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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14


ternoon; one of the ladies got off on
Twenty third street, but the other re-
manned in the car. When the car reached
Twenty first street she went to the rear
and jumped off backwards, alighting on
her back on the hard road.
The boys in the lower end report that
wedding is on the tapis there. The rea-
son they judge SO, is that the prospective
bridegroom has purchased fine new
clock to go to housekeeping with. 49,
We are informed of small piece of
business done by one of our hackmen the
other evening. The hackman charged a
girl rs cents for Transporting her from
the 20" to the Union depot. The matter
should be investigated, and if the charge
is true, the hackman's license should be
revoked.
Mr. c. E. Musler, OF ST. Louis, wassin
the city yesterday visitingIhis brother, Nh
John Musler, of the c. B. s. @. road.
| The gentleman had been attending the
democratic national convention at Chicago
and was on his way home. He said that
Missouri would give $4,000 majority for
Cleveland and Hendricks.
Deputy Sheriff Silvis was in the city Oh
Saturday. and his many friends were
more than glad to see him. Sharp" has
been having hard seige of sickness, and
he does not cast as big shadow as
heretofore, but we expect to see him as
ruddy as ever In short time. Mrs
Silvis, who was also sick, we are pleased
to say, is improving quite rapidly.
As local paper, the the ARGUS this
morning gathers in all the sweetened
products of the bakery. 1t is a mighty
cold day when the ARGUS gets "seooped,
or misses anything. If you want to reaG
all the city news, this is the paper you
want sent TO your house. Send in youl
name and we will send you the daily fol-
124 cents week
| o. J. Dimick returned from Chicago
last evening, at which 'place he has beer
for the past two weeks. Mr.. Dimick say
he will remain at home as long as he can
but his business in Chicago is in sucl
shape that it requires his attention. H
says he Is almost compelled to close VI
his business in Rock Island, and that a
soon as possible.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
County Court.

County court July term, will be in
session this morning, and will probably
continue all this week, and no doubt part
of next week. There are a number of
important suits that will come up for adj
justment. The trial of Kell. the fellow
who broke Titterington's nose, will take
place some time this week, and the whole
of Edgington township will be in town as
witnesses.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
Burglars.

Moline is afflicted with robbers. They
are getting to be very bold. They enter
houses even in the day time, and go about
their nefarious business of making an
appropriation of other peoples property
The police appear to be powerless to pre-
vent the robbers from doing depredations
The people claim that when they want the
police they can't find them. The best
thing that the Moline people can do is to
put a COW bell ON each one of her police
men and maybe by this means they can
be found when wanted.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
Finished.

Mr.. Lawrence SWANS new house on
Third avenue is now completed and by
tomorrow night he expects to be COM
fortably settled in it. Mr. NJ S. O'Neil
had the contract for building the house,
and to say it is an excellent piece of
workmanship, but feebly expresses it,
Fred Alter, the skilled young knight of
the brush, has given excellent satisfaction
in the painting line, and Mr.. Swain has
certainly very fine residence, of which
he may well feel proud.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
The aM,racla.

A novel and ingenious device and CONS
plete automatic exhibition has located on
Second avenue, opposite the Rock Island
house. 1t represents the miracles of
eighteen centuries ago by multitudes of
moving lifelike automatic figures. Also
the Temple Of Jerusalem with all its beau
tiful surroundings. They are open daily
and make special inducements to Sabbath
schools and societies.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
The SuparYisnrs.

The county Board of supervisors will
meet this afternoon and try TO get down
to business. The first thing that will
come up will be the report OF the cons
mittee on equalization. The assessors
at their meeting reduced the valuation of
property in this city and township over
5000, 900 but it is almost safe to say that
their assessments will be increased by the
board to what i. was before, and probably
to larger amount.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
The Tower.

About fifty people came down from
Moline in the street cars Saturday after
noon and arriving here disembarked and
took the Milan street Car for Black Hawk
tower, where they held a picnic. The
picnic was gotten up by Miss Fleming,
one of the most charming young ladies of
Moline, in honor of boating club, who
were stopping at her parents residence,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
The Hackmen,

There is some effort being made by a
number OF citizens to have the hackmen
run in their hacks after 10 o'clock at
night. They say that it is after the hour
of 10 that the hackmen do an illegitimate
business, and have carried parties who
are bent on doing evil. 1t remains to be
seen whether they can secure such an
order or not.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
The Liberal League.

