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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07
Mind All Through"

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. Cen. j. D. c.
Atkins, of Tennessee, who was defeated by
Gen John b. Clark, of Missouri, for the posi-
ton of clerk of the house, is quoted as saying
that he would not bavo accepted the clerk
ship with the conditions it is now occupied;
that he was beaten out Of the position by n
'bulllozing" process that does not reflect
credit upon the men who engineered it. The
general it is said, is mad I'll through at
the way in which he has been treated,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07
FearfaI and Fatal Fall.

PTTTsBURG, Dec. IA boy named Gluten
dorf, who was doing some work oh a high
scaGiold, missed his step and fell to the
ground below, distance of eighty feet,
breaking his neck, causing instant death The
boy was about II years DID, and lived with
his parents. On the same scaffold was an
old man named John Medley, who also fell to
the ground, and his injuries will likely prove
fatal He is single, man and was removed
to his rnnm
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07

Pure Cod liver Oil made from selected
livers. on the sea-shore, by Caswell, Ha-
zard & Co., New York 1t is absolutely
pure and sweet Patients who have once
taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians
have decided it superior to any of the
other oils in market.
Chapped Hands, Face, Pimplcs, and rough
Skin, cured by using Juniper Tar Soap,
made by Caswel, Hazard & Co, New
York
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07
Only a Fog signal.

TORONTO, Dec. There was nothing in
the so-called dynamite explosion. Some boys
placed fog signal on the street railway
track; a car passed over and it exploded with
great violence The shock threw the car from
the rails and disabled it. Three or four pas.
sengers were badly shaken. No serious dam
age was done to any one.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07
SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE.

j. w. Graham, Wholesale Druggist,
of Austin, Tex, writes,--I have been
handling DIR. VIM. Halls Balsam for the
lungs for the past year, and have found
it one of themost salable medicines / have
ever had in my house for coughs, colds,
and even consumption, always giving en-
tire satisfaction. Please send me aDoth-
er gross.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07

CINCINNATI, Now. "A grand cooking maiR.
largest ever held in this state, takes place in
Logan, Ohio, Dec. IS, 10, 90 Circleville,
Columbus, Chillicothe, Ironton, Greenfield,
Nelsonville Straitsville, Mount Vernon,
Cincinnati, LANCASTER, Dayton Okio, Pitts.
bury Pa, Wheeling and Charleston w. Va.
will be represented.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07
The Exchange Bank of Montreal.

MONTREAL, Dec. THE exhibit of the Elk.
change bank was presented to the sharehold-
ers at a meeting held, and contrary to ex-
pectation, it was found that the capital stock
of the bank would not only be wiped out by
the losses of the absconding manager, but
that the stockholders would probably be held
liable for the full extent of the statute This
makes them responsible to double the amount
of the face value of their stock
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07
Business Difficulties.

PATERSON, N. J., Dec. flames jackson
was appointed receiver of the Dover Silk
Manufacturing company, of Dover and
Paterson. The company employs about $50
hands This liabilities amount to Sl02, 900 and
assets $4,000.
MANSFIELD, Ohio, Dec. james Span
dau, clothier, assigned, liabilities, 1000;
assets, $4,000.
CANTON, Ohio, Dec Simon Rupert,
gardner, assigned, liabilities, $4,000; assets,
5000
PICKERINGTON, Ohio, Dec Ed. Kramer,
dry goods, assigned, liabilities, $4,000; as
sets, $1,000.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07
To Shape a Policy.

WASHINGTON CRY, Dec. 7,-Representa-
tive Springer, of Illinois, says that, previous
to the holiday recess, the majority of the
house will probably hold caucus to con-
slider questions of policy and shape the course
of the party with respect to legislation dur
ing the session.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07
THE WAR CLOUD
Reported to Have Burst In China
The Report UncOnfirmed.

HONG KONG, Dec THE Chinese govern
ment refuses to Withdraw or modify its claims
regarding Tonquin, and prefers war to the
surrender of the province to France. Large
bodies of troops are continually passing Hong
Kong for the Tonquin border.
LONDON, Dec 6-The st. James Gazette's
financial article says an unconfifmod report
on the stock exchange that war between
China and France had been declared, caused
excitement and a general decline of prices.
LATER-Nothing is known here of the re-
ported beginning of war between France and
China.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07

CINCINNATI, Dec. THE Enquirer's
Washington City special says: In one feature
of the message the president is almost uni
versally condemned. 1t is his attempt to
bolster up the humbug of civil service. The
president is politician enough to know that
the dude element in both parties, is like thu
Pendletonian humbug, and as it is of advant
age only to his own party, he is willing to
give it lift Still, there is general conces-
sion that he does so at the expense of his con-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07
The Scnntic Committrcs.

