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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-15

The gentlemen Of Alpena are hereby informed
that will removed all decayed or offensive ma ter
around their premises or from their Vaults, which
have collected during the winter. I will do it in
the night, leaving everything in good condition.
Al orders left on my slate at the Argus Office or
sent by postal will be promptly attended to. COS
ISAAC REEDER.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-15

Showing the queer"-crowding an
eccentric man.--The Judge.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-15

Day and Evening Express daily, Sundays except
ed Night Express daily, Saturdays excepted.
o. w. RUGGLES GA DAVIS,
Gen1 Pass. & Ticket Agt., Local Ag't.,
Chicago, Ill Alger, Mich
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-15

Taking the stump-picking up the
cigar stub.--Boston Post.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-15

If Il turkey is a gobler, is Il young
turkey a goblet Judge
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-15

NOTE PAPER at IS cents per quire at the AR
~ Gus office.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-15
WIT AND HUMOR.

A fire record-thc coal bill.-Bos-
ton Post.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-15

n - - week at home. $500 outfit free. Pay
VEE absolutely sure. No risk Capital not
IN M required. Reader, ii you want business
W. lat which persons Of either sex, > young or
old, make great pay all the time they work. with
certainty, write for particulars 10 H. HALLETr &
Co., Portland, Maine. 6i9y1
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-15

The departure of Irving is wrapped
in Miss-Terry.-Life.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-15

The best ur-in-hand-four aces
st. Paul Herald.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-15

a hre record-the coal blll.-Bos'
ton Post.
The best four-in-hand-four aces.
st. Paul Herald.
The departure of Irving is wrapped
in Miss-Terry.-Life.
Taking the stump-picking up the
cigar stub.--Boston Post.
If n turkey is a gobler, is Il young
turkey goblet Judge
Showing the eer"-crowding an
eccentric man.--The Judge.
Ask Bridget; she can tell you what
a scrub game is,-Boston Post.
Water is musical, we presume, when
the fountains play.-Yonkers States
man.
Astronomical and theatrical mana
gers both discover new stars.-Boston
Star.
Flirts are like fddles-no good
without the beaux.-Waterloo OBJ
server.
A polly-tickle ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
a parrot with straw.-New York
Journal.
Waiter girls may not be Spiritual.
lists, but most of them are table tip
pers.-Boston Star.
The line upon which Belva Lock
wood will conduct her campaign is
the crinoline.-Philadelphia Press.
The girl who is engaged to an Irish
man will never discard him, because
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-05-22
OUR CANDIDATE.

Moline has but one candidate for nom
ination, but the city is practically unani-
nous on that one-W. j. Entrikin for
states attorney. Mr.. Entrikin's friends
are confident of his nomination and we'll
may they be, but we hope they will not
depend on its doing itself. Everyone who
feels an interest in seeing Mr., Entrikin
nominated and elected, should pay as
much personal attention to that end, as
though he had the strongest opposition,
and recollect that the strongest case can
go by default. Moline Dispatch.
Bro. Entrikin may be good man, and
all that, but in point of downright good
ness, sound sense, man who is a joy to
his race, at all times and under all circum-
stances, he cannot hold candle to our
dearly beloved and very much esteemed
friend, States Attorney Ed Guyer. We
have known Ed for long time and we
know him to be soul whose blood is
warm with the milk of human kindness,
and flows through his veins in one peren-
nial stream. Guyer is just the man for the
republicans to nominate. He belongs 10
the county seat. When the farmers, or
anybody who comes to town to see the
states attorney. they can find him in a
city. But should Mr.. Entrikin be nomin
ated, and by chance be elected, everybody
who wanted to do any business with the
states attorney would have to go up to
the bucolic village of Moline. Guyer is
the man for the republicans to nominate,
and in fact he is the only man that can
come anywhere near being elected. We
don't say he can be elected. for we think
he won't. The Hon Patrick O'Mara says
he is gong to be elected states attorney,
and as his motto is never get left, We
think he Is the coming man.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-05-22
DISCRIMINATION IN RATES.
opinion of the Attorney General OF
Illinois ON the subject.

