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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-11
Last Nights Dispatches.
XLVI CONGRESS.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April 1O.-Senator Car.
penter argued that to authorize the GOV
ernor to make appointment there must
have been a recess of the body, which at
that time possessed the legislative power
Of state, because the governor in making e
such appointment acted only for the legis-
lature, which, ii in session, could make an
election to fill the term.
The vice president announced the ques-
tion to be on the pending amendment,
namely that Hop. Chas. FL. Bell ia entitled
to a seat as senator by virtue of the ap-
pointment by the executive of New Hamp-
shire, and the amendment was agreed to
as follows:
Yeas-Allison, Anthony, Bayard, Booth,
Bruce, Burnside. Cameron Pa.) Cameron
tWis.,) Chandler, Dawes, Edmunds, Ferry,
Gordon, Groome, Hamlin, Hill (Col. J In
gals, Jones (Fla.,j Kellogg, Kirkwood.
Logan. Mcdonald, Mcmillan. Morrill,
Paddock, Plat. Plumb, Randolph, Rol-
llns, Saunders, Teller, Voorhees,, Walker.
Whyte, Williams-35.
Nays-Bailey. Call. Carpenter, Cock
rell, Coke. Conkling. Davis (Ill.) Eaton.
Farley Garland, Grover, Harris. Hereford :
Hill (Ga.,) Houston, Johnston, Jonas,
Herman. Lamar, Morgan, Pendetop, Ran.
som. Slater. Vance. Vest. Wallace, With
ers-28,
The following pairs w,re announced
Beck, with Jones New; Blaine, with
Mcpherson; Davis. wv. Va.l with Win
dom; and Salisbury with Hoar. Senator
Jones New Blaine, Window and Hoal
would havc- voted in favor ofthe admission
and the others against the admission
Senators Thurman and Butler were not
present.
The resolution Of the committee as
amended was then passed-yeas 35, nays
28.
Mr.. Bell was then sworn in.
Senator Withers moved that the Senate
row proceed with the consideration of tht
army appropriation bill. Agreed to.
A resolution was adopted giving the
select committee to examine the iuanca
reports. accounts, and books of the Treas
ury Department,the power to have printed
the testimony taken from time to time, ,anC
such statements as the committee may de
Esire.
Senator Randolph made a motion tha
when the Senate adjourned it be to Mon
day next, saying that tomorrow would bt
Good Friday, day respected by the rei
gious sentiment of the country.
The Senate disagreed to the motion
yeas 81, nays 81.
After executive session, adjourned.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-11

Lithontriptic is the name given medi-
cine possessing superior qualities for the
cure of all kidney diseases. Il is not a
quack nostrum but a reliable remedy,
vouched for by leading physicians all over
the country, Wherever known 'Lithon-
trlptic' isin general demand being consider
ed the best remedy ofits class in the market.
For sale by the trade generally. mwf&w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-11

The bankrupt stock of boots and shoes
at Mitchell & Parsons, is going off at a
lively rate, and we should not think that
the stock would hold out over thirty days
longer. Call early, if you wish to secure
good fit. Remember it is the Kelley &
Retticker stock, and is first class every,
way. diff
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CEIGJE z.


ST. PAUL, MINI, April l0.-A Sioux
Falls special says an attempt was made to
rob the Yanktown coach on Saddle creek,
Dakota, to-day by John S. Parsons, of
Finley, Dakota, who was arrested by spec
ial agents from Chicago, who had been
warned Of the projected attempt and were
on the coach and provided with arms.
CHICAGO. April l0.-On the 11th Of
January last, Marcus Kronberg, State
street jeweler, having failed, his business was
put in the hands of an assignee. 1t has
just been discovered that extensive frauds
have been perpetratated since then by the
head clerk, Charles Stiff, abetted by S.
b. Hardness and Frank Murphy, other
clerks, These parties, together with Muir
phys brother and his room mate and two
receivers of stolen goods, seven persons in
all, were arrested this morning. The total
amount taken is supposed to be about
$4,000 worth.
HASTINGS, Neb.. April TO- In the trial
of Olive aud Fisher, for numbering and
burning Mitchell and ketchum, 10 Custer
county, in December last, the prosecution
put Dufrand, who with Gilen was in
charge of the prisoners Mitchell aud
Ketchum, on the stand He swore that
he recognized Olive, Brown, Dornicus and
GortreII. as those who took the prisoners
from sheriff Gillen and himself, drove back
on the road they were travelling with the
prisoners, and in half an hour returned
the team without the prisoners. The
prisoners the next afternoon were found
about the same place, hanging to a tree
half burned. DuiTand did not recognize
the other parties with those named
nor could he testify as to the number o.
lynchers.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-11
PONDS EXIRACI is 4sioH. s.rs f.%s9 o5 mar

