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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24
THE DEAD BEAUTY
Stili at the MOrgue and Viewed by Hum
Touching Incident.

StilI at the MOrgue and Viewed by Hum
dreds-Touching Incident.
LOUISVILLE Ky, Aug, n The corpse Of
the richly dressed woman, which was found
floating in the river at SlX-AIile island
Thursday is still lying in a pine box at the
morgue Hundreds Of visitors have hung
over the coffin and looked with pitymg
eyes upon the dead face of the fair girl lying
there in her lace and fine linen. There was
a touching scene when a tall lady, richly
dressed in black, leaned over the coffin AMI
imprinted kiss upon the dead, white face.
"Poor, dear child" she said; perhaps she
has no mother, and was forced
to take her life Mrs ,Ien-
ME Wright, of 7UT Fifteenth street,
claimed that the dead girl was young
married lady of Madison, Ind, whose
maiden name was Annie johnson Her
married name she did not know she
claimed she knew Annie johnson as little
girl at Glasgow, KY, whence she removed
with her parents to Madison, Ind, fifteen
years ago, and married recently against
the wishes and commands Of her father
and mother Mr. Wright declared further
That Annie Johnson called on her at her
May, told the story OF her marriage, ami
announced that she was living with ser hus-
iand in Clay street in I.ouj-ville. The po-
lice and reporters visitei the house desig
mated in Clay street, but could find nothing
10 corroborate Mrs. Wrignts tory, 80 the
dead girl may he considered stu nnidenti-
Gal
LATER The body of the Young woman
fund IN the river near Six M,le island
Thursday has been identified rs Laura f.
NnurSc. She came t. this city from the
country for the purpose of learning to sew.
Her hoard bill becoming due and having no
money to pay it she saturated handker-
che. with choroform, placed it to her face
and walked INTO the river and was drowned
She left a note stating that having written
t. her brother in New Orleans for financial
all and as he did not respond to it, life had
become uncomfortable from the fact that she
had also heen betrayed and her troubles
were more that She could bear.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24
Poor Billy Muckrow's MANY Virtues
Arizona HowleI

We drop tear as we record the demise
of poor Billy Muckrow. His genial pres
ence and hearty laugh added new grace
to the most exclusive saloons of the town.
We say it without fear of contradiction.
Billy was as square as chess board. He
was no chump. He never killed man
without cause; he never forgot to settle
his score on the slate.
He never refused TO 90 out on II hunt
for boss thieves. nor to ante up his little
pile when he bucked the tiger and lost.
And he was rustlCr when out with the
boys. But his browning virtue was that
just before his death he paid us three
years subscription in advance for the
HOUler, and we assure his widow that the
paper will be delivered to her on time
every week. Stranger, go thou and do
likewise.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24
Fight at a PRAYER Meeting.

CHICAGO, Aug al Greenhaum, a
tailor, has two pretty daughters agei Il
and 16 years, who indu>triously ply the
needle all day in his shop. Two brothers
named Charlie and Samuel RuSsick
keep a saloon, and when business
is not brisk chat wi tn the taior's pretty
daughters through the back door. On
Saturday last, Greenhaum and some
twenty five other Hebrews, among them the
father of the Rus lex boys, were celebrating
the Jewish Sabbath at tae house of Isaac
Joseph, at 81 West Indiana street Mr..
RusSick arose and asked tie congregation t.
pray for his departed wife when Green
baum jumped up in rage AMI made q
sensation by charging that RuSsick's sons
had attempted to seduce his daughters and
they had better be prayed for. A fight Gu
sued, and Friday Russick, the elder, had
Greenbaum arrested.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24
MORE ABOUT WICKED MAXWELL.
Theory That Preller Was Alive WheI
Placed in the Trunk.

