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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14
BUSINESS MEMS Assoc1A TON.

Now that election excitement is over and
our citizens have settled down again TO the
old ways, the ARGUS hopes and believes
that the project for the establishment of a
Rock Island Business Mems Association
will be revived and pushed along to its
logical conclusion. In conversation with
Capt. John Peetz, who from the first has
taken an active interest in the matter the
ARGUS learns that there are now about "a
signatures of business men upon The Origi-
nal draft for organization but that he
would be glad to have at least 900 before
organizing In this Capt. PeetZ is quite
correct. The greater the number of sig
natures the greater will be the popular IN
terest in this needed enterprise.
The paramount question, therefore, is:
Will our business men who have not yet
signed do so at once or will they allow the
whole scheme to die of hamilton? Other
Western towns are reaping incalculable
benefits from similar organizations, and
Rock Island cannot afford to step to the
rear or to permit other towns to pass it on
the highway of commercial prosperity. See
Capt. Peetz and sign at once,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14
TIMELY PRECAUTION,

In this age of swindles and swindlers,
pre-eminently the age of brass, the ARGUS
would not be true to itself or its patrons
did it fail to sound the tocsin anew to
patronize your home dealers. For in
stance if you want to buy watch or an
article of jewelry and go to one of our
local merchants you feel safe And why?
Because his guaranty respecting the value
of the article sold is worth something.
He is one of US, and if he misrepresents in
selling an article he is responsible for such
misrepresentation and in various ways he
can be made to suffer for his misconduct,
not the least of which would be the with
drawal of your patronage and that
of your friends. The ARGUS has but lit
tie confidence in dremedary merchants;
men who visit town on any pretense
whatever, to close out stocks of goods.
Generally the people who buy are, at the
outset, favored with tempting bait but the
hook is concealed. The angler is patient,
however, and continues fishing and after a
while he has stirred up SO much excitement
in the stream that he can use poorer bait
and land the poor suckers (his victims) be-
fore they can fairly squeak. The ARGUS
doesn't want to be any more pointed in
its remarks. 1t does not care to specify,
but it dares say, and it says it in language
that every one of its numerous subscribers
can understand, don't purchase dollars
worth of goods of irresponsible stran-
gers, at any time or under
any circumstances. If you have money to
spend for articles in the line of the prec
ious metals, or in that of wooden ware; no
matter whether you want to buy watch
or washtub, horse or hog chair or
cradle. give your responsible home deal
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14

vidual article contained in the mor,---
held by Mr.. Chas. Deere, was offero3 :
sale, but found no bidders. exce,t :. O'
case of "a No press On this fine ~
office bid 800. but Mr. Deere r.;,.i'.
to $500, and it was knocked down toti.
AS no one seemed disposed TO bid anv,b;sI
on the job Office effects, iucluIipo an n,S
presses and type, they were sold to III. -.
ter gentleman for So $40. incmd;,., -,
purchase referred to above The pav. ~
ferred for sale was the daily DispateB .lsa
the weekly ReCieao-Dispatch, with snh
scription books belonging Herewith ana
the good will of the late propriotor
There was some lively bidding on these 10
tween Mr.. James Atkinson and Mr. Doo..
the latter gentleman evidently WANTING g.,
keep the business together, but the for,o.
finally got it, his bid being 80, 700. Tim,
is the matter finally disposed Of and If +.
probably good thing, as in the past few
weeks it has been about 1850 behind
Who will now have charge of the pubIico
ton?
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14
PERSONAL.

