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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-26
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II owns and operates over eco miles Of road IN
Northern Illinois, WISCONSIN, Minnesota Iowa and
Dakota; and its main lines, branches and connec-
lions reach &il the great business centres of the
Northwest and Far West, ii naturally answers the
description Of Short Line, and Best Route between
Chicago. Milwaukee, ST. Paul and
minneapolis.
Chicago, Milwaukee. Portage, La
crosse and Ninona.
Chicago. Dii~auEee. Orronvflle.
Aberdeen and Glendale.
Shic1-o, Milwaukee. Eau Claire and
Chicago. Milwaukee, Wausau and
Merrill.
Chicago. milwaukee,, Beaver Dam.
Eond du Lac and Oshkosh.
Chicago. milwaukee. Waukesha and
sBcDnOmossoc.
Chicago. milwaukee, Madison and
sTaIrIe du Ghien.
Chicago. milwaukee,. Owatopna,
uaukafo aB0 Faribauif-
Chicago, BeioIt, JanesVIiie and Min
Chicago, Eigin, Rockford and Du-
buque.
ESapEas aud Eansa.
Chicago Hes Holmes. Council Bluffs
ard Omaha
Chicago, canton, Sioux City. Sioux
Fails and kankton.
CbIca2e, milwaukee, Albert Lea and
Southern vEiDuesota Points.
CHICAGO, siiwaukee, Mason City,
MITCHELL and Cham mberIain.
sock Island, Dubuque, ST. Paul and
fAahFFbppRGss
DagC1poTF, CaImar, 80. Paul and
minneapolis.
milwaukee, sRaeine, Beioit, Freeport
ana sxofk ISLAND.
Mitchell, NoI-ey. Ashton and Aber-
deem.
dim River Valley Line.l
Pullman SieeDers and the Eluesf
D3ft1s.c t'tsyss ist rIse tCOrtd are run on the
nan lines q the CHiCsGO, !uILW4U.
n - ~. P4EL RAILWAY, and
sverF attention q paid to passengers by eourtssus
employees Of the Company.
5. 5 Merrill. A. v. n. Carpenter,
GEM Manager. Genl Pass. Agent
j. 7. Clark, Geo n. Hesfford,
Genl Supt. ASST Genl Pass Ast
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-26
THE EXPEDITION NOW OUT.

An the oath OF April last the steamer
Bear of the last relief expedition, whose
efforts have been crowned with success,
led from New York About ten
r afterward the Thetis got under
way and was closely followed by tie
Alert as supply boat. Littletor ISL
and was the objective point of the
fleet The Thetis, the flag ship of the
expedition, was in charge Of Con-
mander W. S. Schley. She was, until
purchased by the government, a Dun
dee steam whaler, and is an excellent
sea boat and very strong. The Bear
was steam sealer bailing from Dun
dee. before being purchased. She is
in command of Lieut.. W Ell Emory.
The Alert, the famous advance vessel
of the Mares expedition, was gift from
the British government and Is classed
as one of the strongest boats afoat.
Being used as supply boat, she fol-
lowed in the wake OF the other ships.
She is in command of Commander Cof-
fin.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-26

IT was Tennyson who invented the
head line "Sweet Girl Graduates"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-26

5 The use Of rns term
" Short Lines In connec-
ton with the corporate
name Of a great road, con-
veys an idea Of Just what Ii
required by the travelling
pubic-a a Short Line, Quick
Time and the best Of ac-
e0lumCdaions-all Of which
eat Railway il America.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-26
FOREIGN.

NINE lives were lost by the wreck of the bark
Ficksburg, near Pentland Skerries, Scotland, on
the 18th.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
Sparks From the Smokestaek.

