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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-11-01
To Furance Men and. Others.

iron with sure prospect of making money. can find
the right place in Calhoun County, Alabama. Nine
hundred of land be had there in one body,
five hundred cleared, and four hundred best timber
seen at the stsndard Oaice The Selma Selma Dalton and
Ih order to show the cost of some materials in the
iron business, we publish an extract from letter
Written by one engaged in the business:
It costs the fec4msch Iron CO. to freight Charcoal
from the nearest coaing, which is six miles from
furnace and fraction less than one cent per bushel
from the farthest coaling which is about one hund
miles from furnace The ore costs about one dol,
lar per ton delivered the urance and charcoal (6
six and half cts per bushel, which is higher than
any furnace is paying, the average being about
q (6) six cents.
o For further Information, write to Aaron Bryan
Jackson, Ohio call on him at his residence In LID
&erty Township.
July 5, 1SS3-6m.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-11-01

For Scarlet and
Typhoid + eve rs,
Diphthoria, Sail
walton, liberated
Sore Throat, Small
Pox, Measles, and
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-11-01
Eradicates
MALARIA.

all Contagious Diseases. Persons waiting on
never been known to spread where the Fluid was
used. Yellow Fever has been cured with it after
black vomit had taken place. The worst
.ofn ~. 81 -
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MEDICAL,
DARBYS
PROPHYLACTIC
FLUID.
FLUID.

A Household Article for Universal
Family Use.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Pierre Auguste Cot, the French
painter, is dead
Joel S. Page, a member Of the
Chicago bar for the past twenty-five years, is
dead
The Wabash railRay now run two
through express trains daily between Chicago
and st Louis ITS
1t is reported that there is move
ment on foot for the consolidation of the New
York Central and Lake Shore railways
An effort was made at the last meet
ing of the Postal. Telegraph directors tc
adopta higher tariff for messages, but the
proposition was voted down.
Hon Rufus McGee, u Democratic
politiciansof Indiana, says Mcdonald viii
have the solid support of the Indiana delagas
tion in the national convention,
O'DonneIl, Oarey's murderer, has
been committed for trial, which viii come Oft
in the ordinary course. of events, at Port
Elizabeth, Africa, in October.
A suit has been institutedsin Wash
ington under the civil rights law against
restaurant keeper, for refusing to serve Rev.
j. H Smith, Of Norwich, Conn, because he
was a colOred man.
At the faith convention at Old Or
chard, Me, where DIR. Coils auoints the
lame, halt and blind with oil, which, il the
faith of the patient is sufficient $50 it Is
claimed cures them, there were three hun
bred alleged cures reported The meeting is
to be made a yearly affair at Old Orchard,
and permanent grounds have been secured.
In the. hurry of arranging for the re-
ception of President Arthur at Louisville the
committee overlooked the fact thai Senator
Beck was present, and the distinguished
Kentuckian was left out in the throng- The
slight was the more noticeable from the fact
that the senator's influence was powerful IN
getting the president to visit the Falls City.
The National Union league has IS
sued an address to the. people of the United
States in which it says: 'The issue immedi
ately before the American people is simple
one: shall the Democratic party, with its his
tory, its career, and the purposes they 50 UNI
uiistakably indicate be brOught into power
without any guaranty, without even a prom
Use Of better government in the future2 And
shall all this beautiful country, the handt
work of Republican administrations, bt
turned over to the blighting sirocco OF Demo
| cratic rapacitys Or shall the Republican
party, Reimbursed by the American people
reinstrcted from the source of all politica
power and intelIigence-the voice of the PEG
| ple-be recommissioned to go forward in it:
| great work. and continue to guide the natior
upon its glorious pathway to ultimate perfec
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06

