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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-05-31
TIE MILWAUKEE.

THE MILWAUKEE,.
The latest railroad rumor is that the
Milwaukee road is getting ready to lay
its track into this place, and that they
intend to make things hum in !: few
days. Good !-Spirit Lake Journal.
Reports say that Blair, the Iowa rail-
road king, has bought out the Fargo 4
Dakota Southern line and will build it
to connect with this road at Sioux Falls.
This will leave the Rock Island project
to connect at WOrthington. ont in the
cold. But the Rock Island will not be
likely to give it up so. They will prob
ably build to Redwood Falls, running
throngi the Western part of our county,
and from the Falls on to Northern Da
kota.-Windom Citizen.
1t does not matter much to US, 50 we
get road to Fargo. What do you say
to both roads, that is one to Fargo by
way Of Lake Kampeska and one to
Minneapolis via Redwood Falls. That
Is the way it looks now.
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TE5E7 II Ew
Horse look.
4 TREATISE ON TIT.
Horse
AND HIS
EhsSEhCEG
kSSJ-55@iC@C,
Cr. 3. ]. Kendall! G. Co.,

EnOSburgli Falls. VI.
REVISED EDITION -65r,n 600 ALREADY SOLD
This work contains an Index of Disc: ses,
Wh gives the symptoms. cause and best trea' :
mem OF each: Il table giving all the principal
drugs used for ,he horse. with the ordinary dose
effects and anli,irte When pi>on "a table with
in engraving of the horses teeth ut different
..gcs With rules for telling the age Of 4 HORSE
The bo'k Contains
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One Hundred Pages
OF 'lc most valuable read ny matter, Il scrip
tive Of the Il St:lSS to which !lniS. flesh is heir
with remedies :lrd Il rare collection of recipes
AMI much o her valuable nfOrMiti ion. The DO k
Is wOr il Ten TIMES lTs PRICE and is Sold for he
small sum of
% GENTS.
The great difficulty has been with wc:kS Of
this natu OF ANY practical value. that the price
has been alb we what most horS, mn and far
mer> CT ed to pay and thy have therefore not
secured Il wide circulation, and Il deal of igno-
rance respecting the ailments Of the horse has
! existed and ';0eS cXiS'. lut he exceedingly low
price of this book places re'iahle and standard
work within the reach Of every person who Ow IL;
y horse.
"Ihe Horse and His !'iserses,'' is stoutly
bound in paper cover. and very neatly and tasti-
ly gotten UP. Some idea OF its llsefu ness and
popularity may be ha when it is known that
CSC, GOO have already been sold. Orders sent
10 this 'tlicr accompanied by the cash will be
promptly filed.
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Chattel Mortgage, Chattel Mortgage
Sale and Satisfaction of Chattel Mort
gage blanks for sale at the ADVANCE
office in any quantity.
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Showing the various positions assumed by II,
horse in illness $. III toms Of disease, etc, and
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
Cherokee Lands.
Col EsoudinOt says There Is n Big Bob
on Foot to steal 5000, 600 Acres

81. Louis. May 12.-CoI f. G.. Bou
dinot, the Cherokee, arrived yesterday morn
ing from Fayetteville, Ark, and as to the af
lars OF the Indian country, a press correspond
ent asked; ~What Is the reason that the
Cherokee legislature at Talequah are attracting
such attention just now, the press reports from
the Nation being rather unusual" The colo
lei replied:
1T means that there is a job before that log
isiature which means partially the stealing of
$4,000 acres of land-all of the Cherokee
territory west of the ninety sixth parallel or to
locate it better for general purposes, a tract of
land sixty miles wide by $50 miles long, west
of the Usage reservation, and extending clear
to the Texas panhandle. / have been all over
1t, and 1t Is a hundred to one better land than
that three mlllon-ac tract that the Chicago
syndicate secured for building the Texas state
house. 1t IS now proposed by some spec
ulators to lease this land for stock rails
ing purposes. An eastern syndicate has
ohefed Sluo0U year for the tract,
and the Standard Oil company, through
pending is to lease the tract for five wears with
The privilege of renewal That means a per
petual lease, if not an actual deed within a few
years No land in the territories can be sold
Iof less IMAM 81 an acre Rather than fool il
away by leasing with the privilege of renewal
IL would be better to sell it outright That tract
would bring more than SIC. 900 900"
DO You think the Cherokees will ever get
o,ooo, zoo out of it at $l20.00 per year with
the privilege of renewal?'"
Well. should say not"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
ECHOES OF THE DROP.
How Makinson's Life Was a Sort OF
Running the Gauntlet of
Death.
Unique Horrible
Scene at COrnctta's Taking Oh.