Mr.. E. w. Woolcott, representing the
famous Rose Eytinge Combination, called
at the ARGUS Office this afternoon.
Judge John Dickson of Milan, was one
of our welcome callers to-day and the
ARGUS cannot help believing that one rea-
son of his longevity, good health, clear
conscience and prosperity is attributable to
the fact that he was one of the first sub
scribers to the ARGUS in 1851 and has con-
tinued to take it ever since.
ROCK ISLAND HOUSE.
j. Horn, Mrs. Horn, Galesburg; B. T.
Davis and wife Dubuque, j. Schwuznon,
Peoria; Geo. Carpenter, Fulton, H.: j. w.
Ballard, Andalusia; j. S. Elsfull and wife,
Cincinnati; J. w Gray, Peoria; A. Dewof,
DesMoines; A A Hendrix, Racine; Mrs.
Anna Lewis, Sterling, H.; Ell III Morton,
DesMoines; j FL Warner, Prophetstown;
FL A Bennett, Racine; w Grady,
Iowa City; Charles Funk, Polo,
Ill; M Muloihill, D Collard, st. Louis;
J. G. Stanton, st. Louis; G. Northup, Ke-
vance; J. Panette, Chicago; j. G. Thayer,
W. H. Morse, Dubuque; A. Dillon, Union,
Ia: r. Frazier, ST. Louis; A. Price, w.
Price, Ohio; P. T. Steff, Bloomington; T..
Fuller, Milwaukee; Robt Ransford. St.
Louis; r. B. Holman, Chicago; J. M. Arm
strong. w. Armstrong Rock Falls; G. d.
Herrick, Ann Arbor; r. F. Parker, st.
Joseph; j. E. Assay and mother, EdgIng-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14

The criminal work of the present tenn
of county court. which will begin to-mor-
row. embraces the following: Patrick
O'Connell. indicted at the May term for
assault with deadly weapon, with intent
to commit bodily injury upon Joseph
King, on Feb. 5; Leonard Kock, John Ca
hill and Thomas Wilson, September term
larceny of 50 worth of pocket knives and
matchbox from John KOCH on August
9th, and Ira Coyre and William DOYLE,
September term, riot at the house of Otto
4. Younger, on September 9TH
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14

Prof Palmer and ''best man" left for st.
Paul this morning.
The Good Templars will have an enter
tainment at their hall tonight
w. H. Turner is ia Danville, ILL.,, in the
interest of the Pipe Organ Company.
The two raft boats, 81. S. Keator' and
Moline, are now making their last trip
up north, of the season.
Wanted at once, at 222 restaurant two
dining room girls, one cook and one cham
ber-maid. 13 ct
The Winston Opera Company will APP
pear at Wagner's Opera House on the
evening of Nov. oath.
No trace has yet been had of the par
ties who burglarized Reids store some
time ago.
The blasting in the trench, wherein con-
nections with the water main and the
sewer is to be made by j. T. Browning,
was completed to-day with no lives lost.
The U. O. A. T. society will give a neck
tie sociable and supper at Odd Fellows
hall over Richards & Sohrbeck's drug store
on Thursday evening next. Admission
10 cents, and supper, including necktie,
so cents. All are invited. Nov13-2td.
On next Monday evening at the opera
house the first entertainment given under
the auspices of the library board will oc-
cur. At that time the ''NIadrigal club con-
cert company of Chicago, will entertain
our citizens. As over 200 season tickets
have been sold already, a COED house is as
sured. The sale of the course. tickets close
on Saturday. and those of oar citizens de-
string to witness some fine talent and at
the same time help along our public
library. would do we'll to secure the same
before that time
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14
THE MINSTRELs.

By referring to our advertising columns
to day it will be seen that the celebrated
minstrel company of Thatcher. Primrose
& West, will open budget of comicalities
in Harper's opera house on Thursday ev-
ening next. Thatcher, alone, will give a
show which is well worth the price of adj
mission to see and hear. The Rochester
On. " Herald thus speaks of their recent
appearance in that city:
That Rochester is an excellent minstrel
city was fully evinced by the large audi
ence assembled at the Corinthian academy
of music last evening, the attraction being
Thatcher, Primrose & Vests new combi-
nation. In spite of the fact that the date
of the show had been changed as lately as
Wednesday, and that the weather was
intensely warm, long before the cur
tam was rung up the hall was
filled to its utmost capacity and even
standing room was at a premium down
stairs, while the gallery was packed al
most to suffocation. That the immense
audience was not disappointed in the en-
tertainment given, was shown by the fire.
Quent and hearty outbursts of applause
which greeted the different numbers on the
programme. The musical portion of the
there was commendable lack of old jokes
and gags" with which the minstrel
troupes of the present day are only too
prone to bore their audiences. Frank E
McNish must have been highly satisfied
with the reception he received at the hands
of his friends, the spectators not being
willing to allow him to stop even after he
appeared three times. He was pre-
scented with handsome basket
of flowers. Hughey Dough
erty's stump speech was fairly good and
provoked considerable merriment In his
specialties, George Thatcher appeared to
great advantage and received abundant APP
plause. The dancing was frst-class, al
though dancers AMI orchestra did not keep
as good time as they probably will in a
short time. Especially good was Barney
Fagan's clog dancing, One of the best
features of the evening was the perform
ance of the Rankins in their musical
melange entitled THE Stagestruck Coons,
in which they displayed no slight musical
ability. The evenings entertainment closed
with the musical burlesque, "A Garden
Party introducing selections from the
popular operas. On the whole the show
is one of the best of the character that has
ever visited Rochester, and tie proprietors
may be well assured of large houses when |
ever they visit this city.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14
REPORTED BADLY HURT.

