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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08
Browns Household Pan
aQaa

Is the most effective Pain Destroyer in the world.
Will most surely quicken the blood whether taken
internally or applied externally and thereby more
certainly RELIEVE PAIN. whether chronic or acute
than any other pain alleviator and 1t is warented
double the strength of any similar preparation.
1t cures pain In the Side, Back or Bowels. Sore
Throat. rheumatism, Toothache, and ALL AcHEs
and Is THE GREAT BELIEVER OF PAIN. BROWNS
HOUSEHOLD PAEAcEA" should be in every family.
A teaspoonful of the Panacca in a tumbler of hot
water tsweetened, If preferred, token at bedtime
will BREAK UP A CoLD. % cts. q bottle.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08

To GIVE tone to the stomach and
stimulate digestion there is nothing like
Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08

Undoubtedly with children, attributed to other
causes is accustomed by Worms. BRowN's VERMI-
FUaE CoMFITs. or Worn. Lozenges, although effect
ual In destroying worms. 10 no possible injury
to the most delicate child. This valuable combin-
alton has beeneuecessfully used by physicians and
found to be absolutely sure In Graduating worms
30 hurtful to childrsn. twenty-five cents box,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08
The voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich

Will send their celebrated Electro
Voltaic Belts to the afflicted upon 80 days
trial. Speedy cures guaranteed. They
mean what they say. Write to them with
out delay.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08
To Delegates Republican State Con
veufiou.

The c.. B. & @. railway will place on
sale May II round trip tickets, Rock
Island to Springfield. at seven dollars and
twenty cents for round trip, Tickets
good to return seven days after date OF
sale. Train leaving May II will have
Pullman ear attached which will run
through to Springfield. S-dlw
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08

s~hfs paper may be found on file ut all times at
G. r. T. 81 p. e. r.. Ticket Once, No. 80 Clark st.,
chicago, where our friends ARE ct liberty to call
and examine it."
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08
Summer Excursions.

1.-THE Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
depot. this city. tae following arrange
ments for summer tours have Been made.
MINNESOTA
Via West Liberty and Robert Lea.
Trains leave at Gas P. NJ reaching Albert
Lea A. NJ. Minneapolis IL 80 A. NJ and
st. Paul IL noon next day.
RATES.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08
o mef tOurS nave been
MINNESOTA
Special excursions at lower rates OIL
likely to be run during the summer,

likely TO pc run during the Sumner,
COLORADO.
Trains leave at 6 rs A. NJ. and GAS P. NJ
making direct connections at Council
Bluffs. Atchison. Leavenworth and Kan
sas City. the time from Rock Island to
Denver being forty.six hours. to Pueblo
forty-four hours, and to Colorado Springs
forty-six hours, No other line makes as
good time by twelve hours.
RATES.
To Denver and return ...s ga 90
70 Colorado and Springs q ........... So so
To Pueblo {. ..,.... 81. 40
Tickets are good until October 81. 1880.
Passengers have choice, either of going
by one and returning by another.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic cures dumb
8gue. Sea
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08

Ha1fords Table Sauce. for
SOUP, dsh. .&Ec.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08

Ha1ford Table Sauce. sold
by allsGroCara.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08
FRED. A. CRANER

From the above it will readily be seen
that MIR. Cramer pasans business. He will
send to Des Moines. this evening, s Iona
letter. and he assures THE ARGUS that
he will make it lively for those in that city
who have sought to ipjure him. In the
meantime the people of Rock Island will
not believe that either Mr.. Parks or Mr..
Cramer. have done anything crooked.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08
REPORT ON THE JAIL.

We, the Grand Jurors, visited the iai
clothed and fed aud seem to be in healthy
condition. Bedding good and clean and
the walls properly whitewashed. Every;
thing in as good condition as possible.
j. M. UNDERWOOD, Foreman.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08


