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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-25
ton has continued good; but the general
feeling, up to Midnight is one of increased
anxiety.
(Signed.) BLAINE, Secretary.
SPECIAL TO NEW YORK
SUGGESTIONS.


SPECIAL TO NEW YORK
SUGGESTIONS.
New YORK, Aug. PA Washington
special says there are some signs of trou
bic with other glands, and should the one
now inf1amed be successfully dealt with
others are likely to demand immediate at
tention. There has been pain or rather g
tenderness discovered during the past As
hours, in the space under the knee joint
and also iu the groin. The patient has
shown a strong desire to have his knees
drawn up, as he lies upon his back; and
this may be to relieve some peritonital sore
ness The prospect of continued suffer
ing, if life is continued, is almost appal-
ling.
EMINENT AMERICAN SURGEONS,
in Paris, say they have seen no notice OF
the possibility of President Garfield having
been malarialized, nor have they heard OF
an examination being made to locdliZe the
position of the ball, and the results fits
presence in the pe1vis. They have un-
bounded confidence in the surgeons attend
ing the president, but respectfully urge the
Importance of this suggestion.
Arthur informeda reporter this afternoon
that he had not been summoned to Wash
Ingt0n, ana addeu tnat ne naQ not To-Day
received any message from Cass. He only
knew of the Presidents condition from the
published bulletins The President is
better, is he not?' said he confidently, as
the inquirer withdrew.
ARTHURS POSITION.
New YORK, Aug, 25.-Whatever con-
clusion the Cabinet may have reached, the
counsellors of the Vice President have
urged that the Cabinet cannot take upon
itself to decide, When the inability of the
President exists and it is known, General
Arthur will not heed any call or sugges-
ton Of the Cabinet, as to acting in place
of the President 1t is safe to say, also,
that while the President will not disregard
any request of the Cabinet or Blaine, as
its head, to come to Washington, he is ad-
verse to doing so while the President lives
Precedents, in like cases, show there is no
absolute need that the Vice President
should qualify Immediately on the death
of the President; and Arthur believes there
is
NOTHING so PRESSING
in National affairs as to warrant undue
haste on his part, in the event of the
death of President Gargeld.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-25
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NOT TO BE REMOVED.

WASHINGTON, Aug, 25.-Executive
Mansion 10 a. m. this mornings dressing Of
the Presidents wound, the attending ply
scians and visiting surgeons met and con-
tinued in the consultation began last night
relative to the removal OF the President
from the Executive Mansion. The result
of the deliberation this morning has just
been made known.
THE FOLLOWING BULLETIN.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Aug, 25.-At 915
a. m. the subject of the removal of the
President from Washington at the present
time was earnestly considered by us last
night and again IN the morning after a
mature deliberation the con-
cusion was arrived at by
the majority that it would not be prudent,
although we all agree that it viii be very
desirable at the earliest time at which his
condition may warrant it. We are more
over unanimously of the opinion that at
no time since the injury has the president
exhibited any symptoms Of maliara.
D. W. BLISS,
J. Z. Woo OwARD,
J. J. BARNES,
ROBT. REYBURN.
D. H. AGNEw.
F. H HAMILTON.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-25
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-25
ARTHUR's POSITION.
NOTHING so PRESSING

NOTHING so PRESSING
in National affairs as to warrant undue
haste on his part, in the event of the
death of President Cargeld.
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Connecticut western news., 1881-09-07
The Huckleberry.

Oh, huckleberry, round, ripe, black, and as full of seeds as an egg is of meat, thou art the precious fruitage of almost useless pasture land. It matters not whether thy rotund plumpness, thy rich jet color or thy tendency to seediness matured on the dry side hill beneath the burning sun, or in the secluded nook, where the cooling spring starts the onward ripple of the brooklet ; it is of little consequence whether thou vert shaken from the bush by the gentle rap of the grandmother's stick, picked, yea, true, from thy abiding twig by the grimy fingers of the gamin, or rolled into the basket from the shapely hand of the belle of the backwoods; it is immaterial whether thou art served up in dumpling, pie, or rolled in powdered sugar for the festal fly to gorge himself, thou art the real genuine huckleberry for us. The best pigment for coloring g teeth and lips and tongue yet known. Huckleberry mine," we are thine, as long as the season lasts.
Connecticut western news., 1881-09-07
The Hotel Clerks Diamond.

