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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08

Mrs. William Downes, ofUxbridge,. Mass. writes
on March 10. 1882 as follows
During the past three years Ihaye been a great
sufferer from complication of diseases which
baflied the skill of the most experienced doctors.
rs could not obtain permanent relief by their
treatment and prescriptions; and have also tried
many sccalled cures in the medicine line, but
could get 10 relief. The pains, aches, and weak
ness increased 80 rapidly and constantly that
was so reduced in strength as to be unable to
leave the bed, and the doctors inf rmed me that
there was no hope Of a recovery In this exhaus-
ted and discouraged condition dear friend Ter
shaded me TO use Hunts Remedy and after TAX
inn it only three days | commenced to get better
end to my great joy and delight have continued
10 improve constantly by its use, until now. after
having taken the remedy only few weeks. | am
able to be about my house again, and am now do
ing my heusewOrk My lame back is cured, the
severe pains have disappeared and | am now in
better health than for many years, and beg this
privilege of gladly recommending Hunts Remedy
to all who are affected with any disease of the kid
neys or liver; and also highly recommend it for
attacks of sick headache. My husband has also
experienced very great benefit to his h. alth by
theFuse of This most valuable medicine Hunt :
Remedy
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08
National Cnnitni Nn;es.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7--'rhe executive or
der consolidating the mteruai revenue dis
trictS. Tar ~ ltapptes to The following dis
trict> LH- gorIr into rIiect: Fourth Mich
igan, Eleventh Indiana, Sixth Missouri ali,
SeyunLh aud Eighth kent0cEy
Bids Mere opened at thu treasury depart
menI Ivr IRON stairs for tue public buiIdiug al
Cincinnati Tread q Co OF Louisville, wer,
the lowest bidders, at 81 i4s, AMI will probabI,
get tho contract,
Mayor W N Beebe committed suicide
lie huII ii commission in the army during tn,
war aud suJ we'd with Cen Hazen He wa,
mustered out at the close OF tn, war He la
since been attached to the office Ut chief sig
nal officer, rs private in the general service
lie vsus native OF Ohio; was about Al year
Of age. and unmarried He was membe
If the Grst Greeley relief party, aud his health
was Impaired 10y tbs hardships to which Ii.
,Nn~ exposed
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08
The a:rnin AnnnIY.

CHICAGO. Aug z chicago elevators, as
per official loturns, contain 5,72g, 59G bushels
nr wheat, TAG los bushels of corn, ,94 SIS
bushels Of oats SRi'SS9 bushels Of rye, and
81 2H7 bushels Of barley. making grind /"
tai 1t 3IS, 752 bushels, against s,4S5 Al
bushels "A weel, ago, sut 3 i4S. $40 bushels NJ
Ibis period hast year
Milwaukee warehouses are stored wuIr
leu, 1872 bushels of wheat, -, IGS bushels II
curu. 1902 bushels of oats, 10 ,S3G bushels IT
rye, and lg9, T67 bushels of harley
New York aud brooklyn warehouses ara
stored with :, 504 OIL bushels Of wheat. 500,
55a bushels of corn, W. o54 bushels Of oats
1871. 49o bushels Of rye. aud 54S bushels of bar
leg.
Visible supply of grain in the United States
and Canada on the 2Sth ultimO; Wheat, II.
7O4, 5l1 bushels; corn 10 81 ,72S bushels; oats,
j, 5S4 ,462 bushels; rye, I,524 0O0 bushels bar
lev, S42, S3i bushels
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08
IN The wllOs
The President and Party Plunge into
the wilderness.

GREEN RIVER Wyoming. Aug This
president and his friends are at length away
III the wilderness beyond Tue reach Of recep
ton committees and such other amenities Ut
greatness rs have during their journey bera
been thrust upon tbeu at q a IN. there was
a hustle and stir in the neighbThH0d OF the
cars containg the personuel Of the expedition
Indicative Of II change # position Three
light-spring ambulances and baggage
wagon, each drawn by four very fine mules
came upon the ground Trunks, bags, and
packages suggestive Of sparkling bes
erages were slowed away, and the
party took their seats, President Arthur
III the foremost carriage, accompanied
by Secretary Lincoln and Gen Sheridan. Ia
choosing suit OF light tweed 10 travel iii
the president lowered himself 10 the estifha
ton of the critical dcnzefrs Of the desert, who
by painful experience know the rigors OF the
mountains away north, aud confirmed thu,
opinion that had been struggling for prornin
ence among the population here that the chief
magistrate is somewhat Of tendeIfpot
Preparations for departure consumed al
hour, in which the sun shone out brightly
and clear sky gave promise OF Il beautiful
day. Everything being ready the word wa,
given and the cAvalcade turned TO the hills hI
a ShaFD trOt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08

