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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-16
GOING .OIsTu AM sn,TTu

- " -sVIsiU MD SOUTH.
~oii" Trains Of ELEGANT Day Coaches and
Pullman Palace ~iecpinr Cars are run daily To
and from -. LOUIS. VIA Hannibal; Quincy,
keukulZ, burlington, Cedar Rapids and Albert
i.cIiU 81. Paul aud Minneapolis; pailor Cars
WiiiI RcrlinIug Chairs to and from 81. Louis
and Peoria. Oaiy one change of cars between
St louIs and Dcs Soincs, Iowa, Lincoln, Ne
bIaska, and Denver Colorado
1t i also tb" only Through Line between
ST. LOUIS, MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAuL.
Il is known rs the great THROUGH CAR
LINE Of America, and is universally admit.
ted 10 he the
Finest Equipped Railroad in the World for
al classes Of Travel.
Through Tickets via this line for sale al all
Il Il. coupon ticket offices in the United States
and Canada.
7. J. POTTER, PERCEVaL LOWELL,
hlte-Pres Gen Manager Gen Pass Agt Chicago
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

Jacob Schaefer. the billiard expert,
appears 10 lie anxious 10 cross cues with
George r. Slosson. lie says that he In willing
to play Slosson two matches each for 81 900
side.
The schooner Charles Valentine,
from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for sydney, Cape
Breton, was wrecked oil the Nova Scotian
coast. The crew, consisting of five men, was
drowned.
During the week there were 300 bust
ness failures in the tnitei states, four less
than the previous week, Int twenty-nine
greater than for the corresponding period OF
1858. RfttStres'& IotaHal in rs commercial
summary TOR the week SAYS: '.The distrihu-
ton vi Merchandise throughout the United
during the past week has been somewh Il in
i'm and the excitement attendant upon the
Ohio election. THIS l. not thought io have had
"A marked effect. aud special dSspatchc. from
leading business center confirm pre- ious
reports that general trade throughout tho
United States is decidedly duh. Al no point
Is much IL ans change looked for prior 10
Ii number al dealers a.. III the opinion that
no r"y is nj need be looked tar uutii February
ar March neat"
Stockholders Of the Metropolitan M.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
FOREIGN.

In London, Lord Montague Paulet,
son Of the Marquis Of Winchester, welded
Miss Ida Revere Foote, daughter Of an Amer
lean raval captain. Queen Victoria pre-
scnted them with a diamond bracelet and
gold breakfast service, and the Prince of
Wales sent Il diamond necklace ana an In
dian shawl.
The vintage Of France this year will
be the best since 1874. The wines are deli.
cate and full Of bloom.
The commander of the German COR
vet Leipzig hoisted the German flag In the
port OF SECURE. on the African coast, recent
~, and placed the surrounding territory I'M
der German protection. The native chiefs
did not protest.
Paul Lacroix, French novelist and
antiquary, has Just died mt Paris.
The authorities ut Liverpool have re-
leased the Hungarian who took dynamite
from Philadelphia, satisfactory explanation
having been made.
Alexander NJ Sullivan, one of the
died In Dublin after rrotracted illness.
One hundred university students mt
Moscow broke the windows OF a newspaper
Office, and were arrested. The Chief of
Police at st. Petersburg has ordered the pro-
prietors of hotels and restaurants to remove
portraits OF the Gar, because OF disrespcct
shown by the public.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
MAN AND WIFE SLAIN.
A Mysterious Murder Ia Missouri.
ISt. Louis dispatch.l

A great excitement prevails near Mar
shall, Saline County. this State. over the
finding of the dead and mutilated bodies of
John Lowry and wife, which We're dis
covered o-,lay. They had evidently been
assassinated on Saturday evening last, rs he
was seen on that afternoon. He was struck
with club and fell dead near his barn as
he came from the field with his working
clothing on The wife was found with her
head split open, lying some seventy feet
from the house. Who committed the
crime isa mystery. Lowry was about 30years
Of age aud his wife %. They had been
married but short time and were fairly
well Ito do farmers. living ON the public
road seven miles from Marshall, in thick
" settled section. The table was spread
for tea, and the wife had evidently begun To
partake Of her supper, She WIS also cruelty
treated. A covered wagon containing two
men spent Friday and portion of Satur-
day near the house, and this is the only
elew nj hand The remains were first dis
covered by Mr.. Lowry's mother and Mrs.
Lowry's sister, who went to pay them Il
visit. Finding the house open and unoc-
cupied, they walked about, with the results
ms above.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

