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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07
Mr. Hayes and the Conductor

Mr.. Hayes was travelling.
absorbed in affairs of the
state, when he was politely waited up
on by the conductor of the train and his
ticket requested. The president explain
ed who he was. but the conductor said
that his orders reiimperative. lie was
obliged to show something at the end of
his route for every passenger who travel
ed with him, and it did not make any
difference who the man was, he must
either have ticket, a pass or the money.
As President Hayes had neither ticket
or pass. he reluctantly pulled out his
pocket-bOok and counted enough money
to pay his passage.
Hayes Was a very close man in money
matters, and he was highly indignant at
the treatment which he had undergone
At the end of the road he stalked into the
office of the president of the railroad and
laid the facts before him with the request
that the conductor be either 6.schargeCl
or rcprimanded. The railroad official
calmly paid him back the money which
he had given the conductor for his fare
and Mr. Hayes continued his journey in a
much happier frame of mind. The con-
ductor, when he found out that the pre-
ident of the United States had made
complaint against him, was very appre-
hensive and his fear of dismissal was by
no means allayed when he received a
summons from the preside of
the road to come at once to the head
quarters
''When he arrived, Mr.. Hayes story was
repeated to him, and he was asked i'll he
had anything to say. Dir. Conductor
took the rules out of his pocket and read
them, saying that he saw nothing which
exempted any passenger, even so high
parsonage as the president of the United
States. He was then told that it was not
the purpose of the president of the road
to dismiss him for breach of the rules,
but that he was to be promotedto more
responsible position, with much higher
salary, for his faithfulness."
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07
A HOT RECEPTION.
DUBUQUE Democrat

Almost fatal accident befell young
man who arrived in this city last night on
visit TO relatives. The young man, Mr..
Albert Henke, came on the late train last
evening and went to the residence of his
relatives, who reside at the foot of Thir
teenth street. 1t was about midnight
when he knocked at the door. Mrs
Henke the young mans aunt was awaken
ed by the knocking, and thinking robbers
were breaking into the house, FASTENED to
the room of her son. The son sprang
from his bed and at once went to see who
the visitor was, and demanded of him his
business. Now, the son is somewhat
deaf, and when the relative replied, could
not understand him, and he thereupon
rushed to his room, seized revolver, re-
turned to the door. where the young man
was still standing, and fired, the bullet
taking effect in the f1eshy part of the leg
The Young man dropped as though he
was killed, and then an investigation was
made, when it was found that Mr. Henke
had shot his cousin, whom he had not
The young mars injuries
are not fatal, but will lay him up for
time. A doctor was Immediately sent for
who extracted the ball and the wounded
man was made as comfortable as possible.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07

tured in January last. in the Indian
nation. Gov McEnery signed tho death
warrant In April, tosbe executed on the 4th of
May, 1888 The scaffold was erected in the
courtyard The prisoner confessed that he
killed Burns, but he also told different tale
at other times, contradicting himself During
his confinement in jail he made key of pieces
of tin and wood to unlock his letters. and man
aged to free one of his ankles. Hewas closely
watched He gave up all hope, and at times
seemed resigned to his fate Before the mnr-
der of Burns and Hunter he was known
desperate character He followed these two
men twenty miles to kill them, and came upon
them while they were camping with their
families at night in the woods, with their
wagons. He silently crawied up within shoot
ing distance, under cover OF night, shot them
both at their campfire, and then
lied. He was also accused of the murder of
white lady named Mrs. Ware in 1871, but he
positively denied it, and accused Bill John
son, Il fugitive from Justice, AS being the nnf-
derer, Before the execution several eolored
ministers visited Butler and prayed with him
He was asked how he felt, and he replied that
he was happy. After he broke Jail in July he
was tracked to Jackson parish, where he was
hidden in the woods, and in the effort to cap
ture him Edwin Coats was killed, but Butler
escaped
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07
sTENOGRAPHERs.

