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The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06
BAYARD At A COMMENCEMENT.
Jefferson and Hamilton Historical
Parallel

COLUMBIA, Mo-, June G. 6-Secretary Bay
ard Senator Vest and other prominent
Democrats participated in the unveiling of
the original marble tablet on which is in
scribed the epitaph Of Thomas Jefferson,
and which has been presented to the state
university by the Jefferson heirs. Senator
Vest delivered a brilliant Grafton on
Thomas jefferson, and Senator Bayard
showed the relations existing between Alex
ander Hamilton and Thomas jefferson, and
told how Hamilton counselel the speakers
grandfather to cast the vote of Delaware for
Jefferson, thus breaking the tie with Burr
To illustrate the error of this counsel Mr.
Bayard continued:
There was time when more than one
half of this people felt that they had been
wronged in the results of the election, but
between them and the objects of their wrath
rose the form of their mother country and
if hand was raised to strike, the form
of their country forbade it, and they
sacrificed party demands to the existence
of this Union, and the progress of
the people of the United States.
[Applause. ! refer to these things in no
narrow spirit, as you see. of party success
or of party failure, but only in view of such
an address as we have just heard in regard
to man now recognized everywhere as a
patriot, sage, true founder Of vie and
liberai principles in the government Of this
country. 1t is, as / say, always pleasant to
remember that whatever may be the differ
ence between mems personal ambitions the
American people have recognized and they
do recognize that there is point be-
yond which they cannot go, and that point
is national safety. [Applause.l That Is the
guard that is the boundary, that is the work
whieh trust all education in this country
will teach us to observe Our education in
all its forms is simply to end in making us
higher, better. more self subordinate, to
teach us that we are the humble instru.
Inents in the advancement not of mere self.
ishness, but of something far beyond it
the glory and welfare of our entire country.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06
ROMANCE IN BLACK AND WHITE.
Story of n Southern Girl Who Married a
Negro tn Humiliate Her Father

Story of a Southern Girl Who Married a
Negro to Humiliate Her Father.
Troy, N. Y, June 6.-Linked with the
life of Frederick Mckinney, a colored man
who has Just died at Amsterdam, is an in
teresting romance. Years ago he
was a slave in the service of
Oscar Bardwell, a Virginia planter
with a daughter whose every wish was
gratified until it came to asking of her
father his consent to her marriage with a
young man of a neighboring and wealthy
family. There had long been bitter feeling
between the heads of each household,
and time had not healed the brea h.
Bardwell, incensed over the thought
of union between his daughter
and the son of his enemy, commanded the
girl to renounce the young man. Unlike
the modern heroine the girl, instead of
leaving the parental roof and fleeing with
her lover, yielded obedience to her fathers
order. Not long afterward Miss Bard.
well brought into her fathers pres
ence Mckinney, tie colored slave,
and with all the fire that a revengeful act
can inspire exclaimei: This is my hus-
band" Bardwell drove them both from his
home, and the comely white girl and her
dark-skinnei partner went out into the
world. They settled in Troy SO veral
years ago. and here met negro who
was al o formerly one of Bardwell's
slaves and who furnishes the details of the
strange union of the two lives. They after
ward removed to Am terdam, where,
on a pauper's cot in the county poor
hou e, the once beautiful Miss Bardweli
breathed her last at the age of 81 years
Although hers was not a marriage of love
it is said to her credit that she acted
through years Of poverty and toll
the part of noble wife TO her husband, to
whom she bore several children Mckinney
died in cheerlsss shanty in an alley From
the day they left the Virginia plantation
they had never heard from the rich father,
and, although often menaced by want,
never sought his assistance.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06
Metal Poison.