The cannon ball train was two hours
late this morning.
No. ON the c., R. |. & P. was half
hour behind time this morning
Mr.. ]. D. Bessler, of the c., B. & Q
was in this city today
Paul Hamilton and VIM. Hofe, the gay
and festive lads who gyIate around the
union depot, are expected home from
Chicago this evening.
Doc" Bush and John c. Cummings
have changed runs on the c., NJ. & st. P.
road this morning. Doc" went north &.
Another long live stock train went to
Chicago this morning. This weather is
Just what live stock dealers like, as ii
seems to make demand for cattle and
hogs
The thousand mile tickets are to be
abolished on the c., r. |. i p. on Jan
1st. In their stead rebate permit some
thing after the style of clergymen's per
mits, are to be issued. This new ticket is
in three divisions To give an idea of the
new departure we will give an Illustration
Mr. John Smith. traveller for Jones & Co.
of New York, applies at the Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific depot for one Of
the new tickets. The agent will fill in OF
section one of the ticket, ISSUED for join
Smith, traveller for Jones & Co.. n. Y
from Rock Island to Kansas City, $1,000.
Mr.. Smith pays his money and the ageD
re tains the first section of the ticket, afte
properly filling out the other two TO STATE
| that Ar Smith has paid for the tickle
and that it is o. K. Then Mr.. Smith get
on the train with two sections OF tn
ticket. The conductor comes along ant
tears off No. 8. or the right hand section
of the ticket, which he retains, and No.
or the middle section is retained by Mr.
| Smith. Thus the agent has a section T.
show that he has issued a ticket to Mr.
Smith, the conductor has section tt
show that Mr.. Smiths ticket has beel
collected, and Mr.. Smith has section
upon which he can collect rebate q
one cent per mile for the distance travel
ed. The object of this move seems to b
to knock scalpers out 1t is pretty wei
understood that the railway companie
have been in the habit of paying
for favors in thousand mile tick
cts. A man who gets 10000 t
81, 900 miles of those tickets of cours
cannot use them individually, and he dis
poses of them to scalper, who of cours
disposes of them cheaper than the rail
road company can. This sort of thin
has caused considerable passenger warfar
on the trunk lines, and the new ticket wi
| in the future Obyiate strife.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
A Hearing

The preliminary examination of Jacob
Baggy, the man who was arrested in this
city last Saturday evening. charged with
attempting TO burn down the Moline
Plow companys works, is going on be-
fore Justice Mapes of Moline State
Attorney Entrikin and Judge Wilkinson
are conducting the examination in behalf
of the people, and Major Beardsley in
behalf of the prisoner. The examination
now going on refers only to the at
tempt made in the backing room 1t
will perhaps be rendered that an attempt
was also made to fire the oil room. Bag
gy pleaded not guilty when arraigned
yesterday afternoon. Five witnesses were
examined before the adjournment of
court for the night. The testimony
mainly related to the discovery of the
fire, which had been set by some one.
Today there were fifteen or twenty wit,
nesses to examine, and it was thought
that the preliminary examination would
not be completed until tomorrow.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
A Case in Point.

Considerable discussion has been had
in the city council relative to the taxation
of electric light, telegraph and telephone
poles. The following from the Chicago
Daily Netos, in relation to a case of this
kind in Oshkosh, Wis, will be found of
interest:
Several years ago the city of Oshkosh
granted the Wisconsin telephone compa-
ny the right to construct its lines in the
city. When the lines were completed
the city imposed license fee of $500 per
annum. This the company refused to
pay, whereupon the city began to cut
down the poles. To this lie company OBJ.
tanned an injunction, and paid the license
under protest. The circuit court decided
in favor of the company. The city ap--
pealed to the supreme court and the case
was decided today, the action of the lows
er court being affirmed. The supreme
court holds that the poles and wires were
constructed in accordance with the per.
mission given under the ordinance, and
that the exaction of the $500 per annum
was unauthorized by the charter. Be-
sides, neither telephones nor telegraph
instruments were among the things which
the city was empowered TO license.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
A Bad Bite,

Mr.. Charles Evans, the Fourth avenue
barber, was severely bitten by ferocious
bull dog yesterday. The dog is tight>
ing canine, belonging to a man named
Kelley. Mr.. Evans thought he would
see how savage the brute was so when
Mr.. Kelley came into the shop with the
dog Mr.. Evans picked up piece Of red
carpet and hung it up on the wall. The
dog gazed at it for an instant and then
began to creep slowly toward it, When
close to the waIifhe brute made spring
at Mr.. Evans throat, but the gentleman
succeeded in pushing him off. The infu-
rated dog came at MI. Evans again and
got a hold on his stomach and it was with
great difficulty that he was made to let
go. The bite was quite severe, but Mr..
Evans gave it the proper attention and he
will be all right again soon.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18

