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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-30
FLOUR
THE MARKETS.
CHICAGO. April %.

NHlCAGO, April 20
Allan MCINTYRE & Co.'S circular of this
evening says: The markets on the board of
trade to-day were very lively, closing strong.
Wheat May, opened 93$+c, closed 93c; June,
opened and closed 9514c July, opened $3.50,
closed 95lsc. Corn May, opened 55c,
closed 55sc; June, opened size, closed
5GJ5c. Oats-May, opened 327sc, closed
32l5c. Pork-June, opened, O5 closed
Sl715. Lard-June, opened, $3.50. closed.
sS.521a.
Live SJock-The Union stock yards reports
the following range of prices: Hogs-Mar-
ket dull, weak, and prices about Toe lower;
light grades, S. 20@5. IS common TO choice;
heavy mixed packing, S5.30G510 common
to fair, and IS 7U16t0 fair to choics;
heavy shipping, So 75&i605. Cat
Catte-MaTket slow and steady; exports,
s6l541; good to choice, S.. oO@6. 10; com
mon to fair, So I0@5 20; butchers, So. as 10;
stockers, So 4O@5.J0 Sheep-Market brisk
good to choice, S540@6.20; common to fair,
$400M500.
Proiuce: Butter-Very dull; good, fine
creamery, 23@25c: fair to good dairy, I59
2Oc; packing, s@l0c. Eggs-In better
Pctatoes-Iu light supply and good demand !;
good to choice stock, 3S@40c; no sale for
poor
New York.
NEW YORK, April 90.
Wheat-14@$4c lower, heavy, irregular,
less doing; No. / white nominal; No. red
May, S1l0@lnI; June, sl12I@LI4;
July, s1.0S39 al .093s August, $l.054@ 06$4.
Corn-54@l14c lower, less active: mixed
western spot, 56@64c; future, 63$4 @66hc,
Oats-$$s(05sc lower, western, 37@46c Pro-
visions-6eef quiet and rather weak; new
extra mess, S12@125O Pork quiet and
weak spot mess, s16.75 Lard, dull and
easier: steam-rendered, SS671S,'
ST. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, April 20.
Wheat-Unsettled and lower, only mod
crate trading; No. 2 red, 81 10@1 1253 cash /;
81 1O@1 101 May; $1.0SA June; y7@9735c,
closing at 9796c July; 931s@93js :, closing
93kc, year; No. red, nominal
Corn-Lower and unsettled; 500
@5lc cash, 4914@5O1sc, closing 1910
June; SOY @5l%c, closing 5lAcJuly. Oats
Lower and slow; 3415c cash; 3411s@344c
May; 2714c year. Rye-Slow; 5919c bid
Barley-Unchangea; GO@sOc Whisky.
slow; only job trade. Pork, $l700 Bulk
meats-Long clear, sS.309S. 40; short ribs,
Ss:40@6.50; short clear, S. 70t@S75. Bacon
Long clear 91sc; short rib, 9kc; short
clear, 9]4c, Lard nominally sS25.
Toledo.
TOLEDO, April 80
Wheat-Achve and easier; No 9 white,
Sl.03; No. 3 red cash, Sl00A@L01; May,
sL0015; June, Sl02; August, 9S5zc nominal
No. soft, Sl.0915; No. red, g4c@s1; re-
jected, 6s@i3c. Corn-Active and easier;
new high mixed, size; No. 2 cash, April
ana May, 55$4c; June, 56Hc; July, nomin-
ally, 5Sc. Oats-Quiet and easier; No. 2
whit, 3S1sc: No. , cash, April and May,
S54c. Clover seed-Dul but firm; prime
medium, $3.50; No. 2, $5.65.
milwaukee,
MILWAUKEE, April 29.
Wheat-ITegular; 941ic No. 2, April and
MAY: lG5zc June Con-Unchanped &c
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-30
Trough on ToOthache.

