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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-03

viii occur on Friday afternoon, March cath,
erected on the north side of the jail enclos-
ure adjoining the fence. He will be pro-
tected SO that those outside the enclosure
cannot gain view of the death struggles
even in such an elevated position as the
tree tops. The execution is designated by
law TO be private, and the Sheriff will SO
conduct it that the spirit as well as the
letter Of the law shall be obeyed.
The preparations for the event have
hardly commenced, although Ankrum has
been In correspondence with Sheriff Gill,
of Peoria, to secure the trap door which
performed an important part in the sexecu-
ton of Gallon, at Cambridge, and had
been used for similar purposes by several
is said to be time tried and death-tested,
and has never been known to fail in send
ing the man who stands upon it to an in
slant death
The fence about the jail yard will re-
ceive an addition before the hanging, while
the scaffold viii be protected by tar
paulin, SO that the man can not be seen as
be takes his place on the fatal platform.
A ROPE
will be extended around the outside of the
entire enclosure about six feet from the
fence. Between the fence and the rope a
number of deputy shsrifs will patrol from
e'cloch in the afternoon until after the
executions has taken piace, to prevent per
sons from crowding up against the fence
Evsrything viii be done in as quiet and
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-03
READ arA1sH AuD rRUE.r

Bend aletter stamp to RADWAY a CO., No. 81
Warren, Cor. Church St.. New YORK. ~ Infor-
nation worth thousands win be cent you.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-03
FOR RENT

DOR RENT.-The building on the corner Of 2nd
Avenue and 14th street: it has recently been fitted
up with water hydrants and complete drainage. and
has large fire proof vault; the building is suitable
for business or dwelling Apply to V. Warren,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-03

Neutrality-suspicious. women to circulate the in
w formation OF the new deal in prices Of Dress
Goods for cash, at Mitchell q Parsons.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-30
A Protection that Would Not Pro
fAaf
Baltimore Sun.


The miners of iron ore in New Jersey,
speaking in behalf of the whole contra
ternity of miners, are circulating for sig
natures petition to Congress in which
it is stated that within the last ten months
ended October 81, 1881, 724, ,210 tons of
iron ore, the product of the pauper labor
of Europe, were shipped to the United
States from foreign ports to the great
detriment of American mining interests.
They therefore pray Congress that such
a duty on imported iron ore be imposed
as will protect the iron ore interest and
the labor employed thereat. Acopy of
this circular being sent to the Hon.
Abram s. Hewitt, who is not only ex-
tensively engaged in the manufacture of
iron, but whose firm is also the
largest miner of iron ore in New Jersey,
he declined to have anything to do with
the petition on the ground that it is based
''On total misoonceptiOn of the facts of
the case" He tells the petitioners that
instead of asking for a higher duty on
iron ore. which is now 20 per cent, they
should petition that iron ore may be put
on the free list, for the reason that the
American ores containing phosphorus
cannot be worked up into steel without
an equal mixture of foreign ores, which
are practically free from phosphorus. 1t
is their interest, he says. to advocate the
free importation of foreign ores, because
it enables iron masters to mix them with
American ores. The more foreign ores
we can get the more American ore will
be used, the better price it will fetch,
with ability to pay higher wages to
miners. This is sound reasoning, but the
Engineering and Mining Journal con-
tends that the foreign ores do not come
practically into competition with the
New Jersey ores, inasmuch as they cost
at the present time at the port Of New
York from Sc to $40 per ton, duty paid,
while the New Jersey ores vau De de.
liveFed at the blast furnaces for several
dollars per ton less. But the argument
can be carried further still If such a
duty as the petitioners pray for we're put
on foreign ores the price of manufactured
steel would be advanced correspondence
The consequence would be that the
change would let in a considerable
amount of foreign steel, whereby the
home manufacture of steel would be
lessened to that extent, with a like d.
minution of the demand for American
ores. So the petitioners, if their desires
were granted, would be the losers either
WaV
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-30
NEW INTERNAL MACHINE.
An Open Case of Kerosene In a Coal
HOd--The Revenge Which an AM
CRY Porter is Charged with Taking

