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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24
STATE NEWS.

Mrs. Hannah Duesenbury aged 81,
died at Decatur on the 21st.
Hon. Gustavus A. Marsh died at Gales
burg on the 21st, aged SO years. lie was
a captain of the Twelfth Illinois cavalry
during the war.
gElgin has decided to substitute electric
ity for gas as public illuminator. The
Brush light and tower system is TO be
used, and the agreed cost is 80, 500 per
year.
Mrs. Mary G. McDowell. wife of Hon.
G. E. Mcdowell, formerly state senator,
died at Carmi on the 21st from general
prostration caused by watching at the
bedside of her invalid daughter for many
months.
| The two Decatur lodges of Odd Fellows
have decided to get up a grand home eel
ebration in Decatur on April 20. the fifty
fourth anniversary of the organization of
Odd Fellowship IN America. Invitations
will be sent out to- twenty five lodges in
Central Illinois A great demonstration
is anticipated.
Capt. Fl Lee. of Quincy. was worried by
a woman recently in a way he viii not
soon forget He arrested a boy named
Ritz orlsa warrant charging him with an
assault upon his father. Rittswent quiet
ly with marshal antil they arrived near
the house of a friend. when Ritz asked
permission to go in. which was granted,
RittswentAin and woman came out with
i broom to good advantage w bile. she
was engaging the captain tlle prisoDe r
escaped.
One of the old fashioned sort Of elope
ment cases was recently nipped inthe bud
at Bushnell by determined father. Mary
REILLY was the expectant bride, and John
Sandige the disappointed would be hus-
band. @aT'hey were found Ct the depot, and
Mary Riley was arrested at the instance
of her father. The young man, seeing
that There was no hope of getting her,
took his departure for parts unknown,
while the nonchalant bride went home TO
her loving father.
Andrew Jackson and the adopted
daughter OF Mr. y r. Lyons, both of Mar
issa, ST. Clair county, were recently pre-
vented from taking their departure from
single bliss to dsuble happiness. They
got as far as Belleville, where they were
detained by an obliging officer. who had
received word of their Eiexements by The
ever ready telegraph wire. from the young
lady's foster brother. The young lady
was taken TO theresidence of en- Senator
Rainey and was finally persuaded TO re
turn home.
On the 10th day of January very
large and fine Berkshire hog, the property
of Mr.. Joseph KtIykendall, of Vienna
disappeared very mysteriously. and no
traces of its whereabouts could be discov
cred until the other day. The hog, it
seems had gone under the stable floor
from the co Id, and had became fastened,
and so rema ined until by accident he was
discovered and liberated the ether day
When lost the hog weighed about FIVE
hundred pounds. and when found aoout
two hundred pounds, and was SO weak he
could scarcely walk All this time the hog
had done without water and food.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24

Catherine Cole the New Orleans cor
respondent of the Nashville American
writes; 'fYou know, of course, that we
have real like Duke among us. The
Duke of Newcastle, in whose honor ar
rather in honor of whose title-for he is
but shambling, half-deformed, unintel-
lectnai, beardless boy of 18-several din
ner parties have been given. He is as
dark as Spaniard, no taller than ann.
and I'm not very big, and in fact there's
hardly enough of him TO support his ducal
crown frequently see him running
along Canal street trying to keep M with
his tutor, u burly Engliahman. Shoru O,
his title, simple English l,addie, L dar,
say he might have gone dinnerless in thi
big city for all the nolice society woul,
have taken of him. Fancy the absurdit
of lot ofsolemn cotton brokers and BAN
presidents getting into swallow-tall coat
and white ties, and sitting through thre
mortal hours of fish, flesh and fowl fo
the sake of boy hardly yet out of eating
aprons"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24
The sand bag artist is the terror of Chi

