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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02
A Girl,

Officer Carey was not on duty at the
union depot Saturday morning. and his
absence was not explained until later in
the day when it was announced that a
little girl had been added to the houses
hold. Good for Carey,
Conductor N N Coons. of the Ster-
ling passenger GU the c.. b. Il Q. road,
received the cheerful intelligence last
week that he was the father of a baby
girl, and he left for Monmouth Saturday
night to take a look at her. Mr., Coons
has been married fifteen years. has sew
eral boys, but this is his first and only
daughter, 1t may be imagined that Coons
felt in high spirits but he did not stop to
think of the dresses, bonnets. etc, for
which he would have to settle after a
while
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02
WOMEN AT WORK.
Female Lobbyists Butt0nholin. the
Soldiers Home Com missiOners.

1t seems that the female fraternity have
taken a hand in the soldiers home fight.
Cities and railroads have struggled for it
and have failed, and it wond not be at all
surprising if the fair apostles of the fes>
tive Belva Lockwood would locate the
home after all. The Alton Ill.) Democrat
says:
Mr.. Henry Watson reached the city
this morning from Chicago, whittier he
went as one of the Alton delegates to urge
the Alton claim before the soldiers home
commission. A pressure of private bust
ness brought him home, but he expects
to return.
"Well, what do you think?" we asked.
"Oh. am afraid that this com mission
will be like jury that has to report it is
unable to agree"
you look for no immediate action
them
mo, sir, do not. The removal to Chi
cago has only made the fight more bitter.
The delegates from the principal compel
ng points, such as Rockford. Decatur,
iRock Island, Peoria, Dixon. etc, are
larger and louder than they were before.
There are six or eight ladies in the Dixon
| delegation this time, and the Peoria dele
gatini is headed by lady. They are
supposed to exert an Influence with the
| commissioners which n man can not, and
don't know but what they will"
| "Well, is Alton still in the ring?"
"All / can tell you about that is what
Col. Berry, chairman of the delegation
told Senator Gillian and myself Mr.
Gillham told him that if the commission
insisted on holding secret meetings it
was the duty of the commissioners to in
form the representatives of such places
as were no longer in the line of coupe ,
tition, of that fact, and let them go hom e
and attend to their private business.
Now said he, 4 don't ask you for any
official information, but you can at least
say whether the Alton delegation shall
remain here or not. Col. Berry told us
to STAY There are one or two points
which rate higher than Alton. he said,
but neither of them will be chosen, as
| they are involved in the bitter fight in
progress between localities represented
| by commissioners, and no place which
has commissioner here will get the
Home"
| woman at Work" Rats
1
| Hon. II. G. cleveland and Sheriff J i.
M. Reticker returned from Chicago this
morning, the commissioners having ad
ionrned Saturday evening until Monday,
November 90. The gentlemen state that
at the adjournment of the commission the
chances for Rock Island were apparently
as bright as ever. That while the CONS
missioners had failed to express their
preferences AS to, any particular town ex>
cept by ballot they seemed to maintain
pleasant memories of their visit to Rock
Island, anil it is thought the city will yet
be decided upon as compromise between
| the towns where commissioner has his
home.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02