Samuel Hasbrook, colored man, was a
porter in the Sheridan House, OF Elizabeth,
n. j., a large wooden building in Main
street, adjoining the Union county court
house. Last Thursday he was spoken to
sharply by Colonel Mills, the proprietor, for
some fault, and he retorted apgrily. When
the alteration ceased each was in very un-
pleasant humOr. Hasbrook went on with
the discharge of his duties, and in the eve
ming, as usual, be placed a scuttle of coal
behind the sitting-ronm stove.
Shortly before midnight Colonel Mills
lifted the coal hod to the stove door, when
the glitter of something among the Goals
attracted his attention. He rested the scut-
tie on the floor again to take it out. He
could not move it with the poker. He
tried TO pull it out with his fingers, but he
could not do so. He then pushed the Goals
back from it and discovered that the
thing that had attracted his attention
was the top of a kerosene oil can.
1t had been fastened to the bottom of
the coal hod so that 1t would not be
thrown out with the coal. In the can was
pint and half of kerosene oil. The cap
of the can had been unscrewed and taken
off, and the cap OF the spout also had been
removed so that the oil would run out free
lv. The spout was pointed toward the
mouth cf the coal-hod. But for Colonel
Mills accidental discovery the oil would
have been poured upon the bed of live
coal IN the stove, with what result can only
be conjectured. Many guests were asleep
at this time in the hotel, so that II the oil
had taken fire, with an explosion, other
lives besides that OF Colonel Mills would
have been endangered.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-30
Who Are the BOurbOns.

A writer in the Atlantic Monthly for
Febru ry defines the word 'Bourbon"
as applied at the North to citizens of
the Southern States, as follows: "Tbe
Bourbons are the principal business men,
lawyers, physicians, teachers, clergy
men, merchants and farmers of the
South. They are everywhere the leaders
of society in the best sense of the word.
They sustain the churches, and give such
efficiency to the moral activities and disci-
pline of the local communities as they
have thus far attained. Taken broadly
or generally, the class includes the best
people of the South, or most of them.
They are Bourbons because in politics
they are Democrats, and act in opposi-
tiOn to the principles, policy or methods
Of the Republican party. l am
compelled to say that, aside from politi-
cal matters, they are much like other
people, or like the best people in our
Northern communities. They do not
appear to love what is wrong for its own
sake, nor 10 prefer falsehood, haseness,
cruelty or INJUSTICE to the virtues and
good qualities which are elsewhere
revered by good men. They are
amiable, truthful, conscientious, kind,
public spirited, and religious, re-
semhling very closely the fore
most men in our New England towns in
all the important elements of personal
character; differing only. in general, in
being more communicative and having
less reserve than is usual among New
Englanders. In studying the
Bourbons l have been forced to conclude
that nothing has yet been attained any,
where much better than the domestic
lite of this class of the Southern people
in its intelligence, refinement, beauty
and general elevation and wholesome
ness"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-30

Mr.. LOWELL AS A TALKER. - Mr.
Lowell ran over here last week to get
away from the fogs of London and
smoke a pipe of good fellowship with
some old Cambridge friends ] mean
Cambridge in Massachusetts. The United
States Minister in London is
rare talker under all circumstances.
But he Is seen at his best when
he has his pipe in his mouth
and faces around him which call nm
TecOllections of days that hava ;;opg since
pas ed away. His philosophy is genial
IG1t c0@spref99lco c'eSt tout pGrdonner,"
e9cla'%&. an old eighteenth century
-4rquise, as her ghostly adviser, who
wanted line in her will, was trying to
persuade her that she stood in great need
of the church's assistance. Lowell sees
through and through a great many
things, which, perhaps, is the reason
why his philosophy is so genial. In his
careless, unstudied talk he throws off
beautiful word pictures. The prison
through which he CLOCKS upon the world is
bright one 1t casts often glow upon
the objects before it, and sharpens out
lines which in no case it ever distoris.
This humOrist is not a caricaturist. He
approaches more nearly in his mental con-
formation the author of "HudiLras" than
perhaps any English or American writer
who has lived since Buffers time. The
United States Minister has sympathetic
appreciation of English character and
intellect, and sees much that is pic
tures que IN town and country in Eng
land. But the smoke of London he dis
likes, and he is accordingly glad to es-
cape from it whenever he can.-PIras
Letter to London TrMth.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-30
The New York stock Market.

