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An AppeaIto the t.uhiic.

YHNHE Board of Managers Of the Young Women E
 A Christian Association. feeling strong the d of home, hsye baen mabirg earnest efforts rAise $20 900 to purchase the Forbes honss (uow owned by MT. Robert l28 Chapel street, of Brewery on the south s'de of wooster sqIa The house is ad- mirably fitted to their Leeds, having large the first floor for library classes and evening gather ings, while the two stori~s above furnish D easant rooms which they hope to make useful opportuni- ty offers. 1hr ugh private iberality St10CO has been obtained, the managers urgently ask for aid to complete the amount.
 Contributions from dollar to thousands will be most gratefully received The need is immediate A decision must be made Jnls lst, and the managers are very unwilling to open Home with debt hang ing over it. S belp those who are earnestly striving to help other women Donations may be handed to any of the officers of the association or the Executive Committee named iu their report or to Mrs. Wright at their present rooms, 2O9 Chapel st.
 Mrs H. B, Big low, Preside nt Hrs. J. D. Dana, Mrs H. B. A len, Mrs t. R. Bliss tice Presidents Mrs P N. Welch, Miss L. R. Bliss, Secretaries Mrs. E. M. Reed, Treasurer je27 At
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HoUsE.-After the morning hour tho House went into committee the naval appropriation bill and spent the remainder uf the fteroon slderiug the billby ions.
 A bill reported from the Ways and Means com mittee taxing oieolnargarine one cent per pound.
 Adjourned at 505
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Fireworks. .

Remember if you want the best Firecrackera. all sizes at low prices, you will ii them wholesale and retail
 AT NORtHROP'S,
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IB. BOOTH, AUoT1oNEER
AUCTkCK.AAlEA
 SIzss E-STS

fAUCTEoN.AakAEA
 eGzEEas SsSAlS~'eTS
 On Saturday, July list. at 10 a, m., At 98 Crown street. Linen Goods, including Woolen and Linen Goats, extra large sizes. Fine Rosewood Paror Suits, Bruss Is and raiu Carpets Kitchen Utensils, Crohkery, etc.
 The Carpets, Furniture, etc., in the House No. 25 Clark street will be sold auction 1hur4oay, July 9th, at 10 o. m. je30 2t
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4luaro ann AuDnts.
BOARD AND ROIlMs.

Isgs4 A FEW gentlemen can he accommodated Es with frst-clzss Board and pleasant Rooms, with N@.sl modern improvements; locality second to none in the city terms moderate Apply at
 ie20 Im* 35 WOOSTER PLACE.
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NOTICE

TNNHE Tax Committee hereby give notice to the pub N ho that blank an-i ii ions for the adjustment of back tezes ana as' essments ready, Parties desiring to make such appt ations are reques ed to do 80 at an early day
 Blanks nay be procured of either member of the committee at their respective off follows:- ART L. HOTCHKISS, 153 Church st.
 &ANDEk TROUP, Union Ohice.
 Uis TWISS, 69 Church st.
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Local Weather Record. FOR JUNE %, 1882.
MARRIAGES.

HOSKINGS-FOOTE-In this city, lure 29, at the Howard avenue church by the Rev. D. Teller, John Hoskings, of Cheshire. ard Miss Lillie B. Foote, daughter of Charles $ F"ote, of this city ISAACSON-WELCH-As the residence of the brides parents in this city, June 29, ze inda L. youngest daughter of Hon H. M Welch, to Wm J. lssacsoi., Esq, of Liverpool 2t# SAUNDER 3-,ANDREWS-Tn Avon, June 28. by Rev
 Dr Jotn E. Todd of this ci y. MT. George A. Saunders acd Miss Isabel T,Abdrews, both of avon. HARr-BELD Mn New Haven, JuHe 29, ty the 4.av. Dr. Dennen. MT. A. J. Hart, of Bristol, and Miss Eunice M. Belden, Of HaI den.
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WANTED.

