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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25
Th 9 Morbid Liver.

An eminent clergyman says that a
change of stomach and liver would benefi,
tho morbid sinner almost as much as a
change of heart" Yet many attribute an
irritable temper and morose disposition
to the ingenious workings of the devil
while they are simply the symptoms ol
dyspepsia, indigestion. torpid liver, CON
stipation, or general or nervous debility
and are readily removed by few doses ol
DR.. Whites Dandelion Alternative.
For sale by G. Speidel. Rock Island
and Richards & Sohrbeck. Moline.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25
CITY ELECTION,

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN. that on TUESDAY
" the 9Th day Of April next, at the following vot-
ing places In the City of Rock La land, an election
will be held for
One Mayor, for two years.
One City Attorney, for two years.
One City Treasurer, for two years
One City Clerk, for two years.
one Alderman, Fret Ward, two years.
one Alderman, Second Ward two cara
Two Aldermen, Third Ward.
Two Aldermen, Fourth Ward.
One Alderman, Fifth Ward tvyst years
One Alderman, sixth Ward two years
Two Aldermen, Seventh Werd
TOWNSHIP oPFIcERs=
One Township Supervisor, for on year
Fonr Assistant supervisors, one y ear
one township Assessor, for one y. sar.
One Township Collector, for one ear
One Police Magistrate, for four yea rs.
Two Justices OF PeSee for four yea re-
Three constables, Tor four years,
Places OF voting to be as follow
Fret Ward-Engel's Feed Store, conssIt utIng ter
riory west OF Eighth street.
Second Wsrd-Eighth Street Hose HON e. consti-
Eighth street.
Third Ward-Wide Awake Hose House, o onstitut-
ing territory west of Sixteenth - eet and
part of Seventeenth street 10 Tweifg d street
Fourth Ward. Nineteenth Street Hose Heg Ise con-
siitGting territory west of Twentieth street to
sixteenth and part of Seventeenth et rect.
Filth Ward, Linehan's store consttutinsr erritoxy
street.
Sixth Ward, Twenty-sizth Street Hose Hou Sc, con.
Twenty-fourth street.
Seventh Ward, Cenlfe otstion Ii housez const tntin
territory eas' 10 city limits.
The Election will be opened ats .ssc,ock I'm th.
m,ofning ana , continue open until O'Clock in III.
Dated, Rock Island, H., this 9Th day Of Ma rch
ROBERT KoEHLTgR gR, City CLERK.
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OUT IN THE COLD.
Miss Grundy's Washington Letter to the Phila-
delphia Times.

MISS 9rHnQYe washington LSttSr 10 tAc THlIS-
delphia Times
No more forciple illustration of the swift
changes that week has brought about
here could be given than the fact that on
Thursday. March 10. little Miss Fannie
Hayes, the ex Presidents only daughter.
gong to the White House to make call,
was refused admission becau2e she came
during the reception of the diplomatic
corps, when all save that body and the
members of the old ana now Cabinet and
their families were excluded. Her ex,
clusion was an aceident owing solely to the
fact that a msn new to the duties was
outside the door and did not recognize
her. When some OF her friends spoke
sympatnizipgly to her on toe subject, the
child (she is only l3) said without tinge
of mock humility. 1T was oil right; I'm
nobody now. l had no right to 20 10 there
while the diplomatic corps was being re-
eeived," She is staying with intimate
friend OF her mothers hero to complete
..ertain studies
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25
Climax! Climax !
Page's NlimaX SNIVe,

RACES Climax SalVes
A Family Blessing for rs cents.
1t heals without q scar. No
family should be without it.
We WARRANT it to CURE
Sores, Ulcers, ScrOfula Sores,
Fever Sores, Salt Rheum, Sore
Breasts or Nipples, Erysipelas,
Swollen Glands, Infiamed Eyes,
Scalds, Burns, Cuts, Bruises,
Fistula, Piles, BOils, Chiiblains,
Frosted Feet, COrns, and all GU
taneOus diseases OH lilan CT beast.
1t has been U5ed Cicr twenty
five years, without ono failure.
Ithas no parable. having per-
fectIy cradicated disease, and
healed after all other remedies
had failed. Il is compound Of
Arnica with many other Extracts
and Balsams, and put up in larger
boxes for the same price than any
other Ointment.
t. Sold by Druggists everywhere
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25
LEAD POISON.
rFrom the Augusta (Me) Journal. Marc

