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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
Ratification.

The republicans of the city will have a
ratification meeting tonight on Market
square A brass band will furnish
the music for the occasion, while q
number of republican politicians will
furnish the wind.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
CALLED ABOVE.
Death of Mr.. Ben Harper, Jr., at 10:4O
This Morning.
A SAD CASE.

A SAD CASE.
This morning at ten minutes before
eleven o'clock occurred the death of Mr..
Ben Harper, Jr., at the residence of his
father, Ben Harper, Esq, corner of
Eighteenth street and Seventh avenue.
Although the young gentleman had been
in failing health for several months. and
the last spark of hope had fed
from the parental breast, yet was his de-
mise unlocked for at the present time. 1t
was expected that he would be allowed
to look On the sunshine for few weeks
at least, but the ever ruling God decreed
otherwise, and his spirit was quietly
waited to the shore of that great life be-
yond, where trouble and sorrow are I'M
known, while his grief stricken father,
heart broken mother, and sorroWing sis
tiers and brothers surrounded his bedside
and watched his spirit take its flight
The deceased was never in robust
health, but it was not until last winter that
his condition occasoned serious fears to
his parents. The latter part of February
he grew worse, and he was confined to the
bed, when the attending physician con-
fided to his parents the dreadful news that
his disease was quick consumption. The
doctor advised that he be at once taken to
Colorado, and about the middle OF March
he was taken to Colorado Springs. But
it was too late Already had the germs
of disease secured strong hold on his
system, and he grew gradually worse.
Everything that mortal hands could do
availed naught The invalid, too, with
keen perception. saw that death was in
evitable, and expressed desire to return
home, and gaze once more on the scenes
of his childhood, before his strength in
capacitated him for the journey And
he came back none too soon to have his
last wish-his dying wish, as it were
gratifed, for scarcely had he entered the
portals of his home, before he could feel
the icy hand of death upon him. He
arrived in the city at eight o'clock
this morning accompanied by his mother
and sister. He seemed glad to get home
again. and spoke quite cheerfully. He
appeared very much exhausted, however,
by the trip, and expressed a wish to lie
down Immediately upon reaching the
house. A sudden change for the worse
was soon noticed ard at the time stated
above he had breathed his last, and he
had entered a new life.
Deceased was native of this CITY, and
had never known any other home. Con
sequently he was well known, and as
universally liked. Of quiet and reserved
disposition, he was naturally respected,
and fewer young men had more prom
Using future before them. He was %
years of age last February, and was Mr..
Harpers eldest son. His loss is therefore
a great blow to his father, who fairly
| idolized him
The funeral will occur from the resi-
dence at 3 p. m, tomorrow the Rev.
Cryer officiating.
KTsTLER.
In Buffalo Prairie, June 3, 1884, James
Coyle, son of John s. and Rosa kistler,
aged one year and two months. Thus one
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
KTSTIEl

In Buffalo Prairie, June 3, 1884, James
Coyle, son of John S. and Rosa kistler,
aged one year and two months. Thus one
of the brightest buds of promise is taken
away from the sphere of earthly hopes.
and transplanted in the Heavenly garden.
In their sorrow at the separation, the
parents have the deepest sympathy of
the community
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
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A negro by the name of Cleveland was arrested yesterday by Sheriffs Whitehall, of Grant, and Simpson, of this city, at the Sturgis House. He confessed to being one of the parties in the train robbery which occurred near Deming. Sheriff Simpson left last evening with the prisoner for Sil- yer City. There is reward of $2O, 900 for the robbers, offered by the A., T. & s. F. and Wells, Fargo & Co. --Socorro Sun.
Arizona silver belt., 1884-01-12
The Dear Creatures.

