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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-05-09
CLOSING OUT NOTICE.

ICAvING DECIDED TO CLOSE OUT MY
III business in Phoebe, will sell my entire
stock. Consisting of the finest Wines and
LIQUORS, q variety Of Bitters and Cordials, Eng
lish Ale and Porter, Crabappe and Oregon
Champagne Cider, Three fine Billiard Tables,
and lot of other Saloon Fixtures and Furni.
ture. Also two Saies-Tilton q McFarland 8
make-both Fire and Burglar Proof; one 4,740
and one 2,lO0 pounds. will sell everything at
very low prices snd in quantities to suit pur,
chasers. Saloon men and families OF outside
districts will please take notice. Country
orders will receive prompt attention.
CHAS. STEIN.
All who are indebted will do well in coming
forward and settle before the LIST of May, as !
intend to leave on or about that day
e,aIn CHAS. STEIN.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-05-09

The SMALLEST WOMAN ALIvE-The
parlors of the Ashland House, on Fourth
avenue, near Twenty third street. were
crowded yesterday afternoon with friends
of Miss Lucie Zarate, "the human doll, I"
who was holding reception. Miss Lucie
is the smallest woman in the world,
weighing but la pounds. Her clothing
would hardly fit a newborn infant, it
taking but one yard of cloth to make
her a costume. Standing on the center
marble table in the parlor, she received
her guests, accepted their tributes of
flowers with gracious ease, and in each
case returning thanks in broken English
for their kindness. Her height is but
26t inches; her chest measures l5a inches;
waist, l4t; arm s inches in length; mid
die finger Il inches, and little finger I Of
an inch. She has over 800 costumes,
and every morning she selects the dresses
she desires to wear. Next Monday she
will appear at the Globe Museum. IN.
Y. Times.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-05-09

Roll Of Honor: Jenny Clark, Rosa Craw,
Nellie Ewing. Jenny Jacobs, lilly Roeder,
Sarah Trainor, Laura Thibault. Alton Carman,
Spiro Docklestich, Harry Goodrich, Eugene
Ince, John Lynch, Archie Thibault
ISABEL OSBORNE, Teacher.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-05-09
SCHOOL REPORT.

The following is the report of the
Phoebe Primary School for the month
ending April 30, 1885:
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-05-09

Fa cts have eveloped in connection
with the mysterious disappearance OF
Miss Lou Perkins from Los Angeles la,'t
week., which go TO show that she came to
San Francisco III ader an agreement with
q young man Of Los Angeles, named
viii. Fallon, ho was to follow her.
Miss Perkins r. slations caused Falloi. g
arrest as he was, about leaving on the
steamer for San Francisco. They want
to compel him to. marry the girl .
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-05-09

A New AND SINGULAR BIRD. 1.-The
last addition to the Philadelphia Zoo
logical garden is an Australian brush
turkey. learnedly ''Talegalla lathami. :"
The new conner is much the size, shape
and color of a half-grown domestic tur-
key, but its legs are extraordinarily long
and its feet very large, while its stride in
walking is of great length. A curious
brilliant red and yellow plumage adorns
its neck, from the head half way to the
breast. l. is extremely wild, but has not
been frightened out Of its appetite, The
brush turkey is remarkable from the fact
that it matches its eggs by means of heat
generated by spontaneous combustion.
Three or four, and sometimes half a
dozen, of the females lay their eggs in
one spot, and the males cover them with
sand, leaves, small twigs and the like,
the mounds often being six or eight feet
in height and from eighteen to twenty.
five feet in diameter. When the young
are Matched they remain about twelve
hours in the mound, and then scratch
their way out. The birds are found il
Australia, New Guinea and adjacent
| islands. .-...t
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-05-09

Mormons ougl at 10 max 10 good sailors
they have 10 mu Oh marry. time experience
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-05-09

Get your Job Work done. at the
Recordn once.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-05-09

