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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14
GRAND LAND EXCURSIONS

To the PRAIRIE LANDsIN THE CORN BELT
of Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota, in the
magnificent Land Grant of the &. NJ. q st. r. r.
r. to Fredrcksen Hansen & Drummond These
lands are especially adapted to slock and dairy
farming: wheat oats, flax and all ct crops are
successfully grown, and corn is staple article of
production. The purest water. superior drainage.
and the crisp, dry atmosphere make this. accord
ing to United States reports the healthest region
i'm the great Northwest.
These lands range in price from 81 to s. per
acre and are sold Tor small cash payment bal
ance on time at 6 per cent interest Fare free 70
all land purchasers For maps pamphlets and
full particulars concerning the weekly excursions
that take place weekly every Tuesday from the
office of Damhs & Holland. Address
DAHMS IL HOLLAND.
Cor. Mai2 and Bynde Sfs-, Moline, Ills
fol II F~xcgu
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The greatest medical wonder 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 & Rahusen
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CHEAPEST! LATeSTI!
BESI!!!

THE Nav ANEzIcA DTs-
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cd II The ehoi-i'oluvre 81
iooi max Hg. An eiS.s.at ho0s
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cup g the tasnsa " and tsss 4
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definitions, with u;nIeraHs iins
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siles . cernI ieJe DICTIONARY. Is
sisa contains Sii the Usual
La les, - oa,dlnas Of AhhrcTia-
n5ns. Phrases. &c. American
t,eafFaiiiieai Names Win nea-
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thar names % HJatss AID
Lsitie Aiirovi4.fions used IN
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THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON. April 14-Tndications
for the upper Mississippi and Missouri
valleys, threatening weather and rain or
snow, variable winds. shifting to north
and west with colder weather and higher
barometer by Sunday morning
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Milwaukee Market.

MILWAUKEE,, AprII "A
WHEAT-Irregular and unsettled; No21 03H
cash / 054A March Ola April 1 07M May 0S 2
June. No }, Sd Nod, -.
CORN-Easier; 52-
OATS-Dull and lower; a..
RYE--Declining; 5S.
ABLET-Tame: c7L
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NOTED ARPlyAI.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., April 14-The Bri :
Ish frigate Tenedog, with the Princess
Louise on board, arrived at Newport this
morning.
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GRAIN.

WHEAT-No. 2 red April 1 17@1 I714 May
1 1881 1919; June / 1873 202s ;July 1714G51 10.
COkN-Mixed western spot 5S167; futures
659682s.
OATS.-Wcstern. 5005T.
RYE.-65
BARLEY.-S5-
WHISkEY.-Si Is
PORK.-Sf9 aoln19 %.
LARD-SII $40.
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SPECIAL ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given that by reason of vacancy
in the office of Alderman in the Third Ward of the
city of Rock island, pecal election viii be held
on Wednesday. the second day of May. A. D..
1889, at the Third Ward Hose House. for the pur-
pose TO fill the vacancy aforesaid, to-wit
One Alderman for the term of one year in the
Third Ward.
Which election will be opened at eight O'Clock
in th, MOI ning. and continue open unui seven
O'Clock of the afternoon Of that day
ROBERT kOEHLER,
City Clerk.
Dated this 11th day of April 1883. dtd
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Peoria M arket

CORN-Lower; mixed. 4S4GD49
0ATS-No. white, 42a42A.
RYE-5615 a57.
WHISKY 10.
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New York Market.
Money-3Is

NEW YORK. April IA
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-12-08
QUIZ NEW YORK LETTER
From our regular correspondent.
New York, Nov, a, 1883.

