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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17

The Barnard left New Orleans on
Wednesday on her return trip up the
river. She viii go into winter quarters
at Keokuk.
Senator Logan left the Barnard at New
Orleans, and took train for Chicago.
He returns thoroughly convinced of the
Importance of the river improvement pro-
ject, and praises highly the work that has
already been done. The works along
the river were carefully inspected
by the committee, who took plenty
of time, and their report will be
almost unanimous in favor of the ap-
preparation and rapid continuance of the
work as mapped out by the commission.
Gen. Logan, while strongly favoring the
movement when he passed south on the
Barnard, is enthusiastic in its favor since
he has made critical examination of it.
and the people of the Mississippi valley
may rely upon his more than cordial
support of movement which so clearly
interests every man along the line Of the
great river.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
The Balm Tea and Coffee Co.

For pure and wholesome article in
teas or coffees, buy them where they
make a specially of those goods. There
is no firm in the United States that does
a larger business in that line than the
Balm Tea and Coffee Co. They operate
over fifty stores in different parts of the
country. Their goods are purchased at
their headquarters in New York in very
large quantities at the lowest possible
figures, and you can always depend on
getting fresh goods as low as they an.be
sold. Besides their store in Rock Island,
they have branch in Moline, and will in
a few days open store in Davenport.
The branches in this locality, as well as
the store in Clinton, Iowa, are under tn
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
For Young Men to Remember.
That clothes don't make The man.

That clothes don't make the man.
That if they once get in debt they may
never get out Of it.
That parting the hair in the middle
brings on softening of the brain.
That to deal honorably with all men,
they must begin with their washer wo
man.
That they need something more sub
stantial than cigars, kid gloves and cane
to start housekeeping with.
That they can't reckon on their father,
fortune to bring them through life. For
tunes are slippery things-better have
something besides to fall back on.
That girl who decks herself in the
latest things Out and parades the streets
while her mother does the washing. isn't
worth wasting much love on.
That fellow who deliberately proposes
matrimony to girl when he can't sup
port himself, is either first class fraud
or fool-unless he marries for money
and becomes her hired man.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
Market Report.

The quotations in Chicago today were
as follows: December wheat 95ss; Janu-
airy, 96s; May, $1o4B. November corn,
4Sl; December, 47BB; year, 4755; May, 500.
November oats, 2S4; December, 2S5 year,
82s, January pork, S11.57; February.
$11 .z24. December lard, $7.422; Janu-
airy, $7.55; February, $765. December
ribs, SIS .S23; January, $3.50: February,
$50 Hogs, 10000; 5 cents higher.
Quotations in Chicago yesterday were
as follows; December wheat, 97I; Jan
uary, 9Ss; May, 1865. De amber corn,
49, May, 51s. Oats, 29s. January pork,
$11.673; February. $11. 973. December
lard, $7.75; January S765; February
S7.774. December ribs, SIS. s73; January
s5.999. Hog receipts, $4,000; light $4.2C
to 4.70; mixed, 81 25 to $3.50; heavy
81. 65 to sos.
The ruling prices on market square to.
day were.as follows: Potatoes, Csc; coats
81 and Doc; wild hay, Sc and IS; timothy
So and SO; old corn, 60 cents; new corn
80 and 35c; soft coal, 12c; onions, 34c
cord wood, 81 and $4.25; straw, Sc.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
Don't Like the Business Mon.

The great moral editor of the Rock
Islander, who, according TO his own state.
ment, never publishes anything but
moral reading matter, makes bitter and
unjust attack upon the Business Mems
association this week. The organization
is composed of the salt and substance OF
the business men of Rock Island, aud
anything Danforth may say against them,
will only tend to make good people think
well of them.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
Filling the Golfers.

City Clerk Koehler was busy today,
making out receipts, and taking in cash
from water renters. At noon about $4O0
had been paid into the city treasury, and
the rush" continued this afternoon. The
whole amount of water rent due for the
six months is between six and seven thou
sand dollars
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
/ O. O. z.

The grand encampment of the I. o. O.
F., of Illinois, will meet in Springfield
next Tuesday at 9 a. M, and the grand
lodge will meet on the same day. The
railroads leading to the capital will carry
delegates at one and one third fare for the
round tip. There will be about 1900
delegates ia attendance, and the exercises
viii continue until Friday afternoon.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
Law Office.

