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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

All remedial agents capable destroying life by
overdose should be avoided. Morphine, opium,
strychnine, arnica, hyosciamus, and other power
full remedies, does at certain times, in very small
Doses relieve the patient during their action in the
system. But perhaps the second dose, Ii repeated,
may aggravate and increase the suffering and an
other dose cause death. There il necessity for
using these uncertain agents when a positive rem
edy like kADwAY's READY RELIEF will STOP the
most excruciatlng pain quicker without entaling
the least difficulty in either infant or adult.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02
ODD FELLOWS.

Go to G. II. Speaker for nard coal and
hard wood. 25-tf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

uANTED-Everybody to call at Stewart 8 Mont.
w gomerys, and see the Rock Island Hay Fork.
The best fork made. for handling hay in BARNS and
stacking.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

WANTED-To find the man, woman or cnnd
W VINO can not be fitted or suited I'm boots. shoes
and slippers, to call at once on Carse & Reticker.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

You Can't Afford
To be without Warmers Safe Kidney ano
Liver Cure.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

Halls Hair and Whisker dye, black OF
brown, 90 cents.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

WANTED-All the ladies of Rock Island Daven.
w port and Moline, to know that Mrs. Potter Gill
is buying east of clothing, for which viii pay the
highest price.
Mrs. Potter Gill,
1919 Second Av, between 18th and 10Th SITS.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

WANTED. -BLACKSMTTH'S ATTENTTON-A
w good blacksmith with little money can learn
OF situation where he can make 81 900 year by
applying at the office of j. Goldsbury, Davenport
Iowa. 23#1W.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

women to circulate the in
w formation of the new deal in prices of Dress
Goods for cash, at Mitchell 81 Parsons.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

WANTED want everybody TO call and see my
w stock OF fine leather for Boots 81 Shoes, includ-
ing Kangaroo, Covduvan, etc. a splendid fit and
fine workmanship guarantee. j. A. johnson, P.
o. block.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

WANTED Orders of several hundred gentlemen
w Tor one OF my cheap business suits. Johu b.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

VNANTED-Everyone to know that viii r.
w johnson, has moved his Jewelry Store from
Market Square TO the northwest corner OF 10th ST..
and end Ave.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding ave lines will he
inserted in this column for TWENTY-FIVE c,m.s
week, payable invariably in advance.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02
PERSONAL.

Justice Halves is out of the city on bust
ness.
Mr., E. I'll. Anawalt and family are in st.
Paul
Justice Grover, of Moline, has been sick.
He is now recovering.
w. A. Nourse, whose wife died sudden
ty at Moline last Monday,is expected home
to-day.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02
FALS'r AND TRUE.

We extract from r. Railways "Treatise on Dis
ease and Its Cure, /" as follows:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

WANTED.-All In need of stylish summer suits
w to call on p A. Bloom, under the Opera House
His fits are perfect.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

iNIANTED-Al live man to sell the Double Duplex
w Spring Bed and Rotary Washer Best two
articles in the market. Call at 429 Brady street,
Davenport, Iowa.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

WANTED-The citizens of Rock Island to know
w that the Boston Fancy Steam Dye House Will
open a store In this city in few days. They make
speciality OF fine WORK. 1917
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02
Health Of Body is Wealth Of Mind
s. RAILWAY
sarsap2rilI.as aeseIvent,

: Pnre blood makes sound nesh, strong bone and
clear skin. II you would have your mesh urn.
your bones sound. without carries, and your COM
Dlexion fair use RAILWAYS SARSAPARfLLIAN
RESULVENT.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02
FOR ExCHANaE

EoR ExCHANGE-A good piano for match
Team o. horses. Call at the Music Store OF d.
Roy Bowlby. 17a5 End avenue.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

WANTED-The people of Rock Island county to
w know that j. 4. Goldsmith, at the Bengston
corner Clothing House, keeps tho best stock of
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

MANIFESTATION as teamster or hack driver.
W have had 10 years experience. Address
'sTeamster - ARGUs Office
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

WANTED-A good steady boy from fourteen GA
W to seventeen az years old. at N b. sawyers
Rock Island 195tf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

