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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-22
A steamer Ashore.

Boston, Mass, May 21--The steamer
City Point, from Annapolis for Boseon. went
ashore on the bar off Ipswich, this morning,
and is now full of water and probably total
wreck She had forty-one passengers, who
together with the crew, were rescued
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-22
THE STAR ROUTE CASE.


north wind has been blowing since yesterday
with constant rain. The thormomeer has
fallen from sevcnty-fve on Saturday Ia forty
fhrae to-day. and wet aud cold threatens more
serions loss to farmers by injurlng the corn
already planted. There il no Indication of
clearing or warmer weather.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-22
ROCK ISLAND & MERCER co., R. X.
gOCK ISLAND & PRORIA
kAILW AY.
SHORTEST ROUTE To THE
EAST AND SOU III

Trains leave Rock Island
90 "a m. Way Freight.
s45 Fast Express
40 p IN. Mail and Express
$50 - Through Freight and Accommodation.
Trains arrive at Rock Island:
80 a. m. Through Freight and Accommodation.
- IS p. IN. Mail aud Express.
80 Fast Express.
Way Freight.
The FAST EXPRESS, leaving Rock Island at $40
Il H. arrives at Peoria 1920 p. M, ut Springfield
10 p. m, at DecatHr 400p. ~, Jacksonville ITO
p m. Alton 30 p. m, st Louis 8 IS p. m, and
Ierre Haute Il 80 p. m, THE SAME DAY. Making
this the BEST and QUICKEST route 10 all points
southeast.
The I.30 p. N train makes close connection at
tralya with e. B Il g for points west; arriving AT
tsalesbRr2 at f3 =. M at burlington $40 p. at
kcoAuk 1923 Z. M, and at Quincy 1905 p. III.
Arriving at Peoria at G.3J p. TO-, making close
connections with the |. b. 81 ". and r. +. i "
for In iIauapoiis, connecting there with all fast
trains for the and south.
FAST TINE SURE CONNECTIONS, and
rates as low IS by any other route
K. Il. CABLE, A. N MORTON,
t4enl Snpt. Gen'l 1kt. Agt.
The 80 p. 10. Accommodation leaves every day
except sunday.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-22
THE RAILWAY EXPOSITION.

About two hundred carloads of exhibits
have lately arrived for the Railway exposition
About one hundred and ffty carloads of ex-
hibits are now upon the ground, waiting to be
unloaded Among the arrivals were two of the
Oldest engines ever used, one being the
America, +" built in England in 1883, and sent
to Nova Scotia, where it has been used for
forty-four years. Among the engines received
are some from the Pennsylvania railroad, the
Philadelphia and Reading road, and others of
large size and great strength A large number
of invitations have been issuod for the opening
exercises to occur Thursday evening at
O'Clock
The Citizens Bureau of Information, organ
lied in connection with the exposition. has al
dressed a circular 10 business men. soliciting
subscriptions for the payment of incidental ex-
penses-
Among the visitors at the exposition Will be
all the noted railway engineers and patentees
the country.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-22
ROCK ISLAND & PEORIA RAILWAY.
(sHoKTEsT ROUTE TO THE EAST AND VEST

(sHOKFEsT ROUTE To THE EAST AND wEsT)
LEAVE. ARRIVE.
Fast Express ----a.-..,. 900 A ri. 500 p.
Mail and hX....-..-. ..-. / 20 p NJ. II :35 NJ
Accommodation. .........G;0 100 P. NJ. 200 a. NJ
Way Freight, 3 90 A. NJ. 4: 20 p. NJ
The AS p. IN. train makes close connection
at GaIva with the G. B. u O., points west; ar
irving at Galesburg at % p. M; Burlington $40
D. m; keokuk 1928 p. m; Quincy 1905 p. m
also making close connection at Peoria with l. b.
X W, and i. 2. Il W, roads for all points east
and south.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-22
CHICAGO. BURLINGTON & QUINCY.
MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL.

Trains No. :, S, and 10 are Maquoketa Branch
Trans and 4, Accommodation for oxford Juuc-
zion; 1 and :, Passenger, for Celmar
Il ID. w. HOLMES Agent
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-22
LATER.

