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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-29
A Inka on ''Lang Iohn.''

"Long john Wentworth, ex-Myor
of Chicago, is entirely bald, except a
little tuft of hair behind the ears, and
ON one occasion, when riding in the
ears. he frequently took off his hat and
scratched the back of his ears, when
a waggish backwoodsman shouted:
Stranger, drive 'em up into the clear
ing and you can catch 'em all in five
minutes .,
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Chancery Notice.

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock ISLAND COUNTY. &c
In the Circuit Court, to the September term A. D.
1881.
Christine Naramore, VS.. Henry Naramore.-Tn
Chancery.
The above named defendant, Henry Naramore
will take notice that the above named complainant
Christine Naramore, has filed in said Court her bin
of complaint against you for divorce. that the
above entitled cause L. now pending in said Court
that summons in chancery has been issued in
said cause against you. returnable on the first day
of the next term OF said Court, to be begun and
holden at the Court House In the city of Rock ISL
and. in said county, on the first Monday of Sep
TENDER, A. d. 1881, at which time and place you
will appear.
Dated at Rock Island, Ills, July q, 1891.
LEVI F. HARRISON,
STURGEON s. OLSEN Clerk of said Court.
Commits Solicitors 7-92d9w
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Chancery Notice.
STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Rock Islam fNorrnr.r-r


In the Circuit Court, September term. 1891
Chaneery. ~
AHidav1t OF the residence of Ernest G.
Slaughter. the above defendant having been rIed
IN the Clers's office of the Circuit Court of said
county. notice Is therefore hereby given TO the
nIed her bill of complaint in said Court on the
ensncery side thereof, the s3th day of Iufy1sS1
bi II wherein said suit is pending rsturna-
D on me nrst Monday in the month of September
sain non resident defendant abaye named shall
On tb pc and appear before said Circait Court
S,dar o ~ n5. gay OF the next term thereof to be
on ths nrst Monday in September next, and plead
nn rs oSmur to the said complainants bill OF
therein charged and stated viii he laken a. cor
Iessed and decree entered against Won aceorin,
to the pray er of said bill so'i aeeo1 uin6
Rock Island, III. July Is. 1881. . ss sie1A-
H. j. BILL, Compt's Sol. rse.aa.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-29

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the LIvER-the largest organ of the body, called
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-29

Military remark by the young lady
who finally consented to dawnce:
tsForced into the German--fah mer'
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-29

The dentist IS not excessive II his
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-29
MALARIoUS FEyERS.

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81 occasionally use, when my condition requires
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CHE BA1r1MoRE EpIscopAL METHODIST

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those Southern roots and herbs which an al-wise
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TAXI SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR

The test of time and the experience of thousands
have proven it the best. safest and speediest rem
edy for all diseases of the Liver, Stomach and
Spleen. As remedy in
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-04-05

The Economist prints, without note or com.
menl, a short letter from Cedar Keys, in which
the wiiter moved thereto by "a strong impulse, :"
tells The editor hat unless there is Radical
change in the conduct Of affairs at Tai
"lahassec, the people will rise in their might
'and stamp out the corrupions that bear so
'heavily on the the taxpayers ofthe Stale and
THAT too, without going TO Radicalism."
This is indefinite. What are 1.-THE corruptiens'
that mark "the conduct of affairs al Tallahas-
seey' The new administration representing as
it does, the young Democracy" has committed
no blundfr that the people know anything about,
and charges of corruption" against 1t will fall
unpleasanly on their ears. It is true certain
"asprators for Office" failed of recognition who
are now the screst of sore-heads, but this
would not appear 10 be ground for alleging "cor-
rupiionr as the reason for their exclusion
Where is the fault' What is going wrong!
The State officials, as things look, are devoting
themselves with great assiduity to their duties,
and insinuaions of wrong-dong, without partic-
ulais, are not only unjust and ungenerous in
themselves, but may be properly characterised
as siabs in the dark.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-04-05

