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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
Slight Odds.
A Little Story with Large Moral, One
Man who Knew his own Business.

mo, my dear" said the venerable keeper of a
scarcely came up to the counter, mo, my dear,
haven't any red flannel, but we have SOME first
rate New Orleans molasses " Softly limiting that
she didn't think that wonld answer the purpose
quite WE'LL the child went away in search of the
article she wanted
Have you BEFSON,S CAPCINE PLAsTERS, y
asked gentleman of certain drcggist whose
name conld be given were it desired Il am trou.
bled just now with touch of my old friend, the
lumbago, and the Benson's Plaster seems to &C
the spot almost as soon as it touches the skim
Not at present" replied the druggist. genially
''but we have lots of plssters just good, There
is Alcock's. the Capsicum and others-won't ont
| of them do just as wellS'
my dear sir" retorted the gentleman, with
slight show of temper. Il say nothing agains
| those articles but am business man, and al
ways ask for precisely what want, and for moth
| ing else. may enlighten you, however, when
say that sometime ago, for another disease,
which the Capcine has since cured me- / tried al
those you mention, with no appreciate benefit
| They are inefficient, every one of Them the mean
est act of the proprietors of some of them beinG
this: that they make plasters with similar sound
| ing names to deceive the nnwary into believing
| they are the same thing Experience taught m,
the difference. I'll 60 TO the next man in your line
| Good day.
| Be on your guard against limitations The gen
uine has the word CAPCINE cut clearly in tn,
middle Of the plaster. All others are impositions
Seabury & johnson, Chemists New York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
OF the scent Again.

NEWTON, n. j., Dec. 12.-Henry Mahan,
who was arrested at Stroudsburg, Pa, on
suspicion of having murdered Phoebe Paulin,
on Orange mountain, will probably be dis
charged as there is no evidence against him.
His note book shows that he is a travelling
peddler of Rabbits soap and gives the dates
and places of his stay, and the amounts of
his sales and orders showing that ha
was nowhere near Orange at the
time of the murder, but on that night slept
in the boarding house of Mrs. Frome, at
Washington, Warren county. He is quite
willing to 60 to Newark. and came willingly
from Pennsylvania Mr. n. Smith, Rabbits
agent here, says that Mahan left Newark five
weeks ago and has not been there since. Or.
ders come from him by mail from Washing
ington, Pa, on November 49, from Hacketts-
town November 2S, and from Stroudsburg,
Pa, December :, so that he could
scarcely have been at any time
within sixty miles of Orange.
George Frank, who attempted suicide, now
expresses a desire to and probably will re,
cover He laughs at suspicion pointing to
him. Strong suspicious, however, attach to
prominent citizen of The neighborhood, and
party assembled the mountain, accompanied
by scavengers intending to thoroughly exam.
inc the premises even to- the clearing out Of
the closets. 1t is also believed that the muir,
dered girl had intimate friends of whom hel
family knew nothing, and that the MeyeH
family did not at the inquest tell all thai
they knew
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
The Feed supply.

CHICAGO, Dec 12-Chicago elevators as
per official returns contain 10, POI, Sl5 bushels
of wheat, ! ,496, sos bushels of corn, 672, 574
bushels of oats, Ala SCI bushels of rye and
23S 095 bushels of barley, making grand
total of IA OF, $50 bushels, against 12,659,0i0
bushels week ago, and 6,9l3, 7S3 bushels at
this period last year,
Milwaukee warehouses are stored with q
0S1, 757 bushels of wheat; 1929 bushels of
corn; 7,0S5 bushels Of oats %, 122 bushels of
rye, and 419,0 bushels of barley.
New York and Brooklyn warehouses are
stored with s. 025, 547 bushels of wheat; 3, Dos,
422 bushels of corn 3,2S9, sos bushels of oats;
5293, III bushels of rye and ", 1858 bushels Of
barley.
Grain in sight in the United States and
Canada on the lst instant: Wheat, 80, 23l :
$40 bushels; corn, S,691, 995 bushels; oats,
5,9l2, 447 bushels; rye, :, 569 sos bushels; bar
ley, $50, ;4S6 bushels.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
For TiIdeD and Hendricks.

