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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
Hrnhricks, Exnectations.

New YORK, Dec. 15.-Hon. Thomas A.
Hendricks, on the eve of starting to Europe,
where he goes with his wife and some friends
to travel for two or three months, was asked
his opinion as to the coming presidential cleo
ton. He said: 81 certainly expect the Demo-
cratic party to succeed The election last
year was strongly in their favor, and that of
this year not discouraging. You ask
me what questions are likely to
influence the result think q de
sire for change will have a great influence
on the result. The question of tariff reform
viii also be prominent The proposition to
distribute the surplus revenue among the
states will meet with very general opposition.
1t will be the judgement of the people that
such surplus should remain in their pockets
and the channels of commerce, and not be
collected into the treasury" The party
sailed on the steamer Vera.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
DEATH OF MRS. cHRlsTIANcY.
An EventfuI and SOrrOwful Life's
Sad Ending.

NEW YORK, Dec 15.-Surrounded by half
a dozen doctors, male and female, Mrs.
Christiancy, the divorced wife of Senator
Christiancy, died at No 81 Schemerhorn
street, Brooklyn The unfortunate young
woman was a victim of the choral
habit and suffered dreadfully from insomnia.
Recently she began to show marked symp-
toms of insanity but it was only within
a day or two that she became violent. About
three weeks ago she suffered greatly with her
eyes and was obliged to remain in a dark
ened room. Mrs. ChristianCy left her room
last Monday morning, clad only in her night
dress, and knocked at Mrs Dupre's (the mis-
tress of the house, door. She said
she was being hunted, and wanted
protection On Tuesday Mrs. DR..
Dupre was summoned by her servants to see
the unfortunate woman, who had suddenly
become very violent. When DR.. Dupre
reached Mrs Christiancy's room the latter had
left the house. She was not again seen until
wednesday night, when she came from New
York in a carriage. She was in n terrible
condition and c0qlda h9rsy s os ee2eegnTtIy
and then left the room to summon other
medical aid When he returned Mrs. Chris
| tiaHcy was unconscious A bottle contain
ing choral was on the mantel uncorked, and
at first it was supposed she had swallowed its
entire contents with suicidal intent Every
thing that medical skill could suggest to re-
store the patient was done, but she expired in
great agony at an early hour The remains
were embalmed, and will be sent to Wash
ingtOn.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
Probably GONE Blown.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15-Four vessels
which departed from or were bound to this
port at various periods since the 9th of last
July have never been heard from and are
supposed to have been lost at sea. One is the
schooner Joseph Hilton, which sailed from
Darien, Ga, on Sept. 4, under the command of
Capt. Rogers, with 4b00 feet of lumber.
She had crew of seven men. The vessel
and cargo were valued at $4,000. The
Norwegian bark Protector sailed from Ham
burg ON July "a for Philadelphia, with a
general cargo, and was last seen on Aug. 81,
when she passed Ediystone lighthouse.
The bark Fannie II. Loring, with a
cargo of coal, the whole valued at
S25, 600, left this port Nov. Z, bound
for Portland, Me. The crew consisted OF
Capt Soule and ten men. The schooner Ear
II. Potter sailed from this port on June 90
for York via Pensacola where she arrived in
August, and cleared on the 22d of that month
for New York, with $4,000 feet of lumber
She carried crew of ten men, and her cargo
was valued at $50, 900.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
oUTIN THE WILD WEST.
The Vigilnntes Give the Eastern
Lynchers Some Points.

YANKToN, d. T, dec. 15-POsitive informa-
ton received from Niobrara valley is that the
vigilante committee made away with five
horse and cattle thieves within the
past ten days. Wade, Murphy and
Weatherwax were hung, and Hoyt
and old man Weatherwax were shot. Gull
bertson, Stewart, Morris and Cline are in
custody, and under indictment. If the court
fails to punish them,. the vigilantes will
Mcfarland, captured and indicted, has es-
capped The cause of this summary work is
| tho long-continued depredations of a
Niobrara band of cattle and horse thieves.
For years past they operated with the boldest
IMMUNITY among the herds on the rich
pasture lands of the Niobrara and its tribu-
tnres The nucleus of the gang was
| formerly the famous highwayman, doc"
Middleton, and when he was killed it
was supposed the organization would
break up and scatter, but instead it gained in
strength and became more formidable than
| in the DAYS of its chief. The
party finally reached such formidable
| proportions that the law was abso-
lutely set at defiance, and they ruled
the valley last winter. A meeting of stock
men and farmers who had property to pro
| tect was held for the purpose of organizing a
vigilance committee to clear the valley of its
| thieving pests. 1t was however, decided not
| to take the last resort without giving the
| desperadoes another chance. After this they
| became holder than ever, and hence the above
/ ras,1t
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
BETRAYED AND FORSAKEN.
Sensational Suicide in a New York
Hotel.