clause attending this result was tremendous
When Lie pugilists first stepped On the plat
form Shade appeared fat but muscular, and
Sulliqau all muscle and siiiew The first
IouaJ was opened in hammer aud -tongs STYLE
i,lowsi,-ihg planted wheres er they c,nld find
"a lodging place, Suddenly Sullivan threw
puI his right with tremendous
force and ail the Australian fat Sullivan
let up little at tile opening of the second
found contenting himself Will, flooring
iSlade ut once Both men wer, slighti,
%lnded Slada nearly staggered Sullivan
Jnre Tie round closed with Sla1e ia eyi
,ieat distress In the third round Sullivan
pushe,l the sparring lighting Shade all around
the stage, ard finally knocking him entirel,
off il by stunning blow under the right ear
This etde,l the contest The opinion is that
Shade woulL have no SNOW with Mitchell
Al Smith says he has completed arrange
nenls fon the Ryan Sullivan set Ia, which
viii D",u either il Chicago or San Fran
,i-,.!.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08
THE BRAOAJOS REVOLT.
A Nest GudiGnified Ending -ThSaght
to Have Been n Stock JObbinS
Operation.

LONDON, Aug THE republican insur
rectlnn at Badajos, Spain, was quelled by tn"
the prompt action of the authorities The
insurgents have either been ARRESTED in
Spain OF have fled TO the Portugal frontier,
where they will be lnterned 10y the Portugese
They carried off 100000 pesetas from The
treasury at Badai0s. The insurrectioh was
| not supported by inhabitants of the city, nor
by other provinces
The Times correspondent at Madrid says
the rising Of the military at Badajos ended in
a most undigHiiie,i manner Very little harm
was done lay the insurgents beyond slight
damage to the railroad aud the robbery Of
the regImenr'tl aud municipal moneys 1t is
doubtful whether the movement was avei
seri0ns It is stated in some quarters that
the outbreak is only part of the programme
of gigantic stock loiibing operation induced
| by certain clique which for "A long time has
| bGen making extraordinary efforts to destroy
the improving credit Of Spain.
| A special Crno Paris says that at dinner
| in that city, a fortnight ago, Ruiz Gorilla
whose namn WIS mentioned in the proclama
| ton Of the insurgents, at BadajoS, for presi
! dent of the republic made speech in which
| he declared, in an excited manner, that BIZ
wonld net return to Spain until the republic
| hnI been ta.iuSi a:sat there
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08

fellow worked his keys on the middle
division like lightning, and then flew
along the north end of the line until the
drivers went around like buzz saw, and
I got excited. About the time was
| fixing to tell him 10 cut her off a little nc
kicked the hampers under the machine
wide open, pulled the throttle away back
in the tender, and Jerusalem jumpers
how he did RAM | couldn't stand it any
longer and yelled to him that he was
pounding on the left side and II he
wasn't csreful he'd drop his ashpan. Eut
he didn't hear me No one heard me.
Eeverlhing was flying and whining.
Telegraph poles on the side OF the track
looked like a row of coinst.lks, the trees
appeared to be mudbank, and all the
time the exhaust of the old machine
sounded like the hmm of humble bee
tried to yell out, my tongue wouldn't
move He went around the curve line a
bullet, slipped an eccentric, blew out his
soft plug, went down grader fifty feet TO
the mile and not COMPOUNDED brake set.
Shewent by the meeting point at mile
and half a minute and calling for more
steam. My hair stock up like a cats tail
because I knew the game was up. Sure
enough, dead ahead of us was the head
light of the special. In a daze
heard the the crash as they struck, and
/ saw cars shivered into atoms peopl
mashed, and mangled, and bleeding, and
gaspmg. for water. heard another
crash as the French professor struck the
keys away down on the lower end of the
southern division, and then came to my
senses. There he was at dead stand
still, with the door of the fire box of the
machine open, wiping the perspiration off
his face and bowling at the people before
him. II | live to be thousand years
old I'll never forget the ride that French
man gave. me on piano"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08
BUSINESS MATTERS
The New Verb Aeraid's Remarks Oz
the wall street situation