of Conway and Mr.. Ysp Cleve who had
also been stationed By the cared. val, TIE
coloquy following this explosion took
another form. Conway begged for forbear-
ance and for a shield to Cramer. The
latter was likely to lose his situation in
Rock Island if this thing came out and
this he gould not have occur for the world
Up to THIS tine Conway had not surrend~
cred tho small report, nor the letter which
Cramer had sent with Gobyay to MIR.
Polk. He wanted to keep these documents
but Mr.. Polk told Conway that be must
surrender them as hostages for Conveys
good behavior. Mr.. Polk told Conway
that he believed that Conway had drawn
Cramer into the infamous plot and that he
was inclined to let Cramer alone and that
the infsFnel scheme of extortion and
blackmail might be Conway's own. Hence
he wanted to and must be the custodian of
all the papers himself. Conway reluo-
family assented to surrender the papers
and finally got out. This was late In the
evening and Mr. Polk the next morning
sent for Aldermen Williams and Holmes
and disclosed the whole thing"
The Leader had these fasts and was
about to expose them to the public, but il
was deemed well to inquire further, and
Tx Cramers connection with Conway,
although Mr.. Polk had good reason for
believing there was a conspiracy
and that Cramer was In ID.
This may be understood from
the kilograms which follow. On Tuesday
the 9th day of April Conway first came
to Mr.. ..Hubbell with the proposition and
the next morning, the 18th, Conway
came TO meet the appointment made with
Mr.. Polk and produced the following tele.
gram:
Rock ISLAND, April Is.
To Fred, Conway, Des Moines, Iowa.
Letter received. Must mail contract TO-
night. Have so written, Signed.
JOSEPH j. PARKS,
Received at Des Moines 9:1O A. M.April |
rs.
Conway said Parks was his brother-ins
aw and that this telegram was really sent |
Dy Cramer in Parks name and the word |
contract should be read report" Design
pg to fix responsibility Mr.. Polk told Con-
way that he had better telegraph Crarner
Immediately to telegraph him POLK that
ae lConwayl was authorised to cot and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-07-12
Railroads arln Steamboats,.
Maine Central Railroad,
gH.v. s. Exxsls
Change Of Time.

On and after SUNDAY, JUNE "a, 1880, trains will
leave Augusta
NJ: 2iO and l0.5s T.. VI.
For Rockland, 600 A. NJ. and 1908 A. NJ.
For Pennington, 1905 A. NJ.
Far Bath, 500 A. NJ, 10.06 A. NJ and z. 10 p. NJ
For Lewiston, GO, 10.Os A. NJ, and 10 and lO5s
Pm.
For Waterville 2-22, 1920 A. NJ, and 3.45 p. NJ,
fsOOP. NJ Saturdays only.)
FOR skowhegan, Belfast, Dexter and Bangor, 3.45
PM, andz.2 A. NJ
Night Pullman Trains each way every night, Sun
days included.
Gardiner Accommodation Train.
AUGUSTA TO GARDINER.
A. NJ. Pm. p NJ.
Augusta, w., oto 3-zo o.35
Halowel!, w., e.io 3-s' o..Se
Gardiner ar, Soo 3.oo o.oo
GARDINER TO AUGUSTA.
Gardiner, w., sVo i.oO 40
Hallowe w., ele i.lS 5.2
Augusta, ar, eo la DIV
FREIGHT TRAINS.
For Boston, Portland and way, 1850 A. NJ
For Skowhegan, Bangor and way, LOS +. NJ
Due from Boston, Portland and way, 12f5 +. NJ
Due from Bangor, Skowhegan and way, 1890 IN
PAYSON TUCKER, Supt.
Portland, June u, 1Ss0.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-07-12
City of Augusta.
TKEAsURER.s NOTICE.

Taxes on non resident real estate in the City of
Augusta in the county Of ennebec and State of
Maine for the wear \. ID. 1879.
The .ollowing list of taxes on real
estate of non rcsideD; owners in the
Ci v of Augusta. for TIL is.a, in bill:
committed Turner, Collector of said city
the Goth iav f juno. ls79, has been returne by
him to me a. remaining unpaid on 18th daT Of
Jane fsSa by Is certificate of hat date; and now
remains unpsi and notice is, hereby given. thu il
the taxes and interest and ch ges not paid in o
the Treasury of said city, within eighteen months
from the coinne nceinent Of said bills, much of the
real state taxed will be sufficient 10 pay the
amount due therefor, inciu ing interest and charges
will with out further notice. be sold public auction
a; ms off rn Granite Block. D said city of Angus
ia on " ndsy, the tenth Of January. A. ID.
iSsi at = O'Clock in the afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-07-12

Gbe Aennebee gournal.