Dover, N. IL, May 21-The exten.
sive fire in Hale's woods, Darlington, is now
under control The loss is so, 600 Several
woods in this vicinity near railroads. took fire
within the past few days. destroying much
timber
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-22
Rail. WAY NEWS.
A Talk Wits w K VANDERBILT.
Rate War Imminent New
Frs.2ht Tariff Notes.

cH.cAao, MAY 81 4 party Of rail.
war officials arrived in the city. composed Of
Wii.iaa: Vanderbilt, president, ant d W
Caldwell, vice president of The New York. CHI
cage st LcG4s railway and Oliver X King.
James Barkard, and H B HolIius They were
found a. the Grand Pacific hotal BY reporter,
aud az interview was accorded bg Messrs.
Vanderbilt and Caldwell, from which it was
learned that they were on brief tour of in
sFeetlou, having come west ever the Nickel
Plate. IL reference to the rum brad changes in
officers of the Nickel Plate, Mr. CalawsY said
lie was well satisfied with his position as vice
president, and did not know that he wonid ae
promoted 10 the presidency of the road
Ia speaking to the same subject Mr. Van
derhllt said that he did not kaow tia change
would occur as he had not yet retired, ana
probably should not. He was ont fog the pur-
pose OF looking over tie lines of the system.
and found them in excellent condition whar
ever he had been, the management being Ell
tlrely satisfied with the manner in which they
were being operated As to the question OF an
early placing of through passenger trains en-
the Nickel Plate, they said they would not be
IN haste, but would effect change as soon as
the additional passenger equipments were
ready. which would be within reasonable
Referring to the mortgage for $40 600, 00o,
recently recorded here, Mr, Caldwell said it
WAS the second mortgage of January last and
not new instrument as had been supposed by
some
Nh Vanderbilt is young man to occuny the
prominent position in the railroad world that
has recently been thrust upon him His
hearing Is very much like that of his father
lie IS about twenty seven years of age has a
good presence, and dresses in the conventional
business costume of the day
ANOTHER RATE WAR THREATENED.
Mr. A. E. Ford, general passenger agent of
the Pennsylvania company, and Mr.. G. "
Smith, occupying similar, position on the
Lake Erie K Western road, have been fighting
zach other, officially, for some time past.
Their warfare has assumed the shape Of an
actual war on passenger rates, the trouble
lrising at Lima, Ohio whore their lines cross |
Zach other. At that point they are selling |
o all connecting points at unusually low |
'ates, man has arrived here |
who has purchased a ticket from
he Pennsylvania company good from LAMA to /
Kansas City. for $B25, the actual rate from
lima to Chicago the rate from Chicago to |
Kansas City being Sill 10. The man did not |
Use the ticket, but sold it to a scalper for 50 p
Liits war places the Chicago 4 Atlantic road in |
delicate position, as it also runs to Lima. and |
J not inclined upon the opening OF its line to
mt rates Inauguration. Mr. Lund Of |
he Chicago \ Atlantic, has teleSraphed to Mr..
ord asking whether he intends to continne
utting. His course Will depend upon Nj.
'ord's answer.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-22
Washington Notes.

WASHINGTON, May 2l.-Ihe comp
troller Of the currency has authorized the
Cleveland National bank. of Cleveland, O., to
begin business; pital, $3.50, c0o.
CONTRACT DECISION.
In the case of one Reesi1e, an ex contractor
who disputes the right of the post3 flee de-
psrtmsnt to charge him in subsel eot con
tracts for a partial failnra in a preceding con
tract for which he has already been paid
Jpdge Lawrence has dcch:e1 that the depart
men, has no right to carry over fines or parts
of fines from Que contract u another.
THE STAR ROUTE CASE.
Before the resumption Of tho regular pro-
eeedings in the star route case Dir. Wilson said
he understood that the government had re-
quired his client. ex-senator Kellogg, TO ap-
pear in court tomorrow to answer 10 q charge
of mi-demeanor Mr.. Kellogg now in
New Orleans under bonds, and it was EiHat
to require hi- attendance under such notice.
The court said it would answer the purpose il
Kellogg appeared Monduv, june Is
Col. Ingersoll then resumed his address TO
the Jury, beginning with bitter Sasaut on
Moore's evidence, which, he said, had been
hareaina3 for in open shambe5. He asked
Mr. MerricS If Moore did not refuse to 81 on
the stand until an arrangement had been made
for Boone's Immunity.
Mr. Merrick replied by an emphatic denial of
any knowledge of such arrangement.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-22
oGntry.
NOTES.
arnings of the Hannibal & st JOSEPH
NOTES.

