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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-11
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND O. PACIFIC n. Y.

BETWEEN The EAST Il TIE WESIy
Dining Cars for eating puTposss only. Qneother
great feature OF our palaisa Cars iaa ssg5ohlh9
at ali hours of tic day.
NaEHiacont Iron BRIDGES span the MLssissippi
G sls Fls9ss ss az a. SosneiI iafs
Kansas City, Lsayenwortn, ana AtcEison, cons
necliona being made In Union r egots -
Tais sREAT THR0UGH LINE ARE As
A caicxGo vita sll diversins .iass fer the
AZ sis.c Ezso5r VITA the L. g. EMs and r.
Il Ii & Il & ds ErIeHrs. with - c. IS
& IA isAIz.R, vtsh a. Cent p. r.
W.: ~. Md; and Z. r g w. nds.
~ ROCK ISLAND. With "AdtlTArkee HocG
sa sR via CD is 0f1 Bis Sa
1f WEST LrnERfy. WITH theB,. c.R.k HRR
A AZ S,ss M5Isss VII , S9 +, LoS
Z ~ COUNCIL BLUKFs. wtth unlcn Encinc II. ~
AtgMAEA With y Y No. Il Y, X 70 Ne9'a -
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A. EEQKUK. WITH 1oi., PEG. a WAR; Wab. &c
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.,Ah AsE AyENMoR&Hs VITA Kan. Rae-s and kan
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. ttsrourh 60 FsEORKA, mrs EE0INER.
and AWEMEFGIETkA.
]. Great N$eek AsianG Ionte,'' are sold ny
IS hose fieikes once. address,
liz ST. sIOHNs
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-11

80 y AA&- Wtbt5kA4 OQ4sE = AkktG AIN
:, Its nass1 line runs from Chicago TO CosEca
Genesoo. Moline. Rock Island, DavcnpoFE, West
Liberty, Iowa City. Marengo. BroohJyfi. Gfinncn.
Ees Mosncs ttha capital Of lows. shssart. Allan
Junction TO Peoria; Wilton Junction 10 Ausca-
tine washington, Fairfield, Ef6on. fseftr9ap.
GcRtreriile. Princeton. ITenson. Gallaftr. Cameo
Washington 20 Esgourney. OskaIoosa, and Kyicx-
stlses Esokruk 70 FaEEntngtou, fse4sapaFJe. EcB-
toTfspoTE, Independent Eidon.- Gtt--Tnwk, Eddy
vtflc. 0ssfoosa- Peifa. Mes7Foe, and Des I1iacas
insersee: Atiantsc 20 Lewis and AiboIi; SIsd
Avoca 20 Harlan This y positively tke only
Railroad, which Owls, and operates through
hne froEi LnicaAzo into the StH1e of hGn1as.
Through Express Passenger Trains, with Phil
man Palace Cars at acled, are run each ay daily
between CHICAGO ana PEORIA. KANSAS CITY,
COUNCIL BLIyFES. LEAv EHwotTH and ATlHI-
SON. 9bT3lgb cars are also Tliss aeswsen AlIw ALL
zee ar aa9sas TTifg ia the itvAuAeS @no
the = Great heck Issande is msgntncentiy
equipped. Its road bed ia simply perfect auo tta
track is laid with steel rails
what viii please you most VII % Sne pseasars
beantifal praries of uiinois and IeTFa, Ia one of
oEs magnificent Dining Cars th3s accompany ali
Through Express Trains lou set an entire
D7eal good as 40 served III lay Ggsb-Gi2S91OtGt
for seventy-nvs cents.
Appreeiating the fact that majority Of the
people prefer separate apartments for different
purposes land the immense passenger business
nounce that this Company runs FsGltsHrT1 Edsote
Sleeping Cars for siespsng purposes. and Eoidcs
PULLMAN RALACE CA IB are "a
EDUEgEEs RADER8s KANSAS GKPYs a
Tickets via this Lime, known 80 tho
Ga Tiekss AGENTS Ia Che usItsS ssases
"a. X. CABLE.
Hilaa Braaidaut GeaQ ESnnaGaM
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