NEW YORK, Dec l5-Miss r. z. KeiSer,
30 years old, of Utica, N Y, committed sts
eide at the Windsor hotel. Previous to the
discovery of the suicide at G p. M, the hotel
detective heard loud voices of persons
quarreling in the room OF George W. Dunn,
broker, u Broadway, staying at the Windsor
hotel with his wife. A few minutes after the
report of pistol rang through the corridor
The detective attempted to open the
door but found it INSTRUCTED by the
body of a young woman, while Mr.
and Mrs. Dunn were too much over
whelmed to make any statement except to
say that Miss Keiser shot herself. They re-
fused afterward to say anything about the
affair The motive of the suicide is said to be
disappointment in love- In the possession of
the woman was found letter addressed to
her mother, in which she curses tho
love she could not quench, and adds she has
been more wronged than she could acknowl-
edge, and God only knows how she was de-
ceived. 1t is said Mis-; Keiser, who was a
handsome and well dressed woman, belongs
to one of the best families in Utica Dunn is
president of the Old Dominion Mining COM
pany and a prominent member of the
Mining exchange. According to his
story to the coroner, Dunn has been lately
married, and had just returned to the city
from his wedding trip. Miss Keiser shot her
self in the right temple. Death was in
Simultaneous A man who was in the
hall near the room at the time of
the shooting said he heard Miss
Keiser say: you have wronged me, and
will yet be sorry for it," with all the lung
power she possessed. To some remark made
by Mrs. Dunn Miss Keiser replied, "You are
liar" and repeated the expression four
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
We are All Readiusters No1x,

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 15-In both houses
of the legislature joint resolution was intro
duced by the Democratic members declaring
that the people of Virginia accept the act of
February, 1882, known as the Riddleberger
bill, as the ultimate settlement of
the debt of this state; that it was their un-
alterable purpose that this settlement should
be final, and that expectation that settle
ment of the debt upon any other basis would
ever be made or tolerated by the people of
Virginia was absolutely illusory and hope
less; that the interest of the public creditors,
as well as the safety and welfare of the state,
require that this settlement be accepted by the
creditors as well as by the state, and there
fore the general assembly, on behalf of ian
the people of the state, advise and call upon
the holders of all bonds and claims against
the commonwealth to come forward with
promptness and fund the same under the
provisions,,of the said actn
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
CHOKED OUT OF TIME.
Four Victims of the Laws stern
Vengeance Shuffled OF. II

HALIFAX, N. c., Dec. 15.-Enoch Brown
Ccolored was hanged here az 1880 a. M, in a
heavy rainstorm. He died of ttrangulation,
and previously made confession of murder
ing his wife. A large crowd of negroes
gathered outside the jail-yard. The execution
was private.
Tine murder for which Enoch Brown suf-
fered death was particularly brutal malicious
and cold blooded. 1t was committed August
II, near Tillery Station, on the line OF
branch railroad. Brown, who had been liv'
ing in that neighborhood only about month,
had quarrel that day with his wife.
This began early in the morning, and became
intensified, until finally ali the brute in the
negro developed itself. At noon Brown
went home from his work in the field to
dinner. His wife was standing at table
making bread He stepped in the door,
picked up an ak, and as she turned, halr
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
The TrIhmne Cnmnnsitnrs

New YORK, Dec. 15.-There is at present
no sign of an approaching reconciliation be-
tween the union compositors and the Trib-
une office, from which they were SO suddenly
locked out. MI. Thompson, foreman OF The
Tribune composing room, said that he had
simply discharged the men because they were
not working in the interest of the paper.
He ran his department he added on q
commercial basis, and had the right to en-
ploy or discharge any one he chose. Police
men remained on guard about the building
throughout the day and night, but although
there were number of compositors clustered
about the neishborhood, there YVES no dis
turbance of any kind Mr.. Thompson said
everything was going along smoothly, and
that he had sufficient force to do the neces
sary work.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
r,nnhneiny the E.raofs.