New Tunh, Aug 4.The Herald's money
article says The fact that only 75, 0OO shares
were dealt il, tells the story Of the market
Tho general stasuation caused brokers to
recall the Summer of 1917 There was no
transaction Of any consequence; there was
nc news. and for all practical purposes
tllc doors Of the exchange might as we'll
h,,Vo been closed at II as ut 3 The sit
uatioh ia the leather trade continued
to oxcit; attention la commercial cir
Giles their dis,Iuieting influence continued
to be felt, hut within the purlieus of Wall
street it really seemed as if everybody was
tnn much bruumhed to feel anything very
he-nly 1t isa fact, however, that by mail
and telegraph there we're to-day many ia
Iuirirs concerning good bonds in general and
government seculitis, in particular, showing
That the recipients Of July and August divi
dcnds and Interests payments are feeling
their way toward new investments Crop
reI,oriS continue cheering, and mauy arr
watching the political events i'll Europe with
the belief that serious war abroad ~ouId
give Al beast I. temporary stimulus 10 tIhde at
h3Jlt.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08
THE LOCOMOTIVES MUSIC.
How an Engineer was Affected by Piano
Playing in New Orleans.
New Orleans Times-Democrat


Il was loafng around the streets last
night" said Jim Nelson, one of the Oldest
locomotive engineers running into New
Orleans, land as l had nothing to do l
stepped into concert hall and heard a
slick-looking Frenchman play piano in
a way that made me feel all over in spots.
As soon as he sat down on the stool
knew by the way he handled himself
that he understood the machine he was
running. He tapped the keys away up
one end just as if they were gauges, and
he wanted to see if he had water enough.
Then he looked up as if he wanted to
know how much steam he was carrying,
and the next moment he pulled open the
throttle and sailed out on the main line
as if he was half an hour late. You
could hear her thunder over culverts
and bridges, and getting faster and faster,
until the fellow rocked about in his seat
like a cradle. Somehow l thought il
was old So pulling passenger train and
getting out Of the way Of special The
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08
SPORT OuT-oF-DOORs.
The Turf at Monmouth Pnrk, sara
ta&n aud Huifas0- Victories with
Nat uud syatI

SARATOGA, n Y. Aug T-Forcs wor tho
u mile in i;l5i4; W P. Burch second, Eel
lowplay third Empress won the mile 500
yards Pprahnuiss stakes, in 2:l4$<; Miss
WoodT9ri second, Blue Grass Belle third. Ma.
varro won the mile Welter stakes in l:45%
Referee second, Disturbance third Mediator
won the x miles in ;56s4; Wapakonita sec
ond Lord Raglan third
MONMOUTH PARK: N. j., Aug, 7.-Rica
won the | Y miles handicap sweepstakes in
1:5G4 Matte Rapture second, Checkmate
sthirfi Water Lily won the u mile Camdei,
stakes in l6sI Leo second, Albia third. The
| third race WAS waik-over for LoTiliarPs
| Pizarro over Gonfalon Monitor won the *
miles handicap sweepstakes in 249s4, Aelis
second. Parole third Mary Corhett won the
| 4 mile selling in t:%0, Constantinn secoud
Marshall third
| Rochester won the ~ miles hnrlle in Sis
Macbeth second, Chipo'a third.
| BUFFALO, r. Y. Aug 7.-Maxey Cobb
won the 229 tretting class i'll 2:2l, 222
| 2;201 Sleepy Joe won the 2:24 class In 20
22l 2;21A.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08
WITHDRAWN FROM THE pooL
The Chicago 4 Alien Gets Our OF
the Chicago and 80. L0uIs Freight

CHICAGO, Aug. Considerable excit,
ment was created among the officials of thu
roads interested in the freight business be
tween Chicago and st. Louis upon being
notified by Commissioner p. Brown that
the Chicago & Alton had given notice OF
withdrawal from the Chicago and st Louis
pool This pool was formed about two YEATS
ago between the Chicago q Alton, Wabash
st. Louis Il Pacific, Illinois Central
and Chicago, Burlington &; Quincy, for
the purpose Of stopping the cutting of st
Louis rates, which had previously been 10
dulged in and kept below paying figures Ii
was gross money pool and the Chicago &
Alton received 80 per cent; the Wabash -
per cent. the Illinois Central 90 per cent.
and the Chicago, burlington x Quincy Is per
cent The Chicago & Alton people say
their percentage was not sufficient to pay
them to stay in, as they claim that they could
10 rs per cent of the business
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08
ELOPEMENT.
A Judge aRd "a Young Miss Disappear,
Leaving Borrowing Relatives he

