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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-30
No Complaints from the rOarders.

A Detroit milkman some time since
secured customer whom he soon d g.
covered meant to pay in promises, but
he realized that if he quit serving her
he stood no chance of collecting the
debt already contracted. He therefore
planned to oblige her to dismiss him.
and began by adding one-fourth water
to the milk. No fault being found he
put in fifty per cent. of water. Three
days passed witho complaint, and the
amount of water rose to seventy-fye per
cent. In three or four days more he
served her with two quart of water col
ored by gill of milk. Next morning
he expected to hear from it. but as the
servant girl made no complaints he
asked:
How does the family like the MILK
"Pretty well, / guess"
"No complaints?"
mot as I've heard. Missus is a
widow, you know, and doesn't drink
tea nor coffee on account OF the dyspep-
STA, and the boarders have all they can
do to complain of the butter!"
The man gave it up rs a bad job. ~
petrosF Free Press
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-30
The East.

THE Irish Land League Treasurer of
America has cabled $4,000 for the relief of
sufferers by famine in Ireland
AT Uniontown, Pa, on the Ast the SUI
perintendent of the Youngstown Coke Com
pany shot and killed a miner named Kane
AS the miners were on a strike there was
great excitement, and an outbreak was
feared.
A WOMAN named Katie A. Judd, who
robbed and burned her employers house at
Newport, II. L., has been sentenced to
twenty-five years in States Prison.
IRISH girls to the number of 800, who re-
Gently sailed from Limerick, Ireland,
reached Nashua, N. H., on the 21st, and were
given immediate employment in the cotton
mills in that city.
On the ODD the remains of John Howard
Payne, the author of Home, Sweet Home"
reached New York, were they would lie in
state for one day, and then be taken to Oak
Hill cemetery, in Washington
SIX miners were seriously, and, probably,
fatally injured, by gas explosion few
mornings ago in Packer Colliery, No. 9, at
Lost Greek, Pa.
BY vote of to / the Executive Coun-
Gil of Massachusetts ON the 22d rejected
the nomination of Governor Butler for In
surance Commissioner. The Governor inn
mediately thereafter renominated Noah A.
Plympton, the rejected nominee.
The death of John G. Dale, who for the
last thirty years had represented the In
man Steamship Line in New York, oc-
CURED suddenly on the morning of the 2Sd.
The meeting of the Irish National Land
League of the United States and Canada
has been officially called to meet at Phila.
delphia April %. The announcement is
made that Parnell and other Nationalist
will attend.
j. B. MARsToN, a cleak for the Equitable
Trust Company of New York, acknowledged
on the Esd to the embezzlement of $4,000.
A FARMER living near Scranton, Pa,
named Peter Ward, killed his mother-in-law
on the 23d because, as he said, she "made
his life miserable.n
THE golden wedding of Rev. S. B. Halli-
day, assistant pastor of Henry Ward
Beecher's church in Brooklyn, was cele-
brated ON the evening of the sd. He was
presented with purse of S, ZOO.
THE Democrats of Rhode Island, it was
stated on the oath, would put in nomina
tion straight ticket in opposition to the
fusion upon Ex-Governor Sprague.
THE death is announced at Philadelphia
of Rear-Admiral Thomas Turner, United
States Navy.
NUMBER ONE, the title in Dublin of the
unknown person connected with the Phoenix
Park assassinations, is claimed to be man
whose real name is Tyner, and who was
thought on the 26th to be in New York
City.
WARRANTS were recently sworn out by a
clergyman of Newburyport, Mass, for the
arrest of the manager and leading members
of a travelling theatrical company who were
advertised to bring out play based upon
the life and adventures Of Jesse James, the
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-30

"A farmer at Amesbury, Mass, has
among his poultry a single dove, which
came upon his premises about year
and half ago, and domesticated itself
with the barn-yard fowls, at once as
Stunning their habits, roaming with them
through the day, and roosting with
them at night. When the fowls are
confined, the dove remains in their in
closure, although it might easily fly
outside.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-30

David w. Clark, of Old Saybrook,
Conn, has fuchsia which has bloomed
both winter and summer for the past
four years continuously, is eight feet
high, covers a space of six feet in width,
and has 140 open blossoms, and a large
number of buds upon it-Nes0 Haven
REGISTER.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-30

Gear Alexander's crown is worth
5000, 900 rubles. 1t is covered with
diamonds, pearls and rubies, and was
first used in the coronation of Cath
crime III.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-30

the week ended on the 9th. The Indians
were said to be concentrating at point
about forty miles from Tombstone. They
had set fire to the grass, and the country
thereabouts was on the 26th in blaze.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-30

"A husband Of seventeen and his
newly-married bride Of fifteen created
sensation at church fair in Red Bluff,
Cal, the other evening.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
GRAIN.
Milwaukee Market.

