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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-10
HARD COAL.

Call on E. B. Sargent at the office OF
Port Byron Lime association. 2017 Sec
ond avenue, for prices on the best hard
coal in the city Nut and No. $3.50
per ton.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-10

The hest IS the cheapest. | have large
stock, best quality of all grades and sizes
of all rail coal Also blacksmith coal.
coke and charcoal Office at +. ID. Fol
SONS flour and feed store No. .706 Third
avenue. Telephone No. 1856.
Aug est VIM. NEvIN.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-10

Mr.. ]. ]. Lavender, Galatia, ILL.,. says;
Il used Browns Iron Bitters for indigest-
ion and found great relief"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-10
TAXES

The taxes for Rock Island for 1883
are now due and should be paid at once
at the mayors office in the Armory TO
JAMES JOHNSTON.
let Township Collector.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-10

Mr. C. Soderstrom, 262 w Indiana
street, Chicago, ILL.,, says: Browns Iron
Bitters cured me of dyspepsia after all
else failed"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-10
l.EHiGH HARD coal.

J. S. Wylie can furnish it. and the
Scranton white ash at prices satisfactory,
considering the superior quality. Office
at Coal Valley Mining Co,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-10

Mr.. John Whitsitt, one of the staunch
and solid citizens of Presumption, was a
caller at the ARGUS Office today.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-10
Choice Pork.

Spare ribs, tenderloins, sausage meat,
pigs feet and leaf lard, at j. S. Gilmore S
packing house. lift
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-10

The most delicate persons enjoy taking
Emorys Little Cathartic Pills, give a
wholesome appetite, put new life in a
broken down body.-15 cents.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-10
S RoeK Is 1E lbc coTSTS. is

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock ISLAND COUNTY.
In the Circuit Court,-In ChanCery.
william h. White We. Hannah Meehan, Margaret
Ann MGehan, Thomas X. Meehan Ann Eliza
beth Meehan. Bridget Meehan. Agnes Meehan,
Nellie Meehan and John Joseph Meehan,-FOre-
clnsure,-General No. 1925
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of decree
Of said Court, entered in the above entitled cause
on the Ninth day of october. A. D., 1888, shall,
on saturday, the Ninth day of February. A.
d, 1884, at the hour of O'Clock in the after
noon, at the North door of the Court House in
said county of Rock Island. TO satisfy said de-
cree, sell at public vendue, to the highest and best
bidder, that certain parcel of land situate in the
County of Rock Island and State Of Illinois,
knewn and described as follows to-wit;
Lot No. Four az in Block No. Eleven I'D in
the Town of Camden Nils now Milan.
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois, this 25th day of
December A. D.. 1888.
HENRY CURTIS. JR..
Master in Chaneery Rock Island County, Ill.,
PARKS 4 PEASANTS.
Compartments Solicitors.
dec -d3at
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III. nj. CORBETT,
Sweeney, Jackson & Walker
NOTICE.
Masters Sale.

FOR sALE-old papers for sale in any quantity
a this office, cheap.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-10
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
III. e. SWEENEY.
M. M. STURGEON,

A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. =.
II Office Bnford's Block, Rock Island.
oct -A-1M6m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-10
e. W. HURST,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Office No. 1913 second
Il Avenne. between nth and 18th sts tup stairs
Rock Island, H. dec-l2-d1y
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05

her friend; 81 do not care to assume
such responsibility" Then must
leave them to q cold, heartless world"
sighed the dying connoisseur.
An Eastern man who has been making
trip through Georgia found every hotel
supplied with such abominable butter,
that he at length got mad enough to
face landlord and asked: "Where on
earth do you buy the stuff you put on
the table and call butter?" ''Mostly
in Chicago, sir" was the prompt reply.
"And don't you know that it is at least
60 per cent adulteration? Certainly,
sir; but as long as Chicago parties buy
our cotton-sced oil as one of the in
gradients, we feel bound to make one
hand wash the other by ordering their
butter. - VAL Street Nous.
There is just one thing that has not
been said about climbing the pyramids,
and have u deep-scated conviction
that it is reserved for me to proclaim
that one thing. The pyramids are
death on breeches. Although | was
equipped with very respectable pair
VI pants NucH DC9dLt 1 IOuuu NY
self almost 'bcreft of them when |
reached terra lirma again, and had to
side along on the homeward trip. This
wrinkle is thrown out gratuitously. |
believe no writer has hitherto been
practical or philanthropic enough to
announce this fact. Get your trousers
lined with leather before YOU start
Cair0 Letter 10 the Onlaha Hera!d.
Frank Helm, treasurer of the Latonia
Jockey Club, bought horse which was
represented as being speedy After
some weeks Of practice he concluded
that the best thing chat he could do
with the horse was to sell him at
auction. The bidding slowly ran up
from $2.40 to $50, and Frank appeared
on the scene Just as the auctionecr was
crying: Going, going, going, 60"
"What's that, Mr.. Auctionecr?n shout
ed Frank. 81 said he was going, Mr..
Helm at well, for heavens
sake don't stop him. | had him six
months and couldn' make him go, and
if you We got him started, keep him at
itn The horse went. -MerchaHt lrdceL-
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05
4 MYsterions Sense.

