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The Rock Island Argus., 1881-08-16

WANTED-Everyone to know that VIII r
w johnson, has moved his Jewelrv Store r. ~.
Market Square TO the northwest corner of i6th 81
and and Ave- " N'''
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-08-16

WANTED: Fine Shirts made to order by Henrv
w Regnesburger
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-08-16

tHfANTED-Everybody to call at Stewart & Mont,
Wv gomerys, and see the Rock Island Hay F0rls
The best fork made, for handling hay in barns and
stacking. 1"
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-08-16

WANTED-A live man to sell the Double Dupley
w Spring Bed and Rotary Washer Best fy1
articles iu the market. Cali at 422 Brady stre@t
Davenport, Iowa. 1''
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-08-16
FOUND.

EOUND-That Geo. A. Balm g. Co, still have
! some of their hrst-class buggies on hand, which
they Will sell very cheap.
EOUND.-The best dlsh of ice cream and the
choicest cigars at Fred Krell restaurant 1919
Second avenue.
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-08-16

WANTRD-A good steady boy from fourteen ra,
" to seventeen Q7S years old. at N b. Sawyer's
Rock leland. 1dSt, 7'
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-08-16
WORKING MEN

WILL find 10 ride tickets good between Rock
w Island and Moline on sale at the c. B. Il q.
Ticket Office, at 50 cents each.
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-08-16

WANTED young ladies call and see our
new Bangle bracelets and Prince Royal Gold
Watch Chains; also, new styles of Rings, at
5-23du BAKERS Reliable Jewelry Store
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-08-16

I OST-An envelope containing steamboat and
u railroad tickets. Tickets valueless. except 10
the owner, suitable reward will be paid for their
retnrn to this Office.
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-08-16

MfANTED- body to know that the best
w place to get frst-class meals and board Is a.
House. He also keeps the finest quality of Ice
Cream.
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-08-16

WANTED First-class insurance car be had a,
w reasonable rates. Apply to Geo. w. ID. Harris
under Harper House; will exchange house in Milan
for one in Rock Island o" Davenport, viii pay dii
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-08-16
MINUTE REMEDY.

Only requires MINUTES, not HOURS, to relieve
pain and cure acute disease
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-08-16

/ OST-Between Fourth Ward school house and
Ia Elm street crossing, one locket cameo set open
picture on reverse side. Finder will be ibcraUy
rewarded by leaving at THE ARGUS Office
T o,ST-.A hand ice saw, somewhere on ara Ave.
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-08-16

tAtANTED-one good Agent TO cell a new Red
Davenport ''
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-08-16

WANTED-The people to know that the best
w place to buy sell exchange second hand
Clothing is at Simon Berkson's near corner 2Oth
street and 4th avenne.
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-08-16

WANTED-A pastry and meat cook Applv 81,
w once to VIM. Rzmskill at Reuua's taiIor .ty 80 AZ
No. 1924. End avenue, Rock Island. 0'''
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-10-05

who forced Arthur to leave
the New York Custom House under
imputation of dishonesty and NAL
administration. Mr.. Sherman little
thought then that Arthur would be
President Of the United States, with
power mercilessly to expose the in
ner management Of this immense
Department, and to discharge the
large encourage that Sherman has
appointed to lucrative places. Many
relations Of Mr.. Sherman are in the
Treasury Department; one of them
has been charged with extensive
peculatiou and many expect disclos'
ures from the Treasury Department
scarcely less startling than those that
have been made in the Post Office
Department. Ex-Secretary Fish,
General Grant and Mr.. Conkling, are
all mentioned for the place Of Mr.
Blaine. Gossip is rife, and newspa.
per men, who have already arrived
in large numbers, anticipate an un,
usually interesting season, from q
journalistic standpoint. 1t is con.
ceded that this will be very stall.
wart administration, in sentiment
at least; but, such is the composition
of Congress, that President Arthur
will be handicapped and unable to
give pronounced political effect to
ultra blue stalwartism. All his i'm.
portant nominations will depend for
confirmation on a Democratic Sen.
ate.
There are those who theoretically
insist that this will be an Arthur,
and not a Conkling administration,
but those who have hastily elimina.
ted Mr.. Conkling from National pol.
itics know little Of the past and see
little of the present. Senator Jones,
the Presidents host, went yesterday
to Utica, and is now in conference
with the ex-senator. This is not the
only straw, but it is enough, if not
to break the camel's back, at least,
to show which way the wind blows.
c. AS.
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.ShYlOckS.,,

