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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-21
SILK Culture.
EDITOR o, The Florida Aoricmltu-Gst:

Editor of The Florida AUTHORITARIAN
From the frequency of allusion to
the above subject in the public prints
of our time, and the efforts to organ
ize Silk Culture Associations through
out the land, it would almost seem
that we are on the eve of another
Morus Multicaulis fever, such as ragged
so iercely in the first half ofthe pres
ent century. Even the boys are fall
ing into line with an Association,
and forgetting marbles, shinny, ball
and the other delights of the average
boy of the past. Soon we may see
the girls dropping their dolls, patch
work, &C., and putting on the grav~
ity of business life. and taking to the
formation of Silk Culture Associa-
tions. Already one little Miss of
Philadelphia, Pa, has written a pam
phlet on the subject, after a two>
years. experience in the handling of
the worms. This is all very well for
those who wan, to amuse themselves,
but after all, the question will force
itself on us, will it pay? not will 1t
pay to raise eggs tor sale, or will it
pay to write pamphlets on the subs
iect, or will it pay to raise mulberry
trees for sale to those who can be in
duced to enter on silk culture, esps-
cially the raising of some special
scarce variety OF the mulberry which
people can be induced to believe is
very necessary to the production Of
the best quality of silk; but, rather,
can people realize the ordinary fair
wages Of the country while raising
silk and reeling the same, and selling
It fo the factories at wha4 Il costs
Sthef 10 9et their sapply ] hon tors
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-21

Jacksonville is to have a new and
handsome court house in the near
future,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-21

The Press Association OF Florida
met at Jacksonville on the lotU'
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-21

FThose marked with one star are
in course of construction, and those
with two stars in operation over part
of their projected line
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26
WANTS II sErrlED.-
Little Phfl Wants 90 Know Who
Commands the Army.


WASHINGTON CRY, Nov. 26.-Oficials In
the war department say that Gen. Phil
Sheridan proposes to have settled at
the outstart by the president and cab
net land, if they decline to do so, by con-
gress) the question as to whether he or
the secretary of war is in command of the
army. Gen. Sherman had an open quarrel
with Secretary BslLnap about it, but no CON
clusion was reached Sheridan thinks that as
the general of the army receives over double
the salary received by the secretary of war,
he should be more than chief clerk to him,
which is all that he is, if he recognizes the
secretary of war as in command.
CHJcAGo. Nov. pa With reference to the
above dispatch a reporter saw Cen Sheridan
while he was in this city, and asked him;
ais it fact, Cen Sheridan, that You are
going to have a fight with Secretary Lincoln3
| mean to say by that" was added IN elucida-
ton, as 'Iittle Philn looked up with con-
sternation in his eye, ''if you are going to try
for it whether YOU or the secretary of war has
the supreme command of the armyP
whats that l don't quite understand
you yet!n
"WeH, general, Wash 'ngton dispatch
has it that you propose to have it settled by
the president and his cabinet, or, that ex-
pedient failing, by congress, whether you or
the secretary is in command of the army.
is it sos7
'.Ahl Now fathom you. Well, my dear
boy, let me tell you these are official matters,
and you cannot reasonably expect me to give
my plans and intentions away to you for the
edifcation of your readers No, this won't
do. On any other subject I'd be pleased to
talk to you. hardly know myself what to
do yet. It's only lately that came into com
mand YOU know"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26
"Times Are Tight

New York, Nov. 26.-An ex-state senator
and man of large business connection, in
a conversation with press correspondent,
said: 1.-THE times are tight There has been
overproduction in almost everything i think
this last big scheme of the Northern Pacific
railroad is going to make another explosion
l consider this man Willard as haY-
ing come to the end of his rope. He has built
the railroad, but it is now seen that it cannot
earn for some time to come it's interest and
pay off its debts Probably the last big rail
road scheme is that one. The railroads must
now be managed with more. economy, and
the problems they have close upon them ara
not of popular nature, but affect their own
excessive competitions with each other. They
can not keep up rates Engagement That
is very evident They will lie to each Other
and cut the rates, and consequently it Is 60
ing to be next to impossible to preserve
sufficient rates to yield reliable profits al
least on thesold speellativs basis.of keeping
the stocks up liigll declaring dividends mors
OF less inexect.n
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26
MEDHFS CAUSE
Millions of Mussulmans Waiting fol
the Word from Mecca,
when They VIII Rush TO the Ranks
of the Prophet Fight Between
French and Chinese
Foreign Flashes.

