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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
FLOOD.

HELENA, Ark, Feb. 16-The levee
broke this morning and the city is flooded.
During the prevalence Of a high wind to-
day the waves on the river were three to
fonr feet high and water poured over the
levee in front of Commercial row at fear
full rate. The greatest damage occurred
a tthe corner of Main and York streets.
Early this afternoon the fire bells were rung
and all classes of citizens turned out to
assist in strengthening the levee. The
levee two miles below the city broke at2
o'clock in two places. the water pouring
through at rapid rate, the culvert in the
ernbankment ii the middle of the railway
being closed to prevent the inundation of
the city Several small houses below the
elevator foated off to day
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
"A PLEASURE TRIP.

General Sherman accompanied by Gen
sral Pope and Col. Morrow will leave the
first of March for tour Of inspection of
the departments ofsTexas, New Mexico and
Arizona visiting all the principle parts on
the frontier of those states. A visit will
also be paid the Yosemite Valley and San
Francisco. The trip will occupy eight OF
ten days.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17

to them the extension of the United States
criminal laws only over their Territory.
inis they received favorably, and the
oiil Will probably be SO framed Senator
Miller, from New York, presented me-
moral from the Union League Club, of
New York, and signed by Ex-Secretary
Evarts, fovoring Blairs bill to appropriate
$15, 100000 for public education.
A vast number of petitions are being re-
csayed by. both Houses. praying for
legislation to regulate interstate commerce,
and prevent extortions and determinations
by common carriers.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
IOWA.

DEs MONIES, Feb. 16-The State Phar.
maceutical Convention to day selected Dav-
export as the place for the next meeting.
on the second Tuesday in May next. 4.
p. Townsend, of Boone, was elected Pres
ident; j. w. Ellis, of Patterson, William
Cullen Bryant, and G. r. Wallace, of In
dependence, Vice Presidents; Emil Borner.
Of Iowa City, Permanent Secretary; J. III.
Harrison, of Davenport, Local Secretary;
G. FL. Ward, of Des Moines, Treasurer;
Litchty, of Des Moines, Schrader, of Iowa
City, and Schlegel, of Davenport, execu-
tive committee.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
NoRrHroRr, wis. May 6. 1879.
JAMES ]. FELLOWS, Esq

JAMES /. FELLOWS, Esq
SIR:-I have been using your medicine
for over year now and with tho best
effects, have used 12 bottles of the Hy-
pophosites, and 1t has made q new man OF
me- have been ailing oven six years
with number of diseases, but lung din.
Guilty WIS the most prominent. j have
been under the care of great many doc
tors and have taken quantities Off medi-
cine without any apparent benefit but ap-
peared TO be still growing worse and weak
er until I accidently came across one OF
your circulars, and was constrained TO try
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17

We viii send DIR. Dyes Celebrated
Electro Voltaic Belts and other Electric
on trial for thirty days to
young men and older persons who are af-
fiicted with nervous debility, lost vitality,
etc, guaranteeing speedy relief and COM
plete restoration of vigor and manhood.
Also for rheumatism, neuralgia, paralysis,
liver and kidney difficulties, ruptures. and
many other diseases illustrated parnph-
let sent free. Address Vo1taic Belt Co.,
Marshall, Much.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17

