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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-09

A YEAR ago the State coded 5000, 900 acres
of land to a syndicate in consideration for the
erection of a State capitol to cost ST., 500, 600.
To-day, we are told, a London syndicate
contemplates the purchase of the land for
$Io,ooo,ooo, six and one-ffth times the
amount at which the capitol is valued. Is
there a similar example of 6nanciering any
where in history' How grateful we should
be to our Democratic Legislature for relieving
us of the care of the So, 500, 900 worth of land
which the capitol syndicate consider their pro-
fit?
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-09
The San Antonio Light.
PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT
elO EAST COMMERCE STREET.

DBLIvERRD by carriers throughout the city
| AT 10 Cents Per Week, payable TO our
agent Single copies for sale 10y newsooys at
Cents.
subscription Per Year, 50 in Advance
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
No Use for Them.
Concerning Certain Relics of the Fast-Dog'
that Have Had Their Day.


George Stephenson's Rocket and the mag
nihcent locomo ives of to-day, are built upon the
sape general principle, yet the machine with
which the great engineer astonshed his age, is in
teresting now only as an illustration of the begin
ming of the invention There were plasters with
holes in them long before BENSoN'S CAPCfNE
POROUS PLASTER surprised both the public and
the physicians; and the triumph of the Capcine
is founded upon the partial successes, or the utter
failures Of its predecessors. Everything of value
in the old porous plaster is retained in the Cap
cine; but at this point all comparison ends, and
contrast begins. For example;
The old plasters were slow in their action; the
Capcue is quick and sure.
The old plasters lacked the power to do more
than to impart light, temporary relief in cases
easy of treatment; the Capcine penetrates the
system and permanently cures the troubles for
viii h it is recommended,
The old plasters depended for any good results
they might attain, upon an accident of their max
ers a. the aked faith of their wearers; the
Benson's reaches its ends by means of the scien-
tfc combination of the rare medicinal ingredi-
ents which it contains.
in brief, the old pasters, like StcFhenson's dis
carde engine. are swift he'd of the track, while
| the Penson's goes on its way winning golden
opinions from all sorts of people.
ct in this very fact lies the leading danger TO
tho napnle VINO huy and use this reliable and sci
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25

AChicago Tragedy.

CHICAGO, July "a AT the county jail
Thonms Magiire who is confDed under an
indictment TO the murder of his former mis-
tress, Mrs Mary Little, made what win prob
ably be successful attempt to cheat the gal
lows The weapon he used was a small two
bladed pocket knife, and the resultsof its use
was wound in the neck extending from di-
rectly under the left ear to the windpipe. He
will probably die. He murdered his mistress
by cutting her throatfrom ear 10 ear, and i'm.
mediately cut his own throat; so that this Is
his second attempt at sed-destruction-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
Un,ter,,e EmpIoyes D;scharred.

WHLIMANTTc, Conn, July q The Linen
company has been busy the past week weed
out the illiterate persons among its employees,
and ii is said that large number have.heen
discharged on that ground About a year
since, when the company was in hOurishing
condition it advertised that after this date no
persons would be retained by the corporation
who could not read and write and those who
were deficient in these branches were given
opportunity to learn by the establishment of
night schools with competent instructors 1t
is said that discrimination is being made in
favor of those who have been long in the
company's service and aretoo fur advanced
in years to learn, aud they are being re
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
SANITARY Precautions.

WASHINGTON, July 81 T'he secretary Of
the treasury has cablei t. the American con
sui general at london. and the consul at
Liverpool TO appoint at "nce sanitary inspcc
tors whose duty it shalt II" tn inspect All vcS
sells rayinG the United l<iugdan,'for tho
United States and IA notify 10y cRbe the
health authorities If this country of all >urh
vessels having disease on board. or which ara
likely to tevelnp disease on the vnynge This
actiotIis taken, in consequence Of raiuar
" liIrh r,arbei here that choleta IsId appear
,d m tl,s London docks a
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
THE NEWS IN eRieF

