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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-13
MANY ALARMING RUMoRs

have been circulated during the day re-
garding the Presidents condition. Some
indicated that it was almost impossible for
him to live more than day or two longer.
From information obtained however, there
appears no cause for alarm. The fever
indicated by the morning bulletin is grad
ually subsiding and the patient snow very
comfortable. Private Secretary Brown
says the President is decidedly better at
the present time than during the past IS
hours, and the fever apparently continues
to decrease. The day is extremely oppres-
sive but the Presidents apartments are
kept comfortable, the temperature is about
80. General Swain has just said that the
President is better now than at same time
yesterday. His pulse is now below 100
temperature about 80.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-13

United States Senator Eugene Hale, il st
his home in Ellsworth, Me-. and proposes
to remain there until Autumn.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-13
D. W. BLISS,
J. K. BARNES,
J. J. WOODWARD,
ROBT. REYBURN.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT


had fever gave rise to another general
feeling of uneasiness throughout the city
1t was evident, however, that the feeling
was not shared by the surgeons and at
tendents of the president. DR.. Bliss, who
is up again, went to the White House this
morning. He said there was no cause for
alarm in the Presidents condition. He
would again repeat that the doctors
had not counted on the president getting
well right along, without any more unfa
vorable change, the case would fuctuate
and the fever this morning was one OF these
fluctuations which might be expected un-
til the president gets on his feet. The
surgeons say that the fever of this morn
ing and restlessness last night were caused
by retained pus; that they had taken out
drainage to let the walls of the wound
collapse and heal.
IN WASHING
out the wound last night some
little cavity waslnot thoroughly cleaned, and
the retention of this small amount Of pus
caused the rise of temperature. One thin
ble-fun of pus remaining III the wound
will cause fever. The wound was thor
oughly cleansed this morning, and the fe-
yer at once subsidized The President viii
certainly be better tomorrow. Col. Rock
well, who sat up with the president las
night, said to Western Associated Pres
reporter this morning that he was doing
well, The retention of the pu
had caused the rise of fever, but washing
the wound at once relieved this, and hi
pulse receded Immediately to 102 ano
temperature to 994.
The president expressed himself thi'
morning as feeling first rate and borrowed
his (Rockwelfs) eyeglasses and read tht
headings in the daily papers and comment
ed upon them. To-day Agnew was tele
graphed for but the president and surge
ons say not because he was specially want
ed, but to know when it would be conve
nient for him to come, as DIR. Hamilton
wants to leave.
ON MONDAY MORNING.
July 4th, the second day after the shooting
the pulse was 108, temperature 99 respira
ton 10. Tuesday morning July 9Th, th'
pulse was 104, temperature 1905 respira
ton "a, Sunday morning July 10th, pulls,
1o6, temperature 100 respiration %, from
letters dated until Wednesday Aug. 10tl
pulse and temperature given imme
diately after the morning dressing
had not exceeded 100, the figures on tn
10th inst. being; pulse 104, temperatur
so.5, respiration 10. The patients pulls
as shown at the hour of dressing on fou
occasions, July Sd, 4th, 5th and 10th. Tn
temperature shown by this mornings bul
letin has been exceeded but twice accord
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-13
THE FIRST BULLETIN
contains the following information:

contains the following information:
Elk MANSION, $50 a. m.-The president
did not sleep as well as usual during the
early part of the night. After midnight
however, his sleep was refreshing, and only
broken at long intervals. This morning he
has little fever, nevertheless, he express
es himself as feeling better than for sever
al days past, His pulse is 104, tempera-
ture 100. respiration 10. >
D. W. BLISS,
j. K. BARNES,
J. J. WOODWARD,
ROBT REYBURN.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, 1890 p. NJ
The President has been cheerful and easy
during the morning, and his temperature
has fallen a little more than degree and a
half since this mornings bulletin was is
sued The wound is discharging healthy
pus. Pulse now 102, temperature 99.2,
respiration IS.
[Signedl D. W. BLISS,
RoBT. REYBURN,
j. j. WOODWARD,
J. K.BARNEs,
II II arr
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-13

Z ST.. JosEPH,- No., Aug. IA fruit
grower named Joe Davis. owning water
melon patch mile north of the city, re-
Gently set spring gun in the midst of the
melons. Early this morning an incautious
negro visitor trod on the gun and caught
the load in his right side. His name is
George jackson, and he lives in this CITY.
1t is believed his wounds may prove fatal,
and the coIored men are talking of causing
Davis arrest.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-13
A BRIDEeRooM MURDERED.

