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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-18
TYLER.
1hcNarrow Uaugc Fay Chr ~. Pat,
richa Day Escape Of Conslcts,


Hnfphl TO thb uarptlu
Tylcf. March w. The pay car ON
the Texas n rt Louis halfway arrived
thla uutnng, aud has htpu paying OF
tie pllupa to-day al The money due bu.
loip the road passed. Into the banda Vt
Rreueiytr. Capt. =. u, Fish, treasurer
accompanied tho payuNslor aud whs
warmly welcomed by his many lrlenda
here lie lnlurma your reporter Tint
on his mturn lost Lnus he win atari
lopoN The February rolls Misc, This
relieves many hhrt.W0rtinE men
here, who were forced to live on credit
for aunie time past,
~. lnlrlclte day wps duly observed
hrfe to-day hy tie n0ns of The emerald
iAle, nnh one WAS heald 60 remark lhni
~, fatrcGs day camo Rs OFTEN IA IA,
phy car on the Nnfrow.t,auge.
ituwnr tooehea hole TINT i've con.
vets ohlnpud south of here ON ia,
last night
Heavy 'aine here to-day.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-18
GONZALES.
Arrest Of a Negro Rapist Condition or
His Victim Rain,

Special 10 the aHspite
Gonzales, March if.-Ihe negro Vim
attempted the outrage on n Ga,maw
lady nenr Waeldur lAst nlesday VIVA
arrreted aud lodged In Jail here yea,.s'
uny ny Deputy Shenn ". II, Ham al
Waelder, u Is supposed that the lad,
hat hoysiRl tlhs broken hy the tlpnJ
and ~ Ia "A ciltical condition, "''
we have had q llnc rain today AM,
We prospects look bright for a poad i
crop. " sVvu
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-18
VALLEY MILLS.
Quarterly Conference Builling
lIuom Horse Thieves.

apNoIpi to the Gazette.
Valley Mile, March H. Quarterly
conference has been In pession for
several dNye, and closed laal night
after q very interesting meeting con.
Quoted Ivy l,cy, :, $, Scott, presiding
elder.
New cottages are going mp daily. A
new etoro IA just opened, aud another
To follow Ia n few days, Uuaiueas pros.
peria good, aud we anticipate quite n
building boom thie spring,
Horse thieves are doing tho country
caualng good horses to huooinc scarce
and they succeed In cludiug the handl
OF Justice.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-18
cORsicANA.
slmsell s Younger Closed b, Attach.
mvntAe Rain.

special 10 The .uesetie.
.Noriuana, March ls,ss.sslAnsoll &
Younger general n,eruhanls ~ Cmsu
tundH, were attached nj \, O'Clock this
morning hy'Ws ~. Cleveland ni linue,
ton. Attachments welv alea ram l,y
III. Mills \ Go, nf Galveston, and
the Mullne rlow company. Theaaii
iiim had their store NJ Dawson closed
last week by creditors,
ltbalng 81 patricka day, we had
~ eNpscted 4 good rain.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-18
COLORADO,
ono Of The. Largest and Oldest Firm.
Attached by Creditors.
epeelal 10 The uAse,tc.

"HVV1NI 70 lho UAtottc.
Nn,oraln, March liz iawson
smith y 60, ot this city were ei,aehaa
to-day ny The Firsl National hanI AMI
other parties fpr 90 ,OlD. n l. ona wv y,
the largest and oldest firms hera. y
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-18

JEFFERsoN,
A Negro shot by Anoihcr--A Da,,s
Steady Rain.

areciel TO the ,,anel,e,
Jefferson, March ii.4.ln n nayr,
saloon on ola laa,laa street ,arty M.
morning, Frank Juhnnon, r6lorsd
ahut Aaron Preston, another solore,I
my, through the shoulder Frank
nlelms thai it WAS accidental.
iMin has FALLEN steadily all day, aud
she MIL linen are happy.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-18
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
Complimentary.

