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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

The Sociology of New Years Calls.
Editor Argus
| AIN apprehenSive. this Communication
will be consigned to the waste basket, lst
as you may not agree with the sentiments
here expressed; End, because it is not con-
sonant with the usuage 0! society
| am one of those who think that the Gus
tom of making New Years calls Ii. e. the
way it is conducted) is society evil, its
tendency is to grade, and degrade, and to
divide society into the recognized and I'M
recognized,
have nothing to say against the good,
but small fractional part of society, whom
all the gentlemen love TO honor and wish
them felicity; If they are better than the
average, they ought to be happier Ny
| aoayS are equal, saith the Lord, but your
tcayS are unequal" 1t is 10 part Of the
programme of the day to call upon the dis
tressed and afflicted, only upon those who
| 10 olden times were called gentlemen.
Rank IS but the guinea stamp" q
Woman Is a Woman for a. that
| This New l ears day will be made mem
orab|e as resumption day; it is we'll to let
every new years day be resumption day
and resume the resolve. to do better the
coming year. Ovid said don't marry
without means now if We have hundreds
of citizens that possess the idea, that any.
thing less than two thousand a year viii
be insufficient, and not one 10 FIVE can re-
alize the amount, it is evident a great
number will not be able TO realize theil
ideal. The more and more we depart
from prineval simplicity, the more WI
become artificial, sristocratic and extrav
agant, the more will be the disappoint
ments in life.
There are those at.would not SO mucl
fear a small cottage as they fear BENZ
dropped from society, las they think abou
Iit.) They have the best of reasons TO
not receiving on New Year,, because no on
will CALL 1t may be that the unrecognizaC
and neglected ought to have religion, AM
philosophy and such amiability, as viii
give them perfect satisfaction, and abjurt
the vanities Of the world, and not to fee
envious or disappointed. We must viey
human nature as it is, not what it ought t
be. 1t is easy enough to preach, but hog
little we are taught the science OF life, th
true science of sociology that maketh tn
greatest amount of happiness for tn
greatest number. j. g.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
A CowARDLY ASSAULT.
A Merchant Attacked in his own Store
for not Taking Back has Goods.

A most cowardly and unproyoked as
sault. was made upon Mr.. Gates of the
Boston Bazaar, yesterday, by Eugene Bid
olson. The circumstances are, that some
time before the holidays, Mrs. Eugene Bid
Olson purchased some furs of Mr. Gates,
and after wearing and soiling them, took
them to the store and demanded that Mr..
Gates take them back. On his refusing,
she talked somewhat violently and loftily,
whereupon Mr.. Gates told told her to
keep quiet and not put on quite SO much
style. She went out at the same time
telling Mr.. Gates that her husband soould
settle 10Th him Soon after Biddison went
| to the store and repeated the demand that
the furs should be taken back Mr.. Gates
refused, and told him it was not business;
and then, pretending that Mr.. Gates had
insulted his wife, Biddison struck MIR.
Gates in the face and side several times,
ipjuring him considerably, and but for the
Interference of customer, who happened
70 come in, would have further bruised Mr..
Gates, as he was about to strike him again
in the face, as he fell into chair. Mr..
Gates is afflicted with faintiDg spells from
a long seated trouble In his side. We
know of no one who is more uniformly
quiet, gentlemanly and polite to all, or
4 kiLder and more cousiderate than MIR.
Gates, and when a young, strong and
healthy man makes an unprovoked assault
upon worthy and respectable citizen and
an old and physically un6rm man, even to
striking and pounding him when down, he
stamps himself as contemplate coward,
beneath the notice of respectable men, q
fit companion for brutes. This may be
strong language, but the aggravated char
acter Of the. assault and the attendant cir
cumstances renders it impossible for the
English language to express the contempt
/ that every respectable citizen must entertain
towards such a cowardly assauter. After
the affair IN the store was over, TO escape
} the legal consequences, BiddiSon sneaked VI
into Squire Hayden's Office and plead gull
: ty to simple breach of the peace, without
telling the full facts, and was fined Eve
dollars.
!, This will not, in all probability, be th'
] end of the case. There is altogether TOT
much rowdyism in the city to allow thi
case to pass by with only nominal fine
to permit peaceable, respectable citizens t.
be mal-treated for not yielding to the IN
business like and arrogant demands OF
cowardly assaulter
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
Rersonnl,

