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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14
HoUsEHoLD RECIPES.
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To remove oils, varnishes. resins. tar,
oyster soup, currant jelly, and other Sc
ections from the bill of fare, use benzine
soap and chloroform cautiously, with
whit wash brush nd garden hose Then
hang on wood pile to remeve the pungent
efffuvia of the benzine.
To clean ceilings that have been smeared
by kerosene lamps or the fragrance from
fried salt pork, remove the ceiling. wash
thoroughly with borax, turpentine and
rain-water, than hang on the clothes line
TO dry. After, pulverize and spread over
the pie plant bed for spring wear.
To remove starch and roughness from
fiat irons, hold the iron on large grind
stone for twenty moments or so, then
wipe off carefully with a rag. To make
this effective the griadstone should be in
motion while the iron is applied. Should
the iron stick to the goods when in use,
spit on IL.
To soften water for household purposes,
put in an ounce of quick lime IN certain
quantity of water. If it is not sufficient
use less water or more euicklime. Should
the immediate lime continue to remain
deliberate, lay the water down on a stone
and pouud it with basel hall club
To give relief to a burn, apply the
white of an egg. The yolk of the egg
may be eaten or placed on the shirt bosom,
according to the taste of the person. Ii
the burn should occur on lady, she may
omit the last instruction.
F! To wash blat k silk stockings, prepare a
tab of lather. composed of tepid rain water
and white soap, with a little ammonia.
Than stand in the tub till dinner is ready.
Roll in cloth to dry. Do not wiring,
but press the water out. This will
not necessitate the removal of the st ,ckings.
If yoar hands are badly chapped, wet
them in warm water, rub them all over
with indian meal, then put on coat OF
.glycerine, and keep them III your pockets
for ten days. If you have no pockets
convenient, insert them in the pockets of s.
friend
Wooden goods may be nicely washed
if you put half an OK gall into two gallons
of tcnid water. 1t might be well TO pnt
the goods into the water also. If the
mixture is not Strong enough, put in
another ox-gall. Should this fail to DO
the work. put in the entire OK, reserving
the tail for soup. The cxgall is compare
lively useless for soup and should not be
preserved as an article of diet.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14

Pars on Joshua's Prayer for Fish.
Wilmington Every Evening


One day two residents of Deals Island,
Md, were out fishing. They had padded
and rowed in the hot sun all the afternoon
without even getting nibble. They had
just anchored to try their luck again, when
the Rev Joshua Thomas the famous
Methodist minister, came padding along
in his canoe. AS he came up he saluted
them with:-''Well, brethren, what luck? p
Bad enough, Parson Thomas. bad
enough" replied one of the men. The
other called out in a joking way; Now,
look yer, Parson Thomas, you pray an
we'll fish" ''Donep quickly responded
the good man. He tied his canoe to a
post and went down on his knees Over
went their lines. The parson poured forth
his prayers in ernest, not forgetting to put
in word for the salvation of the souls of
the men. Presently excited and enthusi
astic- one of the men Strengthened himself
up and exclaimed; Stop right thur,
Joshua Thomas; I've got bite; III jine
your congregational Sure enough. the
first fish for that day was large sun
perch, honestly believed to have been
caught under the inspiration of that
DraVer
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14
A GLIMPSE OF GRANT.

A New York correspondent of The PtaI-
adeLphtG Press writes: In the car with
me were perhaps forty passengers. Our
elevated cars are divided into sections of
seats, some longitudinal and others
latitudinal. Gen. Grant occupied one of
the latitudinal seats. | sat immediately
behind him in one of the seats of the
longitudinal section. He wore q stove
pine nat. His hair had grownsxery gray
His neck was as red as "A bull beef and
his overcoat was very rusty. With the
exception o. noted politician an aspirant
and quite probable successor to Postmas-
ter Pearson here, was apparently the
only personan the car who knew that the
old generaIof our armies was fellow
passenger lie has grown very stout,
and as he sits, throwing his left arm
somewhat akimbo, he occupies. perhaps
four fifths of the seat. Gradually the car
filled up, and, at the Blocker street
station, an under.size clerical looking
fellow, in gold spectaeles, white cravat
and seedy overcoat entered and took the
vacant seat on Grants bench. 1t was
with some difficulty that he squeezed into
the remaining fifth | said to myself; 81
wonder if Grant will mover Grant did
not move. Grant did not move his arm.
He paid no more attention to the little
new conner than the peasants of the lower
part OF Germany are said to pay to the
babies born in the hardest field. Had he
Withdrawn his arm anv held it naturally
the little new conner would have been
crowded, but more comfortable. Had he
''hitched up" nearer the window the little
fellow would have been quite easy but
he neither moved has arm nor hitched up.
he sat there like great stubborn hog Ii
was little thing, but was it not illustra-
tive of the mans stubborn character, bis
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14
THEE MISSISSIPPI CANE GROWERS Asso-
nIATInN
Adjourned.

