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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
Glory!

We feel like getting on top of the high
est house il the city and yelling glory.
Our base ball club went to Streator yes
terday and played a game of ball with the
Reds of that city. They succeeded in
doing them up to the tune of 20 to 3.
This is glorious news. If the boys will
succeed in doing up the Chicago Reserves
we will hire band and meet 'em at the
depot when they return. There is moth
ing mean or small about US, for we be
lieve in being zealously affective in q
GOOD work.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
Market Report.,

Following were the quotations in Chi
cago today: June wheat, $50; July, 90b
August s94. June corn, 563; July, 5si
August sol. June oats, 33b; July, 324
August, 293. June pork. $l7.32; July
Sir 50; August S17.42. June lard, 1897
July, $40 June ribs. $3.50; July, So. 50
Hogs, $4,000; light $5 90 to $3.50; mixed
1886 to 1915; heavy. So to s6.15.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
Mother Hubbard.

A Mother Hubbarn party will be given
by Miss Mamie Smith at her residence on
Twentysecond street tonight. A large
number of invitations have been issued,
and the attendance will be quite large.
All the young ladies are expected to be
attired in Neither Hubbard. Dancing
and music will be the order of the even
inu
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
A Cock Fight.

An interesting cock fight took place in
the upper end of town near the A saw
mill yesterday. The fight was between a
large red rooster and a small white
rooster The birds fought and fought and
picked each, other in a lively manner
Finally the big bird out winded the other
and was picking the little ROSTERS eyes
out, when an old lady, the owner of the
birds. came to the little ones rescue, and
drove the big bird off with a stick.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
Hoodiuus.

A gang of bsys were going abou town
at late hour last hight, streaking the
pale blue air 1--WE suppose the air is blue)
red, streaked and striped with their hid
eous yells, which they thought was music
must divine. Their sonorous voice would
discount the croakings of any bull frog
that lives in the depths of pond. The
next time the boys get wound up we hope
they will stay in the lower end of town.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
Ralirinug-

Rev. Cryer, the eloquent Central Pres
byterian divine, will deliver memorial
sermon at the Central Presbyterian church
Sunday morning, May 25th. The
Grand Army of the Republic will attend
in body. Mr.. Cryer is one of the most
eloquent ministers in Rock Island and
there will be large attendance at. the
church on that daY
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
The High School

No more will the lads and lassies who
take strolls in the light of the bright moon
"ho!d up, or hold down, either, for that
matter, the steps of the high school build
ing on Twenty third street and Seventh
avenue. The school board have procured
padlocks. and after six o'clock the gates
are shut and locked.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
a small STRIKE

Strikes are catching. Here it is that
we have got to chronicle another strike.
Yesterday nearly all the small boys in the
sash factory went on strike, just be-
cause they wanted five cents more day,
and because the proprietors wouldn't pay
it they struck
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
DISCOUET SALE.

] am overstocked IN mems black and
brown stiff and soft hats, and will offer
10 per cent discount on them until May
Goth. Hats for $500 at 80 90; hats for
81. 20 at $3.50; hats for 1926 at Sc 90;
hats for 81 so; discount sale. closes on
May Goth; don't forget. l have the finest
stock of furnishing goods in the city.
RYAN, the Halter, Cor. and
and Main Street Davenport, dc times
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
Fortunate Individuals.

Among the many lucky recipients of
presents yesterday at the Golden Eagle
clothing store was Mr. George ]. Schmidt
Of Muscatine, who married Miss Ludolph
last evening. He drew an elegant lamp,
and Mrs. John Dickson, was the lucky
winner of large silver pitcher.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
Nice Ice Cream Parlors.

b. Birkenfeld has refitted his ice cream
parlors and he now has the cosiest and
most elegan. ice cream room in the three
cities. 1t is well known that Mr.. Birk-
enfald's reputation for making delicious
ice cream is second to none in the west.
When you want real nice dish of ice
cream made from the pure cream go to
Birkenfled's on Fourth avenue. M 3m.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
A New Walk.

A new walk is being built around Mr..
Ben Harper's residence. The walk is
being made of brick, and Mr. n Reddict
is the contractor
Workmen were engaged in building a
new walk near the Widow Miller resi-
dence on Fifth avenue and Fourteenth
street this morning.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
Paw Day.