Ducks are flying southwark.
Northern spy apples, at Lamps.
Double fold cashmere 122 cents at Nc,
lntire's dress good sale,
Order your winter cabbage of Lamp.
Dress goods sale continues at McIntire s;
some rare bargains offered.
Ducks, prairie chicken and quail at the
Fulton market.
Mr. A. e. Knickerbocker, returned from
the cast yesterday morning.
Tea and chamber sets cheaper than ever
at the new aud 10 cent store.
Fresh HOLSTERS and New York count
oysters at the Fulton market.
Monthly meeting of the city council to-
night.
McInlre offers in special bargain AZ
inch all wool plads at 40 cents.
The Sewer organ" is becoming nau>
seous.
Forcloaks % TO McInlire & Co. They
fear no competition.
See the three Guarlsnen at the rink
to night.
John A. Bosold, of Rural, was in the
city today.
McIntire & Co. cloak department will
receive additions Tuesday.
Mr.. George Cook, of the First National
bank, is confined to the house by illness
One of the best attractions of the sea-
son at the rink to>nIght.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Swiler have returned
to their home in Angus, Iowa.
Magistrate BENEFITS collections fol
October were $40 So.
Thanksgiving three weeks from Thurs
day
Capt. J. NJ. Montgomery has returned
from II business trip to Chicago.
Something new in the skating line will
be the exhibition by the three Guardsmer
to night.
Democrats of the Third ward, give
your candidate rousing majority OIL
Tuesday.
Special prices on blankets at McIntirt
Il Co. Another case of their celebrated
So rs blanket just opened.
The three Guardsmen, W. Ilitf, Capt.
Hurd and f. Lincoln, appe ar az the rinl
to night,
| All the Rock Islanders who went tt
Chicago TO labor with the soldiers HON
| commission have returned home.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02
ON THE SASKATCHEWAN.
what Capt. John d. Davis, of this
City, Knows About the River
and People.

The following from the st. Louis
Missouri Republican will be read with in
terest:
Capt John B. Davis, the superinten-
dent of the Gait Line of steamers on the
Saskatchewan river, has been stopping
for some days past at the Southern hotel
in this city. Capt. Davis usually winters
at his home in Rock Island, and spends
the summer on the great N orthern river
which he is helping to make one of the
highways of commerce
There is not much difference" Capt.
Davis said to a Republican reporter, ''be-
tween the navigation of the Saskatchewan
aud the upper Mississippi. We use
stern wheel boats very like those in use
by the Diamond 10 line. They are pc,
culiarly fitted for the navigation of the
Saskatchewan aud indeed they seem to
be the only boats which can properly do
the work"
How far IS your rum
1--WE run from Edmonton to the Grand
| rapids. transferring our freight into bar
ges and lighters aud thus getting it into
Lake Winnipeg. Edmoaton is the head
of navigation; it is built about the site
of one of the Bay company's houses and
lies about sxty miles from the Rocky
| mountains"
"You must have seen good deal Of
the Riel rebcllion?"
81 should say we did. Battleford is on
| the Saskatchewan, and we pass it on
| every trip. One of our boats, there are
| five in the line, got one hundred and sixty
two bullets in the pilot house. We had
to expect that sort of thing though, and
we prepared for it, That one boat WAS
the only one which was badly used.
came through on the next trip and moth,
| ing was done"
'Rcl's people were armed with rliles?"
Yes. If they had any heavy guns it
| would have been very serious for us, We
| padded the doors and windows and push
| ed through, however, and had 40 serious
| trouble. except as tell you,
"Will Riel be hung?"
81 think not. You can't find anybody
in the Saskatchewan country who thinks
so, either. You see the French Canadi-
ans all favor him. and Sir John Mcdonald
| can hardly afford to offend them by mak>
ing Riel suffer the extreme penalty of the
law"
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02
Fruit.

Mr.. Chas. Fleming. of the firm OF
Fleming Bros, dealers IN dried and evap-
GRATED fruits, San Jose, Cal, reports bust :
ness very brisk at his branch house in this
CITY, He receives on an average about
two cars per week in bulk from Califor-
MIA, and packs them here. He has
about twenty hands engaged for that pur
pose. His goods have almost world
wide celebrity, hence the large demand
for them.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02

~ want the ARGUS sent around to our
club ROOM" said II young man the other
night belonging to a social organization.
1--WE take the Chicago Tribune, and want
ing also to subscribe for Rock Island
daily we took vote on the ARGUS and
Union, and your paper was almost the I'M
animous choice This is the kind of tes-
timonals we daily receive of the popularN
ity of the ARGUS, which is constantly
growing in circulation.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02

