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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20
Sweeping Reduction in the Price of Books.

r. Champion is selling the genuine
Chatterbox for fifty cents; dry goods store
price, sixty-eight cents. Forty standard
poems and novelists for 50 cents, the vol
umes containing from 500 to 500 pages
The Red Line British Poets now, side
stamp and gilt edges, SO cents; dry goods
price SO cents. Macaulay's History of
England, five volumes, $3.50; dry-goods
price, $1.8S Aunt Louisa's large, color
ed toy book, two for 90 cents, one-half the
usual price. Handy Volume Shakespeare
ID volumes in neat case, 81 %, dry-goods
price $4.67. A pocket dictionary of 800
pages for 10 cents. Charles Dickens
complete works, Is volumes, illustrated,
good edition, 81 so, publishers price
So. Call early and secure some of these
bargains, as the su nply is limited. Any
books in stock can be had at from 90 to
so per cent discount.
dee 1866
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20

VIM. p Blackstone, of Geneseo, is in
the city on business.
The largest stock of gold rings in the
city can be found at Lindvalls.
Buy your boots and shoes at low prices,
at E. Strate's.
Ed. B. Warren, of Morrison, was to be
seen upon our streets to-day.
Some elegant gold and garnet sets at
remarkably low prices, at LindvalPs.
The funeral of Mrs. Christine Peterson,
mention of whose illness was made ia a
previous issue, and who died yesterday
of puerperal fever occurred at 2 o'clock
this afternoon.
Grain leather boots for every day wear,
cheap, at E. Strate's.
Mrs. Geo. Pingree is now considerably
better, and will soon be around again.
This will be COED news to her many friends
in this city.
Reserved seats are now on sale at Grams
drug store. The committee have, in order
to secure packed house, decided on pop
ular prices, and we think their eXpecta-
tons will be fully realized.
Boots and shoes at very low prices, at
E. Strate's.
Cumpson s. Entriken for fancy grocer
les. 1w
Messrs. West & Co., who have succeed
ed Ed McGraw in the livery business, are
now prepared to furnish good rigs at rea
sonable figures. Give them call
Dec13-d10t
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20
SCHOOL EXAMINATION

The following programme has been ar
ranged for the examinations at the public
schools on Thursday and Friday Of this
week, and which parents are cordially
invited TO attend
Thursday-High school: $50 a. IN,
Arithmetic and physiology. 1915 nst.
ural philosophy. $50: geology
Grammar room, sth grade-9:2O, United
States history. B division; 1000, reading
A division; HOO grammar, A and B div
sions; 1 As p. m, arithmetic, B diyiiOl.
800 U. S. history, A division.
Friday-9:S0, arithmetic, A division,
100, reading. B division
Room H. 9Th grade Thursday. 9OOs
m, language; 10:45, q. S. history, A and
B divisions; 80 p m, A and B reading
2;45, A and B geography.
Room II, No. 2, Sth -Thursdsy
900, geography; 1000. history; 1105
arithmetic; 80, arithmetic, eth grade; 24j
reading
Friday-9:OO, A and arithmetic, lsn
guage, Sth grade; 10:45, language lib
grade
The above review is to be an oral one
and it is sincerely hoped that it will be
witnessed by a largs number of our cit.
zeus.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20

John Evans, the popular liveryman Of
Rock Island has removed to his new and
commodious quarters, opposite west side
of postoff1ce, on Seventeenth street It's
the largest and most complete livery stable
in the three cities. Mr.. Evans would like
to see all of his old customers and as many
new ones as would favor him with call
Complete livery outfits carriages furnished
at any hour with promptness. PeoPs
from Moline in Rock Island with team are
invited to call and give his place trial.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20
PERSONAL

Miss Flora Rosenfield will come home
from school at Highland Park, to spend the
holiday season.
Mrs. 81. Williams, of Milwaukee. has re-
turned home from her visit with her brother
Mr.. Joseph Baker of this city.
Mr. j. c. Donaldson and sister have ar
rived in town to be present at the marriage
of their brother this evening, and are
registered at the Rock Island House.
ROCK ISLAND HOUSE.
j L Harris. Edgington; A Hartel, II
e DeCamp, Chicago; D A Putmon, Indi-
annapolis; A McKillep, VIM Ames and lady,
Lynn; L Lindenberg, Dubuque; w II
Maxley, Peoria; G M Ely, Princeton, Ill.
r G Wyman, Des Moines; J 7 Patterford,
Coal Valley; l. G Wycoff, Frenchtown; NJ
R Conger, st. Louis, J s Young, New
York: d Ordway, M Matteson, Chicago;
r Olevf, Independence; James Hewitt,
Stella, Neb;J Miller. Colfax; N. Crutch-
field, Woodruff; T Fuller Milwaukee; III
w Gross, A T Barber, p III Clark, st Louis;
Fl Melchoir, Chicago; N p Harrison,
Louisville; A r Fuller, Racine Long,
Lynn. I'll; B f Steele, Geneseo; J G Kin
ney, Cambridge;J C Donaldson and sister,
Orion.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20
FINGER OFF.