The sand bag artist is the terror OF ohi'
cage at presents and a newspaper OF tha'
city presents the following figures 70
comfort the people: There are in chi
csgo at the present time about 275ooO
male persons. OF these about 740oO are
of sand bag age. OF this 10000 sand
bag contingent 10000 individuals are OF a
timid nature and do not go out after dark.
There remain, therefore, IO,ooo aauit
.uales liable to be sand-bagged any night
But the newspaper returns show that no
more than ten are sand-bagged upon any
one night, or seventy in week. Tins
amounts to- 8, 500 year It viii take,
therefore, twenty years before every man
will get his turn. Any man who cannot
take comfort from these figures should
move out of the city. ...5- -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24
wAsnfSeros NOTES.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-The presi-
dent has appointed John w. Wadsworth
to be Consul at Saltillo, Mexico, and
John l.. Parish, of Illinois, to be Consul
at Chemnitz, Saxony, TO succeed John j.
Flynn, of Chicago.
1t is expected that the investigation by
the grand jury of the evidence concerning
Brady, the star route contractor. Price
and ex-senator Kellogg viii be continued
Monday. Last summer the formers grand
jury r3turned an Indictment against
Brady aud Price for conspiracy arbat re-
fused to indict Kellogg. Il is understood
that an application will now De Wade for
an Indictment against Kellogg based not
alone upon the testimony of Walsh but
also upon that of Price and others. Kerr,
who presented the evidence to the grand
jury yesterday holds that the prosecution
will not be barred by statute limitations
as held by some lawyers interested in Il e
defense OF the star route defendants
The postoffice department has already
received and filed for examination q large
number of claims made by postmasters
who are entitled to an increased salary
under the provisions of the readjustment
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24
THESE ARE SOLID FACTS.

The best blood purifier and system re
ulator over placed within the reach OF
suffering humanity. truly is Electric Bit
tiers. Inactivity of the Liver. Biliousness
Jaundice. Constipation. Weak Kidneys,
or any disease of the urinary organs. Oh
who ever requires an appetizer tonic OF
mild stimulant, will always find Electric
Bitters the best and only certain ours
known. They act surely and quickly
every bottle guaranteed to give entiIe
satisfaction or money refunded. Sold at
fifty cents a bottle by Hartz & Bahnsen
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24
die in the attempt.

New materials for the manufacture OF
paper are constantly being discovered
1t is statedtha a very good paper IS now
manufacturedin Naples in. an exceedingly
primitive way from the bark of kind OF
daphne. TIE fresh bark is ground be-
tween stones into very fine pulp and as
much as is required for sheet is thrown
into a caldron containing boiling water
The pulp spreads in an equal layer over
the water and is then taken out. In many
parts of Sweden there are enormous guam
titles of bleached moses which grew
many ages ago. A mandatory of paper
from this material has begun operations
at Jonkoping. and is said to be turning
out product of excellent quality. The
young cottonwood on the banks and
islands of the Mississippi is just as avail
able for wrapping paper and some day
will be in demand for that purpose
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24

There is no good reason, says the Neo
York Herald, why sleeping cars. and in
fact all passenger cars onsstean railroads
should not be made thoroughly fire proof.
They are peculiarly exposed to risk the
fire and are freighted with thousands of
human lives, Yet they are finder boxes,
aud once on fire are almost instanalyscon
sumed by the names The great danger
of life from combustible cars was forcibly
illustrated by the recent burning of a
sleeper" on the Pennsylvania road,
though fortunately no lives were lost,
and it was more terribly illustrated by the
sSpuyten Duyvil disaster on the Hudson
River road, in which the loss of life was
largely due to the burning of the wrecked
cars. 1t would seem to be easy and en-
tirely practicable to construct passenger
cars of metal or other unfnfianInable
materials so as to make them absolutely
fire proof, and. the travelling public has q
right to demand of the wealthy railroad
corporations of the country this safe
guard against danger and loss of life.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24
An eight.sear GA Baltlnere glrl. Mary

An elght-year OLD BALTIMORE giri. MARY
Bruschak bysname, died recently of con-
gestion of the brain, caused. the doctors
certificate says, by over study Her mind
was very active and her body seemed to
be healthy, but she suddenly broke down
and died in delirIum which plainly and
pitifulIy revealed its cause. Says the
Baltimore american: The child became
delirious, and throughout the night she
pitched and tossed in her little bed while
engaged in solving imaginary problems in
long division. Her mntterings were con
neeted. and apparently had reference to
one particular sum In long division,
which she went over again and again.
Her eyes were greatly extended. and as
long as her feverish brain solved cor
rectly the various divisions she would lie
quiet. Whenever there came pause in
her monotonous calculations there was
sure to be q plaintiff wall of dispair. and
then she would recommence the sum-
This is a sad tale, but from it parents
may learn that it is dangerous to both
mind and body to push delicate children
in their studies.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24

