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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.

The present is recorded as one Of the
finest wheat-seeding seasons in England ever
known.
The city council of Chicago has or
dered all the city offices TO use the new stand
ard time
s. III. White, brother of Justice r.
White, of Chicago was murdered at Robin
son, Col
Moses Henlein & Co., mems furnish
ings, New York, assigned. The preferences
amount to $50, 726.
The American Seed company, of Chi
cago, failed to respond to a call-for margins
and collapsed.
Kate Becker was charged at Erie, Pa,
with attempting to incinerate DIR. Susan
through the black art.
Confidential instructions have been
sent from the vatican to the Irish bishops,
urging that they influence Catholics to act
with the government.
The treasurer of Yale college re-
inadequate to the present needs, and rigid
economy must be exercised
Jennie Clark and Elizabeth Johnson
are contesting the will of the late Robert
McClelland, Chicago contractor who be-
queathed the majority of his possessions to
his nlother-in-law
The clearing houses exchanges last
week-S1 ,079 AZ, 3347-=are $ls5, $40 To greater
than the preceding week, but, when COM
m rod with rho .,zad in 1890
show reduction of 20 per cent
An incendiary fire destroyed Mays
hotel at Elizabethtown, Ky, the guests mar
rowly escaping in their night clothes by de
scending from the windows by ropes made Of
bedclothing. The total loss is s60,009.
The body of q young man was found
near East st. Louis with bullet hole in his
head and a revolver by his side. A note
lying near asked passers by to confer favor
by digging hole and covering the body
up.
Near Cave Spring, Green county,
Mo-, Jim Cook found his runaway wife at a
neighbor's house, and after quarrel grasped
her, seated himself in chair, held her head
between his knees, and cut her throat with a
pocket knife. Cook is in Jail.
Because ReynoId jackson objected to
a friend drinking with Joe Barbour at Char
louisville, Va, Barbour pulled out knife
and cut JacHson's throat from ear to ear. An
attempt was made to lynch Barbour, and the
jail is now guarded by militia All persons
involved are negroes.
The New Orleans Times-DemOcrat's
exnedition through the Florida Everglades
reached Lake Okeechobee Nov. l, and dis
covered that eight large rivers emptied into
it. They found a district covered with grass
ten feet high, nothing but mud and marsh
impossible alike with boat or boot. They
were within half mile of the great saw
grass region. when fire broke out, and foI
miles nothing was visable but smoke and
flames If the expedition has mot already
persisted, the members must stand in i'm
miRent danger.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
Opening of the prussian Diet.

BERLIN, Nov 81. The Plussian diet has
been opened. Herr Won Putkaner, minister
of the interior, read the emperoi's speech,
which stated that the finances of Prussia
had increased TO such an extent that after
defIaying the expenses of the government,
which had also been materially increased, a
handsome balance will be left, and
that there was no necessity for Great
ing a new debt as had been expected.
The speech announced that indirect taxes
would be increased, and that reform in the
system of taxa ion would be inaugnzaked
which would relieve the agricultifal Id
laboriag classes from the burdens of which it
eonplains. 1t concludes by assuring the peo-
pie that the policy of the government was
in the direction Of peace. The speech met
with a cold receptiou
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
What arahane yYIn ua Nar.

WASHINGTON CITY, Nov. 2i.-The pur-
pose of Malone and the Readjuster leaders
is understood to be TO call convention of all
opponents of Bourbonism in Virginia,
whether they belong to the Readjusters or to
the straightouts, to elect delegates
to the Republican National conven-
ton, who shall equally represent
the regular Republicans and the Read busters
to work for the candidate OF the Republican
party. This, Malone thinks, with such Fed
eral protection at the polls through United
States marshals and supervisors of election as
the law authorizes at a national election,
may possibly secure the Virginia electoral
vote for the Republicans
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
MONOPOLY IN DRESSED BEEF.
Pennsylvania Cattle RaIsers and
Butchers Alarmed.

