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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-02
Caution.

Consumers should not confuse our Specific with
the numerous limitations, substitutes, Potash and
Mercury mixtures, which are gotten up TO sell, not
on their own merit. bnt on the merit of ouI
remedy. An imitation is always a fraud and a
cheat and they thrive only as they can steal from
the article initiated.
BE sure and get the genuine, and send for Trea
tise on Blood and Skin Diseases free.
For sale by all druggists
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga.
1877 W 2Sd ST. NY
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-02

A bank note in colors will be issued
shortly by the bank of Scotland. The
cOlors are put in so that no counterfeiter
can call photography to bis aid.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-02

munity to which his wife and children
belongf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-02

Pendieton Visits the Empress.
berlin, Sept 1.-The Empress Augusta
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157 W. 23d ST, n. Y.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-02

Mrs Swan IL a graduate Of the Musical Cons
vatory of Stoc kholm, Sweden, and has herB ii
gagged IN teaching in America twelve year, II
last year she has been director Of the Cou,eryat
ry in Geneseo with great success, and rsyu
large class, OF which a number will follow hat
finish their studies.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
Secretary Lamar's Manitoba Decision.

Washington Special Lamar
decided the appeal taken by the Manitoba
from the decision OF Ex-Land Commissioner
Mcfarland, on July Is, 1884, in regard to
the right OF the road to selectlands in lieu Of
>indemnityla lands relinquished by the St. Paul
= Paciticin the Fergus Falls district. The
latter road had relinquished certain odd
numbered sections within the twenty miles
indemnity limits, which. the road had never
selected and they were settled upon by
.homesteaders. March 20, 1873, the Mani.
stoba selected the lands in question: Com.
missioner Mcfarland held !, that the
railroad, company had no right to- the
settlers lands. Secretary Lamar decided
that this case rests on grounds similar to
those in the St. Paul & Sioux City case, in,
the Worthington district where 5000
acres We're decided on the, 29th, Of April
this year, to be beyond the reach of the
railroad company. In other words the
principle that indemnity lands cannot be
relinquished by the railroad company be-
fore losses resproyed and selections made
therefor has been fixed, and will not be re.
pealed at present.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
Changing the Wheat Grades.

I. Dulnths Special Commissioner Murdoch
and Chief Inspector Burdick arrived here
and held a conference with the board of
trade Representatives. over the inspection
here, and The, result is that the No. 1
hard rule was changed from "75
sper cent hard Scotch q Fife wheat
i to 81 "shall consist mostly of hard
Scotch Fife awheat.' This is the old re-
aquirement 'of8the ] Duluth asboardFa and will
result in throwing much more wheat into
the No, hard grade and in giving greater
satisfaction to farmers and commission
men here.pszThe No. 1 Northern grade will
not be as high as under the rules first
adopted by the board. isgs[s
The change noted is one Of great impor-
tance as it lowers the quality 81 wheat 25
per cent. Wheat which, under the former
rule was required to contain IS per cent.
of hard Scotch Fife wheat. will now pass
grade if it contains only 81 per cent. OF
that variety. When the rule requiring SO
large an amount OF hard wheat was made
by the commissioners, it was predicted by
a great many grain men that compare
lively little ofathe scropnof Minnesota and
Dakota would grade No. 1 hard if the rule
were stricay,appiied. " FRI
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
A Jockey Killed on the Track.

New York Special: The track was in good
condition at Brighton Beach. There was
also an average attendance, but, the pleas
ures Of the day were completely marred
by q chapter OF terrible accidents, 2by which
one Of the most promising young Jockeys,
Moran, was instantly killed and two others,
Garrison and Zane, narrowly escaped with
their lives. The SECOND race was started
with thirty-one horses, although twenty
two owners mad sent in applications to
have their horses withdrawn, as the num-
Der was too great and the track too narrow
to give the animals chance to win, and be-
sides they were afraid of an accident, Start
er Caldwell got the horses of in punches and,
of course, they raised an immense cloud of
dust, in which those out OF the front rank
could not see where they were riding to- At
the half-mile post, Moran, who was riding
Miss Daley, and as we'll as could, be seen
through the dust was. in third place
on the outside, having Joe Howell
q little in front and closely followed
by Garrison Oh blizzard and Lane on
Bonnie Lee, was seen to suddenly pitch his
hands to the air, and was quickly followed
by the other two falling also. Morans
neck was broken. and death was almostin-
Simultaneous. The other riders, Garrsi on
and Lane, are all right. In the third ace
another accident Occurred, which in one
case may prove fatal. Rivers who was rid
ing Wonderment, and Williams, who was.
riding on Cardinal Me- loskey, were thrown
as they entered the home stretch Rivers
was carried home Unconscious and unable
to move.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
The ueaat iS Chinese. 1kinesd in wyoming.