Instant relief; quick cure. Toothache
Neuralgia, Faceache. 15c. at Druggists
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-30

CANCER FOX ROT kIEEN \ EARS.
SpartaTbur-, C.. March II, 1854
have fof II years beena sufferer froma runnii &
sore on my face that every body called Il cancer. !
have used over 500 worth of med. cine IN found
no relief About four months ago J bought one
bottle of Swift's Specific from DR.. II. E. llcintsh.
ana since have bought five others, have taken ii,
ana they have Cureu me sound andwell. My face
is as free from sore anyhndy's, and my health
il perfectly restored. feel like forty years had
been lifted oil my head. Yours thankfully,
ELIZE TfNSIlFY
Mir. B F. Burns Hope Ark says under date Of
Jan. -, 1851: II have taken five bottles OF Swift =
Specific for a sore on my temple-sad 10 be can
Ger. have been wonderfully benefited and viii
soon be a well man ''
Mr.. ". L. Robson, Dayishoro. GA writes under
date Jan 3, 1854 II am getting finely. The nicer
Is gradually healing. feel HAT Swifts Specific
will cure the horrible cancer which has heenfv,d-
ing on me Tor over "a years"
Our treatise on Blood and Skin Disease, mailed
free TO applicants.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co.
Drawer 2. Atlanta ga.
New York office. 80. West 33d ST. augI5-dIy
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-30
milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE, April 29.

MILWAUKEE, April 49,
Wheat-Irregular 941tc No. 2, April and
May; 965sc June. Con-Unchanged SIC
No. 2. Oats-Steady; S315e No .. Rye
Advancing; size No. l; Csc No. q Barl~y
Strong: 7l14c No. 2: 69c extra No B.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-30

INTENDING ADVERTISERS should address
GEO. p. ROWEl,L n co.
10 Spruce street. New York city.
For select hist of 1903 newspapers.
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CORREsPONDENCE.-Local 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 a. received
by special dispatch or by telephone.
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CONSUME Ii0n.

have positive remedy ir the above disease uE ia
thousands Of OF the worst kind and q long
standing have been cured indeed strong Is my aHth
IN its efficacy. that will send TWO BOTTLES FhtE,
together with VALUABLE TREATISE on this disease,
to any sufferer Give Express and 7. O address.
DE-. 7. A. SLoGCN, lsl Pearl st, New York
The Osceola times., 1884-03-29
They All Know How.
Portland Me, Press.

took large soider from his web un-
der the basement of mill, put him on a
chip, and set him afloat on the quiet wa
tiers of the pond. He walked all about
the sides of the bank, surveying the sit
uation very carefully and when the fact
that he was really afloat and about a
yard from shore seemed to be fully COM
pretended, he prospected for the nearest
point of land. This point fairly settled
upon, he Immediately began to cast a web
for it, He threw it as far as possible in
the air and with the wind. 1t soon reach
ed the shore, and made fast to the spires
of grass. Then he turned himself about,
and in true sailor fashion began to haul
in hand over hand on his cable. Care
fully he drew upon it until his bark be.
gan TO move toward the shore. As it
moved the faster he drew upon
il 10 keep his hawser taut ard from touch
ing the water. Very soon he reached
the shore. aud quickly leapine to terra
firma he sped his way homeward. Think
ing, then that he might be special ex-
pert, and an exception in that line OF
workmanship to the rest of his compan.
ions, tried several of them, and they all
came to shore in like manner.
The Osceola times., 1884-03-29
Country Butter.
Detroit Free Press