and run about the halls of the buildings,
and would involve taking feet down
from the desks to some extent and brac.
ing up to work as people IN other callings
work These reflections are suggested
by complaints lately emanating from the
Patent Office of lack of force there TO do
the work rapidly accommodating. There is
no doubt that the Patent office is one oil
the hardest worked government bureaus.
The development of American inventive
genius continually increases the amount
of work which the employees OF the ONCE
must do But if the clerks and high
priced examiners all applied themselves
as closely and constantly to their cases
as a successful lawyer must do to his, or
as business men do to their duties, there
would be less delay in reaching decisions
and the business of the office would be
nearer up to date. Great Improvement
has oeen made in this respect under Mr..
Marble the present commissioner but
there is room for still more In nearly
every division there is an accumulation
of cases from two to four months ahead
of the examiners, and many important
applications lie untouched several months
entailing great inconvenience and often
loss upon the poor inventof. The tele-.
phone cases recently decided had been
pending until they were almost forgotten
by all except those directly interested.
The interference we've declared several
gears ago and the Arguments were closed
more than one year and half ago.
The cases were of great Importance,
involving priority in respect to the
essential parts of the telephone The
decisions have more or less effect upon
rapidly growing business in which mil.
lions are invested The Patent office
ought to. be so equipped that decisions
can be rendered. with all the prompt
tnde that careful examination viii
permit The office is mot only self
sustaining, but it also yields large
annual profit. It deserves the fostering
care of Congress, not only because of the
nature of the Judicial work done by its
employees, but also because inventors
ought not to be forced to suffer the
encouragement and losses which are the
result of delay in the adjustment of their
claims g~e
PHoNo.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06

A good deal of fuss is being made by
people of poetic temperaments because
the classical pine forest of Ravenna is to
make way for the cultivation of corn.
1t would be all very well to apostrophize
Dante and Byron if the Municipal Coun-
ell of the ancient city had ruthlessly de
termined to hew down beautiful, luxuri-
ent and vital forest which still whispered
the romauces of BOcCaRcio and hummed
the Rhythmic melodies of Dryden But
unfortunately for the sentimeHtalists the
forests of Ravenna has breasted the
changes of so many stricken years, bowed
to the passing centuries for so long a
time, that its energies have been all used
up, and its pines are now melancholy
mOnCliths of death The forest is in de
cay. Its life is gone 1t is worn out.
The authorities do wisely in having the
sapless trunks cut down, and the miSera-
bic relic Of nne-time romantic beauty put
aside that the green stalks of corn may
come to cheer the soil and give profit to
the city We are glad Ravenna has 50
much the spirit of modern enterprise that
it can forget its past to remember its liv-
ing present
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06
A w oman's Expert nee.

Mrs. William Downes of Uxbrldge Mass writes
on March IS 1853, as follows:-
During the past three years Ihave been great
sufferer from a complication of diseases which
bafied the skill of the most experienced doctors
RS l could not obtain permanent relief by their
treatment and prescriptions; and have also tried
many so-called cures in the medicine line, but
coHld get no relief. The pains, aches and weak
ness increased 30 rapidly and constantly that l
was SO reduced in strength as toabe unable to
leave the bed, and the doctors inf rmed me that
there no hope ofsaareeovery In this exhalrs.
ted and discouraged condition dear friend per
shaded me to use Hunts Remedy, and after tax
ing ii only three days commenced to get better.
Bnd to my great JOY and delight / have continued
to improve constantly by its use, until now, after
having taken the remedy only few weeks, | am
able tobe about any honse again, and am now do
ing my hoHsewor Ny lame back is cured. the
severe pains hav, di appeared and / am now i d
better health than for many years, and beg this
privilege Of GLADLY recommending Hunts Remedy
to all who affected with any disease of the kid
neys or liver; and also highly recommend it for
attacks of sick headache. My husband has also
experienced very great benefit to his h, alth by
the use of this most valuable medicine, Hunt
Remedy
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06
REPORT ON SORGHUM.
what Dr. Collier says of its Cuitiva-