OTTAWA, Aug 13.-James Wetherell,
widower aged seventy, and Margaret Do
herty, widow, aged fifty, were married
last night. Some roughs started a
eharivari at II p. m. which lasted till two
this morning The mob then broke in the
door and demanded money, which Wether-
ell refused The old man beat them of
and followed them out. At daylight this
morning his dead body was found by the
roadside with his head crushed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-13
GENERAL MENTION,

JACKSONVILLE, Ala, Aug 1s.-Benja-
min Bird, colored, was hanged to-day, for
the murder of Policeman Nelson, also col
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-13

PITTsBURGH, Aug 13:-The remains of a
one-legged man was found near Reming
ton, Pa, ON Tuesday night, badly decom-
posed. The body was tied to board two
feet wide and seven feet long, and was ly-
ing on the bank of the river. A piece of
tarpaulin was tied over the face, which,
when removed, took with 1t the whole
skin, completely disfguring the face. The
supposition is that the man was murdered.
and afterward tied to the board. There
was nothing on his person by which he
could be identified.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-13
Rev ork market.

NEW YORK, Aug. Is.
FINANCIAL.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12
OUR UNCLE SAMUEL.

Yesterday [ saw your Uncle
Sammy Tilden walking along
Nassau streat, among the old book
shops. l never saw him look bet
ter. His skin was clear as a girls
and his eyes open and intelligent.
His couple was being walked a lit
tie distance behind him, and now
and then he would throw out his
hand like a switch-man on a rail
road motioning to the engineer,
and the couple would move up or
stop. Tilden generally wears
brown clothes and high silk hat
He is seldom seen in company with
anybody, and only one or two per-
sons out of hundreds rushing by
were aware who he was. Yet he
will be remembered when many a
president is lost on the miscella-
neous obscurity of a long presiden
tial roll. He is IS years old, and
will be y at the next election-not
mach older than Gen. jackson
when he climbed merry-go-round.
The old man has followed Gethe's
advise; when love, ambition, and
everything physical fail, take up
art and literature for the final com
fort. There is no man who could
write more successful book than
Tilden, and none that would be
read by greauer multitude. The
politics Of the state of New York
he knows better than any man in
it, and the politics of New York he
became the government. For
either good or evil, the genius of
this government at present is direct
ed by the successors of Martin Van
and William II. Seward.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12
nlanitomoe pilot.
THURSDAY, MAY u, 1881.
AN INDIAN PEST.

| A Bombay letter to the Wash
ington- Republican contains the
following concerning the metallic
blue-fy: One of India's pests is
the metallic blue-fy. You sink
the legs of your furniture into me-
tallic sockets filled with water and
salt, and pack your clothing in tight
tin boxes, to prevent the incursion
of the white ants; but you have no
remedy against the metallic blue
hy, which fills every crevice, every
key-hole, and every key itself with
clay. This fly is an artistic as
we'll as an industrial worker, and
he works always with an object.
He first selects a hole, a keyhole
or an empty space in any metallic
substance is preferred, but in the
absence of any such material the
hole in the bottom Of cane-seat
chair, or any perforated wood will
answer the purpose. After seeing
that the hole is clean and IN good
order, he commences operations by
laying on the bottom smooth car
pet of clay; then the bodies of sew
eral defunct spiders are triumph
antly placed upon the clay carpet.
On top of these spiders the eggs
of the female fly are deposited.
The tomb is then ready for closing.
The top is neatly covered over with
clay, but it still has an unfinished
look. This is remedied by a thin
coat of whitewash, and then the fly
looks upou this work and pronoun-
ces it good. When this tomb is
opened there are no more metallic
blue flies in the world than there
were before. You are anxious to
examine or wear some Of your val
uables, which you always keep I'M
der lock and key. and you take
your key and endeayor to unlock
your trunk, but it is only an en-
deavor. There is resistance in the
key hole, and resistance in the key
itself. You examine the key, and
find that it is nicely sealed up with
clay, and the key hole is in the
same condition. 1t is a work of
patience to destroy the nursery Of
the poor insect and lay his castle in
ruins; but a determined will can
accomplish much. Cane seated
chairs are sometimes so occupied
by these clay homes as to make it
hard to determine what he original
substance was.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12
THE United States Senate has
been playing too long in one place.
When will it go on the road!
RESCUED FROM DEATH.

