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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
ISLAND, ILLINOIS. MONDAY MAY g. 1881

that Durango, Colorado, was q good place
to be born in. She is the first native OF
that fiourishing mining camp, and her re-
cent advent was the occasion of much ioy
among the hard-fisted frontiersmen, many
of whom, no doubt, had not seen a baby
for twenty years. That was s'tenderfoot'
whom the veterans were glad to welcome,
and within few hours after her appear
ance in this vale of tears she had received
innumerabIe presents of all kinds and val
ues, including bag of gold dust a half
dozen bottles of soothing syrup, dog a
town lot years subscription 10 the local
newspaper, four tons of coal and post
office box
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
TERRORISM IN TEXAS

Fort EwEIL. Tex, May 22-On II. 'es.
day, while Mr. Mccoy, from Gonzales. ant.
his party were penning some cattle, one
Wright, with his party, rode up. Wright
shot and killed Mccoy, whose party fed,
leaving the field in the hands of the Wright
party. A man named 1'etit was found
dead in the lake some days ago, and James
Moore is supposed to have been killed
They belonged to the Wright party, which
has instituted a reign of terror througho
that section. Much trouble is anticipated
by the authorities
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
SCOTT'S FUNERAL

PHILADELPHIA, May 2.-Arrangements
for the funeral of the late Colonel Thomas
A Scott have been completed. Services
will be held at the house at Woodburn,
where the pail bearers and family will
meet. The interment viii take place at
five o'clock at Woodlawn cemetery.
The following gentlemen viii act as
pall-bearers: George B. Roberts, A. J.
Cassatt, Hon. John Scott, Frank Thurston,
John P Green, P. D. Barclay, George D.
hrumbhar and Colonel William B. Forney
of Lancaster.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
MEXICAN RAILROADS..

CITY OF MEXICO, May 23.-The house
OF Representatives last Thursday almost
unanimously approved the Southern rail-
road. Grant concession and the bill will
pass the senate also within the next ten
days. The Tehunaterpec concession, which
railroad commission granted Capt. Eads,
was appointed by the house and will pass
the senate with some non-essential modifi-
cations that are acceptable to Capt. Eads.
Ina guratlon of Mexican Cuanta railroad
VIII take place June sixteenth.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
Ponder on these Truths.

Kidney-Wort is natures remedy for kid
ney and liver diseases, piles and constipa-
ton
Sediment or mucous in the urine is a
sure indication of disease. Take Kidney
Wort.
Torpid liver and kidneys poison the
blood. Kidney-Wort reyives them and
cleanses the system.
Headabhe, bilious attacks, dizziness,
and loss of appetite, are cured by Kidney
Wort
See adv
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
SUICIDE OF A WOMAN.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May 22.-Mrs. Coo
ley, widow, about SO years of age, who
had been in this city only week, commit
ted suicide early this morning by throwing
herself from third-story window in her
boarding house. She was instantly killed
She said last night if anything happened
to her to give $50 of her money to her sis
ter, Bridget Hughes, of Adams. Over
S15o was found on her person, rolled up in
handkerchief.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
SWEDISH EMIGRATION.

LONDON, May pa dispatch from Co
penhagen says:
The Swedish government is becoming
alarmed and eontemplates restrictive legis
lation in view of the emigration which is
assuming the proportions of an exodus
Several counties are practically denuded
of all their able-bodied inhabitants.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
st Don't Want that Stuff

Is what lady of Boston said to her hus-
band when he brought home some medicine
to cure her of sick headache and neuralgia
which had made her miserable for fourteen
years. At first attack thereafter it was ad-
ministered to her with such good results
that she continued its use until cured, and
made SO enthusiastic in its praise that she
induced twenty-five of the best families in
her circle to adopt it as their regular family
medicine. That stuff is Hop Bitters.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
RAILROAD DECISION.

HARRIsBTRe, May 23.-The Supreme
court this morning affirmed the decree of
the court of Common Pleas, declaring
that Frank e. Boyd and others are legally
elected officers of the Philadelphia & Read
ing Railroad. Judges Sherwood, Turnkey
and Sterrett dissented.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
RUSSIAN LEWIS
v of the

ST. PETERSBURG, May 23-Man Snaat ~
rich Jews of Moscow have received t. fe+'' I
ening letters, and as a consequence, H.. :
become alarmed and left their country vii
las which they have hired for the summer
The number of arrests in the Kieff district
for attacks on Jews since the 18th inst. is
one hundred and twenty-five.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
COMM EECIAL,
Chicago AarRer.