Some thirty-two years ago, in North
ern Indiana, with 4 company OF per-
haps half-dozen men and boys, | was
on hot August forenoon binding a
small piece of grain that had lain sew
eral days in swath to dry after being
Graded At that season the mas
sasauga (the small brown and white
rattlesnake of the region is said to be
blind, and does not rattle when APP
preached. The snakes are quite apt TO
crawl under swaths Of hay and grain,
and to lie there long time if not dis
turbed. For some reason-perhaps it
looked like rainfall hands were set to
bind and shock this little patch, and as
something was the matter with one OF
my hands so that | could not bind, |
raked up the bundles for two others to
bind.
Having heard Of the propensity of
the massasauga to hide under swaths
at this season and to keep quiet, was
careful in rolling up the swath into u
bundle, always to rake the bundle off
the swath before leaving it, lest n
binder should gather up snake in his
| arms.
Is we were finishing the last of the
patch the two who were binding after
me began to race, and it was almost
impossible to get a bundle raked up
| and off the swath before the binder
would be ready for it. Still managed
until the last, and was very strongly
impressed that must not let the bind
er-who was jumping TO get it and
bind it before the other finished his
catch tup before | raked it quite off
the ground. He had his band all
made and was Just STOPPING, when |
said: Hold on, Jimmy! There's a
snake under this!n "Nonsensem said
he, and gave me shove SO that he
could pick up the bundle. But so
sure was that there was snake
there-although we had not met one in
the field-that | struggled with him,
each showing the other, until | got q
chance to reach out my rake and pull
the bundle off the swath. There lay
| coiled massasauga about three feet
long, with his head up and ready for
DuSIuCSS, anu say III IOG ~ WI u
A few steps away in corn field was
n hoe, the snakes head was quickly Sc
vered from the body, and my cousin,
the owner of the field, picked the snake
up by the tail to pull off the rattles,
which, by their number, showed that
the reptile was seven years old. The
moment he began to pull the bleeding
neck flew up as quick as flash and
struck him on the under side of the
wrist. Had the head been there the
poison fangs would probably have
been buried in one of the veins of the
wrist. My cousin dropped the body,
and was 50 faint with fright that he
had to lean against 4 tree,
Some interesting questions suggest
themselves: First, why had | such n
certainty that there was snake under
that last end of the last swath, al
though we had found no other in the
field? Was there anything like the
telepathy of which our English friends
are beginning TO talk?
Second, what was the mysterious
sense of direction that made that
headless neck strike so swift and
straight, just as it would had the head
| been on it? Is there n less necessary
connection between the brain and the
rest of the nervous system in cold
bloodod animals than in other yerte-
brates?-N y Post.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05

Are you disturbed at night and lrken
OF your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain OF cutting teethl If so,
send at once and get bottle Of Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup for Children Teeth
ing. Its value is incalcuable. 1t will re
lieve the poor little sufferer immed-
lately. Depend upon it. mothers, there is
no mistake about it. 1t cures dyscntery and
diarrhpa, regulates the stomach and bow
els, cures wind collie, softens the gums, re-
duces Inflammation, and gives tone and
energy to the whole system. Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup for Children Teething
is pleasant to the taste, and is the prescrp-
ton OF one of the oldest and best female
nurses and physicians in the United States,
and is for sale by all druggists throughout
the world. Price 25 cents a bottle.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05
An End to Bone Scraping.