New YORK, January 2S Share specula-
ton Opeued s,rong and g to = per cent
higher than the closing quotations OF yes
terday, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and
Indianapolis, Morris and Essex and Rich
mond and Allegheny being the most con-
sLicuous IN the upward movement. The
market recorded an advance of d to IL
per cent. In the early dealings, n which
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, and
Illinois Central, and ltichmond and Allegha
ny were most prominent.
Subsequently the market became weak,
and, although somewh 1t irregular, a decline
of 4 to 2 per cent. took place at the second
board, the latter for Alton and Terre Haute
preferred. s.. PAU. Illinois Central, North
ern Pacific preferred, -nver aud Rio
Grande, T,SAs PaciG:, Wabash common
and preferred, Michigan Central aud New
York Central were also prominent in the
downward movement. Manhattan Beach
at noon recorded an advance Of 215 per
cent, but subsequentl9 resesed per cent.
After the second board the market I'd
FsnGed L to Is per cent, the latter for
Wabash, bpt IN the late dealings the
market again fell eff 4 to IL per cent, the
lat er for Northwestern preferred, while
Boston Air Line preferred sold down 213
per cent, bat recovered IL per cent. at the
close. The market closed weak at the
lOWest ngurts a. tue uay. Aue Lrausac,Ions
aggregated 400 COO shares.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-30
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

The Treasurer of Marquette county,
Michigan, has resigned, 1t being discovered
that he is ''short about $500 OF county
funds"
By the fall OF an elevator in Philadelphia
Charles Mcbride, aged 25 years, was killed,
aud two other men were injured, one
seriously.
The trial Of Agnes Alcorn, at Elizabeth,
New Jersey, for the murder OF her husband
by poison, resulted Id verdict of man
slaughter.
4 severe earthquake shock shook Centre
vile, California, recently, causing much
excitement among the inhabitaats. The
shock was preceded by heavy shower Of
rain.
By the upsetting OF a ladle of molten
iron, in Wallace II. Brink q Co. foundry,
at Burlington, Vt, the building was almost
n,Trsu vus, a..~ 70 t",,s 49, men were Injured
three of Them, it is feared, fatally.
The National Furniture Manufacturers
Association, composed of delegates from
nearly all the cities west O. tne Allegheny
Mountains, is in session in Cincinnati. A
resolution inoreaRing the price of all furni--
tuFe ten per cent. was referred. -
A large sleigh, IN which fifteen or twenty
men and boys were "coastlDg" In West
Q Qlincy, Mass, few nights ago, became
unmanageble and ran into a fence, scatter
ing the coasters in every direction. All
were injured, four severely and one or two
dangerously.
The first car on the new cable road In
Chicago has made its trial trip. 1t was flied
with the managers ard directors of the
company, who seemed highly pleased with
the experiment. The Superintendent says
"thst when In practical operation the cars
will travel at the rate of eight miles an hour
without difficulty"
A bill has been introduced In the Massa-
chusetts Legislature for the protection of
passengers on railway trains in case of &C
cidents. It provides that every railroad
corporation operating a railway in that
Stale shall cause each passenger coach,
drawing room or sleeping car, express, mail
aud baggage car In use on it's road to be
furnished with axes, pinch bars, hand
saws and pals of serviceable form and size,
and maintained in good condition for use,
one set to be kept inside the car and anoth-
er set outside, iu such position as may be
approved by the board Of railroad commits
sioners.
Some three years ago "a ship-birth COM
pany" was organized in Boston. Several Of
the officers made oath that capital of
100000 had been paid in. Some time af-
terwaTds me company was reorganlZed un-
der new name, and stock to the amount of
5000 900 was issued and sold at high figures.
The price went down and the new stock
holders fading themselves In the majority,
Instituted an investigation. which showed
that they had been swindled by fraudulent
representations. Warrants were issued
against Messrs. Vose, PelGon, Cassell and
Mcclellan, all well known in Boston money
circles, charging them with perjury in
swearing that the stock Of the company had
been paid In, and they have each been held
to bail in the sum Of $4,000 to answer at
court.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-30
THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
An Important Suit COmme n eed-
The Road Completed to the Ten-
nessee Line.

