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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-19

'Is there new policeman on the
force?" asked a c., X. |. & P. conductor
of the pilgrim this morning
Not that am aware of" was the res
ply.
well, there is some smart aleck wear
ing brass buttons who thinks he knows it
all. brought my train up to the union
depot few minutes ahead Of time the
other night, and valiant cop rushed up
to me, pulled out his watch, and said,
Plat does this mean?'
"What?" says |.
why, you are here four minutes ahead
O. tonne. want you to slow up after
this and wait for your tonne, before you
come in herep
This rather ratified me, as didn't heal
that the policeman had assumed manage
ment of the road, and | informed him
that 1t was none of his business, when my
train arrived"
"None of me bizness, dye you soy
Well, if | remain on this foorce will see
whather you can run your trains into this
da,po at all hours of the day, me foine
laddiebuck
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-19
Fresh Cow

Always for sale at Glockhoff Bros =,
one fourth mile east of Elm street. Choice
out of IL or IS. 10 div
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-19

Can anybody tell me where this abom
Unable habit, now in vogue among young
men who profess to be the elite, of dofing
the hat meeting lady acquaintan ces
comes from? In the good old days,
when 'sussiety didn't depend upon the
height of mans shirt collar or the scar
city of cloth in his pants, or the drawl in
his articulation, there was something
stately and commanding in the manner OF
lifting the hat when the lady gave the
signal for recognition. 1t was combined
with bow, which had to be well execut-
ed in order to make the other effectual.
1t was a sure index to gentleman, for
never knew Il vulgar man to acquire the
art of lifting his hat gracefully. But this
seems to have been obliterated by the
coming generation in pants. The thing
now is to grab the brim of the hat in
front with the same celebrity you wOulC
grab for seat in street car. Having
clutched the right spot. you jerk the hal
down as if you were trying to hide your
face and a man who will take off his hal
in this way ought to hide his face-theu
you rub the hat up and downyour from
about three times, very quickly, just a:
if you were trying to allay irritation
When the hat gets back to its place you
grin like monkey-one grin is all that
the custom requires. BY this time the
lady has passed. and if she is sensible
woman, it is her turn to grin, said al
old resi- dent to- the pilgrim.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-19
THE DIAMOND QUEENS.

H. G. Goats. advance agent for the
noted female amazonian cadets, and
young ladies base ball team of
eighteen members, is in the city arrang-
ing for visit to Rock Island OF the strik
ing novelty. The company. carries its
own cavas, fences and ampitheatre and
other appointments of the game. Next
Friday has been fixed as the date for the
game.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-19
Looming Up.

Each day sees additional subscriptions
to the Soldiers home strip. The list is
now signed by the following;
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-19
Base Ball.
A GOOD SCHEME.

There is a movement on foot among
local sports to arrange a benefit game for
Sage and Anderson, the Rock Island
players, who met with such signal success
with the bat and bail in the mountains of
Colorado. A Chicago club has offered
inducements for the privilege of bringing
nine here, and it is thought arrange>
ments can be made for game upon the
old fair grounds the latter part of next
week
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-19
A Feed Mill for Grinding all kinds Of PelI
Wholesale Dealer in

JOHN STRECKFUS
sept3eody
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-19

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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-01
The Roberts County oak. } Row.

Fargo, Oak, SpeciaL-People from Roberts
county confirm telegraph reports that Col Free
of the governors staff, detailed to make a
report on the county seat trouble, has de tor
mined to make report favorable to Wilmot
Writs are out for the members of the canvass
ing board, and Cummings, claiming to be sher-
if, is said to have been pursued several
miles to-day by the authorities in their en-
deavor to capture him He escaped into
Minnesota. Traverse citizens give conflict
ing news from those who came from Wilmot,
and it is difficult to distinguish falsehood from
truth An examination is now going on before
United States commissioner Guptill here, of
the men said to be implicated in interfering
with the mails in Roberts county, the direct
result of the county seat fight They will
probably be bound over to the United States
mitted in the Fifth Judicial district, which is
attached to the Second district for the purpose
of hearing causes against the United States
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-01
The Criminal Calendar.