This forenoon Major II. g. Connolly re
ceiyed dispatch from Missouri Valley
saying that his son Clark had been badly
injured by jumping from the cars and re
questing himself aid wife to go on imme
diately. Missouri Valley, where young
Connolly is engaged in business as clerk in
bank, is in Iowa about thirty miles north
of Council Bluffs Up to the hour of going
to press we are without farther particu
lars.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14
NEW DRUG STORE

II. III. De Santo has opened drug store
on the corner of Fourth avenue and Mini
streets, lin the store formerly occupied NV
FL. Schnitzer) where he keeps a well select
ed stock of drugs and medicines. Pre-
scriptions filed with accuracy. Calls an.
swered at any hour of the night
Nov IA Gtw1t
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14

er at least a chance to suit you. We, the
permanent business men of Rock Island,
are here to earn livelihood for ourselves,
our wives and our little ones; here in one
upon, but we are dependent upon each
other for such livelihood. In the name of
common sense, then, let us stand by each
other, our neighbors and our friends, and
thus have some show of getting our mon
eys worth.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14
GREAT REDUCTION.

Great reduction in prices of patent medi-
cines, not merely of few but of them all
/ sell all dollar medicines for IS cents; all
half dollar medicines for 40 cents; all 25
cent medicines for 30 cents; Hamburg
drops So cents; ST. Jacobs Oil 81 cents;
Browns Iron Bitters 20 cents: Warner s
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure 80 cents, and
everything else in proportion.
Nov 11-d6t c.. SPEIDEI
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
charms away cough, cold, or influenza
without any bad effect.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one
minute.
Colden's Liquid Beef Tonic imparts
strength to body and mind. No otAer Of
druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14
NEW Root AND SHOE sroRr.

The finest line of boots and shoes ever
brought to this city embracing everything
in late styles. and at prices sure to please
Custom work and repairing done on short
notice. Give US call. Krull & Pfoh.
Nov 10dtf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14
NEW GOODS.

Daleiden & Grotegut, merchant tailors.
at No. 1923 Fourth avenue, have lust re.
ceived fine line of suitings and overcoat-
ings, which they invite their friends TO
call and examine NOv3-d1w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14
HOTEL FURNITURE FOR SALE.

The furniture and outfit of the Taylor
House are offered for sale on advantage
Gus terms. Also Derrick hand power
hay press. Apply to S. Adams, Taylor
House. Nov10-dtf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14
SOLD AT LAST.

The Dispatch Office, which was to have
been sold ten days ago, but was postponed
IN the hope that private sale might be eff
fected, was sold to-day First each indi.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14
beautiful Diabetes.

YOUNGSTOWN, o., Aug. 6, 1881.
H. II. WARNER & Co: SirS-Your Safe
Diabetes Cure not only removed the promin,
ent symptoms of diabetes with which had
long suffered, but restored me to full and
perfect health Col. JOSIAH ROBBINS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14
HARD COAL.

For genuine Lehigh coal see the Port
Byron Lime association o26tf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14
HAND sEWEn SHOES.

The only place in the city to buy genu-
inc hand sewed shoes for ladies and gen.
tlemen is at Carse & Reticker's. 10-dtf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-14
MOLINE DEPARTMENT..

r. EASTMAN Reporter
Headquarters, one door West OF heimefs
Cigar Store.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-09-30
Clay Pipe Making.