The earnings of the Hannibal & St Joseph
road during the second week in May were So
600, an increase of Sc 800
The following are the earnings of the Cana
dian Pacific railway for the four months end
ing April 80: 1857. 81. AS2, 90109; 1882, R45I
527. -; increase, S631, 37437.
The following are the earnings of the Chi
cago & East Illinois railway for the month Of
Arril 1882, 1923, ISL; 1855. s122, OF; decrease
ssh Jan. I to NAV :; 1888, S516.351; 1852,
S532 q1S; decrease. 316,G23.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-22
The Markets.

CHICAGO, May 21.-June wheat to-
DAY opened at sl.io and closed at sloo5sd
I.io: July wheat opened at I214 and closed
at sil2}s, tile highest point reached being
sI.l.l5. and the lowest 3i.il14; August opened
ut 81. f:s1s closing AZ sl.is; september opened
at fl.13L. closed al 5 l.l34: October closed q
at =,69Sc, and july opened at 5S9sc, fell to 1oc,
aad closed at 5s31soa3N'4e June pork sold t at
at Sla53iS; August opened at siA70, closed at
$40 gig July lard opened at sIi-9215, closed
at Sil 80; August sold at sll.eal
T'Oieao.
TOLEDO, O., May 21.-Wheat Dull.
declined l5c from opening prices; No red
white BILL No. > red cash 81 IL June 81. 1229ss
Jnly or August Si.Ii,: September 81 1854, De
tober 81. 1879; year 81 l23s. January sl.3l re-
iected, 94c. Corn-Steady; No :. cash or May
5Sc; June 5Jc, July 6l19c, rejected $50.
New York
New YORK. May --WlIeat-opened
110o9<c higher, afterwards ruled weaker and
lost most advance, trade moderate; No. white
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-22
PresbyteFianism.

LExTN afoN, Ky, May 21.-The gen
eral assembly met this morning at o'clock.
The committee on bills and -overtures re-
ported and the overtures were considered
The overture on fraternai relation was made
tbs order of the day Tuesday. The COM
mittee reported IN favor of tie overture that
all correspondence with religious bodies be car
ried on by letter, and made the second order OF
the day for Tuesday. The committee re-
ported on the overture To change the confes-
sion OF faith and catechism so that
no changes shall he made in confession
Of faith unless proposed by two,thirds
.hree-fourths of the presbyters, and
adopted again by two thirds of the assembly.
vas assigned for discussion as the order OF the
slav Wednesday. The committee reported
nnfavorably on the overture proposing a
change in the section touching the education
of ministers, the minority report advocating
change. Mr. Lane, of Georgia, onered SUP
stitute, referring the question back to the
presbyters The question was discussed.
A telegram was read from delegates to the
northern assembly, stated that they had been
enthusiastically received No thing was said
about union of the churches The Associated
Press report was Incorrect
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
SARATOGA, n. y, May 21-The Pres
bvterian general assembly reeonvened at9 a m
PRAYER was on cred E0NaTu 1EOSD}s vi NOW
York The following telegram was received:
MILWAUKEE, Wis. May 2I.-The in
tornatioaal convention os the Young Mems
Christian association of the United States of
America and British Provinces send greetings:
Hebrews, xii, 20-2l.
fSigne11 O. Ia COLBY, President
The following reply was sent:
SARAToGA SPRINGS, y. Y, May 21.-
The general assembly of the Presbyterian
church of the United States of America return
greetings: I'd 1hessaonians, l., IL.
l.. I. HATFIELD,
Moderator
A telegram was received, and read as fol-
lows:
LEXINGTON, XIV, Nav 21.-C. F. Hat
fell. Moderator Delegation received Satur-
day by the Soutbern general assembly. with
-lHanimity, cordiality and enthusiasm. Moth
Ing like it since our glorious reunion at Pitts
burg DR.. Rogers, Moderator
In esponso vera fun messages of peace and
love Praise the Lord. S. l. PRTBiE.
Great enthusiasm pGegailed-ihe Doxoiogy
was sung-all standing
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-22
New Advertisements

ADVERTISERS by addressing GEO. p. ROW
~ ELL & CO, 10 Spruce ST., New York, can learn
the exact cost of any proposed line of ADVER-
Using in American Newspapers. ~ 100
page Pamphlet Is cents. mh-20-dw4w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-22
MALARIA.
RHEUMATISM.

