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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-05
NE GRANp JURY

ton of the jail as conducted by the pres
ent Sheriff, J, f. Ankrum:
To the Honorable, the Cireust Coeert Of Rock
Island County, INaaoss.
The Grand Jury of said county at the
said May term OF said court, would respect
fully report TO said Circuit Court that they
have visited the common JAN OF said coun-
ty, and have made careful examination
OF the condition and treatment of the
prisoners therein confined and we find the
prisoners in clean, healthy and com4or-
fable condition and well provided for.
That the Jail is in safe and healthy
condition, that the prisoners are furnished
with clear water, good food and sufficient
clothing; that the prisoners are furnished
with all the water facilities as-previded by
law, and that the jan sis properly kept
and the law complied with in every partIc-
ular. JOSEPH .dLo9D,
Attest, Foreman of Grand Jury
JOHN ScHAFER, JR.; Clerk.
vGlz rNDfc4NRsrs.
The following true bills were returned
to the court yesterday:
Eli Hoffman assault. With an intent. TO
commit an outrage on the person Of Myrtle
E. jackson, on tie Sth day OF April.
1882
Eddie srempIe, assault on the person
of Henry Thode IN the city Of Rock Island
on the 3Oth dav Of April, 1882
John Jacob Schmidt, arson in tie burn
ing of the jan building on the s25th of ian
uary, 1882
John Jacob Schmidt, carrying concealed
weapons. in the town Of Milanon the 18th
of January. 1889. s#aE =
John McDovard, larceny of chattels
amounting to $40, the property of Alfred
Harris on the 10Th Of April, 1882.
Frank Martin, burglary of the residence
of w. H Hayes on the 25th of March.
/ 1882.
Dorsey Patten, burglary of the residence
of. G. Stobard on the 26th of Februry,
1882.
George Jones, burglary of the store of
J. W Holt and 5. L. Wilson on thea35th
of January, 1882. sseiaaa u r*#
Eddie stemple, carrying. concealed weap-
ons in Rock Island on the 30th of April,
1882. at
Thos. Bcrney, assault with deadly
weapon on Louis Eugleha rdt on the 5th of
February, 1882
George Harris. burglary of the store of
John Mayer on the 34st of January 1889.
Charles Godfrey larceny of the value of
S12 from S. s. Wallace ON the Both of
April 1882.
Louis Elkins, burglary of the residence
of S tephen Buck on the Both of April,
1892
Thomas Welsh, malicious mischief in
destroying fence, the property of Peter
Verschoote, on the 3oth of March, 1882. -
William KnofflocI1, larceny of the value
of S12 from S. s. Wallace on the2sd of.
April 1882. sat zt
Patrick O'ConneII assault with deadly
weapon on Joseph King on the 5th Of Feb
ruary, 1882. . = = Z"
John Welsh and John Riley, burglary of
the storesof j. p. soderstrom on the 9Th of
April 1885, a
Louis Eikins, burglary of the barn of
the Moline lS~Rock Island horse railway
company on the 1st of March, 1889.
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A. GARD.

To all who are snffering from Tho errors and N
dIscretions OF YOUTH nervous weakness early decay
loss OF manhood, &C.. win senda recipe thatwiIl
care you, FREE OF CHARGE. This greatr remedy
was discovered by missionary in Sout h America
Send self-addreseed envelope to the Rev 5osRaH
T.sfEkkN, Station D. New Work CITY, -
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nor SALE.-Seventy- lots in I.yude's od5i
IL ton TO the city OF Rock Island. on easy term.
Apply to Louis V. Eekhart, at Parks IL pleasant,
law Office.
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m COURT.
Indictments Returned by the
Grand Jury.
Report Of the Present Condi-
ton of the Jail.

In the Circuit ceurt yesterday morning,
the ease of a. Alday vs.. the Moline Shoe
Company was decided by the jury in favor
of The plaintiff
The case Of VI. l.. Little VS. W A
Nourse was submitted to the jury, and a
verdict was rendered for the plaintiff in
the sum of $34s.s2.
A final decree in the divorce case of An
ME Keller VS.. Christian Keller was granted.
The case OF the Argus Printing Company
against Milton Jones and others was dis
missed at the plaintiffs cost.
The suit of Fl w Flowers VS.. W. Fish
er was dismissed by the plaintiff.
The appeal case of Bridget Givan VS.. A
lard & 4. S. Gunnel was dismissed by the
plaintiff.
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ADVERTIsEhEs4s not exceeding Nv -
Inserted IN This column for TwENrr.y,v, De
week, payable invariably in advance f'
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go 3. y. COLLINS,
Builder md Contractor.

