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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19

took place without opposition. A second
confinement and third followed.
In each case the child mys-
teriously died. Last winter Phil
omene became a mother for the fourth
time. She went to Alais with carpet-bag
in her hand. Reaching the Marie, she
opened the bag and produced baby, asking
to have its death registered. Remembering
what had happened on the previous occa'
sion, the registration clerk refused to In
scribe the decease without seeing the doc
tors certificate "That is easily managed,
said Philomene. q met DIR. Vigouroux, my
accoucheur, just now. No doubt he will be
happy to oblige you"
Naturally Vigoaroux was only too happy
bat somehow IFS very alacrity aroused sus
picion. The body was examined and fount
to be covered with duat. as though it had
been lying in a dirty cellar, :and had beer
horribly eaten away by rats. Vigourou'
and his paramour were thrown into prison
The old satyr died before trial. His sup
posed accomplish, therefore, answered
the charge of infanticide alone
Her bearing at the trial wa
nsolent She boosted that Vigouroux wa
her lover, but denied that she had any par
in the murder of the children. The evidences
pointed clearly to her guilt. None the less
after a moving address made by her coun
sci, she was acquitted Having come int
some money since her arrest she has hat
several offers Of marriage, and the mex
| time she visits the Alais Marie she vii
| probably be leaning ON the arm of a ga
! young bridegroom.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19
The Wales Case.

WASHINGTON CITY, May la-Ex-Secre-
tary Chandler was the first witness called
before the Wales court martial Monday. He
had preferred the charges against DR..
Wales. After an objection by the defense
he was allowed to state his knowledge of the
matter charged in the specifications against
Wales. He received the first information
of the navy frauds and Carrigan's character
from an anonymous letter in the fall of 1883.
This he turned over to DR.. Wales DIR.
Wales reported that he was satisfied with
Carrigan's character, and he Chandler
dropped the matter. Copies of the report
were shown to the court Judge Wilson,
for the defense, objected to their reception,
and demanded the originals, The court was
thereupon cleared for deliberation.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19
TARIFF ABsURDIrIEs.


Strange, intricate, and sometimes anus
ing are the operations OF the United
States tariff laws. What delicate distinc-
tons must be observed by the customs
officers are made manifest by some recent
decisions. American bacon exported and
returned, if cured with imported salt on
which refund of duty was allowed, is
required to pay duty equal to the re-
bate granted on the salt Malt liquors
and wines are officially declared to be in>
toxicants within the meaning of the sta
tute which enforces the Maine prohibi-
tory law for the protection of our Indian
wards in Alaska. Canned HOLSTERS i'm
ported from Canada, after July l (when
the Washington treaty exempting fish
from duty will expire,) will still be free
of duty under the amended tariff provis>
ions relative to "shrimps and other shell
fish," but the cans will be liable to duty
under the act of February s, 1875 Cast
ings for ice machines are to be dutiablt
as manufactures of iron" instead Of
coming under the general head of cast
ings." The value of the Shanghai tael i:
reduced from 81 81 6>10 to SLIT $40
Collections of antiquities, In order to b.
admitted free, no longer necessarily ante
date the medieval period. An incoming
passenger may bring fifty cigars for hi
personal use; any larger quantity will b.
liable to duty or conflscation. And so TIT
rules proceed from salt to statuary, from
paregoric to pig iron.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19

DR.. HEBER NEWTON is right. Deep
mourning for the dead is an offence to
the living; the elaborate funeral and ats
tendance at the grave are customs fraught
with evil; cremation rather than burial in
half dozen collins is demanded by the
interests of the public, and costly monu>
ments to mark the resting place of mere
clay are waste of money and ostenta-
ton where the EXTREMIST of simplicity is
alone appropriate. Such death as is
worth regretting is victory for the dead
and it is poor judgment that dictates any
parade of grief.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19
RUINOus FUNERAL CUSTOMS.