A NuEcrs COUNTY Texan has G,oo0
horses ON his ranch.
Mr.. BLAINE passed through fory-eisht
counties in Ohio, and visited seventy cities.
ROBERT BROWNING, the aged poet. is
said To have decided To visit this country.
MR. SAMUEL ELIOT, son Of President
Eliot, has been appointed a proctor ut liar
ward.
Ben BUTLER was born Nov. 9, 1918, and
he will celebrate his birthday the morning
after election.
JOSEPH pETrlsonN, ofIWashington Ter
riiory, has IA lT-sear-old son who IL over
seven feet tall.
Mrs. JULIA WARD HOWE is to he at the
head Of the woman's department III the New
Orleans Exhibition.
A CURIOSITY ut the American Institute
Fair In New York is bunch Of grapes
weighing xix pounds
THT Hanlon- Beach rowing race OH the
pansmatia River, Sidney. n. \. w, was
Witnessed by IL, 900 people,
THE City Council of Atlanta, Ga, has
passed IN ordinance prohibiting the driving
OF dms teams faster than walk.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
WESTERN.

There We're numerous ARRAYS around
tho polls in Cincinnati, OH election day.
Some of the fights partook of the nature of
pitched battles scores of shots being fired
by the combatants. Two or three men were
Killed and dozen or more wounded
10y the flying bullets. The morning
after the election George Swami and James
Kelly, both colored, quarreled about politi-
cal matters. Kelly stabbed Swami and
Swami shot Kelly, and their wounds are con-
siderei fatal
The bank, opera Lall, and four stores
AT Monticello, Wis, were destroyed by fire,
causing $50, 900 loss, with one.half insurance.
At La Crosse, Wis. Frank A. Burton
was shot dead un Fourth street by a river
man named Nathaniel Mitchell. The assas-
sin bred seven times. the first shot proving
fatal, He was soon placed i'll Jail, about
which thousands of citizens gathered and
demanded him. The doors were forced and
the murderer lynched before midnight. Bur
ton was leading business man, and Presi-
dent OF the Blaine and Logan Club. He
leaves WIFE and three children.
John w. Harrison, of st. Louis, has
been appointed receiver OF the Carbonate
Coal and Coke Company, which owns esten-
siye coal mines In jackson County. Illinois,
and operates ninety miles of railroad In
Guiding capital stock the liabilities Of the
concern are ss5l,n
The WOODEN mills OF Cofnwell Broth
ore, near Ann Arbor, Mich. valued 1T
$4,000, were burned last week. A fire at
Montague, Mich. burned the opera-ho e
and Kpiey's block, the losses aggrepating
$4,000
AT Aberdeen, ID. T., Judge Spence,
who had Just announced himself as IN hide
pendent candidate for the Probate iiench,
met John l.. Drake, OF the Datota Pioneer,
and demanded all apology for n personal at
tack, a. the same time drawing revolver.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
SOUTHERN.

Several oyster-paeking houses, a few
lumber yards, and forty frame structures,
occupied by negroes. were burned nj Girls
field, Md, the loss reaching 500. 600. A lamp
explosion caused the fire, which was famed
by stii breeze.
The town of Banners,ille, Ga, was
entirely destroyed by fire, the loss being est.
mated at $1,000 Details are limited, as
the telegraph Offices are In ruins.
Two months ago, in Franklin County,
Georgia, Leila Burgess and her father were
preparing for church: hui the girl, taking a
long time to arrange her bangs, irritatcd the
old man. who attempted to chasiise her,
when she took up an ax and split his skull.
She has just been sentenced to tho penitcn-
tiary for life.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
EASTERN.

Fire at Wachusett, Mass, damaged
the Snow Paper Mill $4,000. the insurance
being sao.0
Snow fell in various parts of New
Hampshire on the 10th inst.
Marion Jackson and Jack Newburn,
local pugilists, fought prize-hght at Pitts
hurgh, with bare knuckles, for purse Of
$500, resulting In favor of Jackson in the
fifteenth round. Both men were severely
punished.
Frank +. Bean, an ice dealer in
Rockland County, New York, secured iudg-
ment for $4,000 against the West Shore
Road for breach of contract.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
CLIPPINGS.