JoBBIGG AND CARPENTER WORK DONE
on short notice. Third Avenue, between 18th and
18TH street. Residence next door. Rock Island
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LfOR RENT-A Room in business part Of town
furnished or unfinished Apply TO Taylor
Philleo.
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Tor SALE-At bargain, a Pheaton used nm.
/ A. simmer. Those desiring to purchase such q NJ,
will call on C. G. Knell, on Second Avenue -
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gFOR RENT.-Furnisned Room for a connie a. >
single gentleman. also good barn. Appiy TOW
Shrig's saloon, 4th Avenue, between 18th and Ies
streets. "N
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BILL.

The examination Of the charges. against
John c, Schunterman. in which he was
accused of the larceny. of a certain sum of
money from John Peterson, was dismissed,
q true bin not having been, obtained. The
prisoner was accordingly discharged from
custody.
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WAMTED--A situation by MAJ and wife or map
w alone, at any kind Of steady employment. Al
dress Frank H., this Office
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Lf0R SALE-PotaLoes, Apples, Onious, Oats and
Germ by the bushel or car load Butter by The
fri; n. ghos. o'ehaughnessy, 7th and HsriisJr.
streets. Davenport, Iowa
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III eNfED-To find the man, woman q, -
W Who cGn cot De fitted or snited in boofs Cllld.
.and slippers, to call at once on Carse & Shoes
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Tt0Ie SALE-Or win trade for a small farm or GOOD
Il farming land. stock of Staple Goods that sf1s
readily and pays good profit. Address Lock BoT
No. 357. A
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-05

IfOR RENT-A house Of six rooms, on 1t avenue
II between 18th and l4th streets in good condition
Good cistern and well on the premises, Inquire u
Fred Hass.
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FOR SALE.

ETOR SALE-Or exchange, an improved farm g..
L. Clay county, Neb. An exchange will be- mad 20
property in this locality. Address II. how tt%
Rock Island. Illinois. iI>'
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MAN D-SEyENTY-FIVE Coon SToI-
vYPLATE MOULDERS to fill our new I'VE
Foundry. Opens FIRST WEEK in JANUARY St."
employment and fair wages. Apply in pers s,g'ly
RATHBONE, SARD s. Co, ALBANY. n Y ''H
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FO r RENT.

LfOR RENT-Furnished rooms at first house We.
l. Of Baptist Church on 3rd avenue. Mrs. stock
we'll. 49,,
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Tor RENT.-A well furnished room for two gen
l. tlemen, with or without board. Apply at corner
23d street and ash Avenue, or at News Room, Argus
office
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ADJOURNED.

The Grand Jury aftercompleting lis Ia
bors, was discharged.
AT three O'clock Yesterday afternoon
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WANTED

W naturalization as honsekeener
w family. Apply at the Argus Offrre IN sml
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tMANTED.-Three energetic solicitors IN r.
w Household necessities. Live workers handle
large salaries in our line of business Neyf make maze
are being continually added to our already J il'
stock; Call at or address 119 Main Street nsrlge
port. Iowa. D''e1
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WaaNTED--For Washing and Ironing, cali -
w Gerstner $, 2Sd Street, between 3d ana Va at
ne Fine work guaranteed ~ ana 4th Ayen
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tkfANTED- good Agent to ssI1 -
", spring Apply At once at No 1ig wa new BED
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III II. LOCKWOOD, Chirapodist renoro.
w treats IngFown Nails, Bunions Corr ~ and
blanes. Frosted Feet, &c. Call or send for ~ NNl
extra charge for going TO any part of the cit 6no
at Commercial Hotel. ny Ohlce
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-09-14
usEFuL and SUGGESTIVE.