CAMBRIDGE, ILL.,, Nav -Makinson.
who was hanged here yesterday, left an ae-
count of his life to be opened after he was
dead Mackinson's statement relates tho fact
that he was born in Belmont county Ohio in
1868 and that his father died in the army He
then gives the story of his boyhood escapades,
and adds: Think of it. lust now: during nv
ups and downs have been bitten three tunes
by copperhead snake and twice by a dog fell
over a cliff of rocks between eighteen and
twenty feet high had team run off with me.
throw me out of the wagon and break
my color bone. had log ten feet long and two
feet through rolled over me but that didn't
hurt me as bad as it scared me bat it WASN'T
run after all, and if any OF you think it was
much 1un just try it and find it out for
yourself Well, must change the subject for
while. | was shot once in the breast and
stabbed at the same time and was struck in
the mouth and over the eyes with a. billy and
was taken home for dead and laid till the next
night before l came to- 1t was all done be-
cause 1 stepped between man and girl " HON
he had his revolver leveled at, and before
could say one word he shot After
got ever my wounds / married the girl but
all for the worse, for she left me in about
one year and ran off with the man that almost
killed me when 1 tried to save Ter life Dear
reader, had some happy times in my life and
some very dark days TOO / have been en-
gagged to but one LADY since my wife left me-
and II had not been 50 unIucky as to have TO
ole on the galiosvs for another man L expeef
would have married her, for generally made
my word good, and everyone that knows me
Will tell you the same; but ask no one To take
my word about anything y
Week ago Mackinson published a fuller
statement trying to fly the murder on 4 vonne |
"smed Cole with whose uncle he J
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14


words) fto be acquainted with the I'm
speakabie gfjef of q last parting ia the
death Of her mother" Soon after hei
| eldefssister married and removed to d new
home, and then her brother Isaac 1.-THE
Tom of .sThe Mill on the Floss") did the
same. Being thus left alone with her
father, who carried on farm and lived in
rather large house. she became his
housekeeper and general assistant. This
was her own choice as her father was in
liberal circumstances, and offered tn hire
a competent woman. He was dotingly
fond of his daughter, whom he used TO
cab his little wench" using an ancient
English word which was still employed in
remote country places as ii term of en-
dearment
The future autho=ess, the first genius
of her age, was now initiated into prac.
tical life and labored for some wears
chiefly with those beautiful hands of hers.
She was dairy mistress, housekeeper.
gardeners assistant. seamstress, and occa
sionally even bore her part IN the han vest
field without ever quite laying aside her
books, and in winter studying hard
She would point, in late years, to her
broad right hand and mention with some
pride that its breadth bore testimony to
the great number of cheeses and pats of
butter she had made and assisted to make
in her earlier life. She spent five years
in this way before her father gave up his
farm and Office to his sen
How much she derived from her prac-
teal experience no reader of her works
needs to be told. Besides strengthening
her mind and giving her an essential part
of education it supplied her with the raw
of many of her most vivid and
life like scenes
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
Mrs. Grant Dead.
Generai Grants Aged Mother Passes
unto the Valley Of the Shadow
of Death.