LONDON, Nov 28 Late kilograms from
Egypt indicate that the news of .El Mahdi's
great victory has spread throughout the
whole of Asia with the astounding rapid.
ity which is characteristic in eastern coun-
tries. Preparations for an immediate
rising arc already completed on tha
part of the Moslem population in
Arabia A signal of assent from Mecca,
the sacred city, indicating its acceptance Of
the claims put forth by the False Prophet is
all that is now necessary to cause the in
auguration of holy war
At ConstantiHoole it has been known for
some time that the strength of the now
movement was greatly underestimate, and
well formulated rumors of disaster to Hicks
Pasha's army have been current there for
more than week.
Information from Ceylon, where Arab
Pasha is ilterned, indicates that the strength
and ambition Of FL Mahdi have been well I'M
derstood ny him for some time past. Arab
long ago predicted the success of his arms,
and even went SO far as to say that he would
not be surprised to see him knocking at the
gates of Cairo before his career can be
checked
The British troops have been ordered to
remain at Cairo pending a settlement of the
difficulties consequent apon the humiliation
of Hicks Pasha's army. Gladstone still in
ssts upon the ultimate withdraw of the
troops in Egypt,
ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 90 The Austrian con-
sui at khartoum gives it as his opinion that
Egypt will have to give up the Soudan.
News from North China is that a secret
tIa (ybinaSa arf
and the Black Flags
Chinese endorsements continue to arrive
at Canton. A WARMTH France is regarded
as inevitable.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26
"yyho -tlrowed nat Hr,c,, ~

FoRT VALLEY, Ga, Nov 26.-The mem
hers OF the Cool Spring colored church are il:
a state of great excitement over aschism in
their body. Certain ''watch-eare" members
coming in under the pastorate of Rev. Yves.
Dent attached themselves to Rev
Charles Benjamin, preacher living in Fort
Valley Charley's methods of Gospel dispen-
sation was distasteful to IVES, so he informed
him that he mus6 desist from further minis
tration at Cool Spring. Instigated by the
watch-care portion of the congregation, he
did not heed the admoTition, but appeared,
assembled the pulpit and commenced his dis
course Soon he was notified 10y a whizzing
brickbat that it wasitime TO stop, bue he con
tinued until'the third brick struck him in the
mouth, when the congregation broke up in
confusion Yves Dent has been bound ovel
TO the superior court, charged with the
offnnsa
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26

NEW YoRK, Nov. 26.--"Gathr says: | was
talking with former member of the state
senate in New York who has large business
interests in the interior of the state. Said /:
ado You think the tariff and banking aues-
tons are going to affect the Democratic
party"
YES. The highest tax our people ever
paid was To state banks If you got dollar
in one county, ana lost 20 cents on the note
by going over into the next county, and lost
half dollar by crossing into the next state,
what tax or shave did you ever pay like that,
Now, the tariff question does not exasporate
merely because the tariff is to be
revised. but because the men who
talk about revising it mean to injure
the manufacturing interests. That is
the long and short OF it, Who are these men
who are talking about correcting the abuses
Of the tariff They are some fellows raising
horses down in Kentucky, or lying off on old
gully-worn fields somewhere in the south and
making up their minds thai the prosperous
part of the country must he in some way
Inundated, That is the meaning of this
tariff agitation. You look at the men
who are driving it on, and ask what
stock they have got in employ
ing labor or in developing the material ener
gies of the country. Now our banks, par
ticularly in the country towns, afford wide
range of investment for thrifty men The
bank stocks pay reasonably well, and in the
present depression of bonds the men who were
wise enough to invest in the national banks
feelrewarded. The banks are not to be re-
modelled for any good purpose, but merely to
annoy men who had the forethought to go
into Them
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26
Are iowa state Banks LegaIq

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Nov. % AN import
ant question is now before the supreme court
tthe argument having been fled, in which is
involved the legality Of banks organized I'M
der the laws of this state. The attorney
general maintains that the statutes
under which corporations or associations
with banking powers, whether of
issue or deposit or savings banks are
null and void, and in contravention of
article z, section 5 of the constitution,
which requires that all acts of the legislature
authorizing such corporations be submitted
to the people, to be approved or rejected by
them He further maintains that the stock
holders of all such banks are subjected to the
same liabilities as members of an ordinary
partnership. There are eighty state banks i'll
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26
NEWS IN BRIEF.