According 10 the Boston Herald, The Graf clash
ofconficiipg interests has already come In Presi-
dent Garfeld's cabinet. As might have been ex-
pected. Il came upon the appointment Of Mr..
William E. Chandler ~ solicitor-eeneral This
is the second ONCE in the department Of justice.
and the incumbent necessarily holds intimate
and confidential relations with the attorney
general. In carrying out his policy of giving
every section of the party voice in the cabinet,
President Garfield made Wayne MacVeagh at
torney-general as the representative Of the inde-
pendent reform Republicans 1t was well I'M
derstood by those who had had peep behind
the scenes that Wayne MacVeagh, while politi-
cally opposed TO the Cameron clan, was on the
best personal terms with that family, with which
he is closely connected by marriage, and his aP-
pointment was expected TO make peace in the
Republican party Of Pennsylvania. The APP
pointment of Chandler as solicitor-general seems
to have been pushed by Mr.. Blaine Chandler
Is strong friend of Blane's, and was enc of his
chief fugemen in The late campaign. If Chan
dler is not put in TO watch Macveagh and keep
him from going wrong politically, II is difficult
to explain his appointment. He has the repu-
tation of being very adroit politician, but as 10
legal attainments, he has chiefly shown them in
pushing claims against the government. The
report attributed to ex-socitor-general Phillips
that MacVeagh was not consulted about the ap-
pontment of Ehandler was erroneous He was
consulted, and he protested. When the appoint
ment was pushed his protest became more vehe-
ment, and there was good deal Of a tustle in
| the new cabinet on Wednesday, Mr.. Blaine
championing the cause of Chandler against
MacVeagh. 1t is very unusual to appoint as the
second officer in department person distaste
full in any way to The head of the department
| Such thing never occurred in the administra-
toH of Hayes, and We question If il has occurred
in any other administration in the last thirty
years. OF course, MacVeagh objects to Chan.
dler, who is an extreme representative of the
"machine' idea in politics, and an ardent and
aggressive champion of Mr.. Blaine's. We
do not learn what part in the discussion
was taken by other members of the cabinet, j
any, but il looks as though the appointment o
| Chandler will stand if it can be confirmed in th'
Senate. The row may be transferred to thai
field and lead 10 important consequences. A:
to the cabinet position, ii is believed that
Macy eagh must yield or go out. He is an OBJ
stinate man, and shows no signs of yielding
Ii would be all unfortunte thing for the new ad
ministration to have break in the cabinet in th
very fist month of its existence Nothing
could better illustrate the bad policy of organic
ing for harmony by trying TO suit everybody
Mr.. Garfield should have first tried TO suit him
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-04-05
DEAN OF MI. 3. ". Myers.

Oar community has sustained an almost irrc-
parable loss in the death of Mr. Selm W..
Myers, on Thursday last, the Slst of March,
More than six months ago he was attacked
with disease OF the heart, which, battling the skill
of his physicians, progressed rapidly and most
painfully till bis death brought him relief
Mr.. Myers was born in 1918, in Orange county,
New York, but during his early childhood his
parents removed to. Florida, and, after remaining
a short time at Pensacola, settled in Tallahassee
about the year 1924 He had therefore resided
in This city, and been identified with its history
for about fifty seven years.
In 184S he became partner of Mr.. Frederick
Tc~le from whom he had learned the business
of Matchmaker and Jeweler, and after the death
of Mr.. Towe in 1867, still continued the business,
in which his stcrson, Mr.. r. B. Gorman was
associated as partner in 1858.
In every relation OF life he was most exem-
plary man. With an intelligent, well-informed
mind, a S, ind judgment, kind heart, modest,
unassuming deportmentan and integrity above sus-
picion, he cminen,ly deserved and fully enjoyed
the confidence and esteem OF all who knew him.
Above ALL our MEND was genuine christian
Faith in The great gosTel truths was in him q
deeprooted principle The Methodist Church
here, of which for nearly forty years he a
consls tent and honored men Der and officer, will
sadly miss him in its councils and in all its
benevolent enterprises.
AT the rtqutst of DR.. Blake, the pastor, whose
wife is Mr.. Myers sister, the funeral services or
the Is, instant were conducted by Rev. Mr.
Woodbury., and were attended by large con
course of citizens, all of whom deeply sympa
pathise with the bereaved family
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-04-05
jacksonville Correspondence.
JACKSONVILLE, March 81. 1873