Stone in Bladder, Inflapation of Kidney
and Liver, Loss of Memory, Loss ofAppetite,
and all Kidney and Liver Complaints, is
cured by Stilwe1fs Specific. Price $1.Oo.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-22

! unfailing and infalII,
Die IN curing EpileptiC
fltS, SpaSmS, ConvuI
SiOns, st. Wins Dance
Alcoholism. Opium Eat
ing, SpermatorThoaa
Seminal Weakness, I'm
potency, Syphilis. Scrof-
uldand all Nervous and
Blood Diseases. To CIer'
gynlen, Lawyers. Liter
airy Men, NJ Fchauts.
Bankers, Ladies and All
whose sedentary en-
ploS Inent causes Merry
GUS Prostitution. Irregu
l.lI-iticS of the blood.
stomach, bowels or
ENi'iueyS, or who re
u0ire "a nerve tonic, an
p&tiZcr or stimIilant.
SAMARITAN NERNFSE
Is invaluable Thous.
Snds proclaim IL the
most wonderful inviy
GRANT that ever sustain
cd The sinking system
For sale by all Drug
gEN RsERU-" rn
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-22
STILWELL'S
SPECIFIC
CURES
KIDNEY AND LIVER
DISEASE.
BRIGHT's DISEASE.

This dreaded kidney complaint that has
been increasing at the rate of 800 per cent
year is cured by Stilwells Specific
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-17
Whiskey and Education.
london S eetator.l

Mr.. Childer's proof, in bis Budget, that
the people Of the United Kingdom have
diminished their consumption Of alcoholic
liquors by an amount, the duty on which
alone amounts to 25,000,000 year, is in
our opinion very remarkable evidence Of
the result Of compulsory education. 1t was
not till 1896 that the FIST fruits of the Ed
ucation bill were becoming visible, and the
seven years Of Mr.. Childer's comparison are
the first seven in which we could have ex-
pected that policy to have affected at all the
adult population. We only wish Mr.. Chill
ders had shown how far the change in the
later Of these years has or mas not been pro-
gressive, as compared with The change in
the earlier years. IL would have been very
encouraging thing 10 be told that IL Is pro-
gresslve, and that we may expect this pro-
Sress 10 continue. II is clear, at all events,
that tn change is not due to bad times, for
the progress Of The consumption OF tea
shows that Il Is not want Of means which
prevents the increased consumption OF splr-
It's and Leer Mr.. Childers showed how tru-
Nv he understood the meaning OF this change
when he devoted el35 900 of lis surplus 10
The abolition OF the railway paaeager duty
on third class fares. This is reduction oil
duty conceived with the view Of encouraging
al d promoting the very class OF social chan
ges which the rapid progress OF temperance
fayors. To make it easier Tor our poorer
class to travel, whether IN pursuit OF WORK
or ia pursuit of pleasure, IS 10 give them tne
means OF spending with The greatest profit
to themselves all that they save by Their
more temperate habits of life. And we be-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-17

AS we approach the season of midsummer
dulness, when nothing or next % nothing is
going on in the world of politics, when The
European governments maintain crafty
ing but unsuggestiye harmony, and the so-
cial forces are in allegiance preliminary to
the annual outing, the news from the far
west is apt to increase in interest, and the
columns of the da ly journals are redeemed
from barrenness, by thrilling accounts of adj
ventures in western wilds and Of wild en-
counters between the white men and the
red. This may be wise dispensaiion Of
Providence, or it may be the result of the
pressure of necessity on the journalistic i'm
agination, but it is the fact, and the sensa
tional stories about General Crook and the
Apaches are in strict accordance with the
precedent.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-17

WHATEVER claims to recognition as a le-
climate sport the ''manly art of pugilism
may have, sparring encounters appear to
have an unwholesome influence on many
minds The coaI regions of Pennsylvania
have been demoralized by it, and it is COM
mon thing there for old and young to settle
disagreements in the prize ring. Recently a
finely furnished drawing-room in Ohio was
the scene of cue of these brutal exhibitions,
which find favour among not only the ig 10
rant but also those who hold relatively
high position in social circles.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-17
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING. MAY IL.

We do no read anonymous letters and conmuni-
cations he name and address of the writer are IN
cases indispe sable not necessarily for puhlica-
ton but rs guaran ee # goo aith.
We cannot uIue take TO return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-17

In is fact of some Interest that Mr.. Glad
stones Affirmation Bill, recently defeated in
the House of Commons, was strongly sup
ported by the Guardian, an essentially
s.Chnrch" paper, and very popular one
The same paper publishes the following in
teresting expression of opinion on Paria
mentary oalhs, from the Rev. DIR. Bright,
RegiIs Professor of Ecclesiastical History in
the University of Oxford: What weighs
strongly with me is that although oaths may
be he p to many consciences, yet where
they can be dispensed with, the Sermon on
the Mount explicitly commands us to dis
pense with them. Aud they can, | consider,
be dispensed with in such an assembly as
that of the Legislature, even # they cannot
as yet in regard to the average witnezs in
criminal triaf. Moreover, | cannot think
that those Who call the present Parliamenta-
ry oath safeguard of national Christianity
have weighed the facts of its history as you
have stated them. If objection is made 10
your term auti-Christian," the oath is at
least non-Christian II cannot, conceive,
be claimed as having any relation to any
definite revealed religion-to Biblical Toe
ism in particular.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-17