Blalne's new book, Twenty Years in
Congress, viii appear in Oct Der
The latest cyclone occurred in. 6Iichi-
gan. Five fatal casualties are reported
The fiftieth anniversary Of the New
York Anti Slavery society will be ceiebls ted
in October
1t is likely that there will be a call
FOR S25, 600, Oa0 United States bords before the
end of the month 2s.e n
Rev Harrison, the "boy preacher"
lis at jacksonville, Illinois, in charge Of the
methodist canlp-meeting there.
Eight men went into blast furnace
at Syracuse, N Y, to put in new lining,
when the old lining fell instantly killing them
all
Four Of the Democratic congressman
from Arkansas have written letter, advo-
eating a revenue tariff. Carlisle i. the favor
lite for speaker
The Hill investigating committee Will
visit Chicago for the purpose of taking testi-
mony as to the alleged frauds in the construc-
ton of the government building there,
E. n Hill, of Arkansas, saws Garfield
urged him to accept it; that the matter is in
black aud white and he has seen the letter
in which the offer was made.
The alleged outrage upon tie Ameri-
can consulate at Monterey, Mexico. is assert
Ell to have been a simple attempt at robbery
having no international significance at all Mr.
Shaw was not dangerously injured.
Wesley Gibson, the nephew Of the
farmer NJ w Wilkinson, who was mur
| dered in Lincoln county, Mo, recently, has
been arrested as the murderer 1t is said he
was too intimate with bis unrle's wife. who
was young and handsome
It is estimated at the treasury de-
! partment at Washington that of the 81 coo
| 0d0O0O in United States bonds outstanding
81 800 600, 900 are held at home. and the bal
ance abroad. This is large decrease in for
, eign holding of our bonds
The American rifle team was enter
tanned by the lord mayor of London The
| Americans were very cordially treated, and
| toasted The lord mayor also toasted Presi
| dent Arthur and the queen, and spoke highly
of tue late President Garfield and the Amer,
lean people.
Huss, the man who it was thought
had married the actress Lolita has come out
in fiat denial of the story lie says his
| ,vife's name is Charlotte NJ Erabtree
| but she is no relative OF the
| actress, and that he has denied the story over
and over again
1t is stated that SUIT for 500, 600
damages will be instituted against the post
| master general by the lottery men, on the
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
I.tnbiIidV Or National Bank stock
holders.

CHICAGO July "A suit brought in 1875
by the late james Irons, OF Chicago, against
the stock holders of the 1efunct Manufacturers
National bank was decided Ivy Judge Bloigett
10y which each owner Of stock is held liaiIIefnI.
the debts OF the concern Nearly al the
shares " are transferred 10 Ira Holmes Just
before the failure, and these rnnveyahces are
so aside $ B,Cohb Marshal F'elJ Heath
q MiIligan. David Linton AMI ntbers ara in.
vnlvaI
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
Chancery Notice.
STATE OF ILLINOIS. !
Rock Island County.

Rock Island County.
In the Circuit Court, September Term, 1892.
Ellen Littler w. Charles r. Lttler, IN Ghaneery.
Afidavit.of the nOn-Fesidenee of Charles r, Lit
tier, the above named defendant, having been filed
in the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court Of said
county, notice is therefore hereby given to the
said nonresident defendant that the complainant
filed her bill of complaint in said Court, on the
Chancery side thereof, on the nth day of July,
1883, and that thereupon summons issued out
of said Court, wherein said suit is now pending.
returnabIe on the first Monday in the month Of
September next, as is by law required. Now, I'M
less You, the said nonresident defendant above
named, shall personally be and appear before said
Circuit Court, the first day of the next term
thereof. TO be holden at Rock Island, IN ana for
the said county, the first Monday in Sepiemp, I
next, and plead. answer or demnr TO the safti
complainant's bill Of complaint, the same and
the matters and things therein charged and stated
will be taken as confessed, and decree entered
against you according to the prayer OF sara OIL.
Rock Island, Illinois, July 17th 1855.
LEVI F. HARRISON. Clerk.
P, o'MARA, Compt's Sol, -1uly-It-attd
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
LAKE FORREST
UNIVERSITY.