WV ~ IN tfNOb NeIous Ismei
f.f this, many will vouch, the halt and the lame.
None other is true, better let them alone,
0ont ever allow them place in your home,
lCound advice you should ever respect,
exhaustion and anguish which go with disease,
Verodical sores which deprive you of ease,
Throat Affections, catarth or very-sore eyes,
rheumatic pains, and the piles or poison from
u flies;
Il are cured by the Eztract.with wonderful skill
rommc cnded by thousands beyond dose or pill,
This showing should mske.you respect
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-11
New York Market.
New YoRR, April II.
FINANCIAL.

IL
Wheat-Dull; h01c lower; No amber April
1 II
Rye-Unchanged.
Corn-Dull; 44645A.
Barley-Quiet.
Oats-Steady; mixed western 31032.
Pork Lower; 10 So
Lard-In suyers' faver; 52h.
Whisky--1 o51.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-11
I'VE STOCI

Hogs-Receipts $4,000; very quet; light 60ns
30; heavy mixed nominally 5G03 rs; heavy ship
ping 1908 95.
to choice smooth 00d15 90.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-11

CHICAGO. April II
Wheat-Weak and easy; 664 cash; 90A May;
91X June.
Corn-Weak and easy; 319s'cash; 3516 bid May :
35Ia bid June.
Oats-Dull and unchanged.
Pork-Firmer; 10 % cash and May; 10 35 bid
June
Lard-Weak and lower; 15 cash; 6 Is bid Map !
22M June.
Whisky Oh.
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TELEGRAP1EH.IC.
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To-Dav's Dispatches.
FOREIGN NEWS.
ITALY,

ITALY.
ROME, April ll.-At a meeting of the
democratic leaders at Menotti, Garibaldi's
movements favoring universal suffrage was
discussed.
ANTWERP, April 1.-THE Precursor
says Bismarck insists on establishing the
sur taxes upon colonial produce coming
from European bonded warehouses. with a
view OF Kidding the German ports of for
eign competition. He hopes the large
firms in Antwerp and Holland will estab.
lish themselves in Bremen and Hamburg.
Several influential persons in the Hauseatic
towns have promised to support Bismarck s
project, and have started railway direct
from Bremen to Frankfort.
RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, April ll.-Professor
Afarazoff stated that the autopsy Of the
bodies of four soldiers, led to the discov-
cry of the existence of the plague.
The corpse of student was found re-
Gently near Kazan Cathedral labeled Sen
fenced as traitor, by the socialist revolu'
tionary committee.
HUNGARY.
SZEGEDIN, April 1.-THE water in the
lower parts of the town is still from six to
twelve feet deep, and cannot be pumped
out in much less than one hundred days
The total loss of life by the inundatior
is represented now not to exceed seventy
seven
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-11
IRE YOU INSURED2"
w. HURST, Agent,
REPRESENTS THE

= British & Mercantile lns. Co.,
y. Dl4'' Organized 1909.
o,rrsvlyania Fire Insurance Co.
reAh' Organized 1925.
oropn Insurance Company,
V"0' organized 1857.
r,o5on Assurance Corporation,
I0nU' organized 1870.
lancashire Insurance I nc Comp'ny,
commercial Union Assurance Co.
Oo'"' Organized 1861.
,.r;nrfeld Fire Insurance Co.,
oPIAH7 OfMass. Organized 1919
Glens Falls, of New York,
Organized 1s49.
Connecticut, of Hartford,
Organized 1850.
urual Benefit Life lnsur'ce Co,
Organized 1S49.
-,,,, rompanies have aggregate assets OF over
nm 000 and have paid over $l5O,OOO,ON losses
ts-policiea written 81 the lowest current rates
EE,s Al Rock Island National Bank.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
&. D. SWEENEY. WIN. JACKSON. CHAs. L. WALKER.
SWEENEY, JACKSON & WALKER

ATTORNEYS AND CoUNsELLORS AT LAW
~ Oflce-Bengston's Block, Rock Island, Ill.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-25
Southern Character.