NJ NJ. Sturgeon, ESQ, has rented a
room over the Bain's teasand coffee store
on Second avenue, which he will use as a
law Office The carpenters are now at
work putting up partition and making
other improvements. Mr.. Sturgeon will
have nice Office, and will soon be ready
to see his friends in his new apartments.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
Dismissed.

Capt. T. J. Robinson returned from
Chicago this morning. He says the case
against Mr.. J. H. Wilson in the United
States court yesterday, was dismissed
after brief trial. 1t was clearly shown
that the defendant had not violated the
Internal Revenue laws in the least.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17

management Of that enterprising gentle
man, Mr.. Aft Hicks, Balm & Co.'S right
hand man. The store IN this city is in
charge of Mr.. E. E. Lloyd, a polite and
attentive young man who thoroughly
understands the business.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
HARD COAL HARKET,

Pea coal $500; CRATE and egg $500
range, nut and No. 4, $3.50 per ton,
screened and delivered. Brookield Qoi
grates) 5000. Blacksmiths' coal. Con
nellsviIle coke and charcoal at 1903 Sec
ond avenue, 3. g. FRAZER.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
HARD COAL MARKET,

The best is the cheapest have large
stock, best quality of all grades and sizes
Of all rail coal. Also blacksmith coal,
coke and charcoal Office at E. D. Fol-
SONS -four and feed store No. l, 706 Third
avenue. Telephone No. 1876.
Aug 23-tf VIM NEvIN.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
OFFICIAL NOTICE.

The water rents are now due and must
be paid at the collectors Office by Nov 81.
RoBT. KoRHLRR,
Collector of Water Rent.
Office Of the city clerk, Nov. 16, 1888.
r ock Island. I'll. 1910
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
THE DAILY ARGUS.
SatdrdaY NOtembef Il, lsss.
In the Pound.

Marshal Miller spied stray COW about
noon today in front of Judge Lynde's
residence on Sixteenth street, and placed
the animal in the pound. He proposes
that the boyines observe the law.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
HARn COAL.

Call on E. B. Sargent at the office of
Port Byron Lime association. 2017 Sec
ond avenue, for prices on the best hard
coal in the city. Nut and No. $3.50
per ton.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
t,EHIsH HARn coal,

j. s. Wylie can furnish it, and the
Scranton white ash at prices satisfactory,
considering the superior quality. Office
at Coal Valley Mining Co. .
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
The County Building.

TRANSFERS.
16-Melvin Mckay, by Master to David
Cramer, part WI swl section IL, town
II, range 2w: $t20.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-28

The Gar was duly crowned yester-
day, and is doing, as the old ladit s
used 10 say on certain occasions, IS
well as could be expected under Il Q
circumstances, The programme was
carried out in all its medieval and
semi barbariC splendor. Nihilists
failed to put in an appearar co.
In this their promises we're
more honored in the breach than
in the observance, so to speak. The
gospel OF dynamite will never Olsen.
thrall or elevate any nation. Those
who resort to it, whatever their griev-
ances and wrongs, will always he
throttled by the organized forces q
the world. The Russian people will
no doubt some day have constitution
and voice in the government, but il
will not come about through the logic
Of assassination. What they want more
than a present change of government
is the spelling book and sehoolhouse,
A nation Of 8O,0OO,0O0 Of people, oply
100000 Of whom can read or write
can hardly be said, according to oul
enlightened ideas, to be fit for self
government. In
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-28
GenpFa! Crook Gone the Way Of
q \ CgSfsr or worse.

TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA, May ga
citizen from Sonora says that the scene
of General Crooks defeat in the Sierra
Madre mountains is about 100 miles
from the seape Of the Garcian battle
On April rs. The date of Crooks.
fipht is about May 8. Fhe advance
gSard was smbuscaded and defeated,
Most of the main force then followed
the Apaches, who had Withdrawn. aud
overlook them. A desperate engage
ment followed, which lasted several
hours. They fought iu . wild aud
exceedingly difficult piece Of country.
The enemy kept the advantage posi-
tion throughout The statepaents re,
garding the loss on both sides are
vague and meagre. Thirty renegade
Apaches are reported killed, but as to
the loss to the American and Mexican
troops the only information obtained
is that II is very heavy. | &
News has just been received that q
possible disaster has happened 10 Gen
oral Crook aud bis party The iptor-
nation comes from good sources IL
is said his scouts mutinied when in
the heart Of the Sierra Madre and
massacred nearly the ebtire command,
General Crook himself was one Of the
] victims. The officers on this side oi
The line disCredit the report,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-28
Fagiu Execn.;.,i

