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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-10-17

were shnt like vice, and he never
mentioned her name TO living NOR
tai.
"And he got sort of absent mind.
ed. fofgo, to take toll from Il widow \
grist, used to stop little children
and kiss them or pat them on their
heads, aud there was aIlus a tear
jus, falling from his eyes-cold, |
'Spose. cause h. didn't take care oi
himself aud then he took good
bit of notice of II little child, - pref
" little mite. of IA girl that lived
near, aud one day lie seen her lean
ing out of AZ Hp>iair window, ats,
he run over aud told her mot her She
would fall mrhbe, ard get burt.
The woman had an ugly temper,
and she said to him, SAYS she:
al kin take care oi my own chil
drrn, that's morr than you codld do
with yonr's!
ale looked III her sort of still and
white for n moment and turned
away the next haV the mill waru't
goin', nor the next. and on the third
we looked aud found him in the race.
hut whether he slipped in or drown
eel himself on purpose Of course no.
body can tell Tor snrc. Eve often
looked into the faces of handsome
wimmcn I've seen. since then, and
tried To- find one that favored that
gal Of Miller Jim's, but for liShr
down swrrtnr>S and ra(r beauty
| I've never seen her equal, and
how she could leave us all. us would
have died for her. u more than can
cunccit. That's Il rale good pictrr
you've got nj the mill, hnt yon can't
see the hull of it--thrrr's two PEG.
pie there. when look AT il. and one
of them isl wish had the thick
at painting pirtrr from mcmory--
>hr-Why there's Sumrihing lit my
rNcS-it's the dampnrsS, | gnrS>--
/ this mill air allus does affect me just
So"
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-10-17

occosinus mrn have fred round af
fer rnuul at each other. and az last
have been conducted away by dis.
onuoinred seconds. without having
drawn bload. Several states in the
south have kcculy felt tins diShon.
ar. At last, il is with pride that
(,roruia can uoint to "a ducl. The
Honorable Abe Gruat and the
Honorable Ben Thumas met recent.
IA at piurvlllr aud exchanged shots
with credit - th"rs 'tr~ The
day was beautiful. ihr me, ir"htr
bird . 'l'.. u.s.. uud to" COW
switched hrr tai, AID louhrd viii
mrrLnr>~ ~ The honorable "cu;,,.
men ns the, nr-~.G. .tuI t.,.. -,
on,Is when TN, ..,; aud n rIr.l n
to consultations. spoke tily az Il
uloachiup affair. one of then. a
gentleman uhnsr honor n,ogrcoat.
imprlch remarked: 81 fear tina.
We shall br disappointed. lt..,m>
that in these degenerate das- il i
imuos<ib'r 10 Kill , r.an in a du,l.
Our stat, has suffered greatly from
this. aud our manufacturing and
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-10-17
Short Sermons Still Demanded.
New York Herald

New York Herald
With the general rroprning cf the
churches comes II renewal OF the old
demand that sermons bc reduced in
length. Strangely enough the only
objections to short sermons seems
tn come from the preachers them
selves. Some preachers have So
drrrfh t5J- ,a,-nr thiuk they have
tina, no timr is sufficient to tEe Nh
loading" Of their spiritual budget
Such mrn AUTOMATICALLY mean we'll.
hnt what is to hr said ct those 9th
rr members of the sacred profess
ion who declare ihat II they were -
rrS'lir, themselves to twenty min.
n,rs iu,thr deliver, of >rlmuu they
Nuuld he ntiirrI Ia inter A number
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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-10-17
THE GUARDIAN.
Miller Inns Daughter.
Detroit Free Press.

