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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08

"a lady had the flesh eaten off her arm
by scrofula. Could see the sinews work
ing. Lindsey's Blood searcher cured her /"
7. Ralston, Elderton, Pa.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08

Illustrated Marriage Guide, 26o pages, cloth
and gilt binding, 80 cents; same In paper
covers, % cts. Manhood. 10 cents; Woman
hood. 10 cents; Pamphlet, cents-=seeurely
sealed, by mail. Send taeney or postage
staraps, pG. WHITTIER. the great specialist,
sls st. Charles Street, st. Louis. NO.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08
WELCOME.
Minnesota and Dakotah Wis
itors at the Plow Works.
3D.. Buford & Co., and their
Royal Welcome.
Programme Of the Entertain
ment &c.

Last night an excursion of about eighty
persons arrived from st. Paul and that
immediate vicinity, to inspect the immense
pillow works of b. D. Buford 81 Co, of this
city. They came on the invitation OF the
energetic managers of this well known ag-
ricult-ral Implement establishment. and
particularly at the solicitation of julie
Burwell, northwestern manager of the Blu
ford business with headquarters at St.
Paul. The excursionists represent few
of the patrons and customers of the Blu
ford works, who are located within radi-
us of fifty miles from st Paul. The de-
sire of these individuals, who have han
died the Buford agricultural implements
for many years, to view the works of the
establishment in this city, has often been
expressed, and it became only a question
of time when their wishes in this direction
should be gratiffed The destruction OF
interrupted the business relations which
had existed between the producer and the
consumers, and placed the works behind
it's orders, but it also prevented the antic-
ipated excursion to Rock Island and a
view of the really interesting sights as
is afforded by q visit to the various
departments of the pillow works.
The work of rebuilding the destroyed
shops was begun early in the spring and
prosecuted with vigor during the summer.
The same energy was manifested in re-
constructing the burned buildings, as Is
always displayed in the general business
transactions of this company, and as a
result the new and improved works were
in running order by the middle of Novem-
ber In view of this completed condition
of the works, the excursion from Minnesota
was arranged to occur during the present
month, and on the It'll of December the
invited guests assembled at st. Paul,
where they were taken in charge by Mr.
Burwell on behalf of the Buford Plow
Company, and escorted, via. the c. M. q
ST. P, to Rock Island, arriving in safety
last night.
The guests were accorded hearty wei
come on their arrival by the members of
the company in whose honor they visit
Rock Island They were taken to the Har-
per House, where supper was in readi-
ness for them. During the morning they
were conveyed to the shops, where they
witnessed the different processes of pillow
manufacture, and after dinner were driven
over the Island, and to the other points of
interest in this locality.
This evening banquet viii be served
at the Harper House, and tomorrow morn
ing the Minnesota visitors will start for the
north with julie Burwen, as the representa-
tive host of B. D. Buford & Co.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08
HAMPTON.

HAMPTON, Dec. Z.
At the last meeting of Riverside Lodge
No. 81 A. o. U. w. The following reso-
lutions were adopted.
WHEREAS, By the sad disaster that occurred to
the Jennie Gilchrist on the night OF October 9Th
1881, which caused the death Of our Brother Joseph
II. Thomas member and officer Of our Lodge caus-
ing thereby loss to fraternal circle, not easily
supplied while we humbly submit to the viii of the
Divine Master, yet we mourn his untimely deate.
Therefore be it
?esOtped That we. Lodge tender TO his aged
mathee and relatiyes our sympathy in their over
wheming sorrow,
Resoipsd That our Lodge room De dratsd liz the
usual manner, as mourning for the space of thirty
days.
ResOtged, That these resolutions be placed in the
minutes of this Lodge and that copy be presented
TO his mother, and that copy be presented TO the
Rock Island County papers with request that they
publish the same.
WARREN HUNTER.
RAMIYRr. HFAay
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08
THE ROSTER.