Charles Durham, commander of the U.
S. steamar Montana, who has been spend
ing the holidays with his family and friends
10 this city, left yesterday for Louisville,
KY. He does not expect to return till
spring.
Mr.. L. W. Packer, formerly messenger
for the U. S. Express Co., was in the city
to-day, the guest of W. NJ. Smith, the man
ager of the company at this point. Mr.
Packer, is now residing at Trinidad, Colo
RADIO, and gives a thrilling account of an
adventure with stage robbers, while he was
messenger on one of the coaches. The
coach was stopped and he reached around
for revolver, but before he could use ii
he was shot in the foot, and badly crippled.
He managed to use his revolver after be
was shot however, and with the assistance
of the driver, drove the robbers off. He
looks like man that could meet an
emergency cJoIly at any time.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
Hosts of People are Martyrs

To sick headache, that infallible symptom
of disordered stomach, liver and bowels.
Many suffer from it as many as three or
four times week They do so needlessly,
for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, by toDing
the digestive organs and regulating the
bowels and liver, removes the cause, and
dispels the painful symptom. The inti-
mate sympathy between the brain and the
abdominal region causes the slightest dis
order affecting the latter TO be reflected,
as it were, in the organ of thought. The
reform instituted by the Bltters when the
digestive, secretive and evacuative func-
tions are in state of chaos, has other and
more beneficial results, viz, the complete
nutrition of the whole physical economy
the restoration OF appetite and repose
and an increase In the power of the sys
tenn to resist diseases of maarial type.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

ThtiDavenpcrt Gazettes tabler, purport'
Jog to show thespast years record of that
city's business, gives the total value OF
manufactures in Davenport in 1873 as 81,
45S, 9O8, the amount of the wholesale and
jobbing trade as S., 04S,5 800, aud building
improvements 100000. The building
improvements in Rock Island were 500,
600, and the value of manufactures in Mo
line 81, 1O1. O00 During the year DC, 34s
cars were forwarded from Rock Island
and Sc, 446 receiYed-mOst of these were
transfers, while the money collected or
freight forwarded and received in this city
was about $2,OO0,00O,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
4 Sudden De ath.

There is something terrible IN the
thought of having our friends stricken
down at our side, without parting word
of endesrment or consolation --one moment
at our side in the flush of vigorous life,
cheering our hearts with their loving sym
patty; the next at our feet, pale with
death, deaf to our cries and needless of
our tears. Every excessively fat person is
in instant danger of such death. Seven
tenths OF the victims of obesity die of
heart disease or apoplexy. Allan's Anti
Fat, the only remedy for obesity, reduces
the weight by regulating the digestion and
assimilation of the food 1t is perfectly
harmless, and its use will insure, in every
instance, reduction of weight from two
to five pounds week.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

John Thompson has decided bis home
stead to John Aster for $3.50, and in pay
ment be is allowed lifelease on the prop
erty. Uncle John and his new wife ex-
pect to spend good many years at the
old home, before it reverts to Aster as bis
property.
One of the latest inventions that we
have seen is that of patent bed warmer.
by Herr Zwicker, OF this city; and Judging
from an economical point of view, we pre-
dict for it a ready sale wherever intro
duced. State, county and town rights can
be had by addressing the inventor at Rock
Island, Ills.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

The senate subcommittee on territories
will report in favor of comforting the rights
of citizenship upon all Indians belonging to
what are known as the Five Nations; also
recommend change in the present ten
ure OF their lands, that they may hence
forth be held in severalty, and urge a
relinquishment ON the part of the railroad
companies interested of their conditional
land grants. This. of course, foreshadows
an ultimate territorial organization, under
which all treaty rights must of necessity
be ignored, and will be stoutly resisted by
the Indian delegates and their friends ip
the lobby.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING NEy

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING New
YoRK,-One of the best kept and most
convenient Hotels for Merchants and others
to stop at when in New York is the Grand
Union Hotel, nearly opposite the Grand
Central Depot, kept on the European plan
you therefore only pay for what you get.
Everything is first class, and prices mod
crate, adapted to the stringency of the
times. You save the expense of carriage
hire, and By leaving your baggage cheek
on the counter of the Hotel, yoar baggage
will be delivered in your rooms, fifteen
minutes after the arrival Of the oars, free
of expense. We advise J Oh to give the
Grand Union a trial.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

