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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-22

BABYLON.- traveller who is for-
tunate enough to see Babylon ia April
cannot call it desolate. The da groves
aud gardens along the banks Of the Ea-
pirates are then things Of beauty in
their fresh spring verdure, and t1e plato
itself is laid down with crops. irriga
ton canals cross il here and thers ar
give trouble to the hOrseman. NO
grows upon the mounds, and Sbefe
patches Of the level white with the nl.ie.
which is TO be found here, as in oL1er
uarts of Mespotamia; but the surface Of
tbe soil is. on the whole, green and pleas
ant 70 fhe eve. The glad waters of the
riyer iow in the bright mOru nE s1u-
chine. with palm and mulberry bang
inc over its banks, drinking in sap aud
Iife. The great city which counted its
population by millions, and f led the
world with a reuOwn not yet forsesfan-
disappeared under the dust of twenty
centuries; bu nature is as fresh and
iocund as when Babylon was stiH au-
built. Birds sing overhead ir the
Spring air, butterflies flutter about in
search Of FLOWERS, and balmy odoSs Fsgaie
the sense.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-22

"Oh, I suppose he loves Sarah, and
would be glad TO marry her," she was
saving 10 another woman In the posi-
Office corridor, the other day. "out
dunno" "Isn't he nice young man 2
asked the other. "Well, he's nice
enough, but very reckless VIII his
money. At Christmas time be ma1e 1s
a present of "A French clock Tor the fil-
lor, and there's not one OF US 10 5'ts
house could speak a word OF Frencn. p
might Just as well have preseuts5o l5,l..
with a German thermometsI ~ = -
| ish umbrella. We hau 70 'i''9
I barrel of mOlasses."
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-22
ITO be continued

"Tve got another, my dear" said Mr.
Dorkins as he hurried into the house.
"If you were on top of Trinity Church
spire on the back of goose, how would
you get down ?'' Mrs. DOrkins thought
she would jump down, slide down the
lightning rod, fly down on the goose,
fall down, and then gave 1t up. "Why,
II you wanted to get down, you could
pick it off the goose" said Mr.. Dorkins,
exultantlY.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-22

''No, don't learn a trade, young man.
You might soil your hands, Will your
shirt collar, and spoil your complexion
sweating. Go hang your chin over a
counter; learn to talk twaddle to the
ladies; part your hair in the middle;
make an ass OF yourself generally, and
work for wages that wouldn't support a
Chinese laundryman on rice-fed rats and
leave big enough balance to pay his
wash woman-just because it's a little
more genteel in the eyes of the people
whose pride prevents them from pound
ing rock or hewing wood, aud whose
poverty pinehes worse than those patent
crnss-legged clothes pins, if the truth
were only told. .n-ElBlir0 Gazette.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-22

A Canadian couple, on their way to
Dakota to settle, weigh GA pounds; the
man $40 pounds, aud the wife 3O4
pound. Let us hope that they will be
careful what they settle on.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-22

Never attempt to convey the imp g,
NeIv, ,bat vog sre a genius, by inlitatlss
SION :l t,,s INA, , oI ~ %disii5guished men. Bs-
the lau,.s lI'ai, % great men were poor per-
cause Is cel.s'L io5g hair. or had other pc
cnIisrities, mgb' TI. it does not follow that yaa
SJiiAi eli become great by initiating tte's
eccentricities.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07
Il Da nGeroas e aag.

According to the Galva Journal the
gang of viIlainous tramps who made
themselves a terror to Mo,ineites some
time ago, have been making things lively
around Galva. 1t Is eyldenIy the same
murderous gang which Marshal Fish of
Moline, drove out of the town. The
J0u. nal says:
| The gang of tramps who built their
camp fires near the railroad east OF town
| last Monday night were hard set, and it
we are to have another such visitation
the sooner vigilance committee is formed
| here the better At Mr.. Grants place
one of them elm bed apple trees 10 steal
| the trult in full view of the family; anoth
er pulled a couple Of chickens from the
roost. but dropped them on being pursu-
ed By Mrs Moore. 1T the depot at three
O'Clock in the morning tee night
wa,chmao. Mr. Kelly. askcd oee Of
them which way he Was going
and he replied that ne WASH t
going anywhere. Further inquiry
ELECTED from him the honest c6nfession
that he wasn't seeking wmk; aud he
swore he wouldn't wolk, He had just
| been offered dollar day and his board
to go to work, but preferred to keep on
tramping. Men who have, while times
were so hard that some of our citizens
we're unable to get work, generously fed
every hungry traveller who knocked at
their doors, now say that they are done,
and that the man who won't work when
the opportunity offers shall not longer eat
the bread of idleness at their expense.
| During the night one Of the tramps was
shot while trying to burglarize a house,
and was caught and jailed. but before
morning he vas liberated by bis friends
and taken, no one knows where. 1t is
limited at that they are coming towards
Rock Island We will guarantee to make
| it red hot for them If they do
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07
Consistency.

