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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07

DEFECTS IN THE IMMIGRATION sfoiS-
From The Ifttsbury Chrontct; ,,.,,.w.u to
We can't understand laws which forDiu Smtianco 70
come 10 this country, and yet grant if's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07
FREE RIM. TOO.
DOES spRINGER REILEYE IN PROTECTIONl

FrOn Tic De'T0U IrIbUnt. -.
The Democracy making pretty clear that IL IS INC
party OF free trade and FREQ fraud And these go VOL
together.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07

The Treasurer of the United States devo'es
a considerable portion of his report to defend
ing his own way of reckoning and stating the
National debt; but more important feature
of the document is statement OF the silver
coinage question. Mr. Jordan says plainly that
the execution of the present coinage law Is
gradually converting the Treasury funds
into silver dollars. Despite strenuous
exertions to extend the circulation OF
standard silver dollars these coins rapidly
find their way back into the Treasury
and the Sub Treasures. The amount
in the vaults is $165 ,535, S54, an increase OF
over $25, 7O1 $3.50 since the end OF the last
year. The dscontinuance of the coinage Is not
recommended directly, but the Inference in
tended to be drawn is plain. The net revenue
of the Government, it may be noted, for the
year ended June 80, was 1923, 900, 7O6, and
the expenditures $26O226, 1886. The surplus
available for the reduction of the debt was
therefore sea, 463, 771-$40, 929, S54 less than
in the preceding year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07

The shareholders or tho Charleston fS. c. I'm
rorti"s ""d EAPJItiug Company Will meet next
"Wednesday to wind up the affairs of the company
and divide the money remaining in the treasury.
In view of the fact that the only business the
pany ever engaged in was blockade. running during
the war. the surplus profits might with propriety
be turned into the conscience fund of the Treasury
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07

TO Denver are sent thence to Chicago and sold
there at lower prices than honest dealers Ill
that good city can offer them. Now all Chlcago
men are agreed that this law should be maue
to work the same at both places. Congress
should see to it that this sameness IS honest
and lust.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07

It has commonly been supposed that the wit of
man was not equal to the task of transforming
pigs tail into whistle. Hence the familiar
preston to in licate the impossible runs. You
might as well try to make whistle out of pigs
tail" But the world long ago taught
that things can be done as well as
others-that an egg. for instance, although
theory ayerse to standing end as pigs tail
is to becoming whistle will readily assume that
position just soon masteTfnl genius like
Columbus comes along. few weeks ago The
R0rh,ser Democrat having occasion to refer to pigs
tails and whistles. took occasion to assert that the
latter could not be fashioned from the former,
whereupOn reader of that paper proceeded to con-
Wet it of error by forwarding TO The Democrats
sanctum undoniable whistle fashioned from
obvious pigs tail carefully packed in a neat box"
Some of the visitors to the Philadelphia Exposition
of 1876 doubtless remember seeing among the at
fractions of one of the departments another of these
tradition dcfying musical instruments. AS has
been before remarked are living in \ great age.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07
" DRYSFss " AND DISEASE.

DK1 MESS AND DISENoFs
In Atlanta where tho breeZss
With a summer mildness blow.
Where the whiskey trade displeasss
Whence salOOnists soon must 10,
Men with divers new diseases,
Caused by "dryness in the air,
To the man who soda freezes
Will FOR medicine repair.
And the man who file prescriptions
VIII observe the patients eye,
Knowing all the wink descriptions
Dry" quite dry" ana very dry;
For that he's a man OF knowledge
You may know when We explainl
That he's been away to college
Up IN Prohibition Maine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07
Columbus Dispatch.

