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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
WHAT II COST.
A Story Current Among tbs Wall
Street People.
WoerishOffer Offers 100000 TO Kse
Let Out OF a Hole. But
Has to Pay
100000

New Yoi.E. Feb. 3 The Sun in it's Mid
Week Echoes says;
Wall street is famous for getting up all
sorts Of queer stories, and one of the latest is
that Jay Goulds new deal in the exVh-
lard stocks was the result of tacit under
standing between him and Mr. T. J. Coolidge
and Mr W. Endicott. Jr. The former
gentleman is now president of the Oregon
Navigation company, and the latter presi-
dent of the Oregon Transcontinental
They are also both of them directors
Of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad company, which is the
great rate-fighter of the northwest Mr..
Gould knew that he could not possibly sus-
tain market in the face Of a western rail
road war, and the two above-naned Yankee
gentlemen knew that he knew it So when
the Oregau Transcontinental came last
week to the point of being declared bank
rupt, they went to Mr. Gould and asked his
assistance in exchange for their efforts to
settle the northwestern difficulties amicably.
Gould, Of course, Immediately graspei the
situation, and with the assistance of Russell
Sage and q few other friends, who kept
heavy banking accounts for just such
emergencies, went boldly into the new COM
bination. He has no use for the stock Of the
Oregon Navigation, Oregon Transconti-
mental or Northern Pacific, but he
bought these stocks for the sake Of
preventing a collapse in this general market,
| which would have been sure to take
place had the loans of the o. T. not been
made good on Saturday last, and the collat-
erals thrown upon the market. Apart from
| that, he saw a chance to squeeze the shorts
| in these stocks, AMI to make turn which
was likely at least partially to refund him
| for the outlay. He has SO far fully sue
ceeded in this new enterprise, and a number
of bears, mostly alternating on Exchange
| place, seem to have got severely hurt.
| The story goes that Mr.. Woerishoffer
among them, was heavily short of the various
| ex-Villard stocks, especially Of the Oregon
Navigation. Upon hearing on Saturday Of
the difficulties the Oregon Transcontinental
was placed in he sent a Mr. Knobloch to
bid for large amount of stock
and offered rather higher figures
than Mr. Gould did. But his
offer was refused, and the stocks were sold tc
Mr. Gould's syndicate. On Monday, SO The
story continues, the same Mr.. Woerishoifei
offered $401, 900 to be let out of his short con
| tracts, but he received the answer that thu
proper place to settle such things was on tht
| floor of the stock exchange, and s700, 900 il
said to have been the price he paid for the
| stock wanted
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
Slight Odds.
A Little Story with Large Moral, One
Man who Knew his own Business.

mo, my DEAR" said the venerable keeper of /
country store to a timd little girl whose hes(
scarcely came up to the counter, mo, my dear
haven't any red flannel, but we have some first
rate New Orleans mOlassss y Softly limiting tina
she didn't think that would answer the purpose
quite well, the child went away in search of the
article she wanted
Have you BEFSON, s CAPCINE PLASTERS,'
asked a gentleman of u certain druggist whose
name could be given were it desired. II am trou
bled Just now with touch of my old friend, the
lumbago, and the Benson's Plaster seems to g
the spot almost as soon as 1t touches the skin"
mot at present" replied the druggist. genially
"but we have lots Of plasters just good There
is Alleock's. the Capsicum and others-won't ont
of them do just as well?'
MY dear sir, retorted the gentleman, with
slight show of temper. II say nothing agains
those articles, but am business man, and al
ways ask for precisely what want, and for moth
ing else. l may enlighten you, however, when
say that sometime ago. for another disease,
which the Capcne has since cured me, tried al
| those you mention, with no appreciable benefit
They are inefficient, every one of them, the mean
est act of the proprietors of some of them being
| this that they make plssters with similar sound
| ing names TO deceive the unwary into believin!
| they are the same thing. Experience taught me
The difference. I'll go TO the next man in your line
| Good day"
Be on your guard against limitations. The gen
| uine has the word CAPCINE cut clearly in tn,
middle Of the plaster. All others are impositions
| Seabury Il johnson, Chemists, New York
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
THE NEWS IN sRieF.