The regular meeting of the Missouri
State Stenographer association was held
last evening at their rooms. No 216 North
Eigth street. The-old officers were re
elected for the ensuing six months
President, James Holland; vice president
Thomas Noel; secretary and treasurer, c.
L. Babcock. A carefully prepared paper
was read by Mr.. r. Il. Bradley on the
various systems OF shorthand now in use
in England and in the United States.
which brought out friendly discussion
of the relative merits of the various
systems used by the different members.
The president, Mr. Holland. read an in
teresting communication addressed to the
association by Mr.. j. l.. eobbin of Cape
Town South Africa, reporter of twenty
five years experience. The subject of Mr..
Cobbin's paper was press and Report
ing. 1t contained valuable hints on the
use of.w or(ls, construction of sentences,
punctuation, the art of summarizing. etc,
showing the author to be master of the
English language. 1t is a remarkable
fact that Mr.. Goblin is able to report
accurately In the five languages. Latin,
French, Spanish, Italian and English
Mr.. Goblin was unanimously elected an
honorary member of the association, and
a vote of thanks was rendered him for
his valuable and entertaining paper At
the previous meeting of the association
the following gentlemen were elected
members; Thos. Quirk. J. P. Boyle, Frank
ireland and j. r. Mccarthy. So. Louis
Republican,.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07

Two men living. in Whiteside county.
Illinois, have been attacked by that loath-
some disease. CHAMBERS, which they con-
tracted while attending some horses saf-
fering from tbs complaint. Instances of
human beings contracting this malady are
extremely rare, but all persons attending
glandered horses are liable to be infected.
As it is ineurable- both in man and beast,
the latter when attacked by it should be
killed as soon as possible, as the surest
way to prevent its spread.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07
The News IN Brief.
General Diaz and party have reache

l.. General Diaz and party have reached
Vera Cruz
The Due dAumale and Count Won
Moitke are reported to be seriously ill
Gnma Bros, sugar and commission
merchants at Matanzas, have failed for $780,
CO.,
Fritz Andres, cotton merchant, with
houses at Liverpool Manchester, and other
points, has failed for $75O,O00
The west portion of Union City, Ind,
was consumed last evening. photographic conn
innnIcatIon is cut OF for the present
The condition of A. Bronson Alcott is
unchanged He was depressed upon noticing
the newspapers spoke of his serious illness
The Executive Council of the Irish
American league mot at New York and de-
hohnced dynamite as simply personal warfare.
The comptroller of currency has
called ON the national banks for a report of
their condition at the close of business the LIST
inst
The societies of the armies of the
James and the Potomac vii hold consolidated
reunion at Washington May III Fare from all
points viii be reduced
The discovery at Cronstadt, Russia,
OF o1 s.-meannfaetory Of explosives caused the
ested IN the Illegal work. 81
About Scranton, Pa, rain, hail, and
lightning did much damage. Several buildings
were struck and telegraph poles FRUSTRATED
while the rainfall measured FIVE inches
Slosson, claiming to be the champion
of the world, will challenge the winner in the
New York billiard tournament, for heavy
stakes, the game to be the champions balk-
line, or cushion caroms-
The government, by District Attorney
Leake, dismissed the long-pending whisky
ring suits at Chicago, against Joseph Role and
Anton Junker and the Union Copper Distilling
company; at the same time the kissinger suit
against itself being dismissed
Ct and f. Farthing, distillers, Buffalo,
N T.. are in financial straits, and H L. Gillest
d Sons, of the same city, and Sherman Howe
q Co and sherman Bros. & Co., of New York |
are affected by the failure. Osiniens araiavs
pressed that the Farthings can pull through |
II an extension is granted
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07

Washington where this cheeky snob is
known. He not only lacks the ability
and qualifications for the place but has
been for years a machine man and the
tool for machine men-a hanger on to the
skirts of public men whom he ctiltivates
and fiatters and forces himself upon. His
appointment was procured by an array of
political Influence" secured in this way,
and is not very suspicious opening for a
body created to do away with Influence"
in the civil service. This man selected to
manage the examination of applicants
could hot himself pass an examination for.
an ordinary clerkship. At this writing he
is still waiting for his commission to be
signed, the unfavorable reception of his
nomination having led to some hesita-
on at he a lquarters.
Colonel Thomas Ochitree, of Texas, is.
prominent citizen, and his name is fire.
quently in the papers. His political in
tiuence is doubtless large in some quarters
but | am greived that it does not prevail
in all the executive departments of the
government. A recent incident was very
touching. Colonel Ochiltree had been
to by personal friend to pre-
vent the issue of an order in certain
will notasay which one
The order had been prepared by snbor-4
dinate officer, when Colonel 0chiltree
on the scene and demanded that
it be withheld. AsAs you are member of
Congress, said the officer. Il viii con
sent to consider the question again, and
will submit it tosthe secretay." Colonel
Ochiltree went awaysthinking that his
friend was all right, and the department
officer went to the secretary and told him
about the matter When he heard the
name of the Congressman he calculated,
What Tom 0chiltree; Ochiltree, of
Texas. is it? Issue that order at once
And the order was issued the same day
a. PHONO.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[From our Regular Correspondent !