am a coppersmith by tiade, and during a Sc
ries of years my arms (being bare when at work.
have absorbed a wonderful amount Of metal
poison. Having scrofulous tendency from my
YOUTH the small particles of copper and brass
would get into the sores, aud by tins process the
poison was conveyed into my blood till my whole
system became infected. was treated with the
old remedies OF mercury and iodlde potassium.
Salvation followed, my teeth are all loose in my
head. my digestive organs deranged, and | have
been helpless in bed for over year with mercu-
rial rheumatism. My joints were all swollen,
and lost the use Of my arms and legs, and be
came helpless as an infant.
MY sufferings became SO intense that il was i'm
possible for me TO rest. The doctors advised me
to go to the city hospital for treatment. This |
could not bear. A friend. who has proved friend
indeed urged me To try Swft's Specific believing
il would cure me. Others discouraged me. but
secured few bottles, and have taken two
dozen bottles. The first effect of the medicine
to bring the poison TO the surface and bro ke
out all over in running sores They soon disap-
cared, and my skin cleared off. My knees,
which had become twice their natural size, have
resumed their usual size, and are supple of
yore. My arms and head are all right again, and
can use them without pain. The entire disease
has left all parts of the body two ulcers on
my wrists, which are healing rapidly. ] am weak
from long confinement, but have the use of all
my limbs. This medicine is bringing me out of
the greatest trial ofmy life andI cannot find words
sufficient to express my appreciation of its virtues
and the gratitude feel that ever heard Of it,
PETER Il. LOVE, Augusta Ga.
Jan g. 1885
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06
CIVIL RIGHTS IN CHICAGO.
What the Parties Interested Have to Say
About 1t.


About 1t.
CHICAGO, June 6-The legislature hav-
ing passed the civil rights BILL the views of
a number of interested parties were asked
as to its effect The bill is as follows:
SECTION l. Be it enacted, etc, That all
persons within the jurisdiction of said state
shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoy
ment of the accommodations, advantages,
facilities, and privileges of inns, restaurants,
eating houses, barbershopS public convey
ances on land or water, theatres, and all
other places of public accommodation and
amusement, subject only to the conditions
and limitations established by law, and ap-
plicable alike to all citizens.
The second section provides penalties Of
fines for violation Of the law.
A reporter interviewed many of the hotel
proprietors and clerks, restaurant keepers
and theatrical managers as to its effect upon
their business, and the general feeling was
that the law would be evaded in some way
Nearly all Of those spoken to de-
clared that they could not ad-
NIT colored people to the same
privileges for the same money that
white people enjoyed, as it would ruin their
business on account Of the prejudice exist
ing Numerous cases were cited where
colored men were entertained, but in every
case it was evident that it was done under
sort of unspoksn protest. and tho opinion
was general that the law was unnecessary
and likely to give trouble without achieving
its end
A colored man, H. J. Mitchell, clerk of
the South Town. said: Il think the bill is
just what the colored people need l saw
Mr.. Thomas, the framer of the bill, before
he presented it, and it is drawn up In just
the shape that wanted to have it. What
we want is to have the same rights as the
white man. We don't ask to be admitted to
their firesides as social equals or to marry
their daughters. don't believe in that"
"Is there any attempt to exclude your
race from public places in Chicagop asked
the reporter
"You would be surprised at it, was the
| reply Chicago is getting to be as bad as q
southern city in that respect Restaurants
which we used to frequent until few weeks
ago have begun TO exclude u A dirty white
scavenger can GO into soma saloons and gel
drink if he has the money to pay for it
while respectable negro would be refused
Mr. Mitchell said the bill was hailed with
| joy by the colnred citizens, and they would
| use it to its fullest extent to procure those
privileges which other citizens enjoyed.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06