New ToRK, Nov. 21.--A well-posted man,
discussing the future of eastern cattle raisers,
says: The interior towns of Pennsylvania ara
gradually being alarmed by the steady APP
proaches of the great western dressed beef
monopoly. So long as the contest between
the two systems of supply-the live and the
dead-was wagedsat adistance--in New Eng
land, New York or New Jersey-it was re-
garded with very little interest by those
who were most concerned in the result.
But now the overgrown Chicago firm
which slaughter by hecatombs and ship by
trains are pushing into all the small markets,
seeking to displace stockmen and butchers,
effectually destroying the immense local
capital invested in the business and taking
exclusive possession Of it themselves.
It's success would destroy the bush
ness, not merely of those who buy
and sell cattle, and Of the butchers
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
Singing Politicians

New York, Nov. 2l-Mr. Thomas P.
Walsh, who ran against William p Kirk for
alderman in the Second district, ran against
Mr. Mark Lanigan, of the Fourth ward, in
the City hall park and fought one round with
him with bare knuckles and no particular
rules Mr. Walsh weighs 260 pounds. and
is active Mr.. Lanigan says he weighs
only go pounds Mr.. Lanigan sustains
a black eye, a cut chin and one or
two bruises Mr. Hartigan, Mr..
Walsh's friend and witness ofthe affair says:
"Lanigan belongs to Irving hall and promised
TO SUPPORT Walsh, did not do it, and went
around talking about Walsh in most scan
dalous manner. Walsh concluded TO wait
till after election and chastise him. When
Walsh was talking to Sheriff Davidson.
Lanigan came along and wanted to shake
hands Walsh told bin to go about his bust
ness, and Lanigan gave hm some back talk,
and Walsh went for him with his fists. He
didn't have any lancet-ring, and don't wear
any ring at all"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
The Grain supply.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2l.--Chicago elevators, as
per official returns, contain S, 40, SOB bushels
of wheat, Sl4,S4i bushels of corn, 1864
bushels of oats, 1,099,625 bushels of rye, and
196, 4s3 bushels Of barley, making a
grand total of 1890, 426 bushels
against 10 636, 1856 bushels a week ago, and
son, 200 bushels at this period last year
Grain in sight in the United States and
Canada on the 18th instant: Wheat, 80, u.s.
446 bushels; corn, 1853, 395 bushels; oats,
5,516, PSI bushels; rye, 2, 442 066 bushels; bar
ley, 2, 456, 925 bushels.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21

WASHINGTON CRY, Nov. 2i--The speaker
ship candidates are surprised that more
members have not arrived. One Of them
says: 1T probably is because they do not
wish to place themselves 50 soon under fire ~
The only marked new feature in the situation
since the arrival of Randall is his astounding
confidence in his success. To a friend he
said: "The labors Of the other candidates are
useless: the work is done" RandaI's friends
think that this unbounded confidence has a
meaning. One of them speaking OF his chances
says: at is true that nearly all the men who
have been leaders in the party are against
Mr.. RaRdall-Cobb, Carlisle, Cox, Morrison,
Springer, Blount-yet you will find that the
contest will not be decided by the men who
have been leaders 1t is to be decided by
the new men. OF the 1876 Democrats, which
is Randalrs figure for the congress, there arc
but seventy three who where members of the
last congress and but seventeen who were
members Of previous congress. The 122 new
men VIII elect the speaker They will not
be controlled by the old leaders They came
aspiring to be leaders themselves, and the
speaker is to elected by the men who arc
behind them
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
a Celchratea noctor Dead.

LONDON. Nov. 2l.-Henry Bence Jones, F.
r S, one Of the most prominent physicians
in Great EIitain, and author OF number Of
medical works, was accidentally shot in
the ankle, and during the night
suffered intensely from the wound It
v as deemed necessary TO amputate the leg,
and shortly after the operation was per
formed the doctor died DR. Jones was born
in 1914, and was educatel at Harrow and
Trinity college, Cambridge, where he
graduated B. A in 1886 and NJ A in 1910
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21

revealed to the behnl.isr with a dis
tinctness hcr IDLE to feeling and sight
Black darkness again ensues followed, as
it We're by the rising Of the curtain, and
forms Of females, in scant raiment, become
visible, indulging in orgies that should make
the remains Of old Purifans in an adjacent
cemetery rattle in their collins Is Is claimed
that the programme of darkness. shrieks.
murders and orgies is rigialy adhered to, aud
frightened beholders of the phantasmagoria
are willing witnesses Of the dire events
There is much excitement, open discussion of
the question, aud numerous believers in the
truth of these statements
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
A wAY-uP WEDDING,
And Kiss That Woke the Echoes
N the Next Block.