stock yards all along the lines OF their rail
roads and in the shipment of live cattle
from West to East. So they order Com
missioner Fink to get his Joint Executive
Committee" together and make such rates
on dressed beef as to put a stop to this trade
This Mr.. Lynch would punish as felony,
and he is right
But there are a thousand daily combina-
tons and Understandings" among trades
people to keep up prices of very differ
ent character from the above, and the old
difficulty recurs of applying general prin-
ciple to cases endlessly modified and di-
verse in detail. We all remember the
Granger movement some years ago and the
stringent laws it led to In many states
az ainst uni ust railroad determinations and
|extortions, but In the main these laws have
been little better than failures. Perhaps
such laws could be made more effective if
their scope, as suggested by Mr.. Lynch,
was greatly enlarged. The subject opens
up too wide a field for thought and specu.
lation to admit of our undertaking to pur-
sue it here, and we shall content ourselves,
therefore, by simply directing such as are
inclined to give 1t attention to the commu-
nication of Mr.. Lynch on our second page.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11
Nav JHpsEy.-The democrats carry the

New JERsEY.-The democrats carry the
legislature and elect 3 of the congress
men, beating Robson.
NORTH CARoLINA,-J. Hubbell's bribery
didn't work werth a cent The democrats
elect Z of the 8 congressman. the only re-
publican elected being O'Hara, a negro,
without opposition. On state at large the
democrats have 10000 majority.
Observation-Disclosures, dem, eject.
ed governor by 10000 majority, and the
democrats have IS to the republicans ID
congressman. The Legislature Is nearly a
tie. The aRti.Cameron republican ticket
had but 10000 votes, the independents"
largely voting for the democratic candl.
dates.
RHODE ISLAND as usual gives its 2
congressman TO the republicans.
SouTm CARNLINA-Democratic govern.
or elected by large majority. Six of the
seven congressman democrats, Mackey,
rep, beating Lee, colored rep, in the It'll
district
Bate, democrat, elected
governor by $1,000 majority, and 8 of the
10 congressman democrats. Legislature
largely democratic.
TEXAs.--Congress, 10 dem, rep. The
democrats elect Ireland governor by co.,
600 majority.
Observation-Disclosures and the adminlstra-
ton succeeded IN bruying up the cod
Mother" and the state goes republican by
10000 majority. The democrats save of
the 10 congressman.
WIscoNsIN.--A revolution! The demo.
Gratis elect Z of the congressman, and car
ry the lower house of the Legislature, the
republicans retaining the senate by mem.
beers holding over.
CONGRESS-.
The next house of representatives will
be strongly democratic, the latest esti.
mates making The relative strength of par.
ties as follows:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11
ANTI MONOPOLY

Now that the election is over and the
public mind can be turned to other topics,
Mr.. Andrew Lynch, of this city, seems to
think little earnest thought could be pro-.
fitably given to the subject Of monopolles,
or combinations for the purposes Of extor-
ton Every such combination is an inter-
ferenca Nth Inc natural law Of free com.
netitiop, ana 40 such can only be uni sst
and injurious ts the public, and, therefore,
like any other public wrong, ought TO be
prohibited by law and punished. lie
writes a communication for the Chicago
Journal, which we copy elsewhere, giving
his Ideas at some length, and of which the
following Is about the gist:
The act Of two or more parties who form
combination for the purpose and with
the intent Of compelling third to pay
them a greatertprice Tor needed article or
for the use OF a convenience which they
control, than they would charge in selling
! in compctltion with eachotner, IS IN Its ma
ture no less criminal than stealing his
sheep. For the intent in both cases Is to
take for their use and benefit a portion OF
the third party's property without compen
sa,ion. The fact Is, that the combinations,
80 called, for the purpose OF avoiding the
effect OF free competition on prices, are
conspIracies agains! the general welfare
and prosperity OF the pcople-conspiracles
to rob and plumber, they are in nature and
effect folonies, and should be legally recog
alyed rs such. If these conspiracies art
not soon restrained by legal action, the
people will ultimately be necessitated, IN
defense OF their personal rights, to have
recourse to the same remedy that renewed
them IRON the tyranny and impositions o
Georgs Ill.
Whils the principles here laid down by
Mr.. Lynch are of very wide application
and would enter into almost every ramifi
lcation of business, his man reference NJ
doubt is to combinations among pro
ducs aAd provision spectators an'
railroad and other heavy corporations
To give q ease III point: Withinsa mont
or two past large trade has spruni
up between Chicago ard New York II
dressed beef 1t Is found that Ueef ca
be slaughtered at Chicago and seht to Ne'
York IN refrigerator cars aud sold to con
sumer. at from TO cents per pound les
than like beef slaughtered in New lorl
can be odd for. This is & great benefit
the people Of New York and manifest.
the trade should be encouraged. But Var
iderbllt aud Gould are interested in heay
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11
THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.
Democratic Victories all Along
the Line.
Fiue States Revolo tionized and Congress
Largely Democratic.