The boys at the Rock Island & Peoria
depot are all smiles today, and not
thing, soul narrowing as it may be, can
ruffle the equinamlty. Today the pay car
on that popular road came along and
paid all the employees The pay rolls
were larger this mouth than ever before
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15

The Young Mems Christian Association
will have meeting tonight. 1t will be a
business meeting. The association will
meet tonight for the first time in their
new rooms in the Weber block A
cordial invitation is extended to the public
to attend this meeting
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
A Boat Race.

There will be another boatrace at Black
Hawk tower next Sunday afternoon, if we
are correctly informed The winner of
the race will receive prize of S. There
will be large number of people who will
go out, if the weather is nice.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
Notice-Clean up.

You are hereby notified to remove
forthwith all rubbish, manure, decayed
vegetables, or other deleterious or oGens
i've substance from about your alley or
premises.
Refuse may be deposited at the foot of
Fifteenth St., between the railroad track
and the river Phil. MILLER,
City Marshal.
Rock Island, April 10, 1884. 3w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
THE PRETTIESf LADY IN ROCK ISLAND

Remarked to a friend the other day
that she knew Kemp's Balm for the
Throat and Lungs was superior remedy,
as it stopped her cough instantly when
others had no effect whatever SO to
prove this o. Grotjan will guarn
tee it to ALL Price 80 cents and 81
Trial size free.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
On a Tour.

Mr. J. T. Miller the well known horse
man, left this morning on tour through
the Hoosier state, Indiana. He took with
him two of his finest horses, which he
proposes to trot on various race tracks in
that state. We hope that his horses will
succeed in out trotting everything on the
turf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15

Thursday, May Is, 1884.
peddlerE.

The police succeeded in running in two
peddlers at an early hour this morning.
The fellows were peddling patent medi-
zines. They were taken before the good
and only Chopper, who sized 'em up $40
and costs, which they paid and departed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
The County Building.

14-Estate of N. J. Hubpard, deceased
Partnership inventory and appraisement
bill filed and approved
LICENSED TO WE'D.
15-George Mitchell and Miss May
Ann Reed
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15

The c. o. D. laundry at Davenport
still continue to laundry shirts at 8 cents
collars % cents and cuffs cents. 1873
Main street, telephone No. 372. doom.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15
Cut Rates

Over any railroad at Glockhofs, under
the Harper house, Rock Island. dit
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15

Some time ago we stated the fact that
there was every prospect of lively war
| between the Diamond 10 line and the
railroads Our predictions have proven
true. Yesterday Agent Holmes, of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road re-
ceived instructions to put a new tariff
into effect, between this city and all parts
on the road touched by the river.
The rates from Rock Island to La
Crosse and all intermediate ports north
of Dubuque are: first and second class,
twenty cents; third, fourth and fifth class,
ten cents. The rates to Dubuque and
intermediate ports above LIE Claire are:
first and second class, fifteen cents; third,
fourth and fifth, ten cents
| The rates from Rock Island to Dakota
are reduced 20 per cent and there is a
considerable reduction to northern Iowa
points. Formerly, goods were carried
from Chicago over the c. M. & St. P for
less than they were transported from
Davenport.
1t appears the Saints line and the Dia
mond 10 line of steamboats, and the three
railroads, the Chicago. Milwaukee & St.
Paul, the Northwestern and the Illinois
Central, are in the quarrel.
A high railroad official blames the Hi
nois Central for the war, and says it is
within the power of that road to restore
the old tariff very easily. Rates via the
Chicago g. Northwestern and Diamond 10
lines were cut because the Central carrie
=. freight to the Saints line steamboats,, at
East Dubuque, at an unusually low rate,
thus cutting into the trade of the Chicago
& Northwestern, Diamond 10 and Chica
go, Milwaukee & st. Paul lines up river.
The Chicago. Milwaukee g. st. Paul haC
to do something in the way of cutting
rates itself to get merchants out of the
habit of shipping goods via river.
D The low rates expire November 10Th
unless withdrawn earlier. The Dubuqu,
j.. Democrat alleges it is direct blow at ih
steamboat companies. This may be so
i but the Diamond 10 and Saints lines both
+ according to Agents Bryson and Osborn
have put their figures lower than the rail
road rates to river points, and to variou
$ interior points. and will keep them so
thus making it profitable to ship witt
~ them and make railroad connections.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-15