had suffered from malaria and had talken
quinine and WHISKY at home, the jng
whisky having been furnished by mem
Der of his congregation. One morning
afteS the jug medicine he walked out for
exercise and the first thing he knew he
was on board of railroad train with no
definite knowledge of how he got there or
WHITTIER he was going He got off at Port
Jervis and remembers going into a saloon
nothing more. His trip home is also a
blank. Malaria was the cause of his
moral alteration and his people will for
give him.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24
WHAT TO DO WIN DAUGHTERS
Teach them self4eliance.
Teaehsthem to make shirts.

wHAr TO DO WITH DAUGHTERS.
Teach them selffeliance.
Teachsthem to make shirts.
Teach them to make bread.
Teach them not to wear false hair.
Teach them to foot up store bills
Teach them not TO paint and powder.
Teach them to wear thick, warm shoes.
Teach them to wear calico dresses. and
do it like a queen
Teach them that a good, rosy ronap is
worth fifty delicate consumptiyes.
Bring them up inthe way they should
GO.
Give them good substantial common
school education.
Teach them how to cook meal of vic
tuals.
Teach them how to wash aud iron
clothes.
Teach them how to darn stocking ard
sew on buttons.
Teach them how TO make their owr
| dresses.
Teach them. every day. hard, practica
common sense.
Teach them to say no and mean 1T, o,
| yes, aud stick to it.
Teach them to regard the morals. MOI
| the money of the beaux.
Teach them all the mysteries of the
kitchen, dining room and parlor.s
Teach, them that n dollar is only one
hundred cents.
Teach them the essentials of life
truth. honesty. uprightness-then at 6
| suitable time, let them marry.
Rely upon it. that upon your teaching
| depends, in a great measure, the veal or
| woe Of their after life.
Teach them the more one lives within
his income the more he will save.
Teach them that God made themain hi.
own image. and that no amount of tigh1
lacing will improve the model.
Teach them 10 do marketing for the
family as they may have TODD it for them
selves in the near future
Teach them that good. steady. greasy
mechanic, without cent, is worth doZeI
| city pated loafers in broadcloth.
| Teach them to have nothing to do will
Incorporate and dissolute young men.
Teach them to climb apple trees, 60
fishing, cultivate a garden, and drive
road team, or farm wagon.
Teach them the accomplishments
music, painting, drawing-if you have
the time and money to do it with.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24


Some scribbler, whose items are scarce.
has set afloat sensational story of wild
woman of North Carolina, who skips
among the mountains aud skins over
swamps where nobody can follow her.
She is described as a female Hercules.
who wears nothing but robe of skins.
and when the weather is warm she ne
elects dressing altogether. The hunters
and woodmen have yainly tried to catch
her The other day. according to the
story, three stalwart hunters thought they
had her cornered. but she pulled up q
large-sized sapfing, and, swinging it,
felled the fellows to the ground. beat
them a bit and walked off in solitary tri
umph. A company of mountaineerS is tr
organized to capture the Cayolina amazon
or die in the attempt.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24

New YORK, March 23-The officers of
the Equitable Trust Company, at 10 Ex-
change Place, discovered that a clerk
named JsB. Marston, formerly in their
EMPLOY. was d defaulter to the extent of
about $50, 900, taken during the last four
years. He resigned on the list of Feb
ruary, to take effect in March, but lac left
the office several weeks ago and has not
been seen there since. The first intima-
ton received by the company that any
thing was-WEong yves q note from Mar
ston confessing his guilt. AN -examIna-
ton of the books show the extent and the
manner of the frauds. Marston was In
terest Clerk, his duties being to receive
all interest from money loaned by the
company and place it in the bank. When
the interest drafts were in the Office the
proper receipt were mailed and drafts
given TO Marsaop te put in the bank. In
the case of drafts upon private bankers it
was Marston's custom to get the money
for them and pocket it, taking an amount
in proportion to the days receipts.
Some times he took as much as
81 1000 at one time He had control of
the book containing the lists of checks
and drafts, and managed to conceal his
embezzlement. The company has SUBJ
mitted the case to the District Attorney
and it is supposed that Afarston will be
indicted as soon as caught. The officers
of the company are unable to find out SO
far where the stolen money is or went to.
A restitution of small part of the oney
hiss been made and from the defaulters
property a few thousand can be realized
Marston's whereabouts are unknown
He is married man with a family
The Equitable Trust Company is veal
thy corporation having capital of ST.
100000. loaning money upon mortgages
Chiefly ia the West The loss will not
effect the company's standing in the
laaSt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24

