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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
A Chicago nIYsferv.

CHICAGO. Sept 81. F. ORourke, a
St Louis lawyer on visit to Chicago, and
Miss Larned, daughter of A. II, Larned,
of Chicago. went on a boat-ride on the lake
last Friday afternoon and have not since
been heard from. The boat In which they
left belongs to man named Fernaux, and
was found Saturday on the beach at the
foot of Sixty-third street, right side up and
half full Of water. There are lots of theories
as to what may have become of the miss
ing two, but there are no facts to
go by. Mr.. ORourke was stopping at
the Sherman house, and his things are still
there; also mail from st Louis since ar
rived. The idea of an elopement is secuted
by Mr.. Larned. Mr.. ORourke is married
and a man Of means, and advisce from st.
Louis have it that he intended to purchase
property here and locate In Chicago, his
family to follow him. Miss Larned became
intimately acquainted with the O'Rourke
family while teaching in a seminary at
Kirkwood, near St Louis The belief of
most people seems to be that the two were
picked up by some vessel during the pre-
valence Of the lively northwest wind on
Friday evening and are In safety.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
MORE BLOODY SHIRT.

Judge Foraker spoke at Portsmouth,
o.. Tuesday to the extent of ten columns
The speech was patterned after that of
John Sherman. 1t was an attack upon
the south. 1t said that the colored voter
who, by the way, appears TO be pretty
well satisfed--could not gel his rights. 1t
declared that there was no fair voting in
the south. 1t recalled various alleged
southern outIages that were charged
twenty years ago. 1t said that Mr. Cleve-
land was not fairly elacted. 1t referred
with great indignation to certain change
in the voting precincts of Chatham coun-
ty. Georgia. And yet Judge Foraker was
charmingly disinterested. 81 have no
disposition, he said, with sweet smile,
"to keep alive any sectional hatred OF
prejudice or bitterness. 1t is not. there
fore, for any such purpose that | allude
to this matter. I am sure but speak the
sentiments Of republicans everywhere
when l say that the republican party
cares nothing whatever how people may
vote in the south or any other place, sc
long as they vote, as American citizens
ought everywhere to VOTE according tC
their own free will and choice" The
words are very entertaining, everything
| considered. In the last state election il
Ohio the state was ovelrun with deputy
United States marshals, and thousands O.
democratic citizens were kept from thu
polls. Investigation proves sthis to have
been the case, and the wonder is tina
there was not q fight between the stat
and the national authorities whose effect
upon the ballot box system would hav
been most disastrous. There was never
more corrupt election than the one allud
ed to. One would think Judge Forake
would think of this; but, like John Sher
man. he has eyes only for the alleged sin
of the south Precisely what they hav
to do with a state election it is difficult I
see; but the Judge perhaps knows. H
will certainty find out, if he doesn't. Tn
bloody shirt speeches of John Sherma
and himself ought to make the reelectIo
of Governor EIoadly a foregone conclu
sion.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
THE REAL CAUSE.

DsnfOrth, In his last weeks rehash,
makes vain attempt to prove that Mr..
NcEniry's nationality was the cause of
his defeat for the position Of deputy
revenue collector under Hon. Maurice
Kelly. This is another of the old
mans falsehoods. The democratic party
Is composed largely of Irish and Irish
Americans, and if nationality was at all
considered, it would have been point in
his favor. But it was not. An element
of weakness in his candidacy was the late
hour in which he announced himself as
an applicant for the position; and then it
was surmised that Danforth was cham>
pioning his cause, which drove men away
who would otherwise gladly have sup
ported him. In the short but sharp con-
test that ensued before Mr.. Hem
RVS appointment, naught was
said against Mr.. McEnriy's in
integrity or pureness of character, objec-
ton simply being made to his reported
alliance with Danforth. In justice to Mr..
McEniry it is but right to add, however,
that he denies the allegation, saying that
the favorable comment on his candidacy
In Danforth's sheet being unsolicited.
On the other hand Danforth says last
week that he was asked to notice his cans
didacy. OF course Mr.. McEniry's state.
ment is to be believed in preference to
Danforth-who is notorious liar-but
the former should not blame democrats
for giving the story credence, when Dan
forth, In his Boosting way, told Mr.. Hen
ry he was going to defeat him. That re,
mark, more than anything else, secured
the appointment for Henry. Mr.. Nc
Entry has set worthy example in taking
his defeat good naturally, and at some
future time. no doubt, the democracy OF
the county will be glad to honor him with
some position Of trust.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
Indignant Anna.

