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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18
COLOSSAL LIBERTY"
6ARTHoLDPS GREAT STATUE SAFE IN
NEW YORK HARBoR.
sent Over in Slow Vessel, 1t Stiu Get,
Here BE fore the American People
Are Ready for 1t The
Reception.

New YORK, June 1S-The French steam
ship lsere, with the Bartholdi statue aboard,
has arrived off Sandy Hook.
The commander of the Isere at once re.
ported by telegraph to Gen. Charles P.
Stone, engineer of the pedestal. The grand
demonstration will not take place until
Thursday morning, as Gen. Stone has prom
ised the public that it should have twenty.
four hours notice, in which time to prepare.
LATER DETAILS,
NEW YORK, June lS.-The long looked for
French steamship Isere came to anchor in
the Horseshoe in the harbor Wednesday
morning, having consumed twenty seven
days In her voyage from Rouen, France
The vessel is anchored abreast of the United
States steamer Omaha which has been wait
ing her arrival for a week. The voyage was
prolonged by the fact that the Isere had
been used as transport and only had accom-.
modations for coal enough to last six DAYS
for steaming purposes. She took a southerly
course and touched at the Azore islands,
where she recoaled The most of the
voyage was made under sail, her average
speed not exceeding six knots per
received the visitor with full honors. When
the lsere came to anchor Capt De Saune
sent a telegram to Gen. Stone, the acting
secretary of the Bartholdi statue committee,
notifying him of the vessels arrival and
asking for instructions. To this Capt
Stone sent reply welcoming
Capt. De Saune and his Off
GERS, and informing him that he
would at once go down to the lsere. At $780,
accompanied by several members of the
finance committee, Capt Stone proceeded
down the bay in one of the tugs belonging
to the French line. When nearing the
Isere, the American colors on the tug
were dipped, and was responded
to by the lowering of the French
| tricolor on the steamer Capt
De Saune met Gen. Stone at the gangway,
and they heartily greeted each other. The
| other gentlemen of the party were then in
| troduced. The party was then invited be-
low, when Gen. Stone laid before the
French commander the programme of the
| reception The party then returned to the
| city.
| Gen. Stone said that he could not state
| positively whether or not the formal recep
ton of the lsere and the gift she bears
would take place tomorrow. He thought
that the ceremonies would be postponed
until Friday. The reception, he said, would
certainly not take place until the arrival Of
the French flagship LAHORE from Newport
Monday night letter was received al
The World office containing'a a CHECK
for $4,000, signed, apparently, by
William H Vanderbilt Tuesday il
came out that the check was
the work of practical joker who probably
desired to convey a hint to Mr.. Vanderbilt
that he had better furnish the odd $3n, 00(
yet lacking to enable the engineers to pre-
pare the foundation and pedestal on Bedloe'
island for the statues reception.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18
THE WESTERN MEN WITHDRAWN.
An End of the Iron Strike Reached TO
Pittsburg-The West Dissatisfied.

An End of the Iron Strike Reached for
Pittsburg-The West Dissatisfied.
PTTTsBURG, June IS. The iron strike in
this district is at an end; the scale has been
signed and general resumption of work
will follow Immediately. Outside of Pitts
burg, however, the strike will continue, and
the mills of Chicago, Cincinnati, Wheeling,
and the Mahoning and Shenango valleys
will remain idle for an indefinite period.
This is the result of Tuesdays confer
| ences. The manufacturers here agreed to
refer the disputed question of wages to be
paid the sheet-iron men and for working old
rails to committee composed of seven
| manufacturers and an equal number of
| workmen. This agreement was not salts
| factory to masters operating mills west of
Pittsburg and they withdrew from the con-
| ference, aVowing that under no circum-
stances would they grant the demands of
the Amalgamated association. Pending a
| settlement of the sheet-mill and old rail
classes the manufacturers operating these
departments will pay the old scale of
wages.
Quite number of the mills partially re
sumed work Wednesday morning Graft,
Bennett & Co began work at their Fort
Pitt mill, the Vale works were fired up, and
Wilson, Walker & CO. furnishing depart
ment were in operation. The Soho mill OF
Moorhead, Mclean & Co. will likely resume
work in one department at once
At many of the mills repairs are not yet
completed, consequently it may be a weeb
before they ara ali running
Fear is already expressed that the arbi
tration committee of selected seven to adjust
the sheet mill clause may not agree. This
will cause a renewal of the strike.
1t is reported that all the mills in the Ma
honing valley have refused to sign tht
| scala
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18
A Poultry Train.