Editor Fzoridian: Hcratio jenkins, Jr., has
been nominated by the Republicans for mayor
OF Jacksonville. The convention met at Ma
tional Hall on Friday evening, and, afler bois-
ferrous session, adjourned until the following
evening. The meeting was criticised severely by
every one, and the young Democrats, thinking to
have some fun, invited the Northern people Wis
ing here to attend the meeting and Judge for
themselves of the standard of the men who con.
trolled nominations and attempted TO control
the politics Of this State.
1t was an open secret that the Northerners
would be there In numbers, and the delegates
wers cautioned and requested to keep as silent
as possible, and say nothing that would in the
least interrupt the harmony Of the meeting; and
they succeeded in keeping quiet pretty well,
only that an occasional reminder was necessary
to be given by the chairman, Stale Senator Jss.
E. Lee, who, by-the-by, Is the most sensible man,
10 my mind, among all the Republican politicians
Of this State, black or white. The outside ne
groes yelled and hooted occasionally. but Lee
ordered them to keep silent, and didn't forget to
ask all concerned not to lay 10 the charge of the
delegates The boistcrousness of by-standes 10 the
galleries and hall as
Everything passed of quietly until resolu-
ton was offered, That Il be resolved that We
will abide by and support the nominees Of this
convention" IS gAla .Nifsg "a
Nj. John ]. Holland said he could not be
bound by it--that It was said, and he believed
truly said, that the convention adjourned over In
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-04-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
THE WAYS OF OFFICE SEEKERS SECRETARY
LINCOLN SAYS HE WILL NOT SEE THEM-THE
COST OF THE 9OvERNMENT-wHo WILL HOLD
THE SENATE OFFICES
Irregular Correspondence
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 81, Il

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 81, 1881.
1t would, perhaps, be cxaggcration to say that
the crowd of office-seekers in Washington is IN
precedented, because every new administration
for the last twenty years has had to contend
WITH snub, or placate, precisely similar crowd
Yesterday morning l observed sitting on the
stone steps of the Patent Office, long before the
hour for opening the doors, a number of anxious,
wistful, hungry looking men. They were Office
seekers, and most of them had come great dis
lance, and many of them have not money with
which 10 pay their hotel bills or take them back
home The White House and all the Depart
ments are beseiged from early morn till dewy
eve, and the time which the new President and
his sOmew hat raw Cabinet should give to learn
ing from their experienced clerks, their routine
duties as ruler and ministers, must be employed
in listening to persistent beggars for small clerk
ships. The Secretary of War has posted notice
that he will not see applicants for Office, which
is very good as far as it is operative, but when an
office-sceker cones under the escort of Senator
Logan Secretary Lincoln will blthely receive
him.
An official tabuated statement of the appro-
y
sixth Congress for 18S1-82 has just been prepared
by Mr.. Robert J. Stevens, chief clerk of The
House Committee on Appropriations. This state
ment gives history of each Of the fourteen reg
ular appropriation bills, from the time il was re-
ported to the House until it became law The
grand total of appropriations is $193, 241 391
This does not include the deficiencies for the re-
mainder of the present fiscal year, amounting 10
$23 sol ,391, nor miscellaneous appropriations,
amounting 10 about 100000 These added,
the grand aggregate will amount to $780,
8O2,542. This amount is 81, 1886, 249 less than the
estimates The largest bill is the Pension bill
which appropriates sos, 2S2, 3O6. and including
1882 ,306, deficiency for 1881. This bill, as
reported, appropriated $50,OOO.0O0. The def
cheney was added in the Senate The bill was
reported to the House December 10, 1880, and
became law February 90, 1881. Until 1880 the
annual average for pensions has been about
$3OOOOOO0
The Democratic Senators in caucus have de-
cdcd to resist, by all parliamentary means in
their power, the adoption Of the pending resolu-
tons by which the Republicans seek to obtain
immediate control of the Senate offices. Senator
DafS, vi IHin'hS, Will sue Win Inc fSepuOllcAne
in this matter, but during the absence of Senator
Edmunds the Democrats will still have it in
their power 10 prevent the success of the move
ment by breaking quorum.
That there will be no extra session has been
virtually decided. While no formal action to
this effect has been taken by the Cabinet, It is
believed that such will be the result when the
matter is submitted at the next meeting
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-04-05