RIvERDALE, IN, Aug. There is con
siderable excitement here over the reported
elopement Of Justice Christopher Schafer
and Miss Bertha Reich. The judge is past
so years of age wealthy, and has wife and
grown-up children. For years his family
has been on the most intimate terms with the
parents Of Miss Reich, and the judge
became very much Smitten with the
young lady Miss Bertha also became in,
fected with the old mans infatuation and
fully reciprocated his attentions. About
three weeks ago Judge Schafer went to Chi
cago and borrowed $4,000 at bank where
he had transacted business, his credit being
good for any amount under million. He
gave out that he was thinking Of going to
Europe. After day or two he mysteriously
disappeared. The same day that Schafer left
Chicago Miss Reich became suddenly anxious
TO visit relative In Missouri Nothing was
thought Of it by the girls people, and permits
sion was given her to go. Nothing mora
was heard from her. Then Mrs Schafer
grew anxious after couple Of weeks, and
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08

The downward tendency in the grain
market is owing chiefly to the dull state
of the foreign markets, combined with
the favorable accounts from the west
in regard to the crops The movement
of new wheat into ST. Louis, Chicago and
Toledo is now considerable. The receipt
of $40 car loads of corn at Chicago to- day
has depressing influence on the trade.
The inquiry for export is light, but if
lower prices prevail it is thought the
demand will improve-Nsa0 York Post.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08
THousaNps SAY 50.

Mr. T. W. Atkins; Girard, Kan, writes
81 never hesitate to recommend your
Electric Bitters to my customers, they
give entire satisfaction and are rapid sell
ers.' Electric Bitters are the pnrest and
best medicine known and will positively
cure Kidney and Liver complaints. Pur-
ify the blood and regulate the bowels.
No family can afford to be without them.
They will save hundreds of dollars in
in doctors bills every year. Sold at fifty
meets bottle by Hartz 81 Bahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08

Last week large natural bowlder,
weighing over two tons, was placed on
the lot in Pittsfeld, Mass, where rests
the remains of General W. F. Bartlett. 1t
came from Hadley, where it was selected
and presented to Mrs. Bartlett by Bishop
Huntington. 1t is gray, old, weather
beaten mass. 1t happens to be so shaped
that there is a-f1at surface on one side,
and upon that is to be placed a bronze
memorial tablet which Launt Thompson
has undertaken to design.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08
BUSINESS FAILURES.
Run on National Bank ailGres
AT LYNN. Mass... A Treasurer Short.

NEW YORK, Aug. THE Commercial Ad
vertiser SAYS there is big run on the Second
National bank OF Elmira, ir consequence Of
President d. K Pratt haviuH lost $50. 900 in
a pork speculation, The bark is believed to
be soiveat, rs the president is able to stand a
loss of 5 30 90. or $500. go
bosToN Mass, Aug. The Herald says
there Uerc reports in Lynn of several failures
on account pf the suspension Of Charles W
Clements among small manufacturers
Most 1t tie shoes made by them were for
Clements trade Samuel Gale was among
| those reported embarrassed, None of the
factories Affected by Clements failure employ
over thirty or forty hands. and it is said their
snsTeHsInn win he only temporary.
The Shaw failure Is thought 10 be more
| farreaching III its effect upon some of Lynn:
| business tnen than the public has yet beer
| given to understand c. H. Wards state
ment is thought to be peculiar and places one
| Of the city's financiers in a position which h-
was not thought TO occupy. 1t is asserted
that several suspensions will occur among
| small Lynn manufacturers during the eisu
| ing few days, but 1t is thought no lnrgt
amounts will be Involved in any cases
| BosToN Aug. 1.-The Traveller says Vii
| lam p Fowler, treasurer OF the the Auburn
dale watch company, failed. Liabilities art
now supposed to lie small although nothing
| definite i, yet learned The failure will un
doubtedy involve the Auburndaie watch
company, whose liabilities, it is thought fal
tsceed its assets
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08

Kansas City Journal: Corn is the
most profitable crop of the western far
mer. 1t is bread to him, and it makes
his meal. The crop was big one last
year, and the promise is equally good this
season. Acreage and weather have thus
far been favorable, and it does not seem
as if anything could bring about failure
at this late day.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08

begun to suspect that something was wrong
Information was received from the Missouri
relatives that Bertha was not there and had
not been seen at all The alarm was sounded
at once, aud all Riverlale Is up in arlns
kilograms have been flying about in all direc
lions, but the replies are not satisfactory To
the present hour the mystery remains un
solved. Miss Bertha Reich is q years ofage
and handsome brunette and society belle
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08

