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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-19
The Peculiar Usefulness of School Girls

The Peculiar Usefulness of School Girls
IF thare IL emmy thing that will fetch
boys to town, who haint got no bizness,
its the skool girls. If thare il enny
thing that can walk up a noddin clerk
on dull day and make him act like he
had big bizness on hand, its the skool
girls: I've tribe it. And if thare izennv
thing that viii make a bizzy man forgit
his bizness and look out in forgitful
manner, its them girls. And it amt
oOntinde to young clurks altogether:
I've tried that, too. If thare IL enny
thing that can make a Teller forgit his
pofsht Shoes and walk rite strait into a
water tank of mud; make a Teller slut
ter, blush and make the fore corners ov
the globe play hide and seek on the face
of that unfortunate chap. | tell YOU
nothing can caws il to happen az quick
and az completely az them butvful
skool gurls. If thare il emmy thing that
will change his relijus faith and maik
him go to preechin, where he ALWAYS
sed he wood not go; and if thare il en-
ny thing that can maik him forgit the
sermon after he duz go. its the skOol
gurls. If thare is thing in the wurld
that can maik a talkin man afrade to
talk, and maik mistakes, and git skeerd
and existed when he duz talk, its Just to
be caught up by surprise in parlor by
a few or good menny skool gurls
That happened in my naborhood wunce
Ii thare il emmy thing that can put
blank smile on a sour countynanee and
make teller ware clean collar and
rub his teeth, they kan fetch it on quick
er and with least efforts of emmy agents
ever / saw. If thar IL emmy thing that
viii make feller forget to waite for his
sister, its the skool gurls. They learn
boys to love flowers. I've seen sum 90
all over fifteen aker field huntin daises
and pepper grass and peach blossoms to
ware on their coats just to look nice and
Civ UNI to the skool gurls No town
nor county cant afford to do without
um. | believe in um-the skool gurls."
-Et6erto11 Neao S0atth.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-19

A colored resident of San Francisco
dying, left modest estate of S4.77g
and by his viii appointed Roderigo
Wilkinson and Henry NJ. Smith execIt-
tors, instructing them to divide up his
money among themselves and certain
other persons and one church and
Mutual Benefit Society ''as they might
deem proper" AS it unhappily CHANGED
when the testator died Smith was sery-
ing term in the State prison. and
could not act, much as he would have
liked to. The other day the other and
sole acting executor filed his account for
distribution, giving to the parties named
as follows: To Mr.. Smith Mrs. Wilson
and Mrs. Nickens, 500 each; to Zion
Church. $3.50; to the society, $50: 10
himself the balance of the estate, 81
079. An unfeeling court refused Ia
confirm the distribution on the ground
that it was unjust, and ordered that the
estate be more fairly distributed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28
coNNuB1AL COMPLICATIONS

CINCINNATI. Nov 23.-William Dengess
was married to-day to Mrs. Alice G rape
WINE in Greene county, near Xenia, Ohio.
Four years ago Wm. Dengess married
Alice Johnson, then very young. 1t was
not long before his drunken habits forcad
herdo procure divorce few months
afterward they were remarked, but last
winter he again resumed his bad habits.
and on Feb she was again divorced. In
the meantime JOS. Grapevine. marshal of
Jamestown, the village in which the Den
CESS family lived, and who had often pro-
tected Mrs Dengess from the drunken as
saults of her husband mistreated Mrs.
Grapevine so badly that she, too, procured
divorce on March 81 last On April 2 Jo
seph Grapevine and Mrs. Dengess, formerly
Miss Johnson, were married at Columbus,
and went TO Newark, Ohio, to reside.
Grapevine soon deserted her, came to
Xenia, and lived with his former wife.
Alice followed him, and in a short time
obtained divorce from Joseph. which left
him free to wed his divorced wife, and
which he has since done; aud now William
Dengess and Miss Johnson Dengess Grape
wine have again been united in matrimony,
and the two couples are just where they
started from four years ago.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28