opinion of the Attorney General of
Illinois ON the subject.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, May 22-The attorney
:eneral has rendered decision important to
Ahe board Of railroad and warehouse commits
sioners on the subject Of certain admitted acts
on the part Of the Illinois Central Railroad
company in violating the law relating to rates
of Transportation. The acts of violation admit
ted by the railroad company are in charging
a greater rate to Kankakee, fifty-six miles
from Chicago, than to Mattoon, 172 miles
iistant, on fourth class freight. The COM
pany gave as a reason for such discrimination
that 1t was to meet competition by other
roads at Mattoon that the lesser rate
was made for the greater distance. The
attorney general decides that it is unjust dis
elimination, in direct violation of the law,
and that the company is liable to prosecu-
tion by the board He decides that it is
not the province of the commission to
take into consideration the question
of competition, as that question properly
rests with the law-making power, and
not with the courts In answer to the ques-
ton: "If the enforcement of the law would
compel the companies to relinQuish business
at all competingboints, what remedy, if any,
does the law afford the companys" He says
the enforcement Of the law would give all
railroads at competing points the same privi-
leges they have at tnon-competing points; but,
should injury result, then the company in
jured has recodrse by enforcing the Law
against its competitor.
The board decided to commence proceed
ings against the Illinois Central road for un.
Just discrimination
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-05-22

unat she could carry on no correspondence
without his knowledge.
"She was without means nearly all the
time she was here, and when she finally left,
on the 9th of March, she was indebted to the
house $1,000 1t was long time before
could make up my mind to tell her she could
not stay longer without settling, but, al
though really had no fear of losing the bill,
considering the position of her husband, l
thought it imprudent to let it go on. kept
her baggage, which was included in three
trunks, as security for the amount, as she
said she had only to go to her lawyer in New
York to raise the money. She went from
here to some place in Wisconsin, and
l presume, after a short sojourn there, pro-
ceeded to New York On May 9, MIR. Olcott.
of the law firm of Olcott, Mestre & Gonzalez
New York, arrived in Chicago, bearing a
letter from one Salvador Malo, who instructed
us to deliver the madam's trunks to Mr..
Olcott on payment of the bill due us. The
bill was paid and the trunks delivered to Mr.
Olcott, who took them away. l don't know
what became of them or him. | presume
the firm of which he was a member
were the attorneys of Gen. Gonzalez,
and that he and his wife were playing at a
game of cross purposes, for the lady shortly
afterward wrote me from New York, telling
me where to send her trunks. l explained
the situation by return of mail, and then had
letter from her lawyers, Coudert Bros,
which was of slightly threatening nature.
have heard nothing from any of the parties
since, and that is all l know about it. If
Nine. Gonzalez returned to Chicago to lool,
after her trunks, as she says in her letter that
she did, did not see her,"
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-05-22

DUBLIN, May 22-Earl Spencer, lord
lieutenant for Ireland, has arrived in this
city from London. He reached the city some
hours ahead of the time appointed, and con
sequently there were no dragons, guards of
any description, nor even single detective
officer to meet him. Lord Spencer quietly
secured carriage and drove from the land
ing place to the castle, a distance
Of three miles, without escort Al
though repeatedly recognized by passers-by
while on his way to the castle not single
insult was offered him. The peaceful and re-
spectful manner in which the noble earl was
greeted by the citizens of Dublin while pass
ing through the various streets, goes far
toward exploding the stories of Fenian plots
to assassinate members of the government,
especially the story recently published that
Lord Spencer had been called to England to
attend cabinet conference on Irish affairs
and an alleged Fenian plot to murder Sir
William Harcourt, Mr.. Gladstone, Mr..
Trevylan chief secretary of Irelandl, and
Earl Spencer.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-05-22
Cougrc,xtonaI procee,,,ug~.

WASHINGTON CRY, May R-In the SEN
ate Harrison presented a petition, numer-
ously signed, from West, claiming that Pc
titions against the government control of
telegraph lines are gotten up by telegraph
companies, and do not represent
the sentiment of the people on the
subject. The resolution offered by Sla-
ter requesting the president to furnish in
formation by what authority commissioners
have been appointed to examine and report
npon the section of the Northern Pacific, con-
structed and completed subsequent to the
time within which the road was required to
be completed, was sent to the COM
mittee on judiciary. The senate then
proceeded to dispose of bills on
the calendar for the erection of public build
ings, and passed those for erecting such
buildings nati Jacksonville, Fla; Vicksburg,
Miss; Chattanooga, Tenn; Opelousa, La. !;
Troy, N Y; Sacramento Cal. Portland,
Ore; Asherville, N. c.; Saratoga Springs,
N. Y; Dayton, O., and Springfield, o.
In the house, as soon as the journal was
read, consideration was resumed of the Eng
lish-Peele contested election case from the
Seventh district of Indiana. Browne re-
sumed his remarks in opposition to the reso-
luton awarding the seat to English.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-05-22
WIFE TO A PRESIDENT
But Her Baggage Detained by 9
Chicago Hotel Man.
The Adventures of Madame Gonzalez,
Wife of the Mexican Ex.Presi.
dcnt-What the Hotel
Man Says.