The complete list of those forming the
excursion, with their residences, is given
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08

OVER 100000 Howe Scales have been
sold. Send for catalogue to Borden, Sci
ieck s. Co., General Agents, Chicago, Ills.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08

The volraio Belt o., MaEshsll. Mich
VIII send their celebrated Electro-Vol
taic Belts to the afflicted, upon 80 days
trials Speedy cures guaranteed. They
mean what they say. Write to them with
out delay
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08

Have you Catarrhr 'Dr. Skyes Sure
Cure" is an unfailing remedy. Have you
herd of it?
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08
SAMUEL HEAGY,


Farmers in this locality are through
husking corn, the crop on an average about
one half except Mr.. Geo. Bowles who
undoubtedly has the best corn in the Town
ship, as he says it viii average 65 to rs
bushels per acre.
Samuel Heagy. VIM. Edelmore and
Henry Clark appraised the personal prop
erty of the late John P. Lennon last Mon
day, which amounted to two hundred and
thirty-four dollars.
Hampton Lodge No. $50, /. o. O. F.,
elected the following officers for the next
six months:
n G.-Peter Straekan.
". G.-Alf Hague.
r. S.-Wm. Campbell.
P. S.-Wm. Campbell.
Treas Henry Hardy.
The ''old Maids" Club will meet at the
residence of DIR. Vincent next Tuesday
evening.
B. r. Coltrie, of Princeton, H., has
rented the shoemaker shop formerly occu
pied by Mr. Vim. B. Webster. Mr.. Col
trie comes highly recommended as first
class workman, apd he viii no doubt sue
coed in this locality. &C.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08
MEN OF DECISION.

The following is the list of the petit jury
for the January term of the, circuit court,
for the first and second weeks:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08
HISTORICAL.

The origin of the present mammoth
pillow works that bears the well-known
name of B. D. Buford s. Co., was a very
unpretending little pillow shop, which
gained an enviable reputation on account
of the meritorious goods which it turned
out. Fromsthis beginning the progress
and enlargement of the buildings and
works have been steady and uninterrupted
save by the disastrous confiagration which
destroyed the major portion of the works
last December. This unexpected destruc-
ton OF the buildings only made the neces
sity more apparent for enlarged facilities,
and arrangements were at once entered
into, for the erection of the present quar-
tiers which are said to be the most perfect
and complete in every particular, OF any
similar works in the United States The
capacity is also among the leading manu-
factories of the world, while the reputa
ton of it's goods still stands second to
none.
The first building of the series that now
constitute the works was commenced in the
spring of 1856. 1t occupied the site upon
which the present iron department build
ing now stands 1t was erected during the
summer of 1856, and in the fall of that
year the first plows were turned out The
business was then conducted on very
modest scale as compared with the present
large and fourishing trade. 1t is probable
that there are now manufactured in a
single day more plows, cultivators and
agricultural implements generally than
were turned out in the first year that the
works were in operation.
The original firm name was Buford &
Tate, and this continued to be the case for
several years In 1864 Mr.. Tate retired
from the firm, and it then passed under the
name of Buford's Plow Works. In 1871
the joint stock company of B. d. Buford
s. Co. was established with capital stock
of $250,000. The original capital stock of
the shops when they first started was not
made public as it was a private concern.
The present officers of the company are
B. d. Buford PRESIDENT, L. M. Buford,
Secretary and Treasurer. From small
beginning these works have gradually be-
come the leading industry of this section OF
the country, and the success which has at
tended the ventures of the company can
be attributed to two well known causes.
First, sagacious and energetic manage
ment, and second, manufacturing goods of
first-class quality, that created for them
selves name and fame over the whole
agricultural world. 1t is estimated that
the annual sales of this concern viii ap-
proximate million dollars, and they would
no doubt have exceeded this figure but for
the fire which visited the establishment
last winter.
The principle ARTICLES manufactured are
cultivators, plows, harrows, and agricul-
tural implements generally The gang
pillow turned out by this company has Sc
cured popular name for itself, and the
&<,~~ cleo rrnsnad a
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08
FIRST WEEK.