The Union processes to be very anxious
to have the council meet at once and
count the vote and repeal the present or
dinance for tax levy and 6repasss another.
similar TO that passed in September.
The hypocricy of the Union can be best
made apparent by stating the following
facts:
First. the tax levy as originally passed
in September was for $50. 900. The I'M
ION for the purpose of eiectioneering, made
great hue and cry about the council
passing an illegal levy and wanted the
council to re-convene and repeal the or
denance; that to be legal the amount
should not exceed $4,000 which was
81 500 below the amount levied and COLI
lected last year. Finally, at the
November meeting, the city council
repealed the ordinance creating the levy
of $50, 900 and passed another appropriat-
ing instead. $4,000. The Union having
made all the political capital possible out
of the matter, lis now clamoring for the
council to meet and repeal the last ordi-
nance and pass the one originally enacted
in September levyiDg $50, 900. Mark the
consistency of the Union. will you'll In
September. before election, aud for
electioneeripg purposes sotely,a great outcry
came from the Union that the levy was
unconstitutional because excessive. This
was particularly dwelt upon by the
brilliant minds who edit the UniOn
But now, when the election
is over, the original assessment is per
fectly legal says the Union, and the couD-
ell must Immediately bow 20 the dlctatuiD
of thu blundercrs in that Office and i'm
mediately repeal an ordinance known to be
| legal. to suit the whim of the Union. Ii
the levy of $50, 900 was illegal in Septem-
Der it is illegal now If it was not illegal
then it is not illegal noip, and by insisting
that the tax levy shall be the same as
then after such violent opposition displays
not only Iamentable ignorance
on the part of the Union, but
places thet paper in the position
of having wilfully misrepresented the case
for politica! effect. The election is oyer
now; the votes are known, aud now the
| Union has the cheek to ask the council tc
do that which they repeatedly assisted
was wrong at the September meet ne.
| Those taxpayers Who have taken for
granted all the nice things said by the
Union can reflect GA the course of that
paper ia insisting that the council shall
add 81, 500 to the tax levy when the same
paper has all along insisted that
the very levy they low insist on
having passed vas illegal when first
enacted. The lauentabEe ignorance Of The
Union is shown when it is known that the
original tax levy was made on basis OF
over $500, 900 inc. easc3 u0luation on the
assessment this year over last. The
council will best maintain their manhood
aud better serve tho peoples interests by
adhering TO the assessment OF the Novem-
Der meeting and ignoring the pERipa aud
It's cliaue entirely
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07
Save the Physicians Fee.

Why fee physician to prescribe fol
an ordinary cough or cold. when a single
bottle of HALE's HONEY OF HoREHoUND
AND TAR, costing half dollar, will re.
store the irrisated lungs and throat to
their natural condition with absoI ate Ger
tainty? There is 10 healing viriae 10
medical Latin, and among half the c5balis-
tic prescriptions of the profession there is
notone which will compare 10 potency with
this famous remedy. the ieredieats of
which are Indicated by its honest Anglo
Saxonname. Sold by druggists everywhere
at so cents aud 81. Great saving by buy
ing large SIZE
Frank T. Aiken, Geenbush. N. Y.
write: "HALE's HONEY OF HoREHoUND
AND TAR and Pixies TooTHAcHE Drops
sell letter than any goods of like nature. !"
Pixies Toothache Drops cure In one min.
ute.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07
DR.. SCHENCk's
MANDRAKE PILLS
AND
DYSPEPSIA.
Dr.. SCHENCK's MANDRAKE PILLS

