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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18
THE GARFIELD DOCTOR BILLS.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 17.-The following
is complete list of the claims filed with
the board designated by congress to audit
the claims arising from the illness and
death of President Garfield. DR.. d. w
Bliss, $25, 900; DIR. D. Hayes Agnew, $14,
700; DR.. Robert Reyburn, SO, $50; DIR. d.
s. Lamb, for an examination of the body
at Albion, 800; DR.. Susan A. Edison. 81,
900; III. S. Little, recorder of the Central
railroad for laying double track at Ell
boron, for special trains, 1899; Charles
A Benedict, New York, funeral expenses,
including the casket, $ss7.50; DIR. James
w Walsh, for embalming the body, $500;
the Independent ice company, for ice, 81,
617, and fourteen other claims for mes
senger service, extra pay, store bills, etc,
aggregating 81 ,962. No claims have been
filed by DR.. Hamilton or DIR. Boynton.
The board is waiting to hear from them.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18
SNAKES CHARMS.
Ohio Press.

/ was working in my kitchen when was
startled by loud scream from my little
boy, four years old. On asking the cause
he said: '.Oh, mamma, big snake; a
great big Shaker I rushed for the door
and imagine my feelings when almost par
alyzed with horror could only gaze on
the awful sight that met my eyes. Ten
feet from me and on the doorstep of the
woodshed stood my baby boy, twenty two
months old. gazing, as if facinated, upon
a large rattle snake which was ceiled in
front of him about two feet away, and was
gently moving its head back and forth,
looking at the child with eyes like flame.
My screams frightened it, and my daugh-
ter, twelve years of age, ran past me and
caught her little brother out of the way,
when the reptile glided swiftly away. My
screams brought my husband and a team
ster to the spot, they being but short dis
lance off unloading quartz at the mill.
They soon killed the snake, but not until
after contest in which the snake fought
well. It was nearly four feet long and
had ten rattles and button. The little
child cried bitterly for half an hour to see
the pretty saak, as he called it, and
would not be pacified until shown the
dead body of the horrid thing.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18
HOW THE TARIFF WORKS.

Once upon time there lived in Leeds,
England, au old man by the name of Jones.
He had a machine shop and made all kinds
| of agricultural implements He had two
sons, Tommy and Sammy. Tommy was
something of tinker AMI took to the shop.
1 Sammy wanted to farm. Land being high
and hard to bay in England, and he con-
| Guided he would emigrate to America.
| The old man. seeing Sammy bent on COM
ing, persuaded Tommy to come with him,
| engaging to set them both up in their
| respective business. So the boys came
over, and the old man bought Sammy a
farm in Georgia. and bought an agrscultu-
raj manufacturing shop in Pennsylvania
| for Tommy, and, telling them both to be
good boys and stick to each other, he went
| back to his shop in Leeds, ready to re
| spond to any call the boys might make
u ron him, either for plant or for plows
and rakes.
Well, the boys went to workiand both
prospered. Sammy found the soil rich
| and generous, and made coolies of corn,
| wheat and cotton. Tommy found coal
| and iron in heaps at his foundry door and
made any quantity OF plows and hoes and
rakes. Sammy sold his farm truck for
| what he could get and was content, but
Tommy wanted little more than that for
| his wares, and when Sammy learned by a
letter from the old man, over the waters,
that he could get a hoe for fifty cents that
Tommy charged him one dollar for, and
as any one of us would have done, sent
his order to his father for his next years
supply. Tommy kicked up big row and
appealed at once to the government to
step in and protect him; and would you
believe it, the government did step in, and
in order TO help Tommy to double his
wealth and increase his business by max
ing Sammy buy all his goods from him, it
imposed duty of fifty cents upon every
hoe Sammy bought from the old man, and
compelled him to buy all his hoes from
Tommy at just double the
price he could get them
from the old man. And they keep that
thing up yet, for Notwithstanding the cot
ton worms came and eat all Sammy's cot
ton up and the drought cut his corn short,
and then the fly got in his who at, and he
was actually on the verge of bankruptcy,
and would have had to sell his farm aud
hire himself out for his yictuals and
clothes had not a commission merchant
stepped in and taken MORTGAGE on his
crop and his supplies. l say, notwith
standing all this bad luck that fell upon
Sammy, and Notwithstanding further, that
a decline in wages, and advance in his
goods have made Tommy millionaire, the
government still puts fifty cents upon
every hoe Sammy buys from the old man,
and makes him buy from Tommy. Sammy
is beginning to kick, but it is no use.
Tommy is millionaire. and knows how to
buy up congress and the tariff commission,
and Sammy may kick until he raises corns
on his heels as big as a Yazso pumpkin
for all the good his kicking will do. Tom
my has got the money and money makes
the law 90.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.