Walt Henry, saloonkeeper of Akron, Ohio,
was arrested recently for wife murder.
Judson E. Parce, postmaster of South Otse-
lie, Chenangs county, n. Y, committed suicide
recently.
Cowboys took possession of a Southern Pa
cifc train at Pecos river and amused the pas
sengers by riddling the cars with bullets.
The body of Mrs John Carroll of Greenridge,
Pa, was found recently in the woods a mile
from her house, bearing marks of violence.
James hickman and his son, the former be-
ing one of the wealthiest men in Peasants
county, ". Va, were arrested last Tuesday for
shoplifting at Parkersburg
William Striker, late teller of the Second
National bank of Ironton, Ohio, who was in
dicted ON nineteen counts for the embezzIement
of S26 coo of the banks money, was found
guilty.
Herman Gowan, alias Henry Holbrook, ar
rested in Minneapolis on charge of embez-
element of the funds OF H. r. Weisner & Co,
York, Pa, whom he represented in Boston, has
returned to the latter city.
Mrs. johnson, who lives on Grant street,
Brooklyn, has begun an action IN the King
county superior court to recover 81 600 dam
ages from Lydia F. Romans, for enticing her
husband, William Johnson, from her, and
clipping with him to Galveston, Texas.
James Campbell, for twelve years stage
manager and director of amusements for Harry
Hill Of New York, has been discovered to have
defrauded his employer out of $4,000 He
pleaded an extravagant wife and Harry took
pity on HIM withdrawing the charge.
On request of the chief of police of st
Louis, Sloan Pitzer, nineteen years old, and
Miss frankie Obarron, seventeen years, both
from St Louis, we're arrested in Milwaukee.
Pitzer is charged with enticing her away.
He is the son Of DR.. Pitzer of st Lonis and
worked as clerk III the Southern express
Office The girl was found in house of i'll
fame, where she has been for the last three
weeks.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-01
The Remarkable Appetite of a
Baptist Clergyman.

At an up town hotel the other day
a guest surprised even the oldest regu-
lar boarder by his feats of gastronomy.
A n. Y. Tribune reporter saw him or
der in succession, four plates of chick
en- and five plates of roast beef, which
with due accompanlments of vegetables,
we're quickly disposed of. As the re-
porter left the room the steward said
"You should have remained another
hour to get the full benefit of the per-
Torrance. He will eat till o'clock.
1t is the common thing for him to get
away with thirty or thirty five plates
of meat"
"Who is the MANI" asked the re-
porter.
a Baptist clergyman from the in
terror of the State who is here for medi-
cal treatment.
Later in the evening the steward said
to the reporter: "The minister ate un-
til everyone else had left the room.
The girls cleared up the floor about him
before he was ready to quit. He ate
his usual quantity of heavy food, and
then took two dishes of fruit and
elnptied both. They were filled high
with grapes, bananas, apples and pears.
Then he drank two cups of coffee and
retired till next time.
when viii that be?"
"At 10 o'clock tonight he will begin
a supper that viii last till twelve. He
eats quantities of lobster, oysters, etc,
and washes it down with milk. Think
of it, lobster and milk-it would kill a
horsei"
aHow often does your guest come to
New-York? ?"
@Three or four times year. That's
all even hotel can stand"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-01

DR.. Duryea has been appointed Roman
Catholic bishop of Natchitoches, La
Sister Theresa, Mr. Blaines niece, is much
worse, and little hops is entertained of her re-
coyery.
Thomas Van yalan, aged 104 years and II
months, died at Syracuse He was pension
er of the war of 1872.
Gov. Cleveland will be rendered reception
by the City club of Buffalo Jan. 10, following
the charity ball of the 9th.
Henry Aaron Burr, three millionaire hat
manufacturer and second cousin of Hamiltons
Aaron is dead at New York.
A. R. Fauntleroy, assistant engineer of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st Paul railway COM
pany died suddenly at Milwaukee, He was a
prominent man in his profession.
Lawrence Barrett has undertaken the educa-
ton of son of the late Gen. William F. Bart
lett of Pittsfeld Mass Gen Bartlett, who was
one of the most distinguished officers on the
Union side in the war Of the Rebellion, died a
few years ago, leaving an estate insufficient
for the proper schooling of his children.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-01
Rannrd of casna1t,aa.

