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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01
MCCULLOUGH, THE ACTOR.
He Breaks Down In Chicago Hi.
Engagement Caueellaa

0"As DoWA IN chicago His
Engagement Cancelled.
CHICAGO, Oct LIN the play of "Spar.
tacus" at McVicker's Monday NIGHT Mr.
Mccullough appeared to be in dazed CON.
dition, forgot his lines, and acted as though
aifiicted with a mental malady. The audi
ence Jeered and laughed at intervals. but at
the close recalled the tragedian, who, how
ever, was in no condition to make a fittino
explanation of the causes leading to his
tragic collapse
Mr.. Joseph Brooks, Mr. McCullough's
manager, and Mr.. Price, his agent, said Tues
day morning that the tragedian's season had
been closed; that all the dates had been can.
eelled, and arrangements made to send the
company back to New York They
said, further, that they were en-.
couraged at the beginning of the sea.
son by the fact that the actor was in far bet
ter condition that he had been at tho bepin.
ming of the previous season, and that they
had expected that, as he became once more
used TO acting, it would prove tonic to his
system, as it had done previously. He had
been rehearsing very hard all Monday, and
this caused reaction of his mental
trouble, eliminating in the painful
scene of Tuesday evening. They had
not yet informed him iof their policy, but
expected the strongest opposition from him
when they did so. He would be sent on te
some friends in the east, where it is hoped an
entire seasons rest will again restore him te
his wonted vigor. Both gentlemen were DOS
tive that the causes they gave were the only
ones which could be given for Mn McCul
loush's actions Monday evening, and that the
insinuations which have been publicly made
were entirely without foundation
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01
SHERIFFS SALE.

By virtue of an Execution and Fee Bill No.
$500 issued out OF the clerks Office of the Circuit
Court of Rock Island county, and state of Illinois,
and to me directed, whereby am commanded to
make the amount of certain Judgment recently
obtained against Thomas Biddison in favor of Eli
hu Turner ont of the lands. tenements, goods and
chattels of the said defendant Thomas Biddison |
have levied on the following property to-wit: The
undivided third ~ of lot five go in block one ,
in Bailey and Boyle's second (2d) addition to the
city of Rock Island, county of Rock Island and
state of Illinois; therefore. according to said COM
mand shall expose for sale, at public auction, all
the right, title and interest of the above named
Thomas Biddison in and to the above described
property, on Thursday, the 10th day of October,
1884, at 2 O'Clock, P. NJ, at the north door OF
the Court House in the city of Rock Island, in the
county of Rock Island and state of Illinois, for
cash in hand TO satisfy said execution and fee bill
Dated at Rock Island, this 25th day of September
A. D., 1884. j. Nj. RETICKRR,
Sheriff of Rock Island County, Illinois,
S95dtd
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01
a Druggists Story.

Mr.. Isaac C. Chapman, druggist, New
burg. n. Y, writes US: II have for the
past ten years sold several gross of DIR.
VIM. Halls Balsam for the lungs. can
say of it what | cannot say of any other
medicine have never heard customer
speak of il but to praise its virtues in the
highest manner, have recommended il
in great many cases of Whooping Cough
with the happiest effects. have used il
in my own family for many years; in fact
always have a bottle in the medicine
clocat
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01
Horrible Fate of an Old Woman

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Oct. Mrs. Polly
Sherwood. ~ years old, left her home Al
Pond Ridge, near Stamford, about fou
weeks ago, on visit to her brother
across the fields in the same will
age. She never reached her destination
and on Friday her body was found in &
dense swamp near the village Her flest
and limbs were torn from her body 1t il
thought to have been done by dogs. 1t i
believed she became deranged in the swami
and lost her way
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01
A GREAT DISCOVERY.

That is daily bringing Joy to the homes
OF thousands by saving many of their
dear ones from an early grave. Truly is
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs, Colds. Asthma, Bronchitis
Hay Fever, Loss of Voice, Tickling in
in the throat, Pain in the Side and Chest
or any disease of the Throat and Lungs
a positive cure. Guaranteed. Tria
bottles free at Hartz & Bahnsen's Drug
Store. Large size S1.00.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01
A FAIR OFFER.

