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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02
A nakaEROUs Toy.
Ths latest Invsation to Kill OF Young
- Am3Ficas

The inventive genius of a young law
student of st. Louis is apparently of
sa,eh n dangerous character that meas
ures ought to be taken, in behalf OF the
nuhlic veal, to confine his energies to
b kstone, Gritty and kindred writer's,
or at least to divert them into the harm
less channel of legal pugilism- This
embryo barrister, says the Boston her
aid. fell victim to the toy pistol mama
some time 400, and for the past half
dozen wears he has been racking his
brains and wearing out his chest OF
tools in the effort to produce pistol
superior-that is, more destructive-than
ANYTHING at present known. Several
patents on different forms of. his toy
pistol have been taken out at diiferen:
times, but it has only been within day
or two that he has invented the ne plus
ultra in this weapon of carnage. and
filed papers in the United States Patent
Oflice protecting him in the invention,
from which many citizens will doubtless
soon be praying to be protected. A
reporter called upon the inventor, who
proudly exhibited his latest pet inven-
ton. The toy resembles an ordinary
pistol in general size, but is somewhat
smaller and lighter. A peculiarly adj
iusted spring furnishes the propelllng
power and explodes the paper caps
used, the spring being released by the
pulling of an ordinary trigger. Mar
bles are the miniature cannon balls used
for ammunition, and they are held in
place by a second spring. The distance
to whieht the marbles can be shot is reg
ulated solely by the strength of the
spring. but the inventor at present will
L;,,,1nlf NTH IiSnharOrp of fiji
teen feet in straight. line. Broken
glass in mirrors and over pictures in
the inventors room attest the merits OF
. his invention. The safety of the weapon,
however is insisted upon by its origin
ator. Its death on. caps, and it's a
rood shooter, too, but no one can be
harmed by it. Ladies using it will get
accustomed to the explosion and be
better able TO defend themselves with
genuine pistols. 1t will make marks
men of the youngsters. The pistol can
harm any one. Why, it hasn't got
power enough to break homeopathic
medicine bottle at four yards. The boys
are CRYING for it already. Half dozen
to whom | have shown this model have
been around to find out when l am going
to begin manufacturing them. They all
want to set up shooters galleries IN
their coal sheds. There are three East
ern manufacturing companies figuring
upon the purchase of the patent and
beginning them at once. l don't be-
lieve / will sell. though. They can be
made to sell for rs cents and have a
big margin for profit, and am thinking
of beginning to put them upon the
market; Safe or not, they will take
with The boys, and that is all that is
necessary -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02

1t is eight wears snce Rock Island has
had democratic mayor and council, and
we trust it will never again have either
Union.
F.. Here is something for democrats to
ponder on, if there should be any who
intend to vote for repub licans at the com
ing election. The sentence quoted ex-
presses a spirit of eternal hate sufficient
to condemn the writer as wanting the
common courtesies of civilized life. There
is bitterness IN it that portrays the
blackness of the writer's heart. and the
expression should be stored up in the
mind Of every democrat on Tuesday next.
The uncharitable editor Of the Union
would, had he the power, dislranchise
every democrat in the land. He would
rob them of every right belonging to
American citizenship, and would proba-
bly, like to hang them like dogs, particu-
larry if they happened to be of Irish de
scent Englishmen OF the radical type,
whether in Ireland or America, have no
use for democrats. The vindictiveness of
the Union will cost, as it should, its party
a large number of votes to morrow. Lib
eral republicans do not approve of such
extreme views, and will show their dis
sent by voting for many of the democratic
candidates, who are the superiors of the
Union editor.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02


