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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-03
IinCoinreadsa a Poem

Honest Old abe Enfertains' has Cabinet With
Little Quotation.
Now, gentlemen, you all have more or less
poetry in yeHr sonls; listen to thfs " and Abraham
Lincoln, :hen President from his chair, in his
office in the white House. and read, IN trembling
tones, which Indicated his own profound appre-
citation of it. DIR. o. W. Holmes'"Last Leaf : of
which the following are two verses:
4.. ..They say that in his prime, ff3
Ere the pruning knife of time
Cuthi down;
Not q better man WAS found
BY the crier in his round
Through the town.
Now the mossy marbles rest
On the lips that he had pressed
In their bloom;
And the names he loved to hear
I'D Have been carvee for many year
N
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-03

= = On fIft IOn1b.
Mr.. Michael GHilfoyfe, of Binghamton, n. Y. is
not old the venerable Boston citizen of whom
the poet wrote with such tender pathos, yet he is
than three score and ten. .Fof the past
eight Of those years. he writes: II have been
perfect cripple from rheumatism, hobbling about
as best 1 could with my cane. | took PARKER )
GINGER Tome, and dtfs nor supple and strong fs
a gyfandst. There is no trace Of The disease tstt
about NEE
MIR. r. w. Moshers wholesale drnggi t, of Bing
hampton, writes Messrs Hiscox 81 Co, of New
York--Proprietors OF the Tonic certifying to Mr.
Guilfoyle's declaration. t*@@
Having all the proprietors of any preparation of
ginger, PARkER's GINGER Tonic is remedy of
infinitely greater range and power. 1t cures all
diseases arising from impure state of the blood
or imperfect digestion. Dyspepsia (and all its
Malarial Fevers Sick Headache, Kid
ney troubles. Bronchitis. and common coughs and
Colds, vanish at its touch. Prices, so and 81
a bottle. Larger size the cheaper
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-03

DEAD gM MIMI The above DICTIONARY : the best
0EHM lin MIHns most valuable and desirable
Is sent prepaid Free C lit with
large eighpage illustrated Ledger size Family Paper for
all for only SO In stanpa cash
On money order. Nov Is ftle time J
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-03

Statistics 81 iAabti Sn'i,att, kc., Pop
r.es, I,sercst Tables ~ ~ par eeDs-,
spis. Completion ~ the ltsnisn Raes.
instructive matter. EkhikAs Der
IL a new, trash. and reffest esesion-
with new eugrEyings. oeata4aipE over
ibass@.i si,ies. aith f,stt Fllt beck and
Fti,,:a1-l, teaeisoE. every IN Al. asEnsn,
work.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-20
BRIEF KILOGRAMS.

Elihu Palmer, st. Louis printer, shot
his wife and then shot himself because
she entered brothel. He will die, but
she will get well.
Claus Sp eckels, the San Francisco
sugar autocrat, thinks the Hawaiian
treaty will not be abrogated.
Victims of the Milwaukee fire, rs;
saved, 1902
The national board of steam navigation
is holding its eleventh annual session in
Cairo, Ills.
On Thursday Kansas INDUCED in the
worst storm within the memory Of the
oldest inhabitsnt. Great loss Of cattle
and sheep is expected.
On Thursday the snow storm wes gen
eral throughout the west.
The annual dinner of the Associated
Pioneers of the Territorial days sf Cali
fornis, was given In New York on
Thursday.
John Kelly, Tammsny chief, saga ht
has no intention Of retiring from politica
life.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-20
Reducing Rates.

New York. 19.-On January 2oth the
Western Union Telegraph Company
make rs cents the maximum rate for a
message of ten words between any of its
Offices in New Hampshire, Vermont
Massachusetts,, Rhode Island, Connect
cut, New York City, snd the southeast
ern part Of M sine. Orders are already
given to reduce the present rates of 80
35, 40. and so. to the % cent rate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-20
Yours very respectfully,
(Signed,) EDWARD KING,
FrIghIfuI Explosions.

