tys-Policies written at the lowest current rates'
pTce al Rock Island Nationsl BANK
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ATHENS, Feb. l4.-The Greek commits
sioners have been ordered to remain at
Prevesa. II is stated on the highes st au.
thority that negotiations between Turkey
and Greece for the rectifcation of the
frontier have not been suspended.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-14

MADRID. Feb 14.-The cabinet council,
under the Presidency of King Alfonso, has
fixed FIVE years as the duration of the pres
ent Cortes.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-14
GERMANY.

BERLIN, Feb. 14-Count .Stalberg, in
parliament to-day, presented the deelara-
ton that partial state oG seige at Berllu
was necessary to repress secret socialist
propaganda and to prevent communication
between foreign and German socialists
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-14

ROME, Feb. IA "A decision has just
been reached at the Vatican to create GER
tain new dioceses in the United States, 10
consequence of the growth of the church
in that country,
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FAMIIY CA&ES.
o'nlIP5,reSSat = lIPomeSopathIo Medicine Co,

Office and Depot, 100 Fulton street, New York.
Sold in Rock Island by Benser & Thomas. Otto
5rojan, c. iSpeidei, and Z. Breunert mwf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-14

PANAMA, Feb. l4.-Arequipa and Ig-
nique have been violently disturbed by
earthquakes and the people we're much
agitatea; although little damage was done
in the above places. fears are expressed Of
disasters elsewhere.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-02-07
Z Q o III -!

GA locomotive, perhaps the largest made,
is en- route for work on the long, heavy grade
on the Rocky mountains of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fee railroad 1t has ten
wheels of paper, with steel tires, and the fire
box is ten feet long When in working order
it weighs 1lS,000 pounds. Its weight Is SO
great that the Western roads won't let it 60
over bridges, and it will, therefore have to be
dismantled. 1t ran, however, over all the
bridges of the Pennsylvania road.
The above item is going the rounds Of the
press The slur upon our western roads is
Dreposterouslv absurd, says the Truckee Re
Dublicnn. If the engine weighs $4,000
pounds she weighs 80 tons There are dozen
.ngimds on the mountain division of the Cen
raj Pacific ihat Will each crowd the scales at
% tons. Ten of these will couple or to 40
ton snow -plow. drive her through the snow
banks and avaanches until she has accumu-
lated from TO 10 tons of snow and ice on her
apron and mould boards and with pillow, and
now, and ten tons weight of workmen and
chains and machinery inside the pillow, they
will dash across the Bonner Creek bridge at
ful speed This bridge, with the one at Long
favinc, is considered the weakest on the Sac
r4mento Division. During the hard winter
If 1873 - SLOW pillow train crossed the Long
Ravine bridge win nine engines attached to
the pillow. Jol. Ua9derw"od was conductor,
and Snperintendent J. A. Fillmore was pres
ent, and directed operations. There is not
bridge on the Sacramento Division, nor on
the line OF the Central Pacific railroad, that
would not carry train Of llo 900 pound en-
oines cOunlpd tooether
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-02-07
THE MALIGNANT SPITE OF THE
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY

The Elko Infet,en{ent relates as f, llnss a
story OF the almost unparalleled meanness OF
the Central Pacific Railroad Company:
The General Superintendent of the Central
Pacific Railroad, NIr A. a. Towne, has been
1nterviewed on the "Freights aud Fares
question and the result of that interview has
been published in the Sacramento Record
Union. According to Dir. Towne the Central
Pacific Company is not guilty of any of the
things that have been charged against it, and
il altogether a nigh minded and honorable
cOrporation aud does not discriminate in its
Charges in favor of or against persons or
places.
Now in regard to the latter assertion cir
cumstauce that occurred in this county will
illustrate what their capabilities are on that
hand. A year or two ago the people of Star
Valley on the Central Pacific Railroad So
miles east of this place found it necessary to
build school house for the education of
their children, and voted to- levy a tax Oh the
property In the school district to raise money
Tor that purpose. There is quite length of
the railroad in the district, and of course the
company was called upon TO pay its proper
ton of the tax along with other property
owners The agents of the railroad protested
against the levying of the tax, but it was
levied aud collected. Now the people of
Star Valley are engaged in raising grain which
they ship on the railroad to points west of
that place. So III order to get even on them
Tor the schOOl-tax the company increased the
rate of freight on barley from Deeth, which
Is the Star Valley station, eight dollars per
carload, and continued that rate until thew
had made the people pay them back the
amount of the schoolta1 they had paid, and
then they restored the rate to what it was
originally.
1t is strange that Mr. Towne should make
such denial as he has when every person
along the liue OF the road know that instan-
crs showing the same disposition as that
avinced in the above are common
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-02-07
VIRGINIA AND TRUCKER DISCRlM-
NATIONS