The following statement of William j. Cough
lin, of Somerville, Mass is so remarkable that
we beg to ask for 1t the attention of our readers.
He says: I'm the fall of 1876 was taken with
violent bleeding of the lungs followed by a
severe cough. | soon began to lose my appetite
and flesh. L was so weak at one time that |
could not leave my bed. In the summer of 1877
was admitted to the City Hospital. While
there the doctors said | had a hole in my left
lung as big as a half dollar / expended over a
hundred dollars in doctors and medicines. was
so far gone at one time a report went around
that | was dead, | gave up hope, but a friend
told me of DIR. VIM. HALLS BALSON FOR
THE LUNGS. laughed at my friend. thinking
that my case was incurable, but l got a bottle
TO satisfy them, when to my surprise and graft
tcation, commenced TO feel better. My hope,
once dead, began to revive, and to-day feel in
better spirits than have the past three years
II write this hoping you will publish it. so
that every one afflicted with Diseased Lungs
viii be induced to take DIR. VIM. HALLS BAL
som FOR THE LUNGS. and be convinced that
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED. 1 have tai
ken two bottles, and can positively say that it
has done more good than all the other medicines
| have taken since my sickness Ny cough has
almost entirely disappear ed. and l shall soon be
able to go 10 work" Sold by druggists.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12
ANIMALS AND EARTH
QUAkES

From and New York Sun: An
Italian writer on the recent cata-
strophe on the island of Ischia
mentions those prognostics of an
earthquake which are derived from
animals. They were observed in
every place where the shocks were
such as to be generally perceptible.
Some minutes before they were
felt, the oxen and cows began to
below, the sheep and goats bleat-
ed, and rushing in confusion one
on the other, tried to break the
wicker wire of the folds; the dogs
howled terribly, the geese and
fowls were alarmed, and made
much noise; the horses which were
fastened in their stalls were greatly
agitated, leaped up, and tried to
break the halters with which they
were attached to the managers:
those which were proceeding on
the roads suddenly stopped, and
snorted in a very strange way.
The cats were frightened, and
tried to conceal themselves, or
heirhair bristled up wildly. Rab-
bits and moles were seen to leave
their holes; birds rose, as if scared
from the place on which they "a
lighted; and fish left the bottom of
the sea and approached the shores,
where at some places great numbers
ofthem were taken. Even ants
and reptiles abounded, in clear day
light, their subterranean holes in
great disorder many hours before
the shocks were felt. Some dogs,
a few minutes before the first shock
took place, awoke their sleeping
masters by barking and pulling
them, as if they wished to warn
them ofthe impending danger, ard
several persons were thus enabled
to save themselves.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12

One Of the best anecdotes of
Charley appears in the Monthly
Gossip" of the April Lippincott.
A friend was sitting with the old
man late at night before an open
fire, both smoking long pipes.
The conversation turned on
Carlyle's fall from orthodoxy, and
he spoke Of having heard about
that time popular Methodist
preacher, adding: "He preached
about heaven; and [ soon saw that
his notion of heaven was that of a
big sea of treacle, in which he and
his fellows were to lie and founder:
and thought to myself that didn't
care a damn whether he got his ire
acle or not. Ny idea of heaven,
and what | find to have been the
idea of Moses and of Jesus, is that
1t is a rest Just rest.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12
FRAUD.

