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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
The Election

The election for city and town officers
occurs next Tuesday, April list. Con
siderable speculation is rife as to who will
be the successful candidates. The dem
ocrati2 ticket is by long odds the best, and
should therefore be elected More interest
is manifested in this election than on
previous years by the democrats, as they
see they are gradually gaining ground
and have good chance to win. A dem
OCratiC council would be a blessing to the
city, as their efforts to reform ting mum
cipal affairs could not he effectually OPP
posed. If the democrats turn out on
Tuesday in full force, grand and glori-
GUS victory will be achieved, we are
confident. All that is necessary is to
work increasingly at the polls, and sec
that every one votes.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
The River.

The st. Paul will start from st. Louis
today on her way north
The ice was found to be two feet thicl,
in the main channel, and five feet two
inches near the shore at Muscatine.
The Mississippi river commission has
just compiled table of distances of the
Mississippi river from Cairo to the Passes
and issued in a phamphlet form The
work is the result of surveys made by
engineers in the employ of the commits
SION and is considered valuable by steam
boat men
All is quiet on the river. The Missis
sippi has raised only twelve inches
since our last report. Two or three little
steamers have been tied up to the Coal
Valley Mining Company's dock today,
namely; the Lone Star, the Kate Kecne
and the Natrona They went up the river
after RATS which they will tow down to
morrow.
There is higher stage of water in the
Mississippi now than for years at the
same date. Old river men predict from
this unusual stage and the rush of water
to be expected from the north upon the
opening of the river there that the highest
water for years will prevail The melting
snow and rains prevailing will cause a
rapid rise. The high water of April, 1881
it is predicted will be exceeded.
One Of the knowing river exchanges
says there will be ninety steamers and
sixteen hundred men employed in the
transportation of logs and lumber on the
Mississippi river the coming season, from
the mouth of the ST. Croix, Black, Wis
consin and Chippewa rivers, and three
new raft boats will appear. One is being
built which will have the engines of the
Tidal Wave
The Keokuk Constitution says: Charles
A, Hutchinson has been appointed resident
agent at Keokuk for both the St. Louis
and st. Paul and the Diamond 10 packet
lines. Charlie has been in the business
for severa! years and is an energetic, pop,
ular young gentleman and better selec-
ton for the place could not have been
made. He is thoroughly acquainted with
the business, is very popular with the
travelling public, and embraces every
quality necessary for the position.
There will be no rivalry between the
st. Louis and st. Paul and the Diamond
10 lines this season, as is evidenced by the
appointment of Mr.. Hutchinson as agent
by each company. Each line will have 8
boat one way each day, one going up and
one down,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
The Hennepin Canal.

The Hennepin canal bill, which is of so
much Importance to the people OF Rock
Island, comes up for discussion before
congress the 18th of April. The chances
are that it will pass the house, but the
danger of it being so amended as to ex-
clude the Rock Island route is quite ap
parent Dubuque and other cities up the
river are making strenuous efforts in
behalf of the Meredosia route, which they
claim to be superior to the Rock Island
route. These cities are sending repre-
sentatives to Washington to amend the
bill, or in other words, to defeat Rock Isl
and's interest.
All will admit that Congressman Muir
ply and Niece have done noble work for
the canal, and that great praise is due
them for their untiring labor in its behalf
The bill has been reported favorably by
several important committees and it is far
advanced on the calendar of the house.
The prospects, therefore are very good
for its passage, provided no unforeseen
danger springs up. 1t has now ar
rived at the most critical point OF
| its existence, and the slightest mistake
now would be very injurious. This being
the case, the ARGUS thinks the taxpayers
and citizens of Rock Island should make
final struggle for victory The prize i,
within their grasp, and with propeI
effort it can be secured Funds should be
raised and three or four of our Influential
and able men should be sent to Washing
ton to support the measure at The close
The champions of the bill would thus b,
infused with new energy and courage ans
success would be insured. The time ha
arrived when it is to be decided whcthc
Rock Island shall remain a city of $1,000
or grow to be a metropolis of 100000
The road to prosperity and power lie
before US. Rock Island could bette
spend $4,000 than lose the Henncpil
canal VIII our advice be needed? lie
a mass meeting be called. funds raisct
and our best men sent to Washington t,
fight for victory. Let us reach out, an,
build in this beautiful valley sccon,
Chicago or st. Louis.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
Relief Rnat.