AT the present rate eff immigration, useful
and otherwise, there are indications that
this country, vast as /. is, will rapidly fill
up. An accession of over seventy-eigbt
thousand human beings of markedly procre-
alive proclivities is pretty bold record for
the month last past, and the probabilities
are that the coming summer months will
show vastly increased score. America is
in fact very much like the man who married
a widow and became patriarch by the GER
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-17
I1'Y ADVERTISEMENTS
MEETINGS
ANNUAL MEETING

Fs1he Annual Meeting Of the "Bome for A ged Men,
viii be held at the Board Of Trade Rooms, Sat
urday afternoon, May 9Th at o'clock.
ii +. FURBISH.
my14d1w Cac-a,a.sv
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-17
W1ce1Ns thinks weather bureaux useless,

WIGGINs thinks weather bureaux useless,
and objects to the grants for their mainte-
nance. The only reason given by him is
that the barometer-the instrument chiefly
relied upon in making forecasts-fails to
measure planetary force.a A pound of
coffee, he says, weighs more at midnight
than at noon; but SO does the balancing
pound weight, hence the difference is not
noticed, Likeaise differences in the atirac-
tive force exerted on the atmos phere are not
indicated by the barometer, for The mercury
In the tube is subject to the same attraction
as the air. This may be true, but the direct
influence of planetary force" on terrestrial
weather is yet too obscure and too slight TO
be of much practical consequence. The APP
proach of all storms of importance are well
marked in the barometric waves, Of the APP
proach of which the local barometer even,
or the telegraph, gives notice. The fact that
neary 80 per cent. of the weather predie-
tions of the bureaux of Canada aud the
United States are fulfilled is complete an
swer to Mr.. Virgins. No doubt were the
area of land and water dotted with weather
stations considerably extended, all but abso-
Lutte accuracy would be attained. The ''plan-
etary force" theory is rightly discredited by
the bureaux, and certainly the total failure
of Mr.. Wiggins's March storm has not adj
vanced 1t in popular estimation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-17

lieve that this change will have great eff
feet on the policy of our great railway COM
panies, which must, from this time forth,
consider the convenience sof their poorest
passengers as the most important of all the
conditions of their own success.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-17

THERE is certainly nothing very unfair in
the pecuniary arrangement Of the Fair di
yorce. at least SO far as the lady is con-
cerned. Four and quarter millions of dol
lars in cash, he family residence, and the
custody of the younger children ought to
satisf, any reasonable woman, especially
when the incubus of rather wild young
man, probably chip of the old block, IS
shifted to the shoulders Of bis father as part
Of the bargain. The Senator certainly pays
heavily for his Irregularities.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-17
PROPOSALS.


COUNCIL CHAMBER,
Augusta, May 9TH. 1883.
SEALED proposals viii be received at the ONCE
- OF Supt. of Public Buildings, Augusta, until
Friday, June LIST, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ for furnish-
ing two new b Tiers for the State House. and neces-
sary repairs upon heating apparatus. The Com
nittee reserve the right to reject any aud all bids.
Information in regard TO the plans and specifea-
tons viii be given by the Surt of Public Buildings
AT. CROcKETT,l Committee on
&C copxrsu Pubic n, lands
maya dtjune1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-17
MISCELLANEOUS

the above Goods a.
GAY n co. Every GaEm.n Spring.
nlent and Lowest Prices ia PorIi nd.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-17

ACCORDING to report in a newspaper
interview, James r. Keene, one Of the most
daring OF all the millionaire spectators OF
the New York stock Exchange, has sold out
all his holdings, and is getting rid of his
property for cash preparatory to his depart
ure for Europe, under the belief that this
country will soon experience remarkable
business revulsions, accompanied by terrible
losses, financial wrecks and widespread ruin
and suffering.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-17

Tony Pastor has Just paid S68000 for o resi-
dence in New York. Very few pastors can
afford SO expensive luxury, but then few pas
tors have so large fl ck.Transcript. Some of
aud sheared the lambs Of the flock might per-
hays indulge in AL equally Tony residence
Boston Commercial Bulletin.