COLLEGE courses. Training thorough
and comprehensive, under professors of progress
i've and productive minds. special attention to
training for the ministry. Examine for yourselves
ACADEMY Classical and English. Offers the
best training for college and business.
FERRY HALL.--Seminary for ladies only. Tn
surpassed in solid and ornamental branches
Year begins Sept, II, 1883 Apply to
PRES: GREGORY, LAKE FORREST, ILL.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25

LONDON. July 23 "A death in the family
of Mr. John Dillon will disaTange his plans
for visit to America the details of which
had already been arranged He has not
abandoned his plan, hut the time of his de
parture is now uncertain, and new Anieri-
can progl an1uc will have to be made
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25

New YORK, July 2S.-Mayor Edison has
called upon DR. Marco A. Soto, president of
Honduras, and rendered him the Inequalities
of the city DR.. Soto is being shown through
the different engine and hook and ladder
houses He viii sail for England this week,
rad expects to return home by way of New
York in November.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
ROCK ISLAND 4 MERCER CO., r. R.
luck ISLAND \ PlORIh
kAILW -AY.
sHOKTEsT ROUTE TO THE
AND SOUTH

Trains leave Rock Island
400 a. IN. Way Freight.
SIS Fast Express
10 D. III Mail and Express
$50 e. Through Freight aud Accommodation,
Trains arrive at Rock Island:
10 a. m. Through Freight and Accommodation
Y Is p IN. Mail and express
80 90 Fast Express.
400 Way Freight. "a,
The FAST EXPRESS leaving Rock Island al o'3o
4. IN. arrives at Peoria 12-20 p. m, al Sprlngneld
+ - D. m at Decatur 4.O0p- m, Jacksonville ~
A. M, Alton Z 20 p. m, ST. Louis SIS p IN, ana
irrr, Hqute + 70 p. M, THE SANE DAY. Making
luis the BEST aud QUICKEST route 10 All points
.;.,,
The 30 p IN. train makes close connection al
tiYlya with {. Is X Z. Tor points west; arriving al
,,aeshurg at I - p. IN, at burlington 6.lO P u. nj
kenkuk H. - p. m, and AT Quincy lOOo p IN.
ArriSinr Iii Peoria vi i ~ p IN, making close
connections with tne l. b. y W aud I. ?. 4 W =
far In iunapnlis connecting there with all tast
trains lor the east and south.
xg~FAsT TINE SURE CONNECTIONS, and
.YTez a. low H. by any other ronte.
T. K CABLE, A. n MORF0N,
tIrn'I Supt Genl TIKI. Agt.
The t so p M Accommodation leaves every day
.vrept sunday.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25

PARIS July a The General Transst~
lantlc line Steamship company. has obtained
the contract to carry the mails Iatween
Havre and New York md win receive a
suhvennon from the government n 8. $50 aiH
frames
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
The silver Dollar,

WASHINGTON, July .24-The issue OF
standard silver dollars from the minis foS. tho
week ending July >2l amounts to 1924 600:
tue Corresponding period last year 1854
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25

IIostctters stomach Bittcrs meets the require
ments of the rational medical philosophy winch
nj present prevails II Is a perfectly pure Negei
able remedy. emhracm" the three important prop
critics OF preventive, tonic and an alternative II
fortiins the body against disease, mNigbrate= and
reNitaizes the torpid stomach and liver and elects
a salmarr change in the entire system.
For sale by al prU"gst> AMI dealers generally.
uoy-1i -rod&WlV
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
NJ IITTEII y V11'
CHICAGO
MILWAUKEE
AND ST. Paul

1t owns aud operates over $500 miles OF road IN
Northern Illinois, WISCONSIN, Minnesota iowa
ma Dak,trr and it, main lines branches and con
nee ions reach all the great business centres Oh Tue
northwest and Far West it naturally answers the
description Of short Line, ana pest route pe'"'ei
chicago Milwaukee, ST. Panl and Minneapolis
Chicago Milwaukee La Crosse and Winona
chicago. Milwaukee, Aberdeen and Ellendale
chicago. Milwaukee Eau Claire and SILVIA err
Chicago, Milwaukee Wausau and Merrill.
Chicago Milwaukee Beaver Dam and Oskosh--
Chicago, Milwaukee Waukesha and Oconomownc.
Chicago Milwaukee, Madison, and Prairl du Chlen
Chicago, Milwaukee, Owattona and Farf0anlt
Chicago, Beloh. GAINESVILLE and Mineral Point
Chicago, Elgin, Rockford and Dubuque.
Chicago, Clinton, Rock Island and Cedar Rapids.
Chicago Council Bluffs and Omaha.
chicago. Sioux City, Sioux Falls and 1ankton.
Chicago. Milwaukee, Mitchell aud Chamberlain,
Rock Island, Dubuque. st. Paul and Minneapolis
Davenport, Calmar ST. Paul and Minneapo is.
Pullman Slaepcr- and tue Finest ID ing Cars In
the world are ran - tue main lines OF the chicago
Milwaukee K ST Paul Railway, aud every alien
tjDa il paid to passengers Big c1aieohs employees
OF the Company.
5 5. MERRILL, Az. IL. CARPENTER,
General Manager. ten Pass. It fkt Agt.
! T. CLARK, GEO. II. HEAFFORD,
Cfeul STUNT Asst Gen. Pass Agt.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
,Y,cAGo, BURLINGTON l. QUINCY.
MILWAUKEE l. ST. PAUL.