JUMPING GRAvEYARD.-The old
graveyard, near the old schooihouse in
Smiths Valley, says the Lyon County
Times, has been located as a mineral
claim by couple Of parties in that neigh
borhood. There are remains OF some
fifteen or twenty persons buried in this
old cemetery, and, as it has been fenced
in and notices posted, there can be no
more burials made there. The citizens |
OF the valley are in quandary how to |
act in the matter, and are very indignant |
about it. 1t is rumored that the parties |
who have located the ground have in |
formation which leads them to believe
that upon the bodies of two stage robbers
who were buried IN this cemetery several |
years ago there was considerable amount |
Of gold coin. The graves of these dead
robbers, through neglect, have been OBJ
liberated SO that it is impossible to tell
where they are; the people who have
friends buried there of course refused to
allow the locators to dig up the bodies
promiscuously, and SO the ground has
been located as mineral claim, and will
be thoroughly worked over by the pros
pectors in search Of gold already coined
into money. -l'9a
AN INGENIOUS PROCESS. Lebasteur
has invented an ingenious process for de.
termining the thickness of iron plates in
boilers, or in other places where they
cannot otherwise be measured without
cutting, which process is described in
French technical journal as follows: HE
spreads upon the plate the thickness of
which he desires to find, and also upon
piece of sheet-iron of known thickness a
layer of tallow about the hundredth Of an
inch thick. He then applies to each for
the same length Of time, small object,
such as surgeons cauterizing instrn-
ment, heated as nearly as possible to a
constant temperature. The tallow melts;
and as in the thicker plate the heat of the
cautery is conducted away more rapidly,
while in the thin plate the heat is less
freely conducted away, and the tallow is
consequently melted over larger
area the diameters of circles of bare
metal around the heated point, bounded
after coollnS by nttle rluge OF tailoW,
will be to each other inversely as the
thickness of the plates. The process is
stated to have given, in the inventors
hands, results of great accuracy.
/ CAN SKUNKs SwM?-Skunks are quite
numerous along the river, where they ex.
hibit traits not generally attributed te
them. "a few evenings ago the writer,
says the Winnemucca Silver State, sir
company with County Assessor Riley
travelled along the river few miles and
saw skunk wading in the water a
Stauffer h Sweetser's dam and catching
frogs. The Indians say they never saw {
skunk swim, but it is doubtful if one o
{ them would wade into the water, wher'
it was liable to be swept over dam b.
the current, unless it had the ability T.
swim ashore. The question whether tn
e 'Mephitis Americans can swim or no
r is Of no very great Importance, but it
one that naturalists do not anwser."
THE fruit crop in the neighboring val
S legs has not been seriously injured by tn
t late cold weather.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-01
Wholesale Dealer in
RASMUSSEN'S CARD.

In calling decoraed m
Studio making only the most complete but decidedly handsom
this vicinity We call
Photographic all recently produced and containing many and
pleasing from
16x20 We CONNIE
critics that by far the finest display made this Our
artistic largely the fact that make
than underse bring be
gathered from II continuous aving
graphic 1857 which
months either by sickness vacaon long
appreciate the effects Photo
fitted with
uade and rustic bridges and fences boat rocks containing
lilies stairway and of back
table the Chicago Photo Bureau un
equaled gallery in this vicinity butWe plainly (and
easily dmonsae that gallery this the
of Instruments don't boast that they bought
used by predecessors for 25 On
the latest makes containing
Enryscope and Dameye Lenses
the advertisement
the advertisement the excellence
satisfactory results every patron given mega,
different positions and all
ettngs will gladly Of
charge Gallery 18th and End Rock Island
mar9dw
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-01
Wind ana Wafer

4 combination OF the hurricane element
aud driving rain visited this city at noon
today For fully half an hoGr the rain
fell in torrents from all corners of the
earth at once. The wind blew from all
directions, wild flashes Of lightning
played about the heavens accompanied by
loud and continuous thunder.
The bill boards on Second avenue and
Sixteenth street were felled to the ground,
the natural ensign over the G \. R.
quarters, an old and much cherished relic
was torn into ribbons, the flag which was
flying at half mast from the court house
in respect to General Grant was hurled
from the mast ana torn, while along the
business streets emb ems Of mourning
which were displayed Week ago, were
damaged greatly.
A bolt of lightning descended upon
John Beecher's grocery store corner Of
Twelfth street and Sixth avenue, tearing
the roof from the northwest corner of the
building, and damaging the structure to
the extent Of $50. Smart, servant girl,
was working at table in the kitchen,
and was stunned by the electricity, but
was not seriously injured. John CAT
rey's house. 2l13 Fifth avenue. was also
struct, bat not damaged to any extent.
john Z Spencers house, at 546 Tween,
ty-frst street, was struck and slightly
damaged, bul no one was hurt
Two horses il Sinnet's pasture in The
east end OF town were struck by the
lightning and Instantly killed. They
were the property Of Mr. & F. Cham
3eIs. Of Atlanta, Ii.
At Davenport the wind tore off half Of
the tia roof Of the C., X l. x P, light
house, but No other damage i, reported
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-01
The New Principal.

