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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
YESTERDAYS RACES.

There was a good attendance at the
Geneseo races yesterday The unfinished
2:40 race was the first event called up,
which was finally won by Glenwood in
the tenth heat. On the previous day,
Blue Bull Pilot had won two heats, George
W Jr., one, Legal Tender, one, and Glen
wood two. When the horses appeared
on the track for the final struggle betting
was lively, each one backing their favor
ties to win. George W il, heightened
out in the seventh heat, and went under
the wire first. This gave three different
horses two heats apiece, and the greatest
excitement prevailed when the horses
were started for the eighth heat, which
was won by Legal Tender. The ninth
heat was a dead one between GlenwooG
and Legal Tender. This capped the eli
max, and a scene of the utmost confusion
ensucd. The tenth heat decided the con
test, however, and one of the
most stubbornly contested races evel
witnessed in this section of the country
was brought to a close. GlenwooC
reached the. wire first in the last heat
thus proving himself to be horse o
staying qualities, and dangerous com
petitor in long continued race.
The a year-old race was walk-awa,
of Van, the rafting little Richmont stall
lion, owned by A. B. Rodman, of this
city, who won the race in three straigh
heats. Time 246, 24O, 2:45.
In the pacing race Daisy D., Billy Scott
Silver Tail, Chief and Lottie P wer
entered The race was won by Daisy D.
the last heat being paced almost in tn
dark.
The events for this afternoon are tn
great free for-all, three minute race, ant
q running race, two mile dash.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
A Remarkable Case.


A curious case of sickness is reported
TO US from Morton township. Ella Viola
Sharp, daughter Of Geo. Sharp, a well
known farmer, has been an Invalid for
seven years, the first three years of which
she was confined constantly to her bed
with some sort of spinal disorder. Dur.
ing the last four years she has been some
better, being able to be up and about the
house part Of the time, especially dur
ing the winters. About nine weeks ago
she was suddenly taken worse again and
compelled to return to bed. In a week
she was in a semi-unconscious state, lying
with her eyes closed and unable to partake
of a mouthful of food For eight weeks
prior to last Friday she had not taken
food or opened her eyes. Occasionally she
would have spasms that were terrible
sights to the hehoders. In these spasms
she would writhe and twist in bed until
it seemed almost impossible for her to
live. Several physicians were in almost
constant attendance, but were unable to
relieve her in the least and the peculiar
ties of her disease were such as to Devil
der and perplex them. Last Friday she
opened her eyes again and the startling
discovery was made that she had gone
entirely blind. This was another mex
plicable feature to the physicians. Since
Friday her eyes have been open, but she
is unable to see at all, and other features
other trouble remain the same. She is
still unable to take food and it is feared
that unless a change comes very soon she
will die of starvation.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24

Mr. B. J. Perrin of Marcus, Iowa, ac-
cidentalIy shot himself last week with a
revolver The gentleman is well known
in this city, where his many friends hone
he will recover from the unfortun8te
accident Following is an account of the
affair as taken from a Marcus local
paper;
"Wednesday afternoon about 5 o'clock
the startling news was brought that Mr.
B. j. Perrin had been seriously if not
fatally shot. Rumors at first conflcted
as to how the shooting occurred; the facts
in the case as related by the family are as
follows: Mr. Perrin has vicious dog
which he had threatened to shoot, and on
coming home from town he went up
stairs to get his revolver to carry his
threat into execution. The revolver is
Colts pocket, self-cocking ~ caliber In
coming down stairs he held the weapon
in his right hand with his finger on the
trigger. rs person would naturally
carry it. At the foot of the stairs
his left foot caught on piece
Of partly loose carpet in the hall and he
stumbled and threw up his right arm to
catch himself on the wall The contrac-
ton of his fingers discharged the revolver
which was pointed directly toward his
breast The ball penetrated the left
breast about half an inch above the heart
and three inches to the left of tie centre
OF the breast bone, passed through the
lung and is lodged under the left shoulder
blade. Pieces of his shirt and vest
lining were driven into the wound before
the ball, but the outer or wooden parts of
the vest split and none of it was carried
in by the ball.
The wound is certainly very severe
one, but the physicians seem 10 entertain
considerable hopes of his recovery, as he
rests quietly and is not in as severe pain
as might be expected. but the shock to
the system is great and under the most
favorable circumstances recovery will be
slow. The physicians in attendance are
DR.. LaRue, of Marcus, and Dr. HOrni-
brook, of Cherokee.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
ADVICE 70 A YOUNG MAN