JERSEY CRY, May 12-Mrs. Jesse r.
Grant, mother of Gen. u. s. Grant, died at her
nome here yesterday. Mrs Grant has for sew
erai years, and in fact eyer since the death of
her husband at Galena, lived with her daugh-
ter, Mrs Corbin, on Bergen Heights and her
son IN a quiet and unnoticed way
has been her most frequent visitor.
a. deep Affection exis ted between the
general and his mother, and he has
written more letters to her and paid more
visits even in anxious hours and when en-
gagged IN matters of national Importance, than
ne ever did to any score of other persons
she was born of Lowland Scotch parents ir,
Buck 8 county, Pa, and came of a sturav
stock, the name of Simpson, which is repre-
scented by the IS, in Gen. Grants name ba
ing common to the lowland and to the north
OF England She has been an invalid For
years, but up to the day of her death ,,as :
nne looking. gray haired woman. but eytra,,,a
her - @AA VINO knew
MRS Grants death was caused by heart die
ease and was quite unexpected desn;ta L. 10.
aye, ninety -four years and the fact that e.,
E 800 cue nas not been In vigorous heaIth
11esterday morning she seemed well and sat =;
me WINDOW reading the papers until II o;aIaei-
Wheh she was seized with pain in The braast'
anu was removed at once to bed She ,l;ad - .
lore physician could reach the honsa Tsha
Ignerai takes place to-day. and the RENEE.
VIII pc taken to Spring Grove Cemetery Gin
clnnat, for interment y I'M
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
The Ohio Wav.

A farmer residing in Central Ohio re.
Gently visited his son. who owns farm
IA one OF the best grass counties in the
Empire State, and the son one day re,
marked that he had lost money balino
and shipping hay The old man looked
the press over and said it was a GOOD
one, and examined the hay and pro
nounced it good timothy, aud then open
ed
Where's the weeds?' he asked. as
he separated the LAYERS.
'WeedsP Why, we don't put in any
No old straw down here?''
Mot bit
mo stones or dirt?'
@tNene, father. y
And instead of using water-soaked
timber to bind Eonr bales, you go and
wrap EN- with light wirel John Henry.
II aw e to me that you have kept
Street Nea0s.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
Teach Children Politeness

Teach children to be polite. Teach
them there is nothing but goodness OF
heart of so much durability as a pleasing
department.. They win lose the idea after
while that it is smart TO be pert and
boisterous, and take pride in being
little ladies and gentlemen. Teach them
to say 'How do you do2" orr Good
morning to everybody with whom you
are acquainted; never to contradict
whisper, hum, beat a tattoo with the fin
gers on the furniture, or loll around
in lounging" attitudes in company; to say
Yes ma'am," and mo, sir, What,
mann? of you please, and Excuse
me, If it is necessary to pass before any
one, or to leave the table before any of
the rest, and never to do any of the
things for which it is necessary to ask to
be excused unless it is absolutely una
voidable; not to toss things instead of
handing them; not to listen to ANYTHING
not. intended for thier ears; not to refuse
to give the whole to visitor when half
viii not do. polite child is the best Of
but rude one is a trouble.
some nuisance, an will find himself learn
ing at Is or 20 things which should
have been taught him when a child
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
The Lianor BUSINESS

DIES MONIES, Iowa, May 12.-In the
federal court, in the case of Keiwert & Co, O
Milwaukee, VS.. Shortall, torecover for liquor
sold the defendant, the defense set up that tn,
sale of liquor was in violation of the lows
statute, and the debt was void 4 verdict Wa
rendered for the defendant
CINCINNATI, May IA petition has
been filed by some twenty-five liquor dealers
TO en1oln the county auditor from placing
on the tax duplicate of the asses
sors the returns of saloons for taxation. undar
the provisions of what Is known as the Scott
law The matter came before Judge Peck, OF
the superior court who directed that notice be
gwen The county solicitor The court will not
act until the arguments heard The assessor
returns of saloons is .nearly complete They
show about 100 taxable saloons in the county.
with an aggregate tax-of nearly half a million
dollars
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
Foreign News.
1.-The Fisheries EExnibiti0n---EEe-
land---The Tonquin Trouble.


