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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12
Clippings From Blaine's Newspaper.

During the session of the Morrill, legis-
lature numerous petitions were presented
praying that the state constitution be so
amended that no persons of foreign birth
should be allowed to hold any office, civil
or military, or to vote until they had re.
sided in this country for twenty one years.
All these petitions were referred to a COM
mittee, and the committee unanimously
agreed to report bill annulling the nat
uralization process of state courts. R, G.
Lincoln of Hallowell, a special friend of
Mr.. Blaine, chairman of the legislative
republican committee, and a prominent
member of the Know>Nothing order,
championed the bill in the house in long
speech.
Mr. Blaine thought so well of the speech
that it was printed in full in the Kennebec
Journal. One of the passages of the
speech reads as follows:
"Romes legions are among US, naturae
lized and as free to vote as any American
And they do vote. Whoever else may
stay away these will be sure to be at the
polls. And did you ever know a catholic
go to the polls hesitating who he should
vote for? He always votes from design,
in accordance with plan well understood
before going to the place OF voting. That
plan contains a worm out of sight, but
it gnaws at the roots of American instit-
utions, whose willing as in the case OF
Jonahs gourd is often the first indication
that the poison is screted there. This
power has already, to an alarming extent,
got control of our schools. In many ex-
| tensive and important localities in this
country the Protestant Bible is ignored in
the schools. School agents and teachers
and uperintending school committees are
elected by Catholic votes and influence,
and the school fund, derived almost ex-
cusively from Protestsnts for literary
education, Is grossly perverted and made
to subserve Roman sectarianism and anti
republicanism.
| Another passage reads as follows:
Mr. Speaker, this glorious and hap
Ply country of ours is already taken pos
session of my formal allocutions issued
from Vatican. Yes, sir, the pope has
determined that the seat of his powel
shall be the United States of America
Our institutions of today, with all then
blessings to us as Protestants and freemen
he has determined to make his institution:
tomorrow. Let not the American senti
ment now aroused subside. Permit it no
to slumber Be not deceived. The mar
has been published at Rome on which
the whole republican, every state, territor!
and town, watered and fertiliZed by rivers
made attractive and picturesque by lake:
unparalleled elsewhere on earth, is div
ided into papel states, sees, diOceses and
bishoprics, with Cincinnati for its capital
and the whole solemnly dedicated to thu
government of Spain, which today claims
to hold by this authority the fee therefor
it being gratuitously bestowed as fief b!
his highness the pope, as token of his
high pleasure for the reinstating of th
Spanish 1nquisition. make this state
ment on unquestionable ANTIQUITY, and i
may be relied upon as substantially true.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12

AT the present time the Mother Hub
bard dress is engaging the attention Of
both sexes. The police in various cities
have been ordered to arrest all women
wearing these loose and apparently very
comfortable garments. especially those
who do not belt them at the waist Il
seems that it is infringing too much on
the rights of the ladies to say how they
should dress. We don't know that it is
anybody's business but their own and il
seems altogether out of the range Of
mans duty to dictate in the matter, II
woman wants to be squeezed by belt
that is certainly her right; or if she want:
the gown to fit loosely about her person
why let her do it,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12

MANY strange stories about snake bites
are afioat and some of them are well au>
thenticated 1t seems that the cures are
not permanent In some cases. The effect
OF the poison is suspended but the virus
remains in the system. An account is
given of woman who was bitten by a
rattlesnake when she was a girl. Her
life was saved, but regularly every year
on the anniversary of the bite, the orig
inal effects returned and threw her into
paroxysms of pain. These became more
severe, year by year, and on the thirty
second year she died in commissions
There is living case like it, of mint
years standing. The victim is a woman
and on the annual return of the day OF
which she was bitten she undergoes tn,
poison torture The doctors are STUDYING
this case and cannot comprehend it. ThC
woman lives at Mount Morris, N. Y, ant
the 10th of August was her day of torture
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12
Hartford, Conn.