A poultry train came in from the south
west Thursday, consisting of several fiat
cars, which had piled upon them success
sive ranges of coops occupied by S.976
live hens and roosters, 200 turkeys, SO
geese and 200 ducks. They are the ship
ment of G. V. Worman, of Centreville,
Iowa, for New York, in charge Of Mr.. l..
R. Gilman. who reported it was the six
tysecond trip he has made to New York
with the Worman poultry. The business
last year required shipment of 27S car
loads and represented 100000. This
year 10S car lots have been shipped to
date. Seven hundred pounds of food
were served to the present lot yesterday
morning for breakfast.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18

OTTAWA, Canada, June lS.-In connec-
tion with the northwest trouble it has come
out that an official of the department of the
interior named Robert Lang, who was
sent some time ago to the northwest by the
government to adjust certain land
claims, has been issuing bogus
land patents to settlers in the
northwest and pocketing the money.
An investigation is now going on,
but as yet it is impossible to know the ex-
tent to which the unfortunate settlers have
been victimized by Lang, who, finding out
that he had been detected in his fraudulent
operations, left for the United States, 1t is
believed that Lang was not alone in the
Iand-patent swindle, and that several promi-
nent individuals will shortly be shown to
have been associated with him.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18
A QUARTER OF A MILLION
Gone to Smoke and Ashes-Big Fire in
Philadelphia.

Gone to Smoke and Ashes-Big Fire in
Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, June Is The large
pork and lard packing houss of Washing ton
Butchers Sons, at the northwest corner of
Sixth and Moore streets, was entirely de-
stroyed by fire Wednesday morning The
flames were first discovered on the third
floor of the building, at about 3:45 o'clock
The fire engines were quickly on the ground,
but in consequence of the inflammable ma
terial in the building there was no chance
of saving it, and the fremen
directed their energies to preventing the de-
struction of the adjoining property. Two
firemen were injured. Nothing is left of the
building but the bare walls. The loss by the
fire will exceed $3.50, 600, including the ma
chinery, stock and building. The insurance
is as yet unknown Upward of 200 persons
will be thrown out of employment, many Of
them are women and young girls The en-
tire building is four stories in height,
running back from Moore to Pierce street,
and from Sixth street about 500 feet east,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18