DUBLIN, May 2S.-Michsel FaOin.
convicted OF the murder OF Burke. was
hanged il the Kilmainham iail this
morning. Hagin since receiving SEN.
tence has been very attentive to the
instructions Of tho priests who visited
him. IN an interview recently with
relatives he declared be had not hurt
hair OF Burke's head. His mother
confident Of the innocence Of her son,
wrote to the Queen, repeating this
declaration, but her letter was not
answered. Canon Kennedy attended
the condemned man this morning.
IAe black flag, ANNOUNCING
that the execution had taken
place, was hOlsted over the iail
at8 o'clock. A strong force OF police
and military was present. Everything
passed off quietly. A small crowd Of
persons collected outside Of the prison,
a few Of whom knelt in prayer for the
repose Of tho soul Of Fagin The cons
deMned was pale but appeared ro
signed to his fate, Death was instan
taneous,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-28

THE thousands Of people who
weuded their way to old Winchester
Cemetery yesterday afternoon to
attend the memorial services, held
under the auspices Of tho Old Folks
at Home Society, we're surprised at
the great change wrought in a few
months. The historic old field Of the
dead, where rests the dust Of SO many
Of the early settlers Of Memphis, has
been quite restored. From mere
COW pasture and blot on the face Of
the fair landscape it has
been renovated, swept neatly, fenced
in and so touched up that if the dead
themselves could rise, they might feel
that pOstsrity is not always ungratefpl
or forgetiul. A count was kept
at the gate yesterday for
a time, aud up to one O'Clock five
thousand people had passed into the
cemetery. Many went for the first
time, their attention having only re,
Gently been called to the fact that
such place was in existence. Some
old citizens who have near relatives
buried there, went out for the first
time since the beginning Ol the war.
This sounds strange, but it is a fact.
Thanks TO the efforts of the "0ld
Folks and the cooperation Of the
press, there seems to be an awakening
sense Of the FespeOta civilized peap'e
should pay the dead. The gr yes
were generally streWn with flow rs
and thousands Of people fled quietly
aleng through the many neat and well
kept walks reading epitaphs on
gray spa faded tombstoncs, call
ing up memories aud thoughts Of
the long, long ago. The ceremonies
were quite simple aud appropriate,
beginning and dclosipg with singing and
prayer. pr. Samuel Watson deliyered
a long address, referring to facts and
people Of carly times in the history
H.. ..f I#
ofMOmphis, and coming doYn almost
to the present, Itwas. altogether, az
interesting and IMPRESSIVE occasion
Much remains to be done yet to max,
this old land mark what it should be
and now that public interest has beer
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-28
Railway Accident.

The train over the Louisville and
Nashville railroad due at 4;4O
was ditched near Stanton this
morning. Some of the passeu0 gers
are reported hurt, and DR.. HenninR
went out during the forenoon to atS
tend the injured No details ceuld be
obtained up to noon to-day. Alex.
Smith, the engineer, is reported with
his arm broken In two PLACES. None
OF the passenges were hurt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-28
ADDITIONAL COTTON.

LIyERPooL, May %, 1916 p. m,-Cot-
ton IN moderate inquiry freely supplied.
Uplands,b l3-l6d; Orleans, s l6-l6d. Sales
to-day, 5000 bales. Receipts, $3.50 bales;
American, 1850 Futures dull.
NEW YORK, May %, 1912 D. m =
Cotton quiet and l-l6c lower. Ordinary.
7Ac; good ordinary, CSC; low middline
10 5-l6c; middling sll l3-16c; good mid
ding, II 3-l6c; mlddling iair, u l5-l6c;
fair, IL ll-l6c, Futures steady at 2 to 10
points below Saturday evenings closing
figures. }1f H - ff7 Q
New 0RIEANs, May 2S, 1880 am
Cotton quiet. Middling, l0ic. R,ctipts
to lay, 1872 at Galveston, 984; Charles
ton l4f Mobile, IS; Savannah, 200; Nor
folk, 9S3 bales. NJ,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-28