The Volta;c Belt CO., of Marshall
Mich, offer to send Dr. DYES Celebrated
Voltaic Belt and Electric Appliances on
trial, for thirty days, to men, old and
young, afflicted with nervous debility,
lost vitality, and many other diseases.
See advertisement in this paper.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01
PURE
Drugs and Medicines,
HEIMBECK'S DRUG STORE,
Corner of Third Avenue and Tenth street,
Rock Island.
s8@ Prescriptions carefully compounded by reg
istered Pharmacists. July-2S-dly
MORTGAGEE'S SALE.

Whereas John Evans of the county of Rock Is
land in the state of Illinois, did the 18th day of
January, A. d., 1884, execute and deliver to G.
Woeber Il Bros. of the city Of Davenport Scott
county, Iowa, chattel mortgage, which is record
ed in the Recorders Office OF Rock Island county,
Illinois, in book of chattels, page 49, thereby
conveying to the said Geo Woeber & Bros. the
following described chattels, to-wit: one Landau
painted black, green trimming, manufactured by
Kinks Il johnson, Bridgeport, Conn, also one
Landau, blue trimming, same make, and has also
name of G. Woeber Il Bros, on hub band; also
one two seatedicarriage manufactured by G. Woe
Der Bros, Davenport. Iowa, with blue trimming;
one white chapple endspring top buggy, manufac
tured by Duve u Co., Davenport, Iowa, with blue
trimming; one side bar Whitney square box top
buggy, blue cloth trimming, made by Columbus
Buggy Co., Columbus, Ohio; one two spring Phae-
ton, blue cloth trimming, made by said Column
bus Buggy Co; one two spring Phaeton, no name
on plate, with green cloth trimming; one end
spring square box top buggy, leather trimming,
made in Peoria; one end spring (2) Phaeton, blue
cloth trimming, no name on plate; two Portland
style Cutters, also three swell body Cutters; one
Sorrel Horse, seven years old, name Frank; one
Sorrel Horse, seven years old, name Colonel, both
with spot in face and two white hind feet, all of
said property now being in the livery stable of
said Evans, situated on West 18th street. between
LIST and End avenue in said city of Rock Island, to
secure the payment of certain promissory notes
mentioned IN said chattel mortgage, and default
having been made in the payment of said notes
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given, that the
undersigned mortgages of said mortgage, by
virtue of the terms and conditions of the said
mortgage will on the 4th day of october, 1894. at
ten o'clock in the forenoon of SAID day at the Court
ton to the highest aud best bidder for cash, all
the aforementioned goods and chattels.
G. WOEBER Il BROS, Mortgages.
CANNON & MCQUIRK, Attorneys. sep-24dtd
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01
Disappointed lovers are now commits
ting suicide in great numbers.

| have been Hay Fever sufferer for
three years; have often heard Ely's Cream
Balm spoken of in the highest terms; did
not take much stock in it because of the
many quack medicines A friend per
suaded me TO try the Balm, and l did so
with wonderful success.-T. S. Geer,
Syracuse. n. Y. Price fifty cents.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01
A RI.

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretions of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss of manhood, &c,
| will send recipe that will cure you,
FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by missionary in South
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, 1884-10-01
Lime in Baking Powders,

Prof. r. A. Witthaus NJ. D., Medical
University, Buffalo, N Y, who is the
highest authority, says that Calcium
Tartrate Improperly called Tartrate OF
Lime), advertised as the lime found in
Baking Powders is derived from the
wines that produce Cream of Tarter II
is constituent of the grape and othel
fruits, and is absolutely harmless.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01

A correspondent of the Detroit Free
Press says in Chicago every nationality
has its parks. Garfield Park is the Amer
lean park, Lincoln the German, Humboldt
the Scandinavian, Louglas the Irish, and
South Park for the dudes.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01

Ladies love delicate and delicious per-
fumes. In Parker's Hair Balsam they not
only satisfy this taste. but have an article
which arrests falling hair, removes dand>
ruff, restores the original color and inn
parts beautiful gloss, softness and life.
Does not soil the linen, is not dye,
cleanly and economical.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01
Fifty Thousand a Year.

To be sure. You've "oply got cold
"only a cold" "Be all over in few
days." Don't worry about me-" Well,
we won't. But $4,000 people die every
wear in the United States from consump-
ton. And every soul of them began that
way. Better stop it now with Parker
tonic. This remedy will expel the cold at
nncp
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01
Bucklen's Arnica SaIva.