The first session of the Forty-oighth
congress meets Monday, Dec. 5, at IL N,
President Arthur appointed Robert
Murray TO be surgeon general of the army.
st o New Jersey wedding the middle
aisle Of the church was covered with autumn
leaves.
Morning fogs compel the close of
navigation on the st. Lawrence, and boats
have gone into winter quarters.
Greenwood, the condemned muir
derer, J. PdippS, a wife-murderer, and an
other prisoner, escaped from Sandwich tOnt)
jail.
There are 1914 Democratic members
of the house of representatives, and it will
take ninety-seven votes in the caucus to nomi-
nate a speaker.
A dispatch from st. Thomas says the
Haytien steamer Dessalines formerly called
the Ethel has sunk La Patrie, the war ship
of the revolutionists.
A syndicate has been formed by the
heirs of WalGron Thomas DeIavall to prove
claim of loco acres in Morrisania fats, New
York, worth, it is estimated $500, 100000.
l. A boy CT IL years, from Indiana. was
| recently found sick aud nearly starving st
Houston, Texas He gave his name as Eddie
Albee, aAd said he was from Bloomington.
The Nihilist organ states political
| prisoners in the Peter and Paul fortress, both
men and women, are driven to insanity by
barbarous treatment, and often kill them
selves.
Carson Leak, correspondent of The
| Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, who sued
| The Beacon Publishing company, of Akron,
Ohio for $4,000 libel, has been awarded 5
cents damages. s-
A letter published in the Rochester,
N. Y, Post Express pIeteads to disclose that
| O'Donneil, the slayer of Carey, is the same
man who murdered Benjamin Nathan In
| New York on July %, 1870
! Mr.. Alfred Mace, son of the cele-
4 brated Jeln Mace, the champion pugilist of
the world, Is at present giving a series OF
evangelical lectures at Newcastleupon-Ty Tyne,
and draws crowded houses
Thomas Enos, q person of means, was
arrested in New York for connection with
the city coupon frauds. 1t is alleged that he
helped to dispose of the coupons which Car
roll purloined from the eomptroller's office.
/ District Attorney Finney secured the
discharge of tine New Orleans grand jury
Friday on the ground that the public had
lost faith in them, and that matters thai
should only be heard i'll their room had beer
revealed to outside parties.
Henry A. Slater, mate of the bari
Northern Light, was taken from the hold o
that craft at New York, Friday, and carrier
before commissioner, charged with mutiny
and attempted murder. Slater had beef
confined in a space which only admitted of
sitting posture for fifty three days, was fet
on maggoty biscuits, and was often left TO
days without water. After eating a hearty
meal the man becetEie delirious, and is in &
brecarious cnIId In
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26


wrote myself to girl on the 9TH Of septom
Der, which was, as near as can remember,
as follows.
DEAR FRIEND: hope to see you at the
show Tomorrow, and we will have a good
time would like to see you, as | have
something to tell you. No more, as ! am IN
a hurry.
did not sign any name, as was in a hurry
and did not finish it. 1t was to Mary
Macomb. Matzke found the note and
abused me- and accused August Hart
bank of throwing it in at the window.
I Concluded that if he thought no
more than that of me l would
think even less of him, and determined to
leave him as soon as l was able. l asked
August Hartbank TO Petroleum. He refused
at first, but afbarward consented, and went
from there to Nation alone, and of my own
will. l found employment at the Ducker
house, and was there week before any
one identified me. Mr.. Richards, who
boarded at my fathers, was the first
to make the discovery of my where
'bouts, though | knew him from the first
At the time l was at the hotel George Biggs,
an Indianapolis & St Louis brakeman, was
boarding there. | have known him for a
long time, and asked him as a friend to get
me place in a private family, which he did
also asked him to say nothing to any one as
TO my Whereabouts as / did not desire any Of
my folks to know where | was. | have no
desire TO return to Tolono, and would not
live with Mr.. Matzke under any circum-
stances whatever. If be wants a divorce,
will not appear against him. He abused
mo and thraufanad to shoot me Sevaral times
having bought revolver of L. C. Garwood,
of Champaign. l hid it, and he then Dor
rowed one of Tad Uhler, of The Toledo Her
aid, | think too much of myself to live with
man and know that no : liable to come
home drunk any night and kill me, He said
that he got the revolver on purpose to shoot
me, and bslieve be intended to do So
ANGES RICHARDS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26
FACTS IN THE CASE.
A statement From a Lady Who Has
Some Recent NOtOriety.