which s distinctive and 20 meet the require
ments TO which il is applied, with surprising facil
ity. Peoria Transcript
Some who have been given up by our best physi
OF this lady, who has saved them from an carly
graXe.--Bloomington Sunday Eye.
name so well knowR In Central LAinots an To
have become household word in hundreds of FAINT
lies is that Of MrF DR.. Keek. Evening Peorian
During practice Of nearly IS years, DIR. Keck has
female physician I'm the west and the strongest en-.
dorsenents pour in from all parts OF the country
Woodford Sentinel.
Mrs. Keck has been active mad successFul
practitioner for IS years. She makes q special
study OF chronic diseases. only and has certafnly
Farmer.
Time and larger acquaintance with the people
only serve 70 add yearly 10 Mrs Keck celebrity az
q physician and good name q citizsn.-Evening
Peorian -
This lady Is 80 well End faYorably known 10 our
readers that she needs but a passing notice here
she comes alyRys crowned with Compliments ana
bearing pea tne highest recomInen ndations.--Idncoln
The Doctors rapidly growing popularity is q con.
slant cause Of rerlark, She has always had large
practice here probably the rst in the city and sti
- increasing and patients come from great dfstAp
ceE.-Peoria Freeman -
This lady has gained eminence In the practice
or her specially of chronic diseases, which Inspires
Meritorious enaulation the part Of younger, and
even older, followers Of Esculapius and the result
Of her skill and successful treatment bring forth the
praises and blessings Of hundreds not in DaVenDost
only, but through the broad distances Of the States
Davenport Democrat.
Medicines Free at Office,
;. M. Sundays 2 to 5 r. M.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
DELINQUENT RAILROAD.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. 17-Secretary
Dunkel, of the Department of Internal af-
fairs, placed list of seventeen railroad
companies doing business in this state, in
the hands of the Attorney General, re-
questing him to proceed against them be-
cause OF failure to return to the Auditor
General an annual report within thirty
days after. the expiration Of the fiscal year.
The penalty for each road 10 $1,000.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
RESPTTED.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 17.-Martin Plaquette,
who was to be hanged at New Madrid, Mo.
legislature named Barnes, one year ago,
has been granted stay of execution by
the Supreme Court until that tribunal can
hear his case
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
CHARGE THEIR EMPLOYEES.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 17-The Iron Mountain
Railroad viii charge all of its employees
working in its shops and yards in South
81. Louis, six miles below the centre of the
city, the full fare of fifteen cents for pas-
sage between the two points. Some 300
men are concerned in the order. Hitherto
they have ridden free.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17

These ailments follow from torpid liver
and eostive bowels; the skin, bowels and
kidneys failing in their proper work, an
acrid poison is formed in the blood, which
is the oecusion of these acute diseases.
Kidney Wort. produces healthy action of
all secretive organs, and throws off the
rheumatic poison. Equally efficient in
Liquid or Dry form = later Ocean
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17

No invalid who values health and its blessings
should over risk the of testimony whichaexists
to her ability to apparently hopeless cases
Lincoln llAl Herald.
The Doctor is adding daily to her already illnstri-
ous and we1l-earned reputation.--Peo Journals
Indeed, if all our physicians were TO take the
same interest and work with the same professional
zeal Mrs. DIR. Kcek, who gives her life her entire
time and labor, to the grand conquest of human
disease. then would there be less affection, and bet
ter health at large Bloomington Bulletin.
The lady is herself a remarkable woman Enga-
ging in the practice of medicine about Is years ago.
when it difficult for woman in any public
position to have her qualities recognizad even to
meet tolerance. Mrs. DR.. Keck, by virtue of rare
merit, supported by indomitably perseverance,. has
worked heroicy and rapidly upward, until now she
stands upon an eIninence professionally celebrated
socially respected, and financially solid-Dayen-
port Gazette.
Mrs. DIR. Keck has shown herself to bea wonder
at it what way you will.-Peoria National Democrat.
Frank generous, and kind-hearted, she has won
the affections of all classes, and is respected and
honored not alone for her professional attainments
but for her high qualities lady and upright eiti
zsn.-Industries of Peoria.
we speak from onr own knowledge. when We say
she is one of the most successful practitioners, in
the treatment Of diseases made speciality by her
Ia this country. ry.-Washington Farmer.
The growth of her b1sinexs in this city has been
steady and rapid and her reputation for practical
skill in the treatment of chronic diseases fs widely
ncreasing.-Evening Peorian.
During her last visit here Ii was wonderful to see
the vast crowd Of patients that gathered around her
Lincoln (IIl( Herald.
This lady has developed q system Of practice
Consultation and Trial
s- Office hours, 8 A. nj. to 5
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
ILLINOIS DRST4TUTIos.

