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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
he DIED FEASTING.
The Sensational Suicide of n French
officer After a Hearty Dinner an
Eternal sleep.

PARIS, June 2S-A gentleman, neatly and
respectfully dressed entered the restaurant OF
John Bull, at the corner of the Rue des Ply
ramids and the Place Jeanne dare, and OF,
dered an elaborate dinner He consumed the
delicacies set before him with evident relish,
and after each dish or glass of wine he
jotted Down 3 few observations in
a notebook He completed his
repast TRANQUILITY, with the satisfaction of a
man who had achieved a thoroughly first
rate dinner. He then called for small giass
of fine champagne and an excellent Havana
cigar He slipped the former and lighted the
latter, and finally told the waiter to bring
his bill The waiter turned his back, aud
the gentleman who had dined so agreeably
removed the cigar from his lips and inserted
in his mouth the muzzle of a revolver He
fired four bullets through his brain
A doctor was called, and the dead man was
searched They found absolutely nothing in
his pockets except the notebook. On the
FIRST page of this were written, in large, bold
characters, the words: The dinner OF
death" "My last impressions" Then fol
lowed criticism on each dish, conceived in
the style and unity of idea of an accomplished
connoisseur, In thu end he expressed his re
gret that he, an ex officer Of the French
army, and decorated at that, should die as
nal honeste homme, after having striven
during the war TO fall by a Prussan bullet
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
LATEST FROM THE LANeTRY.
Report That Gebhardt Has Rented a
Cottage at Saratoga, Where lie Will
Entertain His Fair Friend.

Lone BRANCH, N. J., June IS Mrs Lang
try, accompanied by Frederick Gebhard:,
visited this place Quite fiutter of excite
ment was caused among tie real estate men
as soon as 1t became known that their cb5eCt
was TO fine cottage for the season. Tks7
came down on the same train with General
Grant, and attracted even more attention
among the passengers than the well-known
war veteran The Jersey Lily was looking
fair and handsome when she stepped off the
train. She was attired in a dark plum-coi-
ored suit, simply made, and with faultlessly
fitting bodice which showed her figure to
great advantage, and wore a jaunty little
turban As they drove by field filled with
the beautiful wild roses which abound here,
Gebhardt gathered bunch These Mrs
Langtry wore at her belt the rest of the day
HGebhardt was in the best Of humor, and
was looking well. A cigar never left his lips
during his entire stay. The two visited a
great number of cottages, some on the avenue
| and some on the adjoining streets, but Mr..
Gebhardt objected to most Of them on the
score of rent. He finally settled on one cost
| ing no less than 81, 900 for the season of two
months
| The house selected is the che which former
| iy belonged to Lester Walack ltHs situated
| on private road which passes from Ocean
avenue just north of the Rowland hotel The
drive leading to the entrance is through an
archway formed by the overhanging
branches of great willow trees The
cottage is painted dark gray, with red
shutters and trimmings, and is surrounded
by wide piazza. The main entrance is on
the side facing the ocean, whence a wide
hall opens into a little sitting-ro furnished
in white wicker. On the right sthe bow-win-
| dowed pRrlor furnished in crimson velvet.
From this opens sewing-room and smoking
apartment Back of these is large dining
room The kitchen is separated from the
house by covered porch.
Upstairs are a number of pleasant bed
rooms, ali prettily furnished That selected
| by Mrs. Largtry for herself is in the front
and opens from bow window to littls
balcony from which can be bad fine view
of the sea The floor is covered with red and
white mating The furniture is of oak ana
a paper gorgeous with blue and pink flower.
adorns the walls. Gebbardt and Mrs Lang
try are expected to take possession July L
He will bring several turnol1ts with him
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
THE ENVELOPE GAME.
Described by Man Who Worked it
tor Lehman & Goa Sharp
Lawyer and Light
ming Witness