This morning Capt c. W. Durham re
ceived orders to go to keokull and equiv
the good ship Gen. Barnard for cruise
down the Father Of Waters. The captain
accordingly left for Keokuk this afternoon
and will probably start tomorrow on his
voyage. Capt Upton, who arrived in the
city this morning, will act as pilot, and
Chas. Case will go as clerk. A quantity
of provisions will be taken on board al
Keokuk for the fool sufferers, on the
lower river. and the boat will probably be
absent a month or more. The ARGu.
wishes the jolly captain and his crew Dor
voyage and a safe return
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
His Statement.

Supervisor Campbell, of South Rock
Island, says he has been wrongfully &c
cused in regard to the poor expenditures
of his township, Instead of the expendi
lures amounting to 1899 81 as stated in
Wednesdays ARGUS, he shows certified
copy from the clerk, saying that they are
only S279.01, OF this amount MIR,
Campbell says that S104 has been given
to Mercy hospital, where an invalid is
Kept. His services for looking after the
poor has been only SO, which leaves
S166.01 expended among the poor of the
town. Instead of being extrayagant Mr..
| Campbell thinks he has been economical.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
A Farmer

Mr., John Carzine, prominent farmer
of Isabel, H., was here this morning,
enroute from Kansas where he purchased
a farm of 800 acres, near Topeka. He
informed the ARGUS reporter that Topeka
was rapidly increasing, and that the
farmers are ploughing for corn. He also
stated that the wheat crop looked boss,
and that there was more scare than
reality about the foot and mouth disease
among Kansas cattle.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
The Relief Society.

Tie ladies relief society has changed
its place of meeting from the corner of
Nineteenth street and First avenue to the
residence Of Mrs. Gen, Hoffman. The
society will hold an important meeting
Monday afternoon ut Mrs. Hoffmans and
all the members of the society are earnest
ly invited and requested to be on hand
The ladies report their society in q very
lourishing condition, which we are glad
to hear
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
A Runaway.

About O'Clock yesterday afternoon the
team attached to Doelinger's delivery
wagon came to the conclusion to run off
They started On a dead run from Doclin-
ger furniture house up Second avenue
They scared a number of teams IN their
wild running and came near running over
some ladies who were crossing Nineteenth
street. On Nineteenth street, near the
Harper house, they went around a wagon
and a team, and then turned up the next
street, Twentieth street, until they were
halted on Sixth avenue The wagon was
not damaged to any great extent. neither
were the horses.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
Emigrants,

This week has not been a good week
on the railroads so far as the emigrant
trade has been concerned, yet taking
things all in all, it has not been as bad
as it might have been. The Milwaukee
folks only sent seven cars of emigrant
goods to Dakota this week, against
eighteen cars last week. The c., R. l. &
P. folks have only sent three emigrant
cars west this week, a very light business
for them
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
a Precoci0us Kid.

In n certain hotel not thousand miles
from Rock Island, there is q young man
who is going TO get chance to "do time
for the state if he does not act in more
godly manner He has been warned q
number of times to let the pretty and
bewitching dining room girls severely
alone, or it will go hard with him. The
ARGUS has been "onto his funny bust
ness" over q month, and if he ever dares
to repeat the offense his names goes in
in big print.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
The County Building
TRANSFERS .