This morning while a lad named Seymour
was in the upper mill of the Rock Island
lumber and manufacturing company, he
ventured upon an unwarrantable familiar
ty with some part of the machinery and
lost part of the index finger of his right
hand. He was taken to Bengston's drug
store where the injuries were dressed by
DR.. s. C. Plummer.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20

When you are out buying Christmas
presents to morrow. drop in at Turner
Hall. which will be open, free, in the after
| noon, and look at the lovely. dainty dolls
and other fancy articles, for sale by the
ladies of Trinity church.
Christmas cigars at Bengston's drug
store.
The ARGUS is informed that there is
| nothing about the Mascotte, as presented
by the Alice Oates Company. which would
offend the most fastidious taste of the
most fastidious lady in the land. No gen
tleman need be afraid to take his wife or
sister
A. w. Anderson will have large stock
of live and dressed poultry for the holt
days.
James Cahill, a younga fellow without
visible means of support save and except
his two legs, came before Squire Chopper
this afternoon at 2 o'clock, charged by Mr.
r. Champion with having stolen from his
store on Saturday or Monday last an OPP
era glass valued at $13, morocco diary,
So. so; pocket album, $3.50, and razor,
SO, the latter breaking up an $8 toilet
case.
Examine Bengston's holiday goods.
Under Superintendent SCOTS efficient
management the Milan street cars now run
with some degree of regularity This
morning it was noticed by several that the
cars started from this end of the road as
the Arsenal clock was striking the hour.
The place to buy pearl agent and per-
fecting coffee and tea pots is at e. w.
Spencers.
The funeral services of Daniel Daily Jr.,
son of ex Alderman DAILY, who died last
evening after lingering illness. will he
held tomorrow, the procession leaving the
house at 1 o'clock. Deceased was young
man of excellent promise whose untimely
death will be regretted By large circle of
friends.
Spencer has table and pocket cutlery of
elegant design. Call and see his mammoth
stock.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20

noon. Messrs. Keep. Hughitt and Porter
are expected to arrive to-day from New
York. A meeting of the general managers
interested in the late war will then be held.
The public seems to misunderstood the
results of the New York meetings, as no
pool was organized, neither were percent
ages agreed upon, as was stated in the
ARGUS of Monday last. Nothing but
traffic arrangement was entered into.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20
LOCAL MARKET REPORT.

The bad weather which has prevailed of
late has demoralized our local market
somewhat, but on Wednesday prices for
the principal commodities ranged about as
follows; Oats, 35 cents a bushel; corn,
46(05O; hogs, $5.75(9S6.00; dressed, $7.s5;
prairie hay, $t0(0$12; slough, 5000: tim
othy, $11013; wood, oak, $4(G4. so;
hickory, So; coal, 1908 cents bushel.
Ladies' satcheIs, at Taylor & Philleo's.
Underwear, reduced to close stock at
Hoffmaster's.
Slippers for boys at Carse s. Reticker's.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20

Last evening Dewitt Ellis and James
Campbell met in an uptown saloon but
the meeting was net attended with any
thing like hostile demonstrations. Subse-
quently while Ellis was proceeding home
ward he was overtaken, near the corner of
Twelfth street and Seventh avenue by
Campbell who applied all manner of often
sive epithets to him, and his father as well,
whereupon.Ellis gave Campbell a pound
ing which he viii long remember. The
case was before Squire Chopper this morn
ing who was obliged to fine Ellis IS and
costs for his action
Slippers for ladies at Carse e. Reflex
er's.
Toilet sets, at Taylor s. Philleo's.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20
TAX COMPARISONS.

In addition to what has heretofore been
given respecting the county tax, the fol-
lowing comparisons between the taxes of
1882, including the taxes paid by the
different railroad companies, will be read
with interest:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20
.'RETsY BAKER

and place aux Danes" or 'sThe Ladies
Speak at Last, remember and patronize
good home talent, at Turner Hall, to-mor-
row evening. Twenty minutes intermis-
sion between the plays, when hot coffee
and doughnuts will be served cheap.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20

Gents slippers at Carse s. Retickers.
Gold and silver watches, jewelry and
plated ware, sold very cheap, at J. Ram
ser's:
Misses slippers at Carse & Reticker's.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20
HAND sEWED SHOES.

