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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31
A Postmaster Hangs Himself.

FREEPoRT, Ills., Aug. 81. When the gov
ernment postofTlce inspector called at the
Lanark post flee Thursday afternoon he
found the funds were between 500 and $500
short. Postmaster Henry Faulds said he
had lot of STAMPS in the bank, and started
to geS them. He was found hanging in his
barn hortly afterward, He had held the
office fifteen years, and was highly esteemed.
He leaves wife and grown son. The
coroner's jury considerably found tn at his
mind was disoriered from a sunstroke,
which caused him to hang himself c. W.
Francks. one of his bondsmen, is acting
no,tmaSter
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.

The people, as a whole, seldom make
mistakes, and the unanimous voice of
praise which comes from those who have
used Hoods Sarsaparilla, fully justifies
the claims of the proprietors of this great
medicine. Indeed, these very claims are
based entirely on what the people say
Hoods Sarsaparilla has done for them.
Read the abundant evidence of its cura-
tive powers, and give it fair, honest
trial.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31
THE GENEVA TRAGEDY.
No Ciew Yet Discovered as to Who Mu
dered the Officers.

No Ciew Yet Discovered as to Who Muir
dered the Officers
CHGCA Go, Aug. T.-Further particulars
Of the shooting Of Officers Grant and Nc
Matt at Geneva, Ills, Thursday night show
that shortly after midnight Mrs. Larrabee,
who lives one block south of the
scene of the tragedy, was awakened
Wy footsteps on the back porch of
b, residence. She gave an alarm, and the
intruders made their escape through the
rear yard. Within few minutes after this
event brace of pistol-shots were heard,
followed by fusilade Many of the people
living in the vicinity Of the court house,
where the shooting took place, su pposed the
reports wore those of Chinese crackers,
while others after time ran into the street
to ascertain the cause of the disturbance
Both men died from hemorrhage. Grant
lived about thirty minutes after being
found, but was unable tn speak nor did he
recognize his friends Jailer Reyes repeat
eddy called on Grant to tell who shot him,
but received no response
There appears to be little question
that Grant and McNatt met three
men in the rear of Mrs. Iarrabee's house,
most probably the individuals who were
fleeing from the scene of the attempted
burglary. No ciew, however, to the identity
of the perpetrators has been found, although
-vo men were arrested on suspicion.
1t the homes of the dead men the scsne1
Ire very pitiable Both mon lived In small
white cottages and had families. They will
be buried Sunday under the auspices of the
@. A. r McNatt's funeral occurs at noon
and Grants at d. m.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31
Agents of Grants Book Likely To BE
Admitted.

WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. S1.-The officials
in the various departments are considering
a proposition from the publishers of Gen.
Grants memoirs to permit canvassing for
subscriptions among the clerks 1t has for
years been a strict rule to prohibit the
admission of book agents into the depart
ments, but In order to avoid unfairness tn al
might be twisted into party capital, there
is said to be some probability that an eS-
ception will be made in this case
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31
Sarah Bernhardt Coming Again.

PARIS Aug SL-Mlle Sarah Bernhart
has signed a contract for an American tour
guaranteeing her a minimum Of 225 per.
formances between May, 1885, and May,
1887, at $500 for each, and a percentage Of
the receipts above a certain amount, the
tor to embrace both North and South
America
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

AsHEvILLE, N. C. Aug. 3l-Excur, ion
lists returning from the vicinity of Il, acI
Mountain. n. c., report that on last tt urs
day there were several repetitions of th
quakings for which that neighborhooi be
came famous some years ago The ST ock
resemble earthquakes and cause great t. Trol
among the residents. Great rocks fell owl
the mountain side and the Vantage rive
was temporarily diverted from its couese.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31
IL Has Stood the Ruu.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 3L-President
Kennedy, Of the Spring Garden bank, said
Saturday morning; the run is over
When left the bank at . o'clock there was
but one depositor waiting for his money. J
Just have word from the cashier that there
are ten depositors in line waiting to hand in
funds eld but few drawing OUT
Figures Of the total amount Of money
Withdrawn during the panic are being
prepared. The total amount of deposits it
i understood are over 81, 50O, 0g0, and the
amo.. mt paid out in the run will not exceed
$3.50, 600, or at the most S400. 600
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31
Disaster to a sailing PARTY.