LONDON, May 12.-It is stated that
large portion of the abstentions ON til
part of the Liberal member from votin,
during the recent divisions in the house o
commons has been deliberate, and that Their
| Is a growing indisposition among some of tn,
Liberals to support the government
| The Times, III summing up the results, NJ
to the present time, of the session of parlia
| ment, says: 1t cannot be denied that during
| the last three months the situation has become
distinctly worse. The triumphs of the ministry
| have been ecllpsed by the confused details OF
ITS later policy and its followers have lost THEN
/ habits OF discipline. The action of the caoi
net itself, somehow fails to convey that i'm
pression of unity and directness of purpose
which can alone insure victory
THE FISHERIES EXHIBITION.
The international fisheries exhibition was to-
day opened with great eclat by the prince of
Wales. The ceremonies on the occasion were
IN accordance with the programme heretofore
announced The prince of Wales exnresses
regret at the unavoidable absence of the Queen
and conveyed the thanks of her majesty to ali
.he countries participating in the display, and
toslhelr representatives. for their untirine ex-
ertons in the work OF insuring the success of
the exhibition
o'CoNNOR REMANDED.
LIVERPOOL, May 12.-O'Connor. alias
Dalton, the dynamite conspiracy prisoner
who was released from custody in Tondor, vas
terday, and rearrested and brought here. was
arralgned IN court this morning and formally
remanded on the charge of having been con
cerned with OHerlihy and Kennedy in the tivna-
mite plots
PRAYERS FOR ETERNAL REST.
LIVERPOOL, May 12+The Irish peo-
pie here have arranged for the saving of
masses on Monday for the repose of the soul
OF DOE Brady, who is to be hanged in Dublin
on that day
ARCHBISHOP CRoKE sUcCUMBs TO THE
POPE.
ROME, May Archbishop Croke
has promised the pope that he win in future
conform to the attitude of Cardinal MeCaLe
with regard to Irish affairs
A LUNATIC IN COURT.
DUBLIN, May 12-The man Kinsella.
who made voluntary confession to the no
lice that he was concerned in the murder of
Lord Leitrim, was again arraigned to-day
His story Is not believed, as it Is thought he IA
Q !unatic The judge was about to discharge
when the latter said he was afraid he
would be shot if he released He was
remanded to prison
OPPOSING FRANCE IN ToNoUIN.
LONDON May 12--It is understood that
he foreign office has received news to the effect
hat China intends to oppose the plans OF |
France in regard to the establishment of a |
French protectorate in Tonquin.
PROPOSITION FROM JAPAN.
The Pail Mall Gazette says the Japanese |
government has proposed to China that they |
stablish a joint protectorate over Corea
'hlna, however, Is not inclined to accept the
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14

and Brown, Bonnell & Co, of Youngstown, re-
Gently embarrassed but under reorganization,
were called on last night by an Associated
Press correspondent and asked as to- the effect
of those works. They say it is impossible TO
tell now bnt believe il will have no unfavor-
able effect, and that the schemes OF reorgan-
ization will be carried out as proposed, and
the same as if he had lived Il is not known
whether he left written directions of who viii
be his executor
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
AN ovERwD1,KED HUSBAND.

Sam Johnsing. an Austin coloret
man, who is afflicted with the chronic
habit Of whippiIg his wife whenever he
gets DRINK, which is Is often as he car
get whisky. was administering the usual
castigation, when he Glanced to look
round and saw Il crowd of urchins look
ing In at the door with open eyes and
mouth. taking in the entire circus.
81 way from dar chillins, - said Sam.
pausing in his labors with the ler of a
table, and wiping the perspiration from
his brow. &C way from dar, say.
What yer lookin' at Hasn't yer seed
dis heah performance cherry day for de
las foah munfs, and once more the
regular whacks, annotated with wells
and profanity from the victim, showed
that the industrious husband had resum-
cd his labors. -Ierus !SjftinQs.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14

The announcement that three generals
of the Mexican omy have been placed
under arrest for failure to take parts as
signed them in celebrating the National
holiday needs explanation. Senta Anna
became president of Mexico, May IL,
1885, and ii was in May. 1922. that Itur-
bide was declared emperor. May memo
ries may not be pleasant to 81 S AIDES of
Mexicans
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14

TIE Fioriaa Ship Canal company seems
to besa d;sfins lished restitution i'om the
numbersbf great men who are a"1orpced
as its officers, and if statesman ship is all
that is acquired, i: has plenty of it. 1here
is not such an ai-ay of names anywhere
outside Of the congressional directory.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
Bucklen's Arnica SaIye.

The greatest medlcaTWOnder of the world
Warranted to speedily cure burns, bruises,
cuts, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, can.
GERS, piles, chilblains. corns, letter, chap
ped hands, and all skin eruptions. guaran-
teed to cure in every instance, or money
refunded. 25 cents per box. For sale by
Hartz & Rahnsen
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
Austin Gif.i,l re.


