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

Every year, Immediately after charter
election, it has been the custom of the
''Third Ward Sports" and others fold of
woodland and aquatic experiences. to go
down the river short distance, pitch a
tent in some convenient locality and spend
a week or so among the fishes and ducks.
A few days ago a party consisting of
Messrs. John Sieghartener, John Oil
weller and others like minded went down
to Shocks slough with tent, stove and
other necessaries and established sports
mems headquarters for the week. Yes
terday Mr.. Louis Ohlweller went down
and Messrs. G. w. Henry, Gus Stengel
and others expect to pay the camp visit
before the final breakup. Last evening
a few fine specimens in the fish line were
sent up to the city in order that people
here might see that the boys were putting
in their time to some account.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06
CHOLERA TIMES.

Yesterday afternoon an ARGUS reporter
found himself in strange company; that
of several Rock islanders who were still
in the meridian of life but who were
loaded to their respective muzzies with
chronicles of ancient days, at least one
of which is well worth telling. This par
ticnlar narrative had to do with cholera
times over quarter of century ago,
when everybody was apprehensive of a
total defamation of the country because
of the spread of the dire disease from the
lower country. In fact our informant,
(who is one of our county officials who
was boy at the time, distinctly remem-
bers going down to the .levee with his
father, and upon the arrival of a steamer
from down the river. he witnessed the re
moval from the boat and the intermen
of three or four persons who had died on
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06
No Wonder They Suffer,

''Whar did l git dis meat, yer axes!'
said a colored gentleman in reply to 8
policeman who stopped him on the
street and inquired concerning the
proper ownership of large piece OF
beef carried by the negro, ''dat's fine
way ter bid gentl' man de time oh de
ebenin'. My son drives a butchers cart,
sab, ;"
But the butcher did not give him all
of that meat, did hep
''You doan know dem butchers like ]
does, boss.
III take you on down to the station.
Where are you going, anyway"
''Jes let me git through, boss, an den
I'll go wild yer widout de sign oh muir
merment. De butcher tole my son ter
take a fine piece home an when he druv
up an left it at de gate, seed dat he
lef' too much, an now. boss, Use on my
way ter take de meat back ter de butch
er. Get outen my way, boss, an let me
take de meat home fore it spiles All
right, den, take de meat and let me GO
home. Want me ter go wild yerp All
right. Use neber gwinter vote wild de
white folks no NOAH. No wonder dat
dewhite folks suffer. ''--Arkansaao FTaU-
o7o1~
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06
MOLINE DEPARTMENT..

A severe cold on the lungs, keeps Mr.
d. A. bolt confined to the house
The two year old child of Mr. and
Mrs. L. p Swanson died on Thursday
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs, p. l.. Anderson mourn
the loss of an infant son, who died yes
terday. The funeral will take place at 3
O'Clock to morrow afternoon.
The receipts of the Moline post Office
for the quarter just ended were 3d.
S33 81.
A rumor is in circulation that special
local train will be put On May 1st. be
tween Moline and Beardstown. by the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy road
Tomorrow the election for two mem
bcrs of the board of education will take
place. The candidates are Peter Colseto
and J. t Francis
The funeral of Henry Kahn occurred
at O'Clock Thursday afternoon. The
deceased was a prominent German citizen
of Moline.
Mrs HARDWOOD, and her son, Frank
Harwood, left for Chicago last night,
having received intelligence that Mr.
Harwood, who had gone there to be I'M
der the care of an eminent physician. was
worse. They went for the purpose of
bringing him home.
During the first quarter of 1888, the
Moline post office received and dispatched
mail az follows: Received, letters
81, 1870; postal cards, %, 772: pound rate
papers. 5S,073; transient papers and
circulars, 20,375; merchandise. 1,46S
pieces. Dispatched. domestic, letters,
1873 for foreign letters. 4,145; postal
cards, 2o,232; drop letters, 6,891; circu
lars. 4.939; papers, 50, 106; tie sack
SIS; merchandise, 90S pieces; pounds
of pound rate papers. 1890. In brief.
221 1854 letters, cards and circulars were
handled during the quarter to say moth
ing of newspapers. merchandise, etc.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06
A MISSOURI RIVER POOL.

