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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23
DISASTROUS CONFEDERATION.
An Ohio Town Badly Damaged
Blaze at Cincinnati.

CALDWELL, Ohio, Aug. 23--The most dis
astrous fire that ever occurred IN Nooie
county visited Sarahsville, entirely destroy,
inc the business portion of the town, and
scores of people are homeless. The fire or
ipinated from q detective flue, and thirty
five buildings, with all, or nearly an Oh
their contents, were speedily reduced
to ashes, including the school-house, Masonic
hall, Odd Fellows hall, Methodist patronage,
eyery store in town but one, numerous dwell
ings stables shops, and out-buildings. There
.,aina no fire department, or other organiza-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23
Origin Of Ammonia

Ammonia is obtained in large quaint
ties by the putrefaction of the urine o
animals / Encyclopedia Britannica.
Every hcl ekeeper can test baking
powder containing this disgusting drul
by placing "a of the Royal or An
drews" Pearl top down on a hot stow
until heated, then remove the cover ant
smell.
Prove it by the above test jn26dwtf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23
Brutal Woman Arrested.

KALAMAZOO, Mich, Aug. 23,-Mrs.
LinsIey was arrested Thursday at South
Haven, charged with causing the death of
her 2-year-old girl The child did not say
something the woman wished it to, where
upon she seized her and jammed her into a
tub. and otherwise Il-treated her, causing
dc ath There was talk of lynching, but the
woman was protected by an officer, with
drau-u revolver.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23

Remarked to friend the other day
that she knew Kemp's Balm for the
Throat and Lungs was superior remedy
as it stopped her cough instantly wher
others had no effect whatever. So tt
prove this 0. Grotjan will guarn
tee it to all. Price 80 cents and 81
Trial size free.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23
A FAIg OFFER

The Voltaic Belt Co., of Marshall
Mich, offer to send DR.. Dyes Celebrated
Voltaic Belt and Electric Appliances or
trial, for thirty days, to men, old sud
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, 1884-08-23

ton in the town, and but little water, the tire
continued unchecked as long as there was
material to work on. There was but little
insurance, as the town was old and the build
ings wood, and risks were regarded as extra
hazardous. Sarahsville was formerly the
county seat of this county.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23
This space is reserved for
The Bains Tea and Coffee Co.,
1919 Second Avenue Rock Island.
BROOKLYN'S
GREAT CHEMIST.

Ths is to certify that have made careful analysis of DR.
Prices Cream Baking Powder and also that of the Royal Bak
ing Powder
Il find that Dr. Prices Powder made of pure materials
and mixed i'll the best chemical proportions for the object to be
attained
"It contains Carbonate of Ammonia but one-haf
much starch the Royal Baking Powder evolves carbonic
acid gas both by analysis and by practical test in the prepa
and in my opinion, more wholesome article of food"
regard the Price Baking Powder superior to the Roy
al Baking Powder for the following reasons
l. 1t contains Ammonia a substance which is ad
visabe in articles of food and unnecessary if positively
injurious
g. 1t contains less starch and therefore, weight for weight
contains of the active ingredients and puer article
g. 1t evolves carbonc acid gas and therefor eff
cent shown by analysis and by experiment with weighed
quality of biscuit dough.
The ingredients mixed in better proportions that
there less free alkaline carbonate remaining in the dough
impair digestion by neutralizing and gastric juice
1t gives lighter and better favored dought owing the
facts stated in Nos and above"
{" know of respect in which Prices Cream Baking
Powder is inferior to the Royal Baking Powder"
am very respectfully yours
ELIAS II. BARTLEY, B. S., NJ. D.,
Dept City Brooklyn Physiological
Practical Chemistry in Long Island College Hospital
May 29, 1884 Medical College.
Do Not take our Words it. Let every Housekeeper Prove
CAN OF THE ROYAL DOWN, ON
HEATED THEN REMOVE THE COVER AND SMELL
PRICE BAKING POWDER co.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23
Hard Coal Market

Pea coal 800; CRATE and egg, $T75;
range, nut and No. $500 per ton,
screened and delivered; all best quality of
Anthracite coal Blacksmith's coal Con
nellsville coke and charcoal at 1903 Sec
Ond avenue. diff E. G. FRAZIER.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23
Costiy Blaze in the Queen city.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 22.-At 2:45 a m. the
immense saddlery hardware and chain man.
ufactory of Pollock, Wilson & Sons,
discovered To be on fire The factory
is situated in the most dangerous por-
ton of the city, and three alarms
were quickly sounded. The flames gained
rapid headway, and for a time it seemed as
though the entire neighborhood would be
consumed. After an hours work, however,
the fire was finally subdued and confined
within the walls of the Wilson building,
which, together with its stock, was totally de
strOYetl.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23
Camp Meeting

