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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
SHOT DEAD BY HIS SON.
A Drunken Quarrel Which Ends In
Parricide.


UNIoNTowN, Pa, Feb. 12i-At North
Union township, three miles east of here,
Alphens Wilson. aged go, was shot and
kiilel by his son Frank. The two were
drinking together ana had a quarrel, which
ended in the fathers ordering Frank to leave
home. The latter complied, but il ten
minutes returned and called his father out
side. The old man started for the door, but
before be could reach it Frank drew O re-
volver aud shot him dead. The parricide
then went to the house of Dennis Springer, a
short distance away, where he remained ell
day, threatening to kill any one who at
tempted to arrest him. Sheriff Sterling and
two constables went to Springer's, and after
some little trouble. captured the murderer,
but not before he attempted to shoot the off
GERS. On the way to the Jail he passed his
fathers house His mother came out to see
him, and he told her that he intended killing
the old man. He was intoxicated when the
deed was dona, but that made no difference
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
shawneetewn.

SHAwNEETowN,. III, Feb 12.-This town
is entirely cut Off from the railroads. The
river.is rising steadily. Nearly one thousand
men ara. working at tina leyees, hoping to
keep the town from being submerged. The
levees will not stand three feet more water
All the Kentucky bottom farms are mum
dated, and the farmers are begging boats to
save their stock and corn
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
speck OF War ON the Border.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. IA raid OF
Mexicans across the border at Eagle Pass ia
anticipated. Rangers and United States
troops have been telegraphed for. The Mex
leans want two men accused Of numbering
Mandel Radejenz wealthy citizen of Tara
gosa, whom the Americans refuse to give up
without extradition proceedings
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
Information Wanted,

WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. l2 Senator Van
Wyck introduced a resolution instructing
the committee on postoffices and post roads
to inquire whether any proposals have been
made TO the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph
company looking towards consolidation of
the company with the Western Union Tele-
graph company. The resolution wal
agreed TO
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
A SENSIBLE NAN WouLp USE

kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs.
1t is curing more cases of coughs, colds,
asthma. bronchitis, Group, and all throat
and lung troubles, than any other med
lcine. The proprietor has authorized o.
Grotjan to refund your money If, after
taking three-fourths of bottle, relief is
not obtained Price so cents and 81.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
A Call for,Aid.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Feb. 1s--An appeal
for help came from Point Pleasant and other
towns on the Kanawha river, whersupon the
city council donated $500 cash, and the cit
izenssl 600 in money and provisions, The
government boat Bee leaves at Q p m,
loaded with provisions. The steamer John
D. Lewis will follow loaded with provisions.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
fsallfD0Iia'

GALLTPoLIs, Ohio, Feb l2-The river has
risen eight inches in the last twelve hours,
aud is rising half an inch an hour Rain fell
all night, and the indications are that more
will fall. The river has fallen five feet at
Belpre, twelve miles below Marietta. Teie-
graph communication with all up-river
towns, except GaIiipofis, Ripley and Mays
vile. is still interrupted
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
Christians lEassacrea.

PARIS, Feb IA dispatch from Hong
Kong states that 300 Christian catechists
have been mass acred in AMMAN.
La Monde publishes a dispatch, appealing
for belp, from the French bishop in Tonquin,
and ste ting that priest and twentv-two
catechists and 2lt Christians had been ma
sacred and l0S mission houses had Been de-
stroyed
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
Disastrous Fire.

ERIE, Pa, Feb IA fire at Albion, in
this county, destroyed the postofiice, the Odd
Fellows hall, the town ball. and the large
general store of Ira Harrington. The loss on
the postoffice is nominal on the Odd Fellows
hall, So, 600; town hall, $1,000 Harringtons
store, everything gone, loss SI2, 600 Total
insurance SIS, 900 Cause of fire unknown.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
Along the Nile,

LONDON, Feb 13.-The government is be-
coming convinced of the danger Of allowing
black troops to guard Red Seapoints, or in
fact, in using them outside of Egypt proper,
and has ordered an additional force of
marines sent Immediately to Egypt to take
the place of the mutinous blacks at Sualzim,
who will be sent to Cairo Considerable com
plant is made by English officers in Egypt
about the recent action of the Egyptian
government in stopping the enroll
ment of Europeans and releasing
those who had enlisted from their engage
ment and enrolling blacks in spite of the
latter's representations and forcing them into
the army. Many European volunteers, men
of families, are in starving condition. while
the blacks refused S1A bounty and three
months advance to enroll, hiding themselves
for fear Of CONSUMPTION
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12