Published at AUGUSTA, MAINE, Water Street, foot
of Court, by SPRAGUE & Son.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-07-12

EXTRACT the Great We.
getable Pain destroyer and
Specific for Iniiammations,
Hemorrhages, Wounds, Cuts,
Bruises, Burns, Sprains, &c,
&c. Stopping The flow OF
blood, relieving at once the
pain. subduing the inilam-
nation, fastening the heal.
ing and curing the disease SO
rapidly as to excite wonder,
admiration and graft ude.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-07-12

Name unknown $50 esq -
Description of real estate: All that part o the
Pickering lots at southeast corner Of city, in 9Th
range that ii west Of the stream brook cross
leg aIne. about i5o acres except that portion.
acres more or le $, at the soHth-I er Of tss
lot next the Chelsea line, formerly occupied BY Ly
man e. Neal
GuY TURNER, Treasurer Of the City of augusta
June -, leso. tlaw3s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-07-12
MISS A. &. MORGsy's
English, French. and German
BOARDING SCHOOL for YOUNG LADIES,

Thorough instruction given in all branches. Special
attention TO French and German by native fescsers
residing at the school Terms $50. Circulars on
application. "a better. healthier, and p1ezssnter
location for school could scarcely Be found In New
England than the quaint, picturesque, ancient city
of Portsmouth, q. WHrTIKK.
June fsfe feod26t
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-23
Taking Him at His Word.

The inhabitants of the north of Eng
land are a matter -of-fact people. The
following incident illustrates their
shrewdness and ready resource. In a
village in one of the Dales lived kind
hearted but somewhat hot-headed
woman VINO entertained the minister
when he came to preach there. On the
occasion of the first visit of one of this
fraternity, she deemed it necessary to
ascertain his preference for tea or coffee
for breakfast; so as she was going on
with the preparation of the meal, she
went to the stdirfoot and called out the
name of her guest. But no answer was
vouchsafed her call. Wonderingly, she
waited awhile, and then, repeating her
call, she was answered by, "What do
you wantP" in anything but a gentle
tone of voice.
81 want to know whether you'll have
tea or coffee to your breakfast"
"I'n have either. or both," was the
odd and stinging reply.
you've got out on the wrong side
O. the bed ia morn." said the irritated
dame to herself; but I'll fit up yer
order, my man." so saying, she went to
the cupboard, took thence another tea
pot, and putting therein equal quanti-
ties of tea and coffee, she made strong
decoction thereof for the preacher
Presently, he felt that he had strangely
favored beverage before him; so, paus.
ing, he asked: whats this, missisP'
It's both, sir; and you shall either
sup it or gang without"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-23
A Curions Combat.

A traveller in South Africa witnessed
not long since a singular combat. He
was musing one morning, with his eyes
on the ground. when he noticed q cater
pillar crawling along at rapid pace.
Pursuing him was a host of small black
ants.
Being quicker in their movements,
the ants would catch up with the cater
pillar, and one would mount his back
and bite him. Pausing, the caterpillar
would turn his head, and bite and kill
his tormentor. After slaughtering a
dozen or more of his prosecutors, the
caterpillar showed signs of fatigue.
The ants made combined attack.
Betaking himself to stalk of grass, the
caterpillar climbed up tail first, followed
by the ants. As one approached. he
seized it in his jaws and threw it off the
stalk.
The ants, seeing that the caterpillar
had too strong position for them to
overcome, resorted to strategy. They
began saving through the grass-stalk
In few minutes the stalk fell, and hun
dreds of ants pounced upon the fallen
caterpillar. He was killed at once, and
the victors marched off in triumph, leav.
ing the foes body on the field.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-23
Words of Wisdom.

No principle is more noble, as there is
none more holy, than that Of true obe-
dience.
The faith which looks forward is far
richer than the experience that looks
backward.
1t is good in fever, and much better
in anger. to have the tongue kept clean
and smooth.
There are few occasions when cere-
nony may not be easily dispensed with,
kindness never.
A good constitution is like a money
box-its full value is never known until
it has been broken.
The raven is like the slanderer, seek
ing carrion to iced upon, and delighted
when feast is found.
Let every one sweep the drift from his
own door and not busy himsel1 s.Jout
the frost on his neighbours tiles.
Intellectual pride is less outraged by
the obscurities of faith than by the au-
thority with which it is clothed.
1t is safer to affront some people than
to oblige them, fol the better man de-
serves the worse they will speak of him.
The man or woman whom excessive
caution holds back from striking the an
vii with earnest endeavor, is poor and
cowardly of purpose.
A man need only correct himself with
the same rigor that he reprehends others,
and excuse others wi b the same in
dulgence that he show to himself.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-23
C0nundrums.