WASHINGTON. D. c.. Nav 8. 1888
1t is generally said that Office holders
seldom die and never resign, The com
mon idea is based upon pretty correct
oh servation. sbut there are exceptions to
this like all otherarules. i. Not to mentio n
the deaths that have occurred among off
GERS of the government during a few
months past, there have been quite a
number of surprises caused BY resigna-
items In the patent Office they have
been especially numerous But the rea-
son of it is, in nearly all cases, that the
information gained by few years service
on the inside is believed to be most vaIu
able on the outside, and the patent office
expert resigns because he thinks he can
make more money by going into business
on his own hook. A principal examiner
IN the class of electricity has Just stepped
out for this reason. Wnen he took
charge of the class of electricity it formed
subdivision of the philosophical class.
NOW 1t Is the largest class in the Office.
employing the greatest number of assist
ants. 1t has grown so fast that even with
The increase in its working force none of
The applications of electeicity have been
assigned TO other classes There have
neen more applications for patents filed
III thaC class during the past two wears
than there had been patents pyr,ted ra-
latlng to electricity ia the whole nrevious
history of the office.
But the greatest surprise of tho Seoso,,
was created by Commissioner of Interna1
revenue Raum when he so suddenly
retired. It's pretty cold day when an
once hoider drawing SO, 600 salary lets
20 OF MS own accord. Yet it is no doubt
True that MIR Raum resigned because he |
expects 10 make more money as attorney
toL ile settlement OF accounts and claims |
neIore Tue department. Recent legisla- |
1lo 'I, causes so many changes, and there
VIM De SO much of this kind of business
49,, - 0o, tnat lhe opportunity is really |
unusual ana man like Raum who hoe
Deen at the head of the bnrean "a
KNOWS all the workings of it ae xvan &c |
many OF the lltigants, must certainly have
Slaance' 30 he, like Others leaves tho
government service at time when no
Iniuhs the knowledge gained in it will be
most useful to him. Though his admin
lSIaItoh OF the Office he held has been
iairiy satisfactory, in other respects he has
Deen severely criticised for not ceasino to
be vigorous politician when he heceroo
commissioner Much of his time in 1880
and 1882 was spent away from his post of
duty IN fruitless campaign for the oov-
ernorship of Illinois first and SUBSEQUENT
ly for the seat of Judge Davis in the
United States Senate. Both places were
too big for him, and he never at anv
time stood a chance of success He would
nave shown better qualities for statesman
snip oy remaining here and attending
properly to the duties of his office.
Ii the future of our civil service com
mission may be judged by that body's re-
cent selection of chief examiner the ont
Iook is not promising. Never was a
more unnt and ridiculous appointment
mace. The announcement of the name
u nieh caused broad smile all over
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07
The Sabbath a Loving Day
[Jewish Messenger.l

Mother, / suppose one reason why
they call Sabbath holy day is because it
Is such loving day" said little boy, as
ne stood by his fathers side, and looked
up into his mothers face
Why. is not every day loving day2''
asked his mother az love father, and
rather loves me; and we both love Won and
the baby, and every day as we'll as the
Sabbath"
Wen, but you've no time to tell us ON
week days, said the little boy. you
have to work, and father has to 90 off
early to his work; and he is so tired when
he comes home. But, on, Saturday he
takes me on his knee, and tells me Bible
stories, and we go to synagogue together;
and. O, it is such loving dayr
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07
No Competition
Permitted in the BUSINESS of Mail
Carrying---Kfaid On "a Private Post
once i'm New York City.