MfANEED-J. o. Freed has removed his boot and
w shoe business to the Commercial Hotel block
Seventeenth street. All ia want Of good work in
boot or shoe making will do well to call on him
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

Shirts made to order by Henry
w Regnesburger.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02
WORKING MEN

WILL find 10 ride tickets good between Rock
w Island and Moline on sale at the C. IA h q
Ticket Office, al so cents each.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

WANIED-A suit of rooms with board for cen.
w tleman and wife-upper part of city preferred.
must be private family, Address, Y. Y g., Ar,
gus Office. "
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-02

30d7t
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-02-12
-. w.
'I'LMBERLAKE.

nESIRES to return thanks to the peo-
~ pie of Martinsburg and vicinity for
the very liberal patronage bestowed, and
to state that Notwithstanding the unpre-
cedented competition, our receipts for the
months of April and May were consider
ably in excess of last year. This, indeed,
is very gratifying, and we feel encouraged
to still greater efforts. We do not claim
that our goods are better than other mer-
chants goods, but will leave it to the
people with whom we have dealt for over
twelve years, to decide as to the
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-02-12

that old monolith ? Got anything
hereithat belongs to modern times?
Knew anybody who has been dug
up within six or eight centuries
Who's that black-eyed girl in the
Bible c!sss? Don't Gle nang cut
a flag to-day ?"
81 wouldn't look at err, shifted
Mrs. Spoopendyke II wouldn't
have you go there for worlds. Be-
sides she don't receive
whats this ?" demanded Mr..
Spoopendyke. whats Mrs.
Wimpostyx got to do with it F?
What cemetery will / find her
in 2"
That's Mrs. WiIloughby," ex-
planned Mrs. Spoopendyke, COM
pIacently. "Sne's the young Wild
ow who recently joined the
church"
Don't mind calling on her,"
said Mr.. SpoopebdS Ike. "She
wasn't born morn four thousand
years before the Christian era. Got
any more like her? Does this
measly list contain anybody else
who wasn't ths mother Of the Chi
nese Empire ? Think of any more
gravsstones that haven't had the
epithet's worn OFF,"
NO. replied Mrs. Spoopen.
dyke, colby, land now / remem-
Der Mira. Willoughby receives calls
with friends in Buffalo"
"Dod CAST your dod gasted list?'
howled Mr.. Spoopsndyke, dancing
on the unhappy document. What
dye think | am; ghoul? S'pose
pm going to prance around among
all the messly old ghosts in Brook
Ign? Spose I'm going to swash
around AID eat cake and drink
lemonade with a lot of illustra-
tons of the silurian period ? Think
Pm going to spend the day with a
lot of articulated old skeletons,
just because they belong to the
same church l do 2" and Mr..
Spoopendyke popped out of the
house like bung and went next
door to see If his friend Torter-
tnulHO knew any muHnieS OF
whose history there was some
tradition.
III don't care said Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke, as she whirled around two
or three times to practice kicking
her train, IF he don't call on the
church people they'll be hopping
mad; and if he does he won't have
much Of time, so he'll wish he
was dead either way and Mrs.
Spoopendyka hustled into the par
Tor to assure sandy-haired young
man with stiff neck that it was
awful good of him to come, and to
learn that he hadn't come far of
his own volition, but had aid
most of the way.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-02-12
In Hot Water.

Orpha M. Hodge, of Battle
Creek, Mich, writes, May 16, 1878:
~ upset teakettle of boiling hot
water on my hand. infiicting a
very severe scald. / applied DR..
Thomas Eclectric Oil, and take
great pleasure in announcing to
you that the effect was to allay
pain and prevent blistsring. |
WINS cured in three days. We
prize it very highly as a family
medicine. ," For sale by f. G..
Williams & Bro, druggists.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-02-12

arrangements of the nervous system gen.
orally, pains in the back or side, loss of
memory, premature old age and diseases
that lead to Consumption, Insanity and
an early grave, or both. No matter
how shattered the system may be from ex.
cesses of any kinds, short course of this
medicine will restore the lost functions
and procure health and happiness, where
before was dependency and gloom. The
Specific Medicine is being used with won
derful success. Pamphlets sent free to all.
Write for them and get full particulars.
Price, Specific, 81 per package, or six
packages for SIS, Will be sent by mail
on receipt of money. Address all orders,
J.B SIMPSONS MEDICINE CO.,
Nos. l04 and 100 Main Street,
oct26 Buffalo, N. Y.
Sold in Martinsburg by E. G Williams,
Jr., & Bro.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-02-12
COAL AND WOOD OFFICE
AND
Flour and Feed Store
No. 60 Queen ST., Staley's Block.