The Liberal League of Moline held a
meeting last night at Masonic hall. The
meeting was largely attended. This was
the first meeting of the league, and the
following programme was gone through
with: Salutatory by the president ], B.
Wheelock response, c. W. Phillips
Newspapers as Educators, Fred 0. Dean;
Discussion; Sermonette, The Dodo, J. W.
War;; Volunteer speeches. The league
will hold meeting every Sunday evening
after this.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
Young Mems Christian Association

The meeting held by the Y. NJ. c. A.
yesterday afternoon was devotional one,
and was more largely attended than any
meeting ever before held on Sunday after,
moons. A number of addresses were
made, and some excellent music was rem
dered, The association is gaining in
membership, and its facilities for doing
good work is being daily augmented.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
NICE ICE CREAM PaRLoRs.

B. Bnkenfeld has refitted his ice cream
parlors and he now has the cosiest and
most elegant ice cream room in the three
cities tits well known that Mr.. Birken-
fields reputation for making delicious lee
cream is second to none in the west
When you want real nice dish of ice
cream, made from the pure cream, 60 to
Birkenfeld's on Fourth avenue. m2- 3m.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
An Old Citizen Gone.

Mr.. ]. H. Langley well and favorably
known in this city, as he used to reside
here, died in Chicago last Friday night.
The remains arrived here last night and
the funeral will take place this morning
at 10 o'clock from the Harper house.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
Fakars.

Two takers held up the corner of Sew
enteenth street and Second avenue Satur
day night, hawking their melodious voice
each selling in opposition to one another,
and it was amusing to hear them talk.
For while they seemed to be doing a
land office business, but were compelled to
stop when the crowd all left them and
went over to the ratification meeting
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
A Dinner.

The good ladies of the Ninth street
church will set a warm dinner tomorrow
and will only charge the small sum of
twenty-five cents for square meal. The
proceeds of the dinner will go towards
fixing up their church. We hope that
their enterprise will be literally rewarded.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14

Kelley & Martin, wholesale liquor deal
ers, of Davenport, Iowa, have moved their
stock of wines and liquor to Rock Island
where they will sell at cost 10 close out.
Parties wishing anything 10 their line can
save money by purchasing of this house,
as they mean business Market square.
diff
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
The Excursion.

The excursion down the river given by
the Josephine last night, was well patron
lied. Nothing occurred during the evening
to mar the happiness of any one, and all
on board enjoyed themselves pleasantly,
dancing
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
pettar.

Word has been received from Mr.. Chas.
Barry, who was injured near Black Hawk
tower the other day, stating that he is
resting easy, and that his injury is not as
serious as was at first supposed 1t is
to be hoped that Mr.. Barry will recover,
as he is too good citizen to lose.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
Base Ball.

The Stars are trying to arrange date
with the Browns of Davenport, for game
of ball to be played at the park in this
city, tomorrow afternoon In all proba>
bility there will be a game arranged, and
if there is, an interesting be expected.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
MONDAY MORNING, JULY IA. 1884.
Musicians,

The musicians, an old crippled man and
small kid, who have been in the city for
the past week, playing in saloons and on
the streets, got in their boat yesterday
and pulled out for Keokuk.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
Ice. Ice.

E. Fl. Barker is prepared to furnish
ure channel ice delivered to any part of
the city. Leave orders at Henry Lamps,
or address P o. Box, No. 972.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-14
Davenport Races.

The following is the list of entries
for the races which take place at the
Davenport race track on July 10th, 10th,
18th and 18th. Four thousand dollars
in purses. Look at the Entries;
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14
TIhsg Detective aaall