The Rev. Heber Newton, of New York,
in discoursing the other day upon our
duties towards the dead, made some good
points in condemnation of our prevailing
funeral customs, but omitted refe'enc to
one abuse which is perhaps the most Sc
rloas existing evil Dr. Newton thinks
that our tender, impressionabie and high
ly nervous American children are injured
in health by the sombre mourning cos
tunes in which they are so long clad.
With temperaments of exceptional sensi>
bllity and at particular age, some slight
ly injurious influence may follow the too
long wearing OF the dark habilaments of
woe. The long Grape mourning wells and
deep mourning worn by women are neith>
er comfortable nor healthy, and doubtless
effect to considerable extent the spirits.
But more serious objection is that
thousands whom custom compels to wear
this sorrowing apparel can i'll afford its
expensiveness, and are obliged to incur
embarrassing debts by so doing. The
custom Of conducting public funerals in
bad weather and standing around open
graves has caused thousands of deaths
Mr.. Newton affirms, as well as the less
defensible custom of crowding into the
houses of those who have died with in
fictitious diseases, where the very air is
laden with death. mo duty to the dead
can call for sacrifice of the living.
This progressive preacher is logically LED
from this position to condemn the Gus.
tom of burying the dead. He takes bold
firm ground in favor of cremation.
This, however, is not now the point tc
which we desire to direct discussion. The
expensiveness of funerals is the most in
tolerable evil of the present hour. The
cost of the present mode and manner oil
burying the dead tends to impoverish the
living. Costly interment lots, costly bur
ial caskets, costly mourning apparel and
arrangements of all kinds of costly hears,
es and carriages burden the shoulders Of
the poor. and often those in moderate
circumstances, with load of debt which
weighs them down for life. Large debt.
are easily incurred when death comes
Grief and affection combine to make out.
lays which may afford evidence of respect
for the memory of the lost, far greater
than prudence would warrant. Friends
in such hours Of affection are ever ready
to give or guarantee credit to whatever
limit 1t may be needed or asked. Funera
expenditures, therefore, for these anc
other obvious reasons invariably COUP to
or beyond the prevailing public opinion
Of the community. Thousands of fami
lies ere thus burdened and loaded dowr
with debts that make them miserable ant
distress them for life. 1t is doubtful
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19
From the Dissecting Room.

Having taken Swift's Specific for blood poison
contracted at medical college at dissection
while | was a medical student, am grateful {,
say that il gave me speedy and Thorough cure
after my parents had spent hundreds of dollar
for treatment. Ny arm was swollen TO twice III
natural size, and as nothing helped me | was de
spairing Of ever being cured. But hearing of the
$. 5. s. bought bottle little thinking | woulC
derive any benefit from it. began 'aking il regu
larry, and soon the swelling began TO 90 down anC
the arm ceased to pain me. | continued its use
and after taking eight bottles was thorough!
cured. AUGUsTUs wendell, Newark, n. j.
Send for book on Blood and Skin diseases. II i
mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19
povton.s Jo,,e on the Carnet.

HALIFAy, N. s., May 19-The lieutenant
in charge of the watch on the warship
Garnet the night Capt Boyton played his
torpedo trick on her has been arrested
and will be court-martialed for
letting the captain go after cap
turing him. The statement is made that
if the sentinel had not been the stupidest
man on the vessel Boyton would have been
shot as soon as discovered. 1t is reported
that all the officers have laid themselves Ii
able to court martial for their carelessness
in the matter
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19

e.N. CRiTTENTON. N. v, General Agent.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19

THERE is something very pathetic IN 'he
taking off of the old German couple who
voluntarily persisted rather than become
a burden upon others. Suicide is wrong
but it is not an unpleasant thought that
thew have escaped the penalty attending
a mere attempt in that direction, what
ever may be their reception in the world
in which poverty is not of itself a humili
alton and an offence.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19
The Irish NalinnalLSts.

LONDON, May l0-The Nationalist con-
tinue their denunciations of the government
whenever opportunity offers. At a meeting
Sunday it was resolved that they should in
troduce next year bill to centralize the
control of the board of public works in Dub
lin, and to supersede grand juries by elect
i've county boards. Messrs. Parnell and
Healy will take charge of the measure. 1t
has been determined to prosecute vigorous
Nationalist campaign in Ulster and the
watchword will be aggression from the start
TO the finish.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19
THE DOMINION EMBARRASSED.
Riel Likely to Be as Much Trouble as Eve
-Retributed Justice.