David W. Reid, of Normal, the new
Tsrincipal of School No. /, writes Superin>
Eendent Kemble that be will be in Rock
FSiaad the middle of the month. He is at
present teaching in a county normal
school at Brighten, aud when the term
closes, will locate here permanently. Mr..
&eid's popularity as public instructor is
shown in the fact that the very day he
xeceived his appointment as principal of
she Rock Island school, he was rendered
the principalship of the high school at
peru, Ill.,, but he preferred coming to
mock Island. He will doubtless prove e
valuable acquisition to Rock Islands eff
Scient corps.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-01
Obituary

Last evening, at the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. II. J. Miliar, on the Mos
Mae bluffs, occurred the death of Mrs.
Eiizabeth Stamberger, mother of Super
wiser John Aster, of this city. The cause
ssf death was general breaking down of the
system, occasioued by old age. She was
tsorn liz Germany, January "a, 1901 and
hence was over eightytour years old. She
was twice married both times in Germany
;xnd both her husbands died there. She was
the mother Of ten children, five of whom
survive her: Mrs. R. Dover and Mrs.
Betz, in Rock Island; Mrs. Millar, in Mo-
lime; Mrs. Barbara Pfele, in Iowa, and
John Aster in this city. Mrs. Stamberger
,cGEse to this country thirty-four years ago
and TO Rock Island county three years
since, She was the true type of noble
woman, kind hearted and good. The re-
imaius will be brought to this city this
,sEeHing, and the funeral will be held near
Spring Fill Henry county, tomorrow af-
SERMON.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-01
EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.
important Meeting OF the School Board
Last Eyening--.NeW Text Books,
Coal Contract and In.
prOyements.

Pursuant to call from the president,
the board of education met at 7:30 last
evening, all the directors being present.
The committee on teachers was granted
further time to report.
The text book committee recommend
ed the adoption of "Sill's Practical Les
sons in English" in lieu of Green's
Introductior" The recommendation was
approved.
Daily registers, 6lotters, especially pre-
pared; paper and envelopes for the use of
teachers were ordered.
The committee on insurance reported
that Buford & Loosely Bros, had re-
newed the following insurance policies:
On building No. /, $4,000; on building
No 2, 81, 700; on building No. 5, $4,000.
The report was approved by the board.
The committee recommended the res
seating with United States Furniture
companies desks the following rooms:
Vest room on second floor of building
No. 5; east room on first floor of building
No. 4; and southeast room on second
floor of building No /; also recitation
seats for east room on second floor of
building No 8. and the southeast room
on second floor of building No. /. The
recommendations were adopted
The committee on fuel read bids from
four city dealers for coal for the ensuing
school year, and recommended the acs
ceptance of the bid of W. Eggleston, rep
resentiug w. H. Emerson & Co., of As
tori4, ILL.,, to furnish 675 bushels at ten
cents per bushel payable August /, 1886,
without interest.
A petition from o. J Dimick and
forty ethree others residing near Elm
street, asking for the location OF school
building in that part of town of sufficient
size to accommodate the primary grades.
was receive and discussed at length, and
ordered placed on file.
The committee on Improvements
brought in long list of repairs, such as
black boards, ceilings, sidewalks, out
houses, steps, fences, painting white
washing, etc. 1t was ordered that as a
protection from the cold floors of the south
rooms of building No 6, the basement
ceilings be plaStered.
A resolution was passed authorizing
the proper officers to give notes for two
$500 notes for one year at six per cent,
and one for 81 600 due in two years. with
interest payable annually at six per cent.
The annual tax levy of S2S,0 was
made.
Bills were allowed as follows: Stewart
& Montgomery, $3.50; Buford & Loosely
Bros, S262 50; Rock Island ARGUS, SIS.
The board then adjourned.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-01