E CHICAGO, May GA few days ago let
ter was received in this city from Madame
Gonzalez, wife of 4ex- President Gonzalez, Of
Mexico, in which she complained of certain
newspaper reports about her conduct while
in the United States last year, denying GER
tain of them and referring the person ad-
dressed to the proprietors of the Commercial
hotel as to some of them.
Mr.. Charles Dabb, one of the proprietors
of the hostelry In question, was asked what
he knew of Mime. Gonzales and the circuns-
stances of her sojourn in this city. On be-
ing shown the letter Mr.. Dabb smiled, and
thought the lady had permitted certain facts
to slip her memory in making the unqual-
fed statement that her only stopping points
in the United States had been Chicago and
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-05-22
Sporting News,

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 22-Following are
the events of the fifth day of the spring meet
ing: First race-& mile; won by Tabitaa
in l:171S; Impromptu, second; Vallisea,
third.
Second race, mile heats, the Tobacco stake;
Mark DAILY won in two straight heats; Gui-
tar, second; Venture, third. Time, 1:4615
lao
Third race, e miles, the Owners Handi-
cap, Princes, first; Force, second.
BALTIMORE, May 22-Second days racing
at Pimlico resulted: First race, mile, not
filled. Second race, l mile; Venue sweep
stakes; Knight of Ellersle first, Chanticleer
second, Emma third Time, / As.
Third Race. ~ miles, selling; Mordaunt,
first; Poionia, second; Compensation, third.
Time 200.
Fourth race, mile heats; War Eagle won
in two straight heats: Joe Mitchell, second
Bessie, third. Time, 1:4515, las.
b Fifth Race, T mile; Pashaw, first; Patap-
SEQ, second. Bully, third Time, 1:S41x.
~ BASE BALL.
The following league games are reported
At Cleveland-Cl Cleveland, 2; Chicago, /. AT
Buffalo-Buffalo l2; Detroit, s. At New
York-New York, 0; Providence, s. Al
Philadelphia-P Philadelphia, L; Boston,S
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-05-22
Issue of Bonds by the C. e. &E. Il.

CHICAGO, May pa special meeting of
the shareholders of the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois Railroad company was held in this
city at the companys office Out of so, 900
shares of stock 27,7s9 shares were repre-
sented. The proposition to borrow the
sum of Sc, 900, 600, and to issue correspond
ing amount of & per cent mortgage bonds
for the purpose of paving the company's in
debtedrress and of finishing, improving, ex-
tending, and operating its railroad lines, was
adopted by a unanimous vote. The new
bonds will date from June =, when the reso-
luton adopted will go into effect This move
on the part of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
road is considered most fortunate and inn
portant one for the company, as it will tend
to benefit it in variety Of ways.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-05-22
WHY 1T TT

The ARGUS reporter has been repeatedly
asked the question, why has Officers
Meenan and Behan been discharged from
the police force, and men ofless efficiency
retained?" The question is not one that
is easily solved, and we are free to con"
fess that it looks somewhat strange. 1t
has been stated, however, that Officers
Meenan and Behan were removed from
the fact that they were the latest addi-
tions to the police force. This seems to
be very poor reason, indeed, What
matter is it how long man has served, if
he is competent, and performs his duty in
faithful manner? Is not the efficiency
of an officer considered? 1t seems not A
mans merits for the position should
decide whether he be retained or not,
rather than the length of time he has
served. Because faithful and compe-
tent officer has been employed a shorter
time than an unreliable person. the former
is discharged and the latter still employed
This is not right, and is an injustice that
should be righted And if the question
of time is alone to be considered, we hold
that there is another man that should be
discharged before either Officers Meenan
and Behan When an officer is suspended
for dereliction of duty-and there was
such case not long since-he should be
preceded by men who have not unslrped
the trust placed in them, and if there are
any vacancies to be declared on the force,
his case should be considered before all
nthprs
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-05-22
Luther Statue Unveiled.