lFrom the Augusta (Me) Journal, March g.
Until very recently Mr.. Samuel Clark:
Of Vassalboro, has been in the habit OF
carrying a copying pencil in his inside
coat pocket. One day last week Mr.
Clark came to Augusta, and while 10
the city purchased some troches for
cold, which he put loose in the same
pocket, where they sere constantly in
contact With the lead. While returning
to Vassalboro on the cars he felt a
tickling in his throat, and TO allay Ia. the
irritation partook of several troches., HIS
tongue began to swell and turn black, and
bv the time he arrived hone he was dead
Iy sick. A physician was summoned and
and promptly administered antidoses for
the poison. Il is said that piece OF the
leed of one of these pencils. half the eIze
of pea, will cause the death OF robust
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25
NEWS NOTES,

The Republican state convention OF
Rhode Island met at Providence yesterday.
The present state officers were nomi-
mated.
A peculiar decision in an arson case was
rendered at Coldwater. Mich, on Thurs
day. The defendant was discharged be-
cause the house which he had destroyed
was the property of his wife. and according
to a late decision of the Supreme Court
such burning was not criminal otfense.
The Broadway Mills at Quincy burned
Yesterday. The loss was $4,000. fully
covered by insurance.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25
STOCKS.
THE WEATHER.
As a Cure for Piles

Kidney Wort acts first by overcoming 10
the mildest manner all tendency to consti-
patton; then. by it's great tonic and invig-
Grating properties, it restores to health
the debilitated and weakened parts. We
have hundreds of certified cures. where all
else had failed. Use it and suffer no
longer. r.-Erchange
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25

Remember this: There are many di-
seases that taken at the start, may be
easily checked; let them run. and they
often prove fatal. For such diseases.
generally rising from stomach difficulties,
no medicine is so valuable in the house as
Moffat' Life Pills. Moffat's Phoenix Bit
ters promote good health, Try them.
For sale by Druggists everywhere.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25

Illustrated Marriage Guide, 260 pages.
cloth and gilt binding, SO cents: same in
paper covers, Is cent?. Manhood, 10
cents " Womanhood, 10, cents: Pamphlet. 8
cents-securely sealed. by mail. Send
money or postage stamps. DR.. WHITTIER,
the great specialist. GIT st. Charles
st, Louis. Mo
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25
Notice

US HEREBY GIVEN TO THE VOTERS OF
the City OF Rock Island, that at the annual
Saction to be held in said city on the nrs TUESDAY
inV April next, there will be submitted the follow
IN In propositions:
Nirst.--For or against the issue OF $4,000 water
ho ssfor increasing the capacity OF the machinery
~ me water works Of said city Of Rock leland aud
Tr rying the location OF the from Its present
sif 20 the foot Of Twentieth street. Ia said ctyann
the Abaynent OF all bills incurred by said city in
rons 4@quenee Of such removal
sa, (sald-For or against the issue OF G25,00O Of
xvater works bonds TO retire equal amount OF
eieht pei cent bonds Of the issue Of 1872. which
mstult te FL. .hruary, 1862.
natesd Rooxk Island, ILL.,. March 4, 1881.
aI1dtd ROBERT KOEHLER City Clerk.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25

ment, it shall not be exported, The
premium on gold iu Paris as the result oil
the action is ca of one per cent as
compared with silver.
INJUNCTION.
New York, March 25.-Judge Spier,
Of the superior court, has granted an
Injunction restraining the Northern Pacific
from suing any OF the 10000 shares of
common stock which the executive COM
mittee of directors recently decided
to issue. Henry Willard, one of the chief
managers in the Oregon and Blind Pool
Co., obtained the Injunction. Ii is believed
that part or all of 10000 shares has
already appeared in the stock market and
is mixed 1p with common stock. about
which there is no question.
ILL FATED TRAIN.
CLEVELAND. O.. March 25.-The
Leader says that it is apparent that the
Pacific express on the Lake Shore Il
Michigan Southern road Is an lil-fated
train. Besides going through the Ashta-
tula bridge; at least score OF accidents
has happened to it, and a large number OF
persons lost their lives by being passen-
gers.
GLADSTONE'S TESTIMONY.
LONDON, March 25-In the Lawson,
Labauchere libel case this morning, diad-
stone. who occupied q seat on the bench,
deposed that the account which appeared 10
the Daily Telegraph Of what passed
between himself and Negraponte was
altogether false. He had hoped to receive
some explanation. or apology from Lawson
but did not receive any frank statement on
the subject.
STOCKS.
New YORK, March 25.-The market
opened irregular. very feverish and un'
Settled in early dealings; Nashville Il
Chattanooga declined from 763 to 72 aud
recovered to IS. In general list no i'm
portant changes recorded. The principal
activity in graugers coal shares. Nashville
Chattanooga & Northern Pacific.
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON. D. G. March 25 Fer
upper Mississippi and lower Missouri
valleys.fair weather preceded in the south |
ern part by occasional light snow, north
westerly winds. stationary or lower tenn
perature. higher barometer.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25
OSSMAN's CURE