The elegant Mary Morton is expected
down at daylight tomorrow morning
The st. Paul passed north at noon to-
day with good trip.
The Sidney came up at 4 o'clock this
afternoon.
1t is understood the St. Louis and st.
Paul line will construct two new side
wheel steamers this fall, to be modelled
after the St. Paul.
The Josephine makes an excursion trip
to Muscatine tomorrow, leaving here at
$50 in the morning and returning at 9 in
the evening
The White Eagle is on the docks at St.
Louis, being rebuilt and will be out IN
Two weeks. She VIII be furnished with a
small cabin AMI will carry freight exclu-
sively. When the river is very low she
will be used for transferring between St
Paul and Lacrosse.
On the last trip down of the steamer
Sidney, of the Diamond 10 line the Gin
ton Qowa) Neos publishes an account of
an alleged brutal clubbing affair; the vic~
tim was said TO be a deck hand and the
mate the aggressor. Capt. James Best,
of the Sidney, has written the Neles a
latA - srh Ia a1a1V hat :
him an injustice in publishing the article.
The captain says the mate struck the man
but twice and then with a small stick.
He also says he commanded the officer to
cease striking the man, which order was
immediately complied with; also, that
the mate is very small man, weighing
not more than one hundred and twenty
pounds. The captain suggested that if
the matter be Investigated, it would be
proven that this version of the affair is
correct, and that the paper was misin-
formed Some pains were taken yes"
terday by the reporter" says the Ners,
ito interview witnesses of the affair, and
enough was learned to convince the Ae1c,
that it erred in but one thing. That was
in regard to the size of the mate, he be-
ing a small man. Further than this We
have nothing to take back, believing we
stated the truth in the original account OF
! the affair"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-01
A Lucky Snlpms ant.

Mr. II. B. Stoddard, Edgington's well
known citizen, accomplished quite feat
in the matter Of shipping hogs this week.
For many years Stoddard has been known
far and wide as a cattle shipper and grain
dealer, but Of late he has rested on his
oars, as it We're, and nov expects to re.
ceve the appointment of postmaster at
his burg. ldleness does not rest well on
the shoulders of Stoddard, however, and
this week he struck out in the country
IN search of'hogs to ship to Chicago. He
succeeded in getting 172 fine porkers,
averaging over three hundred pounds
each One hundred and twenty-four of
the number he purchased from J. NJ.
Spickler, their weight being 39,370. But
the trouble was to get them to Chicago
in good order in such hot wealth
er. A more timid soul than
Stoddard would never undertake the
job The hogs were loaded in three cars
on last Wednesday, when the thermome-
ter had reached the one hundredth notch,
and started on their way. At every OPP
portunity Stoddard would give his stock
shower bath, and it took more water to
keep them alive than it did to feed tine
engine which pulled the train. Strange
as it may seem, not hog was crippled OF
killed. and Stoddard returned home with
voluptous pocket book, well pleased
with himself and the world generally.
We publish the foregoing not only as
an item of news, but to show the spartan
like spirit of Stoddard. If he is wise he
will send copy of this paper to the post
master general, and we predict that he
will be commissioned postmaster at Edg-
ington Immediately.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-01
Canned Meats.

The following circular relative to the
use of canned meat, should be read By all
using it:
In warm weather more especially, but
really al all times. il is advisable after
opening can Of corned beef OF other
Gained meat to remove the contents from
the can, and if not all consumed at one
meal, not to replace the meat in the can,
but to place it in the ice box or at least
take as much care of it as of fresh or
cooked butcher meat. So long as the can
is air tight it matters not whether it be
left for years at the Poles or the Tropics;
but, after the contents are once exposed
TO the air they must not be treated with
any less care than would be bestowed On
ordin iry fresh or cooked meat. 1t ia the
failure to observe these simple precau>
tiOns that leads to the cases of sickness
or poisoning FROM eating canned food,
reported from time to time in the news
papers; although, very frequently the
blame is laid on canned meats without
any endeavor being made to ascertain if
il is mer.ted
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-01
Sunday Services.