WASHINGTON CITY, May 22-The cere-
monies incidental to the dedication of the
Luther statue, which stands in front of the
Memorial Lutheran church, were concluded
Wednesday afternoon, when the statue was
formally unveiled The exercises took
place on a platform built about
pedestal which covered the entire park in
front of the church, and when the exercises
began the ], 200 seats were well filed, and
many spectators we're standing on the walks
and streets. A blue cord was suspended at
one side, and was connected with the Amer
lean flag, which concealed the statue
from view. After appropriate exercises the
cord attached to the flag covering the statue
was pulled, and as the drapery fell, disclos-
ing the face Of the great reformer, the band
rendered Luther's famous battle hymn The
ceremonies were brought to close with the
benediction, pronounced by the Rev. DIR.
Albert, of Philadelphia.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-05-22
.
FLOUR.
THE MARKETS.
CHICAGO. Nav 81,

... SbfCAGO, may 6l.
Allan. Mcintyre & Co.'s circular of this
evening says: The markets on the board of
trade to-day were very strong. Whsat-June
opened S9ssc. closed 81 4; July opened Gle.
closed $3.50. Corn-June opened 55c;
closed Soc; July opened 56S4c, closed 5714e
Pork--July opened SIS TO- closed $lS.75.
Lard-July opened ss271Sc. closed 1886.
Live SJock-The Union stock yards reports
the following range OF prices: Hogs
Market rather quiet, and not much better
than weak; shippers were the principal buy
ers early, with packers holding off prices
5@10c lower; light grades. $4.90@5.5 so;
rough packing, $5,00@5 40; heavy
packing and shipping lots, 5.45@5. 90,
Cattle-Market strong; exports, 20. 5O@6.75;
good to choice shipping, s6.OO@6 50; COM
mon to fair. S. 100000; butchers. $300Q
$50; stoclfers and feeders, $3.75@5.25. Sheep
Market very dull common to fair, 81. 50@
400; good to choice, s450@600. ~
Produce: Butter-Firm; good to fine cream
cry, lStG22c: good dairy, A@l6c; fair to best
packing, 7@9e. Eggs-Doing better; fair to
best counts, northern, 13@14c. Potat oes-
Old stock, slow; poor to best, 2o&35c; new,
doing better; s.. 5084.00 per brl. Strawber-
ries--Prices lower on account of heavy re-
ceipts; good to choice Tennessee, $292. 25 per
24quart case; fair to fine Illinois, S2Q2f5.
New York.
New YORK, May 81.
Wheat-14@s4c higher, and firm, with a
moderate speculative business; No / white
nominaI No. 2 red June, $l02@l 02%;
July, $l.04A @l.05; August, $l.04A A@l .04T !;
September, Sl.05A al .05S; October, sl.06A ;
No. 2 spring June, 95@951c. Corn-A@1c
higher; mixed western spot, 5S@6SAc;
ern, 31@45c Proyisions-Beef unchanged.
Pork quiet; new mess, SITS; old, SIT.
Lard stronger; steam, s. 421S. ....a
| 81. Louis.
D. ST. LOUIS. May 81
Wheat Higher; only moderate trading
No. 2 red Sl.10A@1lI cash; ST. l12@125S,
| May; Si07@L osss4, June; 94JJss Geg5Jsc, July /;
921I @93c, August; 9lA@92c, year, closing
at outside. figures; No. 8 red, sl.0,A bid
Rye-Quiet; 6i@62e bid Barley-Quiet;
| 60@S0e. Whisky-Steady; $l.1l. Provisions
Pork quiet; jobbing, $l6.75; bulk meat,
| dull, $80o@S 10; short ribs, $50; short
clear, S. as; bacon firm; long clear and short
| ribs, SS.T5; short clear, 50. .0i1S@ l215 Lard
Nominal.
Toledo.
| .., TOLEDO, May 81
! Theat-Fir1ner and dull; No. 9 red
94@9Gc: May, nominally 94c: June, 9519e:
July, 81 7lac; August, 961c: No, 2 soft $L03
| @l.lOk No. red, s7@9Oc, Corn-Dull but
| steady; hlgh mixed, o9c, NO. casn OF may,
571Sc; June Sic; July, 5sc; August, 5sc;
rejected. 56@57c; no grade, Sc Oats
| Quiet but steady; No. 2 white, SOC; No.
cash or May, 35e, June. 36c; rejected, SS14c.
| Milwaukee.
| MILWAUKEE, May 81
| Wheat-Stronger; No. 2 and May, 91Ac;
June, 92c; July, 94e. CorB-Scaree; No 2,
| SEC; rejected 54c. Oats-Dull, No. !
/ delivered. Sc: No white, 37@3Se. Rye
Buoyant: No. l, G6Ac; No. Q, Gle. Barley
Dull and easier; no. O. 6s1sc; extra No q
6s4c.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-05-22
Did Vanderbilt DO Ita

