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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04

A fight is on record in the courts at
Pescadero between jack weighing $50
pounds and 4 grizzly bear of about the
same weight. The jack is owned by a
man named Ipse and is vicious brute.
A man named Black, a raiser of blooded
cattle in that neighborhood, had been
troubled for several weeks by the visits
of grizzly. which killed and carried off
calfevery night, and all his efforts to
capture the bear had been unavailing
Finally, he advertised in several papers
of the State, offering reward of $50 to
any person who would kill the bear.
lpse read the offer and resolved to take
his jack to the corral and see what the
result would be. Accordingly the jack
was duly installed In the night along
came the grizzly, and seeing the jack
and fancying a change of diet, he made
an attack upon him; but as no one saw
the fight it is supposed that bruin made
the first overture. Anyway, next morn
ing when the corral was visited, bruin
lay stark and dead and the jack was
quietly feeding off the pile of hay. An
inspection of him disclosed the fact that
his breast and sides were fearfully lac
Grated by the bears claws and one of
his fore feet was dislocated. But bruin
was ''all broke up" He had his lower
jaws smashed to pieces; all of his ribs
on the port side were stove in and one
of his fore legs was fractured at the
shoulder, and he was generally smashed
all over. Ipse naturally claimed the re.
ward of $50. but Black refused topay it,
All Ipse's arguments failing, he has at
last brought suit for the promised re-
ward. San Francisco Chronicle.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
COMING.

Mr.. Ben Harper has secured dates for
two excellent attractions in the musical
line for the near future. On the afternoon
and evening of Saturday, June 10 the
celebrated Chicago Church Choir Will
give rendition of the charming opera,
The Chimes of Normandy" in the af
ternoon. In the evening the same com
pany will present Gilbert and Sullivan S
'1olanthe" In this piece Mrs. Ottilie
AbeI-Hass, of this city, will appear in a
prominent character.
On Thursday evening, July 9TH, Mr.
Harper announces the great Theodore
Thomas and his excellent orchestra. Both
are attractions of high order, and Mr..
Harpar should be generously supported
by the citizens of the tri-cities in his
venture to bring such renowned compa-
MES to our our city.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
REPORTERS rADGE.

An elegant badge has been made ex-
pressly as an evidence of office, and also
as a souvenir Of the favor shown to the
Fourth Estate by this invitation to assist
at the imperial coronation. The badge
is to be worn on the left breast by every
reconized special correspondent, and
consists of medal in silver, richly gilt,
about three inches in diameter. In the
center, on gold ground, rises in high
relief the imperial crown, in red enamel,
within silver wreath of oak and laurel,
entwined above a star of five points, the
whole surrounded by band of silver. on
which the word Correspondent" is ena-
meled in blue, in French and Russian,
coupled by two pens, also in silver The
whole is most artistically designed as a
worthy memanto of so grand an event
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
Bismark and the Reichstag


The report that Prince Bismark intends
to effect radical change of the constitu-
ton of the German Empire by the elimi-
mating the Reicnstag from tin other
words to make the Imperial Government
consist of the Emperor and composing the
Empire appointed by he.Princes, without
any popular representation at all-should
be received with great caution. No doubt
the irascible old Chancellor curses the
Reichstag very heartily when it rejects his
favorite schemes, as it has for some years
been in the habit of doing, and he probab-
" wishes also, when he fails time and
gain in constructing an obedicnt majority,
he conld get rid of the whole trouble by
simply abolishing the popular assembly
But from the wish to the actual attempt
is long step, and very hazardous one
too. 1t is qnite possible that :Prince Bis
mark has talked of the matter merely &c
use the threat of coup d'etdt as a new
devise to freightenE his opponents in the
Reichstag into compliance with his behests
the force of all other similar contrivances
the threat of resignation, for instance, be-
ing exhausted
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
Geo. w. D. HARRIS,
Real Estate
Insurance Agency.
FOR SALE.