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Sept Sin the suburbs
OF this town there has been for some time a
notorious house of prostitution, known as
the white Hat Ranch" which had become
a stencil in the noStrils of law-abiding citi-
zens. Appeals for its suppression had re-
peatediy been made to the city authorities,
but as often di>regar1ed Patience ceasing
longer TO be virtue, a lot Of AmaZons,
numbering about forty, made raid on the
premises. and with axes and crow-boxes
reduced the house to a perfect wreck This
was the work OF the afternoon, and would
have done honor to a corps OF sappers and
miners of Sherman's army. In the evening
they again sembled and applied the torch.
The house was partially consumed when the
fire department was called out, and suhdued
the flames The laiie1 have given notice
that should their services again be required,
they will use dynamite in place of the torch,
and clean the tGing out from the founda.
ton up
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
MINISTER FOSTER has agreed upon tn,

MINISTER FOSTER has agreed upon the
text of a treaty with Spain which involves
form of the Cuban customs laws and a
mode OF settlement of the claims of our
citizens growing out of their losses
through Cuban instructions. Such con-
templated treaty looks proper and plaus>
ible on its face and does not involve the
surrender of twenty millions of sugar and
tobacco revenue in the interest of Cuba.
Mr.. Foster is growing wiser as he grows
older in diplomacy. If anything needs
reformation it is custom house manage
ment in Cuba. Canadian shippers Of
sugar box shocks used to complain thai
9 customs officer at Havana or MatanzaS
would do no official act without being
bribed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
Serious Charges Against Policemen,

WASHINGTON CIry, Sept s The Citizens
and Liquor Dealers Beneficial association
Of this city has sent communication to the
district commissioners asking an investiga-
ton of the police spy system" Acts OF
gross immortality are charged against the
spies" 1t is asserted that certain officers
have, during the hours Of duty, made rem
devious of negro shanty, where liquor has
been bought and the grossest immoralities
committed; that little children have beer
bribed by officers to inveigle liquor dealer.
into selling to minors for the purpose of con.
victing the dealer; that men have been sum-
moned before the police court. and withou,
hearing, and, on the evidence Of police
men, compelled to ray fines for offenses
never committei; that abandoned women
and those not abandoned are Swallowed and
are compelled to purchase silence in regard
to otfenses never committed. All these allie
cations, the association asserts, it Is pre-
pared to substantiata
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08

Standard subjects for the American
joker are boarding house hash and the
mother>in>law There is no joke, how
ever, in dyspepsia or kidney disease.
Mrs Martin Phillips, of WestfaD, N. H.,
was victim of the former disease, and
she suffered very much. Food was res
pugnaut to her, and when she tried to eat
the most delicate and tempting morsel
nausea and vomiting were sure to follow.
The poor woman was in despair, when
she read accounts of the marvellous cures
wrought by Mishler's Herb Bitters. She
purchased bottle and began taking il
according to directions. Mrs. Phillips
dyspepsia has disappeared and she now
eats with a relish.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08

CONSUL MASON reports that the most
elementary principles of sanitary cleanli>
ness are unknown in Marseilles; that the
cutters OF the streets flow with filth, and
that the conditions are favorable for the
spread OF an epidemic. Marseilles is an
ancient city without antiquities. 1t has
some fine hotels and one magnificent
drive. but the city itself is damp, filthy
and crowded, with canals running
through 1t that resemble uncovered sew
ers, without answering the purpose OF
sewers. These repeated warnings from
abroad should stimulate our sanitary au-
thorities to increased exertions to place
Rock Island outside of the class of cpl
demic inviting cities. Cholera may be re-
PEELED much more easily than it can be
expelled 1t gets its foothold in filth
Dirt breeds disease. Cleanliness is the
best preventive. Perfect sanitation is tht
best kind OF incubation.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
Swift Vengeance of a Mob.