ERIE, Pa, June 16-Reuben Petit, the
fugitive cashier of the Erie County Savings
bank. was recognized Tuesday at Chatham,
Canada, where he is running store. Sine
his defalcation four of the Respondent de-
positors have killed themselves and three
have gone crazy. Many of the victims
threaten to cross the lake and punish the
bank wrecker in his Canadian refuge.
Steps will at once be taken for his arrest
and extradition. The gentleman who saw
Petit telegraphs that he is sure OF the identi-
6ao finp
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18
THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. June II
The market quotations on the board of
trade to-day were as follows: Whsat-No.
June, opened SSh, closed Ssssc; July.
opened s93sc, closed s95sc; August opened
alssc, elo,sd os, sl5sc .SsE1 Sorn-NS; No june
45Xc, closed 47%c; August, opened 46Xc,
closed 47ssc. Oats-No. 3 June, opened
S3sc, closed S3%c; July, opened 33lSc,
closed S3&c; August, opened 2e1sc, closed
2SAc. Pork-July, opened, $40 4s1<, closed
5000, August opened $l0.45, closed
s10.40; September, opened $l0.55, closed
slO50. Lard-July, opened s6.o5, closed
$66216.
Live spock-The Union STOCK yards report
the following range Of prices: Hogs Mar
ket opened moderately active at shade
over yesterdays closing prices; light
grades, $395@420; rough packing, 81. 90
@4lO; heavy packing, $40e@4so
Produce: Butter-Best creamery, l6K9
l7c; fancy dairy, 14@l5c; packing, 6k@
71Sc per lb Eggs-l1@llhc per doz- Po-
tatoes-Old, 35@55c per bu; new, 81. 1908 Is
per bbl. Poultry Spring chickens, 81. rs
@6.0o per doz.; old hens. l0c and roosters,
Strawberries Michigan, 75c@$L25 per 16-
OF case; Illinois, 5Oc@s1.75 per 24-qt case;
Ohio, $500 per 32-qt case. Hay-No. l
timothy, sl50O@160O, and choice Iowa
upland prairie, $1,000 per ton.
New York.
New YORK, June H.
Wheat-O Opened A@3sc lower, afterward
strengthened with the west and reacted "
@5kc, with a moderate business; No.
white, nominal; No. 2 red July, $L01@
10l%; do August $102T&1.0S11; dc Sep
tember, SL04s4@l.05&; do October, 81. .06%
@L065s; do December, sl.09sl@1 .09X,
IL Gn7/0 hiOhap and aafiua
mixed western spot, 53@5515c; futures
54%@55Tc. Oats-4@15c. higher; western
| 3S(Q43c. Provisions-Beef steady; new ex-
| ira, s11.00. Pork quiet and unchanged; :;
| new mess, Sl1.25@1150. Lard a shade
better; quiet; steamrendered, s6.s711.
st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, June II.
| Wheat-Lower and less active, closing q
| @lc below yesterday; No. red cash, $LU1
| @L0l1a; July, sL03A; August, sl05H.
| Corn-Higher but slow: No. mixed cash,
44$4 @45c; July, 451Sc; August, 46c. Oats
| Higher; cash. 80; June 3219c bid; July SOC
bid. Rye-Dull; 621ac asked. Whisky
| Steady; $1.13. Provisions Pork, firm;
Sl075. Lard, nominal
| Toledo.
| TOLEDO, June IL
| Wheat-Dull and easier; Ne. 2 red cash
and June, 93c; July, 93Hc; August, 94%c;
September 96c; No 2 soft, 95c. Corn
Firmer and dull; No cash and June, SOC;
July, sic. Oats-Quiet; Nc 2, 35c.
| Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE Wis, June Il.
| Wheat-Firm; Milwaukee No. ,, ss4c
July, $3.50; August 9l1Sc. Corn Strong
No. ?, 4S15c. Oats-Higher No. =, 3S5ec
Rye-Dull; No. l, 641kc. Barley Nominal
| Detroit.
| DETROIT, June II.
| Wheat-Steady; No l white cash $3.50
July, 99$se;s August, $3.50; September
SL0U14; Nc. :, red cash, 994c; July, Sl.0l Is
August, SlO0%c; September, Sl0lE; No
8 red, 9ic. Corn-No ,, cash, 49Hc; July
491<c. Oats-No white, SSc; No. 2 cash
55s<c; July 3534c.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18
The Ohio Democratic Aid Society"

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 15 1t has just
been discovered that the Ohio Wcman's
Christian Temperance union, which held its
state convention at Kenton at the same time
the Republican convention was being held at
Springfield, has agreed unanimously to
work against Mr.. Foraker, because he ran
on Iiquor-tax platform two years ago and
defeated the second amendment Tue Re-
publicans are very indignant and have
nicknamed the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union the Democratic Aid society.
The women declare their intention to defeat
Mr.. Foraker if they can.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18
Death of a Famous Woman.

STRANDsBURG, Pa, June IS Lucy Ann
Slater, who few years ago was famous all
through the Delaware river counties as the
female hunter of Long Eddy, died on Satur-
day in New York state insane asylum.
Her romantic history has often appeared in
print. Its most remarkable feature was her
marriage in the guise of man to Mary
Louise Perry, young woman whose hus
band had deserted her
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18
Notice IN Dog Owners.

CRY MARsHAL's OFFICE, Rock ISLAND.
June 16, 1S85.-Notice is hereby given to
owners of dogs to register and pay the tax
now due. All owners of dogs are re-
ouested to pay their tax without delay to
the CITY marshal at his Office, as the ordi-
nance in relation to dogs viii be enforced
to the full extent of the law.
LOUIS Y. ECKHART,
If. City Marshal.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18
Free Market for Oleomarrarine.