200 acres, fine stock farm, in Rock Island county
good Improvements, fine neighboThoOd; price very
low, easy terms.
GO acres, new house, improvements good %
acres in fruit of all kinds, only miles from Milan
a nice place very cheap
IA acres good bluff land al very low price;
20 acres all cleared and cultivated. good hon-e
barn. &c, on the bluff, mile from the city; will
sell very cheap;
A nice house with one acre. barn, trees. etc. on
Elm street, short walk from upper saw mills
round house and depot; terms easy;
Good house Of five rooms, well located. on No
line avenue viii be sold cheap, only short distance
from R l & P round house, passenger depot and
upper saw mills;
Neat house, nice neighborhoOd. convenient 10
factories and saw mills In lower part of city very
cheap;
Fine building lots in upper, lower and central
part of city on terms to suit customers;
81, 500 to 1000 will buy one of several choice
homes that cost much more;
$500 to 5000 will buy two good houses with good
sized lots;
$1,000 will buy row ofthree buildinfs that rent
for $25 per month;
A Hotel of ID rooms with good barn. will be sold
cheap on easy terms; the former owner made ii
fortune and the right party can make another in
this property;
A nice residence, large grounds, fine neighbor-
hood on easy terms;
$500, $500 and $3.50 will buy comfortable home
on easy terms.
For RENT-S25. 18th street. rooms and barn
S25, 2Sd street. rooms; 500 end avenue. : rooms.
bath, &c; SIS, 18th street. rooms; SIS. 18th St
rooms and barn; SI2, 6 rooms, on bluff; Sill 30
avenue, 8 rooms: S., 18th street rooms: ST. 3
rooms on cluff.
INSURE your property with Geo. W, D. HAIR
hlS; Standard, Reliable Companies represented,
No. 1920 SECOND AVENUE,
apl.s-dly Under Harper House.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by a sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth2 If so,
send at once and get bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tecthing. Its value is incalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dysentery, diarrhoea, regulates the stom.
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces Inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
TEN. Mrs. WinslOw's Soothing Syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant to thu
taste, and is the prescription of one O
the oldest and best female physicians anC
nurses in the United States, and is fo
sale by all druggists throughout tn,
world. Price % cents per bottle.
feb-28-m-w.s m Nv
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
Log Rolling.
While Wrestling with Fallen Tree Lum-
herman Receives Consequential
Damage

|
While on a hunting excursion in the great coal
and wood region near Carbondale Pa the writer
met William Coil, lumberman Accustomed TO
life and labor in the forest from early manhood he
was true knight of the Axe. Many tree had
fallen before his ringing strokes, and fleets of raft.
had borne away to market the sawed products
Coil is character, and il Oscar Wilde is right in
| saying that all movements in unhndered labor are
graceful, cur friend William stripped for his work
and attacking tree Richard l. assaulted the
heavy doors of Front de Beufs Castle, must have
presented an admirable picture
One day, howeyer-but let him tell the story
| himself, as he told it to me-
Il was out ia the woods, you know, trying to
start log down hill. Thinking could get bet
ter purchase it from the lower side. tackled it
there with my log rolling hook and threw my
weight on the lever. She started, she did, but IS
| luck would have it, before | could get out of the
way, she rolled right over me. If IL hadn't been
for lot of small limbs aud brush lying in the
| road, which lifted her up, she'd crushed me fiat
As twas got up without broken bone, but with
some mighty bad bruises
Then you were all right said his auditor.
mot by blamed sight, stranger took cold.
rheumatism set in, and, if hadn't heard of BEN
SONS cAPCINE POROUS PLASTERS and used
| 'em, it's my opinion I should never have made
another chip fly. But the capcne took hold quick;
and I'm bout as good as new But there's one
thing you kin calkilate on; shall never wrastIe
with another log unless l have the advantage of
the ground Fur, as tod you before, if it hadn't
been for them brushes I'd been smashed SO you
could . sold me for door mat"
The gapcine is the thing for rheumatism 1t
doesn't keep yea waiting. The word CAPCINE is
cut in the center Of the genuine Price 2S cents.
Seabury g. johnson, Chemists. New York
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
POLICE POINTS.