At San Antonio. Texas. on Thursday
evening, occurred the marriage of Miss
E. l.. Donaldson, daughter of Mr.. David
Donaldson, of this city. to Mr.. N. Turner,
OF Sattillo. New Mexico. The groom is
civil engineer. and is to be congratu..
lated on the excellent choice he made.
The newly married couple, after making
an extended bridal tour through the
south, will settle down at Sattlllo.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02
The High Schools,

The first regular meeting of the High
School Teachers association was held at
Superintendent kemble's office at $50
Saturday afternoon. What Constitutes
a Recitation" was the subject of discus.
sion, and the meeting proved pleasant
and profitable in every way. The next
meeting will be held at Mr.. Kemble's Of
flee Januaay II.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02
Rock ISLAND, Nov. ,

Rock ISLAND, Nov =.
CITY MARsHAL's OFFICE,
In compliance with the ordinance reg
ulating the liquor traffic, all saiooukeepers
are hereby notified to close their places
of business tomorrow by reason of the
special election in the Third ward, until
p. in. LOUIS V. ECKHART.
City Marshal.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02
The Canal.

The Hennepin canal commission and
the friends OF this important waterway
will hold meeting at 10 o clock next
Thursday morning in club room No. 4.
of the Grand Pacific hotel Chicago. The
matter to be discussed is of Importance to
all who are interested in this great COM
mercial waterway
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02
Hard Coal Market.

Pea coal, $500; CRATE and egg, S7.75;
range. nut and No. 4, $500 per ton:
screened and delivered all best quality
of anthracite. Extra carriage charged on
orders of less than one ton Blacksmith
caol, Connellsville coke and charcoal.
1908 Second avenue. E. G. FRAZER.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02
The JeEer on Club.

The Jefferson club will meet in adj
journed session tonight As business of
special Importance is to be transacted.
President Burial requests full attend.
ance
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02
Hard Coal

Have you bought your hard coals
Watkins Il Hill will deliver all grades of
hard coal Give them call. Telephone
1877.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02
County Building.


29-Coal Valley Mining Co. to Rock
Island & Mercer Co. r. r. Co, right of
way and franchise, indefinite lands in
Milan, water lot 3, block 3, and 4, Low
er addition, Rock Island, and west of
Huron street, and east of Water block T.,
Rock Island, and pit water lots in blocks
6, and 8. Lower addition. Rock Island
and blocks 6 and Z, Lower addition, Rock
Island, and block Z, between Water block
z and Lowe addition. Rock Island No
consideration mentioned.
Melinda Benedict to A. F. Parker pit
lot l, block SO, Andalusia. 1900
PROBATE.
31,-Estate of John Carr, deceased.
Appraisement bill, widows award. and
inventory filed and approved. Corpora
ton inventory and appraisment bill filed
and approved.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02

A silver wiudpipe and larynx enato /
cancer patient in Buffalo TO talk.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-10
Capital and Labor.

There is such marked contrast,
says the Savannah (Ga.) NvtyS, between
the North and South in the relations
of labor and capital that it is surpris-
ing that attention has not been called
TO it. In the South the white and
coIored laborers are working in bar
mOny. Capitalists and workingmen
have no irrepressible conflict that has
no ending. There is no fight between
the different classes. Throughout the
North, for years past, there has been
an unceasing war between labor and
capital. Every morning the newspa-
pers are filled with accounts of lock-
outs and strikes. In the far West,
where Cinnamon replaced white men,
the former, few weeks ago, were at
tackled and many of them shot and
their honses burned. The conserva-
tive South released from the tyranny
of carpet-bAg rule is at peace. All
classes are accorded equal political
rights. There is no disposition on the
part of capitalists to take advantage of
the workingman. What Messrs. Sher-
man and Foraker say in their speeches
in Ohio will have but little effect if
the people of the North will but form
their own opinion, from the informa-
tion they can obtain, OF what the real
condition of affairs in the South is.
Where there is so little complaint as
there is at the South among the work
ing classes, the relations between eapi,
tai and labor must be much more salts
factory than at the North, where com
plant is constant and general.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-10