SIS. Lou1L. Dec 1.-THE Post Dispatch
special from Hllsboro says. The first wit
ness in the Bond case was Lawrence Heiu-
stein, uncle of John c. Montgomery, he testi-
fed that as Mrs. Pettis, her son, Lee Pet
tbs, and Clements returned from the
house of Col. Bond, after they took Emma
Bond home on the morning after the outrage,
they stopped at his house, and Mrs. Pettis
told him about the affair He wished Lee
Pettis to answer some QUESTIONS, but he re-
fused to do SO; he then wanted Pettis and
Clements to alarm the neighbors but they
wouldn't. Witness went to the school house
at daylight and examined the loft where he
found a hat, parasol, piece of newspaper
and a scarf pin The latter was identified as
belonging to Miss Bond. A hole ten inches
long and two inches wide was found freshly
cut in the weather boarding just above the
small platform on the west-end loft.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
Base Ball News.

CINCINNATI, Dec. i5.-H. V. Lucas, of the
Lucas Wainwright club, the prime mover of
the new union association, now creating a
stir in base bail circles, has arrived here and
held conference with Justus Thornen,
ex-president of the Cincinnati club
and a leading spirit in the new union
team to be organized here The gentlemen
were closeted a long time at the Gibson
house perfecing arrangements for securing
team of good players to represent Cincin-
matt. Lucas says he has not the slightest
doubt that Cincinnati will be admitted, and
that with the clubs al st Louis Chicago,
Philadelphia. Baltimore and Washington, it
viii be good enough to open up with. Lucas
goes to Philadelphia to attend the association
meeting
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
THE CROUCH BUTCHERY.
Great Excitement Over the Arrest of
Julia Reese ana. George ROIIes.


Julia Reese and. George BOlIes.
JACKSON, Mich, Dec. 15.-All is a whirl-
pool of excitement over the arrest of the
domestic, Julia Reese, and the colored
boy, George Bolles, for the murder of
Jacob Crouch, Henry White and wife,
and Moses Policy. Dan Holcomb is their
accuser, and the couple were arraigned be-
fore Justice Hunt, and, as neither has coun-
sci, the plea of not guilty was entered for
them, and their examination SIT for JAN s..
The father of Bolles tried to get him ad-
mitted to bail, but that was out of the
courts jurisdiction. He offered security
to the amount of $1,000, but the bail, if
any, will be not less than 5000. The pros
ecuting attorney expressed willingness to
apply to the circuit judge to fix the ball. but
has not done so yet. The girl broke completely
down when informed of her arrest She
wept bitterly and gave vent to heart-rending
cries. She has braved the assaults of
the curious questioners who have torn her
character to pieces, and exposed in all their
hideousness the unpleasant "reminiscences of
her past life without any emotion, but when
the charge of the inhuman butchery was
preferred against her it was one straw too
much. All are in doubt as to Holcomb's
purpose in causing the arrest of this pair.
1t has been stated that an interesting revela-
ton was made at recent examination of
Mrs. Reese, and clew struck which led to
the arrest. The story is not generally be-
lieved No one is inclined to believe the I'M
fortunate couple guilty
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
The Fire Record.

CINCINNATI, Dec. IA fire in the three
story brick at No leo West Court, owned by
H. j. Kreis, caused total loss of $4,000;
insurance, 5000.
PADUCAH, KY, Dec. 15-Firo destroyed
the Touring mill of Mr. Livingston with 500
barrels of -four 12U03 bushels of wheat and
other grain. Loss, $4,000, insured in eastern
and foreign companies.
ST. JOSEPH, Mich, Dec l5.-The Bentoa
Harbor Plow company's works, in Benton
Harbor, were partly destroyed by fire, 1t is
supposed that the fire caught from spark
from Wabash road locomotive. Aninvoice
taken abeut two weeks ago showed some
SIS 600 worth of stock on hand. The loss on
the building and stock is about 81. 900; partly
insured.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15

The Madison county CWyominr ter
ritory) treasurer heads his notices with a
skull and cross-hones, signifying that death
and taxes are equally certain.
The crown prince of Portugal is
able to converse in fourteen languages and
already has a private library ofs 40, 900
volumes. He is a youth of 20 years
The Mayor of New Laredo, Mexico,
has been ordered arrested for participation
III the recent train robbery on the Mexican
National line, and other prominent officials
are said to be involved.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
An UnfaithfuI Hercules.

ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 15.-Stella Blazer is
the handsome brunette daughter of George
Blazer, drayman. Albert Hercules run
the eating at the Union depot They
loved. They were engaged to be married.
The day was SET ana invitations were is
sued Hercules wrote to Blazer to Pc
pare for the banquet and he would
settle the bill. Blazer did it. When the day
was come, and the guests were met, and Stella
blushed in her bridal robes, Hercules came
not. Then the bride wept and said it wa.
necessary that she should become wife, a;
she was soon to become a mother. A war
rant was taken out for Hercules, but he had
slipDed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
NOTHING LIKE IT.

No medicine has been known so effect
ual in the cure of all those diseases arising
from an impure condition of the blood
as Scovill's Sarsaparilla, or Blood and
Liver Syrup, for the cure of Scrofula,
White Swellings, Rheumatism, Pimples,
Blotches, Eruptions, Venereal Sores and
Diseases, Consumption. Groitre. Boils,
Cancers, and all kinds of disease No
better means of securing beautiful com
plexion can be obtained than by using
Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup. which
cleanses the blood and gives beauty to the
skin.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
TWO ROMANCES.
One at Chicago and the Other in a
Hoosier Town.
How n BAD Husband Wronsed His
sSife---The Adventures of an In
diana Couple and Their
Happy End.

CHICAGO, Dec. l5.-The marriage between
John II. Sampson and Maria Sampson was
annulle by Judge Gardner The defendant
in the case married Charles n. Store in 1878,
and the bridal couple made Kansas City,
Mo, their home. The husband, although
holding good position in society, proved
wild, worthless fellow, and, after four
years of married life one day he showed his
wife what purported to be degree OF di-
vorce between them, and told her she was
free woman He soon after left Kansas City
in company with a dissolute woman, and
went to Baltimore, Md, where he now lives
Mrs. Store accepted his statement as true
and came to Chicago, where she supported
herself by the numerous accomplishments
of which she is the poSseSSor. Here
she met Sampson, who is Chicago cor
respondent for a New York wholesale book
and publishing house. and last March
they were married Intelligence of the mar
riage was sent by the bride to her Kansas
City friends They had all along doubted
whether Store had in reality obtained a di-
vorce from his wife, not knowing any
grounds on which a decree could have been
based. and communicated their doubts to
>.
City, had the records there examined, and
founti out that her first husband had deceived
her, that no divorce had been procured
and that she was still bound tC
Store Her second marriage was Of
course, bigamous and void, and she al
once told Sampson of the true condition Of
things. Accordingly, late last evening q
petition to annul the marriage was filed be
fore Judge Gardner, the wife entered hel
| appearance and consented to immediate
trial and hearing was at once held. Mrs
| Store herself was the only witness, and she
told her story in a trembling and faint voice
| She is a handsome woman of perhaps 8
years, delicate in face and figure, well bred
and refined in appearance. Sampson sal
near her, and after the story had been told
and the decree of annullment ordered they
| went out together.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
And They Lived Happy Ever After

And They Lived HAPPY Ever after"
SEYMOUR, Ind, Dec. 15.-Thirty five years
ago Miss Sarah A. Weatners was regarded as
the prettiest young lady of 16 in Jackson
county, and still can justly be called beau
tiful lady, looking almost as young as her
oldest son. At the same time Mr.. Frank
Branneu, now Of California, was
a youth but 20 years of age, who
lived neighbor to Miss Wealth
ers won her affections and became her ac-
ceptei lover But when he thought his hap
piness in claiming her as his wife was about
to be completed obstacles arose that it is not
necessary to repeat, and the engagement
was broken off. Mr. Brannen, with dis
appointment weighing him down, went
to the wilds of California, where
he became very wealthy, married, be
came a widower by the death of his
first wife, married second time and again
became widower. Dr. Samuel Wort, of
Brownstown, a noted physician, the survivor
of six wives whose gravestones, with his
own, perpetuate their memory in the town
cemetery made Miss WeatheTs his wife in a
few years after Mr.. Brannen went to Cali
fornia Two children blessed this marriage
both Of wuom are now of age, and good citi-
XeilS Oh lhlS Guy. INeiNS OI lLbtSl years
ago Dr. Wort died and left his widow with
considerable Brownstone property, including
the Wort hotel
During the summon of the present year
Mr.. Branuen wandered back to his old home
at Brownstown, all the way from California,
and, naturally enough, made the Wort
house his home, becoming a regular boarder.
The balance Of the story need not be pro
onged. Brownstown society has been all
| agog recently over a rumor that Mrs. Wort
was to be married to Mr.. Brannen. Sure
enough, on Monday evening they were united
in the holy bonds of matrimony at the NJ. E.
church at Brownstown.
Mr. and Mrs Brannen will soon depart
g.. +ho; f-t~''e homo in the Golden sEatA.
where, it is said, he has large interests and q
| palatial home for the sweetheart of 1S4S-the
| wife of 1888.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
THESE ARE SOLID FACTS.