ST LOUIS, Dec. 13-The third annual
convention of the Mississippi Valley Cane
Growers association met here to-day. Elk
Lieut.. Gov. N. j. Coleman, of st. Louis
president. Delegates were present from
Illinois. Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska Ohio,
and other States. President Coleman read
the annual address, which gave long and
interesting review of the sorghum industry
and showed its great importance to the
country A member of the convention
stated that if the sorghum manufacture
really proves toe be success it will keepin
the country from $4,000 900 to So 000, 900
which is now paid for imported sugars and
syrups. The members of the convention
will leave Saturday for New Orleans where
they will remain several days inspecting
sugar mills and refineries
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14

utter lacz of consideration for the feelings
and comfort of others? Wasn't 1t a type
of the man who relied on brute force,
superior numbers, and the certainty that
the lesser must give way to the greater
during osc,frightfuls days and bloody
nights in tbs Wilderness / never fancied
Grant as = man. | always did estimate
his pluck at lbs moralvalue, but i must
say that if anybody on the face of Gods
earth should feel under obligations to his
fellow men for fame, for fortune and for
personal comfort, for selfish ease and for
the certainty of a happy unembarassed
old age, it is this same Gen. Grant. He
might while wearing the clothing, ape, at
least. the manners of gentleman.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14
FORMATION OF A GREAT CATTLE sYNDI-
CATE.

KANSAS CRY, Dec. 18.-An association
of unusual strength and significance to be
known as the American Land and Cattle
Syndicate. was organized here to-day. It
consists of thirty members, including some
of the most influential business men of
this city, bankers, land and cattle owners,
United States senators and the governor
sof the state. The syndicate is preparing
to cof1trol large interests in the territory
south midwest, with branch offices in
Texas, New York and London. "A meeting
will be held onNMonday, the 18Th inst, to
complete the organization when further
details will be made public.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14
Chancery Notice.
STATE OF ILLINOIS. ,
Rock Island County.

STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Rock Island County. -
In the Circuit Court. te the January Torn, ,ss,
Alonzo ID. Jacobs vs.. Cynthia Jacobs. in ,,,.-
Gerry. '" H7h
Affidavit of the non-residcnce OF Cynthia I,c,i
the above named defendant, having been he'd in .l
Clerks office Of the ircut Court of sgiI cor,," l'
tice Is therefore hereby given 10 the sad non '
dent defendant that the complainant filed MI. KIN .
complaint in said Court, on the Chanccrv side H."
Of on the goth day OF November 1872 ami ~
thereupon summons issued out OF said I Ia
wherein said suit is now pending returpsble M, t
first Monday i'm the month of January next s IL L
law required. Now. unless you. the said r,,, . y!
dent defendant above named. shall per-oualj,'
appear before said Circuit Court on the frs ds
the next term thereof, to be holden an Roek Tsis9
in and for the said county, on the first wauJs w.
January next, and plead. answer or derlrr ,1 , W.
said compartments bin Of com plaint the Same ss
will be taken confessed ard deere et't',
against you according 10 the prayer of .gd bit
Rock Island, Illinois, November 20th 1850
l.. + HARRISON f-l.,L
Nj. N. CoRBETT, Compt's Sol DoySidts.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14
Chancery Notice.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock Island COUNTY (Bs