Lee & Son, groceries, Allegan, Mich,
have failed for S24 900.
The report that the French wefe re-
pulsed at BAG Mini IS denied.
There are fifteen living Fteemasons
who were initiated more than seventy years
ago.
Colonel A. W. Sheldon, associate
justice If Arizona, died suddenly at San
Francisco
Chapman & Sons and Adamson's
elevators at Toronto, Ont, burned, entailfng
loss of $s5S, COO
A number of looms, it is reported,
in many large eastern mills viii be stopped
until prices improve.
An aged couple, ss sad Mrs Clin-
ton, were burned to death in their home
| near Norwich, n. Y
Capt. Joseph M. Holbroek, repre-
! sentative in the Iowa legislature from Man
chej T, died at Des Moines.
Four dwellings in Hamifksn. Ont,
COLLAPSED under the weight of SNOW, seri-
Cusl. wounding two persons.
A woman has just died at Bel asst,
| ireland. who worked as ia5orer at the
| 1ockyard there for thirty years.
The Porte Crayou" whs wrote in
| our boyhood days-Cel David II. Strother,
Of Virginia--will soon return from Mexico,
Mr.. Thomas Mast, the caricaturist,
| is in Washington and Ia much better health
tiiaa he has previously enjoyed for a long
time.
The inhabitants of the beleaguered
! city of Sinkat have eaten all the dogs in town,
| and nothing remains but the horses and ons
| bag of barley
Cass county. His, boasts Of girl
whose heart is located on the right side. The
| medical soci ETY. of the county IS wrestling
with the problem
c. W. Thomas, Sons & Co, London
stock brokers, have defaulted, and one menl-
Der of the firm has absoonded While their
assets are large, their liabilities are about
81. 10000
Owing to fears of ocialisticslisturb-
! ances, the Austrian government has pro
claimed a kind of martial law fn Vienna and
two other districts, and trial by jury has
| been suspended
During the temporary absence of
Mrs. Charles Joyce from her home in St.
Louis, her 3 year-old child struck her infant
brother, who lying in a cradle, with a
nursing bottle, the wounded babe dying
from the effects Of the blow half an hour
| later.
At Batavia, n. Y, E. Newton Rowell
was acquitted of the murder of Johnston L
Lynch. The people gaye the liberated man
an ovation, lighted bonfires in the streets
and burni Palmer, the chief witness for til
state, III etigy p.
An intoxicated woman attempted to
dispose of her infant at Lockport, N. Y, by
| burying it in snowbank, but an officer who
watched the suspicious actions Of the mother
rescued the babe, and sent the woman and
| her offspring to Rochester in charge of the
! conductor Of train.
Charles Beach says that he once
searched the pockets of Horace Greeley's his
toric white coat, in which he found more thar
800 business cards, which had been given hin
| from time to time during the many years hs
had worn the coat. He was not aware that
there WAS q card about bis clothes.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
The Illinois Republican Convention.

CHICAGO, Feb, 2.-There promises to be a
pretty and perhaps a lively fight over the
location Of the Republican state convention
this year. The enterprising city of Peoria
intends to contest with Springfield
for the honor, and the Peoria Re
publicans are already at work
sndeavoring to secure the votes of mem
bers Of the state central committee. A dele
cation headed by Hon Julius s. Starr, form
srly member Of the legislature, who is a
prominent citizen Of Peoria, and is we'll
known by Republicans all over the state,
is in Chicago working up the Peoria
boom They claim that Peoria is en-
titled to great deal of consideration in con-
nection with the convention; that it has not
had a state conven ton for many long years,
not since John NJ. Palmer was nominated for
governor in l86S-and that Springfield has
had the conventions ever since. They think
it is now Peoria's turn, and that it would be
greedy and hoggish in Springfield to ask for
it once more
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
Evidently n liar.