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, H.,
says "HaviEg received so much benefit
from Electric Bitters, feel it my duty to
let suffering humanity know it, Have had a
running sore on my leg tCr eight years; my
doctors told me would have to have the
bone scraped or leg amputated. l used,
instead, three bottles of Electric Bitters and
seven boxes Bucklens Arnica Salve, ard
my leg is now sound and we'll"
Electric Bitters are sold at fifty cents
bottle, aad Bucklens Arnica Salve at 25c.
per box by Barclay Bros. (5)
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05
Cheap Homes in Arkansas and Texas

Along the lire of the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern Railway, Texas and
Pacific Railway and International and
Great Northern Railroad, are thousands OF
acres Uf the choicest farming and grazing
lands in the world, ranging in price from
5000 to $500 aud S4!00 per acre, in a
healthy country, with climate unsurpassed
for salubrity and comfort. Send your ad-
dress to tie undersigned FOR a copy of sta
tis,ics of crops raised in Arkansas and Texas,
in 1882, and make up your mind to go and
see for yourself when you learn that the crop
for 1883 is so per cent larger than that OF
1882. To those purchasing land owned oy
the Company, and paying one-iourtn, one,
half or all cash, proportionste rebate is
allowed for money paid for tickets or freight
over the Companies lines,
H.C. TOWNSEND, Gen'l Pass. Agt;
St. Louis, Mo.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05
"phe FamOus"-A New Firm.

The public Is respectfully informed that
we have formed partnership, under the
style Of Fry & Ros'mar, for the purpose of
conducting gents furnishing goods and
clothing business and that we have pur.
chased the stock of Mess. 5. Mann s. Bro,
of The Famous which We have largely
increased; and are ready to meet the'wants
Of the public in any and everything pertain
ing to frst-class clothing house, and at
bottom prices. Call aud see us.
JOHN Fry.
LOUIS RossMAN.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05
Solid Comfort.

Everyone likes to take solid comfort and
it may be enjoyed by everyone who keeps
KidneyWort in the house and takes few
doses at the first symptoms OF an attack of
malaria, rheumatism biliousness jaurdice,
or any affection OF the liver, kidneys or
bowels, 1t is purely vegetable compound,
of roots, leaves and berries, known to have
special value in kidney troubles. Added
to these are remedies acting directly on the
liver and bowels. 1t removes the cause Of
disease and fortties the system against new
attacks
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05
A Startling Discovery,

Mr. VIM. johnson, Of Huron, OAK, writes
that his wife had been troubled with acute
Bronchitis for many years, and that all
remedies tried gave no permanent relief,
until he procured bottle of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs,
and Colds, which had magical effect, and
produced permanent cure. 1t is guaran-
teed to cure all Diseases of Throat, Lungs,
or Bronchial Tubes.
Trial Byttles Free at Barclay Bros Drug
Store Large Size $l,00. (5)
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05
bucKlenls Arnlca SaIye

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
sores, letter, Cbapped Hands, Chiblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles. II is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
% cents per box. For sale by Barclay
Brothers.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Moonlight Excursion.

The new steamer Three States will be
run on moonlight excursion Thurs
day nigh', which the public is invited
to attend. Good music, ample room for
dsuclng, necessary refreshments and other
comforts and means Of pleasure will be
provided; and it will be an affair of the
strctest propriety as to perols,
FRANK CASSIDY,
Guy MORSE,
Managers.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05

Physicians recommend porous plasters IN
cases of backache, lame side, stiff muscles,
rheumatism and all coal pains. Hop PIas-
ters are the best made, combining Fresh
Hops with Gums. Ready to use, pleasant
aud powerful in action. 25 cts. at any
drugstore (9)
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05
Gasoline.

The use Of gasoline, in any folm, upon
premises where the building or its contents
are covered by insurance, forfets the insur-
arce unless a permit is procured from the
company or agent who issued the policy.
II. II. CANDEE.
WELLS & kERTH.
CUNNINGHAM & YoCUM.
In VI. j. HOwLEY.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05

s-{y" Pretty as apicture, Twenty-four of
the beautiful colors of the Diamond Dyes
for silk, wool, cotton, &c, 10 cents each.
A child can use it with perfect success.
Get at once at your druggist. Wells,
Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05
A Fair Offer.

The Vo,taic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich.
offer to send DR. Dyes Votaic Belt and
Appliances on trial, for thirty days, to
men, old or young, afflicted with nervous
debility, lost vitality and kindred troubles.
See advertisement in this paper. .
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05
Thc Great Wa,cr-ranlls OF Aden.