seen again alive, but when the reservoir
was emptied few days afterward her
body was found. She had been murdered
and thrown into the water Cluverius' con-
viction was surprise to most people who
have been watching the case 1t was en-
tirely on circnmstantial evidence, the chain
of which was broken in several places. One
witness for the prosecution who saw the girl
in the reservoir grounds swore that the
man who was with her had mustaehe
and whiskers, neither Of which Cluverius
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06
"ruT UP OR SHUT Up" !"
THE ILLINOIS HOUSE SAYS TO ITS
PRESIDING OFFICER,
Who Has Intimated That lie Has Some
Damaging Charges Against Its Mem
bers-Race Prejudice in Chicago
-Bayard on National Safety.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, June 6 6-During the
wrangle Thursday afternoon in the house
over the bill taxing telegraph companies ]
per cent on their gross receipts, Speaker
Haines, taking position on the floor, pro
duced from his pocket a package which be
said contained some affidavits Members at
once howled and yelled, but Mr. Haines,
turning to one representative, told him he
had better behave himself OF he would ex
pose him, and then, waving the papers
toward certain members on the Democratic
side, said that the documents contained
some testimony which might not be very
pleasant for some of them to hear. After
the session was over Mr. Haines declared in
the lobby of the Leland, in the presence OF
half dozen members: "If the house will
give me the floor for three hours l will send
one third OF the rascals home without their
mileage"
Friday morning the speaker was i'll, and
Mr.. Fuller had the chair. As soon as the
house was called to order Collins offered a
resolution demanding that the speaker pro-
duce forthwith the documents with which
he had threatened the house. After some
discussion it was resolved to make the mat
ter special order for Wednesday next
Mr.. Sheffield then introduced a resolution
for a committee of nine to investigate and
report on the following charges contained in
The Monitor of Friday morning. Serious
rumors are ahoat," he said, and we have
the names of twenty three members who
have compromised the dignity of the
house by making propositions to
corporations" The committee were
named on amendment as follows: Collins,
Whittemore, Gray, Graham of Macon,
West, Mcmillan, Mcdonald, Bogardus, and
Baird. The resolution amended to have a
report within week was passed. On the
committee there is only one friend Of
Haines, Mcdonald of Jacksonville. There
is, as yet no one named for Haines' place,
in the event of his deposition, and until
there is the matter remains in doubt Be-
Sides Haines is still speaker
On Thursday a resolution deposing Haines
from the speakership was defeated by the
close vote of 55 to 59
The senate Thursday concurred in the
resolution for adjournment June g. and
adopted measure that after 1889 members
Of the legislature shall be paid for the sos
sion 81, 200, with 10 cents mileage, and for
an extra session S. per day for the first
thirty days. and IS per day thereafter. Any
member absent shall forfeit $40 per day.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06
The Whipping Post and Its Effects

WASHINGTON CITY, June 6-The second
days meeting of the Conference Of Charities
and Corrections was called to order by
President Garret at half past o'clock Friday
morning, and was opened by prayer by Rev.
DR.. Dana, of Minneapolis. Reports from
states were then presented. that from Della
ware noting the effect of the whipping post
The punishment was not nearly so severe as
formerly, blood scarcely ever being drawn,
but it was considered very effective for
minor offenses and hardly ever had TO be re-
peatad
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06

WASHINGTON CITY. June 6-Sergeant
James Campbell, Battery K, Third artil-
lery, who has been in the hospital ever since
he arrived here on Wednesday, shot himself
through the breast early Friday morning at
the Washington barracks while in fit of
mental depression, caused by the fact that
he had been a sufferer from disease for
many months and did not expect to be
cured. The doctors say that he will die
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06
NEVER GIVE UP.

If you are suffering with low and de-
pressed spirits, loss of appetite. general
debility, disordered blood, weak con-
stitution, headache, or any disease of a
bilious nature, by all means procure a
bottle of Electric Bitters. You will be
surprised to see the rapid improvement
that will follow; you will be inspired
with new life; strength and activity will
return; pain and misery will cease, and
henceforth you will rejoice in the praise
of Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents a
bottle by Hartz & Bahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06
CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretions of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss of manhood. &c,
! will send recipe that win cure you,
FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by missionary in South
America. Send self addressed envelope
to the Rev. JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station D,
New York City.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06
A Cure Of Pneumonia.

Mr.. d. H. Barnaby, of Owego, N. Y,
says that his daughter was taken with q
violent cold which terminated with
Pneumonia, and all the best physicians
gave the case up and said she could live
but few hours at most. She was in this
condition when friend recommended
DIR. Wm. Halls Balsam for the Lungs,
and advised her to try it. She accepted
it as last resort, and was surprised to
find that it produced marked change rol
the better, and by perseyering in its use q
cure was affected.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06

Gentle woman is so often the victim of
sick headache that she halls as the dawn
of new era, the introduction of medis
cine that is garanteed as a sure cure.
Mrs. Morris Tanner, of Hoboken, N. j.,
writes: Il have been martyr of sick
headache, the result of indigestion. One
bottle of Mishler's Herb Bitters, used ac-
cording to directions, has cured me-.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06
An Important Discovery.