WASHINGTON, January % Col. Thos. D.
Carter, of Asheville, through his counsel,
Thomas H. Stuff, of New York, United
States Senator NJ. c. Butler, of South Caro-
lima, Major W. II. Malone, of Asheville, and
ex-senator John Poole and Col NJ. L
Woods, OF Washington, filed In the Federal
Court at Greensboro, North Carolina, yes
terdaY, bill in equity against the Western
North Carolina Railroad Company, the Rich
mOud and Dlnville Railroad Company,
the North Carolina Railroad Company. the
Piedmont Railroad COMPANY, Henry Clews
and others. The bill declares tnat the
complainant bought the Western North
Carolina Railroad. including its franchise,
az Sheriff Is sale February z, 1876, aud the
Western North Carolina Railroad, Western
division. including its franchise, at Sheriff Is
sale December 6. 1875, and that
deeds by the Sheriffs were made
and delivered - to him, whereupon
he demanded possession, which he was un-
able to obtain. He then began suit in the
State Court to recover possession, which is
still pending. He brings this suit To set
aside certain DEGREES of the United States
Circuit Court In foreclosure. the less Of
which was rendered at the October term,
1875. The bill prays that the DEGREES re-
lating to the foreclosure be set aside, and
the sale Cnereu0Oer, ana especially Tue uual
decree confirming the sale: that the mort
gage of March 1st, 1870, be adiudged
null and void, also mortgage for ESQ 600;
that complainant be put into possession of
the Western North Carolina Railroad,
or that an account be taken showing
the license claims upon the Western North
Carolina Railroad Company, both divisions;
that complainant have leave to redeem the
property by paying all just license claims
prior to his title, and that there be included
in the liens whatever sum the State has ex
pended in construction since accepting the
title under the decree of 1875 up to the
time Of sale, or that said DEGREES
be opened, and that the complainant, the
the Western Division Company, its credi-
tors and stockholders have leave to inter
vene.
RALEIGH, N. C., January ga special
says: The Western North Carolina Rail-
road was to-day completed to Point Rock
on the Tennessee line, giving the first
outlet to the Mississippi valley through
the Blue r dge, and completing the
connection between Beaufort harbor and
MOrristown, Tenn. Another brar ch of the
same road is also completed to Pigeon river
IN Haywood county, N. G. The first trains
ran through to Pigeon river yesterday"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-30

THE ELECTRIC LIGHT IN LONDON
The present condition of tue electric
light in London is: Streets are now be-
ing lighted with it at ne-fourth of the
price of gas; incandescent lamps can be
introduced into every room of any
house as soon as the mains are laid
there can be a separate meter to each
house; th6 lamps can be separately
Lighted, and put out by turning cock,
if one light goes out, no other one
is affected; the subdivision Is
so complete that there is no glare,
and yet room with incan-
descent lamps is far more brightly
than with an equal number
of gas lamps; and an equal number of
candle power produced by electricity is
cheaper than an equal amount produced
by gas. In addition, the electric light
has no odor, it does not vitiate nor heat
the air, nor does it like gas tarnish paint
and decoration London ITutA.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-30
Comfortably Fixed.
NeI0 York Star.


Before the war there were very few
men in the United States worth over
S. 600 000 Most of Stewards property
was acquired during and after the war.
Most of the men now worth ten millions
and upward were considered poor and
honest twenty five years ago. To day
W. H. Vanderbilt has $65 600, 600 in
United States bonds, and ne is reported
to hold some $50, 900, 900 in New York
Central and Hudson River stock, $780,
COO 600 more in other railroads in this
and other States, and vast amount of
valuable real estate in this city. His
prOneTty cannot amount to less than
$500 600 GOO, and probably is nearer
$500, 900 600 than the former sum. He
Is, without question, the richest man on
the globe to day. He could buy any of
the ROthschilds, and still be the richest
man Il the world. And, unlike the
rich men of England-the Dukes of
Bedford. Westminster, Argyll and
Buccleuh. who inherited their great
eslates-Vanderbilt's property has been
accumulated in two generations, and
most of it within thirty years, The
case stands withoEt parallel in history.
II Is singular llst OF names that follow
that of Vanderbilt in this catalogue. We
take each at his RENTED Valuation: Jay
Gould, Si00 900. 900; Mackey, $5O,O0O,-
600; CrOCker, $50 0OO,0 600; John Rocka-
feller, of the Standard Oil Company,
$40 900 600; G. P. Huntington. $40, ,OO0,-
900; D. O. Mills, $40 600, 900; Senator
Fair, $50 600, 600; ex Governor Stanford,
$40 600 900; Russell Sage, SIS, 900, 900;
j. r. Keene. $16 100000; S j. Tilden,
$4,000 900; E D Morgan, $40, 900, 900;
Samuel Sloan. SO. 900, 900; Commodore
Garrison, $40 100000; Cyrus W. Field,
10000. 900; Hugh J. Jewett, S. OOO, 600;
Sidney Dillon, $4,000, COO; David Dows,
s. 900, 900; ]. DeNavarro. * m" (.f,c. Coo; ;
John w. c1lcsi17rett, s., 900, 600, and W. W.
Astor, $5,000,000.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-30
Worth a Dozen Dead Men.