Sam Jones and Sam Small have been trying to convert
St Louis. but they find the task difficult one Tho
Chicago papers eer at the tough old river town. and
assure the evangeIsts that Chicago Is u much more
promising field. This rivalry between the two cities
amusing Each city is making preparations
to celebrate hundredh anniversary OF the dis
covery Of America by gigantic Worlds Fair, and OF
course squibs side dying thick and fast. Tho
Chicago parers declare that St Louis hasn't been dis
covered yet by any except few wretched natives,
whio the Louis papers satircaly alude to poor old
Armourville and its efforts to palm itself OF as city
We shall inform readers promptly when these
sangunary cities actually meet each other in grim war
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07

Thebaw, the dcpOsed tyrant of Burmah, declares
that he is not altogether responsible for the mis-
deeds of his Government, as he has long been
virtual prisoner in his palace, ignorant of what
was going on outside, and, in brief. Il mere puppet
in the hands of his Ministers. On the generous
principle of giving even the Devil his due it should
be sad that in this Thcbaw probably speaks
truth BY birth neither of royal blood nor even of
pure Burmese nationality, he had no right to the
throne nor any expectation of reaching IL until he
was pltchforkcd into the royal office by a cnbal of
nobles He received the nominal kingshp and the
woman he wanted for his chief wife as his part of
the bargain, and in return allowed the conspirators
as their part to become the power behind the
throne and greater than the throne The chief
conspirator was the Queon-DOwager, mother of
rhebaws principal wife, She stipulated before
giving him her daughter that he should have all
his relatives bdtchered. Her leading coadjutor
was the Tmedah Mingyee, an officer of the old
kings guard and body-servanG OF Thebaw In the
latter's youth. 1t was he who proclaimed Thebaw
king and then piled him with liquor until he was
a dipsomanac. lie also with his own hands per-
formed most of the slaughter of the royal family
This man, being of amazing ignorance and
cruelty has over since been the dominant member
of the court; it was no who perpetrated most of
tho outrages that have made Thebaws reign
infamous; it was no who conducted the recent
intrigues with France; and it was he whose
arrogance and bad faith preoIpitated the crisis that
has made Independent Burmah thing of the past
But that does not excuse Thebaw. He deserves
punishment for having tolerated vile Minister.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07

Moonshne has bright illustration of the present
dissensons in the Liberal party Mr.. GlaGstone's
solemn face. with streaming gray hair and large
eXpanso of shirt collar forms the solar disc, and
across it IS travelling Mr.. Chamberlam's swarthy
profile with distended nostrils and eye-glass The
appended question, "Total partial eclipse p is
evidently meant to imply that the placement of
Mr. Gladstone in Liberia! councils has begun and is
rapidly advancing. The grand old mans mouth.
however is represented still unobstructed by his
rivals protruding chin. So long as Mr.. Gladstone
has voice his sovereignty in the Liberal party
may be deed, but it cannot be seriously questioned.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16

mo, sir; can't sell you chopping bowl or
a wooden shovel, and if you ara ever going
to want anything in our line you had better
want it. don't know what they'll take to
next; perhaps it will be wash-tubS, though
donbt it, and watsr-pailS, and-well, there's
no telling where this decoration craze will
stop Why only the other day l saw in the
Exchange for Women's Work on Wabash
avenue, one of my butter paddles masquer-
aiding in new suit of gliding, a gauly rib
bon about its throat, and He is RiSen'
placarded on its wastband. Now what on
earth butter paddle had to do with the
resurrection, or where its appropriateness
comes in as an Easter Offering or ornament
l don't know, and only woman suffering
from the decorative craze can give you any
idea on the subject"
The speaker was the salesman in wooden
ware establishment in the business portion
of Chicago. The listener was the friend of
a reporter, whose wife, having caught on tc
the latest crazs, wanted the wooden SCOOP
shovels to bedaub with lacquer gliding AM
| adorn with water colors on the scoops, after
which she intended tying red ribbon abou
the neck of one, and blue one ON the other
and placing them at the sides of the fire
place But the scoop shovel5 were not to h
had The woodenware man expected a con
Segment from the factory in few days
| provided some female decorator did no
break into the freight car and get ava,
with them in transit. So it was also wit
| chopping bowls.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
How Chicago May Be Saved.


