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The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-22
New South Wales.

New South Wales has an area Of 30S,
600 square miles, and in 1882 had ST.
468 inhabitants and 1915 miles of rail-
way, whose average cost was s12,16l
per mile. Their gross earnings are in
1882 were 91 ,65s 1854; their net earn
ings COS, which is equivalent TO
G1. ATT Is gross and G612. 16 shillings net
per mile, a235 more net than earnings
Of railroads in the United States. The
net earnings were 5 lie per cent. on the
capital expended, an eminently satisfac-
tory result, as the interest paid By the
Government Is less than that. The
Government has authorized tile expen-
diture Of E11 200, 900 more for railroad
construction, Of which co, 900, O00 was
negotiated last year. This is the only
Australian colony that has adopted the
English and American standard gauge
Of four Feet eight and one-half inches.
A connection II the Victorian railroad
IS almost completed, and one with
Queensland the colony next north, i
ia progress.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-22
Visible Appar1tions.

Twas dressing one morningi in Deem
Der. 1881, when a certain conviction
came upon me that some one was in my
dressing room. On looking round /
saw no one; but then, simultaneously
in my minds eye, q suppose every
feature of the face and form of my old
friend William Stanley, of Ponsonby
Hall, Cumberland, arose. This, asyou
may imagine, made a great impression
on me, and / went into my
wife's room and told her what had 'oc-
Cured. at the same time stating that /
feared William Stanley must be dead,
The subject was mentioned between us
several times that day. Next morning
i received a letter from George Stanley
the consul-general at Odessa, whom /
did not know to be in England saying
that his brother had died at 8:45 that
morning. This was the very time the
occurrence happened in my dressing
room. 1t is right to add that we hat
heard some two months previously that
William Stanley was suffering from
cancer, but still We were in no immedi
ate apprehension of his death. Nine.
teenth Century.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-22

some measure TO meet those searching
ewes. he became, after the manner Of
men, brutal.
He would cooperate with her. he
said coldly, Sin giving the lie to public
opinion" +.
How, I do not know, he got out Of
the house. AS he gained the garden
gate, he ran from the haunted spot
ran and ran away from danger and in
consequence. And then in the cold
moonlight he sat down on o curbstone.
The cold moon was sailing In the sky,
and as he sat down on the curbstone
and looked up at the heavens blue, be
murmured in devout thankfulness, the
one word, Saved sayed!" The wind
that was stirring the elms Of the street
seemed to whisper the same happy
thought, and this is the end Of my ex-
tremely ungaIlant but very instructive
story.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-22

English perfectly, translated the pur'
port of the captains words to her rain
or, and then, turning n grateful .
upon lieutenant Ives, gave her hand e
him. The young man bowed low ane
nressed it to his lips, The hand waS
quickly withdrawn and the don drowned
but the Donna Dolores smiled and
blushed. Thus they parted.
Days and weeks passed. AT length
Vera Cruz fell and General Scott be-
can his grand march for the capital
The great battles which marked his
massage of the Cordilleras are matters
of history. Finally the day came when
over those causeways which furnished
a passase for those glittering cavaliers
of Cortez. Quitman and Worth stormed
the gates of the City of Mexico. Lieu
tenant Ives won much of glory IN all
the battles which led up to the, final vac
tory and in that last engagement received
a serious wound which placed him IN the
hospital. The hospital in which he lay
was within the city, and every day the
good Sisters of Charity, who bestowed
their care alike on friend and foe, came
about, comforting the sick and giving
words of peace to the dying. One day
there came to the hospital with one OF
the sisters a novice, whose white veil
showed that she had not yet taken
those solemn vows which separated her
from the world. The sister came and
stood by the bedside of the wounded
lieutenant, and with her the novice.
The young man raised his eyes and
recognized in the novice Dolores
Monteverte. The recognition was mu.
tual and Dolores visited the bedside OF
the lieutenant every day after that; he
would have no one else minister to him.
And why should she not? Had she not
resolved to be a sister of charity and
spend her life in attending the sick!
Her father had joined the army, been
killed in battle, and she was an orphan
now. The result was that when, after
q month, Lieutenant Ives was well
enough to return to the United States,
Dolores reconsidering her determine
ton to enter a convent, went with him
as his bride, and Edward Ives was no
longer 'tthe bachelor" of his regiment.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-22
From the Pall Mall Gazette.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
Mr.. Gladstone's speech warning the
House of Lords of the danger of throw
ing out the Franchise bill created intense
Imagination among the Peers. If the
rejection of the bill was doubtful be-
fore the Prime Ministers language has
made it certain. The anger is not con-
fined to the Tory side Of the House.
Mr.. Gladstone took the course he did
entirely on his own responsibility, and
some Of his W colleagues in the other
house were dnmbfounded when they
heard that he had been threatening Che
House Of Peers. Mr.. Gladstone, how
ever, was speaking not to the Lords,
but to the country. He knew that the
rejection Of the bill had been determined
on, and his speech was an appeal to the
country to come to the aid Of the gov
eminent, and to agitate against the up.
per house. The language Of the Prime
Minister has been received with enthu.
siasm by the Radicals, and it viii be fol.
lowed by one of the strongest and wild
est agitations which the country hal
ever witnessed.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-22
WOE Is MET

