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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21
Attachment Notice.
STATE OF ILLINOIS, l 90
Rock Island County. oo

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock Island County, S.
In the Circuit Court of Rock Island county, Hi
nois September Term, 1884.
John Streckfus, Administrator of the estate OF Is
Streckfus, deceased, VS.. James Kelly.-ln At
tachment.
Notice is hereby given to you, the said jane
Kelly, that writ of attachment has been sued on
of the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court o
said county of Rock Island at the suit of the SAT-
John Streckfus, administrator of the estate of
Streckfus, deceased and against the estate o
you, the said James Kelly. for One Hundred ant
Seventy-two and 46-l00 Dollars besides interest
directed to the Sheriff of said county to execute
which said writ has been returned by said Sheri1
executed by levying the same on the east half "a
of the southwest quarter "a and the north-wes
quarter "a of the southeast quarter "a of sec
ton thirty 500, township sixteen i16), north rang
three 49, west of the 4th p M i, in the county 4
| Rock Island and state of Illinois.
Now, unless you. the said James Kelly sha
personally be and appear before the Circuit Com
Of said County on the first day of the next teri
thereof to be holden at Rock Island in said Coul
| ty, on the first Monday in the month of Septen
| Der next, give special bail and plead to such az
| ton, judgment will be entered against you
| favor of the said plaintiff and the property a
tached sold to satisfy the same, with costs.
L. F. HARRISON, Clerk.
| Rock Island, August 9th, 1884.
| E. W. HURST, Plaintiffs Attorney.
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Chancery Notice.

STATE OF ILLINOIS
Rock Island County I Sd
In the Circuit Court, To the September TEN
1884, In Chancery.
Sarah B Cobb. vs.. VIM. Doyle. Hannah Doyle
John Grogan, Frederick Melchert, and Meir 4
PFeister.
Affidavit of uon-residence of Wm Doyle. Fred
erick Melchert, and Mer & Preister, impleadeC
with the above defendants, having been filed il
the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of sale
County notice is therefore hereby gvento the sale
non resident defendants that the complainanttilet
herbll of complaint in said Court on the Chancerl
side thereof, on the 2lst day of July 1884, and tina
thereupon Summons issued out Of said Court
wherein said suit is now pending, returnable OF
the first Monday in the month of September next
as is by law required Now, unless you, the saiC
nonresident defendants above named, VIM. Doyle
Frederick Melchert and Meir & Preister shall
personally be and appear before said Circuit Court
on the first day of the next term thereof, TO bt
holden at Rock Island in and for said county, OF
the first Monday in September next, and plead
answer or demur 10 the said compliments bill o
complaint, the same and the matters and thing
therein charged and stated will be taken as con
fessed and a decree entered against you accordin!
TO the prayer of said bill.
Rock Island, Illinois, July Dist, 1884
L. F. HARRISON. Clerk
M M CORBETT, Compt's Sol. july 22d4w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21
Chancery Notice.

STATE OF ILLINOIS, o.,
Rock Island County, 80
In the Circuit Court of said County, Septembe
Term, A. D., lS84,-ln Chancery.
Rebecca Kinnan VS. Sylyanus knnan.
Affidavit of non residence of the said defendan
Sylvanus Kinnan, and that the place of his resi-
dence is unknown, having been filed in my office
notice is hereby given TO the said defendant, Syl
vanus Kinnan, that the above named complainan
has heretofore filed her bill of complaint in thu
above entitled cause in said court and that sum
mons has been issued out of said court agains
you returnable TO the September term thereof Il
he held at the Cont House in the city OF Rocl
Island, said county and state, on the first Monda
of September, A. D., 1884, and that said suit i
still pending, when and where You can bs and ap
pear etc.
Rock Island, Illinois, August ! 1884.
LEVI F. HARRISON, Clerk
NJ. NJ. STURGEON, Solicitors Atty.
aup-l-d1W
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21
An Egyptian Battalion in 400 B. C.