Elections were held on Tuesday in thirty
three of the thirtyeight states, and the re
suit Is a: sweeping democratic victory IN a
number of hitherto republican states, and
large democratic gains IN all of them. In
Massachusetts union ofthe democrats and
greenbackers elected Gen Butler Governor
by 10000 majority, Connecticut returns to
the democratic fold, New York gives
Cleveland 10000 majority, Pennsylvania
elects q democratic governor by 10000 ma
jority, Indiana has gone democratic, the
republicans are badly beaten in Michigan
Colorado elects democratic governor,
California is redeemed and st. John is de-
feated in Kansas.
To come down TO details, we shall begin
with the figures at home, and widen out as
we proceed
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

The "Independcnt republicans" in Penn.
sylvania showed up rather thin with their
$4,000 votes against the 100000 cast for the
Cameron ring candidates. Simon Cameron
told an interviewing reporter on Thursday
that the defeat of the republican party IN
Pcnus lvanla would have the effect OF
keeping the spirit of faction alive. He did
not consider that his son has been badly
beaten, and believed he could be his own
successor In the United States Senate If he
sO desired
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

During every election campaign there Is
more or less ridiculous waste of money on
hopeless candidates by oversanguine idiots,
or in the way Of spitework against meri-
torious candidates; but seldom in any con.
test was there more conspicuously dam
phool investment than that of running a
campaign paper in La Sale to defeat the
election of James w. Duncan to the state
senate. The result OF shat air lee,le ma
neuyre" was that Duncan got more votes
than any other candidate on the ticket,
not only in La Sale but in all the neigh
borlng towns In which the campaign sheet
in question was circulated.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

Meantime the surveyors are busy mark
ing out the route and estimating the cost OF
the Hennepin and Rock Island canal. At
latest accounts they had surveyed as far as
Deer Grove, and at that point the fall
measured from the Dixon dam is little
over seven feet, and the cutting instead OF
averaging ten feet IN accordance with the
Lowe survey, will be but little more than
three. This indicates great reduction IN
the cost OF the canal as compared with for
mer surveys; a fact that ls very pleasing I"
the friends OF the great enterprise,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

Grover Clevelaud's majority in New
York Is row placed at 10000, which is
said TO be the largest majority ever cast for
the candidate of party in any state. The
next largest majority ION record" Is that
cast for John Brough for governor of Ohio
in 1868, when he was elected as "war
democrat" by union Of the republicans
end war democrats over Vallandingham
by 10l 900 majority.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11
The democrats not only secure working

The democrats not only secure working
majority of 90 in the next congress by
Tuesdays elections, but the result also in
sures a working democratic majority III
the U. S. Senate with the new congress.
There are senators to elect in New Jersey,
Louisiana, Tennessee and Colorado, in
all of which democrats will replace re-
publcans, and as the senate Is now a tie,
the displacement of four republicans and
an addition of four democrats will give the
latter s majority.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11
LATEST 4!

In last nights dispatches the democrats
at Springfield claim the undoubted election
of Raab over Stratton for state supcrinten.
dent of instruction and have strong hopes
OF the SUCCESS of Orendorlf for state tre.su-
rcr. The State Register prints list of the
members elect of the house and claims a
majority for the democrats, but comedies
the senate to the republicans by II major
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11
Mrs. Langtry, the great English beaut

Mrs. Langtry, the great English beauty,
made her first appearance in America at
Wallack's theatre In New York on Monday
evening, and was witnessed by fashion
able and critical audience, who repeatedly
called her before the curtain, and bestowed
upon her floral tributes and deafening ap-
plause. Her acting in can Unequal
Match" is praised by some of the critics
and severely cut up BY others.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