therei Kind of purity and roman
tic looking, amt it' But it seems
awful lonesome To us folks as knew
it full Of life and just piIing it, the
grist all day long. That there Wa.
ter. wheel didn't stop for repairs in
them days; it just buzzed along all
the time, and the teams stood
around, and you'd see tue boys
coming mp the hill riAin' AN old
mare, with a great sack of grain
thrown over her instead of u saddle
-trit trot, and "a half grown bare
footed hoy on her neck-fulks allus
sent boy to mill in those days, if
they had one. Ard you see that
there oil house,! There's where
Miller Jim aud his darirr lived.
We boys Used To east Sleeps eyes
over at that door, tell YOU, and
when she'd come AMI look ont kind
Of unrons rinus like and purtrnd not
Il see H.. but shade her eyes with
her hand aud look down The v LEY,
ii was Just rs if an angel from llri
ven had lit down there. Purity
WHY there warn't a chap in Sugar
Valley that didn't think she WAS
tue haudsonrst gal in the world, aud
when sh, smiled on any of us with
that kind of sort of sweet inSinuatin'
way she had, we'd Just have walked
ON hot pillow sheers for her and draw.
ed lots TOR the privilege.
"What are We fignrin'' n sketch.
in the ruini Well, We don't see
anv ruin there, but that of the sense
less wood and stone. The ruin was
made hy one ot you painter chaps,
darn his pictrr. II could haze
held his head in the mll,race for
half an hour. I'd have died happy
and that's what makes me cry now
like II poor, weak eritter. intro
luced him To her: he was 4 mOVin
round here grltin' sketches, rs he
called en-, of the valley. and may
rs well own up he waSa nice, smart
looking. ellsroken clap. aud paid
his way literally. They said he
was only working for amusement,
and 80 il turned ont. and one day |
told him he hadn't eve: nrrn The
prrtticSt pic;cr in the place. aud |
said it WAS Miller Jim'S dartcr, aud
he'd ought to see her. The next
Sunday WAS at the church and :"
was the painter chap, anl ~ hap
trnrd tu Srt together. aud Whru The
choir sang there was on" voice that
kind of carried the tune alone.
knew il well. AMI it made nae trcr
bic all o>f, with happiness, and the
stranger listened aud says ttr, III Il
whisper. what a heavenly voice.
"IcS.' Srz |. 'aud its her: the
one in the straw bonnet and white
veil. the girl that's Singh ait
that's Miller Jlm'> dat;,t.
".Alrcr church nothing would Il"
but must introduce him-Whlrh
dill, Gpd forgive me and hr walk
ed hv her and carried her book. just
is ii be allu> had Known hyr, hat
thrn h,r father was with thcm, only
De- At.u't of amy account. kidd ri
-.t;.u.>S. hrli..\cd every hulN Euuc>t
:. H., found them ont and then he
'.att KIND ut apniugrZ' tor them.
ID. = he'd lrnd motley as hong ~ h'
,Ii = nr.ny ~ his pncErt. II any
v.' ~. cup gcu' ~'uIN, and ;cN
ct lucErl 4 du,s, or took over toll.
at ~ pvyn sharp bargain; Kind -,
WItl.S> aul iunIl,h, with "a soft hra'
th, ala nc;t him pd"r, though !
drI'r 'NnN ~ he ever wanted ANY
thing aArlr
"Wrl1, Hraury il misfortune, il
the .tacc oi Good G"rsnt 60 Wt'h II.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-10-17

Application inI tI;,- for clubs should lr
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1 SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY
\ TO WIN. \ FORTUNE

H. Gr.tnd Siugl" Numhcr Drawings viii,
IKE "lIrr uonthiy. II NEVER SCALES or
'u~uu\l>. iuok AZ the following >chclur.
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The Weekly il never less than II mage,
in sire, aud j. r, ally The best and cheapest
weekly paper published.
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BROwN'S IRoN BITTERs
will have 4 Lct Cr tome
effect upon any one who
needs "b-tc'~~ W. than
any medicine made.
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CIR tNn MONTHLY DRAWING,

TAKE. th' r,r-on1l >u,.r>i~,on and man.
d-.urut II
The Rock Island Argus., 1882-11-21
A SAD FATALITY.

A sad fatality occurred at the little
patch just east of the gas works at a late
hour yesterday. 1t seems that some time
in the afternoon the little IS months old
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis got hold of an
open can of concentrated lye. and swal-
lowed large quantity of the same. How
the mother could be so careless as to leave
such dangerous article within the reach
of her child Is not known, but usually
when there are any children around such
deadly stuff is kept in some secluded spot.
But be that as it may, it proved to be far
more serious than at first expected DR..
Sloan was summoned, and together with
DIR. Davidson did all in his power to re
lieve the sufferings of the little innnoent,
but his efforts were unavailing and the
child died at 8 o'clock last evening. The
funeral occurred from the home at ,
o'clock this afternoon.
The Rock Island Argus., 1882-11-21
TRIES TO END HIS EXISTENCE.

DR.. Dunn was called hastily on Monday
evening to attend a man who lived near
Dan Gould's residence on Bass street. Up
on arriving at the house he found man
by the name of David Lingle writhing in
terrible agony, but as the man refused to
talk he had hard time in finding out lust
what he had taken, for it was now evident
that the man had attempted suicide by
taking some kind of poison. But at last
he was successful in finding out that the
man had taken large dose of Dover's
powders. but had miscalculated as to the
amount and thereby his life was saved.
There is nothing dangerous from taking a
small amount of these powders, but when
large amount is taken, death is liable to
be the result Why the man should desire
death, was solved to- day by an ARGUS re.
porter. 1t seems that some time ago Mr..
Lingle got hurt while at work at Deere &
Co.'s whereby one arm was useless
for some time. He went to
certain m. D." of this city for treatment,
but as the man had not much money, he
The Rock Island Argus., 1882-11-21
means.
COMIC OPERA.