The timely possession of couple. of
bottles of A Athlophoros enabled Rev ]
Seminar. St Paris, Campaign Co.. Ohio,
to do quite a work as Good Samaritan in
his neighborhood. He writes respecting
it; 'Athlophoros has proved highly
satisfactory to me. Ore lady who was
confined to her bed WITH Rheumatism was
relieved in twentyfour h,urs after begin
ming to take it. and has rot had a return
ofthe disease. Numerous INQUIRIES have
been made Of me for the remedy. :"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. l2-The river is
rising half an inch per hour, and is now forty
one feet, by the canal mark It rained all
night and is still raining. It is expected that
the food of 1888 will be equaled, if not sur
passed Great excitement prevails
The river rose five inches. and at noon was
rising three quarters of an inch an hour, with
forty one feet in the canal, within three feet
of last years highest point. A food sufferer,
named Adam Fink, poisoned himself and
viii probably die. His rash act was caused
by loss of property.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12

MLwUKEE, Feb. 70 The Piatteville bank,
at Platteville, Grant county, Wis, owned
principally by Isaac Hodge, closed its doors
at a late hour Saturday afternoon. Tho
liabilities are about $4,000 and the assets
$4,000. The collapse has created great ex
element in the little town, as many people
lost everything in the world they owned.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
Raxiff ana Gar,,an

LONDON, Feb. l2.-Michael Davitt, liz
speaking at Glasgow, denied the assertion Of
the paper United Ireland, that Irishmen
would rejoice at the death of Gen. Gordon.
Gen. Gordon, he asserts, sympathizes with
the Irish national movement.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
United States Minister Hunt is seri-
ouslv Ill at St Petersburg
Caught on Young.


aSee here, you boy, did not pay you %
cents to shovel the snow off my pavementf"
aYes'm." "Well, what did you mean by
taking the money and then going off without
doing itf7 "The snow is all off, isn't itN
"Yes, but it melted off" That's all right.
knew it would melt after awhile if left
alone I'm street contractor. ann
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12

WASHINGTON CRY, Feb 12-The house
committee on appropriations, at its meeting
agreed to report bill for the immediate
appropriation of $500, 900 for the sufferers by
the floods along the Ohio river and its tribu-
taries. The bill will be reported to the
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12

PARIS, Feb. 12-The Figaro states that
Ell Mabdi's troops have taken Saukeit a
town near Kassola, and Ravina, small
seaport north Of Suakim. An English gun
boat has been despatched to shell Ravina.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12

Wendell Phillips Memorial Service.
BOSTON, Feb. 12,-The executive commit
tee of the New England and Massachusetts,
Woman Suffrage association have called
Wendell Phillips memorial service in tbs
Meiona. on February o.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
What ts0raon Offer.

LONDON, Feb. 12-The Standards Cairo
dispatch says that Gen Gordon will proba
bly, offer to yield all the territory of the
Soudan southwest of Khartoum, provided
the garrisons of the forfeited positions are
allowed to pass out of the country unmo-
leStad
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
BetDre, Chic.

BELPRE, Ohio, Feb. 12-AIi the houses
here are submerged except fifty Two bust
ness blocks, one mill and twenty dwellings
have been swept away. Great. restitution
nrevailS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
The Less of the steamer Noting
FsE!l

NEW YORK, Feb l"-The agents of the
steamer Noting Hill, lost at sea by collision
with an iceberg, state that the steamer con
tanned merct .ndise valued at $l50,00O The
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12

WAusAU, Wis, Feb. i2-The county Jail
was burned at an early hour. Mike Melon
aid ana Ed Cary, both desperadoes, who
were confined in the jail, were burned to
death.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
Death OF an Editor.

LONDON, Feb. l2,--Thomas Cheneiy, editoi
Of The Times since since 1877, and distin.
guished as an oriental scholar, is head.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
The first week Of the strike at Fall
Death Of Editor EAinseIla.