,rr.ip. Va. :. s, 9and 10 are Maquoketa Branch.
7,-a,t,s 3nnd d Accommodation for oxford JUNO
inn. and , Passenger, for Cemar.
..Flying Dutchman' leaves Rock Island Z 70 a.
b., arriyes nj q:O5 D. IN arrives Dubuque II AZ u.
W. Tnsyps 4 .Is D. m ; arrives at ST. Paul 1920 p.
y" leaves 5:2j u m. arrives Minneapolis HOO p.
m.' '''''' at h, o. W. HOLMES, Agent
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
Heavy Rain at Dubuque.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, July 23.-Rain has fallen
necessarily for five hours, flooding the coun-
try, swelling the streams and doing an meal
culable amount of damage to the crops, All
the low lands are flooded, grain is beaten
down, and the hay crop, which is about half
gathered, is ruined. Trains from the west
and east arrived and departed on time, but
trains from the north are delayed by land
slide near McGregor. Two inches of wates
fell on level,
ssT.-T .;.lrG "a Csssiso. -
LITTLE Rock. Ark, July 2i-The largest
sum ever paid for landed property was given
Col J. NJ. King for his ranch near San Anto-
MO Tex Negotiations ha We been in progress
for some time, but were only settled last Sat
urday Col King has tractsof Land en-
hracins several thousand acres Of the choicest
grazing country in the Lone Star state. Upon
it are many thousand head of cattle Ranch
and stock were sold for $4,0tn, 900 The pur-
chasers were company of English aud
Scotch capitalists. The new owners intend
carrying GA the stock business ON a mammoth
scala aud viii buy 20.0OU head of cattle neSt
spring
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
MALARIA.
RHEUMATISM.

Stone in Bladder, inflammation OF Kidney
and Liver, Loss of Memory, Loss Of Appetite,
and all Kidney and Liver Complaints, is
cured by Stilwell's Specific. Price $1.o3.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
STlLWELL'S
SPECIFIC
CURES
KIDNEY AND LIVER
DISEASE.
BRIGHT's DISEASE.

Cures Kidney and Liver Disease when all
else fails. It's action on the system is quick
and lasting.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS.

New YORK, July 23.-The movement to
secure the holding of the national political
conventions at Saratoga next year has been a
constant theme of consultation and specula-
ton, and it has now progressed toward
definite action. Messrs. Clement and Cox,
the proprietors of Congress Hall, offer to give
81, 200 toward the construction of suitable
''wigwam" OF convention hall provided the
proprietors of the Grand Union and the
United States Hotels will go $3.50 each, and
the smaller houses in proportion. It is not at
all likely that any of them will refuse to do
their share
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
!. KELLY AND THE OLD TICKET.

John Kelly is spending the summer at tho
Grand Union, and has been much sought
by politicians and interviewers as to the
probable cousse Of Tammany hall, especially
since the apparently authoritative statement
that he was not irrevocably opposed to the
denomination of the ''old ticket Tilden and
Hendricks. He does not give them mnch
satisfaction, though, from what can be
learned through pretty direct sources, he and
his followers will be pretty apt to support
the Democratic ticket, no matter what names
it NAV contain
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
Near WheeIinc, W Va a farm,

Near WheelIng, ". Va, a FNrmeT
named Season was driving moving ma
chine and holding his three year old child IN
his arms sudden start Of thA horses throw
the child out Of his fathers arms in front of
the cutting bar; the father jumped to save
his b6y, and both were nearly cut to pieces,
the child Instantly killed and the father NOR.
tally woundnd
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
BURLINGTON ROUTE
GOING EAST AND WEST.