Tens of thousands of dollars are squan-
dered yearly upon travelling quacks, who
go from town to town processing to cure
all the ills that our poor humanity is heir
to. Why will not the public learn CON-
mon sense, and if they are suffering from
dyspepsia or liver complaint, invest q
dollar in Spring Blossom, sold by all
druggists and Endorsed by the faculty
See testimonials. Price 80 cents, trial
bottles 10 cents.-Sold by Robinson &
Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12
IT'S JUST A BOOMING.

Such is the expression from all Drug
gists and dealers everywhere who are
selling DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. No like preparation can
begin to have such an extensive and rap
id sale. And why? Simply because OF
lite truly wonderful merits. No cough or
cold, no matter of how long standing OF
how stubborn, can resist its healing quail
tiles. Asthma, bronchitis, hoarseuess.
hay fever, pain in the side or chest and
difficulty of breathing or any lingering
disease of the throat and Lungs rapidly
yield to its marvellous powers. 1t will
positively cure and that where everything
else has failed. Satisfy yourself as thou
sands have already done by getting OF
your druggist G. T. Buerstatte, a trial
bottle for ten cents, or regular size bot
tie for 81. For sale by G. f. Buerstatte.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12

Piles are frequently preceded by a sense of
weight in the back, loins and lower part of the
abdomen, causing the patient to suppose he has
some affection of the kidneys or neighborng
organs. AT times symptoms of indigestion are
present as flatulency, uneasineSs of the stom-
ach, etc. A moisture like perspiration, produc-
ing a very disagreeable itching, particularly at
night after getting warm in bed, is very COM
mon attendant. Internal, External and Itching
Piles yield at once on the application of DR.. Boz
sanko's Pile Remedy, which acts directly upon
the parts affected, absorbing the Tumors, allay-
ing the intense Itching, and affecting q perma-
nent cure where all other remedies have failed
Do not delay until the drain on the system pro-
duces permanent disability, but try and be cur
ed. Price, 80 cents. Ask your druggist for il,
and when you can not obtain it of him, we will
send it. prepaid, on receipt of price. Address
The DR.. BOsanko Medicine Co., Piqua, Ohio
Sold by F. G. Buerstatte. If
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12

"How did you like Europe!"
dts too splendid for anything'"
was the reply.
"And were you sick"
eyes, awfully sick"
"And was your husband good
to youF'
ooh, he was too good for any
thing! Just as soon as he found out
| was sick, he went and drank
salt water so as to be seasick in I'M
ison with me, and I'm not his sec
ond wife, either."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12

President GREW, of France, has
accepted the invitation to partici-
pate in Yorktwn centennial celebra-
ton. He says: ''The American Ma
ton, which has became so power
full and prosperous, has, by inviting
our fraternal cooperation on the
occasion Of this anniversary, for
ever consecrated the Union which
was created by noble and liberal
aspirations, and by our alliance on
the battlefield, and which our in
situations, now Of the same charac
ter, must draw closer and develop
for the welfare of. both nations"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12

SPECIMENS of the mephitic plant
known as skunk's cabbage are sold
in the streets of New York under
the attractive name of California
lilies, and they smell so much bet
ter than the streets that their is
quite demand for them. Any
thing is welcome as a change.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12

NEWPORT VILLAs.-Eight feet is
the fashionable height for the first
floor, and nine the most allowed,
in the fashionable villas at Newport.
This is a marked change from the
twelve and fourteen feet ceilings
heretofore popular. The windows
are square, with minute panes of
glass, and seem to be thrown at the
house to lodge wherever it happens,
many open light easements, and
there must be several sizes Of glass
in the same sash. Piazza rails are
built high and solid, SO that you in
reality sit, when out of doors, in a
room without a roof. Loopholes
filled in with square lattice cause
these piazzas to look very much
like fortresses. The chimneys
built of handsome brick, are not
covered indoors, and the sides of
many drawing-room are entirely
of brick, with fireplace and wooden
brackets or shelves for bric-a- brac.
The color is rich (red cement is
used) and the effect is good.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12
A SIGNIFICANT FACT

The cheapest medicine in use is Thorn
as Electric Oil, because so very little of
it is required to effect cure. For Group,
diphtheria, and diseases of the lungs and
throat, whether used for bathing the
chest or throat, for taking internally or
inhaling, it is a matchless compound
Sold by Robinson & Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12