HARTFORD, Conn, Aug. 12.-This section
had lively experience with the earthquake
The damage was trifiing, but CONSERVATION
reigned predominant for minute or two.
The shock came at 2:0s, and appeared to be
followed at an intermission of six seconds by
another, the two covering a space of
fully ten seconds. Buildings were Jared
and several chimneys tumbled down. All
over the city crockery was shaken from
pantry shelves, door bells were rung, and
there were other evidences of the force of the
shock, which was followed by low distinct
rumbling sounding like far-away thunder.
Many believed that there had been another
powder-mill explosion in Hazardsville,
eighteen miles from Hartford. Every where
people ran out of doors, believing
that the buildings were coming down.
Several persons tainted, and it required
an hours labor for the physicians to
bring one woman back to her senses. The
large block of cells in the county jail was
cracked from top to bottom, and the prisoners
were transtixed with fear The effect of the
shocks on the river was very noticeable.
In an instant the CLASSY surface of the Con
necticut was furrowed with ripples coming
lFoHl every ufSEGiull. 1ne eafoh4oaho "os
felt on all the islands in Long Island sound,
and it was especially heavy on Shelter island.
In Hockanum, few miles out of Hartford
church-bell was thrown off its balance
and struck several blows, and it is reported
that brick building in Glastonbury was
crumbled to pieces by the shock. In this city
the vibration in some of the brick build
ings was fully an inch, and in frame build
ings considerably more. There were six OIL
seven waves. The sky at the time of the
shocks was slightly overcast, and the tenn
perature was about 10. The most peculiar
incident of the earthquake was the death Of
a sick prisoner in the jail, named Johr
Doyle. He passed away just as the shocl
was felt, and it is believed that it hastenec
his death
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12

ANOTHER cure by faith is reported
Mrs. Mary E. Douglass, of Newark, had
inherited weak back from her mother,
and eight years ago it turned into curva-
ture of the spine and laid her up in bed
perfectly helpless until a few days ago.
She was doabled up and twisted out of
human shape. Her hip was pulled out of
place and she became club footed. She
had also assesses and liberation of the
stomach. She was as bad as she could
be and 1--we. Finally, since the doctors
could do nothing for her, she consented
to try the prayer method A woman
faith doctor and two preachers officiated.
She limbered up. Strengthened out and in
an hour was walking around her room.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12

Mr.. ScHURz has stated the cause of the
independent republican opposition to the
republican presidential nomination with
great force and perfect fairness. In his
speech at the Grand opera house in
Brooklyn last Tuesday night he said:
Undoubtedly the tariff is an interest
ing and important subject; so is the cur
rency; so is the bank question; so is the
Mormon question; so are many others.
At other times they might absorb our
attention. But this time the republican
national convention has, with brutal
directness, so that we must face it wheth-
er we will or not, forced upon the country
another issue which is infinitely more i'm
portant, because it touches the vitality
of our institutions. 1t is the question
of honesty of government. | say the
republican convention has forced it
upon the country, not by plat
form declarations, but by nominal
ing for the presidency man with a
blemished public record. Understand me
fully. The question is not merely wheth
er Mr.. Blaine if elected notwithstanding
his past career, would or would not give
the country comparatively honest ad-
ministration- The question is much
larger than that. 1t is, whether the
public record of the Republican candidate
is not such as to make his election by the
American people equivalent to declara-
ton on their part that honesty will no
longer be one of the requirements of the
government of the republic. 1t is whether
such declaration will not have the inev>
liable effect of sinking the government
for generations to come. perhaps forever,
into a depth of decentralization and cor
ruption such as we have never dreamed
of before. If this is really the issue of
the pending compaign, then you will
admit it to be the most mementous that
has been upon US since the civil war; nay,
as momentous as any involved in the civil
war itself"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12
SporsIng News,

CHICAGO, Aug 12-The races Monday at
the Driving park were well attended. Fol
lowing are the events.
First race, ~ miles; Bonnie Australian,
first; Ballard, second; Thady, third; time,
1:54H.
Second race, mile; La Belle n, first; Cen
terville, second; Idle Pat third; time, 1:43116.
Third Race, "a mile; Helianthus first
Tony Pastor, second; Harpoon, third; time,
ILL.
Fourth race, e mile; Editor first; Maggie
NJ, second; Tantrum third; time, 1:03.
SARATOGA, Aug. 12.-Following is the list
of races decided Monday:
First race mile: Fellowplay, first; Rich
ard L, second; John Henry, third; time
l:i415
Second race, II miles: Euclid, first; Net
tie, second. Panique, third; time, 2:401l.
Third race, l l-l6 miles; Ntot, first
Krupp Gum, second; Lady Lyon, third
time, 81.
Fourth race, q mile; Minnie Meteor, first
Zamora, second Peter L., third; time
Ink
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12