OYSTER BAY, L. l., Feb. 2,-Charles D.
Rugg (colored, who confesses committing
the murderous assault upon Farmer Selah
Sprague, and who is known to have pawned
watch taken from old Mr.. Maybee, the
blind man. after bis wife and daughter had
been murdered and who is believed to have
committed the murderous assault upon Mr.
Townsend and his wife, makes a state
ment saying that Oh Saturday night, Novem-
Der H. he met man at the Glenhead depot
who said his name was Ed Tappan, and who
asked him if be would take gold watch and
chain to New York and sell them. The man
said not to say anything about who gave him
the watch. He described the man as short
and stout, with gray beard. Ed Tappan is
the exact onposite-tall and thin, with no
hair on his face
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
THE WHITE RIVER HORROR.
Further Particulars of the Disaster
-.-Scene in the smoker.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. There is no change
to report in the number of victims of the
railroad horror on the Monon line. The
scenes at the wreck were Of the most heart
rending character
In the smoker were instances of unpar-
alieled suffering aud Of great bravery. From
this car there was no escape for the unfor-
Inmates whose injuries did not allow volun-
tary motion The bridge timbers as
they fell in the water formed sort
of support for the cars, so that the
latter were only partially submerged, and
therefore easily destroyed by the flames. 1t
was ffightful experience that the Survivors
in the forward car went through.
DR.. c. c. Loder, of Hortonville, gave q
graphic account o. the accident, as it ap-
peared to an occupant of thesmoking car. He
said:
81 was sitting with J. B. Horton near the
middle of the coach ON the right hand side,
which have been told is the safest place on
train, when the crash came and we fell
ourselves falling. felt sensation that can
not be described ! was temporarily de
prived of the power Of action, speech, OF
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
The Housewife

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02

VERNON, Ind, Feb. 2-The commissioners
of Jennings county a few months ago con-
tracted with a bridge company in Ohio for
an iron bridge for Ochs' ford. At the
same time a contract was made for
the building of the stone abutments
on each side of the crossing. The
bridge has arrived and is ready to be put
in position, but measurements reveal the fact
that the bridge is either two feet too short or
the abutments are two feet tso far apart,
and the bridge will not reach across. The
commissioners have been called to meet in
extra session, and until some action is taken
on their part the matter will rest in statu
nun
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
Stolen Austrian Bapk Notes.

New YORK, Feb 2.-Inspector Byrnes re-
ceived circulars from the chief of police of
Buda Pesth, Hungary, giving the details of
bold robbery in that city on January s.
A massive iron chest containing
Austrian bank notes was stolen from the
platform in front of the main postoffice while
in transit. Two hundred and forty thousand
forms were in the box-thirty-fve 1000
gulden notes, 300 one hundreds, 1000 fifties,
1000 tens, and 10000 one gulden notes
The box had four safety locks, and
was in wicker.wor basket covered with
green baize. No trace has been found of the
thieves, who, it is surmised. fled to this
country. A reward OF $500 is offered for in
formation leading to the apprehension Of the
Thieves and 81 500 for their arrest and the
recovery of the notes
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
Adiustmeut Abantloned.

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, Feb. 2.-The ad-
justment agreed to at the meeting OF
the creditors of John Campbell, who
failed for 5000, 900, with the Union Iron and
Gallon Furnace company, has been aban-
doned. Several creditors held out against
the compromise. Now Campbell refuses &c
agree The common creditors Of the iron
company will not receive 30 per cent, those
secured by Campbell's endorsement not over
60 per cent. The outlook in this iron country
is very bad. The Monroe and Howard fur
naees have blown out, and the Madison,
Scioto and other furnaces are preparing te
fnllovv slIit
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
WELL REWARDED.