The formation of the battalion for
combat was rs follows.
The one hundred captains formed the
front rank OF the battalion, and each
captain had his one hundred men in file
behind him, corporal ut the head of
each nine men. The chief of each
thousand men was in front of the center
of his two companies. while the cOlone
commanding the grand battalion was
in front of its center,
The leaders were not mounted
on horseback, but were mounted
in two-whceled chariots, drawn,
usually. by two horses. In the
chariots were carried a supply Of
of iavelins and arrows for the use of the
chief. who usually had in the chariot
with him soldier, who held bucklcr
to cover him from the arrows of the en-
emy. while he dealt about him with his
bows aud spears.
In the early days and down to the
time of Sesostris, the officers and non
commissioned officers carried bueklers
and swords, while the private soldiers
of infantry carried each q buckleF and
battle-ax. Sometimes the battle-ax
was accompanied by, and sometimes
replaced by, 2 spear.
It's easy to see that Moses drew from
the military organization of Egypt that
which he adopted for the lsra elites, and
later on the Greeks their formations,
Roth these nations took their first lessons
in civilization and organization from
Egypt.
in the earliest monuments and rec
ords of the Egyptian army there Is no
sicn of the existence of the horse as
military animal, while III the monu-
ments of the eighteenth dynasty the
war horse is everywhere indicated,
II is probable that the war-horse was
first introduced by tho shepherd kings,
who came in from Syria about 4, lot
wears AGO. 1t is certain that the horse
formed an important agent IN the mil
tary establishment of Egypt, under the
legitimate kings of the country, i'Io'
Years before the Christian era, ana tnt
lack of monuments erected during the
five hundred years of struggle between
the shepherd kings and the Theban'
explains easily the lack OF record OIL
this subject. Scsostris had at one time
twenty thousand war chariots IN lire
drawn by horses. General Stone, "
,your,sa! Military Service Inst't"t'on o
the United jStdteS.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21
Earthquakes.

The number of shocks in an earth
Quake varies indefinitely, as does tne
length of intervals between, them.
Sometimes the whole earthquake ohly
lasts a few seconds. Thus, the c1ty Oh
Caracas was destroyed in about nan q
minute, 10, 600 lives being lost IN tnat
time Lisbon was overthrown in 1lve
or six minutes. while succession Oh
shocks NAV continue for hours days
weeks or months. The Calabrlan earth
quake, which began in February: 1853;
lasted through a continued series " "
shocks. for nearly four years, until the
end of 1886. The area shaken py an
earthquake varies with the intensity OF
the shock from q mere local tract
where a slight trembling has been eN-
nerienced, up to such catastrophes as
That of Lisbon, which convulsed no'
only the Portuguese coasts, but extend,
ed into Iceland on the one hand ana
into Africa on the other, agitated! lakes,
rivers and springs in Great Britain ano
caused Loeb Lomond to rise and SUP,
side with startling suddenness'-N l.
Commercial Advertiser.
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The Testimony of a Phvs,cian

James Beecher, M. d., of Sigourney
Iowa says: For several years have beer
using Cough Balsam, called DR.. VIM
Halls Balsam For the Lungs, and in al
most every case throughout my practice
have had entire success. have used ant
prescribed hundreds of bottles since TIL
days Of my army practice 1S63), when
was surgeon of Hospital No. Z. Louisville
XIV"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The greatest medical wonder of the worlC
Warranted to speedily cure burns, bruises
cuts, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, can
GERS, piles, clllblains, corns, letter, chap
ped hands, and all skin eruptions, guaran-
teed to cure in every instance or money
refunded. % cents per box. For sale by
Hartz & Rahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21

l have been afflicted for twenty years.
during the months of August and Septem
Der, with Hay Fever, and have tried var
ious remedies without relief. / was Undue
ed to try Ely's Cream Balm; have used it
with favorable results, and can confidently
recommend it to all.-Robert W. Town
ley, (Ex.Mayor) Elizabeth, N. Y.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21

Clergymen, lawyers and all those of
sedentary habits who suffer from nervous
prostration and loss of appetite should
try Nichols Bark and Iron. For sale by
all druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21

Mrs, Skidmore, OF New York, is 100
years old, has had five husbands, has
smoked the same pipe for fifty five years,
and was once kissed by George Washing
ton.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21

When old terra firma goes back on
us, ii is time to get scared. There is nos
where else TO go.-Rochester (N y
Democrat.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21
Rough on TOothache

Instant relief for Neuralgia, Toothache.
Faceache. Ask for Rough on Tooth
ache 10 and CSC.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21

The nutritive properties of Golden's
Liquid Beef Tonic sustain the body with
out solid food. Godens; no other
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21

lntemperance among the negroes of the
South is said to be increasing at an alarms
ing rate.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21
Pretty Women.