New YORK, Oct. 17.-At the county
convention at Tammany Hall, tonight a
union ticket was agreed upon by joint con-
ference The committee nominated a
ticket as agreed upon by the joint confer
ence of the committees It consists of
Franklin Edison for mayor; Albert David
son for sheriff; Patrick IT Keenen for
county clerk; Richard O'Gorman and
George Lingraham for justices of the su-
perior court.
A resolution offered accusing Mayor
Grace. although member O. the democratic
state committee, of being IN league with the
republicans to bargain away votes and call
ing upon the chairman of that body to call
them together and expel him as traitor
and spy. 1t was unanimously adopted.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18
COOK COUNTY, ILl1No1s, REPUBLICANS

CHICAGO. Oct. 1.-THE republican coun-
ty convention to-day nominated the fol-
lowing ticket: For Sheriff, Seth Hanchett
for Treasurer. L. HUT; for Judge of the
County Court, G. G. Kohlsaat; for Probate
Judge, Joshua G. Knickerbocker: for Clerk
of the County Court. A j. Galloway; for
Clerk of the Probate Court, T. w. Sennott
for Coroner C. FL. Harris; (Carl Pretzel)
for Superintendent of schools, A. G.. Lane;
for Commissioners, r. nj. Miller, John
Rheinwald, Phillip Max, E. E. ingalls,, Fl.
G. Sennex. Resolutions were passed by
narrow majority, declaring against sum :
tuary ecclesiastical legislation; denying the
right of majority by such laws to destroy
millions of property owned by the minority
and the outlawry of peaceful and law
abiding citizens; declaring the adoption of
prohibitory constitutional amendment I'M
constitutional and despotic; and instruct
ing the representatives in the state legis
lature to resist all attempts to submit such
sentiments to avote of the people, and to
vote against the passage of sumpturary
laws
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18

The Masonic Order in Utah have taken
strong ground against 3'the abomination of
Mormonism" and refused to receive Nor
mons into the fraternity. On Wednesday
the Grand Lodge of California passed res
olutions of sympathy with their Utah
brethren and declared that sit is funda
mental principle of Masons to believe in
and fear God and keep His command
ments, and also to be true and loyal to the
government In which We live.
Mormonism. as now existing in the terri
tory of Utah, is wanting in both particu
lars" The Masons have good reasons to
detest Mormonism for, according to what
John Hyde, Jr., who once was Mormon
Elder, but apostatized, says of the endow-
ed ceremony, for which inspired origin is
claimed, tits signs, tokens, marks and
ideas are plagiarized from Masonry" and
Lieutenant Gunnison, before he was muir
dered by the Mormons. said that the Saints
claimed that Masonry was originally of
their church, became perverted and was
restored to its true work by Joe SMITH
The Masons cannot afford to tolerate even
the few respectable fanatics who may be-
long TO church that has so vIlely ira
duced them.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18
THE RETURN OF OUR wIvEss
baltimore Day.1