A liberal reward will be paid to any
party who will produce case of Liver,
Kidney or Stomach complaint that Elect
trio Bitters will not speedily cure. Bring
them along, it will cost you nothing for
the medicine if it fails to cure, and you
will be well rewarded for your trouble
besides. All Blood disease, Bilieusness,
Jaundice, Constipation. and general de
bility are quickly cured. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded Price
only fifty cents per bottle. For sale by
Hartz & Bahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
The Labor Question.

WASHINGTON CITY. Feb, William Mar
tin, Pittsburg; W. N Lynch, Wheel
ing, and J. D. Morgan, Allegheny,
representing the Amalgamated Associ-
alton of 1ronWorkers; John Costello,
Pittsburg, representing the Miners Associa-
ton in the Pittsburg district; j. Campbell and
J. Slycker, Pittsburg, representing the Glass
Workmen's association, have arrived here to
testify before the house committee on labor,
and to endeayor to secure legislation to pre-
vent the importation of foreign laborers
under contract
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
Neyspaper CeDyright.

WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 2-The Illinois
and Missouri members have been receiving q
large number OF letters Of late from editors
of newspapers outside Of the large cities, ex-
pressing great alarm at the proposed legisla-
ton regarding the copyright of newspapers
for the space of twenty tours hours after
publication. They say the proposed bill
will prove of great injury to them, aud are
very anxious to have the influence of their
members against it Congressman Hit said
that he had given the matter a thorough
examination, and was unable to find that
any such bill had been introduced, or that
any was proposed to be offered. and if one
were offered, he did not think it could pass.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
Twsnty-Four Hours, to Live.

From John Kuhn, Lafayette, Ind, who
announces that he is now in perfect
health,"' we have the following; Zone
year ago was, to all appearance, in the
last stages of consumption. Our best
physicians gave my case up. finally go,
so low that our doctor said could only
live twenty four hours. My friends then
purchased bottle of DR.. WIN. HALLS
BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS, which
considerably benefited me. continued
until | took nine bottles, and | am now in
perfect health.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02

LONDON, Feb a.-The commander of Takar
in the Soudan writes: at would bemi possible
from our condition to be worse. The rebels
have filed up the wells outside the towns and
the water inside is brackish and bad. The
troops are suffering from diarrahea. There
is great fear that it will be necessary shortly
to surrender, as only ten to twenty rounds Of
ammunition per man are still left The
rebels continue firing day and night.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
IN A LIGHTNING FLASH
Terrible scene Witnessed While
Taking Refuge from a Sfarm.


NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb News has
reached here of an extraordinary occurrence
which took place recently near Carthage,
a town in the up-river country. A
son of Dr. E. P. Hawthorne, a promi-
nent physician, has been mysteriously
affected since the death of young lady
several weeks since, and has been moody
and melancholy and rapidly becoming ema-
ciated, being at times completely Frustrated
He now tells strange story The
night after the burial, being caught in a
storm, he took refuge in the church, and
while there fash of lightning revealed a
dead body at his feet. A second flash showed
the features of the girl buried the day before.
He turned to flee, when two men caught him
and swore they would kill him if be ever
told what he saw, saying they had ex-
humed the body to dissect- The story was
laughed at, but an examination of the grave
shows that the body is gone Young haw-
thorne's nervous system is completely broken
down, and his life is despaired of. He refuses
to tell the mems names, although he says be
recognized them.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
A Crushed skeleton.

PITTsBURG, Feb. IA special dispatch
from Philadelphia says: The living skeleton
is in court in suit to recover possession of
his wife from her father, who, he claims, is
OBTAINING her from him. All the mon
strosities from the museum were present,
and 1000 spectators i'll attendance The
bride appeared with her father, and So i'd she
didn't want to live with her skeleton. The
skeleton is crushed, and says he will get a
divorce soon and marry another girl.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
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will be absorbed, eff
fectuslly cleans in g
the nasal passages of
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02

and adjacent parishes the early vegs'
tables suffered extremely. Many were SC
injured that it became necessary to replant
them. This will delay the marketing of the
crop some two weeks In the cane district
of East and West Baton Rouge the rain and
cold weather have done much damage. and
IL is feared the stubbH Is lost and the plant
cane seriously injured. The planters are
very much discouraged as to the prospects Of
tho viald
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
Accident to the Faraaay.

LONDON, Feb. 2.-The steamship Faraday,
carrying a portion of the Bennett Mackey
cable, which sailed on Thursday, January
"a, has put back to Queenstown disabled
The rudder was thrown out of gear by the
recent heavy storm. The injury is not of
such a nature as to compel unloading the
vessel or going on the dry docks, and a num-
Der of divers are employed repairing the
damage and the vessel is expected to be
able to resume her work in a few days
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02

PARIS, Feb. "a serious confagration DC
CURED near the cemetery Pere La Cbaise A.
lace factory, several coal depots and shops
and five dwellings were destroyed One hun
dred families were rerdered homeless
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
The Sherman Resolution,

WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 2-In the senate
committee on privileges and elections the
Sherman resolution was under consideration.
the senate for authority to act by sub-com-
mittees. The opinion was expressed, and met
with favor, that the Virginia investigation
should take place at Washington, and that a
subcommittee be sent to Mississippi
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
The Icing Island Endemic.

WOOD HAVEN, [. z, Feb There is
great excitement hereabouts. Philip Fox, a
peddler, failing to make sale to Mrs. Julia
A Keller, seized the woman by the throat
and choked her into insensibility. When
the woman revived she raised an alarm,
and the people started in pursuit and
captured Fox. The assault following so
quickly upon the Maybee murders and the
Townsend and Sprague outrages, the people
clamored for lynching Fox aud Rugg, that
a speedy end may be put to the present
Long Island rage for attacking defenceless
women and aged. men, The officers sue
ceeped in gattiny Fox into Jail.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
Indian children Going to school.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Feb. DIR. o. G.
Given, physician of the Indian training
school at Carlisle, Pa, has left here in
charge of party of fifty-two Apache
children on their way to Carlisle. DR.
Given stopped among the Pueblos on
bis way out and selected fifteen Pueblo
children from the Eslata, San Fllip-
pea, Santa Domingo and Cochitio villages,
who will be turned over to him by Agent
Sanchez for the Carlisle school. Agent p H.
Wilcox and Lieutenant Nest, Third cavalry,
and four chiefs from San Carlos, accompany
the party to Carlisle, and will also visit
Washington City. Two of the boys from
the Albuquerque schools Joined the doctors
r,artu here
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
ON THE OHIO.
lee GOrges and Rising Waters Caus-
ing some ApprehensiOn---T The Sit
uation at Pittsburg.

PITTsBUBG, Feb 2-The rivers reached
their highest stage, when the MARKS regis
tered twenty-one feet Portions Of the
low lands in Allegheny City and
on the south side are under water,
but no serious damage has resulted
to property, The waters are now reccdng,
and as the weather is freezing no more
trouble is anticipated The ice is nearly all
out of the Monongahela, and the Allegheny
is being rapidly cleared The gorges on the
Youghiogheny are still firm and not likely
to come out until another rise, as the river is
falling at its headwaters. Considerable
damage was done along the Youghiogheny
and Allegheny rivers by georges.
At several points on the Youghiogheny the
bottom lands were inundated and families
living on them were compelled to retire to
the second floors of their houses or vale out
waist deep through icy waters.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
ROadly Fer Payne.

CINCINNATI Feb. 2-The Enquirer
special from Columbus says governor Hoadly
was asked:
Governor, are you candidate for presi.
dentr'
mo, indeed. I've had honors enough, and
am candidate for nothing"
"Whom do you favorg"
Payne am for him without any reserve.
I'll tell you another thing"
What's that"
Payne will be elected, if nominated
With Payne for president we can carry
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