CHICAGO, june 2s-In the case of f j
Lehmann VS. Ths Herald, for libel, Cbas E.
Howard was called and testified to the char
acter Of the business carried on at No.
Clark street by the said Lehman In an
swer TO questions the witness stated that be
was acquainted with Z J Lehman: had
been il Lehmann's employ at No. Clark
street. The witness also knew him at 3i2
State street and 2l7 Randolph street He
was asked:
What was carried Oh at those several
places" tsF
No Clark street was 81 gift store He
used to sell articles there ard give gifts A
man bought an article for 81 and be would
give the man $1,000 if he got it, and if he
didn't he got nothing
How many COTS DOOR,
Il never found any
Had you any connection with itr'
Eyes, sir; was working there
''For whomf
For E. j. Lehman
"What were you paidp
Il was paid 20 per cent. at one time and IS
per cent. of the gross receipts at another
time"
''How was the business carried on at
Clark streetp
s'Men were billed in at the door, and we
showed them some articles and told them We
merely wanted them to examine the goods
and take few samples with them. Then we
introduced them to the envelopes, and they
paid their money and drew, and if they got
prize they went away, and they didn't
get prize they went away anyway"
What do they call that kind of businessr'
They call it anything from 'bunko' up
Describe the 'bunko part of it,
Il put number in an envelope and put 1t
into the box, and they draw for the envelope,
and if they ever get the right one, which i:
never in there-it is always behind the case
they think they have got the right one and
pay their money on that superstition, and
open it, and they haven't got it."
II first went to work there. at 81 Clark street
in December 1874, or January 1876, and staid
there until the spring, and went away and
came back in the fall, and worked at the cor
| ner of jackson and Clark and worked fol
Lehman & Long, and from there went to I
Clark street and staid there during the sum
mer of 1876, and was at the different place
until late in the fall got 20 and sometimes
Is per cent Of the gross receipts Mr.. Ions
got IS because he was little the favorite
and he got a little more than did,
The witness stated that Long worked "out
side of the case" as a. capper, which he ex
planned to mean picking out ticket am
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
1t Makes a Difference in Husbands.

1t Makes a Difference in Husbands.
1t took the ladies of the Michigan
Women's Christian Temperance Union
little while to get acquainted, but
when the acquaintance was once formed
it ripened fast.
How do you give your name?' ask
ed one lady of another, as they remov-
ed their wraps at the door one morn
ing
Il have usually written it Mrs. James
P. Jones"
Ibid your mother name you james
PIP" inquired the first speaker, with
considerable emphasis. II will never
call myself by my husband S name.
Nor l." Nor l." Nor l. :" came from
a number of bystanders.
The little woman appeared surprised
to find herself so largely in the minority,
but she finally found breath and cour-
age to say:
"Wen, / suppose it does make diff
ference what kind of a man the husband
is"
And then the PRESIDENT ung to order,
the knot of ladies dispersed, and there
was a sort of look upon their faces as
if the little woman had come out ahead.
Adrian Times.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29

Charles Dudley Warner states that
in literature there is hardly any money
for the author. The publisher gets the
profit.
Marie Boze is the only singer of dis
tinction who is not afraid of catching
cold. Nilsson treats her throat as she
would sick baby; Kellogg is afraid to
venture out of doors twenty-four hours
before she sings; Minnie Hauk goes to
bed for days together, and remains there
in complete silence; Emma Abbott has
the door and windows of her room hung
with blankets to keep out the draughts;
Gerster wears heavy shawl indoors in
all weathers.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29

