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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-03
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-03
Situation in virginia.

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 3.--The work of
campaigning has closed in Virginia. Both
parties ara now awaiting tho result of the
work that has boen done in tile canvass
which has been one of the most memorable
witnessed in this state since the close Of tha
war. One of the best informed and most
con .ervatlve Democrats here in sumuinE
up the result say: "fhe Republicans have
developed more strength in This contest than
we anticipated
Some OF tho Democrats cuncsde that tic
legislature viii be cluss--so close, inlari
that timatas are all At aoa Democrats
say that Mr. barbour can count on only
forty-f ar member of the tou,e Of deb
gates as absolutely certain for them
They concede thirty -cne menbers of tnat
body to their opponents ah olntey. Tuls
leaves twenty-five house districts doubtful
Tho real fight has been made in tic
doubtful districts. The indications are that
the results in these will decide the whule
legislative fight If not that FOR governor,
and the balance Of tho general ticket a.
well. The Democrats claim that Geu. Lee'a
election is assured Senator Sherman in
his speech here Saturday night adv ised the
colored people present never t. interfere
with tho right of any man of their race tu
vote the Democratic ticket
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-03
THE MARKETS.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2
The market quotation. on ths boari o.,
trade, to-day, were a follows: Whsat-No
2 November. opened s5ltsc, closed S5ssc;
December openei SIC, clio ell 81 1so;
January. opensI s75.' cl sci size. Cora
No. = November, upeneI 3s15r, closed $3.50;
year, opened SIC, cl ~ei 3.isr; January.
Opened 35s.e, closed 81. Oats-No. ,
November. opened 25>4', closed 251sc;
Decemuer op.net 2j5sc, closed, 4ic; May,
opened 29lxc. clcsed 29@sc. Pork-Novsmbsr
opened ana clio oil 500; December, opened
IS TO- clo~ed IS. S.l2li; January, opened
S95 closed SP02ls. l.ard-November,
opened - 50, clo>ed i.S9la.
lave stock'fBe uniuu ST ok yards report
the f,lowng Iangs ri prices: Hogs fhs
marRst upenoi nrnn AID active with pack
or, IN! .hIpnar Ia lns 1Gl loo higher price
Light gra le-, s. 2.jiI j. -; rough packing,
$H311l3 ~; heavy packing, AMI shipping lots,
So 4J0l30o.
Produce: Butter-Fa cy creamery. esq
2.'c; choice dairy, ss(6l9c; packing, s09sc per
10. Egg, Fresh laid, JSIa u l9c per doz Pota-
toes-Early ross AMI peerless, 42ls l5c per
bu on track, and 5o05jc per bu in store.
Poultry Chickens, &c; turkeys. Sc; ducks,
sdl9c per lb; gaa 9, 81. Dogs. 81 rer dog. Ap
pies - Fair to good, sl,.5Qsl.50, and
choice to fancy, 81. l.7dGc20j per bbl
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-03
FULLY EXPLAINED.
- C5@TART LAMONT MAKES THE
SUBJECT PERFECTLY CLEAR.
Tito Exact situation as to the Peopls
and the White House Early Reports
irnin the State Elections Both
Sd., tit.3ntn< Eserythiug.