When is wall like fish? When it
is scaled.
How does a stove feel when full of
coalsP Grateful.
Which of the reptiles is mathema-
ticianP The adder.
When is boat like heap of snowP
When it is adrift.
When is a doctor most annoyed?
When he is out of patients.
When is literary work like smokep ?
When it comes in volumes.
Why is the letter q like the sum- Be-
cause it is in the center of light.
What is that which shows others
what it cannot see itseltP A mirror.
Why is the letter N like faithless
loverP Because it is in constant.
How does q cow become landed
estate? By turning her into the field.
Why is whispering breach of good
manners? Because it is not allowed.
What is an old lady in the middle of
the river likeP Like to be drowned.
What word may be pronounced
quicker by adding syllable to itp
Quick.
Why is miser like man with a
short memory? Because he is always
forgetting.
How does a sailor know there is a
msn in the moonP Because he has been
to sea (see).
Why is fool in high station like a
man in balloon? Because everybody
appears little to him, and he appears
| lit lie to everybody.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-23
Cellars.

Experiments prove that the air in a
cellar rises and circulateS thrOu gh the
house, and that, too, not only by means
| of the frequently-opened doors, but even
when every door is kept shut and the
keyholes are stopped. 1t is simply i'm
possible to keep dwelling free from
contaminated cellar air.
Yet how many sources of contamina-
tion are found in cellars-rotting wood,
| the entire floor often being pervaded by
| decay; vegetables stored there for the
winter, and their refuse left the year
round musty barrels of vinegar or cider
leaky gas fixtures; badly constructed
furnaces, from which escape various
noxious gases; water closets, foul at the
best, and often fouler through defects j;
defective sink and sewer drains, not un-
frequently saturating the soil beneath
the floor with filth.
Many cellars are dug directly into
made land. and the gases of the decayed
matter with which the soil is more or
less filed pour directly into them, just
as the water of the soil finds its way into
the well.
This latter point is more important
than M ,st think. for the air circulates
freely through the soil. even when
frozen. Persons bave been repeatedly
poisoned and killed by gas which had
Travelled for distance-in one case
twenty feet-through the soil, and had
penetrated into the cellar, and thence
into the rooms above.
As the ground water rises or falls, the
air follows it. Barometric Influences
changes in the pressure of the atmos-
phere-force it down further or lift it
out of the earth. Changes of tempera-
ture similarly affect it, and particularly
does the warmth of house establish an
upward current from the cellar to the
rooms above, and from the soil into the
cellar. Hence
l. Keep everything out of the cellar
likely to vitiate its air.
2. Get the best constructed furnaces.
8. Have the gas meter and fixtures
frequently examined.
4. Let the drains be of the best mate
rial and construction, and be ever in
sight-suspende1 from the ceiling in
stead of being buried under the floor.
S. Have the floor and sides made as
impervious as possible.
g. Let the cellar be constantly and
thor oughly ventilated with sun purified
air.
7. If vitiating sources must remain,
use the best disinfectants-not mere
deodorizers. - Yofth's Companion.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-23
How the Pyramids Were Built.