From Demorst's Monthly.
Quite apart from the therapeutic
efficacy of hot water, it is really an open
question whether all water should not
be boiled before being drunk 1t is ma
t ure's great solvent but it unfortunately
holds in solution many ingredients
poisonous to the human system. 1t is
through air and water that come all the
contagious fevers and foul-air diseases
which afflict humanity. The purest
looking and most crystalline spring often
hold in solution the lime that produces
stone and gravel Wells and streams
tainted by sewage are as bright and
sparkling as the purest aqueous fluid
extant The nation with the densest
population of the globe, China, has
long ceased to use water in the uncooked
state. 1t is not the infusion of tea
which is the important part of the
famous Chinese refreshment it is the
boiled water. The tea was first used to
make the hot water palatable. The
wine drinking of the Continent of
Europe and the beer drinking of the
English people is partially explained
evil ingredients so frequently found in
the water of over populated countries.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D, c., June n, 1888.
About tine busiest appearing govern
ment Office now in Washington is the
pension bureau The buildings in which
its sixteen hundred clerks are quartered,
as thick as three in bed, appear like
bee-hives; and to see these clerks stand
ing around out side at lunch time re
minds one of an old fashioned town
meeting But as q matter of fact this
Office does not perform as much work
in proportion to the number of its en-
ployes as most any of the other depart
ments. 1t is pretty well understood now
that the seven or eighthundred additional
clerks voted to this bureau year ago
were not needed, and have never been
used to any advantage. A history of
the pension office, its workings, and the
peculiar cases that have come before it
would be quite an interesting chapter.
1t is estimated that considerably over half
the pensions granted now are for chronic
diarrhea and diseases arising threfrom.
Cases belonging to this class are among
the worst the pension bureau has to han
die, and they have been allowed to &C
cumulate for long time, until they
constitute majority of the applications
yet undlsposed of In speaking of this
phase of the work an old examiner, now
in iother business, said: II have every
reason to believe that there is one agency
at least, and perhaps others in this city
where dishonest applicants who have
doubtful claims against the government
IN this class are put through regular
course of training and reduced to any
stage of emaciation that may be deemed
essential TO success. To such perfection
has the business been studied that al
applicant who has been in training for
few weeks can deceive the shrewdes
examiners, strong, healthy men bein
quickly reduced in weight amazingly
and given them the appearance of hope
less invalids of years standing. To
sure the training is liable to be followe
by serious sickness and even permanen
disability, but men are found who wi
take the risk of that for the $4,000 G
$4,000 and the monthly stipends that al
at stake. 1t is practically impossib
for the bureau people to guard again
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
MINNESOTA REPUBLICANS.
The Ticket Nominated at the state
COuventtOn--syno of the Plat
form

The Ticket Nominated at the state
COuventtOn---synop of the Plat
form.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 2S-The Repub-
lican state convention assembled, and every
thing was smooth and peaceful on temporary
organization. Soon, however the faction
ight became apparent. The Hubhardites
named C, D. Gilfllan for permanent chair
man. The Windomites put up j. s. Pillsbury.
The ex-senator's forces were vanquished by a
decisive vote-14O to 96. A resolution con-
demning the action of those who refused to
vote for Window as senator after
he had received the caucus nomination
last winter was laid on the table
Las to 90 Gov Hubbard was renominated
by reclamation. c. A. Gilman was nomin-
ated for acknowledgement Fred Won
Baumbach for secretary of state, Charles
KittlesoI for treasurer, W. j. Hahn for at
torney general, and J. H Baker for railroad
commissioner.
The platform approves the river and har.
Dor BILL and arrears of pensions act; declares
in favor of maintaining internal revenue tax
alton; upholds the protective system; in-
dorses President Arthur's administration, ana
favors the submission of a prohibitory consti.
tutional amendment to the people.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
By roxy

From the Fort Gaines Tri bune,
A beautiful young lady tripped into
Dr. Hatcher's drug store few days
ago, and told Mr.. Speight, who presides
there, that she wished some castor oil,
and asked him if he could mix it up so
as 10 disguise the taste of it.
ooh, yes says Speight. Presently
Speight said: will you haYe glass of
soda water. Miss
"Oh, yes, says she After drinking
the soda water the youny lady waited
awhile, and then asked Speight if the
castor oil was ready.
oh" says Speight, you nave
already taken the castor oil in the soda
water
Great heaYensr' said the young lady, Il
wanted the oil for my mother"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
Those Richmond Editors.

WASHINGTON, June est was reported
that Elan, editor of The State, and Bierne,
editor of The Wing, the Richmond duelists,
were in this vicinity, and would fight
within ten miles of the city. As nothing has
been heard from the front, and the weather
is stormy, it is presumed the encounter has
been postponed on account of rain.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
HATHAWAYs SENTENCE.
The Philadelphia AbOrti0nist Will
stay seven Years in the Peniten-
tiary

PHILADELPHIA, June 2S-Dr. Isaac Hath
away, the aged malpractitioner, the finding
in whose cellar last week of upward of twenty
babies skulls and skeletons created such a
sensation throughout the country, was tried
and convicted on an old charge of performing
an abortion on Mary Neutler, a servant
girl The only witness for the defense
was Hathaway himself, who denied any
knowledge of the crime The principal
witness against him was his stepson
whom be had, treated very brutally from
time to time The jury rendered a YER
dict of tguilty after a few minutes, and the
court fixed the verdict at seven years impris.
oument and $500 fms As Hathaway is over
eighty years old and broken in health, this,
the severest penalty of the law, is deemed
equivalent 20 a life sentence. No attempt
was made to try him for the other abortions
of which the little skeletons are positive evi
denca and there is a feeling of relief that tt IS
inhmnan monster is securely and perma-
nently put away.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
New Hamnshire Senatnrshin.