u
TIME undersigned respectfully informs
Il the citizens of Martinsburg and Berk-
eley county that he has opened Coal and
Wood Office and Flour and Feed Store at
60 Queen Street, where all orders in my
line will receive prompt attention. have
put in pair of Fairbanks new scales and
all coal sold by me will be weighed and
full weight guaranteed. Piedmont and
Cumberland run of mine, Fine and Lump
Coal; also best quality Nut and Egg an
thracite coal always on hand.
Farmers having Corn, Oats and Hay to
sell are solicited to see me before selling
Thanking the public for the liberal pat
ronage extended me, and soliciting your
further favors,
am respectfully yours,
jy24-iy. j. w. ROBERTS.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-02-12
CONTINENTAL HOTEL,
CORNER OF QUEEN AND KING STREETS
Martlnsburg, w. Va.

MY OLD CUSTOMERS and the trav.
INl cling public in general are informed
that on the FIRST DAY OF APRIL, 1871,
will take charge Of the above-named Ho-
tel, where ! shall be glad to see all my old
patrons. The house is new, commodious,
rooms pleasant and airy, and eligibly sit.
uated. WIN. RUTLEDGE.
January lift
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-09
Buekner's Orphan Home

OF the many valuable enterprises for which
Dallas is so deservingly noted, nothing is
more, comme ndsble than the "Buckner Or
phan Homs," situated only few miles
east of the city .ot Dallas
The enterprise was first agits.ed and SO. on
foot by Elder r. q. Buckner, of Dallas
hence the mama under which it was char
t,te LIN cons quence of the.cbsrtsr,, forbidding
any Indebtedness, the II ,me mas progres.sI
slowly; but while that retarded its pro-
erosion at first It Insured success.
It's now thoroughly organized, with a
propsrty to the aMount of abou. 81 900
The Home is located on tract of Dallas
county's richest black prairie land, there
being l60 acres q! the home
and 140 acres in other counties.
Eight d,pend,nt orphans are now recelv
ing the bsDefts of the Home, two of whom
were taken from the streets ofthis city. 9th.
ers are applying for sdmittsnce, but owing
to want Of means are being put off
Certainly tho citizens of Dial.
las and the people of Texas
will not, knowingly, allow the
orphans to suffer when home Is secured and
only needs to be supplied. While the
home is owned by Bsptiss it is
by no means UNCONVENTIONAL or sec.srian
The present ia nily of orphans represents
nou. professional Catholic and Protestant
families of DIFF rent faith.
Money is Greatly needed, provision and
clothing are essential. and not only these,
but everything needed on farm, such AS
as horses, cows, chickens, hogs
and farmingi Implements, All
contributions may be sent to Buck
ne's orphans home, in care OF Ed, r. Q.
Buckner, Dallas Texas. MIR. w.
w. II. Clinton, worthy gentleman OF
this county, has taken great interest 10 the
home, and at his own expense added much
to its success so for.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-09