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock ISLAND COUNTY. rs
In the Circuit Court, to the January Term. Isyg
L. II. Frink vs.. Addie Frink. in Chapcerv
Affidavit Of the ou-resfdeUce of ,ddfc l,fri d,
above named defendant, having been filed I'm En-.
Clerk Office of the Circuit Court of said c,Jry m
tice g therefore hereby given to the said uourasi
dent defendant that the complainant filed hi- IA ~
complaint in said Court, on the Chaucery side rber
or, on Tue 2Uth day Of November, 1852, and trst
wherein said suit is now pending returfgbe nr he
nrst Monday IN the month Of January next ss Il bv
law required. Now, unless you. the said uoq-re-i
dent defendant above named, shall personally he
and appear before said Circuit Court on the m + ,g
OF the next term thereof to be holden at Rock Island
IN and for the said county. the first NJ. pdg, In
January next, and plead. answer or demur tn The
sald complainant : bill Of complaint The same ana
the matters and things therein charged and stgta5
VIII be taken rs confessed and decree entered
against you according to the prayer Of said bill
Rock Island, Illinois, November 2Uth 1882
J.. +. HARSuN- Clerk
~ M CohbEfT' CohlPts Sol. uov2OGfW
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14

An old gentleman residing in Simmons
Gap, in Georgia, has about as wide, varied,
and full an experience of domesticity any
man since the days of King Augustus II. of
Poland. This happy man has attained the
patriarchal age of four score years, has
had the supreme felicity of being married
nine times. and it is the ninth wife who is
at present solaciug-we can't say his de-
Ginning years, because there is no knowing
what are the potentialities of a man who
has displayed such hardihood-but who is,
at any rate, the present mistress of Sim
mons Gap. Nor in wives alone has this
fine old gentleman been well and extensive
ly endowed, Fifty-three persons are en-
titled to call him papa" and at a recent,
family gathering over 800 of his descend
ants were present.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14

DR.. Virgins. who predicts q great storm
disaster on the oh of March next, lives in
the province of New Brunswick. His pre-
vious prophecies have all been fulfilled.
People south OF the forty fifth parallel may
wish that the Doctors idea is incorrect
but we are assured that his neighbors re-
gard him as level-headed man. and any
thing but crank. He is the author of
u work on astronomy, and of one on gram
mar.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14
Chancery Notice.
STATE OF ILLINOIS
Rncl- IalAnA Gnr.,Au. s.

Rock Island County %
In The Circnit Court, 10 the January Term. 4 II
James McGrcsor W.. Rebecca Nct;fe,o, To-, Nh.
Gerry. q" 'ual
Affidavit of the non-resdence Of Hebecc, A.
Gregor, the ab0v named defen ant, having beo,
filed in the Clerk office 81 the Circuit i,,r L
county, notice q therefore hereby given 10 t il
NONRESIDENT defendant that the complainant A.
his bill Of com laint in sal Court ON H.. C.leu
side thereof, on the nth day of No, mbrr lsg5 "
that thereupon summons issued ont Of said go.
wherein said suit Is now pending. rcturuabIr on t
fret Monday in the month OF January next ~ ''e
by law required. Now. unless YOU, the said ~
resid' Mt defendant above named shall persons ii W
and appear before said Circuit Court na tIrfr, ..
of the nextterm the eof to he no den al Ro L fay
IN and for said County on the frat Monday IN i il-
nary next. and plead, answer or demur r., 81.
said complainauts bill of complaint th, sam, .'.
the matters and things therein charged and st ,u5
win be taken confessed, and decree ar 1oDt
against you according TO the prayer of said b
Rock Island, Nov II, 4. ID. 1882
LEVI +. HARSON. Clerk
4 :. v luAtA, Oolupt So nOy-l -sd4u
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14
Masters Sale
STATE OF ILLINOIS. !
Rock Island County, rs