Editor Register: In the Visitor oflast
week is an article stating thatan ex-
ira session Of the Circuit Court is to
be held in Putnam county for the
purpose of appointing Commission
ers to condemn the lands OF certain
persons known TO the Visitor as "Shy-
locks" 1t is also stated that "such
a course is likely to become necessary
in Mason county" Now, these "Shy-
locks" are farmers in the two coun.
ties, and / presume the Visitor calls
them such because they dare to con
tend for their rights with a great rail
road company, and are not willing to
give portion of their land away, and
suffer all inconvenience incident to
the construction and maintainence Of
a railroad through their farms, all for
glory. AS q farmer, and one not in
terested pecuniarily in this matter, |
resent such course and such lang.
uage on the part of the Visitor, and |
insist that it is either prompted by a
mean and selfish spirit, that is will.
ing to see our farmers despoiled, fear
ing that it may lose some little Incl.
dental benefit, if the construction of
the road should be delayed, or it is
done in aspirit of toadyism and truck
ling to the favor of the railroad com.
pany.. The Visitor has all along
shown u disposition to decry and I'M
derestimate the value of the priv
ilegeS asked for BY the railroad.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
Gossip Many Tongucd-Cabine,
Guesses-Frtends TO Reward.
ana AZ least one Enemy to Pun.
isii-Jones and COnkiing Com

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. LIST, 1881.
Those who predicted that Presi.
dent Arthur would walk strictly in
the steps of his predecessor, and be
the executor of the political will of
President Garfield, rather than a
president with an individuality and
II will of his own, have begun to
learn that they are mistaken. It is
said, by those who ought to know,
that there will be sweeping changes
in the Cabinet and in the official
personel of the government, both at
home and abroad. 1t is doubtful if
any member Of the present Cabinet
will hold his portfolios until the reg
ular session of Congress convcnes.-
lt'would be idle to guess who will
constitute the new Cabinet. The
rumor is that Mr.. Boutwell, will be
made Secretary of the Treasury. He
held this Office under Grant and is
thoroughly acquainted with the rou.
tine of the Department. He is more.
over in accord with the Grant, Conk.
ling and Arthur wing of the party.
lis believed that President Ar.
thur intends to overhaul the Treas.
ury Department from vault TO attic,
and to explore every rat hole in it.
This department is largely filed
with the political household of the
late Secretary, now Senator Sherman,
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Rights ar Wnv.

The disposition to get all you can,
sometimes results in killing the
goose that lays the golden eggs. If
property holders in this county do
not act with greater discretion in
placing value on their lands, this
county will lose railroad, if built,
that will do more TO develop its re.
sources than any other projected en-
terprise. 1t will give coal operators
on this side of the river other means
of sending their products to market
than by river, and also increase the
number of mines, 1t will reduce
freight rates on both sides of the riv
er and have itdelivered more prompt.
ly. 1t will bring all that portion of
the Kanawha Valley, that is isolated
about half the year by ice and low
water, into reliable communication
with the outside world. If this
county wishes to have the seat Of
government it should make itself dc.
serving of it. This can only be done.
by furnishing ways of getting here,
and railroads are the ways. The al
lowance made BY the company for
suppositious fences, would more than
pay for all the stock that will be
killed in decade. Mason and Put.
nam counties put their lands at a
reasonable figure, and it is generally
conceded that it is far more fertile
than the ground in Kanawha.-Kan.
a,vha State,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-10-05
The Postal business Of The World