Ladies who would retain refreshness
and vivacity. Don't fail to cry Wells
Health Remover"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21

The peach trees IN North Georgia are
SO heavily laden with fruit that they are
breaking down.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21

To Danish contagion from garments
and linen. disinfect with GleDn's Sulphur
Soap.
Pixies Toolhache Drops cure in one
minute.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21
SHORT T
LIN {: .
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE
AND ST. paul.

..o""' and operates over 4,j0O miles of road in
.,lu.Ih Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,
','' ''"'tFF ana It's main lines branches ana con
.'L' reach all the great business centres of the
Inv s-taHJ Far West. It naturally answers the
rH'Hot Short Line. and best route between
g"Sa=o Milwaukee, st. Panl and Minneapolis.
.'''Dl2o' Milwaukee, La Crosse and Winona.
u'''!o' Milwaukee, aberdeen and Glendale.
,'''l-o. Milwaukee, Eau Claire and saltwater
,"''5o Milwaukee Wausau and Merrill
''''-'. Milwaukee, Beaver Dam and Oshkosh.
me-, Milwaukee, Wauke-ha and OconomowOc
1''.'-o' Milwaukee, Madison and Prairi du Chier
'''-'' Milwaukee, Owattoma and Faribault.
l-o- belott GAINESVILLE and Mineral Point.
,"''a'o' Ll9in, Rockford and Dubuque
'.'s'' Clinton Rock Island and Cedar Rapids.
''''-o, Council Btnii- and Omaha.
'''"5' sioux City, Sioux Falls and Yankton.
1'l'-o' Milwaukee, Mitchell and Chamberlain
n. ''I'ni, Dubuque. st. Paul and Minneapolis.
'"P'f- Calmar. St Paul and Minneapolis.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21

General Grant is said to be as delighted
as child with his literary efforts.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21

George Alfred Townsend, the cores.
pendent know as Gath" has his wife at
tend to all his business contracts. And
she does it so well that his income is S15.
600 year
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21
Rough on Itch.

Rough on Itch cures humors, erup-
ton, ring>worms, tetet, salt rheum, frost
ed feet, chilblains.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21
Administrators Notice,

Estate of John Detz, deceased.
The undersigned, having been appointed Admin
stratOr of the estate of John Detz. late of
the county of Rock Island, state of Illinois, de
ceased, hereby give notice that he will appear
before the county court of Rock Island county, at
the Office of the clerk of said court, in the city of
Rock Island at the October term the third
Monday i'll October next, at which time all per
sons having claims against said estate are notified
and requested to attend for the purpose of having
the same adjusted. All persons indebted to said
estate are requested 10 make immediate payment
to the undersigned
Dated this lSh day of August A. D., 1884
HENRY BURGOWER.
aug-15d4w Administrator.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21
EAY FEVFR

Mexico owes English creditors $50, 00O
and Americans $20,000,000.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21

TGr use Of the term
short Line ia connection
with the corporate name oi
. grert road, conveys an
idea Of just what If requir,
rd 10y the travelling public
ii short Line, QuicE Time
and the Best OF acCDmmo,
darlUus-all OF which are
I railway IN America,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21

the r"-I VI >eepers and the Finest Dining Cars in
Nron,15H are ran On the main lines of the Chicago
ti9gi ""A M y st, Paul Railway, and every att en-
o. f6. E E % passengers by courteous employees
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21
CARD.