PTTrsBURG, Pa, Nov. 2i.-Pfohably the
most novel and interesting wedding ever
solemizei in this city took place. Mr.. Patlik
o'Brien. the Irish giant. AMI Miss Christine
R Daaz, the German giantess,
who are on exhibition at Harris museum,
were married in the presence of fully 1900
invited guests, inelu1ing all other human
cnriusities of the museum, Nala, Damajante
the snake charsner, Aiblao children, and the
Aztees all appearing in full dress, with white
KID gloves John Mccullough and Margaret
Mather, who are playing here this week, were
also present. The guests comprised the very
best Pittsbarg society, The ceremony was
performed in English by Rev. DIR, Ruoff.
At the conclusion of the ceremony the
bridegroom kisssi the bride so emphatically
that the resounding smack was loudly APP
plauded. AS they walked down the aisle the
guests stood on the seats 50 as TO be able to
reach their hands in congratulations The
bridegroom is seven feet eleven inches, the
bride seven feet ten inches They are holding
a reception at the museum building. Marvin,
the confeetioner, presented the couple wed
ding cake nine feet in circumference, and a
loaf of bread five feet in length
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21

NEW YORK, Nov. 2I.-The compositors
who struck for an advance in the rate per
1000 ems few days ago, still remain out on
The Post and Mail and Express. The first
named paper is badly crippled by the strike
and since it's Inauguration only one edition
daily, at 4 p. m, has been published. 1t is
said they have only about twenty-five men
at work ON the paper. The Mail and Ex-
press was but slightly interfered with, and
has published regular editions the same as be-
fore the strike
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
TeIegrapb Generator Murderaa

MARSHALL, Mich, Nov. 2L-Byron W.
Sibley, the day operator of the Michigan
Central railroad at this place was found
dead on a side street with bullet-hole in bis
right temple. His money and yaluahl0s
were undisturbed 1t is clearly not case of
suicide The murder was probably COM
mitted before midnight. The deceased was
q years old, of excellent habits and repH-
tation, and very popular among his acquaiRt-
ances, The officials are searching for clews
To the rnurderar
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
ELLIRERARpE

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Kidney or Stomach complaint that Elect.
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the medicine if it fails TO cure, and you
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besides. All Blood disease, Biliousness,
Jaundice, Constipation. and general de
bility are quickly cured Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded Price
only fifty cents per bottle. For sale by
Hartz s. Bahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21

OFFICE OVER TIE RCCK ISLAND
NATIONAL EiNK.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
APnisnner nn rrinI.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2;.-Dr. Albert F.
Gerson has been put on trial for causing the
death of his wife by poisoning. This is his
second trial, he having previously been
found guilty Of murder in the first degree,
but a new trial had beea granted ON the plea
that the judge erred in his charge to the
jury The allegation is that DR. Gerson
poisoned his mother-in-law and his wife in
order to secure their property. His mother
in-law recovered, however. The case is at
tracing widespread attention
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
/. New TING Unconstisutional.

BosroX, Nov. 2l.-Mayor Cummings, Of
Bangor, Ne, is bidding for the succession to
Dogberry in history. He last weak vetoed a
resolution Of the board OF aldermen chang
ing the standard of city time, on the grounds,
first, that it would cause great inconvenience
to everyone, and, second, that it was uncon-
s;itutional On Saturday, learning that the
churches were preparing to adopt the new
time, he threatened to cali out the
police and put stop to the
action but TIE parish commit
tees told him that they would meet such ac-
ton with suits for tr@nass, and then he re-
hnquished his design. When Sunday came
two churches changed their clocks and the
others decided to wait until the next day,
The only other public clock in the city is
owned BY it, and in that steeple the mayors
authority was supreme. The aldermen, by a
party vote, sustained the veto The psople of
Bangor have generally adopted the new
time, which IS more shsn half an hour slower
than local time, but great confusion as well as
amusement results from the MAYORS action.
and the thing win probably become a local
political isssie
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
voorhees, ON the Kubourn veraIe