Riel Likely to BE as Much Trouble as Ever
-Retributed Justice.
OTTAWA, May l9-Now that Rel has
been captured, parliamentary circles are
anxious to know what will be done witt
him. He will probably be handed over to
the civil authorities and be granted fan
trial This will not please the western PEG
ple who fear that if he is
taken out of the hands of Gen Middleton,
the French influence will be brought to
bear in his behalf, and that a repetition OF
the first fiasco will ensue. Throughout the
whole campaign the French Canadians ex-
pressed their sympathy openly for the
leader Of the instruction, and now that he
is prisoner that sympathy has been in
tensifiei. 1t is hard to predict what the re-
suit will be- One thing is quite certain,
however, that unless Riel is executed there
will be a change of government
WINNIPEG, May 19-In Winnipeg it is
the general opinion that an attempt will be
made to get Edel off on the plea Of insanity.
Stories have been freely floating about re-
garding his unsoundness of mind There is
always a chance, however, that bullet
from volunteers or scouts rifle will find
him. The Dominion government are much
embarrassed by his capture
ST. PAUL, MINI, May 10 Lord Mil yund
who passed through here. Saturday night
was enthusiastic in speaking of the daring Of
Capt Howard, the American in charge Of
the Calling gun.
CHICAGO, May l9-Mr. G ID. Boul
ton, of the First National bank, i
a brother of Maj Boulton, ont
| of the three scouts who captured
Riel, and says it is case of retributivt
| justice, for in 1869 Rel captured Maj. Boul
ton and it was only after strenuous effort
of the Roman Catholic and Episcopa
bishops that he was saved from death, as h
was to have been shot, as Scott, his com
panion, was Riel however, let him off
with instructions to leave the country, neve
to return. and would probably have shot th
major if he had captured him.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19
A KNoTTY SUBJECT TO TACKLE
Fred Douglass and Wife Give the Pres
dental Church Goers n Shock.

Fred Douglass and Wife Give the Presi-
dental Church Goers Shock.
NEW Y DIRK, May l9.-The Telegram pub
fishes the following special from Washing
ton: Dr. Sunderland's church, where the
president attends, is usually crowded.
Standing room in the aisles, even, is at
premium When recently the pew in front
of that occupied by the president became
vacant, there was naturally unusual anxiety
on the part of several prominent members
of the church to secure this sit
ting. Sunday morning the congregation
was good deal excited over the discovery
that Frederick Douglass, recorder OF the dis
trict, and his white wife, were occupants OF
the coveted sitting, and it was then made
public for the first time that they had rented
this pew. After the services many members
of the congregation met to discuss the Incl
dent and there was considerable show OF
feeling The matter is exciting much atten-
tioa, and members are annoyed over the
fact that DR.. Sunderland, after service,
greeted Mr.. Douglass with apparent cordial
1
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19

While England, with population OF 20,
900. 900 has only $500 students at OXFORD
and Cambridge, Germany, with popuia-
ton of As. $50. 900, has $4,000 students
attending her universities.
The lamp which General Sherman car
ried from the time he entered the army,
in 1861. until he camped on the south
bank on the Potomac in 1865, is now pre-
served at the Soldiers Home at Dayton,
Ohio.
A Continental paper says that Eng
lands wars in remote regions at least pro-
mote the study of geography.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, May l9-Charley
Chambers has been rearrested charged with
the Monon train robbery. His uncle,
Chesley Wood ward, who had gone on his
bond, begged off and asked to be released,
as, should anything happen, it would take
his last dollar. Chambers is locked up in
the Jail here and seems very much depressed.
The general feeling is that he is the man.
1t has developed that the abb that he was
at home during the evening of the robbery
will not stand, as four men viii swear that
they saw him at Smithville at 4 o'clock that
day. The defense expects to prove that
Chambers borrowed the money found upor
him, and that his injuries resulted from 6
fall
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19

LOUISVILLE, May 10 The races Monday
resulted as follows:
First race, a mile; Marmoset first, Miss
Bowler second, Mountain Reign third;
time, 0:4Sh.
Second race. ~ miles; Pier-on first, Ba-
mana second, Lord Coleridge third; time,
/ SO
Third race, ~ miles; Lucky B first,
Sweeney second, April Fool third; time, 400.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19

