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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-29

which is distinctive and seems To meet the require
mens TO which it Is applied with surprising facil
ity.-Peoria Transcript
Some who have been given up by our best physi
clans incurable. have been placed under the
of this lady who has saved them from early
grave.-BIoomington Sunday Eye.
name so well known la Central Illinois Is to
have become household word in hundreds OF faIni-
lies, is that of Mrs DIR. Keck. - Rvening Peorian.
Daring practice OF nearly 10 years, DR. Keck has
gained withVnt doubt greater celebrity than any
female physician in the west and the strongest
dorsemenis pour in from all parts Of the country
Woodford Scptinel.
Mrs. Keckr mas been an active and successful
study OF chronic diseases only; and has certainly
performed many wonderful cures-Washington
Farmer.
Time and larger acquaintance with the people,
only serve to add yearly 10 Mrs. Kecks celebrity
q physician and good name as citizsn.-Eyeniug
PeOTian.
This lady is so wei and favorably known 70 our
readers that sine needs but passing notice here
She comes always crowned with compliments and
bearing the highest recOmmeRdationa.-Iinco
(Ill.) Times
The Doctors rapidly growing popularity IL a con-
stant cause of remark. She has always had a large
is increasing and patients come from great dstal-
ces.-Peoria Freeman
This lady has gained an eminence in the practice
of her specially Of chronic diseases, which nspires
meritoriouR emulation the part Of younger and
even older followers of EscuApins and the results
of her skill and successful treatment bring forth the
praises and blessings OF hundreds not in DAveupOBl
only but through the broad distances Of the States
davenport Democrat.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-29
LIVE STOCK
st. Louis Market.

ST. LOUIS Dec. 90.
Wheat-Opened higher, closed lower, weak; 2
red, SO O. 3314 Cash 3614Q1 s71a Dec, l 80;
Jan. 48; Feby, 1441l
Corn-opened higher declined 659655f.
Oats-Firm, slow; 456544 cash; no options.
Rye-Higer; 95 bid.
Barley--Dull; S1Ge1 10.
Whskey-1 16. %
Pork-slow; 16 IS bid Jan; 1o Is Feb.
LIVE STOCK.
Hogs-Receipts. 4,75O. quiet; very light 5 259
5 60; Workers., 5 75g590; packing, 6506 20; butch
ers to fancy, 6l466h.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-29
Rheumatic Diseases.

These ailments follow from torpid liver
and costive bowels; the skin, bowels and
kidneys failing in their proper work, an
acrid poison is formed in the blood, which
is the occusion of these acute diseases.
KidneyW Wort produces healthy action of
all secretive organs, and throws off the
rheumatic poison. Equally efficient in
Liquid or Dry form-I1ater- Ocean.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-29

Angostura bitters are endorsed by all
the leading physicians and chemists, for
their purity and wholesomeness. Beware
of counterfeits and ask your grocer and
druggists for the genuine article, prepared
by DIR. j. G. B. Seigert s. Sons.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-29
Height OF Folly

to wait until you are IN bed with disease
you may not get over for months. when
you con be cured during the early symp-
toms by Parker's Ginger Tonic. We have
known the sickliest families made the
healthiest by timely use of this pure
medicine - Observer
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-29
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, Dec. Zg-
wheat-Active: higher 81 cash. Dec; 1 27%
January; 2S February
Corn-Strong and closing easier, 6s cash: 63a1
Dec; 64 asked January; 661s bid May; sales 6714
May.
oats-Firmer, 44ss cash, Dee; A Jan and Feb.
461a May.
Rye-9Tc.
Barley-Nominal &c higher, 04.
Whiskey- II.
Pork-Easier 10 25; sold cash 16 IS Jan. 16 60
Feb and 16 60 March
Lard-weak and lower 10 90 cash; 10 s715 Jan'y
IL - bid Feb
LIVE STOCK
Hogs-Receipts 1S000 moderately active, light
5 85Q6 20; med. packing, 5 s506 30; heavy 625Gt
6 65.
Cattle-Receipts 5,500 markets weak for ship
ping; good to choice, 6Q61s common to fair, 4l
5; butchers, 1884; Texans, 2 9003 S5.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-29

president repeated his request that Blaine
should remain until December. There was
never at any time the slightest misunder-
standing between the president and Blaine
about the latter's retirement, and their per
sonal relations continue, as they have al
ways been, entirely friendly and cordial
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-29

For the delicate and complicated diff
culties peculiar to the female constitution,
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
is the sovereign remedy. It aims at the
cause, and produces lasting results Send
to Mrs. Lydia f. Pinkham, 2S3 Western
Avenue, Lynn, Mass, for pamphlets.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-29
Notice of Assignment.