A German paper has been compil.
ing the statistics Of the worlds cor
respondence by post and by tele-
graph. The latest returns which APP
preached completeness were for the
year 1877, in which more than4 ,000.-
100000, letters were sent, which
gives an average of 100000 a day,
or 127 a second. Europe contributed
3,0S6000,000 letters to this great
mass Of correspondence; America,
about 760000,000; Asia, l50,000,000;
Africa, 25,000,000; and Australia, So
100000. Assuming that the popula.
tim If the globe was between $780,
000,000 and l.4o0 GOO. 600, this would
give an average Of three letters per
head for the entire human race
There was in the same year $4,000
telegraph stations, and the number
Of messages may be set down for the
year at between 100000 and Ill.,.
100000, being an average Of more
than 305,000 messages per day, 12,-
GIL per hour and nearly 2l2 per
minute.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-10-05
IL. A. d o. C.RAILR0AD.
Account Of an Inlpor.
tant Enterprise.
CHARLESTON, Sept. q, 1881.

NhAhhEsloN, Sept. ~, 1901.
Special Correspondence of the Register.
Some observations on the status
and prospects of the new railroad
projected along the Kanawha and
New rivers may be Of interest to the
readers of the Register. You are
familiar with the history of the or.
ganization of The Richmond and AL.
legheny Railroad Company, the &C.
QUESTION of the property ofthe James
River and Kanawha Company, and
the building Of the road from Rich.
mond TO Williamson's in an incredi.
BILE short space of time-a history of
energy, determination and skillful
management almost without par
allel in railroad building in our
country. Following this we have
the passage of the act by the last
Legislature amending the charter of
the Guyandotte railroad company,
and making it applicable to the route
down the New and Kanawha rivers,
then the organization of the Rich
mond, Toledo and Chicago, under
whose auspices the preliminary
survey was made-then the consoli-
dation of these companies under the
name of the Atlantic aud North.
western, under control of the Rich
mond and Allegheny, and finally the
consolidation Of the Ohio Central,
Richmond and Allegheny, and ali
the rest Of the business under the
name of the Richmond, Allegheny
and Ohio Central road, and the plac.
ing of a large loan to raise funds to
build the missing link" between
Corning, the eastern terminus of the
Ohio Central, and Williamson's, the
western terminus of the Richmond
and Allegheny.
The purpose in brief is to give a
direct through railroad route from
Chicago to tide water on lighter
grades, at less cost, and through a
richer country than any other line
between the great west and the sea-
board.
West Virginia is of course mainly
interested in the construction of the
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-10-05

We heartily endorse the sentiment
expressed by an exchange in the fol
lowing expression: Ii the murdered
President could look down upon this
country to day, he would look down
upon people united as they never
were before. 1t is monstrous to say
his death was for the best. The hu.
man mind recoils with horror from
such preaching. But, if from the
wreck of hopes that are crushed and
hearts that are broken, any good at
all can come, it will be that the peo-
pie Of the whole United States will
be drawn near together by the ties Of
common brotherhood and loyalty. II
is no unusual thing for fcuds to be
buried in the grave Of some mutual.
ly beloved one, Among the dearest
hopes Of the President, who was
struck down by an assassin, was the
hope that during his Administration
the few clouds that yet dimned the
perfect sky between the North and
South might wholly vanish away.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-10-05
InaAn NoTrcns.

State of West Virginia, Mason County, 81, .
A I RULES held in the Clerks o,Bco /,
"A the Circuit Court for the Comfy "
Mason. on the first Monday, in the m3p,I'
of October, 1881. ''''
Lewis Delhi Assignee of Christ wit,c,u
Plaintiffs. VS.. s''''
j, II. KONG & Co, Defendants
In Chancery.
The object of this suit il TO enforce
Vendors lien upon a lot OF land in Mas"
county, Town Of Mason, reserved in dcSS
from Christ Witzgall and wiis toll. II NJ
mig 4 Co., on the LIST day OF August ISIS
for the payment OF n note OF S42S, payabIo
two years after date to said Witxrall anS
to discover the parties in said county anJ
attach their estate. ~
And it appearing by affidavit filed that
said j. II. CONG & CO., are non.residemts
of the State OF West Virginia, it is ordered
that the said j, II, Konig & Co., do appear
here at Rules to be held in tho Clerks Of.
fee OF the Circuit Court ON the first Mon.
day in the month OF November next. and
do what is necessary to protect its inter.
est in this suit,
TESTE:
CIIAS. h. WAGGENER, Clerk
Tomlinson & Polsley, Soils.
net 5-tw
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Set Back AZ Years.