An engine has been built in Philadcl
phia for the A., I. and s. f. railroad thai
weighs $4,000 pounds--the heaviest loco
motive ever constructed. Strangely
enough, the wheels are made of paper,
with steel tires.
Now that gold and greenbacks are al
par. it need not surprise anyone If the or
gan ''fops" and becomes q violent resump
sionist. He is the boss Hopper" yoc
know.
Statistics of the leather export fol
1873 show an increase over 1877 of twenty
two per cent.
From June 80, 1877. to October 81
1878, there were 233 revenue seizures made
in Tennessee.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

DR.. T. C. THOMPSON formerly of Galveston, but
now of Finlay s. Thompson Wholesale druggists
of New Orleans, unhestatingly says, that, to his
own personal knowledge and observation. English
Female Bltters is most wonderful medicine for
the cure of chronic female complaints. He knew
IF case in Galveston, considered almost hopeless,
and resisted all medical aid from the profession
She was induced TO try these Bters as Others had
spoken of them in the highest terms, and she COM
menced improving at once and was finally entirely
cured by their use Similar cases are recorded ali
over the country and no female afflicted with any
disease peculiar TO her sex, should fail to use
them. As uterine tonic and female regulator
they have no equal Can be used by married and
single at all times
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
a CURE FOR ALL /!
| HOLLOWAYS OINTMENT

Possessed Of this REMEDY, Every Man may be
his own Doctor. II may be rubbed into the
system, so as TO reach any internal complaint;
by these means IL cures Sores or Ulcers in the
THROAT, STOMACH. LIVER, SPINE, or other
parts II Is an Inialllble Remedy for BAD LEGS
BAD BREASTS, Contracted or Stiff Joints, GOVT
RHEUMATISM, and all Skin Diseases.
IMPORTANT CAUTION None are genuine unless
the signature Of j. HAYDocK, as agent for the
United States, surrounds each box of the Pills and
Ointment Boxes at % cents, 62 cents, and 81 each
Eay-There is considerable saving by taking the
larger sizea. HOLLOWAY Il Co, New York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
Rnoklsn,s Arnioa salvs

The BEST sALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Tet.
ter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns
and all kinds of Skin Eruptions. This
salve is guaranteed to give perfect salts.
faction in every case. or money refunded
Price % Cents per box. For sale By G.
SPIDEL, Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
An Honest Medicine Free of Charge.

Of all medicines advertised to cure any
affection of the Throat, Chest or Lungs, we
know of none we can recommend SO highly
as DIR. KINGS NEW DISCOVERY for Con
sumption. Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bron.
ohitis, Hay Fever, Hoarsness, tickling in
the throat, loss of voice, etc. This medi-
cine does positively cure, and that where
everything else has failed. No medicine
can show one-half so many positive ant
permanent cures as have already been eff
feoted by this truly wonderful remedy. Fo
Asthma and Bronchitis it is a perfect spe
cific, curing the very worst cases in thu
shortest time possible. We say by al
means give it trial Trial bottles free
Regular size $l,00. For sale by G, SPIDEL
| Rock Island
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
Baden.Radan.

Thousands of Americans seek health during the
summer months by quaffing the crystal waters Of
some fashionable springs. while just as many suf-
erers remain at home through sheer necessity
haps the most noted in the world. The water of
these springs is Aperient, acting pleasantly and
gently upon the stomach, bowels and kidneys
The active principles of these celebrated springs
have been combined, forming q beautiful white
salt, which has been bottled for family use and If
offered to the American people under the name of
balley's Saline Aperient at 30 cents per bottle.
The Salt possesses All the qualities Of BadenR
water Is very pleasant, eferyesent, and sparkling
relieving constipation, sick headache, sour stom.
ach, ETC., at once.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
DR. SAGE,S CATARRH REMEDY
THE FRIEND OF ALL!
| HOLLOWAYS PILLS. |