FIRST WEEK.
c. F. Jennings S. Moline Geo. Framing, Rural
o. V. Pinkley, b. Hawk. J. Rathburn, Cordova.
G, Lindvall. Moline. W. Golden, Coe.
c. A. Phillips, CordOva, A. Eisenhart. B, Hawk.
p Drenkenshal Il. 1. FL, Saiken, Port Byron.
r. B. Wells, Moline. D. Camphen, r. /
R. l.. Bollman. Rural M. Connolly, r. 1.
j. Camp. Canoe Creek. A Shallberg Moline
III. j. Fox, X. l. L. B. Mapes Moline
ID. W. Marten, Canoe C. ID. Goldman, r. /.
M. K. Walker, Moline. s. Stockton, Cordoya.
5. Hill, Canoe Creek. II. Raserquist, Moline.
a. Baynbon, Moline. w f. Erett, r..
j, Wood. Moline. D. Clifford, r. |.
]. Atkinson. Moline. ID. +. Seymour Edgt
W. EverRg, Moline. W. L. Coyne, r. 1.
o. Gottsehe, II, /. J, Buckley, Canoe Creek
j. Wayhh, Edgington H. EVerga. Hampton.
SECOND WEEK.
j N Davis, Andalusa w Frels Hampton
/ Stromteck, Moline, Evers. Rock Island
0 johnson, Coal Valley A Donaldson R-Tsland.
G Downing Jr Il Island, W L Campbell. r Island
II FitZsimmons, r Islsnd III Clsrk, Hampton.
G Dunn, Rock Island, Cahill, Rock Island,
Lyons, GOAL Valley, Rah, yuma,
Spad, Cos, Carpenter, Hamilton,
W MeCullom, Moline, Bishaft, II IsiAhd
4 Fuller Rock Island III Ginges. Rock Island,
A Anderson. r Island Swank Yuma,
A Mcdonald Hampton, Swanson, S Moline,
p TOber, Yuma. III Underwood, Drury,
W Meader, Hampton, A Anderson r Island,
McKinstry, b Hawk, Lickefelt, Hawk,
p Sutton, Edgngton, W Howard, Drury.
] L Simpson, Port Byron " Robinson, Edaington,
@ Reed, Molne, Curngn; Rock Island:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08

EoUND-rhat Simon Berkson pays the highest
cash price for wrought or east iron scraps; 9J9
cor. 9TH ave. and 10th street
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08

E0UND-A bunch of keys, evidently belonging
Il TO railroad man; the owner can receive the
same by calling at the Argus counting room
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08
FOUND.

E0UND-A bunch Of keys on the r. r. track, near
Il Milan. Owner can have same by calling st
this Office and paying for notice.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08

E0UNn-on the Island, a Lady's portmonnAie,
=, Mnlcn the owner can have by calling al Col,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08

WANTED-An the ladies Of Rock Island Dsven.
w port and Moline, to know that Mrs. Potter en-
h buying east of clothing for which win pay the
highest price.
Mrs. Potter Gill
1919 Second Av., between 18th and l6th stS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08
WORKING MEN
LOST.

4 OST-A grey mare, about IS hands high. blind
~ In the lett eye, a little eway in back. mark on
ltit SIDE The Hinder will return the same to BfFs
Farlong, corner OF First avenue and 18th street
I oSF-A pointer dog, about eight months old
IA Finder will be rewarded by leaving him at the
Argus Office.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-08

WANTRD-A boy 10 carry papers One Twin,
w on the blun or Elm street, preferred AppiSS
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-17

TIE counting Of the electoral votes If all
the states in the presence of both houses Of
congress, and the official declaration tha'
James A. Garfield is the president-elect ct
the United States, dissipates many dark
forebodings of a possible disturbance of
the public peace in detorml ing the results
Of the last presidential election. But he
danger just escaped will recur every tour
years unless. patriotic craftsmanship shall
devise measures to avert the complications
which are likely to arise whenever there is
a closely contested election. The warning
of 1876 was entirely disregarded by con-
gross and there is too much reason to fear
that we shall drift along another :tour
years, reckless, if not insensifle t. the
danger that lnenaces the pea =, ct the
eountrv
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-17
CURRENT EVENTS