ST LOUIS, Aug "A There is now said TO
be ample medical proof at hand that Preller
was packed in the trunk while still alive
This adds to the horror of the crime with
which Maxwell stands charged The com
plete autopsy of the body made by DR.
Luedeking showed congestion of thu brain
and a condition Of the iarynx which indi-
Gated strangulation. The theory OF the pros
ecution is that, Frellol being n man Of
fine physique, strong and sound in limb,
and healthy IN oil his organs. resisted the
effects of the chlorotorm TO such an extent
that Maxwell was compelled to choke him
To death, and that he probably did the chrk.
ing after he had placed his victim in the
trunk If not, the victim was sutfocated in
the trunk after having been placed there.
1t is supposed that after using tile four
ounces of chloroform got at Fenow's drug
store Maxwell saw thu folly of ending his
victim in that way, and when he got the
two ounces more al 5p m. he used it merely
to wea4en Preler to pnint where ne conli
make short work of him 10y strangulation-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. 24.-The post
office department is called upon to decide
tho question whether a citizen Of the United
States can post his letters where he likes.
A business man in Washington, who sends
out an immense quantity of cir
cularS annually, mails them at a
small Office in Maryland where his brother
in-law is postmaster, whose salary
is governed by the amount of mail
matter passing through his hands These
circulars have increased his pay from moth
ing up to a far slzai salary, and in some
way the department has just found it ont
The postmaster has not defraule1 the gov
ernment, because the mail has actually
passed through his hands. hut IL the circulars
had been mailed in Washington, where the
business to which they referred wa located,
the treasury would have been saved several
hundred dollars a year, and the question: is
whether the government has any right to
compel this merchant to post his circulars in
the office TO which they properly belong.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

THAT free and easy press corresponds
ent who writes over the signature CLARA
Belle" claims to have made herself ben>
factress to her sex. How she has done
this she thus relates;
have made an invention that is Just
going to be Il boon to my sex al the sea
shore, and what want is that some CAPT
talist shall put the money into the manu-
facture haven't applied for patent,
but if | give the thing away here feel
sure that nobody will be mean enough to
take advantage Of my COntiding nature.
1t is so natural for me to write all know
that | cant resist the inclination. call
my device the camp chair hustle. 1t con
sists OF an ordinary hustle of wires and
tapes, 10 be worn in the usual manner
under the rear draperies of woman 5
skirt. Ii will serve all the purposes of
distentiOn and shapeliness requisite in the
fashionable hustle. Within the structure
! place specially COntrived camp chair,
light but sufficiently strong, and so ar
ranged that it will automatically shut up
flat when the wearer stands, and open to
receive her when she sits. | have expert
mented with u model and suffered some
hard kerchugs before the apparatus was
perfected, but the thing is now worthy OF
the confidence of the most sensitive girl
for it positively will not betray her conf,
dence. When She lounges on the sand OF
the beach and desires to be seated fol
awhile, all she has to do is to gracefully
drop into the invisible chair. The aston,
ished observer may conclude that she ha.
four legs of her own, but it isn't any Of
his business anyhow.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24
THE WABASH STRIKE
Great Interest Taken in n by the Wage.
Workers.

CHICAGO, Aug. "a Although they say
little about il in public places, the leaders of
the labor movement in Chicago-and, in
Iced, the great mas, of the organized work
ers-are taking deep interest in the strike
on the Wabash That the trouble has
brought forth no sensational features
surprises, and that the uprising has
not been more general and widespread dis
appoints them. But most of them, while a
little nervous about the outcome, are never
theless hopeful that a mistake has not been
made They have the utmost confidence in
the coolness and sound Judgment of General
Master Workman Powdsrly. They know that
he would not have countenanced the strike
if it could have been averted. and that
unless he saw a fair prospect of victory he
would never have resorted to extreme
measures Officers of the Knights of Labor
in this city are as much in the dark as
the general public regarding the prospects
and the means to be employed by the order
in wagins it's battle The dispute is not one
of wages The workmen are contending
for their right to organize. The fight APP
pears TO have been forced upon them.
The Wabash shops at Moberly were shut
down for a few days, aud when they were
reopened every employe was requested TO,
under penalty of never again getting work
on the road, sign a paper reading; al do
promise TO lsave the Knights of Labor, all
brotherhood organizations and all unions.
1t is against this that the Wabash shop
| hands are now out on a strike.
ST. LOUIS, A ug. 4-The Wabash strike
has assumed a phase of diplomacy. Upon
| the refusal of the Missouri Paci fic employes
TO draw fires from, or other wise handle
Wabash engines the engines were trans
ferred to the Union Depot company where
they are now being cared for. A significant
fact is that Shopha who first refused to dc
the work was discharged by the Missouri
Pacific, but upon the demand of the shop
commute he was reinstated. Important de
velopments are expected, refusal OF
yard men bein3 expected when Wabash
freight is to be switched
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24
SHOCKING DSPRAVlTY.
A Brother and Sister Live Together
Thirteen Wears as Man and Wife.