Public notice Is hereby given that William s. Beal
and George W. Beal partners in business as Beai
Bro-. at Hillsdal, Illinois. have made general ae
sipnnent of all their property TO the undersigned
the benefit Of their creditors. and all creditors OF
said BaAl Bro. hereby notified to present their
claims under oath s5sirmAion. to the undersigned
within three months from this date.
Dated Dec 18th, 1881.
L. p. FEASTER,
Assignee of Real Bro
KENwoRTHY & BEARDsLET,
Attorneys for Assignee. dWSw
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-29

Remember this: There are many diseases
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 medi-
cine is SO valuable in the house as Mofat's 8
Life Pills. Moffat's Phoenix Bitters pro-
mote good health Try them. For sale
INV druppists everywhere.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-29

NorIcB In hereby given TO the Stockholders OF the
People, National Bank that the annual meeting for
the election of directors, for the ensuing year. viii
be held at their Banking House THesday, the
10Th day Of Jannary, 1852 at the hour of O'Clock
m JOHN PEETz, Cashier
Rock Leland. Ill. Dec 27th, 1881.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-29

The volsaio Belt Co.. Marshall. Fitch
Will send their celebrated Eleetro-Voi
taic 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, 1881-12-29
WALKING MATCH.

New YORK. Dec. 2a.-Peter Fitzgerald,
272, Lacrosse. 265; Herty, 261; Novam-
ace, 256; Howard, 249; Hart, 229; Krohne,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-29

"a lady had the flesh eaten off her arm
by scrofula Could see the sinews work
ing. Iindsey's Blood searcher' cured her. "
7. Ralston, Elderton, Pa.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-29

Keep your family well supplied with
Sellers Cough Syrup" Use it in time;
YOU will avert bronchial and pulmonary
Affections. 25cents
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-29
A Popular Tonic for Weak Lungs and Con
sumption.

No preparation ever introduced to the
American public, for the relief and cure
of Coughs, Colds, Soar Throat, Debiiirated
Constitutions, Weakness of the Lungs, or
Consumption, in the incipient or advanced
stages of the disease, has ever met with
the Endorsements Of physicians or patients
as the celebrated .aTolu Rock and Rye .
The repeated and continued sales of the
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-29

A large reward is offered for case OF
Piles that Trask's Magnetic Ointment can
not at once relieve and quickly cure.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-29
New York Market.

COMMERCIAL
Wheat--Qniet and higher; No, red, Jan LAG
1,41M; Feb. ,421sG1 ,43ss; March. ,443SGJI 459s
Corn-Weak, lower; mixed Western spot 61GG69
Oats-Firmer; western, 470y50.
Pork-17 75-
Lard-11 H.
- rl-nr- i
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-29

You peruse Opinions
of the Press:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-08-13

its canal to a maximum of 40 cents
per ton.
Shipments of coal over the Penn
sylvania railroad for transhipment in
to vessels at Philadelphia began June
lst, and shipments are now also max
ing to the Chesapeake and Ohio ca
nal. The business over the new road
for the month Of August is estimated
at $4,000 tons, while for the year
1882 it is expected to amount to
100000 tons.
In addition to the advantages which
are to accrue to the trade from the
! building of this road, the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal is to make improve
ments which will both facilitate the
transportation of coal ard reduce the
cost of delivering it at Underwater.
During the winter of l98l-82, it will
double the length of half of its locks,
and during the following winter will
complete this work. Steam canal
boats have been adopted with sub
stantial advantages on this canal; and
with the increased size OF the locks,
it will he but few years before all
of the carrying will probably be done
by them. The present steam colliers
carry but about 80 tons, and compete
successfully with horse boats carrying
about ITO tons. Upon the comp elton
of the enlarged locks, it is proposed
to use boats Of double the present
length, with capacity for carrying
about 90 tons. Tho power required
to move these will be scarcely 10 per
cent. greater than that required for
the 80 ton boats now In use.
The result Of all these improvements
will be to enable the Cumberland
mines to put coal on board vessel at
tile-water at a lower cost than any
other mining district in this country,
and about as cheaply as any of the
English mines.
This subject is of special interest
to the producers of both bituminous
and anthracite coal; for after having
its influence on the prices of otLer
bituminous Goals, Cumberland will
become, in a measure, the regulator
Ct the prices of anthracite steam Goals,
which are even now suffering from
the competition with bituminous
coal. While the policy of the COM
panies which control the George 8
Creek & Cumberland Railroad will be
not unnecessarily to depress the price
of their product, yet with the econo-
mics which have been, and are TO be
established, they will be able to do a
profitable business at prices which
have heretofore teen considered very
low, and which were far from being
remunerative.27 Engineering and Min
ing Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-08-13