DIR. A. P. Burrus Of Beaver Dam, Wis,
has come to the special rescue of Chicago
from the threatened visitation of cholera
microbes, microcci, bacilli, spirilli, spiro-
cl ati, and other forms of unwelcome bac-
teria, this summer. DIR. Burrus suggests
that mountain air will always kill the mi
crobes, and, as Chicago has ~ mountains to
speak Of, he proposes to supply the deficit by
tapping the aerial nights about 900 feet
above u.s.
He proposes that the city shall build a
monument of masonry 100 feet square at tn
base and 500 feet high, with an interior well
fifty feet in diameter From the top of this
he would run up an iron tube, say 800 feet
further, which would penetrate strata Of
pure mountain air. He would then have 6
screw fan at the base and, connecting his
big monument by small pipes with all our
dwellings, would keep them filed with thi:
air, which would at once kill off the microbes
as fast as they dared to enter any one
premises.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
Prosecute the sw,ndlsrs -,

II when you call for Hop Bitters (see
green cluster Of Hops on the qrlttts EabeI)
the druggists hands out any stuff called
G. D. Warmers German Hop Bitters or
with other Hop" name, refuse it and
shun that druggist as you would viper;
and if he has taken your money for the
stuff, indict him for the fraud, and sue
him for damages for the swindle, and we
will reward you literally for the convic,
ton
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16


Although counterfeiling is one of the
greatest crimes against the business of
any country, and in many cases
Destructive of health and lifep'
1t proves beyond doubt the"
Superiority
OF the article counterfeited;
As no inferior article is eoer counterfeit
ed.
Proof of this is found in the great mum
Der in
. Australia, England. France,
Germany, India, Belgium, Canada ant
the U. S.
Of couuterfeits of the great remedy
Hop Bitters,"
Whose name and merits are so wei
known the word over that it is
Shining mark and favorite prey
For Counterfeiters p
Beware of all that does not have
green cluster Of hops on the white label
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
POET AND sleN-PAINTER.
James Whiteomb Riley as the "Only
Blind Sign Painter ON Earth.r
[Cor. Pittsburg Despatch.l


lCor Pittsburg Despatch.)
was running weekly paper in a small
northern Indiana town at the time | first
met him. You know how the inhabitants Of
small places 60 wild over ANYTHING of a
freakish nature, and the reigning sensation
just then was the work Of a blind sion
painter. A party OF advertising fakirs has
just struck the village, who decorated the
dead walls and fences in the most gaudy
way imaginable, the finishing and artistic
touches being done by a member of the
party who was known as the "Only Blind
Sign Painter on Earth" Business with them
was rushing, every merchant in town COM
ing around and wanting work done. for
when the blind sign painter, who was none
other than Riley, felt his way UP a ladder
and dashed off an artistic sign, half the in
habitants OF the place turned out to witness
the feat.
The scheme Of the fakirs, which was an
original one and calculated to catch the
multitude, all depended on the histrionic
ability of the Hoosier poet He had large,
frank gray eyes, and the vision of an eagle
w hen the surface was selected he was
brought out and led TO the foot of the lad.
der. A part of his business was to go up q
| step, carefully feeling his way, then turning,
stare into vacancy in an aimless, moony
sort of style, and bring to bear on the crowd
face full of pain and pathos This rarely
failed TO draw expressions of sympathy, and
what was more to the point, additional a l.
vertising contracts. Slowly climbing thu
ladder he fingered the surface measuring
with hands the dimensions of the letters
and then, suddenly seizing the brush, tn,
sign was reeled off much more rapidly thai
the average painter could do it
Another catching bit of business" was t.
stumble on coming down, when one of tn
party gave him showing below, with al
imprecation and brutal order to be NOR
careful
Shame, shamel Some one ought to tax
the poor man away from those ruffians,
were sample remarks from the crowd Oh
I such occasions. One day, when he was u
the ladder, | caught his eye. My suspicion
had been aroused, and he saw it in my face
Slowly and deliberately, with owlish solen
nifty, he winked that great gray eye of hi
in way which spoke whole libraries. Ate
that l was taken in his confidence, and finS
ing that he was a gold mine Of talent il
duced him to leave the painters and go I
work in my Office, task which was not di
ficult, for he only regarded the Bin
Painter" dodge as boyish lark, and WI
getting tired of the fun That was the b
ginning of his newspaper career.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16