, The Rev a. M. Woodwork, pastor Of
q church at Otisville, N. z, lost himself
the other day, and was found by an ac-
qnaintance in Port Jeryis totally oblivious
in bar-room trying to play cards with
an apparent loafer. The acquaintance
told the people of Otisville about it, and
the next Sunday when the pastor went to
his church to preach he found the doors
closed against him. He carried his ser
mon home and reflected upon the story
about him, of which he had heard whisp-
ers. He confessed this much: That he
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24

China possesses the largest bridge in
the world. 1t is that of Lagan, over an
arm of the China Sea, and is five miles
long, built entirely of stone, and is sew
enty feet high, with roadway seventy
feet wide, and has 500 arches. The
parapet Is balustrade, and each of the
pillars, which are seventy-ive feet apart,
supports pedestal on which is placed q
hon twenty-five feet long, made of one
solid block of marble.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24

A Mr.. Baxter of LondOn-a gentleman
who has picked up the fallen manure u
the late DIR. sCumning-hss made the ois-
covery that Prince Napoleon IS antichris''
Twenty years ago he made like discov-
cry in regard to Napoleon ILL., ana II Is
Just possible he has made another mistake
in his INTERPRETATION of the Apocalypse.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24

The greatest medical wonder of the world
Warranted TO speedily cure burns, bruises,
cuts, ulcers. salt rheum, fever sores, can
GERS. piles, chilblains. eorns, letter, chap
ped hands. and all skin eruptions, guaran-
teed to cure in every instance. or money
refunded. 25 cents per box. For sale by
Hartz 81 Rahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24

Maine abolished capital punishment IN
1874, bur the friends of the galloWs gave
agitated every year for the restoration OF
the old method, and the legislature mas gust
passed bill to hang murderers. Iowa
tried the humane system for year OF
two, but in 1875 went back TO the gal
lows
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24

The war which is being waged IN tnis
day of civilization againt converting con.
vfcts into the slaves of individual Pess "a
government is denominated by the New
York Star a fight for ''decency ana oruer
ahd humanity, I'm the management OF
prisons il this country.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24

friendships sake, and he EXPOSED per
nieious. if not vicious, systen of Amer
can hospitality.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
WILKINSON, KENwoRTHY & BEARDsLEY
LA ERS

Have formed partnership for the peneralursa
tee OF the law. Once in Fries Block. No IsSr
Second Avenue, Rock Island, III.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24
Saturday March "a, 1883.

socx rsrANn ILLINOIS.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24

Nv. POTTER. RpIFos AND PUBLISHER
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1883-06-07
DAKOTA ITEMS.

Turner county will elect state conyen-
ton delegates on the 9th of June.
The Plankinton Standard says appear
ances indicate a larger yield of small grain
per acre in that section than was received
last year.
L. Axtell, a lawyer of Gregory county,
was accidentally killed by friend who
pointed gun at him and didn't know it
was loaded.
Ordway- -on-the Elm, Huron the-Jim
and Redfeld- -on-the Turtle, in the topc-
graphers dub these hourishing fresh water
ports.
Yankton Press. Water has been turn
ed into the pipes in the Jencks hotel and
the job is declared a success. The press
ure Of the well keeps strong stream
running through the pipes. People who
want to convince themselves of the value
of water works should inspect the Jencks
system
Brown county is being organized into
school districts in accordance with the
new township school system. There are
seventeen schools in the county and twelve
school houses, and under the new system
there will be twenty districts.
| On the morning Of May Oath the quar-
tiers at Fort Lincoln occupied by Sargts
| Meyer and Beardsley and their familie
burned, the families barely escaping Will
their lives 1t is believed to have bee
the work of some william who wished t.
crafty the malevolence he bore one Q
the non-commissioned officers. No on
was injured. The loss was about s5,
600.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1883-06-07
LENNOX.
The Regular GriSt OF LcnnoX Happen.
fnn'S.