pitable instincts and is never happier
than when as host he is contributing
to the pleasure Of his que is. HIS
lieutenants are mostly from the
younger men of the party. He is al
ways ready to take by the hand a
young man OF promise and brains. |
have not written these words to de-
huge Mr.. Wilson with fulsome Ian
dstion; that would be as oiious to me
as it would be disgusting to him. But
they are true words. they are honest
words, and, by st. Paul, l stand ty
them.
l hear the rame of Mr.. Martin
Byrne prominently mentioned for the
House of Delegates by democrats as
delegate likely to be highly accept
able TO miners. :,
Squire Gender, / understand, will
seek the nomination fer regis.er. Mr..
Gender has been friend of mine from
boyhood and l take pleasure in add
ing my humble testimony to his intel
ligence and christian manhood.
The party seems to have designs
on Mr.. Alex. King, and when the
dark horses are unblanketed l should
not be surprised to see some mystic
rious whispering going on among the
professional jockeys.
ST. Patrick's church is being thor
oughly renovated preparatory 10 con,
secration this year. Like a scabbard
worn by the good sword blade, Father
Brennan's health has been much i'm
plired by his arduous labors, and bis
devoted friends will hope that his
strength may continue and enable
him to witness the fruition OF his
hopes in the complete dedic'tion Of
his church to the cause Of religion.
SCALPEL.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-08-13

the other, and carry out the disguise
OF miners was the point of the joke,
and if ona demuIred at the treatment
he was made the wor victim. With
this spirit upon them imagine their
demorallzed appearance as they
emerged into daylight in contrast
with their picturesqueness before de-
scribed. Each laughed at the other
as being more comic Of the two, and
the vain attempts to remove the col
oring were only like giving new
turn to the Kaleidoscope, the same
thing remained but with new geomet-
li,al figures.
The next point to be Investigated
was the furnace. and when the 6 !ow-
Ing heat of tons of coal in process of
consumption burst uron the sig ut the
first thought at rose to mind was
OF Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego,
rather than of the ventilation that
was to lie produced through all OF the
mines.
With many thanks to the engineer
and the driver who plloted the way,
our party embarked for home, but
not without expressing sympathy for
miners who go to their daily toll with
their lives in their hands, exposed to
dangers hidden and unseen. Thus
closed an afternoon fraught with much
enjoyment and voted by our psrty as
one to be remembered, and our cap
tain as a grand caterer to the pleas
ure Of our house.
ONE OF THE PARTY.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-08-13
THE GEORGES CREEK AND GYM
BERLAND RAILROAD 1N
IMPORTANT FAC7ORIN
TIE COAL TRADE.