MILWAUKEE, May 10,
WHEAT-Irregular and unsettled; No 1tH
cash 0524 March; II \ April / II IS May 1875
June. No 3, 50 No i. 76
CORN Easier; &C.
OATS-DHil and lower; al.
RYE--Declining; 81.
BARLEY-Tame; T2LS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
Herepeats the Remark

tsWill You repeat that remark, Mr.. Mathson?''
Turning so as to look your representative squar-
ly in the face the head of the house Soren Mathi-
son & Co.. Pharmacists, No. 1902 State street. Mar
bic Block, Chicago, replied: sYes, sir with pleas
ura; myremark was that we consider PARKER's
GINGER Tonic, now called PARKER's Tonic, the
best article of its kind in the market Our sales
for the last six months tell the whole stery and
settle The question The Tonic, ike good din
ner, carries its own recommendation with it, It's
bound TO sweep the west like prairie on fire. in
cases of rheumatism, dyspepsia and liver and
kidney troubles it scores successes and wins
friends every day,
HIscox Co.. beg to call attention 10 the fact
that hereafter larker's Ginger Tonic will be ad-
vertsed and sold simply under the of PAR
KEE's Tonic. We make this change for the rea-
son that unprincipled dealers constantly de-
ceiving their customers by substituting inferior
preparations under the name of ginger; and as
ginger is really unimportant favoriHg ingredi-
ent, drop the misleading .word
There is no change. hoaoeceT, in us preparation
ifse!f, and all bottlos remeining in the hands of
dealers, wrapped under the of Parker 5
Ginger Tonic contain the genuine medicine if the
fac -smile signature of HIscoY q Co, is at The
bottom of the outside wrapper.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
An Easy Way Out of It.

Here is an interesting account by DIR.
&. {. Abbot, of the cunning way IL
which a little bird rebuilt its nest in or
der TO avoid Matching an intruder egg
"A pretty little fiy-catcher, which had
taken much pains to build her nest, was
in trouble about her own pearly egg
and through no fault of her own. Al
impudent cow-bird( 1nol0ter2s pecoris On
naturalists), too lazy to make a nest fol
herself, or to look UP an old one, or, in
deed, to hatch her own eggs, had siyls
dropped an egg in the fiy-catcher' nest
and then gone off, quite indifferent as tt
what became of it,
w hat the first thoughts of the fly
catcher were when she saw the intrusive
egg, L am at loss to conjecture; bnt tht
nest itself tells us that the bird was
not easily out witted, and also that tht
conclusion it finally reached was, t.
get rid of the noxious egg, by making
practically a new nest out of the old one
Now this fiy-catcher. which ornithol
ogists know as the whte-eyed viree
(Ftre0 n0Ueb0ydcencis), builds rathe
fragile, hanging nest, usually out of fin,
twIgs and strips of thin bark, all nicely
interlaced, but sometimes employing
also large pieces of newspaper The
nest is suspended to the delicate twigs,
that grow on the very ends of long wavy
branches. To compensate, therefore
for the considerable motion to which il
is subjected when the wind blows, th>
nest is made very deep, and quite small
at the top. SO deep is it, in fact, tha:
usually we can not detect the sitting
bird, unless the nest is looked upon from
above.
In the instance of the nest here de,
seribed, this great depth of the original
structure came nicely into play; for the
outcome of the bird s thoughts was that
to build new floor to the nest, while it
would necessitate leaving two of hel
own eggs Unmatched, would place the
unwieldy egg of the interloper down in
the basement also, and would thus leave
her free to rear her own family, unmo
Tested, on the next floor. This she Gun.
ningly accomplished by first placing
stout twig just above the eggs, and then
Interviewing suitable soft materials with
the sides of the nest, allowing THEN
weight to rest upon the twig extending
from side to side and projecting beyond
them - From Curious Items dboui
Birds. - IN 81. Nicholas for May.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
Something in Store,