The only place in the city to buy genu
Inc hand sewed shoes for ladies and gen
lemen is at Carse & Retickers. 10-dt1
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20

Most violent explosions of coughing are
stopped by Hale's Honey of Horehound
and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one
minute.
The weak. worn and dyspeptic should
take Colden's Liquid Beef Tonic. No
other. OF druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20

Opera glasses, at Taylor & Philleos.
For monograms and all kinds of engrav-
ing, call at J. Ramser's.
Silks, the best line and lowest prices, at
Hoffmaster's
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20

A grand free lunch every morning from
$50 till II at o. F. Soper's, No 1870
Eighteenth street, also oysters served up
in the latest style. Nov3dtf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20
Ex-Assistant Postmaster.

CINCINNATI, o., Dec. 10. 1882
I'll. FL. WARNER & Co.: Sars-T have
used your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure
for chronic dysentery. contracted while IN
the army, with the most happy results.
JOSEPH H. THORNTON.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20
HOLIDAY GOODS

merry goods which were purchased ex-
pressly for the holiday trade. 1S-d6t
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20

Neck chains. at viii r. Johnsen's.
Picture frames, at Taylor g. Philleo's.
Diagonal dolmans. cheap. at Hoffmas-
ter's
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20

Ear rings, at Will r. Johnson's.
Scrap books, at Taylor 81 Philleo's.
Latest styles of shoes at Olson's.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20
HARD COAL.

For genuine Lehigh coal see the Port
Byron Lime association. o26tf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20

Bracelets, at Will r. Johnson's.
Oct 18 ct
Slippers for children at Carse s. Reflex
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20
MOLINE DEPARTMENT..

E. L. EASTMAN, Reporter
Headquarters, one door West of Reimer's
Cigar Store.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20

Arctics at Carse & Reticker's
Pocket books, at Taylor q Philleo's.
The following from late issue of the
Dubuque Telegraph the ARGUS most hearth
~ indorses: Conductor. Charley Cross,
who, for the past six or eight months, has
been serving as one of the conductors on
the fast train between here and Rock ISL
and, makes his last trip on the train this
evening. The train will be taken off on
the 18th inst, and will hereafter run as a
local train between Dubuque and Savanna.
During the time that Mr.. Cross has been
on the fast train he has, by his courteous
and gentlemanly manner, become aggreat
fayorite with the travelling public, and has
proven himself carefu l, reliable and
efficient official. There are hun dreds in
Dubuque who will regret to hear of the
change that makes his departure from our
midst necessary; but of one thing he may
rest assured, he will always have their best
wishes for happiness Success go with
him. His home is in Freeport."
Dressed dolls, at Taylor q Philleo's.
Slippers for everybody at Carse s. Ret
icker's.
Ladies silk mitts 81, at Hoffmasser's.
French embroidered slippers at Carse &
RetIcker's.
Childrens cloaks, reduced in prices to
close the season, at Hoffmaster's
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08
No. 1904.

the District Court Of the Second Judi.
l. cial District of the Territory OF WASH
lnKton, holding terms at Olympia, tor the
counties OF Thurston, Mason and Cheha-
Action brought in the District Cont Of
the Second Judicial District Of the Terri
tory of Washington, holding terms st
olympia Tor the counties OF Thurston,
Mason ana Chehalis, and complaint filed
in the county of Thurston. in the Office of
T. W. Laws. Plaintiff, J
Josephine Laws, Defendant,
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
To JOsephiae Laws, Defendant,
In the name of the u nited States ofAmer
lea, you are hereby required to appear in
an action. brought against you by the
aeovenamed Plaintiff IN the District Court
Of the Second Judicial District OF the
Territory Of Washington holding terms q
Olympia, in ThurstOn county, for the
counties OF Mason, Chehalis and ThurstOn.
and To answer the complaint filed therein
"a copy Of which accompanies this sum.
mons within twenty days exclusive OF
the day OF service) after the ssry ice on Won
OF this summOns-if served within This
county; or, ii served out OF this county,
tut within the Second Judicial District,
within thirty days; or il served out Of
said District. then within forty DAYS: or II
served by publication. then within sixty
days from date hereof. or Judgment by de.
iauit Will he taken against you according
to the prayer of said complaint.
TINS action is brought to obtain decree
OF the Court dissOlving, the bonds of mat.
rimony now existing between the Plain.
TN ard Defendant. on the ground Of de.
sertl0n, ana for such other and further
relief as to the Court may seem just.
So Witness John P. Hoyt, Esquire,
L. Judge of the said District Court.
S. and the seal OF said Court. This
18th day Of November, A. ID 1882.
X. g. O'BRIEN, Clerk.
i.CAL AcFAppss, Attorney fQf Plaintiff
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08