Get married my boy? Telemachus,
come up close and look me right in the
eve, and listen to me with both ears. Get
married. If you never do any thing in
the world, marry. You can't afford it,
Your father married on a smaller salary
than you are getting now, my boy, and
he has eight children, doesn't have to
work very hard. and every year he pays
great pile Of your little bills that your
salary won't cover. And your father
was Just as good man at your age as
you are now. Certainly you can afford
TO marry You can't afford not to- No,
I'm not going to quote that tiresome say
ing that what viii keep one person will
keep two, because it it won't A
thousand dollar salary won't keep
two one Thousand. people, but will
keep two five hundred dollar people
nicely and that's all you are, just now
nv boy. You need not vince or get
angry. Let me tell you, young man
who rates in the world as five hundred
dollar man, all the year around, Monday
as well as Saturday, the day after Christ
mas lust as the day before; the fifth of
July as the third he is going to rate
higher every year, until he is partner
almost before he hoped to be book
keeper. Good reliable five hundred dol
lar Young men are not such drug in the
market as you suppose. You marry and
your wife will bring tact, and love, and
skill and domestic economy that will
early double your salary. But you would
have to deny yourself many little lux
uries and liberties? Certainly Won would;
OF rather you would willingly give them
up for greater luxuries. And you don't
want to shoulder burdens and cares of
married life? | see you do not. And |
see what you do not realize, perhaps
that all your objections to marriage are
mean and selfish You havnt given one
manly reason for not marrying. If you
do marry you are going into world of
new cares, new troubles, new embarrass-
ments. You are going to be careful
and worried about MANY things You
are going to be tormented with household
cares and perplexities all new and I'm
tried to you You are going to be pestered
and bothered and troubled. You will
have to walk five pounds of baby and
barrel full of collie, when you are nearly
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
THE HUMAN GIRL.

Your real frivolous girl, fictitious an
dacious, mendacous, is seldom found at
greater altitude above the sea than 900
feet She belongs to lower formation
Her proper plane is the horizon. Given q
sandy beach, drOwsy with an ebbng tide,
for footlights the reflected brilliancy of
the twinkling stars, bold cavalier equal
to airy nothings, sotto voce and her
small part has fitting theater She has
no fellowships with mountain peaks and
sylvan solitudes. A rocky path plays sad
havoc with French heels, and the early
dew disconcerts the most carefully pre-
pared crimps. A variety of what the
humorist calls the human girl, much in
vogue on hotel piazzas in mountain re-
sorts at this time, is the girl with ideas
She is magazine of information on sub.
jects generally recondite and unexpected.
She is sober, proper, and yet primed to
the lips with rotor: and repartee.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
DIAMOND DUST.

The Stars 20 to Clinton tomorrow
They will have hard time TO beat the
Clinton boys, but perhaps they will do it.
Yesterdays league games resulted as
follows:
Chicago, Aug, 23--Chicago, 3; Buffalo,
Detroit, Aug. Detroit, 6; CIeve
land, ).
East Saginaw, Aug % Saginaw, ;
Peoria, 8.
Tomorrow afternoon at o'clock will
occcr the match game of bail between the
Bookkeepers- Business Mems mine and
the Lawyer-Doctor nine. on the fail
grounds. No admission will be charged
and everybody is invited to attend. Fol
lowing are the men who will play:
Bookkeepers and Business Men-Chas
Weyerhauser, c, W. T. Call, p, W, Nc
Intire, 5, A II. C0nnelly, Isl base, J
W Potter, "a base, Fred Denkman, Sc
base, John Weyerhauser, IF, W H. Asher
f, A. W. Taylor $ f.
Lawyers and Doctors C. W. ONel
NJ NJ. Sturgeon, W. II. At
wood, c. F. Lynde c, A. Peasants, G
G. Craig, G. L. Eyster. C. c. Carter. W
II Stephens.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
NEW CORPORATIONS.