ITCHING PILES is generally proceeded by q
moisture like perspiration. producing a
very disagreeable aud distressing itching,
particularly at night after getting warm in
bed. No humbug as trial will prove.
For sale by all respectable druggists. Sent
by mail for SO cents. RossMAN & Mo
KINsTRY. Hudson. N, 7. Prop. "
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25
"a ew York Market.
NEW YoRK, March G5
FINANCIAL.

GOId- DO
Money-506
0oyernmente-Strong.
Q. s. Bonds 69 cent 30's 1881 esl.......,SO0
~ i 81
NOW oE.. .1.O1 "a
COMMERCIAL.
Whsat-Moderately sctive; shade stronger; No
] white 21h; No red March S34; April 81 4
01 a2A May 20A91 eo5s June 10.
Corn-Dull and shade CASTER mix ed western
spot 570b9x.
Oats-Shade easier; western 43H64S
Pork-Firm; IS 90 spot
Lard-Highsr; 10 so.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25
P.LEs-1rcH1ua PILES

POSITIVELY CURED, also Blind and Bleed
Piles, Flstula. Salt Rheum, and all disea
ses OF the skin by the use of
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25

point was used by Van Duser to impress
on the deckhands the fact that Doctor is
acting strangely tonight" As the ferry
boat turned to enter the canal separating
Ridgway Park and Windmill Island, Q
skit crossed its bow and lay close iu under
the shadow of the piles. Shep stripped
himself of Buchanans coat and plunged
overheard. and with few strokes caught
hold OF his partners skiff and clutching
tightly to the stern was hauled down the
river below Point Airy. where he clam
bered 10 and was rowed along the Jersey
side, thence across the river to his home
in kensipgton.
MESMERIZED DANCER.
PATERSON. N. IA travelling mesmer.
lst who visited Paterson lately caused q
good deal of exitement, and the boys began
to try mesm merizing each other. One
schoolboy found himself possessed Of ami
NAL magnetism suficient TO make him a
good OPERATOR and he gave q public
exhibition. Now the boys may be seen in
all the streets trying to mesmerize one
another. This afternoon boy in one OF
the public schools mesmerized another 10
the temporary absence of the teacher. aud
set him to dancing on the platform. The
children were In ecstaeies of delight over
the performances. When the teacher sud
denly returned they sank Into their seats,
and appeared to be diligently studying
their Lessons But the lad who was doing
the hornpipe on the platform kept right
on. The astonished school teacher order
ed him to stop, but he paid no attention.
Then she tried to put him off the platform.
but he kept on dancing. She threatened
to summon the principal to punish him.
but that had no effect. Finally. some one
said that the boy was nesmerizad, and it
was not until the mesmerizer stepped for
ward aud snapped his fingers IN his face
and called ont ''All right" that the dancer
stopped. He said he was utterly uncon>
sclous of what he had been doing.
EMIGRATION.
BERLIN, March "a. - The Government
is preparing bill for the regulation of
emigration. which will be introduced next
year If not this session.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25

44A2 W - tAAAG6 MGAGABE
MILWAUKEE. March 2B.
Wheat Advanced kG1c; No fresh os; Meh
l 0ik; April 99s; May s9x.
Corn-NO2 39h.
Osts-No 2, 3lM.
Barley-No 2. ST.
RYe-1 90,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25
aT. LOUIS, Marcn IS

ST. LOUIS, Marcn IS
Wheat-Opened higher declined: No red OS
clsh; 0s01 o5h March; cav @1 o5k April;
051s41 07 May; 064G1 059s June: o11S July; "
6974s year: No 3, eS1 No 4, Q415 bid.
Corn-Opsned higher and declined; 4fa cash |;
MH94fK May; s14 June; 42HQ42 July.
oats -S6Ac.
Rye-1 05
Barley 05.
Pork-15 rs.
LArd-105).
IA.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25
NAMED FOR PLACE.