Amsterdam, l9.-Three terrific explo-
sions took place to-day in gunpowder
mandatory at Minden, where nearly
all the honses were unroofed by the con-
custom. The neighboring towns and
villages vera much damaged. The loss
of life is unknown, but it is feared forty
persons persisted. Windows in this city
which is eight miles from Minden, were
broken.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-20

o.,
RANGES
all sizes;
outfit IN
HEAT
ices, Bar
te assert
La nv
dis Of
ptness,
Lake City
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-20

If TIE mother is feeble it is i'm
possible that her children should be
strong. Lydia E, Pinkham.s Yege-
table Compound is a perfect spe-
ciic in all chronic diseases of the
sexual system of woman, Send to
Mrs. Lydia 4. Pinkham, 223 West
ern Avenue, Lyna, Mass, for pam
phlets.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-20
Gambetta's Death--War in
Europe.

This statesman's death may past
pone the inevitable war between
France and Germany, but there
will be no postponement Of the
great drawing of the Common
wealth Distribution Co.. to take
place in Louisville KY, Jan'y 3Ist,
1888. $4,000 for only So. The
most popular institution in the
country. Tickets only 50 each
Send to R. NJ. Boardman, Louisville
Ky.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-20

SHILOH'S VITALIZFR is what
you need for Constipation, Loss of
Appetite, dizziness and all symp-
toms Of Dyspepsia. Price 1Oc. and
75c. per bottle. Sold by z C.M.I
Drug Store ~
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-20

a Freight Train leaves Ogden dsilv
Fer Butte ct 9.05 am, giving daylight
ride through Cache Valley, sRd regular
freight train arrives daily at Ogden E
ILQ5 an. from Butte.
", B. D0DDRIDGE, supt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-20
WESTERN UNION STOCK.
AngranaIn stops its
Transfer.

New York, 19.-Rssoiu:ion Of the
executive committee Of the Western
Buion Telegraph Company on January
I9:h:
Whereas, The following communics-
ton has just been received by this CON-
psny from its transfer agent. the Union
Trust Company:
New YORK, January Is.
To the Western UT,tol Telegraph Co.:
GentLemen-I have seen q copy of an
order dated January 18th, 'S3, made By
Hon. Geo. l.. Ingrsbsm, justice Of the
superior court, this city, in the case Of
William |. Williams, plaintiff, against
your company, snd other defendants.
This order permits the reopening
Of transfer BOOKS, and the trans
ferring thereof of all stock of
your company excepting such of
the SIS, 1926, $50 of such stock as shall now
be standing in the names of the parties
to whom it was originally issued, or shall
be owned by such persons. l desire to
call your attention to the position in
which the terms Of this order places this
company as your transfer agents. 1t i'm
poses upon US the duty of determining, as
each certificate of stock shall be presented
for transfer, whether it presents in whole
or in part the excepted stock, and it
would necegsitate prsc tically sesrch into
the history Of each certificate. each 0per
alton requiring 20 much care and time as
would lead to great delays before the
transfer Of any considerable amount of
stock could be effected. In some cases,
the number of which could not we'll
estimate, except after actual experience,
| il would be difficult to determine whether
the certificate presented actually repre-
sents any OF the excepted stock" or not,
as where the dividend exceeded 1OC
shares certificate for each 100 shares
would be made out, and we could not de-
termine in which 100 the proportion o.
excepted stock was represented. In re-
gard to the second clause Of the para
graph: "Or shall be owned by such
person." it would be Impossible fol
US TO know the actual owners 0
The stock presented for transfer, as TIT
order appears to draw distinction be
tween the holder OF stock, as evidenced
by the certificate, and its ownership. II
point of fact, to undertake so delicate {
duty would involve an amount Of respon
sibility that would probably belong il
no way to our functions as trRnste
agent, and might involve US liabilitie!
against which we could have no adequat
protection.
Yours very respectfully,
(Signed,) EDWARD KING,
President.
And tOhereas, In the judgment OF thi
board, as well as its transfer agent, it
wholly imprscticsble to make any gen
ersl transfer Of shares of this company
while the conditions imposed by tn
order above referred to are in force.
And sOhereGs, The question of tn
Withdrawal of such Ter is to be pa'ee
upon by the court on the Oath inst, TO
therefore,
ResotUed, That the transfer books {
the Western Union Telegraph Compan
be now closed and the same be re-opene
on the morning OF the 18th inst.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-12-20
Officers oft he Senate.

