The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-26

| tons should be made aud the interests O,
the dairy demand that legislation shall no,
be confined to the state alone. s..
Jetries recommended as q remedy, thai
all goods shipped from or to New York
should be subjected to inspection under
the supervision of exchanges and tha,
aouiterated goods. not marked as
saeh should be con6scated The
sdulterated article they considered uE-
healthy, as deodorized animal fat entered
l0to it's composition. and as very preya
lent disease among hogs is screfuls, there
Is no reason Why it should not be trans.
mitted to the consumers of this counterfeit
article. The best quality of lard cheese
Will sell Tor several cents more per pound
than skim cheese. The production Of the
adulterated article is rapidly increasing in
the West. One witness said he considered
could check the traffic If proper measures
were adopted. reza-x *
The Times report says that the inyesti-
cation 10 creating great deal OF Interest IN
the butter and cheese trade. Many deal
ers engaged in the sale ofithe imitation ar
ticle are greatly interested in the result OF
the Investigation, aud SO are those who are
resolved to sell nothing but genuine butter
and cheese Itis hoped by the latter that
q law will be passed rendering 1t iml ossl-
BILE to sell oleemargarine or lard cheese
for anything else than what they are.
The President of the Boston Produce
Exchange stimatizes the sales of adulter
ated butter and cheese as curse to the
dairy interests of this country. The
annual milk product of the United States
amounted to $40o, 600. 600 and he consider
ed that 80 large an interest demanded
some protection, as two-thirds OF the
cheese produced was exported, Ameri-
can butter and American oleomargarine
should be sold in European markets and
at home for what they are. and the imita.
ton butter and cheese should be unmls-
takably branded as such. Dealers who
evaded the law should be exposed or
Change, in fact. "Boyootted. -
DAVIDSON DEFEATED.
ST. LOUIS, March 25.-Judge Adams,
OF the Circuit Court. to-day denied the
motion of the Davidson faction of the
Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company
to have the property of the company
transferred from sthe Assignse TO them,
they going bond therefor and agreeing to
pay all debts. This decision is defeat OF
tbs new Board of Directors under Captain
Lowry and leaves the Gray, or minority
interest, still 10 possession. There seems
to be no prospect of harmonizing these
interests. and until that is done there can
be no resumption of business by the
packet line; lossKwhich will hs seriously
felt by the packet line; loss Ehich will
be seriously felt By the sshipping interest
of the upper Mississippi river.
ST LOUIS. March 25 The decision of
the circuit court o-day in the Ksokuk
Northern Lin3 case is regretted by bust
ness men engaged in the Upper Mississip
pi river commerce, inasmuch as it prevents
the running of the line. at least for the
present, and lcripples river business.
What new move. if any. will be taken by
the Davidson party is not known nor has
it transpired what action the assignee, IN
whose hands all property of the company
now is. will take in ths matter.
BURNED.
ERIE, PA, March 26. = Miss Kate Lee
han. girl of 16. was frighttully burned
to-day. Her clothing caught fire while
cooking dinner. and she rushed out into
the open air and ran wildly about until
every article of clothing but her shoes was
burned off; then she walked back into the
house and fell in swoon. There is not Q
piece of skin as large as ones hand left on
her entire body. She bears her terrible |
without groan or murnur.
quietly counting her beads and saying her
prayers in anticipation of approaching
death.
SUPERSTITION.
NEW HAVEN, March 25.-It had long
Deen the firm belief of Jacob Smith a |
solored man. who died in tne county Jail |
here yesterday morning, that ne had con-
ured, and that lno medicine would avail |
against the voudoo spell that had been |
placed upon him, Everybody 10 New |
Haven knew Smith, or w histling Jake.
as- he was called. He was, until few |
pcare ago, happy and light-hearted, and |
invariably whistled rs he walked the |
streets. he was powerfully built man
and delighted TO show his great strength |
BY lifting heavy weights. Two years ago
nis wife became intimate with another
stalwart negro, Chas, Pierce, and Jake
was unable too keep the two apart. 1t
preyed upon him. and he was heard to say |
hat either be or Pierce must die. One
lay Pierce, while visiting ct Smiths house
q the latter's absence. struck Jake's little /
yirl, The child told her father, and that
evening. whenshe returned home and
'ound Pierce in lis house, he attacked
lin. The two fought desperately with
snives down the .stoop and into the yard.
smith fatally stabbing bis oponeut. He
vas tried for murder. tu: popular opinion
vas so strongly in his favor that he got of
With eighteen months in county Jail. At
he trial his wife testified against him.
About Christmas Jake com planned of a
,old, Il did not get any better, and soon
.fterward he said to Sheriff Byxbee, the
ailor, that be knew he was going to died.
or his wife had got 'conjure niger to
york ct him. To reporter Jake said he
lad been a Southern slave. and had seen
lots of men copjured." He continued:
I've seen men on the plantation as well as
,ou be. and in 6fteen hours after dey began
o sgell up till dey couldn't see out of their
yes, and so dey died. Copjure niger did
/. tell you conjure bigger can separate
nan and wife, and can break friendships.
When asked how people were coDjured.
axe said he didn't know. ''The coIored
aen," be said, believe that some kind of
arb is used that is got 10 de woods. This
, ground up foe and spriDkled on any
hing that you eat. and it amt long aiore
ou swell up and CO. S'pose'n a mans
inner is waiting. A oonjare Niger comes
long and sprinklss ever SO little of his
eviIish stuff on it; you don't know it, and