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The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-07-11

When a lease contained a stipulation
granting to the lessees the right and
privilege to purchase the leased prem
Uses of and from the lessor at any time
before the expiration of the lease, for a
stipulated sum to be paid down in cash
to the lessor upon the demand of a deed
prior to the expiration of the lease, the
Supreme Court of Minnesota recently
held that payment of the same within
the time limited was an essential con-
..ition to the consumation of any bind
ing contrast of sale. The court took
the view that the lease amounted sub
tantially to written proposition or offer
to sell upon the proposed terms, and
that the assent or act of acceptance,
whether by payment or the fulfllment
of some other condition, was neccessa-
rily to be made within the time
limited, otherwise no contract could
be c0nsumated.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-07-11

The rural sections of some Of the
states are overrun with tramps who
have swarmed out of the cities with the
beginning of pleasant weather, and who
waylay school children and rob them of
food, insult and brighten women, and
commit all sorts of petty crimes and an
noyances. The laws, if enforced in let
ter and spirit, will partially cure this
evil, and officers should not be back
ward in performing their duty.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-07-11

The secretary Of the interior has issued =
SINGULAR TO the registers Of all land Offices in
n~structing them 10 peremptorily refuse al
entries and filings attempted to be made by
others than the Indian occupants upon lands
u the possession OF Indians who have made
improvements of any value whatever there
on Iii order that The homes and impr0ve-
ments OF such Indians may be protected,
they are directed to ascertain whether
any lands are occupied by Indian inhabitants,
tnd the locality OF their possession and I'M
provements as near az may be, andto allow NO
sntfies or fling upon any such lands. When
he fact Of INDIAN occupancy Is denied OF doubt
ful, the proper investigation will be ordered
prior to- the allowance of adverse claims
Whers .axas are unsuryeyed no appropriation
VIA be allowed within the region OF indlaneet~
Elements until the surveys have been made and
ihe land occupied ~ Indians ascertained and
defined
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-07-11
Crimes and Criminals.

Richard Heller of Amsterdam and Miss Lou
Use Scandorf of Fonda were married Tuesday,
the 1st, at Fonda, the groom surrendering
$125, GOO left by his first wife on condition that
he should not marry again.
A sneak thief entered the Albany City Nation
al bank at Albany, N. Y, and stole Spencer D.
Patterns bank book from a shelf on the ~teller's
window, while Patten turned to make a memo
randum. The book contained $500. No trace
of the theft.
j.. B Cole, a discharged employe of the Man
haitian Elevated railroad, New York, ticket
agent, Willianm Pinder, of that road, and Aug
ust c.. Speth, a photographer, were arrested for
%conspiring to defraud the Elevated company
out of 500, 900 worth of tickets.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-07-11

A great trade in paper bottles is grow
ing up in Germany and Austria. Ten
per cent. of rags, forty of straw, and
fifty af brown wood pulp are used in
making them. Thin paper is coated
and i~mpregnated with a solution COM
posed of sixty per cent. of defbr1nated
fresh blood, thirty-five of lime and
FIVE of sulphate of ammonia; dry and
coat again; put ten or twelve sheets
together, and her dry in heated moulds
under pressure. They are made in two
pieces and joined afterward, aud are
said to be perfectly proof against spirits
and other liquids.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-07-11

Maria s, Markham, after fourteen years of
waiting has obtained a divorce from Arthur L,
Markham, known as the actor Frank Mordaunt
Mrs. Markham's maiden name was Evans. She
married the actor in Chicago in 1862 She had
just left school
The failures for six months ended July /,
1884, are reported by r. G. Dun & Co. to num-
Der $50, compare with 1857 for the first six
months of 1888 The liabilities of the first
half foot up to the enormous sum of 124,000,
900, compared with $50, DOC, 900 for the same
period, or nearly double.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-07-11