Mr.. E. B.. Haskell, editor-in-chief Of the
Boston Herald, has lately been on an ex-
tended tour through the South. He is a
man of independent mind, of extended trav-
ell, of shrewd judgment, and one who would
not be misled by appearances. He has a
good deal to say of us, and says it frankly.
We regret that we have not space for all
that he has said, but must content ourselves
with these extracts:
The South still remains an agricultural
section. Beyond the Mississippi good horse
manshlp IS universal. even the negroes be-
ing addicted to mule-riding. Athletic out
door sports have given the men an erect
carriage and an exemption from those opti-
cal disabilities which place the e~yeglass
astr1de the nose OF SO many New Englanders.
Though no bookworms, the Southerners
have a taste for reading: but their conserva-
tlsm does not allow them to take kindly to
those dellneations of morbid mental phe-
nomena, or those too-often successful at.
tempts at naturalistic nastiness which crowd
the booksellers counters and feed the insa-
table patrons OF our circulating libraries.
A feature OF Southern character is the
reverence in which the clergy are held. The
respect shownt to ministers of every denomi.
nation reminds one Of the traditions of early
ecclesiastical New England, when the minis
ter was tar more a power In the community
than he IS to-day, The proportion of young
men IN the Southern churches is greater
than IS the case in the North. To have the
reputation OF an infidel or an atheist in the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-25

THERMAL BELTs.-In a letter to a Nor
thern man printed in the Franklin Repor-
ter, Prof. G.. D. Smith writes:-
The late Mr.. Silas Mcdowell, of this (Ma-
COM county, was the first to call attention
to the popularity Of these thermal zones
in these mountains. He located their ap-
proximate elevation above the main valleys
at about three hundred feet. Below this
line there frequently occur dense fogs dur
ing the summer season, while above this
line the atmosphere is perfectly clear. |
remember to have seen a killing May frost
in this valley several years ago, and to have
travelled the next day after the frost occur
red from Franklin to Rabun Gap. in the
Bluridge, a distance of nineteen miles. On
either side of the valley and at an apparent
elevation of $50 or 300 feet from the river
up the mountain faces the vegetation was
killed and wilted, while above that line it
was green, fresh and %uninjured. This line
appeared to me to be as level as a water
line. There are cOves in all these noun
tains where fruits seldom, if ever, miss. I
live near Franklin-have a farm lying back
into a cove in a small mountain. In this
cove | have a young orchard of apple and
peach. Two years ago last winter we had
unusual SHOWS and a damaging freeze which
killed portions OF my peach trees and de-
stroyed all the fruit buds upon my apple
trees out in the open farm, while nv trees
in the cove, three hundred Yards distant.
bore an excellent crop of fruit. The same
thing has been strikingly exemplifed this
season. In all the principal valleys the fruit
crop, except grapes, has been a failure,
whereas orchards in the coves and upon the
mountain sides have borne very good crops.
These mountain slopes and cOyes are usnallv
very rich, and covered with heavy forest
growth Of poplar, oaks, hickory, ash, cher
ry, walnut, birch, &c. Many of these coves
and slopes are susceptible of cultivation,
especially in orchards, vineyards and
grapes: These unimproved mountain lands
range III price from 80 cents to 50 per acre.
improved Lands IN the valleys along the
streams are priced at from S. to $50 ner
acre. There is no other section more
.abundantly supplied with pure, cold free
stone water.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-25