There was a great row in one of our leading hotels the other day. A man came to town from little country place called Chicago and put up at the said hotel for the night. About midnight, the clerk, who wears in his immaculate shirt front one of those new electric light diamonds, which is worked by a wire extended from the pin to battery carried in the hip pocket, went up to see if the mossback had turned off in- stead of blowing out the gas. The Chicago man was just dozing off when the clerk Came in.
 "Hard aport Take him off! Put on the brakes! Foot, toot, foot, toot p screamed the granger, rushing at the washstand and sending the pitcher out the window.
 "What's the matter p asked the visi- tor, "I'm the clerk"
 "Oh, Jerusalem Darn me if didn' t think you was locomotive with patent headlight. Next time you come to call on me please leave your house-a.fre in the safe down stairs"
 The clerk is very proud of the new device, but mourns the fact that he can't brush that pin with the old time feather.
Connecticut western news., 1881-09-07
Late Hours.

A London correspondent of the Balti- more Ne,OS writes:-If we are parents with young daughters to take out we begin to dress for the ball at the time when we should be going to bed. Weary and sleepy we rouse ourselves with tea or some other stimulant, and hope to tide over the hour on this as support against the claims of natural somuolence and the desire for rest. The recipe may be successful, but at what cost. For every nights forced wakefulness brought about now by such means count two of involuntary vigils, when we would give the world to sleep, and cannot. We sat ill heated rooms till or o'clock in the morning, our poor dazed eyes gath ering straws and our heavy heads nod ding as the minutes lag so slowly to hours, while our girls are flirting with handsome young ineligibles by the open windows of the passages, laying the foundations of consumption on the left and of mysery or heartbreak on the right But these balls come into the list of our pleasures, fortified by that of our duties when we are parents with mar riageable daughters whom we have to "place ;" and the world would set us down as half insane and wholly selfish if we refused to give our girls what harms them and pains us. A ball is a pleasure, according to the definition of the day, and as pleasure we must ac- cept if we cannot enjoy it.
Connecticut western news., 1881-09-07
A Popular Hymn.

There is a story that the popular hymn "The Sweet By and Bly," was the work of two men while drunk. Jo- seph P. Webster, who composed the music, died several years ago. Dr. s. F. Bennett, author of the verses, lives at Richmond, III. He says that the charge of intoxication is untrue, though Webster was free drinker. The two wrote hymn book in 1874, and "The Sweet By and By" was one of the pieces jointly produced for it. The suggestion came from a chance remark by Web ster, who was habitually Respondent, that all would be we'll "by and by." Bennett at once made the rhymes, and Webster brought the music out of a fiddle, which was his customary aid in composition. The hymn book had its day and is forgotten; but this one tune is put into every new publication of the kind, and has a sale of about 10000 copies year in sheet form. Dr. Ben- net says that he and Webster were not orthodox Christians when the hymn was written, and that he is now even less believer.
Connecticut western news., 1881-09-07
Story of a Hundred Dollar Bill.

A distinguished statesman forty years ago was on 8 visit to Baltimore, and he gave to a colored girl while there what he supposed to be at the time one dol ar bill. The next morning the girl went to a grocery store, and after mak- ing a few trifiing purchases, gave the bill in payment, under the supposition that it was dollar. The proprietor of the store, a highly-respectable citizen of Baltimore, noticed with great surprise that it was for hundred dollars, and he supposed at once that the woman had stolen it. Ascertaining the delusion she was under, he informed her of the true character of the note, and told her he would detain it until the owner was found. The girl told how she had re- ceived it, persisted that it had not been stolen, and assented to the gentleman's retaining it until the owner was found. He advertised the bill, and the states man, in answer, called to say that the girls story was true, and that as her honesty had been suspected she should keep the bill. He then departed to the scene of his daily triumphs, and in the acquisition of 8 great fame perhaps for got the incident. The grocery merchant retained the note, in expectation of the girl returning, but she never called for it, it is supposed being frightened and fearing being charged with its theft. He deposited it at interest. Years rolled on and she married, bore children and died, and few years ago son applied to the merchant for the note and interest, which now amounted to large sum of money. The amount the custodians of the fund paid into one of the city courts, in order that the court should decide whether or not the claimant was entitled to it. The court sustained the claim, and the money was paid to the heir, and thus ends the true story of a hundred dollar bill.
Connecticut western news., 1881-09-07
A Question in Arithmetic.