Do not produce lsickness at the stomach, nauset
or griping.z On the contrary, they mild ano
agreeable in their action that person suffering
with sick headache, sour stomach. or pain in the
bowels, is speedily relieved of these distressing
symptoms. They act directly the liver, the
organ VIII Oh, when in healthy condition, purifes
the blood Of the whole body.
They perfect preparation of that great and
well-known remedy, Mandrake Podophyllin, a
remedy that Oas displaced the use of mercury, as
well many other poisonous drugs in the practice
of every intelligent physician.
Prof. John King, of the College of Medicine, of
Cincinnati, says: In Constipation it acts upon
the bowels without disposing them to subsequent
costiveness. In Chronic Liver Complaint there Is
not Its equal in the whole range OF medicines being
vastly more useful than mercurial agents. arousing
the liver to healthy action, increasing the flow
of bile, and keeping up these actions longer than
any other agent with which we acquainted :" =
tSee American Dispensatory, page T20.
In all cases of Liver Complaint or Dyspepsia
where there is great weakness or debility, Dr.
scHENcKs SEAwEED Tonic should be used in
connection with these Pills.
DIR. Schenck gives advice free TO ALL either per-
sonally or by letter, his principal Office, Cor 9th
aad Arch streets, Philadelphia
His medicines are for sale by all Druggists.
An interesting treatise on the Causes Treatment
and Cure sf Consumption, Liver Complaint and
dyspepsia is sent free on application
70 Address all communications to DIR. i. n
fhiladelphia. 1>' ~ y AVA Ssfeets >
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07
NERVOUS DEBILITY.

VITAL WEAKNESS OR DEpR GssLoN a
weak exhausted feef =, 20 eoergy o coa--
age; the res''t o me- Al oVER-Wo K
1NDISCRET 9NS o: Eas ESSES, or ope
drain upon TIE s.7...e-1- =. alwsus cured -
HUMPHREYS iied6o ?ATalo SPFC.F no,
70. Lit tones u D =. 9igo.~i les re tv.-
TEN, dispels re !. o34' PAD Ce- 20 2.e ,cv.
lmparts streJ.tl a. eHe 800 {
drain and ieI32e2sses lie e.: M !.
Been used twenty yea, W. n pet:cc5 Soc-
cess by thousands. Sod hy deale )
Price, $l.00 per siogle wal, or $500 pc
package of five vials aud 81 90 va; Of POW :
der Sent By mail on receipt of ce.
Address HUMPHREYS HOMEOPATHIC n e
DICINE COMPANY 100 Fulton Street. n Y.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07

The council has rnot yet obeyed the
Unions mandate.
The Druids, of Grove No. %. had a
public installation, supper and dance last
evening at the hall in Star Block.
The bastardy case of Catherine Sicily
against Patrick Ryan, which was to have
been Tied before Justice Chopper Today,
has been postponed until the 18th inst.
The Union puts its foot in it bad to-
day by urging another repeal. 1t virtual
ly acknowledges that its former declara-
tons were wind and partisanship-m mostly
the latter.
Farmer Jones cuts losse again. 1t
was always thus; the stay at homes during
the war, were the most persistent howlers
when the danger was over. So with n. B.
Farmer Jones.
MIR. Netherlands complained last
evening be fore Justice Hayden that VIM.
Renfro had assaulted him, and the case
was set for this morning, but 10 the abb
sence of witnesses a continuance was
granted until this evening at $50 o'clock.
One business man today secured
eight subscribers for The ARGUS. If our
friends will help US, we will do our best
to give our readers a good paper. 10 a
few days we will have more help aud will
then be better prepared to give all the
nelUS.
Somebody wants to sue Joseph M I.
Christy for damages. at least he was 30
Informed to-day. The complaiog party is
Edward D, Smith, who says bis wife was
bsdly Injured about a week ago by falling
on walk. He lives 10 the rear of St,
Mary's church and has formerly notified
Christy of his intention to sue him for
damages, Chiisty says there is a mistake
somewhere and that Smith has undoubted-
struck the wrong ma1.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07
Real Estate,

The entry book in the Recorders Office
contains the following:
Sc. <. aod A. L. Burial 20 Alice
l.. Burial, 2 acres IN e1 Sc, 5, II, &c.
$500.
Stepbeo T. Walker to Geo. Fl. Hill. lot
s, block 7, Edwards second addition 20
Moline, $4,000, and Jane Jameson to
Stephen T. Walker. same property,
$4,000.
Michael Grace to NeIs Lundahl, lat 5,
block |, John Deere's addition to Moline.
$500, and Nels Lundahl to Michael Grace,
same property, $1,1I5.
John Nichol to Hans Scwart, s. lot 5,
Rabbits addition to Moline. aod one in
definite track. $40,
j. 'Timmermann to John Nikol, 81 lot
5. Baobitt's addition to Moline, 1925.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07
a First Class Weekly Paper until Jan
uary I. 1881 for only $3.50!
Subscribe for the The Argus.