A policeman patroling Gratiot aYenu,
| the proprietor of which is an honest
| unsuspecting burgher, and asked:
Cant You tell Inc if Sheneral Grant
is still in der city?''
Grant! Why. he hasn't been her
| in year "
'-lsh dot bossiblet My trent, vhas del
PRESIDENT here about two weeks ago?'
."No.
..Vhas dere some ferry boats got blow
ell up?''
Never heard of any
My trent, ledt me ask one more ques-
ton. NhaS some orphan asyIums al
burned up one night last week and al
der leedle shildren roasted like ducks in
der oofen?''
.'Of course not.
''Vhell, dot explains to me. ] haf a
poy Shon He Vhas oudt nights, und
he doan come home till O'clock next
morning. When | ash him aboudt it he
says some orphan asylum burned down.
or some ferry-poat blew oop. or Shen-
eral Grant vhas in town und WANTS to
see him So dot poy has been lying to
me?''
Looks that way.
'.Fhell, tonight he Will ship oudt as
usual, und by O'Clock he vhill come
creeping in. | shall ask him where be
VIA, all de time 50 long, und he Will say
Shenerai sherman vhas in town. | shall
tell him dot | take him out to der barn
und introduce him to a school house on
fire. und when | am all tired oudt nit
clubbing him pellet dot poy vhill see
some SMOKES und sthay home nights l
tour 4 j: yhas funny dot so much hap
p ~ III ler time und dey doan' put it in
/ ! .sser,nan bapcrs. Vhell, vhell. |
v,~.l.l. =, nisht So | could pegin to
rw .. - ! am der biggest sheneral
= II s. Free Press.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
GRAIN.

WHEAT-No . red April / 1901 22H May
229sT , Il June l 247si 2Ia July / 25l4G0I %
CokN-Mixed western spot 6,k168; futures
66ag69A.
OATS.-Western, 52aaG.
RYE-65.
BARLEY.-S5.
WHfSEEY.-S1 IS.
P0RK.-S19 25a119 81.
LARD-Sfl 1875.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
The firat Tomatoes In Pannsulxania.

LII IS stated that many years ago a Ber-
mudian was so unfortunate as to be i'm
prisoned for some offtnse in the jail at
York; Pa. one day he planted some seeds
he had in his p session in the Jail yard.
About the time the plants blossomed his
sentence expired and the jailer's wife was
interested in the plants and watched their
growth. \ small bright red fruit appeare d
on the vines, and all persons were caution
ed against touching the fruit, as il was
considered poisonous. one day the Beimu-
dian returned, and seeing the love apple
.mainred called for pepper salt, and vine
gar, with which he seasoned some. of the
apples which TO the horror of the jailer's
wife he proceeded to eat with quite "A
relish. He quieted the wOman's fears by
explaining the nature of the vegetable.
The precious seeds of .ihe remaining toma
toes were cgrefully distributed among
the neighbors. and so the cool delicious
tomato soon became IA common garden
vegetable. Bermuda Letter.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
an Tmn5r+7r,s nfeand.

4 conductor on Il Missouri, Kans = =
Texas train approached swell looking
colored woman, arrayed in the giorieS
that ribbons can lend, and asked her fol
her ticket.
..Go wav fun 'ah! DON bodder m,
with none yo foolishnessr' she exclaim-
ed, bridling with indignation.
Come, give up your ticketi' remon-
strated the conductor.
Il tole yo' go way fun y ahi done
got no ticket, an | don want no fool
ishness!'.
If YOU don't give me ticket or pay
your fare, I'll put you off the train.
growled the exasperated functionary.
-.Yo' don put me off no train, now, |
tote yo' for slIahr' retorted the darkey.
Ise got biziness down yere dat you
can { postpone. Ef you put me off de
train, yo' done got in fuss, suah's 20
bo'ni'
Where are YOU going anyway?
What your business?" demanded the
condnator, rather impressed by her man
neF.
Else gwine tode hangin' piece down
yere. and mon dat, Ise gwine. and yo'
can stop me!
Whore they going to hang?' asked
Il passenger, VINO Hai pScoiue iheSASSeoo
in the discussion.
.Dey's gwine fer ter hang my hus-
band, and lse ter be de only lady pres
emit Go way fun Y 'ah! Don fool with
me! Eff yo' think yo's gwine ter git me
off dis train an beat me out'n de last
chance o layin' over that nigga's mud
der and sister, who cant git in and
won't stay out, yo' don't know nothin'
about de strength of a wife's devotion!
Go way fun ah Rudder dan lose de
chance of breakin' dem nigga's hearts,
| done put dis heel under yo' railroad
an lift it over de State line! Go way
fun y'ah!''
The conductor let her ride free, but
whether to save the railroad or let her
have last opportunity to get square
with her naother-in-law, was not appar-
ent on his returrs.-DrdAe' Magazine.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
LALER-

