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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-02

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for the children and herself Any kind
of A bonnet botght already trimmed costs
SIS. but prettier ones may be made at
home for oue-third the money.
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shape. either the LanCtry, rrin"ess or
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cups, and yard aud half OF velvet
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-02

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Ne in Ny Little Bed"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-02

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-02

you live in, and certainly the town will
net have less respect for you. Try it,
brother farmers and whether you succeed
or not, let us hear from you.
The Arizona champion., 1884-01-12

Emma Abbott said the other day to q Detroit Times reporter that she had among her costumes one elegant dress of hand embroidered brown velvet and camePs hair, which she could neither get into nor get out of without help. "My maid" she said, "assists me, and buttons the two rows of buttons with a shoe-hook Then feel just as if l were a trussed mummy. l must say, though, it fits divinely." "Trussed mummy" is good. What pity it is that Jimmey Morrssey is not now with Emma to work up the trussed mummy business in place of the kiss.
The Arizona champion., 1884-01-12

"Whew! Coming up the stairs takes the wind out of me" remarks the gen tleman who climbs to our editorial rooms to give advice gratis. "SO glad, !" says the editor, shaking him by the hand and the gentleman thinks the edltor is delighted,
The Arizona champion., 1884-01-12

A THEATRICAL NUISANCE-Therc is an unmtigated nuisance which makes its appearance at every play. 1t is the talker The papers have time and again told the people how ill-bred it is, but no good result follows. Fools and lOaiers of both sex will go to the theatre, and will keep up their senseless chatter dur ing the whole performance. 1t disturbs their whole neighborhood, but in their selfish ignorance they have no thought of others. With too little intelligence to appreciate or understand the play them selves, they have too little decency tC allow others to do so. What can such people want to go to the theatre for?
 Baggs mounts a lively horse for lit tie exercise; gets more than he bar gained for; lands limping by the road side. A friend asks: "Why did you come down so quick?" "Why, to be sure? Do you see anything up there in the air for me to hold on to-" answered Baggs, grimly.
The Arizona champion., 1884-01-12

A visionary local tinancier, who had a thousand ways to make q fortune, and not single one to make living, is de- scrbed by friend as Ca man so san guine that the mere getting hold of a shoestring makes him think he is al, ready the owner of tannery."
The Arizona champion., 1884-01-12

AMUSING INCIDENT AT A WEDDING.- An amusing incident occurred a few days ago at wedding at village church near Stafford. The officiating clergy man was about to perform the ceremony when, chancing to glance upward, he observed in the gallery several persons wearing billycock hats. Addressing them, he said:
 "Gentlemen, remove your hats,
 There was no response. The request was repeated, and again not being com piled with, the clergyman in a great heat directed the clerk of the church to go and ascertain the names of the of lenders Before he could do so lady in the congregation rose, and amidst laughter, informed the minister that the persons alluded to were ladies wearing gentlemen's hats. The ceremony was then proceeded with.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-29

Both the Packer boys, Robert and
Harry, were treated like equals by their
father and mother In the little village
where this good old man lived there
was summer hotel, which was patron
lied considerably during the season,
young Harry Packer often taking his
meals there, A young girl named
Lockwood, the daughter of a respecta-
Bile citizen living near the village, came
in to assist waiting on the table. The
frequency of Harry Packers meals at
the hotel attracted some attention, and
his brother Robert, or Bob. as he was
Familiarity and affectionately called by
almost all who ever knew him, said one
day before the father and Harry at the
breakfast table that Harry WAS sweet on
little girl down at the hotel, and that
was the reason he did not come to his
meals regularly. Harry colOred up a
little, and after they had finished their
breakfast the old Judge seated himself
on the front porch, which ovcrlooks
Mauch Chunk and gives such Il mag
niticent view of the Lchigh Valley, the
moving boats and trains which his own
industry had created and brought to-
gether. The old gentleman said: "Har-
ry, who is this girl Robert refers TOP
Miss Lockwood father, the daugh-
ter of a man you know very well.
care you going to marry her, Harry"
said the judge.
Il have some notion of it, father"
said Harry
We'll. wait till | 90 down and see
her, said the Judge; and, picking up
his old white hat and cane, the Judge
quietly ambled down to the hotel and
asked for Miss Lockwood. She limo
Gently came in the Office of the hotel,
with her dining-room apron on, and
seated herself beside the Judge. just
what he said to her, or she to him, will
never be exactly known. unless she tells
it, but when the Judge came out, he
was smiling, and appeared mighty well
pleased. He went home and found
Harry still sitting on the porch where
he had left him. BY this time the
Judges face had resumed lis usual
grave but kind expression. "Well,
Harry" he said, that is very nice
girl down there, but she has no money.
We must raise her some
The old Judge put down his memo
randa for $4,000, the mother and 9th
ers for S25, 900 each, and this $3.50, 00O
was placed in the bank to the exclusive
and Immediate credit of Miss Lockwood:
the engagement was announced, the
wedding day fixed, the marriage took
place, and Harry Packer got the girl be
liked. PIst2Tgh Post.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-29