II was troubled for many years
with Kidney Complaint, Gravel, &c;
my blood became Thin; was dull and
inactive; could hardly crawl about;
was an old worn out man all over;
could get nothing to help me, until
| got Hop Bitters, and now / am n
boy again. My blood and kidneys
are all right, and ! am as active us a
man of 30, although | am 70, and
have no doubt it will do as we'll for
others of my age. It's worth trial.
-(Father. (-Sundau Mercuru.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-10-05

An extraordinary and almost in.
credible story Of cruelty comes from
Jersey City, where u mother is
charged with deliberately starving
her child to death, and announcing
its death, providing a coffin and ac-
tnally arranging the body as if for
burial before it had breathed its last.
When its condition was discovered
starvation was SO far advanced that
life could not be saved. This re.
markable parent is charged by her
own sister with having lost three
other children in the same way.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-10-05

The Ohio election takes place next
Tuesday. Everything points to the
election of Bookwalter and the res,
of the Democratic ticket. There is
not the least doubt but that the next
Legislature will be largely Demo,
cratic. In that event they will up.
set the Republican gerrymandering
Of Congressional Districts of that
State.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-10-05
Strange Historical Facts About
the Various Presidential Adj.
manifestations of the Govern
nlcnt,

ment.
Gen. Washington's administration
was Democratic; the elder Adams
was Federalist's administration;
James Madison's was, Democratic;
Thomas Jeflerson's was Democratic;
James Monroe's was Democratic; the
younger Adams was Wing; Gen.
Jackson's was Democratic; Martin
Van Buren's was Democratic; Gen.
Harrison's was Wing, up to the time
Of his death, when John Tyler chang
ed it into Democratic one; Folks
was Democratic; Gen. Taylor's was
Wing, and was carried out as such by
Fillmore; Pierce's was Democratic;
Buchanon's was Democratic. This
brings us up to the civil war, or
March, 1861. II have counted cor
rectly, we had sixty years OF Demo.
cratic administration, four of FEEDER
alist, and eight of Wing. Up to
1861 two Wing Presidents died in
the Presidential chair, and not a 81 n.
gle Democrat. Since 1861 we have
had no Democratic President, all
have been Republicans. Two of
them have been assussinated, one by
rebel sympathizer, and the other
by a Republican.
Why sixty years Of Democratic adj.
ministrations, and no deaths and no
assassination, Of Presidents? Why
twenty years of Republican admin.
istra,ions, and two assassinations?
These are historical facts of the All.
ministration of the Government, from
the inauguration of General Wash
ington down to the assassination of
Gen. Garfield.
These. figures and facts mean some.
thing. What do they mean? In the
first place, they show that there was
less lawlessness and corruption I'M
der Democratic rule than under Re.
publican. In the second place, they
show that the people had implicit
confidence in those who administer
ed the Government preceding the
accession of the Republican party to
power in 1861. In the third place,
they show that we have had more
lawlessness and loss Of public mon.
les, by theft and embezzlement, un.
der twenty years of Republican ad
minlstrations than all the preceding
administrations combined Wheeling
Redister.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-10-05

The editor of the Nis1or seems to
think our farmers have no rights
that a Railroad Company is bound
TO respect; that if they ask what they
deem fair compensation for their
lands, to say nothing of the damages
they may sustain, this would.be
keeper Of other mems business af.
fairs dubs them "Shyloeks."
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President Arthur has issued his
proclamation converting the Senate
of the United States in special sess-
ion on October 10th. The first bust.
ness to be transacted will be the
election of a President of the Senate
and a Secretary, The Democrats
now have majority of three in that
body, and when the vacancies from
New York and Rhode Island are fill.
ed, it will be tie. This makes the
necessity of Democratic organization
the more important.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-10-05
TRUSTEES SALE.