A SITUATION by respscrAb girl to do second "A work or general housezCrk. Referenee given Inquire for two days at
 je3U 2t+ 32 GEORGE SIREEI.
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Accompanying the above is the following
 WASHINGTON, June 29. General J. s. Crocker Warden of the United states Jail:
 We, Frances M. Scoville and John ". Guiteau, sis ter brother and only heirs of Charles J. Gute4u be executed the 30th If Juns lsS2 in the United States jail in the District of Columbia, hereby quest you to deliver the body of said Charles Guiteau to Rev. William H. Hicks after said execution
 FRANCES M. SCovILLE,
 JOHN ". GUIrEAU.
 tCHARLEs H. REED, Witnesses ALzIEE A. OHEvALIER,
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GHants.
WANTED
WANTED.

"AcIED, BOY Of Is 16 years old. to lesrn the barber A business. splrnGid chance st the 1onttne Hotel.
 ja3O 2t+ BEN. F. ESS-
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WANTED,

4 SITUATION by competent woman to cook ( "A do laundry work Good reference from pre- ent place Inquire at
 ie3J It. 1S COLLEGE STREET.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-21

Ind T. agreed that she should have q
place IN preference to democratic sym.
pathizern Il do not believe" remarked
Moore with some solemnity. IN
this sentimental appointment to once, Z
except of course, Moore means, in the
case of 1.-THE needy and worthy widow of a
Union soldier who fought for his
country and whom Judge Houk
knows. IF the democrats come
into power Moore added, they
Ought to turn out every republican office
holder and put democrats in there places.
"If they do not do this they are fools.
Here we recognize the brazen ring OF
Flanagan rather than the muddled note
of Mitchell or the husky plaintiveness OF
Hoar. But the objection of Hoar to the
appointment of stalwart Collector in
Boston and the insistence of Mitchell upon
his share" of the Pennsylvania patronage
seems to proceed from the same spirit as
the remarks of Moore. They are equally
applications of the principles of Flanna-
gan. But when the principles OF Flaana-
gan are practically applied to an investiga-
ton of the political ''sympathies" of an
office holder who has not even vote,
most people will agree that the principles
of Flanagan are stretched to the highest
| tension they will bear, and that it is high
time the principles of Flanagan, the re-
publican were superseded by the princi
pies of Pendleton, the democaat.-N. Y.
World.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-21

YOU do about ita' The railroads had been
making the laws for many years. The pro
aucers had no laws The laws. the courts
and the lawyers were upon the side Of the
railroads. The farmers declared war; they
made Alfred NJ. Craig their standard bearer.
The result is history The whole theory OF
the law and the courts. in relation to the ire
sponsibility of corporate monopolies, of the
warehousemen and railway class. and their
independence of legal restraint in. fixing
their charges for storage and for carrying
freight and passengers was revolutienized.
That intuitive conception Of the principles
of justice and sound public policy which
found Judgement in the hearts of the de.
rided granger element of this county, and
found its first manly and determined utter
ance from their lips, was first clothed with
the majesty of legal sanction by the gran
ger candidate, Judge Craig, and a few OF
his associates, and was subsequently sol
EMMY proclaimed as the law of the land
by the Supreme Court of the United States.
The derided granger judge proved true &c
his constituents, while his learning, his
judicial fairness and his legal acumen 81
fenced the filings and the slurs of the
hired attorneys of monopoly. Win the
farmers drop Judge Craig now, at the com
mand of the monopolies who are using
the machinery of party to defeat him
Bureau Tribune.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-21
THE LOST HEIR sWINDLE

There are a number of so-called claim
agents in England who are growing rich
on contributions from this country of sums,
insignificant in amount separately, which
make up a large aggregate. The mode of
operation is to cut out every advertisement
published in the English papers in relation
to unclaimed property and then, if they
find person of the same name living in
this country, they write to them saying
they have reason to believe that he has a
claim on certain es tate, and that if he
will remit say 50 or So. they will send fur
ther particulars. As rule the bait is
swallowed and the meney sent. In return
the sender receives copy of the advertise
ment, with the notice that if he thinks it
worth while to have a copy of the will and
other particulars a further remittance of
S. or SO will be necessary. An abstract
of the WILL which can be had for shilling,
is then sent with the information that there
is reason to believe from investigation that
the investor has no claim on the estate
The victim, being out of pocketsonly 80 or
$12, makes no complaint; in fact, hardly
considers himself swindled, and the claim
agent serenely pockets his gains.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-21
BATTLING FOR BEER.