The best blood purifier and system re-
ulator ever placed within the reach of
suffering humanity, truly is Electric Bit
ters. Inactivity of the Liver, Biliousness
Jaundice, Constipation, Weak Kidneys,
or any disease of the urinary organs, or
who ever requires an appetizer, tonic or
mild stimulant, will always find Electric
Bitters the best and only certain cure
known. They act surely and quickly,
every bottle guaranteed to give entire
satisfaction or money refunded. Sold at
fifty cents bottle by Hartz & Bahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
Riot at PhT!aCeIphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Pc. Dec. Is. A desperate
battle took place between about 800 roughs
of Kensington and the Salvation army, at
the Barracks, on Fifth and Berks street.
ond attack resulted in the partial demoish-
ment of the barracks of the army, and the
complete route of the religious enthusiasts
with injuries and the wounding
Police Officer Fields. 1t was now matter
of life and death, and the police fired upon
the mob The greatest confusion followed.
The roughs were undaunted, however, and
the attack was renewed, when the police for
the second time opened fire. The second vol
ley had the desired effect A few arrests
were made Quite Number were injured.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
Slight Odds.
A Little Story with a Large Moral,-One
Man who Knew his own Business.

mo, my dear said the venerable keeper of a
country store to a timid little girl whose head
scarcely came up to the counter, mo, my dear,
haven't any red flannel. but we have some first
rate New Orleans molasses - Softly limiting that
she didn't think that would answer the purpose
quite as we'll the child went away in search of the
article she wanted.
"IIave You BEFSON, S CAPCINE PLASTERS, -
asked a gentleman of a certain drcggist whose
name could be given were it desired. Il am trou-
bled just now with touch of my old friend, the
lumbago, and the Benson's Plaster seems to 60
the gpot almost as soon as it touches the skin"
Not at present, replied the druggist genially,
''but we have lots of pasters just as good, There
is Allcoeks. the Capsicum and others-won't one
of them do just as welY"
my dear sir" retorted the gentleman, with a
slight show of temper. Il say nothing against
those articles, but l am business man, and al
ways ask for precisely what want and for moth
ing else may enlighten you, however, when
| say that sometime ago, for another disease,
which the Capcine has since cured me, tried al
| those you mention, with no appreciable benefit
They are inefficient, every one of them, the mean
est act of the proprietors of some of them being
this that they make plasters with similar sound
| ing names to deceive the unwary into believing
| they are the same thing. Experience taught me
the difference. I'll go to the next in your line
Good day"
| Be your guard against limitations. The gen
une has the word CAPCINE cut cleanly in tn,
middle of the plaster. All others are impOsitiOns
Seabury & johnson, Chemists, New York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15
a Difficult RnInf-

ROME, Dec. 15.--The German minister to
the vatican and Cardinal Jacobini have had
a conference upon the question of the car
dinals visit, on behalf of the pope, to the
crown prince of Germany, i'll return for the
princes visit to the pope. The question is
difficult one, as the prince will stop at the
Palace Quirinal, the residence of the king
The pope is consulting with the cardinals
concerning the visit
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-15

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 15.-The second day
closed the Irish convention. Aplan of organ
ization for this state was agreed upon and
officers elected. The platform adopted ar
raigns the British government for usurpation,
confscation and general misrule in Ire
land, and strongly endorses Parnell.
The right of revolution is affirmed, but not
advocated, peaceful policy being counseled.
At night reception was given the delegates
at the Academy of Music, at which poem
was read from Father Ryan, the "poet
priest" The reception ended with ''God
Save Ireland