Under the heading Of Ben Harper's
House, the Racine Journal has this to say
Of that popular hotel: Every railroad
man in the country knows Ben Harper,
proprietor of the Harper house, at Rock
Island, H., and the majority of the trav.
cling men also know him as one of the
most genial and accommodating hosts in
the state Of Illinois, Ben has just made
great Improvements about his house,
especially in the dining room, which is
refitted and furnished in elegant shape,
in fact the boys say it makes their eyes
glisten when they enter the place Every
travelling man who goes to Rock Island
will 60 and see that dining room"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
WHAT is NEEDED.
The Union Again Sets upa Vail and
Tells the Party Managers what
They should Do.

The Union is never happy unless it is
unloading its over supply of advise to the
managers of the party. There is nothing
strange about this, however. There is
nothing small about the editors of that
sheet. They not only want the whole
earth but they want everything that is
init. Hear them, now, will you:
The following in relation to a point in
the call for our district convention mot
yet published) is from the Chicago Tn
bune of Wednesday:
The assumption by the Eleventh CON
gressiOnal district republican committee
that the district delegate convention which
meets at Bushnell, April 10, has the power
to elect new member Of the state central
committee for the district is being sharply
criticised in several quarters. The point
is made. and with some force, that the
state central committee and the members
of the committee on organization, ere
dentials, resolutions, etc, are parts of the
machinery of the state convention and
should be arranged by the convention
itself and by the county delegations di
vided into district conventions
at the place of holding the state
convention. 1t might easily happen,
were different course pursued,
that the delegates selected by the district
convention to serve on the several commit
tees would not be members of the state
convention. which would result in a great
deal of dissatisfaction, if not in regular
muddle. The committee in the Elenenth
is the only one in the state which has
started out on the assumption that the
district convention can choose tho state
central committeeman, and it is not i'm
possible that the convention itself, when
it meets, may take at entirely different
view of the matter"
1t seems TO us that our convention
which represents the district directly
and correctly. should not only name two
delegates to the national convention and
member of the state committee, but
should select a presidential elector also
Nobody proposes TO NEEDLE with the com
mittees of the state convention.
The other day the Union wanted the
district convention to nominate a con-
gresham. Now it not only wants the dis =
trict convention to nominate a congress
man, but also all the state officers. If it
keeps on wanting" the next thing we
shall hear the editors of our morning con.
temporary will want the convention TO
nominate candidates for the presidency
and vice presidency. We suggest to the
bosses that they had better hold their DIS
trict convention right away. By doing 50
they may be enabled to give the Union
all its wants without taking the whole of
the summer to find out what it needs. A
stitch in time saves nine, so says the
proverb. and by following up this old
tradition great good may come out of it,
to say nothing of the suspense it will save
certain parties.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
Personal Points.

W. II. Chopper, is in the city today
Miss Nina Emerson is visiting relatives
in Galva
Mrs. S T. Bowlby is visiting LEI
parents in Princeton this weeks
Mrs. Eta Levi, of Okaloosa, Iowa, IS
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Heinsfurter, in this city.
Messrs. Neal Percy, <. Herman and
Gustav Kohn, all of Chicago, are in the
city on important railroad business.
DR. A. E. Lyford and family arrived
this morning from Denver to attend The
funeral of Mrs Irving Burgh.
Miss Fife Barge returned home yester-
day from an extended visit to friends in
Macomb, the home of her childhood.
Mr.. Thomas Bacon, of Wilkin, Iowa. is
In the city, visiting his old partner. Mr..
Mc1ntire, our popular dry goods man.
Superintendent Sudlow and Agent Nor.
ton and wife Of the Rock Island & Peoria
road, went to Peoria today.
Miss Jennings, of Pennsylvania, who
has been visiting Mr.. ]. W. WEIGH for
some time, is now visiting Racine friends,
accompanied By Miss Mary Welch.
Supervisor w H. Kistler of Buffalo
Prairie, was caller at the ARGUS Office
Wednesday evening, accompanied by bis
daughter, Miss Dell Kistler. Mr.. Kistler
is one of our best citizens, and makes an
excellent supervisor.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
Broken Down,