Edward Francis imbibed too freely of
the ardent on Saturday evening and on
waking up Sunday morning, found him
self in durance vile. Magistrate Chopper
let him off with So and costs.
Magnus Peterson bears ill will againS.
Samuel Failcoyich, a Polish Jew, and
Sunday, while passing his house fired
large stone through the window, which
came near striking the latter's wife
Peterson was arrested and locked up
Today he was before Squire Chopper,
who bound him over to the circuit court
10 the sum of 5000
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04

Spiritualism has received setback at
Richmond, Ind, where the other night a
bottle of phosphorus, Dissolved in oil, burst
in the coat tail pocket of the medium, .
who stood with his back to the fire prepar-
atory to beginning his seance and produc
ing handwriting in characters of fire upon
the wall. The conditions were not ia
vorabe"to getting any heavenly messages
that night.
AT a recent dinner party in Paris the
host provided a novelty which may pos
sibly become feature of the dinner par.
ties of this electric age. Besides eacI
plate was a telephone, which was connec
ed with distant salon, where a su5erl
orchestra was playing. The guests wert
thus able, between the courses, to pass
the time pleasantly in listening to gooC
music instead of making obvious remark
about the weather
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04

L lONefS are bHe SWEETEST lilluNS Jla
God ever made and forgot to put SOU
into. -Beecher.
A cheerful face is nearly as good
for an invalid as healthy weather. -
Franklin.
Our youth we can have but to-day,
We may always find time to grow Old.
-LBishop Berkeley
Fate is the friend of the good, the
guido of the wise, the tyrant of the
foolish, the enemy of the bad.-F r,
Alger.
OF all thieves fools are the worst, they
rob you of time and temper Goethe,
Envy is a passion so full of cowardice
and shame, that nobody ever had the
confidence to own it.-R0cHeSter.
The best education in the world is that
got by struggling to get living Wen
dell Philips
All other knowledge is hurtful to him
who has not the science of honesty and
good nature. Montague.
We seldom find people ungrateful so
long as we are in condition to render
them acknowledgement
Dare to be true: Nothing can need a lie:
v.
Herbert.
The claims of habit are generally too
small to be felt till they are too strong to
be broken. Ben JonSoa.
A mind quite vacant is a mind dis
tressed. - CO0per.
If Satan ever laughs, it must be at
hypocrites; they are the greatest dupes
he has. Cotton.
False face must hide what the false
heart doth know Shakespeare.
Early and provident fear is the moth
er of safety. -BRrke.
They who forgive most shall be most
forgiven. Bailey.
The light of friendships like the light
of phosphorus-seen plainest when all
around is dark. CroUeH
Look not mournfully into the past.
it cannot come back again; wisely i'm
prove the present, it is thine; 90 forth to
meet the shadowy future without fear
and with manly heart -Longteliow.
We sometimes meet an original gen,
teman, who, if manners had not ex-
listed, would have invented them. EN-
erSoR.
Ii there be any truer measure of a
man than by what he does, it must be
by what he gives. South.
Tender-handed stroke nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
-LAaron Hill.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04

with the country. Last week he visited
with the father of Deputy Sheriff Silvis,
who lives in Missouri, near the state line.
County Clerk Donaldson viii leave to.
night to meet his father.
Old papers for sale at the Argus" of
fee in packages of 10. 30, 80. 40 and 5oc
at the rate of SO cents per hundred If
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
HORSE MOTIFS.

"Akbar," the fine trotting stallion of
Mr.. ]. S. Gilmore, has been brought back
to the city, and will not he able to appear
in the Iowa circuit, on account of sick
ness
A. W. Burners George W" will trot
in the . 40 race at Red Oak to morrow
HIS class was not filled at Atlantic, and
he, consequently, did nott:ot. McHenry,
of this city, holds the ribbons over
George W, " and says he will send him
to the front before the season is over.
He won second money at the Council
Bluffs meeting.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
A Water Famine In Cuba

A letter from Havana, dated the 10Th
instant, reports an unusually severe
drought over great portion of Cuba.
At Caibarien, demijohn of water, for
drinking, sold Is cents in the town. At
Puerto Principe the damage to the pas
lures and drying up of the wells were
causing fears that the cattle would perish
in large numbers for want of sustenance.
The drought, however, was favorable to
sugar making, as the plantations could
keep on grinding all the cane in hand.
The latest estimates of the sugar crop
gave falling off of % per cent from
the Weld of last year.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04

Try bottle of Stilwell's Specific if
troubled with kidney or liver disease.
The symptoms are, backaehe, loss of
memory, loss of appetite or sleep, or
worst of ALL loss of vital energy. You
will secure relief and add your name to
the hundreds cured by this wonderful
medicine Price Shopper bottle. Manu-
featured by
THE STILWELL MEDICINE CO,
Monmouth, Ill.
Stilwell's Specific Pills cure constipa
ton. Price % cents. For sale by all
druggists.
may. Or 1,UIw
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
ARUN ON A DRUG STORE.