American methods of CONDUCTING
many departments of agriculture are be-
inc introduced into almost all parts of
the civilized world.
Many people have an idea that rad
isles are vegetables only suitable for
the table in early spring, and they never
sow them at times when they will be in
good condition to eat other seasons of
the year. The ia, t is. they are desira-
bic during all the months of the year
and should be sown every two weeks
during the growing Cltacdgo
Times.
To stop bleeding, if from a cavity
in the jaw after a tooth has been ex-
tracted, shape a cork into the proper
form and size to cover the bleeding cav
ity, and long enough to be kept firmly
in place when the mouth is closed. This.
we believe, is our own invention. and
we have never known it to fail. It has
served us in desperate cases. Boston
Transcript.
There are a great many farms and
fields which can never be cultivated at a
profit. These if planted with forest
trees, such as chestnut, oaks of different
varieties, pines and larches, would pro-
duce a growth of timber which would
be a source of profit, and then the ener-
gies of the farmer might be concentrat-
ed upon his best land, and his manure
could be applied where it would do the
most good. N Y. Herald.
The age of sheep up to four years
old is readily ascertained from the
mouth. They put up two large teeth
in the center of the lower jaw, casting
two sucking teeth at about twelve
months old. They put up two more
large teeth each of the next three years,
making at four years old full mouth of
eight large teeth. These soon become
gappy and worn, especially when sheep
are fed on whole roots.
Most of the preventable losses in
farming come from attempting to do
too much, or rather from working with
insufficient capital. The rule that what
ever is worth doing at all is worth do
ing well is especially applicable to the
operations of the farm. If the farmer
lacks cash or labor sufficient to Guilt
vate 100 acres in the best manner let
him limit his operations to fifty, and if
that still refuses to yield profit he can
experiment with thirty, or even twenty
acres. american CULtiUatOr.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-09-14
What is SOiIing?

The soiling system is that by which
stock of various kinds are excluded from
pasture fields, and the food prepared
and fed to them regularly. The sOiling
system is always associated with what is
known as thigh farming" which has
for its rule :" the largest return from the
smallest available space" and it is to
this point we are journeying on our road
to perfection in agriculture. 1t is a
system, however, that demands extra
labor and close attention, and one that
entails great expense. 1t calls for con-
slant examination of the condition of
stock in order to prevent injury to them
from confinement; but usually cattle
seem to thrive well under the soiling
system wherever practiced AS none
but the most progressive farmers have
ventured on the plan, it is safe to say
that success is due more to good judg-
ment and care than to the system itself,
so far as the health of the animals is
-Oncerned, but that it is the only true
way of keeping farms in high state of
fertility cannot be denied. But few
fences are required in sOiling. This is
a source of considerable saving. The
food can be Of variable character, and
it undergOes careful preparation, in ac-
cOrdance with the capacity of the ami
NAL, and whether the desire of the
owner be for milk. beef or butter. The
system takes into consideration the
question of shelter, likewise, and the
animals are as tenderly treated as they
are well fed. 1t calls for the selection of
the best stock, of the breeds suited for
the purposes desired, and no other; and
the improvement of the stock every year
is paramount object, no expense being
spared to accomplish it; nor is the
manure overlooked, for every ounce is
not only saved but well preserved.
There must not be any loss of ammonia,
no teaching from rains nor exposure to
the sun. 1t is treated as an article of
the greatest value, and fitted for proper
assimilation by the crops which it is to
nourish. Great as the interest of the
farmer may be in his stock, yet, with
all his care, he does not cease until the
ultimate object is attained, which is to
increase the prOductiVeness of the soil,
and every year the stock becomes more
valuable, the dividends larger, and the
soil richer. Less land Is required under
the system, and no energies are wasted
over broad fields, but time, labor and
money are concentrated on the smallest
possible space that can be made to sup
port the amount of stock required,
manure is spread thickly, and when it
is all taken from the barnyard not
another acre is touched outside of the
area the manure covers except for green
manuring. The crops are put in just
where they do best, and no land re-
mains idle. for green crops are turned
in. a proper system of rotation is fol-
lowed, and the best manual skill and
the best machinery are called to the as
sistance of the farmer in making every
thing pay In fact. soiling. properly
conducted, is scientific farming. -PhiId.
deIDhiG Record.
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Curing m.IIet for Hay.