A severe windstorm approaching a hurricane
a~are~~fH rs" c&atarn part Of Nebraska last Ve1
nesday night, 1t was severely felt here, ana
was tho third storm of the kind within u week:
Two soldiers, Henry Gardner and Private
Wanstofr, Company f. Fourth infantry, ontheir
way from the city to Fort Omaha, were struck
by a falling tree. WanstoT had both legs
broken, and Gardner was SO badly IN
Gus fences, trees. etc. were blown down. At
Fremont, forty miles west, the storm was more
severe. The streets and sidewalks were blocked
with broken trees. The park was nearly des-
troyed. Enos hotel was unroofed, as was also
the court house. Kittle's large warehouse was
entirely demolished
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-07-11

49, ME-
General Crook the great Indian fight
er, gave the graduating cadets at West
Point d sensible talk on their gradua-
ton, which they will 40 well to heed.
He told them that the greatest fault Of
young soldiers was idleness andmental
Incidence, 7 and he warned them against
the temptations which follow such lazi-
ness. He also told them that they were
citizens, and tina this country was made
Up of citizens who rightfully were ieal
Gus 81 the sword, and only used il as q
necessary evil and last resort. Our GO
ographica1 position sheltered rs from
foreign aggression, and we have mo
need of armies to repress the tendency
of the age towards self government;
therefore ID the future, as in the past,
the army IS likely to be hardly more
than 4 national police, scarcely sufi-
cient To weakly garrison our scattered
froatier posts He added that even On
HE frontier the military would have lit
tie III do, as wars With the Indians are
practically over It Il to be hoped that
the cadets viii, ii view Of this outlook,
sake i modest. view of their career and
be willing to conduit themselves Ike
oth6k ~uitizens.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-07-11

When Judge Brewer returned from st. Paul
to L~eavenworth Tuesday night, $50 of the
prominent business men Of Leayenworth
marched with a band to his residence and gave
him a hearty welcome home.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-07-11

The reduction in railway a ck-laying
in the United States during the past
year, as compared with a like portion
of 1883, according to reports made to
the Railway Gazette, is nearly one
half. The total number of miles of
track placed from January Ito June IA,
1884, wa LOTT, as compared with 900
in 1SS3.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-07-11

The quantity of coffee imported dur
ing the year just closingi is about 5,O00,-
900 pounds in excess of that of last
year, the total being over 500, 200, 900
pounds, or an average of ten pounds
per head throughout the country.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-07-11
Casualties of the Week.

The pork slaughtering house of ]. and L Sch
roth, in Cincinnati, was burned. Loss, $685.
600; insurance, $4,000
At Westfeld, n. Y, a fire burned the West
field house and three small stores. Loss, $780,
coo; insurance, $1,000.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-07-11

The average dnration Of 4 locomotive
il thirty years, and IL j. good for about
7e0, 900 miles ii travel.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-07-11
RIVERS AND
THE BILL AS PASSED.

WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, July A.
The river and harbor bill has finally passed
both houses 1t a]ppropriates $13, 900, 200,
The most important items are:
Buffalo .......... 500, 900 Arkansas pass
Erie, Pa. 5o,00OI and bay, Tex 100000
Galveston bay, Texas, in accordance with
plans heretofore adopted unexpended balance
former appropriations pass CaVallo Inlet, Tex.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-08
The EatiOaai Banks.

CINCINNATI, Feb. s. The Enquirer's
Washington special, in telegram criticising
congress for diIatoriness in proceeding to
business, and predicting that nothing of i'm
portance will be transacted before adjourn
ment, says: There are questions which
the congress can, deal with in a
practical and not a party sense.
It ought to impress those in command that
that the currency question is one Of as great
Importance at this stage as the tariff. The
national banking system of this country has
now reached that stage Of popularity among
the people that no party csn afford 10 attack
it. The growth Of the country in population
is almost magical This makes demand for
money and a safe banking system. This de-
mand, however. can not I've met because I'M
der the laws as they now are circulating notes
can only be had upon the deposit Of United
States securities These secJTrities-that is,
those which can be had now-command such
a premium that no body of men seeking tc
establish National banks. can offord to pay
the premium
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-08