LONDON, May 22.-Mr Vanderbilt's fel-
low passengers on the Baltic who came up to
London on the train with him have a wild
theory that hs engineered the whole panic,
and timed his departure from New York
very skillfully SO that his hand might not
be seen in the transaction. In support of
this theory, they say he. received a deiuge
of kilograms at Queenstown, and that he
smiled very significantly as be read ths
dispatches The messages and the news
they contained had apparently been expected
by Mr.. Vanderbilt, and the ones that seemed
to cause the most satisfaction, it is declared,
were those announcing the tumult in Lake
Shore. This fact and the recent heavy pur-
chases of Lake Shore and other Vanderbilt
shares in London have led to the belief that
many of these purchases were made for the
Vanderbilts' account, and in pursuance of
orders cabled by him to London brokers be-
fore his departure from New York.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-05-22
ANOTHER WRECK.
Failure of the Pennsylvania Bank OF
Pittsburg.
More Reckless Management Alleged
-The situation on Wall Street.
Apprehensfons of Further
Trouble TO Come.

PITTsBURG, May 22-The Pennsylvania
bank, William n Riddell, president, has
closed its doors, owing to steady run during
the past two days, for the protection of de-
positors and creditors. Riddell refuses to
make any statement OF be interviewed until
matters have been further investigated
The Pennsylvania bank was particularly an
oil bank, carrying the bulk OF certificate
loans in this city. The oil exchanges are
paralyzed and doing nothing VIII atever. A
run has started on the other oil banks in the
CITY,
William N. Riddle, the president, got up
from his sick-bed, having been prostrated by
hemorrhages. He made the following state
ment: Il have nothing to say in detail now,
but am here to face the music and do my duty.
Owing to unfounded reports circulated by
interested and malicious persons, there has
been a run on us for several days past, and
our deposits have decreased from $500, 600 to
$700, 600 in five days. We therefore deem it
time to take the action now done Further
have nothing to say, except that am in
dividually the largest loser, having the
largest deposit and largest amount of stock
in the bank"
1t Is said that rumors were set afioat by
interested parties that the Pennsylvania bank
and two other banks had been allowing OIL
brokers to overdraw their accounts and the
result was the run One of the stockholders
of the Pennsylvania bank says the suspended
institution is entirely solvent and Will pay
every dollar of debt or on deposit.
PIrTsBURG, May q. The directors of the
Pennsylvania bank ara now in session. Re-
porters are not admitted, but are informed
that as soon as the directors meeting is over
details of the session will be given
the press 1t is ascertained that oil
speculations were the cause Of the failure,
and that the assets of the bank will be small
as compared with the liabilities The ex-
citement in commercial and financial circles
is momentarily increasing, and the oil trade
is particularly nervous. The bank was one
of the largest in the city, and doing an i'm
mense business.
William E. Schmertz, president of the
Third National, says he Ind seen the balance
sheets of the Pennsylvania bank and thought
they would be able to pay all debts, and that
it was solvent. The other banks he regarded
as strong enough to stand the crisis. They
would stand by each other as they did in
New York. Mr.. Schmsrtz reflects the views
of large number Of the most prominent
bankers in regard to the solvency of the
suspended Institution.
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-05-22

nent of the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany for the year ended December 81, 1888,
shows gross revenues of SIS, ,57l ,476; ex-
penses, including all expenses of operat-
ing maintenance, reconstruction, taxes,
rent of leased lines, ETC., sl2, ,92s, 1858. net
profits, Sc, ,642, ,513, from which has been paid
four quarterly dividends of ~ pr ct each, S.
99,125; interest on bonded debt s4s6, ,247;
sinking fund appropriation, $40, ,094; surplus
for the year, S577,0 The earnings of the
first four months of the present year are
greater than for the corresponding months
Of last wear "a
The Rock Island Argus., 1884-05-22
NEVER GIVE UP.

If you are suffering with low and de-
pressed spirits, loss of appetite, general
debility, disordered blood, weak con-
stitution, headache, or any disease of a
bilious nature, by all means procure a
hottie of Electric Bitters. You will be
surprised to; see the rapid improvement
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with new life; strength and activity will
return; pain and misery will cease, and
henceforth you will rejoice in the praise
of Electric Bltters. Sold at fifty cents a
bottle by Hartz s. Bahnsen.