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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19

For the convenience of the public liv-
Ing in the lower part of the city, the
ARGUS has established branch Office at
DeSanto's drug store, corner Ninth street
and Fourth avenue, where box has been
placed for the receptacle of news and
subscriptions. In writing personal news
be sure and write the whole name plainly.
In ordering the ARGUS sent to your home
you can leave your address at the branch
office and the same will be regularly de-
livered. Give the street and number
when ordering your paper. Mr.. DeSanto
will be pleased to answer any questions
pertaining to the business.
The ARGUS has one of Cooks Automa,
tic letter and paper boxes erected outside
the office door in which communications
can be deposited when the Office is closed,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19
Not Alarmed,


The hackmen do not seem to be much
troubled about the street railway across
the bridge taking away all of their trade,
even if Capt. Robinson is afraid it will
take few of the dollars which the ferry
company would otherwise put into their
pockets. One of the Oldest and best post
ed of these says that they won't be
troubled at all in the summer, for the
only passengers which they get then are
those who are in very great hurry, and
cannot wait for either street car or ferry
In the fall and spring of the year, he acs
knowledges that the street railway will
hurt their traffic, for just before the ice
freezes over sufficiently to bear travellers,
and also just before il moves out in the
spring, all travel must be by way of the
bridge, and the Jehus make their full
share, but with the street railway this
would give all o chance to ride cheap, and
except in special cases, the hacks would
lose their business. In the winter when
the river is frozen over they are not
afraid of street car competition, because
they think people will ride in a sleigh
across the ice in preference to going
around the bridge. Suddenly thinking of
old times, the hack driver said But the
hack business amt what it used to be- 1t
is good day when a man takes in 81,
and sometimes we don't take in So.
With our horses 10 keep, and the wear and
tear on the hack, this is hardly enough to
keep man alive, let alone make it pay &.
Building street cars in all directions is
what knocked our business in the head.
A person can go almost anywhere now in
the street cars. and has no use for hacks.
I've known the time when we could take
in from 81 to 81 day. Then the fairs
busting up knocked us out of two weeks
of rafting good business No, it ain't
what it used to be, and putting hard on
his conservatory cigar he drove to the next
corner and yelled Davenport"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19
In Luck.

The Davenport Young Mems Christian
Association has been presented with a
fine lot, $50 feet dees, and fronting forty>
five feet on Brady street, as site for the
erection of building. The property is
worth 800 per front foot, or $4,000.
Mrs. p. V. Newcombe is the donor, and
she gave the property adjoining the above
on the south, to the academy of science
several wears ago.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19
Ench il Life.

To those familiar with card playing the
following play upon some of the phrases
used in different games will be amusing:
Mans life is a game of cards. First it
is ''cribbage." Next he tries to go it
alone" at sort of "cut shuttle and DEAL
pace. Then he "raises" the 'deuce, when
his mother takes a hand in" and, cons
trary to Hoyle, beats the little joker
with her five" Then with his diamonds
he wins the queen of hearts Tired of
playing q lone hand" he express de-
sire to assist" his fair partner, u
throws out his cards" and the clergyman
takes ten dollar bill out of him on q
pair" She "orders him up to build the
fires. Like a "knave" he joins the
CLUBS" where he often gets high which
is "low" too. If he keeps straight" he
is sometimes flush" He grows old and
bluff sees IDEAL" of trouble, when he
at last ''shuffies," off his mortal coil and
"passes in his checks" and he is "raked
in" by spade, life's fltful game is end
ed, and waits the summons of Gabriers
trump" which shall order him up. :"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19
Eclipsed.