Never was such a rush made Tor any
Drug Store ss is now at Hartz " Balm
sens for Trial Bottle of Dr. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds. All persons affected with
Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarsehess, Severe
Coughs affection of the Throat and
Lungs can get Trial Bottle of this
great remedy free, by calling at above
Drug Store Regular size 81 90.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
LYNCHRD AND SHOT.

Dies MONIES, June "A crowd of
about one hundred men assembled at
Winterset shortly after midnight this
morning and being refused the Jail keys
broke in with crow bars and sledges. They
then led out John Hammer, who is held
for tho murder of William Newell, one
year ago, and hanged him to tree IN the
court house square, but while he was
struggling, one of the mob shot him
through the heart. The party then fired
a volley and escaped on horseback There
was little excitement
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
WELL REWARDED.

A liberal reward will be paid to any
party who will produce a case of Liver,
Kidney or Stomach complaint that Elect.
trio Bitters will not speedily cure. Bring
them along, it Will cost you nothing for
the medicine if it fails to cure, and you
will be well rewarded for your trouble
besides, All Blood disease, BiIiousness,
Jaundice, Constipation, and general de
bility are quickly cured Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded Price
only fifty cents per bottle. For sale by
Hartz & Bahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
ON THIRTY DAYS, TRIAL.

The NOltaic Belt Co, Marshall, Mich.
will send DIR. Dyes Celebrated Electro
Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliances oil
trial for thirty days to men young or old
who are afflicted with nervous debility
lost vitality, and kindred troubles
guaranteeing speedy and complete restora
ton of health and manly vigor. Addres:
as above.-N. B. No risk is incurred, as
thirty days trial is allowed.
dec % d-w1y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04

Why suffer longer fiom dyspepsia, in.
digestion, want of appetite, loss of strength
lack of energy, malaria, intermittent few.
ers, etc Browns Iron Bitters never fail
to cure these diseases They act like a
charm on the digestive organs, removing
all dyspeptic symptoms, such as belching
heartburn, billiousness, etc. Remember
it is the only iron preparation that will
not blacken the teeth or give headache
Ask your druggists concerning its merit
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
AuGusTANA EXAMINATIONS.

The annual examinations at Augustana
College viii be held on Tuesday, June ),
from 9 a m, to 12 m, and from to A p m,
and on Wednesday, June 6, from 9 a m
to 12 m, and from / to p m. The
following win be in English:
TUESDAY FORENOON.
9 to l0-Latin.
10 TO IL Exegises New TESTAMENT
II to 12-Hebrew.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
2to 3-Diferential and Integral Calculus Chem
istry Sacred History.
3to 4-Geometry.
WEDNESDAY FORENOON.
10 to 1l-Exegesis, English Literature, History
II to l2-Mental Philosophy Higher Algebra
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
Ito 2-Trigonometry, English Grammar,
? to Natural Philosophy
The commencement exercises in Swcd-
ISL will begin at 1890 m on Thursday,
June 7, on College Hill, and the COM
mencement exercises in English at 7:30
p IN, in the Central Presbyterian church
Arrangements for reduced fare on all
railroads have been made.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
Bucklen's Arnica Salve,

The greatest medical wonder Of the world
Warranted to speedily cure burns, bruises,
cuts, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, can.
GERS, piles, chlblains, corns, letter, chap
ped hands, and all skin eruptions, guaran-
teed to cure in every instance, or money
refunded p cents per box. For sale by
HartZ & Rahnsen
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
de knew How It was Himself.