1t was in a horse car She had been
away for several months and the children
had gone to the depot to meet her. They
chatted away merrily while she patted
their little heads and smiled lnterestedly.
''Hows Nary" she inquired when they
both stopped fer breath.
'fOhl she's well. She's taking her music
lessons right along"
AND Harry
He going to school. Started last
week
and papa?"
He well, too. He having a bully time.
He said he didn't care if you didn't come
back for year.
The passengers roared.
Grabbing the children with both hands
she rushed for the door with an III get
even-with him-f this-expres on her
face. Heaven help himl
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18
HOW HE SLEW THE BEAR.
Chatham lN. a. world

Cnathsm tN NJ WOFld
On Tuesday evening last when Mr.. Geo.
Trsvors, who had been working in the
steamship Coban, then lying at Mr.. Ser
geant's mill wharf, Nelson, was done his
days work, he had occasion to go up to
the store of Mr.. Daniel Baldwin to pur-
chase few articles. 1t was then dark,
and when he started for his home in the
Douglasfield he took the short cut across
the woods. He had gone about mile and
a half when he was attacked by very
large bear. Being unarmed, and having
no other weapon than a bottle of paraffin
oil, he struck the hear and broke the bottle
of oil over him. The bear then sprang on
him and commenced hugging him, when
George had the presence of mind to light a
match and set fire to him. In an instant
old Bruin was all IN blaze and let go of
him, and in less than five minutes she was
all consumed but the head and shoulders.
George then commenced to carry water In
his hat TO quench the ere to save the snout
50 as to get the bounty.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18
MURDERED By HORSE THIEVES.

KEARNEY. Neb, Oct 11-Sheriff James
Woods and horse dealer whom thieves
had dispoiled, reaching Minden yesterday
found four of the thieves, who drew and
shot Woods dead, killed two citizens who
interfered and fled They are at large, but
the whole country is reused
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18
sTALwART STATE sTEALINGs.
FEARFUL INCREASE OF STATE TAXATION

The following table shows the tax levy
for state purposes for nine years. from
1878 to 1881. It will be seen that the levy
for 1881, when the state was entirely out
of debt, is just double what it was in 1874,
when a very large amount of old state
bonds were yet unpaid, and large sum
was demanded to meet the interest and
principal:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18
NO CHANGE FOB THE BETTER IN PENsA-
COLA

PENSACOLA, Oct. 17.-Fifty mine new cases
of yellow fever and three deaths to-day.
The total to date is 1,727 cases and Ia
deaths The weather is oppressively warm
with no indication of an early change.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18

Col. RIG. Ingersoll is reported to have
lost $50, 600 BY investing in an ili-starred
Colorado Wiping enterprise
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18

A FURTHER EXPLANATION OF HIS POSITION
FROM PLYMoUTH's PASTOR.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18

A colored resident of San Francisco
dying. left modest estate of $4.779,
and by his will appointed Roderigo
Wilkinson and Henry M. Smith execu-
tors, instructing them to di, ide up his
money among themselves and certain
other persons and one church and a
Mutual Benefit Society '.as they might
deem proper" AS it unhappily CHANGED,
when the testator died Smith was serv-
ing a term in the State pri'on, and
could not act. much as he would have
liked to. The other day the other and
sole acting executor filed his account for
distribution, giving to the parties named
as follows: To Mr. Smith. Mrs. Wilson
and Mrs. Nickens, 800 each; to Zion
Church, $3.50; to the society, $3.50; to
himself the balance of the estate, $4,-
079. An unfeeling court refused to
confirm the distribution on the ground
that it was unjust, and ordered that the
estate be more fairly distributed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18

A man was recently arrested and jail
ed in New York for passing upon a
tradesman five dollar Irish Republic
note. such IS were common in 1867, at
the time of the great Fenian excitement.
The note reads: The Irish Republic is
indebted bearer in five dollars. These
five dollars will ha.paid six months af-
ter the acknowle6 ment of tho indie
tendance of the Irish nation at the
treasury of the Irish Republic"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18
FROZEN FACTS.
Robeson's Republican Ring Robberies.