27-Milan Paper Co., by trustee to John
H. Wilson, pit lower Wells Island, %, 10,
2w, $500 and John II. Wilson to Black
Hawk Paper Co, same description; Sl5,-
600.
Samuel C. Wakley to Omar D. Clark,
lot 6, block 80, Andalusia; 5000
Moses II. Head to Charles II. Perrin, 81
lots and 6, block 81, Woods third add
ton to Moline; 81, 300.
George Moore to Nels J Lark, lot .,
block A, Barstow; $125.
Timothy Bresnahan to Adair Peasants,
undivided half of lot "a, SO, Is, 2w; $4O1
John L Johnston to James L Reid pit c !
Sc (12 acres 81, II, 2w, 1926, and James
Reid to Sarah B Cobb, same description
1895.
James Rohan to John NJ Nauck. lot ,,
block s, Wait & Walkers first addition to
Reynolds; $500.
PROBATE
2S-Estate of NancyL. Smith, deceased.
lnveL tory filed and approved
Estate of Thomas Hughes, deceased
Inventory and appraisement bill fled and
approved.
Estate of Moses Hubbard, deceased
Proof of death filed. VIII presented for
probate. Dedimus protestatem issued to
take the deposition of Sarah J. McKeeyer,
subscribing witness to said will.
LICENSED TO WE'D.
27-Edwin Baxter and Miss Maggie
Porter.
Henry H. Martin and Miss Mabel
Hynes.
Ander Anderson and Miss Bait Nilsson
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
Fletcher,

j. j. Fletcher, the good and only
Fletcher who abides and resides in thai
ungodly city, Peoria, struck the town this
morning. Fetch is up here in the interest
of the Woodruff Sleeping Car Company
He is trying to make arrangements will
one or two of our lines to take Woodruff
sleeper instead of the Pullman. And well
wager a coonskin that he will succeed
Taffy drops from his lips like honey wher
YOU squeeze full cone,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
Franklin Suuare

The citizens of the lower end of town,
are bowling about franklin square.
Franklin square lies between Fifth and
Sixth streets, and is beautiful spot, es-
pecially in the summer time. A nice little
stand has been erected in the square, and
now the citizens want the city council to
put new fence around the square. Tho
present fence is delapidated affair and a
disgrace to the place. BY all means let a
new fence be built.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
Count Us

Mr. Schabeles two little girls on Eighth
street, were out walking Wednesday when
they met couple of gentlemen who
jokingly said they would come some night
and steal them, The smallest girl took
it in earnest, and whn she got home
said Papa, man is coming to steal us,
and after this you must count us every
morning"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29

There will be grand time at the rink
tonight, and you will miss picnic if you
don't take it in A fine prize will be
given to the best lady skater. A good
band of music will be in attendance to
enliven the occasion This is the last
night that the Doty Brothers will run the
rink, and good benefit will be giver
them
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
Market Report.

The quotations in Chicago today were
as follows: May wheat, 884; June, 903
July, 91s. April corn, 52i May, 564
June, SD. April oats, 291; May, 323
June, 333; July, 33ss. May pork, $17.95
June, $18.55. April lard, $3.50; May
S947; June, 1856. Hogs, $500; light
$3.50 to $5.7O; mixed, $685. to $685.
heavy, $3.50 to $40.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29

Last night there were special service!
held at the Fourteenth street Catholic
church. The services were Of a very
solemn nature. The stations" were al
gone round to and prayer offered up to
each station by the priest and his attend
ants. Naxt Sunday night the stations will
be observed again.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
Cows.

Marshal Miller and his valiant peeers
were engaged yesterday in getting four
legged beast into the pond. The aforesaid
beast had calf with her, and the twain
are the property of Jerry Green. Jerry
will now have to step to the front and
redeem his COW and calf or he will be de
nriYed Of his milk.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
A Fraud.