PIERRE VERNON, in a recent ar
ticle on "The Age of Adulter-
ation," relates that a wine mer-
chant, giving death-bed injunctions
to his son, said: "Always bear in
mind that wine may be made with
anything = even with q melan-
choly smile) grape juice
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12

THE new Gar leads a very simple
life, He rises early and breakfasts
with his family and then puts on
his boiler-iron overeoat and takes
a walk in the back yard.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12
SEr1oH's CAr,pRu Rr,rrnv -,

SEILoH's CATARRH REMEDY. A mar
vellous cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria,
Canker mouth, and Head Ache. With
each bottle there is an ingenious nasal in
jector for the more successful treatment
of the complaint, without extra charge.
Price SOC. Sold at the Central Drug
Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12

BRADY was no actor, and yet he
had star route laid ont for him.
self and was the biggest kind of an
asterisk.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12

"GATH" has made the astounding dis
coyery that Carl Schurz, in an attempt
to escape the provincial German faction
in st. Louis" will locate in New York,
with the well-matured purpose of becom-
ing the rival of Senator Conkling in poll
tics.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12
PECTORHL

pulmonary diseases, affording prompt relief
and rapid cures, and is adapted to patients of
any age or either sex. Being very palatable,
the youngest children take it readily. In
Bronchitis, Influenza, Clergyman's
Sore Throat, Asthma, Group, and Ca
tarrh, the effects of AYERS CHERRY Pee
TORAL are magical. and multitudeS are an
nually preserved from serious Illness by its
timely and faithful use 1t should be kept
at hand in every household for the pro-
lection it affords in sudden attacks. In
Whooping cough and Consumption
there is no other remedy so ethcacious,
soothing, and helpful.
Low prices are inducements to try some of
the many mixtures, or syrups, made OF cheap
and ineffective ingredients, now offered,
which, as they contain no curative qualities,
can afford only temporary relief, and are
sure to deceive and disappoint the patient.
Diseases of the throat and lungs demand
active and effective treatment; and it is dam
gerous experimenting with unknown and
cheap medicines, from the great liability that
these diseases may, while so trifled with,
become deeply seated or incurable. Use
AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL, and you may
confidently expect the best results. 1t is a
standard medical preparation, OF known and
acknowledged curative power, and is as
cheap as its careful preparation and fine
ingredients will allow. Eminent physicians,
knowing its composition, prescribe it in their
practice. The test of half a century has
proven its absolute certainty to cure all pull
monary complaints not already beyond the
reach of human aid.
Prepared by Or. j. c. Aver & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
Lowell, Mass.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12

PROBABLY the most remarkable
digestive apparatus in North Car
DINA is that possessed by John
Eaus, planter in Henry County,
who goes regularly to cool brook,
after breakfast and dinner, and
swallows a handful of gravel = a
habit in which he has INDUCED for
years, while enjoying robust health.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12

THE people of Sioux Falls, Da-
kota, have been deprived of rail
roads communication since October,
and have yet ten days to wait.
Two carloads of provisions were
contributed at La Crosse for the
residents ofthe isolated region, and
an agent will accompany the sup
plies and hurry them forward from
the nearest station reached by mail.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12

A TALENTED FAMIY.-The McSpilkins
family is one Of the most fashionable i'll
Galveston. Tue old man, however, is
not as nice as he ought to be, but the
rest of the family are highly accomplish
ed. Somebody was speaking of them
the other day, and he remarked how they
all played on some instrument.
"What does the old lady play?" asked
a bystander.
'She plays on the piano"
"And the youngest daughters"
''She plays on the harp"
Sand the next daughterl"
''She is very proficient on the guitar. .
"And the boy?"
"He plays on the fiddle"
"Well, does the old may play9"
''You bet he does. He plays the sta
vinest game of draw poker on Galveston
Island"
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~

SOME ardent prohibitory advocate whis-
pers round the corner of our desk: .'The
revised edition of the New Testament
will probably make Paul say to Timothy,
Take little water for thy stomach's
sake,'"-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12

A CHICAGO belle is going to marry an
English nobleman with an income of
$500, coo year-just as soon as she can
find one.