corpse which was taken out of its recepta
Gle had been there zine hours. The doctor
who accompanied the visitor struck the
dead man on the breast with stick, and
the soundwas just asst he had struckstone.,
.'Cest effrayantn adds this descriptive
writer. M y guide, . he continues told me
that the corpses once frozen at this temper
allure viii stand erect upon their feet, and
should they fall down they do not sustain
slightest scratch But the noise is like that
of marble chimney-p crashing down
upon the floor" During the experiments
which preceded sthe adoption of the new
system corpses in this frozen state We're
actually thrown about but although they
made IN fracas terrible, they were not in
the least damaged. No wonder that the
Morgue has become more than ever attract
i've as one of the sights of Paris" and
that the municipality is seriously con
the construction of larger
building for the accommodation of its
unclaimed dead.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28

influx that comes with the session. Rooms
of all sorts, desirable and undesirable,
rent for at least one third more than twelve
months ago-.tt least they are expected to
rent so much higher. 1t used to be that
he CONGRESSMAN was considered the star
laiger, and persons having quarters to let
held back NTH the advent of ssenators and
rnembers Now, alTAost NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
all the rich senators and members not of a
penurious disposition have their own
houses, and the average senator or mem
bers who goes around hunting for lodgings
will stick for the last farthing They have
thus come to be regarded as rather un-
desirable tenants, and persons with rooms
for rent no longer think of holding back
until congress comes. So many people
OF means and leisure come here now for
the winter tffat landlords are comparatively
Independents of members Of congress
Some of the correspondents represent
Postmaster General Howe. as being en-
gagged in devising means to reduce the
aevenues of his department, which has
Suddenly become not only self-supporting
but actually source of profit to the gov
ernmeut One of Mr.. Howe's suggestions
is said to be gratuitous envelope scheme;
that is. to sell stamped envelopes for the
price Of the stamp, the envelope being
thrown in. But it does not seem necessary
for the p. M G. to get excited over the
fact that his department is self-sustaining.
1t should have been so for many years
past, and would if it had been properly
managed, and if star route frauds straw
bids, and other swindles had not been
toIerx ted and encouraged There is, how
ever, no reason for being previous about
plans for reducing the net revenues! The
present three-cent letter rate is as low as
anybody can desire, much lower consider
ing the average distances that mails are
carried in the United States than is the
two cent postage of Great Britain. Just
think of the early days when postage was
twenty-five cents, or more and the total
expense of Writing a letter to your girl
about dollar more or less. Sweethearts
were dear creatures in those days.
Dom PEDRO
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28
RING OUT, WILD BELLS.
BY ALFRED TENNYsoN

Many persons will be pleased to possess
the beautiful stanzas Occurring in the In
Memorlam" of the poet laureate of Eng
land) which Lee & Shepard have now in
Guided in a volume of the Golden Floral"
series The impressive and Almost touch +
ing strains are singularly appropriate to the
Christmas season, but are equally full OF
charm for all seasons. But what lend
special attraction to this volume are, the
illustrations and binding. The former are
from designs by Miss L. B. Humphrey, en-
graved by Andrew, and are so full of ex
preston and so exquisitely wrought as to
impart fresh life to the poem itself The
binding as already described must be seen
in order to be appreciated. The book is
also offered in the original cloth style.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28
An Improvement In the Paris II rgue
St James G,azette

Every corpse 5na 7 akea e IPe
block almost. as hard as stone. This result
is obtained by Cares chemical refriger-
ator which is capable of reducing the tenn
psrature ofithe gruesome Conservatory, !"
where each body is laid out on something
closely resembling a. ecamp-bedstead jim
stone, TO fifteen degrees below zero cent?
grade Al the back of this ,salleris a rev of
stove -lilzeA com partmeHts ia which the
corpses, are boxed up and frozen. hard
before being exposed to- public KieK. As
an illustration of the intense cold thus
artiflcially secured, "a Paris journalist jim
describing recent visit to the Morgue,
says that in opening one of the compart.
ments the attendant took the precaution
to wearga glove, lest 9 his hand should be
burned by contact with cold iron" The
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28
Senator Cali, of Florida, tells pleasing

Senator Call of Florida, tells a pleasing
story about the late election in that state.
which gave an apparent majority to Bis
bee, republican, over Finley, democrat.
The law requires a! residence of twelve
months in the state and of six months in
the county for every voter. and this resi-
dence was togbe proved underNa SECESSION
of the republicanssupreme court, by the
oath of the intending Voter. Only this
and nothing more. Were it merely ques-
ton of hard swearing every fair-minded
man would have to acknowledge that hon
ors in such a case would be equally divided
between republicans and democrats; but in
all public and official swearing the chief
consideration is whether the intending
swearer knows the value of an oath, and
en- this ground the republicans beat the
democrats out of sight. A party nourished
on grand moral ideas is on hand every time
when it comes to putting an cath where it
viii. do the most good So
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28
Chancery Notice.
STATE OF ILLINOIS, I
Rock Island County. {