Mr. LOWELL unveiled bust of Cole
ridge in Westminster Abbey recently.
This is the latest English outrage, and
we feel authorized to say that funds tor
the cause of Ireland will be accepted with
especial qualification at the usual heads
ouarinre
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19

whether more than one family in ten can
in reality afford the costly funerals pre-
vailing and as now conducted in New
York. The only remedy would seem to
lie in change of public sentiment, that
may be wrought through pulpit and
press. A simpler and more sensible mode
of disposing of our dead is demanded
than the unsatisfactory one now in vogue.
Death is terrible enough without being
followed by the Impoverished of the
LIVING
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19

CHICAGO, May 19.-The Mackin-G Gallagher
case came up in the United States court be
fore Judges Harlan and Gresham, and wa
argued by H. W. Thompson for the plaintiff
and District Attorney Tuthill for the gov
eminent The case is on trial on writ o
error, applied for by the accused, and vii
take q couple of DAYS to conclude.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19

AUGUSTA, Ga, MAY 19-The case of
George 7. Jackson, president of the Enter
prise Manufacturing company, charged
with embezzling funds of the company, was
ended on Saturday, by verdict of guilty
and sentence Of the prisoner to six years at
hard labor in the penitentiary. Jackson
has lived in this community sixty-two years
and occupied positions of responsibility,
honor and public trust
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19
Who Does Pullman Belong =.

CHICAGO, May 19.-Archibald Mills
paugh, Jr., of Albion, Mich, proposes to
bring a suit to Gust the Pullman Palace
Car company out of about one
half of the town of Pullman Mills
paugh is well-to-do druggist and de-
scendant of David Millspaugh, deceased, out
of whom the title originally came. 1t viii
be charged that the agents of the Pullman
company, when they got their deeds,
used deceit, disappearing the value oil
the land and disappearing the titles OF
the Millspaughs The property involved
now aggregates in value $4,000, 900.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19

CUTHBERr, Ga, May IA. B. Russell,
living four miles from here, persuaded his
wife and two two daughters to call at a
neighbours on Sunday. Two sons, aged 2
and 4 year, remained with their father. Be
fore Mr.. Russell had passed the adjoining
house she heard pi,tol-shots. and hurrying
back found that her husband had shot the
two boys dead, and himself so seriously that
there is only slight possibility of his re-
covery. Russell left note stating that he
had for some time contemplated suicide,
and had also decided to kill his two sons
rather than have them thrown upon the
world unprovided for
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19

SICK ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS who have
suffered intensely with sick headache say
that Hoods Sarsaparilla has completely
cured them. One gentleman thus relieved,
writes: Hoods Sarsaparilla is worth its
weight in gold" 1t will do you positive
good. Made by G. l. Hood & Co., Lo-
well, Mass. Sold by all druggists. 100
Doses One Dollar.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19
Brutal Murderer Arrested.

NEW YoRK, May 10. Mary McAnerny, d
young married woman, died early Monday
morning at 80 Canal street, Jersey City, and
soon after her husband, John McAnerny
a moulder. 81 years old, was arrested
for murder. Before shs died she told the
physicians who had been called in TO attend
her in childbirth, that her husband, on Sun
day a week ago, hal given her an un
merciful beating. McAnerny was remanded
for further examination
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19
Desolation in Nortbwe.t Territorv

MONTREAL, May 49, The Oblat Fathers
OF this city have received letter from Mgr.
Grandin, bishop of the. northwest. stating
that "the abomination Of desolation pre-
walls there" The clergy have lost their
control over the Indians and half breeds, who
declare that the Bishop and his priests have
sold them to the government. Unless inn
mediate assistance is rendered, starvation
and misery stare the Fresh half breeds in the
face None of them have done any seeding
They have slaughtered their domestic ami
mails, and are in a state of abject poverty
He thinks that at least $3.50, 900 should b.
sent for the purpose of providing them witt
food, clothing and agricultural imple
ments, and of establishing missions and
schools in their midst 1t is thought herr
the maximum of Riel's sentence will be i'm
prisonment for ten or fifteen ye airs.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19
The seventsen-Year Locusts.