OF important clay pipe factories
there are three in Brooklyn, two in
Baltimore, three in Detroit, two in
Woodbridge, N. j., and one each in
New York city, Union Hill. Newark,
Providence, Cleveland, Syracuse ana
Rouse's Point. In addition to these
there are thirty or forty small concerns
scattered about the country that man
ufacture only to supply local demand,
and give employment to from one to
four men only in each. Canada also
maintains three considerable factories
-one in Quebec and two in Montreal.
These are all engaged in turning out
cheap clay pipes of the sort usually re-
tailed at one cent. But few years
ago twO-thirds of the common clay
pipes smoked in this country were i'm
ported from Scotland and England !;
but now hardly one. sixteenth of the
demand is supplied from that source,
and it is this change in popular prefer
ence, as well as an increase of tue
number of smok ers using these arti-
cles, due, doubtless, in 4. measure, to
the great number of immigrants con.
stantly arriving, that makes this par-
ticular branch of manufacture so es.
pecially lively just now. 1t seems TO
the looker-on an excessively simple
thing to make clay pipes, work that
any smart, intelligent boy ought to
learn in two hours, yet, singularly
enough, this is one of the few trades
in which long apprenticeships are
still the rule rigidly enforced. The
regular term of apprenticeship in this
country is three years, and in Great
Britain i've years, even now. Many
workmen now employed here have
served as many as seven years appren-
ticeship in England. A skilled pipe
moulder earns from So TO SIG a week
&C ,ording to his industry aud quick
ness. The clay of which most of the
pipes in this country are ms de is OBJ
tanned from pits either in Woodbridge,
N. j., or in Maryland, near Baltimore.
The Detroit and Canadian factories
get theirs from Liverpool, water trans
portation making it cheaper to them
than the Amer can product.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-09-30
Highland Targets.

Highland targets were made in
Edinburgh in 1745 at the rate of ESQ
for six score. Boswell, in 1878, de-
clared that there was hardly target
to be found in the Highlands after
the Disarming act they were used to
serve as covers for buttermilk barrels.
What would Sir Dugald DALI city have
said had he been spared to see the
Rlghlanders of century later than
1916 charge at Culioden with targets
strengthened with studs, beaten nails
and FURNISHED brass" and interlace-
ments OF that which we call the An
glo Saxon, i. e. Romanesque pattern,
including possibly the very shields
with which the bearers ancestors
faced the archers of King Stephen
during the battle of the Standard,
August % IL, 1888? On the Great Seal
of Alexander 1, 1107-24, the mounted
King appears clad like Norman
knight OF the time, with a conical
helmet, Nasal piece of the Bayeux
tapestry fashion, and a kite-shaped
shield.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-09-30

There have lately been made series
of interesting experiments upon the
arti propagation of the sponge by
Prof. Ray Lank ester. From these 1t
has been proved that a sponge, cut
into small pieces, will form indie
pendent masses of growth. Each piece
was sunk in suitable locality in salt
waler,'when it was found that it grew
into a well-fOrmed sponge in about
seven years. One condition of success
was that the pieces must be lief. in
open, unprotected beds where the
natural food of the sponge was not
withheld.
Letters recently received from some
of the Cinnamon who were students at
Northampton say that two are learn
ing TO become mining engineers, two
are studying medicine and others are
at the Naval Torpedo School. The
boys are not looked upon with favor
by the Chinese officials, who think
they cannot be trusted because they
have become Americanized. They all
loos with longing eyes to America,
anxious to come back. Apparently
they do not take kindly to the man
ners and customs of their native
country after their experience here.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-09-30
Cloth Tracings,

A correspondent of the Moniteur In
1ustriel refers to the difficulties en-
countered in tracing upon cloth or
calico, especially the difficulty of max
ing it take the ink. In the first place
the tracing should be made in a warm
room, or the cloth will expand and be-
come fabby. The excess of glaze
may be removed by rubbing the sur.
face with chamois leather, on which
a little powdered chalk has been
strewn but this practice possesses the
disadvantage of thickening the ink,
besides it mic hit be added, of making
scratches which detract from the eff
feet of the tracing. The use of OK gall
which makes the ink take" has
also the disadvantage of frequently
NJ .king 1t run" while it also changes
the tint of the colors. The following
is the process recommend led: Ox-gall
is filtered through q filter paper ar
ranged over a funnel, boiled and
strained through fine linen, which ar.
rests the scum and other impurities
1t is then placed again on the fire, and
powdered chalk is added. When the
effervescence ceases the mixture is
again filtered, affording bright, col.
orless liquid, if the operation has been
carefully performed. A drop or two
must be mixed with the Indian
INK; and it also has the property of
eHaclng lead-pencil marks. When
the cloth tracings have to heliograph
ed raw sienna is also added to the ink,
as this color unites with it the most
Intimately of any, besides intereepting
the greatest amount Of light.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-09-30
Useful and Instructive.