A Brother and Sister Live Together
Thirteen Wears Man and Wife,
NEW YORK, Aug "a Thomas White, a
young man employed in a saloon at the cor
ner of Pacific and Smith streets Brooklyn,
has for years lived at ST Works place with
a woman whom ha called his wife About
six years ago the suppo,ed wife became
insane, was sent to an asylum,
and returned to her husband al
most cured. Recently the young
est child of the couple. babe of 10 months,
died, and the mother again became dis
tracted. White allowed the child to remain
mburied until the police we're notified and
he was arrested. He said both he and his
wife were bewitched, and acted SO strangely
that he was taken to Flatbush insane asy-
lum along with the woman. After their
consignment to the asylum the terrible fact
came to light that the couple were brother
and sister, anl had lived together as man
aud wife for thirteen years They have had
three children
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

WASHINGTON City, Aug. A-Acting Sec.
rotary Fairchild has decided to comply with
request from the governor of Michigan
for the temporary appointment of sanitary
inspectors to aid the state authorities In pre-
venting the introduction of smallpox into
Michigan from Canadian ports. These
inspectors will be Under the direction of the
Marine hospital bureau, and will be located
at the principal points of entry such a.
Detroit, Port Huron and at the crossing OF
the Canada Southern railroad Surgeon
Sawtelle, of the Marine hospital service, sta.
toned at Detroit, has been instructed &c
arrange the necessary details, and to act in
conjunction with the local authorities.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24
Future Movements of the Grants.

ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. "A The Grant
family will leave Mt Mc(;regor the first
part of September. Col. Fred Grant will 20
to Chicago to attend the reunion of the
Army of the Tennessee, on Sept. ..
He will then return TO work ON his
fathers book Mrs Grant and her daugh-
ter Mrs. Sartoris, will go to West Point
for ten days, and will then join jesse Grant
at his farm in Westchester county. Mrs.
Sartoris exnects to sail for England about
October l. The family will all join Mrs
Grant i'll New YORK in the fall, vita the ex-
ception OF MR.. Sartoris, who will remain
in England
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

In the fall Of 1854 was taken with 4 case nf
malaral fever which pro,trated me both body ana
mind. | was dmgyed af er the old fashion with
mercury and other mineral mixtures. hut with uu
good results. My health was shattered and my
energy gone. My LEGS and feet would swell, and
! had what everybody thought WAS dropsy These
symptoms alarmed me. and was ready Ia grasi
at any rcmrdy suggested. A friend advised me
10 Try Swilt's Spec fc. | procured three bottles
and commenced its use. The swelling soon sub
sided. have taken the three bottles, which
have made perfect care, and | feel like new
man today There never was = more mCTitoriou>
medicine offered to suffering humanity. It has
wrought wonders for me. VILLAS IoNEs
Lecshur,. Lee County. Ga, March II, 1885.
sold Ivy all Druggists
Treatise on Blood aud Skin Diseases mailed free
Call on our Physician, No Ia " I'D ST., y. y
{ consultations ftcc.
HIE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co,
Drawer >. Atlanta Ga.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

AKRON Ohio. Aug. "a Frank } Knapp,
a pottery manufacturer, Wa placed und n
81 900 bond to answer to the charge Of rape
upon Lena Otter, the G-year-old daughter
Of one of Knapps employees
Medical examination has disclosed
the fact that the child has suffered terrible
injuries beside having contracted a loath-
somedisease. Knapp is A. years old ami
has a family The feeling toward him is
very bitter and there is talk Of mobbins
him
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

sounded and quickly responded to, but it
was impossible to do anything to stay the
progress of the fame. Wild rumors of
four tramps having been burne1 were
soon abroad, but were dispelled by
the appearance of one OF them,
who said thaa they all escaped by jumping
before the cars left the track. A brakeman
was on the rear car when the accident oc.
Cured. He jumped into the ditch and be-
yond slight bruises was mhurt Traffic on
the road was suspended until 10 o'clock Sat.
urday morning, when the wreck was lifted
and all trains are now running as usual
The loss is SIS 900.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24
WITH THE HIRED MAN.
A DAuGH TER OF A VEAL THY FARMER
CHOOSES A HUSBAND.
She EIOpes at Midnight with Farm
Laborcr, Who Bears Very Bad
Reputation. and Has
Wife and Family.