| Carrying---Raid On Private Post
| ONCE i'm New York City.
NEW York, May 5-Many complaints
have been made the past few months to Post
master Pearson by merchants of the non
| delivery of their letters. The matter was
| referred to Inspector Newcomb, who was led
| to believe, after q short examination, that the
| trouble arose from the interference of private
| offices about the city. The matter was placed
in the hands of Col Sharp, chief inspector
Of the general postoffice at Washington
who came here and has been en-
gagged for weeks looking into the workings of
the Hussey, Boyd and other private Offices
Upon Col. Sharp's report to the postmaster
general an opinion was sought from Attorney
General Brewster, who decided that these pri-
vate letter offices were gross violation of law
1t was therefore decided to raid the two Iarp
est concerns of the kind in this cty-Boyd's
and Hussev's At about the commencement
of the business of the day, yesterday, Col
Sharp and Mr.. Camp, with Ave deputy United
States marshals, went to Boyd's and Inspectors
Newcomb and Speis, with other deputy United
States marshals, went to HEssey's office. The
carriers were just coming out and they were
seized and their pouches taken from them
Some OF the carriers threw down their bags of
letters and papers, and, pitching off their Off
cial caps took to flight The inspectors then
raded both offices. A truck was procured and
Iodueu WIN from 0,UOU 10 6.UUU letters and
packages which were found in one of the Off
cces A great quantity of newspapers, circu-
lars and other printed material, found
at Hussey's, not destroyed At
Boyd's about fifteen thousand to eighteen
Thousand letters were seized. The material was
taken to the postoffice, where il was sorted by
several clerks. No arrests have yet been made
though it is probable an indictment will be
found against the persons CARRYING on this lille
gal business by the grand Jury The penalty
for sending a letter BY private express is $50.
and the party SO carrying on. an express is Ii
able to fine of $50 for every offense. These
two offices, it is said delivered upward of forty
thousand letters, daily, on their penny postal
plan, thereby defrauding the posfoffice
of several hundred dollars daily. It is said
that hundreds of officers and messenger boys,
when sent to the postoffice'te mail letterS and
given money TO pay The regular postage. go to
these offices a while they only pay, + penny,
putting the difference in their pockets One
office employed forty-five carriers and the
other thirty. Several other offices of like
in the city, for the delivery of cir
culars, etc, will next receive the attention of
the postoffice authorities
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07
Although the Irish viceroy was

Although the Irish viceroy was in
formed by cable that Walsh and Sheridan had
been arrested in New York for extradition, such
was not the case Both gentlemen were at
their usual haunts, aud expressed no alarm.
The Washington cabinet had under consulta-
ton the extradition question, merely discus
sing the matter SO to be prepared If de-
mand is made.
Bradlaugh having written to the
speaker of the house of commons asking tina |
he be permitted to take the oath, Northeoe
moved that he be prevented from so doing
Bradlaugh explained his position froEl the bar
of the house, after which Northcotes motion
was adopted, Gladstone voting with 164 others
IN the negative Bradlaugh then quietly took
his seat and the matter was dropped
At the election of officers of the
Vanderbilt system of roads the great
railway magnate retired from the pres
idency of the lines, but remains
member of the board of directors of
each, and is still chairman CT the New York
Central and Michigan Central roads. William
Vanderbilt remains president of
the Niekle-Plate; James H Rutter was
made president of the New York Central
John Newell was chosen president of the
Lake Shore Michigan Southern. and H n
Leoyard Is TO rule over the destinies OF ths
nachlgan Central Mr.. Vanderbilt gave his
reasons for retiring to the assembled directors
MAINTAINING the stability and strength Of the
corporations; and resolutions regretting his
determination and eulogistlc OF his MANAGE
ment were passed This action relieves Van
aerDHt ana his sons of detail work and ii is
peheVeu the death of any one of them would
not now De hurtful to the properties.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07