The increase in area of this crop and
the favorable reports of those who have
fed it in quantities, so as to test its ex-
eellent qualities, are now causing it to
be counted an important factor in our
agricultural economy; for its great pro-
ducing ard feeding qualities are bccOm-
ing better known, and its coming in at
Opportune times tides many a farmer
over time when otherwise he would
have to buy feed very largely Being
easily raised and, if one knows how,
harvested, it is truly an economical
feed, and first-class one besides
Strange it is that one is continually
hearing of the difficulty of curing it; but
the trouble is that, under wrong inn
preston, a 81 big job is planned, when
one no greater than the curing of q
heavy crop of Timothy hay is needed,
and so, to meet this = demand" much
useless labor is performed. The idea
is that it must be made as dry as tin
der" by stirring, raking, cooking, air.
ing, recOcking. and airing again, before
setting up; when the fact is that it will
go in as green as any hay and does not
need more work.
When the weather promises fair for z
few days, 1 cut down about four or five
acres and let it lie until the third day.
Then, as soon as the dew is of, l put it
into large cocks of 200 or even more
pounds each. Then the fifth or sixth
day, as the work may direct, it is
pitched directly from the cocks into the
barn. In the intervening days l cut
more, and work it also towards the
barn, by the same means.
If on the second day the weather be-
tokens a foul turn, the miHet is raked
in Tor. nd
cocks and when the weather again be-
comes fair the cocks are simply
''whOpped'' bottom upward, and in the
afternoon one large cock is made Oftwo,
and then, when their time comes, they
are drawn either to the stack or barn.
Two things are peculiar to millet.
If it does get rained upon before it is
dry, no visible damage is done; and
when put in cocks it settles down very
compactly, and long stalks of the millet
make a very complete thatch and it
takes a very heavy rain to wet into
them.
1t needs Judgment when pitching, for
its weight is always underestimate. A
acknowledgement load by estimate
will always weigh a few hundred
pounds more on the scales, and,
in pitching, small forkfulls will
be amply large before night.
In securing, the barn is preferable to
stack and one handling is thus saved.
Cured and secured in this way, | do
not see how any large crop can be
gathered with very much less labor,
and when, in March and April, one has
a big NOW of well-cured millet to feed,
he laughs at snow-storms, throws down
an extra fOrkful of blossom-cut millet;
and, in return, ''old Brindle, now known
as Coomassie Jersey, think, gives a
summer mess of milk, and her owner
declares that he will pillow up that old
north meadow in April and put the
whole lot into German millet.-JobB
could, IN Rural NelO Yor5er.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-09-14
Odd statistics Of Suicide.


DR.. O'Dea gives statistical tables Of
the rate of suicide in various countries
at the present day. These are very
puzzling. Among tWenty-one selected
nationalities, including the United
States, only two show a higher suicide
rate than Switzerland. The two are
Denmark and SaxoEy. Dr.. O'Dea
makes no attempt to explain this pre-
eminence, nor does he find anything
surprising in the high rate of Switzev-
land. We confess that it surprises US a
good deal. For every seven Enleides
occurring in Portugal, for every sixteen
occurring in Ireland, for every forty oc-
curing in the United States, there &C.
cur two hundred and six in the land of
the Alps and of Lake Lemau, the land
to which men flock from the ends of the
earth, to be braced by the strong fresh
ness of its mountain wind, to inhale the
sweetness of its pine fragrance, to have
the eye frightened and the heart glad
dened by the glorious intoxication of its
beauty. g Nations,' says DR.. O'Dea,
''whose members are most given to
compromises with their own and others
passions, who are most sensual, willful
and impulsive, and who are least con-
trolled by religious feeling, are liable to
have high rates of suicide" Are the
Irish, then, less willful and impulsive
than the Swiss? Are the Swiss morally
or religiously inferior to the Portuguese
''The ratio of suicide to population,
the world over, as chiefly gorerned By
political and industrial cGuses.'' The
italics are DR.. O'Dea's. He certainly
does not mean that the worse the po-
htical and industrial conditions, the
lower is the rate of suicide; and yet, if
prosperous conditions, political and in
dustrial, check suicide, would he have
us believe that Portugal and Ireland are
POLITICALLY and industrially more IA
vored than Switzerland 1t seems
probable that the mercurial tempera-
ment of the Irish, and the stolidity of
the Portuguese, tend to keep down the
suicide rate; and we fancy that the
prevalence of suicide among the Swiss
may be accounted for by the keen, as
piring, sensitive character of the peo-
pie, and by consideration of the influ-
ence of sublime mountain scenery, with
violent contrasts between winter and
summer weather, in producing morbid
conditions of mind.-LO7sd01s Spectator.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-09-14
Making Fees.