NEW York, Nov 2l-"Gath" says: Imet
Senator Daniel VOORHEES, and his son at the
Grand hotel. Said |: They tell me you
made fine argument for Hallet Kilbourn in
his suit for false imprisonment against the
sergeant-at-armsf MFR. VOORHEES, said: ''Mr.
Kilbourn will always get damages from
an honest jury, however often the
courts compel him to try his
case. No government that is honest can
breaks its own laws. Imprisoning citizen
for standing by the right the government
gave him is nothing but the furnishing of a
man for doing his duty The law to him
was: Maintain your papers against unlaw-
full seizure Congress tried to be the robber
and break it. Juries will compel officers
false to their trust from the people to pay the
de%nacer
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
Pheian,s Sentence

Boston, Nov 2l.-William C. Phelan,
known in the west during the year as a boun
ty-janper, and in Philadelphia and Washing
ton City as a forger and blaekmailer, has
been sentenced to five years imprisonment
for passing counterfeit money. In Boston
Phelan established bank note detector, and
thus obtained from the banks numbers of
counterfeit notes for description. Phelan, it
is believed, collected and passed SO, 0O0 in
counterfeit money. He fled TO Montreal when
iataatad
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21

gsorange St. Manchester. ]. h. May ]. 1sss.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21

WASHINGTON CRY, Nov 2l.--A requisi-
ton reached here from the governor of South
Carolina for Horace Hogan, better known as
Little Horace Horace is now on trial here
for robbing the government printing Office
safe Of Sc, 900 and the Metropolitan bank Of
several thousand dollars. He IS wanted in
Charleston for the robbery Of the National
bank of the city Of 5000. He win be
surrendered when the trials here are con
Guided
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
Rov Nurterer

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 2l.-The boy
Finlayson, who murdered his grandmother
and plundered the house, near Albany, in
this state, recently, has been captured in
Waseo county, and is now in jail at Albany.
He confesses to the murder, giving as his
reason for killing the old lady that it was the
result OF a quarrel, that she had struck him
with a piece of stove-wood, and that this so
angered him that he smashed her head with
an AK
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
Novel Crime OF a Wife.

HILLsBoRo, H., Nov. 21.-At the Novem-
Der term of the circuit court here, in 1881,
Mrs. Marth Stout, of Litchfield, was con-
victed of aiding her husband in outraging
the person of Mrs Amanda Lock, of the
same place, and was sentenced to one years
Imprisonment. A new trial was, how
ever, granted, and after several contin-
uances the case is again before the circuit
court. At the previous trial the defendants
husband, Robert Stout, disappeared, but is
now in custody, and viii stand his trial with
his wife. Mrs. Stout is a woman of about
&c years of age, with not unpleasant coun-
tenanee, but not particularly intelligent
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
DvnanIe TeetataIism.

DANvILLE, Inl, Nov. &l-SoTe peSsoa
opened lively Temperance campaign on
new plan, by inserting dynamite cartridges
under the Dewdrop saloon, just northwest Of
the town, owned by Mike Maloney, and run by
Lee Ayers They were fred about O'Clock
a M, the explosion being heard all over
town The building was badly damaged,
one wall being blown out entirely and the
others shaken up lively. No clew to the
perpetrators. The saloon Is OUTSIDE the limits
Of the town.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
Ju.,iec Reached ror Them.

LoLDoN, Nov 81 The grand jury at the
Central Criminal court has returned true
bin against Warden, the secretary Of the
River Platte bank for stealing securities of
the bank and putting them to his own use
Later in the day the same grand jury re
turned a true bill against Waters the stock
broker, on charge Of receiving certain
securities from Nanien, weR knowing them
To la STOLEN
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
Ex-saoy. OgIesby win Take 1t.

CHICAGO, Nov. 81" Everybody knows 1
would accept the nomination if it were given
me,p said ex-Gov. Oglesby at the Sherman
house to reporter. He had reference to his
nomination by the Republicans for governor.
''But, said he, "a am making no canvass for
it. attend agricultural shows and that sort
of thing just as l always did, but am abso-
lutely not fishing for the nomination"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21

PrTTsBURG, Nov. Elton Blake and Ed
ward Gearing. noted thieves, escaped from
the Riverside penitentiary by scaling the
walls between the rounds of the patrol.
MARSHALL, Mo, Nov. 2L.-The prisoners
in the city jail set fire to it inside and then
cried for help. The door was broken in and
six prisoners escaped, only two of whom have
been recaptured,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
T.osr in the Recent ster,,,.

