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Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-11-29
ON MONDAY DECEMBER 81. 1854
HE ~ EsTdr
Belonging to ia, Easp Of SIMON x KAAi.
late dscca,sd

IrlaurNg 20 Nf taiAif ~ nlMbN =. hNNl.
late dscea,sd
LO1 Residence Of the late Simon X ksa, .,
ralsma, Iionolulu. 20 feet front on King Street.
sith dwelling house and commodioui outh 5us,.
situate thereon. The buildings are capaoious aaJ
nearly new and in good repair, the main house COZ.
tanning eisht large rooms The grounds are planted
with Towering plants and shrubs hi, Is most lie
sirable property for ~ Wishing residences iua
out u town Marked lot Aon the chan Area tys
tono acres
LOT "A Vaeih, H., adjoining 10, g. on the Hooo
lulu side, with 10 feet front on King Street, ssb
a'stiay fenced. This Is a suitable location fos
dwelling house Marked lot y on the char Ar.s
,os.fno1 sore,
LOT = The Ahupusa q lanhau nui situate Ia kon.
the Island u Hawaii. These ptsmscs were
awarded to l.unalio Apana u " Land COMMITS
sioners' Award s,s5g n, confirmed by Royal Patent
1850 Area Jos acre,
5 u DoLr,
attorney
d. y. tD9NS
tDcfioneer.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-11-29
rHiNKsaIrINn DAr


The usual Thanksgiving services held here the.
27th November, took place in Fort stree,
Church and was attended 10y a large audience.
The platform was occupied by the Res Hyde,
Damon. Cusan and oggc The ptoclams
ton OF President Arthur was read by Doctor
Damou after which the chou sang the hne
anthem. 40 Lord how Manifold are Thy
Mercies" The sermon was delivered by Rev
I. c. Ogge The writer contcsses to feel.
ing Of disappointment when he found that the
church was not decorated. The beautiful floral
offering Of ferns, roses and lilies. which are SO
generously made use ofin the Honolulu churches
were on this occasion eonspicuousy ahsen, aud
even the pulpit was not decorated
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-11-29

THAI nigh, sleP, under - 'Ooi,
and that nighi, ieI the h,si time in hia life,
played cards fof stakes.
Small stakes they were at FIRST And Of
hey had been eompaIsiively large ones the
porly citizen Night have Loaf many Of them
wishoa, imPoyerishmsn. Of his ample income
So iAs there Is nothing snaecoun,sbls in my
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-11-29

" mas Dcen saiu
The press all land. shall sing
The press, the press bring
All lands to bless %
o pslid v4nti o labor stark
Behold ~e bring the second ark
The press, the press. the press
But to accomplish this end Of being bless.
ing to the home,ihe community and to mankind
At large, |, must be in advance Of the people in
every good work and de,crminedly on the side
Of justice, truth and purity II has a most
noble mission and should ever aim high for
God, humanity and the right.
3 The blessings OF religion.
In this mdependen, kingdom We enjoy the
privilege and beneh, Of civil and religious liberty
We have the Sabbath. the Bible and public wof
ship. These are iasors that call iof gratitude
to God. Al the same time they impose a
weighly responsibility, My friends, the world
is TO be conquered Tor Christ through hu.
man ins,Tumenialities. |, is foI us to do ouI
part. We want this Hawaiian kingdom for
Christ. We must also pay Christ what We
owe him. and do our share toward Bringing
the nations Of the earth under the scepier Of
his reign. Nov II our religion be merely de.
cent and formal, !, viii be powerle~. hut il
il be heartfelt. intense and impulsi,e. I,
will be irresistible. The Roman poet Proper.
thus says The navigator always speaks Of
winds and storms the farmer Of his plo~ing
oxen; the soldier Of bis wounds and the shep-
herd Of his sheep" And 70 II Is natural minis.
,rne a. do al the altar Of religion, tina, I
should speak, and speak earnestly, on this
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-11-29
KUKUI AND SHELL JEWELRY
Engraving

or every description done to order. Particular ausn.
ton Is paid to orders and job work from the
other Islands
s7o II
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-08-02
A Triple Execution.

ScoTTsBeRo, Ala, Aug, George and
Ashbury Hughes, brothers, and George
Smith, all white men, were hanged in the jail
yard at p. M, Friday, for the burning of
Mr.. Perters house, on Sand mountain, last
Mlrch. Although only 100 persons were ad
mitted to the hanging, crowds fiocked to town
from all directions. The dying men all pro
tested their innocence They were all young,
the youngest being not over q years
Their crime was most dastardiy Mr. Por-
ter and his family lived III seclusion in a
beautiful mansion on Sand mountain. He
was very infirm and feeble, and his wife was
nearly 50 years of age. On the night of
March 25, 1888, gang Of outlaws fired the
house in the hope of extorting money
from the inmates, but only sue
ceeded in laying waste a beautiful
home and impoverishing a harm
less aid helpless family. Since then the old
man has died and his aged wife grew blind
through privations and exposure. Her sister,
Miss Standish who lived with them, is we'll
known in Chattanooga, having taught two
terms music and bellies lattres at the college
on Lookout The three mentioned above
and the step-father of the Hughes
boys were arrested for the crime and CON
victed, the latter being sentenced to the peni-
tentiary for life. The supreme court last
week confirmed the decision, and thus their
last hope was extinguished.
The gallows was located adjoining the south
wall of the jail and inclosed in fence six
teen feet high, so that the execution was en-
tiroly private The prisoners marched from
the isil into the pallcyys ward and were seer
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-08-02
First In Forty Years.

HUNTINGTON, Tenn, Aug. 2.-Charles
Phillips, colored, was hanged here at l p m.
Friday for the murder OF Frank Prince last
year The gallows was erected i'll the jail
yard, and the execution was private. This
is the first legal hanging here in nearly forty
years.
The killing occurred at Hollow Rock, Car
roll county, in the fall Of 1883. The evidence
aaduced at the trial showed that Phillips, to
gether with a number of other negroes, as
sembled at Hollow Rock on the night of the
murder Phillips seemed to be in i'll humor
for some cause, and got into several quarrels.
He finally drew his knife and swore he in
tended to kill some one before daylight.
He was seen to wave knife in the air in
threatening attitude. Prince was of a
quiet nature, and took no part in Phillips
quarrel until he addressed himself personally
to Prince Hot words ensued, and Phillips left,
but returned to the scene in a few minutes,
and without any provocation or wofd Of
warning rushed upon Prince, stabbing him
in the breast with a long -bladed pocket
knife. The blade entered just above the
breast-bone, and was wrenched off Phillips
then threw the handle to the floor and
walked off Prince died in few minutes.
Phillips was subsequently arrested tried,
and convicted.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-08-02
Confessed His Crime.

CAMBRIDGE, Nd, Aug. 2.-Frederick,
alias Bug" Cephas, colored, was hanged at
noon for the murder of Mrs, Celia Bush
Murphy, on April last
At l2:10 p. m Cephas was led to from the
cell to the scaffold, passing in view of 800
people. He ascended the scaffold singing
Jesus, Lover Of Ny Soul" and was ac-
compsnied by a clergyman He made
few remarks confessing his crime and prayer
being offered the black cap was adjusted.
He bade goodbye to his attendants, and
profeSsed readiness to die. When the sheriff
cut the rope the cap was not securely fast
ened and few off, exposing the distorted
futures The scene was sickening. Death
resulted III a few minutes from strangula.
tinn
IN his confession Cephas said; II made 10
my mind to Kill her and get the money. The
morning of April | went to the woodland
near her house, The old lady was away at
" iiliaulsouTg When lying in the bushes
waiting for her to come along, | cut a pine
sapling, and made club. 1t had a big knot
on the end. Presently she came along
on her little wagon. She looked
pleased like, and | Kinder pitied her but |
wanted tie money, and | quickly and quietly
climbed up into the back of the wagon with
out her seeing ms and struck her blow on
the head with the club | did not kill her.
As she fell backward she said: oh my God
who is trying 10 murder meP dragged
her out of tie wagon, and then beat her
again with the club and cut her
throat, hid the body in the bushes,
and carried the bloody club about a mile and
threw it away" He then went into the
house and broke open the chest, desk, and
other places, but he found no money. See
ing some soap, he took several cakes of it and
went back to the woods, and returned home
by the same way he had come. Once or
twice afterward during the day be-
fore the murder was discovered, it oc-
CURED to him several times whether they
would know the soap, but never with SO
much force as to make him destroy it OF re-
move it He got nothing but the soap, and
| IL was the means of his conviction. During
his last days on earth the culprit suffered the
tortures of the damned. He would start up
at night trembling with fright and declare to
the jailer that he had seen the ghost of his
victim His agony had caused him to lose
twenty pounds Of flesh since the time of his
conviction.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-08-02
MICHIGAN yjjiliIE yEzEE COLLEGE,

have several times examined Baking Powders in the
ke to determine their purity raising power and influence the
health of those using them. have uniformly found DR.
PRICES CREAM BAKING POWDER the best in all these
respects.
have just made another examination Of the Royal can
drews Pearl and OR Prices Cream and the results the
formerly DR. PRICES CREAM free from AMMON-
la while the Royal and Andrews Pearl" both contain Am
monia. The final reaction of DB. PRICES CREAM' is acid
while the "Roya" and pearl" give ALKALINE reaction
which LEADS to DYSPEPSIA Prices is pure, clean and
elegant proportion of Cream of Tartar and Bcarbonate of Soda
and there does Sin wise enter into anything that defeh
neither whatsoever workeh abomnaion, makeh lie
In raising power "Prices" stands at the head
The relative of Carbonc Acid Gas given off by the
weight 90 grammes) of these powders heated in the
way is as follows:
DR. Prices Cream Baking Powder, cubic
The Royal
Andrews Pear, SAB
have used PRICES in my family for years Even if the
price is higher PRICES is always the best
PROF. r. C. KEDZIE
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-08-02
For killing His Wife.

PINE BLUFF, Ark. Aug. 2--Frank Will
isms, alias Whitefield, mulatto was hanged
here Friday for the murder of his wife in
Arkansas county in December, 1888. VIII.
Jams was drunken, jealous brute, and had
been frustrated in designs upon his 16-year
old step-daughter. His Jealousy Of his wife
was unaccountable, as she was always above
suspicion. AT about s o'clock In the
morning, last December, he returned from o
sanirrel-hunt and found his wife washing
clothes With an oath he ordered her TO tho
cotton-field. She said it was early, and indls-
pensable that she should finish the work
which would take few minutes, when she
would go to the field and do good days cot
ton-picking. He replied: Il will load my gun,
and when come back, Cd d-n you, viii
fix vou.n He then went to saloon in the
neighborhood, got beastly drunk, and in that
condition appeared in the field, where his
wife and daughter, with other hands,
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-08-02
AN INDIANA OUTRAGE.
Some Enterprising HOosiers' Idea of
Moral Reform.

New ALBANY, Ind, Aug. "A brutal
outrage is reported from Spencer township.
Harrison county, twenty-five miles west
Of this city shortly before l O'clock
on Thursday morning gang OF
twenty masked men went to the residence
of Mrs, Sallie Upton, widow, and, taking
her from her bed, tied her to a tree near haI
residence and gave her a most cruel beat
ing with hickory switches. The wretcheJ
woman tainted twice during her savage tor
ture, the miscreanbs rssuscitating her by
throwing water upon her. The woman:
shrieks for mercy were heard quarter o1
mile away by a neighbor, bu,
not suspecting the cause then, and the
night being very dark, he did not &
out to investigate. After this terri
bic torture of their defenseless victim
the scoundrels unloosed her from the tree anC
departed, warning her that unless she left tn,
neighborhood in twenty days they woulC
again visit her and inflict still severer punish
ment. The poor woman, it is said, was sus
pected Of being unohaSte, and these supposedly
highly moral citizens took this method of pre-
serving the virtue of the neighbour ood. Tht
raScals guilty of this brutality belong to d
regularly organized gang in Harrison county
known as the knights of the Hickory
CVitnh
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-08-02
PHENOMENAL TROTTER.
Jay-Eye-See Makes the Unprecedented
TrOtting Record of 2:1O.

PROVIDENCE, Aug. 2.-Jay>Eye- see, on
the Narragansett park track yesterday,
surpassed all previous performances, max
ing mile in 2:10, thus beating his own
previous record of 2.10S, and that of
Maud s., 2:104. There was an immense
crowd present to witness the great event.
and as the multitude in the grand stand
caught sight of the famous horse, a shout
of greeting swelled forth which was taken
up by the group in other parts of the
grounds as the animal turned into the
stretch and passed down in front of the
judges stand the applause rose into deaf>
ening cheers. The circuit of track was
made at an easy gate, and after one or
two more turns Bithers signified his in
tention to 60 an easy mile to warm up.
The announcement was made by the
judges and Jay Eye~See came down at an
easy pan for work He went away from
the wire trotting easily and without a flaw
through the course. Bithers had to hold
him back He went up to the quarter post
in thirtyfive seconds. The second quar-
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-08-02
DIVISION OF SENTIMENT.
Mrs. Stanton and Miss Anthony Sur,
prise Some Woman Suffrage Peo.

New YORK, Aug. Mrs Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and Miss Susan B. Anthony have
issued an address to tin, members OF the IA
tional Womans Suffrage association, recon
mending them to Use their influence. ta,
Blaine and Logan They say thai Euttr
though champion Of their rights ", IL. Il.
pOwe1less to aid the cause ntt:, u
congress against him. The Prohibition lt, F.,
made woman suffrage minor cCllsii2iEli,.,t.
and nothing is hoped from them. Even II
Cleveland favored the enfranChisemcnt o!
women he could not sway his party IN ihat
direction, for nine-tenths of them bitterly
oppose all liberal measures. But three
fourths of the Republicans favor woman's
suffrage, and Mr. Blaine has voted aye on all
questions affecting the interests of women
that have come before congress for many
years.
The chairman of the state executive com
mittee OF the woman suffrage party states
that the address of Mrs Stantsn and Miss
Anthony in favor of Blaine is a surprise to
his committee, and that he and his colleagues
emphatiCally dissent from it. He says they
have many friends in all the other parties
and that as all five presidential candidate
are friendly, there is. no reason why suffrag
lists should oppose four friends for the
benefit of one
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-08-02
A DAY OF WRATH.
Death and Black Friday Gather in a
Great Harvest of Criminals.
Eight DeIinquents bangle in Different
Parts of the Country.
Two Executions Where an Expert Hang"
man W as Wanted Scene at
the Gallows- THE Victims of the
Law and Their Crimes.

BROOKLYN, Aug. 2.-Alexander jefferson,
he negro who, in jealous rage. killed
Henry Hicks and Emma jackson, also col
ored, and nearly killed Anna Jackson, at
Mrs Iackson's residence Brooklyn, has paid
he penalty of his crime upon the scatfold
n the presence of 400 spectators He had be-
come resigned to his fate a week ago. When
asked if he was prepared to die he replied
hat he was, for he had placed his faith in
he Lord, who he knew had forgiven him
He expressed a wish to have good suit Of
,lOthes to be hanged III, and the sheriff had a
suit made to order for him Jefferson retired
at 1920 o'clock Friday morning and
slept soundly till s. He arose shortly
afterwards and told the under sheriff
what he would have for breakfast. Just
before it was brought he prayed. Rev. M.
Bassand and Rev. Mr.. Dixon the latter d
:oiured pastor, came in and prayed with him.
He ate breakfast with a good appetite and
then dressed, He was kept in conversation
by his spiritual advisers up to the time when
he was led out to the scaffold between two
;lergymen. and the moose placed around his
neck
The drop fell at seven minutes past ten.
w liSIi IL iCii thc bcuJ ohct up nv" AS'I "aNa
somehow the knot slipped round under the
chm and his neck was not broken. For IA
moment he was motionless, and then began
struggling as the body twirled about, and
gruaIed. BY desperate effort he got his
Iand up to the rope, clutched the black cap
with his right hand, and tore it
from his face, exposing the contortions
and staring eyes. The scene was so horrible
that many of the spectators turned their
backs. After he had pulled the black cap
from his face his arms came down to his side
again, though the contortions of the face and
convulsions of the body continued for five
minutes. 1t was fully eight minutes after
the drop fell before the physicians pro-
nounced him dead One of the physicians
said he could hear his heart until nearly
eighteen minutes after The body was then
cut down and an inquest held and the body
removed to the inorgue, whore an autopsy
was held
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-08-02

were at work He ordered her to go to
the house and bring his razor, and as she
turned to go he fired on her with one barrel
of his gun and she fell dead. His daughter,
supposing that she would he the next victim,
started for the woods when he discharged
the other barrel at her, filling her arm and
side with shot He then remarked: Il have
killed my wife" and throwing the butcher
knife to one of the men, added: Take that
knife and kill me-" He fed, and i'll few
days was captured. During his confinement
he showed but little contrition, and was
morose, reticeDt, gloomy, and sullen. He
was a native of Alabama, 45 years of age.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-08-02
SHERIFFS SALE,

By virtue Of an Execution and Fee Bill No. 5169
issued out of the clerks Office of the Circuit Court
of Rock Island county, and state of Illinois, and
to me directed, whereby am commanded to make
the amount of a certain judgment recently Oh
tanned against G. W. Steele in favor of E. E. Rog
ers, out of the lands, tenements, goods and chat
tells of the said defendant, &. W. Steele, l have
eyied upon the following property, to-wit The
east half (1) Of the southeast quarter "a Of
the northeast quarter GA) of section nine
teen 80, also outlot thirty-three (33)
as shown by the Assessors plat of section twenty
(20), and also the following tract of land meted
and bounded as follows, viz: Commencing at the
southeast corner of the west half () of the north
west quarter "a of said section twenty (90) and
from thence running north 80 rods; thence west
53h rods, thence south so rods; thence east SO Il
rods to the place of beginning, except a strip of
land one rod wide off the east side OF said last
mentioned piece of land extending from the pub
lie highway south to the second boundary line of
said last mentioned lot, also the following lot of
land meted and bounded as follows: commencing
at the northwest corner OF the northwest quarter
ca of said section twenty (20); thence south 16
rods aud to land owned by Adam Zeiger; thence
east 70 rods and II feet; thence north 16 rods and
to the u section line thence west to the place of
beginning. all situated in township 10. north
range east of the 4th P. M, and being 621s
acres of ground more or less. Also the following
described piece, lot or parcel of land situated in
Coe township in the county of Rock Island and
state of Illinois, to-wt: being five 80 acres OF
| Cd of the southwest quarter (4) of section
| twenty (20) township nineteen 90 north range
| east Of the 4th r M, and more particularly de
scribed as follows: commencing &c rods and II
feet east of the northwest corner of said south
west quarter (h) section twenty (20); thence run
ming east 20 rods; thence south 30 rods; thence
20 rods; and from thence north 40 rods and L
the place OF beginning; also the following tract o
land in the west half (h) OF the northeast quar-
ter % of section twenty (20) township nineteer
| {l9) north range east Of the 4th P. M, commen
| cling 20 rods north from the southwest corner
thence running east 10 rods; thence running nortl
| 20 rods; thence running 90 rods west thenct
| running 20 rods south TO the place OF beginning
containing acres more or less, all in the count!
| of Rock Island and state of Illinois; Therefore
| accordingto said command, ] shall expose for sale
at public auction, all the right, title and interes
| of the above namedG. W. Steele in and to tn
above described property, on Wednesday the l3t
/ day of August. 1884, at O'Clock p. M, at tn
north door Of the Court House in the city Of Rocl
| Island in the county of Rock Island and state o
Illinois, for cash in hand. to satisfy said exe0u
| ton and fee bill
| Dated at Rock Island this oath day of July, A
| D., 1884. JOHN M. RETlCkER,
| Sheriff of Rock Island County, Illinois.
july-s4-dtd
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-08-02

EDGEFRLD S, c. Aug. 2.-Wilson
Stephens, colored, was hanged in the jailyard
here. The execution was private. He was
employed as driver for Henry G. Steefer,
an old one-armed peddler, and last Novem-
Der they canped at Broadside. In the night
Stephens murdered Steefer with a wagon
standard and robbed the body, but found
only 81 cents He confessed the crime
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-08-02

Two Thousand five hundred dollars in the aggre
gate offered in the Speed Department.
For Premium Lists, or any information in re-
gard to the Fair, address, J. A. LECLAIRE.
GEORGE MURRAY, Secretary
dwtd President
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-08-02
Mortality Among the Fishes.

MADISON, Wis, Aug. 2.-The fish in Fourth
lake. principally perch, are dying at the rate
of scores of tons daily. Great quantities art
being washed to the shore, and the city au
thorities have employed large gang of la
borers, and are carting the fish out.
sile the city limits and buryine
them in the sand banks Although tons art
thus removed daily, the quantity does moi
seem to be lessened As yet, no inconven
ience has been suffered by the city on account
of the stencil. The city authorities are acting
promptly. Fish experts are unable to assign
any cause for the wholesale mortality
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-08-02
National Democratic Headquarters.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-The Democratic ma
tional executive committee has decided
to lease house No. II, ,on West Twenty fourth
street, for headquarters During the meet
ing general discussion of the plan of the
campaign took place, and the follow.
ing advisory campaign committee to
the executive committee WAS appointed Sem
ators A. P. Gormsn, of Maryland; NJ. W
Ransom, of North Carolina; B. F. Jonas, oi
Louisiana; J. s. Barbour, of Virginia; HUI
bert @. Thompson, of New York; A. II
Browne, Of Indiana, and Miles Ross, of New
JeIssy.