General Manager s. S. Merrill, Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road, has
broken down under the intense strain upon
him, and has suffered stroke Of paraly-
sis. He has been obliged to go to Florida
for rest. The symptoms manifested them
selves in numbness IN one of his legs 1t
is probable that he will never be right
again. He is one of the ablest railroad
men in the country, but railroading now
is one continual battle with all of its tire
mendous responsibilities and anxieties,
complications and annoyances. The life
broke the iron nerves of Thomas Scott,
and cut off H. F. CLARK in his prime, as
well as long line of lesser but unknown
MARTYRS. The old Commodore Vanderbilt
withstoed it, for he had been brought up
in an atmosphere of hard work, roughin g
it from early boyhood. The later gener-
alton of railway men, what with high
living and hard work are cut OH in their
prime. We shall need q reorganization OF
the American stomach.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
Conventions.


Z The Republican city-townshlp COM
mittee held meeting last night in the
Office of Deputy Collector Beardsley.
The time for holding the conventions was
discussed. The meeting was lively
one, as there were several persons who
seemed inclined TO be "offlsh." 1t was
finally agreed that the city township
convention would be held March goth and
the ward meetings on the night of the
25th of March. The call will be issued
in few days, when the real live niger
in the wood pile will crawl on top and
make Rome howl. Elk Mayor Carse was
selected to fill William Johnson's place
on the county executive committee The
next meeting to be held will probably be
that of the democracy, to be followed by
the nationals.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
Nearly an Accident

Miss Ella Givins, a young lady who
works in the Harper house dining room,
had narrow escape from being seriously
injured, if not killed yesterday. She was
returning home from Davenport about
five O'Clock last night Just as she went
to cross the track of the Rock Island s.
Peoria railroad one of her feet otcaught
in the frogs of the switch. A train was
backing down. She screamed out, both
with pain and with fright. The train
men heard her screams and promptly put
on brakes, succeeding in stopping the
train but none too soon. as the train was
not over twenty fee: from her. One can
not be too careful while crossing the rail
roads, as there is no telling what is going
TO happen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
A Valuable Gift.

The Travellers Insurance company, Of
Hartford, Conn, whose graceful tribute
to the American press, the engraving of
the Representative Journals and Jour
nalists of America. was last year given
such wide distribution, are now giving
further proof their artistic enterprise
This time they have brought out special
edition for the press, of the official en-
craving Of the colossal French statue of
Liberty, as it will appear on the gigantic
pedestal now beng erected for its recep-
ton in New York harbor, above whose
waters it will next year raise its famln g
torch to more than double the height of
Niagara Falls. This Office has received a
copy OF this interesting work with the
compliments of the Travellers, to whom
Acknowledgements are hereby rendered
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
Legal

Some time ago la dada young man
named Wenks appropriated fourteen
dollars out of the TIL of his employer, C
H, Dibbern, of Reynolds. The young
man was clerking in the store. He was
arrested and his trial was set. for the
coming term of circuit court Yesterday,
by consent of all parties the trial was
transferred from the circuit to the county
court, and the day of trial set for mex,
Tuesday. Judge Adams at that time will
set on" the young fellow, aud decide
whether he be guilty or not
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06

The county clerk has been kept pretty
busy ever since the advent Of leap year
in issuing marriage licenses to the lasses
and their SWANS. There has been a reg
ular boom in the marriage business. This
morning wedding party composed of
three couples, journeyed to the city from
Taylor Ridge. Although the party CON
sisted Of three couples, only one couple
were bent on committing matrimony.
This couple was Mr.. Alfred Faulker and
Miss Hannah Goode After procuring
the necessary papers the parties, accom-
panied By their friends, adjourned to a
church, where the ceremony that united
two souls with but single thought and
two hearts that beat as one, was pro
nounced, after which the party repaired
TO Mrs. Phillips boarding house On the
corner Of Sixteenth street and Second
avenue, where wedding dinner had been
prepared for them. The young people
are well known at Taylor Ridge, and have
the best wishes Of host of friends for q
life full of happiness and prosperity.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
Old Phocion