We desire to double the present sub.
scription list of The ARGUS and think that
it can be done If our friends will help US
The price has been placed at 81 50 per
year so as to make it within the reach of
everyone, and it is the intention topublsh n
first class paper We would like to have
q correspondent in every township ia the
county to keep US posted On local news,
and would be glad to receive any commun-
ications on matters OF f-rmiDg interests,
local and reighborhood happenings and
anything OF newsy nature. Every De
mocrat is interested in the sue
cess of his party and as the
means to secure success, il is es-
sentiai that the Democratic paper be sus.
tanned, THE ARGUS is the only straight
Democratic paper published 10 this con-
gressional district and at the low price of
$3.50. per year, ought to be 10 every De.
mocratic household in the district. As a
special inducement to take THE ARGUS.
the paper will be sent from now until Jan
uary l, 1881 for $3.50. Now is the time
to form clubs and send in your inscriptions,
Address all letters to Argus Printing Com
pany, Rock Island, Ill.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07
The River.

The boats Up were rhe Pauline, Wild
Boy, c. j. Caffrey, albany. and Rec
Cloud.
The boats down were the G. j. Caf'rey
with ra i; Minnesota. with raft; Pauline
with ra;,; Wild Boy, with raft; Las
Chance, with raft; Albany, Josephine
w,th two barges; Lumberman, with raj :;
G. K, Peck
The John NJ, Chant ers will be dowl or
Sunday.
The Josie will be up On Sunday.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07
PULMoNIc SYRUP, SEAWEED
TONIC and MANDRAKE PILLS,

and gave them to her. She began to improve at
once, although the doctors and her friends said
throwing my money away.
In few days she got so she could lay down and
sleep. thing she had not been able to do since she
never saw such wonderful change; everybody
VINO her was astoIished, for the like had never
been seen in this country.
On the 23d of January you came and examined
her lungs with your RespirometOr, you pronou nc
ed her right lung nearly gone, and the left badly
sald.) but you said she was improving as fast IS
possible.
About the first of June she commenced attending
to her household duties, aud has continued to do
SO ever since, doing all her own cooking and sew
ing for herself and her fve children, and to-day
she looks better than she has for ten years.
My wife's case lis looked on by the many who
saw her az the most wonderful cure that has ever
been made in the State OF Virginia; it was like
raising the dead. Some Of the medicines you sent
have sold. and they have failed in giving
entire satisfaction ;there great deal OF the
icne sold in this vicinity now, and has made other
cures almost as wonderful rs that of INV wife
My purpose is thus writing to you is to benefit
others VINO may be suffering from that dreadful
disease Consumption, and will cheeIfully answer
all inquiries that may be made of me whether by
correspondence or personally, and can refer TO
Thirty or forty persons OF the highest standing
in this community who will vouch for all that
G. WI MARrl.,
CHARLES 6. JOHNSON, formerly of Bristol. Pa.
now residing at Sl6 North 18th street, Philadelphia
cured of q very severe case of Consumption by
DR.. Schenck's medicines. He WIS reduced from
one hundred and eighty pounds to one hundred
and eleven; attended by the most skillful PITY
sfciaus, who
ALL PRONOUNCED IEcURABLE;
he was confined to his room thirteen months
Although this occurred many years ago, Mr..
johnson, who is now in his sxty-hfth yea r, has
had no return of the disease. We submit his case
as evidence OF the permanence and thoroughness
of the curative properties of DR.. Schenck's medf
cInes.
This case is well known to the older residents OF
Bristol.
Mr.. Johnson will be pleased to hear from any
who Is a sufferer by the great DESTROYER and
who seeks sure cure.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07
Another Victim

A bout twenty FIVE miles from Daven-
port. in Cedar County. Iowa, is a place
called Rochester. 1t is quiet, unpreten
tious village, but its citizens are all nice
people. Now they have a sensation which
has brought sorrow to two households and
shame aud disgrace on two hitherto
respected persons. The story is about as
f6l!oss: 90 Sunday last, Miss Anna
Horne. Is years old aud daughter of Mr.
r. II. Horne, the largest m srcbant in the
village, was missed from her home. She
made an excuse to stay away from church
in the morning she belonged to the choir
ana MAS "a constant attendant--and when
her parents aud the other mem bcrs Of the
family returned she could not be found.
Just previous 20 church time, Dr.. James
Wright was going Tiptonward 10 his bug
gy. and after people were in church, Miss
Anna was seen walking 10 the direction in
which the doctor drove; she disappeared
in some timber, and nobody 10 Rochester
has seen the doctor or Anna since. This
scoundrel of doctor deserts a wife and
five children for the girl whom he has en-
ticed from home-lea wing them without
money and with very small stock of pro-
visions, He had good practice. and had
the respect of the neighborhood. The
girls mother is nearly crazy, aud her faith
er is 10 pursuit of the run-s ways, who
were seen at Boone on Tuesday.
A good cathartic is worth its weight in
gold, yet DR.. Bulls Baltimore Pills are
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07
Low Prices Tor Rnttar.