Hacks will make connection with the
Rock Island & Milan street railway at
Milan at the following hours Z, 9 and II
a m, and l, 3, and Up. m The last cal
leaves Milan at 710 D. m. d6t
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23
PnhlIc Notice

The ARGUS has one of Cooks Automa>
tic letter and paper boxes erected outside
the office door in which communications
can be deposited when the office is closed
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23

Z. W. Hurst represents the leading
American and Foreign Insurance Cos.
Policies carefully written at current rates.
Agency established 1874. Office over
Rock Island National Bank.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23
The Turf Record.

CHICAGO, Aug. %. Fridays races at the
Driving park was follows:
First race, "a mile; Mary Hamilton, first;
Vaulter, second; Leonardo third; time 1864
Second race, l mile; Bonita, first; Col
Montgomery, second; no time given.
Third race, l l-l6 miles, Europa, first;
Twilight second John Sheppard. third
time l:50$4.
Fourth race, mile heats, over four hurdles.
Kate Creel had a walk over
SARATOGA, N. Y, Aug. 23 ! The winners
at the races Friday were Ten Stone, u mile,
I:C3I9 Eulogy, y miles, So; Lady Loud,
% mile, :l6I; Hotachimie, mile, / A
Fell Out Of a Fourth-StOry Window.
OswEGo, N Y, Aug. 26-Miss Sarah
Bessenger, aged about 80, accidentally fell
out of fourth-story window and was 10.
stantly killed
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23

When you want reliable fire, life cy-
clone and tornado insurance at low rates
call on W. L. Coyne, corner Seventeenth
street, and Sd avenue. d3m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23
County Building

Miles Laughlin and Mrs. Ida Hopkins
23-John J. Prigh and Miss Ruth Con
ner
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23
Wonders will Never Cease.
Unprecedented Low Prices the Wonder Now.

The extraordinary Bargains offered this season in all de-
es has proved the incentive induce the peone derons
of saving money to purchase their Clothing at the
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23
NOTICE.

FOR SALE-Five shares of Electric Ligh
Stock, at a discount. Enquire al this office
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23

FOR SALE-old papers for sale IN any quanut
at this office, cheap.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23

FOR SALE-Mrs. Gen'l W Hoffman's Coupe
Rockaway, suitable for summer or winter weath-
err Inquire at Kerr's Livery stable. 21-1w
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Death of q Noted Character.

LITTLE ROCK, ARK, Jan. III.
The death of Abraham Becker is report
ed. He lived Watteased Bayou, in
Prairie County, and earned a living by
trapping and fishing. 1t is claimed he was
a native of Syracuse, N. Y, where he has
many wealthy relatives. His abode was a
tumble-down hut; his only companions
two big dogs. He led a hermit-like exist
ence, stunning mankind. Singular stories
concerning him were related. 1t was said
he had been forced into voluntary exile to
escape punishment for awful crimes, and
that he had large sums of money hidden
about his lonely cabin. Rumor likewise
stated tnat he had once been n counterfeit
er. He sold fish and game at a neighbor-
ing town, arriving and departing like
shadow. He spoke to few, and his taciturn
manner checked awkward inquiries con-
cerning his history. He was missed from
his usual haunts at the beginning of last
week, and curiosity inspired party of
men to visit his dwelling. Becker was
found dead OF a pallet. Life had
been extinct some time. The remains were
guarded by the two dogs, who growled
fiercely and who tried to drive away the in
truders Whether the old hermit had been
strancled or died from natural causes was
a matter of conjecture. No money or food
was found anywhere in the hut, where pow
erty and desolation had apparently taken
up their abode. As i'll life, so in death
Becker preserved the secrets of the past,
leaving no letters papers through which
they might he disclosed. He was buried
near his hut. The dogs, faithful to the end.
followed him to the grave, and showed
deepest grief when the earth hid him from
view. The animals had to be foIcibly re-
moved from the grave. Becker's life and
death will long remain matter of loca'
rOSSip.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26
Foreign Intelligence.