WAanlNI7oN CITY, Nv 3 2.-Privata
Srcmrnry Lamont eS .,Itils thnt he rea on
way tho l'rrsi !hat .-u'i hi, order pr phii,!p
ihG u.hee-', "k1rs 'n4II; to the WATT
ii1u'' wa h9cla,e he haI been unable
do anything el than li>t,n to their I'M
p rtulii.as, that hs seldom appointed nny
ouo who mHlt personal application
for iii e, and that three four.hs
OF those who We're constantly
cases, man who hal been in Washington
seeking oiiic, since NJ arch 1. and being re.
cd one appointmsn5 workol up lot OF
recommendations for another. Tho pre,i-
dent has always taken the ground
that personal interviews were super
iihouS and that he naver Gppontel
a man without having something in
writing to know what ho was In short,
the president finds, after an experience OF
eight months, tnat a greater part of his
time has been consumed by mon for whom
be could do nothing, aud he does not pro.
pose to waste it in that way any longer
ca. Lamont explains that the order
affects niembers of congress as
follows: Durin. November the rule
is to be inflexiblo. Tho president during
that month does not intend to make appoint
ment, or iisten to pleas for place from any
one or for any un,. He must devote him
self to his MESA %, and to the other busi-
he s already in arrears, and, which must he
attended to before congress meets. Whom
the season upsn1 tho president will
consult with senators and repre- ,entative;
on appointments and other matters but il
Is not intended to let congressman have tho
free run Of the White House as heretofore.
Out 'tie Of the three public receptions each
week all visitors including congressman,
are to bn adniittal by carl and on n state
meat of the business on which they want an
interview There Is ono custom which the
preri icnt intands tn stop. Many congress.
ntp and other disting guished persons whose
regulations naturally open all doors are dis
posei 10 abuse their privileges. The presi-
dent is deterIninod that tho Whit. HOUSE
shall not be n lounting place who're puliti
clans may gather to exchange gossip and
anccdote to thu interruf ton of the public
business. IL is the practice of Il certain
class of publc men to saunter in
with group of friends whom
they expect TIL, president to entertain
Some politicians do this by design, They
show by this means their intimacy ami in
tluence at tho White House, and the friends
go homo much imprr9Sed by their member S
greatness. Hereafter mentors of congre. =
desiring to Introduce friends to the presi.
dent are eXpectel to do SO like othar cit
zens at three public receptions each waek
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-03
MATCHED BUT NOT MATED.
EIopement of IL Eoman Catholic and IA.
israe1ite-A Pretty Row Raised.

Flopement of IL Eoman Catholic and an
israelite-A Pretty HOW Raised.
BALTIMORE, MI, Nov. 3. Miss Hannah
Sternhcmer the dau hter of jacob Stern
heiinor, married George Stsrn, "A young cis ,r-
maker, who Is a strict Roman Catholic. The
marriage took placa about we * ago, tut
was kept secret by the young conple. Sun
day, while taking n walk, Mr.. Sternheimer
met IL friend, who congratulated him upon
his daughters marriage The old man was
thunlerstruck, and demanded an explana'
ton. His informant then stated that he hal
heard Of the wedding indirectly. Mr..
Sternheimer at once hurried home and con.
fruntal his daughter. She at once CON
feased that it was true, whereupon her in
furiated father ordered her to leave tho
house and never show her face again. With
ont any preparation she left the house AMI
sought her husband. They are suppo ied to
be stopping at one of the hotels They will
z, next to Stern's mothers house. Stern
heiinar is comparatively wealthy and an
orthodox i>raelte The young wife is 10
year, OF age and very pretty Neither
family had any intimation of an attach
inent betWcen the puir.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-03

SOME MORE TESTIMONY.
EX-Cr.gressman Ashley and Ex-Senato
Chaffee on Andrew johnson.

NhaHSe Andrew JOHNSON.
NEW YORK Nov. Sex Congressman
James NJ. Ashley. of Ohio mover of the
resolution of impeachment against Presi
dent johnson in tho Thirty ninth congres'.
was asked by correspondent conceri
ing the facts related by Chauncey
Depew as having been told to hu
by Gen. Grant in dinner. table tail of ?
plot by johnson to reinState the febel ieai
ers in power He said the allegations were
substantially correct. Being asked why II
the fact of the plot was known to the mani
gers of the impeachment trial, they dio N II
u,e it against the president, MIR. Ashley
sail.
The judiciary committee of the house, t.
whom was referred the resolution of i'm
per- mon. Tor invest CATION were against
impeachment and had differences among
tuomselves. Speaker Colfax had appointed
men on the committee who were weak
kneei in the matter. | told
Mr. Cofax ono day that he
was standing so that he could he near
enough to the front to rush in if we won
aud near enough to thu rear to get safely
out il We lost. The peopl. stood in awe OF
the pre- 'ident ani were afrail to proceed to
extreme measures in the faca of his great
power. He had the whole secret service on
his side"
W IL tlfTe any lulll4 Ill buc teattilbny
fore tbs juliciury committee connecting
the pre,i lent with any plot to put the con
troll of the government into the hands of the
rebel leader,''
81 was not member of the judiciary
committee and although ma 10 myself ac-
quaintel with the first portion of the testi-
mony given before them, l found myself
at odds with the members Of the com
mittoe and nbsented myself from their
proceelins' They utterly refused to
examine many important witnesses brought
forward by me. If President johnson
could have securoi tho support of the gen
eral of the army his plan WAS to install
southern men in the halls of congress dur
ing the night and keep out by force the
northern membars who had arrayeI them
selves against him believed then AMI
said so in congres, and | believe now that
johnson hal known beforehand of the IN
tended Gssa ,Sination of Pre- sideut Lincoln.
NEW YORK, Nov. .. The Tribun, prints
IA letter from ex-senator Chatfee on ths
Grant johnson controversy, in which the
senator corroboratss fully tho statement
made by Chauncey NJ Dapew. Mr.. Chaifee
says the story was given him by Gen Grant,
and he believes every word of it is truo. lie
Gays the facts wcra related in his eariig
three times in the last three years, sub tan,
uaily ns Mr. Dapsw give, them
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-03
Editor Stead's Trial.