ToLoNo, H., Nov. 26.-Mrs. Agnes Matzke,
nee Richards, who left her husband here a
short while ago, furnishes the following
statement as the true facts of her case:
I, Mrs. A. Matzl1e, take this opportunity to
let the public know that several statements
sent from Tolono concerning me are not true
was married to Louis Matzke July B. As
TO having two other suitors at the time, it is
a lie. Mr.. Matzlne began paying me atten-
ton in November of last year. gave him
TO understand that / did not want
him several times, but he would not
take mo- for an answer, so at last
consented and we were married When he
tries to make out that married him to
cover my shame he lies. 1t is true, l was
very sick, but when he says it was anybody's
fault but his own he liss. As for the note
that is said to have been thrown in at his
window, the statements heretofore published
are not true The note he refers to is one l
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26
A policeu,an's Duty.

Policeman Ed. x. Heath, % North ST., Portland,
Me-, May II, 1888, writes:-
Il have been troubled for good many years
with inflammation of the bladder dating as far back
as during the time was in the army 1 suffered
with dull heavy pains in the back and kidneys too
intense for to describe, and tried several remedies
that were recommended, and was examined by
one Of our best physicians, who pronounced it in
flamation Of the bladder; and went TO the hospi-
tai for treatment, but all medicine and treatment
had seemed TO fail. l was recommended to try
Hunts Remedy. as it had been ssed in several Of
such cases here in Portland and Vicinity l pur-
chased h bottle at Smiths drug store here, and l
found after using the first bottle that it relieved
greatly and after using several bottles found that
it did me more good than all other medicines and
treatment have received combined. And to add
to my good opinion of Hunts remedy. beg to say
ia closing that my wife has been for long time
troubled with weakness and inflammation of the
bladder, with a complication of other diseases pc
culiar to women After using only two bottles she
has been completely cured; and can say that my
wife is loud in praise of this wonderful medicine
and would highly recommend it to all who are
suffering from kidney diseasesor diseases Of the
bladder"
PORTLAND, Me-, May II, 1889
hereby certify that know the facts Of the
sickness Of Mrs E. K Heath, and that they are
correctly stated in the foregoing certificate, and
her cnre was accomplished by the use of Hunts
Remedy. AW. Smith, Druggist
Corner Portland md Green Streets
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26
"SIR F. w. DAWSON"
Knight of 1T. George by the POpe's
Grace

CHARLESTON, S. c., Nov. 26.-Capt F. ".
Dawson, editor of The News and Courier,
who has been created by the pope knight of
the Order OF st. George is by birth an Eng
lishman, served in the Confederate army
with distinction, and has since been engaged
in newspaper work He has de,
clined more than one challenge, giving
as reason that as a Roman Catholic
he would Hot fight, He took
a prominent part in procuring passage OF the
law making death by duel murder This
was passed soon after the notorious Cash
Shannon duel, the last in this state. His
action in this matter subjected him to much
abuse and personal danger The distinction
now conferred is due to efforts of the bishop
of Southwark, England, who heard of Daw-
sons course and requested the pope to confer
upon him some Distinguishing mark of ap-
DroYal
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26
VIII Have the Renort.

CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 2G.-The Evening
Post exposes an arrangement by which the
bucket-shops in this city are alleged to have
been getting the market reports in spite OF
the action of the Chicago board of trade.
The charge is that there are speaking tubes
run from the bucket-shops in ques-
tion to a concealed telegraph instru-
ment which is connected by eloopn
with the Baltimore d Ohio tele-
graph lines. The bucket-shops in this city
have been doing iourishing business for
some time, and there has been mucn curiosity
as to how they get their reports. Manager
Paige, of the Western Union office, has made
an investigation of the matter, and states he
is satisfied the method here described is the
one in use. He stands ready to make
affidavit that such is. the case.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26
LOVE OR BLOOD
was What Tie Wanted. and Got the
latter.