The Southwestern Railway Associa ton
held prolonged session yesterday, fol
the purpose of recognizing the Missouri
river pool, The last proposition under
consideration was to do away with the
three divisions of the pools heretofore
existing, anu to place all the business in
to one grand pool. and to divide it pro
portionallY among the various roads be-
tweenChieago and Missouri river points not
including Omaha and Council Bluffs, } and
st. Louis and Missouri river poin4s' AT
ter quite an animated discussion the
proposition was finally agreed to- Fol
lowing are the percentages agreed upon:
Chicago Is Alton. ID; Wabash "a; Chica-
go, Burlington & Quincy, 20; Missouri
Pacific. ii; Rock Island, Ia; Hannibal &
ST. Joe, A. The Missouri Pacific gets. be
sides, per cent. our of the gross pool for
the business it brings from points south
west of Kansas City. The new arrange
ment dates back to January l. 1898, and
continue to January l. 1884
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06
TO BE INCORPORATED.

For year or more the colored men of
Rock Island have had an organization,
based on weekly benefits, etc, called the
"Colored Order of Mutual Aid of
Rock Island" of which Mr.. Richmond
Terrill is now president. Having accu-
mulated about two hundred dollars the
society very wisely has been considering
the propriety of becoming Incorporated
under state laws This morning, there
fore. President Terrill mailed formal
application to the secretary of state,
Hon. Henry G. Dement,, for incorpora-
ton, which will be granted in the usual
way, without a doubt.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06
Bermuda Frnit,.

There are few cherry and il
is quite the thing for n Northern visitor
to go wild over the cherry moyas- ANY
one who is curious to know what they
are like, can make an exact counter
part by mixing up a cupful of -four
paste, adding spoonful of powdered
sugar, and putting the mixture in the
skin of Il green orange. There is also a
remarkable vegetable called the paw
paw, which must have been invented
sometime when nature was on q jam
boree. Prickly pears grow in great
abundance along the shores, with
leaves an inch thick the plant that we
know as the cactus, though it is only
one of thousand varieties of cactus.
The fruit is bright red, with Juice as
red as blood, and its skin is covered
with millions of little stickers that run
into your fingers and your mouth, no
matter how careful you are, and make
You uncomfortable all day. Priekly
pears are eaten by some people. but
they are not considered a luxury. If /
had to choose between eating them and
starving to death, 1 should give the
matter careful consideration. Eesc York
Times.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06
MORE GRIEF.
Henry County News

Every time Geo Kleman leaves town
he gets into trouble. Longfellow, in one
of his most tender poems. assures us that
''to stay at home is best" George ought
to read that poem. His troubles on the
journey with Cowley to Rock Island have
hardly been forgotten, when he tumbles
into woe unutterable again. He and
Frank Winbeck went hunting the fore
part of the week. They rode in a buggy
that had hind wheel full of dislocatIons
and rheumatic joints. They stopped at a
farm house for dinner The farmers
daughter wanted to 60 to neighbours, a
few miles distant. The gentlemen invited
her TO ride with them. She accepted
Immediately after starting, the rheumatic
wheel showed symptoms of giving out
George CALAMITY sprang out and trudged
along for nearly seven miles Such de-
votion to the fair sex is admirable, but
George was SO tired when he got home
that he couldn't tell the truth.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth? 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-
tenn. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one Of
| the oldest and best female physicians anC
nurses in the United States, and is fol-
sale by all druggists throughout the
world. Price % cents per bottle.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06
Story-Tellinr.