The most important Discovery is that
which brings the most good to the greats
est number. DIR. Kings New Discovery
for consumption, Coughs, and Colds, will
preserve the health and save life, and is a
priceless boon to the afflicted. Not only
does it positively cure Consumption, but
Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma,
Hoarseness, and all affections of the
Throat, Chest, and Lungs, yield at once
to its wonderful curative powers. If you
doubt this. get a Trial Bottle Free, at
Hartz g. Bahnsen's Drug store.
Rough on Corns" hard or soft corns,
bunions. 15c.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06
A THRIFTY. OFFICIAL.
he HAD A GOOD THING AND HE
SAVED" 1T.
An O-egon Postmaster Manages to De
fault to the Tune of Probably Fifty
Thousand Dollars-A Treasury
Clerks Little Shortage.

PORTLAND, Ore, June Ga Lewiston,
Idaho special says: Isaac Hibbs was ap-
pointed postmaster at Lewiston in March,
1884. Last January the registered mail
pouch was robbed. An official investiga
tion developed nothing, and the affair was
eventually forgotten On May . last
Hibbs left for an alleged silver mine
on the Upper Columbia. The postal
inspector, alarmed at his continued
absence, investigated the affairs of his
office and found that Hibbs had been writ
ing receipts for a large number Of regis
tered mail packages destined for fictitious
names in different postoffices, supplied from
Lewiston. The modus operandi was as fol-
lows: Lewiston is mail distributing point
for a large number of offices in north
ern Idaho and eastern Washington.
Hibbs would issue a money order for
a fictitious name, at one of these Of
fees, drawn in favor of bank in
Iowa. The Gus tomary letter of advice was
forwarded to the paying postmaster who
then wrote to the banks that he would
shortly visit the town, enclosed the money
orders, and requested the banks to cash
them and place the amount to his credit on
deposit until he arrived Later he wrote to
them that he could not make the contem-
plated visit, and requested that a draft for
the amount of money on deposit be
returned by registered mail to the fictitious
name attached to the money orders, and al
ways at some office where mail passed
through Lewiston. The drafts arrived by
registered mail Hibbs signed the fictitious
names and returned receipt cards, and the
transaction was completed Money or
ders are limited to $500 in favor of one
person, but with forethought and judicious
distribution Of dates and places, an open
ing offers through which unscrupulous
postmasters could bankrupt the United
States The amount of the defalcation ex-
ceeds $40, 900 and is expected to reach $780,
900; amazing moderation considering the
opportunity. The postal inspector says the
robbery will necessitate the authorities re-
organizing the money-or1er system of the
United States and elsewhere. The scheme
is surprisingly simple. and the officers are
surprised that it was never thought of and
worked before.
John Evans, cashier of the First National
bank; William Keltonback, cashier of the
Lewiston National bank; Alexander Thies-
ser, and Woodwork were Hibbs' bondsmen
| for $s, 00O. Alexander and Thiesser were Sc
cured before Hibbs left Hibbs was last
seen March 80, at the second crossing of
the Canadian Pacific, taking in Missonia
and Helena, gathering drafts ordered sent
there
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06

WEsTEBLEY. r. l., June 6.-The Eastern
Association of the Seventh Day Baptist
church, embracing Rhode Island, Connecti-
cut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsyl
vania, began here Thursday the four-day
meeting Of its forty ninth annual session.
Fourteen churches were represented
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06
Malarial Poison.

The drouth in Southwest Georgia last spring
dried up the wells. and we were compelled to use
fever. | carried with me several bottles of Swift's
Specific, and rs long as l took it, | had perfect
health. As soon as ceased taking it, !. like the
rest. was afflicted with chills. When | resumed
its use, was all right again. We have used it in
our family antdotc for malaral poison foI
two or three years. and have never known it tc
fail in single in, tance.
W. c. FURLow.
Sumter Co. Ga, Sept II, 1884.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.. Drawer ), Atlanta, Ga
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06
And Here's Another Rascal.

