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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17

Anderson Bros.
LAwRENcEBua, Ind, Nov. 1z.-Twelve
thousand dollars worth Of lumber, owned by
the suspended City National bank, was
burned, it is supposed, by an incendiary.
Fully insured.
ORLEANS, Ind, Nov. 1.-THE -four and
saw-mill of Newton Turley and three or four
dwellings were burned. Loss, 1900; no in
surance.
ALBANY, N. Y, Nov. IA spark from
locomotive fired the roof of the depot at
Jacksonville, on the Troy g. Boston railroad,
Tuesday, at midnight The depot, four cars,
Mrs Sheehan's dwellings and saloon and J.
II. Sandersen's store were destroyed. Loss,
$I5 600; partly insured. A strong wind was
blowing. The village narrowly escaped.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., Nov. 17.-While the
wind was blowing violent fire broke ont in
the frame houses on Cemetery avenue, and
spread rapidly. 1t was only by the united
efforts of the firemen and citizens that the
city was saved from complete destruction
Five residences were burned. Loss, $40, coo;
insurance, half
LAwRENsvILLE, s. c., Nov. IA fire de-
stroyed the Continental hotel and five stores.
Loss, $60, 900 partially insured
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
Working Up the scheme to Build 1

Working Up the scheme to Build 1t
LONDON, Nov. IA Paris correspondent
writes; There is reason to believe that the
basis of the proposed agreement between the
Suez Canal company and the English ship.
owners is, that the administration of the
company shall be A per cent. English and
Sc per cent. French; that England, as well
as France, shall be the seat of adj
ministration; that all differences shall be
settled by English tribunals, and that all the
surplus dividend shall go towards reduction
of the transit dues. This is stated to be the
English proposal. but it is generally supposed
De Lesseps will not consent to the proposition
that all surplus earnings shall go towards a
reduction of the tolls, but will insist that a
portion shall go to the shareholders. A part
of the agreement will be that the English
government shall lenc .eeS, 900, 900 sterling to
help the construction of the CANAL
it is understood that the legal advisers of
the Egyptian government decidedly oppose
De Lesseps' claim TO widen the Suez canal
sithout the permission of that government.
Upon De Lesseps' arrival at Liverpool he
visited the exchange. He was well received,
and made speech assuring the merchants
that he was anxious to do everything posi-
BILE to meet their wishes relative to the man.
agement Of the Suez canal
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
LABOR ON TIE STRIKE.
Com pasItors in Sew SSrl< talk Out
ether Labor Notes.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE Mail and Ex-
press and Evening Post refused their COM
positors 40 cents per 900 ems instead of IS, as
at present, and the union men went out. The
papers are published as usual, however The
Graphic refused the increase and the men
continued to work The other evening pa
pers conceded the scale.
PANAMA, Nov T.-There is a general
strike of railroad and steamship laborers.
They demand an increase from 81. so to 50
per day. There are so many canal laborers
on the Isthmus, and such great numbers are
constantly arriving, that the strike, it is be-
leved, will be but a short one. All is quiet.
The national troops at the railroad depot
have orders to fire in the event of being at
tackled by the strikers
PITTsBURG, Nov. 1.-THE coal operators of
the fourth pool on the Monongahela river,
met and appointed q committee Of four to
meet a similar committee of miners and ar
range for arbitration by the selection of an
umpire The operators of the other pools
were not present
a conference Of the glass manufacturers
and the workers committee will soon take
place
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
WIDE AWAKE nRuaaIss.

Messrs Hartz 6 Bahnsen are always
alive TO their business, and spare no pains
to secure the best of every article in their
line. They have secured the agency for
the celebrated DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. The only certain cure
known for Consumption, Coughs, Colds,
Horseness, Asthma, Hay Fever, Bronchi-
tbs, or any affection of the Throat and
Lungs. Sold on positive guarantee.
Trial Bottles free. Regular size $500.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
LOSSES ON THE LAKE.
Reports Coming in swell the Lost OF
Fatal Disasters.