The State senate of Nevada has adopted a
memorial to congress to pass the Reagan inter-
State railroad bill. -,
The cost Of keeping the Pennsylvania rail
road clear of ice and snow has been twice the
amount this season of any year for ten years.
According to estimates of the State Agricul-
tural bureau. the farm and livestock products
of Illinois during 1880 aggregated So, $685.
600, 900!
l E: G. Dyers, for seyerae years the most eff
cient secretary of the Y. N. C. A. of Chicago,
has resigned, and left for Minneapolis, where
he will IN future reside g.
Gov: Gear is making a thorough investigation,
in various part of Iowa, as to the presence Of
uro-pneumonia among cattle and will inaug-
aurate measures to stop it wherever it exists, if
it be discovered.
{; The Arkansas Senate passed bill appropri-
ahng $40, 900 to aid in the erection of the
building of the branch normal college for the
education of colored Teachers, at Pine Bluff.
Ayes %, nays 2.
An employee of Leighton l. Jordan, the post
traders just arrived at Fort Buford, reports
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-17

4 PRETTY good idea of the amount OF
money the state Of Minnesota is destined
to receive FROM the tax on railroads, may be
obtained from the return just. made to the
railroad commissioner of the gross earn
ings of the St. Paul, Minneapolis Il Mani
toba Railway company, Oh the road from
St. Paul to St. Vincent, for the six months
ending Dec. 81, 1880. The total amount of
the gross earnings for that period was
81, 1876 1853, 81: the stare tax on the same at
8 per cent: amounted to $51, o7s.92. This
tax is at the rate of over $500, 900 per an:
mum, and is the largest ever paid by any
railroad corporation to the state. 1t is esti-
mated that the railroad taxes will, in a few
years, meet the whole expenses of the state
government
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-17

THE third of Gen. Sherman's evening
parties occurred last week, says n Wash
ington correspondent, and it was MADE
memorable by the presence Of Miss Mary
Anderson. = = It was known to a few that the
beautiful actress would come in after IL
o'clock, and expectation put the people on
tipto az the hour approached. ''The most
gifted actress of the day. as the play bills
put her. appeared in the doorway and
everyone swarmed about he,. Gen. Sher-
man made the presentations in the jolliest
way, and, standing under the full blaze of
the chandelier, Miss Mary never looked
better. Her tragic countenance were the
society smile and her head was never still
for a minute, carried high in the air one
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-17

The attorney for the Rugby colony in
Tennessee; established by Mr.. Hughes OF
London. and associates, has taken the
trouble to deny the report that the colony
is to be removed to Minnesota, and to pro-
nounce as absolutely without foundation the
assertion that Mr.. Hughes stated in Boston
that he and his fellow h elpers had been
previously cheated by the land-sharks from
whom they bought the tract, that the land
is not productive, water not to be had with
ont boring $50 feet, etc.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-17

Gov NEIL, Of Montana, sent two anti
polygamy messages to: the Legislature,
which greatly enraged the Mormon mem
bers, but the legislature adjourned without
paying any attention 10 his suggestions.
The governor is alarmed at the spread Of
polygamy, and says this crime is doctrine
of the Mormon church, and the practice is
urged and made obligatory upon the mem
bers of the church for the purpose of bind
ng them more firmly to the organization;
that Norman leaders have shrewdly calcu-
lated that by the making of society a large
community of interestin crime, its aem-
bers can be more easily persuaded and in
fluenced to aid in carrying into execution
political schemes. Of the priesthood.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-17
FOREIGN FLASHES.