New YORK, Dee l2.-"Gath" says: Richard
Townshend, member of congress from
southern Illinois, said to me: Il think the
Democratic convention will nominate Tilden
and Hendricks, if they are alive. In my
state that feeling is all through the Demo
cratic voters. They were for Tilden in 1880,
but the convention inisrepresented their
wishes. From what hear that feeling is
pretty general over the. country. Tilden
carried New York state three times sue
cessively. No other leader or combination
have done it. We should have beaten Gar
field with the old ticket. For myself, | am
committed to my colleague, Morrison fol
president. If Tilden cannot be run, ]
judge McDonalds chances are the bestn
The chief bearing of Mr.. Townshend's view
is that he, as Morrison's friend, comedies the
great strength of Tilden, while Morrison is
out with Tilden now
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
A WALL STREET SENSATION.
The Union Pacific, Rock Island and
~. Paul "Jine Drives"

NEW YORK. Dec ;2.-The stock market Is
heavy and lower i'll consequence of the an
nouncement that ti1partite agreement be-
tween tie Union Pacific, the Rock Island
and the st. Paul has teen signed. The
agreement is for twenty-five years. The
iowa pool viii cca - 10 exist January /, 1854,
The Chicago, Burlington * Quincy, the
Northwestern and the wabash will be per-
mitted to join the alliance. The street &C
cepts the new agreement as meaning war,
and the lowest prices of the day are current
LASER. The Evening Post made inquiry
about the tripartite agreement at the office
Of the Chicago, Milwaukee g. st. Paul rail-
way company. Vice President Julius Nads-
worth confirms the accuracy of the report
He said that Manager Merrill of the Milwau-
kee g. st. Paul, had arrived, and that
the signing of the agreement was completed.
Mr.. Wadsworth declined to state the particu-
lars of the agreement, or the length of time
for which il was to run, saying it wasiin
escrow and would not be published. He
added, however, that the door had been left
open SO that the Northwestern and the other
roads could come into the arrangement.
The rock Island railroad company has
given official notice of its withdrawal from
the Iowa pool
| 1t is rumored on the street that the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy will Immediately
began to cut rates.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
FIRE IN COURT HOUSE.
Destruction of Court House at But
Ter, PennsyIyauia--1 Other Fires.

PTTTsBURG, Dec. PA special to The
Chronicle says the Butler, Pa, court house
took fire at o'clock a. m, and in two hours
was totally destroyed, leaving the walls and
huge pillars standing bare The fire originated
from defective fiue, and gained considerable
progress before it was discovered. The
cupola, 100 feet high, which contained large
bell and a clock fell with a tremendous
crash Two accidents happened during the
progress Of the fire One to Curtis Smith,
by falling from ladder, and the other
to c. M, Steinman, a fireman, who was
cut on the head and body and
burned Smiths injuries will probably
prove fatal The building was erected in
1858, at a cost of $4,000 and was fully in
sured Several other buildings were on fire,
but, by the prompt efforts of the fire depart
ment, the flames were extinguished before
serious damage resulted All the records
were saved.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Dec 12.-The fur hat
factory of William A. Brown, in South Nor
walk, was burned with its contents Loss,
So, 900; insurance, $1,000 Two hundred
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
THE NEW SPEAKERS WIFE.
Description of Mrs. Carlisle---HeT
Faith In John"