BRIDGEPORT, Ills, May 19.-Ths seven
teen-year locusts, which Professor Reilly
predicted, as mentioned in recent Washing
ton dispatches, have been found in large
numbers here close to the surface
of the ground and moving up
wards. Tho indications are strong
that an unusually large swarm win appear
in short time. Very extensive apple orch
ards were planted by capitalists this spring,
and large eruption OF locusts will almost
certainly kill them
Swarms of young chinch- bugs ap'
pearing and threatening destrg -*ion to
what wheat remains not frozen ou'
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19

WHEN the Riel rebels not only break
Canadian law but whip Canadian troops
they go too far. The time has come for
firm and decisive action. Perhaps it had
better be suggested to Mr.. Gladstone that
he ask for further credit and immediate
arbitration
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19
CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscrctions of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss of manhood, &c.
l win send recipe that will cure you
FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by missionary in South
America. Send a self addressed envelope
to the Rev. JOSEPH r. INMAN, Station d
New York CITY
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19
Typhoid Fever.

lam sixty years old, and have lived in
this (HalD county all my life. Up to twenty
eight years ago was regarded as the strongest
man In the neghborhoOd-the most robust in
health In November, 1885, | had long and
serious spell of typhoid fever left me emacia-
ted and cripple in my right leg. At times that
limb was swollen an enormous size, being twice
as large as its natural condition, and iniamed
and angry in appearance. From my knee down
small sores came and at the ankle large ulcer
came, which discharged poisonous matter. My
whole system became infected. The doctors
would patch me up for awhile, but the ulcers
would never heal. The mercury and potash with
which they dosed me brought on rheumatism and
| dyspepsia. was an object of pity to all my
| friends Some thought that he only hope TO save
| life was amputatOn. ! continued TO grow worse,
| and for three years | have not worn shoe. Hope
| had almost left me. Swifts Specific was sng-
gested, and commenced its use at once. From
the very first began to feel better. have taken
| thrty-six bottles, and the shadows which had
darkened my life for twenty-eight years have all
| been dissipated , he effect OF the medicine has
| been wonderful indeed To-day am able to at
| tend to all my farming interests, and walk from
one to five miles per day. am satisfied that the
| disease isentirely broken up, and hence!orth |
| am to be free from those terrible apprehensions
and suffering which formerly made my life riser-
| able. Swift's Specific has done more for me in
| one year than ali the drug store medicine pre-
scribed by physicians did in twenty eight years.
and most cheerfnlly bear this testimony of its
merits VIM r. REED.
Hall County, Ga, Feb. IS. 1885.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19

Having used Tongaline extensively,
can cordially recommend it for cases OF
facial neuralgia, where l have found it to
produce the desired result in every in
stance, when all other remedies had pre-
viously failed. F. f. Lord, M. D., San
Francieco HaI
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19
Wolseley,s Compliments.

SUAKIM, May 19.-Gen. Graham and the
guards left for England Sunday. Gen
Wolseley has issued farewell general order,
praising the troops of all arms Of the service.
The order concludes by saying that the
deeds of the British forces in the Soudan
have added another chapter to the glorious
records of England's prowess.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-19
CRIME IN A FRENCH PROVINCE.
A Specimen of Welcomes That lola
Might Utilize.

n e~SA"
Might Utilize.
LONDON. May ia lurid light has
been thrown on French provincial life by
trial just ended at Nismes. A doctor named
Vigouroux and his niece, Philomene, were
arrested a short time ago on the joint
charge of quadruple infanticide. Philo-
meme is an ugly, prematurely -withered
woman. with long, hooked nose, and vi
cious looking eyes. Vigouroux is a septuagen'
arian widowsr, who had during the lifetime
of his late wife scandalized his neighbors by
his cynical and senile debauchery. He had
made advances to his niece, who, undeterred
by the age and repulsive looks Of her sutton,
had become his mistress. Nine VigouBoux
died in 1879, with her last breath
refusing to be nursed by Philo
meme. @When / am dead" she
said, strange things will happen" So say.
ing she expired. Soon after Philomene was
confined. Vigouroux, who was not only o
doctor, but also judge de paix, appeared
at the Alais Marie one day with dead
child in his arms and persuaded the officials
49, $3.50 lied a natural death. The buria