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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-15
Goods at Yonr Own Prices.

Mr. Henry Regensburger's stock was
sold yesterday at Sheriff's sale, Mr.. II
Burgower, being the purchaser. He also
bought from the assignee the balance of
the stock of goods. Mr.. Burgower is now
ready to offer to the public his we'll as
sorted stock of underwear, caps, gloves,
mittens, hats, shirts, trunks and yalises.
This stock must and will be sold at the
shortest possible time. Avail Yourself of
this opportunity and call early.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-15
Where Others Fail.

The merits of Athlophoros as a specific
for rheumatism and neuralgia are best
proved by the fact that it cures when
other treatment fails. Says Mr.. G. G.
Thompson, of New Haven: For twelve
wears have been sufferer from rheum-
ATTIC neuralgia, which attacked me sud-
denly without warning, destroying all
hope of sleep or rest. | have tried
hundreds OF remedies. With the exception
of Athlophoros not one of them afforded
me the slightest benefit. 1t has done me
more good than all the other remedies
comhined.a
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-15
THE MARKETS
CHICAGO. Fab. IA

CHICAGO, Feb. IA
Rodiger & McIntyre's circular of this
evening gives the following prices on the
board of trade: Wheat-March, opened
96kc closed 94Xc; May, opened $f,os1S,
closed $1,000 June, opened $l.0a. closed
$l.02X. Corn--March, opened 551sc, closed
545sc; May, opened Gle, closed 60c; june,
opened Ssc, closed S7sgc Pork-May, opened
sls.s0, closed s1S.371z. Lard-May, opened
Sl0.35, closed $40. 10
Live Stock-The Union stock yards reports
the following range Of prices: Hogs-Market
opened active, firm and higher; light grades
s6.4o@T.2o; mixed packing, s8.65@7.15;
heavy shipping lots, t7;l5@iL75 Cattle
&c. 630@6 90; good to choice, $5.So@620; COM
mon to fair, $5.25@575 butchers, 2.45@
475; stockers, s.. 75@5.25.
Produce: Butter Fine creamery, 30@3Sc;
good to choice dairy, 20@25c; good to choice
roll, 14@lSc; packing, 9@10c. Eggs-In
light supply; fresh-lsid, y7Q2sc. Potatoes
Choice early rose, SOC; Burbank, S2c; no sale
for poor or fair lots.
New York.
NEW York, Feb. IA.
Wheat-Opaned about Nc higher, but
later lost advance, and declined H@Ac;
trade less active; No white nominal; No
l.131s; May, 81 sL14T@l.15x; June, sl.1t
@ll6k Corn-opened A6Xc higher,
later lost advance; fair trade in options
mixed western spot, 52@641Sc; future, Gag
67Ac Oats-Dull, slight change; western,
4l@4sc. Provisions-Beef quiet and steady
new extra, Sl2.00@ 1900. Pork firm; spot
mess, Sls00@ls35. Lard shade better, but
quiet; steam-rendered, 5000.
st. Louis.
ST.. LOUIS. Feb a.
Wheat-Lower; chief trading in May; No.
2 red, sl0711@1. 1O1s bid according to loca-
ton for cash, SLOTS March, Sl09H April,
sL10@6@l. loA May, sl.O9H jane, sl@l.ooA
year; No. red, 99c. Corn-Lower ana
fairly active for May, 50t95oAe cash, 50h@
5054c February, 56%Q50s4c March, size
April, 53x@539sc May Oats-Slow; 360
SG14c cash, S51zc April, 36slc May. Rye
Higher; 55c bid. Barley--Dull and un-
changed. Whisky - Steady; Sl.I5. Pro
visions-Strong but slow; only job trade
done.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. Il,
Wheat-Active and easier; No. red cash.
$l01@l 05; February, sl,ol; March, Sl.03;
April, $L06ts; May. slo7js; June, 81 .091l !;
Corn-Dull but firm; high mixed, 551 &C.;
No. cash or February, 54@5411c; March
Soc; April, 5Sc; May, 6O1se; rejected, 4914 q
soc; no grade, 44c. Oats-Quiet and Arm !;
No cash or February, SIC; May, SOC; re-
jected, 3415c Clover-Dull but easy; prime
mammoth, 50. 25; No. 9 do 50; prime me-
dium cash or February, 81. 10 asked; March,
S6 Is asked; No 2, S. IS asked
Milwaukee.
MILwAUKEE, Feb. "A
Wheat-Steady; s4@a411c, No 2; 94c,
February 4&c, March; 95Sc, April !;
81 O0X, May. Corn-Dull at SAKE No. 2
Oats-Quiet; &c No. q Rye-Steady; 591kc,
No. l; SIC, Noe2 Barley-Tame and quiet
Soc No. 2; 54A(c for extra No. s.
Detroit.
DETROIT, Feb. IA
Wheat-Easisr; cash and February, 2i 041 u
| asked; March, S1.06 asked; April, S107M
asked, May, 81 Os%; No. 2 red sl.0S; No. I
white, 95c. COrn-No . cash. 541Sc asked
Oats-No2 white. 3951Sc; No. 2, SIC,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-15
Convention.