In the Circuit Court; In Chancery.
Lucy A. Buford, Blanche Buford Lucv Bufor5
ana George Buford, vs. Patsey Jackson Betty Blu
ford Mary 2. Buford. and James " PostIrwsit ad
minis traitors of the estate of Charles Buford ar
deceased, Mary P. Buford. guardian Of Charles
Buford and Harriet Buford. Mary p Buford. Charles
Buford, Harriet Bqford. Henry NJ. Buford BasilD
Buford, Louis NJ. Buford, usau B Edison. Char
lotte Buford and Henrietta b. Barbee:
Notice IL hereby given that by virtue Of a decree
OF SAID Court entered in the abOvcentiIed cause on
the Thirtieth day of September, A D. 1882. the IN
derslgned Will on saturday, the Both day Of Dccem
Der, A d. 1852, at The hour Of two O'Clock in The
afternoon of said day. at the North door VI the
Court House, in the City OF Rock Island N said
County. sell OF public auction, TO the highest and
best bidder for cash in hand. the following de-
scribed premises, situated in the county and state
aforesaid, to-wit
Lot ten, 40 in block one. a., in Spencer *
Cases addition to the city of Reck leland;
Also out-lot forty. (40). as shown on the Assess
ors plat Of lots and out-lOts the city Of Rock
land for the year 1861 in the southeast quarter "A
of section thirty-fve. $50. in township eighteen
(1S), north range two (2) west of the fourth priu
cipal meridian.
Dated at Rock Island. Illinois, this 28rd day of
November. A. D. 1882.
NJ. EDWARD SWEENEY.
Special Master.
PARKS q PLEAsANTs. Solcrs. for Petitioners
nov-23-d30d
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14
a KIND HEARTED cow-cATcHER
Leavenworah Timee

When the fast tlain from the south ap-
preached Troy Juucti9n the other day a
fine looking calf swas,-seen perched upon
the cow-cateIaer. When the train stopped
the engineer and fireman released the calf,
and it bounded away briskly having re-
ceived no other injury than some slight
bruises The train ran into a bunch of
calves Ia the neigh borhood of Doniphan.
killing two and picking this one up 1t
had been carried that way for eight miles.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14

The company which was formed last
spring in England and Canada, with a
capital of SIS, GOO, under the control of the
Duke of Manchester and three other noble
from the Canadian Pacific road, bids fair
to collapse. If reports are true. Its shares
of go shillings have fallen in the Canadian
market to 45 shillings and an installment
of 90 shillings has been called for Feb
ruarY 1.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14

AT the reception rendered him Friday
night in Philadelphia, GovernOr-elect Pat
tison paid, in his brief address, a touching
tribute to his parents Whatever success
l may have been able to achieve in this
life" he said, ''or whatever positions 1
have attained. or may attain, owe to the
best of fathers and the purest and most
noble of mothers"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14
MYSTERIOUS DETECTIVES.

New YORK, Dec 13.--It is stated to-
night that private detectives are stationed
at all the banks below Fifty-ninth street
Certain it is that Wall street was well
watched. and only those known to have
business there got through unquestioned.
The regular police denied that they knew
of any necessity for the extra force, and
the specials refused to give any inforrha-
ton.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14

THE YOUNG SILVER sEEKERs. By Samuel Wood
worth Cozzens, author of The Young Trail Hun
ters. Boston; Lee & hepard, publishers.
Price. cloth. ST.
Hal aud Ned, two enterprising youths,
have no end of adventure in their search
for silver treasures, aud the account of
their experiences will thrill the youthful
mind. For sale by R. Champion.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14

A member of the Hungarian Diet and the
minister of public works had duel and
exchanged two shots yesterday.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14

The mercury was seven degrees below
zero in London yesterday and the fogs SO
dense as to impede business.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14

r. S. Champion, paymaster Of the Little
Rock and Fort Smith road, is charged
with defalcation to heavy amount.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14

1t is reported that of the nine white men
and one negro shot in riot at Opelika,
Ala, Sunday, seven will die.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14

John d. Lackie committed suicide in a
bathtub at his home in Erie, Penn. by
cutting his throat with razor.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14

L. N Mango, a music teacher from
Philadelphia, committed suicide yesterday
in an Olive street lodging house.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14

In the Star route trial yesterday motion
for continuance on the ground of Illness OF
S. w. Dorsey was overruled
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-14

Welter, the husband of the woman who
was strangled some time since at Havana,
ILL.,. has been arrested.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-01
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