which has occurred everywhere in the
last eighteen months. The temptation
h almost Impossible 10 resist 10
extend the volume of business. when
failures seem 90 lev, and the general condi,
ton 90 prosperous To be conservative Al
such period, is most difficult policy 10
pursue, yet Il Is Just in such times as these
that hidden dangers lie in circumstances the
most unsupported. Prudence would. there.
fore, point to the avoidance of conditions
~isnout which disaster 10 impossible; thus,
ior instance. the expansion into unwise and
in]adlcious credits; the locking up in una
valuable shape ofsctive capital necessary for
business; the increase of business and per
eonal expenses; and, above all. the growth of
Indebtedness. Signs abound at every turn, Of
the tendency 10 launch into expenditures,
which to prudent minds are the sure precur.
sors OF the reaction that must come sooner
or later But little danger can come to those
who maintain their obligations at q limit
which their active assets enable them easily
70 discharge or carry. To use u
homely phrase we thall be "fool-
ing away our good times" If the reaction,
which is sure 10 come dads us owing largely
with capital and pref 8 dispersed almost
beyond recall. To many also the experience
OF the elk months just closed has demons,rs.
ted the possibility of doing M enormous bus.
mess with little or no prof.: hence the posi-
b,lity OF an unhealthy expansion Of trade
wiihouta corresponding accumulation or
sinking fund from prof s TO com oensste FL
the rlsks incurred thereby.
Elsewhere arc present ted short statements
OF the condition Of bushes in each prominent
locality Of the country. No one can rise
from perusal of the Without being thor
oughly inbued will IL. pro.r Gus coudi,
ton OF things at present, and vi ! the extent
variety, and availability of the .esources Of
the country. The crops, ger orally. promise
most favorably, and the agricultural classes,
having had two years of extraordinary pros.
perity, are in a condition much more satls-
fsctory and independent than ever before.
Even should the demand for breadstuHs be
lessened, the variety for exports other than
these, will be so large as 10 enrich the
country under almost any circumstances.
The prospects for continuance of prosper
ity seem, therefore, to be unclouded. Ex.
cept for the vague fl cling of insecurity,
which necessarily accompanies such an OK,
tracrdinary expansion as has been witnessed,
there is no reason apparent 10 threaten the
continuance of the healthy condition Of trade
which now axista
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-09
Fourth Quarter.
The foregoing statement indica.es only

The foregoing statement indicates only a
moderate number of failures, aud, taken ia
otjunction with the very favorable renorts
which are presented below from all the rep
resentative trade centres. shows very sccu.
rately the general condition of trade at this
time. That Ia extent tho business of the
country has attained magnitude never be-
FIRE reached, is beyond all question that lis
productive power is greater than ever before
is equally evident; tho ability of the con-
sumer to absorb and pay promptly has in
creased; while the ovid noes abound on
esery hand OF growth in wealth and mate,
rial resources equslled by no other country
in the world. There have been conditions
in the six months under review
which might, under ordinary circumstan.
ces, have re,aru.ss,a. tho progress Of
'hegeneral prosperity, An eave'' s'velv So
vare winter seriously interfered with ina
business ola vast area Of territory in tho wost
and northwest, which, followed bv a cola
and unreasonable spring, accompanied BY
large losses from freshe.s, etc., aggravated
the difficulties of the previous months. In
the southern states the trade of the early
winter was exceedingly disappointing, owing
to tho unfsvorable weather which prs
vailed, Largo purchases of merchandise
had been made In anticipation of
an extended trade which aid
did not follow; the consequence being that
very serious difficulties we're encountered In
numerous localities south, extending over
wide ara Of territory. Thus, throughout
the west, the northwest, and over most of
the south, the difficulties which morchanis
had to contend with during the elk months
have been unusually great. Notwithstand.
ing all this, the figures as above presented
indicate q healthy condition; failures have
not been numerous, and have been rarely
important, and the losses BY bad debts.
which, under such adverse tircumstSnces'
might have been expected 10 be large. have
been comparatively small.
The failures for the past six months. NOT |
wi,hstanding The slight increase, Indicate A |
stability and strength 10 the position of The
great mass Of the mercantile community.
that is In happy consonance with The nros. |
porous condition Of the country penernlly.
The tendency 10 therefore under such fnvor.
able circums' ances, 10 extend the lines NJ
credit very rapidly. The facility with which |
weak and unsound applicants obtain Foods. |
and the growing Increase In The sims and
base OF the tsrms Of credit are particularly
noticeable. These ere the flrst signs Of ths
Of revulsion, which some ieur
must come from The extraordinary szpausiop
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-09
CITY CHlr-CHAr