The democratic meeting in Vogels hall
in Rapids City last night was one OF the
best meetings held in this county during
the present campaign. The enthusiasm
was unbounded and the speakers were
frequently and heartily applauded. Mr..
r. NJ. Mitchell presided. He first intro
duced E. W. Hurst, democratic candidate
for states attorney. Mr.. Hurst made one
of those excellent speeches which he is so
capable Of Hon w. H. Niece was next in
troduced and he made splendid speech
of nearly two hours in length. There
were democratic companies from Carbon
Cliff, Cleveland, Hampton and Port By
ron. The company from Cleveland came
with torches ready for II parade. The hall
did not begin to hold the vast crowd that
came to hear the political issues of the
day discussed intelligently. 1t was
grand meeting and Messrs. Niece and
Hurst made many friends and votes.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-29
The Cherubs

The phenomenal success of Messrs
Robson and Crane as the Two Dromios
has no parallel in the history of Shakes
perian comedy. The great play has been
performed by them TAG times, resulting in
an artistic and pecuniary profit, atten>
dart on no other comedy production of
the immortal bard.
Encouraged by this fact, it has long
been the desire of the comedians to Sc
cure play in which the leading charac-
tiers bore a striking personal resemblance,
yet to such an~extent only as would not
prevent the audience from distinguishing
one from the other. In the creation of
the twin brothers-Vandyke and Phidias,
the author makes no attempt at "confus>
ing the probabilities The indivlduali-
ties of the Cherubs are distinct and EN-
phatic, but the humor of the play unlike
the Comedy of Errors) is not entirely
contingent on the mistakes arising from
the remarkable similarity of their person
al appearance. The brothers are simply
a harmless pair of brainless bachelors,
who have no earthly reason for living,
except for the daily making of two and a
half hours of harmless fun. Go and see
them at Harper's theatre, tonight.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-29
Belva

Belva Lockwood is to be in Davenport
this evening and parade has been ar
ranged in her honor 1t is understood
that she will make speech. 1t is also
understood that Belva is mad at~Daven~
port She is accused of having sent a
telegram TO a gentleman in Davenport, in
which she said that the report that she
intends, or ever intended to visit Davens
port, i utterly untrue, as she never
would enter town that can only raise
tlimity in my honor-as witness the piece
of white dimly that am informed that
envious old bachelors suspended on Per
ry street in Your city, labelling it Belya
Lockwood. 1t is IA scandal and shame
my party fights for its rights under the
flag of the United States and not under
any such petticOat banner as indicated
in Davenport" The old bachelors who
ridiculed the Lockwood party by floating
a sheet of dimity over the street, may pu
Belva's telegram in their pipes and smoke
it. All the same Belva could not kecI
away from the mum" city.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-29
No Joke This Time.

Lote Taylor, the well known hotel
keeper died on Saturday afternoon about
half past two O'clock, at Clinton Junction
Wis, his home. His health had not been
good for some time past The news was
received here Sunday evening by telegram
to Col. Gates, of the Brewster house, who
was warm personal friend of Mr.. Tay
lOr'S. A year or so ago some friend of
the now deceased landlord played a huge
practical joke on him by circulating the
story that he was dead This report was
telegraphed to the Chicago papers and it
was long time before the last was heard
of it by Mr.. Taylor, who was himself
known far and near as n great joker and
story teller. In speaking of his death
this morning, Col. Gates said that Its nc
joke, this time" Mr. Taylor was some
fifty five or more years old. He leaves g
wife and two daughters, both of whom are
| married
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-29
wheeler, and the exercise does him good