The Empress of Austria has taken to writing poetry and has started a printing office in the imperial palace to print it.
 A Baltimore woman asked her hus- band for money and he cut her with a razor. That was about as sharp a re- ply as he could have made.
 Mexico has q school of arts and trades for women, numbering 36S pupils, ranging from 12 years to wo- men of middle age. Sewing and all work suitable for women is taught, as we'll as drawing painting and music. Sarah" said a mother to her daughter, "has Henry proposed yet?'' Not yet, ma; but I think he will be- fore many days "What makes you think SOP. Because he asked me if you expected to live with me if l married, and I told him no"
 
 A Bay State girl frightened her lover entirely out of his matrimonial notions by working and presenting him with the motto: "I Need Thee Every Hour" He says he would be perfectly willing to give her the greater portion of his time, but that his health demanded an hour or two out of doors every day for exercise.
 The daughters ofan American Irish. man, long resident in Paris, who made fortune out of lotteries, have married French grandees; and the daughters of a Mir. Fisher, a rich re, tired "dry goods man." have married Italian nobles; while some ladies named Lee, daughters of a New York grocer, have married into the creme de la creme of Germany. One is the wife of Moltke's Adlatus in fact second in command ofthe army.
 A farmer living few miles from Austin, whose wife was troubled with an aching tooth, decided to come to town with her for the purpose of hay. ing it extracted. The pair took a seat in the cars, and soon after the train started the farmer walked for. ward into the smoking car, telling his wife he would be back directly. While her husband was absent, the conductor came leisurely along, ticket punch in hand, and approaching the old lady, reached over for her ticket, whereupon the victim of the toothache opened her mouth ahd caught him, saying: "You needn't mind giving me chloroform, doctor; just pull it right out anyhow. I can stand 1t, and when John comes back he'll settle with yer"
Arizona silver belt., 1884-01-12

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Arizona silver belt., 1884-01-12

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Arizona silver belt., 1884-01-12

Learn to be brief. Long visits, long stories, long exhortations, and long prayers seldom profit those who have to do with them. Life is short. Time is short. Moments are precious, Learn to condense, abridge, and in tensify. We can endure many an ache and i'll if it is soon over, while even pleasures grow insipid, and pain intolerable, if they are protracted be. yond the limits of reason and con. venience. Learn to be brief. Lop of branches; stick to the main fact in your case. lfyou pray, ask for what you would receive, and get through if you speak, tell your message, and hold your peace; boil down two words into one, and three into two. Always learn to be brief.
Arizona silver belt., 1884-01-12

There is said to be little piece of territory in Germany whose citizens actually do not know to what sover- eighty they belong. The size of this strip of land is about 370 square yards It is situated on the Prusso- Wurtem. berg frontier, between the villages of Dettensee, in Prussia, and Nordstet. ten, in Wurtenberg. The archives could not settle the dispute, and the inhabitants of the little plot had a hard time of it when the x-gather. CTS on their last rounds swooped down on them from both sides. A partial adjustment of the boundary has been reached, but even now one family can not for the life of it solve the conun. drum, Under which King?"
Arizona silver belt., 1884-01-12

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Arizona silver belt., 1884-01-12

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 Certincates of Deposit issued payable on demand, or at fixed date, bearing interest.
 Exchange drawn, in sums to suit, New York St. Leuis Chicago and San Francisco; trans fer of funds made by telegraph Deposits made wi,h our correspondents will be credited to parties here u on receipt by us of advice of the same.
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-23
To.DAy,s CoSyENTroN.