WASHINGTON, Aug. An interesting and
valuable report of the department of agri,
culture has recently been printed 1t is en-
titled Investigation of Sorghum as Sugar
producing Plant; Season of 1859; Peter Col
iier, Chemist" 1t is pamphlet of sixty
eight pages and its distribution will be
awaited with impotence by sorghum growers
generally The amount of sorghum cane
available for Dr. Golfers experiments last
year " as limited to the product OF two
ninths of an acre. upon which sixty -four va
rieties were planted. Many of these were
entirely new to the United States, and ex-
periments as to their value were regarded as
especially important, in. view OF the fact that
they had been brought from countries where
sorghum has been raised both for its sugar
and its seed for several. hundred years
Thus there were six varieties from
Northern China, thirteen from Natal,
South Africa and two from India. DR. Col
lier remarks regretfully that on the 10Th Of
October some twenty three of his new varie-
ties were cut down. However, he con-
tinued the analysis of the remainder until
Dec s, whom. unfortunately, the entire field
was cleared. Although the average results
of the examinations made on Dec. showed
that in spite OF many frosts. twenty three in
all, the first frost being on Nov.3, the amount
of sugar from the several qarieties suffered
no diminution The sorghum grower who
receives this report will regret to find that by
some strange oversight the results of DR.. Col
lier's numerous analyses of these new varie-
ties at different stages Of their growth have
heen entirely omitted, especially when be
reads sit will be seen by~comparing the re-
| suits obtained this year by the examination
of these many varieties wholly new to this
| country that the agreement is remarkably
close" In the manufacture of sugar per-
haps the most important process is that
of DELEGATION, and Dr. Collier appears to
have made many experiments, using as re-
agents hydrate of lime, calcium sulphite,
and mixture of these two. His report says
| that ''the results OF these experiments are
given in detail in the following tables. y
These tables, A, B, C, are then referred to
and from the general description of
them given in the text they must
all be very interesting and highly i'm
portant But the man who is engaged in
| making or trying to make sugar from sor-
ghum, will search in vain the pages Of this
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06
@ THEY MEET,
But Never speak. Because of Novel
Bargain.

NEW York, Angs wv. NJ. Patteson5 and
A. S. Jones, two Of the most aniable mem
bers of the consolidated petroleum exchange
have made unique bargain Mr. Patteson
had decided to settle by the toss of coin
whether or not he should make transaction
in oil with brother broker on Ger
tain terms The other broker was to toss
and he was to call Mr.. Patteson called Ia
win, and Mr.. Jones, who witnessed the opera
ton, remarked facetiously that Mr.. Paterson
probably saw how the coin was going to turn
before it landed Mr. Patteson had conceived
a dislike for Mr.. Jones on account Of an old
transaction which was made outside of the
Board room and after business hours, and
which he says Mr. Jones backed out of on
those grounds. He replied to Mr. Jones OBJ
servations that he would give Mr.
Jones 800 if he would never speak to him
again. Mr.. Jones said he would accept the
offer Thereupon Mr.. Patteson counted out
800 in greenbacks and handed them to Mr.,
Jones, and requested those present to witness
the bargain Mr.. Jones turned the 500 over
to the president of the exchange, to be sent to
st Johns Guild,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06

Geneseo Republican,: The republican.
and democratic state committees in Iowa
refuse to admit General Weaver, the
Greenback nominee for Governor, into
the Joint debates of the campaign on the
ground that his party is dead. 1t must be
discouraging to the General to discover
that he is the candidate Of "stiff, > If
he can't take part in the discussions, he
can come over here and weep with Broth
er Danforth, of the Rock Islander, our sole
surviving mourner, in this section, over
the demise of the Greenback party.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06
WATsON's WEAKNESS
HE ApprOpriates His Neighb0r's
whisky and Gets the Jim .Jnnssr