CHATTANOOGA. Teun., Sept S-Charles
Williams was lynched by mob at the
county Jail at 1880 Sunday morning. About
O'Clock Saturday afternoon he shot and
killed Polk Mitahell. street-car driver, and
until recently assistant chief of police The
murder was brutal one, and the object re-
venge, for having been elected from Mitch
ellis car for smoking in the presence Of
ladies, and refusing to deposit his fare The
murderer was pursued by 500 citizens, cap
tured, and taken to Jail by strong guard
OF police At midnight a mob stormed the
Jail and hanged Williams from one of the
third story windows A collision occurred
between the blacks and whites, and Ben
Palmer, a colored man, was killed
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
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ing Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Hon. Charles Epson died at Cold
water, Mich, Saturday.
Eightoen authenticated new cases of
small pox were reported in Montreal Sum
day.
Marks drapery stores at Nantes, France,
were destroyed by fire Sunday. The loss
| is 5000, 900.
The death rate in Salt Lake City and vi
| entity Is very high, owing to lack of drain
age and ignorance of the laws of health.
The Utica Steam Cotton mills and the
Mohawk Valley mills, employing about l.,
oOO hands, resumed operations Monday.
During the August term of Che supreme
| court at Bangor, Me-, lasting five days. the
amount of $1,000 was collected for liquor
| fines.
| s. Bush a. Co. 8 ware-rooms in Fort Wayne,
Ind, were destroyed by fire, Sunday, with
the contents, the loss being estimated at
so, 900.
| Charles Williams, a drunken negro, at
Chattanooga, Tenn, Sunday, shot and in
stantly killed a street car driver named
Polk Mitchell
| Deadwood and vicinity was visited with n
snowstorm Saturday morning. The dis
patches state that the outlook for grain is
gloomy in the extreme.
Mrs. Russell Stevenson, sister of the count
ess of Dulferin, died at sea while on her
way from Canada to England. The body
was landed at Londonderry.
At Mortified Mr. Moody has been buying
big wagons to be used on Sundays for car
rying to and from church people who live
at distance and could not otherwise at
tend.
An extraordinary wedding occurred In
Pierce county. Georgia, on Friday. Will
lam Harrell, aged 40, well-to-do farmer,
married Sallie Wilson, aged 10 years and q
months
A Connecticut man has undertaken to
locate the wreck of the steamer Lexington.
which burned forty-fye years ago and
went down with several thousand dollars In
the safe
Nine. Missions present tour in Scandina-
via is described as a triumphal march, as
the people of her native land look upon her
as one of the most distinguished personages
of the age.
The steamer Wallula cleared from Du.
luth for Buffalo Sunday with 20, 900 barrels
of -four received from Minneapolis. This is
the largest cargo yet fioated on any of the
great lakes
The citizens of Tulare, Cal, are making
an effort to prevent the Chinese from
building on the lots recently burned over,
and are trying to force them still further
away from town.
W II. Crawford, on behalf of j. l. Case:
stallion, Phallas, has accepted Frances
challenge to match Harry Wilkes against
any horse in the world The race will b.
trotted in Cleveland.
Maj Aaron Stafford, the last surviving
officer of the war of 1872, diel at his resi-
ience i'll Waterville, Oneida county, n
Y, Sunday, in the Goth year of his age
having retained his mental faculties to the
last
The thirteenth annual convention of tht
German Roman Catholic Central society o
the United States was begun Sunday q
Williamsburg, n. y. Nearly 1000 dele
gates, representing nearly every city Of thi
Union, were welcomed IN an address bj
Joseph HERTZ, president of the Brooklyn
society,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
Retail Drugcists, Association,

PITTsBURG. Sept s-The third annual
meeting of the National Retail Druggists
association convened here Monday morn
ing, forty delegates being present from va
rious parts of the United States. The
morning session was taken up efTecting an
organization and hearing reports of the
treasurer, president and executive commit.
tee. The presidents report stated that thu
progress made the past year was uusatis-
factory, many members failing to pay their
dues A resolution was then adopted mott
flying delinquents that II desired, their
designations would be accepted as soon as
their dues were paid up
The thirty third annual meeting of the
American Pharmaceutical association will
open here Tuesday.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08