rumors spread that other prominet citizens
were in the burning building. People rushed
frantically about calling for relatives and
friends, and all the doctors in the city
were at once summoned. One after
another of the wounded men were
taken out, until by p. M. the follow.
ing list of casualties were reported:
Killed.. Lehr; William Lehr, both arms
and legs broken and skull crushed. He lived
about two hours Charles Miller, skull
crushed and internally injured; died shortly
after being taken home. David CLAUS, still
in the ruins An unknown man, also buried
in the ruins.
Injured--Curts Horr, leg broken and face
burned; Kennett Emanuel, badly burned and
cut about the face; also teateh knocked out;
Peter Mayer, left leg broken and internally
injured; Charles Bohlinger, face badly cut
Frank Saenger, badly eat; Peter Beisel, legs
slightly hurt; lwlrI Martin, badly cut.
There are undoubtedly other bodies in the
ruins, which are still burning.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-08
Slight Odds.
A Little Story with a Large Moral,-One
Man who Knew his own Business.

mo, my dear" said the venerable keeper of
country store to a timid little girl whose hesd
scarcely came up to the counter, mo, my dear,
haven't any red flannel, but we have some first
rate New Orleans molasses - Softly limiting that
she didn't think that would answer the purpose
quite as well, the child went away in search of the
article she wanted.
Have you BEFSoN,S CAPCINE PLASTERS,' -
asked gentleman of certain dreggist whose
name could be given were it desired. Il am trou
bled just now with touch Of my old friend, the
lumbago, and the Benson's Plaster seems to 60
the spot almost as soon as it touches the skin"
Not at present" replied the druggist. genialy
but we have lots of plasters just as good, There
is Alcock's. the Capsicum and others-won't one
of them do just aswell''
My dear SIR" retorted the gentleman, with
slight show of temper. Il say nothing against
those articles, but am a business man. and al
ways ask for precisely what want and for moth
ing else. l may enlighten you, however, when I
say that sometime ago, for another disease,
which the Capcine has since cured me, l tried all
those You mention, with no appreciate benefit.
They are inefficient, every one of them, the mean
est act of the proprietors Of some Of them being
this: that they make plasters with similar sound
ing names to deceive the unwary into believing
thcyare the same thing. Experience taught me
the difference. ill.g0 10 the next man in your line.
Good day"
Be on your guard against limitations. The gen
uinc has the word CAPCINE cut clearly in the
middle of the plaster. All others are impositons.
Seabury & johnson, Chemists, New York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-08
Friday February s. 1884.
TURN OF THE TIDE.
News From the Flood Stricken Ohio
Valley More Hopeful
Pfttsburs Reports the Water Abat.
ing Great Destruction Already
Wrought DestitutiOn and
Relief Measures.

PITTsBURG, Feb. S.-The rivers are reced-
ing here and at all points along the Ale
gheny, but rising slowly at head
waters The Monongahela marks in
dictated thirty-two feet, a fall of six
teen inches since midnight The Ale
gheny is declining less rapidly, with thirty
three feet ten inches, drop of eight inches
from the highest point reached. 1t is believed
the worst is now over, and that the water
will now rapidly decline. Rain fell all night
No accurate figures can yet be given as to
the damage, but the most conservative ad-
mits that 1t will mount up into the millions
a calm review of the situation found between
5000 aud 5000 buildings in the two cities
submerged. and the residences of IS 900 peo-
pie, 10000 of which are not able to occupy
their houses. Fifteen thousand men are tenn
porarily thrown out of employment by the
stoppage of mills and factories
The flooded districts presented a vivid
picture, All night long the police patrolled
the districts in boats, and all the siiitfs in
which the occupants were unable to give a
good account of themselves were taken in, as
it was feared thieves would take advantage
Of the deserted stores and dwellings to pill
lage them.
No gas was burning on the streets, and in
tense darkness prevailed, which was relieved
by an occasional electric light. There were
plenty of deserted residences where the PEG
Tle had fed, but there were just as many who
stayed, Few slept. While they declined
TO seek safety by removing, they
had not courage to sleep while
the danger was imminent. Curtains
were drawn back and out of windows hung
the occupants, who TREMENDOUSLY inquired OF
police patrols as they passed iii boats what the
stage of the water was and if the river was
still rising. Tho gratifying news that the
water was stationary at midnight was re
ceived on all sides with expressions of JOY and
thankfuccsS
The Baltimore & Ohio is running trains,
out they make no effort to arrive and depart
on time The Panhandle road is also run
ming trains, but they are very late. The
Pittsburg & Western, Allegheny Valley,
Pittsburg Fort Wayne & Chicago, and the
Western Pennsylvania roads have not made
any attempt to send trains out.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-08
"WHEN A MANS MARRIED