HE ApprOpriateS HIS NetghbOr'N
whisky and Gets the JiHi Jnnssr
ATLANTA, GA, August Among some
Of the curious developments growing out OF
the prohibition of the liquor license in local
option counties case from Forsyth county
is noticeable Some time ago George stephens
bought ten-ganon keg of whiskey for his
own use Watson Moore found out that
George had whisky, and also where he kept
it. While George slept Watson went to the
barn and stole the keg and took it away
The fact that Watson kept in hilarious
condition led George to believe that he took
his commissarieS, and he said SO publicly.
Watson became enraged and sued out writ,
retulnable to next superior court, to recover
damages done to his character by the charge
of theft After a while Watson got the Jim.
jams and sent for three physicians, who
who soon had him out again, but his
movements were closely watched and
he was observed to visit little
brier patch in an obscure place, and it was
while engaged in one of these visits that 1T
was ascertained that he had keg hidden
there and also reed through which to suck
the beverage So Watson and the key were
taken into custody and carried before mag
istrate, where Watson owned up and agreed
to pay for the whisky, seven gallons of which
he had used up and the case was settled
Watson went to the clerks office and paid lIp
the costs in the damage suit and dismissed
the caSe
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON. D. c., Aug. 3, 1888,
The telegraph operators strike is
canvassed and watched with more inter
est here, perhaps, than any other city; for
while Washington is not great CONNER
cial centre it is a great news and politi-
cal centre. Public sympathy here has been
from the first unanimously with the Bro
therhood, but the odds seem to be on the
side of the great monopoly whose greed
and arrogance have made it so offensive.
Pucks cartoon of the tournament between
capital and labor portrays the situation,
to the shame of the American people be
1t said. The political significance is two
fold. First it may serve to forcibly direct
the attention of Congress to the necessity
of government control of the telegraph
When Jay Gould with his millions of i'll
gotten wealth can substitute the press-or
q portion of it-and sit at the head of a
concern whose profits have swelled its
capital to more than ten times the original
investment and then grind down to star
walton wages the army of men from whose
labor this profit is earned; and when this
arrogant monopoly gobbles up every
competitor and openly boasts that it can
starve out all opposition to it sway, it is
time for Congress to realize that the peo-
pie have some rights.
This state of affairs directs attention to
the approaching triumph of the democra-
tic party. 1t is the natural foe of mono
poly and the steadfast friend of the
workingmLn No such state of things as
now exist could have grown up under
democratic administration of the govern
ment, because the defiant corporations
would be held to accountability and com
PEELED to obey the laws. The statements
given out by the Western Union com.
pany that the service is improving day
by day are absolutely false. Its service
is in a state of chaos. Dispatches are de-
layed abominably and transmitted in such
q shape to be often misleading or useless.
Its alacrity in spreading reports of the
interference with its wires is malicious,
the fact being that there is not single
authenticated case of interference by the
strikers, who are under strict injunction
from the power that guides them to avoid
all such mischief, which would only harm
their cause. These misrepresentation
are merely part of the tactics of the com.
pany in its desperate game of bluff, which
is transparent to win.
There are bureaus in the various
executive departments here that would
not be crippled by reduction of the
number of clerks employed in them
With all the clamor in nearly every de
partment for more clerks and larger
appropriations, it is capable of easy
demonstration that fully one-half 'tht
employees now enrolled perform very
light duties. While in some offices The
clerks have enough to do and do il
faithfully, in many. others there is sys
Gematic loafng and almost continuous
idleness. By possible readjustment Of
divisions and the enforcement of little
better discipline, or closer application
the present force of employees in every
department would be found more thar
ample. But this would give some o.
the clerks less time to read newspaper
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06

Burlington Gazette: The Seneca In
dams of New York have long been held
up as examples OF what may be done in
the way of civillzing the red men. Recent
occurrences show that there is no doubt
about their becoming civilized. 1t is
charged that in recent election some of
the members of this tribe sold their
votes, and that The prices ranged from
20 to 40 cents each. While this rate is
not so high as that which Dorsey estab-
lished in Indiana in 1880, and is very,
low compared with the average $25 rate
in New Hampshire; it shows that the
Seneca Indians will soon reach An ad
vanced state of enlightenment.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06
GOT HIM AT LAST.
AR. Henry Meyer. the Alleged Pois-
OnGr of Chicago, Arrested.