Nj. REsAs las completed his history OF
the Jewish people.
THE Winchester Arms Company is TO re-
eeise medal af merit from the Siamese
Government.
A RURAL obituary relates that the de-
ceased had accumulated little money aud
ten children.
THE area of the elts If Philadelphia in
129 square miles. The area of the village
Of London IL only l22 square miles.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

tional Bank at Now York have been asked -
permit the concern 10 70 into liquidation.
The bank is sound, but the general feeling
among hnanciers Ii that II Ia losing money.
The railway laborers and whisky
sellers hold sway In Michiplcoton, = Canadian
town on Lake Superior. and arc driving out
the respectable population. They have broken
the jail and let the prisoners escape, and have
killed two constablcs.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
BULLETS FOR TWO.

A Boy shoots Girl Who Laughs at His
Love. and Kills Himself.
Lancaster pa telegram
Lawrence l.. Cauley, of Philadelphia,
aged Il, this evening shot Mamie Benson,
aged IA, of this city, and then shot himself
fatally. The shot fired at the girl made IA
painful but not fatal wound Cauley some
time ago WIS employed III the Lancaster
Watch Factory, where the girl was also en-
ployed. lie fell in love. but left Lancaster
early in June and Went to Philadelphia. He
persisted in sending the girl prot stations
Of affection and also letters threatening to
kill her if she refused to receive his atten-
tions. He returned to Lancaster ten DAYS
aeo and, meeting the girl on the street this
evening shot her. and then himself.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
WASHINGTON.

President Arthur has appointed
Frank Hatton Postmaster General. The
oath was administered by james Lawren-
son. who has performed the same Office Tor
with Postmaster General MycklitIe, OF Ken
lucky, in 1871.
Gen. Benjamin Alvord, L. s. A. (rc-
tired, died last week i'm Washington.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

The editor wrcnchcd tho weapon from the
judges hands, and beat him into inscnsibi-
ity with the butt Of II.
The Coroner's jury on the Mitchell
lynching case at Lacrosse. returned YER
dict that he was hanged by persons unknown
to the jury
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
West Virginia.

An Associated Press dispatch from Wheeling
says: Returns are still very scarce and unsatts-
factory. Chairman Cowden, OF the State Re.
publican Committee, comedies the state to the
Democrats by 5000. ne says the returns
are coming In so slowly he can hardly
form an approximate idea Of the real
status in the State. J. s. Miller. Demo-
cratic State Committeeman in this city,
claims the State by $500. Chairman Leonard,
Democrat, teegraphs from rarkersburg that
the State has gone 10000. Baker. of the Ma
tional Democratic Committee. places II at from
3,o0a 70 5000. Wood County gives Maxwell. he
publican candidate for Governor. l.nou Harri-
son County. Maxwell's hcme. gives $40 majority.
The Republicans have ma ie gains all over the
state, but not enough To overcome the Demo-
cratic MAORI y of four years ago.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
Later Election Returns.

OHIO.
A Columbus Ohio dispatch says: Official re-
turns were received at the Republican head
quarters tonight from Ashtabula and Wood
Counties. these being the last to report, and
they complete the list. The revised figures
give Robinson plurality OF 1l.42l This
shows a Republican gain OF 2s,e53, and a
Democratic gain OF 2,io2 In sistv-six counties
the Republicans made all their gains, and the
Democrats in the rest. The Republican gains
IN the rural districts equal TO their plurality
Chairman Oglevee comedies the election of Ellis
bury, Democrat, in the Eleventh bis riot. The
delegation to Congress will stand eleven Demo-
cratic and ten Republican.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Wheeling telegram says: State Auditor Mil
Ter has Official and unofficial returns and close
estimates from forty two OF the iltty-four coun-
ties, which give Democratic majority for " IL
son OF 1909. The seven counties To hear from
will increase this To 5000. The Register claims
100 for Wilson "a gain over the combined Re-
publican and Greenhack vote Of lss0 Of a7o0.
Chairman Cowden, OF the Republican State
Committee. saws the back counties are showing
heavy Republican gains and predicts less than
5000 for Wilson,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
Still Later Election Figures.