NHIoAso. May %
Wheat trong aud higher; 06 cash; cegs
June; / 07A bid July
Corn Firm and higher; 4sA cash; 4ass June;
42sz bid July. 43z Aug
Rye-1 Ii
BErley-si
Pork--Irr, gular; 10 40 cash and June; 16 55 July
Lard Finn; 10 IS cash and June; 10 so bid July
WHISKY s.
LIVE srO~sw.
Hogs-Receipts 14,Oo0; active and firm: SC high
er; light 70G8 20; mixed packing 5s5Q6 Is !;
hsLvy 1e so.
Cattle-fcceipts 5000; easier; good to choice
shipping z516 90; common fair 3005 90 !:
butchers 5od4 75; stockers and feeders 4045 10
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
PROBABILITIES,

WASHINGTON, May 22.-Indications:
Easterly to southerly winds, local rains
and partly cloudy weather, stationary or
Slight rise in temperature nd slowly fall
ing barometer. The lower Missouri win
rise slowly. The Mississippi viii fall
slowly at all stations.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
PILOTS persisted

QUEBEC, May 22r-Despatch from the
River Du Lang says the pilot schooner
containing pilot, three apprentice pilots
and cook, was swamped in the river by
a high wind on Saturday. All on board
were drOWnnd
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23

ANGosTURA BITTERs is known as the
great regulator of the digestive organs all
over the world. Have in your houses. Ask
your groceror druggist for the genuine
article, manufactured by DIR. J. G. B.
Siegert s. Sons.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
Lots for Sale.

az NOT SOONER SOLD AT PRIVATE SALE,
the following prop rty will be sold at public
sale at the CourT House. Taesday. the 9th OF
MAJ insfa ut. at O'Clock r. M viz:
Undivided half eaet 40 feet lot 8, block 3, Bailey
9 Ann v Ia OSBORN 3 CURTIS.
aadfd Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
FOR. SALE.

anNE PO sKET. POOL, ONE GAROM TABLE.
u Monarch cushioned with outfit. as gooa as
good as new: also side bar buggy. Inquirs OF
G. McD0NoUGH. st. James Hotel, Dayenpgori, 20
Iowa.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
WANTED.

WA ANTED.
Notices not to exceed lines, inserte IN iais
column for 25 cents per week. payable in 9Fance'
JITANTED-By a young man, board in 8 f-tTate
w family. Good references. Address at oiNees
L. e. f.. Argus Office.
TITANTED residents of falis city and vicinity
w TO know that A. Johnson Post Office block.
makes the best fitting shoe in this section.
ITTANTED-A good Blacksmith, able to do all
w kinds of work For particulars apply to G. a.
JARVIS. Rock Island House. 623dlw
yYTANTED-I want everybody TO know that
w keep .at fhs Bijou. the best line OF and 10
cent cigars in the city, Also the best assortment
of fine cut plag, and smoking tobacco.
23dtf A. W. boWHN.
JITANTED-Bsbies 10 ride in The Rock Island
w Baby Carriages, for sale by M o. Mills, who
has the agency for the three cities and sells At
wholesale prices. Q -souI
IVA NTED- so young ladies TO call and sec our
w Bangle Bracelets and Prince Royal 0ola
Watch Chains; also. new styles CT Rings. at
5-23dtf BAKER keliable Jewelry store.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
OPINIONS ON THE REVISION.

CHICAGO May 22.-The entire revised
New Testament was published here in the
Times and Tribune to-day and tonight.
Henry Ward Beecher, in an interview, said
that as far as he had read he was highly
pleased with the work of the revision; that
he agreed substantially with the changes
made, and, in fact, had for many years
been using many of these changes in his
pulpit He disapproved, however, of sub
stitution of the word servant" for "slave"
used in King James version as translation
of word D0ul0s. He was not one of those
abolitionists who believe slavery was not
RECOGNIZED in the Scriptures. He thinks
the revision viii re very generally accepted,
PHILADELPHIA, May 22.-In most Pro
>stant churches to-day the clergymen re
e.. e ID to the. revised New Testament.
1TIi Thair, iews were in most cases strongly IN
forrnn ,n of as a valuable work, which would
H. H., u Iich. !. uon many doubtful matters
Tniom " Nv ilsns IL = ~stances the work was con
demned. te,e ,,,.1,;,,. o.,>{oS
of the revised New Test. NSif~ 'e~
been sold here.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
NEW TESTAMENT