Though we were parted, as though he had diet
She said, / could bear the worst,
If he had only loved me at the last,
As he loved me at the first
But woe is mel said the hapless maiden,
That ever a lover came,
Since he who lit IN my heart the fire
Has failed to tend the fame.
All! why did he pour in my LIES poor cup
Anectar so divine,
If hS had no heart to I'LL it up
With q draught so pure and fine!
Oh! il no wers either true Or false,
Ny torment might have end;
he has, boon for a lover, too unkLnd-
Too loving for a friend
And there is not 9 soul in all the world
So wretchsd as mine must DO;
For / cannot live on hi. love, she said,
Nor die OF his cruelty.
Boston Transcript
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28

CINCINNATI, Aug 2S-"Gath, in his dis
patch to The Enquirer, says he asked the
proprietor of a Montreal hotel-Mr. Hogan
if he had not taken Senator Edmunds fish
ing He said: Yes One of our Canadian
government officials, member of the cabi-
net, wrote to me to ask me if l would take
an American senator fishing with me on the
river. | replied that fishing required very
good company and should like to know the
name of the senator. He said it was Mr.. Ed
munds, of Vermont, a man whom had
hardly ever heard of. SO l wrote to a friend
in Burlington, VT, asking him what kind OF
a man Mr. Edmunds was He replied that he
was first rate fellow and very good fisher
man. So | sent Mr. Edmunds an invitation
to come and fish with me. He came promptly
and we We're together a good while. He was
not only an expert fisherman, but good
amateur cook, and could broil fish and
make punch
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
Bombardment of Foo Chow,


PARIS, Aug. 2S.-The official report of the
bombardment of Foo Chow on Saturday
received from Admiral Courbet, is as fol-
lows
Foo CHOW, SUNDAY MORNING, Aug. T.
A good beginning has been made We opened
fire yesterday, and in four hours nine Chinese
men-of-war and twelve junks had been
sunk, and the Krupp battery, com
mandmg tie arsenal, silenced. Our loss
was six killed and twenty-seven wounded
The feet suffered no serious damage except
that the boiler of a torpedo-boat burst.
The Chinese losses were heavy During the
night the feet was beset by burning wrecks
and logs. The torpedo cutters will clear all
this away, and afterward we will lombard
the arsenal. We shall not leave the river
Jefore the 10Th or 30th. Officers and men
are alike animated with tia greatest ardor
The Chinese loss is estimated at 900 killed
and 5000 wounded The Chinese man-of-
war Yang WI was exploded by torpedo,
after it had fired broadside at a French
tOrpedo-boat. The boiler of the latter was
;ploded by hand-grenades thrown from the
Yang WI, after which the boat was sunk by
the Volta to prevent its being captured by
| the Chinese. The French expected to oc-
cupy the heights commanding the pagoda an
chorage
1t is reported that there are 1900 Chinese
troops in the vicinity of Foo Chow.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
On Washington Monument.

WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. 2S.-A daring
feet has been in progress at the Washington
monument Tuesday, though witnessed but by
few 1t was the inspection of the outer works
from bottom to top, All day long work
man in sling moved slowly up and down
the 800 feet of marble, inspecting every
block and joint, noting any
irregularities of subsistence or of
masonry Perhaps he was also looking for
some possible result of the recent earthquake.
The man in the sling swung slowly UP and
down against the smooth marble shaft, look
ing very much like a fly in the distance, now
pau,ing by signal to more closely inspect
some particular point, now rising again
toward the clouds, looking all the time as
cool as if he were swinging in hammock
under the trees. The work was found in ex-
cellent condition
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
A Canine Paper Carrier.

Passengers on an afternoon train
from Springfield, Mass, daily witness
in Westfield an instance of canine in
telligence that is worthy to go on
recod. Soon after the train passes a
trap-rock quarry, on the outside of the
track used by eastward-bound trains, a
dog can be seen racing along with the
cars until paper is thrown off by the
baggage-master. The dog instantly
seizes it, and, after giving bark of
acknowledgement, trots down the en-
bankment to the house of his owner,
not far away. The sagacious animal ds
apparently of Newfoundland breed, and
for three or four years has acted as
news-carrier in the way described.
Every day except Sunday, summer and
winter, he goes to his post on the track
at about the time the train is due, and
there awaits the throwing of the paper.
1t is said that he not only knows the
hour when the trains should come
along, but also that on one day in seven
there is no need of his services. Ap-
parently the dog has also learned tC
know the whistle of his train from that
Of any other, for if in the road or yard
when the whistle is sounded half a mile
down the track he rushes for his station
- Springfeld Mass Republican.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
NIr. Riaine,s Health.

BAR HARBoR, Me, Aug. 2S.--A gentleman
who called at the Blaine cottage found Mrs.
Blaine on the porch with the family, and
watching the antics of a pet pony which two
little girls of the household were riding VI
and down on the lawn. Mrs. Blaine
on being questioned with regard tc
Mr.. Blaine'S condition, said: Hes
all right now. Down stairs, in fact OF
course he's a little weak after his illness
The truth is he caught a severe cold by the
sudden change in the weather, and, anyway
he has been constantly annoyed by the cold
weather of the season"
Walker Blaine, who was met later on the
street, said; Fathers all right now The
illness has been greatly eXaggerated.n
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28

TURIN, Aug. 28.-King Humbert and
Prime Minister Depretis arrived Tuesday at
Rusca, city of 10000 people in the province
OF Cueno, Piedmont They visited the cholera
patients at the hospital and left 81, 900 for the
relief of the sufferers
The Italian peasants in the cholera stricken
districts repel the doctors and prefer to trust
in charms and superstitious observances. At
Busca young girl was found dying in a
filthy room in which two sheep were feeding
from a nasty trough. The sheep were al
lowed to be there because of a superstitious
belief that the animals wool would absorb
the disease. The peasants are profound be-
levers in the powerful efficiency of such a
charm.
A serious tumult occurred Tuesday at
Lucca because the project prohibited pro-
cession. 1t was necessary to call out the mil
itary to quell the disturbance, and several Of
the rioter were wounded.
MARsEILLEs, Aug, 2S.-The public has
subscribed 512, 800 francs for the relief of
cholera sufferers
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
Chicago Methods.

"When the opera came to Chicago, -
said the head of tse retail' in large
dry goods house, II noticed there were
two or three expensive Lace shawls sent
home on appreciation and returned the
morning after the performance. This
set me thinking, and when Mrs. B.
came in the day of an opera night and
asked to have one of the most expensive
wraps sent home to look at, | Just
slipped out to old Swag's, the ticket
speculator, and bought seats immedi-
ately behind those of Mr. and Mrs. B.
When came in, little late, there was
Mrs. B. seated in front of me with the
elegant lace wrap sent home in the
morning over her shoulders. When
she turned greeted her politely, and
said l was delighted the. wrap had
suited her. She looked rather unhappy
during the performance, but the shawl
was not returned tothe store, and
charged my opera tickets to expenses. "
-CbicdqO Journal.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
DEATH TO THE FRENCH
The Tonquin Army Reported Cut to
Pieces.
Attached by 10000 Chinese, They
Fight BraveIy and Well,
But the Numbers Are too Great and Ami
hilation is the Result The Foo
Chow Affair king Humb ert
and the Cholera For
eign Flashes.