CHICAGO, Jan. IA local paper says
the Governor of Illinois has received inform
alton that in southern Illinois women and
children are dying from starvation. The
reports, although not credited, will be
thoroughly investigated.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
PROBABILITIES.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Upper Missis
sippi and Lower Missouri valleys cloudy
weather with rain or snow, northerly veer-
ing to easterly winds in north portion,
higher temperature, lower pressure.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, Feb. Il.
Wheat-Unsettled; l p cash; 23A April and
26 May.
Corn-Weak, 5714 cash; SIX March; Gas May.
Oats-Firmer, 393 cash; DO March; 4S1i April,
4S1s May
Rye-S3c
Barley-Nominal. l co.
Whiskey-I 10.
Pork-Lower; II To06l17 so cash: II 75 April.
Lard-Steady; 10 IS cash; 10 95 April
LIVE STOCK.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; 1896 IS; mix. packing
6 15615 IS: heavy, 65G17 30.
Catte-Receipts coo: exports f006 so; good to
choice shipping, 701E6 90; Butchers. 5094 so.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
BANK FAILURE.

ST LOUIS, Feb. 17.-Itsis reported here,
that the Citizens Bank Georgetown, Ills,
is reported suspended, and that FL. F. Hen
derson & Co., grain dealers of Danville,
His, have failed with liabilities $1,000 and
poor assets $50O0
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
HITNG.

PITTsBuRe, Pa, Feb. IA Chronicle
special from Indiana, Pa. says: j. G.
Allison. convicted of numbering his father,
suffered the penalty of death by hanging
at II o'clock this morning.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
CAPITAL NOTES.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-THE Indians
regard suspiciously the bill to establish q.
?. :, Court u the Indian Territory, thinking
mat 1t viii open the Territory to white
1e'tlers The committee to-day proposed
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
STAR ROUTE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE grand jury
has commenced investigation of the Sta
Route services in Oregon
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
DEAD.

HUNTINGTON, Pen. Feb. 17-Associate
Leas of this state died suddenly in pass
enger train at Mount Union this morning.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
ICE GORGE.

ALBANY, Feb, 17.-The ice has gorged
and backwater filed stores and cellars
along the river front, causing quite heavy
lazS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17

your medicine, and found its effects were
almost magical upon me, and l was sur
prise to myself and friends, having gained
so rapidly in flesh.
/ remain respectfully,
LAWRENCE DoRAS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
POTTER ARRESTED.

the World building is held in bail of $1,000
to the Grand Jury,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
FoRTY.sEyENTH CONGRESS-.
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Springer moved
to reconsider the vote by which Celerick's
amendment to the apportionment bill was
rejected yesterday. The amendment pro-
vidss that the Governor of any state may
call special election when the legislature
tails to indicate the date before the elec.
ton sf representatives. The House tabled
the resolution 13O to 40
Yeas and nays were then ordered ON
Coierlcks substitute fixing the number OF
representatives at 316. Rejected. Nays,
154, yeas 81.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
FEARS.

GALVESTON, Mass, Feb. 17.-Grave ap-
prehensions for the safety of Saint Georges
Haddocking feet.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
FOREIGN.

LONDON, Feb. 16.-Tenant farmers to
day performed the agricultural work neces
sary on Parnell's farm at Avondale, county
Wicklow,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17

For diseases of the nerves, brain, blood
and lungs, a superior medicine to all
other is Browns Iron Bitters.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
SENATE.

After considering several bills on the
calendar without action, the Senate agreed
10 adjourn over until Monday, and then
ordered an executive session.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-17
New York Market.

NEW YORK, Feb. II.
FINANCIAL.
,o1a M
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-09-23
Anecdotes of Animals.