There is some little merriment up in one
of the nice neighborhood on the bluffs,
and the cause is this: The usual spring
fixing up was on hand and the male part
of the house concluded that a nice, smooth
green lawn with plenty of room for Gro
quet was just as badly needed as new
carpet in the best room. The female part
of the house agreed as to bringing the
grounds into proper shape, but she wanted
flowers, lots of them. He wanted grass,
and lots of that, but as they were agreed
on one point the grounds were put
through a process of digging, leveling,
etc, that resulted in beautifully graded
lot last week. He hied himself off and
bought little less than bushel of choice
grass seed. She got her hands filled with
seeds of all known and quite number of
unknown flowers, single and double,
plain ard mixed colors, tall and short,
anything and everything from which to
make a judicious selection. He came
home, stripped himself for the arduous
task of getting that grass seed in before
the usual Sunday shower. She met him
with a sweet smile and, hubby, that will
look so pretty with some flowers down
this, side, a row across there and fancy
bed in the middle and here's lots of
splendid seeds to select from" He wildly
looked at her, gathered the whole pile,
dashed them all into the measure of grass
seed. thoroughly mixed all up together
and just more than covered that ground
with the Heterogeneous mass and then
looking the astonished woman in the face
growled out, Il never did quarrel, and
there's place in which we will both have
our own way and you can just invite your
sewing society friends to come and look
at that when it grows and get designs for
a crazy quilt" The neighboorhood is
watching that garden with some interest
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-18
Reuben spr,nrer's Bequests

CINCINNApi, Dec. l5.-The will of the
late Reuben Springer was probaied to
day. The document, with six codicils
covers early forty pages OF legal car
manuscript, the whole in his own hand
writing. The will declares it is made
without the advise of any human being
The largest public bequeath is $50 shares
Of special guaranteed stock III tn Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne IL Chicago rail
wav, to the Music Hall asso
ciaIion, of the par value
of $4,000. The income only is to be
used for the support OF tie mus nal
building, He gives also $40, 900 TO col
lege of music and $4,000 10 the museum
association, be-ides pictures and wo ks
of art in requests TO church. The will
was executed March q, 1878. IL was
changed by u codicil dated March Is
1854, doubling the same anu largely in
creasing nearly all tho others. The
final beuuests are to st. Mary's semi
nary ot the west, for the educa-
ton of Rn,uan Catholic priests, SlOO,OOO
to the Little Sisters of the Poor,S35,0 600; 10
the Good Samaritan hospital, $50 900; to
the Francesca bro shers, 5000; to the
sisters OF charity of Cedar Grove, for n
founding asylum, $4,000; To support
cat iedraI schools, 100000; Tor home
for missionary work perpetnity, 900
year; to the sisters of mercy, 5000; t.
tne convent of the Good Shepherd
S}5,OOO; to st. Peters Benevolent asso'
cation, S5O,O00; the Lizzie Sisters of The
Poor of st. Francis, 900; TO his faithful
domestlcs and fi.gHds, Ellen Seery and
Julia Manning he 81 es $500 each,
and to his coachman, NJ. DoOley, 5000
and the horses, carriages and harness
The requests to his family are mainly
to The children of his deceased sisters
Mrs. Roult, Mrs. Brown and Mrs, Run,
wife.s relatives and mis- cousins to the
third degree. The bulk OF his estate
goes to his sisters children. Chas. L.
Roult, of Jacksonville, Illinois, and
Joshua II. Bates, and =. ID. Lincoln, Of
this city, are tue executors. The last
codicil was executed November %
1884. The estate is estimated to bt
worth s. 900. 600
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-18
Puhlic improvements.

A synopsis of the city engineers re-
rort t. the city council shows the cost
Of improvements in the past Two years
~ follows: Sewers ana drains in 1888,
$50, 1860; sewers and drains in 1881. $i9,-
600; street paving IN lSS3, SiO,ll55o;
street paving IN 1881, sol, 80; street work
in 1888, $l5,OO0; street work in 1881, $li,-
600. Toad, $233,33i 40.
All tins was done without issuing a
fond and does not comprise work on
puDic school buildings and water works.
about $l0,0W more. The city engineer
reports 10 the city council in favor of
extending the lS-inch pipe drain On
Hurd street west from Griffin 'tlteJ to
l.amar street, distance oil 436 feet, at -
cost of 500 Tor tho pipe. and That the
same can be laid by the carpenter gang
of the street force.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-18
Maybe They'll lie, nim stay Now.