SARATOGA, n Y, June 1S-The opinion
Of the court of appeals against the eoustitu-
tionality of the law prohibiting the manu-
facture of oleomargarine, says: "It prevents
competition and places bar upon progress
and invention. 1t invades rights both
of person and property guarantee.
by tho constitution. The sale OF a substi
tute for any article of manufacture is le
gitimats business, and if effected without
deception can not be arbitrarily suppressed.
The act is not aimed at deception but in ef-
feet creates a monopoly destructive Of
rights protected by the constitutions both
of state and of the United States"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18
Resignation of President White.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, June ls.- The reported
resi- gnation of Andrew D. White, president
of Cornell university, is confirmed meet
ing of the board of trustees was held,
Wednesday morning, and long secret con-
ference was had with President White, at
which the latter's resignation was rendered
and accepted. 1t is said that every effort
was made to induce Mr. White to remain at
the head of the institution but to no pur-
pose. The news Of his resignation caused a
great commotion about the college, and
expressions of regret are heard on every
side.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1S-At Central
park Tuesday Duncan C. Ross attempted to
lower the records af Davidson, of Fling
burgh, Scotland, and succeeded. His score
was: Sixteen-pound hammer-Davidson,
l0S feet; Ross, 109 feet ? inches Twelve
pound hammsr-Davidson, llS feet 6 inches;
Ross, l3l feet 6 inches. Twenty pound
hammer-Davidson, IS feet; Ross, 81 feet
IN inches. Putting sixteen-poun1 weight
Owen Duffy, Edinburgh, 43 feet AZ inches;
Ross, AZ feet "a inches. Throwing fifty-six-
pound weight-Davidson, % feet l inch;
Ross 26 feet 6 inches. The judges were
prominent athletes and newspaper men
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18
Inundation in Illinois.

ST. LOUIS, June Is The waters of the
Missouri and Mississippi are rising rapidly,
and the farmers on the American bottom
fear the dixie will break and let the flood ir
on growing crops The bottom is fifty miles
long and ten miles wide. Hundreds Of
farmers are working on the dixie in the hope
of preventing catastrophe, The town OF
Venice. Ills, is partly submerged.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18
Heavy Gale on NORTHUMBERLAND Ranks.

GLOUCESTER, Mas, June Is. - The
schooner Alert arrived Wednesday morning
from Grand Banks, and reports that on
June 6 a great gale swept over the banks
from west-south- west twenty-four hours,
doing serious damage to American and
French fishing vessels. 1t is feared that a
number of vessels have foundered, as large
quantities Of wreck were seen. The Alert
had her decks swept, losing six dories, and
received other damage. The gale was the
most severe felt in twenty years.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18
The Rate War Did it.

New YORK, June 1S-The receivers of
the Wabash railway failed Tuesday to pay
the past due interest on the company's
main line bonds as they had promised They
issued circular explaining that the failure
was due to the war of rates, the falling off
in business and the inability to dispose of
receivers certificates. They pray the
further Indulgence of the bond holders
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18
p,pev Elected Railway President.

NEW YORK, June IS. AT special meet
ing of the directors of the New York Cen
trail railroad Wednesday, Chauncey M.
0spew was elected president. His selection
was unanimous Erastus Corning was
,lected director.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18

81 have no appetite" complains many
a sufferer. Hoods Sarsaparilla gives an
appetite and enables the stomach to perS
form its dutv
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18
MOUNT MeREGoR OZONE
has Salutary Effect on Gen. Grant
A Good Night.

A Good Night.
SARATOGA, N. Y, June ia dispatch
from Mount McGregor says Gen. Grant
passed better n;ght Tuesday than for a
month past, and feels greatly encouraged
Wednesday he was able to use his voice
better than for some time back, but he
avoids talking, saying that he will let others
do that.
PHILADELPHIA, June lS-Mr G. W.
Childs' business manager says he does not
think there is any truth in the report that
Mr. Childs has paid Gen. Grants doctors
bill, Mr.. Childs is out of the city.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18

The profits of the late Hugh Conway
on the shilling edition of Called Back
were SO 900.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18

UTRuTcn Ladies and Young Men, in city or
w AN IU country, to work for us at their
~ homes. Permanent employment no instruc-
tions to buy. Work sent by mail distance no OBJ
jeetion). SO to Sl2 per week can be made: No
canvassing. No stamp for reply. Please address
1916. may 21-dwlm
Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-17
Saturday, January Is, 1885.
SOME LABOR QUESTIONS.