Turner Hall was well filed last night at
the first public i-prohibition meeting in
Davenport Dr. r. j. Olshaussen called
the meeting to order at half-past eight
oclock,-and nominated Hon. John e.
Henry as chairman. j. A. LeClaire was
chosen secretary.
Chairman Henry INDUCED in short and
pointed speech before declaring the meet
ing ready for business, when t. F. Blunck
moved the appointing ola itteeeomm of three
to select campaign committee of six from
each ward The chair nominated! T. F..
Blunck. Nath French and w. o. Schmidt
as the committee, who retired and subse
quently made their report with Harvey
Leonard as chairman of the committee
| from the First Ward. Bleik Peters of the
Second, NJ. J. Rohlfs of the Third, j. A.
LeClaire of the Fourth, ]. Andrews of the
| five strong men in each ward to assist in
the work of organizing for the elections.
| Speech making was then in order, and
the chairman successfully introduced Hon.
! w o. Schmidt, Hon. III. M. Martin, Emit
Clausen, Esq, Hon. w. A. Foster Mr.. ".
Cannon, ESQ.,, and Nathan French, Esq,
whose addresses were replete with well
directed and logical thrusts at the pro-
hibitionists, and showing of the falacies
of theii position. The injustice that will
be the result of the passage of the amend
ment on the citizens of Iowa who have
their money invested in the manufacture
and sale of liquor and beer were shown
by each speaker, and earnest appeals made
to vote against it on the 9th of June.
At late hour the large meeting ad-
/ journed, and the first rally of the anti-pro
hibition force was magnificent success,
| both as to attendance and enthusiasm
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-21
UNDER THE LOGS.

One of those distressing accidents which
resulted in the drowning of twelve year
old lad named Emil Koepke, occurred
about nine o'clock Yesterday morning, al
the foot of Brown street. The boy is the
son of c. F. Koepke, residing at 103 War
rem street Alone he was out on raft be-
longing to Page. Dixon 6 Co., which was
tied up at that place, engaged in gathering
up pieces of wood which were floating
around. A man in floating fish hut moi
more than sixty feet away, states that he
saw the boy engaged in this pastime moi
moment before he heard him screaming
for help. He rushed out and saw him rise
to the surface, but quicker than 9. flash the
strong current drew him underneath the
raft, and he was seen no more. Efforts
were made to rescue him. but they were
useless, the raft extending down stream
for block, and the drowning occurred al
the upper end.
The supposition, which is undoubtedly
true, is that the boy is Koeppe. No one
who saw him fail knew who he was, but
the description tallies exactly with that
given by the sorrow-stricken parents of
their SON. Little youngsters. ranging from
six to twelve years, it is said are constant
Iy running about on these treacherous logs.
and the wonder is that more of them do
not meet with the same fate
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-21

slipped on the platform. fell underneath
the train, and suffered the serving of one
limb, and sustained injuries of the other
which will render amputation necessary.
His parents. who reside north of the cityt
were informed of the sad affair,
and his father left for Van Meter ON the
first train. The injuries are of such a
character, that no hopes are entertained of
of his recovery.
The injured young man was raised in
Davenport, and for six years had charge
of the lunch counter at the Kimball house.
When the change of management occurr-
ed, he went to railroading. He was en-
gagged to very estimable young lady. and
their marriage was to occur in two weeks
The news of this sad misfortune will be a
terrible blow to his parents and to her.
He was universally respected as an honest,
sober and industrious young man.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-21
TWO AMERICAN WOMEN ABROAD

