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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-06

The Mercer county road is doing a Won
derful traffic ia the coal business.
The cannon ball was twenty minutes
late this morning All other trains were
on time.
And still the improvement goes on in
c., r. | & P. yard. Every track is being
put in first class shape before the cold
weather sets in.
The sound deadenmg fence of P. L.
Cable along !he south edge of the G., R.
|. & P. yard, is the most substantially
built fence in the city.
Thirty-five carloads of cattle passed
east on the c., r. l. & P this morning
in one train drawn by big mogul engine.
1t was the longest live stock train that
has been seen on that road for many q
day.
A large number of people went to St.
Louis on the c., B. & @. Saturday even
ing, and tonight there will be big CROWD
who will take advantage of the low rate
to visit the city al the end of the BIG
bridge and take in the sights.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-06
Raliv at Andalueia,

The Hon. W. Fl. Neece and E. W
Hurst, ESQ, spoke at Andalusia this after
noon. They were accompanied on theiI
trip by Alderman George W. Henry anc
John Davis, of Milan. The democrats Of
Andalusia recently raised a Cleveland and
Hendricks flag and down there as every
where else the democrats are enthusiastic
and big democratic vote will be polled
this fall.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-06
The Game Didn't Work.

About o'clock Saturday evening Fred
COss, a well known young man around
town, entered the Commercial hotel Office
and asked Charlie Bancs, the night clerk,
to change S. bill for him. The clerk
did so, giving Coss as he supposed two
So bills and 81 bill. But one of the
twos was $50 bill, so that in reality he
had given Coss S23 for So The mistake
was discovered soon after Coss left the
hotel and dihgent search was made for
him but he could not be found. The
police were notified and they found ont
that he had gone to Milan to the demo
cratic rally. When the street cars re-
turned from Milan Officer bunker spied
Coss getting off a Car and arrested him
He was asked il he had the $40 and re-
piled that he had not, and did not know
anything about it. He was very much
insulted that he should even be suspected
of having acted dishonesty. He was
taken to the police station and locked up
for the night. Yesterday afternoon Mike
Corcoran 5ailed him out and he went to
the Commercial hotel and paid the sec
back. He acknowledged that he discov-
cred the mistake soon after he left the
hotel and he put the money in one of his
shoes. Only trifiing sum was found
upon his person when he was arrested.
He was pretty thoroughly searched but
managed to secrete the $40 in his shoes
This is the first attempt so far as sharp
practice is concerned, that young Coss
has been implicated in. He is pretty
wild young fellow, but his family are
highly respectable and they feel his dis
grace keenly.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-06
KARL

Chas. A. Gardner, the inimitable
Karl" will open his regular season in
Burlington Nov. 9Th and will play here
on the following night, Last Friday
night he played in GAINESVILLE, Wis, il
Con T. Murphy's new and original come
dy drama, Karl, the Peddler," and gave
such genuine satisfaction that the citizens
of the place joined in a written request
that he repeat the performance on Satur>
day evening, which he did. The new
piece is an adaptation from the origina
Karl, but has been made much better
by the changes which have been intro
duced. Mr.. Gardner has splendid sup
porting company this season.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-06
The River.


The Libbie Conger will pass up tOmOr'
row.
The White Eagle is expected down thi:
evening,
The U. S. steamer j. G. Park was a
the levee this morning.
The Mary Morton will come from above
and leave for southern points tomorrow
The Pittsburg had quite an excursion
on board for St. Louis on Saturday ev,
ening.
The river has fallen over foot since
Saturday, and the fall continues. At thai
rate it will soon be where it was before
the sudden rise.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-06
Market Report.

Following were the quotations in Chi
cago today: October wheat, n; Novem.
Der, 7S3; December, $50. October corn
50i November, 54s, year, Al; May, 404
October oats, 264; November, 264 May
293 December pork, $12 20; January
$12.45. November lard, 1925; DeCcm-
Der 81 .27!. Carloads of wheat 255
corn $50; oats, 1914 Hogs, 10 600; mar.
ket 10 cents higher
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-06
Died.

Charles G. Browa, Jr., died at the res
idence of his parents on Fourth avenue
between Twenty>flrst and Twenty-second
streets, at 2:1O p. m. yesterday, of in>
tlammatiOn of the brain, aged s months
and II eleven days. The little fellow
had been sick only short time. His
parents deeply feel the loss of their little
one and they have the sympathy of all
their friends. The funeral will take place
from the family residence at ? p. m. to-
morrow Friends of the family are ins
vited to attend.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-06
Not Eligible.