CHICAGO, Aug 4.-Dr. Henry Meyer, the
alleged wife poisoner, has been finally lodged
in jail He was found at the house OF John
Logemann, Ia Lake View, which has boen his
hiding Place much Of the time that he has
been In concealment At o'clock in the
Iuorning Detectives Stiff and Haas and on
Ger Baer approached the house from different
directions, cutting off all avenues of
escape. John Logemann was absent but
but Mrs. Logemann proved incorrigible, and
would not unlock the doors leading to the up
per portion of the house The officers gained
access to the upper rooms, however, through
a window by means of ladder They soon
found the little doctor hid i'll clothes closet.
aud brought him forth. MI. Logemann APP
peared on the scene and threatened to sue the
officers for breaking into his house They
bore their prisoner off in triumph to the Jail
He refused to talk about the various crimes
laid at his door
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06
Potsoned by well water.

NEwsURG, N Y, Aug. 4-Enteric fever,
of typhoid form, is very prevalent and is
causing much excitement in one neighhor
hood IN this city, in the vicinity of High
street The trouble is the result Of
using contaminated well wateG Tho regu
lar city water was temporarily
unpaIatahle a short time ago, causing people
to make resort to such wells and springs as
there are about town, and the High street
people who have been taken i'll ara all persons
who have been drinking water from u partic
ular well in that street. Up to this time
there have been. nineteen cases of illness
In distance of half block There has
been one death, that of young
man named Shannon a carpenter 10y. trade
The wifepf a dry goods clerk, named Parli.
man, is at the point of death, past all hope,
and several others are dangerously ill "A
partial analysis of the water shows that it
contains chlorine, which indicates that it is
tainted with sewage, although it is apparently
pure-clear in color, without sslor, and pleas
ant to the taste.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06

LONDON, Aug 4.-The Paris correspond
ents of the London papers do not consider
the plot to restore the monarchy in France
of . serious character. Two !coachmen who
were arrested had papers in their possession,
which indicated the existence of a secret le-
gitimist committee Of action. The Standard
says this committee consisted of servants
and small tradesmen. The Paris Temps
treats the matter. as without importance.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06
National FINANCES.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-The coinage of the
standard silver dollars during August viii
amount to So, $40, 000 to be coined at the diff
ferent minis as follows: Philadelphia, ST.
O40, 900; San Francisco, $500, 600; New
Orleans, soOO,0oo; Carson City. 100000.
The condition of the treasury is as follows:
Gold coin and bullion. 500, 930, $40; silver
dollars and bullion. SIT ,74s, 459; fractional
silver coin, SIS, 0S7 ,9Se; United States notes,
$50, 1oe, $40. Total, s404, SIC, Te5 Certificates
outstanding: Gold, e60, 80, T50: silver, S7S,-
SO8, Isl currency. BIZ, 785, coo, -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06
The Cigarmakers' TroubIe.

NEW YORK, August 4.--The trouble be
tween the cigar manufacturers and their en-
ployes seem likely to break out afresh The
Progressive union men employed in Often.
berg's shop quit work because the employer
engaged ten men belonging to the Inter
national union This action of Ottenberg's
men is not countenanced by the en- ployes of
other manufacturers as, under the late
agreement the latter were to employ uieu
FROM either union
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06
Postage Receipts increasing.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Reports received
at the postotiiee department from twenty five
of the larger postoffiees show an increase in
the sale of postage stamps, postal cards, etc,
for the quarter ending June 80, 1855, over the
corresponding period of the previous year, Of
$2ss22. 457, or about per cent. These offices in
the second quarter of 1889 collected about ~
per cent of the total revenue of the depart
ment.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06
Irish Agitation

LONDON, Aug. 4-The Times publishes a
letter which states that the Irish National
League has decided to call a series of con
ventions in all the counties in Ireland, with
the viaw of choosing a central executive coun-
ell Arrangements are being made to resume
the work of the propaganda for securing the
Irish parliament, peasant proprietary and
the adoption of other measures desired by the
Irish. 1t is also intended to hold in the
autumn of 1884 general convention of the
irish societies throughout the world
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06
New Railway Project.

MANSON. Wis, Aug. 4.-Articles of asso-
citation were filed here by AIbert Keep, Mar
vim Hughitt and M. w. Kirknan, of the
Princeton & Western Railway company, to
build line seventy i've miles long, from
field Friendship and Needah, tovalley juno
ton. From Valley junction to Needah,
twenty-fi miles, will be built this season