Kate Field says. THE way women
travel with miserable little dogs fills me
with amazement. Men don't; and when
l think of the pampering these creatures
get, and what nuisance they are TO trav-
clers, and how the same amount of care
bestowed upon children would result in
untold benefit to mankind, I become Gym
zeal, The affection wasted upon poodles,
would, if properly distributed, supply all
poor orphans with homes"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08

The meanest man, like the oldest in
habitant we have always with us. He
has just manifested himself again in the
person CT a well known business man in
Syracuse, N Y, WHO palmed often trade
dollars for a $40 note on his aged and
widowed mother, under the pretext of
supplying her with small change.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08
Fires

BosroS, Aug 7.-Hincsley's ling alley
a tenement house and a number of busiress
houses Nere burned e, Loss, $50 90
PHIADsLpalA, Aug IA lire this
destroyed the laboratory OF Hancc
broth.rs y White. manufacturing chemists
Loss t2S Jp
THRss RIVERS, Mich, Aug THE pa
FER miu Uelmg'ng 10 Bradner, Smith 4 90 .
Of Chez burned loss, S}0.U09. insured tor
S2O1l
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08

France is believed to have designs on
Syria She has sent fleet to Beyrout
and claims to protectorate are being
put forward tentatively In the days of
the crusades, she became responsible for
the Christians in Syria, and Turkey has
since recognized her position in the mat
ter. Since France has ceased to be one
of the arms of the pope, she is trying to
substitute political tor a religious pro-
tectorate
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08

Speaking of auction sale of cotton
goods last week, the New York Bulletin
says; The successful result of the trade
sale has impaired decidedly improved
tone to the market; the eagerness with
which buyers took hold demonstrating
clearly that unusually light stocks arc be-
ing carried by distributors, in view of the
large demand for consumption in sight.
Following the trade sale there was a very
fam business in most kinds of fall ani
winter goods"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08

Archbishop Elder of Cincinnati, in a
recent letter, urges his clergymen to a
more active crusade against the awful,
soul-destroying vice of iniempcrauce.
lie proposes to hold conference or con
vention soon to formulate programme
for future action. The Archbishop him
self is a total abstainer Even during the
yellow fever plague at Natchez, where he
was stationed at the time, he kept the
pledge"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08

The will of Martin Milmorr. the Boston
sculptor, gives 81 900 to'the Little Sisters
of the Poor. and $500 to the city of Bos .
ton, the income to be used for clothing
poor children who attend the Brimmer
school
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08

Mr.. $. d. Longfellow, Augusta, Me, east side
river, writes US under date Of rpri G5, 1888:
TO whom it may concern: This may certify
that two years ago was very badly afflicted with
kidney and urinary difficulties. which extended
through the system and laid me up for weeks, so
that could do no work. had the most skilful
physician IN town, who gave me no assistance.
Hearing of Hunts Remedy, l got a bottle, and
half OF it cured me entirely, SO that / have been
well ever since The otherh half gave to a neigh
Dor who was afflicted much as was, and 1t festor
ed him to health lean truly say Hunts Remedy
has been Of great and ineypressbe worth to me. .
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08
Ikrifiah IsnlilIea.

LONDON. Aug 7.-Motions that were offer
er in the house of commons against the policy
Of the government in regard to Transvaal
and Zuiuand were defeated, after speeches
against them bad been made by Premier
Gladstone.
Many members of parliament 60 TO Amer.
lea during the coming recess,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08

One of the sad consequences of the
production of "Vera" in New York next
month is the threatened return of Oscar
Wilde, its author. to superintend its re
hearsal 1t was really hoped Oscar had
Quit us for good
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08

The London correspondent of the New
York Tribune says of the Lord Lieuten-
ant of Ireland Lord Spencer has dis
tinguished himself BY making 81 out of
possible 100 in the Lords and Commons
match at Wimbledon, shot at 500 yards
with any kind of rife.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08

In the German Empire there are sixty
manufactures of playing cards, which
produced during the last fiscal year 3,264,
1914 packs of less than thirty six cards
each, and 1, O5s, 1926 packs of more than
thirty six cards each. Whist is evidently
not the favorite game in Germany.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08
Wednes Jay August s, 1883.

'hfiN ,........... .-.3U Gents per montl
yEEk!.N in nIyqnce, 81 81 per year; If not IN
...isnncr & o. will be charged.