The:s story About an Indian who; found a
Whitley man IYinSdead inltbe woods, with q
hnllesholea 81 hiE forehead, sis one Of the
beat inuatrAt onsot the habit ofobservation
which the detective must cultivate. The
Indian came into the white settlement and
told the settlers his story; Found white
man dead In woods. Had hole in-his head,
Short white man shot him with long gun;
ramrod otgnn three inches beyond mnzzle
Of gun. Wore gray wooden GOAT. Had
little dog with short tall. Had waited long
while for dead man to come along,Ws How
do you know all thisP' was naturally
demanded of the Indian. I. Oh yes! me saw;
now show you. The settlers visited the
sceneof murder, and the ,Indi IN showed
tai en- the spot where the murderer had
waited for his victim he had set his gun
against the tree. NIt was long one, because
the bark was. slightly grazsd high up, and
about three inches above. the mark left by
the muzzle there was islighter mark made
BY the ramrod; showing that it ;proiested
three inches. Y The man wore gray wooden
coat because where he had leaned against
the tree little particles 81. gray threads had
BEEN caught by the bark. There WAC fthe
place, ~ here the little dog lat on, his
launches Ibis stump tail left q mark id the
yielding soila The murderer was short, bes
cause when he reloaded bis gun he set the
butt q good way from his feet, The trail he
left coming and geing showed be was White
because he turned his toes out; Indians
never did. The trail also show we'd that the
one coming to the tree was older than the
one going away from IL hence, The mur-
derer had waited. III Il L .s,S I,
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14
Eloped with His Fathers Bride.


John W. Hines, the cashier Of q Great
Darlington bank, arrived rat Pittsfieid,
Mass. He was accomplished BY "a little
lady whom he registered as his wife Il
a hotel. Hines is q good king young
fellow Of %. II appears that younp
Hines father recently married agaiti'
Last Week he returned from North Ed.
remont with his young bride, who d
connected with one of the best knowp
families in: the country. SIZE Is an heir
sess Of 4 large fortune. Last fall sshe
met the elder Hiness at a husRine betaI
and fell in lore with him. He escortej
her lone that night, paid taer frequent
Visits, and in three weeks the wed.
ding took place. Si1ortly 5 after
Mrs. Hines was 5introduced ID
her step -son. He was smitten with her
pretty face and figure and told her 90!
He told Mrs. Zines that his father was
over 60 years old and concealed his oreV
hair and whiskers by d liberal nss 81 dive,
Hines assured her that the story was
true and urged her to leave with him,
With y, 900 they fled, buying q small far,l,
in Sheffield, and they started OFF for the
depot farmers boy with 4 i load q
straw soon overt took them and Invita-
ithemjto ride. They accepted, climbinr
up and conceaiing themselves t,nd 81, til
bundles of straw. They reached TIE al
pot Just as the milk train was going on
and got aboard. The young mans fatiies
arrived in the afternoon. but the syn,i,,s
couple had fled. q They are said Is bayY;
gone TO Forth Adams, & q
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14

Il This Is the fate Of thin beauty ss
AT l2-SicBly pale and nninteresting.
Weight, forty pounds. "a
go l8- Delicate, slender sprightly
and graceful Wei ght, eighty POUNDS,
At ID A study for 3 painter. 1.-the
Weight, 100 pounds 80
81 At 25-Q neenly in form and motion.
With 4 peachy com exion. small delicate
q and wee little feet. Weight, 100
At 80 beginning to fade; veins show.
on hands. cheek bones just indicated.
Weight ltl5 pounds \.
E.s Az Eyes retreating; fine lines 81.
forehead cheeks concave; form Wiry.
Weight, ninety pounds
9, AZ |! 4oEFace5 hatcEet shaped nose and
chin very Htiarp two holes Who're Si,e.
checks were; hands like claws; form all
gone; ai living skele ton, Weight seYan-.
tylpoundS. 4 I'll
Moral Yon buys your wedding ring
Call. -
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14
The Real American Bird.
From the New York Herald. AZ

-
& When plans for our national insignia
we're under discussion, Dr. Franklin adj
syocated eleyattng the American, turr-. e
key TO the dignity which YVES finally
assigned 70 the Anne rican eagle. In I'm
those who thought that the honor
should be- transfe rred :t3 The American
oyster or to the canvasback duck. III
we were TO consult foreign opinion Al
the present d aga j ind tcased . ia onrI
special cable dispatches to-day nom
Paris and Berlin Franchmen and Ger
mans would. confer itupon the Ameri.l
can hog BE IL noble snblsni DC
cordiHg TO the Clarion md to the French
Academy of dicine and TO Professor
virchow, OF cheap anS VIII Iesonie food
for the toiling millions of unhappy
Europe. And they are right. Is
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14
Alcohol, and the Heart.Beats