Mother, said Binkley's boy as he
ran into the house yesterday, ''brother
said some bad words-the worst you
ever heard-worse than father said
when the calf kicked him. 4"
well, I'll attend to him. I'll lock
him up in the dark closet where / put
you the other day when you sawed the
cats tail off. v
Don't do that, mother Don't put
him in that closet. There is a jar of
preserves on the top shelf. and he can
reach it, and it will make him sick if
he eats too much of it, and don't YOU
forget it. Teas Stttings.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04

Grace Church, New York, is to replace
its wooden spire with marble at cost of
$50, 600.
A steamboat to be made of paper is
being built at Lansingburgh, n. T. for
Pittsburgh parties
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04

A gang OF tramps found an. unoceu-
pied house in Minnesota with comforta-
Bile beds, cooking utensils and a stove.
They took lawless possession. and it was
not undl the end of week that they
learned that they were in smallpox
pest-house.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
Chean Lots for Sale.

One hundred lots in my addition at one
half their value, Low taxes six per cent
interest. Deeds given and no money
down if they build. Also lots in Allen 4
Fleming's. Webb & Henrick's additions.
Cheap. Enquire of o. ]. Dimick, or ii
E. Sweeney, in my absence 2Sd1m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
For SALE.

Sixty lots in my addition to the city OF
Rock Island. Terms, one-fourth down,
balance in one, two and three years, with
six per cent interest.
anl ia d3m BAILEY DAVENPORT.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04

Mamma had dressed Charley 6 years
oldl to 90 to walk, and then took Susie
g years old in hand. Mamma was
''tired," and so was Susie. Mamma,
somewhat irritated. said: "Do stand
still, for gracious sakc!' to which Susie
gravely responded, Amen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04

The Marquis of LNnsdowne, recent y
appointed to be Lord Lorne's successor
as Governor General of Canada, is ru-
mored to be quite close in money matters,
although his 1870, 900 Irish acres send him
$173 900 a year.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
PROBATE

4-Estate of John f. Vethecke,, de-
ceased. CLAIMS of Brunot De Jaeger
$52, 1st class. Brunot De Jaeger $3.50 s,
7th class, and Edward Verhecke $40, Isl
class, allowed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
He may Wen be Joyful.

TOPEKA, Kans., May 10, 1881
H. H. WARNER & Co.: Sirs-After 10
years of unmitigated suffering from chro-
mic kidney disease finally found joyful
restoration to health in your Safe Kidney
and Liver Cure. d. B. OWENS.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04

FLORIDA is moving into the ranks of
prohibition States. An exchange in that
State saws: The last bar room in Polk
County was closed up aweek ago"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04

Great Britain is reducing her nation.
al debt each year about as much as the
United States reduces it per month. II
is still about twice in smount that Of
the United States.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04

Mr.. G. Soderstrom, 262 W. Indiana
street Chicago, ILL.,, says: Browns Iron
Bitters cured me of dyspepsia after all
else failed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
CARsE AND RETICKER

offer the following way down prices;
100 pairs ladies' kid button shoes for $1.75.
100 hairs ladies goat button shoes, S1.bO.
1870 pairs ladies kid opera slippers, S1.W.
8 cases mems calf boots Se.s5.
And all other goods in proportion. ut
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
TIE DAILY ARGUS.
FTNEsT ICE CREAM PARLORs.

B. Birkenfeldt has now the finest ar
ranged ice cream parlors in the West
having been lately reftted and refurnisheC
at great expense. Pureice cream furnished
to pic MICS, sociables, private parties,
etc. No. 2011 Fourth avenue. l2-1me
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-04
- 80
Wise Savings.

Flowers are the sweetest things that
God ever made and forgot to put soul
into. -Beecher
A cheerful face is nearly as good
for an invalid as healthy weather. -
Frnnklin
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-03-28

In all the tales of romance AMI
history, IN which woman is a promi:
uent figure, there can, scarcely be
found more sublime instance of he,
rolsm than that which occurred a,
the fire in the Uptown apartment
house yesterday, The young hero.
me, Miss Rosa Wakeman, after as.
sisting her aged nurse to escape, re.
turned to save her invalid mother
Finding it task beyond her power
she chose to perish with Ter mother
rather than abandon her in this last
extremity. Her name should be en-
rolled on the list of heroines, and far
above many of those of whom poets
have sung and painters have left the
choicest specimens Of their art.-TN.
Y. Telegram.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-03-28
JUTE,

SOME INTERESTING DATA FROM AN EX
PERIENCED CULTIvAToR.