New York, NOV, u, 1853.
AS the traveller in the old fable
of the SIM and the wind drew his
cloak more closely when the wind
tried to remove it, so as the air
gets keener and the weather less
enjoyable the gay life of the city
wraps its mantle closer and goes
more determinedly on its way.
Only the sun Of the SIMMER can
subdue it. What might have been
pleasant and bracing weather for a
walk up the avenu has been made
almost uncomfortable by the strong
gales which have so whrled the
streets into houses and eyes that
that there is a general inclination
to confess that dust is eturning to
dust ut an earlier poriod than that
referred to in the burial service.
There IS compensation in every
thing however, and as the mer-
curry goes down, the coal and car
riage bills go up to their delight,
of course, Of the purueyors of these
necessaries, if not of the people
who have to pay the bills. 1t has
been suggested that as many PEG.
pie, especially in New York, who
were absent during the summer
have not yet crossed the Brooklyn
Bridge, that something new apd
"iolly" might be had out OF Bridge
parties. A walk across the stIuct
ure and Il ride on the cars for tn,
return trip, is really enjoyable
and in this cool weather weuld b,
sure to give n an appetite for re
treshments at Delmonico or tn,
Brunswick, the regalement being
necessary adjunct to almost an,
kind OF a party. 8.
A society journal in this city La
= began a series of portraits of prom.
nent leaders in the gay world, an.
while it has so far given only FL
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-12-08

REsOURCEs, CLIMATE, &c, OF
WHITE OAKS AND LINCOLN
COUNTY.
A General Answer.

tSo many deeming the following
editorial of last week as a good
substitute for letters to enquiring
friends in the States, that we yield
to the request to re-publish it,
A legal gentleman of Vandalia,
Ills. in becominga subscriber to the
LEADER, winds up his letter by say
Ing:
GLOW is your climate What is
the future Of your citys What are
its resources, etc
We are constantly in receipt OF
letters inquiring as to the climate,
resources, and future of White
Oaks and Lincoln county. 1t be-
ing beyond possibility to give such
enquiries a detailed and individual
reply, we have concluded to ans
wer each and all through the col
umns of our paper, hoping that
such system may prove satisfactory
to our correspondents.
The elevations of Lincoln county
Is from 1000 feet on the Pecos to
6,4OO feet at White Oaks, 1920 al
Fl. Stanton. and 800 feet at Car
izoso Ranch.
The atmosphere is dry, lader
with ozone, and restorative In iti
general effects.
The summer heats are not usual
ly great, and the winters are oper
and mild. Our highest mountain
peaks 90, 900 to $4,000 teet) arr
not at this date covered with thei
winter coats, though patches o
saow lie upon the upper ranges.
The scenery of Lincoln county
has a most agreeable and fascinat
ing variety of hill and mountain
plain and valley, The nut pin.
and cedar usually clothe the foo
hills, and the lordly pine the NOR
exalted ranges and peaks. Album
dant grasses clothe the plains
Throughout the spring and summe
seasons the landscape is richly tint
ed with masses of flower colore
heritage. Nor car the eye see
for lovelier scenes than those abor
us, which from familiarity has cea'
ed TO interest uS.
Some of our mountains are burs
ing with a wealth of gold and 81
yer, copper and lead. Some
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-12-08
One-Half a Million of Dollars for Post
age.
AUGusT.

George Stinson & Co, the cele-
brated Art Publishers, of Portland
Maine, undoubtedly pay more
money for postage stamps than any
other firm in the world A; for the
last five years their postage bill
has averaged over two thousand
dollars per week, making "A grand
aggregate of over five hundred
and twenty thousand dollars (; this
is abont the three-hundreth part Of
all postage Of every description col
lected by the United States gov
eminent during hat time, and in
this connection it must be borne in
mind that the country now has over
fifty million souls, and fifty thou
sand post-oflices. But the enor-
nous sun paid for postage repre-
sents only the cost of sending the
light packages, letters and clrcu
lars, for large, heavy packages are
sent by express and freight.
Mcssrs. Stinson e. Co., publish ev-
cry description Of pictures of the
better class, and their trade now
extends owe the entire world AS
an illustration of the fact that theil
trade reaches the furthermost parts
of the earth, tho following may be
interesting: A short time since al
order for an assortment of ovel
three thousand large and expen
sive pictures was received from
Tasmania, away down under til,
South Pole. Not many years ag,
Tasmania WIS a penal colony Q
ngland, and its population wa
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-12-08