NEW YORK, Dec 12.-Speaking Of Mr.
Carlisle's elevation to the speakership, well
known journalist says: GAS long as Senator
Edmunds holds the position of president
pro tenn of the senate Mrs Edmunds will
really rank Mrs Carlisle; but even if Senator
Edmunds should continue to be acting vice
president Mrs. Carlisle will be leading lady,
as Mrs. Edmunds is in mourning for daugh-
ter, and consequently will not go into society.
At all official dinners this winter Mrs. Car
isle, like Mrs. Keifer last year, viii rank her
husband, and if the president is present will
take the position corresponding to his Her
father was a prominent man in Kentucky,
and was mayor of Coyington for many
years"
"Mrs. Carlisle inherits the splendid physique
of the typical Kentuckian. She is five feet
nine inches in height, and straight as an
arrow. Her figure is as 1.-THE as a young
girls. She is blonde in complexion, with
blue-gray eyes set rather deep under
strongly marked eyebrows. Her blonde
hair is banged, and worn slightly waved in
the prevailing fashion. 1t is difficult
to realize that Mrs. Carlisle is the mother
of two grown sons. The elder was
married last spring to Covingtor
young lady. Mrs. Carlisle is very proud OF
her two boys as she always them She
has great faith in her husband political sue
cess, and has always herself done great dea
to insrueit She has been as cool as her hus
band during the speakership struggle, and has
not doubted for one moment that he would
he the next speaker
1t is going the rounds that while the ballo
for speaker was being taken in the caucus
a number of ladies were collected in the par
lors of the Metropolitan hotel among then
Mrs. Carlisle. If any one had gone in to picl
out the wife of the candidate for speaker, ht
would probably have failed, for Mrs. C. wa.
the most composed lady in the room, ant
when all was excitement, and the news of tht
nomination was brought into the room, only
an additional flush showed her happiness NJ
one showed less excitement during the Ions
contest for the nomination for the speaker
ship than did Mrs Carlisle, who from thu
time her husband decided to be a candidate
after the election of last year up t
December 4, when he was nominated in tn,
caucus, said calmly whenever the subiec
was preached to her: d" 1 am just as certain
of his being speaker as / am that I'm alive
| OF course, no one can beat John. He ha
never been beaten yet when he was a candi
date for anything"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Dec l2-The state
board of charities has completed a report
addressed to 'the Trustees and Superintend-
ent of the State Charitable Institutions and
the Reform School, which shows in detail
the expense o. the homes for the
afflicted in 1925 Tho board accounts for
the s., pa 4S1 % entrusted to its care. Of the
expenses of the past year, $45. 11752 was due
and unpaid at the close of the year, but the
money to meet this Indebtedness was at the
command of the institutions, either in
bank or in the state treasury on call with
the following exceptions: The institu-
ton for the deaf and dumb reports
a deficiency OF $3,G3G7s, and the reform
school reports a deficiency Of S4,644 10
The surplus in the other eight
institutions is $50, 1894 The deficit in both
the institutions named was greater at the
time of the last quarterly statement than
now, and will be made up in a short time
from the increased ordinary expense appro-
priatiOns 1t was anticipted when these
appropriations were made
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
NOTHING LIKE 1t.

No medicine has been known so effect
ual in the cure of all those diseases arising
from an impure condition of the blood
as Scovill's Sarsaparilla, or Blood and
Liver Syrup, for the cure of Scrofula
White Swellings, Rheumatism, Pimples
Blotches, Ernptions, Venereal Sores and
Diseases, Consumption. Groitre. Boils
Cancers, and all kinds of disease Nc
better means of securing beautiful com
plexion can be obtained than ty using
Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup, which
cleanses the blood and gives beauty to the
skin.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
A Horrible Death

SHEPARDsvTLLE KY; Dec. 1z-George
Menfee, colored, died horrible death at
Shanklin's farm. He purchased wooden
shirt dyed red and green and worked in
His body began itching. His wife
bathed him with mackerel brine,
but it continued to grow worse, the flesh
sloughing off his back and arms, and life
passed finally from a mound of living cor
ruption. Parties who saw the body are
divided in opinion whethel"he died of dye
poison or leprosy
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Tennyson, the poet-laureate, has been
created baron.
The Manufacturers bank of Amster.
daJn, N. Y, has taried.
The imperial Chinese family and tho
ministry are reported to he averse to a war
with France
judge Reuben Hitchcock died at
Clifton Springs, n. Y, and will be brought
TO Painesvi!}e Ohio, for burial His age
was II
DR.. Joseph Gibbons, publisher OF
The Friends journal, died ut his home in
Bird-in-H Hand Lancaster, Pa, Monday morn
Ing, aged to.
A resolution has been adopted by the
Chicago council Requesting President Arthur
to ntercede for O'Donnell, who killed Carey,
the informer,
Albert Thomas, negro who out
ragged little child. attempted to escape from
his captors near Clinton, Miss, and was rid
died with bullets
At Gadsden. Ala, the Coosa River
furnace burned, and the engine boilers, and
400 cars of coke We're destroyed causing a loss
VI Clrb,NOb, W bll uO llSuldltt
Returning from funeral. drunken
hackman drove his vehicle into Newtown
creek, near Greenpoint. l.. L., the horses being
drowned, and one man fatally hurt.
Owing to difference of opinion with
his colleagues touching editorial treatment of
public questions, Carl Schurz has severed
| his connection with The New York Evening
| Post.
The clearing exchanges last week
| 81, lbs, 925, 319-are greater by $37S, Al, 495
than the returns for the preceding week, but
are l1.2 per cent less than those for the cor
responding period in 1882.
Trouble arose and pistols were used
at a political gathering at Greenville, Miss.
-Four persons were shot-one white man and
three negroes. One of the latter died since
| the ARRAY, and another is dying.
Suits have been bronght against The
| New York Graphic Co. by C. E. Brown, OF
| Chicago and others, to wind up the concern,
the claim being that the company owes $779,.
500, while it has only $40, 900 assets.
The Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts, Metho-
dist pastor in Chicago. and Congregational
|
| York Presbytery, before being installed as
pastor of the First Union Presbyterian
| church.
Two children of Charles Peitzel, OF
Buffalo, are dying OF hydrophobia, one of the
children having been inoculated by being
bitten by his brother in his paroxysms A
third child, though not bitten by a dog or his
| brother, is also afflicted.
Ontario millers have secured redue-
ton of the tariff on imported wheat, the
Canadian government increasing the amount
| from which barrel Of -four can be made
from four bushels and thirty-five pounds tC
four bushels and forty five pounds
-Four boys, son of wealthy residents Of
the Fourth ward of Milwaukee, have beer
arrested for setting. the recent incendiary
fires. Forming Buffalo Bill organization,
they built pirates den,n in which they
kept dime novels, pistols and lassos, and
occasionally raided the pantries of wealthy
people, whose mysterious loss of jelhes and
pies led to the lads arrest.
Rejected by the Magnates.
| PESTH, Dec l2 The magnates of the
Hungarian diet rejected by vote of 100 to
103 the bill legalizing the marriage of Jews
and Christians
| An Artist Epead.
| Dao piebard no,-lo 81,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
Blew Out His Brains, Perhaps.