New YORK, Feb. S.-From private advice.
it is learned that a suit is 10 I've brought at
Washington City against Fred Douglass
The plaintiff is the sister of Mr..
Sprague, who married Mr. Douglass
daughter. Miss Sprague came from the
west twelve years ago to take charge
of Mr.. Douglass household when his wife
was very feeble, and she was engaged at a
salary OF S25 month and her board. When
Mr.. Douglass brought home his white wife
some unpleasant scenes followed, and now
Miss Sprague sues fer nearly 5000 and says
she was only given about $40 a year for
necessary expenses, and had much trouble in
getting that. Col. Ingersoll viii appear for
Mr.. Douglass.
Judge Mackey.o OF South Carolina, who rep
resents the plaintiff, says it will develop
some breezy peculiarities of the colored
Moses aud the contrast between his preach
ing and his practice, as regards the denial of
compensation for labor, the underlying prin-
ciple Of sla very.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-08
Did Foy Kill the Crouch FamiIyy

CHICAGO, Feb, 8.-A dispatch from Jack
son, Mich, abiding to the recent killing of
Shuler by Foy, at Union City, says:
An important point in the tragedy
is --.the fact that the pistol was 49,
calibre. The Ringing point i'll the
coroner's investigation was that the murders
were committed with 3S-calibre revolver.
No such weapon could be discovered. Two
32-calibre revolvers we're found, and
Foy, Judd Crouch and Holcomb all swore
positively that none of them had ever had a
3S-calibre in their possession. Mr.. Reynolds,
of this city, swore he sold Dan.Holcomb 3S-
calibre in June last, but this was denied, and
the prosecuting attorney seemed to place but
little value on the evidence. Foy now shoots
a man and commits suicide with 3S-calibre
revolver The question is: Where did he get
it? And could he have had it without his
home companions knowing Of it.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-08
The Delight of Ladies.

because it enhances their charms tenfold
IS SOZODONT, with which no dcntifrice
can compare. 1t checks premature decay
Of the teeth. completely removing tartar
from their surfaces, interstices and cavi-
ties, whitening them, rendering the gums
healthy and coraline and the breath as
balmy as the odor of flowers, The gritty
and acid properties which render many
tooth powders and washes objectional
are not to be found in Americas favorite
teeth restoratives.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-08
AN ANSWER WANTED.

Can any ore bring US a case of Kidney
or Liver Complaint that the Electric Bitters
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any urinary complaint quickly cured; they
purify the blood, regulate the bowels, and
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-08
FATAL EXPLOSION.
-Four Persons Lose Their Lives
Through a Tremendous Burst Of
Steam