The greatest medical wonder of the world
Warranted to speedily cure burns, bruises,
cuts, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, can.
GERS, piles, chilblains, corns, letter, chap
ped hands, and all skin eruptions, euaran-
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, 1884-10-01

The object of Captain Eads in bringing
over the Great Eastern, if he can get her,
to New Orleans is not so much to crafty
the Crescent City as to prove that his JET
ties have made the mouth of the MiSsiss>
ippi large enough to easily take in the
big ship.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01

Gath says Mr.. Schurz' usefulness ends
when he ceases to speak. He is an etfec>
tive orator, but has never been able to
say: Il will take no office if my cause is
successful. l shall prove my purity by
nv disinterestness. And he can not say
that now,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01

was severely afflicted for eleven years
with Hay Fever, after trying almost
everything without avail, | gave up al
hopes of being cured, when purchased
bottle of Ely's Cream Blam. 10 my
surprise, after few applications, was
entirely relieved. R. Watson Harris
Letter, Carrier, Newark, N. j. Fifty
eents
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01
Export Statistics.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The exports, OK
elusive of specie, from the port of New
York, for the week ended Tuesday, were
$5,999oOO, against 81, O6s, 900 for the previous
week, and Sc, SGT, 900 for the same wssk last
wear.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01
Governor ua,a.,.L.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct 1--Governor Hem
bricks left the city Tuesday morning to visit
the Louisville exposition, where he will be
the guest of the commissioners.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01

Colonel George W. Hooker, of Burling-
ton, Vt. and 7. G. Crawford, the Wash
ington correspondent of the Chicago Meas,
are said to have bought the New York
Mail and Erpress.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01
Decline of Man.

Nervous weakness, dyspepsia, impo-
tence, sexual debility, cured by wells
Health Remover 81.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01

Physicians attest: ''Colden's Liquid
Beef is particularly useful in Diphtheria,
Fever, and every depressing disease.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01

There are said to be more stage-struck
young women in Indianapolis than in any
other city of like population in the coun-
trv
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01

A reliable means of eradicating local
disease of the skin, viz: Glenn's Sulphur
Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, so cts
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01
Executors Notice.

Estate of William Schuck, Deceased.
The undersigned, having been appointed Ex-
ecutor Of the estate of William Schuck,
late of the county of Rock Island, state of
Illinois, deceased hereby gives 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 November term,
on the second Monday in November next. at which
time all persons having claims against said estate
notified and requested to attend for the purpose
of having the same adjusted. All persons in
debted to said estate are requested to make mme-
date payment to the undersigned.
Dated this 18th day of Sept, A. D., 1894.
PHILLIP SUMMON, Executor.
dAw
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01
Younger and Better.

Bensons Capcine Plasters are not older
than all others; but they are better than
all others. % cts.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01

The use OF the term
''Short Line" in connection
with the corporate name OF
a grert road, conveys an
idea Of just what is requir-
ed by the travelling public
a Short Line, Qnick Time
and the Best of aCcommo-
dations-all of which are
It railway in America,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-02
Eer Ta< 44rkzss<w nxrslsv. OUR NEXT DOOR NErGHBORS
r N. wHirg.