Governor Hoadly Declines In Advance.
NEW York, June 16.-Governor Hoadly,
accompanied by his wife, came to the city
Sunday from West Point He was met at
the Gllsey house and shown tho following
dispatch from Washington; ut is reported
here that Judge Geddes is likely to be NOM
mated for governor of Ohio, as Governor
Hoadly will not take it.
He said in reply: $50 far as this relates
to me it is correct have stated number
of times that shall not be candidate for
denomination. This decision is not due to
any hesitancy from political reasons, as
have not had the slightest doubt that the
Democratic party of Ohio is in position to
win the race; and my convictions on this
point are rather emphasized than the con-
trary by recent Developments. My objec-
tions are purely personal. My law business
REQUIRES my attention"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
NAV weather Rev,aw.

The Illinois Department of Agriculture
has been furnished the following interest.
ing information concerning the WEATHER
during the past month:
Rock Island county-D. W. Flagler,
observer, Rock Island; The highest tenn
perature during May was 80 . on the 23d
lowest 20 on the 9th; mean 50 . 81
range 80 greatest; daily range 80 G or
the 18th and Goth; least daily range 5 .
on the goth; mean daily range 1so 6S
Rain fell on May l, 8. 5, II and %, tn,
precipitation amounting to 292 inches
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
VERY REMARABLR RECOVERY

Mr.. Geo. V. Willing, of Manchester,
Mich, writes MY wife has been almost
helpless for five years. so helpless thai
she could not turn over in bed alone
She used two bottles of Electric Bitters
and is so much improved, that she is now
able to do her own work"
Electric Bitters will do all that il
claimed for them. Hundreds of testi-
monials attest their great curative powers
Only fifteen cents bottle at Hartz 4
Bahnsens
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
The Vice President

PrrTsBURG, Pa, June 16.-Vice President
Hendricks, accompanied by his wife and ex.
Secretary of the Navy Col. Thompson, OF
Terre Haute, passed through this city Mon
day morning. Mr.. Hendricks appeared very
tired and careworn. He stated that they
were en-route for Atlantic City, New Haven
and Yale college. At the latter place he II
hooked for an address on June %.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
Satisfactory Evidence.

]. W. Graham, Wholesale Druggist, of
Austin, Tex, writes; Il have been hand
ling Dr. VIM. Halls Balsam for the lungs
for the past year, and have found it one
of the most salable medicines have ever
had in my house for Coughs, Colds, and
even Consumption. always giving entire
satisfaction Please send ME another
gross
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16

With every disease imaginable for the
last three years. Our
Druggist. T. J. Anderson, recommend
ing Hop Bitters" to me,
used two bottlesi knsnt
Am entirely cured and heartily recom>
mend Hop Bitters to every one
j. D. Walker, Buckner, Mo.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16

Until very recently there had hung for
months in South End restaurant under
a clock run by the Boston Electric Time
company carefully printed placard read
ing as follows: Standard Time from the
Conservatory at Cambridge"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
!. "a. Carried Out. surely

BALTIMORE, June 16,-ln the criminal
court Monday morning Judge Stewart SEN
fenced Henry A. Myers to one year in jail
and twenty lashes, for beating his WIFE, 80,
phia Myers, at SO East Baltimore street II
the sentence is carried out Myers Will DE the
first white man to stand at the whipping
most in MARYLAND under the new law.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
.,ro,,v on the Island of Crete.

LONDON, June ia dispatch from
varna states that popular outbreak has
secured on the island of Crete, resulting
from the appointment of Savas Pascha as
governor of the island, and who is obnox-
ion, to the Cretans Serious rioting Is no"
going on, and a perfect state of anarchy
nrnyaiis
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16

New YORK, June 16.-Richard Short, the
.ssailant of Capt. Thomas Phelan, OF
Kansas City, was privately married last
week to Miss Kate Deasey, sister OF Tom
Deasey, one of the men hanged for the muir
ders of Lord Cavendish and Mr.. Burke. In
Pba,nix mark, Dublin
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
Prosecute the swindlers -!