TO all who are suffering from the errors
ana indiscretions of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss of manhood, &c.
nN VIII send recipe that will cure You
FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
"as discovered by missionary in Souti
America. Send self addressed envelope
TO the REV JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station D
New York CITY
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21
CHICAGO, ROCK EsLAMp & PACIFIC REV

Being Central its
oa he
Moline
Audubon, Harlan,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21


When IIostetters Stomach Bitters is used to pro-
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Indigestion the chief object to an acquisition of
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receive. Loss of flesh and appetite, failure TO
sleep, and growing evidence or premature decay,
are speedily counteracted by the great inVigorant
which braces up the physical energies and forti-
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For sale by all druggists and dealers generally
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minute
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-21
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
]. MI. BEARDSLEY.

TTORNEY AT LAW--Ofice with j. T. Ken
II worthy, l725 Second avenue. ang1-dwly
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
The Way OF 1t.

The wind is awake, little leaves. little
leaves,
Heed not whathc says--hc decvives, lie
dcceives
Over and over
10 the lowly clover
lie has lispcd the same love and pledg-
ed himself true
AS he'll soon tie lisping and pledying
to you.
The boy is abroad, dainty maid, dainty
maid,
Beware his soft wor,ls--l'm afraid,
I'm afraid
Hes said them before
Times many score.
Ay, he died for u dozen ere his be lru
prickcd through
As he'll soon be dying, my pretty, for
you.
Tie way of the boy is The way Of the
wind,
As light as the leaves is dainty maid
kind:
One to deceive
And one to believe
That is the way Of it, year to year;
But know you will learn it too late,
my dear.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
GOOD JOKE ON a JUD IE
By II. y. BALDWIN.

written for the Texas Sif'ingS.l
Hon. Benjamin Fitzpatrick, who
was Governor to Alabama from
lS4l to l845, came Of a family re-
nowncd for practical jokes. He
was not such an irrcprcssiblc jes-
ter as some of his brothers and
other relatives, but he too had a
decidedly large pump ofthat brand
OF humOr, as the following true
story told me by near relative Of
his, will show:
At one time he held the office of
State Solicitor, or what is called in
some States, District Attornc, :;
Montgomery, his place OF resi-
dencc, and Wetumpka were in his
district. Judge Cannon was the
presiding officer at the time Of
which / am writing.
Court had just closed at Mont
gomcry and was to open next day
at Wetumpka. There was not Il
railroad in the State of Alabama
at that time, and the officers and
lawyers of the district took the
rounds either on horseback or in
buggies.
Judge Cannon, and an elderly
attorney whom [ shall call Jonas,
travelled together iu buggy,
drawn by a pair of large mules.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
'UTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY g. 1884

looking man destitute of beard,
and almost bankrupt in the matter
of cranial foliage. What little he
had, grew along the lower edges of
his dome Of thought, while the up
per precincts were as barren as tie
Staked Plains, Jonas allowed
these scauty strands to grow as
long as Mother Nature would let
them, and he would brush them
back in such manner as to entire
y cover the denuded table lands
above, and twist them together be-
hind, and hold them in place by a
'tucking comb,' snch as is worn by
ladies.
With his hat on, Jonas did not
present a particularly ccentric ap-
pearancc, but when. seen for the
first time barehcaded, he was real
~ a mirth-provoking object.
On the occasion Of which I am
writing, Fitzpatrick rode on horse
back to Wctumpka, and passed.
Judge Cannon and his friend Jo-
mas on the way.
A few miles from the city hc
crossed a 'shallow slough Of rather
muddy water, which was some 200
yards wide. After crossing, he
dlsmountcd, built an immense fire
OF brush and pine-knots, and then
proceeded to disrobc, hanging his
garments around the fire rs though
he was drying them.
In q little while his Honor and
Mr.. Jonas arrived at the further
edge OF the water, when Fitzpat-
rick, arraycd in single garment,
Can undershirt) yelled out: 'Don't
drive in there, Judge, for Heaven S
sake !.it's at least ten feet deer in
the middle, and you will drown
surc!'
The Honorable Court and his
companion then held brief consul
tstion, when they decided that the
Iprcscnt outlook was anything but
tlattering. They also decided to
take Fitch's advice glitch was a
sort Of nickname or contraction for
Fltzpatrick), unhitch their mules,
and swim over, as he said he had
done. Not caring to get their
clothes wet and having to stop to
dry them as Fitch was doing Tor
rather seemed to them doing) they
concluded to strip off before they
started upon their perilous ride, tie
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their raiment and walk the rest OF
the way t, We'umpka, or ride their
bare back mules, as they saw fit.
BY this time Fitzpatrick began
rather hasty resumption of his gar
ments, saying that he would hurry
on to town and send a buggy back
to meet His Honor and his friend.
He did not start, however, until he.
saw his victims nearly across the
dark and shallow water.
The two legal luminarics present
ed anything but spectacle of dig
nifty and reverence, to be sure
with no article Of clothing on cx-
cept q stove-pipe hat, riding bare
back mules with blind brides and
buggy harness on, with one hand
convulsivc!y clasptng a small bun
die above their heads, while the
other clutched in a visc-liI1e grip al
tuft Of name, for neither Of them
could swim yard.
Thus they trcmhling'y entered
the slough Kirkpatrick aftcrwardI
said that he would willingly have
given 4 hundred dollars to have
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22