Mss Jennie Jencs returned Satur.
day afternoon from New York after
an absence Of over two years. She has
been studying very hard under the
best teachers. She is in fue health,
yet was quite iatigued from the long
journey home. She comes to see her
family and particular friends and TO
take short vacation. She will not
sing in public this week, possibly not
during her stay. For few days at
least she will enjoy much needed
rest. Those who have heard her in
New York are enthusiastic over the
development Of her splendid voice aud
predict for her a great future if she
should go on the operaiic stage.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-28

The following papers we're recorded
to.day by the County Register:
Mary l.. Brysou to John Q. Bryson,
warrantee deed, 63 acres land; j. W.
Vance to Mary Murphy, part Of LOT
No. 6, corner of Vance and QeSotO
streets, $1,000; Thomas 3. Weaver and
A, w. Harris, trustees and executors
Of D. Weaver, to VIM. A. Hume, lot
II, block "a, corner Seventh and
Walker streets.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-28

In the Criminal Court to day ]. O..
st. Clair, young white man, was
given year in the penitentiary for
stealing dry goods Il brunswick, ~
miles up the L. and N railroad. The
case OF Ambrose Seait for shooting
gate keeper Anderson at the L. and
N. railroad depot some time ago was
next on the docket after St. Clair, but
the non. arrival Of the L and N. rail-
way train to day prevented leading
witnesses from being present, there
fore the case of Scott was delayed, Il
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-28
Died. /.

" = -----VIII UHEWs
DWYEH--0n the 27th'rof May, MARTIN
DwYgR, In tho elghteenth,year of his age.
Funeral will take place this evening at 8
o'clock from tue residence Of his sister, Mrs.
Z. Frank, No. lO7 Poplar street. illslJ Y !
FR0ST-At 10 o'clock this morning at his
residence, 43l Vance street, Mrs. H0SARE
Frost, mother Of James and J. 7. Fiest
Duepotice offaueral IN morning papers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-28

The utter absence Of any reliable
news from General Crook is creating a
feeling Of real anxiety and uneasiness.
The reports that have come from the
frontier Of his engagement with the
Indians begin to be discredited, On
the other hand the later rumor that be
and the American troopers with the
expedition have been masSacred by the
Apache scouts with him are discredited
One thing is certain, he has utterly
disappeared from the confines of civ
ilization, and is as completely lost to
the world as was Stanley, when he
was searching for Livingston in the
heart of equatorial Africa. The Mex
loan command is lost also. Major A.
Warren, wis reached this city Satur-
day night, directly from tha silver
mines in the extreme south-
western part Of the State of
Ohihuahua, reports a feeling of great
gneasiness and apprehension on both
sides of the lIne. gOHe people fear that
Crook has been led into . trap aud met
the same fate as Custer. The Apaches
are the Gereest and keenest Indian
fighters on the continent. 4'hey
are on their own ground aud
may have a much larger force than
generally supposed. The whole
country would like to hear of the
safety Of the intrepid Crook, but no
body is likely to volunteer 10 go after
him to.got the news.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-28
ADJUSTMENTS.
Y. II. MA.

The Young Mems Hebrew Associa-
ton Festival, Tuesday night, May
18th, at Estival Park, will doubtless
be a grand success. A double treat is
in store for all who attend. Arnold's
full string band will discourse grand
music for the dancers, while those who
do not participate in the terpsichorean
art can enjoy the beautiful comedy
entitled The Last Loaf" which
will be presented by the following
cast:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-28
A NEsn hnuI.

A colored man was shot by another
person, said to be contractor, named
DOnnelly, on yesterday, at a railway
camp down the new southern road
some three miles below the city. The
wound is reported very slight, aud all
is quiet at the camp to-day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-28
A boost for the RoardI.

WASHINGTON, May26- The National
Board Of Health has been Informed
Of twenty-five deaths from yellow fever
at Havana, for the week ending MAY
l8, and the disease has made its ap.
pearance among the shipping at that
port.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-28
MAS INC NOTICE.