Levi North, of Kewanee, writes the
Nsa0s that he is strongly in favor of the
anti tariff meeting at Rock Island, which
meeting was suggested by this paper sew
eral weeks ago. 1t is time that the people
were moving upon this monstrous wrong
to crush it out forever. The way to begin
is to meet and organize Rock Island
would be very convenient for a district
meeting of this character There ought
to be grand state rally at Peoria or
Springfield during the spring or early
summer -Geaese0 Aeacs
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-15
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Adjourned Regular Meeting.


CITY COUNCIL Room, Rock ISLAND,
Feb 14-The council met in adjourned
regular session at 7:45 p. m. Present all
the aldermen except Sinnet and Hall
Mayor Mott being absent Alderman Rel
mers was elected mayor pro TEN. The
minutes were read and approved and re-
ports of city officers read and ordered
placed on file. Bills were reported
correst, and allowed by ordinance, as
follows;
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-15
TANE&.

The taxes for Rock Island for 1888
are now due and should be paid at once
at the mayors office in the Armory 10
JAMES JOHNSTON.
10 If Township Collector.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-15
ANNOUNCEMENT.
FOR TOWNSHIP COLLECTOR.

The Observation-Disclosures to announce that he is
candidate for the Office of Township Collector,
subject To the decision of the Democratic conven
ton. LOUIS OHLWElLER.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-15
WiIlard's Hotel.

WASHINGTON, D. C.,
phe popular palace hotel of the National Capital
Conveniently located and accessible to all OF the
street car lines Of the city. Open all the year.
o. 6. STAPLES, Proprietor
Late Of Thausand Island House,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-15

CoRREsPoEDENoE.-Localn news Of general in
terest solicited from every town in Rock Island
and adjoining counties. Letters must reach the
Office not later than Wednesday to insure insertion
the same week in the Weekly. All news Of spec
ial Importance should be sent as soon as received
by special dispatch or by telephone.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-15
12tf

Mr.. L. A. Carter, 5S Moore street
Chicago, Ill, says; i found great relief
from dyspepsia by using Browns Iron
Bitters.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-11-06
TRIBUNETS.

JAS Gilgeese, of Eatontown, n. j., Is not now so
firm believer in the necessity of physical educa-
ton for our girls he may have been, for the
other night his wife, while wrestling with the
nightmare, struck him in the ribs with her fist
and broke two of them.
There seems to be compensation for everything
in this world The hotel clerk is the fairest of his
sex and the haughtiest of created beings, but the
doctors say that he is very short-lived. Perhaps
this is well. 1t wouldn't do for one man to have
everything worth having.
NorristolOn Herald: A Buffalo paper says: "Our
most disagreeable inhabitants just now are measur-
ing worms" We shouldn't think they could be
any more disagreeable than their occupation.
Why should the worms be measured, any way?
Fun: Angelina-"The man marry must be
handsome, brave and cleverl"
Tompkins-"Dea mel How fortunate We
have met!"
Sententious Gent" Depend upon It, my dear
Miss Sharpe, in most cases ignorance is bliss"
Cruel Fair One-"Why aren't you happier
them"
The City Council of wilizesbarre Pa has much
trouble supervising the morals of the police. Last
week it passed a resolution censuring one of the
patrolmen for kissing pretty girl the street.
Presumably, unless ne greatly fustered, he
also kissed her on the lips.
Syracuse Herald: The owner of an alleged fast
horse took him to a the other Gay and said on
the quiet to deserving hummer: My friend, this
horse can't go. Everybody thinks that he can.
When have lost the heat I'll pay you half dol
lar if you will yell that sold it and didn't drive
for what the horse was worth"
DOCTOR: You see. wiley dear, 1 have pulled my
patient through after ALL very critical case, can
tell youi"
HIS WIFE: Yes, dear hubby; bat, then, you
clever in your profession. All! if / had only
known you five years earlier, / feel certain my
first husband-my poor Thomas-would have been
saved"
San Francisco Wasp: The coat was very bad &c
too full in the back. "Thatn never do" said
the customer; Its like shirt bean-pole."
dot coat, mein frent." replied the dealer, ish
very stylish garment Look at dot back? Mein
gracious it sh Iufy. See dot beautiful puffing-der
latest style-and don't you forgot it. 1t vas made
on Fifth avenoo. 1t is der Fadder Hubbard style.
and ish actually worth much as five toller more
for dot CUT and five minutes later the delighted
customer left the store with his Father Hubbard
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-11-06
THE STATE OF TRADE.