A jet black lamb was the offspring
of a sheep belonging to Robert Good
ard, of Oak Hill, Me. The mother re-
fused to recognize or assist it in any
way, but when she subsequently gave
birth to snow.white lamb it was
greeted with extravagant affection.
On Sunday evening a Waterman
in Troy factory helped his dilatory
dog into the building with the toe of
his boot. On all week days now the
dog enters the factory as usual, but no
amount of coaxing can get him near
the building ON the Sabbath.
During storm at Cuthbert, Ga, a
barrel containing hen sitting on a
nest of eggs was picked up, whirled
round, and blown over the house. 1t
dropped right side up in the front
yard. The hen remained undisturbed,
and the chickens were Matched soon
after the aerial journey.
A monkey belonging to George
Rrodie, of Pittsburg, Pa, is credited
with extraordinary sagacity. The an.
imal is often told to bring one or the
other of the two newspapers, taken by
the family, to Mr.. Brodie's aged
mother. One is printed with large
type and the other in very fine, and
not always clear letters. 1t is said
that whenever he brings the latter he
brings her spectacles also.
Dogs that get drunk are not unc ON.
mon. "Old Jack" of Indianapolis,
Ind, belonging to the fire department,
regularly drank refuse beer from the
empty kegs OF the saloon adjoining his
home, but getting drunk the other
day, just as an alarm of fire sounded, he
fell beneath the wheels of the machine
and was crushed to death.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-09-23

nearest police station, and there make
a statutory declaration to the effect
that the Ivan Ivanovich, residing at
such an address in such perspective,
is the very identical Ivan Ivanovich
mentioned in the official notification,
and no other. His declaration SOL
EMMY made, the chief or police of the
quarter solemnly legalizesn the
document, and the notific ton having
been signed by Ivan Ivanovich, can
then be exchanged for the registered
letter at the post office. Of course
Ivan Ivanovich cannot get his CON-
munication on the day of Its arrival,
he must personally present himself at
the post Office in order to receive it,
and he is sometimes called upon to
pay lees of one kind or another q
value in excess OF that of the contents
Of the letter themselves. Nor are the
formalilies which have to be COM
piled with in the dispatch of registered
letters at all less annoying or expens-
i've. One of the regulations makes it
incum bent upon the sender to write
the value of the package, in coin,
notes or articles, on form, and also
on the outside of the envelope and
this, in some cases, must take place in
french. How injuriously this ar
rangement may operate is shown by
the details OF case which have just
reached me from Moscow. In small
village twenty miles from the old
Russian capital lives a tradesman
who is in the habit of sending small
SUMS of money through the post by
registered letter. He does not know
French. the post Office officials of his
village are ignorant of that language,
he can get no one to assist him, and
is, therefore, Obliged to travel twenty
miles to Moscow to dispatch his
packet there. The result is that the
cost of the journey is actually in ex-
cess of the amount of his Enclosure!
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-09-23
Loss of Memory by the Aged.

Mr.. Winthrop has his mental facul.
ties in full vigor. His Yorktown ora
ton will be well remembered as a
proof of this. We have had two nota-
bic examples of the decay of memory
in great men in the case of Mr.. Adams
and Mr.. Emerson. There is a COM
plete blank in Mr.. Adams mind often
as regards the more immediate past,
which made him an easy prey to the
scoundrel who has just had five
years sentence in the State prison for
swindling him. Mr.. Enerson's lack
of memory took another form. He
could not remember the names, either
Of persons or things, when he under
took to converse but this did not in
volve an incapacity for ordinary rea-
soning. There is a pleasant story
showing that something of the ele-
ment of humor remained with him
during his time of difficulty in this
respect. He was going out one day
and his daughter saw him searching
for something to take with him. He
could not name it. She mentioned
two or three articles, to which he re-
turned negative. At length he
turned to her with twinkle in his
eye and said: sit is the thing that
people take away" She at once
brought him his umbrella, and all was
right. DR.. Holmes, who is two years
past 70, was asked the other day if he
had this trouble In remembering. He
replied: "Notat all, except possibly in
the case of persons" This statement
may readily be credited when it is re.
membered that he is active as a lee
turer before the Massachusetts Medi.
cal College, and gives no less than
seventy lectures in a season to its stu
dents.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-09-23