STATE OF ILLINOIS, 90
Rock Island County.
In the Circuit Court, To the January Term, 1889.
Alonzo d. Jacobs vs. Cynthia Jacobs, in han
Gerry.
Affidavit of the non-residence of Cynthia Jacobs,
the above named defendant. having been filed in the
Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of said county,
tce is therefore hereby given 10 the said nonresi
dent defendant that the complainant filed his bill of
complaint in said Court, the Chancery side there
of, on the 10th day of November, 1892 and that
thereupon summons issued out Of said Court,
wherein said suit is pending, retumable on the
first Monday in the month OF January next, is by
law required. Now, unless you, the said non-resl-
dent defendant above named shall personally be and
appear before said Circuit Court the first day of
the next term thereof, to be holden at Rock Island
in and for the said county, the first Monday in
January next, and plead. answer demur to the
said complainant's bin of complaint. the and
the matters and things therein charged and stated
viii be taken confessed. and a decree entered
against you according 10 the prayer of said bill.
Rock Island, Illinois, November goth, 1882.
l.. h. HARRISON. Clerk.
NJ. NJ. CORBETT, Compt.s Sol. nov2Od4w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28
Chancery Notice.
STATE OF ILLINOIS ! :

Rock Island County
In the Circuit Court TO the january Term A. D.,
1888.
gerry.
2 Affidavit of the non-Tesidenee OF Rebecca Nc
Gregor, the abova named defendant. having been
6led in the Clerk efce of the Circuit Court Of said
county, notice is therefore hereby given 10 the said
nonresident defendant that the complainant fleG
his bill OF complaint in said Court on the Chancery
side thereof, the 18th day of Now mber. 1882, and
that thereupon summons issued out of said court,
wherein said suit is pending, returnable on the
first Monday in the month of January next, as is
by law required. Now. unless You, the said non
resident defendant above named. shall personally be
and appear before said Circuit Court the first day
of the term thereof TO be holden AT Rock Island
in and for said County the first Monday in Jan
uary next. and plead, demur TO the
said compliments bin of complaint, the same and
the matters and things therein charged and stated
will be taken confessed. and decree entered
against you according to the prayer of said bilt.
Rock Island, :. Nov IA, A. d. 1892.
LEVI f. HARRISON, Clerk.
P. O7MARA, Compt's So noV-I -Sd4w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28
cEooKxn rosrAI oFFrclAns.T 7 u

says: Since the failure to convict Corbin
and Iddings in the Star route suit against
the stage dine from Sidney -tp Deadwood
on one Indictment. >allsthe others against
them have been dismissed. Yesterday the
case against former Postmaster C1ary at
Sidney, for false returns as to the arrival
and departure of mails came up. Under
an agreement of counsel that if yer
dict of guilty upon the remaining 105
counts, of the 106 in the indictment, Clary
was sentenced to pay a fine of $500.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28
FALsIFYENG DIAMONDS
London Times.

The diamond fields of South Africa pro
duce large quantities of yellow diamonds.
This oelor, of course, lessons the value
considerably, and white diamond is
worth five to six times as much as a yellow
one of the same weight and quality. It
was recently reported that o method of re-
moving the color had been discovered,
Such is the case, but the important add
ton has to be made that the yellow reap
pears after slight washing, xas some
French merchants lately found oat to their
cost. after purchase, at high price. of
some perfectly white diamonds. The
method is simple application of the law
Of Complementary colors. The yellow
diamond is put IN some violet solution.
A slight coating of violet suff1ces to render
diamonds of the most pronounced yellow
tint perfectly white % {-3<6t Il
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28
Masters Sale
STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Rock Island County.
In the Circuit Court: In Chal