LONDON, Aug. l2.-"Lobby" is responsible
for the statement that the queen has made a
new will She has certainly plenty of money
to give away, and as certainly plenty of peo-
pie to grab for it. Prince Albert left at least
$S,000,000 A miser named Neald bequeathed
to her majesty $2,500,o00, and all her
life she has been saving the greater
part of her annual income. The de
mands on her will come from her
numerous grandchildren. Her family has g
curious knack of making poor marriages, and
the only wealthy members are the duke OF
Cambridge, the duke of Gu rland, and
her son, the duke of Edinbur 40 inherits
in an exaggerated form the "a aiony of his
father and mother. The children q the
prince of Wales will be provided for by par
lament, and his eldest son is to get a grant
next year.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12
A PROFESSIONAL gambler, says an eastern

a PROFESSIONAL gambler, says an eastern
paper, who has just returned from a
western tour reports that gambling is dy~
ing out in the west, few houses being
open and the stakes so small that they are
hardly worth playing for. Even on the
Mississippi boats gambling is strictly
prohibited New Orleanes, with its Ii
censed tables, appears to be the gambler
only refuge. Possibly the traveller did
not pass night or two in Davenport
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12
THE MARKETS.
CHICAGO, Aug. IL.

|
Allan McIntvra G. q = circular of tbts
evening saws; The markets openad strong en-
the board of trade this morning, sold up 20
&c, turned downward and closed very weak
Wheat-August opened 7sl5c closed 7SSc;
September, opened T913c, closed 79k@79hc.
October, opened S05sc, closed S019c Corn
August, opened Sic, closed 5O}3e; September,
opened 5O19c, closed 501sc; October, opened
49Ssc, closed 1910: Pork-September, $50;
October, $3.50 Lard-September, opened
$3.50, closed S14'13:
1--we StoGk-!he Union Stoch yards re-
Ports the following range OF prices; Hogs
Market opened quiet, with shippers and spec
ulatorS principal buyers; packers are Keeping
& 40i76 10. ronpb nact;ng a. 7i5f5f NJ,
heavy nartnr and sbitnin,r iots rs 7oS56 M
of OH n,o iG Ia .i hfrho..
ernorts 80 6nG91. c6oJ to ,bn;ce S6iES e0.
common IL fair e. 49, ~. Taxens %,
higher. 81 75m5 90, EntrLers, 80 5si5I.
st3ckars sS5n4 "a Sbaan-NNTari.a sIorr- no
I5c lower: common to fair. s. 50GS3. Medium nm
to good. S. 25,i14 -
Produce; But,er-Firm. fine creamerv
20M2oc: GOOD to choice dairy. 12@1Ge. fair
to good packing. Sa1Oc. Eggs-More active.
choice counts. i40l4hc f0tatoes-In alum.
Fruits-Appies. good to choice s205 90 mar
Dbl; peaches, western, 35M5oc Der basket:
grapes. Ease per lb.
New yorx
NJ w.
Wbeat-OnanAd wass ond Ih ~ Az IL.
later stonger and recovarad e q rho owe" d
cline: trade quiet No | white nominal. No
red August, 9Jkc; September 81 56(09l &c:
October, 959t @95@sc; November, S5@
951c: December, 9615@965ac; January,
9S@9S4c. Corn-&@9sc lower, mixed
western spot, 53962c: futures 57h@
59$4c Oats-1l@Sc lower: western. 376I41S'
Provisions-Beef, quiet; mess S12. Pork. un-
changed. Lard opened lower, but afterward
was nlmef' steam, SGou.
ST. LOUIS
ST LOUIS, Aug IL.
Al, W ", ne aat,,-.A; opened and advanced,
Shen 9eciulsu am ciosed iTaction under
sSt NO RED, oi15@osc cash; SIG
oi%c, closing elc, seller August; sl$s @S21c,
closing CLOSING oISst; oeptenper; e5@oS4c, closing
go Oe'ooeii o71s gSooc, CLOSING o4%c,
SLOW no matarial cbanca. ~ fS4ti<o ~.
47c bid Augnst. 4d7/047se Sentemhes. asa1nS
45Ic October. 4ISSc Noye,phar. ~ - y,aas
! Oats-Tower and slow. o52%l13G,. cash o. N
24Lc August 24c hid SentpT,bera n 5ai "a
4Ssc October; 25c November Rva-Bnai III !.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12
GREAT STORM IN HUNGARY.
villages swept Away and Many Lives