CHICAGO. May 22.-On Friday night last
the Western Union Telegraph Company
received from New York direct for the
Chicago newspapers alone, 109. 436 words
of special dispatches, 99,658 of which were
parts of the revised New Testament As
no previous notice of this extra work had
been given to the telegraph company, and
as it was in addition to their regular press
and ordinary business messages, the feat is
unparalleled in the annals of telegraphy, and
but for the combined resources of the three
former companies now under one manage
ment, would have been an imposibility.
Twenty-one direct circuits with New York
were in use, and the time consumed less
than seven hours. S4 7t5 of the words
received were for the Times alone.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23

For any burn, bruise, sore or inflammation,
external or internal, apply Trask's Mag
netic Ointment If it succeeds, tell your
friends; if it don't the price will be re-
funded
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23
q Nov 4 ork market.
Nsw YORK, May %
FINANCIAL

]
Honey 31S1s
Governments Higher.
q. 8. Bonds 65s 9v'e 1851. -t.t5la
20 ---.--'-....-..--. 1IoA
New U.s.. -. LAX
COMMERCIAL.
Whsat-Fairiy active: No white June 21 No
red May 24h41 AK; June 2sA ; July 19a<
Gb1 20m.
Corn-Fairly active; mixed western spot 451461
futures 551 Q56h.
Oats-Steady: western 44152; No May Is
Pork Strong: new 16 95G117 90; old IS 75lf6 90
Lard--Nery firm and high r II 30
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23

'Tis beauty truly blent whose req and white,
Natures own sweet and cunning hand laid on >
Pozzoni's powder imparts q richness
Making the skin soft as down
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-23

When Miss Una G. Pearson arrives at
the years of discretion, she viii conclude
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-09

woman knows that there is no surer sign Of
moral corruption than filth and finery AS the
girls grow older they find places, probably, in
factories, side by side with coarse, licentious
men, or In retail shops at wages of from three
TO SIX dollars per week. How are they to pay
fol their board and the fine clothes which they
nave been taught are the one desideratum in
hieY The same silly vanity forbids them to
take service. Then come, as in this girl
trainers case, the arsenic to improve the COM
plexlon, the fine dress, the imitation pearls.
and-the means to buy them. The ranks of
prostitution are recruited from this would-be-
genteel class, not from domestic servants.
Let any Christian reformer drop for an hour
his pet scheme for elevating the world, whether
1t be the conversion of the Jews or the Polyne-
sians and follow any day group of these girls
home from their work. If they are Americans
they have not sensual faces. There is none of
That hopeless predominance of the animal ma
ture In mouth and eye which puts the mark of
the beast on the women Of the lower orders i'm
some European races. AS a rule, their features
are clear and fine, their eyes sparkling, eager
the whole natural physical character is nervous,
delicate and refined. With proper training
these would be the same women as those who
conquered New-England by their endurance
Civ PiNeJ, vi WIZ arc lne w est now
IN many rude cabin by their unflagging
energy and gh-heartedness. The race is the
same the education is different. But note the
vulgar insolence of their talk their swagger
their inanc, gggling efforts to attract the notice
OF men passing by; the vacuty, the in
clpient depravity, the hopelessness of it ALL
There Is no sight more tragic ON earth
than that of one of these women, meant by God
to be pure wife and mother, frisking jauntily
down her way to ruin
1t is not only to this class of young girls we
would call attention, but to the habits and
manners of those who hold a much higher social
rank. Our educated orders know little more of
the real lives of these young people than they
do OF the thoughts and private occupations of
the lower animals. Let them read, as a mere
matter Of curiosity, one of the cheap novels
which are sold by the tens of thousands among
them, or one of their society papers" with
their "Personals" and handkerchief Ian
guage and all the rest of the silly, ptiful nasti-
ness. The young men aud women who take
delight in these things are in all probability
virtuous. But how long will they remain so
The temptation TO ruin, too, we urge again,
does not come TO the native American girl
through any natural proclivity to vice, but
through her vanity, her intense desire to be
noticed, her nervous craving for excitement.
She Is not born with any ineradcable base faint
of blood she is worth saving. How shall she
be saved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-09
4 HNOTTY PROBLEH