TORONTO, Canada, Dec 12.--Trevelyn
Ridout, a well known barrster of this city,
mysteriously disappeared two months ago
Later his body was found in High park.
with revolver in the right hand 1t is SUP
posed the rejection of his suit by lady to
whom he had been paying his addresses I'M
hinged his mind. The young lady
in question lived in small town
about thirty miles north of Toronto. The de.
ceased had for long time been paying court
to her, and his suit had been repeatedly re-
jected. The last time '"Trevy," as his asso-
ciates called him, visited the young lady, who
is well known in society circles both in
Toronto and her own neighborhood, he
threatened that he would not live without
bar
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12

ST. LOUIS, Dec 12.-Anton Meier, thief,
was caught by boarders in the Egler house in
East st. Louis while burglarizing. He was
given choice to take sound whipping or be
prosecuted and sent to the penitentiary.
He chose whipping and was partly
stripped, tied up and beaten by a
dozen men with buggy-whips, canes, etc
He made most horrible outcry. A throng
assembled and saw the end of the whipping.
The prisoner was released finally and disap-
peared to the north on gallop.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
The Ohio Senatorshin.

CINCINNATI, Dec 12.-An Enquirer's cor
respondent makes the following estimate OF
the first ballot for senator in the Ohio legisa
ture: Payne, 81; Pendleton. 20; Ward, 6
Converse, 5; Giddes, 3; doubtful, H. The
correspondent remarks: l see by circulars
sent to me from ShelbyviLe, Ind.
from some so-called anti-monopoly
association there, that in the interest of some
other candidate than Payne the said associa
ton is taking hand against the Cleveland
statesman claiming that he runs the Stand
ard Oil company. Mr.. Payne has not 6
dollars worth of stock III said company. l.
Indiana going to RIM the Ohio senatorial
firht3
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
THESE ARE SOLID FACTS.

The best blood purifier and system re-
ulator ever placed within the reach OF
suffering humanity, truly is Electric Bit
tiers. Inactivity of the Liver. Biliousness
Jaundiee, Constipation Weak Kidneys,
or any disease of the urinary organs, OF
who ever requires an appetizer, tonic OF
mild stimulant, will always find Electric
Bitters the best and only certain cure
known. They act surely and quickly,
every bottle guaranteed to give entiIe
satisfaction or money refunded Sold al
fifty cents a bottle by Hartz & Bahnsen
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12

and fifty hands are thrown ont of employ
ment
DETROIT, Mich, Dec. l2.-H. c. Creques
clothing store and Tew & Lent's millinery
establishment, at McBride's in Montcalm
county were burned. Two families living
over the stores were burned out one of
whom, John Waldron, lost $1,000 in cash.
The total loss is $4,000. Insured for less
| than half
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
Fo,Iowed His sweetheart