RICHMOND, VA, May 20, 1881.
Ny physician, after exhausting me fnan-
cially, coolly informed me that my case was
hopeless, that no remedy would reach my
case, and 1t was entirely useless for me to
continue taking medicine. / was told that
one lung was gone, and that NV bowels and
kidneys were all decayed. Isuffered excru-
ciatingly from the horrors of dyspepsia and
painful urinatioD, and my breath came short
and quick, while my heart at times ceased
to beat entirely, while again it would
thump most vehemently. A sister of mine,
Mrs. Rhorer, in Baltimore, wrote to father
advising him to get me Browns Iron Bitters.
From the very first dose / felt a change !;
now all pain is gone, my digestion is good,
my urine Is free from sediment, and nv
slumber unbroken and dreamless. now
feel perfectly restored, and go about and do
as much work as ever 1 did, and l do not
feel the least fatigued.
DANIEL r. MCKENZIE.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-30

The Railroad Commissioners of Ala.
bama, in making their first annual re-
port, suggest the enlargement of their
powers by act of Assembly so as to en-
power them to recommend to the COM
panies joint local rates on freight, and
to cooperate with the commissioners
of other States to the same end, and the
passage of laws to protect passengers
from drunk and disorderly persons, to
protect railroads from trespassers, to
punish employees whose negligence
caused injury or loss of life, to regulate
the transpOrtion of explosives, to author
ize the election of passengers refusing
to pay fare, and to punish by death or
perpetual imprisonment the malicious
causing of ecci1c,24,s which result ia loss
OF life. These recommendations en-
body many valuable suggestions in rail-
road matters, and if carried out in
proper and conservative legislation
would doubtless exercise a beneficial
effect.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-30

Knoxville. Tenn, is in a prosperous
condition. The Tribune of that city
CLAIMS that during the past year the Der.
centage of its increase of population has
been greater than that Of any city in me
South. 1t las now popule:ion of
11,OOe, and tfhe suburbs wonlI swell the
ngures to more than 1900. More build.
inS has been done in the city during the
past twelve months than during the ten
years previous Several large manu-.
factories, employing hundreds of thou
sands of capital, have been completed,
and twice as many more are in progress.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-30

VANDERBILT AND HIS DAUGHTERS -
Nobody knows how much Vanderbilt's
bouse has cost, into which he has moved.
and which he showed last night 10 pri-
vate friends. 1t does not make the I'D
pearance of Mrs. Stewards fine house.
nearly mile below. but seems more
cheery and eOmfOrtable-in fact. reveals
the difference between the warm Dutch
temperament of the Vanderbilts and the
severe Greek tastes of a North Irish
linen draper. Vanderbilt's house is made
OF the warm brown stone current in New
York, elaborately dressed, as if a great
belt of vines had turned into stone; and
considerable bronze appears in the para
pets, fringes, etc. There being two
houses almost exactly alike. connected
with each other by a covered gallery.
the whole taking up the front of one
block, the further idea of family harmo-
nv is conveyed; and it is said that all
Vanderbilts married daughters are TO
live with their husbands ia one of these
houses There are three families of
such. One of Vanderbilt's sons married
lady with divorce, which wss a sub
ject OF great plague for awhile; but
when the old couple thought of that poor
son, with only 81 100000 between him
and hunger, they laid awake in bed.
Finally they confessed to each other that
they were in distress about him. 1t was
thought that in a year or two his barrel
of beans would be low. So they went
down and forgave him, and found bis
wife to be rather the most charming
daughter r-in'law they had. Of course l
got this from the rival railroad Office
Gath.