Mr. c. c. Knell is nursing half dozen
bruises and abrasions Of the skis, the re-
suit o. the recent eclipse of the sun.
Rather far fetched cause, but true, new
ertheless. He had smoked a piece of
glass at the stove in the morning. and was
hurrying home with it during the progress
or the eclipse, when his foot caught in a
loop of wire which was frozen in the
ground at each end. He fell headlong
with great force, knocking numerous
chunks of epidermis from different parts
of his person.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19

: activity prevails at the Diamond
JOY 3 in Dubuque, where $50 men arc
employed The Pittsburg has received
three coats of paint and coat of yarnish.
while all the ornamental work has been
rcgildcd. An entire new deck floor has
also been laid The Josephine has new
shaft, a new doctor and cylinders, besides
repainting and cabin repairs. The Mary
Morton is receiving the usual minor i'm
provements; the same may be said of the
Libbie Conger and Josephine, which are
at Alton slough. The Sidney is on the
ways. She he s receive. new floor timbers
all the way through. Hei hull has
been nearly reconstructed, while new,
heavy sheet iron has been placed at all
points liable to wear and tear Other
steamboats,, for outside parties. and vari-
Gus other work is also being done.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19

.
Passenger business is very satisfactory
on all of the roads.
Freight is moving freely and in greater
quantities than for some time.
The cannon ball was an hour late this
morning, on account of having to wait
for connections on the 3. c. r. & N.
The private car of President Il. r. Ca,
bic, of the Chicago Rock Island & Paci'
fic, was attached to the cannon ball this
morning, bound for Chicago.
Chicago Rock Island 81 Pacific train
No. l. from Council Bluffs, was three
hours late last evening, on account of the
giving way of the forward trucks of the
baggage car, which made it necessary tC
transfer the baggage to another car.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19

In the line of boots and shoes, there is
no firm in the west that carries larger
stock ofsstandard goods than the firm of
W. Peterson & Co., of this city. They
are now the exclusive agents Of Stacy
Edams & Co.'S comfortable, stylish and
durable shoes which are manufactured
both by hand and machinery. They have
full line OF the above goods, and they
respectfully ask an examination of these
goods by the public, who will become
convinced that these goods are what they
are claimed to be.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19
Rock Island VS. Chicago.

Five mile race at the Rock Island rink
on Friday evening, March goth IS. r.
II. Elhert, champion fast skater of Chi
cago, handicap himself one and one hall
laps against Fred Wollenhaupt, champion
fast skater of Rock Island, for purse Of
$500 This will be q very interesting
and holly contested race, Mr.. Elhert il
the gentleman L. Jay Gamble, has de-
feated three times in the Banner rink
Davenport. the last time by only fifty
feet. General skating, marches. etc. Ad-
mission fifteen cents. Doors open at 7:S(
p. nj.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19
A Brute.

Otto Deitz was before. Magistrate Crop
per yesterday afternoon, on complaint of
his wife Emma Deitz. The testimony
showed that Deitz is a drunken, inhuman
brute, and makes a practice of cutting,
beating and maltreating his wife in an
inhuman manner, and for TRIVIAL causes
He is young man, and has two children,
but he seems to have stone for a heart.
He was put under $500 bonds to keep the
peace, and failing to furnish security, was
sent to Jail
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19
A Baitar Showing.

The taxes are beginning to come into
Collector Krell, in a more lively manner,
as the time approaches when interest be.
gins to accrue. The collections are not
yet as large as they were at this time last
year. but they are catching up slowly, so
that the amount turned will not, it is
thought, be far behind finally.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19
NEVER GIVE UP.

If you are suffering with low aud de.
pressed spirits, loss of appetite, general
debility, disordered blood, weak con-
stitution, headache, or any disease of a
bilious nature, by all means procure a
bottle of Electric Bitters. You will be
surprised to see the rapid improvement
that will follow; you will be inspired
with new life; strength and activity will
return; pain and misery will cease, and
henceforth you will rejoice in the praise
of Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents a
bottle by Hartz g. Bahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19
AN EDITORS TRIBUTE.

Theron P. Keator, Editor of Fl.
Wayne, Ind, Gazette" writes: For
the past five years l have always used DR..
Kings New Discovery. for coughs of
most severe character as well as for those
of a milder type. 1t never fails to effect a
speedy cure. My friends to whom have
recommended ii speak of it in the SAINT
high terms. Having been cured by it oc
every cough | have had for five years,
consider it the only reliable and sure cure
FOR Coughs, Colds, etc" Call at Hartz
& Bahnsen's Drug Store and get Free
Trial Bottle. Large Size $100.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19
THE DAILY ARGUS.
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1886.
Cool, Surely.