PURSUANT to the provisions of a deed
i OF trust executed to the undersigned,
trustee by Sophia Rigg and William +.
Rigg, her husband, bearing date ON the
10th day of March, 1850, and of record in
the Clerks Office OF the County Court Of
Mason county West Virginia, in Trust
Deed Book No. 8, tolios 1876, etc, to which
reference may be had, executed to secure
the payment OF three promissory notes
made by Sophia Rigg, payable to Rankin
Hill, or order each for tn sum OF S55.5O. Of
even date with said trust deed, one due in
one year after date, one in two years and
the other in three years, each bearing in
terest from date, and default having been
made in the payment of the first note
aforesaid, and being requested by said Hill
to sell the said land in the trust deed do.
scribed, | will on the
Goth Day of October, 1881,
ut the front door Of the Court House of
said county, sell theiand in said trust deed
described, to the highes. bidder, at public
auction for CASH us to the expenses Of
sale and the amount Of said first note, and
upon credit rs to the residue correspond.
ing with the time said notes becolnc due
as aforesaid. Said land contains ten acres;
is situate in the District OF Hannah, about
one mile from Glcnwood, town ON the
river; is well improved; is located on the
public road, and is desirable property
Bond with good security will be required
for the deferred instalmcnts.
w. Il. GUM, Trustee.
4
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-10-05

Many Miserable People drag them.
selves about with failing strength,
feeling that they are sinking into
their graves when Parker's Ginger
Tonic would begin with the first
dose, to bring vitality and strength
back to them.-Sun.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-10-05
a card from COL. Waggener.

Editor Eiat.r:-In the last issue Of
the Register, Of Sept. 18th, there APP
peared a card, purporting to have
been signed BY me, as Clerk Of the
Circuit Court, stating in substance
that there would not be an adjourn
ed term of said Court, on the 18th
day Of October, 1881, as ordered by
Judge Henry Btannon, who held the
regular term Of said Court for Judge
Guthrie, and being unable to com.
plete the business Of said term, on
the 18th day of September, 1881,
Judge Brannon ordered an adjourn
ed term, as above mentioned. take
this method Of informing the public
that the Card referred to was signed
and published in the columns of the
Register, without my knowledge or
consent, and having no right to is.
sue or publish such notice unless
by avacation order of the Judge, en-
tered Of record, (Which order was not
given.) disclaim all authority and
responsibility in the premises.
Very respectfully,
CHAS. B. WAGGENER,
Clerk ofCt. c., Mason Co., w. Va.
The advertisement published in
our last issue postponing the Circuit
Court until the regular term, was
given to us as an "ofiicial notice." by
an oflicero the county, with instruc,
lions to publish twice, and ask the
other county papers to publish it al
SO. We had no right to question the
honesty of the gentleman who hand,
ed the notice 10 us. Judge Guth-
RE was in our Office and stated that
he was anxious that the notice be
published in our last paper, and fur
ther stated that the order was being
prepared. 1t is true the notice was
not in the handwriting of Col. Wag.
gener, but being pressed for time to
get the notice ready for our paper,
we supposed it was a copy of the rec,
ord, and put it in type. 1t is clear
it was the intention Of Judge Guth.
RE to put of the adjourned term Of
court; and we know now that he
does not intend to hold the adjourned
term Of court here on the 18th OF
October. This matter ought to have
been settled without all this contro.
versy and misunderstanding, as it is
likely to mislead litigants, jurors,
witnesses and others who may have
business with the court. We make
this statement for the reason that
our egotistical neighbor in an item
in his last paper, tries to convey the
idea that we had published the no
tlce upon our own responsibility,
and without any authority whatov-
er; and that we refused to give Col.
Waggener the name of the gentle,
man who furnished the notice. We
did give the Colenel the name of the
party who furnished the notice, and
handed him the manuscript as we'll,
as Col. Waggener will testify. We
had no more to do with postponing
the court than the man in the moon.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-10-05

The editor of the Radical in his
last issue, shows himself to be a
bowling lunatic, and the sooner his
friends get him into the Asylum at
Weston, the better it will be for him
and his friends.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-10-05

The editor Of the Radical who has
neither the respect or confidence Of
his own party, cannot expect that
Democrats will pay any attention to
his rawlings.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-10-05

Does the death of Garfield, at the
hands of Republican assassin, ex.
empt the Republican party from ex.
posture from their immense frauds
and robberies they are perpetrating
upon the people?