entirely of convicts and their keep
ers. Since the removal of the
convicts, it has become a thrifty
colony this place is so remote
that three months are required for
an answer to a letter. Tons ofpic-
lures are sent to South America by
Mcssrs. Stinson & Co., and West
Africa sends to Portland for works
of art; they have trahe in every
quarter of the globe where civiliza-
ton has ga!ncda toothold. C,m-
meucing at the bottom, they have
worked their way up to the top,
step by step, and thereby, added
to the greatest push and cnter-
prise, they have that solid, practic-
al experience hat is always neces-
sary to the best results, IN every
thing. They carry IN stock mil
lions of pictures, and are at a mo-
ments notice ready to fill alive cent
r order. or one for thousands of dol
t lars they employ some five hun
, bred artists, clerks, and wOrkmen ;
their machinery and appointments
1 ere on a magnificent scale, and a
= trade of ten thousand dollars a day
on an average, is required TO keep
them moving in full blast. Theil
e assortment of steel plates is espee
tally fine, and ranks very high il
IS artistic merit; many thousands o
IS dollars are often spent on a single
1t plate. They appreciate the value
is OF printers ink, and know how t.
n use IT to the best advantage /; there
n fore they advertise largely and lib
70 orally in the newspapers -n@wspa
IL per advertising was an inportan
h factor in laying the sound founda
st tions OF their great success, an
without it, they state that it woul'
/ have been utterly impossible fc
them to have reached their pre-
=. emf position.
=, Stinson & Co., are a striking i
l~ustration of what ccn be aeon
81 plished by energy, industry, an
good Judgement. There is ''rool
:, at the t7p"-all honort to those wi
of fight their way up. This firm b
H. ~licves in standard goods and 10
40 prices, and on that principle the
-. business is conducted. Americs
:; homes should be made beautiful /
-. refined and meritorious works
art no one has any excuse for n
81 adding to their homes the charm
of pictures, for fine works OF hls
art are now within the easy rea,
&c of all.
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ovorl'e exhaustless supplies
of excellent coal.
OR lumber interests r already
considerable, and Our cattle inter
ests enormous.
Our town nestlcs amid some of
the grandest scenery of the Rock
les, and has a future dependent up
on no one interest, and that fu
ture has possibilities beyond those
of any mere mining camp. The
mines of gold are a mile or more
on our west and north. The mines
Of coal a couple of miles distant to
our north and east. The business
of the cattle ow 1crs is carricC. on in
all parts of the county, aud liercthe
ranchman finds his most conven-
lent source of supply. Two mill'
are constantly reducing our ores,
to a mcrchantable form. Las
Vegas, FL Paso, Albuquerque anc
Socorro arc already engaged IL
competing to reach and secure on
trade. White Oaks has never haC
a "'boom" but her growth has beef
steady. She has never lost any
thing, and has risen from a settle
ment of a couple of shantics to
town of 1000 inhabitants in tou
years. We have regular schools,
fair proportion of resident families
good and well established society
with all the Influences and amen
ties which spring, and are insepe'
able from the presence of pur
A women and innocent children. or
merchants are numerous and pre-
perhus. We have, from necessity
:. no idle hands. No one goes ava
t. to stay willingly, and none b.
hopeful faces are to be eel her
Our situation, 100 miles from al
Z. great route of travel, has milits
ed against us in that the influx
capital and population has bee
5. slow. But railroads will be wi
us soon, and will come b
cause a profitable business awaI
n Il them, and not because we will ha
mortgsged our grandchildren's
n. heritance and earnings to indu
d. their coming.
~ Under the peculiar laws OF M
Mexico our town has no corpors
existance, and our only officials q
a Justice Of the Peace and a cons
BILE. Theseare sufficient, and
either depenedd upon his office
lg would starve. Our population
ID quiet, orderly and selfrespectf
lg The "bad man from Bitter Creel
Id has stayed at Bitter Creek. and t
stranger is as safe here as in n.
a, England.
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glish beauties. il is said the camera
will strike nearer home soon, and
we shall see well known faces,
which are associated usually with
a boA vt the opera, hung up on the
news-stands of the elevated roads.
Several photographs have already
been secured of Now York ladies.
1t remains to be seen whether
there will be an immediate rush to
Sarony's, and whether the enter
prising journal will receive " F"fic-
lent number Of photographs to en-
able it to compete with the photo
graph dealers. "They do it in
England, you know but are we
quite ready for it here
| read of the hard and dull times
but | find the cafes at Dclmonico's,
the Brunswick, the St. James and
the Gilsey crowded every night,
with supper parties after the thea
ter as well as earlier with dinner
parties. All the private rooms at
Dcl's are engaged nearly every
night, and the prices paid freely for
Irving and the operas would lead
one to believe that money was new
err more plentiful. While in dry
goods and clothing and various
other commodities, prices are
marked down, the prices for these
places named, continue as high a.
bygone, war times when gold wa.
at a premium. / am alarmed a
e this unbridled extravaganza that i
+ raging in our shoddy society. 81"
gle men a chip in and get a din
, ner very reasonably ; they can g
Y late and get tickets from the specr
It lators at a discount, but men wit
!, families can't, and their costs mus
Y be large.
Charity has indeed become fasl
y ionable. Fifth avonue bells al
!, takirg to philanthropy, as a dive
l. sion, In some instances it smer
{ ly a Sunday school class that serve
70 as a rich girls hobby, in whic
: case she both clothes and religion
II ly instructs her pupils. One hei
& ess is fond of heading a kind
procession Of twenty uniform
w dressed little boys from their pla'
TIC in a Sunday School room, to h
re residence, where a luncheon
a served to them. Another makes
II collection of tiny girls picturesq'
ne by putting them into co TUNES
Is Mother Hubbard cut. a third h
u. industriously sought ont handle
:, ged and knock-kneed youngsters
he impoverished parentagc, and out
wv her private purse they are maj
tanned in a hospital willie recov'
ing from operations which usual
result in Strengthening their me
bers. Crooked legs strike her
one of the foremost Of corrcctal
evils +; and who shall gainsay h
the very good quality other ben'
olencc,
AUausT.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-12-08