A Cambridge fraud who claims to be a
doctor treated two horses inhnmanly
and then allowed them to starve to death,
We would walk to Cambridge to see the
devil tarred and fcathercd and ridden out
of town on rail
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29

The workmen are engaged in macad-
amizing the crossing on Twentieth street
this afternoon. 1t is intended by the
powers that be" to macadamizc all the
crossings with pieces of rock which are
not laid down with stone. The object is
good one.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
Will Resume

The Weyerhauser & Denkman saw mill
will resume operations next Monday, hav
ing received raft of logs, and a prospect
of receiving number of more RATS in a
very short time. They will, when in full
operation, give employment to 800 men,
and it will be a God send to them when the
mill gets into full operation.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
Finished

The improvements which the Christy
cracker folks have been adding to Their
office will be completed this evening,
The office will be twice as large as it was
before, something that has long been
needed. The Office will be improved in
side next week.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
SnHrage

As we said last week, the woman sulf-
rage question is beginning TO look up in
this stretch Of timber. The woods are
full of sufferers May the Lord bring
them relief
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
A New Office

The workmen are busily engaged in
repainting and decorating the old county
clerks Office, in the old county building
When finished up it will be occupied by
our popular sheriff as an office. One will
hardly recognize the office now. 1t pre-
sents nice, clean and fresh appearance
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
Enlarged

Henry Lamp, the popular Second ave
nue. grocery man, is having bis business
room enlarged Henry is doing a good
business, advertises, and consequently he
is prospecting like green bay tree,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
Painted.

The workmen got through repainting
Carse 81 Retickers boot and shoe store
last evening The front now looms up
immense, and makes it look as fresh as a
daisy,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
For Sale

An awning as good as new for sale
cheap. W. A. Gloekhotf, under Harper
house. If
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
n Office.

Collins Bros, of Rock Island, have
bought the Doty Bros. skating rink il
Armory hall. They wish to notify the
public that they will run = ..ght along
four evenings a week, Tuesday, Wednes
day, Thursday and Saturday Matinees
every afternoon until further notice IS. e
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
An Exhibition,

The academy of natural science on
Brady street, Davenport, hasa very beau
tiful collection of English water color
paintings, 1875 in number, which will be
on exhibition every day this week, from
8 a. m. until p. m. Admission 10 cents.
Don't fail to see these gems of art. CADET
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29
TAXES.

Teeth extracted without pain, by Nor
gan & McCandless, dentists, 3rd avenue
and goth street. Telephone 68. 21dwtf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-29

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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-05-02

VIZ ANTED.-One Lady or Gentleman In every
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Wooden Underclothing,

Among the many means by which
we seek to guard ourselves from the
effects of chill there is one which hard
ly, even now, receives sufficient atten-
tiou-the use of woolen underclothing.
The majority of persons of the male
sex do, indeed, show their appreciation
of its wholesome qualities but there
remains a considerable moiety Of these,
and far greater number of women
and children, who prefer an undersuit
of smooth but relatively meagre linen.
Yet the superior advantages of wear
ing wool next to the skin are easily APP
parent on reflection. They do not
depend merely on its greater warmth
aud closeness of application. 1t is fur
ther capable, according to its texture
and in virtue of its composition, of bet
ter adaptation in respect oftemperature
| to the needs of various climates and
the changes of seasons, than any other
dress material Moreover, whether it
be fine or rough, dense or light woolen
clothing, it is evident it exhibits spec.
ial facility for absorbing aud dstrib-
uting moisture. 1t is that property es-
pecially which renders it the natural
covering of the constantly perspiring
skin, If one be engaged, for example,
in active exercise of limb, linen fab
ric will absorb what products of trans
udation it can till it is wet, but will
leave much moisture unabsorbed upon
the clammy surface whereas flannel,
from its more spongy nature, will rest
upon skin which it has nearly dried,
and be but damp itself 1t is obvious
then, that in the event of an after-chll,
and this occurs in summer as in winter,
the body is, in the latter case, most fa-
vorably disposed to resist it, Flannel
is not less cleanly than linen, though it
may appear less white aud if the
wearer bathe daily, it is surprising how
long it will retain its purity, The dis
advantage of skin irritation to which it
sometimes gives rise is usually associa,
ted with coarseness of quality or fresh.
ness of manufacture, and is with near.
ly all who have experienced it mere
" transient condition. Women as well
as men, we repeat, but above all chill
= dren and the aged, who are alike par
ticularly apt tC take cold, should Ger
tainly adopt wooden material for thei
customary undergarment 1t is easily
: possible TO adjust the texture to tn,
season, so that it shall be warm enough
, in wiuier and not too warm in summer
I Tile Lancet
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-05-02
Continued from last week.)
How Watch Cases are Made.