instance. 1t was tried on straight and
curved tracks and did the work required
of it in a highly satisfactory manner.
demonstrating that it is the most prac
ticable and useful automatic coupler in
existence.
Expert railroad men present expressed
their qualification at the success of the
coupler 1t does away with links and
pins, and in this way rs well as
many Others, will prove saving
to the railroad companies The
brakeman is not required to go be-
tween cars which have the Helm automa~
tic coupler upon them. A patent swing
hook attachment on the side of the Car is
used =, in uncoupling the cars. The pur>
chasing agent of the Chicago & Alton
road was present, and he was so much
pleased with the coupler that he at once
purchased a number of them for his road
Tomorrow, we understand, train is to
be run over the c., r. I. & p. with this
coupler attachment. Several eastern roads
have them on all their trains, and it has
given universal satisfaction. The mani,
fold benefits to both the railroads and
employees by the use of this coupler ART
obvious. The Helm automatic coupler
will soon be the coupler of the age on all
| railroads.
Mr.. Buford is largely interested in the
new coupler, and his many friends will
be glad to know that the invention is the
best article of the kind ever introduced
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
The Turner Fair.

One of the most interesting entertain
ments of the season will be the Turner
fair to be held on Saturday. Sunday and
Monday next. Prominent among the
many attractions will be the drawing of a
purse of S25 in which every holder of a
season ticket will be entitled to chance.
A gold watch will be voted to the most
popular engineer and other like ATTRACTS
ions. Gymnastics by the little ones. a
calisthentic drill by boys and girls, turn
ing on tie horizontal bar by the turner's,
etc. Season tickets have been placed at
the low price of so cents.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
A Pleasant Ball.

The Brotherhood of Railroad Brakes
men had their first annual ball in Armory
hall last evening, with supper in Turner
hall. There were seventy,five couples
present, and one Of the most pleasant little
parties of the season was the result.
Everything passed off quietly and pleas
antly and all present enjoyed themselves
to the utmost. The brakemen intend to
have ball every year, and if those in the
future are as pleasant as the initial one
was last night, they will be successful.
indeed
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
Helms Automatic Car Conplsr.

Phil Helm, former citizen of Rock ISL
and, is becoming famous and will soon be
very wealthy man. He has invented an
automatic car coupler which is meeting
with great favor among railroad men.
Yesterday an exhibition of the couplers
work was given in Chicago at which there
we're number of representatives of the
leading railroads in the country. Mr.. B.
D. Buford, who was in the city on busi-
ness went to see the exhibition. II
proved in every way satisfactory
The coupler was subjected to numerous
critical tests and did not fail in a single
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
Closed.

The river closed last night. Yesterday
afternoon the ice ran very slowly. and it
was evident as night approached that
the ice could not run much longer THIS
morning it was frozen over solid. and in
a day or two, if this weather continues
people will be crossing on foot. 1t closed
this year little later than last year, and
the indications now are that the winter
will be fully as long as last winter was.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
The W Gather

Last night was a singer. Early in the
evening the Thermometer worked four de-
grees below zero and every hour showed
that it was growing colder AT IL o'clock
it was twelve degrees below zero and at 4
o'clock this morning the thermometer at
Mafshall & Fishers drug store marked
eighteen degrees below. AT Wagner
brewery it was the same at sunrise, and
at various points about the city twelve to
sixteen degrees were registered. la Dav>
export mercury ranged from fifteen IT,
eighteen below zero, while on the river
front on both sides of the river it was
lower still. The cold snap is severe on
animals. Horses this morning shook their
heads and faced the biting breezes with
shivering bodies, while horses tied &c
posts shivcred with cold. 1t was severe
blow to unprotected stock in thNcountry
| Though there was slight moderation to
day, it has been severely cold and the in
dications are that We are to have anothe
| singer tonight
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
Red Men.

Last evening the o -Sau Kee Tribe, No.
10, Improved Order of Red Men, elected
the following officers; Sachem, Robert
Z. Meyer; Senior Sycamore, Fred Appel,
Quist; Junior Sycamore, Albert Young
Chief of Records, George W Henry
Keeper of Wampum, A. f. knickerbock>
er; Prophet, David Latter; Trustee, Geo
W. Henry. The tribe is in a very pros,
porous condition. The officers elected
last night will be installed on the evening
of January 18th.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
A Valuable Dog.

Mr. H. S. Pratt, of kalamazoo. Mich.
who is stopping at the Harper house, has
very valuable hunting dog with him.
He is thoroughbred. and the chaps
around the hotel had considerable fun
with the playful brute this morning. Il
would take a considerable sum of money
to purchase that dog from Mr.. Pratt.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
Why Nntl

The bobtailed cars on the Rock Island
& Moline street railway go flying up and
down Second avenue like so many winged
refrigerators. Just why the management
does not put stoves in these cars is one OF
those conundrums which is characteristic
of the b0btaied line. and can never be
satisfactorily answered, The Milan line
cars are warm and pleasant, and have
been ever since the cold weather set in.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
Santa,a Head Quartars.