LONDON, Aug, 2s-A telegram just re-
ceived from Shanghai states that $4,000 Chi
nese troops who had been secretly massed on
the frontier suddenly invaded Tonqun, and
after desperate fighting completely ami
hilated the French troops in that province
the Chinese losing several thousand killed
during the different engagements which fol
lowed in quick succession
The massing of this large force on the
frontier had been going on for some time
under the supervision of experienced mill
tary leaders, and so well did they conduct the
affairs that the French commanders were
unaware of their proximity until they swept
down on them like an avalanche, with the
above result
The French troops fought desperately and
repeatedly charged the Chinese lines, but as
fast as the latter were broken into they
closed again with remarkable military pre-
cision, and many hand-to-hand encounters
ensued, the French finally succumbing to
overwhelming odds.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28

LONDON, Aug. Is Fleet street was startled
Tuesday afternoon by wild rumor that
Queen Victoria had suddenly died. All the
vast machinery of the London press was
promptly put in motion to ascertain the
facts. Marlborough house, Buckingham
palace, the home Office, and the
residence of Sir William Gull were
besieged by reporters sent to gather
every obtainable scrap of information, and
kilograms were sent flying in every direc
tion. A few inquiries, however, showed that
the rumor was only hoax. The queens
health, however, is precarious, and her long
continued fits of melancholia are regarded by
the medical profession as Indicating condi-
ton of her system which may at any time
become suddenly worse. These considera'
tions rendered the report not impossible, and
explains the ease with which the papers are
duped
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
Origin Of Ammonia

Ammonia is obtained in large quanti-
ties by the putrefaction Of the urine of
animals Encyclopedia Britannica.
Every housekeeper can test baking
powder containing this disgusting drug
by placing can of the Royal or''An-
drews" Pearl top down on hot stove
until heated, then remove the cover and
smell.
Prove it by the above test in26dwtf.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28

burg was held off by the Pinkerton men an.
the sheriff. Violent threats are made and an
outbreak is expected at any moment Two
thousand union men are engaged in the strike,
and are desperate Seven hundred non-union
men are in the mines, and fresh importations
are coming in daily. The working miners
are heavily guarded by Pinkerton men, and
the state militia stands in readiness to move
on moments notice The strike is against
q reduction.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
CNehfc6 the Hanmman.

COLUMBIA, s c., Aug. 2S.-John P Sloan,
of Newberry, who shot his wife twice and in
stantly killed her one well ago, was pursued
to Clinton, in l,aurens county, where he took
refuge in an Clubhouse on the plantation of
Darlington. Rather than be captured Sloan
drew his pistol and fired ball into his own
heart, producing instant death. The coroner
was Immediately summoned. The governor
offered reward for Sloan, He certainly
cheated the hangman.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug 2S.-The Northern
Pacific has issued a telegraphic circular an
nouncing that it would carry grain from al
points on its line in Washington territory tC
Duluth, Minneapolis and St Paul for IS pei
ton, the same as the present rates from Port
land The circular also states that a rate d
500 can be secured via the lakes to Liver
pool or Glasgow, thus giving better through
rates to shippers than via the Horn
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28

and Richard White, of Montreal, have been
chosen by Col. Chamberlain, the queens
printer, to accompany him to Washington
Albany and other capitals of the United
States, to inquire into the workings of the
government printing business
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28

brutal Assault and Outrage.

CLEVELAND, Aug ga special from
fredericksburg, Va, states that brutal
outrage was committed Tuesday on Hiss
Fanny Thomas, belle of that city. Jacob
Grundler, young Bavarian, made improper
proposals to her, and when she tried to escape
he seized her, threw her down, and choked
her until she became unconscious and then
accomplished his purpose. The girl is terri
bly, injured. Grundler was icaptured after
being wounded. and is now in jail closely
guarded to prevent lynohing.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
The jolly Bank Cashier.

XENIA, Ohio Aug. 2S-The Second Ma
tional bank of this city has closed its doors
owing to grain deals of the cashier, j. S.
Ankeny. Ankenh resigned two weeks age
under pressure, and went to his brothers in
Iowa. This caused talk, and there was q
big run on the bank Now there is a sign
up, Bank closed" Heavy depositors are
not scared hut the small ones are wild.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
National Rank News.

WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. 2S.-The comp
troller of the treasury has authorized the
First National bank of Howard, Kan,
tcapital, $50, ,000i to begin business and has
extended the corporate existence of the
Northern National bank of Hallowell, Me-,
to Aug. %, 1904, and the Kent National
bank, Kent, Ohio, TO Aug. 81, 1854
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28

NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.-Judge Wallace
has rendered decision in the case of H. S
Marlor VS.. Texas Pacific railroad, declaring
that the company must pay the interest in
cash on the Texas income bonds for the years
1882 and 1888 Two years interest on the
bonds amounts 10 S1,215,4S0.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2S.-The shortest
will ever offered for probate at the Office of
the register of wills in Philadelphia is the las
will and testament of the late William l..
Schaffer, who for over fifty years was
cashier of the Girard National bank. Mr..
Schaffer was bachelor and left an estate
valued at over 81 100000. The will is in the
decedent's own handwriting, and is written
on a small scrap of legaLcap paper, occupy
ing with signatures only six lines, as fol
lows:
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July s, 1851 dc
hereby give and bequeath to my sister,
Elizabeth Schaffer, all my real and personal
property of whatever description.
W. L. SCHAFFER
Witness. 7 RFEVES
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
Aimee fin Quarantine.

New YORK, Aug. 2s.-The New barge
Office at the battery has been opened The
first vessel reported at the quarantine wss the
steamer St Laurent. Among the passengers
reported to be on board was Mile. Aimee
Owing to the fact that the ST. Laurent hailed
from France extra precautions against
cholera were taken by the health officers.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
TN. pRtyr,sT LADY IN ROCK ISLAND.

Remarked to friend the other day
that she knew Kemp's Balm for the
Throat and Lungs was superior remedy,
as it stopped her cough instantly when
others had no effect whatever. So to
prove this o. Grotjan will guarn
tee it to all Price 80 cents and 81
Trial size free.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
A FAIR OFFER.

The Voltaic Belt Co., of Marshall.
Mich, offer to send DIR. DYES Celebrated
Voltaic Bet and Electric Appliances on
trial, for thirty days, to men, old and
Young, afflicted with nervous debility,
lost vitality, I'd many other diseases.
See advertisement in this paper
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28

The wise doctors who declare that
"cholera is infectious, but not con-
tagious,' can scarcely tell where in
lection ends and contagion begins. 1t
may be both infectious and contagious.
Chicago Tribune
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28

Sheffield, Ala, was 8 farm six
months ago, A syndicate boughtit for
$4,000, sold it in lots for $2l6,000, and
now, as the Louisville & Nashville'Road
refuses to build to it, the place has col
lapsed Chicago Herald.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
OHIO MINING TROUBLES.
An Outbreak Possible at Any Mo.
ment-Tmporting New Wen.

GORE, Ohio, Aug. 2s.-The striking miners
of this valley have made demonstrations OF
violence against non-union men working In
their places At the outbreak made at
Buchtel Tuesday Pinkerton detective
clubbed a striker with the butt of gun, and
the non-union boss was dangerously clubbed
by the strikers. The mob, number
ing 600, was dispersed by Pinkerton's
men. Seven hundred strikers assembled at
night, and an outbreak expected on the ar
rival of train with the new men from Pitts
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
Elias Probable Successor.

WASHINGTON CITY, Aug 2s.-Deputy
Sixth Auditor Crowell will most probably
be appointed sixth auditor of the treasury
made vacant by the death of J. II. Ella
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
CHOLERA SCARE IN CANADA.
A Stricken Emigrant loose i'm the
Streets of Toronto.

TORONTO, Ont, Aug. 28.-A supposed
chOlera-stricken einigrant has arrived here.
He said he arrived in European vessel and
came to Toronto by train. The hotels refused
to admit him, and when last seen he was
looking for doctor. Great excitement pre-
walls, and the public health authorities are
making diligent search for him
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
Rennrted VICTORY Gained hy Gordo

CAIRO Aug. 2s.-Maj. Kitchener tele-
graphs from Gondola that spy has brought
in report that Gen. Gordon gained great
victory over the rebels Aug. II. and that two
rebel leaders were killed in the engagement