Detroit Free Press.
Talk about creamery butter" said a
grocer on Woodward avenue, "give me
the old-fashioned-swe weet-cream-home-
made-churned butter in the country,
like this and he laid roll on the count
er and proceeded to butter some crack
ers.
"Eh! what's that" inquired customer.
Country butter! Let me taste it,"
So more crackers were buttered, which
he ate greedily.
"How much of that butter have you
got?" he asked, wiping his chops with a
smack of satisfaction.
"Took the most of it home to my own
family. Col. NJ. bought some, and
will be in after the rest. You see it isn't
easy TO get June, clover fed cream butter
at this time of year. You couldn't find
a pound in any other store in town."
said the grocer very proudly.
"Send me up lot" said the customer.
81 don't want any creamery butterine af-
ter eating that. You can't fool me on
genuine butter. ] was brought up on a
farm, l was, and know good butter when
| see it." And he paid for his goods and
went out.
"Wbere did you strike that butter?'
asked man who was eating prunes and
pickles near the stove.
"Down at the factory where they m oke
it," replied the grocer calmly. And the
beating of their hearts was all the sound
they heard.
The Osceola times., 1884-03-29
4 Trek In Giving Change.
Y. Y. Tribune

n. \. 1ribunc.
On Gro yded Broadway car yesterday
a passenger gave the conductor quarter
and received back in change two silver
pieces. He was about to pnt them in
his pocket. when second thought prompt
ed him to look closely at one of them.
The conductor saw the scrutiny and i'm
medately said:
"Di1 | give you wrong change? Eli?
A three cent piece? That's so. I'll Fix
it,"
Suiting action TO word he had mean
while exchanged the piece Out on the
platform, Tribune reporter, finishing a
cigar, said quietly:
Couldn't work it that time"
"Nixey," said the conductor. "Im out
seven cents there. If ne put it in his
pocket now, I'd have been all solid"
'Do you get them in often?"
"Oh, SO, so, ifit is a crowded day, can
work off ten to twenty. Seew And he
pulled as many as twenty pieces from a
side pocket. The reporter pulled cut a
note book and scribled a memorandum
Said the man, excitedly: For Heavens
sake, you're not going to give me away?'
He was still begging not TO have the
trick exposed, when the reporter stepped
off
The Osceola times., 1884-03-29

"what do you want to fool with us for?
Don't you know you1l drown If you keep
on this way?"
Wont drown if keep on thiser way.
.Ef wuster git off in the water | mout
drown"
GLOW far have you come this way?"
ave come this way all er long"
"But where were you when you got on
the log?"
"On the log"
"Of course, hut where was the log2"
an the river"
Certainly, but how far from here?'
"Ain't made no calculations"
"Where do You live when you are at
homer"
AT home"
"Ofcourse, but where is your homer
"Whar live"
where is your family?'
"Soattereu erlong."
"Did your house wash away"
'Sorter. My wife's back yander on q
cottonwood log, an my son Bills comm
along som'ers on poplar"
"Why don't you come to the shore?'
cause it don't cost nuthin' ter ride
you'd better come out and get 9
drink of whiskey."
"Dinged if don't do il. Feller bach
here wanted me to come out an heal
him preach, but he didn't have the righ
kim o. gospel. Now, fellers, pull fur III,
shore as fas as you KEN"
The Osceola times., 1884-03-29
ECCENTRIC SUICIDES.

A San Antonio man cut his throat be-
cause lottery ticket he had purchased
proved blank.
A DE Kalb County, Tennessee, man
cut tree until it was ready TO fall, and
then let it crush him.
Mrs Joseph Wanenhauser of Youngs-
town, Ohio, cut her throat on account of
the death of her son.
Mrs. Thomas Paxton of Howard Lake,
Mimi, killed herself because she was
married against her will.
After injuring her knee in jumping
a rope, Jane Becker, aged l3, of Reading
hung herself from a bed post.
An ll-year-old boy in Corvdon. Ind.
committed suicide because his parents
refused TO let him eat at the first table
While suffering fiom imfammatory
rheumatism, Mrs. Benjamin Watson Of
Bloomington, ILL.,. threw herself into a
cistern and was drowned.
Mrs. Ann Stump of Columbus, Ohio,
poisoned her pet dog, fearing ii might
outllve her. Remorse at the deed caused
her to kill herself with strychnine.
Lemuel Waisten, near Enterprise, tied
halter around his neck and hitched
himself 10 his wagon. He then scared
the horses and made them run. Whis.
tens young wife had died but few
weeks before.
Henry +. Millward shot himself after
participating in mock tragedy at Spring
field. Ohio. some weeks ago Millward
assisted by bundle Of friends construct
ed dummy out of number of towels
and pillows, and laid il on bed in the
Arcade Hotel in that city. The room
was carefully darkened, and the dummy
covered with a sheet. A pasteboard head
with grotesquely painted features was
attached to the body, 40 as to be in plain
sight when the sheet should be remov.
ed. When all was ready, the report was
circulated through the ity by the iokerp
The Osceola times., 1884-03-29
Not the Editors Fault.
Merchant Traveller