1t is not true that civilization or cult
walton has bred out of the world the
liking for a story. In this the most
highly educated Londoner and the
Egyptian fellah meet on common hui
man ground. The passion for story
has no more died out than curiosity, or
than the passion of love. The truth is
not that stories are not demanded, but
that the born rae0nteur and story-teller
is rare person. The faculty of telling
a story is a much rarer gift than the
ability to analyze character, and even
the ability truly to draw character. 1t
may be a higher or lower power, but
it is rarer 1t is a natural gift, and it
seems that no amount of culture can
attain it, any more than learning can
make a poet. Nor is the complaint we'll
founded that the stories have all been
told, the possible plots all been used,
and the combination of circumstances
exhausted. 1t is no doubt that our in
dividual experience that we hear almost
every day-and we hear nothing so
eagerly-some new story, better or
worse, but new in its exhibition of hui
man character, and in the combination
of events. And the strange, eventful
histories of human life will no more be
exhausted than the possible arrange
ments of numbers. We might as well
say that there are no more good pic
lures to be painted, as that there are no
more good stories to be told.-Aprl At
[a2stfc
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06

There is an cutlery about legs. We
are told that we have too much OF them
at fheaters We do, and / say this not
| because the exhibition is indecent, but
because it is ugly. What woman is
expected to hide and what to show is
| purely question of convention. | re-
member once passing an afternoon
lounging about at the Sweet Waters OF
Asia, ON the Bosphorus. Processes and
other lights of the harem were being
| dragged about in bullock-carts. Soon
some of them got out of their convey
ances and sat down upon the grass =
Among them was a girl who felt con-
WINGED was pretty, and | sat down near
her Her face was covered with a thin
veil. Nothing would have induced her
to raise it, but slowly she pulled her
| wide trouser up above her knee and pro-
ceeded TO scratch her bare leg. This
was her idea of mild Irritation with a
Frank. And why notp Her English sis
ter would go to ball with neck and
arms bare; or, to put it more correctly,
with about quarter of her body con-
cealed only by shoulder-straps. Am
not right, therefore, in saying that the
rule as to what portion of the female
form divine may with propriety be sub
and not general? Here faces, necks,
backs, shoulders, and arms may be
shown: in the east legs may be shown;
while in Zululand, according to all ac-
counts, the ladies walk about like Eve
before the fall But even in England
the rule is different in theaters and in
bathrooms. Ii girl We're to appear at
the latter in dress reaching down to
her knees she would be regarded as a
peculiar girl, whereas she might do this
on the stage without adverse comment
1 make these preliminary remarks in or
der to prove that approach this solemn
subject without prejudice. Ten or
twelve years ago the ballet-girls used to
wear skirts which came down a little
below the knees These skirts were
made of muslin and there were so many
of them that when their wearers were
dancing they looked like a cloud. The
effect was pretty and graceful But of
late this cloud of skirts has disappeared
and has been replaced by piece of silk
fitting tightly to the figure like the
trunks of an acrobat, and which do
not cover any part of the leg. To emu
late this display the principal dancers
eschew everything except one muslin
petticoat, and this very short one
/ suppose that it may be taken as rule
that when a girl has small, thin arms,
she generally has small, thin legs. Any
one, however has only to look at the
modern ballet girl to perceive that, al
though her arms may be sticks, her legs
are elephantine in their proportions
This girl goes to theatrical hosier; the
shape of her leg is taken, and then a
pair of tights is made, with wool woven
into them as the case may require. A
girl with her legs done up in cotton
wool with small piece of silk drawn
tightly in by band, and with naFed
arms and shoulders can not be said to
be making an indecent exhibition of her |
self, but she is ungainly She shocks no
morality, but she does shock good taste. |
In the name, therefore, of good taste, |
let us go back to the days of cloudy mus
hn.-London T7'ath.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06
ON THIRTY DAYS, TRIAL.

The Voltaic Belt Co.. Marshall, Mich.
will send DR. Dyes Celebrated Electro
Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliances on
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. Address
as above.-N. B No risk is incarred, as
thirty days trial is allowed.
dec % d-w1y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06
In a Furnishing Store.