IL
Omaha, Neb., Specials Numerous mes
headquarters in this city from Rock Springs,
Wyo:,, giving details the riot of that place.
between the Whitescoal miners and Chinese.
These accounts differ somewhat from the
reports frstssenta out from Rock Springs.
There are at Rock Springs about four hun.
dred white miners and $50 Chinese miners.
Both have been there for several years, the
Chinese living Separate in one part of, the
mining camp and the whites in another part.
There has, however, always been silEfeeling
between the two elements, the whites ire
quently apsrsecnting the, Chinese. Recently
the Chinese were reinfo forced BY the arrival OF
fifty fresh cooliela borers. This aroused the
wrath OF the white miners, who determined
to clean. out, the. entire Chinese population,
and late in The afternoon they 'niadea raid
on the Chinese quarters, firing shotguns and
pistols into the air tn 'frighten them into,
leaving. The Chinese, frightened nearly to
death, fled in every direction, until Their
cabins were entirely deserted. They were
pursued some distance by the White miners,
who kept shooting over them. The whites
then set fire to the Chinese quarters, de-.
sstroying every Chinese cabin The Chinese
are mostly seeking shelter on the hills, and
buttes in the vicinity, awaiting further
develop ents.f During the day they have
several times attempted to send flag of
truce to the enemy, and to hold confer
encesin hope of bringing about q compro-
mise, but their messengers have all been
driven back with warning shots by the out
posts.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
A Demented Army Onlcer.

T. One OF the most peculiar cases coming I'm.
der Secretary Endicott's recent order
sending various Harmy officers back to
Wharton, Of the Nineteenth infantry,
who Tor twenty years has been on the
staff OF Gen. Hancock, and is widely
and popularity known in Minneapolis
and ST. Paul, where he lived for several
years. 1t is said that he intends to resign
rather than rejoin his regiment. This, us
q matter of fact would s;be impossible
Capt Wharton is afflicted with. softening
eof the brain and is under constant sur
veillance. He does not not go off Gov
Scrnor's island without the attendance of
Sthe post surgeon or some fellow officer.
This has been necessary for two years past.
Ills resignation could not be accepted if he
should resign, d decision having been made
to this effect in a similar case. Capt.
Wharton was one of Gen. Hancocks most
trusted and confidential aides during the
war and he win doubtless be allowed to re-
retired. = e FL =
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
l Increasing Circulation of Silver.

TreasurerJ Jordan says the policy adopted
BY the treasury department to secure
2 better gcirculation OF silver coin is
meeting with graft ifying success. Dur
ing August there. was paid out from
sthe different subtreasuries $1,677, Az
in standard dollars, and 81, 495, SO2 in
fractional silverscoin, which amounts were
largely in excesspf the issue ofsilver uring
TIE corresponding month Of last year. Mr.
Jordan says: M n TIL ~
The withdrawal Of 81 and 80
notes from circulation was / made
necessary by 81 the rapid accumula-
stion OF silverssin the subtreasuries. :, 1t
was expected inthis way to create demand
for silver coin. That the plan was success
full is shownsby the large output during the
j past month So far no formal complaints
8or protests against the withdrawal of 81
and So notes have been made. Applica-
tions haye been, however, received for huge
quantities 81 small notes. In each case
answer has been made that the issue OF
those notes has been suspended for the
present go.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
. Tho NsM POSI- cards.