WASHINGTON. March 25-The Presi-
dent nominated Robert Il. Hit, Illinois.
Asst. Secretary of State: Nathan W.
Spaulding, Asst. u. s. Treasurer. Ban
Francisco, Cal; Charles M. Leavy, Asst.
Appraiser, San francisco. Cal; Postmas-
ters. John Mckinney. Jr.. Aledo. Iii;
VIM. Rule, Knoxville. Tenn; u. j. Tip
pom, Cleveland. Tenn; Elliott L. Rogers,
Red Oak. Iowa.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25

Hegs Receipts 4.i0o; lower and weak; Workers
and Batiuores 8 5o0t5 90; mixed packing 20E5
50; good to choice heavy 1906 90.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25

WASHINGTON. D. c.. March 25.-
Senstor Ingalls, offered resolution ask
ing the secretary of war for list of all
appointments made in his department
from December 1879 to March Attn 1881,
except army appointments, with reason
for changes, promotions, etc. The reso-
luton was laid on the table for future
action.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25
FTNANCIAL NOTES.

LONDON, March 25-The statement is
made that 9i2.o00 were Withdrawn fer
America.
New YORK. March 25-Leading back"
ers have advices that the Bank OF Ffauce
has decided to stop the payment OF gold.
The Post construes this to mean that the
bank will, as In 70. pay gold only on agree
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25

WASHINGTON. March Is. Commodore
Robert w. ShufeIdt, U. s. ~. will shortly
be detached from duty in this city and
ordered to duty as naval attache q. s. le-
CATION at PekiD. This action will be taken
for the purpose of allowing Commodore
Shufeldt to accept command of the Chinese
navy
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25
LONDON ITEMS.

LONDON, March 25.-The Liberals in
parliament are said to be considering q
proposed motion condeming terms and
peace with tho Beers Home rulers are
considering the expediency of calling at
tention to utterances of several Irish
Judges and asking their dismissal.
Count Pecci, the popes brother is dead.
A SENSATION SPOILED,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25
INTEREST TO BE PAID.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-The score
tary of the treasury has authorized the
of ethe 2Sth without rebate of
interest due April lst on per cent
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25
POLITICAL LOTTERY.

pETRoIT. Mich. March 25,-The Re
publican judicial Com mittee being unable
to agree on candidate. nominated Russell
Daolar hu lot
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25

New York, March 25-Picked physi-
clans and squad of sanitary officers began
this morning, canvassing lodging houses
and cellars throughout the city, for the
nurpose of fighting Typhius fever.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-25

ment, it shall not be exported, The
premium on gold in Paris as the result of
the action is @4 of one per cent as
compared with silver.
, 1881-04-20

tic uses, to be economical, subdivided;
equalized. measured, and retailed, like
any commodity handed over . counter.
For the purpose of street lighting, there
does not appear to be any reason why
electricity may not be even more convenl.
emit than gas in some important respects,
If the, object be- to give light without show
ing the light itself, as in tropical countries
they light q building without letting tho
windows be seen, then the electric light has
the advantage that it can be placed very
high, in the middle of the street, like the old
lamps hung from chains, aud can be befurnished
with large refectors intercepting the light,
and difusing 1t over the whole width OF The
street. Light without lights is the ideal OF
all ages and countries it Is so alike 10 the
Elysian Fields aud in the Heavenly Jerusalem.
In the illumination OF old Continental cities,
where the streets are narrow and they rave no
gas, they produce the effect of q luminous
atmosphere by transpareuoies, by awnings
stretched from one side of the street to the
other, and by a multitude Of lights with more
colour than brilliaucy. An endless procession
passes along miles of arcade like the mazes OF
q fairy palace. A single gas lamp. such as
those of our streets, would destroy the Illusion,
if only by preventing the passenger from see
ing anything eISos NU uUuut o soSe
of inquiry and experiment will be found nsces-
ssry before we can master the element In
which the bravest spirits that ever existed, the
commanders of armies and Of fleets, az
Lucretius tells US, have found their master.
Terrible instan ces warn US against careless
handling of the fame which, in comparison
with other flames, We may call divine. When
a great poet wished to distinguish between
human presumption and the power of Omnipo-
tence be- put into the hands of one the greasy
and smoky link, and into the hands of the
Divinity the true bolts of heaven that hurled
the impostor from bis triumphal oar. The
contrast is that of the change We ara now
making, and man is now presump'uous enough
to take into his hand the very bolts OF Jovs
aud bid them accomplish bis behests. He has
already made them his messengers under the
ocean and from battlefelds on the other side
of the world. he now asks a lesser %service,
as it might seem. He asks them to do the duty
of the link.boy Of the last century and street
lamp of this to light him across the crowded
thoroughiare, or through its conflicting stream,
and so override or qualify the ordinance which
has given the day for work and the night for
rest to wearied man and beast.
, 1881-04-20
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT IN LONDON.
Times 10 MGrch.l