Mefcnhnt IraNelcf.
"See here. Mr.. Editor" said an irate
woman, coming into the sanctum and
leaving the door open, "oee here, what's
this iR your mean little newspaper"
Really, madam, there is SO much in
IL, considering that it's only 81 per
year, in advance, with liberal reduction
to clubs, that cannot at the first blush
tell you what il is,' "Well, don't talk
your jaw of, but tell me what you mean
by this reference TO my late husband"
"Ah, madam, the good, kind soul who
died only yesterday
The same one; You didn't think |
was planting one after every meal did
you2"
Hardly that, madam, but what do
you refer TOP
why, sir, this passage ia the obitu
ary where you say he was consigned TO
q roasting place with his fathers"
"Ahem, madam, ahem; let me see,"
and the Editor grabbed the paper and
gazed intently at the words. Il beg
your pardon madam: il should have been
resting place; and if you will come
down to the Office this afternoon you can
have the scalp of any internal composit-
or in the Office, and viii tear ii of for
you. We can stand some things, but
that style IL too narrowing on the feel
ings Of good paying subscriber like
yourself"
She Was pacified and got the scalp.
The Osceola times., 1884-03-29
Led Into Temptation.

Captain Tggle, quite prominent gen.
tleman of Arkansaw was arrested for
stealing sheep and arranged before a
colored justice of the peace. The prose-
cutting witness, Colonel Bleomery, stated:
"rhe other day while standing at my
gate, Captain Tiggle came along. He
and have always been friends, and
called to him and asked him to get down
and spend while with me. He did 50,
and during conversation, said: Cap
tain, come out to the barn. l want to
show you fine Southdown sheep sent
TO me by friend Well, we went out to
the barn and the captain was highly
pleased with the animal. Well, after u
while the captain rode away, and went
about my business. Several no urs after
wards went to the barn aud found that
my sheep was gone. was indignant, of
course, and while storming around, an
old colored gentleman-there he sits now
came up and told me that he saw the
captain kill the sheppard take himaway.'
The old negro carroborated the colo
nel's statement, and the justice, called
the captain, and said:
"Whut yer got ter say, bout dis case,
sah?"
Nothing at all, judge"
"Stole de sheep, | reckin."
"Yes, your honor"
"Went out ter de barn wild de colonel
jes like he says.
"Yes."
"Wodldn'ter knowd de sheep wuz dar
ef he hadn'ter tole yer?"
mo SIR"
: "Djdn, feel like stealin', no how?'
mo, your honor
"Uh, huh. Wall, colons'" turning to
the prosecuting witness, "it am cla'r to
my mine dat dis eenerman wouldn'ter
stole de sheep lessen you showd it ter
him, which shows dat yeself am de
cause. III jes turn de cap'n er loose,
an III fine yer ten dollars, colonel, fur
leadin' dc cap'n inter temptation"
The Osceola times., 1884-03-29
American sheey In Australia.
san Francisco Chronicle.