The Masonic temple at Cincinnati was
burned on Wednesday. Loss $4,000.
The Eagle hosiery mills at Mechanicsville,
n Y, were burned Loss, $50, 900; insurance,
s., 800
Ed Tierney was burned to death in fire at
Bay City Mich. He leaves wife and twelve
children.
At Desploy, Ohio, fire originatedin the dry
goods store of John Vogle and destroyed nine
buildings in the business part of town Tho
principal losers are John Vogle, dry goods; J.
G. Stoltimir, grocery; NJ G Coates, saloon (;
Mead & Loferty, druggist Losses, $40, coo;
Insurance, $4,000 The fire was caused by a
lamp explosion.
A most remarkable and disastrous collision
occurred off the New York Battery Christmas,
in which the English merchant ship Lornty of
Liverpool was sunk by the steamship Corn
wall, of the Great Western Steamship company
The Cornwall was making for sea at the time
of the accident, while the Lornty was at anchor
For some unexplained reason. when the Corn
wall approached the other vessel, the helm
would not work properly, and she ran staaight
into the Lornty, while going at the rate of SIX
miles an hour
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-01
Miscellaneous views Votes.

Wages of 400 iron workers at Pittsburg have
been reduced from 10 to Is per cent
The failures of the week numbered 27s, as
against 3o5 for the week previous.
Officials of the Taunton, Mass, insane asy-
lum deny thai they are shipping crazy paupers
T. the west
John R. Mclean is saidto have bought the
New York Star Office of John Kelly for $780,
Coo
At Jackson, Mich, Gibson & Westerns in
ferest and deposit bank failed The assets and
liabilities are not known.
Elliott Bros. & Co., dry goods merchants
of Philadelphia, have announced their inability
to meet their payments. The firms assets are
s220, 900, and liabilities s2E7, GOO
Some weeks ago some waggish friends of O..
s Mellon of Danville, Pa, had published a
story of the discovery by him of s47, 600 in
Spanish coins on an island in the Susquehanns
The other day two men from Philadelphia
called upon him and laid claim to the proper
ty. avering it had belonged to their grandpar-
ents.
Roberts county, Oak, rejoices in two county
seats That is the outcome of the Wilmot-
Traverse war so far. Wilmot has the safe and
Traverse has the records, and each town has a
full set of county officers. There Is good
heal of lurid talk about shooting and burning
but the fact seems 10 be that the people of each
town are afraid to approach the other, and
magnify the dangers of the unknown country
rs the ancient photographers located lions In
une1plored regions
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-01
SANITARY REFORM.
The Present Urgent Necessity for 1t.

Houses that are perfect, even in the
general arrangement and construction
of their sanitary works, are extremely
rare. Those which, having begun per-
feet, continue so under daily occupation,
are still more rare. So true is this that
it is sometimes asked if it is, after all,
worth while to encounter the additional
expense and the constant attention that
perfection demands; whether, indeed,
the world has not gone on so well In
spite of grave sanitary defects, and it is
futile to hope for an improvement cor
responding with the cost in moneysand
time. The most simple and the efficient
answer to this is that the world has not
got on well at all, and is not getting on
we'll; that among large classes of the
population one-half of all the children
die before they attain the age of five
years; that those who come to maturity
rarely escape the suffering, loss of time,
and incidental expense of unnecessary
sickness; that the average of all
mankind at death is not one-half of
what it would be were we living under
perfect sanitary conditions; that one of
the chief items of cost in carrying on
the world. to say nothing of the cost of
burying those who die, is that of sup
porting and attending the sick and
helpless; that another great item is the
cost of raising children to or toward
the useful age, and then having them
die before they begin to make return
on the investment; that the great object
of well regulated life is to secure hap
piness for ones self and ones depend
ents, an aim which is crushed to the
earth with every death of wife, or child
or friend. There is a sentimental view,
no less important, which need not be
recited; but which is sufficiently sug
gested to the minds of all who have
had to do with the sanitary regulation
of houses by the frequency with which
their services are called into requisition
only when the offices of the undertaken
have been performed. No cost and no
care would be too great to prevent the
constantly recurring domestic calami-
ties which have had their origin, and
which have found their development,
in material conditions that little origi-
nal outlay and constant and watchful
care would have George Il.
Waring, in November Century.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-01
THE PITH OF THE NEWS
washington news.