The annual appropriations for ten fiscal
years. as officially reported by the treasury
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18
department:

Average for ten years. SIS, 1856 053
This years appropriation, as stated by
the chairman of the senate committee:
issS-Robesonian Congress- $294. 29S 094
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18
BEEcHER's SECESSION.

THE NEW DEPARTURE GENERALLY REGARD
ED AS A MANLY STEP.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18
New Advertisements.
An Honest Offer

II you are sick or ailing, no matter what tbo
plant, write to us and we will send Won ON ti ON
OF our large ELECTRO MEDICATED pa Ia ma one
yided you agree to pay for it il ii cures Ta pro
does not, It costs you nothing to try II RI. II IL
giving full particulars. free. Address "'oN ETC..
ELECRTO PAD MFG 90
BROOKLYN " a.
, 1882-02-17
SUM MONS.

TN THE DISTRICT COURT, HOLDING
l. terms at Port Townsend In Jefferson Coun
ty, Washington Territory.
j. &. KELLOGG, Plaintiff, vs Belle Thomas,
Rachael Morgan, Charles Morgan, Thomas Y.
Potter, Sarah E. Vrooman, Sidney B. yroo.
man, Defendants.
Complaint filed in the County of jefferson,
In the Office OF the Clerk OF said District Court
The United States of America send greeting
10. Thomas y. Potter. one OF The above ma &.
ed defendants: You are hereby required TO
appear In an action brought against you by
the above named plalnlif in the District
Court of the Third Judicial District of he
Territory of Washington, holding terms at
Port Townsend In jefferson County, and ans.
wer the complaint hle1 therein within sixty
days after the date Of the first publication OF
this summons, or Judgment by default will
be taken against you according TO the PRAYER
of the complaint died therein.
Said action Is brought to foreclose a mort.
gage bearing date the 22d day of April A. O
1875, executed by James Thomas and ReIlr
Thomas his wife, in favor of the nlaintitt
herein, and recorded in the office of the Conn.
ty Auditor of Island County, Washington
Territory, on pages Sevcnty-nine and eI0htv
volume six, of the records of said Connty
The premises embraced In said mortpnre ara.
described IA follows, to-wit: The h x of : w
\. lots two ~ and nine t9l and Y of LOT
eight Sl In Section twenty-one f2D and lots
one ~ two o. and three l3j in Section twentv.
eight t2Sl, all In township thirty-two t}2l
north, range one tlleast, In said Island County
Witness the Honorable ROGER s. GREESr
Judge OF the said Court, and ina
isEAn.i seal thereof this, 10th day OF Jan
~~~~ uary, 1852.
n,, JAMES sEAvEY, Clerk,
frstpunncation, Jan. 20, l5S2.
, 1882-02-17
J. S. LAND OFFICE AT OLYMPIA. w. r.

U. S. LAND OFFICE AT OLYMPIA, W. r.
February 4. 1882
Notice is hereby given that PATRICK Nc
DONALD has fled notice of intention TO make
final proof before the Judge, or in his absence,
the Clerk of ine Probate Court, at his office
in Friday HarOor, w. T., on Thursday the 10Th
day of March, A. u. 1882, on HomeSead pppli-
cation, No 30ll, for the sw or of sw or of sec
4: sc ar OF sc Or of sec 81 ne or of ne or of sec
sand NV or Otnwqr OF sec 81 p3j north Range
3west. He names rs witnesses; Patrick Cum
ningham, John Dougherty. Rohert Wiley,
Meade Wiley, all of Friday Harbor, sam Juan
county, W.T..
j. #. BRowN.
52-5t Register.
, 1882-02-17
Notice Of App icason I, Purchase Timber
U. S. DISTRlCT LAND OFFICE,
4 4 l.. 4

U. ). DISTRICT LAND OFFICE,
olympia. Wash. Ter.
Notice Ia hereby given that. In compli-
ance with the provisions OF the Act Of
Congress approved June 3. 1873. entitled
IAN net for the sale of timber lands in tll,.
the States OF California. Oregon. Nevada
AID Washington Territory" DAVID
SPOOR. OF Jefferson Co., Washington
Territory. has This day til"d III this olfr,.