PEsTH, Aug. .2.-Later reports regarding
the great storm show that it was more Sc
we're than at first anticipated. In
addition to the damages re-
ported in the previous dispatch
comes the intelligence that the villages OF
Lebegony and Orozy have been partially
swept away, and that twenty persons were
drowned by the rapidly-rising water of the
Danube, while number of barns, out-houses
cattle, horses and other live stock were car
ried off on the waters
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12

1t is stated that all traces of her many
maladies have left her. The names and
residences of all the parties are given, and
the Newarkers know that they are real
people. They also see Mrs. Douglass
going about her BUSINESS, well as any
woman in town.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12

pers ladders were at once put up to the
windows of several buildings from which the
sound was supposed to emSnate, and the
police forced an entrance, but after careful
investigation they gave up the chase and
finally traced the sound to the proper source.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12

THE rumor that Cleveland is engaged
to a handsome young widow of Pough-
keepsie has not been denied 1t has even
been limited that he is willing to marry
her and settle down in the white house.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12
The Effect at Boston.

BosToN, Aug 12-At about 2:15 Sunday
afternoon Boston and the neighboring cities
and towns were visited by heavy earth
quake, which ratified chandeliers, radiators,
and other movable objects, swayed sub
stantially-built houses, and caused quite a
general feeling of alarm and uneasiness, and
in some places feeling of nausea. There is
diversity of opinion as to the direction Of
the wave some locating it from north to
south and other from northeast to south
west In one instance, where man was
asleep, he was rudely awakened by the lounge
running several feet in one direction and i'm
mediately returning rapidly to its former po-
sition. On School street high building,
occupied by the Five Cents Saving bank and
other establishments, was shaken SO Sc
riously that bricks were ioosened and mortar
tumbled to the ground. At the Young
MANS Christian union building, ON Roylstou
street. an old man hastily ran down the stairs,
remarking as he went that he did not propose
to remain and be crushed by the big tower.
On Beacon street several families were SO
badly frightened that they hastily ran out
of doors. On the Back bay guests in the
hotels Berkeley, Vendome, and Brunswick
felt the shock very sensibly. In some houses
sideboards bureaus, lounges, chairs, etc,
tipped and We're moved from their places
Some persons were made quite dizzy for
few seconds, the room seeming to
sway about the sensation being
similar to that on a boat in a heavy
swell. At the Parker house bed, on which
a gentleman was lying, was violently moved
several feet. The colored people at the west
end were greatly alarmed, and in many in
stances believed the world was coming to an
end. One old woman exclaimed in terrified
tones, as she rushed into the street, and in
voluntarily turned about to look up at her
habitation: "Oh, Lerdy, | thought de debble
had me suah." A second shock was felt about
3 O'Clock, and down town among the
large business houses and safety deposit
vaults the noise was SO loud as to create the
impression that an explosion had been made
by burglars at work on large safe, and the
police at once set at work to discover the rob-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12
ELEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

The Democracy of the several counties in the
Eleventh Congressional district are reque sted to
send delegates to a convention to be held at Mon
mouth, Warren county, on
TUESDAY, AUGUST Goth, 1884,
at O'Clock P NJ, for the purpose of nominating
q candidate for Congress, member of the State
Board of Equalization and to transact such OF her
business as may be presented for the considera-
tion of the convention.
The several counties in the Congressional dis
trict will be entitled to the following representa-
ton based upon the vote for Hancock and Eng
lish in 1889:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12

USE instead of unwholesome cosme-
tics, Glenn's Sulphur Soap, which purifies
the skin.
Hills Hair Dye" black or brown, fif-
ty cts.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12

small crops, will have to be fed and sustained
by the government during the six months
RAINY and winter season. "a
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12

BY order of the Democratic Congressional Com
mittee, Eleventh District.
CHAs. H. WHITAKER, Chairman.
MACoMB H. july 81 1884
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12
COUNTY TICKET.

For Representatives. Fl. PADDLEFORD.
For States Attorney-ELMoRE W. HURST
For Circuit Clerk-GEO. W. HENRY.
For Coroner-JOHN ALBRIGHT.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12
UliVGrSityOf Virginia.