The famous Alden tanks for catching
raIn-water found TO be abandoned en-
tirely as source of water supply, IN
favor of the condensed sea-brine. When
the rains do come down after a drouth
OF several years they come with 4 ven
ceancc. As 4 result, these mammoth
tanks are filled with many tons of mud
and the process of cleansing the liquid
has proved too laborious. But the
government manages to turn these
washings from the hills to some ac-
count for fertilizing purposes. 1t is
found that they are rich in manurial
properties, and the so called agricultu-
iig,s pay well for few loads each.
Last year am told $4,000 was earned
in this way.-COr. chicago Inter Ocean.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05

More than 100000 acres Of Pike
county, Pa, land arc advertised for
sale by the Treasurer OF the county, for
arrears of taxes. The greater part of
this is wild or unsettled land.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05
ILLINOIS CENTRALR. X.
TIN r. CARD

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Arrat Dep're
=. o. I'm Pc
I.C.R. r uhrough lock maD. a. IN. ........
" ..I!3ya III p. IN
(wsy mail D..."......4 30 pm. 9p. m.
(Southeru Div. .....5 p. m 9p. IN.
Iron Mountain T. R......,...a:3O p. m 9p. m
Wabash r. R......................lU p. m. ! = p. IN.
rrevas g. ST Louis K. R,.,,.....7 y. m. u, n.
81. Louis & Cairo X. R..........5 p. IN. $3.50 am
Ohio River ,,.........2 p' m IA p III
Miss River arrives Wed, sat, & Mon.
departs We'd, Fri u sun.
p o. gen del. op from. ....l 80 am 10 t:3d pm
P.O. box del. open from ,.......B a. IN. to P. III.
Sundays ger. del. open from. a. m. to ~ a. III.
SUNDAYS box del open from. q a, m. to lQ:3O am
eY"NOTE.-C Changes will he published from
time to time In city papers, Change your cards &C
cordingly. WM. NJ MURPHI'P r NJ
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05
The Daily Bulletin.

OFFICIAL PAPER OF ALEXANDER COUNTY
ENIEPED AT THE CAIRO POsToFFIcE FOR
TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE MAE.s AT
SECOND CLASS RATES.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-05

handed wooden leg, almost as good as
ew.-PUcb.
Walter Davidge, in a Washington
court the other day, listened patiently
for an hour or so to the tiresome argu-
ment of the opposing counsel. Your
Honor, said the latter, toward the
end of his argument, 81 have an idea
-" "Your Honor, "broke in Davidge,
"give him writ of habsas corpus to
take it out of solitary confinement" -
Buffalo EGpreSS.
Last week, when about to break up
for the holidays, Mr. Spurgeon dis
missed his young men with caution.
Don't so courting. That is not good
for students. Come back, as some
one puts it, with your hearts and man
ners uncracked. Walk in the fields
like Isaac, by all means, and mediate,
but don't lift up your eyes for Rebecca.
She will come soon enough. "
A fashionable lady, who was well
known as q collector of bric-a-brac,
was taken very ill and told by her
physician that she must die. Then she
sent for her dearest friend promise
me-" she said to the weeping woman.
"that you will bo mother to my
dear" "Childrenp Yes. love, you
know l will" mo, no." interrupted
the dying woman, petulantly, ito my
little pitchers" Il cannot" sobbed
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-11-06
British Troubles.

Baltimore San: There is an uneasy feel.
ing in London that the Gladstone govern
ment is going to pieces, but no very sound
reason Can be given for this conyiction. 1t
seems to be the outcome of q widely diff
fused sentiment that matters generally are
going wrong, and that the government is
to blame for it. England is in turmoil
from the radical agitation for the aboli-
ton of the House Of Peers, the northern
parts of Scotland are in Il state Of unrest
by reason of the spread there of cOmmu-
nistic ideas about property in land, and
Ireland is us usual Il smothered volcano.
Everywhere there is q sense of disQuiet
added to discOuragement arising out of
the general decline in the profits of agri-
culture. commerce and manufactures. The
navy is found to be little stronger than
that OF France. whereas Englishmen ex-
pect it to be stronger than the combined
fleets of several of the best armed Euro
pean powers. The foreign ports and coal
ing stations upon whose strength English
commerce in the East relies for refuge and
protection have been discovered to beat
the mercy of the first conner, and the four
or live millions of dollars just devoted to
their needs are insufficient to safeguard
the half of them. The Cape Colony is in
a disturbed condition, war with the Beers
beinga Question of the immediate future.
The internal condition of Egypt is in ev-
cry way unsatisfactory. There seems to
be no escape from shoulderihg losses &C.
casioned by the burning of Alexandria.
Some ten or fifteen millions besides are
being spent to rescue Gen. Gordon, though
there is strong probability that, by reason
OF the delay i'll sending the expeditions
taen. Molseley may arrive too late to save
him. The proceedings of Parliament are
not marked by good feeling or good order.
Mr.. Chamberlain narrowly escaped vote
Of censure for his course in relation to the
Birmingham riot. and the failure of some
Of his colleagues III the cabinet to sustain
him in his Hour of need is4slgnifcant.
The franchise bill.ai appears, will be
passed by the Commons without objection
from the conservatives, but in the House
of Lords it is believed that it will either
be postponed ora clause will be added slis-
pending its operation till after reappor-
tienmapt bill has been passed.
I = vi
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-11-06
=
A Truce In Politics.