A New York merchant was in Austin short time ago, and Gilhooly got &C., quainted with him soon after he arrived. During the conversation Gilhooly men, toned that he had recently bought a pair of boots very cheap from Nose Schaumburgh, as Nose was selling out below cost.
 "What did he give you to take the boots ?" asked the stranger.
 "Give me to take the boots :? Why, I had to pay him something, of course. "
 ''All mean is, that I know Moses creditors in New York, and they say he never pays a cent for goods, so if he sold them for less than what they cost him, he must pay people to take the goods off his hands, or else he is not selling below cost price"
Connecticut western news., 1881-09-07
Capturing a Card Sharper.

"The vigilance of the men who are now running the Erie has about broken up the three-card monte business on our cars," says railroad employee. "We know pretty well now who the swindlers are. and we always keep an eye on them. The other day. for the first time in years, one of them managed to get his work in on passenger, and got $400 out of him. He was spotted, though, by a brakeman, and was caught as he was attempting to jump off the train at Belvidere. He's in the Steuben county jail now, and no doubt he will serve the State for spell.
 "About the neatest thing any of the Erie employees ever did in the way of getting the best of train sharper was Poppy Ayers capture of well-known expert known as Bunky Silver. Silver had been printer, and could do more tricks with cards than any fellow ever knew. He hailed from Syracuse, if I remember right, and did first class business on the Central for long time Under the old Minot management trains on the Erie were rather few and far be- tween, and finally Silver got to working our trains, as the chances were better for his getting away with his gains. He got down into Cattaraugus county, and one night at Ellicotville swindled law yer out of $100 by one of his card tricks. It was necessary for him to get out, and he struck across to Dayton, a station on the Erie road. He boarded Poppy Ayre's train, which had a big load of Swedes who were going out to Illinois. The Swedes who emigrated to this country in those days generally had money about them. What does Silver do but watch his chance and personate an agent of the road. He went through the cars telling them in their own lan- guage, for he could talk it, that it would be necessary for them to exchange their money for American money. Then emigrants did not get their money ex- changed in Castle Garden. Silver got a big pile of money and showed off on the emigrants a lot of queer stuff. When the train arrived in an out of, the-way place he gave the bell rope a jerk, and waited for the train to stop. Poppy Aver was in the baggage car. He saw the bell rope ierked, and hurried back to see what was the matter. He saw Silver jump off and start on dead run across the fields. Poppy knew some. thing must be wrong, so he hops off and starts after the sharper. Poppy was fat, but he run that fellow down, al though it took the distance across three ten acre lots to do it. He collared him and brought him back to the train. He got every cent of the money back, and had the thief sent to Auburn for seven years. Pop was reprimanded at head quarters for leaving and delaying his train; but when they investigated the case the reprimand was remitted, an6 the conductors salary was raised"
Connecticut western news., 1881-09-07
A Travellers Mistake.

A gentleman who was making tour on the Continent in search of the classi- cal and picturesque, one day met 8 companion sitting in state of most woful despair, and apparently near the last agonies, by the side of one of the mountain lakes in Switzerland. With great anxiety he inquired the cause of his suffering.
 "Oh," said the latter, ''I was very hot and thirsty, and took long draught of the clear water of the lake, and then sat down on this stone to consult my guide book. To my astonishment I found there that the water of this lake is poisonous! Oh, am a gone man 1! I feel it running all over me! have only few minutes to live! Remember me to -"
 "Let me see the guide-book," said his friend. Turning to the passage he found, "L'eau du lac bie,a 1ooissoneuse" the s'water of the lake abounds in fish"
 "Is that the meaning of it p
 "Certainly."
 "I never was bet'er," sad the dying man, leaping up, with a countenance radiant as the sun on fine May morn ing. Then, extending his arm in the true long-bow style, and saying, "There's muscle!' he cut a series of capers over the grass that would have done honor to harlequin.
 "What would have become of you, :" said the friend, '.if l had not met you?"
 'sI should have died of imperfect knowledge of the French language"
Connecticut western news., 1881-09-07
A Strong Man.