wheeler, and the exercise does him good
after night of work In many western
cities they have wheelmen's clubs, the
members of which practice together daily.
Des Moines, Iowa, has big club of these
knights of the silent steed.
The funeral form is never to be seen at
q public meeting Ignorance of the re-
portorial profession compels this educated
Alexander (Smart Aleckl TO confine him
self to writing ten line paragraphs. The
editor in chief does the work which prop
erly belongs TO the funeral form.
Vote for Albrecht for coroner.
Superintendent Kerr of the waterworks,
has very fine extension gold pen and
pencil which was given to him on the oc-
casion of his fortyfifth birthday anniver
sary, on Monday, by the employees of tho
waterworks. Mr.. Kerr is "A popular off
cial both with the public and his assist
ants
Mr.. Beck, of the German English
school, and Carl Helpenstell, have return
ed from a hunting expedition in the vein
ity of Hillsdale. Mr.. Helpenstell says thu
| sport is the best he ever saw. Ducks are
| flying near liillsdalc in great il0cks anG
it is easy to shoot them generally. Tht
country up there is full of hunters.
Justice Chopper is uneasy these days
The Justice likes to be doing business
and yet he never likes to send up the poo
unfortunates. Mr.. Chopper is one of TIN
most efficient justices of the peace Rocl
Island ever had, and he ought to be, be
cause he has been identified with the peac
service for many years and thorough
understands the law
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-29

Trains were all on time this morning.
There were quite number of pasSen-
gers on the r. l. Il p train this morn~
ing.
Two hinge piles of said to be used ON
engines have been nnloadcd from cars
cars near the {. Il. / q F. round house.
This evening "Buck" will go To his
home in Milwaukee, if he can get to the
depot The injury to his knee, though
not serious, is very painful
The boys up at the Milwaukee, depot
complain that Tim Babcock does not come
to see them as much as he used to- They
seem to forget that Tim now being a
married man, has deserted the bachelor
crowd
Ben T. Cable, superintendent Of the r.
|. & NJ. c. road, Charlie Negus and Bert
Rodman left today for Muscatinc From
there they will 90 Boston bay to shoot
ducks They had a splendid outfit with
them.
\ we'll known c. NJ Il st. F. condnc>
tor is in trouble 1t is none other than
| George Lund. He has been charged with
bastardy at Frceport by one Lizzie Latz
Lund was only married three weeks ago.
| He bears the name Of being a good rail
road man. The woman is the daughter
of an old wood sawyer who fung himself
last December She carries in her arms
her new born babe of three weeks of age
Lund had hearing before a Frecport
justice of the peace and was bound over
in $500 bonds. He is now in jail
This morning Theodore Buckholtz and
Ed Bush, two well known passenger
men on the G. NJ. & St p. road
were sculiling in their room, vixen Buck
AS he is Familiarity. known-was thrown
across bed and one of his knees were
thrown ont of joint Mr. Bush at once
pulled the leg into joint and it began to
swell and became very painful DR. Gal
was called in and examined the injury
He was of the opinion that Buck woulC
have to lay up three or four days, and the
Milwaukee train pulled ont this morning
without him.
4 new time card goes into effect on tht
c, B. Is O. next Sunday. Last evening
Messrs Beslin, superintendent of the Rocl
Island division, Assistant Superintendent
". c. Brown, and Train Dispatcher Hoo
Than were in the city making arrange
ments for the change By the new change
the st Louis passenger which now ar
rives here in the morning will arrive five
minutes earlier A through train will bt
run between Chicago and St Louis vi,
Beardstown. Conductor Ed DeGroo
and his assistants Will have charge of thu
new train. The friends of the genial ant
ever accommodating Mr.. DeGr0ot will b.
/ sorry to to see him leave this city where
, he has made so many friends But i
there is any one in the employ of the G..
! 3. & Q who deserves promotion more
than another that person is Mr.. DeGroOt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-29
An Episode

An original Humpbacked Crossing and
a genuine English umbrella bound for the
republican oficc) met Postonice Key
coming out of the Union place and ex =
claimed; What have you been doing in
there, friend Key The Union has no use
for your No, hut | was told they en-
ployed a Funeral Form to do their dirty
work, and having heard so much of this
Funeral Form, stepped in to see it. Il
found" continued the Key. that it
breathed and actually spoke at intervals
1t said, 'blawst me bloody hcyes, and |
cawn't do cit, ye knaw me by While !
was in there the thing was brushing the
extremely soft place on which it wears a
hat and was trying to think of one of
Eugene Fields jokes to rehash about the
ARGUS" Here the Key linked arms with
his two friends. and they stepped upon a
bob>tailed car, humming d verse of the
we'll known minstrel song:
My name is Burdett,
I'm the ladies' pet,
I'm an intensely swelicd up dude.
I'm key protector,
venom ejectOr,
a humpbacked dandy dude.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-29
A SLICK PAIR.
A Sniie Jewelry Paddler and His Wife
SWindle a Number of Rock Island
PeODie and then Skin.