We have sympathized with our readers,
and our readers have, we hope, sympa-
thized with us, i'll the necessity which has
compelled us to devote our columnsfor the
the past few months almost exclusively to
politics. In a contest where there were at
issue important questions affecting the
material interests of our immediate peo-
pie, and where our political opponents were
persIstently seeking to divert attention
from their consideration. we felt it to be
.ings, as well as we were. able to do The
people, we are sure, are better Informed
to-day on the tariff question and their re-
lation TO it.as well as the relation of the
Democratic partytto popular education,
than they were before this campaign was
opened And if the seeds have been sown
for profitable fruit hereafter. there will be
compensation found for the flood of politi-
cal literature to which our readersshave
been treated.
We nave not been in frame of mind
this week to pass from political DISGUISE
lions to more general topics of discussion,
and consequently our editorial columns are
rather barren of original matter But we
will soon return to our equilibrium, and
endeavor to furnishsuch diversity of read
ing as will entertain and interest the gen.
eral reader. The busy events now occu-
pying the. attention of the old. as well as
the new world, will doubtless present fea-
lures of interest as well as relief to those
whose minds have been on a strain over
political hopes and fears, and as the fer
ment subsidies, solace and pleasure will be
found in contemplating other and less ex-
citing subjects.
The details of the election will be fur
nished as they may come in, and it is
probable before this issue of the VIRGIN
IAN goes to press. the result of the great
l.quadrennal contest will be given in def
mite form. The verdict has been render
ed, and all that is wanting is the final
summing up aad publication. Whatever
the sequel, it is the duty of all to quietly
and mcomplainingly submit The voice
of the people, the supreme power, under
our system Of government, has spoken
through the forms of law, at least in the
greater portion of the country, and what
ever it may be. whether as we should like
it OF not it will be accepted as the final
decree.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-11-06
Gains and Losses.

We have not deemed it necessary to
give the details of the Geographic reports
from the various precincts and counties in
the State, as they are not generally official
and could not be relied upon to give ac-
curate information as to the result There
have been several extraordinary gains re-
ported. Norfolk county gives Repub-
lican majority of l,60O-a gain of 947 on
last year. Fredericksburg gives q Repub-
lican gain of 49, Portsmouth was car !:
ried by the Republicans by Al majority-a
gain of 81. Petersburg gives Republican
majority of over 1,100--a gain of 90S on
1883. Lynchburg gives Cleveland 165 ma
jority-a Republican gain on vote of 1881
for Governor of sos and 200 on last fall s
election. The Democrats carried Dan-
vile by about 100 majority-a Republ an
gain on last fall S vote of 800. These ne
some of the gains. There are losses in
some Of the Valley and Southwest coun-
ties and other parts of the State which
may more than offset these gains, and eat
away the majority of about 5000 for Wise
in 1882. the vote with which comparison is
made.
Richmond, Va, ) p. m. Following
counties omplete show Democratic gains
as follows. comparison made with Wise
and Massie vote of 1882. Rockingham 63S,
Shenandoah 403, Madison 429, Bedford 395,
King William 103, New Kent SO, Rock
bridge 200, Wythe ATS, Smythe 400, Cul-
pepper 55, Rappahannock POI, Nelson l75,
Halifax 9sl, Page 1893, Montgomery lO5,
Charlotte 1888, Fairfax IS. Loudoun coun-
ty shows democratic majority of SIS, a
dem loss of 203.
Giles county. Cleveland 3l4 majority
Dem gain of 2S5.
Tazewell, Blaine Gl9 majority IA Dem
gain of 321.
Pulaski-Cleveland ia majority: a
democratic gain Of 1853.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. majority 1879.
Democratic gain.
Washington county gives Cleveland ma
iority of 67S; Democratic gain 2l7.
Accomac county gives Cleveland ma
iority of 1858; Democratic gain 527.