VIII Repine, local editor of the Wood
hull Dispatch and prohibition candidate
for representative, is only 20 years old
and therefore is not eligible to the office
Therefore all votes cast for him are as
good as thrown to the winds He used
to live in this city where his father work
ed as shoemaker. Later the family
moved to Reynolds, then to Millersburg
and now tie old gentleman lives at CISCO
IN Henry county. Young Repine is ,
crank on prohibition but he has no weigh
politically.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-06

of the throat and lungs, he made an able
address, and The many logical points he
made should hardly fail to convince the
the most partisan that it was time for the
republican party TO be retired.
The meeting closed with remarks by
NJ. NJ. Corbett, ESQ.,, who made one of
his characteristic lively speeches, but was
compelled to make it short by reason of
the lateness of the hour.
The Milanites can congratulate them
selves on their splendid meeting, for il
certainly reflects credit upon themselves
and their beautiful town.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-06
The Rally at Galya.

The biggest political demonstration Of
the campaign in Henry county, will take
place AT Galva next "Wednesday. Hon
Carter II Harrison and other prominen
speakers will be present. The fare fol
the round trip from Rock Island is only
81 and large delegation from the JefTer
son and Sunnvside clubs will attend tho
meeting. The fare will be the same fot
all whether they belong to a club or no
and no doubt a big crowd will attend
from here,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-06
DAILY ARvEl~
MONDAY, OCT, 6, 1884
Greahey Got II.

The St. Joseph fair closed last Saturday
evening. 1t was a very successful one
considering the bad weather and counter
attractions of the week The cab lantern
for the most popular locomotive engineer
was voted to Thos Greahey, of the c. R.
I. & P The church made a little money
out Of the fair
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-06
County Building
PROBATE

Oct. estate of A. K PhilIeo, de.
ceased. Final order approving said sale.
Estates of Rachel Boney. deceased
Bond filed and approved, and letters Of
administration issued to Joseph Boney.
Arrangement of B D. Buford & Co.
Order approving assIgnees report of ex-
penses and disbursement.
LICENSED TO WE'D.
Oct. 6--Charles Zahn and Miss Thera-
STA Winter, both of Milan.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-06

E. W. Hurst represents the leading
American and Foreign Insurance Cos.
Policies carefully written at current rates.
Agency established 1874. Office over
Rock Island National Bank.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-06

By the Building Association, at its meet
ings the first Tuesday of each month
The tenth series of stock is now being is
sued-earnings IA per cent. ID
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-06
Hard Gnal Market

Pea coal $500; CRATE and egg. $775
range, nut and No. 4 $500 per ton,
screened and delivered; all best quality OF
Anthracite coal. Blacksmith's coal, Con.
nellsville coke and charcoal at 1908 Sec
ond avenue. diff Il. q. FRAZIER.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-13
The Grass Tree.

Down in Australia, that great island
where the Creator seems to have planted
the seed of many of His wonders to be
found in the vegetable kingdom, grows
tree that is little heard of by the OUT
side world, but which is of inestimable
value to the native, who depends more
upon the productions of nature for ex-
istence and happiness than upon the
creations of art and science. 1t is the
grass tree. 1t is Of small growth, being
hardly more than shrub. AT the top
are tufts of foliage resembling palms,
from the center of which long slender
spike shoots out, covered with flowers of
varied and beautiful hues. The base of
the leaves of this tree furnishes the ma
tive with food, it being very palatable
when roasted. The sap of the tree is
balsamic emulation, which when ex-
posed to the air becomes hard and dry.
This is one of natures best tonics for
dysentery, diarrhea and other intesti-
nal maladies; it is also used by the ma
tives for healing wounds, which it does
very quickly; and when it is mixed
with alluvial soil, it forms very tena-
cious cement, which is used for caulk-
ing canoes.-HedLth and Home.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-13
knowledge Worth Having.