PORT ROWAN, Ont, Nov. 17-Capt. Wood
ward. of the hfe-saving station. proceeded
at daylight TO the wreck of the Inflated
schooner reported ashore at Long Point
Thursday. The vessel is completely
covered with ice, and her name,
near as it could be made out,
is E. Fitzgerald, of Buffalo, supposed to
be loaded with wheat The sea is still SO
high that it is impossible for small boat to
20 out to her. 1t is now said her crew con-
sisted of six men. All were drowned in en-
deavoring to reach the shore in a yawl. The
vessel will be total wreck. None Of the
bodies came ashore.
DETROIT, Nov. ia scow owned by Ma
rion Bros, and its crew of four men, were lost
in Tuesdays storm.
MONTREAL, Nov. a. The tug D. g.
Thompson, of Kingstown, reports the loss in
Sundays storm on Lake Ontario of the barge
Milwaukee and crew of seven men.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
Hurt by e. FALL.

When only boy some thirteen years old l was
hurt quite badly by fall, and severely injured my
bach and kidneys and was doctored by onr best
physiciane, and tried many remedies, and they
all failed, until Hunts Remedy was recommend.
ed to us by friends that had used it here in Man
chester with the greatest success. We purchased
a bottle from Foster Campbeirs drug store, and
found that improved very rapidly; was relieved
Of the pains in back, and after using several bot
ties found that was completely cured. and can
not over-estimate the good Hunts Remedy has
done me- and can NEST heartily recommend it to
those troubled with kidney complaint; and you
can use this letter as you choose.
Respectfully yours,
ALoNZo P. MARSHALL.
90 Orange ST., Manchester, N. H., May Z, 1888.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
That Hill Of sharon.

SAN Francisco, Nov. 17.-Since the pub
location of the fac simile alleged contract of
marriage between ex-senator Sharon and
Alathea Hill the opinion is alleged to be gain
ing that the signature is genuine, but not
given for the purpose the document indicates.
1t is written on small piece of paper on both
sides. The inference is drawn that Sharon
gave his autograph on the paper, which was
used to write the contract upon.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
The Campaign in Tonquin.

PARIS, Nov, E.-French forces in Tonquin
are estimated at 1S,c0O-4,000 above the fig
ures given by the MINISTER of marine. The
committee of the chamber of deputies that is
considering the grantof credits for the ex-
penses of the Tonquin campaign is favora5ly
inclined, but desires to give complete ex-
position of the subject. 1t is declared here
that the sensational reports Of breach in the
friendly relations bstween France and China,
and the reinforcement of the French squad
ron in Tonquin, are without foundation.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
Illness of a. Nj. suEIsVau NJ p

LONDON, Nov. IA. II. Sullivan, N. P,
one of the attorneys in the libel suit of The
Central News against The Sportsman, fell in
a fainting fit after the case was dismissed and
was carried from the court room in an insen-
sible condition to his Office. Helay in a COM
atose all night, and the announcement caused
great anxiety among friends of O'Donnell,
Carey's slayer; as the death would be a seri-
GUS blow to the defense Over exertion in
the O'Donnell case is the supposed cause of
Sullivanns illness. He rallied shortly after
ever since
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
Quelled the Disturbance.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Nov. H.-Gibbons'
saloon was bombarded because it wouldn't
open the place to serve crowd with liquor.
Policeman Lindersmith was called, and was
badly beaten before he could summon aid.
Officer Cook arrived and the roughs were re-
inforced by several Irish women. The police
fired into the crowd, and Mike Tarragher
was shot in the spine and viii probably die
This queled the disturbance. Lindersmith is
seriously nilrnd
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17

PANAMA, Nov. 17-Gen. Joaquin zevala
ex-president of Nicaragua, has been appointed
envoy extraordinary to the other Central
American republics for the purpose of on
deavoring to obtain their acceptance of the
proposal made by Nicaragua that the five
republics shall jointly guarantee 3 per cent
on the sum of S75, 900 to be expended in
constructing the Nicaragua canal.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
American Hog Products.