Nothing happened during the week to allie
viate the dullness which has reigned so long in
business circles. It is true that nothing was
anticipated in the last week of the Presidential
campaign, but the week was even duller and
more deprest than was expected. The main
trouble now seems to be with the railroads,
which find much difficulty in adjusting them
selves to the reduced rates that the low prices
of grain compel. They are reluctant to do
anything which looks toward decreased earn
ings," and yet the certainty that they will
have to do this depresses all railroad invest
ments, and seriously affects the entire business
situation. To add to this gloomy outlook, a rate
war has broken out which threatens to involve
all the leading roads. Therefore, all stocks went
tumbling during the week, though both bulls
and bears united to help check the downward
movement.
The oil market contributed its share toward
the general downward tendency. 1t has been
very weak all year. At Y cents barrel for
crude oil the petroleum market is about as
badly demoralized rs the grain market is with
wheat at Go cents a bushel. However. it had
begun to show signs of recovery, when last
week new well began flowing thousands of
barrels per day, and the market collapsed
again. During the week crude oil at Pitts
burg vibrated from II to 724, with about 71a
as an average price. The great wells continue
to gush out enormous quantities of OIL The
latest news was that the Armstrong we'll was
running 176 barrels an hour, Conners GO, and
Christie 81
The grain and provision market showed
little frmer spirit with very small advances
At Chicago, November wheat brought 741: De-
cember, 763; January, 77s; May, s44. Corn
November, AIS; December, 500; January, 80;
May, 39S. Oats-November, 25s; December,
$685. year. 25s; May, 294. Pork-Year 11.65;
January, 11.72i; February, 11.sO. Lard
November, 100; December, 6.974; January,
7O5; February, 7.153.
1t is inevitable that a reaction for the better
must take place. The pendulum has swung
too far to one side. Prices have gone down
too low, and they must recover rapidly, which
they will do after the election, and by the time
that our readers are perusing this we expect
to be able to note the beginning of substan-
tial improvement.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-11-06
FRANCE AND CHINA.

In the so-called war now being waged be-
much chance of success, as an old and decrepid
man would have in combat with young,
vigorous and well trained boxer. With the
exception of one trifing success the Celestials
have been defeated m every engagement,
even where numbers and position have been
greatly in their favor. They have shown from
the commencement of the difficulty woful
want of skill. patriotism and courage, and even
common sense itself The way in which their
alleged warlike operations are carried on is al
most sufficient to provoke mirth, and the con-
| struction of most of the Notifications is about
as strong proof of their imbecility as can well
be adduced. While the forts are for the most
part armed with weapons of modern structure
the famous Krupp gun being the one most
used-the peculiar formation of the embras-
ures. and the appliances for working the guns,
destroy nearly all their effectiveness. Some of
the works which are supposed to command the
mouth of the Woo Sung River, for instance, are
as much as so feet in thickness; each gun
has, therefore, long trench in front of it,
which renders it impossible to turn the weapon
one way or the other, thus limiting its scope to
objects directly in front of it. The obtuse
Celestial seems to have had only two ideas in
for their own men, the other was that an enemy
would always come to the attack directly in
front of the muzzles of the guns. 1t evidently
never occurred to the engineers who planned
these remarkable structures that for an enemy
possessing the faintest idea of military tactics
it would be the easiest thing in the world to
land below one of these forts, and, marching
round, take it from the rear, which is in al
most every instance left defenseless.
What China could have been thinking of
when she built her toy vessels it is impossible
to imagine, for she has not one that could have
the faintest prospect of withstanding an at
tack from the weakest ship in the French navy.
There is vessel now nearly completed at
Shanghai-the Pang Ming-which will un-
doubleday be knocked to splinters in few
minutes should she get into fght,-and this
is being DONE too, after the Chinese have had
ample opportunities of knowing what kind of
ornaments are necessary to cope successfully
with France. When the construction Of this
vessel was commenced, she was intended for a
first-class war-ship; but to satisfy the greed of
the Mandarins and other officials, her plates,
guns and engines have been reduced to a de-
gree of weakness which will render her almost
as useful in the dock yard as she would be at
sea.
There is but one end to this affair, and that
is the complete ruin of China as she lacks the
skill, courage and patriotism to fight and the
common sense to yield.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-11-06
met q few years ago.
WINTER READING.