These famous Pills PURIFY the BLOOD, and
act most Powerfully, yet Soothiugly, on the
LIVER, STOMACH. KIDNEYS and BOWELS,
giving TONE ENERGY, and VIGOR TO the
whole system. They are wonderfully eflca-
cious il, all ailments Incidental to FEMALES
Young or old, and as general FAMILY MED
ICINE, for the cure OF most complaints they are
unequalled.
IMPORTANT CAUTION None are genuine unless
the signature Of j. HAYDOCK, as agent for the
United States, surrounds each box Of Pills and
Ointment Boxes AT - cents, 81 cents, and 81 each.
Safy~Thcre il considerable saving by taking the
LARGER sizes HOLLOWAY ~ CO., New York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

THE LIVER is more frequently the seat
Of disease than is generally supposed, for
upon its regular action depends, in a meas
ure, the power of the stomach, bowels,
brain, and the whole nervous system.
Regulate that important organ by taking
Simmons Liver Regulator, and prevent
most of the diseases that flesh is heir to.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
Married.

On Thursday afternoon, Miss Rosa
Weckel, daughter of Adolph Weckel, Of
Moline, was married to Mr.. John Weiss,
of the frm Of John Volk K Co.. of this
city. The ceremony was performed at the
residence of the brides pareots, South
Moline, and was largely attended. The
presents were numerous and costly. THE
ARGUS extends congratulations and hopes
their future will be one of uninterrupted
happiness and prosperity.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
The best ana most Economical

Housekeepers are giving the cheap,
aduIterated baking powder wide berth"
and why? Because experience has taught
them that an absolutely pure, full
strength, full Weight article, such as
DooLEY's YEAST POWDER, which never
fails to produce light, wholesome, and
nutritious biscuits. rolls, mullins, waffles,
aud griddle cakes of all kinds is By far
the cheapest and the most economical
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

Byits great and thorough blood;pTrifying proper.
ties DR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures
nh iIumora, from the worst scrofuln to q common
Biotch, PImple, or Eruption. Mercurial disease
Mineral Poisons and their effects, are eradicated,
ana vigorous health and sound CONSTITUTION estap-
lished EryElpclna, snltrhcum, Fever soresy bealy
or Rough skim in short all diseases caused by DaQ
blood are conquered by this powerful PURIFYING anu
Especialy has It manifested its potency in curing
letter. Roso Rnsh, BOils, Cnrbunelca, soro Eyes
scrofulous Sores and swelllngs, White sweninCs'
CoItro or Thick Neck, and Enlarged Glands
III YOU feel dull, drowsy, dcbiltated, have sallow
color of skin, or yelowish-brown spots on face or
body frequent headache or dizziness, bad taste in
mouth, internal heat or chils alternated with hot
ushes low spirits, and gloomy forebodings Irregular
aDpctitc and tongue coated, you are suffering from
Torpid Liver, or ..Biliousness.n In many cases OF
SLiver Complaint only part Of these symptoms are
experienced. AS a remedy for all such cases, Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has no equal as
IL effects perfect and radical cures.
In the cure OF bronchitis, Severe Coughs, and the
carly stages OF Consumption, IL has astonished the
medical faculty, and eminent physicians pronounce
Il the greatest medical discovery OF the age. Mhle
II cures the severest Coughs strengthens the system
and purineE the blood. Bold by druggists.
II. V. PIERCE, NJ. D., Prop'r, Worlds Dispersary
and Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, n. \.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

DIAMOND. The best in the world
SO ackuowled by all who have tried EvoRY's
CELEBRATED CALIFORNIA DIAMOND
CATARRH REMEDY. 1t gives immediate
relief, aad few bottles cure the worst
cases. Be sure you get the DIAMOND
trade mark) as there are worthless imita-
tons offered for sale. The genuine is
prepared only by DIR. A. T. EvoRY & Co.
80 Hall street, Brooklyn. p .. Box
1902, New Work City. Sold by all Drug
gists. SO cents Bottle.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

Lithontriptic is the name given a medi-
cine possessing superior qualities for the
cure Of all kidney diseases 1t is not a
quack nostrum but reliable remedy
vouched for by leading physicians all over
the country, Wherever known 'Lithon-
triptic" isin general demand being consider
ed the best remedy Gifts class in the market.
For sale by the trade generally. mwf&w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

Get ready for winter by taking a course
of Reeds "Gilt Edge Tonic" Nothing
tones up the system SO well, and forti6es
it against the diseases peculiar to this
season. 1t will save doctors bills. Ask
for the Gilt Edge" G. Tegeler d Co.,
wholesale agents, Rock Island;
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