Statements of incorporation were flee
in the office of Secretary of State, Wed
nesday, as follows:
The Jenney Electric Light and Pcwel
company, of Peoria; capital stock $25 900
incorporators Joseph P. Smith, Ezrs
Weis, William Bowen. Martin Kingman
and F, II. Cooper
The Harden Hand Grenade Fire Ex-
tinguisher company. of Chicago; capita
stock 100000; incorporators, John J.
Harden, Henry j. Mellen and Charles T
Kruger.
The Merchants Protective association
of Chicago; capital stock 5000; incorpo-
rators, c. NJ. Snyder, /. W. Lincoln and
j. W. Morrison.
The Highland madison county, Tile
Works; capital stock, 5000; incorpora.
tors, Fred B. Snppinger, Louis c. Kenne
and Joseph c. Amman.
The Merchants Protective and Collec
ton Agency, of Chicago, capital stock
$3O, 900; incorporates, John J.-McClel.
Ian. F. |. Moulton and Benjamin F
Cummins
The Universal News company, of Chi
cago; capital stock, S., OOO incorporators
George NJ. Ritter, John H. Clinic ant
Frank E. Greene.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24

crazy for sleep You will have to tell
stories to the children when you want
to read, You will have to mend toy
for young Tom when you ought TO be
writing letters You will have to stay at
home in the evening when you used to
go to club. The baby will rumple your
necktie and the other children will tram
pie into your lap with their dusty shoes
Your wife will have so much to do look
| ing after the comfort Of her husband and
children that she wont be able to play
and sing for you every evening, as your
sweetheart did. Your time will not be
own, and you viii have less leisure and
| freedom for fishing and shooting excur-
sions, camps in the mountains and yatch-
ing trips along the coast, than your bach
elor friends of your own age | advise
all this. But then, you will be learning
self denial you will be living for some
one else; yOn will be loving one better
| than you love yourself, and more than a
thousand fold that compensates for all
that you give up.
Why, you want to remain single now,
my boy, just because you are selfish. And
the longer you stay single the more sell
fish you become. There are some noble ex-
ccptions among bachelors, know, and
| some mean ones among married men; and
a selfish married man needs killing more
than any other man we know, but as a
| rule just look around your own friends
and see who are the unselfish men; who
it is that gives up his seat in a street car
to woman-not a pretty young girl, but
a homely, wrinkled woman in a shabby
dress;who is it heads the charity subscrip
tons; who pays the largest pew rent; who
fed the beggars who finds work for the
the tramps; who are the men foremost in
unselfish work? | know your young
bachelor friends are not stingy, oh no.
| know Jack Fastboy paid $50 last week
for new buggy-it is as light as a match
box and has such narrow seat that he
and at the same time Dick Slocum. who
married your sister Alice five years ago
gave $3.50 for the cyclone sufferers.
think the angels laughed all that after
noon, my boy, but don't think it was
because Jack paid $570 for his new bug
9y If you want to shirk the response
tiles of life, my dear boy, you may; if
you want to live forty or fifty years long
er with not one under the heavens to
think about or care for or plan for hui
yourself, 90 ahead and do it; you will be
the only loser, the world won't miss you
nearly so much as you miss the world
you VIII have mean, lonely, selfish
easy time, and, unless you are rare ex
ception to your class little children will
hate you, and the gods never yet loved
any man whom the children dsliked
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
THE WHY AND WHEREFORE,

Rock ISLAND, Aug. 24.-EDTToR ARGUS;
An issue of your paper published short
time ago, contained the announcement
that two ladies of Rock Island, with seven
others whom they would select, were
willing to make an effort to defeat, at a
game Of base ball, nine chosen from the
mechanics of Rock Island arsenal, the in.
formation which induced you to publish
such a notice was furnished by myself,
and was occasioned through misinter-
probation of the language used by the
young ladies in my presence. They are
young ladies possessed of a high sense of
honor, and feel aggrieved that they should
be promulgated 20 the public as DESTROYS
of distinguishing themselves on the dia-
mond field, as they do not court notoriety
of that character 1t is but due to them
to acknowledge that the assertion that
they believed they could beat an arsenal
nine if they tried, was not intended for
either DU5iic or paper notice
w H CAMPER
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
VERY NICE.