The city council meets in regular session
tonight at the city hsll,
The cutters need flooding sadly, and the
use Of di infectants would not hurt.
The old side walks on M ain street 10 East
Dallas are being renovated and new ones are
being put down.
Tho south bound train over the Houston i
Texas Central road due here at 4:l0 p. m,
was one hour late yesterday.
The case of the city against NJ. Hesr,
charged with resisting an officer, which casa
has been continued for several weeks, was
tried before the mayor yesterday and he was
acquitted.
A telegram rasche1 Mrs. Siler yesterday,
that her niece. Mrs. Frank Prichard, living
near Birdvile, 10 Tsrrsnt county, i. dead.
Her remains will be brought to Dallas for
interment. to-day.
Henry s. Owens, Of Louisville, Kentucky,
left here few days sgo, and has authorized
one Of our promit ont citizens to rent and fit
up a building suitable for Wholesale boot
and shoe store. We are are assured MIR.
Ovens can command any capital he may re-
qnre commensurate with the largest bust.
nees.
The disastrous fire at Denton, last week,
destroyed Tue Saloon, branch house OF
Craddock, of this city, the prince of saloons
iets, but he did not let the good people OF
Denton suffer, for he has opened q flner one
than that destroyed, and the very best OF
WHISTLES and cigars ere once more at the
service of the people of that town and those
who visit it. Craddock is a live, energetic
AMI enterprisins man in his business, and
not even the ravages of fre can down him
See the advertisement of Colonel Crockett
offering his fine farm for sale. Auy person
desiring a place for agricultural, horticul.
tursl or other purposes of producing articles
for this market, might find it advantageous
to see the colonel. He is offering HIS fiue
place low. 1t pays a good rent. 1t would
be profitable investment, to hold OF
speculate on. Not many such places sc
nsar the city.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-09
Tn Water Question.

The water ques ion seems to be the :, aug
one in Dallas just now. The counc' wing
refused to accept the figures off by the
Water Supply company for furnishing the
city with water, and the Water Supply COM
parry in turn rejecting the offer made by the
council, and the water supply being shut of,
1t ha' caused no little apprehension on the
part ofproperty holders 10 tho event of fire.
and their alarm was intensified by the fear
that insurance men would raise the
rate Of insurance, but the insurance mon
have assured them, however, tha. no such
fear need DO entertained, and the simple ques.
ton of water is now the one. A HERALD
reporter has felt the pulss of number of
the leading citizens of the city on the subject,
and with but lew exceptions finds that they
are decidedly ofopinioH that the city should
issue bonds or levy tax and construct water
works gifts own, independent of individuals
or corporations. believing that in the end the
city will reap large benefits therefrom.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-09
Pc " sONAL.

Colonel G. L Celia, of Wills Point is in the
city.
j. E. Miller, of Fort Worth, is in the
city.
NJ. o. Hall, Of Fort Worth, is at the St.
George.
F. NJ. Good, of Sherman, is a guest al the
St. George.
Tom Spear, agent of the Vsndalia line, is
in the city.
w. L. Gillespie, Aberdeen, Miss, is
registered at the ST. George.
DR. R. Fl. Jones. of Mesquite, honored the
HERALD with call yesterday.
j Thornton, the Austin correspondent of
the Galveston News, is in the city.
j. Mulhall, a prominent citizen of Ennis,
was at the St. George hotel yesterday.
Matt. G. Galloway and John G. Fifer, of
Marshall, are registered at the st. George.
w Allen, a prominent young lawyer of
Terrell and formerly resident Of this city,
hurried through yesterday for Waxshachie,
whittier he goes to visit friends.
His many friends will be pleased to learn
that General r NJ Caro-, who has been con.
fioed to his bed for several weeks past with
severe attack of cougsstion Of the liver, is
convalescing.
D Fawcett an wife left yesterday morn.
ing for Wooten Wells, whittier he goes for
his health, which of late has not been good.
The HERALD trusts that he will be benefited
by the water of these wells.
Mr. ] NJ Donougbua, late city editor of the
Fort Worth Advance, who has purchased
the Navasota Tablet, passed through the
city yesterday, en- roue to take charge of hs
purchase. Luck to you, Donoughua.