Note: An educated and Intelligent
public will readily infer the storekeeper'
questions
Customer want a pair of sus
penders.
Dealer -
C.-'-No, do not want shirt to-day
have some shirts at home
ID. -?
C.-''True, suppose they are very
cheap. But as / said, l have enough
shirts for the present at home"
C.-"Well. if shirts do get SO much
higher as you think they will, must
take my chances with the rest"
YES, suppose they are very vel
made and carefully stitched.
ID. -?
C.-"No. don't want any gloves"
C.-''Nor neckties"
d. =?
C.-''No; no socks at present"
ID. -!
C.-'Well, those socks would be toe
expensive for me, even with the re1luc-
ton you make. No; all | want to-day
is the suspenders. If you viii be sc
kind as to give my change?'
D. -?
C.-"No do not care to buy any
handkerchiefs to-day
C.-..No. do not want a scarf pin
today
C.-"No. do not want to buy any
underclothing to-day"
Il
C.-'.oh, l have two yachting shirts
at home"
C.-".Well, L think I'll make last
years style last me through the coming
summer.
ID. ---?
C.-.'No, L do not need any collar
buttons. l buy mine by the quart at
wholesale prices.
C.-.'No, no shirt studs to-day, thank
you
C.-..No. thank you; no sleeve but
tons to-day
ID. --?
C.-"Ycs. it is very fine day, in
deed. Or at least it was when | came
in here. How long have l been here,
anyway"
ID. -?
CIV hat! you keep watches, toop
No, | don't care to buy watch. -
C.-'.Yes. I'll call again when I'm
GU. of suspenders-'
C.-Oh, never wore more than one
pair of suspenders at time
ID. -?
C.-''Well, let 'em riset I'm not a
Vanderbilt who can buy suspenders by
the trunkful.'
ID. -?
C.-''Well, if the suspender factories
dosstop and they go up as you say, I'll
fall back on tight waist bands. "
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06
A Young Solomon.

Untimcly philosophy, however useful,
has its pathetic side. A tiny boy, of 1C
years perhaps. was coming along side
street after the last snowstorm, his
shovel over his shoulder, when he was
accosted by a passing woman who knew
him and asked if he got his pay for that
job yet. The boy shook his head with
out speaking. Then / wouldn't do
another stroke for her till she put the
money in my hand,'' said the woman.
The boy passed on without speaking,
but when he got past turned, and. nod
ding his head in her direction, said: .In
your mind You wouldn't Folks that
have to work can blow. but they have
to do the things they don't like, all the
same Boston Transcript.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06

manner Of leavi.g the train was an every
day custom Of his. The train did moi
stop
At Milan on Thursday evening April
9Th. at the residence of the parents of the
bride, Miss Minnie Jennson was married
to Mr. W A. Johnston. both of Milan.
There was large gathering of friends
and pleasant time.
Mr. Henry ladders, who for two years
or more has been in the employ of G..
Tegeler s. Co, as teamster. is abo.t to
yacate that position IN order to go into
the grocery business for himself in the
Third ward Everybody who knows him
will wish him the most abundant success
TIE following from last evenings Chi
cage journal will interest Major Boards
ley and the other Rock Islanders who
were interested in the same project:
about year ago Chicago syndicate
entered into q contract with the state of
Texas to build a new capitol at Austin
and receive in pay therefor the Texas
Pan Handle" estimated to contain
800, 600 acres. The syndicate gave bonds
to erect building to cost not less than
81, 500 900. The construction of the CAPT
tol is now under way. Yesterday the
Chicago quartette closed the sale of the
lands to an English syndicate for SO, 1000,
900. The lucky operators are Messrs. C.
and I'm "
and A. G. Babcock- Colonel Taylor win
shortly leave for England to receive the
purchase money
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06
FAMILY JARS.

Jim Sniverly. who has not been mar
ried very long, came home late to din
ner few days ago.
Hast thou saved me some dinner,
thou dearest angelo
Il have not, my turtle dove
Nothing at all darlingP Didst thou
put any grub in the stove for its own
duckyP"
Not a bite. What did you loaf about
the saloons until two O'Clock forPn
Its none of your blamed business,
you empty pated fool he replied with
some bitterness.
You are bow-legged brute.
And thus did one word bring on an
other
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06
WELL REWARDED.