The Enterprise lately commented as follows:
What is most needed is to compel railroads
to be common carriers III the real sense OF the
term, and not close corporations run on special
contracts for the purpose of favoring a select
class at the expense Of the community. That
is railroads should be compelled to stop dis
ordinations If, for instance, the Virginia
and Truckee Railroad can deliver wood at a
profit to rich firm in Virginia for 500 a
carload, poor man should not be obliged to
pay any more than that sum for carload.
Referring to the above, the Lyon County
Times makes the following timely remark:
And what is badly needed is to stop the
V. & T. R. Il. Co. for charging as much for
hauling goods to the Mound House it does
to Virginia City.
Commenting upon Mason's apology for the
Virginia and Truckee Company and its prac-
tees, the Reno Gazette says:
Mr. Mason hit the nail on the head when
he said that Mr.. Fair could build a railroad
of mis- own and thus compel the V. and L. r. r.
to give him fair rates. That is just what Mr.
Mackey did say year ago, and he put party
in the field to survey the route. 1t is believed
and freely asserted that when Mr.. Mills re-
turned from the East SO that special rate
could be given to the bonanza folks on wood
and lumber from Huffakers and Virginia the
work wa stopped. Mr.. Mackey could have
built his own road and given the public the
advantage of reduced rates, but he can con-
troll the country better to have low rate over
the old road which the public can not get,
than to have low rates himself and at the same
time have every one else putting materials
into their mines at the same price. This is
Just what the people Of Nevada complain of
and are trying to remedy. The argument
that the Williams bill would be good enough
for the Central Pacific but not for the Nlr-
ginia and Truckee is rather weak We can
see no reason why it costs more to move
freight over the little road than the big one.
Indeed we believe it costs less, and we are
decidedly in favor of equal rates and no dis
elimination in favor of either the roads or
heir customers.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-02-07
PUT THEM ON RECORD

1t is to lie hoped that, whenever the main
question upon the passage Of any railroad bill
IL put to either branch of the Legislature, the
ayes aud noes will be called for, and every
member thus compelled to place himself on
record. After the adjournment of the Legis-
isture the Journals will be printed, and those
who have performed their sworn duty toward
the oppressed people of this State will be
known and receive the credit to which they
are entitled. We propose to review the whole
railroad legislation and show up the short
c"mings of the friends of the monopnlies -
lyon County Times,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-02-07
Mr.. MEDERS "QUESTION OF PRIV
HEGE."