A New York letter to the Philadelphia
Record says that exSecretary WINDOW
has gone into the new Broadway under
ground railroad scheme. The PROJECT is
al immense one, Involving an outlay OF
about S.. 900, 900 a mile. The company
will create a new Broadway below the
present thoroughfare This will be all
arched over and be perfectly safe IheIe
will be foot walks and four tracks or
railway, Local trains and expresses VIII
both be run. The hollow iron columns
that will help support The roof will carry
off the surface water from the street
above, where they carry it TO Is not ex-
planned The work of construction will
be done one block at a time, and an artl :
fetal road bed will be laid down so that
travel will not be interrupted at all. The
tunnel will run from Harlem river TO the
battery. According to the present story
Gen. Mcclellan, Gen. -Viele and others
call the plan feasible one, and it is
Endorsed by Peter Cooper, Mr.. Astor and
other large property owners.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02

Ex-senator Kellogg and his friends are
attempting to break the force of James B.
Prices testimony before the grand jury.
They aIe making the absurd assertion
that Merrick and Ker of the government
counsel, who are democrats, are persecut
ing Kellogg for political reasons, and they
charge that Price, who is also democrat,
has become a mere tool of Merriclz and
Ker. Kellogg thinks that by the tactics
adopted he can stir up republican
sympathy in his favor. The fact is that
John A. Walsh, who is a straightout re-
publican, is the man who brought KEEL
logg into trouble. Nearly year ago
Walsh charged Kellogg with completely
with the star route conspirators. and last
year he laid before two grand juries
nearly all the evidence which was put be-
fore the existing jury last week, but for
some remarkable and still unexplained
reason those two grand juries, while max
ing presentments against Brady and
Price, permitted kellogg to escape. 1t is
said that some of the grand Jurors were
reluctant to believe Walsh, and that they
were encouraged by George Bliss to dis
credit Walsh's testimony. But every i'm
portant statement made by Walsh having
been confirmed under oath by Price, the
grand jury could not possibly do other
wise than to bring in a presentment
against Kellogg. The case against KEEL
logg is regarded by government counsel
as exceedingly strong. He asks the pub
lie to suspend judgment until after he has
made statement wherein, he saws. he
proposes to set forth the motives of
the persecution to which he has been sub
jected
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02
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 will cost you nothing for
the medicine if it fails to cure. and you
will be4weH rewarded for your trouble
besides. All Blood disease, Biliousness,
Jaundice Constipation, and general de
bility are quickly cured. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded Price
only fifty cents per bottle For sale by
Hartz 81 Bahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02
CHICAGO =. M. c. A. MEETING.

CHICAGO. April The Chicago Young
Mems Christian Association to night eele.
DRAFTED its 25th anniversary All who
have filled the position of President oil
that body since its organization, except
d. L. Moody, were present aud delivered
addresses. The organization now has three
thousand members. The pastors of the
city very generally spoke ON the coming
election to-day. The tendency was 10
opposition to Mayor Harrison, who is a
candidate for re election.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02
Natural.

"Your circulation is increasing all
the time l understand, said a gentle
man TO an Arkansas editor.
''Oh, yes; beats anything you ever
saw Why, sir. when L started the
Bloom the people said that it couldn't
live o.yo months, but | whooped the
thing up. Never saw circulation in
crease so fast.
IL am glad to hear it. You borrowed
ten dollars from me some time ago,
YOU remember, and | haven't asked you
for it. because | wanted to let You get q
start
Yes. rs was saying, the circulation
increased with rush, but now it's gone
down to almost nothing. "-ArkdasGn
Traveller
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02
THE CHICAGO q ALTOp TROUBLE

ST.. LOUIS. No, April The railroad
officials here attribute the withdrawal OF
the Chicago s. Alton road from the poo
between Chicago, st. Louis and Kansas
City to desire to influence the meeting
which convenes at Chicago Tuesday, and
to force concession firm other lines
which will give it larger per centage of
the business than it now gets.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02

There is man in the Georgia noun
tains who says that once upon a time he
was chasing deer, and, falling over a
precipice, his head stuck in a sharp
rock so that he could not extricate it
He at once took out his hunting-knife.
cut off his head, picked up his body and
fastened home for his wife, who return
ed with him, secured the head. put It
back to its right place, and the two
went on their way rejoicing The deer
escaped
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02

The unprecedented cold weather in
Northern Dakota this winter, where the
thermometer has gone as low as 40 de-
grees below zero and has remained at 90
below for several days in succession, has
demonstrated that cattle that have once
become acclimated are not inj ured by the
cold.-Ihte7' Ocean.
While that may be true of the cattle, il
is equally true that tn, extreme cold
weather had the effect Of almost exter-
minating their owners.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02
some way

Democrats, beware! fraudulent ticket
is being peddled headed school Demo
cratic Town Ticket" All the names on
it are the democratic nominees, with the
exception of that for collector, John r.
McKibben is the democratic nominee Tor
that oifice-not Qlincy Mcneil:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02
THE FLOODS.