his application to purchase the n If al
the n f Or of section No. q, and W hf oi
hw ar Of sec No 2G, in twp no 80. north
range west OF the Willamette Merid-
Ian.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
the said described land, or any portion
thereof. are hereby required to file their
claims In this office within sixty lG0) days
from date hereof.
Given under my hand, at my Office, IN
Olympia. W. T.. this the 9th day OF De.
cember. A. D., 1881.
43wlO j. 7. BROwN, Register.
, 1882-02-17
UNITED STATES DISTRICT LAND OFFICE }
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON TERRITORY

Notice is hereby given that, in compliance
with the provisions Of the Act of Congress
approved June 3, 1878. 3titled IAN Act for
the sale OF Timber Lands in the States of Ca =
iforni, Oregon, Nevada and Washington Ter
ritory," JOHN PUGH, OF Jefferson county.
Washington Territory, has this day filed In
this of ce his application to purchase the n. W
\ OF sec ion No. 20, in township 90 north.
range No. west of the willamette Meridian
Any AMI all persons claiming adversely the
said described land, or any portion thereof,
are heriby required to die their claims in this
office within sixty 1907 days from date hereof.
Giyennnder my hand, at my office in Olym.
1851. j, I. BRUwN,
Register of the Land Office.
lIr lOw
, 1882-02-17
NOTICE OF CONTEST.

U, $. LAND OFFICE, OLYMPIA, w. T.,
January 90 1882,
Complaint having been entered at this Of
fee by JOSHUA WOTTEN against JAMES n.
SMITH, Tor abandoning his homestead, Entry
No. 2sSD, dated March !, 1878, upon the " hi Of
ar and hf of W Or, sec. 3, township IS
north, range, 3 west, in san Juan county
Washington Territory, with u view to the
hereby summonel to appear at this Office on
the 18th day OF March, l5Sl. at 10 o'clOc< A. NJ,
to respond and furnish testimony concerning
said alleged abandonment.
4 BRowN. Register.
ROBERT G.. STUART, Receiver. Sat.
, 1882-02-17
UNITED STATES District Land Ottlce,
DI.NMpIA Wnshinnfnn ,nnrri inrn I

OLiMPlA, washington territory.
Netice Is hereby given that. in compliance
with the provisions of the Act of Congress ap
proved June 3, 1878, entitled AN Act for the
sale OF Timber Lands in the States of CnlifOr.
tory" NELSON GALBREATH, Of Jefferson
comfy, Washington Territory. has this day
filed IN this office his application TO purchase
the sw or OF se or of sec Ii; and NV Or OF ne ar
and ne ar ofnw Or of Sec No % in Twp No. 20,
Meridian.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
said described Land, or any portion thereof
are hereby required 10 file their clam in
this Office within sixty t6OI days from date
hereof.
Given under my hand, at my Office, IN
Olympia. W. T., This 2!nd day OF December
A. ID. 1881.
j, T. BROWN.
l0w;4R. Register,
, 1882-02-17
NOTICE.

TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON,
County Of Jefferson
In Justices Court, before Allen Weir, Justice
of the Peace in and for the precinct of Port
Townsend In said county.
To JOHN q. PHINNEY, Defendant:
You are hereby notified that ID. w. Smith
has filed Il complaint against Won in said Jus
tiCe's Conrt, which will come on to he heard
at my Office In Port Townsend jefferson Coun
ty. w. 7 on Saturday, the 18th day of Febru
ary. lSS2. at the hour of 10 O'Clock, A. NJ, O
aid day, and unless you appear and then ant
there answer, he same will be taken rs con
fesse1, and the demand Of the Plaintiff grant
ed. The object and demand of said complaint
Is to recover of you seventy-tive dollars, tn,
reasonable value OF services rendered by
Plaintiff TO you, at your request. as your at
torney and counsellor between about the l2tl
day OF September, 1881, and bout the 9th day
OF january, 1852. -
ALLEN WEIR,
Justice OF the Peace.
Complaint filed Jan'y 10, lss2.
, 1882-02-17