The trial of the murdcrcIS of the girl Cramer
ut Ncw-ilaven goes on, but attracts little at
tention; Guteaus great crime, like Aaron's
serpent, having swallowed all the rest in
public estimation. Decent people, indeed,
have long ago tired of the foul unendng
stream Of murder, divorce and adultery cases
which winds it's way from years end to years
end through the press. Naturally, they begin
to loathe the whole matter; both the crime and
the class with whom the crime originates
They will read and know nothing about them
Why should the current of their useful deco
rous lives be disturbed by the misdongs of
vulgar fast girls and their brutal murderers 7
They will not even concern themselves enough
about such tragedies to find if there is any
help for them. Yet the truth is that this muir
der Of Jennie Cramer is not IN isolated case
but u fair indication of the condition of
society in the class TO which ii belongs. The
tens of thousands of loud talking hashily
dressed girls who crowd the streets and CHEAP
places of amusement in our cities and large
towns are not Il pleasant CT pcturesq lie study
for mor,lsts or Christians of refined tastes
But what is the use of their spending money in
building schools and churches and Sunday
schools for the children of the next generation ?
Here are their mothers and if they are left
unchanged buildings of very different sort
are all that will be needed for their children
We are not talking now of the class of women
who have made vice a trade. AS we I'M
derstand the evidence, this girl Cramer did not
belong to them. She had the reputation of
being "a decent, respectable girl among her
neighbors, in spite of the fact that she went to
variety shows and saloons with young men.
remaining out nearly all night. The standard of
manners Is low in Jennie Cramer's class. There
is the secret OF the crime and degradation of its
women. The mothers of such girls, hard
worked at home, finding their own sole pleasure
in life in some poor display and bit of iinery, are
satisfied that the young people should have
their fling" When they send their children
to the public school, observe the tawdry
founces and dirty ribbons on their ragged
clothes. Ihls seems triile. but every wise
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-09
THE CASE OF DIR. III. ". THOMAS

There is among American people a very ten
der feeling toward ministers who break AWAY
from the accepted theology of their churches.
1t grows from the strong love of personal in
dependence that characterizes our country II
is strengthened by the spirit which Protestant
churches cultivate, and by vague expectation
that religious life will gain by each new de-
parture. These personal revolts have in CON
splcuous cases produced large and beneGcent
results, ana it is natural to the Protestant
mind to hope that any dissenter may start q
fruitful religious growth. Besides, there is n
large body of wel-meaning persons inst
outside the doors of the churches main
tanning critical attitude toward tbe es-
tablshed theology and ready to applaud any
minister who breaches against it, This class il
not very sensitive to the questions of mjniste
rial honor which arise in the minds of lovol
church members. If the blow is struck the
outside critics bless and uphold the hand that
strikes 1t. For these and other reasons no
hardships attend a change by a clergyman
TO more liberal views" if he have a
fair share of pulpit ability. He has hosts of
new friends and they provide him with f.
ter pulpit than the one he has forsak, Jba
Rev. Hiram w. Thomas, ID. d., of Chicago. n
Methodist minister of some personal force. ia
the latest recruit to liberal theology and he will
probably fare as well as others have done he
fore him. There is. we beh we, every disposi-
ton among his Methodist hrc aren to wish him
well personally in the liberal ranks, to accord
him full liberty, and to think kindly of his
motives and sincerity.
But a question has arisen between Dr
Thomas and the Rock River Conference. to
which he belongs. He has wished 10 preach
his new views from the Methodist prl,,;t,
contendmg that they are a consistent ad-
vance-an advance sure to be soon taken
from its essentially liberal attitude toward
speculative theology. The Conference last
year ordered his arraignment for his published
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anoes to ADVERTISEMENTS.