Phocion Howard, the great newspaper
correspondent, was in the city this morn
ing, enroute to Peoria to attend the dem
ocratic state central committee meeting
Phocion is now attached to the Chicago
Inter Ocean, although he is an old line
democrat, and he is busy writing up the
different congressional districts He
assured us that he has been all over Full
ton county and that Johnny Gray does not
want to so to congress. The end and
aim of Phocions ambition at present is to
kill the dogma of free trade. "The dem
ocratc party must cut loose from it, me
boy" said he, "or they are gone. All the
manufacturers, all the wealth and intelli-
gence in the country is on the other side,
and the democracy cannot afford to disre
gard the sight of the times. The people
want protection, land they are going to
have it."
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
Amus6ments.

A fair audience greeted the Walters
Comedy troupe. at Harpers Theatre last
night. The play was States Attorney"
with The well known John Dillon in the
part of Pilgrim Boggs who kept the
audience in one continual roar of laughtet
Dillon is comedian of renonw, but we
doubt if he ever assumed character
that he was more in his element than as
Pilgrim Boggs. The whole support is
good, there being not poor stick in the
combination. Especially is this the case
on part of Quaker daughter, assumed BY
Miss Idella Walters. Her conception
OF her part is particularly noticeable
to the audience, especially in the third
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
A "Ruction.r

There was a little war on hands at the
session of the county board this morning.
when the claims of the workmen on the
new county building came up. A mum
Der of the supervisors declared that the
bills were too large, and on that reason
opposed the allowing of them The bills,
however, were finally allowed after much
wrangling had taken place. 1t seems as
though several of the members wanted to
make record as economists, hence the
objection to the bills
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
Rartar Than a Dull Season.

The business man who takes advantage
of the dull season" to advertise literally
and persistently, makes better invest
ment than lending money at 10 per cent.
His advertisement goes into intelligent
and well to do families to stay. 1t Is read
and pondered by the evening fireside. Its
inducements are treasured in the mind
until the day of need, be it far or near.
The most successful business men and
those who amassed fortunes did their
heaviest advertising in the dull season.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
The County Building.

melissa F. Allen to Alvira A. Elem
ing, undivided half of lots 8, 4, and 6,
Allen & Fleming's addition to South
Rock Island; 5000.
Heirs of Stephen Julch to Lorenzo
Parmenter e3 Sc 10, 16, 4w; S1,700.
Mary A. Corey to L. P. Nelson, out lot
l, Waterman place, Moline; $3.50.
Charles Lindstrom to Frederick Carlson,
NV NV ?, Il, 1w; 500.
Sweeney, jackson & Robinson 10 Har-
rison Pierce, part out lot /, Sweeney &
Jackson's addition 20 Moline; $500.
John S johnson to Frans T. Lundbald,
W 80 feet lot G block s, Pitts. Gilbert &
Pitts addition to Moline; 1915
John Deere to Chas. Sindstrand, lot I,
block 1, John Deeres addition to Moline;
$500.
Swan Erickson to Ann Blanchard, tract
in 80, IS, 1w; 1900.
Geo. Pearsoll to John Shall, et sw "a,
10, 2e; $4,000.
LICENSED TO WE'D.
Christopher Schroeder and Miss Mary
Frohbroes.
Alfred A Tanker and Mss Hannah
Goode
Aug ust Newquist and Miss Annie
Olsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
Goods at Your O wn Prices.

Mr. Henry Regensburgers stock was
sold yesterday at SherifI's sale, Mr.. Il
Burgower, being the purchaser He also
bought from the assignee the balance of
the stock of goods. Mr.. Burgower is now
ready to offer to the public his well as
sorted stock of underwear, caps, glores,
mittens, hats, shirts, trunks, and valises.
This stock must and will be sold at the
shortest possible time. Avail Yourself of
this opportunity and call early.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
A Genealogical Innrnalist.

The Anglo Israel craze is infectious.
We are gravely informed by a contempt
raIy that the people of Wales are descend
ed from one of the tribes of'Israel. If this
sentiment reaches the foreign ear we are
likely to see the good brother established
as local representative of the clique of
East India English who ride this ilIiterate
hobby.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
Quinine.