The following interesting letter was received
by . gentleman of this city last week, who has
kindly permitted its publication for the public
good;
GAINESVILLE, FLA.s March "a, 1881.
Dear Sir: send yo0 by tc.day's mail sam
pie of seed rice that have obtained by selection
from the best obtainable samples of upland rice.
For some years past have made rice special
study. l have tried TO obtain pure variety for
seed. All the samples that professed to be such
proved to be only little better than the COM
mon, without being what l required. The i'm
portance of good seed, and the difficulty of dis
tinguishing it in the rough state, is not properly
appreciated. All samples that have examined
were mixed, various colors, shapes, degrees Of
hardness, early and late ripening, were all TO-
gether. Selection in The field is very unreliable
for rice. The sample sent is what have sought
for, and is obtained by selecting the heaviest
grains from good sample, hulIing these, and
then spreading all on table, picking cut such as
are of one color and shape. IN this way can be
obtained start for pure Waite rice, that only
needs 10 have the hull removed to be ready for
cooking without further work. In this way the
food product of the State forslrome use can be
enormously increased. The lice cooked in this
state is much more nutricious and palaable
than when finished for market. Last year l
planted large quantity, but none of il came up
various experiments were Unsuccessful then.
BY the use of the microscope found that the
hull performed very necessary function for the
germ, and by further experiments was enabled
TO supply the place of the hall and sprout the
huled rice, so that the whole difficulty of obtain
ing pure variety of rice is now solved. l be-
leve this to be matter of importance TO this
State. Much of the seed that is put in the
ground is worse than useless here The rice OBJ
tanned from it will not stand the necessary rub
bling to prepare it for market. and is lost in the
waste. There being no Agricultural Depart
ment in this Stale, and hearing that you were
personally interested in The culture of upland
rice send this you, that it, You consider ii 10
be as important as think il is you may make
such use of the discovery as will best advance
the rice interest in this State.
believe it possible to make good bread from
rice. and am studying how to overcome The diff
cullies. / have had some success, but not suff-
eient to satisfy me with the bread made. l want
to make bread from rice -four equal TO bread
from wheat -four, without the mixture of any
other -four with the rice -four, A crop OF red
rice for winter stock food would be 10 the farmer
what oats are 10 summer stock food.
Very respectfully,
Joseph VoYLR.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-04-05

The debate on the resolution for the election
of Senate officers was resumed on Friday
Messrs Lamar, Dawes, George Hoar. Logan,
VOORHEES, and Malone participated in.the discus
sion, which was heated and prolonged. Mr..
Dawes having stated that IL man fromMassachu-
sets had gone to Mississippi, and his clubhouse
was burned, his hands murdered aid himself
compelled 10 leave the State, Mr. George de-
manded the name of this man and Mr. Dawes
+, fusng TO give it, Mr. George denied every as
Iton of Mr. Dawes.
Settlers in Nebraska have had rough expo
Iieicc this winter. Que of them writes oil
ncig'lb IRIS having had child die during vo
lent Snow storm and being unable to bury il for
over week, il being impossible to get through
the deep snow with it. When the farmers rode
to town TO get the mail or groceries they invaria-
lily took shoves along to dig way out in case
t!cir horses got stuck. The early arrival Of win
ter took many farmers by surprise, and large
quantity of corn was left in the fell DIS, of which
urgent need has since been had
The Monticello Constitution complains thus
T" A week or ten days ago the ciIizers of Month
cello pcilioned the Receivers of the j., P & NJ
~ ISQuCC ICtSHt tdIIll 80 Us 10 Gu
able our business men TO compete wish ncighbor
ing towns, without ruin to themselves. No
attention has thus far been given 20 this petit
ton; and we understand that unless some action
is taken at once, wagon train will be run from
Monticello to Dixie, Ca Our business men are
in earnest, and the officers of the railroad had as
well appreciate and act upon the suggestion for
reduction in The rates of freights al once"
AN exciting scene took place in the u 8.
Senate on Friday between Senators Voorhees,
and Malone, Virginia" The former sent to
the clerks desk TO be read, an extract from the
Philadelphia Eoening Telegraph, Republican
paper, abiding to Malone as renegade Dem
ocra,," and charging that he was acting with the
Republicans in consequence of disgraceiul bar
gain. In sending il up Mr. VOORHEES, stated that
he would endorse the language aRd.make 1t his
speech, on the subject then before the Senate
the reorganization. Mr.. Hoar, of Massachusetts,,
privately called Mr.. Voorhees, attention TO the
personalities, and at his suggestion Mr Voorhees,
disclaimed any adoption Of the extract so far as
it contained any personality affecting the vir-
ginia Senator Notwithstanding this, Mahone's
bantam feathers continued rufied, and he soon
broke forth, attempting 10 fix on Mr. Voorhees,
the adoption of the language used In the extract
which that gentleman had already disclaimed;
and he finally succeeded in angeriDg Mr., Voor-
hees into withdrawal of his disclaimer and
very vigorous and emphatic adoption of the Of.
fensive language, as Il directly applied to the
Virginia Senator, leaving that individual 10 make
the most he could out Of II, " shaking bis CORY
locks" and nlumblIng something about "satis-
faction"