NgEItH W1 FsWTNUT EAKWAFIAH.
BROOKLYN, N, Y, Feb. l2.--Thomas Kin
sella, late editor of The Brooklyn Eagle, is
dead at his residence in Clinton street.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12

FORTRESS MONROE. Va, Feb 12-Mrs.
Gen Trevino, daughter of the late Gen. Ord,
died at the residence of bar mother
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12

nal court, States Attorney Wallace dis
missed the case against Frank James and
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12
sRICE ONLY SIS.

/. 2 OF i gH .
Iodide of Potassium Is one of the strongest OF
the minerals used in medicine and has produced
much suffering in the world, Taken for long
time and in large doses. it dries up the gastric
juices. impairs digestion. the stomoch refuses
food and the patient declines in health and weight
Persons with Blood Oh Skin diseases should be
careful how thew take these mneral poisons, as In
most instances the effect OF them is to almost per
manently impair the constitution. To take the
place of these poisons offer you a safe, sure,
prompt and permanent relief from your troubles
swift's Specific Is entirely vegetable prepara
tion, and il is easy to convince you of its merit.
have cnred permanently Blood faint in the
third generation by the OF Swift's Specific at
ter had most signally failed with Mercury and
Potash. F. A. TooMKR NJ. D.. Perry Ga
young man requests me to thank you for his
cure of blood poison by the use Of your Specific
after ell other treatment had failed.
Jos. JAcoBs, Druggist, Athens. Ga
Our treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free 10 applicants
THE SWIFT sPEcIFfCsC co
Il Drawer 5, Atlanta. ga
New York Office, 1859, West sd st. augl5-dly
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12

skipper Nesbitt, the squattsr," liv-
ing on the peninsula at Erie Pa, was ar
rested Saturday for oatraging one of his
daughters, using an ak to intimidate her.
Another daughter, to avoid her fathers
incestuous advances, jumped from second
story window, and unde4, cover of the night
espaDe1
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-12

Trouble is apprehendei at Eagle
Pass, Tex, the hexicans claiming that the
recently captured train robbers murdered
Mexican citizen, and raid is threatened for
their capture. The United States authorities
have made preparations to repel the invaders
should they cross the line
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The answer OF Mr. W. W. Coreoran was filed I'm
the Bodgett case to-day 10y his solicitor. c. VI. Mat
thevS, esq. The answer denies that Lorin Blodgett
has any estate ia the premises sued for thai the
agreement Under which he acts which is merely a
power OF attorney is signed 10y the heirs OF Samuel
Bodgett. That Thos. B. Lincoln, OF Cecil county,
Md, an heir, does not sign it; that the agreement
Is defective Ia form. and that OF the heirs OF
bOdgett have conveyed their estate TO Others. The
property now held by Mr. c. is claimed under sales
made under DEGREES dated 4th October. 1885, and 81 n
November. 1873. in cases in which Blodgett was Il
party. and served with process. and lii which his
rights We're tuIiy concluded. which sales Were fully
ratified by tie during the lift me OF Blodrett
or While he was represented by counsel The ,H!e
or Mr.. c. is fully set out IN tne answer. ana the
right OF the plaintiff TO recovery is denied because
the bill Is mutlfariouS because OF The non joinder
OF necessary parties: because IL Is in effect an
action OF eectInent: because the procetdn-S under
the DEGREES of sale are regular and the titles de-
rived hereunder good: and because the right OF
action accrued, II at all TO BiodEett and his heirs
79 and SO years ago. no explanation having been
given for such delay In assertion OF such rights,
anC no fraud or concealment being alleged against
the defendants in the premises Eight exhibits
company the bill
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District Government Affairs.
MISCELLANEOUS.