A very nice and pleasant party was
given at the residence of Mr.. Thomas
Dunn. of Moline, last evening, by his
wife and daughter After some time was
spent at the house in general sociability,
the party repaired to the hall, where
Biehls orchestra was in attendance, and
the remainder of the evening was devoted
to art tespsichorean Several were pres,
ent from Davenport, and from this city
were noticed Miss Bessie Harper, the
Misses Weber, and Messrs A. H. Con
nelly and Fred Denkman
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
MARKET REVIEW.

The / o'clock markets from Chicago
to-day are as follows; September wheat,
$1.O2t; October, $1.03B; November
$1.O5s. September corn 50bc; October
SOL. September oats. 2es; October, 264
September pork, Sill 80; October, $12,05
September lard, 1886; October, $3.50
Yesterdays closing quotations were as
follows: September wheat, S1.O2S
October, $1.O4s; November $1.06.
September corn, 50sc; October, sol; No
vember 49,; year, 464. September oats,
265c; October, 264. September pork,
$12.O5; October, S12 173 September lard,
$s.45.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24

and night" A horse, indeed is rather n
tyrannical servant He will catch cold if
you keep him standing too long, and,
like Goldsmith's "Lovely Woman" will
bring repentance to his master and wiring
his bosom by dying off. He has his liver
and his little tempers and all the rest Of
it, Just as much as yourself The best Of
horses, like the best of husbands, is moi
perfect, and is trying at times. Finally,
he wants saddling, and he wants dressing
for; and if You can only snatch half an
hour at time for exercise. those are I'm
doubted obstacles to horse riding as the
means of taking it,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
A SUDDEN DESCENT.

Emory Hoover the assistant shipping
clerk in Stewart & MOntgomery's hard
ware store, had narrow escape from
severe injuries, if not death itself
on last evening About six O'Clock
he went. to the third story of
the building to close some blinds, and in
returning he stumbled across a truck,
which precipitated him head foremost
into the elevator opening. Fortunately
he managed to grasp the rope, and he
was enabled to slacken his downward
speed somewhat, although he struck his
knee heavily against the elevator platform
on the first floor
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
RAILROADS.&C.

And now the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy has christened itself the "Kanga-
roo Route, and its latest hangers bear
faithful portraits of Artemus Wards pet
The Burlington boasts that it takes in the
continent from San Francisco to Chicago
in three leaps by the Central. Northern
or Southern routes The leaps for the
Central route are Frisco to Ogden, Ogden
to Denver, Denver to Chicago, The
Northern route is via Omaha, the South
ern via the Southern Pacific.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
NOTICE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS !

STATE OF ILLINOIS
Rock Island County {
To the September Term A. D 1888 of the County
Court Of said county.
Edward Lieberknecbt, Administrator of the Es-
tate Of Michael Grace. deceased. vs.. j. W Nc
Pherson and the UukHowa owners of the Real
Estate hereinafter named Petition TO sell Real
Estate to pay debts.
Affidavit that the owners of tht real estate here
matter described, are unknown. having been filed
in the above entitled cause in the Office of the
clerk of this court, Notice is therefore hereby
given to the said unknown owners of said real e
tate that the said Edward LieberRneCht, admins
traitor of said estate has fled his petition in said
court praying for an order to sell the following de
scribed real estate, situate in said county and
state. towit: The undivided one-half of lot six
(6) in block twenty-Dine, go in that part of the
city OF Moline known as the old town of Moline.
and that summons in said cause hes been issued
against you returnabe at the September term next
OF said court to be begun and holden in the county
court room in said county the third Monday Of
september A. d. 1888, when and where you can
appear.
AUSTIN DONALDSON,
Clerk of County Court
STURGEON q OLSEN, Attorneys for Petitioner
l6d4w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
HORSE RIDING