TRoy, N y, Aug 24.-George Marble,
wealthy farmer residing about three miles
from Gloversville. had been employing a
farm hand, married man with a family
o[ eight children, named James Blanchard.
The farmers only child daughter named
Ella, pretty and favorite in
the community, hal shown a fond
ness for the hired man aud as now APP
pears tie two were for some weeks pre-
pairing to elope The neighbors noticed
their strange conduct. and finally the father
found ii advisable TO dispense with his hired
mans services Friday the girl went to
Johnstown, where she met Blanchard, and
final preparations were made and plans
formed. That night, after her parents were
asleep, she packed all her apparel III meal
bags and also took all her jewelry and
rrinkets, not forgetting to appropriate
nearly 500 in coin and bank notes which
belonged to her parents. All the bags were
removed from tine house and hid in the
brush along the road About midnight
Blanchard came with wagon, with which
they made their departure. They drove
to Johnstown From there they
went to Fultonvila taking a western
bound train. The parent, knew nothing of
the affair until morning. The mother pro
cceted to her room, where was found 8
farewell message. The girl wrote that there
was no one like the man She was going with.
This is the second daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs,
Marble who has elOpad younger one going
away about four years ago. She lived
about two years with her husband life OF
misery, and was brought home deal.
Blanchard had clouded reputation, having
several years ago left his family in a SINH
lar manner for the west, being accom-
panied by woman He returned after
an absence of about one year and was for
given He deserted the woman he took upon
his former trip AMI the farmers daughter
is likely to meet with n similar fate
Blauchard's family are in destituts circum
stances Ella would have Inherited all oi
her fathers property but FOR her folly.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

For several years have suffered great
ly from periodical returns of Hay Fever.
At the suggestion of Covert & Cheever,
druggists, ! obtained Ely's Cream Balm
and used Il portion of it during a severe
attack. ] can cheerfully testify as to the
immediate and continued relief obtained
by its use. / heartily recommend 1t to
those suffering from this or kindred com
plants. (Rev.) II. A Smith. Clinton,
Wis
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

MILWAUKEE, Aug. "A - John Malceskie, 70
years old, and the owner of south side
house and lot, Friday afternoon saw in his
back yard small aud queer-shapsd mechan-
zeal contriyance As he picked it up it ex-
plOded, blowing Of two of his fingers and in
juring his hand. The Internal machine is
set down the work OF crank, as Malces-
kie is Il quiet. inotlenslye private citizen
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

New YORK. Aug. 24.-On account of all
sorts Of rumots from the Pennsylvania oil
regions tho petroleum * han e was in
tensely excited AT 1913 tin quotations
ranged 1851 to lo3ttt and lo3% 10 lo4. The
excitement is unabased
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

WASHINGTON CITY. Aug. 25. The fol-
lowing were appointed pootmasiers in Hin
oi7 Saturday. W A. Neif at Ewing e IL
lege, Franklin county; ". n Ekier. at Ed
GRADE. Saline county; ID. Z. Avaniale at
Elk Prairie. jefferson county; J, T. Hanes,
at Fuxvilie. Union county
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24
a Mexican Murderer Arrested.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug 4-George W.
Hawkins, attorney for the father of Robert
". Hardy, who was recently murdered in
the City of Mexico, has received dispatch
from Secretary Bayard announcing the ar
rest of Col Enrique Omaha as the result of
tine efforts Of the United States government
20 bring the murderer to punishment
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24
WRECK ON THE RAIL.
Fourteen Cars Ditched and Fired by an
Explosion of Oil.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug AIT about
$3.50 Friday evening, while a freight train
on the Cleveland & Pittsburg railway was
going down steep grade short distance
below the Eighteen ward station this city q
coal car jumped the track causing thirteen
others to follow IL and all rolled into heap
in the ditch twenty feet below. There
were six oil cars, three lumber cars,
four coal cars and one box-car
loaded with beer. One of the oil tanks ex
ploded with great force, scattering the oil
O~er everything in the vicinity and setting
g. % the wrecked cars. An alarm was
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

CINNABAR, NJ. q, Aug. p Congressman
Payson, of Illinois, was arrested recently bv
a Yellowstone park constable because he
failed to carefully extinguish the embess OF
his camp-th" The judge was excessively
indignant
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24
Buoklen's Arnioa SaIve.