WEST MELVILLE, La. April 1.-The
Atchafalaya is rising. Eighteen inches
more of water is expected here and prob
ably more in the swamps along the line
of the Texas Pacific railroad. Fordoche
Bayou is rising an inch daily. The water
half above the railroad crossing, submerg-
ing many small plantations. The levees
on the lower Fordoche.are all good with
eighteen inches above the water. The
water in Crosse Tete is rising but the
leyees arc secure.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02

A Sunday school teacher in Wash
ington pays the members of his class as
follows: For learning the Apostles
Creed. 80 cents; the Ten Command
ments. 80 cents; the names of Old
Testament books, so cents; New Tesla
ment books. SO cents; one psalm, 90
GENTS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02
Chancery Notice.
STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Rock ISLAND COUNTY IS


In the Circuit Court, to the May Term, 1888.
Sarah L. Crosby VS.. Wm ". Crosby. in Chan
Gerry. - OA"i
Affidavit of the non-residence of VIM " croshv
tne above named defendant having been filed in me
clerk Office of the Crcnit Court OF said county no
nee y therefore hereby given TO the said
aent that the complainant ed her bill of
complaint In said Court, the Chancerv sid there
o., on the 2lst day of March 1888, and that
tnefeupon summons issued out OF said Court
wherein SAID suit IL now pending retufnable on the
hrst Monday In the month of May next as is by
law required Now unless you, the said nou-resi-
uent defendant above named, shall personally be
ana appear before said Circuit Court, on the first
DAY of the next term thereof to be holden Mt the
Court Honse in Rock Island in and for the said
county, on the first Monday in MAY next and
plead answer or demur to the said complainant
phi OF complaint, the same and the matters and
things therein charged and stated will he tairan
as confessed; and decree entered against you
according to the prayer of said BILL
Rock Island, Illinois, March 21st 1893
LEVI +. HARRISON. Clerk.
d. ID. coRHETT, compt's Sol. mch-22-G4w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02

Already the TELEGRAPH is at work, in the
interest Of spectators, preaching non
SaaSa aba,, The swheat crop. The tele-
,,ra,,, asooc;at,on is making a nuisance of
itself, and should be sat down on IN
some way
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02
FIRES.
AN OPERA HOUSE BURNED.

AUGUSTA, Ga, April THE old Au-
gusta Opera House burned this morning.
James Davis was knocked into the burn
ing building by stream of water and
John Fix was knocked off a building.
Both firemen were seriously injured.
Loss, $25, 900
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02

A calculation shows that a Dundee
spinner must spin sixty miles of yarn
to earn 81. Almost any country store
can produce men that win spin longer
yarn for nothing.
The London Court Journal speaks of
Nthe late William b. King, of Alabama.
who was elected President of thu
United States in 1882
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02
MILLS CONSUMED.

CHICAGO, April 1.-The Inter Ocean $
Anna, Ills, special says the city mills
were burned this evening. Loss $40 900;
insurance 50, 500.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02
BLAZE AT CAIRO, III.

CAIRO, April 1.-Frank Stophets gro
Gerry and residence, on Twenty-ninth
street, were burned Tonight. Loss $2,-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02

Democrats, look out for fraudulent
tickets. Thousands of them are IN clreu-
ton in the interest of the party OF
''moral. ideas
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02
THE MISSISSIPPI RISING.