Matches are low, but it seems a
pity to strike them when they are
down.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-12-08

A LOT of logs can be purchased
cheap By applying at this office.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-12-08

Josh Billings seq ~"Inever argy
agin q success. When | see a rat
tie Snaix's he'd a sticking out of a
whole, | bear off to the left, and
say to myself, that whole belongs
to that snaix."
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-12-08
COUNTY DIRECTORY.

County Commissioners.
n. T. srOKH,i,JosE MoNTAEo, A. WILSON.
School Commissioners.
Gao. L. ULRIcK, AMOS EAKRRs, e. KEENE.
Precinct No. 8, Directory.
J~sios Of the PCace, WV. r. BLANCHARD.
c.D..ahh CT. DAVIDSON.
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FERNS Of subNrRheH

aubacxiptions invariably in advance.
Dtnglecopiss s cents. Specimen cop'cF
free.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-16
Council Proceedings.

Council met In regular session Monday night.
After roll call. council was called to order by
Mayor Ballard All present.
Minutes or the last meeting read and approved.
Nj. Taubman, city register, stated to the
council that the reason he lid not advertise for
bids to nx cul7ert on College street. was that the
engineer hsd the WORK done before he could do
50. -.-
Mr.. McCsuslsnd read the report of the
finance committee which we here submit, 1t
being a settlement with City Marshal Crowder
and City Treasurer. TsubmAn. which was sp-
proved snd orderrd fled.
To the Honnrsple Mayor ahd CITY Council of
LsxingtoD. Ao;..Gentlemsn: Your finance
approved the accounts of the collector and treas
urer Tor the fiscal year ending May 81. 1888
These account. marked !. and "B;" are
collector accoust., since being aied with us.
treasurer and are included IN bis account.
We also pres.nta detailed statement of the
register and tfeasnrarlmsrked 'sC,I lshowingthe
sources and also the amount OF warrants drawn
against the same.
and Interest fund Of go - aad in the gas fund OF
imnd ID part payment 81 the amounts Which
nave been loaned these funts by the special
We farther recommend that the treasurer be
directed to use $1,000 out of the special sinking
fund IN ths purchase ofcity warrants at 80 cents
Oh the dollar. and that notice be given by him
that such purchase will begin July 2. at nine
O'Clock, 9. M, at hlA office. and that the war
rsnts VIII be purchased ~ presented until the
81. 900 Is exhausted
We further that the treasurer be
directed to buy for the use of hts ONCE q cam
ceiling stamp. and that he be directed To cancel
az warrants AS last 81 they are paid and We rec:
Commend that the reports OF the collector and
herewith sub nitted be published for
~ Information OF the citizens We report finally
that the bOnjs, coupons and warrants received
from the treasurer IN has settlement were burn
ed BY US in accordance with previous orders Of
the council. All of which sis respectfully sub
mttted. ,.5 J.. 4. DAVIS, Chairman.
The following supplementary report was then
offered. and on motion, of Mr.. Hamlet was re-
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-16
j. &. DAVIS, !
THOS GIBBONS,
CHAS. HON Ell, .