WASHINGTON Cry, Dec. 7.-Senator Har-
rison, of the Republican caucus committee
appointed to rearrange the majority repre-
sanitation of the senate committees said that
the plan of reorganization of the committees
will not be reported to the caucus until Mon
day. and that it is improbable that the caucus
will be held before that time
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07
NATIONAL NOTES.
Nuggets of News From Our Mecca
OF the Politicians.
The Rearrangement OF the senate
CarIisle's Commit
tee List---A Wrtahy ONCE
Seeker---Other Items.

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. The Demo
cratic senator's in caucus appointed commit
tee, consisting Of chairman, Mr. Pendleton'
and Senators Harris, Coclrell, Garland, But
her, Morgan, George and Gait, to rearraiige
the minority membership OF the senate com
mittees Considerable feeling was manifested
by new senators that each OF the Older mem
bers were favored by positions ON several OF
the most important committees, and an effort
was made by senators holding this view to
imuroqs on the committee the Importance of
an equal distribution of the places 1t is the
understanding that the COMMITTEES viii not
act until the Republicans arrange the organi-
cation of the majority membership of the
committees
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07
Congress-

WASHINGTON CrTY, Dec 1.-THE senate,
after the introduction of a number of bills,
adjourned until Monday. The house. on mo-
tion of Holman, after the reading Of the jour
nal, adjourned until Monday.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07
Proposed Change in Navigation Laws

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec 7-Representa-
tive Dingley, Of Maine, member of the
joint committee on shipping on the last con
gress, will present to the house, bill which
changes the coutrol of navigation. 1t
establishes in the Ge2a:tnelt Of the
treasury, bureau of navigation to be
under the immediate charge of a
commissioner of navigation, who shall be APP
pointed by the president, and who shall have
charge of the commercial, marine and mer-
chant seamen who are not under existing
laws subject to supervision of any other off
Ger of the government
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07
S.of. EN- to Leave.

URBANA, Ohio, Dec. six of the cigar
makers, who came here to work have been
induced to leave town. Only five are now
working, and it is expected that they will
leave tonight.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07
Fatal Accident

LoNDoNvILLE, Ohio, Dec. Amos First
was instantly killed while digging ditch,
the dirt caving in. He leaves wife and
seven children. He was q veteran soldier.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07
sTURLATA AND HER PLANS.
She Has n Poor Opinion of Prison
Clergymen ---UOw She slammed
Piety.

Piety.
PrrTsBURG, Dec. Theresa Sturlata, the
Chicago murderess, has been in the city. This
mysterious woman arrived from the west and
took a room at the ST. Charles hotel, regis
tering as Mrs. Hamilton, of Milwaukee"
Soon after her arrival she was visited by
correspondent She was dressed with good
taste, and in goods of rich material. After
talking about killing her husband, and her
monotonous life in the penitentiary the last
year, she said: Sundays gave us some relief
from the weekday sameness, and we heard
the gospel preached. But oh, such preachingl
If the salvation Of the world depended ON
such preaching there would not be many who
would climb the golden stairs. 1t pays for
prisoner to be religious The visit
ing Sanaritans are partial to prison
ers protesting religion. Many OF
the women in prison are strongly
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07

Mr. VIM. II. Kelly. Lement, Ill, says
II used Browns Iron Bitters for dyspe-
a and it certainly helped me"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07
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, 1883-09-22
Frtxhgful Accident.

DENVER, September a-Two serious acci-
dents occurred yesterday afternoon at Ken
osha. Montana, on South Park road. in
which seven employees were injured; three
are thought fatally. The conductor, LiV
ingston, of the freight train. which had
been made into two sections came down the
hill. the first section made the grade sue
cessfully but at its base ran into CON
s,ruction train, injuring four men, but none
fatally. The second section was even less
fortunate. Just at the top Of an immense
grade, while running al the usual speed the
engine Jumped the track. Eight cars back
of il were precipitsted down the embsnk-
ment. E. S. Foster. engineer; Edward
Lake, head -breakman: and Conductor Il. +;
Livingston, were injured. probably fatality
The wreck was terrible one. The wound
ed men were extricaied from the ruins and
brought to this city, arriving this morning.
when the particulars were first learned. IL
is said that through an unknown cause The
heavy train got the mastery Of the engine
and rushed down the mountain where the
grade is one hundred feet TO the mile, with
terrific velocity until a sharp curve was en-
countered when the engine left the track
and completely wrecking the whole train.
That any escaped instant death Is almost
miraculous
, 1883-09-22
The Good Old Times.