WHAT'S in the wind? Has peri he.
lion reversed the conditions of life
or changed the laws governing our
being? Two men--not women, who
have formerly monopolized such
privileses-fainted in public assem-
blages, last Sunday evening, in this
place and we have not yet heard from
the metropoli at the north and $ utl of
US, to state whether the same phe.
nomena was observable in denser
crowds and, therefore, under
more favorable conditions for
arriving at some satisfactory means OF
explanation. Mr.. Ford was one
OF the gentlemen who yielded TO a
temporary suspension of the vital
forces, while in attendance at SER
vice in the Episcopal Church, and
MIR. Hutchinson, the other, while
engaged in the same laudable duty
at the Methodist Church. So far,
none of the ladies have succum bed
to the occult force, whatever it may
be, and we close, as we began, with
the query: What's in the wind?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08

Tia PRr-I.LHr's ML,>ArI Tie
message Of President Arthur. winch
appears as 4 supplement TO tins ISSUE
of the SrANusI.r, /, Of sufficient Intei-
est to warrant Il full reading. 1t l.
not - long as many of tue eNecutlY"
locumru:> presented on the ~
srinhIng of tuurlr~-. stall IT gives
AL !mluciI~,. array at face, and iiLuicS
OF general importance To The puh,ic.
\ synopsis - O! cuuI-e unnecessary
where the full text Is given, iut We
must ailule to The position oi tie
President on tax itlpu. To- give It an
carnc>taiproval. III-i,comnend.-
tion tor an abrugttIuu of internal
1evenue taxes, l. BROADER then il WAS
10 the last COuyres-. ILen he
thought that the enormous annual
,urplu, i'll the Treasury would war
rant a SUSPENSION of all such taxes,
accept upon tobacco III its various
forms and distilled spirits and fer
mented liquors. His present recon-
menIation Is for a repeal OF ali pro-
VISIONS for internal revenue tax, eX
cept on distilled spirits, and Il ma
terlal simplIticallon of the machinery
of collection. In this last item alone,
he estimates that a saving of two aud
"a half millions per annum may be
made, and from l, 800 to 1000 per-
Sons who have been having a fat
thing of it will be retired to the shades
of private life. This is reform
which cannot come too soon, and
Mr.. Arthur has shown considerable
prudence in so clearly defining his
position on c subject which will, soon
as the party of reform obtains con-
troll of Congress, not later then one
year from the present time, become
law. Mr.. Arthur closes his message,
it will be observed, by an expression
Of thanksgiving, which is probably
the only insincere paragraph in it.
How an individual of his marked
characteristics can feel thankful for
as disastrous q rout as his Admin
istration has sustained, is beyond
comprehension. We must, there
fore, regard his Acknowledgement of d.
vine Intervention in checking section.
al animosities, as mere form Of
words, in which neither the head nor
the heart joined.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08

Tie line Of telegraph building by
L. >. Government down the Straits
Fuca follows the beach from Port
Angeles, and it is now at Crescent
Bay. The work is under the charge
OF Lieut.. Pickering, under whom 10
squad of fourteen men. They will
finish the task in February or March.
The station or offices on the line will
he ut Port Angeles, Crescent Bay.
Phsht. Neah Bay and Tatooch Is.
Iand. The latter is the rock upon
which the famous Tatooch light
and fog signal are located. It Gov.
ers an area of seventeen cres. II
is not all barren BY any means, but
on the contrary there is fine grass on
its surface, hundred feet above the
sea level. The three light keepers
Messrs. Sampson, Draper and Fonda
think it charming place. They
are comfortably quartered, have
cows. sheep and chickens, while they
are visited by any number OF wild
fowl, Indians and occasionally white
men and women. Last July these
men nearly had a wrecked steam.
ship on their hands. The Hylton
castle came within sixty feet Of
them, So close in fact that she touched
and knocked off two blades of her
propeller. On this island will prob
ably be placed signal service sta.
ton, with three attaches. They will
have the most important Office on
the line, and from them will come
weather reports aud shipping news.
This line of telegraph will be f.
from self-supporting in q pecuniary
sense, but it will BIZ of q great deal
of good to the people of this coast.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08