IN buying silver watch case great care
should be taken to secure one that is solid
silver throughout. The cap of most cheap
silver cases is made of composition known
as albata, which is very poor substitute
for silver, as it turns black in a short time.
The backs Of such cases are made much
thinner than those Of an all silver case,
being robbed in order to make the cap
thicker and get in as much as possible of
the cheap metal. Another important point
in asilver case is the joints or hinges, which
should be made of gold. Those of most
cheap cases are made OF silver, which is
not a suitable metal for that purpose. In
brief period it warps, bends and spreads
apart, allowing the backs to become loose
upon the case and admitting the dust and
dirt that accumulate in the pocket. The
Keystone SilverWatch Cases are only made
with silver caps and gold joints.
..... ST LOUIS. Mo. Fob. II, 1888.
cannot hut and give our testimony that
the Keystone Solid Silver Watch Gases the best
made knowledge. Having no soldering they
be were they heated for soldering, and have more
resisting power against than any other
in the market MERMop JAccARp JEwKLRr Co.
ssad stamp keystone watch Cass Bastorss Pha-
dcphla, handsome Illustrated Pamphlet showing hev
james loss and keystone Watch Gases are made.
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RATEs OF AovsRTIsINe

Yearly advertisements payable quarterly. Trai-
lsent advertisements must be paidfor before nser-
led except where parties have accounts.
Legal advertisements two dollars per inch for
three insertions, and at that rate for additional
insertions without reference TO length.
Executors Administrators, and Auditor notices
three dollars. Must be paid for when Inserted.
Transient or Local notices. ten cents line, regu-
lar advertisements half rates.
Cards in the Business Directory" column, OF o
dollar year for each line. |....
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-05-02
Bulwer Lytton'S Bridge,
WHERE IT TOUCHES THE SHORES AND THE

WHERE IT TOUCHES THE SHORES AND THE
GREAT COLUMNS IN MIDSTREAM.
"What q beautiful bridge between old age and
chlldhood Is religion. How intuitively the child
begins with prayer and worship on entering life
and how intuitively, on quitting life the old man
turns back TO prayer and worship, putting himself
again side by side with the infant" remarks Sir Il.
Bulwer Lytton, In his "Strange Story"
Yes but between It's distant abutments the
bridge OF life h Is many high mad awful arches
through which the wild waters dash and roar In
wrath and dissolution. Prayer and worship alone
do not sustain these Natures solid rocks must
lie unshaken beneath, and human art and skill
must rear and solidlfy the structure overhead.
Gods Will Is best eXempltied In the laws lie has
made for the creatures whom Hethas placed under
their control Neither the child's trustfll 'Our
Father nor the old mans 'F orget me not In the
midst OF mine inhrmities, wi Il alter this by the
weight Of a single grain. .-...
Science and art tirst-then faith and prayer-is
the order Of Heaven ITSELF Divinity heals through
It's agents. and those agents are the discoveries OF
man not the vague announcements OF prophets
or seerS Is life burden to you Does time dragl
Is your power to cope with LIES problem and
duties weakened You are not we'll Your blood IL
sluggish and tainted, perhaps or some important
organ is torpid or oyerworked This fact may have
taken the form OF dyspepsia, rheumatism, gout,
malaria, pains in the stomach, chronic headache,
or any OF dozen other Ills. PARKER'S TONIC viii
invigOrate you, as fresh air invgorateS those who
have been shut up In damp, fetid cells. It is pow.
erful, pure, delicious scientific, safe-the Keystone
| OF the central arch OF the bridge Of life.