Thele was pretty slick pair in the city
last night. They stopped at the Rock
Island house and registered as Mr.. and
Mrs. J. L. Bold. That was a very good
and true name. Mr. Bold succeeded in
borrowing Sc from benevolent gentle~
man who boards at the Rock Island house
After having expended this loan he ap>
preached his generous friend and asked
for 81 more, which was refused him.
During the evening a gentleman entered
the hotel and when he saw Mr.. Bold he
coilared HIM and demanded So which had
been borrowed some time ago, when the
bold Mr. Bold was here A scene was
prevented by Mr.. Bold leading the gem
tleman to his wife, who paid the So.
Il was then learned that Mr. Bold was
one j Lobold, Hebrew, who sells snide
jewelry. He and his wife travel around
the country with their snide goods and do
whatever swindling they can. They are
pretty slick pair with glib tongues and
an abundance of pure gall. After the lit
tie episode above mentioned they left the
city. 1t is understood that they have sues
ceedcd in swindling several persons
around town. but those who have fell vic
tins to the wiles of the pair are inclined
to keep quiet and profit by The eNpe-
ricnce. They went cast from here, and are
probably doing up some other town by
this time. 1t is safe to say that it will be
cold day when they visit Rock Island
again
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-29

For the convenience of the public liv-
Ing in the lower part of the city, the
ARGUS has established branch office al
DeSanto's drug store, corner Ninth street
and Fourth avenue. where a box has been
placed for the receptacle of news and
subscriptions. In writing personal news
be sure and write the whole name plainly
In ordering the ARGUS sent to your home
you can leave your address at the branch
office and the same will be regularly de-
livered. Give the street and number
when ordering your paper. Mr.. DeSantC
will be pleased to answer any questions
pertaining to the business.
The ARGUS has one of Cook 'ssAutoma,
tic letter and paper boxes erected outside
the office door in which communications
can be deposited when the office is closed
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-29
The River


The White Eagle passed down today.
The st, Paul is expected down today
or tomorrow.
The Mollie Mohlcr passed down the
river this morning with big raft
The Mary Morton passed south yester>
day on her regular big trip.
The War Eagle is expected here to.
night or in the morning on her regular
Tip.
The Lihbie Conger is expected mp this
evening. She will not 60 further than
Red Wing.
The Josie will leave St Louis on Sat
urday and will be TIE last through boat
of the season to St. Paul.
The Sidney will pass along here OF
Friday on her last through trip for tn,
season.
Ice is running in the river at st. Paul
On Sunday the Sidney, on her way down
had to lay up at lacrosse for twenty
four hours on account of binding snow
storm. Evidently winter is upon us
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-29
Campaign Meetings.

This morning City Attorney Corbett
took the c., B. & Q. train for Viola,
where he speaks at big political meeting
this evening. Viola democrats have spared
no time nor pains to get up ono of the
best political meetings ever seen in Mcr-
Ger county, and our faithful city attorney
is to he the principal speaker Of the even
ing Tomorrow night he speaks at North
Henderson.
Congressman Neece took The same train
this morning for Kirkwood, where he
will address the people this eevning or
the political issues of the day.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-29
County Building
pRORATF

2s-Estate of Stephen Gormley, de-
ceased. Appraisement bill and widow
award filed and approved.
Estate of A. X PhiIleo, deceased. Al
ministratrix' account filed and approved
Estate of Andrew Wikander, deceased
Claim of E E. Lundstrom, $50, allowed
NATURALIZATION.
Final papers-Pcter Alberg, Franz
Carlson, of GeneseO; William f. Lun-
dahl, of South Moline; Frank johnson
c. A Hultkrans, John E. Inner, Andrew
P. J. COlberg, John v Soderman, Ernes
A. E. Almberg, Andrew H. Randall
John A. Rigner, Fels G. Gustafson anC
John Anderson, all of Rock Island
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-29

About the first of the present month
Mr. Henry Won Ach flung to the breezes
the first democratic flag that ever was
seen in Andalusia. He erected pole and
hung out fine flag, which he received
from St. Louis by express The flag i,
much admired and is the only one of any
Importance in the town. Mr.. Won Ach i
a straighout democrat, and shows his col
Ors every time.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-29
A Change.

On November LIST Mr.. G. B. Marshall,
who has been manager of of the Western
Union telegraph office in this city for sew
eral years, will leave The office and will
be succeeded by Mr.. NJ. d. Murphy, of
Davenport. Mr., Marshall, it is said, will
leave the service of the company entirely
if he does not take position with it in
Chicago. He has not finally decided what
he will do He has been a faithful and
efficient manager of the Rock Island office
and the friends of the Office will regret
that he is going away. Mr.. Murphy who
comes here to take charge is a popular
young man in Davenport and has been in
the night office over there for long time.