-->~>>~-~->-~-->~ -NnE NJ Oaa n ara A
I ELLA SCOTT LOLU..~t No. sos E.Hnd ~
IL A. NJ. will meet Il special CO. tu' NAN
nIcation this lM0NDAY) evening.
Masters Degree. All NJ Ms are ffatelnally
invited. BY order
A. S, MYERS, W. N.
Attest-TAs. S. MAHAFYY, Sec'y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-28

awakened, as well as local pride, there
is no doubt but that by a systematic
effort the necessary means can easily
be raised.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-28

Tickets to this select affair are only
ttty cents, and 1t should draw an iml
mense crowd.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-06-26

OF Columbia, and paper was prepared
for the occasion. Armed with this
written legal information, Bloomy was
ready for business; business man of
Seventh street became the bird of
passage between Bloomy and Ordway.
Bloomy understands the art of enter.
taining, and captured the contractors
and secured their bonds under special
conditions. N. G. Ordway was then
sergeaDt-of-arms of the house of repre.
sentatives and furnished the green.
backs new and crisp from the treasury
to secure the bonds; when the syndicate
had "raked" in all they could secure
through Bloomy and his co-operators,
they were promptly delivered
to the ring, and Bloomy
departed for Europe; he next turns up
in California, and was brought to WASH
ington on criminal procedure-which
was finally disposed OF by nolk proseQui,
and the civil procedure, which is ex.
pected to come of in our Washington
courts, is the outcrop Of this sharp prac-
tice. Whatever rascality there is in this
Transaction of the district bonds Blumep.
burg is only small 'pop," while Ord.
way is the big gun of the swindle; for il
was through his abilities as lobbyist,
and with the trickery of republican
congress that these district bonds
in the hands of speculative rascals
became by act of congress. the equva.
lent or better securities than the bonds
of the general government. 1t was un-
der the same influence that the valuable
public ground in the heart of Washing.
ton was dedicated to the market compa.
ny, of which Ordway subsequently fig
ured as superintendent. This fellow was
New Hampshire. .Washinetonian, that
is resident in Washington and a voter
in New Hampshire. He is "big injun"
now, and as governor of Dakota, if he
don't own half of the territory his Yam.
kee cunning is much below the standard
he practiced and was credited with in
Washington; and like others of his ilk
who tolerate such frauds he can safely
exclaim show we apples SWIM"
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-06-26
OUR COVE
One OF his Alleged Transactions Before Be.
ing Banished to Dakota.
Washiputnp Eo,o J,,o ,-.I

One OF his Alleged Transactions Before BE-
ing Banished to Dakota.
Washington Gazette. June 18th.
There is trial now pending before
our district courts, it may be up for trial
during the coming week; the suit is
brought by certain district contractors
against one of the chosen people of Is
real, who has many fine business quail.
ties. and makes combinations worthy of
the house and religion of the Rothchilds.
His name is J. r. Biumenberg (which
being interpreted means tiower-moun-
tain), and he is business daisy of the
first water-his most determined oppo.
nents and prosecutor is crafty, cunning
Irish-American citizen, who is very sore
at the result OF Blamey's sharp practice
and expresses himself in about this style
at is a terrible disgrace for al Irishman
to be beaten by jew" This trouble
between Pat and Bloomey is OF long
standing and arose out of the issue OF
district bonds, which were paid to con
tractors for their services general
" poorly pertormed). The
bonds at the time they were received by
the contractors were worth little more
than fifty cents on the dollar. and q syn
dicate was formed with N. G. Ordway
as the boss to rake" in these bonds
Bloomy was the operator, aud with al
eye to his future safety secured the ser
vices Of ex.Judge Fisher, then Unitei
States district attorney for the distrlc
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-06-26

Correspondents: Chemical National Bank.
New York. Commercial National Bank, Chi.
oAy0, Illinois.
OF Europe. EvCOlleetions receive prompt
attention.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-06-26

It has fallen to the share of the st
Paul Pioneer-Press to inform the public
that the Huron convention was diff
cult body to manage-that 1t required
the utmost tact and shrewdness to pre-.
vent the various elements within it from
getting each other by the ears and in.
dulging in general contest among
themselves. The lack of management
in the Huron convention was its notable
feature. 1t simply drifted along to O
conclusion, without jar Or friction. be.
cause its members were all of one mind.
The Pioneer-Press is rejecting Ordway's
vagaries.