 Labor questions will be prominent in leg islative discussions this winter. The Senate of the United States is asked by ex-Mayor Powderly, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, gener- al master workman of the Knights of Labor, to pay attention to the fact that the national House of Representatives passed bill some months ago ''to prohibit the importation of foreign contract labor into the United States" and that the Senate had thus far taken no action in the matter. MT. Powderly refers to the fact that this is good time to redeem the campaign promises and platform pledges of last year on this question and considers 1t much more important than the praise or cen sure of ex-confederates with which the Sen ate has recently been wasting valuable time. He says that in calling attention to this mat ter he merely obeys the request of seven hundred thousand workingmen, who respect fully ask for the speedy passage of the bill. Their petition will doubtlessly receive respect full attention.
 In New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Missouri and several other States the contract labor system will be discussed. In New Jersey the discussion bids far to be specially interesting. The contract system, which was working well for the State and for the prisoners, has been abolished, the act taking effect next July Keeper Laverty makes an urgent plea for the something to take its place, but seems to be at a loss to.know what it should be- The ''public account" system and the ''piece price" plan present the ''only two courses" that are open. The former has been tried ''with disastrous results' and brings convict labor into direct competition with free labor. The latter is not open to so many objections, but they are sufficient to make it's adoption Every doubtful and expensive experiment, '''while it will not ''Ein the slightest relieve labor from the evils complained of in the contract system"
 In Maine there is demand for some meas ure to facilitate the enforcement of the ten hour law, which is now a dead letter. In the governor in his message advocated more frequent payment of wages by corporations, and also an increase of the State police force, or that part of it which has charge of the enforcement of. the labor laws.
 In Kansas labor bureau is asked for. In New Jersey, where the organization of the workingmen is for some purposes quite eff fective, the legislature will be asked to the child labor law, provide for more inspectors and enact compulsory edu- cation law.
 In this State the legislature has been ad- vised by Governor Harrison to provide for the establishment of labor bureau. And he also suggested that some remedy for evils the trusteeing of poor mems wages for small sums be provided.
 From all this it will be seen that ''the is making himself felt. If quarter of the promises made to him during the last campaign are kept he will not have much reason to find fault.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-17
The Kind of Paper to Advertise 1n.


 An advertisement cannot reach the general public so surely and effectually in any other way as through the columns of newspaper that is widely read and trusted Newspapers that are purchased only for a half-hour's amusement on street car or elevated railway, and are not carried home, do not help to sell anybodys wares. Such advertising mediums are no better than the circular nuisance, and almost as wasteful. The experience of en- terprising and sagacious business men proves that the best results attend advertising in the best newspapers-thosew which go to families and are read by one after another in the home circle-those that are not trivial and sensa- tional, but command influence and inspire respect.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-17
FFOW sy.


 We refer particularly to the average fe- male head of the present period. The old symbol of extreme disorder-the "hurrah's nest"-was feeble for this emergency. Each particular hair does not stand on end like quills upon the fretful porcupine, but they all stand, or, nore accurately, lean and slant in all possible directions to that degree sometimes to excite special wonder how, in the name of confusion worse confounded the thing is done. To sleep in it unkempt for week of restless nights may accom- plish the result, but one would think hardly Are there ttprofessors'' of capillary confu- sion, and do they go from house to house frfzzling and frowzling, and complicating and corrugating and convolving, and disar- ranging and dsordering and disheveling, and inverting and involving and inside-outing, and tumbling and tangIing, and topsy tur- veying. until the result is achieved which we see?
 The suggestion may seem irreverent, but we hardly think some ladies can be aware how much, by this process, they make them selves to look unlike human beings, and like the shaggiest variety of the dogs known as poodles; nor how uninspiring are the aesthet- ic, and more particularly the intellectual re- suits.
 There is, to be sure this comfort. The fashion, like all which are essentially unnat- ural and ridiculous, will, before long, blow over. Yes, one cannot help longing for the time when our dear ones shall come back to us in their old beauty, and De Medici rather than Medusa set the fashion of their hair dressing Yet we will confess that our long ing is perturbed by the fear lest the pendu- lum when it swings shall swing toward some other outre and ugly direction, exchanging one abomination for another. And we are moved to lift up 8 cry to the giver of all things, to give-at least to the generations that shall come after us, if the boon be too great for immediate bestowment-brains enough inside of the head to establish the settled conviction that simplicity is always more beautiful than ostentatious gear, and that for each woman to dress to suit her own personal tastes and needs and position in life is a better thing than to run with the multi tude to ape foreign fools
Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-17
CONTINUED.

A clock has been invented that only needs winding up once in five years. Now, if some one would only invent shoe that wouldn't run down at the heel in five years we should be happy. Lowell Citizen.
 A mendicant approached Westchester