South carries with it the penalty of social
isolation. New England liberalism is looked
upon with suspicion. and the Concord
school of philosophy" would command no
attendance in any Southern State. Inc Tree
lovers, who hold their debates and lectures
so publicly in New England. would IND their
necks in immediate danger IN any town from
Virginia Texas.
In every Southern community female hon
or is guarded by a public sentiment as mex
orable to offenders as the laws OF Draco; All
through the South ladies ride over the lone
Hest roads without fear OF insult. Inc
tramp that hideous production OF our
civilization, is almost unknown IN the South.
In Southern cities ladies can walk the streets
unmolested BY well-drcssed scoundrels. Ev-
erv white man in the community considers
himself the protector of every lady. The
tone of public sentiment in this regard IS SO
healthy that woman in the South has a tree
dom recalling the chivalric days OF old. A
certain sort Of men who haunt the streets OF
Northern cities would have short shift III
Savannah, Vicksburg or New Orleans.
Contrary to Northern opinion, the South
is not given over to whisky. There is less
drinking in many Southern cities, IN pro
portion to the population, than III Boston.
The wear ers of the blue ribbon are many;
Among the negroes there IS a nOuceaple
absence of that jollity and gayety attributed
to them by the novels and tales of ante bel
lum days. Sambo has hung up dc fiddle
an de bow" and LINED de church The
pious negroes are as firmly opposed to world
" amusements, such as dancing and hddllng,
as ever were the Puritans. The war, say
observing Southerners, took the fun out OF
the colored people.
The South, though not an elysium nor
even a faint reproduction of paradise, has
many points of social excellence. The sense
of "honor," although often overstrained,
has often made intercourse between man
and man in the South something delightful.
There is a mutual Difference, a quiet cour-
tesy of manner and an absence of b%rusque-
ness, even in business formalities, which
impresses the observer from the North.
Life South has more outward finish and
more inward repose than with U.s."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-25
NIGHT DRESSES FOR CH11DRFN-A

NIGHT DRESSES Q CHILDREN.-A mo-
ther writing in the Household saws that she
made her little ones night dresses of cotton
flannel, with legs to them, SO that if he cot
uncovered he should not take cold. ObsSer.
wing that he lost flesh and grew cold toward
morning, she called in a physician. She
continues: ~
He says that cotton flannel was not tho
thing for children, for when it gets wet #
cllngs to them and is cold as ice. He also
denounced the idea of making legs to dresses;
said that the limbs should be separated. but
should come together. His directions were
to make a night dress of flannel long enough
to lay on the floor half a yard, just ike a bic
bag; run a string in the bottom of this, and
when the child goes to bed tie it un. In
this way the legs can not get out, and there
Is perfect freedom of motion. We did so at
once and it worked like a charm. No more
lying awake nights and wondering what The
trouble is. The little fellow sleens sonnd1r
and wakes in the morning refreshed and
with a good appetite
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-25
For the FARMER AND MECHANIC
oSr or THREE FAIR CLERKS.

"a " VERSES IN THIS PAPER REcESTLf
Aye,-queen 'mong women, as So crown.
" caring from Duty's hand q goIuen
A fair stately lily, she stands alone
Amid the great worlds busy crow bowed
With head proudly upraised,-n oo"'
Looking above with trusting eye,
SO fair, so true, each passer-oy -
Must fain look back with wouderius saI
at one thus decking the world %"
Oh, busy worid-yet kind and true
Distil round her thy gentlest dew
Thy mellow sunshine, mildly sneu
Upon that Queenly, golden heaI!
Oh, busy world, remember sun
From meadows cool and ripping TIL,
That lily was ta'eu from our glen away
Thus to deck your thronged highway;
Lone in your midst she proudly stanos'
oh. guard her well with kindliest hands.
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DEACE INSTITUTE.
FOR YOUNG L1DIFl
RALEIGH, y. G

The next Annual Session commences
Wednesday III September, 1879, aud eIos1- -+
"Wednesday of June, 1850. 0NeS G- Z.
The terms have been reduced from 1a,a
in all departments. - :r
The total expense of a boarding pupil f,~
nan session on VIII De $40. This amount VIII
Washing, fuel, light, furnished room and -
dance, tuition in English branches and t,4a'' u
who desire it, Calisthenics, Text Boots ~ Z &.
used for scho OIL purposes. "' sA1
For liberal propositions to pupils ante
scholastic year see Catalogue and CircuIar ,e III vt
circulars containing full particulars as !, ~ F.
Study, &C., address REV. K. URWET NeiN
july1 7-tf. PrinciTors ~
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Gables portfolio.