The greatest medical wonder of the world
Warranted to speedily cure burns, bruises,
cuts, ulcers, salt rheum. fever sores, can
GERS, piles, chilblains, corns, letter. chap
ped hands, and all skin eruptioas, guaran-
teed to cure in every instance. or money
refunded. 25 cents per box For sale by
HartZ a. Rahnsen
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

They strolled along the DroaG parade,
John Jones and pretty Miss Maria.
Your teeth are awful, John" she said;
Why don't you buy the Beautiher?
See miner How whitel" Yes, tits my won
To polish them with SOZODONT.' -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24
Love Turns his Back

on slovenliness, as regards the teeth,
Keep them pure, all We who wish to be
beloved and caressed. SOZODONT is
unequalled as means OF whitening, pol.
ishing and preserving them.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

NEW YORK Aug. "a The pa senger
agents Of the trunk lines except the Hennsyl-
vania met late Friday afternoon, ami agreed
to advance passenger rates to Chicago to
kl4 and proportionaGsy lo all other western
points.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

Nearly two hundred thousand pounds
of grasshoppers have been killed in the
several districts of Mexico troubled by
the pests.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

The valuation of Philadelphia city
property subject to taxation, as returned
recently by the Board of Tax Revision. is
$611, 3O0,615, an increase of $13. 52S, 1877
over the assessment of last year.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

Il sold in two years thirty three thous-
and one hundred and twenty (33. 1907 bot
ties of Hunts Remedy. 1t is valuable
Medicine for kidney diseases" w. b.
Banding, Prov
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24
HORsFORUS ACID PHOSPHATE
In Seasickness

S. s. Parker, Wellington, o., says:
While crossing Lake Erie, l gave it to
some passengers who were seasck, and it
gave immediate relief"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

According to an eminent southern
authority on barbecues it takes ten hours
to roast whole OK to perfection.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

Museum managers are tempting a Wis
consin girl to exhibit the horns which are
concealed by II careful arrangement of
her hair.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24
BILL NYE.

MoRALIzEs OF Picnic PLEASURES, TELLS
A VERY PRETTY STORY OF CAN'T LIFE,
OF HoT ASHES As A REMEDY FOR FEW
Err, AND OF CHARCOAL Browns Wild
REPRoACHEs.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

"Spalding's Glue" cheap, convenient
and useful. Mends everything.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

Tongaline is an excellent remedy in
rheumatism and neuralgia diseases A.
p Henderson, M. D., Martinville, Mo.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24

Bats TO the number of 300, it is claimed
were killed one day recently in the old Jail
ut Orlando, Fla, by one person.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-24
q
80 YEARS
RECORD.
Physicians Testimony.

A.W. Brown. MD, of Providence,
40 II. l., says: 81 have used HUNT's
IKidney and Liverl REMEDY in my
"a practice for the past sixteen years,
and cheerfully recommend it az
Eli being a safe and reliable remedy"
~ Another prominent doctor of
IA Providence says that II am fire.
" quently urged to use other prepare
II. tons as substitutes for HUNT Kid.
IEs ney and Liverl REMEDY. find on
mo trying them that they are worthless
in comparison to il"
) An Old Lady.
my mother, &c years old, has
chronic kidney complaint and drop
sy. Nothing has ever helped her
like HUNTS kidney and Liverl
kREMEDY. She has received great
Us benefit from bottles and we think
les il will cure her."-W. W. Snnder-
ION land, Builder, Danbury, Conn.
A Minister'S Wife.
ION Rev. Anthony Atwood, of Phila-
kdelphia, says:-"HUNT's Kidney
e. land Liyerl REMEDY has cured my
E bwife of Dropsy in its worst form.
All say that it is miracle
Of General Chnce.
!. General Chace of Rhode Island
Is. says; "a always keep HUNTS Kid
~ ney and Liverl REMEDY in my
by house. Taken in small doses occa-
sionally at night, it prevents head
nee, ache, and regulates the kidneys,
stomach and other organs" 10
soon shaken, by HUNTS REMEDY taken. &"
CRITTENT0N. n. v. General Agent.