AUBURN, N. Y, Aug. 81. "A yacht with
seventeen ladies' ami gsntlemsa aboard,
capsizei in Cayuga lake near Aurera Fri
day. Re.cuers in rowboats from Aurora
saved all but Mr.. Frank Riegel, who was
drowned All we're exhausted and two UNI
conscious when brought ashore
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

They strolled along the Droau parade,
John Jones and pretty Miss Maria.
Your teeth are awful, john" she said;
why don't you buy the Beautifer?
See mine :" How whitel' Yes, tits my won
To polish them with SOZODONT -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31
A Change Of Chinese Ministers.

WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. 81 The
Chinese minister, Cheng Tsao Ju, who was
stricken with paralysis Immediately after
his return to this country from Peru, last
April, and who is still i'll in New York, has
sent his resignation to the Chinese govern.
ment, and Chang Yin Huan has boen ap.
pointed i'll his stead
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

NEW York, Aug. Sl.-The total exports
of specie from this port during the past
week were valued at s256, 10 OF this
amount the exports to Europe were $2i2,-
960 in silver and 81, 459 in gold The total
imports of specie at this port were STA
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

Quincy, Ill.,, Aug. S1.-The commission
TO locate the soldiers home arrived here at
l:l5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and were
met by the reception committee. The sta
Quincy offers Tor the proposed home con.
tSills l42 acres, and is just north OF the city
limits
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

PRINCE HENRY, of Battenberg is a
practical printer He wasn't such bad
match after all. The queen can utilize
him reading the proof sheets of her new
hooks.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31
Love Turns his Back

on slovenliness, as regards the teeth,
Keep them pure, all We who wish to be
beloved and caressed S0ZODONT is
unequalled as q means of whitening, pol
ishing, and preserving, them.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

MADRID, Ang. 81 -Thirty-hve hur ured
and seventy five new cases of cholera Aavt
occurred here during the twenty-for- our.
ended Saturday noon and J, 100 deaths
ToULoN, Aug 3l.-Eleven persons IL D in
this city from cholera Friday.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31
ELoPEo ON A YACHT.

A Young Couple Enjoying Their Honey
moon on the Deep.
New YORK, Aug 81 Edward Delafield
Wright and Ella B. Pratt, who were visiting
friends in Stamford, fell in love with each
other. Mr.. Wright failing to obtain the
consent of the mother, took his lady love on
- --"h+ the Jane. and sailed away
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

The startling statement is made that
about $4,000 letters addressed to the pres
ident of the United States are received at
Washington daily.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31
: s'Cz'elllazz

For the benefit Of suffering humanity, and in
heartfelt gratitude at the wonde full result
deem it only my duty to give this un oliCited ties
tmony in favor of Swift's Specific My wife has
been nlcted with hereditary Eczema or 5 1t
Rheum from her infancy. II has increased in in
tensity with each succeeding spring, and being
somewhat skilled in med cine myself, | tried
every remedy could think of for years-Sarsa
parilla combined with cry form of Potassiae,
aud hundreds of other remedies, 10 ions and
alkal washes Of every kind known, hut they all
gave only temporary relief.
During the spring Of 1881 her lower eXtrem-
tiles became 50 inilamed and sore that she was
obliged TO keep them constantly coated with a
covering of ''Fnllers Earth mixed wet and al
lowed 10 dry on. Among other things she was
ed with periodical nervous headache, &C
curing regularly every seven days, sometimes
followed by an intermittent fever for weeks AT a
time SO that her life became a burdento her
This spring determined she should take s. $.
= and How strictly the directions i'll regard to
dose. diet, etc. This was about seven weeks ago.
After taking The first large bottle the disease
seemed 10 increase; the burning, itching and IN
Eammation became unbearable. She, however.
persevered in the nee of the medicine. After ia
king the second bottle the Inflammation began tn
subside. After the thirh bottle the Inflammation
disappcare /, and sore spots dried mp and turned
white and sCaly, and finally she brushed them of
in an impalpable white powder resembling pure
salt She is now taking the sixth bottle, three ia
blrspoonfn fonr times daily. Every appear
aucc of the disease has gone, and her flesh Is be
coming soft, white and smooth again; aud what is
| more, her periodical headaches have disappeared
and she is now, at IS years Of age. enjoying the
/ only good health she has known for upwards Of
| 80 years No wonder she declares with en- has :
| that every holt Of : ). 5. Is worth a thousand
times its weight in gold.
| ANT further information concerning her case
will be chenrfnlly given by herself Al her resi-
| dence, 135 Mullctt street. er by me.
| JOHN p, BRADLEY, a Griswnld st.
| Detroit, Mich, May 16 1885.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