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Feb. S,-The extensive
furniture factory of Crossman s. Kluenter
was destroyed by fire, several people killed,
md many injured. 1t was proba-
bly, ten minutes after the alarm be-
fore the fremen mounted the building.
The roof was of brick, and arched with
iron giriers, but hardly had the firemen put
their ladders up when the power of the steam
inside burst the building with loud explo-
sion. aud sheet of fame some fifty or sixty
feet in width swept out with horrible hiss.
Ladders and men went down beneath the
falling walls, and the men were buried in the
ruins.
The flames that illuminated the scene died
away almost as quick as they had appeared
to those who were watching the progress OF
the fire, leaving all in darkness, with the
woun led lying almost within reach of their
friends. One OF the first taken on.
was Harry K. Kurtz, superintendent
of the Allentown gas-works. When
he was taken out there was almost a panic,
for every one at first supposed him dead. The
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-08
eEECHER Or HIS GHOST7
The Noted Divine Worried Over His
Own Personality. e

Boston, Feb. s--Henry Ward Beecher,
having read long dispatch from New York
in the morning papers to the effect that he
had visited Mrs. Langtry's performance in
that city, writes note saying: "Have 8
double, Or can be at two places at oncei
l thought l spent Tuesday night, February 5
in Boston, and at the Parker house after
7:30 p. N. By your Geographic dis
patch am said to have been at NibIo's gar
den in New York city, listening TO Mrs.
Langtry and conversing with reporters.
am much perplexed to know which of these
two persons was me. Either my identity is
lost and my consciousness Is no longer a re
liable guide, or | was in Boston during the
very time l was listening To Mrs. Langtry
What shall l do! Is some one who looks
like Beecher' passing himself off for me'
suspect so. Can not some one catch him, ex-
anime him in theology, make him preach,
and so detect the rascal
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-08
LINCOLNFS MONUMENT.
The Arch Connecting the Outside
with the Inner Gives Way.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Feb. S.-The custodian
of the Lincoln monument was startled by
loud crash within the monument In
vestigation proved that a large arch
connecting the outside wall on the east
with an inner wall and supporting the
promenade above, had fallen in. The giving
way of this arch has caused the east wall at
the top to project out about six inches for a
distance of fifty feet. Workmen have placed
props underneath the promenade on the east
side to prevent the large stones falling in.
The arch giving way was poorly CON
structed, and was not tied or bolted to the
walls with which it was connected. The out
side wall on the west is also out of place ct
the top, and will have to be rebuilt. The
damape is g 900
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-08
CAUTION.

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Our treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-08

Apply by the finger
into the nostrils. 1t
will be absorbed. eff
fectually cleans in g
the nasal passages of
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-08
France ENuIlinc.

PARIS, Feb S.--The Partisan newspapers
are INDUCING in much sarcasm at the failure
of England's policy III Egypt. The Journal
DIES Debats considers British occupation i'm
peratiye, and urges England to act promptly
to prevent the east from relaps-
ing into barbarism The Republique Fran
caise ironically presumes that England is
strong enough to act alone, otherwise she
would never have assumed the responsibility
of excluding Europe, and especially France,
from participation in the settlement of
ErypHan affairs
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-08
THE ROCK ISLAND ROAD.
Vanderbilt On Its Withdrawal from
the Nortslwestern-As soeiatiOn.

New York, Feb S-W H. Vanderbilt
was asked if he saws announcement that
r. r. Cable, president of the Rock Island
road had given the required thirty days
notice of withdrawal from the Northwestern
Traffic association.
eyes, and do not see that any reason is
given for it. look upon that step as bear
move, [ was surprised that Hugh Riddle
was displaced from the presidency of the
Rock Island road to make room for Mr..
Cable, he change was without the
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-08
The University OF Michigan.

ANN AnBoR, Mich, Feb. o.-IntelliGence
was received here that DR.. Jacob Cooper,
professor of Greek in Rutgers college, had
finally decided to decline the chair of
philosophy in the University of Michi-
gan, which was offered him last sum
mer. The positiaa is the one made vacant by
the death of DR.. b. F. Cocker, in April,
1888. DR.. Cooper was anxious to come to
Michigan, but his relations at New Bruins
wick rendered a removal impraticable at
present. The annual commencement address,
next June, before the graduating class of the
university viii be delivered by Bishop Henry
C. Potter, of New York.