The knowledge which we crave and
work for, which we look for and find,
which we think out or dig out for our
selves, which we rejoice in as newly
found treasure-that is the knowledge,
be it small or great. that is worth hav-
ing. 1t is like the food for which we
hunger-it gives us fresh power and
fuller life 1t matters far less even
what this knowledge is than the way
in which it is gained. The most SYM
pathetic and well-prepared course of
study worried through by student
whose only care is that he may get his
diploma, is of far less value to him or
to the world than the vital thought of
the young mechanic who, anxious to
master the secrets of his trade, patient
~ studies its details, discovers its prin-
ciples, and infuses into it his own fresh
and living force, perhaps in the form
of some new invention, or perhaps in
a more skillful touch or more delicate
finish than it has yet received.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-13

aBut. Hattiep" asked William, with
1 wistfnl look from his eyes.
asEe is well. and would be happy
were it not for worrying about your
fate"
"She and you got married. OF courseg
There was pain in the very tones in
which this was asked.
NO, indeed. After you left she con-
fided to me her secret-tha It after all
she loved you and always meant TO
marry you" A dazed look came over
Williams face, and gasping, 1T cannot
be-" he very nearly relapsed into
another swoon, the JOY of the announce
ment being almost too much for him
in his weakened state. At last, after
having been assured again and again
by his brother of the glad truth, he ex-
claimed, ooh, let as go home at once
Arrangements were made at once to
start. and with a new life in his veins
the invalid recovered his strength so
rapidly that they left the camp on the
second day after. and reached home in
side of week. OF the meeting and its
joys words could not give an accurate
description. A quiet wedding followed
within one short month, after which
the miner returned with his bride to
Colorado. furnished her magnificent
home in Denver, and is now not only
one of the wealthiest but one of the
most honored residents of the Queen
City.-Nesc York Telegram.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-13
WORDS or wlses.

Wounds given to hon..
de who lives but for Il.
for q little thing. = Aln'elia,
Women enjoy more II. ,
give than the pleasure tine las Pleass,a
To succeed one mps+ gel
bold, and sometimes ve SS'',eii9e,
A man can frequently nl p'0asa
with better grace than H. o'lsA ii
manners. - He can boa
Good taste rejects excess.
treats little things as l Hittss, u. ais
not hurt by them. '' 'alagS i
Nothing makes the w..,,
spacious as to have FRIEND ,M sen
they make the ATTITUDES s1 y, = dos
The world deals good.ps NJ ,olsi'
good-natured people; and 1Ia'9 ii
snlky misanthropist wboa,.lae' s' u
it, but it was he, and not !, Ua !, s
the wrong. = taal y,
Honest good humor ,s a.
wine of merry meeting, and ~ !, o i
lovial companionship eons 'rSa
where the jokes are rather sns.n .
laughter abundant. su'a " 1
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-13

Feel the weight of that door," said
a New York builder to Sun reporter,
who was looking at an unfinished
apartment house up town. Thereport-
er prepared to lift what seemed to be 4
polished mahogany door, but it proved
too light for any wood. 1T is made of
paper" said the builder, "and, while it
costs about the same as wood. is much
better, because there is no shrinking.
swelling, cracking, or warping. It Is
composed Of two thick paper boards,
stamped and moulded into panels and
glued together with glue and potash,
and then rolled through heavy rollers.
Il is first covered with q waterproof
coating and then with a fireproof coat.
ing, and Is painted and vanished and
hung il the ordinary way. Few per-
sons can detect that they are not made
Of wood, particularly when used al
sliding doors"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-13
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
A striking peculiarityT The clocks

A striking peculiarly The clocks
Yes, sir, he said, much excited;
!" he's liar, and told him so. . THAT'S
rather risky thing to do; / wonder he
didn't knock you down. Y " Oh, told
him through telephone n-Neao York
San.
''Why is this butter like SampsonY''
asked the spruce young man who tends
the ribbon counter, but the landlady
looked sternly at him, remarking You'd
better settle last weeks bill, . and the
cream of the joke was lost - Pittsburgh
Journal
Young men, it isn't always the girl
who looks the loveliesf in the soft.
sweet shadows of the darkening twi-
light who takes that beauty with hes
IN the grim gray morning, as shS
wrestles with kitchen stove.-M Merchant
Traveller.
THE BITTEREsT BsTE.
The bite of a 'sskeeter' il painful,
The bite Of bug will haunt:
The bite of a sandwich is baneful,
AT railroad restaurant;
The bite OF a serpent is sadd' ming
And nothing is worse than this;
The bite Of bulldog is nladd'ning,
While the bite of girl is bliss:
But a bite more fatal than kerosene
is the bitter bite of an apple green
-Netp York Journal.
The Arctic regions are not without
their pleasures. The EsQuimau girls are
very pretty, dance, sing and do not care
for ice cream. Hot drinks and walrus
blubber are their peculiar vanities, and
sealskin sacQues are sold at two iron
hoops and ten-penny nail. Boston
Transcript.
ONLY PIN
Only ping
And it calmly lay
In the shining light
Of a bright nooncay.
Only boy,
He saw that pin.
And fixed on it look intent
Till boy and pin alike were bent
Only achair-
It had ne business standing there
The bow he put on a: fiendish grin.
And on the seat of that chair he fixed thaA
pin.
Only man.
He sat ON thar chair,
And as he rose
So did his hair.
Only YELL
But an honest one,
1t lacked all elements of fun,
And man, ard boy, sud pin, and chair,
In wild confusion mingled there.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-13
cats and Flowers.