@'"so> 400 ho wiz. IL q SiCdC
pity he hasn't. If he had a good
wife perhaps her influence might
restrain him from travelling over
this judicial district in the compa-
ny with a female dressed in male
attire.
The old hotel mistress was thor
oughly shocked that 'such nice,
modest, wcllbchaved old gentleman
as Judge Cannon should thus dis
grace hilnself,' and she suggested
the possibility of Fitzpatrick be-
ing mistaken about it.
'Itis a fact, madam, he solemn
ly assured her. NO one would
suspect her sex at first sight, 80
well disguised is she, but if you
will notice carefully when she re-
moves her hat, she has her hair
done up in q little Grecian knot,
and fastened behind with regular
ladies tucIin s-comb. 1t is really y q
crying shame the way the old hy
pO~ rite has been acting lately, and
if you do not want the reputation
Of your hotel ruined, you better
not let them put uD here
The Old lady was ablazc with
Indignation, and she said she was
jest cachin' to see the old vily an
and tell him what she thought Of
him.
About dusk Judge Cannon and
his baldheadcd companion drove
up The evening was rather cool,
and the little Office Of the hotel was
nearly full Of newly arrived law
ycrs, to whom Fitzpatrick had just
related the decp-watcr joke, as he
styled it, and also what he had told
the landlady about Ills Honor
and his female travelling compan-
ion.
They were all giving the Judge q
hearty greeting. when in sailed the
old landlady, with the hauteur of II
duchess. Walking boldly up to
the Judge, that good-natured dig
nitary, with his face wreathed in
smiles, held out his hand with,
'IIow do you do, my dear madam
[ am really glad
Don't You come around here q
dear madaming' me, you old white
washed gravcyard.' she fairly
shrickcu. You and that lantern
iawcd old wcnch' (shalSing her fin
ger menacingIy in Jonas's face)
can jest getner up your duds an
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-14
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

ON last Friday afternoon the Washing
ton monument was completed and made
ready for the roof. The shaft has attained
a height of 500 feet The work of placing
the derrick in position, with which to hoist
material for the roof, will next be conlmenc-
ed, and it is thought will occupy about a
mOnth-about twice the length Of time that
will be occupied in constructing and placing
the roof after the derrick is up.
Among the arrivals last Friday at Castle
Garden, by the steamer Scotia, were large
number of Italian laborers. They were sent
over here by an italian padrone to work on
a railroad. By the terms of the contract
entered into by them with the padrone they
are nothing more than white slaves. Affi-
davits setting forth the terms oft the contracts
were taken from these Italians on the day
of their arrival, and the emigrants were de-
tained at Castle Garden.
"A New Orleans dispatch says: The Mis-
sissippi is now within its banks at all points
except Davis Crevasse, st. Charles Parish.
The break occurred March 8, and all efforts
to close it have proved futile. The water
goes through the broken levee in stream
1900 feet wide and deep enough for naviga-
ton clean to the Gulf. This new outlet,
which promises to carry off more water than
Bayou La Fourche or Bayou Plaquemine,
is now considered a permanent stream,
and where it submerged the tracks of the
Morgan line and the Texas Pacific they
have built permanent trestle bridges over it.:
It is larger than any stream south of Red
River