The New York Tribune in it's market
report. explained why some butter is sold
for such low prices. La speaking of butter
it said Light colored goods are very hard
to dispose of and several lots were thought
well sold at 8 to 10 cents" If butter
makers would get the top price. they
should use the Perfected Butter Color,
made by Wells. Richardson & Co., Bur
liDgton. VT. It gives a pure dandelion
color and never turns red, or rancid. but
tends to improve and preserve the butter.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07
- g - I'D EET@E - 80 2
IT MAY BENEFIT YOU TOO.

E,KY. :,
hayese
og
five years. n
cp nn while
wbcl
hep
f that hanoherm
aboye satemen ttobe rue.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07
For GRANTS Reception

November 10. IL, and IL. the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railroad will sell
tickets to Chicago and return for $7.O5.
this will enable people to attend Genl
Grants reception. the reunion of the
Army of the Tennessee, and the Fat Stock
Show. For fnll particulars call at, or tel
ephone to passenger depot, Moline Aven-
ne. G. NJ. LOOSELY
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07

$4,000 AWARDED was so sick and
lows spirited that | thought [ would give
anything to get well aud if any one bad
ensured me the good health produced by
using Simmons Liver Regulator. and
charged me thousand dollars, would
willingly have paid it if had it; in fact,
ten thousand dollars would be worth less
to me than what il has done for me.s
GEO. +. BARRETT. Macon. Ga.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07
The Occidental Dining Rooms

will hereafter he open every evening until
IL o'clock. Oysters in every style, hot
coffee, beefsteak, mutton chops, and any
thing desired that the market affords will
be served to order, Parties desiring
refreshments after theatre hours, will find
the Occidental first class in all respects.
1l-3dIm Fl. K. WEST. Prop'r.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07

G1nther's c1ndies are conceded d be
The best in the state. 4bey are strictly
pure. put up in splendid packages. and
Guaranteed to be the best made. When
yo1 set ready to lay in your next stock OF
candies give Gunther's goods a trial, Il
will pay; they are strictly pure.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07
= CARD.

To ali who suffering from the errors and In
discretons OF youth, weakness, early decay
loss of manhood, &c, will send recipe that will
cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by missionary in South America
Send self addressed envelope to the REV. JOSIAH
7. INMAE. Station D, New York
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07

The St. German student lamps are
acknowledged the best in use. The ar
rangemeat of the shade throws a soft
light on the object, thus making them less
farm Il to persons with weak eyes or
those having occasion to study at night or
Go writing after hours, For sale whole
sale by the manufacturer, q. f. A. Hin
richs. or retail by the house Furnishing
trade.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07
Gnara Against Disease.

IF YOU find yourself getting bilious, head
heavy, mouth foul, eyes yellow, Kidneys
disordered, symptoms of piles tormenting
you, take at once few doses OF Kidney
Wort 1t is natures great assistant. Use
it as an advance guard don't wait 20 get
down sick
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07

Illustrated Marriage Guide, 26o pages, clcsh
ard gilt binding, so cents; same In paper
covers, 25 cts. Manhood, 10 cents; Woman
hood, 10 cents; Pamphlet, 8 cents-securely
sealed, by mali. Send money or postage
stamps. DR.. WHITTIER, the great specialist.
eI7 st. ChssIes Street, st. Louis. Mo.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07

TIE John d. Billings" pateot steel and
iron horseshoe, is recommended as speci
ally adapted to horse and street railroads,
farm aud carriage. 1t is made CONF lete
with continuous calk and lever spring plat
forms. An excellent shoe for tender
footed horses. Wholesale by the John D
Billings patent horse shoe company, l6l
and l63 Bank street. New York, and by
hardware dealers generally.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07
The OHc1al ReSuras.

Tne returds OF all the townships haYe
al eady appeared in TRE Argus but as
maog of opr readers may desire to haFe
The Official vote 10 tabuer form, we re pfo
duca ihe ct4icial vote as returoed By the
clpyaRsiug board:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07

ARE You CONC TO THE SEA SIDE. or
are you there already? To either case
procure some of GLENN's SULPHUR SOAP.
if you would increase the luxury of the
bath, render your skin white and healthy,
and remove freekles or sun burn.