 IL was quite aA event in the usually dull routine ot our rather prosiac lif' when our next door neighbors moved in That one should have a next door neigh bor IS by no means remarkable, but ths rooms they took had been so long empt, and were so thoroughly GU, of repair tha we had given up the idea 0; their evei be:ng occupied again. The man was a villianous-looking ltal 1 ian with quick. nervous movements anc black eyes tha, seemed to look through one and cause an unconscious shuddei of disgust. From the tirst kne~ he wal cruel, and when saw his pale little wife with her large, sad eyes, my heart went out 10 her. tor knew she was leading q broken-hearted existence, and l won dered why there was no, some special law to prevent bruush men from making miserable the lives of the frail vessels given 10 their keeping.
 Betsy. said l, that wretch is mak- ing that womans lite one of torture.
 Same's you do mine. suppose. At tend to your own affairs and you'll have your hands fuil.f
 Betsy can be very sarcastic a, times, but m, ideas in regard To the Italian re- mained the same and the second nigh, after their arrival found that was cor rect.
 Night had come and after eating my supper sat down to smoke, an enjoy ment highly rellshed by me, can assure you. As sal there blowing the white smoke out in great wrea,hs, filling the room with perfect smudge" to Ret sy's great disgss,. heard our ncighbors begin 10 quarrel. First the brigand would deliver himself of lot of eNple- ;ives and then she would gently Iemon- s,raie. Then they worked themselves into a high state of frenzy and banded words with such rapidi,y that both mn gled together. Their excited conversa- ton was carried on in their own tongue, which prevented me from understanding what ,hey sAid but when ,he woman SCI up series of hea,trcndng screams. at once understood that the sooundrel was beating the peor eTeaturc.
 My hear, rebe!lcd agalns, such brutal fly and wished that could throttle him. ve, did mol feel us,ihed in interfering Bu, IS scream after scream followed cac h other, increasing n intensity every min ute. my blood boiled and l asked Betsy wha, should do
 :. ct em alone" was her sen,cntious reply.
 However. could not sit idly by and hear those agonted screams. SO got up went into the hall and then to hls door and knocked
 The door was opened by the btigand himself. who sad
 "Wha, you ~.il have. sar =
 Wha, are you beating that woman for. have listened to Il as long as can and if you don't stop it shall go after an officer.
 Whaua you mean. sar: l don heatta da, woman. We practice for de opera. You lakka ,o Aear she sing ~
 Well. couldn', say anything wher Betsy said was an old fool. because half believed Il myself.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-02

great rivers, like the Kansas and the Platte. flowing through boundless plains. are nowhere deep enough tcr steamers, though they are sometimes miles la width; yet the navigable length of many of these streams is a surprise. The Mississippi IS i've times longer than the Rhine the Missouri is three times longer than the Danube; the Columbia is four times longer than the Scheld, . From the sea to Fort Smelling the Mississippi Is ploughed by steamers a distance of ,,t,i miles. yc, she is but the second river ln the United States. Looking at the map we eanno, fail to notice the group cf gre.ss North American lakes. Our English no- ton of lake IS derived from Conisson. Killarney, lomond. Windermere. icman, or Garda. But these sheets of water give us no idea of ~hat Huron and Superior are like Ccnis,on, Killarney, Lomond. Wtndermere, leman. and t,arda. all put together, would no, cover tenth part of the surface occupied by the smallest of the hve grea, American lakes, All the waters lying in English. Scotch. irish. Swiss, Italian. and German lakes. migh, he poured into Lake Michigan wi,hcu, ""N"k any Pe'NePaoie aoaiuoh to lhe waters Yorkshire migh, be sunk out oi sight in Lake tne ontaro drowns as much land A would make twn duchies equal in area to Schleswig and Holsiein Denmark could be washed by the waters oi Lake Huron Many st the minor lakes n America would be rcckoned in- land seas m the old world. for instance, Salt Lake. m Utah. has surface ot ONO square miles. while that ot Geneva has only ;so that of Como only oo; that oi Killarney only x, kingdom like SaNony. A duchy like 6oburs. II thrown m one heap into Lake Superior, might add an island to its beauty. but would he no more eenspiSuous m its vast eApanse oi waters than ono oi those pretty green sicts which adafn Loeh omond
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-02
THE WINTER KING.

Tn, Winter King. with freezing breath, And stern and wrinkied brow, And blasting winds. and rushing storms, Comes in his anger noS His chilly breath and frosty hands, Have stopped the stre@mlet's flow .,d hills and wales, and meadow lands Are covered deep with snow. Now sadly sigh the barren trees,
 Fncrusted o'er with ice: n. frost-<prites come on every breeze Ts carve with quaint device The landscape, too, IS charged amain, As though some wizard $ wand Had waved above earth s broad domain, Turned all 10 fairy-iand o Winter King thy reign IS Ill
 Lock now. the sombre sun. D,nutng behind yon western hill,
 Shrords earth in clouds of dun: a,d vel, 0 Winter, charms see
 In ,hee, despite thy greeting Thy q .d. long merry nights give me.
 Wiih true hearts fondiy beating. And though the summer hours have d.ed And autG4la's joys are flown, Wesi close about the warm tr,-slGe- Be merry with our own fe. this biest hope 10 Us $ gwen
 Bright days will soon appear, And Winters drears reign bc o'er,
 When golden Spring $ here
 --Lsf4cy G. RiSs5. :. +s>@sg Il DJfif.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-02
G,gan,,e Companions.
Egsh E.a~