In a few weeks the City of London will
present a competitive exhibition that AN
not fail to be an epoch in the life of every
beholder, and in the worlds history. Diff
ferent areas are allotted to the companies
carrying out the various systems OF electric
lighting, One company, some tine before
the world, has been prevented from JOIN
ing the competition by legal and other
difficulties. But the LOntin system will
be- shown in the illumination of Southwark
bridge, Queen Victoria-street, Queen-street
South, and Queen street-p place. The Brush
system will be shown on Blackfriars-
bridge, New Bridge street, Ludgate circus,
Ludgate-hill, st. PauIs ~churchyard, and
Cheapside up to King-street. The Siemens
system will be shown in the remaining
half of Cheapside, Guildhall-yard, Poul-
try, King-street. Mansion-house, Royal
Exchange, King William-street, and
Adelaide-place. Here are three Of the
most important districts in the metropolis,
containing the most crowded thorough
fares and the most f%requented open spaces,
the finest edifces, the most splendid trad
ing establishments, two great railway sta
tons, two bridges, and the approaches to
q third. These are no longer experiments,
except so far as they will help the decision
WulCU pldu 10 luo U6Sb. LILO clcClIlC lISuU
has already had a sufficient trial under
what may be called unfavourable condi-
tions. Light ought to recommend itself by
lighting up something, and it cannot be
said to have q fair chance when there is
nothing to light up. The Thames EN-
bankment does not come up to the very
moderate standard of London life and
gaiety even by day, but at night it is
nothing but a wide and deserted road way,
with a quarter of a mile of black water on
n side and a hundred yards of still
darker garden ground on the other. You
see the electric lights and nothing more.
The promised exhibition will show off to
unwonted advantage streets busy with all
kinds Of traffic, magnificent buildings,
covered, some pr0fusely, with those archi-
tectural ornaments that require the
strongest contrasts of light and shade.
The general state of the London atmos-
phere aud the natural or artificial exclu-
aiOn of the sun sadly mar the effect of such
'edilces as st. Paul's. and of those consti-
tuting the heart Of the City. We are now
promised a sight Of them as in a blaze of
glory at q grand transformation scene.
Nobody knows what a building is, or what
its architecture is intended to represent,
till he has seen it lit up by a con1agra-
tion, by lightning, or by that rare combi.
nation of intense light and murky darkness
sometimes seen at the approach off storm.
Salisbury Plain lighted up by q meteor
acquires q new grandeur, or q new horror.
The exhibition will be, therefore, not SO
much of the new light as. of London in a
new light. The intolerable briIliancy of
the electric light compels Ms to veil and
sdispsrse it The exhibitors are obliged to
change their suns into moons, il pity to
, 1881-04-20

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Don't GruIIlbIe.

If a farmer does not care to magnify
his own office, but as rule continues to
depreciate it, he may expect others Will
do the same. If the farmers are I'M
willing to stand up and assert their own
claims to independence, they might cX-
pect to be pushed to the wall, as there
are so many to do it if permitted. We
cannot expect others to respect us If we
do not respect ourselves, and we can't
expect our sons and daughters tOrespect
the occupation of their father if the lat
ter is always complaining. As like pro
duces like, if farmers are continuous
grumblers, grumbling may he the only
inheritance they can bequeath to their
children. | have seen much OF the
West. and am certain if the New Eng
land farmer would only consent to one
half the dcprivations to which the
| Western pioneer is subjected of neceS-
sity, he can in twenty years time dou-
Bile his Western cOmpeer. -IhOS. WHIT
aker.