In one of his recent speeches, re-
plying to John Sherman, Gov. Hosdly,
of Ohio, draws the following COM
parison between statesman and q
demagogue: "The difference between
a statesman and demagogue is that
the former addresses himself either to
the advocacy of some wise and patri-
otto measure for the benefit of the
people, or appeals to their feelings,
seeking to create opinion and to en-
list their efforts in a humane, noble
and patriotic cause, bnt when tie part
played is an appeal to the baser and
meaner passions Of the people, of hate
and enmity-when the ashes of an old
dispute are raked anew, and the dying
embers blown into blaze land this
without any definite proposition of
change, but simply and solely for the
purpose of aiding in partisan po-
litical canvass), even though the ora
tor may have been three or four times
elected Senator, may have rendered
great public services on other occa-
sions and in other fields, he is on this
occasion and in this field playing the
part ola demagogue."
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-10
DiscrimtnnsesA Against the Poor
EauMG HAan.

Most of the leading Democrats of
the country have come to the sensible
conclusion that the Civil Service law
is a gigantic fraud, especially as now
enforced, as it only serves to keep Re
publicans in positions that should be
filed by Democrats. In cOndemning
the Civil Service law Senator Call, of
Florida, says: 81 can see no sense,
when the government wants penman
to write up set of records, why the
applicant should be examined in the
discovery of steam and decimal frac-
tions and square root. / am opposed
to any law that shuts out the poor
young men of this country, who have
not had the opportunity of securing
an education, but have gained Practi-
cal knowledge of business and fair
penmanship by hard practice, from
participation in the affairs of this gov
eminent. In that view, men of stern
judgment and grasp of affairs, such
as many of the men who have risen
to greatest prominence inthis country
by successful management Of private
affairs, would be excluded from the
government, to make places for grad
yates of colleges and of high schools"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-10

HoH. T. ]. BIRD, Commissioner OF
Agriculture, makes the following re-
port for the month Of September
Reports of condition. prospect and
yield of the crops, and condition OF
live stock for the month of September,
have been received from over 200 cor
respondents, Presiding in different local
tiles of fifty-five parishes of the State,
showing continuation of the August
rains throughout the month Of Sep
TENDER, causing cottont to rot and rust;
and, with the addition of the boil
worm and caterpillar, the loss has been
tremendous throughout the State. The
rice crop has also suffered largely.
The same may be said of the corn,
field peas and hay crops. As yet cane
has received no serious injury, but
should the rains continue much longer
it must be seriously affected, as it is
very green to secure good yield 1t
must have dry, cool weather for ma
turing.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-10
CONCEALED WEAPoNg.


The evil of this pernicious habit is
being daily portrayed in the columns
Of every paper published in the land.
Not q day passes that we do not read
in our exchanges of men being shot
down, for little or no cause, by some
one who glories in making Of himself
= walking arsenal, which he thinks
/ pictures himself to his associates as a
brave and neryy man one to be feared
and obeyed for bis dangerous quail
ties. Such men may be elassed as
brave within their own circles, but
the respectable classes Of every com
munity take very different view,
and they are looked upon as towards,
ready at any moment to commit muir
der for any imaginary wrong.
The most heinous crimes are daily
committed and the lives of many good
citizens have been sacrificed for the
want of the enforcement of the law
against carrying concealed weapons.
The law is stringent enough and the
penalty is severe enough to check the
habit, but the fault lies in the enforce
ment Of the law, and not in the
wording.
A strict observance of the law by
the eourts and juries are the only
available means of putting a stop to
this habit of carrying concealed
weapons. The full penalty of the law
should be inflicted upon every vio-
lator, regardless Of social standing or
political influence, as the Statutes of
the State have made it crime, and il
is the sworn dnty of the courts and
juries rs well as their duty to society
to suppress this growing evil habit,
which seems to have become epidemic
with our people. Let the masses come
to the assistance of our juries and
courts, and we firmly believe that oar
judges will do their dnty in the prem
Uses.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-10