A Bavarian driver named Xavier Sem- melmann, now living in the town of Irlbach, near Straubing, is one of the strongest men in the world. Among the latest recorded achievements of this athlete, who claims to be the champion weight litter of Germany, the following deserves especial mention: A few days ago, at Hogeldorf, suburb of Rotten burg, Semmelmann raised blacksmith's anvil, weighing 4sS pounds, twelve in- ches from the ground, with one finger, and subsequently, lifted load of bricks, $40 pounds in weight, to the height of his shoulder. Last year, Semmelmann commenced starring route in Bavaria. During his first performance at Ingol- stadt some dexterous thieves succeeded in robbing him of all his personal prop erty, and this untoward mishap so dis gusted him with travelling that he re- solved never again to quit his native dis trict.
Connecticut western news., 1881-09-07
EOREIGN.

On August 20 the Island of Hilo, Sandwich Islands, was in danger of be- ing over whelmed by lava from the vol cano Mauna Loa. The lava was moving at the rate of a sixteenth of mile daily, and was slowly advancing on the town of Hilo, which would shortly be over whelmed. There was great consterna- tion among the people, who were fleeing from the approaching destruction. There were five deaths from yellow fever at Vera Cruz during the week end ing August 14. The city is clean and we'll disinfected, and the harbor is said to be free from sickness. There are now 225 cases of yellow fever in Havana. The same disease Is raging as an cpl demic at Barbadoes.
 In ce-Lorraine workmen sus- pected of being connected with the Socialist movement are being expelled. The Nihilists have established a new paper at Geneva-1he Free Word. An overflow of the river Yabu, in the jurisdiction of Sagua, Cuba, has de- stroyed viaduct and interrupted rail- road traffic.
 Fever is fast carrying of the Pan- anna Canal workmen. The hospitals are overcrowded, the canal physicians are incompetent and the patients get very little attention. The mortality is very high.
 In Algeria 200, 900 acres of country in the province of Constantine have been swept by the fires kindled by the Arabs. The French were compelled to retreat at Sourki, in Tunis, being out numbered by an Arab force. A detach- ment of Tunisian soldiers refused to help them.
 At Algoa Bay, Cape Colony, the Union mail steamer Teuton has been wrecked and 173 persons out of 200 on board drowned.
 In Russia a council of provincial delegates will be summoned to consider scheme of peasant migration. The Government is willing to help peasants who are in distress to migrate and ac- quire fresh land.
 In Tunis the Arabs have surrounded French post at Hammamet, but are kept at bay by the shells of gunboat. pulsed at Tourki.
 The Welsh National Eisteddfod, an important, popular and literary gather | Ing assembled a6 Merthyr-IydV1, mas passed resolution of sympathy with Mrs. Garfield and with the American people on account of the continued prostration of the President.
 In Algeria forest fires believed to have been kindled by the Arabs are rag ing near Algiers.
 The English harvest is almost ru- ined Even if the most favorable weather set in not more than half crop could be saved, The farmers and land lords are in despair, and hundreds of farmers will emigrate and more suffer ruin. The price of land, already seri- ously depreciated, has gone down dur ing the past fortnight. Prayers were offered for the harvest in all the churches in England on Sunday.
 In Tunis 12,OOO Arabs attacked a French force at Hammamet on Friday and were repulsed.
 At Berlin the Evangelical Alliance has passed resolutions favoring the re- striction of the rights and privileges ex- tended to Jews in Germany.
Connecticut western news., 1881-09-07
Where Have You Been Tonight !

A few nights ago one of the merchant princes of Chicago, busy with his money making, which kept him at his office until late hour, was astounded to see his son, the pride of his palatial home, staggering from a saloon with com pany of registering companions. His mind had been so ontinuously occupied with business that this accident was a revelation which spoke volumes of his neglect of his family. He could only lift his hands and exclaim:
 "Oh, my boy, where have you been tonight ?"
 There are multitude of parents in this city who might we'll repeat that question. The dens of vice are very alluring, and unless you throw around the boys and girls your strong arms of love, before you are aware they may pass beyond your reach and be over whelmed in that vortex which snatches as eagerly, and often as successfully !, the brightest and best from the most luxurious homes as from more humble abodes. Parents should know their children and seek to gain their conf dence. They should know where and how they spend their evening and leisure hours. They should know the literature they peruse, and the charac- ter of their associates not spyingly, but by the kind, considerate means which parents should study who has the care and guidance of children and young people. Study the happiness oi home and the wants of the family more and money making and fashion less, would be a motto for multitude oi fathers and mothers. - Chicago Inter. Oco0O