SUMMER LAW LECTURES mine weekly
begin 10th July, 1884, and end 10th September.
Have proved of signal se,-1st, TO students who
design to pursue their studies this or other Law
School; 3D. to those who propose TO read privately
and Sd, to practitioners who have not had the ad-
vantage of systematic instruction. For circular
apply (P. o. University of Va.) to JOHN B. MI
NOR Prof. Com and Stat. Law, may-23-w1m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
NATIONAL:


For President-GROVER CLEVELAND.
For Vice resideut-THoMAs A. HENDRICKS.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12

For Governor CARTER H. HARRISON.
For Lieutenant Governor,-HENRY SETTER.
Secretary of State,-MICHAEh J. DOUGHERTY.
For Treasurer,-ALFRED ORENDoRFF.
For Auditor Pub. Acc'ts-WALTER (. CARLIN.
For Attorney General ROBERT A. MCKINLEY
ELECTORS AT LARGE.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12
TRADE.
Rock island Market.
CORRECTED DAILY BY henry DARTS SONS.


WHOLESALE GROCERIES.
SUGARS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12
DETROIT, Aug, Ii.

Wheat-Fifm; 90c cash, sS15c August
Septem Der and October; No. Cred, "a nc cash,
August and. September; S5c October; No. .
white, Sc; No Cred. Sic. Corn-No. acash.
i5c. Oats-No white 40c; No 2, 3ee
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12

MILWAUh NEE, " Is, aug. II.
sWheat--Weak; No. 2, roe; August TIC;
September, 794c; October, Soa6c. Corn
Lower; Ne. 2, 59$4c: rejected, Acc Oats
Quiet; No. 2, Sc Rye-Dull; No /, &c
old; 60c new. Bsrley-Quiet; No. 2, SIC;
September, 6211zo; extra No. 3, SEC
Detroit.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-12

IOIHDO' SnIVi hUEs. n
Wheat-Firm and quiet; No. 2 cash or
August, Sl19c;. September, s2}4c; October,
s4Ac; November, SEC; year, size; No. 3
soft, SIC; No. red, S5@Sic Corn-Quiet
and easier; No cash or August, 541Sc;
September, 54e; rejected, 5315c; no grade.
Sic Oats-Nothing doing
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-07-18
Notice.
TO Whom it may Concern

@NE MARION r. WALDkON or
~ Centerville, Boise county, |. T., has
seen proper to publish q notice IN tne
idaho World newspaper, to the puDllc,
that | was not in his employ nor IN any
manner interested with him in mining or
any other kind of business, and that sald
Waldron was the sole owner OF the Gol-
den Fleece and Golden Star mines, near
Centerv1lle, etc am the sole owner OF
an undivided interest in the Golden Fleece
and Golden Star mines, and permitted
said Waldron to become joint owner
therein with me against my better Judg-
ment at his urgent solicitation. In Jan,
uary 1882, was the sole owner OF san
mines, and during that year sold an inter-
est therein to John Lamberton, aHa allow
ed said Waldron to acquire also an inter-
est therein. propose to work my inter-
est in said mines, and said Waldron can
do as he pleases about his interest. My
legal rights are mine, and | shall exercise
them to the fullest necessary extent
JOSEPH JACKSON.
Centerville, July 6, 1SS4.-3w.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-07-18
Notice to the Public.

Persons dealing with one Jos. JACKSON
near Centerville, are hereby notl1ea 'il"'
he is not in my employ, nor is he IN any
manner interested with me in mining OF
any other kind of business. am the sole
owner of the Golden Fleece and Golden
Star mines, near the quartz mill, apou,
one mile east of Centerville, and the salo
Jose ph Jackson, and all persons, are nefe :,
nv notified not to trespass on either OF saiu
mines. as any one who shall DO so VIII oo
dealt with according to law
MARION F. WALDRON,
CENTERvILI.E, July ], 1884.
TITLE Abstract Of Deed
From DRYDEN McClintock, Sherl1i, 70
M. +. Waldron, deciding all those certain
quartz lodes known as the Golden Fleece
and Golden Star mines, situated In zen
teryille mining district, Boise county, l.
r. ao
Date of deed, March 2S, 1888, and recor
ded March 90, 1888, at 8 o'clock, A. M, IN
hook Is. on pages 800, 400, 4O1 and 4o2
Deed records of Boise county, l.T.
Territory of Idaho,
County of Boise
I do hereby certify that the foregoing i
q true and correct abstract, as appears o
record.
Witness my hand and seal o
office, this 9th day Of July, A
Seal. . 1881: I'm oAsno,n,
Auditor Boise Co., |. L.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-07-18

The principal argument used
against the New York Times for pur-
suing an independent course in the
present campaign is that the proprie-
tor is an Englishman and free-trad-
er. The editor refutes both of these
by saying that the proprietor OF the
paper was born in Vermont, and the
journal is not in favor of free-trade,
but tariff reform.