II when you call for Hop Bitters (see green cI,es-
ter Of Hops on the aOhte label the druggist hands
ont any stuff called c. y. Warmers German Hop
Btters or with other Hop name, lefuse it and
shun that druggist as yOu wonld viper, and If he
has taken youF money for the stuff indict him for
the fraud and sue him for damages for the swlndc
and we win reward you literally for the convic-
ton
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
A Wonderful Discovery.

Consumptives and all, who suffer from
any affection of the Throat and Lungs,
can find certain cure in DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. Thousands
of permanent cures verify the tr1th of
this statement No medicine can show
such record of wonderful cures. Thous-
ands of once hopeless sufferers now
gratefully proclaim they owe their lives
to this New Discovery. 1t will cost you
nothing to give it trial. Free Trial Bot
ties at Hartz & Bahnsens Drug Store
Large size. 800.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16

A sanitary association formed on mods
ern principles was established two years
ago in Japan, and now has over 5000
members.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
Sherif's Sale.

Byvirtue of a Special Execution and Fee Bill
No 5909 issued out of the clerks office of the Cir
cult Court of Rock Island county, and state of Hi
nois and to me directed, whereby am command
ed to make the amount of a certain judgment re-
Gently obtained against Bernhard NJ. Thordenbuig
in favor of John ". Graham. out of the lands, ten
ements, goods and chattels of the said defendant
bernhard VI ThordenbuTg, have levied upon
the following property, to-wit:
Lot one nj in block three Isl Of Water blocks
in that part of the city Of Rock Island known as
the Chicago or Lower addition.
Therefore, according to said command. l shall
expose for sale, al public auction, all the right
title and interest of the above named Bernhard
NJ Thordeuburg. in and 10 the above described
property. on Monday the 92nd day of June, 1885
at O'Clock p. m at the north door of the cour
house in the city Of Rock Island, i'll the comfy 0
Rock Island and state of Illinois, for cash in hand
to satisfy said execution and fee bill.
Dated at Rock Island, this LIST day of June, A
D., 1885. -,
JOHN NJ. RETICKER.
Sheriff Of Rock Island County,
inn-t-dtd
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16

CHICAGO, June The hearing in the
Mackin case, which was set for Monday mas
been postponed until "Wednesday, owing 10
the absence of Mr.. Storrs, Maekln's coun-
aoI
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

G G
Wolff. Chas, III Seventeenth street.
HARNESS MANUFACTURERS.
sauerman, John, 2ie seventeenth street.
HARDWARE.
stewart g Montgomery 800 second avenue.
MERCHANT TAIL0Rs.
Wendt, H. 1902 second avenue
NEWSPAPERS.
| The Rock Island DAILY ARGUS; published every
evening" Sunday excepted} in Argus block, OPP
posite Postofice. Best advertising medium in the
| city.
| The Rock island WEEKLY ARGUS; published
every Friday A fine Job department in connec-
| ton with the establishment.
ID ESTAURANTS AND CoNFECTIONERS.
Krell, Fred, 1919 second avenue.
SALOONS
Westphal, John. 1872 second avenue.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
niraI Courbet Dead.

PARIS, June IS. An official dispatch just
received announces the death of the French
admiral, Courbet, on board his flagship in
the China sea.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16

Diseases of the kidneys, liver, or Urin-
AIRY organs. are speedily cured by the ine
fallible Hunts Kidney and Liverl Rene
DIV
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16

The profits of the late Hugh Conway
on the shilling edition OF Called Back
were $4,000.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16

The electric light has not proved a sue
cess in lighting the Leeds Public Library,
and GAS has been substituted.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16

Bounties on wild animals to the extent
of $4,000 have been paid by New
Hampshire during the past year.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16

Sturgeon from Lake Ontario are said
to be manufactured into smoked halibut
to as great an extent as the real article.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16

Calcutta is the second largest tea ex-
porting city in the world, the leader being
FoOchow.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16

Water Bugs, Reaches, use Rough Oh
Rats" 15c