SHELBYvILLE, Ky, Nov. Ga recent
fatal case Of gunshot practice is the cause OF
a good deal of excitement here. The parties
to the tragedy live near Peytona, in this
county Mr. Walker, who did the shooting,
is the widow of Joseph Walker, who was killed
by John W. Hancock, some three years
ago. Rev John Ford. Methodist preacher,
had been paying Mrs. Walker devoted atten
ton for some time past, AMI was anxious to
marry her but to this she persistentIy re-
fused to give her consent. The reverend
gentleman declined to take no for an
answer, and threatened to shoot her unless
she married him. He went to her
house Just what occurred between the par.
ties has not been made known, but Mrs
Walker ordered her reverend lover out of the
house, and on his refusing to go she seized a
shotgun, loaded with No. l shot and fired
point blank at his face and breast, tearing
the eyes ont and making a horrible wound,
death resulting in short time. Mrs Walker
gave herself up to the authorities.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26
Attorney McKeon,s Fnnernl.

New YORK, Nov. 22-The largest funeral
that ever took place from the Roman Cath
olic cathedral with the exception of Arch
bishop Hughes retirement was that of the
late District Attorney McKeon. A constant
stream of distinguished people kept pouring
into the cathedral from lG o'clock and at the
beginning of the requiem III a. m )there was
scarcely standing room, The floral offerings
were numerous and handsome Eight pews
in the church wcrs reserved for the ar asso
citation and two for the Manhattan club At
the conclusion II the impressive services, the
body was borne to the old cathedral on Mott
street, whers it vas inferred in the family
vault.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26
WELL REWARDED,

A liberal reward will be paid to any
party who will produce case of Liver.
Kidney or Stomach complaint that Elect
trio Bitters will not speedily cure. Bring
them along, it viii cost you nothing for
the medicine if it fails to cure, and you
will be well rewarded for your trouble
besides. All Blood disease, Biliousness,
Jaundice, Constipation, and general de
bility arc quickly cured. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded Price
only fifty cents per bottle. For sale by
HartZ e Rahnsen
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26
A Critical Situation.

FLORENCE, Mich, Nov 2G-The situation
at the Iron Mountain mines remains p1acti.
cally unchanged Two hundred and fifty of
the strikers in Chaplin & Ludington's
mines armed themselves with Winches-
ter rifles and practiced at target
shooting in the woods The Menominee
Mining company officials have determined
TO reopen their mines and give work to such
married men as were not ringleaders. They
intend to work with a diminished force, and
will not employ single men at all. Another
squad of Pinkerton's men heavily armed ar.
rived, bnt the company is waiting for the
militia The excitement is still high, and
there are fears that the miners will do somt
violent act when the main body is paid off
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26
7yirbt uove E;ccu n Eorror-

New York, Nov 26.-The ferry boats
Peconic and Garden City collided at Pier 40
East river. The Peeopic had just left the
slip and the Garden City vas making for it.
The boats came together with loud crash
and for a moment most intense anxiety pre-
vailed among the passengers However, no
serious damage was done and quiet was soon
restored. The damage to the Garden City is
trilling while that sustained by this Peconic
will not amount to over 5000 The blame of
the collision is laid to Pilot harrington, OF
the Garden City, who it is claimed, failed to
reverse his engine.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26
Trag;c EleatI, of n poIitician

New YoRK, Nov 26.-Leonard RoeSsner,
for twenty-five years a weH-knQwn Brooklyn
politician, proposed to his wife that they
should drink together glass of wine in fare
well, as they were TO die together.
Mrs Rosssner laughingly said she
would drink the wine, but did not want
to die. Both drank and became sick
with symptoms of laudanum poisoning, but
recovered. During the night Roessner went
into an adjoining room, where his favorite
child, Julia, was sleeping, and kissed her
again and again, saying "Good night; am
going to die lie then seized table-knife
and plunged it in his heart, cutting the organ
IN two, and fell dead.