The fire is now under control, it is
thought the loss will exceed million and
half. Twelve large tanks, eighteen cars,
six barges and dredges, three docks and
five brick buildings are destroyed. The
quantity of oil consumed is not known.
among the losers besides the standard oil
Co. are several other oil firms. who each
lose from four hundred to seven hundred
barrels Of cylinder OIL which was stored
IN one of the warehouses
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
Chicago Market.
NHItAdI- My
LIVE STOCK.

LIVE STOCK.
HOGS-Receipts 10000; slow; 10c lower; light
Z 10O7 55; mixed packing 2061G 55; heavy pack
ing and shipping, G0a17 90
CAITIE-Reccipts 5000; lower; fine
exports { 10; exports, 4066 60; good to choice
shipping, 05ll6 75; common To fair, 5oGf6 %;
butchers, 5OQd5 90; stockers and feeders, ; It00
; p.
GRAIN.
WHEAT-I4ower; regular l ia April; 121@
May II Jmfe; l514 July.
CORN-Lowcr: 5I19Go52h cash; 54Ts April !;
541a0D57l June; 571s6o5SI4 July.
oATs-Lower; 4 ? cash; Al bid April; 4094iA
May; 43 bid June; 419s July:
RYE-62i2.
BARLEY.-1562.1.
WHISk cyl 1T.
FLAN Seed A.
PORK-Lower; $40 20 April; $50 127 May !;
$40 111s June; $40 121R July.
LARD-Lower; 81 62 April; S11 95 in May ;
Sf2 o. june S12 I2R July.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
tliINOIS.

CHICAGO, May 10.-In the trial of Jerry
Dunn for the murder of the png;list
Elliot, Judge Sidney Smith perempIorily
ADJOURNED the court this morning until ,
o'clock, assigning no cause The after
noon papers say.it was learned that a man
named Hardy, on the jury, is a sporting
character and belonged 10 the coterie in
which Dunn mingled
CHICAGO, May 10-The storm in and
about this city caused great deal Of mi
nor damage, and was particularly severe
in the suburbs. The Methodist church at
South Evanston, standing in a somewhat
unprotected position, was completely
wrecked by wind.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10

ed streets till July. The city tresaury
is empty.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
Peoria Market.

CORN-Lower; mixed, 53Gp54la
OATS-No. , white, 49a42t9.
RYE-56tz a51.
WHISKY
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
An Ohsarrinr Boz.

A father was advising his very small
son, not long ago, against the sin of
sclfishness. that he must never hesitate
to grant favors and be generally obIig-
ing wherever he could. The boy listen
ed, then said: Il woald like TO do
everything you tell re, father, but
there's a fellow at school just like what
You We described; everybody says he's
an obliging fellow but nobody. not even
the teacher, treats him as if he was any
account. Now, / don't want people to
take me for no-account felIowif That
boy had him upon conundrum that
puzzles many an old philosopher
through lifc.-Bostogs Transcript.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
TEN CENT COLU MN.

All notices of SITUATIONS wanted Wanted
to Rent. etc, in this column free, until further
notice.
WA ANTED.
An active, intelligent boy this office Apply
at once.
A good stout girl to do second work and nursing,
at Mrs. Ross, 5th avenue and 22d street. my21w
Wanted. to buy some cheap Horses, ranging
from $40 to S75 viii be the Howard House,
Davenport, May Bird and 4th. f. ii. Hull
mayo 1w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
OHIO.

YOUNGSTOWN, May 10 Eight build.
ings. including the postoffice and three
stores, all frame, at Vienna, Trumbull
county. were destroyed by fire last night.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, So 900 It is
thought to be ineendiary.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-11-06
Last Words.