NEAR Emmittsburg, Iowa, the other
day, Charles Cornelian and Fred Miller got
angry in a dispute. Comedian drew a revolt
yer and shot Miller dead. He then sent two
bullets into his own brain and fell dead.
JOHN SULLIVAN, spinner employed
n a wool mill at Dedham, Mass, went home
slightly under the influence Of liquor, March
-, and after a few words with his wife
seized a razor and cut her throat, severing
the jugular vein and carotid artery. The
woman, despite the fatal wound, rushed in
to the street, followed by her husband, still
brandishing the razor and inflicting at every
step CHASTITY cuts with the weapon about her
head and shoulders. She got away from
him and ran to the house of a neighbor, but
while endeavoring TO obtain entrance was
overtaken by her husband, who renewed
his attack. The woman then started off
again, the husband following, clutching
her hair and slashing at her with the razor.
The terrible chase was re-enacted, until the
woman reached her own doorway, where
she fell dead. Sullivan was arrested.
AN explosion at the Vulcan Powder
Works, near Oakland, CAL, March 9th, re-
suited In the death of five white men and
six Cinnamon, and probably the fatal burn
ing of four other white men. At 10 a. m.
fire was seen TO issue from the graduating
house, and almost instantly dull explosion
followed, spreading wreck and desolation on
all sides. The scene was mass Of burning
ruins, in the midst Of which were several
bodies literally roasted to a crisp. In one
place, where the side of the building had
been strongly braced with iron bars, these
bars were twisted up and formed q huge
gridiron, on which lay the bodies OF three
men, curled into the most horrible shape.
In front Of the boiler lay the ghastly corpse Of
the engineer, blackened and partially burned,
lying upon its face, with the heels touching
the back Of his head. Near the corpse were
three more bodies. Every vestige of flesh
had been burned off the bones, and near by,
deep in the burning embers, lay the charred
bodies Of two Cinnamon. To the right was
the naked body Of white man, so fearfully
burned as to be recognizable. Near this
was another body, evidently blown from a
distance, with the legs burned off to the
knees, the bones protruding from the flesh,
and eyes starting from their sockets. Four
men were dragged from the ruins still liv-
ing, but the doctors think there is no chance
of their recovery. The white men killed
were: II. G. Lamb, j. Stewart, L. w.
Starr, Thomas Mills. The injured are:
w. H. Ferris, w. Z. Dales, Gottlieb Koch,
Louis Schaffer.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-01
Cadet Whitaker.
WASHINGTON, March -.

WAsHINGToN, March -.
A general order was issued from the Adju
tant- Generals Office to-day, giving the find.
ings Of the court-mariial in the case of Cadet
johnson c. Whitaker, United States Military
Academy, together with the orders of the
President, signed yesterday, disappearing OF
the proceedings and sentence OF the court,
and directing that Whitaker bereleased from
arrest. the court-mart al found Whitaker
guilty on both of the two charges against
him. viz, conduct unbeccming an officer and
a gentleman, and false swearing before the
Court of Inquiry at West Point, together with
the various speciicat ons under the charges
The sentence of the court, which is rendered
imperative by the Presidents disapproy4l,
was that he "be dishonorably discharged from
1he military service of the United States, and
compelled TO pay fine of one dollar, ana to be
thereafter confined at hard labor for one year
in such penitentiary as the reviewing author
ity may designate"
The reasons given by the President for dis
approving the findings are: "That on the
trial the court marital, notwitbstand the
objection OF the accused almitte in evidence
to be used by experts in handwriting as stand
ards Of comparison with the note Of warning,
which is the subject Of the second sBec,fca-
ton of the first charge, and of the Third spcci
ticltion of the second charges number of pa
pers testified to be in the handwr ting of the
accused, which papers were not in
evidence for any other purpose than to
be used as such standards, and were used
by the experts, and that a large amount
of testimony in support of the above
mentioned two specifications by such cx.
perts based on their comparison OF these stand
ards with the note of warning was int oluccd
on the part of the prosecution, and the Attor.
ney-General being of the opinion, concurring
therein with the Judge Advocate General OF
the Army, that the aforementioned papers
were improperly admitted in evidence, and
that there is In that respect error In the pro.
ceedings of the court in relation to material
issue.n