AMUsFMESTs-11h PoQe-6th column.
ANNOUNCEMENIs-l2ih PAGE 81 column
BANKING HOUSES AND BANKERs-10h Pd0e-4th column.
BOARD AND ROOMS-10M P0ge-5th column.
BUSINESS CHANCEs-l0M PaQe-4tn column.
BUsINEss NOTICEs-6h PdGe-1st column.
COAL AND WOOD-11M Poge-ith column.
CLoInISG-11M Page-4th column.
COUNTRY BOARD-l0M Pdge-4th column.
DANCING ACADEMIEs-l1h Pdae-3d column.
DIyIpESD NoTIcEs-10h PaOe-4th column.
DRY GooDs-llM Page-fth and 9th columns.
DRESS MAKING-9M Pdge-6th column.
EXCURsiONs-11H Pa9e-5th column -
EUROPEAN ADvERTIsEMENTS--11f In Pdge-otn coiunh.
EISASCIAL--1Oh pa0e3d and attn columns
HELP WASrEp-l0M PG0e-6th column
CRATES ana FENDERS-10h Pdqe-6tn coluinh
HORSES. CARRIAGES. &C.-l1H Pdge-oth column.
BOTELs-lltn PdJe-5th column.
Ice CEEAN-llh Fuqe-6th column
INsTRUCTON-ltM P0Ge-1st, I'd and Sd columns.
LAW SCHoOLs-12M PdGe-4tn column.
LEGAL NoTICEs-10M Pdge-4th column
MAGNETIC CLoTHING-11h Pd1e-5th column.
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS-7b Pdqe-6th column.
MEDICAL-10M Page-6th column
MINLSG-10h Pd0e-2d and I'd columns.
GIscFLL ANEOUs-11th PdGe-5th column; 12th Page
3d. 4th, 9Th and 9th columns.
NEW ruBLICArIoNs-SM P00e-ith colJmn
OCEAN STEAMERs--SM P01e-6th column.
PRoPosALs-11h PaGe-4th column
REAL EsrATE-10h PaGe-5th and 9th columns.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES-7M PdOe-6th column.
SPECIAL NoTICEs-7h Pdqe-5th ana 6tn columns.
SITUATIONS WANTED--MALES--lO PttQe-oth column /;
FEMALEs-10M Paqe-6th column.
STEAMBOATS, RAILROADS.&C. Page-5th and 9th
columns.
TEAcHeRs-11h Page--3d and 4th columns
The TURF-11h Pd9e-6th column.
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PERSONAL.

The statue to Byron at MisSolonghi is to be un-
yelled to-day.
street in Paris is 10 be named after Madame
Adam (Juiiette Lambcr.
Lady Frances Evelyn BERTHE, the youngest
daughter OF the Earl OF Abingdon, has entered n
convent. Ritualism educated her to Romanism
Lady Frances is "A relative of Sir William Har-
court.
Nj. Emile Angler, the celebrated French Drama
list, has cured hlmse fof grevous nervous lnalady
by simply giving up the of tobacco lie was so
iona OF the weet, that he has been In the hahn az
getting up IN the night to smoke
MIR. Charles Dudley Warner sailed yesterday for
Europe, where he intends to spend six months or
more IN res' and travel. lie goes first to London
and thence to the South of France and possibly
Spain and Italy.
Miss Minnie Hauk is 10 wear as Sclika in Il Afri-
came several picturesque costumes designed her
by Hans Makart, the Austrian painter. Next April
MISS hauk will return to London TO play The priuci-
pal parts IN Eidelio" and ia Wagner's Tristan
and Isolde" during tho German opera season az
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-09

question arises, Will the cables which were
designed to support a certain weight, be cap
able of sustaining the additional burde. This
is serious matter Safety is the first thing to be
provided for; ana no action should be taken
that will tend to endanger in the slightest de-
gree the lives of the thousands that will daily
pass over the bridge. If provision for the extra
weight was not made in the original plans of
the engineers, that is fault which cannot be
rectfed at this time. The due proportion be-
tween the strength of the cables and the
weight to be supported by them must be main
tanned The trustees should not lightly deter
mine upon impairing this proportion, which is
essential in order to render the bridge abso-
lutely SAFE Nor should they take any action
until these questions have been satisfactorily
answered.
Some of the trustees seem to share the impa-
thence of the public at the slowness of the work
on the bridge and it would be well if all of
them realized the general feeling in the matter
and made a radical change in the policy which
has hitherto prevailed. We are not of those
who believe that Brooklyn will gain by the
completion of the bridge at the expense of
New York. Such feeling is no more rational
than the strong prejudices entertained not
many years ago by workingmen against the in
PRODUCTION Of machinery. One might as well
say that the building of trunk railroads to this
city would benefit the West at the expense of
the East. The bridge cannot be completed too
speedily. The people will brook no unneces-
sary delays in this matter, and will not look
without protest upon any dailiance on the rart
of the trustees OF too great indulgence TO con-
tractors.