Likely to be a myrrh maid-tb
anothaearv,s dauOhter

Likely to be a myrrh maid-tba
apothecary's daughter.
The army contractors small pleas.
antry COZ course, these breeches ara
going to give way; but what care onr
gallant soldiers? They can covar
themselves with glory"
The meanest kind of mean man IL
the one who, seeing another lying in o
hammock, bowls "dog fight" so that
he may see the victim try to get outsof
the hammock quick, and get sIono
about six somersaults with mud in
his mouth.
81 didn't order that whisk. broom u
growled man in a Nassau street ree.
taurant, pointing to plate the waiter
had Just brought. "Why, that ia NOT
a broom, sir 20 "What is it, then 81
demanded he guest. "Asparergrass y
was the reply.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-09-23
The Field and Garden.

The best treatment for hyacinth
bulbs after Towering in pots in the
house is to put the ball of earth in
which the bulb remains in the
Garden for the summer. Here the bulb
will regain some of the strength ex-
nended from the forcing in the house,
and will multiply from year to year.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-09-23

A very rich man said: 81 worked
like q slave till | was forty years old
to make my fortune, and have been
watching it like detective ever since,
for my lodging, food, and clothes.n
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-09-23

The comparative absence of smaller
forms of animal life in Bermuda rem
oefs solitary walking an insupportabIe
loneliness. In the somber cedar woods
no bright-eyed squirrel sits aloft
ana relieves the dreariness by his chat
tering and scampering no song. birds
such as there are in England, fill the
air with melody. InnumerabIa ants
nolselessly pursue their endless labors
ana no sound breaks the silence hnt
an occasional chirp from cricket or
grasshopper, the hum of the cieada
ana the occasional whirring wings Of
some silent bird. But when tired Of
quiet woods and gardens, the visitor
IN Bermuda will find much that ia
interesting on the sea shores. The
beaches are lovely, white as snow and
aoounding in shells, no less than $50
varieties being found In this little isIo
me seaweeds are wonderfully delicate
ana beautiful, and fish In endless va.
net swarm in the waters.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-24
Assessment for Widening Bluff Street.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUEBLO WORKS, !
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. 81, 1882.

The Board OF Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of st. Paul, Mimi, will
meet at their Office in said city, at 2 p. M, OF
the 18th day of December, A. D. 1882, to make
an assessment OF benefits, damages, costs and
expenses arising from the widening of Bluff
street at its junction with Rice street, and OK
tending so feet easterly in said city, on the
property on the line of said widening and such
damaged thereby,
The land necessary to be condemned and
taken for said widening, is described as follows,
to-wit:
1.-THE westerly fifty (50) feet OF that certain
strip OF land living between Bluff street and the
following described land, to-wit: Beginning at
q point on line between section Sc, town 20,
range %, and section 81, town 20, range %,
where said section line is intersected by line
bearing north 4S degrees, 80 minutes west,
which line is the boundary between lands fer
merly owned by John r. Irvine on the south
westerly side, and lands formerly owned by We
tai Guerin on the northeasterly side, thence
running south 4S11 degrees, east 76 links from
last mentioned point running north So degrees,
5 minutes. east 4.56 chains, thence south 46 de-
grees, IS minutes, east 1.64 chains, thence south
So degrees, minutes, west 4.ES chains, thence
north 4315 degrees, west 1854 chains to the
place OF beginning, the old Irvine claim line,
which is the west boundary of the above de-
scribed property, to form the west boundary of
said street,
All persons Interested are hereby notified to
be present at said time ard place of making said
assessment and will be heard
JOHN HARRINGTON, President.
Official: r. L. GoRMAN,
Clerk Board OF Public Works. 326-32S