A damage suit is treated by the Daven-
port Democrat in scornful manner by an
item, saying: eve understand from a
notice served upon this paper that Stew.
art Els, ESQ of Moline, has entered suit
against 1t for 100000 damages, for copy
ing an article from Moline paper saying
he had turned Democrat Let him ripl"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19
County Building.

Ill. T Shirley to Harvey B. Del
litt lots 1 and ., block 6, 3G, 1G, 3w, Rey-
nolds, $425.
PROBATE.
1S-Estate Of Harley Hsnes, deceased.
Report of sale of real estate filed and ap-
proved.
Estate of Huldah B. Huldah, deceased.
to G. W. Edwards. Bond approved.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19
At Home.

Cards have just been received in this
city, saying: William A. Thompson,
Myra Arntzen. married Wednesday,
March 18th, 1885, Quincy, H., at home,
Davenport, Iowa.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19

E. W. Hurst represents the leading
American and Foreign Insurance Cos.
Policies carefully written at current rates.
Agency established 1874. Office over
Rock Island National Bank.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19
Hard Coal Market.

Pea coal $3.50; CRATE and egg, SS.25;
range, nut and No. 4 $3.50 per ton,
screened and delivered; all best quality of
Anthracite coal. Blacksmith's coal. Con-
nellsville coke and charcoal at 1908 Sec
ond avenue. diff L. g. FRAZIER.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19

A temperance society in Boston has
just resolved that the use of tobacco for
qualification of the appetite is "a sin
against God and humanity"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19

There are 5000 people in the single
town of Leicester, England, who are I'M
der legal penalties for disobeying the vca>
cination law.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19

Slavery dies hard in Brazil The pro-
vinbe of Pernambuco has still $1,000
slaves. AbOlitionists are not in favor in
that province.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-24
Royalty Hunting Bugs.

I was a visitor at a house in the coun-
try not many years ago at which among
my hosts guests was Lord Walter
Campbell, a son of the Duke of Argyll
and brother of the Marquis of Lorne. l
shall never forget an amusing incident
of that visit, and l think his Lordship
must also recall it with a great deal OF
amusement. 1t was Oh a Saturday
evening, after the ladies had retired for
the night and the servants had gone to
their quarters. that the gentlemen of
the house suggested thai they might
find amusement in hunting for game.
This overture was met with some
establishment by not only Lord Walter
Campbell but with the other men in the
party, and when they presumed to ask
what kind of game he wanted them to
hunt for at that hour of the night-it
was then past one o'clock-he replied
by saying: Come and I'll show you"
Forthwith they started for the lower
regions of the house. and when they
arrived in the kitchen the host brought
from a closet some yellow insect powder
and several pairs of bellows, with an
arrangement on the point of them in
which to place the powder so that it
could be blown out in a spray. Each
man took one of these bellows, filled
with yellow powder. ana following the
example set by their host blew it into
the crevices of the floor and rat holes.
Much to their amazement, as they had
not been told what all this preparation
was for, after injecting the powder the
first time III rushed hundreds of croton
bugs. and the sport then began. 1t con-
sisted in blowing the powder all over the
floor and killing these unpopular but
well-known insects,-Cor. N. Y. Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-24
HOW NECKTIES ARE MADE.