WASHINGTON CITY, June O. The secretary
Of the treasury Friday received telegram
from J. A. Sample, of the United States
treasurer's office, who is at present engaged
in investigating the affairs of the assistant
treasurer's office at New Orleans, re-
porting that - the shortage SO far
discovered in the accounts Of multilated
currency and United States notes deposited
for redemption amounts $25, 34S6l. II was
also reported that the redemption clerk,
]. H. Aufdemorte, who is suspected Of the
defalcation, has disappeared, and efforts to
arrest him have proved unsuccessful
In speaking of the defalcation, the United
States treasurer said be proposes to make
full and complete examination Of the affairs
of the sub-treasury, and to that end has
sent two clerks of his Office, H. R. Quaiffe
and B. p. Snyder, to New Orleans, to assist
Messrs. Sample and Henry Craggan, who are
now there. The treasurer says it is possible
that the total shortage may be increased to
$50 600, and intimates that Aufdemarte was
not the only person concerned in the trans
action. He says the government will suffer
no loss from the defalcation, as 1t is amply
protected by the bond of the assistant treas
urer
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06

The .farthest point north ever reached
by man was by Lieutenant Lockwood. a
member of the Greedy expedition, who
went SO degrees "a minutes, of with ASS
miles of the Pole.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06

A strange story is afoat that the Nor
mon leaders are trying to sell out their
interests in Utah to an eastern syndicate,
with the intention of emigrating 10 Mexi-
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06
Cleveland Win BE Belmont's Guest.

BosIoE, June GA Newport, r l.,
special says: August Belmont will have as
his guest for few weeks during the season
the president of the United States
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06

Peppers were given to the world by
America. Columbus carried them to
Spain on his return voyage in 1893, from
whence they were disseminated through
out EnrOne
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06
Have been q sufferer from malaria ,

Have been sufferer from malarial neu.
ralgia for eight years, and have tried
nearly everything, without any marked
relief. until l tried Tongaline, aud I can
conscieniiousls say it has proved in my
case perfect success. Fred G. Lynch,
M. D., Mt. Pleasant, S. G.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-06-06

"Buchu-paiba, great kidney and urin-
ary cure.
Rough on Pain" Porosed Plaster, 15c.
Liquid, zoe.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-09-26
MERCHANDISE REPORT.

The following freight passed Ogden on
the odd:
For Observation-Disclosures & Co., 4
boxes cards; Baker & Hamilton, l wheel :
A. A. Van VOORHEES, IL Co., II bales leather,
, cases hardware. case saddlery; Kirk.
Geary & Co., box drugs J. l.. Chadder-
don, 6 barrels paint; Lindley & Co., case
cigars; J. L. Stoll, 2 cases saddlery; Geo.
w. Chesley, case cigars Burns, Hancock
& Co., , barrels glassware, 3 cases glass.
ware; T. w. Schwamb, l bundle easels. l
box pine strips; L. L. Lewis & Co., 1
hogshead crockery w. A Casweii, l bar
rel whisky; Weinstock d Lubin, case
shoes, L case soap, 2 cases clothing, case
cutlery, case dry goods, ! case corsets, /
case cotton; Lindley & Co., l case bacon !:
NJ Conrad, 8 barrels whisky W. F. Peter
son, barrels glucose ]. II. Stones, boxes
lamp fixtures Bell Conservatory, 2 boxes
bulbs; George E. White & Co., 1 car lum-
ber Huntington, Hopkins & Co., 2 boxes
saws; S. Lipman d Co, case dry goods +:
Hall, Luhrs & Co, case cigarettes.
For Marysyille-P. George boxes fire
arms; B. +. Gilman, l case clothing; w.
L. Lawrence, case whip handles, / crate
stirrups f. Forstegge, 5 cases boots and
shoes; j. 2. Hansinger, box harness NJ.
MarcuSe & Co., cases tobacco.