In no more delightful manner can the long,
dark evenings of Winter be spent than in the
perusal of good journal, and no publication
in the country gives as much reading matter of
excellent quality as THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
This large, handsome eight-page paper, with
its articles by distinguished writer's, thrilling
accounts of battles by the comrades who par
ticipated in them, and ably written editorials,
can be procured for the trifing sum of 81 per
year. Just think of it, 4l6 pages of matter
1923 columns-for so small a sum! Then the
"Life of Logan" can be got for 81, and that
splendid narrative of Mr.. Pittenger, "Captur-
ing Locomotive" can be procured for $1.5O.
For the small sum of $3.50 The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, Life of Logan" and Capturing a
Locomotive" can be purchased for the family
reading circle! Where else can so much be
procured for so small an expenditure of money?
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-11-06
ITS AEEnIUS.

Mr. Logan told the veteran soldiers at the Day
ton Home that the country owed them debt of
gratitude that it could never repay. This is
touching alusion to enormous pension jobs that is
probably more pleasing to the ex-soldiers of the
rebellion than to the general body of taxpayers
that are to be robbed by new grants.-Chicago
Times.
This appears in paper that was SO bitterly
hostile TO the soldiers during the war, and to
every effort made by the Nation to preserve its
lfe that it was hated by Union-loving people
like p venomous serpent. Several times its
Office narrowly escaped destruction by crowds
of the fathers. brothers and friends of the boys
in the field, whom it was continually maligning.
Once it was suppressed by the military authori-
tics. The man who was periling his life for
the Nation in 1S61-5, had no worse enemy in
front of him than the Chicago Times was in
his rear.
Naturally, to such paper, every attempt to
pay man what he justly earned at the front
is pension job" and robbery Of the tax
payers"
But the Times keeps steadily out of sight
the overwhelming fact that if these men had
not gone to the front and fought for four years
if they had not given lavishly of life limb
and health, the Taxpayers" would to-day be
groaning under weight of taxes that would
crush them into poverty. Had these men not
stayed in the field antil they incurred these
terrible disabilities, there would not be an
overlooking Treasury to-day; there would be
but little value TO amy kind of property. Tho
Times itself, the value Of which was recently
sworn to in court at 81 600, 600, would not be
worth a hundredth OF that sum. 1t, like all
other business enterprises, has shared in the
enormous prosperityssecurad. by the valor of
the men whom it tlien, asnow, hated venom
ously, slandered, nialigncd and derided In
place of being Little provincial sheet, pub
hshed III q small PROVINCIAL metropolis, as it
would have been had the rebellion succeeded, it
has had opportunity to grow into great national
newspaper, with more people in the territory
in which it circulatcs than there are in any
kingdom in Europe.
So the Times adds the basest ingratitude to
the sin OF falsehood and malignancy.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-11-06