"A As;a rule twill do well 70 the pro.
cess Of lie iii our bodies 60 on without
noticing It, for doubtless it.would make
us very nervous to have the internal ma.
ohinery in motion before our eyes. But
to prevent people from abusing that del-
lcate machinery, it often becomes neces-
sary to show i; and if g person addicted
ito wrong ind u1gence Cid had .ttneryousn
by the Sight, it may save him from being
something; far worse. u
DIR. d. Is. ARichards OF lLond Ion, the
noted physician, says he was recently
able to convey a consid erable amount Of
conviction to an intel iigent scholar BY; a
simple xperime The scholar was
singing the praises efthe eRnddy Bump;
err" and saying, he could moi get through
the day without it, when DIR. sRiehard-
son. ssid to him, U <s ~
3ss. ill !you be good enough to feel my
pulse as ! stand 5here?Y h.
BE did go: / said 8 Count it CAREFUL
~; what does il say? ~ !,
81. Your pulse says seventy. four =
] then sat down. in 3 chair and asked
him to count il again. He did go, and
said Your pulse has gone down to
I then lay down On the lounge and
t:Nill you take it againP,o,8
He replied, ..sW by. its only, sixty
four; what an extraordinary thingp, 3
4 then said when you lie down at
night, that is the way nature gives your
your heart rest. You know nothing
about it, but that. beating organ Isl estins
to that extent, and when you reckon Il
up, it is 9 great deal Of rest,
be- cause in lying down the heart
10 doing ten strokes less
"a minute, Multiply that BY sixty and it
lis ak hundred; multiply it By eight
hours, and within a fraction It is five
Thousand strokes ffsrent;s and as the
heart Is hthrowing six ounces Of blood al
every .stfoke,i 1T makes 81 Inference of
thirty thousand ounces of lifting during
the night. :s!-l
when ] lie down at night witho
any alcohol, that is the rest my heart
gets. But when you take your wine Of
grog you do not allow that rest, fol. tie
Influence of alcohol is to increaseIt the
number Of trokes, and instead ofgettinp
this rest you put on something like q
teen thousand extra strokes, and the re-.
suit is you rise up very seedy and unfit
for the next days work Lyon have TAX.
en- = little more Off the ruddy bumper
which YOU say Is the soul Of q man be-.
o \
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14
afford hi %, N could. Moreover, & wish
IA sAupibrt lsvafYt thing in Utah that is |
compsti blsSWith oyalty to the 6pegn.
il sass.z n Il Life ana Dealt

Mom ths Philadelphia Ledger. al
An esteemed correspondent OF the;
Public .I4sdgar fsvors rs with the
following impressive extract from Pro
lessor Agassis to a friend Professor
Meek, who has been an inmate OF the
Smithsonian building fer nearly twenty
years;wasse seized with violent hemorrha9e1
Of the lungs, from which he did not re- I
cover. IGrged!himft os make a will hut !;
he said it was not necessary at present as
he would soon be we'll again; in this,
however, he was mistaken. He was a
remarkable man, with general powers
of:mind; he devoted himself for nearly
thirEV.f five years exclusiY e1y tqpne study
that Of tie shells found ID the geplog
ical formation of this country, as COM
pared With the:liying shells In different
parts lofs the Wortd. In this Study he
established d wide patation, sihcehis 4
|iabors are highly priced as determining
the relative ages of.the various geoglog-
ical formations of this country.
tsHis sickness and his death have
deeply impressed me with the instability
and uncertainty of all worldly objects,
as well as with the wonderful phe:'
nomena of life and death. Although.
these are constantly occurring around uE
and must be exhibited in our own case
sooner or later, yet they are never fully
realized ins all their mag1itudG How
momentous the ehangel Now d living
intslli being, and in = ninutea pere
haps, d inere mass ct i.eft matters We
awake to consciousness and find our
selves in world Of ever changing
scenes, which We call knowled dye, amuse,
ourselves with Reeting sh doWs, and
then sink again into upconscio usna ss, to
awake hereaftery7but Whenaf or whsrel
fors what? & " '5 4. - .st
"This is the great subject which q
|parently should absorb all our attention,
and render everything else of no ac:;
count; yet it is, perhaps, q wise dispen.
sation that We cannot, realize its magni.
tude, and are left free to discharge the
duties Of life. We are parts of an i'm:
mense system; mighty maze, but not
without plan and purpose, there is g
sufficient reason for our existence, could
we and it, and since we are endowed
with the idea of good and evil, Of love Of
|justice and benevolence, we may, in,
iconsid eratioiis 81 theseF sconclu itOuI.
Eduty, shortras Out, lives may be, to an:
deavor to Improve oursel ives and our fell;
low men, and leave the world wiser and
better for our having lived. By so do.
ing we shall best I'D Vance our o I'M hap
piness, and the we'll being Of our race.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14
The River Convention. I