LONDON, Nov. T.-Inquiries are made from
America whether it is true, as reported in
trade circles there, that the French govern
ment has removed the prohibition against
American hog products Neither the news
papers nor the news agencies here can find
authority for the statement that this has been
done, and inquiries at Paris fail to confirms
the reDoI.t
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17

OF the many remedies before the public
for Nervous Debility and weakness of
Nerve Generative System, there is none
equal to Aliens Brain Food, which
promptly and permanently restores al
lost vigor; it never fails. 81, pkg fol
s.. AT druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
Anather scandal Tinearthed.

LONDON, Nov. 17.-Mr. fireman, secretary
of the Cbarlewood Railroad company, has
fed the city. Investigation of the affairs OF
Edward c. Madison, the ASCENDING railway
contractor recently failed with liabilities of
1000, 900, led TO charge being made i'm
plicating Madison in the issue of quantities
of forged stock Of the Charlewood railway.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
The Recent mexican Train Robbery

SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 1.-THE Mexican Ma
tional train robbery is said to have been
planned by Mexican Americans. Laredo
passengers arriving say it was desperate
affair. There was no chance of defense The
case excites interest, especially of the railroad
authorities, who put up $4,000 to bring the
perpetrators to Justice
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17

PANAMA, Nov T.-Major Julius Lowell,
secretary of the United States consul in this
city, died after brief illness. Major Lowell
was for long time acting assistant adjutant
general of the Army Of the Gulf, under Gen.
Candy.
WHEELING, W. Va, Nov. H.-John 0ster-
ing, president of the Central glass works, died
Of apoplexy, aged 50.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
Michigan Central win Come In.

DETROIT, Mich Nov. 17.-President Led
yard. of the Michigan Central road, notified
COMPTROLLER Trowbridge that if the city of
Detroit would accept the new standard time
the Michigan Central would do the same
The comptroller will recommend to the
council that a change in the city time be
made as suggested
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Nov. 1z-William
Jones broke into John Redmonds' house at
Carpenter, Alabama, after quarrel about
the law and shot him in the abdomen. Red
monds sprang out of bed and killed Jones
with Ratchet
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
serinna RniIway Aecidant.

CINCINNATI, Nov. H.-At Chattanooga the
southbound passenger train on the Great
Southern was thrown down an enbankment,
and six passengers dangerously hurt, three
being women.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
Beware % Baked beams!

BOSTON, Nov. il Wallace Cobb died at
Lynn from supposed internal rupture. The
autopsy shows an undigested baked bean
lodged in the intestines, which produced ul-
ceration Of the bowels.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
AN ORIGINAL MULHATToNIsM.
The Report Of she Secreting OF Prcsi-
dent LfncOln's Remains Proves a

The Report OF thc Secreting OF Prcsi-
dent Lfnc0ln's Remains Proves a
Hoax.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Nov 1T.-SOme timeago
The State Register, In response to an inquiry,
'Where are the remains Of Mr.. Lincoln depos-
tied at present, and are they turning to
stoner published the following, signed by the
custodian of the Lincoln monument:
A few days previous to the dedication Of
the monument, Oct. Is, 1874 the body of Mr..
Lincoln was taken from an iron coffin, put
IN lead one, and soldered perfectly air
tight 1t was then put into a wooden one
made Of narrow strips Of red cedar, and all
put In the marble sarcophagus in the oata-
comb Of the monument. When the would-be
robbers visited it on the evening Of Nov. z,
1876, they removed the lid and the end piece
of the sarcophagus next the door and drew
the wood and leaden collins, with the body
inclossd, partly out, when they were dis
turbed by the officers of the United
States secret service in their at
tempt to capture them, and the thieves
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17

LANSING, Mich, Nov. 1T.-Flora Hogle, IA
years old, was burned to death here. Her
clothes caught FIRE from the stove. Her
father, in trying to save her, had one of his
hands so badly burned that it viii probably
have to be amputated.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
Woman sufrra9e in Oreron.

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov 1.-THE legis-
lature has passed a. bill striking out the word
''rnale" from the election laws. Women can
vote at the general election next November
and thereafter. There was jubilant Iatifi-
cation rnearing of women
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17

New YORK, Nov. 1.-THE business fail
ures during the last seven days in the United
States and Canada, reported by telegraph to
R 6. Dun g. Co.'S Mercantile agency, num-
Der 235, against 215 the previous week.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17

NEW YoRK, Nov. 17.-Wandering won the
mile in las: Laura Glass won the h miles
selling in BIB; Mikes Pride won the | e mils
in 2:271&,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
mrs- r,anwtry IN.

HAMILTON, Canada, Nov. r.-Mra Lang
try has been suddenly taken seriously i'll in
her palace car, Of nervous prostration, and
her appearance at the Grand opera house in
the ''School for Scandal" was postponed
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
Dtsuoscd of Threc Hsi,lious.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 17.-Jhe will of the late
Thomas Whitelidge has been filed, and shows
the disposition of property valued at s., 900,
000 One million one hundred thousand dol
lars goes TO the American Unitarian society
of Boston, the remainder to relatives and
friandS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
Too intimate with the souaws.

WASHINGTON CRY, Nov. LIT is
rumored that an army officer in high stand
ing will be court-martialed for undue init
macy with squaws
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
The way the money Goes.

NEW QRLEAs, Nov 17-Four barges and
steamboat hnll which cost the government
100000 three years ago for the National
board Of health, were sold at auction here for
5000. They were never useful
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Nov. 1.-THE first
through train on the New York, West Shore
& Buffalo railroad left here at o'c,ock a. m.
It comprised the officials of the road in pri-
vate car with special schedule and few stops
exnactad
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
skinned with sixty Thousand.

CHmAUHAU, Nov. 1Z-Frank o. Jaynes,
superintendent and clerk of the Jesus Maria
silver mine, left for the United States dis
guised, taking $4,000 Of the company's
money!
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
The yyfsconsIn Cnpitol.

MADISON, Wis, Nov. 1.-THE building
commission has decided to suspend work on
the capitol and make complete change in
the architects plans.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
rssm. FIR TetosaIlers.

Dies MONIES, Iowa, Nov. 1.-THE distiller,
pronounce the new crop of corn unprofitabl.
for their business, and they cannot use it
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
Quarantine Raised.

MOBILE, Nov. .7.-Ail quarantine has bees
raised. The yellow fever is declared at an
end
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17

Death OF Rear Admir- Trenchard.
New YORK, Nov. E.-Rear Admiral
Stephen Decatur Trenchard is dead
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
THE SECOND SUEZ CANAL.

Loss, 500, 900 partially insured.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-18
Old Style Firemen.
PHILADELPHIA Times.


"Times amt now what they used to
be-" remarked one gray-bearded
veteran, as he turned his eyes, dimmed
by looking a. many fires, upon the re-
porter who sat on the. bench beside him.
Twas bad day for Phil 'delpy when
them paid fellers got in. They amt
got the quickness AT we volunteers had.
Bless me, you orter seed US breakin'
along with that air hose-cart boundin'
after us like toy-wagin. reckon we
could beat any pair o. horses they've
got now in the city fur mile. Ir'mem-
Der tn night that the big fire started
down at Race street,-same day as
President Zach Taylor died--in 1856.
One of the boys piled inter the shed
yellin' that house had blowed up down
near the Race-street wharf and killed a
dozen people an had thrown hundred
bales of burnin' hay around that air
neighborhood promiscuous-like, which
was settin' the hull square agoin'. l
started on ahead to find how things was
an when l got there see No. 9 comm
up the street like mad, quite Always
ahead of our cart. see they'd get the
first chance at the nearest water-plug,
and wasn't willin' nohow that the Mag
ara should be beat by that No. 9 crowd.
So l picked up.la ash bar'l an tipped
the ashes over into the gutter, an then
put her bottom up over the plug and
sot down on the top Of her, smokin'
my pipe as easy as anythin', though
there was four houses blazin' away right
afore me. The foreman of No. 9 came
tearin' up anu began lookin' fur that
plug to hitch his pipe onto, but he
couldn't find it nowheres. Says he,
swearin' mad, Am l gettin' ter be that
foolish as to forget where that plug is
on this here street?' very like said
I, as cool as a chunk of ice, and suckin'
away on my pipe, which couldn't have
gone out very well, though, on account
of sparks fallin' around us that thick.
IF you have forgot that there plug is
down t'other corner further on He
jump ahead, and yellin' for the boys to
foller him, the hull crowd went off
down the street like Il lot of wild cats.
The next mint the Niagara comes up
and gifts down off the bar'l, and liftin'
her from over the plug, hitched fast an
got stream on five minits before any
other company. l tell you, young
man, they kin say what they want
bout these new jig-a-marigs, but the
old volunteers was the best, an some
time, when Phil'delphy's clean burnt
up, they'll wish they'd KEEP us to take
care of 'em,''
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-18
The Wide, Wide World.