Somebody at Washington seems disposed to
worry because the electoral votes Of the states
are not coming promptly TO hand
Congressman Whiting of Massachusetts,
Slams that there is no authenticated case of
she introduction of contagion through rags.
The treasury department. erder concerning
;he importation of old rags is said to have
crippled the rag trade, and prices will go up
What Democrats statesman are left here are
on the qui vive over the announcement that
Samuel J. Iilden has engaged rooms at Viii
lards for week, beginning March l.
The reported charges against Sergeant Otto
Holtnorth, Of the signal service, were pre-
ferred On Monday by Capt p H. Ray, in charge
Of the examining division, and were forwarded
by Gen Hazen to Lieut. Gen Sheridan for
action Holtnorth is on duty in the meteoro-
logical division
Among senators there is a kind of under
making the agricultural executive department
and the commissioner Of agriculture member
Of the cabinet viii be allowed to sleep the sleep
that knows no waking, which was its fate at
previous sessions of congress.
Early in the present month Secretary Nc
Culloch contemplated issuing call fer s1O,-
000,000 Of per cent boLds for retention, but
the pension Office made draft upon the treas
ury for $4,000, 600 to meet the quarterly pay
ments due in December. The large draft un-
settled the secretary, and falling of of Gus
toms have convinced him that it would not be
prudent to issue call for bonds during the
present month.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-01

! pathy with Socialists, the rector appeals to
them to respect the laws and submit to tho
rules Of the university.
The farm house and barns Of Benjamin Da-
fresno, at St Martins. near Montreal, were
burned to the ground MIRA Dufresne, eighty
years old, and boy Of three were consumed
by the flames while attempting to escape
The North German Gazette has an official
advising the abandonment Of the scheme to
raise public fund to pay for an assistant for
Bismarck. It says the factions of tho reichs-
tag united by common hatred of the chancellor
dare not again refuse the credit solicited by
the government
London Truth asserts that an important re-
suit of the recent conference at Skierniwice be-
tween the smperors of Germany and Austria
and the cZar of Russia was the arrangement
of an alliance between the Romanof and Ho-
henzollern houses, which is 10 be accomplished
in due time by the marriage Of the czarevitch,
Nicholas Alexandrovitch of Russia, to one of
the younger daughters of the Crown Prince
Frederick William OF Germany.
Eighty-fve Thousand Chinese troops under
Ii Hung Chang are massed at Pei Ho The
works at Port Arthur, Gulf of Pe-Chi-Ii, built
by German artillery officers, make the strong
est fortreses in North China. The works ara
mounted with heavy Calling and Nordenfeldt
guns. The entrance to the port is guarded
with torpedoes. The Chinese have warned the
French that they intend to make the attack.
Letters from the French fleet at Xelung state
that Admiral Courbet is i'll and worried over
his forced inaetion 1t is feared That he can
not continue operations The blockade is with
out results The mortality of the troops is in
creasing.
A shock of earthquake was felt at Madrid
recently Shocks we're also felt at Gibraltar,
and severely in southern provinces 1t caused
great alarm among the people of Granada AT
Malaga two persons were killed by falling
walls. Many towns suffered. Several houses,
including the telegraph station, at Velez, pro-
vince of Malaga, We're badly injured. Terri
fed inhabitants encamped in the outskirts Of
the town during the night Many persons
were injured at Lola Motrie, and Albania A
convent at Seville was partly destroyed. An
officer was killed at Yetez. Several persons
were killed elsewhere. At Montrie one person
was killed and several injured The village Of
Albauezles was nearly destroyed The cities
of Seville and Grenada were not much dam.
aged
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-01
ruogets Of rorstrn News.