Ihave been afflicted with Hay Fever
for seven years-Ely's Cream Balm cured
me entirely. II. D. Callahan, baggage
master, |. d. st. L. r. R., Terre Haute,
Ind.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

Hunts Remedy cures headache, cos
tiveness. dyspepsia, diseases of the liver
and kidneys.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

The ex-Empress of Mexico il forty five.
The doctors note an extraordinary i'm
provement in her. and anticipate com
plete recovery.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

my life seems to be drawing rapidly
to Close writes General Robert
Toombs dOlefully in the Atlanta Constit
tuition on Sunday.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

Ara recent fashionable dinner given at
Newport many of the vegetables had
more dressing on them than the ladies.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

Hunts Remedy cures Bright's Disease
OF the kidneys, nervous diseases, female
weaknesses.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

The latest fancy in note paper is of q
distressingly bright red tint, and it is
known as Ell Mebdi.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

"Spalding's Cline" cheap. convenient
and useful. Mends everything
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

The newspapers of the world have just
been reckoned up at about IS, 200. thus
giving one to every $4,000 inhabitants.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

The course OF Instrumental Mu.r ,r..
Thirteen Grades, viz: '''
!, czerney's Exercises.
3. Hayden's Sonatas
o. Beethoven's 81 Sonatas
T.
s. Mozart's 81 Sonatas
~ IT, Chopin's Complete Works l2 VOLUME.
II.
IL. Compositions of List, and four sian,
Opera solos.
Instructions in Vocal and Harmony will
taught after the best methods.
When the Institute gets organized. clgs. NJ
ings and musical recitals will be given n,
charge.
At the completion Of the Musical cour.r d,
examination in the theory of music wiIllaI
with the graduates and certificates Of gr4aa
issued
TERMS, 90 LESSONS. (ADvAS,r
Instrumental, 8.
Vocal. n
Harmony, "A
lesson hours 40minutes.
Mrs. Swan is a graduate of the Musical Ga
yatOty OF Sto, kholm, Sweden and Ia, be-.
gagged IN teaching in America twelve year
last year she has been dir, Ct0r of the con. RI
~ in Geneseo with great success, and .r5
large class. of which u number will follow D.
finish their studies.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

Ida Lewis, the Newport heroine has
lost the Newfoundland dog that was her
companion swimmer.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

lie sure and get the genuine, and send for Urea
tise Oh Blood and skin Diseases free.
For sale by all druggists.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co,
Drawer 3, Atlanta. Ga.
1tr W ..,d ~ Y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31

Only Democratic Daily In the Eleventh Con
gressional District
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-31
ROCK ISLAND DAILY ARGUS,

]. ". POTTER EprroR AND PuBIIsarR.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-11
1t Is Feared a Great Deal of DAM
age Has Been Done to Shipping.

CHICAGO, Dec. s. The weather this
morning here and throughout the
northwest is generally clear and cold.
Here the mercury indicates % degrees
above zero. The storm last night
ragged in a fearful name on the lake,
and it is feared there was a great deal
Of damage done to shipping. -Four
or FIVE vessels were discovered off the
mouth of the river this morning, hav-
ing been unable to make port on ac
count of heavy sea, and the further
circumstance that their rigging could
not be handled by reason of heavy
coating Of ice, which completely en-
cased it. Great anxiety has prevailed
in marine circles about the schooner
Bay State. She was bound for Muske-
gOn, and was three days over due.
Dispatches received from Grand
Haven this morning announce her safe
arrival at that port. 1t was reported
last night that Capt. Mann, a vessel
captain, living at los Eighteenth Place
was missing. The name Of the vessel
he commanded could not be learned,
but his friends say she had started
fifteen days ago on a trip which should
take her forty hours, and had not yet
been heard from. The storm last night
beat up a tremendous sea. Along the
lake shore the waves ran exceptionally
high and falling on heavy planks of
breakwater broke them up like finder.
The Illinois Central tracks are pro-
tected by "a breakwater, which is about
one hundred feet away. The waves
broke over this, and at T~hiTty-frst and
Thirty-ninth streets, washed away the
outside track for several hundred feet.
AT Twenty-second street, the outside
track, which is protected by two break
waters, is also washed away.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-11
Did Columbus Discover America?
fPall Mall Gazette.1