Cartwright & johnson cali attention TO the bad
condition OF the pavement on 29th street. east side,
from the canal TO the distance OF 2S6 feet.
W. T. Bright ct al. petition that the alley In
square 800 be cleaned 10y the worhhouSe gang.
LIQUOR LICENSES
The Commissioners have approved liquor licenses
as follows: Paris ID. Clark, IL. A. Hudson and T..
Hoffman
BUILDING PERMITS
have been issued by Inspector Entwsle as follows:
HOnora Chambers, erect a two-StoTy and cellar
dwelling, street, between 9Th and sth streets
southeast: s., 500 ". +. Farr. erect two-story
and basement dwelling. southwest corner Gay and
Montgomery streets; s2.2O0. ThoS Collins, erect a
private stable, rear OF 81 street northeast: S200
Fowler Bro, repair frame, Harrison street niOn-
town, ID. c. SlU0. J. II. UpShur, erect three-story
and basement dwelling. Rhode Island avenue. be-
tween l4th and 18th str cts northwest; slS0N. T..
f. jackson Co., repair brick east SIDE OF l3I street.
between Ohio avenue and Il street: 5000 j. X.
SquireS, repair brick southwest corner or 4th and
n streets northwest; SlO0 o. Durour. repair brick
1916 14th street northwest: S400. John r. Ogle,
repair frame east side Frederick between 5th and
9th streets, West Washington 1900. Louis Smidt,
repair brick 37 18th street, between and streets
$500
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BE Is CHANGED WITH FRAUDULENT PRACTICES.
The receiver OF the Indiana Banking company,
John C. S. Harrison, brought suit on Saturday
against John c. New, proprietor OF the indianapolis
Journal and ex-Assistant Secretary OF the Treas
ury. charging him with fraud In the sale and trans
fer OF q large amount OF bank stock several years
ago. He demands 600 damages for the benefit
OF the creditors In the complaint it is charged
that New and John &. Wright, local capitalist,
who is made a co-defendant, sold $23S.50 worth OF
stock OF the Old First National bank Ia the Indiana
Banking company on February 81, 1873. and were
paid at the rate OF $l.65, when. alleged. the ac
tual value OF the stock but 50 cents on the dol
lar. IL is said that the representations made by
New ana Wright TO enhance the value or the stock
were that the First National bank at that time
owned SS5O.0OO OF valuable assets over and above
all its Just debts and had, BESIDES $200000 in bank
The facts alleged were that a large part OF the
assets consisted OF valueess paper, $l200 OF which
was few weeks afterward ordered 10y the govern
ment bank examiner TO be charged out as worth
less The defense Will, II is understood, plead the
statute OF limitations ON the ground that TWO days
more than the six years allowed by law have
elapsed since the transaction complained OF
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Manitoba Indians lntimidate the
Police.

WINNIPEG, NAN, Feb 25-The rlmors OF n fight
between the police and Indians al Crooked Lake
prove To have been unTouniel. The report grew
out or the fact that early Saturday morning
twenty policemen under Col Herchiner started fof
the cabin or the Indians. thirteen miles north OF
Qu Appelle river. where yellow Calf's band N
st,vcnty-nye braves are holding sway. Nhet
within two rods OF their stronghold the Indians
came swarming out. iOursh1ng their guns and re-
FUSED To allow the police Ia approach nearer. Col
Herchmer demonstrated with the chief, but yellow
Calf peremptorily declined Ia give up any OF his
men or the provisions which they had stolen. He
sid he never would surrender them without a
struggle. The police were then formed In line but
the man had not taken his position before the doors
and windows OF the cabin We're thrown open and
the openings fairly filled with rifles. owing the
great odds and Ia the fact OF tie Indians beiDg
under cover, Col. Herchner withdrew 10 a farIn-
house IN the vicinity for The night, and returned 10
Broadyiew Yesterday The people Of that place are
walls
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pAS.MA, Feb. l6.-t'pligfr+S. assembled IN BOgOte
on the Isl Instant. and. after scfinilng the votes
declared Dr. kaIt'' NuneZ president or the republic
for the term which commences ApI1l nryt Tie
West India and fdnGna Telegraph company aDc
the Central ana south American Tolt graph com
pauy competing for cable work from The
lsthmGS Ia the nitsI States and Europe, circun
stance which has led 10 a reduction OF about - per
cent In former rates
A Franciscan priest. Bernarfno Gonzalez, has just
Completed some daring explorations OF the head
waters oi the higher tributaries OF the Amazon lie
reports that he has discovered an easy route for
railroad from The central province OF Peru To- "A nayt-
gable tributary OF thc Amazon. and abundance Of
rubber iyorr. nuts. ilaN, valuable woods. etc lie
met rubber gatherrs on The PalcaZa river, stream
which lew years ago was seldom visited by civ.
iliZed man.
L. N. y. Coamano and A. Guerrero have beenHe-
lected respectively president and yicepresidenC 0
Ecuador. This election Is the result or a direce
trade with the church, and the liberals are again
indignant.
la Peru matters stil, drag along slowly. Th
bandit mobs known a. The MontonerOs continue theO
eXactlons wherever There are no troops
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Burned buildings.
FIRES IN SEVERAL STATES.