This company was organized about
Two years ago, with a capital stock Of
$345, 900, which is controlled by the
America and Maryland coal COM
panes. A bonded indebtedness Of
100000 was authorized, which will
not be fully required to make the
road complete in sidings and rolling
stock. The main line Of the road is
"a miles long, extending from the
centre of the Georges Creek coal field
to the city of Cumberland, where it
connect. with the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal and the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad; and there are about
three miles of sidings. The sams
parties control the connecting Penn
sylvania railroad in Mary land, which
is 81 miles long and has about mile
of sidings. This road has capital
stock of $4,000, and a first mortgage
of $4,000, and second mortgage of
$65 .000 which is held by the city of
Cumberland, and bears no interest for
thirty years. After hard struggle
With the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
company, these lines have been ccm-
pleted, and now a large portion oil
the Georges Greek coal field has cut
let's to the Pennsylvania railroad, the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and the
Cbesar cake and Ohio canal; whereas
in the past, this distri;t was dep nd
ent on the Baltimore I'd Ohio rail-
road solely. and was all but ruined
by that company's traditional policy.
These roads form line that extends
from the heart of the Georges Creek
basin to the city of Cumberland and
to the Pennsylvania State line, where
co nection is maze with the Penn
sylvania railroad system. and they
thus enter into competition with the
Cumberland ard Pennsylvania rail-
road, which is owned BIZ the Consoii-
dation coal company. The wing in
distance by the new route is about 20
per can't, while it is found that a re-
duction of 25 per cent. from the min
imum two cents per ton per mile)
charged by the old rocds will make
the new enterprise very proftabe
one. This road has further advan-
tage in the fact that it runs along at
the mouths of the drifts OF the sew
eral mines, and does away with the
expensive planes which must be used
to lower the coal to the old road. The
economies aggregate what alone
should be a good profit TO the coal
companies. Furthermore, the Chesa-
peake and Ohio canal company IS I'M
der contract for period of twenty
seven years to limit the tolls collected
on all coal passing over this road to
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-08-13
ALLAH LIME
STEAM BETWEEN
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

AlsteameIs are appointed to leave Ba'-
t,more at 9 a. IN, on their advertised
dates.
Storage Passageto or from Liverpool
Londonderry, Glasgow Queenstown, Bel
fast, Bristol, Cardiff, &c., at Lowest
Rate. Very best accommodations Tor
Storage and intermediate Passengers
An experienced surgeon s attacl ed to each
vessel. intermediate and Storage steward
esses carried by each steamer for the pur-
pose of attending to the wants of the te.
males and children. For further particu-
lars or passage ticsets to and from Great
Britain, apply to
A. SCH UMACHER s. CO., Baltim IRE;
in Frostburg to j. JANDORF,
June 25-y Main Street
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-08-13

WHEN the Creator had finished
making the world he had cartiull
of slack left. Having no use for the
material, He dumped it out in the
most worthless locality He knew Of
and called it the "Clearfeld coal re-
pion." That's why the Reveille COM
plains that "thore is no originality
down" here-no Clearfeld coal, not
even original ain.
THE value Of plentiful supply of
water was nev.r more apparent than
when the stock gave out after a short
run upon it Thursday morning.
That experience emphasizes our sug-
gestion last week that the town should
own the water works.
So long as it is the least expensive
and most profitable institution to a
few individuals in our midst so long
will the community have to submit to
whatever meagre amount Of water
the former are willing TO coll set and
turn into the town.
Whereas, there being in it a value
which capital and dividends do not
in any sense express, it should belong
to the people, that great body whose
comfort, welfare and health depend
largely upon it.
That water should be sold is an
outrage; that it should be made an
article of merchandise involving pro-
fits unknown and dividends untold to
an irdefnable few is so near a crime
that nothing but legal permission pre-
serves the practise from that stain.
Water should be supplied to the
people at cost. The arrangement is
wholesale; therefore, it should be ac-
tually cheaper pro rata to the mass
than to the individual who digs well
or goes to the spring.
This economy will never be realiz-
ed until the people own and control
their water supplies.
1t is useless to ask the JOURNAL to
Ego for the water" company. So Icing
as that establishment receives good
pay for what it chooses to give, SO
long will we have to take what is al
lowed
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-08-13
EARS FOR THE MILLION
Foo ChGO'S BalSam OF Sharks Oil

POSITIVELY Restores the Hearing,
L and is the only Absolute Cure for
Deafness known. This Oil is extracted
from a peculiar species of small White
Shark, caught in the Yellow Sea, known
MS Careh'rodo8 ROnde'ettis Every Chinese
fisherman Knows it, Its virtues a. re-
storauyc OF hearing were discovered by a
Buddhist Priest about the year 1920. lts
cures were so numerous and many so SEEM
ingly miraculous, that the remedy was
officially proclaimed over the entire Empire.
Its use bee lme SO universal that Tor over
300 years no Deafness has existed among
the Chinese people. Sent, charges pre-.
paid, at 81 per bottle. Only imported by
HAYLOCK & CO.,
Z pey Street, New York.
Sole Agents for Amertca.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-08-13
CUMBERLAND, MD, Aug. s, 1881