Republican senators held a caucus
and proceeded to the nomination of officers
for the senate. A candidate for secretary
was first in order. Jones, of Nevada, NOM
mated Geo. G.. Gorham, of California;
Miller, OF New York, nominated General
Arson G.. McCOOk, Of New York; Harri-
son nominated Major ID. NJ. Ramsdell, OF
Indiana. Eulogstic speeches were made in
support Of each candidate and running
debate followed in which majority of the
senators present took part. Upon the in
formal ballot the vote stood McCook,
1G; Gorhan, IS; Ramsdell, 3 A forma
ballot followed Immediately and resulted,
McCoOk 10, GOrham 13, Ramsdell 3. Gem
eral McCOok was declared the nominee.
Charles NJ. johnson, of Minnesota, was
nominated for chief clerk, and James Il.
Young, of Pennsylvania, to be executive
clerk of the senate. Rev. E. Z. Huntley,
of the Metropolitan NJ. E. church, Wash
ington, formerly of Wisconsin, was nom
mated for chaplain, and Colonel W z.
Canaday, of North Carolina, for sergeant
alarms. a resolution was adopted unani-
mously to retain wounded soldiers now on
the rolls of the senate in their positions.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-12-20
THE VIGILANTES.
Ten Horse and Cattle Thieves Receive
Their Attention

Conformation was received at Yankton
on the 18th from the Niobrara valley to the
effect that the vigilance committee had made
way with five horse and cattle thieves within
the past ten days. Wade, Murphy and
WeatherwaX were hung, while HOvt and
old man Weatherwax were shot. GILBERT
son, Stewort, Morris and Cline are under
Indictment. II the court fails to punish
tn EN-, the yigilantes will give them their
considerate attention. Mcfarland, who
was captured and indicted, escaped. The
cause of this summary work is the long
continued depredations by this Niobrara
band of cattle thieves. For years past
they have operated with the boldest
impunity among the herds ON the rich
pasture lands. The same band of
thieves were formerly the famous highway
men with DOC Middleton as their leader,
and when he was killed it was supposed the
gang would break up and scatter, but, in
stead, it gainedin strength and became more
formidable than in the days of its notorious
chief. The band finally reached such pro-
portions that the law was absolutely set at
defiance, and they ruled the valley with i'm
punity. Last winter 4 meeting of stockmen
and farmers was held for the purpose of or
ganizing a vigilance committee to rid the
valley Of the terrible scourage. This COM
mittee gave the desperadoes final warning
few months ago to leave the country. They
disregarded the warning and the result is
that ten of them are now under the sod.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-12-20
Disraeli and Wines.
Temple Bar.

1pAApiC ooi.
Chow do you manage to keep so
healthy?" he was asked by dyspeptic
fob. "By dining off sardine," was
the answer, and there was some truth
in this. To the end of his life Disraeli
always ate very sparingly when alone,
and this enabled him to keep a good
appetite for public occasions, thereby
rebutting the presumption, which his
pale face suggested, that he was con-
sumptive. In this connection some re-
marks of his about wine may be men
toned. Hard drinking was in fashion
during his youth, and at public dinners
men who letthe bottle pass were hardly
regarded as gentlemen. Disraeli, who
could never stand much wine, suffered
a good deal from this social usage, and
he set himself to study the demeanor of
men who could drink deep without
being any the worse for it. Lord Mel
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-12-20

market. 1t is radical blood purifier,
which soothes and heals all infiamed
organs, strengthens the nervous sys-
tenn, washes out all evidences of decay,
regulates digestion, prevents malassim-
ilation of food in philosophical and
rational manner, fortifies the system
against climatic changes and malarial
influences, and the destructive agencies
which seem to be SO abundant in these
"evil days"
1T Is not our purpose to dispute the
correctness of Professor Grimmer's
prophecies. AS we have said, the
marked disturbances of the past few
years would seem to give . semblance
of verfication of his theory. 1t is GER
tain, as above stated, that we are pass
ing through what may be regarded as u
crucial period, and it is the part of
wise men not to ignore, but to learn to
fortify themselves against the possibility
OF being overcome by three evils. 1t is
duty which each man owes to himself,
and his fellows, to mitigate rs much as
possible the suffering of humanity, and
in no way better can he accomplish this
purpose than to see to it that he, himself,
is fortified by the best known prepara-
ton in the strongest possible manner,
and that he exert the influence of his
own example upon his fellows to the
end that they, too, may share with him
immunity from the destructive influ-
ences which seek his ruin.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-12-20