A Growing Interest of Considerable I'm
portance-The Materials Used.
There are special grades and de-
signs of silks and satins made ex-
clusively for the necktie trade" said a
manufacturer to a reporter. ''These
materials are made from patterns de-
signed by men who do nothing but
study up new things in neckties. There
are from fifty to seventy-five factories
in this country and ten or twelve first
class makers. The latter usually ecure
exclusive right to use certain styles of
goods from the makers by buying either
the entire stock offered to the American
market or a large portion of it. But
the success of making up the goods is
just like a lottery ticket. Perhaps one
year I may hit on some design and it
will become so popular that all other
makers will be forced to adopt it, but
the next year some one in Boston or
Philadelphia may make a hit and 1 will.
have to follow him. There's never any
telling how a necktie is going to take
with the public until it's on the market.
There it's success depends on who adopts
it first. If he happens to be a bowling
SWCl dll I'LL thO iiSh oioS " PoPuldl
favor that particular kind of necktie
will sell we'll"
care the styles of making up neck
ties originated abroadp"
mot now. They were until less than
three years ago, but nov our styles are
superior to the European and they are
coming over here for patterns. How
ever. there is a tendency for English
fashions for the fall"
"Are men or women employed in
making neckties?"
.'Women. There are more than
1000 girls thus employed in this city
alone. They work by the piece and
make more or less money according to
their e%xpertness. A good finisher can
make eight dollars or nine dollars a
week. She takes a necktie after it is
put together and finishes each detail
perfectly so that it is ready to box.
Three different colors OF the same de-
sign and style are boseG together to
give the dealer an assortment in the
make. This finishey lnust see that
all of this one kind are exactly alike in
point of finish and makeup. We have
girl who does nothing but turn the
bands of neckties, and she makes fifteen
dollars a week. She turns twenty-five
or thirty dozen bands a day.
The cheap wear now flooding the
market is composed of old styles made
of poor goods. As rule, men show no
discrimination in purchasing neckties.
They look into a window , see a tie that
takes their fancy and then rush in to
buy it, never stopping to ask the price.
Thus they are just as likely to buy one
of the cheap kind, that will not last a
week, as a good one."-M Y. Mail and
Express.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-24
H LONDON MINT.
The Number of Coins Struck During the
Past Year.

The Number of Coins Struck During the
Past Year.
The recently issued report of the
Deputy-master of the Mint, giving al
account of the operations of that De.
partment for the year 1884, is a more
than usually interesting document
From it we learn that the amount
of gold coined during tho yeal
exceeded by more than a million the
amount coined in 1888, while the silver
coinage was but little in excess of the
average. The coinage of bronze, how.
ever, was.larger than in any year since
1875.
The total weight of metal melted
down during the twelve months was 47O
tons, made up as follows-a certain
proportion of alloy being of course in
cluded-gold, 81 tons; silver, 1913 tons;
and bronze, POS tons. The total num-
60, 295, 3S2. giving an average of more
than l, POO, 600 pieces per week through
out the year. Out of these, however,
8,942, 0S1 pieces did not come within the
limits of the standard legal weight, so
that the number of pieces available for
issue was reduced to IS, 1868, 3O1, k1e
value of these good pieces being, real
or nominal. E3, 157. 966 los. Id. OF thit
amount. f3, 070, 292 los. sd. al, 093, sos
pieces) consisted of imperial coinage
the remaining fS7,673 los. Sd (15, 270,-
600 pieces) being colonial CO nage for
Canada, Jamaica. Hong Kong, etc. All
this coinage, both imperial and colonial,
has been executed at the mir, it's in
creased coming power renderilg it un.
necessary that any portion of tia WORK
of coinage should be intrusted to private
firms.
The greatest number of coins struck
of any denomination was about IL, 700,-
600, consisting, as will readily be sup
posed. of pence. Halfpence came next
in point of numbers, nearly 1000, 600 of
this coin being struck. The number of
farthings struck was over 5, 700, 900, a
seemingly large number, considering
the present small general circulation Of
this coin. OF shilllngs, nearly 1000, 600
were coined; sixpences, over 3.400, 900;
thIeepences, over $500, 900. S~overeigns
and alf-sovereigns were coined to the
number of over LOO, coo and l, 100, 600
respectively. Of colonial coinages, that
of bronze half-cents for the Straits Set
Elements was numerically largest,
4. 900. 600 of this coin being struck during
the Chambers Journal
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-24
A bow was fiying his kite on

"A boy was flying his kite on the
commons nea Cedar Avenue, east of
the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad,
Saturday morning. Some one was
driving a herd of cows, and the GOV in
the lead got entangled in the kite string.
Away she went and in the right direc-
ion to catch the wind. The kite scared
aloft about fifteen feet above the cow,
and the whole herd took after her. The
boy did not want to lose his kite, and
he with some men joined in pursuit.
The scene was ludicrous il the extreme
to Observers Cleveland Raia Dealer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-24

disease or arrangement of the liver, re-
sulting in poisonous accumulations in the
blood, %scrofulous affections sick-head-
aches, and diseases of the kidneys, lungs
or heart. These troubles can be cured only
by going to the primary cause, and put
ting the liver in a healthy condition. Tt
accomplish this result speedily and effect.
ually nothing has proved itself SO effica.
cious as DR.. Pierce's "Golden Medical Dis.
covery,n which has never failed to do the
work claimed for it, and never will.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-24