President John Quincy Adams wasIn the
habit OF bathing before sunrise in the Po-
tomac, swimming rapidly and turning
occasionally upon his back, seeming as
much at his ease as upon terra lrma- and
Thurlow Weed saw him do it. 1t cost the
government less for vacations and recrea
tons of presidents and members of cabinets
than if does now. No further back than
Buchannan's time, which is referred 10 now
as the good old times of republican sim
plicity and honesty, presidents had some
scruples on this point. On one occasion,
he wrote to his niece, Miss Lane, saying
Il am sorry 10 find that your excursion TO
West Point on the Harriet Lane has been
made the subject of newspaper criticism on
yourself. The practice, however, OF en-
blowing national vessel, on pleasure excur-
sions TO crafty any class of people, Is far
subject of public criticism You know
how much | condemned your former trip
on the same vessel, and did not expect you
would fail into u second error The thing,
however, IS past and gone, and let 1t pass
After fair time shall have elapsed, II Is my
purpose TO cause general orders TO be issued
bv the treasury and naval department TO
stop the practice" No law or constitutional
provision allows such use Of government
vessel by the president or a member OF his
family. The scandals which have occurred
within the past ten years suggest the pro
priety of some action by congress TO pro-
hibit il.
, 1883-09-22
4 Tale of Royalty.

NJ. FlOrian Pharaoh tells an amusing an
ecdOte about King Ilumbert Of Italy, who
is as fond of shooting As was his royal
father. Victor Emanuel. From time 10 time
King Uumbert, ObliviOus of all rJyal Gus
toms and court etiquette, separates himself
from his suite, and, gun in hand, goes out
alone in search of game. accompanied by
his two favOrIte dogs During one OF his
excursions he was net by Il peasant, who
looked on with admiration at the havoc the
King had made among coyey of partridges.
He did not know the monarch, and, see
ing him in the dress of an ordinary sports
man could net recognize him. compliment
ed him on his skill with the gun, and then
told him that if he would come TO his farm
on the following morning and Kill fox
which had made several raids on his roost
he would not mind giving him couple OF
francs for his trouble.
King Humbert kept the appointment, and
was fortunate enough 10 kill the fox. The
delighted peasant welcomed him on his
return. and called his wife and children
Out, and insisted on the King sharing
their breakfast with them. AT ihe
end of the repast the peasant took leave of
his visitor. pressing Z two franc piece into
hi; hand. which the King tossed up IN the
air and caught, declaring it was the first
money he had ever earned Two days after
ward the peasant was surprised TO see an
officer uniformed, ride up in open carriage
with presents from the King for his wife
and children. He then learned to whom he
owed his obligation, and was confused al
the familiar manner in which he had bob
nobbei with ROYALTY
, 1883-09-22

\ few days ago 4 mechanic named VIM
Stokes, hearing that bake oven was wanted
al Fort Douglas, applied 10 the post for the
job of building it. He was directed to the
officer who has charge OF such things at the
post, and WAS by him informed that the
oven was needed and that he could have the
building Of it, provided he could bring the
proper recommendations. When asked
what recommendations were needed he was
told that he must have recommends from
Elijah Morris of the Seventies" and Bishop
Watson. Stokes said, is it possible that L
cannot get work at Fort Douglas without a
certificate of character from Mormon
Bishop" He was told that such was the
fact He came to town and asked Morris if
from what he knew of his ability as a mason
he would be willing to give him certificate
that he possessed sufficient ability and in
tegrity to build bake oven. The answer
was, Il am bidding on that york myself.
Morris knows Stokes thoroughly; knows
how fine mechanic he is I'D Is. moreover,
under deep obligations serve Stokes il
possible. But he could not vet the recon-
mend. This circumstance g\es further 10
establish the perfect liberality of our Nor
mon brethren, and there ought to be point
in il somewhere for General McCook to con
sider-.Sdh LakS Tribune.
, 1883-09-22
Our Public Lands.

One Of the most remarkable facts Of the
day. SAYS the Seattle Post IRtNigenesT, is the
astoaishingly rapid increase in the appro-
priation of public lands This Is the most
significant feature of our growth as we'll is
that of the whole country where public
lands a-e attainable from The general gov
eminent There is growing feeling among
the young men Of this generation that the
wears when q farm may be had for the mere
asking. are numbered, and this fact seems
10 have stimulated them 10 use extracrdIn-
ary efforts in securing homestead and pre-
emption claims That this is so, is proved
by the enormous increase of sales of public
lands, IN spite of the fact that immigration
to the United States has fallen off and with
it the number of those of foreign birth who
have heretofore been extensive lOcators of
government lands. The amount OF public
lands appropriated IN the past year under
the various land laws IS estimated at from
fifteen TO twenty millions OF acres. IL
Is almost impossible 10 get
a reliable and accurate estimate
of the public lands now at the disposal of
the Government. In 1880 the amount WAS
about 40. .000. 600 of acres. OF this, how
ever. Il very large percentage, much more
than half. is valueless for any purpose.
Only small fraction can be considered
available for purposes of settlement II is
PLAIN that taking the RAPID absorption Of
these lands dur.ng the past three years as 4
basis. the time is coming comparatively
near when all public lands of value % the
settler will have been appropriated, and the
only recourse will be the railroad grants
which. immense as they are, are not By any
means inexhaustible The present genera
ton. children now growing up TO manhood
and womanhOOd. will live 10 see the day
when there will be little need of homestead
and pre-emption laws, and another genera
ton will be brought face to face with those
social problems which agitate the older and
more densely populated countries Of the
world He is WISE who, looking ahead, Sc
cures for himself and his pOSterlty goodly
portion of the cheap lands of u day. The
time is rapidly approaching when there will
rnt he enough To 90 around.
, 1883-09-22
BOLD ROBBERY.
A Montana Cowboy Goes Through q
Conductor and Eight Men.