bourne was one of these, and he gave
Disraeli a wrinkle by saying, "You can
drink if you don't talk; if you talk
much you needn't drink, for people
will think you are drunk and let you
alone" 1t is obvious that
the excitement of converse
ton must cooperate powerfully
with the fumes of wine in making the
brain reel. Disraeli, having noted this
fact, went further into the subject by
observing that mans convivial pro-
pensities are always taken for granted
if he talks in praise of wine and appears
to be very critical about it. Some of
his remarks savoring of the most re-
fined epicureanism may therefore be
ascribed solely to his temperate desire
to find excuses for not drinking. He
was not a judge of wines, though he
pretended to be, and once allowed
himself to lay down the law about Bur-
gundy against the late Lord Seton. A
droll trait in him was that he spoke en-
Enthusiastically about certain choice
wines, but he never deserted any sort of
liquor, even gin. A reason he once
gave for "saying something kind"
about brandy in the presence of per-
son addicted to spirits would have had
Mephistophelean ring if the subject of
the observation had not been, humane
ly speaking, irreclaimable 81 could
not speak i'll of his only friend" 81
should call brandy his enemy" inter-
posed lady. 'Ah, well, man hates
his enemy the worse for hearing him
well spoken of, was the mild report.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-12-20
How Titled Excommun1cators of the
American Hog Treat Their
American Wives.

Joseph +. Potter, the American con-
sui at Crefold, Germany, has been
making Investigations in regard to a
matter of great interest to our fair
countrywomen, and the result of his
labors is to be found in report full of
information of the most vital interest.
He has been inquiring into the results
sof marriages between American girls
land German mobiles, and what he tells
us is most startling.
In thirty-twO cases cited there has
not only not been single happy union,
but either divorce or abandonment has
ing. Nothing gives town more sub
,stantial aid than solid farming COM
munity, and that is what VIC want and
need-MORE MEN TO TILL THE SOIL,
soil as productive as the best in Nebras-
ka, which will yield handsomely when
properly cultivated. There will beyond
a peradventure be large influx of peo-
pie into this vicinity early in the spring,
and instead of trying to cover up the
land in the neighborhood or remaining
railroad magnate in a western state,
and the story she tells is a most pitable
one.
Her hard-headed father took the pre-
caution at her marriage to settle his
daughters fortune upon her, and tied
it up il such a way that she could not
relinquish its control, even if she de-
sired to do so. After many humiliating
tasks had been given this lady, the boot
cleaning was required. Then she re-
belled. She drew the line there, and
with her American blood at the boiling
point, she fatty refused. Her warrior
husband. who. beside his military rank,
has the title of a count, attempted to
enforce discipline in his family by
using his riding whip upon his recalcit-
rant bride, and after serious time of
it she evaded the fiogging and left the
bed and board of the knightly Uhlan
for her native land. Her husband
could not prevent her departure, but
tried to compel the payment of a GER
tain sum of money by way of salve to
the wounds his sensibility received by
her abrupt departure. He did not sue
ceed, for the lady had no property in
the province that could be held, go she
got away without further loss of time.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-12-20
Mayne Reid's Books.

Pdll Mail Gazette.
The following details, which we be-
ieve to be correct, concerning the sale
of Captain Mayne Reds novels may
be interesting. In 1860 nine books of
the novelist came into the hands of
Messrs. G. RoutIedgc & Sons, namely:
''The Desert Home" of which S,748
were printed; "The Boy Hunters"
$3.50; "The Young Voyageurs," 1854
"The Forest Exiles," s,315; 1.-The
Bush Boy" 6,71O; "The Young
Yagers," 1886; "The Boy Tar"
6,S18; "The Plant Hunters - 5000;
and Gran Away TO Sea-" 5000. In
November, 1860, Captain Mayne Reid
wrote for the same firm two original
books, called ''Bru:n; or, The Great
Bear Hunt" and "Odd People;'' of
the former 5000 were printed, of the
latter 5000. In Jnly, 1879, "Gasper,
the Guacho," was published, of which
5000 copies were printed. In Febru-
airy, 1860, two of his novels, sThe War
Trail and "The Quadron," came into
their possession, of the former 14,500
and of the latter 11,400 copies being
printed. In January, 1878, twenty
more copies of his novels came into
their hands. Of s'The Headless Horse
man" 1000 copies were prin.ed, of
'The Rife Rangers" and "The White
Chief" 5000 copies, and of the remain
ing seventeen 1000 copies each.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-12-20
Matches.
Chicago Herald.