 The ! nl:ed S'ases owns 2shin her two ocean frontiers r..ore than three million square miles of and a fourth par, of 4 million square mics of water. either sail or fresh range Q! Alps, range of fyr- ennes, a range of Apennines forests, by the side Of which the S1hwarzwald and inc Ardennes would be no more than German toys myers. exceeding the Dan ube and the kh.ne, as ralch as these riy- CTS exceed the Aersey and the Clyde ;ru.y the rcpgbli- $ BIC CoyHlRY Here n Engiane we have no Ines of suf- i.c. zen, length, 10 areas of suf.ielen: width to convey any idea of its size Our longest line IS iha, running from Land s End to Berwick, line which IS some miles shorter than the distance from Washington 10 Lexington Our broad es, valley $ iha, of the Thames, the whole of winch would Ae hidden from sigh, IT the Sierra Aadre The state of Oregon IS bigger than England Teas is larger than France II the Inised States were parted into eqaal lots, they would make ff.y-,eo kingdoms as large as England fourteen empires as large as France. Then look al their rivers, and you xili be abe 70 form some idea as io measurement, and ze r talking of this country. 4 steamboat can 90 yo miles up the Thames: zoo ID the Seine: 55o rifles up the Rhine. In America the Thames would oe creek, the Seine a brook. the Rhine ieczi stream. soon lost n a migh.ieT rver some of these
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-02
THE MONJULA.
Mtll MsAw tn t'sc l!oesirt


 During all the ume tha, Branl re manned a dependency oi Portugal. the :. fsthefland' introduced but one labor. saving machine into the empite No race ot people on tho globe could better any mechsnleai oonifivanoe devised toi the saving ei physical escitlon. The Brazilians arc, constitution ally and felIs- iously. opposed to everything hasing the least appearance of labor. II they could liVe thct niac in entire. unin,et- rup,ed ldleness. and pay then undivided attention ia the proper consumption ot villtanous cigarettes. unalloyed happlne >s and contentment would be theus. Inc people must have possessed ,he same traii of charaetcr wliie under the relEn of the hfst Dom Pedro, yet the Tatts. gnese were So negligent of the veal ot ,helT south American foster children. and so dlsTegatded the demands oi inc race which desired labor savers and was . so saving ei labor they couldn't make the labor savers. tha, bu, one ldea was exported into the emp,fe From the earliest days oi the country the people had ground thcir maneioei i Hour b, pounding the roots m rudc mortar rhss required considerable physi,a al eN. ert,on. even for slave. and the introduC- ton ot heap substitute was probably hailed with delight. The mon)uIa IS the name of the contnvanoe designed to do this work. and to-day you will see mum bers of the things over the empire, doing their work with an appearance ot laxi- ness very much m keeping with tho na- uses. Shall describe ,his great labor saver Here Il is A beam twenty or thirty feet long is balanced horizontally on an upright pos, whle h may be of any hetghi from sk io ten feet One end of this beam terminate n soft of ham mer CT pestle, winch is in lustaposi,ion with | rude wooden mortar se, upon ,he ground, At Inc oppos,ir end of thc beam IS shallow woodeft box that Is filled with water directed inio fl by seEies oi water-works. diiches and troughs The water pours into the box unlIl Il ts hiied when Ii ovefbalanees es tke pestlc end and falls IhIs movement empties the box when the beam returns .o Its position and drops into the mortar. dealing A heavy blo. ,o the mandioea roots placed there io be pulveuled. The bon fll> again and by this alternate hllng and emp'ylng and conse9uen, lif,ing and dropping of the wooden trip hammer the mandioc4 IS finally ground wIth no more manual eNcrtIon than is needed to place the raw rnateual into the mortar and take the fniShed flour ,herefrom after the monln4 has done its work In th.s way thIs in,rlea piece of machinery ihumps away. klllHg time and crushing mandi- ooa. The patent on ,hts machine has probably espmed so you need have no feat oi prose a,ioD for infringement, fl you should choose to manufAe iare them.