Santa Claus this year has engaged head
quarters with B. Berkenfeld and he want;
to see all the little and big folks, old and
young, where for several years, you have
bought the finest Christmas toys and
candies in the land. Come again and VIZ
will please you. Remember the place
Fourth avenue near Twentieth street.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
Keep Warm

With the thermometer IS degrees be-
low zero the weather very forcibly re-
minds you that winter is here in full
glory. If you are not sufficiently supplied
with garments to keep you warm and il
your purse is small the best place for you
to 60 is the Golden Eagle clothing house,
where they have an immense stock oi
heavy clothing in suits and overcoats. II
is time well spent if you are in need OF
clothing, to call AT this place as their
prices are very low.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
MIRA Imnrouamenta.

The ARGUS the other day mentioned the
new elevator that the Harper house is
soon to have. Among other improves
ments, the house is to be lighted with the
Merchants electric light Men were en-
ploycd today in putting up the necessary
wires andSamps. There will be an cleo
trio hight lamp in the dining room, one in
the office and one in front of the hotel.
These will furnish splendid light
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
Market Report.

: The quotations in Chicago today were
as follows; December wheat, 70l; Janu-
AIRY, 70s; February, ut; May, 778. De.
cember corn, 36s; January, 30; February,
944; May, Big. December oats, 24t; Feb
ruary, %; May, 2SI. January pork,
$1,000; February, 5000; May, $11.10
December lard, $685.; January, $3.50
February, $500. January RIBS, $5.474
February, $3.50; March. $500. Hogs.
$4,000; flight, $3.50 to $425; mixed,
$500 to S4.15; heavy, $4.20 to 4.35.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
THE DAILY ARGUS.
THURSDAY, DEC, IS, 1884.
Watch, Watch.

Do not neglect the opportunity of OBJ
tanning one of those fine Waterbury
watches at the Golden Eagle before it is
too late, as they will discontinue giving
them away January 1st. With purchase
of S15 worth of clothing you can get one.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
Paw Your Taxes.

The taxes for Rock Island for the year
1884 are now due and should be paid at
once to the collector at No. 1919, Second
avenue. d. F. KRELL.
dwtf Township Collector.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
Board of Edusa ton.

The Board of Education had meeting
yesterday afternoon. Those present were
]. NJ. Buford, F. NJ Sinuet and NJ T.
Stafford. 1t was ordered that stove large
enough to warm the halls be placed in the
basement of school building No. l. 1t
was also decided that the schools close on
the 10Th (tomorrow) for the holiday va
cation OF two weeks. Curtains for the
High school room windows were ordered
and the following bills were allowed; f
W. Spencer, $2015; c. c. Knell. S15; c
Fiebig, $3.50; Will R. Johnson. $40. 50
Dimock, Gould & Co., $3.50; Willard
Baker & Co, 81 SO; L. Barlow, IA; Cordes
& Kann, S.: Weyerhauser & Denkman
81 &c; F. NJ. Wheaton, $3.50; A. Steel &
Son, $402; Jno. f. Fleming, 1925. Sd; s.
s. Kembe. $12. 18-total, $134 10.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18

The druggist estimates that the annual
production of canned goods in the United
States equals 50O,00O,0O0 packages. or
ten for every person,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
COMB AAD BRUSH SETS.

Onr sales of Comb and Brush Sets are
more than that of our competitors all
combined, and we propose to make ZEN
all" lose money on every case they sell if
they meet our prices. We positively give
more value for the money than others
can hope to offer Examine and see fol-
Yourself.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
Cannot Change the Fact that
'McCabe Bros, keep Right
Along in the Even Ten
or of Their Way,
And are Selling more Goods
this Year than ever Before.