LnND0N, Nov. }. The further hearing o.
evidence in the trial of Mr.. Stead, editor oi
The Pull Mall Gazette AMI the other dc
feu!ants in the Armstrong abductinn cas-,
WI, resumed Monday. Mrs. jarrett wa>
again put in the wItne s.box, but she per
sistentiy declined to maks any further rev
citations respecting the case. Mrs. Jnr"
ptine Batter aud Prof, Stuart testiiie u.
the defenlents. MIR, Stsad then tolk tnt
wItnesS-stand.
He testiliol that Mrs. Butler told him
that he mig Int implicitly trust Mrs. Jarrett.
and he had no reason t. suspect her of al
ductins OF obtaining money from him by
false preteDsss. His testimony was in sub
stance the same as that given in his state
ment at the magistrates examination.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-03
The Farmers Are Well Fixed.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. 3. 3.-Assistant
General Manager ODell of the Northern
Pacific has returned from a trip over the
Minnesota & Dakota divisions of his line
He says the farmers in the coun-
try tributary to these divisions
are in excellent financial condi-
tion They have sufficient money on hani
to meet their present obligations, and in
consequence of this they ara disposed to
hold what wheat they still have for better
prices. There will be no trouble in securing
storage room for all the marketable whsat
aInnp the lima
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-03

PROVIDENCE, r l., Nov. 3 - Mr.. Packard,
agent in this city for the Union Dredging
company, has received adispatch from New
london stating that the reiginy machine
Atlantic M. l. which has been at work iii
this harbor ali summer, while being towed
to New York by the tug boat Reliancs
parted with her hawser during the gale tha,
blew, Sunday night, in the vicinity of New
London, and that it is feared all on board
are lost Tbs crew consisted OF ssven men
in charge OF Capt. Kent.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-03
The President Coos Home to Vote.

WASHINGTON CITY. Nov. g 3-President
Cleveland left Washington for Buffalo on
the 7:lj train Monday morning, over the
Baltimore & Potomac railroad, accom-
panisl by Mr.. w. s. BIS ell The two gen
tsmcn Travelled in the special car Minerva"
b.lonGiug to tho president of the Lehigh
Valley railroad. Mr. Cleveland did not go
by New York city, AMI reached Buffalo
late at night. lie intends returning ta
Washington on Wednesday next, and eG
psct' Miss Cleveland to return with him.
B,siles President Cleveland, Secretaries
Manning AMI Whitney, United States
Treasurer jordan, Comptroller Maynard
ami Solicitor McCas have gone to their re-
spsctivs homes to vote. Col Lamont re-
mains on duty at the executive mansion.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-03
Thanksgiving Proclamation.

WAsHISGToN CITY, Nov, ) The presi
.isnt has issued proclamation designating
and setting apart Thursday, nov. 70. as a
day of public Thanksgiving; and prayer, and
Invoking the observance tne' 4 by all the
r.s cle OF the land,
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-03

E. W. Hurst represents the ieadin e
American and Foreign Insurance Co.'S
Policies carefully written at current rates.
/ gency established 1874. Office Ove'
Rock Island National Bank.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-03

CHICAGO Nov. 3.-The Mail prints the
following Dispatch:
DRS MONIES, Iowa, Nov. al deem it
mex xps lent 10 make public e,tirlsts pris
% slastiOi. l. G. kINNx,
Cna &c. iA Dsmocr, tic Stata Cuinmittsa
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-03

Insurance in reliable companies at lowest
rates, apply to E. Lieberknecht, real es.
rate. loan and insurance agent, and nota-
ty public. Collections made. Office III {
Second avenue. eodtf
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-16
Honey in Old N Times.