LDUI,vILLE, Dee, Is the Courier
Journals Horse Cave special says:
p. j. Slocnm, school teacher
incurred the i'll will of some
of the community. He received several
anonymous letters lately, suggest
ing if. he didn't leave he
would ba waited uoon. He did not
leave, and on Saturday night u
mob of twenty men surrounded
his house. He fired into the
GROVE aud succeeded in driving
them away. Wayne Grain was killed
inside the yard. Another man, I'm
Long, was wounded in the leg. SeYera!
horses were wounded and several other
men are supposed to be wounded Long
claims not to have been with the
mob, Int that they were riding
peaceably along the road WREN fired on
Slocum is being tried at Muniordvilie
to-day for the killing of Grain.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-18

ntfshll, saw ti. nfRfl cog uANtm iHl
rfimf M the nfifhlufinii iiiai hf goo
On.Nnf Mikun fn lr 900. .f.nHfi ihH'
thsy etffifd him WhfIf
tht pfUstru iug witness Nns fnd
plHpliin uu lI HNuihHf ross
had iiIn tBll H.t 1000 pu .uiinR wii.
nuss nu .fH.i.r '.u H .hn hntf1 %
VDIrO tfh.r f..Hii .II lut n VIZ lUudN I
thsu used when H..HiifIur her.
Tito e,iloucr viii hsril' h'Conclu'ch
Ia. iu rruw.
There was other .vldeuco that the lrd
clothes were muddy aud evidently hy
wet muddy feet.
rho ''llov inp r,lfor'rs, convicted At
tiiF trTm Df Dthl,f utrl lHktn ~ lht
ptni, uuliary this morning ny ~ w
Winston and 4. ". fursyth~i
WIN, Rose, thrlt oT morse, nine years
aud three months,
Aaron Ross, Crnlur ~ burglary aud
lheiti two years In each ease,
Willie Harris, burglary and then;
two years.
Samuel Mcguire, jhof; two year.
4. w. Hodge, thuiti two yeas,
John T.. Isbell, th,ft NJ horsoi i've
years.
years.
j. Ii. Thomas, theft from person; fuuI
years and Tx nnn,hs.
Il. II, Williams, forgery; Two yeas.
Jack White, alias kcrby, thoit oil
horse, five years,
James Bevan theft; two years.
Willis Jones. burglary; Tx years.
Fred Cook, robbery; ten years,
James Reagan, theft from porsoni twc
wears.
Charlie Davis, theft Of horse; five
years.
John Nelson, burglary, two cases
two years in each ease.
There arc eight more In Jail convicted
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-18

BuRHErr, Dee. l5.-tSpecial. News
reached here that on thursday night
last three men entered the store OF y.
NJ. Cox, nj Smithwicks Mills, thus
county, and robbed him of 5OOln money
and large amount of mems clothing.
w. A. Chum, ais u merchant Mt Double
Horn, this county, was robbed 81 Sioo
the same night by two men. Both rob
heries occurred about the same hour.
The conclusion Is that they were pre-
concerted, and that both parties belong
to the same band.
burnett has had splendid h"g,kill-
ing spell OF weather, ana farmers have
taken advantage at II.
Thu HERALD correspondent has just
learned OF Il suicide AZ Llano by one
Newly. II seems he had been on pro-
tracted drunk, was arrested and put IN
Jail, and upon 'he sheriff going to ms
eel IN the morning, he found that
Newly had made II ron" BY tea ing M
his blanket, and wa hanging dead from
the door,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-18
xLvIII Congress.
senate.