The pyramids are the tombs of the
early kings. Perfectly adjusted to the
cardinal points of the horizon, they
differ in breadth and height, as is shown
by the measurements of the three Oldest,
as follows: l. The Pyramid of Khufa-
height, $50. rs feet; breadth, TAG feet. g
Pyramid OF Khafra-height, 447.5 feet !;
breadth. 690.75 feet. 8. Pyramid of
Menkara-height 203 feet; breadth,
352.78 feet. The construction of these
enormous masses has long been an in
soluble mystery, but later generations
have succeeded in solving the problem.
AS soon as the king mounted the
throne, he gave orders to nobleman,
the master of all the buildings of his
land, to plan the tomb and cut the stone.
The kernel of the future edifice was
raised on the limestone soil of the des-
ert, in the form of a small pyramid
built in steps, of which the well-con
structed and finished interior formed
the kings eternal dwelling. with his
stone satcophagus lying on the rocky
floor.
A second covering was added, stone
by stone, on the outside of the kernel; a
third to this second, and to this even a
fourth; and the mass of the giant build
ing grew greater The longer the king en-
joyed existence. And then, at last, when
it became almost impossible to extend
lhe area of the pyramid further, a cas-
ing of hard stone, polished like glass,
and fitted accurately into the angles of
the steps, covered the vast mass of the
sepulchre, presenting gigantic triangle
on each of its four faces.
More than seventy such pyramids
once rose on the margin of the desert,
each telling of a king of whom it was
at once the tomb and monument. Had
not the greater number of these sepul-
chres of the Pharaohs been destroyed
almost to the foundation. and had the
names of the builders of these which
still stand been accurately preserved, it
would have been easy for the inquirer
to prove and make clear by calculation
what was originally and of necessity
the proportion between the masses of
the pyramids and the years of the reigns
of their respective builders.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A rose tree of Hanover is said to be
more than thousand years old.
The costs were $500 in a suit over a
hog to two farmers of Moniteau county,
Mo.
Dogs are used as beasts Of burden in
Northern France, Belgium ard Ger
many.
A large number o fJewish negroes have
been found in Africa, near the boundary
Of Barbary.
Banged or frizzed hair is forbidden
among the won n OF Bishop Elders
congregation of Cincinnati.
From a single potato vine planted by
David Brown, OF Pricetown, Pa, the
product was 537 fine potatoes.
In Hungarian shanty in Fayette
county, Pa, a birth, death and mar
riage occurred all at the same time.
Sixty per cent. of the cases of insanity
occurring in France are, according to a
physician of that country, caused by the
use of absinthe.
There are 5000 telegraph offices in
France. Last year the number of dis
patches sent averaged thirty for every
100 inhabitants.
There are in Philadelphia 434
churches; in New York city, 354, and in
Brooklyn, 240. In no other American
city are there more than 200.
One oleomargarine company of New
York city has contracted with New
England tub manufacturer for $4,000
tubs to be delivered within a year.
The profits of the Saratoga hotels
have been greater this year than at any
time since the war. The United States,
where the millionaires 60, is said to have
cleared $75,000.
For forty-eight days a Lowhill (Pa.)
hen was in a grain-stack, where she had
been accidentally covered up. When
released she toppled over in fit, but
soon recovered.
After travelling one hundred miles
through the woods, and crossing several
streams, cat that had made the jour
ney in a box escaped and found its way
home in British Columbia
L.O. Kimsey, OF Dallas. Texas, while
walking through some brush was at
tackled by an eagle. He killed it with
an ak he had with him. 1t measured
six and a half feet from tip to tip of its
wings.
A butterfly. when apprehending dan
ger, never lights on a green tree or
shrub, but flies into clump of dead
leaves, where it so adjusts its wings on
twig as to look exactly like ashriveled
leaf, and defiss discovery by its foe.
A Child at Conner5ville, Ind, three
years old, that has had a supposed case
of nasal cltarrh for q year, developed a
locust pol about an inch ald a quarter
long in its nose the other day. and is now
cured. Some child had stuck it in for
fun.
While making a call at a neighbours,
a young lady of Madison, Ohio, said to
a ca that came into the room: Why,
pussy, | haven't seen your babies yet;
are they pretty?" The cat Immediately
went out, and returned with a kitten in
her mouth, which she laid ut the feet of
her questioner.
While John Eiler, of Alden, Iowa,
was riding horseback he saw descend
ing from the sky ball of fire apparently
about the size of -four barrel. He
was paralyzed with fright, and saw the
globe strike the head of the animal he
rode, when he became unconscious.
Upon coming to his senses he found
that the horse was dead, the head of the
animal being SCARED as if by red hot
iron.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-23
In the Days of NV Great.arandmamm,


In the days of my great -grandmamma,
I've been told,
a There were persons of fashion and taste,
Who, in dresses as stout as chain-armor OF old
The parties OF Ranelagh graced.
How high were their heads, and how high
were their heels,
And how high were their motives and ways
They moved in propriety's round like the
wheels
Ofa warranted watch, in the days
OF my great -grandmamma.
Fashion then was SO dull you could scarcely
discern
The minute ebb and flow OF her tides;
And a dowager's dress, though untrimmed,
served in turn
Three or four generations OF brides.
Like the family Jewels, the family gown
Was reserv'd for their gala displays,
And a ruffied old lady locke p'acidly down
Upon ruflied young girls, in the days
Oh my great-grandmamma.
Oh the men who for these female paragons
sigh'd
Were unlike those who poster us now;
They approached with smile and sink and
slide,
And minuet step and bow.
They were laced and embroidered and pow
dered and curl'd,
Like the men that we see in the plays;
And it's certain there's nothing so grand in
the world
Or so sweet as there was in the days
OF my great-grandmamma.
Thomas Haynes BGyiy.