DR.. John Rae does not hold the COM
mon opinion that the Es4uimaux are
diminutive race. He Is inclined to
think that they are fully as tall as the
average native of London, and much
heavier. The women, when young,
he says, are very pleasant looking
almost pretty-extremely solid and
compact, with small feet and hands
and well-formed limbs. As to streGg tn,
he found that the Esquimaux could
lift 400 or 500 pounds with ease.
M. Gley, French psychologist, has
attempted to answer by experiments
made upon himself, the question !:
What are the effects of intellectual
work upon the cerebral circulation.
When he applied himself to subject
which he had difficulty in under
standing thoroughly and had there
fore to concentrates all his energies upon
it, the rhythm of the heart was far
more accelerated than when he took
up some matter with which he was
we'll acquainted.
Some engineers of Dundee, Scotland,
have tried with success a new gun for
throwing line to wrecked vessel.
The gun Is about two feet long, and
has q bore of two and half inches In
diameter. and the cord is coiled in the
form of a cop and put inside steel
canister, which is fired out of the gun,
leaving the line streaming behind it.
Two ounces of gunpowder carried the
end of the line at least 400 yards, and
would have taken it further If the line
had been longer.
Good work from human beings, just
as from machinery requires good treat
ment, and the finer the quality and
the greater the quantity of the work
the larger must be the outlay. Build
factories that supply pure air, and the
employees will produce more; but they
will ask for more pay, because they
will consume more food and cannot
live on low wages. A donkey can exist
on thistles, of course, and give a don.
key return; but race horse cannot
be placed on the same fare with profit
to any one.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-09-30
A General Stampede.

Never was such rush made for
any Drug Store as is new at Geo. F.
Wilson & Co.'s for a trial bottle OF
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds. All per-
sons afflicted with Asthma, Bronchitis,
Hoarseness. Severe Coughs, or any af-
fection of the Throat or Lungs, can
get Trial Bottle of this great remedy
free, by calling at the above Drug
Store.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-09-30

THE SENTINEL has larger
circulation than any aOeekly paper
published IN Mis city (aUith one &C.
ception). THIS statement a0e are
prepared to verJy at any time. Ad-
vertisers qviU do avell to remember
this fact, as our advertising rates are
lower than those of any other neaUs-
paper Of equal circulation.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-09-30
A Direct Passage From the
Clyde to the Atlantic.

1t is proposed to practically abolish,
by cutting twenty feet wide and twenty
feet deep, the narrow isthmus which,
dividing the east and west lochs of
Tarbert, Scotland, unites the Null OF
Kintyre to the mainland. Such a
canal would give direct passage from
the Clyde to the Atlantic, saving
about lis miles of the voyage to the
west and north of Scotland.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-09-30
SATURDAY, September 80, 1882.

THE RECONCILIATION of Hon. John
Hart Brewer was to be expected in &C.
cordance with the time honored GUS
tom of the Republican party in this
district; but the cordial unanimlty
with which it was made and the en-
thusiasm with which it has been re-
ceived, are peculiarly gratifying to
that gentleman's immediate friends,
and especially satisfactory and encour-
aging to Republicans generally.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-09-30
THE "PRACTICAL" DIFFERENCE RE.
TWEEN Poetry AND
PHIT0 >npuv

1t sounds very poetic to saw "man,s
lnhumaDity to man makes thousands
MOURN" but why not apply the prin
clpie TO the more practical side of tie
subject, and render the quotation
thus :-"Swayne's Ointment on ac.
count of stopping the itching caused
by the Piles has made counties tbou-
sands well and happy" There woul ID
be sound logic in this but poets are
never cheerful, are they7
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-09-30

REPUBLICAN TRAITORS and Demo.
cratic enthusiasts have already elected
Grover Cleveland Governor of the
State of New YORK. Better wait until
the votes are counted. Hancock was
electe1 in just the same manner-be.
fore the election. When Grant and
COnkling took a hand in the fight,
the prospect changed. They saved
Garfield from what appeared inevits-
BILE defeat. Does anybody suppose
that they will rest quietly and see
Folger slaughtered