y, An installment Of 100, 0O0 postal cards
from the new contractor arrived at the
Washington postoHce. The new car cards
differ considerably from the old cards
in i9 appearance: The size is exactly
the same The design is printed in light
brown color Instead Of the heads 81 tRe
Goddess of Liberty in The viignette ID the
corner appears q fine engraving Of Jeffer-
sons head. Instead of the monogram o.
s." the new card has on it the words.
Omitted States, printed at length. Onthe
address side OF the old card were printed the
words Nothing but the address. can, be
placed ct1.' on this side: This expression has
always been criticised q little as not being
true, as persons could write anything they
chose on that side, though the card might
not be received at the postof1ice. The ex-
preston has been changed on the new card
8 as to read: Nothing but the address to
be on this side''
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09

old gpmansg The matter tks1z1Gliteds in
somda nd the boy WASH finished.
The second lime he ravished gif ID wa was
Amprlson I0r two years The third timeh he
got sentsnce OF five asrs, Mad not
been longbut. After his III est tlse1e was al
sangryI mob in Arcad seeking for him. The
an sslleri secrsted him among freight in the
w'harehonss at thesdepot. Yhentl1e train
watching for the officer to come with his
prisoner. just as the train started he
stepped into the cars and got away safely.
=. the mob had secured the prisoner they
would have torn him limb from limb.
krett iss hardly more than twenty-five
years old, AZ ~
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
Death Of Noted Character.

Ex-senator AEin of California, died in
New York a feW5sdays ago. No member Of
his family was@with the deceased at his
death. On ths9th Of October9 ~ lillian NJ.
Gwin would haSsbeen eighty years old He.
was the son Oh Tanness s Methodist min.
lister and studie1 medicine when quite
young, butt being favorite with Gen
jackson, he soon launched into polit-
ical life, having been appointed United
States marshal for Mississi ppi by him.
Subsequently he became superintendent OF
the New Orleans custom house, and when
California was admitted to the Union he
went there, stumpedr the state, and was
elected to the United States senate in 1850,
at the same time with w. H. Seward. He
was, reelected TO that body Kandgremained
init until the Rebellion broke out in 1851.
He stated that. The title y. Duke was given
him through misapp rehension Of his dos.
ings in Mexico, and he recently out
lined his career in that country as fol-
lows: 81 wassan AMERICAN during the civil
conflict, as had been long before. While
we We're fighting each other. in the states
Y there was a scheme to. des troy Mexico: 81 I
endeavoredSto obtain for ouTpeople q hold,
Jon that gOvernme nt, which seemed to- meto
'fbe going in pieces" Mr. g win "a q tall
man, weighing between $50 and 800 pounds.
He resembles Andrew j acksonAso closely in
features that he was often mistaken for
him. His intimate acQuaintancewithC Clay
Webster, Calhoun and other great states
mehgave him xhaustlcss fund 0fremini-s
cence. In 1853 he fought duel with Nc.
Corkle, who was then a congressman from
California. After three shots they parted,
friends. 2ts'&fsS-s a "a 5A'A g - ~
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
Came Near Getting His Deserts.

La Crosse Special. Jonn Krett was
brought to this city from Arcadia, Trem-
pealeau county for confinement in jail,
there being no sale jail in that county. He
e charged with having ravished Tilley
Olson, aged fourteen, recently, meeting
her on the road at night & and over.
|powering her. She gave a good de-
scription Of her. aasailant, to which
Krett answered. Besides this, he was sus-
spected Of having been guilty OF the same
crime three previous times. The first time
he was quite young, and his victim was an
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
Hanging Il. the colon IncendIarx.

a Panama dispatch say At the court
&. 4; martial that met on the TIL ult.. to try
sdro Presto ho has been 81 acmfel All
4 yEl! tnesses dec lhred that Rrcsttln Wss TN
principal san thor Of the destru ctionof Us.
on the stsof Mare last. Allthe Wit.
4 .l Msssese sasreelng on the one point
that restan was sthe sahtIlorsHd the
fire the court, after having heard fhe
81 prisoners defense, ordered the room to be
cleared and then deliberated assto VIVA sen.
Jence they should pronounce All the votes
put one were for the. hanging OF Prestan. AT
asst the death warrantswas signed; the pris-
oner@ called in, and Informed of his sen
fence. He heard the sentence read. with
great composure. Up to his last moment
ne had a priest by his side. When. upon
the scaffold Prestan spoke a few words
calling upon the Cololnbians to believe
hlmslnnocent OF such an atrocious crime.
notwithstanding all his repeated protests
OF Innocence, there was but one voice ofsun-
sanimous approval when the car was re- 81.
moved from under hisieet and the body
left to swing on the gallows. Prestan was
hanged soon after midday on the 18th.
UT. His death seemed to have been in
Simultaneous, as no sign Of life was appar-
ent three minutes after dropping.
Prestan was a mulatto, about thirty
years old. He was ons OF the most fierce
and cruel OF the Columbian revolutionists.
When the troops and police were with
drawn from Colon to aid in defen ding PAN
anna against Aizpuru, he seized the govern
ment and held the city until he was driven
f l by Col. gUlloa and his Caucanos
q lt was Prestan who seized the American
consul, Mr.. Wright, Capt. Dow, the gener-
al agent OF the Pacific Mail Steamship
company; Mr.. Conner, the; local agent and
Lieut.. Judd, ofsthe Galena, and took them
out to Monkey hill to be shot They es-
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
Enlightened by Consul Mason.