At Paris Madame Francey killed Architect
Brisbard because he forced his attentions up
on her.
Grimm, the body physician of Emperor VIII
liam. and the originator of the army sanitary
systam, died recently.
England has secured Italy's adhension to her
Egyptian policy in return for the support of
Great Britain to Italy's scheme for colonizing
the Red Sea
Ingalls,, Philips & Co, wharfngers, OF Lon
con, have failed. Liabilities, e20o, 600; assets
vii exceed that amount tn firm was short
- o00 barrels of petroleum
The British Medical Journal states that
Queen Victoria and the duchess Of Albany viii
shortly visit Cannes, where Prince Leopold
died last March.
It is stated that Queen victoria desires the
opening Of subscriptions for the poor Of the
srge English cities, and that Gladstone is TN
willing to admit the extent of the distress pre-
vailing.
In consequences OF the students Of Berlin IN
fversity holding forbidden meetings In SYM
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-01
Rioh Gold Fields in aaorain.

A special from Spring Place, Ga, says: The
discovery Of large veins of gold on Fort noun
tain has now been supplemented by the discov7
cry of silver in wonderful yield, in consequence
of which there is great excitement IN that sec,
ton, and men are docking there from all parts
of the country. The most valuable deposit yet
known Is on the land OF Mr.. Tyler, seven miles
from this place and eighteen from Dalton,
which Is the nearest poin to the railroad. A
shaft, six feet deep, four wide and twenty long
has been sunk under the superintendent of an
old miner The ''lead' is at least 800 feet
wide, 800 deep aad twenty eight miles long, be-
ing the same that is now worked at Ducktowni
Tenn. Here ore was found at five feet fronz
the surface as rich as that obtained at 200 feet
in the famous ~Comstock" Of Nevada, assaying
from $50 to 81 600 per tan. 1t is said to be-
more adyantageousIy situated than any mine III,
the west. 1t will drain itself to depth of 600
feet has a water supply sufficient to operatd
ten smelter stacks aud all other machinery nee
essary
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-01
Failure IN Dakota .

Grafton, Oak, Special Bros,
dealers in general merchandise, have assigned
to S. NJ Clark, cashier of Powers, Durkee 4
Co. St Paul In addition to their store here,
there are branch houses at Mimic and Park
River Whether these two latter establish
ments will be affected is not known. but Is II
probable that they Will The store at Mints IL
controlled BY Birder, and the firm Is known a.
Saneager 4 Birder; those at Grafton
and Park River are supervised by
Sanaager While the business of the
three stores is conducted as one establish
ment, each is separate and distinct in itself.
The firm Of Sanllager & Birder is one OF the
most extensive and we'll known in that section
of Dakota The members are looked upon as
good business men, in every way responsible.
one of theRn has Just succeeded the other as
treasurer of Walsh county. Their assets are
at least $so, 900 in excess ef their liabilities,
and the assignment is simply temporary IN
its nature. Tho firm rs endeaypfRg 70 se-
cure an extension of It's Indebtedness, which
all the ST Paul creditors are willing TO grant
Some in Chicago were not willing TO do so, and
the assignment is made to protect the interests
Of al.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-01
The creed for Empire.

The New Orleans Picayune, in double
loaded leader, speaking of American policy
and the Nicaraguan treaty, says. ''The coun-
try is ripe for an entirely new departure, one
worthy our great nation and one that viii
stamp Itself upon the whole history of North
America. We must adopt the policy of acqui-
sItion, of territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, TO the
southwark. 1t need not be accomplished by
armed invasion, or inaugurated in blood Ths
Nicaraguan treaty is opening wide door Let
us be active at home, and BY investing $780,
COO. eco in the ship canal there secure the
country American enterprise will sosn an
mex tho whole of Central America from that
base line Sectional discord has happily
ceased. The south is primarily and deeply in
tarested in turning the tendency of the enter
prise of the empire southwark, and her states
men, by at once ehampioning bold and bril-
liant policy in that direction, viii open new
era for the entire country and map out short
and safe road To prosperity and consumed
national growth, insure tranquility, at home
and add to the glory Of our great republic.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-01

Gov Cleveland will be the twenty
second President of the country. OF
the Presidents, seventeen were elected,
and four-Tyler, Fillmore, johnson,
and Arthur-succeede to the office
from the Vice Presidency. Thomas
Jefferson and John Quincy Adams were
elected by the House of Representatives
IN default of an election by the Electoral
College, and Rutherford B. Hayes was
declared elected by the commission Sc
Iected to decide the disputed election of
1876. Seven of the Wash
ington. jefferson, Madison, Monroe
Jackson, Lincoln, and Grant-were
were elected a second time.