Father, Mother, and Three SISTERS Dead.
Mr.. David Claypool, formerly Sergeant
alarms ofthe New jersey Senate and now
Notary Public at Cedaryille, Cumberland
Co., n. j., makes ihe following startling
statement: "My father, mother, and three
sisters all died with consumption, and my
lungs were so weak raised blood. Nobody
thought | could live. My work (ship-
smithing was very straining on me with my
weak constitution, and was rapidly going
to the grave. While in this condition |
commenced using Mishler's Herb Bitters,
and it saved my life. Because it was SO
difficult to get it in this little place, and /
had improved so much, stopped taking it
for time, and the result is that | have
commenced going rapidly down hill again.
Somehow, Mishler's Herb Bitters gives
appetite and strengthens and builds me up
as nothing else does, and l must have a
dozen bottles at once. Use this commu-
nication as you please, and if any one wants
to be convinced Of its truth, let them write
me and will make affidavit to it, for j
owe my life to Mishler's Herb Bitters."
Thesecret Of the almost invariable relief
and cure of consumption, dysentery, diar-
rhea, dyspepsia, indigestion, kidney and
liver complaints, when Mishler's Herb
Bitters is used, is that it contains simple,
harmless, and yet powerful ingredients,
that act on the blood, kidneys, and liver,
and through them strengthens and invigor-
ates the whole system. Purely vegetable
in its composition; prepared by regular
physician; a standard medicinal prepare
ton; endorsed by physicians and drug
gists. These are four strong points in favor
Of Mishler's Herb Bitters. Mishler's Herb
Bitters is sold by all druggists Price 81 90
per large bottle. bottles for $500
Ask your druggist for MIsHIER's HERB BITrfRs
II he does not keep it. do not take anything elise Lut
send a postal card TO MIeHlF FIR HERB BITTIRs Co.
SIS Commerce Street, Philadelphia
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08


THE president and cabinet officials will
all DO back to their desks in few days.
In this connection the Burlington Gazette
remarks that the people have noticed that
not dollar OF the public money has been
used for their pleasure. No government
vessel has been put in commission at
enormous expense to take any member of
the administration to the seaside resorts,
something unheard of for twenty years
Only last year as many as three governs
ment ships were sailing the sea with as
many parties of official junketels. And
the public has good reason to remember
the one which came and went Mt the nod
OF Chandler, because it went down while
in his private service and the cost of rails
ing and repairing her was taken out OF
she peoples pocket. Is not the new way
better than the oldH Who would have
the old way again?
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08

eral that died OF wounds in surrounding
hills. ALI Cinnamon at work in the Almy
coal mines near Evanston, numbering 400,
have been taken to the latter place under
an escort Of United States TROOPS A CAT
ling gun was sent from here to Evanston
Sunday. The military are under command
Of Col Anderson of the Ninth United States
infantry, and are stationed at Rock Springs
Evanston and Almy guarding the company's
property.
Lieut. Noyes of the Ninth infantry, and
ten men and Calling gun have been
ordered to Evanston where further anti
Chinese troubles are feared, in order to pre-
serve peace.
The bodies Of two more Cinnamon were
found Monday morning in the mountains
partly eaten by coyotes and jaguars 1t is
not known whether they died from exposure
or from wounds received In the riot
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
HAY FEVER.

Elys Cream Balm was recommended
to me by my druggist as preventive to
Hay Fever. Have been using it as direct
ed since the 9th of August and have
found it specific for that much dreaded
and loathsome disease. For ten years or
more have been great sufferer each
year, from August 9th till frost, and have
tried many alleged remedies for it's cure,
but Ely's Cream Balm is the only proven
tive | have ever found. Hay fever suf-
ferers ought to know of its efficacy
Frank A. Ainsworth, Of F. B. Ainsworth
81 Co., Publishers, Indianapolis, Ind
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
An Enterprising. Reliable
House,