The secretary OF state has received de-
tailed report OF Consul Mason in regard to
the cholera at Marseilles, France.
He comments upon the falsepolicy of the
authorities in endeavoring to suppress the
truth, and speaks OF the sensation caused
by the rude awakening on the 14th ult.,
when the community realized that it was
in the first stage OF an epidemic OF real
Asiatic cholera, which Aad not been
imported from Spain, CT elsewhere The
most elementary principles of sanitary
cleanliness are unknown,in Marseilles, and
on this point the consul goes into details.
From the 1st to the 18th Of August there
were 81 deaths. or an average OF thirty.
eight per day. The disease has also APP
peared seriously in the suburbs of the city.
The malady has been more fatal than last
year to sailors Of vessels in port, and has
been particularly serious to seamen from
England and Scandinavia. The, disease
nnanifests it's characteristic preference for
the dissipatel, the insane and the unclean.
The scourge has perhaps reached its maxi
mum fatality, and viii gradually subside to
q finish in October. @
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09

Red Wing Fair. 2
Mr.. w. j. Van Dyke is in receipt; OFT
letter from President j. J. Hill, stating
that he has no more bulls to distribute to
farms along the Manitoba road. He has
already placed about 40 young Thorough
bred bulls in the differentcounties1ma
by the Manitoba road.
E. L. Thorns of Ashby, Otter nailcounty,
lost threshing machine and forty bushels
OF wheat by fire, recently. Loss about
$64O.
The state railroad and warehouse COM
missioners lower the grade of No. 1 hard
25 per cent at the solicitation of Duluth
grain dealers.
At st. Paul DR.. II. s. Walnath and John
Barger are arrested, the. one. CHARGED with
abortion and the other with seduction. 81
Frederick Herman of Buffalo, Wright
county, is under bonds,on. a charge Of out
raging Mrs. Margaret Uhl.. He broke open
trunk with an ak and rifed it of totes,
mortgages and other documents Aggregate
ing in value upwards ofs$1, 900, after. which
he took to the woods. Mrs. Uhl wa 8 found
some time aftenward, ID an unconscious
condition. 5Erg- 81 -
The Albert Lea Standard says therssis a,
sharp demand for good teachers in. Free
born county. To-
Mankate has shipped 200 car Loads. OF
stone Tor the insane asylum building a,
Norfolk, Neb.
James Norton Of Waseca county raised
3, 600 bushels OF grain this year.
Tha new freshman class OF tie State Uni.
velsity, numbers 1S9. II.
The Milwaukee & st. Paul has issued a
circular to agents that, taking effect Sept.
Ia, shipments Of green apples or cider in
straight or mixed car loads, minimum 40
barrels Of apples or "a, 600 pounds al cider,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09

TO appoint the seven who attained the
highest averages in the examination. The
successful candidates are: John B. Hull,
Virginia; Stanley NJ. Laudrey, Indiana;
Preston Fl. Roth. Pennsylvania; Ellsworth
L. Berthal, New York; Gordon II. Wilcox,
Pennsylvania; Richard o. Crisp and Will
liam T.. Jacobs, Maryland. Ill fs5+if 80
Lieut.. George Hare has Just returned from
Mexico with thirty-two men, having made
one thousand miles since May nineteenth.
He has in charge fifteen Of Geronimo g
squaws and children as prisoners. He re-
ports that in the late fight Geronimo picked
up his favorite child and rushed out Of the
camp. Then he was surprised and had to
run the gauntlet OF fifty rifles, the best
shots Of the Chiacahua and San Carlos
tribes. He was shot twice, and dropped
the boy and ran, covered with blood and
with his left arm shattered His suuaws
say he was shot thorough the body Some
| OF them say he is dead.
Counsel for Charity Virgins has filed in
the United States circuit court at Alexan-
dria q bill in equity as the next friend OF
Thomas Wiggns, generally known as Blind
Ton, 8 against ]. w. Bethune, the former
master OF Blind Tom. The latter holds
him yet under absolute control by the al
legged commitment of q Virginia county
court, though Blind Tom" never has been
a resident OF that state. The appeal vss
made to Judge Bond. United States circuit
Judge Of the Fourth circuit, and the suit
was brought on petition OF Toms aother,
as his nearest friend. The bill asks for ali
moneys Mr.. Bethune has received since the
isemancipat ion 81 slaves by President
Lincoln's proclama tion, and that he max
an account TO the court forthwith.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09