"
In the Circuit Court In Chancery
Lucy A. Buferd. Blanche Buford Lucy Buford
and George Buford, VS. Patsey Jackson. Betty BIZ
ford. Mary p. Buford and James W. Postlewsit ad-
ministrators Of the estate of Charles Buford. Jr
deceased, Mary p. Buford guardian of Charles
Buford and Harriet Buford, Mary p Buford, Charles
Buford, Harriet Buford. Henry NJ Buford Basil D.
Buford, Louis NJ. Bnford, susan B Edison, Char
lotte Buford and Henrietta B. Barbee
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a decree
of said Court entered in the above entitled eause
the Thirtieth day of September, A D. 1882, the I'm
dersigned will, on Saturday the 30th dayof Decem-
Der, a ID. 1882, at the hour of two O'Clock in the
afternoon of said day, at the North door of the
Court House. in the City of Rock Island III said
County, sell 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 Island;
Also, opt-fot forty, (40l, shown on the Assess
ors plat of lots and outlots the city of Rock Is
land for the year 1854 in the southeast quarter "a
of section thirty-fve. (35), in township eighteen,
(1s), north range two CO. west of the fourth prin-
Cpal meridian.
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois. this 23rd day of
November. A. D. 1892.
Nj. EDWARD SWEENEY.
Special Master.
PARKS 4 peasants. Solcrs. for Petitioners
nov -23-d30d
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28
Chancery Notice.
STATE OF ILLINOIS, =.
Rock ISLAND COUNTY.

STATE OF ILLINOIS, -
Rock ISLAND COUNTY.
In the Circuit Court, to the January Term 1882.
L. II. Frink Addie Frink, in Chancery.
Affidavit of the noI-resdence of Addie Frink, the
above named defendant, having been fled in the
Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of said county,
tice is therefore hereby given to the said non-resi
dent defendant that the complainant filed his bill
complaint in said court the Chancery side there
of. on tire 20th day of November, 1892, and that
thereupon summons issued out of said Court,
wherein said suit is pending retuTnable ON the
first Monday in the month OF January next, is by
law required---&ow, unless you, the said non-res-
dent defendant above named, shall personally be
and appear before said Circuit Court the first day
of the next term thereof to be holden at Rock Island
in, and for the said county on the first Monday in
January next, and plead answer dcmur to the
said compliments bill of complaint the same and
the matters and things therein charged and stated
will be taken as confessed, and decree entered
against you according TO the prayer of said bill.
Rock Island Illinois. November both, 1892
F4a l.. f. HARRISON. Clerk.
M. NJ. CoRBETT, Compt's Sol. nov20d4w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28
Evolution of the California Woman.
san Francisco Exchange


OF late years our women have developed
a great interest in field sports. We have
S cen ladies who were far beyond the aver
ags quail shot, and others who could
throw a line with more than the skin of
the average angler. They have grown fond
of walking and driving. Some, of the
more progressive even fence and spar. al
though we confess We do. not like to see a
woman with the 'mufflers'' on. No matter
about the foil In the hands of man or
woman, when skilfully hshdled, it induces
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28

The rapid development of this country
is all that justifies the unprecedented rail
way construction of che present year. The
figures are indeed surprising From Jan.
l to Nov. /, 1882, there were 9,143 miles
of new track laid, and in the month of
October 1,06s miles ofenew track were re-
ported as having been laid upon seventy
one main lines, making the railroad mile
age of the country on Oct. /, 81 ,075 miles.
The record of last gear, which is unprece
dented has been exceeded, and it is doubt
full whether in any year to come the rail-
road construction of this year viii be out
done When all the reports for the year
are in they will probably show an increase
of II, 900 miles of railroad track laid in
1882. When it lis Remembered that men
yet living. vent in stages coaches Gbeyond
Pittsburgh, Pa, the strides of American
enterprise seem wonderful.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28
Eating the Bouquet.
From the owago Times. .

At hotel in this city acoupte from the
country, of Milesian extraction, took seals
at the dinner table. Directly after young
couple seated themselves opposite, and
the young man took stalk of celery from
the dish and commenced eating it. The
old lady opposite looked at him moment
with an air of disgust, and then, nudging
her husband, said, IN a stage whisper:
"D'ye moind the BLACKBOARD ating the
bokay"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28
There Were -aiants in Those Days.
From the Paris Kentnckian

Thomas Current Howard died Thursday
evening at, theF residence of his brothers
Matt Howard, near this city, aged 50
years the s24h day~ef rnext aHlonth. HE
was . childish wild oyers bis height was six
feet four inches. and weight $50 pounds.
His parents and their nine children;s
height ranged from six feet two inches to
six feet eleven and half inches, and their
weight from $50 to 266 pounds.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28
->-----~-----
He Has Had Bones Broken.