MIILERsBURG, O., Dec. i2-John Arnold,
aged 90, was stricken with paralysis and died
in two hours. One week ago Miss Mary
Lemons, to whom Arnold was engaged to be
married, was stricken with paralysis and
lived only long enough to have Arnold place
upon her finger the wedding ring She said
to him; II will take that with me to the
grave; you will follow soon" Her words
were verified. The affair has cast gloom
over the community.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
Admiral Crosby on All sin as q
Fighter.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec 12.-Rear Admiral
Crosby has returned to Philadelphia from
the China station. He said, regarding the
Chinese troubles:
Il am most positive there will be no gen
eral war. 1t is against the interests of all
the European powers, and of the entire com
mercial world for China to wage war to-day
with a western nation. To the Chinaman we
are all alike-all western barbarians. They
recognize no difference. If England and
America went to war it would simply be be
tween two countries; but in China a quarrel
with France means war to the whole western
world. A difference with one means trouble
to ALL
''They undoubtedly possess some fine YES
sells, from English and German builders
They number among their feet several swift
cruisers, iron-clads and rams; and it is only
now and then you see the picturesque old
Chinese junk so familiar to us in print
Their vessels are all Differed and manned by
Cinnamon. They are clean, we'll kept, neatly
painted and heavily armed, but there their
efficiency ends They are not capable OF com
peting with the French on the water under
the most favorable circumstances, and their
fine ships would fall an easy prey to the willy
Frenchmen.
They can get any quantity of men, but
they have no means Of equipment, little drill
and hardly any discipline. / witnessed the
drill of a body of cavalrymen one day at
Shanghai and had all | could do to refrain
from laughing. The whole thing was a per
feet farce On the horses was a sort of q
feather-bed platform, on top of which
was perched the soldier carrying bow and
arrow, and a short wooden sword dangling
at his side. They made wild charges at an
imaginary enemy, shooting away with their
arrows at a target, but a handful of Euro
pean riflemen would have picked them off
in short order. The breech-loading
rife, in the hands of 100 we'll
drilled men, would be more
than a match for a thousand of their troops.
! The climate would be more deadly to the
European than they would be- In their
| forts, however, noticed some heavy guns,
probably of German manufacture The
French fleet in Chinese waters is not com
posed of very heavy vessels, but their force
is large and they are adding to it every day.
| LONDON, Dec. 1.-The Paris correspondent
of The Times says: After the vote on the
| Tonquin credits bill China must abandon all
hope of France retreating. The time has
come for the. neutral powers to dispel the
Illusions of the Chinese, and to urge upon
China the necessity of Cancellation"
BERLIN Dec. 12.-The North German Ga.
zette editorially reiteratos the statement re
Gently made, that in the event of war be-
tween France and China, Germany will re-
main neutral, and that she will cooperate
with England to protect Europeans.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
Chicago Likely to Get the COnven-
tiOn.

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. Ex-senator Cul-
lom said that he thought the chances of
Chicago getting the National Repub-
lican convention very good in
deed. The advantages offered by other
cities making the effort were so much out
of proportion to those of Chicago, that there
was good reason to believe that the Chicago
committee would be successful.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
Bucklen's Arnica SaIve.

The greatest medical wonder of the world
Warranted to speedily cure burns, bruises,
cuts, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores can
GERS, piles, chilblains, corns, letter, chap
ped hands, and all skin eruptions, guaran-
teed to cure in every instance, or money
refunded. 25 cents per box. For sale by
Hartz g. Rahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12

agent at Syracuse, n. Y; Matthew R. Barr,
and Henry Ward, to be Indian inspectors.
The nominations also included the appoint
ments made in the United States treasnrer's
office during the recess, and also that of Ben
jamin Butterworth, of Ohio, to be commits
siouer of patents
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
Court House Burned.

BUTLER, Pa, Dec. 12.-The court house of
Butler county burned 1t caught fire from
defective flue. Insurance, $500; loss,
$4,000 The records are thought to be safe
in the large stone vault Court is being held
in the Methodist church
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
Comforting the PaiIium.

CINCINNATI. Dec. 12-An arrangement
for comforting the pallium on Archbishop
elect Elder are completed. Fifteen bishops
and over hundred priests vii occupy seats
in the sanctuary. The vestmentS were made
in Europe and cost 81 600
EIRF I'M COupT HOIIcr
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12
ALittle nimcuItu-

IRoNToN, NO., Dec. Elm a difficulty at
Jewett postofiice, on the St Francis river
at the southwest corner of Madison county,
Gill Boyer and Bart Kelly were instantly
killed. and VIM. Berry MORALLY wounded.