Iowa rece atty. wast<arresitS j, brought hack
and placed under nondss ai 81 900, charged
with the seductioa, :unGar promise of mar.
riage, OF Gertie Gneen, q y Hiss in her teens.
~ Mr.. Jsbp Winkelmal1 i, aged sixtv-two
years, o{,iNew. Chm Died suddenly. Mr..
Wlnketnaann was> ws4 known, His son
Charles is now atty paar shall OF New Ulm.
B. GSReynolaa, ,casau ty attorner of Far
ibaulaeQunty,w writes to Attornea. General
Hahn, asking itin usse the personal prop
erty OF each eepanhaer OF a bankrupt firm
ls Liable foa the Ia assessed against the
hrnkpr0pertyy th9 ssounty treasurer should
pressed to asses, the same against the per-
sossA property AZ the copaat,1ers, and
whether 1t he .faifs SO to do ha. is liable for
the. tax AimseA In reply ahe attorney
general sayR that each memher OF a part
nership ia, iahae for the fMsns debts: and
ahat it, also possible thai the assignee
and his bonMamen are also liable. There
is, no, Authority for the aneasurer to pro.
! ceedi to. enforce the assessment, and this
/ answers. the last question, in the negative,
! The Witoka Dairy company is the nam
Of a corporation That has been formed in
Winena county, With SIC, 600 capital. fpr
the manufacture OF butter and cheese. The
lncoEporators are wei, known farmers.
Rey. ]. W. Colwel, OF Providence, RI.
has accepted tie positso On ofhead m sster at
The Shattuek school, Faribaul,, Prot.
George H. Bliss hasgihg resigned
Gordon E. Cole oi Faribault, received a
telegram Announcing the death oEhis faith
or. DR.. LEX. Cole. which occurred at Che.
shire Mus. pr. Cole has frequently visit
ed Faribault, and his des tn will be sincere
y regra6ted BY a large circle. OF friends and
acqnaynteaances. He had reached his
eighty -thnd year.
Az Albert Lea. Henry Ogden. a young
man aged about 25 years, while out hunting,
attempted to pull iA,e gun, muzzle toward
Kim. from wagon, the result being that the
gun was discharged, and the young man res
viewed the conte.lts. in his left side.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-22
The e5th Great St. Louis Fair

Opens Monday, Oct. 9th, and continues FOR
six days. The revision Of the premium
list, which has just been com ple'ed, con
tains "a departments, and $4,000 is offered
In premiums The management are erect.
ing 700 new horse stables, 500 cattle stalls,
500 sheep and swine pens, a poultry house
for 1900 fowl and Observation-Disclosures halls
in addition 10 those already upon the
ground. The Yelled Prophets will parade
Tuesday, Oct. 6, and the Trades Procession
Thursday, Oct. s. The streets will be illu-
minated by electric and calcium lights TO-
gether with 10000 gas jets. 100000 has
been expended on Improvements and ,65
acres added to the ground. Races will be
given over the new mile track every day
during Fair week Two car loads, of lions,
tigers, monkeys, tropical birds, herbivorous
animals and venomous reptiles will be add.
ed to the Geological Garden as a special
attraction to the Fair. A rate Of one fare
for the round trip has been made by all
railroads running within 500 miles of ST,
Louis.
ANY of our subscribers desiring a copy
of the premium list will receive one free
by addressing Festus J. Wade, Sec'y, as
Chestnut St, St Louis, Mo, and stating
they are subscribers of this paper ' ~