l0w;46.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT LAND OFFICE,

OLYMPIA, WAsHINGUN TERRITORY.
Notice Is hereby given that in compliance
approved June B. 1878, entitled IAN Act foI
the sale Of Timber Lands In the States of Cal
ifornia, Oregon, Nevada and Washington
Territory" JAMES KEYNES, of Jefferson
county, Washington Territory has this day
filed In thisoffice his application to purchas
the hf of the SW I of section No. II. in
township 20 north, range No 2 west OF the
Willamette Meridian.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
said described land, or any portion thereof
are hereby notified to file their claims I'm thi,
Office within sixty 1907 days from date hereof
Given under my hand at my Office, in
Olympia, w. this ed day Of December, A
ID. 1881. j. 7. BROWN,
4Bl0w Register of the Land Office.
, 1882-02-17

ES Mr.. Korter has made a nice
improvement in his barbersh We
venture to say that he has a shop as
neatly fitted up as any on the Sound.
He has also fitted up bathroom for
salt and fresh water baths. He has
done his best to have one Of the 6n.
est shops, and is master Of his pro.
fession.
, 1882-02-17
PUGET SOUND ARGUS.
THE PROPAGATION OF SALMsN.

"Astorian."l
A petition is being circulated and
generally signed in Astoria, that the
United States government be au
thorzed by Congress to take the
matter of salmon propagation under
national supervision. We are au.
thenticslly informed also, that the
owners Of the salmon hatchery on
the Clackamas intend to keep up
the fish supply of the Columbia,
The advisa5ilty of turning the mat.
ter over to the National government,
will not be at present, discussed.
We simply speak in this article Of
the matter in general way.
All the old 6shed streams in the
world have become nearly depop
ulated of fish, and it cannot be ra-
tionally supposed that a different
result could attend the catch Of one
and one half millions of salmon
yearly in the Columbia, unless there
is something done to protect the
fish. Not only is this vast amount
taken from the river, but those not
caught are frightened and scattered
so that their powers are, doubtless,
greatly impaired. If the general
government will stock 6shless
streams why not prevent other
streams from losing their fish?
II the Columbia river fisheries
were all in one State or Territory it
might with more propriety be urged
that the Sta'e should bear the bur>
den, but they are not. They are in
two different Jurisdictions, each
governed BY laws enacted at differ
ent times in different years. One
is powerless unless the other acts
similarly, and the difficulties for
prompt and harmonious action
are great. The great catch of sal.
mon last year in both the Sacramen.
to and the Columbia is attributed to
artificial propagation. Not FIVE per
cent, probably Of the spawn ma
lures in the natural way, while srti
ficially, ninety per cent. is said to be
Matched. 1t has been remarked that
the Sacramento could be so filed
with salmon as to Distract naviga
tion. If so, why not the Columbia?
The feeding grounds and growing
places are in the broad ocean; why
then, could there not be sent into
the ocean such myriads of young
FISH that when they should return in
three to FIVE years to the streams Of
their birth they would literally fill
the waters?
In early times when the fish were
only taken in the rude manner Of the
Indians, the salmon did fill the
streams and crowd many upon the
banks, where they lay till the shores
were lined with them. About Mil.
waukie, where now there is probably
not a salmon to be found, they were
years ago in the fields, in the fences
whenever freshet caused an over
flow. About Oregon City and the
Clackamas rapids fish went to waste
to the DISCUS of the neighborhood.
1t is not so now.