CONCORD, N H, June 2s-The ballot in
joint convention for United States senator at
noon was as follows. Whole number of
votes 500; necessary to choice 155; Gilman
Marston IA; Aaron F. Stevens IS; James F.
Briggs Is; James W. Patterson 80; Edward
H. Rollins 80; Harry Bingham DEM 113
The falling off in the total vote from yes
terday is owing to eight pairs and the absence
of five members from the house
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
Marine News.

New YORK, June 2s--Arrived, the Rhine
land from Antwerp.
GLASGOW, June 2S-Arrived, the Corean
from Montreal.
LIVERPOOL, June 2s-Arrived, the Lord
Clive-from Philadelphia
ST. JOHNS, June 2s-Arrived, the Hibern-
ian.
QUEENSTOWN, June 25-Arrived, the Eng
and from New York
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
Gov. Crittenden and the James Gang.

CHICAGO, june 2S-The governor of Mis-
souri, being in the city, has been talked to by
a reporter. He declined to talk politics, but
remarked with reference to the James
bcys: THE popular belief seems to
have been that l offered reward
for members of the Jesse James gang
dead or alive. This is wrong. The state
did offer a reward for their conviction,
hut no price was put on their dead bodies.
The gang is now thing of the past, being
entirely broken up. Frank is in GaIlatin jail,
aud, I understand, will be tried during the
August term. l do not think my action in
connection with this gang impaired my popu-
larity, or hurt me in any wayn
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
The Fourth at GsaIesburg. nh.

GALEsBURGH, ILL.,, June 2S.-The college
commandments being over, our people are
now giving their attention to the preparations
for the Fourth of July celebration, which viii
be big thing. Emery A. Storrs, of Chicago,
will be the orator of the day. There will be q
parade, plenty of music and great doings gen
araIly
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
Elnoh inPennsrIuanin.

ASHLAND, Pa, June 2S-Twenty three
collieries were flooded by the storm. The
loss Is over $4,000 Colliery work is sus
pended, and 1t will take Considerable time to
pase the NECESSARY repairs Trains are still
delayed, owfngSo numerous waah-outa
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
Illinois Prizes from Amherst.

BosToN, June 2s.-Among the students Of
Amherst college to whom prizes were
awarded this week were @. c. Rowland,
mathematical prize William clafin, Lom-
bard, III, a prize Cor oratory, and Il NJ Her
rick, Of Rockford, Ill, German prize.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
THE WESTERN DELuGE.
eubsidcnce of the Flood Goes. stead
: iiy on Railroad Traffic Resumed
Relieving the Destitute Rains i'm
Michigan.

ST LOUIS, No., June 2s.-The river
has fallen five inches, and marks
thirty-four feet four inches. In East
St Louis the water held in cheek
by the Bowman dixie has fallen nine inches
Cahokia creek is subsiding The railroads
north of the relay depot which were flooded
to some extent are under five feet of water.
The Chicago 6 Alton trestle over the creyasse
near Newport is finished, and all trains pass
over it This fully restores PASSENGER traffic
on all roads from East st. Louis in all d:rec-
tons
r j. Richardson, agent of the Belt rail-
way at Venice, has been elected chairman Of
the committee to succor the destitute OF the
American bottom -Four skiffs have beeu
ent to visit every house north and
east of Venice, and bring to that
place all those in a destitute con
dition People come in from eight and ten
miles above Venice asking for re
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
Liabilities ard AssetS-

NEW YORK, June 2s.-Schedules in the as
signment 81 Adolph Neuendorf, theatrical
manager, to Rudolph Guggenheimer, have
been filed in court. They give Liabilities of
s61, 1893; actual assets, $3.50.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
University Of Virginia.