The Misaissip pi river convention at
Washington plated It's labors On Tie
9Th q In 9 very satisfactory manner. y The
proceedings throughout were remarkably
harmonious; and this fact, combined
with the character and influence Of
the members OF tina body, will necessarily
have great weight with congress. "a com.
prehensive set iof resolutions were adopted,
emhodytug the views, mol only OF the dele.
gates but Of the people represented BY them.
The .gist Sof the resolutions was d hearty
and complete endorsement | 81 the Missis-
tsippi river commission and an unqualified
declaration ID fayor Of an ctive continui.
,tion OF the work already begun. Nor did
th1 convention confne Its recommends
tons to the great river alone, but extended
them to It's tributaries. q
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14
Captions secretar,y, Of th,e \, Nav =,

JhaAS
Washington speciaI;-A few days $50 $40
Secretary Chsndler made q requfsition
upon the civil service commission for nom
inatIon for a vacancy in the clerical force
OF the depsria>sl; 10 response tns comm1s.
sioa certified TO him the names Of four per.
sons from which to make selection. This
afternoon Chandler returned to tie COM
inissi0n the nominations sent him, accom-
panied by note, In. which he stated that
having carefully inspected the examination
papers Of the four persons whoss names
were certified he reached the concln.
sion that none of the candidates had, upon
examination. showed sufficient intelligence
to give JTomise Of filing the vacancy 10 BIZ
department acceptably. This action OF Tie
secretary RAISES an interesting question. II
has not yet been considered BY The coBin Is.
aicneIa. Commissioner Thoman said that
the peson1 whose names were certified TO
tbs secretary parsed q fair examination be.
foyg the commission, and In cerfify ing them
1.-the provisions Of the law and civil Ger.
vice rules were fully complied with. u
his judgment no other certificates Of names
would pc made 10 the secretary under this
reputation. Il Az ~ q
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14
Two beauties.
THE FAT9oNE

This is the fate Of q fat beauty:8 III
Il 1 $At Plump, fat and rudy. Weight,
seventy mounds.
ct 16-Plumper, fatter, exuberant and
j bursting bud; Nv eight, 100 POM Ii. slEs
Il At 220-1A blossom Bloc med, golup.t
tuous, exuberant. eight 100 pr IN %ds.
4 AZ "a fEqll;blown Juno !hassive,
!statuesque a pproaching heroit size. I'M
posing, Begins to lind car seats TOO small.
Wedges when she site down. Very ex.5
;hoerant. w eight $50 pounds. $j - HI
AT /, 305-M atronly. Impo sings till, but
the, finer contour Of form sRall eWed up
lightly insss ip'ooaes Ma ni6csat bit bar
AZ Large Too large. ca pIe: xion.
brick red. Double chin. sShor3 at breath.
We ght, 2n0 pounds sSls n "a
AZ 4O-Gon Remains q . once mag
!nificent woman. Vast re mains. Impos-f
Waddle o.. sss1 Weip} ,5s22O pounds
fGraphic. Is, ssssSss,,ls
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14
Strength ar the Militia

4 The annual comp station of the latest
militia III i returns Of states show: s II;
Organized militia rs !,
Non.comm i ioned officers and men 81, 28s
Conlmiasio T. !. u 500
uAorganized militia In all states. ..e 4I2 ,s21i
q New York has the largest organized
militia force, having Ia, 779 en- 7s8 cons
missioped officers; Pennsylvania second,
7.454 men. 652S officers; Florids third. 6, 28i
men. ~ 455 gSo officers; Ohio 81 fourth
9 6l5l "A men. 1850 officers; Ei South
Carolina fifth, 4i6l2! IN, men,
COZ officers. Z ID Delaware, Nebraska; Nevada
and Vermont reported tn. smallest organ-
izad nlitilita, the first, named having only,
234 men and 81 officers; Nebraska. .4bOlnen
42 officers; Nevada. 8l5 men; &c. officers; and
VERMONT 624s. 65 loft ocrs. Ohio has
me largest M orgaaizs militia strength 800,
'A6l,4S2; illinois, 400. 000;f Missouri $4,000
men of militia age unorganized. mi IN: