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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-02
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COTTON STATEMENT.

GALVESTON, Sept. 1.-THE following IL the
daily comparative cotton statements:
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
Sharks From the smokestaek.

Mr.. J. nj. Allen, agent at Peoria of the
r. |. 6 p, was in the city last evening on
business. He returned to his home this
morning.
The cannenball train was reported one
hour late this morning. which usually
means two hours.
The wife of Conductor Cummings, Of
Racine, is still quite ILL.,
Theodore Buckholtz is again on deck
on doc" Bush's train, having partially
recovered from his sprained knee.
Johnny says it isn't true, and the boys
around the c., M. & St. p. depot arr
breathing easy again.
They say Graves is the greatest orato,
and the sweetest singer around the unior
depot.
The boys are inquiring why certain
brakeman on a c., B. & Q. passenger
train will insist in keeping his fires so ho1
that no one can 60 near them. He is
probably cool blooded or does not veal
enough clothing.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
The Intelligent Comp

George A. Hill, of Chicago, was regis
tered at the Keator, on Monday. Please
do not set the name up George r. Hill. ]
The above appeared in the Moline de-
partment of the Union this morning
Newspaper men frequently inclose infor-
nation in brackets relative to the setting
up of some item for the benefit of the
compositor who may set it up. Some
times lunk head sets up the item, in
structiOns and all and it seems from the
above that that is what the typo did ,ehC
set up the above item. The George r.
Hill, whose name Mac" requested the
comp" not to set, absconded from Mo
line about year ago.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
Heard From

The ARGUS has several times ALLUDED to
the fact that considerable excitement was
prevailing in Moline over the absence of
John Holland, of the law and real estate
firm of Meese & Holland. All sorts of
stories were circulated about the young
man, and few of his creditors attached
some of his property in the belief that he
had run away, but the trouble was to
hatch up & reason for him having done
so. None could be found and then it was
concluded that he must have been mur
dered and so the matter rested until yes
terday when Mr.. Meese received letter
from Mr. Holland who is lying sick at
Elmira, Arkansas, and has not been able
to hold a pen for two weeks.
1t would be well for Molineites hereafter
when contemplating trip of any length
of time, to write out detailed account
of their intentions and have the same
printed and circulated.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
Enough of Cab and Gas and
Cannon.
Talk is Cheap but Cash is
not so Plenty.

If cash is any object to you then we
want your attention, but if you really
wish to squander your money, it will not
paw you to read this article. For every
dollar you wish to invest for holiday
goods, you can save at least 20 cents, and
in many instance 25 and often 40 and
even SO cents, by natronizing McCabe
Bros, who are well known to name pric>
es on almost every erticle in their five
immense stores so low as not even to
cause an attempt to approach by others
selling the same goods. Buying direct
from the importers and manufacturers in
bulk, for their large stores in Chicago,
Davenport, Ottawa and Muscatine. in adj
dition TO their Rock Island house, enables
them to sell lower than other small dea
lers are obliged to pay for their goods.
This is well known to most of our rea>
ders, but we again direct your attention
TO the fact, knowing that IN the hurry
and hustle of the last few days of select>
ing Christmas presents some few might
carelessly forget it. They have made
elaborate preparations for supplying ev
erybody, and have added ten additional
clerks to their already immense working
force, and hope to be able TO serve all
customers promptly and satisfactorily.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
II Don't Work.

The sham advertising schemes resorted
to by some of our clothiers don't work
the people have been humbugged too
often-honest advertising and honest
dealing is what wins, and for the latter
we recommend the enterprising firm of
Mosenfelder & Kohn. Their goods are
of the best their prices are one and the
lowest, and they never make a pretension
but what they will fulhn. In order that
there can be no doubt as to the correct>
ness of their low prices, written guar>
antee will be given with every purchase
that their prices are the lowest Of any
store in the city.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23

Our tremendous sale of books for the
past few weeks has more than astomshed
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
ed on books, has given US a reputation
far and near that has increased our busi-
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.
STILL FARTHER CUTS.
Macauly's complete History of England,
complete set in box, $1,09.
Zig Tag Journeys, CSC.
Standard 12mo Fiction and Poets. Sac to
42c.
Three different styles ChatteEbox, 74x1C
inches, handsomely illustrated, 24c.
Sets Shakespeare, S vols, elegantly
bound in cloth and in cloth bound
box, only $3.50.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
VELVET AND Plush PHOTO, AND CABINET
FRAMES.

VELVET AND PLUSH PHOTO, AND CABINET
FRAMES.
McCabe Bros. are showing this week a
lot of goods from a manufacturer of
Picture Frames and Writing Desks, which
he was forced to sell at sacrifice TO meet
the pressing demands of creditors, con-
sisting of Velvet, Plush, Ebony and FAM
cy Photo, and Cabinet Frames, and a
limited assortment of Writing Desks
They we're secured at price to close the
lot and the selling figures put upon them
in many instances is simply absurd Read
the following miscellaneous interesting
prices.
$500 Silk Umbrellas, $3,75 for christmas
$500 Party Fans, $500, SO, ,35 and SO, ,6J
Opera Glasses, 92c. 81 AS and $1,9S.
Triple Plated Sugar Spoons, 25c.
Triple Plated Butter Knives 25c.
Nickle Pickle Forks, 25c.
Nickle Clocks, with Pendulum, 9Sc
Nickle Princess, Lever, 9Sc.
Nickle Pirate with Alarm, 81, As.
Zig Tag Journeys, CSC.
Plush Smoking and Toilet Sets.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
County Bulldlng.s
TRANSFERS.

20-J. NJ. Buford to Ben T. Gable, lots
/, ?, 3, 4, 5, 6, Z, s, 9 and 10, block 8,
block G, lot 2, block II, lots . and 8,
block ~, water lot /, and pit lot ,, block
6, lots ., and 5, block 4. pit lot block
Z and water lots l and ?, block 5. lower
addition to Rock Island, S51 200, aad
Ben T. Cable to the Rock Island Plow
Co, same description, 5000, 900.
PROBATE.
22-Estate of Charles Walker, deceased.
Report of sale of real estate by admins
tratrix filed and order approving same.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
Use Christmas Gifts.

1t would take a column of space TO
enumerate what is in store for you at the
Golden Eagle Suffice it to say that their
stock is very complete of the very latest
stylet in clothing, the latest novelties and
the line of FUR and seal caps can't be beat
In this immense stock you are sure to find
many things that will suit you in the way
of Christmas gifts,
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
Market Report.

The quotations in Chicago today were
as follows: January wheat, 71s; Febru-
ary, 72s May, 70. December corn, 353;
January, 354; February, "a; May, 37B,
May oats, 2S!. January pork, $1l.12;
February, S1122; May, $l1.65. Decem>
Der lard, s6.6sl; January, 6.674i Febru'
airy, S675. January ribs, $50; Fcbru>
ary, S5.75 Hogs, 10000; light, $40 to
S440; mixed, $40 to $40; heavy,
$4. 80 to $4.55.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
POCKET BOOKS AND BAGS.

Sound minded folks must have intrin-
sic values, and well selected 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
ue. 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 bny-
ing something nice.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23

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 ami auto
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 IL
price from 10c to So.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
Elna JaWalrY.

If you want to see the finest collection
of precious gems in the jewelry line, you
ought to certainly call at Henry Peetz's,
where you can see almost anything you
can ask for in the line Of fine jewelry and
solid silver plated ware. He has partic'
ularly fine line of goods suitable fol
Christmas gifts. Give him call.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
Sit Down.

The caption of this article has become
a by word in this city since "the Henne
pin canal conference" A correspondent
says that it is hard to impress upon the
mind of children the difference between
the words "sit' and ''set." Il man OF
woman either can set hen, although
they cannot sit her, neither can they sci
on her, although the hen might set on
them by the hour, if they would allow it.
A man cannot set on the wash bench, but
he could set the basin on it, and neither
the basin nor the grammarians would OBJ
ject. He could sit on the dogs tail, il
the dog was willing, or he might set or
his foot. But if he should set on the
aforesaid tail, or sit his foot there, the
grammarlan as well as the dog would
howl. And yet, strange as it may seem
the man might set the tail aside and ther
sit down, and not be assaulted by the dog
or the grammairans.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
santa,s Head Quarters.

Santa Claus this year has engaged head'
quarters with B. Berkenfeld and he wants
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 we
will please you. Remember the place
Fourth avenue near Twentieth street.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
COMB AND BRUSH SETS.

Our 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 il
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., 1884-12-23

An Indian boy wanted to hang himself
after seven school girls kissed him. He
didn't, ''all the same" for he found the
dreadful feeling was caused by cold,
which was speedily cured by the imme-
diate use of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup,
which is known far and wide as great
remedy for coughs and colds.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
Holiday Decorations.

If you desire anything in the line OF
boquets, artificial and natural flowers,
house plants, holiday decorations in flow
ers, or funeral designs, you should leave
your order with Mrs. Crow, on Fourth
street, under the Kimball house, Daven-
port, Iowa, where you will find magnifi
cent stock to select from. Orders by mai
promptly attended to. d1w3wks
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23

E. W. Hurst represents the leading
American and Foreign Insurance Co.'S.
Policies carefully written at current rates
Agency established 1874. Office oyel
Rock Island National Bank.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
BACK CANNON AND CHECKERS.
A few sets, bought at about half price,
which we shall close out as bought.
DOLLS, DOLLS, DOLLS.

There is nothing in which McCabe
Bros, take more real pleasure than in the
delight of the children, and for many
years to aid and assist parents in freely
supplying the little ones with the highest
art of pleasure. they have each holiday
season been prepared with an elegant as
sortment of dolls of every description
and have Invariably sold them without
profit, their prices always being well
known to be just about one half the price
asked by other dealers. This season they
have 0utdone all former efforts and are
selling all kinds of China, Bisque and
Wax Dolls much below the price of any
former year. Their stock is being very
rapidly depleted and by Christmas day
they will probably not have one dozen
left of all kinds combined. Early selecs
tions offer many advantages.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
Hard Coal Market.

Pea coal $3.50, CRATE and egg, Ss.25;
range, nut and No. 4 $3.50 per ton,
screened and delivered; all best quality Of
Anthracite coal. Blacksmith's COAL Con-
nellsvilie coke and charcoal at 1903 Sec
ond avenue. diff E. G. FRAZIER
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
Christmas.

The Golden Eagle did rushing bust
ness today IN the line of Christmas pres
ents. They have fur and seal caps and a
very fine line of silk mufflers which are
sold at very reasonable prices.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
Pay Your Taxes.

The taxes for Rock Island for the yeal
1884 are now due and should be paid al
once to the collector at No. 1919, Second
avenue. D. F. KRELL.
dwtf Township Collector.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23
THE DAILY ARGUS.
TUESDAY, DEC, %, 1884.
That Wararbury.v y

What would be more appropriate as a
Christmas present than one of those ex>
cellent time keepers, Waterbury watch,
which is given to you at the Golden Eagle
if YOU purchase SIS worth of goods.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23

DR.. A. T. Hawley, dentist. corner Sew
teentn street and Sixth avenue.
The N.C. Republican, and civil rights advocate., 1884-05-22
FACTS FOR TIE CURIOUS

The first horses ever in Americas Tere
brought to Florida in 1893, by Cabaa de
Vaca, who sailed with Columbus % his
second voyage.
When the Visigoths sacked Rome Part
Of the booty was an emerald table, iEiAid
with three rows of pearls as largeF as
pigeons eggs, but it disappeared nys-
teriously.
The Austrian executioner wears very
snowy uniform, and rides up to the scat
fold with military escort. He always
puts on fresh white gloves to perform
his Office.
Experiments made with gases upon ln-
sects proved the Colorado beetle hardes+
of all. 1t took prussic acid vapor to kill
it outright, and was paralyzed in iIium-
mating gas.
Not until the seventeenth century did
the decay of the hall as a place for gen
eral hospitality become complete in Eng
land. Then people ceased to sit, to
dance and to eat therein, and it was ap-
propriated to its more modern purpose of
a mere entrance.
In theatres in Japan, holding all day,
food and drink are brought the specta,
tors. The use of a cloth, wet in hat
water, with which to wash the face ami
hands aft.r eating, is also sold. One
cloth generally serves to scrub hundrYd
or more faces and hands.
H. S. Wortley in Nature tells an in
teresting story of cat he found in the
Malakoff with its foot pinned to the
ground by bayonet For two mora
ings he took her to the nearest regimentll
surgeon and had her foot dressed. On
the third morning the cat went herself 70
the doctors tent, scratched the canvas to
be let in and then held up her paw to be
doctored.
In 1874 a French steamer foundered o1f
the coast of Japan, at a depth of twenty
five fathoms, and its japanese freight
went to the bottom. Eighteen months
afterward divers succeeded in recover
ing large amount of lacquer ware of
good quality. 1t was found that, not
withstanding the long time it had been
under water, the woodwork, the gold
paintings and the lacquer coatings were
in an admirable state of preservation,
while the locks and ornaments made of
silver had changed color and were nearly
ruined
The executioner who operated upon
Peter the Cruel, King of CASTLE, had
certainly nothing to reproach himself
with. Peter had, in fit of passion,
killed one Of his subjects, on which he
was brought to trial, and after evidence
had been taken condemned formally to
death. But, the person of the king be-
ing sacred, the sentence ordered that he
be executed in eftigy. A wax figure was
made to resemble the king, and with the
observance of all due ceremonies, the
executioner raised lis sword and at one
blow struck of his majesty's waXen head.
The N.C. Republican, and civil rights advocate., 1884-05-22
The Extent of Bill Posting.

An English stage manager, in pam
phlet on advertising written about 1850,
asserted that the business OF poster ad1 I
vcrtising, even then supposed to hayA
0tftta.r own al reasoa4t11!G proporti, as, way
yet but in its infancy; that the time
would come when every inch of blank
surface in this mundane sphere would be
devoted to the purpose OF advertising.
Curiously enough, about the time this
prophecy was made scheme was inau-
gurated bv single individual on this
side of the water which was destined to
go long way toward its fultillment. In
the winter of 1849-50 a young sign painter
of Brooklyn, finding his business very
dull, amused himself by going along the
Harlem road and painting his name, oc-
cupation and business on all the rocks
and fences. Several business nm were
struck with the idea and employed the
young man to blazen advertisements for
them in various localities Soon after,
securing a large number of contracts foI
the work, he travelled with his brush
and paint up the Missouri river, ex-
ercising his peculiar talents on the
bare crags of the Rocky Noun
tains. He journeyed into Oregon and
daubed her pyramids, down the go den
valleys Of the Sac, over the granite cliffs
of the Humboldt range he went. leaving
behind him staring legends of liver
pills." 'ague-pads," ETC., to terrify the
wandering savage and buffalo. We are
happy to say he was shot at several times
and had to run to save his wretched hide.
He was pursued soon after by rival as
fearless and unscrupulous as himself.
Finally, the two went into partnership
and between them transformed the coun-
try into a vast ll-board. They estab-
lished their headquarters in New York,
and undertook, at specified rates, to ad-
vertise merchants, medicines etc, in as
few or many States as desired. In 1880
the manager of this business-the guam
dom Brooklyn sign-painter, now a mil
honaire declared that he and his part
ner had travelled 1900, 900 miles, had
painted 9O,000 signs, and used 500 bar
rels of linseed oil and $50 tons of white
lead. This was before the two retired
from active participation in the manual
part of the business. They now have
this work done by their 800 agents,
through whom they can work the whole
United States on the billboard plan.
They charge for billing patent medi-
cinein seventeen States $50, 000.- Chi
cago Inter- Ocean.
The N.C. Republican, and civil rights advocate., 1884-05-22

RAGE called on him vehenently to come.
out, offering him weapons or anything
that he could ask if he would but give
him an opportunity to wreck his ven
geance The only answer was laugh,
which set Faster to raving furiously up
and down the cemetery and calling on
all the angels and devils to witness that
he was a man not afraid of anything hu-
man. Stumbling along heedlessly over
graves and headstones, he finally fell into
new-made grave. The next minute
Valadez was on him. The murderer,
under cover Of darkness, had been fol-
lowing Paster for some time in the hope
that he would be able to steal upon him
unawares and finish him as he had the
woman. His opportunity came sooner
than he expected. With ieroclous yell
which woke the echoes for miles around,
Valadez sprang into the excavation, and
before Paster could regain his senses his
adversary had him by the throat, and
was dealing him murderous blows with
bludgeon which he had picked up after
losing his knife. Believing that he had
finished Paster, Valadez left him in the
grave and fled to the mountains. Since
then nothing has been heard from him.
The next day funeral party discovered
Paster lying in the grave unconscious,
but still breathing. He was conveyed to
town, and after his wounds had been
dressed he had lucid spell, in the course
Of which he told his story. 1t was not
believed that he could recover as there
were two fractures of the skull and sew
eral of his ribs were broken.
The N.C. Republican, and civil rights advocate., 1884-05-22
Bible CuriOsities.

The Troy Times says: We cannot vouch
for the accuracy of the figures and state
ments in the following: The Bible con-
tains $3.50, ,4S9 letters, 713, 692 words,
81, 173 verses, 1,189 chapters, and 66
books. The word "and' occurs As, 277
times; the word Lord" occurs 1855
times; the word reverend" occurs but
once, which is in the ninth verse of the
111th psalm; the middle verse is the
eighth verse of the 118th psalm; the
twenty-frst verse of the seventh chapter
of Ezra contains all the letters of the
alphabet except the letter J; the nine
teenth chapter of II Kings and the
thirty-seventh chapter of Isaiah are alike.
The longest verse is the ninth verse of
the eighth chapter of Esther The short
est verse is the thirty-ffth verse of the
eleventh chapter of ot. John. The
eighth, fifteenth, twenty first and Thirty
first verses Of the 10Th psalm are alike.
each verse Of the 136th psalm ends alike.
There are no words or names of more
than six syllables.
The N.C. Republican, and civil rights advocate., 1884-05-22
Native Home of the Potato.

The impression is very general that the
only home of the potato is in South
America This is an error, and arose no
doubt from the historic fact that it was
first brought to the notice of civilized
men from that country. No doubt it was
the cultivated tuber that Raleigh took
from there to Europe, and lack evidence
to prove that it was ever found there in
It's wild state Authors seem to have
taken little interest in the inquiry as to
where its native home is, but have abun-
dant evidence to prove that it grew wild
high up in the northern temperate zones.
More than thirty years ago, Mr.. Forsyth,
of St. Louis, who had been for several
years hunter and trapper in the Rocky
Mountains, told me that he once camped
in a sheltered valley in the mountains,
considerable distance north of the line of
New Mexico, and that he soon discovered
that his camp was in the midst of a con-
siderable field of vines, which he readily
recognized as those of the potato and
with his hunting-knife he dug a good
supply, which he boiled and found them
rich accompaniment to his venison,
which was almost his exclusive diet when
in the mountains. AS this camp was on
fine beaver stream he remained in it some
time, subsisting largely on the wild po-
tatoes, which he found both nutritious
and healthy lie described them as very
small, the largest not bigger thdn hazel
nut and attached together by short
connecting cords, considerable
number in a string. We sometimes see
several of the cultivated potatoes thus
connected.
About 1850 | was shown some potatoes
near Lisbon, Kendall county, in this
State, which | was assured, were grown
from wild potatoes found in the Rocky
Mountains, west of Tucson, brought by
volunteers on their return from the Mex
lean campaign. They had been grown
for several successive years, increasing in
size every year till now they were of a
fair size and good flavor | procured a
bushel, which planted with fair results
but as they were not as good rs the pink
eye, which was then the favOritc potato
throughout this country, | did not con
tinue their cultivation. | investigated
the origin of that potato and became sat
isfed that its claim was we'll founded.
The late Col W. b. Warren, of Jackson
vile, Ill, assured me that about sixty
years ago he found the wild potato grow
ING on the banks of the Ohio river. and
described them as much the same as
those observed by Mr.. Forsyth.