Another instance Of the COMP -
lions that exist between various IA ~.
the scale of nature, showing n0S 80 -,
it may be to trace the reasons ~ ue -
ing the sudden occurrences Q! ~ y. Il
in large numbers in any distFle !. ssos
by the late Charles Darwin. ! ;ss
bumble-bees alone are able - ina
the red clover. The number . ~ 8
bees in a district depends upon ..' . "a
bet of field mice, which des e. + =
combs and nests. 'The NUM- liooe knesai
is largely dependent, as ever ~ bsuss Z
upon the number of cats; an .sbs :
quite credible, " says Dar@ln,i .,es -
presence of a feline animal - Ss'sfr
bers ID d district might nix =
through the invention, trsI o i -
then of bees, the Frequency ~ -
flowers in that district
ard.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-13
The Ner

w. xuaper. Mister
Wish you'd buy 'csn q
Ten years old, an d f.ns
An bizness duh, you scs
Fact, Boss. There's Tom, a.
An Dad, an Nam, an Man ) s..ss
None on 'em earnin' money
Wat do you think Of THAR
Couldn't Dad work. why yes, - -,
He's working FOR gov'ment now
They give him his board FOR nothin
All along Ct adrunken row.
An Nam? Well, she's in the poo:aausc-
Been there year or so;
So I'm takin' care Of the oshezs,
Dom as well as know.
oughtn't TO live SOL Why, Mister,
What's fellor to do?
Some nights, when I'm tired and hungry,
Seems as If each on 'em knew
They'll all three cuddlc around me,
Till get CHEEKY, and say:
Well, p'raps I'll have sisters an broth rs,
An money an clothes, too, some day.
But If do get rch, Boss,
CAN q lecturin' chap one night
Said newsboys could be Presidents
II only they acted right;
So, if was President, Mister,
The very FIRST I'd do,
I'd buy poor Tom an libby
A dinner-an' Mans cat. too!
None o. your scraps an leavin's,
But good square meal for all three;
If you think I'd skimp my friends, Boss,
That shows you don't know me.
So 'ere's your papers-come, take one,
Gimme alift if you can
For now you've heard my story,
You see I'm family man!
x. T. Corbett.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-13
ALL FOR LOVE.
THE STORY OF JAMES sAMUELs' LIFE

One of those stories, SO prolific in the
West romantic in the extreme, full of
love, jealousy, attempted murder and
happy inale-has just been made pub
lie in Denver, Col. The hero, William
Samuels, is one of the wealthiest men
in the state, and it is from his lips that
the story comes, corroborated by his
wife and brother James. Four years
ago the two brothers lived in the beau
tiful Chester Valley, Pennsylvania.
Herbert Samuels, the father, was
well-to-do farmer, owning a splendid
tract of land, where he dwelt with his
wife and two boys. When the latter
were old enough he sent them to school
and then to college. During their alb
sence brother of the father died and
he took into his family the dead mans
child Hattie. When the two brothers
returned from college, aged about
twenty-thl ee and twenty-five respect
lively, they found their cousin, beau
tiful girl of twenty years, installed in
the house OF the brothers James, the
elder, had light hair and eyes and was
of quiet and even demeanor, rarely, if
ever, known to be angry, and being
a general favorite not only at home
but throughout the entire community.
In marked contrast was the character
and disposition of William, the young
er brother. who. of a dark. almost
swarthy complexion, with hair and
eyes as black as coal, was fiery and
quick to anger, and although naturally
well meaning had had numerous en-
counters, both while attending school
and since his graduation.
Since the time, three years ago,
when James and William finally re-
turned from college and found their
lovely cousin domiciled at their home,
they had both been violently in love
with her and both had made every
manifestation of the feeling, but so far
the cunning witch had avoided show
ing the slightest preference for either,
treating them as brothers rather than
lovers. This state of affairs ranked
as thorn in the breast of the hot
headed William, whose feelings of Bit
terness and jealousy toward his brother
grew until they amounted TO almost
positive hatred. Time and again he
sought quarrels. but James more even
temper prevented anything Of serious
character until one bright afternoon in
July, when, upon he return of the
elder brother and Hattie from ride,
the younger, who watched with q
ferocious, dangerous glare in his eyes
as his brother assisted bis cousin to
alight. then followed him to the
barn where he was embarrassing the
horses and attacked him with the vilest
abuse, using epithets 50 strong that he
Vas at last. compelled 70 reply in the
same spirit.
Words were followed By blows,
when William. blinded By passion.
seized heavy wagon spoke and dealt
bis brother stunning blow. telling
him q the earth. = tie blood gushed
from ! rhasflv wound In The head.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-13