Elihu Stevens, aged 81, of Middietown.
last week dislocated his hip. Eighteen
years ago he broke both wrists and almost
broke his neck, which was seriously in
jured. At another time one of mis- legs
was broken, and he has twice broken one
or more ribs, besides his nose. In all he
has had twenty six bones broken, and yet
no is q temperance man.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28
Remember

It is well for Consumers
remember when they wa -
to buy anything in the BOOJ
and SHOE Line, that the place
to buy them is where they Cal
get the Best Goods for thel
money, and we wish to s.
we buy only IL full case I
and of n anufacturers, a
are thus able to give you Be-
ter Goods for youI mone,
than you can buy elsewhere
Call and examine our STOCK
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28
SWEENEY, jackson &sALgER

A rTORNETS AND COUNEKLL6RS AT EEW
~ ONO Bengston's Block, Rock Island, III.
Aug1dwy
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-28
81 a Box, Six Boxes for 50.
M. nj. CORBETT.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Solicitor in Chaneery and
1Sotary Public. Abstracts Leans and COLLECTIONS
9mce. bnfords Block, I'd 9aFenue, over Bakers
SeNeAry store. n0ysD-dIy
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-24
Array staChurch.


We learn ftoa The Goqseville
Times that ia Sc 1oth inst, Il.
Turkey Crock charch ii C1lho1n
county, Nj. 3, ]. Fiannagin was
seriously shot b. Mr. &. G. Clemens.
A protracted meeting was in session
and Clemens, who Is aaid to be q
bad character, and who was on the
premises the fore part of the even
ing drinking and swearing, entered
the church when preaching COM
menced. Mr. Flanagan (deacon III
the church thinking be was in no
condition to be there, canght him
by the lapel Of thecpat and elected
him from the church; IL the same
time Clemens caught Flan1agin by
the muscles Of the arm and pulled
him out also. rem6rking .Old man
you don't know Who you are footing
WITH" and shot him ia the right
cheek, the ball passing out near the
temple, making dangerous and
severe wound. Clemens also pre-
sented pistol at the officers when
arrested, but the latter got the drop
on him by one Of them grabbing the
weapon. Mr.. Flanagan is well
thought Of as citizen Of the. COM
munity, and considerable indigna-
tion and excitement was raised at
his being shot& I'm
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-24
NOTICE,
MERCHANTS AND FARMERS.
Thousands Of Dollars Saved to the
SOUTH.

Thomas j. Erwin, a well known citizen az
Jefferson county, Miss, has for the last ten
years been experimenting in the cultivation
OF Irish potatoes, and claims to have learn.
ed the secret Of raising fall potatoes more
successfully than any other man in the
South. In the fall of 1880 he raised upwards
OF three hundred bushels on his oat patch
after cutting oats; he also raised fine croI
in the fall Of 1881, as dry as the fall was
Some OF the finest potatoes that were evel
and sold for S. per barrel. In case thi:
statement is doubted, he refers to the fol
lowing persons, who bought Of him. Prof
johnson, Of Whitworth College, Storm
Son, Pfeifer & Dreyfus, M. Priebatsch, r
II. Henry, and many others; also to VIM
berley & Rea, at Wesson; Z. Ferguson, a,
Beauregard; s. Lehman. at Union Church
who sold to his customers for planting seed
Iraise my own seed and plant in the fall
I have planted the same potato for ten
years, raise two crops year, and find them
improving all the time. The South can
beat the world raising Irish potatoes. All
that is needed ktO know when and how to
plant fall crop ta1insure their coming up,
and how to save them.
Now is the time for the overfowed lands
on the Mississippi river. They can plant
fall crops and make from two to three hum
dred bushels per acre, This is no, Yankee
trick. Every farmer ought to raise at least
enough Irish potatoes for home use, and
quit being slaves for the North.
| will, for one dollar, give receipt of my
ten years experience in raising Irish pota-
toes, both spring and fall crops, Those
who buy my receipt, if they go by directions,
will never fail to make large crops, and it
will be the means If saving the &euth
thousands OF dollars. T. J. ERWIN, =
Brookhaven, Miss, care Ledger office.