correspondent of the London Lam
Get, writes of honey and it's uses in
days long past--but not unknown
now so far as the seductive and intox-
icating drink metheglin is concerned
says, not only the Greeks and Romans
but most of the Asiatic nations, had
habitual recourse to honey in the
preparation OF food. 1t figured abund-
antly in their rather composite" made"
dishes, and formed the standing adj
junct of simpler fare. Mixed with
wine, milk, Or even water, it was also
in universal demand for beverages; and
it was for this purpose that the Sean
dinavian ard Celtic nations used hon
ey, while beer was yet unknown an
wines were mainly confined to the
countries that produced them. Meat
and metheglin are sometimes con-
founded; but the former was obtained
from the combs from which the honey.
had 'eady been taken, while the lat
ter required l12 pounds of honey to
produce twenty-four gallons. Both
were fermented drinks; but metheelin,
the "honey wine" Of the banqueting
table, was rather viciously intoxlcat-
ing, while mead was chiefly used as q
vehicle for the havoring of fruits and
aromatic herbs. Queen Elizabeth was
extremely fond of this beverage, md
amead used to be prepared especially
for her use, blended with sweet brier5
thyme, rosemary and bay. ss5szs " S
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-16
Shoddy at Long Branch.

The most quiet people at Long
Branch are those who have good posi-
tions at home and who have gone
there for the purpose Of seeking q rest:
The most exuberant and notoriously.
conspicuous are those who are OBJ
scure in their. own homes. They make
up for this obscurity by becoming
what they consider the stars Of the
life at this place. Many are the ex.
pedients employed by these people to
attract attention and achieve the
.notoriety so desired by them in their
brief careers. Not over half OF the
elegant equipages seen on Ocean
avenue during an afternoo on are owned
BY the people driving them. They are
sent down from New York, and hired
by the week or the month or the sea-
son by dealers who make q speciality
Of furnishing snowy and aristocratic
outfits for hire. Liyeried coachmen
and otnlen are also furnished BY
these same dealers This ex plains in
many instances the incongrnity be-
tween the persons Who are driven and
the persons who drive. The equipages
are nearly always correct IN style and
taste, and the liyeries are Of the best
cut and make. The coaehmen and
footmen often loo like g nnger sons
of English peers The people who hire
these outfits are not remark able for
their taste IN dress or for their refined
appearance they are remarkable
ct all j. IS for the very opposite New
York World.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-16
AGeOrgia Idyl,
ON the West Point (Ga.) Press.

From the West Point (Ga.) Press.
Six miles east of West Point, in Har-
ris County, live two remarkable old
people. They are Benjamin Gamill
and his wife, respectively 73 and 76
years of age. They are now living on
the same place that they took posses
sion Of when their young hearts were
first united and they together started
out to fight the battle of life. During
these long years they have moved but
once, and then not more than h;lf a
mile. Starting life in poverty they
worked together, and many thousands
Of dollars have been the result of their
combined efforts. Sober, honest, and
high minded, the old gentleman has
lived to a good old age, and his good
wife is still with him to shed light on
peaceful homeland they together
realize that merciful Father will not
forsake his faithful children. Many
children blessed the union of this hap
Ply old couple, eight OF whom lived to
reach manhood and womanhood The
death of son and son-in-law placed
six additional helpless children under
the care of this worthy old
couple, and they have lived to see
nearly all of them grown and able to
take care of themselves. Tongue
cannot tell the anxiety, the labor, and
care that the rearing Of these children
has cost. Neither is it possible to tell
the amount in dollars and cents it
has required to supply their many
wants, but those who have had the
care of a family know that unusual
Prosperity must have blessed their lives
Or the task would never be accomplish
ed. A most remarkable fact is that
the youngest of their .children-now
the mother of two children-was born
after Mrs Gamill had reached the age
Of fifty odd years. The old spelling
book used by Mrs. .Gamill, and from
which she learned her A B Cs. is now
in her possession, and the date alone
shows the great age Of the book. It
has been carefully preserved, and will
no doubt be handed down to grand
children S children as a relic of rare
value. "A few dayssince this venerable
old couple passed through West Point
driving asfine y Dung mule, on their way
to Ylsitaa son and daughter IN Ala
bama, so miles from their home. The
oldgentlemand oes hisown black smith
and wagon work, runs q farm, lives at
home land lives like q lord while the
companion Of his life for half cen
fury il the same sweet wife that she
was when she vowed for better or for
worse she would love and cherish him
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-16
Not Scared 4 Bit.
J. NJ. Comfy in National Tribune.