The murder of Frederick Cavendish re-
calls to Washington letter writer that
that gentleman, during his visit to this
country in 1859, became a devoted admirer
of Miss Harriet Lane, the niece of Presi-
dent Buchanan and the lady of the white
house. In connection with this reminis-
cence is also remembered an incident of
Miss lanes life in London when Mr.. Bu-
chanan was minister to England. On the
occasion of her presentation to the queen,
the lord chamberlain, according to usage,
fixed her place in that line The arrogant
English wife of foreign diplomat, pre-
Stunning on Miss Lanes youth and inexper-
fence, took precedence of her. Miss
Lane, with adm irable tact and courage.
sens Immediately for the lord cham
berlain, and refused to move
an inch until the place had been assign ed
her, and Justly maintained the dignity of
the representative of the United States.
1t is said that this incident which fixed
her standing at the English court, induced
the prince of Wales to set the fashion of
admiring Miss Lane, fashion which af-
fected Lord Cavendish to noticeable ex-
tent when he was in Washington in 1859.
This pleasant recollection brings to mind
the story of another American woman
abroad She was presented to the pope
and, as a Catholic, expected him to give
her his blessing. He said to her, t.Kneel
my daughter, none but princesses of the
blood receive the blessing standing" Our
American lady raised her eyes and looking
into the eyes of the pope said, Father,
am princess in my own right, princess
of the people" And she received the
blessing, standing.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-21

THE HENNEp1N CANAL.

While Congress is proposing to appro-
PIRATE five millions of dollars to restore
and rebuild the mud banks, called levees,
along the Lower Mississippi River, the
proposition to connect the Mississippi
River with the lakes can hardly command
a respectful hearing The Bourbons in
Congress object that the canal which is
| only sixty five miles long, lies exclusively
i'm one state, and that an act authorizing
its construction would be unconstitutional.
The canal is only sixty-tive miles long,
because longer canal is not required.
The bject of the canal is not for the con-
venience and benefit of Illinois; it is to
connect the 1900 miles of river naviga-
ton with the thousands of miles of lake
navigation extending eastwardly to the
Atlantic. 1t is to connect ST. Paul and
Portland, Me-, and all the states between
them with an uninterrupted water commun-
ication. 1t is to furnish more than half
the producers and consumers of our coun-
try with cheap transportation of articles
of food and with the manufactured pro-
y.
The five millions of dollars voted to such
ud-banks, which viii be swept away by
the next freshet in the Mississippi River,
is in excess of the sum needed to furnish
one-half the people of this country with a
permanent and free highway to market.
NewEngland and New York are not located
along the line of this proposed canal; but
this canal, when constructed, will give
them the benefit of free water
transportation through the heart of the
country. They are at one end of the
route; the states west of the Mississippi are
at the other. All that is needed is to cut
a strip of prairie sixty-fve miles long to
connect the navigation of the Mississippi
through the lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
This great National route, by which the
two great systems of internal water trans
portation viii be connected and made con
tinuous, will cost less to construct than
temporary and contessedly insufficient
mud banks at the landings on the river,
and which banks will have to be renewed
more or less whenever there is an unusual
rain storm in the Valley of the Mississippi.
Instead of being an Illinois improvement
its benefits win extend to every locality in
the Mississippi Valley where there is any
thing produced that is for sale, aud where
ever there is anything prodaced that can
be bought. Cheap transportation is the
great desideratum of the age Here is a
line of several thousand miles of water
navigation lying in the very heart of the
country. 1t is broken by piece of land
sixty-five miles wide, which separates it
into two parts, wholly disconnecting them
Ii is proposed to overcome this obstruction
and make the whole one continuous sys-
tenn which for extent and utility is unsur-
passed By anything of the kind in the
world. This grand National work, the en-
tire cost of which Is mere trifle as com
pared with the mud-levee appropriation, is
snubbed and boot ed at by faction in Con-
gress that is perplexed to know what to do
with the ever-increasing surplus in the Pub
lie Treasury Chicago Tribune.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-21
THE PRINCIPLES OF FLANAGAN.