Horseback riding is very little INDUCED
in, in Rock Island 1t does not seem
to be popular, but perhaps the custom is
out of fashion. If it was aesthetic to ride
horseback, perhaps more noble steeds
would be seen prancing along the street
with gallant riders astride them. Follow.
ing is what an exchange says about horse
riding; Horse riding is much better ex-
ercise than walking. The muscles of the
arms and chest are exercised in guiding
the horse, those of the back are called
into play in keeping the balance, and
those of the lower limbs in springing from
the saddle. The mind, too is diverted
from thought both by the necessity for
ordering the animals movements and by
the rapid passage of objects on the road.
In fact, no mode of exercise is so delight.
full as horse riding, and Fannie Kemble
had reasons" in always speaking of q
woman on horseback as a happy woman. >
I. is not easy, however for the majority
of middle class people to employ this
method Of improving their health and
spirits. "The principal objection" as
Oliver Wendell Holmes says, rs of a
financial character Riding is good for
those that are born with silver mounted
bride in their hand, and can ride as
much and as often as they like, without
thinking all the time they hear that
steady, grinding sound, as the horse s
jaws triturate with calm, lateral move
ments, of the bank bills and promises to
pay, upon which it is notorious that the
profigate animal in question feeds day
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
A Sucker.
Peoria namccru

A low-lived brute Of fellow, covered
with whisky blotches, makes the rounds
of the saloons on South Washington and
Water streets daily. After drawing AL
the empty beer kegs close to him, he
empties the dregs on the top of one of
the kegs, and seating himself on another
key proceeds to suck up the vile stuff
from of the head of the key. Passers
by have tried to sicken the fellow by
throwing guilds of tobacco and cigar
stumps into the liquor, but it seems only
to add to the taste of the liquor, as he
seems to relish it. The police should
take him to the workhouse and use him
for slop-j ar there.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
AMONG THE BAD.

The Milan young men who were
brought here yesterday on the charge of
malicious mischief, had hearing before
Justice Halves, and were fined $50 and
costs each.
James Drumgo1ld a plain drunk, was
the only case before Squire Chopper to-
day. Fine, So and costs.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
HARD COAL MARKET.

Pea coal $500; CRATE and egg $3.50
range $s.75; nut and No 4, $500 per ton,
screened and delivered. Brookfield (foT
grates) 5000 Blacksmiths' coal, Con.
nellsyille coke and charcoal at 1908 Sec
ond Avenue. E. G. FRAZER
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
RIVER RIPLETS.

Everybody's favorite, the Josephine,
arrived from Dubuque this morning, ant
left on her return trip, with a good regis
ter showing.
The stylish and superb Sidney will
dance in from st. Paul in the morning.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
AROUND THE COUNTY OFFICES.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
22-Israel Free to Lauretta Zeigler, lois
2 and g. block IS, Belcher & Sigsworth's
addition to Port Byron; $3.50.
Heirs of Adum Stickrod to Robert ].
MCGEE, WI of sw4 5, IS, 5w; 5000
Ellen s, Webber to C. P. Swanson, LOT
10, f. S. Webber's subdivision, Rock
Island. in sc, 19, Nv; $1,000.
23-Holmes Hakes to William T. Riggs,
ne4 of %, II, 2w, Upper Wells Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
CARRIAGE REPOSITORY.

In order to reduce my Stock of Car
riages | will sell twenty 5uggies, ten
double carriages, ten two seat spring wa,
CONS at cost. In my repository building
have the finest livery in the city. Terms
reasonable. L. D. DIMICK.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
HARD COAL MARKET.

The bestis the cheapest. have large
stock, best quality of all grades and sizes
of all rail coal Also blacksmith coal,
coke and charcoal Office at E. d. Fol
SONS -four and feed store No. l, 706 Third
avenue. Telephone No. 1866.
Aug 2S-tf VIM. NEvIN.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24

have been using Swifts Specific for
blood and skin diseases, and find it to be
an excellent remedy, asst has given entire
satisfaction. believe it to be just the
medicine needed in this low and malarious
district. s. S. ALDERMAN, lola, Fla.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24

SEND me half dozen Swift's Specific
for a customer who says it is the best
medicine known to man. He testifes to
its rare merit, and insists upon having
more.
J. NJ. HENDRICKS, Fayetteville, Ala. ,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24

Call on E. B. Sargent at the Office of
Port Byron Lime association. 1017 Sec
ond avenue. for prices on the best hard
coal in the city. If
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24

Miss Kate McParlin offers for sale her
entire stock of millinery, with fixtures, at
bargain If not sold by the first of DC
tober, she will continue in the business.
auU1S Ct
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-24
LAND EXCURSION.

T. B. Olshausen, No. 228 Main street,
Davenport, gets up excursions to En-
metsburg, Iowa, every three weeks.
Round trip tickets IS. 19tf