LIMA, REPUBLIC OF PERU.-Senor A.
de La E. Delgado, Ii. D. and Coun-
sellor, Tribunal of Justice, Lima, Re-
public of Peru, says: One single ap-
plication of St. Jacobs Oil, cured me
completely of rheumatic pains in my
left arm. I recommended it to two of
my friends, the Mrs. Donna Juana
Garcia, widow, and Mr.. D. Herman
Decker, a German gentleman. Madam
Garcia was relieved entirely by the pain
cure from terrible neuralgia pains of
ten months standing. Mr.. Decker was
cured of inexplicable pains by a single
application of the cure. My brother
used the great remedy for species of
paralysis of the arm. He was entirely
relieved from his ailment by one or two
applications, after having tried number
less other remedies without effect.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-18
CHICAGO
Brickiayer or Gentleman.

Texas Siftings.
"You should learn some trade, my
son." said an Austin gentleman to his
young hopeful. ''Bricklayers are get
ting $3.50 day, while lawyers can't
afford to ride on the street cars.'
''Pa, why didn't you learn trade
when you was boy?'
"That's not only silly, but also an
impertinent question. 1 didn't learn a
trade when was boy out of regard
for your feelings wanted to give you
an opportunity to say that your father
was a gentleman
cit can't be helped now" replied the
boy moodily, e'but wish you had con-
suited me, for if we had arranged for
you to be the bricklayer could have
been the gentleman myself"
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-18

Cabbage bows-otherwise rosettes-
of velvet ribbon trim autumn bonnets,
hats and dresses.
Vandyked flounces bound with vel
vet or with satin ribbon are used to
trim the skirts of new wooden and silk
dresses.
True wisdom, in general, consists in
energetic determination.
The south made large potato crop
this year, and cereals and vegetables
are encrOaching on cotton.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-18
IL and IL.

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'and dispirited without clearly know
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"'If yO,. are minister, and have overtaxed
yourself with your pastoral duties, or q
mother worn out with care and work, or q
man of business, or laborer weakened by
'the strain Of your everyday duties, or a
man Of letters, tOiling over your midnight
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YOU
''If you are suffering from
'Over- eating or drinking, any
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'Or are young and growing
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feeble, nerves unsteady, faculties
waning, Hop Bitters is what you
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If you are costive or dyspeptic, or
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II you are sick with that
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II you are a frequenter or a resi-
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That poor, bedridden invalid wife, sister,
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of health by few bottles of bop Bitters,
costing but a trifle.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-18

When you visit or leave New York City,
save Baggage, Expressage and Carriage
Hire, and stop at GRAND UNION HOTEL,
rooms, fitted up ut a cost Of one million dol
lars, reduced o 81 and upwards per day.
European plan. Elevator. Restaurant
supplied with the best. Horse cars, stages
and elevated railroads to all depots. Fami-
lies can live better for less money at the
Grahd Union Hotel than at any other first
class hotel in the CITY