WAslJNGT N, December Is. - Mr..
SHERM AN, from the commute on IL
hrarv, reported tavorably bill provid-
ing for the erection of statue of Gen.
Lafayette.
Mr.I.OGAN presented large number
/, OF petitions from tobacco and cigar man
ufacturers and laborers' organizations
in Illinois, New YORK and other states
protesting against the ratification or the
Spanish treaty; also, petitions signed by
over 7gBn ex soldiers of the union army,
praying congress to purchase for the
capitol at Washin gtOn the portrait OF
Gen. George Fl. Thomas, and RECON-
mending that executed by Miss Kan
som. Referred.
The CHI AIR laid before the senate Mr..
Van Wyck's resolution, heretofore OIL
ferred, relating to the Spanish treaty,
and requiring the committee on rules to
report Il mule providing for The consider
alton of com ia rcial treaties in open ses-
sion.
Mr.. HOAR raised q point of order that
Z, the matter should be considered with
closed doors.
Nj. Pl.ArT called for the reading OF
the rule authorizing the closing oil the
doo,s.
The rule was read. 1t proceeds that
on the demand OF two senator's the doors
at the senate may at any time pe
ciuss.d.
TIE CHAIR inquired whether the
motion of the gentleman from Massa
chusetts (Hoar) was seconded?
Mr. HAWLEY seconded the motion,
and the senate then went INTO scorer
session.
In fifteen minutes the dears were re-
opened, aud the senate took up the Da-
kota bill.
In the secret session of the senate
Mr.. Van Wyck's resolution for dis-
cussiup of the commercial treaties In
open session was referred to the COM
mittee on foreignrelations.
Mr.. GARLAND submitted substi'
tute for the hill reported from the COM
mittee on territories. One of the provl-
sions OF the substitute provides for sub
hitting TO popular vote the question
Of dividing territory. This was de-
sirab,e. MI. Earland said. in order to get
at the present views OF Dakota, and 70
settle Questions arising from the fact
that Dakota had q public debt.
Mr.. HARRISON objected to the SUP.
stitute, and stated that the question OIL
debt was efficiently provided for by the
committees bill. He would nave &c
objection to an amendment subnl!tthnt
to the people the simple proposition OF
division.
Mr.. VEST said the population of De-
kota seemed, from newspaper accounts,
10 be in open rebellion. Will we admi'
that turbulent population into the ma
Nonf 1t has been stated an the press
that every opponent to the admission OF
DAKOTA was u Democrat. In the light of
recent events Mr.. Vest thought Demo
Gratis could assume that responsibility
The biil was then informally laid aside
ut the request of Mr.. Hill, In order that
lie might address the senate on the SIT
recently submitted by him. He de-
clared 1t the sense of the sena shat
there is no reason for q suspension OF
the coiuage OF silver dollars or OF the
issue of silver certificates. Mr.. Hill
said the recomine ndations OF tho presi-
dent and OF tho secretary OF the treasury
.xresnt'y made 70 congress- IN respect 70
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-18

fleH tnH ffIIglHn, a. giihef with feafs ~
Mf.sa inn sd iHd auFefnnfni, hal
.i u Hpfmfstd hY llo CORRELATION I
nU IIH IHNIFN rfHfa. "Nefrff" he
NlI, ffftd InNlHnd and Tie RufeIninnni
..i mHNl uItIHus o. ffuINr Justice
ltt, m 90 than Justice, a. Ireland ihsn
10 urHsrui nuH. The redistribution iili
ID ifrttY Of unHfutging Rfnofn- NV
Hnu set The hostility remains mani.
rstfi lruu time Ia Tine "a wicked
uifHuNt, aud the returning u patiif-
meal ~ uvOWed enemies e. Englun o
nj. uHrpd g. uhst urt in every way hf
pnuen nal legislation. II would uu-
iuuUD pdly 10 necessary la ~, ~ funn"
lee coercion at, else there would 40 a
certainty OF revival nj the 0uirtges
tud lawl sHucss.n "Whiie giving ireland
ihp largest measure ui justice, England
must" the Duri of Morley said" ho hriu,
aud never tOi a moment allow u o. 100
supposed that she will cnnseni lhlt the
uniOu he dissolved. In regard IN fsyN,
ne said England could never allow
another European power 10 occupy a
prominent position"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-18

A short time ago l. Warteiskey called
on the dry goods establishment OF
Blankenship & Blake and represented
that he was merchant, doing business
in Que of the surrounding towns. Also,
that he las worth so 900. On the
.treugth OF these statements the firm let
him lave 81, 800 wurth as goods on Time.
" hen the lime expired Wartelskey VAS
not forthcoming with the cash and the
goods were gone. They preferred
charges aga nsJ him, aud yesterday
Sheriff smith received a telegram from
the sheriff of Wise county, saying. that
he mad Wartelskey in custody. HeleayeS
this morning for Decatur 20 bring the
prisoner here to answer 10 the charge.