A Columbus telegram says: almost COM
rete returns are in from the official counts of
the County Clerks. From these and reliable
semi official sources the Republican pluralitias
are: For Secretary OF State, f,3ai: supreme
Judge, 1850: Member Of Board Of Public
Works, l7.sTi. The Prohibition vote will be
from 5000 to 10000, and the Greenhack- labor
vote about 2ooo, with total vote Of over 900 900"
WEST VIRGINIA
Wheeling dispatch says; A far as heard
from twenty EIGHT counties In this State give
Democratic maiorties of i2,l33: twenty-five
counties give Republican maiorities of APT;
Democratic majority, 2,ss6 with four counties
To hear from. which NAV increase the Demo-
cratic majority i,2oo. The Democratic plurality
in 1850 was l6. 1856 and 3.leo over Republicans
and Greenbackers. This year the Republicans
and Greenbackers fused. 1t appears. however.
that Democratic Greenbackers. in most coun-
ties went back TO their party. and Republican
GreenhackerS did the same.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

The use ~ the term
~ Ats | sa@~ ~ s,eNs>~ =.
II IA vi h tee ~ Slalato
nam IT a - Al fos,t,
sanssss an ittcA At t,;st
VIA, IL naa,He,l hy tho
travelling pulllls~a Short
i.tae, Quick Time AMI the
Nest ~ Recommendations
slstl by The s,oasest rail.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-04
SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
LAW CARDS.

Manbers or Fort Worth Bar.
DALI & Nice ART, ATToR Rs; nanh A. corner n
IL once over First Natiorai hahA'
nouston and Second Streets
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-04
~. Louis.

Special 10 the Gazette.
ST.. LOUIS. June s,-WnrAr-The feeling
In thu market, local ~ was bcarish, but there
was no great pressure 10 soil transfers light,
and the close was y on from yesterday.
In III corn market the weakness In wheat
Affected corn and declines OF 4 and " were
In order, with sales free,
Provisions were quiet aud unchanged
with n smaller business done than yosicr
day.
Cattle were active and higher grass Texans
2sot5 10; cors led . 0oao 10.
Sheep wgre In liberal supply, within better
f,ellng. Sales of Texans NJ 2 0o9i co.
ST.. LogIs, June s.-.FLouR-dnll and weak.
WuEsT--Iower and slow. No. 2 red O6,t;
cash 1,x June 5k@yu: July a3ls@gl
CoHs-5iN cash. oits@o' June; o1H jury
6ATs-.S1I cash: sil. June: aoss July.
WHfsKY--Hisber at ".
CoHsMEAL~-LoweE2bb
pORE--lg 10 ~,
BULK MEAT--Long clear 3 short IN
BAcor-Long clear \ s5dv W; short ribs II
az is: short clear Sap 57,s
LARD Qn'et, 10.
CATrI Itecei pts 10; exports fDee 10, good
To choce1 O0tB 80; common 10 medium Si0eU
grass Texans 4a5@50o; corn fed Texans o1
et6 ~.
HoGs-R Receipts 5000
Receipts 1,o); natives 2 900, %. TcS
ane . 25ebt0.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-04
TELEGRAPHIC MARKETS.


Nxw York. June s.-Gdecrnmcnts lower.
Railways weak. Texas Pacific nj, or 70 a..
siaic securities dull. Tho share market
opened weak and lower and prices declined
from Y TO ~ per cent. In the afternoon thcrc
were general rcalimtlons and the bears made
attacks on the market, resulting In decline
OF nom y to ~ per cent. Al the close there
was rally OF from Y 10 x per cent. IN some
shares. hut the market left on weak COM
pared with last night, closing prices being 2
per cent lower for Central Pacific. IN for
Louisville & Nashville and Missouri Pacihc.
~ for Omaha and New York Central, iN for
Union Pacific; Reading Is per cent, higher,
other changes less than one per cent. In
consequence ofsuiu by income dealers, tho
Mercantile Trust company to-day were build.
ing and keeping a,ivc coupons OF the Texas
& Pacific eastern ilvision bonds. This course
was adopted to prcveht further legal compil-
cations. The earning, OF the Mexican rclc-
graph company from Januaryl 10 June 10,
| dune cstimntcdl Ia e,sl,Sso. expenses $4,000
Clearing house certincatcs being npidly can'
cc,lea, abou, s,toooco were retired yesterday
which amount wlll be oanc,il led IN twenty
| days,
Transactions $t6soOo.
SEw Nonx, June S,--Money Ssy; prime
| mercantile paper, 500; sterling exchange
exports for the week s., ssi,Np.
| koNps. y
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-04

offices have been paid special atten-
ton to. This branch OF the public ser
vice has been much extended and the
department has been persuaded to
give mail facilities to. places Of much
smaller Importance than has been GUS
tomary in the past to furnish. Every
quarter Of the state has been benefited
but the demand in the department has
been much greater from the growing
counties and towns of the Northwest
section titan elsewhere In this part OF
the state, rs much trouble has been ex-
perienccd in increasing facilities ~
well "a In making entirely new
changes, notably so In the Panhandle.
Texas has more additional facili-
ties than any two other states.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-04
niseral Wells.