THE tircrmometr- 1t A,>iover, Victoria
County. n. B., at S:3) e. IN. on the lG;h
registered ti-ty-two below zero, and ct
Woodstock fifty below.
THE Halifax IN. 81 City Council recent
ly passed a resolution giving colored and
white children the Same school privileges.
A CAGE fell a few days ago in tue Ga
mont colliery, in Wales, and oleven persons
were instantly killed. -
The Canadian Parliament was opened
bv Lord I.anS1owne, the GovernOrGen-
eral, on the lIth, who conSra ulated tie
meml ers on the prosperity OF the country.
On the 18th Monsignor Ccsare, a church
dignitary at Rome, was murdered i'll bed
an his room plundered.
EIGHT Egyptian officials, including the
Governor of the town, were hanged at Ell
Obeid few days ago, and their heads
were fixed upon poles in front of Ell Meh-
dis residence.
In the vicinity of Parnell's estate in Ire
land the farmers plowed fifty acres of his
land a few days ago tribute of esteem.
TIE police charged the mob during riot
at Ennas:lillen, ireland, tie 10Th, and
We're III It by the Na,ionaliSts with show
er of stones. Orangemen a,so stoned
the police and aftcrward stoned Catholic
school houses. Several persons were in
ju:ei.
The firm of Robert Kettle & Co., cotton
yarn merchants of Glasgow, Scotland /,
failed recently for f3)1,OC0.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26
The East.

A FIRE at Fall River, Mass, on the 10Th,
in the residence of Charles p. Stickney, the
forger, WHO was recently rardoned from
the Massachusetts Penitentiary, caused
the death of his wife and the probable fa-
tai bu. ming of himself.
PROF. PETER VoTz, a prominent musi-
clan of Allegheny City, Pa, was muir
dered on a railroad bridge the other night
by unknown men, vino took his watch and
money.
AT Scranton, Pa, nine powder mills ex-
ploded on the evening of the 18th. One man
was known to have been killed, others
were missing, and the pecuniary loss was
very heavy.
In building in Exchange Court. New
York, occupied by several stock brokers, a
recent fire caused a loss of $120, 600.
On the 18th c. F. Dewey, the Montreal
swindler and forger, who pleaded guilty at
Boston, made restitution of $6O,O0o OF the
SO,OO0 fraudulently obtained.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Directors
on the 18th elected as President of the
company Robert Harris, Vice esident OF
the New York, Lake Erie & Wesorn Road,
and he at once entered upon the duties OF
his position.
OK the 18th Francis w. Rockwell (Re-
publican) was elected to Congress from
the Twelfth District of Massachusetts,, to
succeed Governor Robinson.
JAMES EGAN, ex-Speaker of the New
Jersey Assembly, was recently fined five
hundred dollars and sentenced to hard
labor in the penitentiary for one month,
for an attempt to bri5, Assemblym
Armitage.
In Philadelphia recently three photogra-
piers, who pleaded guilty TO making and
selling obscene pictures, were sentenced
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26
OF THE week.
Interesting News Compilation.
xLVIIIth Congress.

WEDNESDAY. Jan. 16.-In the Senate
n bill was passed. restoring to tho public
domain the lands granted to the Iron
Nourtaiu Railroad. Mr.. Miller IN. "
Introduced n bill to provide means to ex-
tirpate pleuro-pncumonia. Mr.. Plumb sub
mitted a joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution prohibit
ing the manu- acturs or sale of intoxI-
cafiuc, Eauors i'll the United States. An
order was issued excluding liquors
from the Capitol restaurant. In the
House ILLS were introduced appropriate
ing $l.00O,0J0 to improve the Erie Canal
and ma .ntain it free to commerce. and to
authorize the construction of ship canal
around Niagara Falls The House and
Senate bills approp-iating Sl.o9o,0O0 for
improvements on the Mississippi River
were reported from the Committee of the
Who'e.
THURSDAY, Jan. IA petition was
pr, scented in the Senate for the appoint
merit of a commission on the liquor traffic.
Bills were Introduced to establish Board
of Interstate Commerce and to secure
reasonable rate, OF transportation over
railroads aided by the Government. In the
House the Senate bill appropriating 81 l,000,-
oI0 for continuing the improvement: OF the
Mississippi was passed. by a vote of 2IJ to
"a. communication was received ten
derinG the Marine Hospital at Erie, Pa, to
the Government for home for soldiers
and sailors. \ bill was reported to grant
n pension TO tine surviving grandchiId of
Thomas Jefferson.
FRIDAY, Jan. IS. In the Senate a
message was received from the President
recommending that relief expedition be
dispatched for the Greedy party, AMI ask
ins that immediate action be taken in the
matter. In cXet U;ive session the Mexican
treaty failed for lack of one vote. Ad-
jnurned to the 2lst. In the House the day
was consumed in bate on the FL John
Potter bill in Committee of the Whole.
SATURDAY, Jan. I9.-The Senate was not
in session. In the House the day was
devoted 10 dehat, on the bill TO: the relief
of Fitz John Porter.
MoNnAY, Jan. 2I-In the Senate sew
era1 petitions were, presented asking an
invest alton of the divorce legislation of
the respective s ates, and others praying
for law 10 give ex-irisoners of war the
benefit of ;lr. pui l.c lands. Mr.. Edmunds
introduce / bill to amenl the act grant
ing lands TO the Union and Central Pacific
RoalS, and to secure to the United States
the Indebtedness of the companies. A bill
was passed permitting retired army ofii-
GERS to hoid civil ofiice in the Territories.
In the HouS" bill was passed repeating
the law prescribing the iroH-clad oath. 4
resolu ion was adop'cl instruc ing the
Committee on Pubiic Lands to report bills
authorizing the restoration of unearned
railroad land grants to the public domain.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26
Trnu'ile on the Wahash.