NEW ORLEANS, April 1.-The river
rose three inches to-day and is now one
inch below the record. of last year
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02

ADVERTISERS by addressing GEO p. ROW
~ ELL u CO, 10 Spruce St, New York, can learn
the exact cost of any proposed line of ADV Err
FlSlNG III American Newspapers. &c 100
page Pamphlet rs cents. NH 20-dw4w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02

DINORCES-No publicity; residents of any
Estate. Desertion Non Support. Advice ard
applications for stamp. w. II. Ire, Airy, 239
Broadway, \. y,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02
CONSUMPTION.

have positive remedy for the above diseases by ifs
thousands Of the worst kind ana az lri.s
standing been cured Indeed strong my faith
in its eilicary, that / will send TWO BO1I LES FREE
together with VALUABLE TREATISE on this disease,
- any sufferer Give Express ard p. o. address
DIR. T. A. SLoCUM, leI Pearl st, New York
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02

SOCK ISLAND. ILLINOIS.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02

:. W. POTTER, :: EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-02

Monday April 2, 1883.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-06-01
Mexican Public Lands.

There are scores of letters received
here weekly from inquirers in Missouri,
Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Ken
lucky and other States. These invaria-
bly, ask how and on what terms and for
what cost public lands in Mexico can be
obtained. On the 18th of last Novem-
Der President Manuel Gonzales issued a
decree regarding the sale of Govern
ment lands, and the prices fixed for
them for the calendar years 1888 and
1884. The price is given for lands by
the sitios, site or location, which is the
largest tract that can be purchased by
one patent or title, although one may
purchase as many of these sitios as he
please, either in adjoining bodies or sep
arate. A sitio is 4, AT acres, English or
American land measure. Each makes
good-sized plantation or ranch. In
the frontier States of Chihuahua, Nuevo
Leon and Tamaulipas a sitio of 4.477
acres costs S351.12, or z 10 cents per
acre. In the States of Sonora, Durango,
and Sinaloa the price is $638. 80, or
} 10 cents per acre. These three
States connect each other. Sonora
Joins Arizona in the United States on
he north, and Sinaloa on the south,
while Durango joins Sinaloa on its
astern border, on the southern .one=
nalf of it. Sugar, coffee, cotton, rice,
Ill kinds of grain, vegetables, grasses
and fruits thrive luxuriantly in these
States. Grand grazing and fruit lands
abound IN the above mentioned six
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-06-01
Transplanting Strawberries.

The method of transplanting straw
berries followed by some of the best
horticulturists is as follows: First
stretch line where the row is wanted,
and after making that remove to the
next one. The rows should be three
and half or four feet apart, so that
they can be tended with a horse culti-
vator. Keep the roots of the plants in
damp leaves, earth or moss, until they
are taken out to be placed in the bed,
and even then they should be removed
only one at time and as fast as
needed. Before setting, with pair of
scissors clip off all the leaves but the
youngest, and don't leave even too
many of these. In placing the roots in
the hole, be careful to spread them out,
fan-shaped, so that they will be straight,
not doubled up The holes should be
deep enough to receive the roots with
out cramping them, and the earth,
when drawn around them, should bring
the general surface of the ground on a
level with the crown of the plants. A
caution might well be added Do not
get the holes too deep, as heavy rain
following soon after the plants have
been placed, will bury the crowns, and
in many cases cause them to rot; while
on the other hand, if they are set too
shallow a continued drouth will dry
them to death. Press the fresh earth
closely about the roots, at The bottom,
then fill the hole nearly full of fine
earth, and the remainder with water or
weak liquid manure. When the water
has sunk out of sight, which it will inn
mediately do, then cover over and level
up nicely around the plant with fine,
loose dirt, leaving the surface loose.
Plants carefully set in this manner can
hardly fail to ow.-Prairte Farmer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-06-01
es. Fine woods, as manOganv.l