7 ~VtW9 ES@NS FSHyEU " 6SHe
Elegant Day Coaches, Parlor Cars, with Reclin
ing Chairs tseabs free, Smoking Cars. with Re,
Iyolying Chairs, Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars and
the famous C. b. q q. Dining Cars rindaiig to and
from Chicago & Kansas City, Chicago & f'onnch
Bluffs Chicago q Des MONIES, Chicago ~ 10
,seph Atchison u Topeka. Only through line he
tween Chicago, Lincoln & Denver Through ears
between indianapolis q Council Bluffs VIA Peoria
lAi connections made in Union Depots Ii Is
known as the great THROUGH CAR LINE
Finest Equipped Railroad in ti1t
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25

1t is estimated that Georgia will ship
1000 car loads of melons north this year. and
that the figures will run up to l2,0O0 car
loads next year. As ii consequence Of the
railways having brought Che northern mar
kets to the doors If southern planters
land has Increased in value frniu s. to $50 All
urIa
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

The United States steam corvette Alert
arrived here last Thursday ~ days from san
Francisco, having experienced a windy, wet
and thoroughly disagrccabc passage. She
COMES with a crew n f4J men and the follow.
ing officers Charles J. Barclay, commander
W. H. Webb, lieutenant commandcri Willie
swim, T. W. Nichols, J. G. Irvine, X ".
Curtis, J. W. Gmydon, = a. Wilmer and
Henry Moucll, licu,enantsi S. H. Ross, !. !.
Barry and &. r. Howell, past assistant en-
gincors; Finest Norncei, past assistant sur.
Rcon; Livingstone Hunt, assistant paymaster.
George Grcndell, pay clerk; H. &. Waken.
shaw, Harry kimmel, J. D. Bcrndon, a. +.
Clements, Gilbert Wilkes, T.. y. Weeks and
w. w. Buchanan, cnaigns. The Alert is an
iron steamer, with engines Of $50 nominal
horse power She was built at the ship yards
u John Roach, in Chester, Pennsylvania, in
1886 and 4 q staunch and yea worthy ship.
but desperately slow She Is 50 poor sailor
that a wag once said she was constructed as =
ram on an entirely novel principle Of naval
architecture, being made 70 slow tina, pursuing
vessels would invariably injurc themselves by
running into her She IS 54I tons burden and
carries guns. In the early part u this ycar
the Alert was injured below her water line,
just outside the hafbor Of Kobe, Japan. She
was sent to the Mare Island Navy Yard, neat
San Francisco, and went into commission
again October Sih, on the 76th niimo she LEFT
San Francisco for this port. She steamed the
first two days, and since last Sunday, the resi-
Of the time being under sail-cseept when tn,
recent Kona compelled her to strip TO bar,
poles. She will remain here two weeks an,
will then sail for Nagasaki, Japan. She ha
on board complete Sc, Of survey instrument
and it is believed by her officers that sufvc,
Of part Of the Corean coast will be undertaken
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22
FafM f~~f,feUf on Kau0S,

Under date Of the 18th instant couespon.
dent at Kilauea, Kauai, writes 1--WE have
to report a very serious accident which hap.
pened to one Of our Portuguese laborers, by
the name OF Francisco Rapozo, yesterday, and
since then has proved fatal. We commenced
grinding yesterday morning, and this man was
placed at the cane carrier. Everything went
nicely until $500 o'clock, when, for the want
OF cane, the carrier was stopped for few
moments, and the man attempted to pass TO
the other side of the carrier, when his foot
slipped and passed into the mill, and his right
leg was crushed nearly to the knee. The mill
a, the time was empty and the engines were
promptly stopped and reversed, and the man
taken out and removed to his home. Doctor
Borland was Immediately sent for and arrived
in few moments, and on examination dis.
covered that Tie right leg was terribly
lacerated into shapeless mass, which neces.
STATED amputation about two inches above the
knee. The left foot was fearfully crushed.
The doctor amputated the little toe, sewed
up the foo, the best he could, but Rapozo,
being MAJ Of about sixty years and not very
strong, the physician did not have much hopes
of his recovery; he, however, fingered along
till O'Clock this morning, when death put an
end TO his sufferings. He leaves widow and
four children, all but one are at work for the
company. Already subscription list has
been started and, no doubt, there will be
nice sum raised for the family. We hear and
read so much about government physicians
that perhaps it will not be amiss to say that
Doctor Borland deserves great credit for the
careful attention given to this man. Mr..
Homer, the manager, had everything done
that was possible to relieve the sufferer and
assist the family, but Rapozo was too old
man to withstand the shock"