Mr.. Flanagan, of Texas, seems to have
charge not only of the machine of the Re-
publican party, but Of all the independent
movements against the machine. The lat
est and possibly the noisiest of these move
meats is that in Pennsylvania. In the
present condition of This movement it is
impossible to detect with the naked eye
anything resembling a principle. The
81 eat question at issue is whether Senator
Mitchell is to get his share" of the pat
ronage of Pennsylvania A like question
respecting the patronage of Massachusetts
seems to be all that agitates the honest
Hoar and the reformatory Dawes A
Philadelphia contemporary cruelty sug-
gests to Mr.. Mitchell that if he really
yearns for a reform of the civil service, no
better way is open to him TO prove his sim
cerity than to help Mr.. Pendleton call up
his bill for civil-service reform, and to vote
for that measure when it is called up.
The principles of Flanagan, however,
who is leading Republican, seem to be
much more influential in the Republican
party, naturally enough, than the princi
Piles of Pendleton, who is leading Demo
GRAFT The principles of Flanagan are
most frankly expressed, as might be ex-
pected, in that wild and free Southwest of
which Flanagan himself isone of the chief
ornaments. Inc latest and most 0utSp0keD
champion of the principles of Flanagan is
Mr.. Moore, a Republican member of Con-
gress from Tennessee, who has been enter
tanning the Washington correspondent of
the Herald with a column and half of
conversation touching the removal of Mrs.
Wilcox, of his own state, from clerkship
in the Treasury Department. Mrs. Wilcon
was born in the White House, her grand
father, Andrew jackson DoneIson, being
at the time private secretary to President
jackson, whose adopted son he also
was, and she is the widow of Confed-
crate general. She was appointed by Gen
eral Grant to the place from which she has
just been removed, and no complaint seems
to be made of the manner in which she
has discharged her duties. But Moore and
his colleague Houk, were filed with zeal
for the principles of Flanagan, and Moore
and Houk had their eyes upon her clerk
ship. At last Moore and Houk have got
her out. and Moore, at least, gleries in the
act I'm the first place, Moore explains,
Mrs. Wilcox is not republican, but sym
pathizes now, and always has sympathized
with the democratic party This was
more than Judge Houk and /" could
stand, and Judge Houk knew the widow
of Union soldier, who was In every re-
spect equally worthy and Judge Houk
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-21
THE REPUBLICAN, FIGHT
oquawka Spectator.

The Mexican soldiers in this Congress
sional district viii not be well pleased at
the course of our representative in Con
gress-Col. B. F. Marsh-in the part he
took in relation to the bin to pension the
few remaining old soldiers of the Mexican
war. During his last campaign, when
stumping the district, he was quite profuse
In his promises of what he would do for
the old Mexican soldiers, if elected, as
they had been shamefully neglected for SO
long time. The Prairie City Bugle,
(rep) tells these old soldiers how Col
Marsh has kept his promises. in the follow
ing:
we are sorry to learn that Mr.. Marsh,
congressman from this district, has disap-
pointed his warmest supporters and admir-
ers by his action on this bill. and in all
probability he will be invited to stay ut
home hereafter. He took the ground that
it was not just to pension Mexican soldiers
while the duty of the government toward
many men who lost their health in the late
war remains unfulfilled. In this view he
was supported by a majority of the com
mittee. 1t is pretty evident that no bill
will be passed this term TO pension
Mexican soldiers. When we consider the
views OF Mr. Marsh before the election,
and even the pledges he made. we must
say he deceived our people, especially the
gallant old Mexican sol diers, of whom one
and all voted for him. "
Now that our Congressional district has
been enlarged, we are inclined to think
with the Bugse, that the Colonel will not
again receive the nomination. In fact,
his successor has long since been agreed.
upon in the person of one who neglected
his duties to the state to stump the dis
trict for Col M. during the last cam
paign."
There does not seem to be much chance
for Rock Island man in that state.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-21

Judge Craig was in town a few hours
last Monday, confessedly to look after his
fences, and yet he had not much to say
excepting that he was candidate for re-
election, and that his record was before
the people. Judge Craig looks like level.
headed, well-to-do farmer, a big, brainy
man Of the multitude whose impulses will
ever lead him to the side of the people.
Nine years ago the farmers found them
selves helplessIy in the iron grip of the
railroads: to their plead;ngs and protesta-
tons came Tweed's answer: What viii