viding such defenses as he suggests is too
obvious to need argument, and it has been
shameful neglect On the part of Congress that
more has not been done in this direction. We
have trusted too much to our capacity-demon-
strated ON SO many occasons-to meet any
emergency by our extraordinary activity and
ingenuity. Of course, our activity and in
genuity is just as great, if not greater, to-day
than ever, and our resources are also vastly
larger than they have been at any time in our
history; but the art of war has advanced beyond
that stage where energy and ingenuity, no
matter how great, can adequately meet emer-
gencies. Time has become an important factor.
1t takes months to build long range gun, and
it takes years to construct the apparatus with
which to build it. We have not in this coun-
try FORCES or other machinery of sufficient
capacity to construct even the smallest of the
large guns which are now common in European
forts and on European iron-clads. 1t would
take at least three years to build FORCES cap
able of making such artillery as would enable
US to enter into contest with any European
power with hope of success.
While there is not the slightest doubt of the
urgent duty devolving upon Congress to more
adequately arm our sea coast than it ia now
and to arm the Notifications with something
better than the wretched pot metal smooth
bores that now fill the casemates and bastions
of the antiquated fortresses that stretch from
Maine to Texas, we must admit that there is
something to be said on the other side While
it is true that even so weak a power as Chilli,
which is not so large, wealthy, or powerful
as the State of Indiana, could lay New York or
any of our seaboard cities under contribution,
such step would be the most dangerous thing
possible for the strongest nation in the world.
Neither Germany, England, nor France would
dare, no matter what the emergency, to shell
New York, or compel contribution under a
threat of Smelling it. Such an enforced contri-
button would be about the most expensive
speculation that another nation could indulge
in, for the United States would never rest
under the insult until they had exacted repara-
tion sevenfold. We saw full recognition OF this
tremendous reserve power of the United States
at the time of the Alabama settlement. Eng
land then recognized very fully that it would
be much cheaper to pay US S15,000000 than to
run the risk of our beginning hostilities against
her at any future time, and bad as the depre-
dations of the Alabama were, they would bear
slight comparison to the terrible blow our ma
tional pride would receive should foreign
power levy contributions on one of our sea-
board cities
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-11-06
THE SPECIAL EXAMINERS.

Either many of the Special Examiners have
been wrongfully instructed as to their duties,
or they have wofully mistaken their instruc-
tons One of these must be the case, for they
are certainly not fulfilling the object of their
creation
For instance, they were not sent out into
the country to find reasons for refusing an ap-
plicant a pension. but to get facts, and deter
mine whether he should have pension or not
1t was never intended that they should sys-
tematically magnify all the evidence against a
claimant, and belittla that in his favor. They
were expected to weigh all the obtainable and
relevant evidence, with impartial discrmina-
ton, and make an earnest effort to ascertain
the exact truth.
1t was never expected that they should
strain to make mountainous obstacles out of
technical mole-hills, and wear the applicant
out of by ingenious devices to stave off the
allowance of his claim. They were intended
to facilitate, not hinder the settlement of
claims-to aid in securing pensions to those en-
titled to them during. their lives not worry the
claimants into charitable graves, before allow
ing q cent to be doled ont them.
1t was never intended that they should de-
vote their time to gathering up hundreds of
pages of testimony of no earthly relevancy to
the question at issue, and which clogs all the
wheels of the Bureaus business. Their bust
ness, if they have any, is to sift out the facts
that bear directly on the case, and present
them for consideration in tangible, reliable
shape.
Whoever the new Commissioner of Pensions
may be he will find that his first work will be
the revolutionizing of the Special Examiner
Corps from what it was made by Col. Dudley,
to what the trainers of the law organizing the
corps intended il should be.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-11-06
OUR DEFENsELESS HARBORS.

The report Of Gen. John Newton, the Chief
of Engineers, is moro than usually emphatic
OH the subject of the defenselessness of our
harbor and sea coast. He says there is abso-
lutely nothing anywhere to resist for any time
at all the landing of hostile army, to retard
the progress of hostile fleet into our harbors
or up any river, or to protect any of our
cities within reach of the guns of fleet from
being laid under contribution. He thinks that
$60,000,000 should be Immediately appropri-
ated for the manufacture of guns of power suf-
ficient to pierce the armor of any iron-clad
that is now afioat; also to experiment with
torpedoes and to lay in sufficient supply of
torpedo cases. electric cable and other apparatus
of that kind. He would have the sea-coast
guns housed in iron turrets, which should be
made much stronger than the armor of IRON
clads and give complete protection to the guns
He would Immediately set about making proper
defenses for Portland. Boston, New York, Phil
adelphia, Hampton Roads, New Orleans and
San Francisco.
There is no doubt of the entire truth of what
Gen. Newton says relative to the defenseless-
ness Of our sea coast, and the necessity of pro-