One Of the boldest robberies ever perpe-
trated in Utah was thxt which took place
on the Utah & Northern freight train Sun
day morning near Richmond, Cache county.
About = oiciock that morning a man board
ed the north-bound freight train at Smith
field and took his seat in the csboose, where
he remained quietly until near Richmond
Nine persons besides himself were in the
| caboose at the time. Rising from his seat
and getting a position whence he had all
in range he pulled his revolver and ordered
all 10 throw up their hands Some of the
passengers were asleep at the time and were
aroused by his command. Once awakened,
all obeyed the orders of the robber, who at
once began his search for booty. From the
conductor he took silver watch; from one
passenger he took gold watch; from three
Others he took silver watches, making five
watches in ALL From one passenger he
| took $4o in money. s. from another, and
hfg cents from another. lie held the pas
sengers and train men at bay until tine train
reached the switch one and a half miles
south of Richmond, when he jumped OFF
and disappeared. Up to this writing we
have no news of his capture. but quite
number of persons from Logan and Smith
field are engaged in search for him. He
Is described as being twentyfour
years old, with brown whiskers
and mustache. and Is stout,
heavy set and had on when he did the rob
bing. dark blue shit, dark duck overslls
and coat, and wore belt around his waist
with large German silver buckle lie rep
resented himself rs being a cowboy Judge
Crawford has telegraphed in various direc-
tons in hopes of heading the man off and
capturing him.
The man had been about Logan for some
time, boarding first at one place and then at
another. On last Friday night he created a
panic in the town by going into the store Of
Goodwin Brothers and making an attempt
10 rob. He called frs; for pair of overals
and made selection, then in turn for
dark shirt and pair of socks. He then
wanted to try them on, and was told 10 go
into back room, which he did. Getting
the articles on his person, he walked out
with a revolver in each hand, and ordered
three men in the store TO throw up their
hands and retire 10 the rear room, which
they were not slow TO do
While this was going on, Mr.: Goodwin
at first lOokedupon the matter as joke, and
told the fellow that kind of game would not
do, but he was al once made 10 realize the
intention of the man TO force him TO open
the safe and hand out the money Not
wishing TO do so, he ran out of the store and
started eastward on The street, while the
woUld-be robber came out and went west
toward the depot, carrying of the clothing
he had selected. without stopping to pay
for them. Our informant who was In Lo
gan al the time, says that when he met the
three men half an hour after they had been
ordered TO the rear, they were much excited
over the event and felt that their escape
had been narrow one. The fellow, while
in Logan, claimed 10 be q cowboy from
Montana
, 1883-09-22

GALVESTON. September "a Corpus
Christi special says: The damages by
rains and high water in the surrounding
country are mnch greater than was sup
posed All the creeks which have been dry
all summer are suddenly growing into rag
ing streams twenty and forty feet deep, and
spreading across the country washing every
thing before them. Horses. cattle and
sheep are seen floating by hundreds down
the current. Wind mills and out houses
are swept away. The loss TO stock cannot
be estimated. as nearly all is flooded The
Texan & Mexican Railroad lost eleven
bridges and culverts, and several miles OF
track in a space of six miles. At Fers Sta
ton, a hundred miles west, the situation Is
a very bad one. On the section east OF here
five bridges and mile and half OF road
bed and track are gone The situation Is
even worse at Realibus along the coast
southwest of Corpus Christi. The damage
10 stock will exceed the losses in the DIS
tricts noted above as the various streams de-
bouch into the Laguna Msdre, and the
country being low and tlat with no protec-
ton from floods except sand drains, the
waters will spread and carry everything be-
fore them. At Kennedy pasture two horses
with saddles and brides on swan ashore.
The riders are supposed TO have been
drowned while attempting TO cross the ferce
currents As Mexican huts are situated IN
sparsely settled districts and communication
between them is interrupted, the loss Will
not be ascer,ained for some time Nearly
all the tanks for watering stock have burst,
and the loss on this alone will amount u
considerable. The bridge AT Sandiago, nj
" -four miles West of here, was swept away
this morning II was four hundred and
fifty feet long