The collection of postage stamps pro
vides profitable industry for numerous
specialists who fosterthe practice. There
are about $500 different stamps known,
and certain of them are worth more than
many man gets for salary in a. year. 5 A
New York banker has an album of col
lected stamps that is valued at not less
than $50, 900, lady one that is valued a.
at $50, 900, and a number of others are
owned in that city which are said to be
worth from 100000 down to So, 600.
There are stamp hunters just as there are
hunters for curious books, rare manu-
scripts, and all sorts of curio. Others
gather them for merchandise, and often
hold them for length of time, knowing
that every year will add to their value.
In 1876 a collection was sold in London
Tor to.OOO, another was purchased in
Paris last year for 40, 900 francs Ger
tain individual stamps sell for $500,
local stamp issued by the postoffice at
BrattlebOro, VT, in 1916, commanding
that price. There are many others of
like fictitious value. This mania is said
to have originated in London in 1862, |
When Mount Brown published the first
list of postage stamps. In few years it
reached such an extent that several stamp
counterfeiters started up. but were prose
cuted so vigorously that the scheme was
promptly broken up, the proprietors of a
Philadelphia concern getting sentence /
of twelve years IN the Penitentiary A
prominent dealer says he believes there
devoted to collecting stamps
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07
Destruction of . T.wn INV E,re

TULLAHoMA, Tenn, May 5-A de
structive fire occurred here, yesterday morn
ing and destroyed every business house in the
place The two depots of the North Carolina
st Louis railroad, the Guardian newspaper
office Tultahoma file works and a wheel and
spoke factory We're also burned The loss is
estimated at S2OOOoO
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07

ST. Louis, Mo, May 5.-Miss Nj. Cos
grove, of Chicago, arrived III this city yester-
day morning, and stated to Chief of Police
Campbell that she was in search of William
Smith, who had promised TO make her his
wife Detective Tucker found Smith at the
custom house, where he was working az n
plasterer. He saw that he had not acted rightly
toward The girl and was willing to marry her
Justice Ryan was sent for and made the girl
who Is in delicate condition q wife per
forming the ceremony in Col Campben's pri-
Vate office
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07
CHICAGO TRoTTING MEETING.
She was Roun,s 10 E,epe.

MUSHROOM, Mich, May 5.-Jennie L.
Rifenburg, IL years old, adopted daughter
of H. c. Rifenburg, prominent and wealthy
citizen, clipped with one Freudnan, employed
at one of the mills. She eloped last fall with
the same man, but was brought back from
Canada and placed under close surveillance
but got out of window Thursday night and
has not been hoard of since. Her father COM
clutles to cut her adrift
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07

a New Hampshire wild cat sprans
from a Tee at boy and landed in IA
kettle ofsboiling sap. The boy says the
way THAT cat looked at him as she started
off almost melted his heart
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07

A convict in the Louisiana penitentiary
recently escaped from prison by means
of a saw made ont of buckle on his
trowsers AID key with which he unlock
ed his letters made from a splinter of
wood. What pity that man with so
much ingenuity and address wouldn't
exert his talents in making an honest liv-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07

The bin to preserve Niagara Falls has
been signed by Governor Cleveland This
fact cannot fail to give satisfaction to all
who desire the preservation of the Won
derfuI scenery of Niagara
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07
Dashed fOiDenfh

KALAMAZOO, Mich, May 5.-The Teie-
graph special from Ishpeming, in the
Lake Superior region, says: Two men
VIM Boundy and Thomas Tregarton were killed
at the Champion mine, west of here ON the NJ
r Il .. t. r. last night They were knocked
from the skip into the shaft by falling ice and
dashed to pieces at the bottom of the pit
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07
Work orthe L,ent..ne

GoLDwATER, Mich, May 5.-Light-
ming played havoc around the county Thursday
night Charles Parkinson lost fine barn, three
horses, eight head OF cattle, and all his farm
tools aud hay and grain. Loss nearly $1,000:
insured in the County Mutual for 5000 III
G; Fem also lost barn, together with some
of the contents, and no insurance
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07

The Boston Herald suggests that we
send our starving Indians to England and
set them adrift there.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-07

The following is statement of the gold. all
yer and United States notes in the treasury tn
day: Gold coin and bullion $3.50, 053. ssSr; sill
yer dollars and bullion, 500 s9I S35; fractional
silver coin, s2s, lbs, s79; United States notes
SIS, O6l ,040; total S375, .,;i5 l54 Certificates
outstanding: GOLD, s54, G19 500; siver, Sc
499 ,65l; currency, Sl0, 2oU 900