SUMNER LAW LECTURES mine weekly, begin
18th July, 1888, and end 18th September; have
proved Of signal use,-lst to students, who design
TO pursue their studies at this or other law school
I'd to those who propose to read privately; and Sd
practitioners who have not had the advantage OF
Systematic instruction. For circular apply (P. o
University of Vs.) to John B. Minor, Prof Com
and Stat Law. may-25-dw1m
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-03-03
Good Shipbuil ding.

The Hawaiian screw steamship Likelike,
owned by S. g. Wilder of Honolulu, was
built in San Francisco Bay some six years
ago by Dickie Bros. The machinery was
furnished by the Risdon Iron and LOcomo.
tive Works of San Francisco. All these
years the Likelike has been in active SER
vice, ~encountering rough seas and often the
stormiest weather known in the Pacific in
the channels between the Islands, and has
never until now been on a dock or been
taken out of the water. Though vessels
foul more rapidly in the inter-island trade
than on this coast, and it is impossible that
sometimes that she could not touch a coral
reef, the Llkelike has never been cleaned or
had any repairs done to her hull below ex-
cept by divers, When the Likelike was
launched, she was the largest sea-going
steamer ever built on this coast and she has
proved both profitable to her owner and Gre
ditable to her builders. We had an oppor-
tunify while in Honolulu last month of see-
ing the Likelike taken out of the water by
Wilder's marine railway and stripped of
her copper. With the exception of a
slight injury to her stern, keel and stern
post, and half a dozen places the size of rat
holes, she looked as sound as when built.
Mr.. Wilder has instructed the same firm to
prepare plans for a new steamer of 900
tons register, to be built in this port his
present fleet of steamers being inadequate
in tonnage or number 10 carry the rapidly
increasing inter-island freight and travel
traffic.-S. F. Merchant.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-03-03
The French Homes of the R~othschilds.

The chateau of Ferrieres, where Baron
Alphonse de Rothschild has been giving a
series OF entertainments in honor of the
Comtesse de Paris, bids fair TO Guido Beaure-
gard for the magnificence OF its .feteS.
The Rothschilds possess upon French soil
as many fine mansions as were formerly
possessed by the monarchs whose veins were
couTsed by the blood of the Valois. Saying
nothing of the houses OF the family in Paris,
the NOR prominent of these residences may
be mentioned. There is, to begin with the,
splendid Abby of C>rnay which has been
transformed into q modern casteHerie by
the Baroness Nathaniel.
Then there is the mansion of Chantilly,
which the unfortunate Baron James Edward
was having erected in the shadow of the
house of the Condos at the time of his sud-
den and tragic death, and which has since
been completed by his widow.
Next comes the chateau of Bologne,
bought by the Dowager Baroness de Roths-
child, and to which she has impaired a mag
niicence which is only equalled by that of
her own villa at Cannes.
The Baroness Adolphe holds her plenary
court in the early days of autumn at the
charming little villa of Pregny, on the shore
of the blue Lake of Geneva.
Lastly, there IS + ~errlereS, the residence,
destined to pass from generation to genera
ton to the eldest son of the house of Roths-
child in France, in order that he may there
maintain a sovereign pomp as chief of the
dynasty. All the Rothschilds are at home
there, and are treated like kings. There
are no such things as Invitations" or
"%vislts." Thanked by four towers, Ferrieres
in its architecture recalls Windsor Castle
Both are composed of different buildings
belonging to different periods. and present
an a~malgamation of all the styles that have
prevailed in past generations. Ferrieres is
comfortable as well as luxurious. The
writer of this sketch in the French paper
mentions, for example, that a little tramway
is laid in the passage of the kitchens, and is
worked by steam to take the dishes to the
dining-room.
Court etiquette reigns among the com
pany Mt Ferrieres. The ladies dine en- toi
lette decOHetee, the gentlemen in swallow
tails and white ties. Ferrieres is a centre
for all the distinction of the world. Entirely
adopted by the Fauburg St. German, the
Rothschilds receive the cream of society. The
Prince of Wales never goes to Paris withou
accepting an invitation to Ferrieres.