The ReSuIarGriSt OF IcnnoX Happen
insS.
The Nermllion river is out ofits banks
p. F. Haas has got the fever and ague
Miss Hatch Of Ccntcrvile is visiting
with o. B. Grey.
E. G.. Smith and wife are proud Of a
couple of twins, both boys
Our townsmen are complaining about
the continued wet weather.
Mrs Elmer Gilmore parents have just
arrived They intend to locate.
\. A. Freseman has commenced the
erection of a dwelling in west Lcnnox.
Hunting and fishing seems to be the
amusement of our citizens, but We have
never seen any fish or game. Are you all
out of luck?
Uncle Gilmore, in order to meet his
large run Of custom, is enlarging and re-
modelling his building. The carpenters
commenced work Wednesday morning.
D. S. Guinter has obtained lay off Of
thirty days. He is making arrangements
to build on block nine. The contracts are
alblet and David will put up as fine resi-
dence in LennoX, as any.
Mrs. Sam Sutherland has arrived from
the east to answer to the complaint of her
husband in a divorce suit We under
stand that they have come to an under
standing and everything is lovely.
All of our professional men took part
with the boys in playing hide and seek
1t was amusing to hear the odd expression
and the self-same tricks made use Of while
'blindng''. Such things make us all
NOlln0 once moro.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1883-06-07

Kennedy, and ten other members of Post
No. 159 G. A. R. At II A. NJ, the pro-
cession formed on Washington avenue,
headed by the Eden cornet band with
Drum Major Holt as leader, who furnished
excellent and soul stirring music on the
solemn occasion. The comrades formed
in four ranks to the number Of 49, and
marched to the cemetery where prayer
was offered by Comrade Kennedy, and a
very appropriate address was delivered by
Major Coon of Chicago. There were two
veterans laid to rest in the cemetery,
Louis Loutzenheiser and O. d. Russell,
whose graves were decorated according to
the rules of the order. The procession
formed and marched to town under COM
mand j. Fl. Bird geman, who was elected
officer of the day. At noon the comrades
received a cordial invitation to dine with
the proprietor OF the Commercial house
which was duly accepted, at the close of
which the proprietor received three rouss
ing cheers At 8 P. NJ, the comrades met
at the church, where a campfire was
kindled, and several amusing remarks
were made and several anecdotes were
related, and the days performance wound
up with mock court-marshal, all Of
which were duly recorded by the secretary.
The veterans left Tor their homes at CALI
ope at 5 p. NJ, feeling we'll pleased with
the days performance gotten up on so
short notice.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1883-06-07
Give Us Division, Or
YanktOn ? resS, 81.


1t is feared by the st. Paul Pioneer
Press that the location Of Dakota capital
50 far north as Bismarck would form an
obstacle to the division of the territory by
creating a political center north Of the
forty-sixth parallel, the centripotal at
traction of which will tend to obliterate
the natural line of division between north
and south Dakota, and give forced unity
to a territory which would otherwise fall
easily into wo states. Herein the Pio
neer Press errs. Such a location would
strengthen the division scheme. Give
the north capital and the south must
also have one, and the unanimous senti
ment Of its people would speedily compel
division and statehood.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1883-06-07
Cadet ship.
Sioux Falls Press.

There is a vacancy in the United States
naval academy for a cadet from Dakota,
and Delegate Raymond will fill it by the
appointment Of that applicant who pass
es the best examination He announces
that he soon will appoint a board to cx-
anime all applicants for the position. 1t
is probable that there will be u local board
in each important city and the best candi-
date in each will meet in Fargo for the
final examination about June 10 All APP
plicants must between fourteen and eight
cen years Of age and be able to pass phys
ic;l as we'll as mental examination. The
names Of the committee and the date of
competition will hereafter be announced
This notice is being published now that
all candidates may be prepared for the
contest