Correspondence OF the Gazetts.
MIsERAL WELLS. June Eve had
a meeting here ON Thursday night,
called by the opponents to local option.
There was large attendance. iu-
NOR having spread that Zion" o.
the whiskey party would take the floor.
He failed 10 put In an appearance how
ever, and his place was ably ll'iea a. ~
In favor ~ whiskcy being sold IN
Mineral Wells. He WAS replied q
by DR.. Barber ON behalf OF the local
optionists. Though we may not have
been treated to u vast amount OF logic,
We certainly had lots Of merriment, and
GOOD hunior prevailed throughout
we are TO have another meeting 10
night. At which DIR Barber proposes
to sci forth the benefits OF local option
TO this city from u money point o.
view. a..
A goodIy number Of victims 70 u,
nrbumatiz,' ~ are here. all Of whom,
believe, are improving rapidly.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-04
TERRELL.
Rain In Torrents-Terrell's New Enter
prises-PersOnal Mention.

Special to the Gazette.
TERRELL, June g. Last night
showed some appearance of rain ere
the morning light should dawn. This
morning at daylight rain was falling
slowly; by o'clock 1t seemed that the
flood.gates of the well-filled clouds had
been thrown off the hinges. Steadily
and continually the torrents fell until
after 10 o'clock, when 1t seemed that
the earth was literally covered by a
sheet of water, and there was no final
cessasion until II.
DIR. Conner, who occupied the pulpit
at the Methodist church last Sunday,
departed on the o'clock train o'day.
The doctor was the former pastor OF
that church and was warmly greeted
and gladly entertained by his many
ardent friends of Terrell, among whom
he will ever enjoy right royal well
come.
The Harris hotel is yet without a
tenant.
The Terrell wood works being
erected by J. w. Fender on the site
where the old works were burned last
winter are nearing completion ana
| will soon be in active operation. Inc
destruction of the old works involved
the loss of the owners entire fortune,
but with that energy characteristic OF
a brave heart he has breasted the
storm and will now have In full blast
finer and more ample machinery than
before-an enterprise second to but lie"
in importance In the city.
Another new enterprise OF impor'
lance ID the machine shop and foundry
which Is turning out any kind of east
ings desired in this country
and doing first-class work II
the repairing of even the
finest grade of machinery.
The fact is that the time VIII sooi
come when the echo of numerous
steam whistles will be about the mos
familiar sounds heard In the diiieren
parts of the city. The cotton AM
WOODEN factory Is idle. 1t is true but, II
has too much fine machinery, is to
admirably located and Is susceptible Q
producing too great revenue 10 stah'
Quite a number Of our citizens are y
attendance on district court NJ kau'
man.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-04

0usAND CUSTOMERS AT A. J.
16 Houston street, Fori
Wholesale and retail dealer ~
ammunition, nne pocket cut
Gckle, poles, seins, nets, ETC
"ioss ana best goods guaranteed
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-04
COLLINsyILLE.
The Courts Busily Engaged-E'ii Doors
In the Tolls.

The Courts Bnsily EnRaged-L'" "o0''
In the Tolls.
Special to the Gazette.
CoLLfSsvILLE, June s-festerday
was a very lively day In our Justices
court. Several cases are on HAND Ior
to-day. The first case was agains. y.
q James for violation Of the local
on,ion law. Nearly all the people
here being prohibitionists this case r ex-
cited q great amount Of Interest. Inc
defense brought In . motion lot y
chanee OF venue which was not sui :
famed. They, however. succeeded III
having the case postponed until MOL
day. ~ of,,cers had
IN charge yesterday, charged VIII. Win
narring pop and taking various
,hinrs that don't belong TO him, msue
su, successful break for liberty whiie
Guarded last night. Nothing las Deem
Heard from him yet. 49,.
Messrs. C. l.. Vowel, IN. Adnn a.,
.or and b. l.. Jones, who nave pee.'
attending the Sam Houston no ,.sa
;nssitnte at Huntsville. returned nome :
snndsv eve. The largest crowd tna,
mus ever ut our depot was out 70 nie MY,
them and they gave the boys nearly
greeting.