The habit of quinine eating is reported
TO be quite extensive in Rock Island by
druggists and the average citizen would
be surprised could they but see the guam
tity used. Those who use it will nc
doubt regret to learn that the price of the
drug which has been only in moderate
demand for some time past, has jumped
from S140 to 81. 50 per ounce. The
foreign article which has been quoted as
low as Sl.10 per ounce, went up to 81 so,
with only limited quantity offered at
that price.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
Changed His Clothes

Last evening as Superintendent Sudlow
Of the Rock Island & Peoria road, was
coming into the city on freight train, he
noticed short distance east of Milan, a
satchel lying near the track A little way
on was coat hat, pair of shoes and
socks. On arriving at Milan, he told
Agent Cook to get hand car and go
back and get the articles. On reaching the
place, Mr. Cook discovered imprinis in
the snow, that proved that some one had
made change of clothing there. Beside
the clothes was lying pocket book. in
which there was couple of dollars,
which the fellow had evidently forgotten
The fellow without doubt was a tramp
who ''sneaked" a good outfit, and is now
passing off AS dude He must have felt
rather uncomfortable while changing his
garments in a couple of inches of snow,
and thought this was cold, dreary world.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
The Stormy March.

March comes in favorably according to
the prestige of the prophet, who said that
if March come in like lion, he would go
out ike lamb. Like four brown lamps,
let us hope. The night preceding this first
day Of spring, there was generous fall Of
snow, and the snowy fleeces were in the
air Sunday In the words Of Bayard Tay
loT.
With bowling WINS snI lowering skies,
The dark sHd stormy winter dies
Far of. unseen, spring family cries,
Bidding her earliest child arise
March
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
Gone To PeoTla

A number of our most prominent dem
ecrats went down to Peoria this morning,
to take in" the meeting Of the democratic
state central committee. Among the
statesmen was J W. Potter, Jr, editor of
the ARGUS. Our citizens are all in favor of
locating the state convention in Peoria,
and will do all in heir power today, to
assist Peoria in securing the convention.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
A Row In Camp.

A Lumber Of the radicals in this city
had ''falGn' ont" yesterday. over The
withdrawal of Judge Lynde One of the
factions say it will be mighty frigid day
when the other faction gets anything.
The other faction declares that the Other
faction are only half breeds, and their
influence don't amount to a mill by a dam
site. The brethren should go easy. When
party is all tore up 1t is mighty apt to
90 to the demnition bow views.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06

and fourth acts, where she is being driven
from home out into the world By her
father, the venerable Quaker. Time and
space forbids a personal mention of the
other parts and the persons who assumed
them, but suffice it to say that they were
well acted and gave general satisfaction
to the audience last night.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
Arrested Counterfeiters

Constable CooDs, of Smithfeld, Fulton
county, has Just made an arrest of lot
of counterfeiters About year ago
Daniel Leastcr and wife came into that
section from Indiana They settled in a
small cabin two miles from Smithfield.
Four months ago another man named
Frank Arnold, also from Indiana, with
his wife Jennie, a mere girl only IA years
of age, also dropped in at the Leaster
mansion. The two men passed two
counterfeit silver dollars in Smithfield and
Constable Coons arrested them. At night
he went out to their cabin and found the
woman at work, experimenting with the
moulds and trying TO melt some tin and
solder and make more money The re-
suit of their efforts were of the rudest
possible description. They had only
made ten dollars and had passed three OF
them. They were taken to Springfield
and held to await the action of the grand
jury
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
Atlantic Hotel. Chicago.

When in Chicago. stop at the Atlantic
hotel, the best 90 day house in the city.
The genial landlord is W. p F. Meseroe,
who was proprietor of the Palmer House
before the fire. The hotel is situated on
the corner of Van Buren, and La Sale
streets opposite the Rock Island depot
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-06
Emigrants.

Both western trains on the c., r. l. &
P. road were over crowded with passen-
gers last evening MOSTLY emigrants The
aisles of The cars were blocked An extra
car had to be attached to the train in this
CITY.