BY the destruction by FIRE of an aims
house and hospital-an immense brick
buildlng---at Halifax, Nova Scotia, late
last Sunday night, some fifty of the in
mates horribly persisted in the flames. The
loss OF property IS estimated at over
&000 mn
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

Burglars entered the house OF Henry
Heisel, at Westminster, Ohio, on Tuesday
morning, and dubbed him to death for de-
Tending his premises. They then fired
three bullets into his head, disabled his
wife. and retired with $50 in spoils.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

August Westfled, of Baltimore, who was
10 have been married to Miss julia Sewall
on Tuesday evening, was accidentally
drowned by falling from ferryboat In the
forenoon. The intelligence of his death so
shocked the young lady that commissions
ensued. and she lies in critical condition.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

At Mendoza, last Saturday evening, IL.
C. Maine, in the transfer department of the
American Express Company, fell under
the cars and had both feet cut of, while at
tempting to throw bag on while the cars
were still In motion. lie never rallied, anu
died next day. The deceased was married
man and bore an excellent character
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

The republicans lost two congressman
in Illinois by their infamous gerrymander
of last winter and saved third-Cullen-
in the 9Th district, by the skin OF their
teeth.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11
LA SALE COUNTY.

LA SALE COUNTY.
The official vote was canvassed yesterday,
but as our readers are mainly concerned
about the footings and setting up the vote
in detail IN tabular form involves a great
deal OF labor, and the copy Is not yet
ready, needing revision, we shall defer 1t
until our next, giving the footings only
this week, AZ follows:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

Another railroad spanning the continent
has reached the Pacific. The western ex-
tension of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe railroad was completed on Tuesday to
Guaymas, Mex, on the Gulf of California.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

JUDGE LYNCu.-Four negroes charged
with robbery and attempted murder, were
taken from the Vienna Na.) jail Monday
night by mob. One escaped, another was
given chance for his life, and the other
two we're taken a short distance from town
and rIddled with bullets.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

The Inter-Ocean thinks we have fallen
upon awful times when the pious and alb
stemlous state of Massachusetts: prefers q
Butler to Bishop.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

grcssional district was as follows. Of
course il the democrats had had the slight.
est suspicion that they would come SO near
carrying the district the few votes Haley
needed to succeed could easily have been
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

Uurrah for Christmas and New Year
walther has the finest lot of toys and notions'
candy, oysters and fruits for sale very cheap.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

CulleAs plurality, PAT. The official count
no doubt will slightly vary these figures.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

Having devoted my paint room to Books, offer bar.
gains never extended the people OF La Sale county
The prices asked TO q the regular price Of the
Books These Books are not culls, seconds nor auc.
ton stock but fresh, goods, just from the pub
shers and htstclass in every particular. To give
a list and prices would be impossible without great
space. simply
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

Democrats, 1893; Republicans, 1876; In
dependents, 3. Democratic majority oyel
all Co.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11

The vote for congress In this 9Th con-
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-08
Professor Gunnia g's Lecture.

Life before man," the subject of
Professor Cummings lecture, Monday
evening, invited his hearers to a glimpse
of the earlier pages of the geologic vol
ume. By blackboard drawings was
shown the chronological arrangement
of the framework of the globe. Origin
ally laid down In almost horizontal beds,
the oldest at the bottom the newest Ia
their or.ler of deposit above them, it
was explained how this uniformity was
modified by the disintegrating proct IS
of nature; by upheavals caused by in
during the cooling process, and by the
action of water in currents, tides, and
rivers, In wearing away the earth at
one point while it Is overlaying and
burying former deposits by later accu-
mutations at another. The geologist is
indebted to these revolutions for his
knowledge Of the makeup Of this in
teresting crust that lies between us and
the centra: fires. It would not be easy
by AN artesian experiment TO put down
a trier through the seventeen miles of
rock, and sample the composition of
the various layers that separate rs from
the drowned and buried ancient Ameri-
ca. But by the dip at one point, the up
heaval at another, and the cleft rock
here and there, the compile tied work
of centuries Is revealed, and the flcts
of geology are made clear. And so mas.
ses of granite, the unstratified bottom
rock, comes to view in the Adirondacks
limestone crops out at Ssndusky
lies at the surface IN one
place, oil-shale Is within reach at an
other; and beds of coal, the charred
relic Of unhindered vegetable growth.
10 exposed in some localities aud deeply
elsewhere.
The organic forms of life as found
preserved in the crust of the earth, Pro-
fessor Cunning dwelt upon &C length,
representing them AS beiug not only
adapted to the age in which they grew,
but as showing a gradual progressive
process of abandoning the tail as the
chief feature, and by gentle steps Civ
ing prominence to y head; with the in
that brains, more or less, will
naturally follow. Blackboard drawing
has become the teachers most val .,able
and the lessons which any apt
pupil will get from Professor Cummings
diagrams are worth the. price of the
course of Lectures, which independents
Of the pictures, promise to be very Ia
teresting and entertaining.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-08
II. Z. Church Fair.