MACON, MO, jan Il.
There was a wreck on the W abash about
$3.50 O'Clock this morning, tho cannon-hall
train due here at 4:i5 being thrown from
the track. A broken rail caused the disas-
ter. The accident happened four miles
south of this city, and the first reports re-
ceived here were of the most sensational
character; but it was soon discovered that
the reports were exaggerated. The engine,
baggage car and first coach passed
safely the Iolen rail, but
the coach and the sleeper left the track,
and the sleeper turned completely over.
There were about forty-five people in the
two cars, nearly all of whom were more or
less bruised, but only seven were seriously
burt. Among tue 20 were:
G. W. Burns, express messenger.
Geo. Thomas, Louisville, KY; leg broken
and back hurt.
Frank Shaner, Richmond, Va; back AMI
head injured.
Miss Della Shaner, Philadelphia; badly
cut and bruised on face and shoulders.
Mrs. Tallman; head and face bruised.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26
LATEE.

In the Senate on the 22d several pc
titions asking for the opening OF Oklahoma
lands were reported adversely. The An
thony resolution directing inquiry as to
determinations by tariff or o herwise
against American products in foreign
countries was agreed to. The bill to pro-
vide Territorial government for Alaska
was debated without action...........ln the
House, n resolution calling for inquiry as
to the manufacture of but;erine was re-
ferred. The bill to forfeit the Texas Pacific
land grant was reported and placed on the
calendar The Greedy relief expedition
bill passed; also the bill relating to recov-
cries for infringement of patents. 1t pro-
yides that nothing can be recovered from a
defendant who is a mere user for his own
benefit.
GENERAL HANCOCK arrived in St.
Louis, Mo-, on the I'D.
THE Jury in the case of James Mutt,
for the murder of Dukes, rendered V.r-
dict of not guilty on the 22d.
A PARIS dispatch of the 22d said the
police of that city were contemplating
strike.
The Commercial Hotel with dozen
stores burned at Cornwall, Canada, Oh II @
ed.
between Khartoum and Ell Mahdi.
Ir is again reported that the French
advance in Tonquin will be delayed.
The reduction of wages in the Abcr-
deem and Glasgow (Scotland) ship-yards
is general.
The ST. Lawrcnc ce sugar refinery at
| Montreal, Can, burned on the 22d; loss,
S150,0G0.
A TRAMP, who was rec ently sent to
| iail in Indianapolis, Ind, developed ma
| llgnant case of smallpox on the - H..
The Senate Committee on Militia y
Affairs will report favorably OH the fltz
John Porter bill.
A FRENCHMAN and Portuguese
were arrested at Madrid on the I'D
would be regicides-
NEGOTIATIONS for the restoration OF
tho Prussian Bishops to their former dio-
ceses are progressing.
The Dutch expedition to rescue
shipwrecked crew from the Achenese pi-
rates was a failure.
| FISHERMEN insist that the steamship
City of Columbus did not strike on "DeviPS
Bridge" but on a mussel-bed beyond it.
THE Virginia Legislature has ap-
pointed q committee to investigate charges
/ of horrible atrocities in the State Prison.
| The Chicago Exposition building
will not be torn down. The City Council
has relented and red,cel the Z Quad
rental,
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26
From NaShincton:

THE Agricultural Departmcn in its ar
nual report issued on the 16.h gives the
corn crop of Illinois as .Ol, .SG, ,:,OJ bushels,
both the average AID yield bein : the largest
of any S ate Kansas stands second in
crop, but Iowa has the second greatest
acreage
THE Secretary of the Treasury reported
TO the House on the 1Ith that within the
past eighteen mon lis The issue of gold GER
tificates was $l07,000,00 and during three
years the value of silver certificates put
out was Sl19, ,14n,00).
DURING December, 1885, the value of the
exports of don.es ic bro roadstuffs was $I2,-
941 ,6a3, against $11, 80 the same month
in 1882. For the year the decrease wa
S10O0J,OO).
IN recent interview Senator Etlmunds
said that lee entertained no doubt of the
constitutional right of tho Government t to
construct tclegraphs, but he was strong
ly opposed to the purcha SO of existing
lines.
THROUGHOUT tho United States and Can
ada the business failures during the seven
days ended on the IS Il numbered 363,
against ISL the previous week. The dstri-
button follows: New England
States, 43; Middle, =; Western, Io2:
Southern, 81; Pacific States and Terrific
ries. -; Canada and the Provinces, A..
DURING December, 1883, the value of ex-
ports of p: DIVISIONS, tallow and dairy prod
ucts was so, ,952; same time in 1882,
S12,0I1 ,i22; for the twelve months end ID
December 81, 1882, $ll4, ,22S a56; same period
in 1882, S96, ,934, 423; value of dairy prod
ucts exported for the eight months ended
December 81, 1888, SO 80, s40, against $40,
439, ,1OI for the same time in 1882.
The dedication of the Garfield Memorial
Church, recently erected in Washington,
took place on the 20th. President Arthur
and Secretary Frelinghuysen were pres
ent. The pew formerly occupied by Presi
dent Garfield in the frame church had
Ieen removed t. the rev edifice, and was
heavily draped in black
THE act making appropriation of 81,
OOO, ,0JO for continuing the Improvement OF
the Mississippi River has been approved
by the President.
DURING the week ended on the 10Th the
issue of silver dollars was s9S,9.1. For the
corresponding period last year the amount
was 1904 COO.
THE Secretary of the Interior has beer
petitioned by four hundred Winnebago In
dams, now upon the reservation in Ne
braska, to allot them lands in severalty sc
as to acquire the rights of citizenship.
The Republican Congressional Campaign
COMMITTEES at a meeting in Washington OIL
the aIst selected the following Executive
Committee: Messrs. Hawley Conn
Chairman; Hscock (N. W; Allison Ua.)
Washburn (Minn.); Peelle Und.); Davis
On.); Mckinley (O0; Campbell (Pa.)
Miller (Cal); Golf CIV. Va.); Pettibone
(Tenn.); O'Hara IN. c.. The ENecu i've
Committee was authorized to select it
own Secretary.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26
A Double Tragedy.

GCSSISOS, COL, Jan. 2l-
Willis Kissee, a saloon-keeper, and John
Kellogg, gambler, quarreled over n game
of cards, in which Kissee was worsted. A
short time after Kissee met Kellogg on the
street and Immediately drew a pistol.
Kellogg attempted to wrench it from him,
but slipped and fell. Kissee then fired,
shooting Kellogg through the body. Al
though mortally wounded, Kellogg drew
his gun, returning the fire, and killed Kis-
see instantly. Kissee was q vicious man
when under the influence of liquor and has
frequently been before the Police Court
de was formerly from Springfield, Mo-,
and leaves family. Kellogg came from
Kansas here, and is unmarried. There is
little hope Of bis recovery.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26
Resurrectionists Foiled,
vx-- w W 7

WHEELING. W. VA, Jan. 20.
A sensation was caused here to-day by
the publication of an attempt to steal the
remains of the late Rt. Rev. r. V. Whelan,
the last Bishop of this diocese of the Cath
olic Church, from the vault in which they
rest, beneath the Whelan Memorial Chapel,
in Mount Calvary Cemetery. The attempt
was made Thursday night, but was inter.
rupted by daylight and the ghouIs replaced
everything neatly, intending to return the
succeeding night and complete the job.
The sexton discovered that the vault had
been tampered with, and a guard has been
kept in the chapel at night. The thieves
have not re turnei. The vault will be made
absolutely burgiar-proof.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26
A Dakota DesDeradO.

MITCHELL, D. T., Jan. ~.
At seven O'Clock this evening Henry
Lewis, the proprietor of the Parlor saloon,
went to Oscar Warfield's saloon, few
doors distant, to settle 81 udge. He walked
ND the bar, pointed a pistol at Warfield's
head and fired, but Warfield dodged and
the bullet missed its aim, shattered a hsnt
crowd ru shed up and tried to arrest Lewis,
but he held them back with a loaded re-
volver in each hand. Hemarcaed through
the crowd, daring the police to arrest him,
and went into his own saloon with his re-
yolvers in his hands, pointed at the crowd.
and threatening to shoot W hoover under
took his arrest. He was subsequently Sc
cured and lodged in Jail.