A liberal reward will be paid to any
party who will produce case of Liver
Kidney or Stomach complaint that Elect
trio Bitters will not speedily cure. Bring
them along, it VIII cost you nothing for
the medicine if it fails to cure. and you
will be well rewarded for your trouble
besides All Blood disease, Biliousness,
Jaundicc, Constipation, and general de
bility are quickly cured. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded Price
only fifty cents per bottle. For sale by
HartZ 81 Bahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06
PETER cooPER's FUNERAL

New York, April 5.-The Woman's
Suffrage Society adopted a resolution OF
loving regret for the death of Peter
Cooper, the philanthropist, who has done
so much for our sex" At the funeral oil
Cooper Saturday the church with the
exception of the center aisle will be open
to the public. After the services the
body will be left in the church till
O'Clock p. m, and an opportunity given
the public to view the remains. In the
general procession all will be permitted
to join.
The board of aldermen have taken ac-
ton on the death of Peter Cooper. It is
the request that the citizens close places
of business on the day of the funeral and
that shipnasters place their flags at half
maats.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06
BUFFALO PRAIRIE.

Returns from Buffalo Prairie, received
last evening, as follows
Supervisor Fl Kistler, d. 102;
Charles Titterington, Jr, 1902
Town clerk-E w Miller, Il, Iii; A j
Whitney, 91-20.
Assessor-Moses Roberts, r, 107 ] T
Hayes, d, 95-12.
Collector--W II Davis. d. 1O5; G W
Schlemmer r, 99-6.
Highway commissioner G Thomas
r, no; FL p Potter, ID, D. 8S-22
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-06

/ the passage hither. Subsequently the
boat moved little farther up The levee
where other deaths and interments took
place. There was, indeed, reign OF
terror and about everybody was in the
condition of the unhappy Irishman who
feared that every minute would be his
next "
About this time a gentleman from
Harrisburg was guest at the Rock ISL
and House then kept by Col Barrett and
more than another Jones, for such We
shall call him, was the man.
One would naturally suppose that the
noted waggishness of several pioneers, in
Guiding Dr. P G. (which is Peggy Wal.
lace,) would have been seriously inter
rupted in the constant fear of what might
happen to the people of city even as
far north as Rock Island, but it was not
So Even in cholera times those
incorrigible jokers would sit up nights in
order to hatch out something new in the
line of waggery Well, these jokers
heard about Jones, the scared Pennsyl-
vanian, and they deliberately and with
malice aforethought Immediately pro-
ceeded to put up such joke on that in
dividual as would cause him to never
forget either Rock island or the cholera.
Therefore one of their number
want IN a hnoI ofora an6 nrrcbaoaa N
quantity of blue ink. in a stone bottle,
and removing the label put on one more
closely allied to a drug store. Not long
afterwards two or three of the wags met
might be taken down with the cholera at
any minute, but if he were attacked with
pain in the stomach in the night he
would experience instantaneous relief by
thoroughly bathing his stomach and chest
with the contents of the bottle to which
they applied some. medical name. The
Pennsylvania received the bottle thank
fully and having made one of the wags
promise to write to his wife if anything
happened to him hurried off to bed
Shortly before daylight poor Jones
thought he had cramp in his stomach,
and without waiting to light his candle
he was on his taps like a lamphghter.
Then he seized the bottle hastily removed
the cork, and after amounting himself
profusely got into bed again In the
morning he was "a sight to behold"
and the sheets ditto. He was
not long In telling the first doctor who
could be summoned how he awoke that
morning and found not only his stomach as
blue as milestone but the bed partook
largely of the same color. He also ex
pressed the opinion that cholera had got
han surely. The good doctor treasured him.
however, with the remark that the crisis
had been bridged over successfully and
that he would probably recover if there
were 10 relapse. Then Jones went down
stairs, where the wags in solemn silence
were all awaiting his appearance. Each
inquired after his health, how
ne applied the liaiment etc, until finally
Tones began to smell mice, - gracefully
the corn and said that he
guessed 1t wouldn't be necessary to write
to his wife
The foregoing was one of the pastimes
Of early days when if man ran the
gauntlet successfully he was taken into |
'ull fellowship. but not before.