-remale prisoners have become so
numerous in the city Jail at Pensacola,
Fla, that they have been placed in an
Enclosure and set to breaking stone for
street purposes to pay their fines.-St.
Louis Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-24

Only about $50 pounds of each beef
animal is fit for canning, hence to pro-
vide 3,000,00 pounds of canned beef, or
$780, 600 cans, would require 10000 cat
tle.-Chicdgo Tribune.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-24
Narrow Esoape.

So. ROCHESTER, June /. 1889. 'sren
Years ago l was attacked with the most
Intense and deathly pains in my 5ack and
Extending to the end of my toes and to
my brainl
(which made me deliriousl
"From agony!ll!
I" 1t took three men to hold me- on my bed
at times!
1.-THE Doctors tried in vain to relieve me,
but to no purpose.
Morphine and other optdtcs!
"Had no effectI
AFTER two months / was given up to
dieIIll
"When my wife
heard a ~neighbor tell what Hop Bitters had
done for her, she at once got and gave me
some. The first dose eased my brain and
seemed to go hunting through my system
for the pain.
The second dose eased me SO much that I
slept two hours, something l had not done for
two months. Before I had used five bottles, 1
for over three weeks; but worked too hard for
my strength. and taking a hard cold, Iva tax
en- with the mostacute and painfulrheumatism
all through my system that ever was now
50 called the doctors again, and after several
weeks they left me a cripple on crutches for
my case, and hssaid Hop Bitters had cured him
and would cure me. ! poohed ut lin. but he
In less than four weeks I threw away my
crutches and went to work lightly and kepton
using the bitters for five weeks, until I became
as well as any man living, and have been 90
for six years since.
It has also cured my wife, who had been
sick for years; and has kept her and my
children well and healthy with from two to
three bottles per year. There is no need to
be sick at all if these bitters are used.
j. j. BERK, Ex-Supervisor.
'That poor invalid wife, Sister, Mother,
"Or daughter!Ii
"Can be made the picture of healthl
with a few bottles of Hop Bitters'
"WI you let them suferU!r'
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-24

WHAT can be more disagreeable, more
disgusting, than to sit in a room with a
person who is troubled with catarrh, and
has to keep coughing and clearing his or
her throat of the mucus which drops into
it? Such persons are always to be pitied
if they try to cure themselves and fail.
But if they getDr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
there need be no failure.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-24

"A noted statistican, Edward At
kinson, insists that there is an abund-
ance of room yet in this world. The
1.4OO: 100000 persons supposed to be on
the globe could all find easy standing
room within the limits of a field ten
miles square, and by the aid of a tele-
phone could be addressed at one time
by a single speaker. In a field twenty
miles square they could all be comfort
ably seated.-M. Y. Tribune.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-24

So Rupture radically cured, also
pile tumors and fistulas. Pamphlet of par
t~iculars two letter stamps. Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-24

TIE sky, unlike man, is most cheerful
when the bluest.-W Worcester Gazette. The
grass, unlike man, is most delightful when
the greenest.-OH City Derrick.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-24

WHILE the Gear is compelled to have a
mastiff to guard him, some of our Ameri-
can ladies feel secure with a pug.-Atldntd
Constitution.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-24

statue of liberty, and we put up the ped
estal-a sort Of base ingratitude.-Teras
Sifiinos,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-24

PIXIES ooTHACHE DROPS curei in l minute ,25c
CLIENTS Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. Csc
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns & Bunions
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-24

A MAN must be thick-headed who will
row with a double skull.-Rochester DEM
Ocrdt.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-24

Emperor William, of Germany, al
ways has a chapter of the Bible read to
him Immediately after dinner.