Hartz & Bahnsen can always be relied
upon, not only to carry in stock the best
of every thing, but to secure the Agency
for such articles as have well known mer-
it, and are popular with the people,
thereby sustaining the reputation of being
always enterprising, and ever reliable
Having secured the Agency for the cele-
brated DR.. Kings New Discovery fol-
Consumption, will sell it on a positive
guaranteer. 1t will surely cure any and
every affection of Throat, Lungs, and
Chest, and to show our confidence, We
invite you to call and get Trial Bottle
Free.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
Killed While Stealing a Ride.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Sept S-Two young
men attempted to steal ride from Nash
vile to Decatur, Ala, on Saturday nights
south-bound train, crawling upon the roof
of the coach One of them, J. B. Osborne,
was found lying along the track where he
had fallen. He was taken to the hospital,
where his injuries were found to be serious.
Sunday morning the north-bound train
picked up the remains of his companion
William Hughes Both were on their way
to Atlanta, where their parents reside.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08

SPRINGFIELD, Ills. Sept a-The secretary
of the American Clydesdale association ha,
received from the breeders of Clydesdalt
horses in Scotland bill of exchange fol-
$50 to be used as q special premium at the
annual show to be held by the association
at Chicago dHring the Illinois state fair
Sept. IA TO 49, The list of subscribers il
headed by Ri Hon. the Earl of Galloway
and Sir John Don Wanchope, two of thu
most prominent breeders of Clydesdal,
horses in Scotland.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
Disastrous Hail Storm.

PoRT TOBACCO, Nd, Sept g. The most
destructive hail storm ever known in this
section occurred on Saturday evening.
Entire fields Of cora and tobacco we're de-
stroyed. In many fields not even leaf of
tobacco was left ON the stalk. Ears of corn
were broken from the stalk while little
more than half ripe. The hail stones were
as large as pullet eggs The destruction
was general where the storm touched. The
damage in Charles county is estimated al
&1nn nn0
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
Steamer Turned.

JAMESTOWN, N. V, Sept. s.-While the
steamer City of Buffalo was lying at her
dock in Mayville. on Chautaqua lake, Sun.
day morning, fire was discovered just over
her boilers. Nobody was on board the
steamer, and before help arrived she was in
flames from stem to stern. Other steamers
tied at the same dock barely escaped burn
ing. The City of Buffalo was totally de-
stroyed. She was valued at SIC, 900; insur-
ance; $4,000 Incendiaries are said to have
nausad tho fira
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
Caution.

Consumers shorid not confuse our Specific witt
the numerous imi,a. ions, sGDs ,itutGs, Po,ash anC
Me,curv m'S,uics. w.tcharc @nren Up 40 sell. no
on .deit own mc~i,. hut on ,hc merit Of on
remedy. An imi.a,ou is always a fraud and
chea,, and they thriye Only rs hey can steal iron
the artcle imnated
lie sure and get the genuine, and send for Trea
tise on Blood and skin Diseases free
For sale ty all druggists.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.
Drawer 3, Atlanta Ga.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
A Bold Burglary.

NATAsKET BEACH, Mass, Sept s.-one
of the boldest burglaries ever perpetratsd
in this section occurred Sunday night at the
Ocean View house. The thieves forced an
entrance into the building, carried the safe
to the beach and blew it open. The thieves
obtained $1,000 in cash and valua BILE
jewelry. Some papers and 800 were found
on the beach in the morning, near whe re
the safe was blown open. The burglar,
also entered the Hotel Standish, broke into
the wine cellar and helped themselves.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08

THE ten plaugues of newspaper office
are: Bores, poets, cranks. rats, cock
reaches, exchange fiends, typographical
errors, book canvassers. delinquent sub
scribers, and the man who always knows
how to run the paper better than the edi'
tor himself.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
Under the Wire.

New YORK, Sept S-The races at
Brighton beach Monday resulted as follows:
First race, x mile; Petticoat first, Velvet
second. Startling third; time, i:171
Second race, milo; Joe Howell first,
Joe Murray second, Punka third; time, las.
Third race, Y mile; Little Minch first,
King Fan second, Joe S. third; time, LES.
Fourth race, 4 miles; Tom Martin first,
Whiz Gig second, Sovereign Fat third
time :57M
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-08
DELAYS are Dangerous.

If you are pale, emaciated, have q
hacking cough, with night sweats, split
ing of blood and shortness of breath, you
have no time TO lose Do not hesitate toe
lOng-'till you are past cure; for, taken
in its early stages, consumption can be
cured by the use of DR.. Pierce's Colder
Medical Discovery" as thousands Cal
testify. By Druggists.