Mr. Davis moved that certificates be presented
to the newly elected councilmen, which was
carried and the certificates were duly presented
by Register Tsubman.
On motion OF Mr.. Hamlet the mayor appoint
ed Messrs. Hamlet. McCsusland and GIbbon.
to draft resolutions upon the death Of Mr.
Gather, recently deceased. Carried.
Mr.. Harhlett asked that the city engineer ne In
structed to repair the street in front of Mr.: Geo.
p. Vsnable's and Capt. Andrews, Is 1t was
now impossible for wagons. Engineer instruct
ed TO repair the same Immediately.
Mr.. Glbbon moved that the engineer be or
dered to repair the sewer IN front of First Ward
school house. a. 1t was not safe to drive over.
Carried.
Mr.. Davis moved that the engineer be In.
structed to repair Ash street and make cinder
walk along the same. Motion carried.
Mr.. Mccausland stated to the council that bs
shall as to notifying properly owners IN re-
gard TO bad pavements.
Marshal Crowder stated that he had complied
with the order, that some of the propsrty own
ers stated that the city had not compiled with
its contract in regard TO the curbstones. and tbs,
they could not lay pavements. That the sub
peonas were marked returned, apd he would
bring suit Immediately against the parues. Mr..
McCausland asked the opinion of the city sttOr-
ney on this point. and he stated that he had moi
examined thoroughly enough the ordinance to
make u positive answer, but would look over il
and If he found any defects would write the
ordinance so as to cover The same. and report al
the next meeting
1t was novel and carried that a called meeting
ofthe council be held on Thursday. June II, a
which time the new members would be sworn
In and go Immediately to- work.
Thomas John appointed calsboose keeper for
the ensuing month.
Joseph Owen appointed policeman for the
month ofJuns.
On motion council adjourned.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-16
upon the fence and broke off a limb, but did
mt strike her with that.
MARY l.. LEE.

uOG 6GIIAO AC1 "lt4 AoS
MARY l.. LEE.
We have, without any sort of prejudice and
with 4 desire to do only justice to all parties,
laid the facts before the public. Unless the
testimony Of Miss Grady and Nrs.Lee can be
impeached, which we do not believe can be
done, Mr.. Burkett did strike the woman.
The distance at which the ladies stood, and
their natural excitement, may have caused
them to think the whipping more severe than
1t really was. Burkett's excitement may
have caused him to think his blows ON the
woman's hands and arms lighter than they
in reality were. The bruised places on the
woman's arms may have been caused by her
from the fence; butwe think it is estab-
lished that Burkett did more or less Sc
verely strike the woman. In this country
there is a sanctity in womanhood that causes
the community TO revolt at the idea Of strik-
ing 4 woman. 1t 10 not SO much the degree,
rs it is the fact. Mr. Burkett il . young
man. He seems to fed this matter keshly.
His mistake was In having q switch at all. No
matter how unruly the woman was he should
not have stricken her. She is only 2 psuper,
with broken health, and enfeebled intellect,
but she is q woman, and in that name she is
entitled to the protecting care of all right
minded men. II there is any doubt IS to the
Justice Of the conclusions reached by the In
telligencer there is . very easy way to deter
mine thsm-by institlting q legal inquiry
into the matter ut once while all the witness
ses can be heard from.