States. Fine woods, as mahogany.
rosewood, lockwood, red and white
cedar, with pines oak, cottonwood, red
wood, and other varieties of timber,
abound in Sinaloa, on the lower portion
of the mountain slopes. In the States
of Campeche and Yucutan, in the south
or lower end of the republic, sitio IS
1877. 80, or at the rate of 10 80 cents
per acre. The price fixed for Govern
ment lands in the States of Tabasco,
Oaxaca, Guerrero and Chipas is ST.
SIG. II, or % cents per acre. In the
States of Colima, Zacatecas, Michoacan
and Jalisco, the price is $755,61, or
at 80 l-5 cents per acre. The lands
offered in the state of Vera Cruz
are at $2,193.75 per sitio, or at
40 cents per acre. Sitios at San Luis
Potosi, Tlaxacala, Hidalgo and Aguas
Calientes are each 80, 6S3.41, or So As
cents per acre. Anyof the public lands
of Lower California, which is the only
territory in the republic, can be pur-
chased for $l75 per sitio, or at the rate
of 3 $40 cents per acre. In the five
States of Queretaro, Pueblo, Morelos,
Mexico and Guanaiato, sitios are held
by the Government at $3,511.32, or at
the rate of Is 2-5 scents per acre. Public
lands in the State of Coahuila are sold
at $263.34 per sitio or at 5 As cents per
acre. In the federal district, which cor
responds to our District of Columbia.
and in which the national capital lis
located, sitio is held at "a, 3SS.0S, or at
the rate of SO cents per acre. Thevalue
of these lands which vary from S195.52
per sitio up to S4,3S9,02, are accounted
for by location, near to or far from dense
populations, convenience to markets,
and natural wealth, as timber, medic
inal roots. or grasses which respective
regions hold.-EI PaSO Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-06-01
Neatness on the Farm.

Intelligent observers have generally
noted the fact that in every rural neigh
borhood the prosperous farmers are al
most invariably those who keep their
buildings painted, fences in good repair
and their fields free from stone, weeds
and rubbish. OF course it may be said
that men who have plenty of money can
afford to spend it for keeping up ap-
pearances. But this is evidently not the
full explanation of this coincidence of
facts. Men who make money, especial
ly in farming, are least inclined to pay
it out merely for show. Itmay be safe
ly put down as general rule that the
work performed by most thrifty farmers
is in the direction of profit; hence, as
neatness commonly goes with thrift, it
is quite as likely to be one of its causes
as one of it's effects. There are excep-
tions to this rule, as to all others. Some
farmers accumulate money still more
rapidly, not by increasing their income,
but by a system of grinding parsimony,
by robbing themselves and cheating
their families to put dollars in their
purse. These are not examples to be
initiated. The aim of most reasonable
men is not only to make money, but in
the meantime to live in a reasonable
md comfortable manner. To accom-
plish these objects it is not difficult to
prove that neatness is essential.
There are many reasons why habits
of neatness in farming lead to success.
Such habits are none to common, and in
every business the men who do their
work in the most thorough manner get
the best pay. The world is full of poor
work; that of necessity can only be poor
ly paid. The farmer who grows his
crops among weeds can never sell his
grain at the highest market price, while
the extra care needed to secure abso-
lutte purity is sure to be prcportionately
well paid. Farmers understand this
well enough, as is shown by their. peri
odic endeavors to secure pure seed for
sowing and planting. If we go to al
most any market we will find that the
bulk of crops are more or less mixed
and therefore unstable for seed and I'M
desirable for any purpose. Almost every
spring there is an active demand for
seed barley, free from oats or other
varieties of barley, and not infrequently
farmers buy from seed stores, paying
from two to four times the price at
which they sold their grain the fall pre-
vious. In almost any neighborhood a
farmer who will grow pure seed Of the
various grains will find a demand for
his entire stock at prices enough better
than market rates to assure him a profit.
When we are told that farming is not
profitable, the implication is that refer
ence is made to the common sloyenly
method. The fancy kinds of farming,
such as growing seeds and garden veg
etables, nearly always pays those who
intelligently conduct them. Yet seed
growing and gardening are really as
true farming as growing hay or making
butter and cheese. They are only bet
ter paid because they can not be con-
Quoted without close attention to details,
and it is in this that neatness consists.
american CultiUGtor.