81. JOHNS, N. r., Nov. d. The brigantine
Bonnie Lassie was lost in the recent hurri-
cane, with Captain Hagan, first officer
Peavy and Steward Lahey.
The brigautine Guelph foundered in the
Gulf of St Lawrence The crew got ashore
after terrible suffering They were forty
eight hours in small boat, with only one oar.
Other vessels are reported lost, but the
crews were saved.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
Mensmau,s Peptonized Beef Tonic. n

Mensman's Peptonized Beef Tonic, the
only preparation of beef containing its
entire nutritious properties. Ii contains
blood making, force generating and life
sustaining properties; invaluable for Indi
gestion. Dyspepsia, nervous prostration,
and all forms of general debility; also, in
all enfeebled conditions. wbethe. the re
suit Of exhaustion, nervous prostration,
overwork, or acute disease. particularly
if resulting from pulmonary complaints
Caswell, Hazard &. Co., Proprietors, n
Y. Sold by Druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
Raid ON the Socialists.

VIENNA, Nov. 2l.-The police having re-
ceived information that number of Social
lists were engaged in printing inflammatory
circulars which they intended to distribute
among the people, made a raid on the build
ing where it was said the printing was being
DONE The police succeeded in capturing a
printing press, types, etc, but the occupants
of the building had fed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
Notice OF REDUCTION of SALARIES.

VIII, it is said, give notice to all the employees
of the Long Island railroad Of his intention
to reduce salaries 10 per cent. Some say
tkAY win not submit to any reduction
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
Natiann, Rank sale

New York Nov 9Th. Victor New
comb has sold his interest in the United
States National hank to a syndicate that will
assume control about the ist of January.
About $500, 900 stock was sold at $50 Logan
G. MURRAY viii ha ei-,-r+
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
nrunIxeIiniahnlism.

BOSTON, Nov 2l-The residence of John
Long, in Dedham, was badly shattered by
the explosion of key of powder which John
w. Benway had placed on the piazza. Long
was warned in season to escape Benway
had been drinking
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
A Fatsa Push.

WASHINGTON CRY. Nov. 2f.-A difficulty
occurred here between "A D. Johnston and
John Arnold, his father law. During the
scuffie Johnston pushed Arnold down the
area way of a restaurant, killing him almost
instantly. Johnston gave himself up and
claims that he acted in self defense.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
Arr;xed in Port.

NEW York, Nov. I-Auised, steamers
Silesia, from Hamburg; Amerique, from
Harve. Arrived, foreign ports, Abyssinia at
Liverpool
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
She was Going to Kill the CA

WARSAW, Nov. 21.-The police arrested a
woman at the railway station here, who said
she came from Paris and was going to st.
Petersburg to try TO kill the car
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
pr;yb,o, Eee,es Races

New York, Nov, q. Blue Peter won the
q mile in l:17IIS Dizzy Blonde won the n
miles selling 10 1:5sl. Barney Aaron won
the / Il mile in 2:1215. Granite won the mile
weller weights.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
RrIeana Run Down and RilIed.

MATAMoRAs, Nov. q. -Briscoe Sanchez,
the famous highwayman, and his band were
recently run down by troops near Chiantla
Pueblo, and in the fight he was killed and
four of his men captured.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
Disorder Rome.

ROME Nov. 81. While the common coun-
ell was discussing the question of intTustjng
priests with religious instruction in the muni-
cipal schools, a crowd burst into the hall,
whistling and hooting. The hall was finally
cleared and the discussion was resumed with
closed doors. Several arrests were made.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
Eighteen Men Drowned,

PARIS, Nov. 21--A boat containing num-
Der of workman and others capsized in the
bay of Douarnuneg and eighteen of the
worl1men were drowned.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
CrcIane in mexico.

MATAMoRAs, Mexico, Nov. 2l-A cyclons
which swept over the town Of Alfalfa few
days ago. destroyed every house in the place,
and killed and wounded several people.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21
Reception to an Agftator.

Dies MONIES, Nov. 21.-Extensive arrange
ments are being made here for public re-
ception to Thomas Brennan, the Irish
apitator ON the 2Sth inst