N'''A- L iNtfI N'oi tit'Ns
An indignant woman came Ia a promi
men Austin physician and asked for {
remedy for her husbands rheumatism
The doctor gave her prescription, and
told her:
Get that prepared at the drug store,
and rub it well over Your husband :
back. If it does him good, come and
let me know. I've got a toach of rhcu.
matism myself 50
She was not an INDECENT woman
when she came, but was an INDIGNANT
woman when she left
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
ADDING INSULT TO INJURY.

A drummer was sitting ut the dinner
table of an Au tin saloon At the next
: table was rather shabby looking man.
possibly baekwoeds Legislator Both
drank milk, and each had his glass re-
filled
Look here, said the drummer in
dlgnantly to the waiter, ..you have
changed our glasses You have given
my glass to that fellow over there -
Never mind. > was the comforting re
ply, ''as soon as he has emptied it. |
will bring it back to you, and YOU can
drink YOUR milk ont of If
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
This Was in Boston.

At Is seldom, says the Boston Journal,
1nat the idea of dignity is associated
win the act of serving a term in state
paason, yer even this degradation may
70 p3rne with a patience that APP
Proaehes dignity A woman who was
standing as witness in a case was snd
denly asked: You have served = torn,
IN state prison. have you notP'' yes >
replied the witness, and I served if like
lady She was proud of the fact.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
The Phil THOMPSON Trial,

HARRoDsRURG, Ky. May 12-In the
trial of Phil b. Thompson, for the murder Of
Walter H. Davis, the Judge ruled that the wit
ness, John D. Thompson, could not state what
he had heard from Mrs Thompson, but could
tell what information he gave to the defendant
Witness said Mrs. Thompson, wife of the de-
lenuaht, was thlFty-hEe years old, and Davis
was only twenty-eight During the past two
years Mrs. Thompson was often besotted. and
IN this condition drove through the streets of
I,ur -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
George El1ot's Hands
Youths Companion.

G-orge Eliot was not beautiful wo-
man but she had beautiful hands, one of
winch was little wider and plumper than
ene -other In conversation with her
limos T. s she would explain this popularity.
~ nao a pleasing and honorable sipnifi-
az Wnen she was fifteen wears of
age she began Ito use her own affecting
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
WHY lie GAVE U4s THE ROOM.

1 wish TO give up my room. said a
Texas Legislator to his landlady. Mrs.
FlaPJack, at the Beginning of the term.
Why do you give up your room.
Senator? | am sure | will do every
thing IN my power it make it pleasant
for YOU
= don need any room. am going
TO sleep at the headquarters of the lob
by' IL ddn pay M 10 stay anywhere
else as long as | keep on having such
luck at poker as have had for the last
night or So
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
Steamship News.

New YORK, May ARRIVED. the
Nederland, from Antwerp, and the Donau.
from Bremen
LONDON, May 12,-Arrived out, the
Pavonfa and Rheim from New York
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14

PETERSBURG, Va, May 12.-Intel-
hgence has been received from different Gee
tons of Virginia to the effect that great dam
age is being done to young tobacco plants by
the tobacco fly, and IN many instances Tia ,
farmers have had all their plants destroyed
Tho planters are much discnIlraael
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
Central Ohio HgaIiroa,,.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 12-The board
of directors eff the Central Ohio railroad com
pany, as reorgamzed. met here to-day and
elected J. IL. Collins, of Columbus, president
Daniel Appiesate of GAINESVILLE treasurer and
W. IL ljanls, of Baltimore secretary
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
syalI lte a Candidate-

DEs MONIES. May 12-Judge J. nj.
Day Is formally announced az a candidate for
denomination as supreme Judge
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14

The Supreme Court Of the United States
in the term just closed disposed of 387
cases. decrease of IL cases as compared
witastA last term The number of cases
for action continues to increase.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14

The murders in the United States last
year averaged two day, the executions
two a week. ouS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14

ADVERTISERS by addressing GEO. P. ROW
n ELLA CO. 10 Spruce St, New York, can lean.
the exact cost of any proposed line of ADVER-
Using in American Newspapers. az 100
page Pamphlet 25 cents. mh2adw4w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-14
BRIGHT's DISEASE.

This dreaded kidney complaint that hs
been increasing at the rate OF 500 per cen
year is cured by Stilwe11's Specific.