A case was before the English law
courts n few DAYS ago which recalls
Fanny Kemble's experience with the
young lawyer who persisted in calling
upon her and boring her to death for
no object that she could see until he
sent in his bill, charging for each visit
rs a consultation; in fact, it was rather
worse than her case, since there does
not seem to have been any plea made
that the offender was about TO get mar
ried and found furnishing a house very
expensive The case was that of Walk
er VS.. Poole, where the defendant,
trustee and solicitor, had been ordered
n the usual way to file an affidavit OF
such documents as were in his posses
sion affect NC the litigation Acting up
on this order he made an immense aft
davit, which contained among other
things about sixty-siX pages describing
?, 275 letters that had passed between
the same parties, setting each one sepa-
rately. The cost of preparing and copy
ing this immense affidavit was some
thing substantial so the plaintiff
moved that it should be taken of the
file as being unnecessarily prolix and
expensive. Mr.. Justice KAY, before
whom the case was heard, decided that
the affidavit could only be looked upon As
an atte mpt to make costs, the lOng-eS-
tablished practice being to refer TO the
letters in bundles and not set them out
separately, aud so ordered the affidavit
to be taken of the file, and with it all
its surrounding costs out of the cause,
while the denfedant, trustee and solicit
or was ordered to pay the costs IF the
application personally. whereupon the
discounted limb of the law retired in
disgust, doubtless recalling regretfully
the good old chancery days. -LoWdoa
IQBer
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-09-14
The st. Louis Fair.

The announcement of the Twenty second
Annual fair, which will be found in our ad
vertising columns, promises, under the able
management Of its President, CHARLES
GREEN, to Outstrip even its famous gather
ings of former years. Never in its history
has it done so much to please its visitors.
In premiums it eXcels any exhibition in the
country. There are no such grounds else
where; its amphitheatre alone seats 90
600, and when filled with people is a
sight which would have delighted the Ro-
mans. The roads have been drained and
graveled, doing away with the mud so
troublesome in former years; the zoologi-
cal department has been largely increased.
The display of our merchants and manu-
facturers, and the exhibition Of fine horses
and stock will be the largest ever known.
The city was never so able to accommodate
a crowd, owing to the large increase Of
hotels. A new street railway has been
built which runs through to the grounds
And last, but not least, the Yelled Prophets
procession and grand illumination by our
merchants will make the Fair week one long
to be remembered by those who come.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-09-14

HosTETTER McG7NEIs and the Widow Flap
Jack. with whom Hostetter boards, have had
falling out, and his landlady no longer
sings Meet me where the flowers droop,'' on
the square piano in the parlor for him. The
misunderstanding occurred I'm this way /:
When Mrs. Flapjack handed him his piece Of
buttered bread at the supper table, he no.
ticcd that the butter was spread decidedly
thin He scraped the butter with his knife
and finally said: II wish you had been my
mother when was wild, WayWard child. y
g Your motherqn exclaimed the widow. Yes:
you lay 1t on so very light I can't perceive
1t, - replied the wretch, holding up the piece
of bread and butter, ''but my mother used to
lay it on so thick and heavy with strap, that
can feel it YETI The intimation that the
widow vas old enough to be McGinnis' moth
er, is what put the fat in the fire and now there
is no more talk among the other boarders
about Hostetter and the widow contemplat-
ing the preparation of matrimony. 1ezas
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-09-14
A New Phase of the Watermelon
Question.

Watermelons are not supposed to be
very nutritious, however delightful to
the palate; but a case has just occurred
in which a man subsisted for more than
week on the esculent fruit. A man
named Jose Manuel Rivera started in q
canoe off the coast of the Isthmus of
Panama to take a cargo of watermelons
to the Island of Otoque for sale. A gale
came up and drove him out to sea, and
all his efforts to reach the shore were
unavailing. For more than week he
drifted about, living entirely on the
watermelons, which served him as both
food and drink At the end of that time
he saw a steamer, and, hosting his shirt
on the paddle, made signals which were
finally seen from the ship, and the waif
was picked up.