There was not large audience at the
Opera House last evening to see La Peri
chole, as interpreted by the Winston Co mic
Opera company, but those who did attend
seemed to be well pleased. Miss Jeanuie
Winston IN the title role fully sustained
the excellent reports of her stage work
which had preceded her here, but it may
be easily seen that large and appreciative
audience would cause her to fairly outdo
herself. The disadvantage of playing to a
slender house is serious one, but it must
be conceded that under the discouraging
circumstances the company. from Miss
Winston down did admirably. The com
pany is to appear in Moline this evening,
and it is to be hoped will be mos hospita-
bly, received
The Rock Island Argus., 1882-11-21
CnLVILIE,E WnRIn

The World, is a melodrama, brim full of
thrilling situations and marvellous scenic
and mechanical effects. A play that held
the boards of the London theatre for two
consecutive years and at Wallack's 5 for most
300 nights. 1t will be presented here at
Harper's theatre for two nights, Friday
and Saturday evenings. Nov. "a and 25. 1t
is without doubt the greatest production
of the times. The story, the acting the
magnificent scenery, its wonderful effects
have won the admiration of many thou
sands of theatre goers. An entire car load
of scenery is required for its production
which this company carry in their own
special car. Sale of seats will commence
on Wednesday at 9 a. m. at the Harper
House drug store. We would advise all
lovers of amusement to secure their seats
early
The Rock Island Argus., 1882-11-21

being out of work, the professional o.,
man refused TO treat him. and h. 9e''''e'
arm go thus for some time L,,, C. 9 're m
went To another doctor who w.s mo-. '''y
erous than wise, as. when L,. ro,,.5 SUI
man must flave stiff elbow iont h.'a %
the same in straight position. and ~. W.
the man has an arm which is mn, 49,,
no possible use 10 him. but i. II, H.. u
whenever he attempts to work I,
that this has been preying upon HE ,a', ,DHa
and he has been morOse and deeronJ
but nothing was thought of it. but ag ,,u' WI
ed above he thought he would end n.
istence there below, and so too, ~
dose of those powders, but he win H.. =,
doctor says, and with proper care win
around again in few days. There so.
to be an unusual amount of sepso,;.
doings here of late, and if il CONT.
Moline will be metropolitan like indas5
The Rock Island Argus., 1882-11-21
ATTEMPTED suICI E.

Miss Eva Jenkins, mention of whose at
tempt at suicide by taking laudanum last
week was made in yesterdays ISSUE made
another attempt last evening. 1t seems
that she is Bound to shuttle off this mortal
coil" as she says ''she does not care to
live" This is now quite evident, as yester-
day she procured another bottle of
the Liquid" and took a big dose. and
through the size of the dose her life will
be saved But when woman will" she
will" and there's no use in trying to stop
her The parents have not yet discovered
the author of her ruin. and it seems from the
number of young men who keep in the
dark" at the present time that there is
no telling where the ''bomb shell" viii
strike next. AS the girl is colored it is not
likely that any one will step forward and
claim the responsibility.
The Rock Island Argus., 1882-11-21
BOUND OVER.
evening.

Gust Peterson, the man arrested in Dav.
enport on Monday night OF last week fol
the theft ola watch and five dollars in mon
ey from S. A. johnson, (mentioned in the
ARGUS at the time,) was again arraigned
before Squire Mapes at 8 o'clock this morn
ing, and after hearing the evidence in the
case, which showed that he had disappear
ed on the night the robbery was committed
without saying good bye, and the fact that
he had the watch in his possession when
arrested, he was bound over in 800 bonds
to await the action of the grand jury.
Failing to get this he was taken to the
county Jail by Marshal Henderson.
The Rock Island Argus., 1882-11-21
THE PAGE TROUBLE.

Last evenings ARGUS contained full par
ticulars respecting the betrayal of young
girl by Ransom 5. Page. the abandonment
of his wife and his flight from Rock Island
A letter which he left for his wife ac
knowledges his double offense and express
es the hope that they may be reunited.
The last act of this inexpressibly sad do
mestic drama was presented yesterday just
before the ARGUS went to press, when
Mrs. Pages steptather Mr.. A. n Smith,
of Maquoketa, Iowa, arrived in the city
and started home with her on the evening
train, where. in the sheltering arms of a
devoted mother it is hoped that she may
partly forget mans moastrous perfidy.
Since the publication of yesterdays
story it has come out that Mr. Pagesed a
fast life in more ways than one before
coming here. In the hands of one of our
justices may be found judgment against
him forwarded some time ago from East
st. Louis for satisfaction Upon Mr..
Pages representation that it would be sat
isfied in due time, and out of deep respect
for Mrs. Page, the justice forebore pushing
it, knowing that if Pages wages were gar
the railroad company, in whose
employ he was, would at once dismiss him
This error of judgment. however. must be
charged up to the account of mercy. and
the justice aforesaid has the satisfaction
of knowing that by no act of his was the
curtain finally rung down upon this terri
bic domestic drama, we might truthfully
say tragedy. For Mrs. Page there are
naught save the warmest, most kindly SEN
,iments, and should she either revisit Rock
Island or again come here to live she will
lave hearty welcome.
The Rock Island Argus., 1882-11-21