J. NJ. Comfy in National Tribune
Gen. Hayes once told ME g. story IL
Illustrating the feeling OF doubt which
every modest man may have, however
brave he may really be, in going for
the first time under tire--doubt wheth-
er his courage may be able to stand
the test. The imam" in the case was
a mere lad. too young to enlist as a
soldier, but determined to get there"
somehow. He had attached himself
to the wagon-train OF the 23d Ohio,
and had been cared for by the good
natured teamsters until the command
took part in it's first battle during the
Wharf.-The battle OF Carnifex Ferry, in
West Virginia. Gen. then Maior) Hayes
was in command of the left wing OF the
regiment for independent service on
the flank of the enemy There had
been heavy firing in front; in fact, it is
said that there was no action during
the war in which there was more
''racRet" from heavy firing than in
the battle OF Carnifex Foery. Mai.
Hayes, after waiting impatiently
for an order to advance until
he became afraid that the COM
manding general had forgotten him,
gallopea towards the front to find
Gen. Rosecrans and report in person,
hoping to receive orders that would
place his command in immediate and
active proximity to the enemy And
| may as we'll say here that he had his
desire, in being ordered through an al
most impenetrable laurel thicket, up
a steep ascent, to attack the enemy in
flank. To return to my subject: AS
Maj. Hayes galloped up the road, tow
ards the front he met this lad ofwhom
/ have spoken coming down the road
on a transfers horse, which he had
somehow got hold OF his hat set back
on his neck and his face fairly blazing
with excitement, and as hepassed he
called out: ooh, Major! I've been up
there in the thickest ofit-and l wasn't
scared bit"
As nearly as can recollect this was
the experience Of most. They were
very curious and somewhat doubtful
as to how they would feel in their first
fight, not knowing what unexpected
aspect of the trial might turn up as ir-
resistibly demoralizing. And usually
they came out, like the boy, mot
scared a Bit" But with some it was
different. -.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-16
F.A RM AN D FIR d
Farm Notes.

A Maine farmer had a vile who'd
clared she would never be weighed.
One day, when she was in the wagon,
he drove his team on. the hay scales
and had the whole thing weighed with
out his wife knowing what was going
on. Then he afterward came back and
had the team weighed without his wife,
ana found it just 225 pounds lighter.
Stringhalt is an affection Of the
nerves Of the hind leg, which causes
paralysis Of some Of the muscles and
tendons by which the leg is kept
straight. AS these muscles cannot act
the leg is drawn up with jerk when it
is lifted instead of being moved slowly
and gradually There is no cure for it
that can be depended upon. '.ss,....
& Protection is most needed for plants
which must endure through winter, as
winter wheat, Strawberries, ETC., but
any one who compares the growth OF
the ordinary ANIMALS grown in the
shelter of a small inclosed garden and
out in an open field will soon be con-
WINGED that natural or artificial snel-
ter of land from prevailing parching
winds adds from 20 to SO per cent to
it's productive value.
The American Cultivator says that
the cut-worm has an aversion to salt
peter, and that asolution of one table
spoonful to g. gallon of water has so
far proved a sure preventive. tits ap-
piled with a dipper, and poured on the
plants and all around the hill
Moults thoroughbred stock should
now be put into separate pens to pre-
vent fighting, and secure Quiet while
the moulting season lasts, thus gaining
fine plumage and the birds in nice show
condition, while the females have free
run. Feed food rich in muscle and
bone, and free from fattening material.
If too fattening food is used, over-fat
bones and poor plunage will bethere-
suit, and a moderate price for the
fowls carried over.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-16
Tho Philosophy of Dessert.

A writer in the Medical and Surgical
Reporter explains the philosophy OF
taking bread, cheese and dessert at.
the end OF dinner. He says that in
order to supply abundant gastric juice
for the digestion ofthefood introduced.
into it, the stomach requires an album
dant supply Of blood, and the nervous
system must be kept active in order to
respond to demands made upon it.
The savory cheese swallowed in small
morsels, and the sweet fruits which
strongly stimulate the nerves of taste,
or nuts which require considerable
mastlcation, cause an abundant flow
OF blood to the nerve centers; while
the frequent movements ofswallowing
stimulate the heart and increase the
rapldity ofgeneral circulation.