ID Steele, Auditor, to me directed, ] will
offer for sale, at the Court House door, in
the town of Lake Charles, La, to the highest
bidder. on
Tuesday, October "a, 1885,
the following described property, to wit:
Township 10 s., R. 9 West, subdivided into
eight lots, numbering from to s, contain
ing each so acres, more or less.
Township s., X. TO West, snbdlylded into
eight lots, numbering from / to 6, contain
ing each 80 acres, more or less.
Township s., r. 10 West, subdivlded into
eight lots, numbering from ! to 8, contain
ing each 80 acres, more or less.
Township 6 S., r. 4 West, subdivlded into
six lots, numbering from to 6, lots to s.,
containing each SO acres, more or less, and
lot No. 6, containing 100 acres, more or less.
One hundred and twenty acres of this sec
ton having been previously sold.
Township 4 g., r. 3 West, subdivided into
eight lots, numbering from l to & contain
ing each so acres, more or less.
Township s.. r. 3 West, subdigided into
eight lots, numbering from 10 g. contain
ing each SO acres, more or less.
Township IL g., II. West, subdivided into
eight lots, numbering from to g. contain
ing each 80 acres, more or less.
Township IL g., R. West, subdiyided into
eight lots, numbering from to 8, contain
Ing each 81 acres, more or less.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS per cent. In
Cash, and the balance In nine annual install
ments; the interest TO be paid annually on
the whole amount, made payable to the Au-
ditor of Public Accounts, secured by special
mortgage on the land sold, and personal
security isa solIlo, until final payment of prin-
cipal and interest. The Parish Treasurer
shall be authorized to receive the whole
amount bid for the land, dedueting the eight
per cent. interest which the credits would
bear. WI. HUTCHINs,
Treasurer Of Calcasieu parish.
Lake Charles, Sept 90, 1885.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-10

The Ifmes-DcmOcrdt states that pas
senger rates to the coming Exposition
vii, be about the same as last years,
except that they allow visitors to re-
main over longer, which will enable
them to see more of the Exposition.
The Times Democrat says: The
time given last winter was too short.
1t took fully two weeks even to super
ficiaIly study the wonders of the Expo
sition, and many persons were hurried
away before they had seen half of
what they wanted to. The greater
allowance now made will be appreci-
ated, and will be equally to the ad-
vantage of the Exposition and the
visitors"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-10
Steam Fire Engine.

At meeting of the Town Council
held last Wednesday evening, by
unanimous consent a resolution was
adopted authorizing the Mayor to
purchase a No. Silsby Steam Fire
Engine, with all appurtenances and
necessary fixtures, including 500 feet
of hose, at cost not TO exceed 81, $50.
This was wise move on the part of
our Town Council and should be APP
plauded By every citizen of the town,
as the growing proportions of Lake
Charles demands better protection
of property from the rayages of the
FIRE iiend. With a steam fire engine,
our hand engine anG the two Hook
and Ladder Companies, properly or
gained and disciplined, our town will
have as good facilities for extinguish
ing fires as any town in the State,
which no doubt will reduce the rate
Of insurance and encourage our PEG
pie in putting up more substantial
buildings. So we say, hnrrah for our
Town Council; and now that they have
gone this far IN the good work, VIZ
feel satisfied in saying that it will mol
be long before they win have erected
asystem Of waterworks throughout tn
town which wonld complete the miss
ing link in the good work they hav,
50 wisely inangurated.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-10

INFORMATION is wanted in New
York by James @. Jewett, of No. 81
William street, of Michael Murphy and
his wife or their heirs. Murphy and
his wife we're passengers on board OF
the ship Adriatic, of the Morgan Line,
which, leaving London for New York
in 1863, was captured by the Confed-
crate cruiser Tallahassee. Murphy
was a carpenter, and he or his heirs
have money coming to them.