In this eelumniiyou will learn many
things of great advantage to you during
the few days buying yet to be done be-
fore the Holidays, for We propose not on
ly to tell you where. the greatest and best
bargains are to be found but we shall also
quote. you "a list of.pricesl which, if you
follow closely will be of much profit as
well as convenience in deciding what to
buy, Read he.following;
$500 Silk Umbrellas, So, 70 for christmas
$500 Party Fans, $500. So, 35 and SO, IS
Opera Glasses Gee. 81 AS and $l,9S.
Triple Plated Sugar Spoons, 25c.
Triple Plated Butter Knives 25c.
NiCkle Pickle Forks, 25c
Eickle Clocks, with Pendulum, CSC.
Nickle Princess, Lever, Csc.
MCKEE Pirate with Alarm, l,48.
Zig Tag Journeys, CSC.
Plush Lmoking and Toilet Sets.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
CHRISTMAS CARDS.

We have corner" on Christmas
Cards to such an extent as to have al
ready sent in three recorders, but after
Friday morning, the 10th inst, we hope
to be able to fill every demand promptly.
If we should tell you how many we have
already sold you might possibly doubt,
as you no doubt would think, same as we
did, that it would be simply impossible TO
sell such an immense lot, but the fact re =
mains the same, and our prices only be>
ing about one>third to one-half of Book
store prices we naturally conclude this
must be largely the cause of our marvel
Gus success in this department.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
OPEN EVENINGS.

To thoroughly emphasize the fact of
our store being kept open evenings, we
will offer for this evening from TO
o'clock only; all our Red line Poets with
10 per cent discount, from our awfully
low prices, and on Friday evening, Dec,
10Th. 10 per cent discount from our cele-
brated low prices on the finest and best
made line of 10 Mo, cloth, fiction, and
Poets even brought to this section. Re-
member only Friday evening, from to 8
O'Clock
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
BOOKS.

Our tremendous sale of books for the
past few weeks has more than astonlshed
our publishers, and on many books which
we have in stock today, we will not be
able to furnish you tomorrow or next
day, as the publishing houses cannot fill
all our immense orders, now with them.
The extreme low prices We have establish.
e3 on books, has given us a reputation
far and near that has increased our bust.
ness in this department far beyond our
most sanguine expectations Sensible
people are patronizing this department,
and supplying their homes with the choic-
est literary works, at one half the prices
formerly asked for the same goods.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
JEWELRY.

A fine assortment of Ladies, Misses and
Gents pins, cuff buttons, bracelets, ear
rings, finger rings, Rhine stone settings
IN Sterling silver, at less than half prices
asked by jewelers.. Albums and autos
graph albums. In these goods we recog>
nize no competition, our goods being the
newest and most select, while we guaran>
tee our prices to be below any house in
town. The same remarks and guarantee
applies to scrap books, of which we are
selling hundreds, yes hundreds ranging IN
price from 10c to 81.
BACK CANNON AND CHECKERS.
A few sets, bought at about half price,
which VIC shall close out as bought.
IN KID GLOVES
We keep the following justly renowned
makes of goods and the fit and quality of
either make we confidently assert, cannot
be equalled in their respective classes
The elite in and buttons, black and
colors; the Maria Antionette, 6 buttons
in colors only; the Royal seamless IN :
and buttons, blacks, and the Gerster 9
seven hook glove in colors, and blacks
We are allowed by the manufacturers tC
retail any of these makes at strictly
wholesale prices. and our immense kiC
glove business fully justifies their wisC
foresight in this matter. Beside the above
we have hundreds of dozens in jobs, ant
special bargains which are constantly
changing; 2 button gloves, plain kid, al
22c pair, 5 and buttons. in dressed
and undressed kids, at 47c, Mousqui
taires gloves in every imaginable shade
in and 8 button lengths, Opera ane
White Mousquitaires 10 button lengths
and black and tans, in 6, s and 10 buttor
length Mousquitaires, for 75c pair. W.
are headquarters for all merchandise anC
holiday goods in general.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18

Sound minded folks must have intrin-
sic values, and a well sel8ted stock to
choose from, We probably have more
pocket books and bags, than all our com
petitors combinded, bought for cash, yesl
with the solid cash We bought these
goods from a manufacturer, who was
hard up, and we boldly affirm that many
OF them are fully so per cent below val
ne, in fact they are 'rushers, and if you
ask TO see them you will be surprised to
see how far 100 cents will go toward buy
ing something nice.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18
THE HARPER HOUSE DRUG STORE
FOR Low PRICES
Patent Medicines, Standard and Valuable Drugs Chemicals
PerfumerY. Fancy Goods. Etc. We

PRESCRIPTIoNsOur prescription department stocked with
the market all prescriptions and
guaranteed to be lower by cent than elsewhere
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-18

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