Senator Meder is nothing if not irascible.
- The sting of reproach Is in its truth
and the MORNING APPEAL having called at
tention to the fact of Meder's subserviency to
the Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company,
that bilious and peppery person gets upon his
feet in the Senate and pours out upon the
editor of this paper very bitter food of per
sonal abuse The attack thus made is
hardly worth answering save insofar as its
utterance affords us an opportunity to reply,
once for all, to statement which has been
made with more or less vehemence, aud re-
iterated with much fippancy, concerning the
relations of the editor of the MORNING AP-
PEAL and the Virginia and Truckee Railroad
Company.
The purport of that accusation is that the
said Railroad Company has supported" the
said editor tor years-the implication being
that he has been, for some reason other,
under the pay of that concern. Meder, in
his blind and crazy wrath, must go so far as
to say that the Railroad Company had sup
ported the said editor and has family for
years
Now we do not know whether there would
be any very serious crime committed if the
Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company
we're to ''support" not very wealthy news
paper editor and his family, such as that
which relies upon the MORNING APPEAL for
is bread and butter; nor are We sure that
there would be anything very improper in re-
coiving such support. In this case, however,
the statement is wholly without foundation
as, doubtless, the books of the Company will
show. Indeed, so prudent is the Virginia
and Truckee Railroad Company in husband
ing its hard earned profits that it pays for
the advertising of its time liable with ''passes
and not with money, and the jOb-prlntng re-
9uired by the company is all, or nearly all,
done IN California or some of the Eastern
cities
To be exact and explicit Any statement,
by whom soever made, anywhere, under any
circumstances, or by any manner of inter
probation, that the editor of the MoRNIN !
APPEAL has ever received so much as one
dollar from the Virginia and Truckee Rail
road Company in the way of gratuity, an
nuity, reward, salary or gift, or that his
action, personal, professional or political, has
aver been trammeled by any obligation, pc
CANARY or otherwise, pat uprn INN ~ thai
corporation, is wholly gratui'oua .nd untrue,
and ..v mites the closest Sc u5iny OF the
books of that concern, and the closest and
most technical questioning of the officers and
employees thereof to prove the contrary.
So much for this idle story, and 50 much
for it's latest retailer, Senator B. H. Meder
# Ormsby.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-02-07
Mr.. WOODBURN'S BILL.

The bill drawn by Hon. William Wood
burn and passed upon by the railroad com
mittee OF Virginia City is as follows:
An Act relating to railroads in the State OF
Nevada
The people of the State Of Neradn, repre-
sented IN Senate and ASsembly do enact as
toiiO.os:
SECTION 1. No Individual company or cor
pOraton owning, operating or managing any
railroad within the State of Nevada shall
charge a greater or higher rate for the trans
pOrtatlon Of freight or passengers between
any points, places or localities within the
limits of this State than cents per mile for
each passenger with ordinary baggage, not
exceeding 100 pounds i'll weight and 10 cents
per mile for each ton of freight; prorided,
that no greater charge shall be made for the
transportation of wood, lumber and coal than
cents per ton per mile; and prorided fur
Their, that for the transportation of children
O.. the age of II We rs or under the compe--
sation shall not exceed 3 cents per mile
Sec. 2. No railroad company or corpora
ton shall charge, collect or receive for the
transportation of passengers or freight of any
desc Upton upon its railroad, for any distance,
within this State, a greater amount of toll or
ipSHodClOh tIldu 10 ECU, COIlSGICI VI lS-
ceived for the transportation in the same di-
rectlOn OF any passengers or like quantity OF
freight between any person corporation
and another person corporation either by
special rates or rebate or repayment OF
charges.
Sec. ). ANY individual, company or cor
poratlon operating any railroad within this
State, and every agent of such company or
corporation who shall violate or attempt to
violate any of the provisions of this Act, shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanOr, and on
conviction, shall pay fine of s., 900, $500 OF
which shall go to the informer.
Sec. 4 Nothing contained in this Act
shall be taken in any manner abridglng or
controlling rates of freight charged by any
railrO I'd company corporation i'll this State
Tor carrying freight which comes from beyond
the boundaries of this State and to be car
ried across or through the State.
The provisions of this bill are certainly
very reasonable. The contemplated reduc-
ton of the rates of fares and freights from
the present high standard seems to have been
we'll considered So fair is this bill, and
much is it calculated to do justice between
the Comstock miners and business people
aud the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, and
50 greatly will it relieve the people of Eureka
from the exactions of their local road, that it
will, we have no doubt, commend itself to
the Legislature. At all events, We trust it
may receive u close and careful consideration,
and that its provisions may find embodiment
present Legislature.