san franclscoChronicle.
For some time past the Australian
steamers have been taking out consign.
ments of Spanish merino sheep from
Vermont, 100 by one vessel and fifty BY
another. Another shipment, and pre-.
sumably the last, will be made on sun.
day. 1t will probably be the last. as
the Australian stud-owners, it is expect
ed, will secure the closing of the ports
to the American sheep, the importation
of which affects their sales. The loss.
however, will be to the Australian wool
men, and when they preceive it the
stock men will have TO give way. While
the sh .ep of the colonies produce excel
lent wool, il is light, and il is te increase
the supply that the Spanish merinos are
being imported. They require no more
attention and no more feed than the Aus
tralian breed, while they give greater re-
turns, and are therefore of greater value
to the growers of wool. About 800 of
these sheen have already been landed.
enough to show their superiority. and in
a short time to produce general de-
mand for the reopenink of Australian
ports to Vermont sheep.
The Osceola times., 1884-03-29
HIS OWN PHOTOGRAPHER.
A Complete Outht for Every Man for n
Small Sum.
N. Y. Tribune.

N. 4 TrlDune.
"A complete Photographic outfit for
$40 caught the eye of a Tribune report
er as he glanced at showcase In Broad.
way. Following the directians printed
below this piece of information, he climb
ed a flight of stairs and found himself in
photographers rooms confronted by
benevolent looking man with volum-
inous gray beard. "Yes," said he, "it's
quite correct. For $40 you can get an
excellent camera with all attachments
packed in box, the small size of which
permits it to be carried easily in one
hand. For $S more you get all chemi-
Gals and can develop your negatives and
afterwards print and develop your pict-
ures. The invention of the dry-plate
process has made all this possible, and a
man can now travel taking this little box
and few dozen plates, which cost 80
cents a dozen, with him, take all the
views he cares to, lock up the plates and
months afterward develop them at his
leisure. All the possesses are easy, and
to be comprehended by child. That
the lens of the camera is equal to the
best photographers instruments do not
pretend, but that ii will take clear well
defined views of buildings and scenery
! can easily prove by showing you these
specimens, all of them taken by amateurs.
Here are a set of views taken in Arizona.
sent to me for sale. They were taken
by school teacher on his vacation. He
developed them himself and | have sold
quite number at % cents apiece. You
cannot tell some of the best from good
professional work."
"Have YOU a ready sale for these small
cameras?'
"Yes. Ladies' and school boys are the
best customers; but we have an instru-
ment for $l2, which takes views twice
the size of the others, and that COM
mands reader sale. Then we have bet
ter and more complete instruments still,
which sell from SIS to $40. These are
bought to large extent by artists, arch
itects and draughtsmen. but all may be
fairly called amateurs so far as photogra-
ply goes. They find the help to them
in their profession worth far more than
the primary costs of the instrument.
Drauphtsmen can copy their drawings to
scale and then print them on blue paper
which simply needs exposure to the sun
under the negative and a subsequent
washing in clear water to give an excel
lent reproduction of the subject in white
on blue ground"
"Do you find the sale diminish the
number of your sitters to any appreciable
extent?'
Oh, no! 1t is a very different matter
to take a good portrait. No one but
professional can do that"
The Osceola times., 1884-03-29
HEALTH HINTS.

The best way TO deal with Geld is to
avoid it.
Corns can be cured by retaining from
wearing shoes three sizes too small.
When you have indigestion never at
tribute il to your appetite. Blame the
cook
The tendency to sleep too soundly can
he overcome by having hot soda biscuits
for supper
A little arsenic carefully used will, in
time, entirely clear a neighborhood of
rats, mice and amateur flute players.
Nothing is of ~ much benefit TO the
general health as good humor. Take a
cheerful view Of life, hope for the best,
remember that there is not one chance
in a million of your worst fears ON any
subject being realized, and never miss a
chance for good laugh.
The Osceola times., 1884-03-29