OF the thousands who die annually OF
consumption, how many there are who
could be saved by timely care. The veFS
best remedy is SLoAN's LACTo PHOSPHATE
OF LIME, IRON & Cop LIVER OIL.
1t is so delicately favored that even al
infant will take it willingly.
The Philadelphia hospitals use it with
great success Get q bottle OF it. inwt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

Nausea, headache. furred tongue, Bit
ter mouth aud bad breath 10 the morning,
are all dismissed by Milk of Magnesia. q
remedy Endorsed by tie family. The ner-
vous sensations produced by indigestion
are always conqured by it. Druggists sell
-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
Condurargo

is the best known specific for dyspepsia.
will give you keen appetite, help diges-
ton ADD tone the stomach. Ask your drug
g;st for Maguire's Condurango aud be sure
you get it; take DO other, 1t is absolutely
free from any injurious drugs.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
Eamous Fever Foe,

Frightful and fendish chills, and flushed fire. tfs
fever, found fehcitous Fanny Forest while frolick
Ing and frisk1ng in forsakenfoggy forest Fanny
forthwith flew to her ore.fathers fore orn farm
house, feeling feeble, flung her faultless sforn
fcnd1y in her fathers faithful fortress Fine
feathered fashionable Fanny fortified the ferocity
OF frenized chills and fever with quiune feryenty
feeling fate favored freedom from the friehtful
feyered fend, Tickle quin!ne freely failed Fanny
hnenty told her fate. Her eet-footed father forth
with, fortified with filial fondness Jew as fleet
iootman, and faced the form and features of Frank
tnlsom at his fancy drug store and found DAVIS
Ague Tonic full and fresh. Fast and far was the
ieverish lends flight. Fanny's features freshened,
and che became fond Of fashionable feasts and
finery.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

Frank Miller's Harness Oil and BIacking
is pronounced by the trade generally to be
the best manufactured. The grade of
these goods is always standard and their
reputation unsurpassed anywhere. The
firm is one of the Oldest in the country and
has the largest trade in its line in the
country. owl
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
Nohhv SHIFTS

made TO order at short notice and in best
style, at prices as low as any other place
in Rock Island for the same quality of
goods. at Dixon's, ITS Second avenue.
Make yourself present of a new suit of
clothes made by Dixon.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

why Charlie [ didn't know you got
a whipping at school last week.
Didn't you Ante? why l knewit at the
very time!' A hard cough or cold, or
the whooping cough is worse than a GOOD
whipping. AS precaution we. always
liked two pair Of trowsers when a boy; but
for colds, &c, we like Divine's Pitch Loz-
enge. For sale by John BeDgston.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

Commercial travellers and others sub
lected to sudden changes and exposure,
should be provided with Dr. Bulls Cough
Syrup the best and quickest remedy in
the world for the relief and cure of colds
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

EVERYBODY CALL aud get q bottle OF
Tdylor's Oil of Lite,-it is wonderfGlg-its
equal was never found. 1t heals the flesh
it heals the lungs,-it does all that it is
recommended for, aud mOre-something
unusual for patent medicine to DO. but it
does do it every tune, For sale by John
BeDgston. tu-f&W
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
TIE Raatner--To-Rav.

The following shows the temperature
at TUE ARGUs OFFICE to-day as in
Dictated nv thermometer
TAN. ICE below zero 12P.M 7o below zerc
.9AM Ia Pm. i
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

QUERY: why will men smoke COM
mon tobacco, when they can buy Marburg
Bros. Seal of North Carolina at the
same price2" l-leodly
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

Peace in the Family" You can enjoy
good nights rest and retain peace 10 the
family by keeping DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup
in the house
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03

The rush continues at Rothschild's for
those handsome suits which he is selling
SO cheap. Corner Second and Brady sts',
Davenport.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
Remamhar

that TWENTY-FIVE cents will buy a
genuine DR.. Warner Health Corset, ut M,
u. Mills, dry goods, emporium. If
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
ANN0uN1 GRENTs

TITS beauty truly bent whose red and white,
Natures own sweet and cunning hand laid cut, ;
Pozzoni's powder imparts a richness
Making the skin as soft as down.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-03
az CENTSi

will buy the celebrated DR.. Warner Health
Corset at NJ. G. Mills mammoth dry goods
emporium. If