4
J. w. Wars two lady assistants have
returned to their duties, after vacation oi
| over week.
Porter's Atelier for first-class pictures
Nov20 DIT
Dimock, Gould & Co now have -four
telephones in different parts of their exten-
sive establishment.
Don't fail to call and see G. w. Brenner
d Co.'S new stock of dry goods, notions,
ETC., Shroeder's old stand, Main street.
Nov20-d3t
L. j. Kirby is back to Moline on short
visit He was formerly foreman at Will
liams & Whites. but of late in large fac
tory at Clinton, Iowa
Call and examine G. w. Brenner q Cos
new and complete stock of dry goods
notions and fancy goods, 22-d3
John Lusk will be just GA years old on
Thursday, and his gsod wife will be so just
one week later.
Seven doctors were counted at the opera
house last evening and two attempted sui
cides and one fatal case from drinking lye,
in the city at the same time
You are all invited to call on G. w.
Brenner & Co., and inspect their new
stock of dry goods, notions ETC., which
have Just been place upon the shelves. Cor
ner of Main and Bass street % DIT
Chaplin Wheelock, Jr., in company with
Albert Knell. of St Joseph, Mo, started
for Europe last evening. They will he
gone some time.
Both children of Mr.. Chas Hill have
been quite i'll during the past few days
Rock river bridge was completed last
evening.
The Rock Island Argus., 1882-11-21
A CARD FROM E. P. REYNorns

Appended will be found card fro,. y
L. Reynolds in answer to an item IN a.,
mornings URto1n That gentleman :.
conversation with an ARGUS Reporter su.
ther said that "the Union was evid..n
satisfying an old grievance which fo.
have had against him ever since be u,.
mayor of Rock Island, at which time ,l.-
did not get quite as much money ont =,
the city fluid as their avaricions n,,r..
desired"
MOLINE, Nov. y, 1872
To Moline Editor Of ARsus:
In an article in this mornings J-oj..
they say that Reynolds & Co. have 70
duced wages to S1.60 per day. leayino fl,
reader to infer what they would The Fact.
are that we reduced time to 9 hours and ws
ges to $1.6Ofor that time. Skelsev & Co
work ten hours and the government O.!
The Union evidently meant to misreprs.
sent US. In 30 years of contractipo tb,,
paper or any other one can not saw We
have not paid as good wages as any one
else, and have paid 100 cents on the doTar
all the time. By inserting this in yoT
paper you will cenfer a favor on
Yours truly, f. p. REYNOLDS
The Rock Island Argus., 1882-11-21
A JEWELLERS VAULT.

In the past week one of the best safety
vaults in Davenport has been built in the
store 1913 West Second street-under the
Newcomb house. 1t is capacious, burglar
proof and fire-proot, with its patent steel
doors, and its interior of steel. The vault
was rendered necessary by Mr.. Eklunds
trade in jewelry and watches, his store be
ing the largest in the line in the city and
the choicest. Three workmen are con-
stantly employed by him in fine work.
Nov 81 ct
The Rock Island Argus., 1882-11-21
THE ELEcTRIc LIGHT.

One of our oldest citizens who is also
one of our earliest risers, tells many anus
ing anecdotes this morning respecting the
effect. of the electric light last night upon all
things animate which were awake. In his
matutinal rounds he met several of our
policemen each of whom was quite enthu-
siastic over the new light. especially of the
beautiful appearance of the landscape
after the moon had paled. They said that
the effect upon dogs generally was thai of
the rising of harvest moon. They (the
dogs, not the policemen bayed in con-
cert and out of concert, every
dog for himself sort of frog
matinee on more extensive
scale and the effect in some neighborhoods
was quite startling upon light sleepers
Grandpa, over at the Rock Island House.
who is up at 3 o'clock in the morning saws
that when the city was bathed in the cleo
tric light chickens cackled, roosters crow
ed, dogs barked and pretty much every
thing but the clock itself convinced him
that he had oversight and that day was
dawning The true test of the new light,
however, will best be had on dark night,
but thus far there is nothing to indicate
that it will not be entirely satisfactory.
Sell the street lamps to Davenport, by all
means.