ably cannot he found in the country. In
q little NOOK back of the billiard rooms
nightly meet all the local veterans OF the
game, few of whom are not millionaires
or better. II would make the eyes Of a
member Of the now immortal Thompson
Street Poker club stand out like pegs in
a hatrack to behold ten or fifteen
thousand dollars in notes piled up on
It's table, as Is the case nearly every
evening
The other day, one of the heaviest
players at this room, an ex-senator,
pointed out dapper looking young man
on the street and said to friend, with a
sad sigh:
There goes the biggest robber on
record"
"Who is he?"
"He's a commercial drummer from
New York. He was introduced to us fel-
lows about month ago and played po-
ker three weeks running"
ale won, eh?"
"No, he lost. You see, the great art
in poker is to learn TO size up your oppo.
nent's play and how to read his facial
expression. This fellow didn't seem to
play very well, and finally we got on to
the fact that every time he was bluffing
he'd smile and look confident, while
whenever he held threes or better he'd
sigh and look frightened, just to coax u'
to bet, you see."
"Old dodge, that"
Exactly; but listen. After we Eao
dropped to his ways, we went for hin
heavy and won two or three hundred
dollars every night for week or more
The other night we waited until h'
seemed usually exultant, and we wen
for him all around. Every time we rails
ed him he'd dig up more coin, somehow
and finally he put check for eigh
thousand dollars on top of the pile. W.
noticed that he tried desperately to fore
a smile and look happy, so we all calle'
him. There was thirty-six thousan;
and odd on the table. ! had three ace
myself"
"And them"
"And then the internal pirate showe'
down four kings. He had just reverse'
on us, that was all!'
The Osceola times., 1884-03-29
Not to be shaken.
New York Morning journal.

New York Morning journal.
A stalwart German was tried in the
general sessions on charge of entering
house ON Hester street and stealing a
coat. The most important witness for
the persecution was little girl. She had
seen the defendant leave the house and
go in next door lsger-beer saloon, where
he got glass of beer and paid forit with
money taken from guady pocketbook
which especially attracted her attention
and was silent witness in the case.
Counsel for the defense questioned the
little girl in the following manner:
"Now, little girl, you must be certain
of what you say, because mistake would
send this poor man to prison. Are you
sure that this was the man you saw CON-
ing out of the house?"
"Yes, SIR"
What makes you so sure?"
'"Cause seen him :"
might it not have been some one else
you sawP"
"No, sir"
"Why not?"
''Cause seen him, tell yer"
The child then described the actions
of the man after he LEFT the house until
he had drank the beer in the saloon,
when she said her mother had sent
her TO ask the man if he hs Il not got in
to the wrong house
what did the man say?"
"He said he hadn't made mistake"
did you ever see that pecketbook be-
fore?"
"Yes sir; the man got money from it
to pay for the beer"
Are you sure2"
Course I'm sure"
Now, you would be surprised TO learn
that this was not the man you saw,
wouldn't yon?"
The child smiled grimly.
IL guess you can't shake that testimo-
ny" said the ,ecorder to the counsel.
Il guess not" said the counsel and
the little witness stepped down and a
minute later was cuddled close to her
mother.
The Osceola times., 1884-03-29
The Belle of New York.
baltimore Herald.


There have been many charming girls
in New York society in recent years and
a number who have been considered
beauties in their particular sets, but un-
til recently no one has been the ac-
knowledged queen Of unmarried women
through the length and breadth of New
York society. Miss Marion langdon
is now known as the most beautiful girl
in New York. She is tall her figure Is
exquisitely nodded and her eyes are
superb. She is quite dark and extreme
ly graceful. Whenever Miss Langdon
consents to dance with the leader Of
german the struggle for invitations is
breathless and prolonged. Miss Langdon
has been engaged several times, but in
every instance the engagement has been
broken off quietly and nothing more
heard of IL. Last summer her engage
ment to Perry Belmont was officially an
nounced and the marriage was 10 have
taken place this spring at Newport, but
for some reason which has never come
out the affair was broken off Every
body says that Mr., Belmont didn't do it,
and that the rupture was entirely due TO
Miss langdons caprice. She certainly
dismissed most desirable suitor, for Mr..
Belmont is one of the most eligible
bachelors in America. II is said that
young Englishman, who will have title
when his father dies, and who spent last
summer in Newport, did much toward
encouraging Miss Langden to change
her mind about her marriage with Mr..
Belmont.