NY EABY AND 4.
Ippety, ldppety-kes
see baby,
Merry as may be,
Blinking and smiling at mel
While you've been sleeping
In silent security,
have been keeping
Watch, bonnie bird OF love, nested in purity
have been sitting
Contsntedly knitting,
Quietly reading, or silently sewing,
In shade, while outside tlis bright sun has
been glowing.
Come from your nest, dearl
Leave it till night
Come to my breast, dearl
Costly rest here
In loving delight
Appety, hppety, tppety-teel
love baby, and baby loves me
Whippety, tippety, HppetyHl
We are so happy-and God knoweth why
Ippety, hppety-keel
Ali my baby,
May your LIES way be
Bright rs a life-path can be;
And when rm sleeping
In breathless security
May you be reaping
Rich harvest of golden grain ripened in
purity
Sweet as / fold you
And tenderly hold you
Close to the heart that with 1ove-fre is
glowing,
My cup OF pure pleasure is filed to DER
flowing!
Dear you have heard of love
All The year long
Sing, then, blithe bird of Lowell
Sing, without word of love,
Loves sweetest soagi
Ippety, kippesy, tippety-tee
I'll sing to you when you've sung to me;
Then, with whippety, kippety-ki,
We'using together, my baby and l.
Charles Johns, IN Casselrs Magazine
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-24

of the Mexican people are densely ignorant. The
average Mexican is fully convinced, also, that he
eau whip any six Americans. He thinks the
American is a coward. He does not believe
that his country was whipped in 1861
Why, do you know that the Mexicans celebrate
the anniversary of the battle of Buena Vistal
They think it was great victory for their side
Again. they are fully persuaded that they were
sold out by Santa Anna and the other Mexican
generals, and not defeated, as on this side the
border think. They have no uses for an Ameri-
can except two; one is to get money out of him;
the other is-failing in financial transactions-to
kill him. if they can so manage it with a chance
of escaping punishment These ideas are thor
oughly imbued in their minds. They are fostered
and encouraged by those Immediately over them
the priests and the police.
1.-THE leading men of the country" continued
the old soldier, "such as Diaz and General
Trevino, do not hold these ideas They know
better But the great mass of the people think
as have told you What is going to be the i'm
mediate cause of our next war with
Mexieo9 1t is what we now sen
timentally call our peaceful conquest of that
country. refer to the building of railroads
Inere Dy Americans. Inc people, dlUuOugu
envious of our push in their midst and our deyel
opment of her industries, mineral and otherwise,
have invested very largely in the railroads.
There is no reason to think that these roads will
escape what has been visited upon such ventures
wherever completed. There invariably comes
depression lasting the shorter or the longer.
This entails loss upon the stockholders. When
this time comes in Mexico the natives will be
found very passionate and very vindictive They
will lay the blame for al the losses upon the
hated Americans They will like all tropical
people, be hasty to seek revenge. They will kill
some Americans of influence, any that they
can put their hands upon. They will commit
such outrages that we must take notice and de-
mand redress. This will lead towar. The more
enlightened will be unable to restrain the vast
majority of the people, This will not occur
during the present administration in Mexico; it
may not happen during Diaz's second term, for
he is to be the next President of our sister re
public; but it will come nevertheless within the
next ten years Before decade is over will
have to whip Mexico again"