There will be no service, IN Trinity
church in the event Of the rector not re-
turning by Saturday night,
What CompanionsLip Ought to
Shun?' will be tho subject NJ the young
mems meeting at p. u. Mr. A. N Bru>
ner will lead the meeting.
There will be no preaching in the Cen>
trail Presbyterian church, the pastor being
absent. The subject at the young peO-
pies meeting at 645 D. IN. will be;
Christ, Our Light"-Jno. willie; II
Cor. iv; 3 g. Sunday school at $50 m.
In the Twentieth street Evangelical
Lutheran church, the Rev. A. c. Men
nicke, Jr., will ofiiciate Text at 10 a.
H., |. Cor ks 49, Thema: "Des ApOs
tells ernste Warming vor Vermessenheit
und tleischlicher Sicherheit' Gemein>
deversammlung at 3 80 p. m.
At the First Baptist church the subje,
will be, morning, "The Fruit Of the
Spirit Faith" In the evening the con-
gregation will unite in the services at the
Christian chapel at I o'clock. Sunday
school at $50 a. IN, J. w. Welch, super,
intendent
At the Broadway Presbyterian church
Rev. W. S. Marquis, pastor, will preach
at 10:45 a N. and 7;45 p. N Morning
subject "God in the thunderstorm. -
Nahum g. Young peoples prayer
meeting at Z p. m, subject: lessons
from the Life of Mary, the Sister of Mar
tha" Sabbath school at $40 a m, DR. i.
J. W. Stewart, superintendent.
At the Christian chapel. the pastor,
Rev J. II. Wright, will preach at 10:45
a. u, and Rev |, w Read, of the Bap-
fist church, will preach at the union SER
vice of the two congregations at p. N
Young peoples meeting at 6:l5 p. m
Sunday school at 9:15 a. M. F. H. Kaup
ke superintendent.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-01
Briefs.

Try Carse & Cos 81 low cut shoes.
Money to loan -22S Main street, Dav-
export Iowa
The first load of new oats came into
aa1ket today.
Ok. j. W. Stark, Dentist, 1922 Second
ayenue. d1vr.
Wm Moore and SON of Coal Valley,
were in tn city today.
Nice peaches and bananas at Lamps.
Dr. McCandess, dentist, corner Third
avenue and Twentieth street. If
Csrse & Co. can show the best g. rs
ladies shoe in the market.
Fish lunch this evening, at Jacob OIL
veileS, Jr, on Twentieth street,
y County Superintendent Southwell is
examining fourteen candidates for teach
ers' certificates today.
Advertise in the hall. cent>a> wor -col>
zmE Of the ARGUS. 1t will pay you.
One dollar will buy good low cut
slipper at Carse & Co.'S
A fresh lot of watermelous just re-
solved at Lamps.
Get your awnings, tents, wagon COW
IT'S, ETC., of G. H, Young, III Main St.
davenport, Iowa. apl15dtf
DR.. Gregg is to be marshal of one of
the divisions on Grant day instead of Dr.
Craig.
The Central shoe store has magnif>
ceut Zine of boots, shoes, and slippers
Hon. H. c. cleveland leaves for
Springfield tomorrow night to be present
a. She assembly of the soldiers home
commission Tu ,sday morning.
PatIouize the Central shoe store, where
extra fne Bargains in foot wear can be
obtained.
Deputy Collector Cookies collections
Ear July were, beer, 81, 2OS75; cigars,
2Ss7.2Q; tobacco, sl6-total S4,822 80,
XII unusually large month.
G c. Marquis, Esq, business manager
of Ghe Daily Paragraph at Bloom ingtou,
Is in the city, and will spend,Sunday with
his brother, Rev. W S Marquis, pastor
s7f the Broadway Presbyterian church.
C. H. Stoddard received a receipt from
Springfield this morning, signed by the
governor, which acknowledges the arri-
val Of the registered letter containing the
Soldiers home propositions of Rock Isl
ana.
James Murrin, who was Frustrated by
Inc beat Thursday, is in a precariOus
coalition at St. Luke's hospital He wa:
az convulsious all last night, and it took
.sezsrai men TO hold him. Chances fol
his recovery are very few.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-01
County Court

In the county court this morning Swan
Green's case for selling liquor to habi;ual
drunkards was dismissed, by order Of the
states attorney
Thomas McGraw came up and plead
gully to larceny. He was fined $40 and
s0osts, and remanded to Jail until the
amount is paid.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-01
Grand Excursion

To Muscatine and return Sunday, August
@ 1886. The fast. favorite steamer, Jo-
sephine, B. A. Conger, master, Sim
Woods, clerk, will leave Rock Island at
$50 a. m. The Josephine will tow the
elegant excursion barge, Billy, on this
trip. Music BY Biehl's Rock Island Ar,
senal band. Tickets for the round trip SO
cents. A jolly good time for all
GEO. LAMONT, Agent.