AS the Scottsville Courier says, the bat
tie has been nearly fought through Vic
tory is in sight, it is in reach. Shall we
stretch forth our hands and grasp the prize
"a prize no less than the salvation of our
beloved State? If we are the worthy sons
of the men ard women who made Virginia
what she was, we will to day arise in the
might of outra ged freemen and deliver Vir
ginia from being the prey of the vu,tures
who are now battening on her vitals.
Victory is in sight. It is only necessary
to get to the polls and vote the men who
are with US in our struggle against the
domination of the Malone Arthur Negro
Coalition. This vote must be gotten out,
or all is lost. We must go out in the by
ways and hedges and compel them to come
in. If You have not been at work, go to
work now, and keep at work until the vote
is polled. Do not let man escape. The
sick, the lame, the halt most be looked af-
ter. In short, Virginians-every man Of
you who deserves the name of freemen-
must do his duty. If this spirit shall ami
mate the great Democratic host, the sun
will set this evening upon redeemed, re
generated and disenthralled Common
wealth.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-11-06
The Issue. K0rki WOrk!

As the Lexington Gazette says, the issue is
whether the people shall rule through their
own representatives or whether they snail
be made the slaves Of the will of single
despot and bis miserable ignorant minions.
There is no question of financial character
either State or National in the contest. 1t
is not fight over the State debt or about
Funding Bills These blinds have been
stripped from the form of the present So
called Coalition. They have been settled
or remanded to another tribunal and the
fathers and origirators of that party have
LONG since left it and are back in tEeir sold
party. 1t is fight with the people on ore
side and despotisn, misrule and usurpation
on the other 1t is this in y nutshell: Sha !
SElla and appropriate her resources ct to Yh}IF lis
own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, or shall the people
conduct their own affairs? 1t is a contest
that involves every vital interest of the PEG
pie. Fellow citizens, it is your fight Con-
quer now, and the battle will not be fought
next year! Rou! Danish! wipe out every
vestige of the foe this time and your work
is done.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-11-06
If you 90 not vote right to-day, you will
repent it in sackcoth aud ashes, but your
repentance will no, remedy the evil.
The Atlanta Constitution SAYS:

The truth is, the civil-rights act was
conceived in fraud It was the result of a
deliberate scheme to deceive tie negroes.
and it succeeded. There was not Rspub-
llcan Of any inc ligence in the country
who did not know Tlat Congress had neither
a moral nor a legal night to guarantee So
cial privileges 10 class or race. But the
law was enacted with the view of delu ling
the negro with the idea that he was under
tue special protection of the Republican
party, and it was only one of series of
man@uvres intended to secure the votes of
Inc negroes st the polls"
Tbs abovr, says the Richmond Dispatch,
is the truth, the whole truth, and moth
ing but the trEth'' in nutshell. No
greater fraud ever disgraced our national
legislation or bsm!j5ozlad an ignorant peo.
pie than this same c;vll-rights act. The
only wonder is that The more intelligent
negroes had not realized its rank hypocrisy
long ago. That they have not is a poor
commentary upon the results of education
among them.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-11-06

PROFANE AND "TOE-NAIL" GOVERNOR
On Thursday last our ''toe nail" ''tooth-
ache" sprained-ankle'' Governor made a
speech to about 100 people, mostly negroes,
at Clifton, Fairfax county. From report
of it by correspondent of the Alexandria
Gazette we extract the following
"And in addressing the negroes, he said
in substance aud in language almost iden-
tical: ''If you permit yourselves to be
bought in this election, go to hi -d-n
you," as another gentleman remembers it:
eff you can be induced to vote with the
funders, by you may do it and go to
h-l:"
You may take your choice, without pay
ing any money at all p"
That is very similar to the reported re-
marks of Mr.. r. J. Walker in his speech in
Harrisonburg.
What are we coming to when a drunken
Governor leaves his post to travel through
the State at the bidding of boss and to
make such speeches to rabble of negroes,
and the mean whites who are using them as
cat's-paws, and who are worse than the ne
groes, they dupel. o Temporal! 0 mores!
When Cameron got to Alexandria, he
denied that he had told the negroes they
might go to HI. When he was at Clifton
it is probable that he was not in condition
to know what he said. The Alex. Gazette
speaks of him as one Threatened with jim
iams.''
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-11-06
A Valuable BOOk-A Treatise on the
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