fTftfN N tEAIs
CHICAGO. Feb 25.-lh" hoist house. engine room
and Other minor buildings connected with the
works 0i the Calumet iron ana Steel company as
cummings Station, were burned last night Loss
sJuUh.
GALVESTON. TEXAS, Feb 25-A special from Hen
rietta says The Central hOJcl. the Siield newspa-
per office and i've nj the principal business housee
Were burned last night.
PLYMOUTH. y. H.. Feb. 25.-The Black Mountain
house, at CamptOn village, OF which buchanan and
Willis were proprietors, was burned this morning;
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AN EN-HARSHALS OPINION or EXAMINERS.
George Turner, ex-United States marshal for tho
southern and middle districts Of Alabama, was ex-
amlned to-day by the committee investigating the
expenses OF the Department OF Justice. Mr. Turner
said he had no confidence in the department. The
Attorney General, he asserted. had done many un-
Just things, but the witness believed that they were
done under the malign influence OF Sman On1cials,
headed by Mr. Brewster Cameron. In reference to
the conduct OF examiners from the Department of
Justice. Mr.. Turner said that in Alabama they had
attempted to make capital for themselves and to
convict people whether guilty or innOcents The
eX-marshal denied the assertions OF Examiner Bal
lin that a conspiracy had existed In Alabama for
the. removal OF United States District Attorney
Smith, in order that Mr.. Turner might be appoint
ed He said that Mr.. Ballin had no evidence that
would lead to such an inference. Mr.. Turner as
serted that District Attorney Smith had not given
general satisfaction to republicans, ard that they
had asked the President and Attorney General to
nominate the witness for the position: The exam
1ner Mr. Turner said, had gone into the state with
the express purpose of embarrassing" District
Attorney Smith, and had refused to send to the de-
partment statements derOgatory to him. Members
OF the grand jury were credited with informing Mr..
Turner or the action OF Examiner Ballin
AT 12 o'clock the committee adjourned and the
further hearing OF Turner was post pOned until to-
morrow when he will be crOss-eXamlned by special
Agent BOilin, who claims that he can prove the
truth Of bis report and refute the charges made by
Turner.
The committee met again at O'Clock this after
noon and examined Mr.. Chase, formerly OF the De-
partment OF Justice, upon the case Of Marshal Muir
ray, OF Kentucky.
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.
HE MARcu Sr. Nicholas

Is another attractive issue Of this prince OF juven-
tIes." Among the features OF current numbers OF
ST. NICHOLAS are the papers on ''Hstorc Boys by
F. S Brooks, Miss Louisa NJ. Alcott'S charming
"Splnning-wheel StOries,' Fl. H. Boyesen's "Tales
OF TWO Continents" the ''St. Nicholas Almanac,'-
a monthly feature for 1SS4.-and "Winter Fun" by
William o. Stoddard. Noah Brooks. Mrs. A d. 7.
Whitney. Mayne Reid, and Lucy LarcOm are among
the other contributors to this March number.
Price, p cents In all bookstores and on all news
stands. The Century Co. New York. 1t
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AN ENGLISH CORRESPONDENT EXPLATNS THEM
LONDON. Feb. 2a.-I'h" Standard publishes THU
morning communication from lts Berlin CORES,
ponItnt which contains the following sentences.
'lh" independent papers are bitterly complaining
at The dl>honOrabie >,ml-oCial attacks upon Mill
lister Sargent, Who has never beer popular ia official
clrcies here The inspired press pr"tends that he
Il unpopular becau>r Ia" II merely politician. and
not scholar, like his predecessors. The real rea-
son. however. IL that MT Sargent Goes not regard
his position as >lncrur-, but energeticaly fulre
his political duties, which fact Often occasions Diff
Cu.tlto-'