The second evening of the Fair at the
Methodist Sunday-school rooms was
evrn better than the first. Receipts fer
he two nis hts were over 800 Expenses
would probably reduce the net proceeds
to 1876. Nearly all the domestic goods
and fancy articles were sold. Whose re-
manning the latter part of the last even
ing brought very good prices at auction,
with w. w. Harvey as auctioneer.
A choir of old and some younger sing
ers discoursed olL-time fugue tunes
from the gallery, the hymns being
''lined" by Father Browning.
There ~as still so much good food on
hand Thu, sday. when the ladies met to
clear away the booths, thar it was deter
mined to bake and cook sufficient to fur
nIsh warm dinner before the tables
were removed. and as the printing
presses were all in use advertising was
done "by hand" In an hour the rooms
were inundated with patronsgr, and as
the tables were repeat, dly filled, there
was some tapering of In variety and
quality toward the last, though better
for fifteen cents, (the price asked) than
travellers usually get for TWENTY-FIVE.
The suggestion to continue The Fair over
another evening was not received with
favor by the wearied people who had
taxed their strength to the utmost to
prepare for and serve the crowd two
evenings. Instead of this the ladies have
concluded to serve warm dinner for
two or three Lours election day, and ice
cream and lunch in the evening. mt the
Church parlors, thus meeting public
want instead of creating one.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-08
Annual Mission Report.

The Seventh Annual meeting of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
the Congregational Church, was held in the
committee room on Friday afternoon. The
exercises were opened by singing, Tell me
the. Old, Old Story, of Jesus and His
Love-" A Scripture lesson from Isaiah
xxxv, was read by the President. Mrs. w.
prayer. After singing The world to Christ
We Bring" very excellent paper, written
by Mrs. Brooks, of Oberlin, subject, The
Attitude of the Christian Church Toward
Foreign Missions" was read by Mrs. E.
Benedict followed by the reading Of the
Annual Report by the Secretary, Mrs. NJ.
w. Lang The following officers were
elected: President, Mrs. ]. A. DAILY; Vice
President, Mrs. Orlando Smith; Secretary
and Treasurer, Mrs. w. r. Wean.
From the report of the Secretary we
glesn the following with reference to the
work of the society the past year. There
is in this the older society a membership
of sixty. Three names have been with
drawn during the last half year and twen-
ty new ones added, making the increase
seventeen. Twenty -four different members
have attended one or more meetings dur
ing the past six months. The average at
tendance for the first half year was eight,
the last hall, eleven. The meetings are held
monthly in the afternoon, in Church par
lor. Twenty-four copies of Life and
Light, the missionary paper published by
the Woman's Board, are taken by mem
bers and also copies of the Missionary
Herald" which are valuable help in
arousing and sustaining interest. China
has been studied and topics assigned and
written papers presented bringing much
interesting information concerning the
physical features of the country, its pecu-
liar Institutions, people, idolatries, indus
tries, religion and needs as a mission
field. The Young Ladies Mission Circle
has membership of forty and an average
attendance of fourteen. Ry special enter
tainments and membership fees this young
society has raised during the year $1s7.57
and the older organization $6542. The
Young Mission Circle had taken a 800
share In . new college to be built in Cen
trail Turkey for the higher education of
girls fitting them to take the places now
occupied by American missionary women:
"The Mission Band'' Of twenty little girls
was organized in january 1882, have held
three meetings with an average attendance
Of fifteen. Receipts sl.6a. From these