CUMBERLAND, MD, Aug. ., 1901.
To the MINING JOURNAL:
There is thunder in the air. John
Shafer has been sick at home for
several months but he is up now and
the heal of his shillalab has been run
full OF lead. Shaffer can handle a
grievance better than any man in hi.
party. When Hebb skirmi.hed him
cut of the dictatorship it was not
long before he got the clerkship. The
negro vote backed by three or four Of
our oiliest republicans waltzed him
out of that and now he'll have some
thing substantial of the next conven-
ton or therell be a weepin' and a
wailin' and smashin' of teeth when
the sacred ballots are counted. Shaffer
has fairly set his teeth against the
republican mandsrins who are trying
to read him out of the party and he
means that this fight ehall not be
with blank cartridges but a toutrance.
No plunmet line was yet long enough
to reach the bottom of the unspeak-
able stupidity of the republican
leaders, SO called, in Cumberland.
They have completely alienatod the
negro vote. The colored people OF
Cumberland have the nationa! griev-
ance, a bitterer State grievance and a
most bitter local grievance. II the
whole lot of leaders had thimbleful
of brains to go around this could rot
be. The colored vote of Cumberland
not only holds the balance of power
in the city; it holds it in the county
and what have they got? Have they
man in the water works Have
they a janitor for the conrt house !?
Have they a clerk in the postofice ?
Have they clerk in Mr.. humans Of
fee? Have they anything? | be-
lisve one poor old negro does help TO
sorape the streets This is like the
record Of the republican party. You
ask, what Of it? My reply is, you'll
see what there is of it this fall. 1t
will be q grand settlement day for
public and private grievances, and aa
the upshot of the whole business | do
not see what is to help the republican
ticket. One or two Of their best men
may pull through, but for the lest it
were far better that like the swine Of
Holy Writ they run down the bank
into the s,a.
The leader who will move upon the
republican works is Asahel Wilson.
Under his matchless executive ability
the party is now July consolidated
for a ringing campaign. He is born
leader. He is always cool. He never
srits on HIS hands to wind up his
watch. He has activity without bus
tie, dispatch without hurry, dexterity
without craft and vigilance without
suspicion, and is by all odds the
brainest politician Of Western Mary
land. No man with millinery face
and patent leather boots ever fooled
Willison. He listens to what mans
face is saying, not what comes out OF
his mouth. Though nud.ocesn of
Islander and detraction have been
thrown upon him, not Aeck of it
was ever known to stick. The secret
of his success is his innate sagacity,
his sincerity and his unfinching cour-
age. What he promises he'll stick to,
aud his word is as good as his bond.
Moreover, he is public-aplrited citi-
zen, and his private life has never
bsen attacked by even his most NAL
ienant enemies. He is a man of hos
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-08-13
GENERAL ITEMS.

The President improves apace.
Last Sunday second incision was
made to facilitate the flow OF pus,
which Frustrated him somewhat. The
latest bulletin is given:
WASHINGTON, August 10, 1880 p. m.
The President has passed a comfortable
morning. He continues to take without
rcpugnance the liquid nourshment allow
ed, and ate with relish IL l-rger quantity OF
solid food than he took yesterday. AT
pres, mt his pulse is 100; temperature
so $40 respir dion 10.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-08-13

It's virtues are anquestioad5le and its cur
alive character absolute, az the writer can
reIsonally testify, both from experience
and observation.
Among the many readers of the ReoieD
in one part and another Of the country, it
is probable that numbers are afflicted with
deafness, anu TO such it may be said !:
Write at once to Haylock & Co., Z Day
street, New York, enclosing 81, ind you
will receive by return ramedJ that will
enable you TO hear like ar yDody else, and
whose curative etferls viii be permanent
You will never rerreL doing so."-Edtor
of Mercantile Re0ieao Jny eff
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-08-13
*Will not carry Storage.
Proposed sal ,ingsfrom Princes Landing
Stage, Liverpool:

Cabin passage, $50 and 3 90 gold !;
Storage, S2S.
'rHOS. G. PORTER,
July Q Frostburg, Md"