The bill for the protection of life and property
in Ireland passed its second reading in the house
of commons-359 to So.
The Montreal stock exchange is greatly ex-
cited over: the announcement of heavy trans
fer of Montreal Telegraph company stock to
| the Western Union. The movement is thought
to foreshadow the absorption of the Montreal
company by great consolidation. The Mon
treal company has a capital of 1000, 600
Its system covers the Canadian Dominion and
extends through northern New York
Thomas Carlyle, the deceased English author,
! had several relatives living in Canada. Among
| them are a sister, Mrs. Henning, widow, in
Hamilton, a family of nephews and neices in
Burford the children of his brother Alexander,
! who settled there, family of hephews and
! neices in Brant township, the children of his
brother John. Dr.. Carlyle OF the normal school
| in Toronto is nephew. Alexander Carlyle,
B. A., son of the late Alexander Carlyle of Bur
| ford, married the niece who was present at his
| death.
Carlyle's remains were inferred in the buri-
al ground of st. Fechan church yard, in the
peaceful hamlet of Ecclefechan, where he first
saw the light. 1t was at one time hoped that
| the ashes of the great Scotchman might be fit
| tingly deposited in Westminster Abby, and
when it was known that this honor was declined
| by his friends in unison with his own earnest
wishes, it was expected that he would be laid
| beside his wife in the ruined aisle of Hadding-
| ton cathedral. It was, however, Carlyle's wish
to repose among his kinsfolk and to be buried
with as little pomp and circumstance as posi-
bic.
Rumors are current in London, growing out
of the expressed intentions of the government
to prosecute the land league leaguers, that
Messrs. Parnell and Dillon will be arrested A
most important document is said to have been
found in the possession of Michael Davitt just
befor his arrest in Dublin, and which tits now
asserted led to the cancellation of his tcket-of-
leave and subsequent commitment to the Port
land prison. This document, according to the
rumor, eliminates some of the most prominent
persons in the present agitation and politicians
say that Mr.. Parnel exhibits his sense of ite
Importance to the government by remaining in
Paris
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-17
CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 3.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY: =.
SENATE.-Mr. Blair introduced a resolution
for constitutional amendment prohibiting the
manufacture, expectation or importation OF in
toxlcating liquor in. the United States after
1900.
Senator Window presented to the senate a
resolution passed by the Minnesota legislature.
favoring the appropriation for the reservoir
system at the head Of the Mississippi,
Mr. Bruce, from the committed on education
and labor, reported adversely the joint resolu-
ton to provide for the enforcement of the eight
hour law. Indefinitely postponed.
The consideration Of the pension bill occcu-
pied the rest of the day.
HOUsE-The house set apart One-third of it's
galleries for members families and their friends
for tomorrow. The reservation includes the
east gallery and that portion of the south gal
lery south of reporters gallery.
Mr.. Reagan made another Intellectual effort
this morning to secure consideration for the
river and harbor bill. A number Of republicans
favorable to it voted against Reagan to-day, in
the fear that if the committee rose Cox would
interpose motion to take up the apportionment
and be sustained by the Democrats, who cared
more for apportionnlent than rivers and har-
.bors.
The absence of members and senators from
their post of duty has been so notorious this
session that Dibbren of Tennessee attempted to-
day to have measures taken for it's correction
He moved an amendmentto the legislative ppro-
priation bill providing that no member shall be
paid his monthly salary until he shall have Ger
titled that he has not been absent from the sit
tings of the houses except on account of sick
ness, and that all absence otherwise than from
sickness shall be deducted from the members
monthly pay.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8.
SENArE.-The pension appropriation bill
passed. A bill was introduced for the settle
mont0 the pnnca Indiana 49,
Mr.. Hoar offered resolution, which was
adopted, to print for the use of the senate let
ter Of Hon. Edward Everett, written after his
retirement from the Office of secretary of state
in reply to Lord John Russell on the proposed
tripartite convention relating to Cuba. He said
the letter contained an able discussion of the
Monroe doctrine and not having been included
in the official documents published by congress,
a COPY of it could not be found in the congress
sionaf or other public libraries :"
HOUSE. The Legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill passed.
An acrimonious and angry discussion took
place between Blackburn of Kentucky and
Frye of Maine, but afterwards they shook hands
and were applauded. A"
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10.
SENATE-The bill appropriatng $780, 600
for hall for the deposit of government rec
ords, passed The postofice appropriation
bill was considered.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-17

TIE patent Office hus just decided case
against Edison involving the claim of the
invention Of lamp for illuminating pur-
poses, whose novel features consisted OF
what is known as the the1mostatic regulator.
This is the famous platinum lamp which
created such a panic. in gas stocks about two
wears ago, and sent the stock Of the Edison
company up to an almost fabulous figure.
The examiner decided that Mr.. Maxim was
the first inventor of the lamp. It is claimed
by the friends Of Edison that the patent IN
controversy has no reference to Edlsons
present system of incandescent lightning.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-17

A REMARKABLE insurance conspiracy at
Evansville, Ind, has been unravelled by"
detective employed by one of the insurance
companies involved. Julius A. Coleman, a
prominent young lawyer, induced Charles
H. Lucas to insure his life for $l9'ooc ana
make feirt of having been drowned in the
river. The preliminaries of the fraud were
duly carried out, but Lucas and his minor
accomplices were soon captured, and Cole
man was hound over to stand trial.