AN old gentleman named A. Ct.
Williams, who lives on farm near
Puyallup, was found in his house
last Sunday, in del irious condition
and suffering from wounds on the
head, inflicted by some unknown
assailant, doubtless for the purpose
of plumber, as he vas known to have
considerable money about the house.
The sufferer was taken to Puyallup
for medical aid, and a man named
Burke has been arrested Oh suspicion
of having committed the outrage.
At the examination of the prisoner
he was held in the sum of 1000
to appear at the next term of court
and in default of bail has been sent
to Seatco.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08

l'rr Kl>-oN WHY The .NHt'"i'd
E-,,,Ii,rnn. the Admins lar,ou organ
AZ Washington. has the honesty To
>u,I1.civ acknowledge the CAUSES
vluch have dcclmatel the R"pu bill
can vote since 1872, and led to so
many It. frats. which hav" only been
TUNED to victories hN th" use 81 that
dlcr,putablr card. Vie " little joker. "
l. SAYS III cornelius. ON of IN article on
the political Sltuaii"n: " To Gu
short the s-urv, the quest on Ia the
E"pub lean parry f"i several wears
past has been: Who shall get office
Now, a parry may have leader, and
dIstul beers. II NAV contain oIgtuI-
Zers and Disclaimers, Regulars and
boilers, machine pVlltlcIuns and re-
formers, bat the great body of the
people divide Oh q">t'"n<, and when
those who represent II party forget
It's origin and quarrel over the bones
in the party kitchen, ev will after
Il while find tn, mseivea III sole DOS.
session of the establishment. The
Republicans who vote the ticket Il.
such times do 50 i'll tue hope that the
party may i'll the future again repre-
sent the hopes and resolves of the
millions who ought to I"le' 1t is
to be regretted that the Rep0bIica"
does not tell us why the fought
seems to be considered a foregone
conclusion. II, for ten years, the
party has been used as mere ma
chine for getting and perpetuatinG
tenure of office, wherein lies its claim
Cor preferment 1t is in the stolen
traditions OF the war, whose charm
in 1876 had SO far departed that it
had to be supplemented by a show
ing IF bayonet Or that prestige
of success, which, in 1880, had to be
sustained by the most hasrantly cor
lupt practices known to any gov
eminent. We apprehenl That the
Rrp"biican has given a conclusive
reason why its party should be al
lowed to slnmber. The hope of the
millions for whom it assumes to
speak, has been turned to the only
quarter which assures radical re.
form. 1t must come from tie par
ty which has been tue to its i'm
pulses, consistent in its action, and
honest in its endeavor to place the
Government again in the well-beaten
track OF economy in the disbursement
OF the public funds AID equality of all
classes before the law.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08

ACCIDENTAL DEATH.-A party, con-
slsting of sea captains and other So
journers at B.akely, on Thanksgiv-
ing day, chartered the steamer
Blahely to carry them on a grand
hunting expedition to Nisqually.
About two O'Clock in the afternoon
while the party were preparing to
return, as Capt. Curtis of the schoon-
er ". l.. Beetle, was taking a gun
from q skitf, the hammer caught on
the bottom of the boat and the gun
was discharged, the whole load of
shot entering his left breast at the
nipple, instantly killing him. De-
ceased was aged about 80 years. He
leaves wife and family in San Fran.
cisco. He was we'll known on the
Sound and much respected by all
acquaintances. The body will be
embaimed and taken to San Fran
cisco. A late report says that Mrs.
Curtis fell dead when the crushing
news was communicated to her in
San Francisco.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08

STRICT SUNDAY Law Those who
think that the Provisions of our Sun.
day law are onerous will in time dis
cover that it is by no means as strin-
gent as the enactments in some of
the States. The new code in New
York, which went into effect last
Sunday, embraces several features
not contemplated by our law
makers when they passed the sener-
al and special enactments for the
" better observance" of that day.
Superintendent WallinS, of the po-
lice force, gave notice that it was not
ga work of necessity to sell news
papers on Sunday, or for men to
work on that day to get up a morn
ing paper. 1t is" he says, a "mis-
demeanor to do either of these acts,
and the police are liable they do
not stop it. Barber shops must be
closed and baths also. Sunday .driv-
ing will be stopped in Central Park.
If the police do their duty, there will
be no possible excuse for them to
fail to stop all driving on the boule-
Yards"