A short time ago we referred to the
violent dispute going on in Central Amer
lea as to the last resting-place Of Column
bus, San Domingo and Cuba being the
claimants for this honor. A solemn CON
clave of the representatives Of various
governments recently met in San Domingo
10 settle the matter; but now another
discussion has been raised, the question
this time being whether Columbus ever
set foot on the American continent at all.
1t was commonly believed, and is stated
in most modern histories, that the great
navigator in his fourth and last voyage
landed on the coast belonging to the
present republic Of Honduras
Three years ago Don Soto, the presi-
dent of the republic, desired to com
memorate this great event by creating a
new administrative district at the place
and calling it Colon. But he determined
first to look into the original authorities
himself, aud having done SO found reason
to doubt the accuracy of the popular be-
lief on the subject. Having communi.
Gated his doubts to Don Milla, a learned
Guatemalan, who has written a history OF
Central America, in which he r~eproduces
the usual statement, the latter reex-
amined all the documents of the time and
came to the conclusion that an error had
arisen through a misrepresentation OF g
single ~passagein an old %chronicler, and
that Columbus really never landed on the
continent.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-11
The Art Loving Mexican.
10. Boston Herald.l

The Mexican people. high and low, are
very artistic | have noted with some as
constituent the artistic faces of the com
mon poems at work on the paving inn
provemeats on San Francisco Street
There are faces and ferns there that
would make an artist or q sculptor envi-
Gus. A week ago the peon paving gang
got as far Town the street as the windows
of q well known Mexican art store, where
are displayed the finest trench and Ger
man engravings, photographs, etc At
the noon hour groups of these peon work
ingmen would stand in concoursc about
the windows of the store. reveling in the
art treasures therein and discussing among
themselves the merits Of the pictures.
ImagineA Washington street paving gang
having an eye for the artstore windows
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-11


The river brings is regular supply o.
drift It brings cordWo0d, dropped from
passing vessels; piles which have rotted
away, ioated away, and are cruising
about to find decent %sepulture; camp
stools tossed from excursion steamers.
old boards, new boards, shingles. Silks
chips, bark. old brooms. worn out scrub
bling brushes, bits Of torn and tangled
seine, runaway eelpots, dead dogs, dead
puppies, an occasional dead horse, ille-
gaily pitched at night of some New York
pier: old boxes and barrels, old pantaloons.
bottles some smelling Of medicine and
others of whisky, eorks without bottles,
more bottles without corks, hats blown
overheard, some old. some new; shad-
poles, bean.poies, hoop-poles, lunch-bas-
kets. water soaked bread. empty sardlne
and lobster cans, the debris of floating
lunch parties; cabbage leaves. decomposed
fruit and vegetables, sometimes q nsh-
pole, with line and hook attached; DC
paint brushes. everything, anything, and
things cast off, flung OH, worn oil, torn
Oh, rubbed of Of the worlds surface, IN
Guiding also old boots and shoes, so long
as they float. Every morning | inspect
the bit of strand near my door to see what
the river has brought It is an interesting
lottery. Sometimes ! find q late news
Paper, soaked, to be sure, but when dried
on the rocks il reads as we'll as if just
issued. AS we have no regular supply on
this bank of the stream, news three OF
four days old reads just as well, ana
seems quite interesting until oil looks
at the date. Some of this drift, when i
comes, comes to stay. Particularly old
boots and shoes, stuck in the mud.
| have become well acquainted by sight
with several impaired specimens, regu-
larry appearing before my door at low
tide, especially one gigantic boot, pre-
sumably the former property Of some
colossal. footed Jersey shadman. A pair
of Old pantaloons cling tenaciously to my
beach, changing their position but little
with each tide, and having a startling re-
semblance in the various attitudes Of the
legs, as flung about by the waves, to the
limbed part Of a drowned mar.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-11
FROM LAKE PROVIDENCE.