Chicago Herald.
''That match you are lighting your
cigar with is very small thing, isn't
it?'' said passenger VINO had shared
my seat for a few miles. ga small
thing, but you wouldn't believe the
American people paid out s27,0O0,OO0
for matches last year, would you? It
looks big, but it is fact. Now, take a
pencil and figure it out. Fifty millions
of people in this country; they use on
an average five matches each per day;
that is 250,0OO,00O matches daily, or
100000 boxes of 100 matches in a box,
every day. Last year these boxes re-
tailed at an average of three cents
each, making $4,000 day for matches,
or S27,375,O00 a year. And then to
think that three-fourJhs of all these
matches were supplied by one COM
pany! If they didn't make SS,000,000
clear profit out of it they didn't make
cent.
The harvest day of the match monop-
oily is now at an end, as they no longer
have government revenue tax levied
for their benefit. But they still control
the trade, on account of their superior
manufacturing facilities, large capital,
etc. They own thousands of acres of
timber land in Michigan, and their lum-
Der is cut by their own men and shipped
on their own boats. And then they
have contracted for nearly all the
worlds supply of PHOSPHORUS years
ahead, and the new manufacturers
starting into the business find them
selves over-matched in many ways by
the old monopoly, which can still con-
troll the trade and make a fair profit on
its investments. They control twenty
two factories, and one of them has a
capacity of 100000 of matches daily.
Persons extremely reserved are like
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-12-20

Saraa Wilso, negress, II years old,
is teaching school ia New Haven. Her
father was born J. slave in the same
town.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-12-20

Persons extremely reserved are like
old enameled watches, which had paint
cd covers that hindered you seeing
what o'clock it was.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-05-18
Tho Washburn Will Case.

LA CROSSE, Wis.,, May l4-The decision
of Judge Newman in the Washburn will
case, which was announced IN the circuit
court this afternoon, deals straight with
the points at issue. The case was argued
before Judge Newman on Thursday, Sd
inst Judge w. P. Lynch and H. NJ.
Finch, of Milwaukee, represented the
executors, and G.. w. Bum, of aCros Sc,
appeared for the guardian Of Mrs. WASH
burn. The judgment is able and ex-
haustive, and the discussion is rendered
in the light of all law which the distin-
guished attorney could shed upon the
matters In controversy. The estate of the
late GOV. Washburn, after paying all
debts, will net fully two million dollars
of this, SIX hundred thousand, if Judge
Newman decision stands, will 60 to the
widow, leaving one million with which
to pay bequests and provide for resid.
uary legatees. The beqnests IN Lacrosse
and Minneapolis aggregate S425, 900. The
legacies will not exceed slOO, 600 more.
This leaves to be divided among residuary
lega,ees SsOs, ,a33. 4 splendid fortune to
be distributed as the will directs to the
qulring friends of the late Gevern3r re-
SlOlDS Ill AHOIOesc, NAluucApOAIS huu clSc-
where will be gratlfied to learn the mag
efficient bequests of the deceased will be
carried out as directed. The estate is
smply able to do Is the testators intended
in respect to those bequests and the de-
cisioas in Wisconsin and Minnesota, will
not prevent the eXecntors complying with
the PROVISIONS Of the will and not en-
barrass them In administering their 81.
cred trust.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-05-18
What tho Millers Say.

M1NNEApoLIs, May 16-The North
western Miller tomorrow will say Daily
production of Minneapolis mills the past
week 5000 bushels of flour against 49,.
600, last week. Unless favorable turn
takes place, will not be surprised to sec
the output next week reduced. Receipts
in wheat fallen off $4,000 bushels as COM
pared with last week. Wheat in store
in Minneapolis elevators and mills, L.
7OS, 900, slight increase over last we ok.
Stock at St. Paul, about 100000 bushels
and Duluth 1910, ,4s0 bushels. OF Du-
luth stock 913, ,653 bushels are Of number
one hard, l09, ,42l bushels Of number one
regular. Millers flour firmly a. present
prices and IN some quarters confidence is
evidence Of improvement in the situation
in the near future.