sx- The LADIES of North Carolina are invited 10
contribute short articles, recipes, suggestions, house
hold hints. &C.. for these columns. Name OF the author
VIII be seen by no one except the EDITOR, whether 'he
communication be accepted or rejected
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-25

q w. MYSTERIOUS
NURSERIES AND FRUIT FARM
Permanently located ct
WILSON, n. G..
Off e on Barnett street, opposite Express Office
near Railroad Depot.
Pack ngDepo near Railroad, 100 yards South
Railroad Depot. Fruit Farm and part OF Nur.e-,
on Goldsboro Road one mile and a half South u
Town. Twenty acres of Nursery StocE,
Strawberries, Asparagus and Garden
Peas, very near to, and in full view
OF the Railroad Depot.
We have fine facilities for packing and shipping T~
and Plants. Our stock is very large and the Quar
Of the Trees and Plants unsurpassed. W. w4E
rant all Trees and Plants true to name. We
nave had many years experience III the
propagation and culture OF Hort-
cultural Products, hence we are
prepared to serve the pub
lie. We give special at
tention 10 orders re-
ceived by mail.
We have added many choice
new fruits to our Lsr
have propagated very largely
bearing Mulberry. Catalo ues
mailed free on ~app-a1-
500, 900 NUNANS PROLIFIC
w PLANTS
FOR SALE.
Set the plants i'll June and July, and cultivate W
ance of the year, and keep all runners cl'o~'
and you may expect a full crop OF
fine Extra Early Berries
the next Spring.
This is the Charleston plan of cultivation, e3esI'
tact that the Charleston growers plant III ANs
ust, we should plant earlier, as We
have a shorter growing
season.
From the LIST to the 10th of May, 1879, our AuAA-'
from 40 to 20 cents.
1t is the coming berry for profit in this 5ei-y~'
Prices
given
Oh ~applcaa@-
Good notes accepted in payment for plants p4!~~
Oct. and Nov, 1879.
C. W. WESTBROOh,
july3-6m. Boy 81, NlIS0-'
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-08-20
REVIVAL OF BUSINESS.


Evidences Of the general improve
ment in business continue to mani
fest themselves in every direction.
An editorial in the Baltimore Su,,
of Saturday says '5991 s2ao5 ~
'sThes exchanges in Baltimore last
week were were 1879 per cent. greater
than during the corresponding week
of last year. This, when allowance is
made for stock operations, in which
there is no buying and selling of real
property, puts car city far ahead Of
anv other on the continent in actual
business done, and sillnstrades how
rapidly the grain trade is increasing.
Rnt the exchanges for the whole coun.
try are nearly SO per cent. greater than
they were last year, Al @ per cent. In
the exact return as given by the New
York Public, and the increase
represents q valid growth in the vol
nmes Of business done. The increase
in the exchanges at Pittsburg. for in.
stance. where there are no grain trans
actions of magnitude was 29s2 per
cent, and these figures show q positive
DEVELOPMENT of the iron manufacture.
which is one of the most encouraging
eiens of the times. When the iron
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-08-20
An Honest and Brave Officer.
New York Sun.

SIN reply to your note, duty ad-
mits of but one reply. I have sworn
to support the law. IF I must die
in its support I shall do so. You,
if I am to believe your note, have
elected me to do what I am doing.
I cannot falter in my duty. I shall
die at my post"
Such was the reply of the sheriff,
John Parham, of st. Francis
county, Ark, to the demand of a
mob that he should deliver up a
prisoner to them. The mob did not
care to risk their lives by an attack
on a sheriff who evidently meant to
do his duty, and they Withdrew. Il
is safe to say that if there were
more sherifs like Parham there
would be fewer lynchings.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-08-20
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 20, 1879.
OUR Democratic contemporaries

OUR Democratic cotemporaries
in this city, and some others in the
State, have been publishing some
earnest editorials in behalf of
purging the party and bringing it up
to standard of excellence, where
it can lay hold of important ques-
tons with a manliness that will
command public confidence. We
are glad to see it and hope they
may succeed. The party is now
controlled by OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
who will sacrifice the honor, integ-
rity and good name Of the State to
their own petty ambitions. We
knew this to be true before the last
gubernatorial election and so said
We suspect that great many of
our Democratic friends who are not
repudiationists thought SO, but they
chung to the illusory hope that
something would turn up
and save the party. So
they went on and supported
Gov. Marks upon his demagogical
platform which they now condemn.
We are not going to quarrel With
them about past sins now. IF they
will adhere to the vows and resolu-
tons they are now making they may
yet repair the damage done, to O.
large extent. But it will require a
terrible shaking up to make Ten
nessee Democracy thoroughly re-
iable-nothing less than an earth
quake.