Large Dry Goods and Grocery
Establishment Closed--An Agent
Of Eastern Railroads and the o..
Line Visits Lake Providence.
Special to Commercial Herald.
LAKE PROVIDENCE, La, Dec. 5-The
large dry goods and grocery establish
ment of f. M. Taylor, agent, was
closed by creditors on the Sd inst.
The first attaching creditor being
Hewitt, Sharp & Co., of st. Louis.
The following is a list Of attachments
levied up to eV evening, to-wit: Hewitt,
Sharp & Co, St. Louis; 81, 500; v. M.
Purdy, Lake Providence, $40; Wool.
per & Crawford, New Orleans, $1,000;
b. Lowenstein & Bro:. Memphis,
$500; G. W. Wheeler, $3.50;
W. G. Vincent, New Orleans,
1882; or a total of 1920,
and many other attachments may fol-
low; have been unable to ascertain the
amount Of assets OF liabilities of Tay-
lor AS the attachment on the first case
was quite a surprise to every one here,
and he has not had an opportunity to
prepare a statement Of his affairs. 1t
is reported, however, that the esti-
mated amount Of stock attached is
something in the neighborhood of
5000.
Capt. James Burke representing the
Eastern Railroad aud 0. Line bo, t
visited Lake Providence on yesterday
in the interest of the new departure
as to providing transportation
for cotton to be shipped by the
0. Line boats to Cincinnati, where the
cotton is compressed and is shipped by
the eastern roads through to different
mills in the State of Massachusetts.
Your correspondent interviewed Capt.
Burke and was informed that the pur-
chase and shipments thus far, under
this new departure. at points between
Vicksburg and seventy-fve miles above
Greenville on both the Mississippi and
Arkansas side, has amounted to 10000
bales. The headquarters Of the
cotton buyers are at Green
Vile, Miss, and purchases are
made at different points. The cotton
is closed and New Orleans prices paid
saving, as Capt. Burke says, from three
dollars and fifty cents to four dollars
per bale to the producer or planter b.
freights, brokerage, insura nee, com
missions, drayage, storage and Other
incidental expenses usually connected
with the sale of cotton in New Or
leans. H. S. King, a cotton buyer
will visit here on the 18th. This thing
is a correct one, it will prove beneficial
to the planting interest and may be
the means of encouraging the invest
ment Of eastern capital, which would
eventually develop the resources o
the cotton product ng district Of tn
Mississippi valley by placing every
thing upon a cash basis.
Weather cold and windy, and cottol
will be picked out by Christmas.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-11
Setting ,Em Up in China.


Interview with John Russell HoungI
One of the greatest drawbacks to q con-
tinued residence in China, according to
some Americans, is the fact that there are
no side doors to the bar. rooms, a circum-
stance which renders sunday a very dull
day. This is accounted for by the fact
that there are no bar rooms in the
kingdom. Excise commissioners are
at a. discount, and while aproned
young men with diamond pins
and black mustaches are In
known. On almost every corner, how
ever, there is a "tea house, +" where
cornwall Cinnamon sit on tea boxes, talk
politics and help themselves to any loose
groceries that may be lying about
Instead of two friends greeting each
other with, "Come and have one with
me, ole man, the digniied Cinnamon
walk sedately into the tea house and ask
for 1.-TWO teas have them hot Then
they throw dice or match pennies to see
who win pay for them, but each man
settles for his own tea in the regulation
Philadelphia style.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-11
Oriental Observance.
tcor. London TRUTH

With all princes-Hindoo, Moham-
medan, OF Buddhist-on the peninsula Of
Hindoostan, u superior is approached by
an inferior with presents. There must
in fact, be the earnest Of a present, if it
be only a lime or a flower. From those
incontestably Of an inferior rank the re-
ccption Of the lime or tiower is counted
as su Lcient condescension, and as a recog-
milton of the acquaintance. With those
who by right wear a sword, the sword in
its scabbard is presented to be touched by
the recipient Of the visit, and this grace.
Gul address is the shorthand token Of the
bearer of the sword having oAered his
services, even to deyoting his life.
After the lime there is an ascending
scale of presents, such as nosegays trays
of fruit, sweetmeats, a palanqdin, a horse,
an elephant, or jewelry up to the value Of
the koh.inoor. And in every instance the
recipient is understood to return a present
TO the donor of greater value than the
present received. 1t may be in kind, or
it may be in favors to be granted, but
there must be no mistake as to the worth