This will be an eventful day for the Repub-
licans of Hennepiu county. The result of
the convention will demonstrate whether or
not the young men are to be given a voice
in the selection of candidates. Bill Wash
burn threatens to spring q measure which
will knock out the young men, but consider
ing the ignoninious defeat he suffered in
his home precinct on Saturday night, Bill's
threats have no element of terror to the
youngsters. The latter have found out at
last that the kid gloved aristocrat is very
ordinary man, aside from his wealth.
The GLOBE has already given its readers a
list of the ambitious aspirants
who will come into the convention to make
a struggle for nominations. For the offices
of auditor, register of deeds, clerk of the
courts, surveyor and court commissioner
there is no contest 1t is pretty well under
stood that the present incumbents, Frank
5. Mcdonald, George HUM, Ed. J. Daven-
port, Frank Plummer and Robert Jamison
will have no opposition. But the scramble
for the other positions will develop into a
desperate struggle. The factional strife will
be bitter, and the factions Of any Importance
have narrowed down to the Gilfillan and the
anti-Gilfllan. Some of the candidates for
nomination are expecting to ride in on the
one, while others anticipate securing ma
jority of the convention on the other side
of the congressional fence. A care
full observer must conclude, too, that the
young men now have the longer end of the
rope. They have behind them the patent in
fuence of older heads, and of shrewd politi-
clans and successful wirepullers, so that
while the Gilfllanites, as summed up by
some of the Republicans, would seem to be
in the majority. When the final test comes
they will be whipped out of their boots.''
The number who are seeking legislative
nominations are in excess Of the usual, and
is partially, owing to this
fact that & G. Hicks was laid
low in his primary-the vote being 576
to 1863. The doughty colonel who flaunts the
"bloody Shirt on every occasion possible,
and shouts himself hoarse for the q. o. p.
because of its war record, is now In too fee
BILE political condition to think of having his
name presented for nomination in the
Twenty-ninth senatorial district. Yet, 1t is
claimed he is liable to revive sufficiently tc
make one rally.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-23

made brief but pointed address, in which
he urged the necessity of organization and
the importance of the present campaign.
Aid. Walsh said, as a Democrat and resi-
dent of the Sixth ward, that he felt proud of
the meeting, both rs to members and the
character of the men present The Demo-
Gratis, he said, should not desert their cause
at the eve of apparent victory. Concerning
Gov. Cleveland, he said the Democrats might
well be proud of their candidate, as a man
who had been tried and not found wanting;
as man against whose political and official
record his enemies could find nothing to say,
and are compelled to confne themselves
to attacks upon his private character,
methods which will avail nothing, but illus
trates the extremity to which they are forced.
Instead of being an enemy to the working
men investigation shows that he has vetoed
measures which were really detrimental to
! the interest of the workinginen.
John Lally said he had lived in Mime
apolis twenty-seven years and did not know
| of twenty-seven Democrats who would de-
sert the Democratic cause. This talk about
the Irish deserving the Democratic cause In
the moment of victory'is all bosh. Irishmen
are made Of different stuff He had never
failed to vote the Democratic ticket but twice
| and on both occasions had got ''left.n so
| badly that he never wanted do so again.
Short speeches were also made by Aid.
Holscher, Louis Frederickson, A. B. Mitchell
and others.
A resolution of thanks was also passed
thanking Mr.. Martin for rendering the free
use of his hall ''for the good of the cause"
during the campaign
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-23
Iowa Politics

Especial Correspondence OF the Giobel
ENNErsBURe, Ia, Sept 21.-There is no
mistake, this is a very bad year for Republi-
can demonstration, especially SO in northern
Iowa. Semetwo weeks ago our Repu oIican
and Prohibition friends whOoped it up until
hOarse for s'big Indian" By the name Of
Major General Holmes, NJ. c., and the af-
fair was brilliant in the extreme, only for
the triffiing drawback that neither Holmes
or the audience materialized in the flesh, so
to speak.
About one week ago they commenced TO
strain every nerve in a still hunt to gather
the clans for Saturday night, the 10th, 10 hear
the chin music of three of their most pinky-
pcsey home orators, but the crowd didn't
''cateh on" Ten Republicans, twelve wo-
men and children and q dozen Democrats
made up the sum total Of the immense
thrung that was expected. The boss man of
the giee club skipped the town. taking away
the music 10 their fayorite dOggesel, ssWe-H
hang JEFF Davis etc. so the singing bust
ness collapsed Some If the home orators
would ut toot for fear the Democrats would
lsugh ST them. Col sBlizzard'' Harrison,
however, ambIed to the front with tire cock
and bull story that Missouri viii 90 for
large maiorities- This CHASTITY joke caused
sickiy smile on the Republican faces and
then the whole business fatted out and
thus eRdeth fzzle No. 2. Selah-
]. J. SHIELDS
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