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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

cording to Van Wyck and Others, large
force Of clerks was kept at work day and
night in the Interior department up to
the 4th Of March rushing through
the land patents for the New Orleans,
Baton Rouge & Vicksburg railroad, con-
Germ the forfeiture of whose land grant
had been considered but not acted upon
by congress- The charge made against
Teller is serious one, and is so much in
harmony with his conduct in relation to
many other land schemes that it has an
air of plausibility, but he is of course en-
titled to make his explanation, Unless he
caH give more satisfactory reason for
bis acts than he has for many of bis de-
cisions in cases arising in the west where
settlers rights have been invariably dis
regarded, he will stand before the people
a badly smirched man.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
YATES aeREeABLY SURPRISED.
The English Journalist Released from
Prison BY the Home Secretary.


Prison by the Home Secretary.
LONDON, March 1l.-Mr Edmund Yates,
editor of The World, was released from Hol.
loway prison at II o'clock Tuesday morning.
having served exactly one month and
twenty-one days of four months sentence
imposed by Lord Chief Justice Coleridge
for having allowed Lady Stradbroke
to libel her cousin, Lady Grace
Fare, and Lord Lonsdale, by
an elopement story published in The
World. Mr.. Yates, when released Tuesday
morning, appeared much worn down by his
Imprisonment lie was pale enl haggard
TO the few that met him he expressed him.
self as being heartily glad to be out OF
prison, and said that ne felt fairly well. He
was at once driven to his home His friends
say that he IS much thinner than when he
entered on his term and ais flesh is tiabby
and altogether presents an unhealthy ap-
pearGnce.
Mi Yates was released at the direction of
the home secretary, Sir William Vernon
llarcoUrt, who had been freely petitioned
for his release on the ground that his inn
prisonment was slowly killing him He was
greatly surprised Wren informed of his re
lease. The news Of the action of the home
secretary was kept from him up to the
time appointed to give him his liberty.
An hour previous to his being informed of
his pardon Mr.. Yates had ordered his usual
sumptuons breakfast, and had about set
tied down to his regular doiiy routine. He
drove off i'll brougham which waited at
the entrance TO the jail Its only occupant
besides Mr.. Yate1 WAS lady SO heavily
yelled as to battle all attempts at recogni-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

FORT SMITH, Ark. March IA bloody
wife murder occurred at Scullyville,
Choctaw nation. Monday morning Joseph
Jackson entered house where his
wife was washing Dishes and shot
her twice III tn, breast with a
double barrelad shotgun, killing her in.
stantly. Jackson immoIiatsly shoul lerel
his qua and walked three miles after q
woman to attend his wife. whom he said was
very i'll. Upon reaching the house where the
wife lay dead Jackson appeared startled and
reported his wife had been murdered
during his absence. Suspicion pointed Sc
plainly toward him as Der murderer that H.
was arrested and brought 10 Fort Smith ioI
trial. jackson recently became enamored
OF another woman AMI wanted to get his
wife out of the way, hence the motive 5ol
the killing
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
The Cripple's Scheme.
LlGnni.- mi tI,irr,nc q ~. |

Scheming seems to he the order OF the Gay
Everybody sits down and iuvent5 schemes
whereby he can defraud his neighbor and
reap benefit unto himself. Especially the
bar-rocm schemsr is an object Of notice.
The latest dodge in the har-room line was
worked on a saloonkeeper the other night
a seeming cripple entered the saloon, Iimpsl
up to tho bar and asked for glass Of beer.
While the saloonkeepsr was drawing the
beer with bis back turned to the customer
the latter lifted his cane and laid it Oh g
50 cents piece lying on the sideboarl To
tho establishment Of a bystander the coin adj
hered to the cane, and the customer Selling
the COIN made q bee line for the door The
astonished bystanier and the enraged bar
keeper chased the cripple, who revived the
old miracle and suddenly became whole, for
q half mile without success. Tho cripple
had outdone the negro who had tar on bis
heel at penny pitching match and had
placed wax on tue end of his cane.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
A Neryy I4-year-Old Girl.

DECATUR, Tex. March ll.-W. a. Poole
was arrested Monday ON complaint of Miss
Mollio Hart, a l4-yearold girl Of respectable
connections charged with criminal assault
Monday night crowds of men stood in the
vicinity OF the jail, and at one time it was
thought a lynching could not be prevented
but a strong guari was place! ahou!
the jail, and the frinnesS of ta(
sheriff kept the mob at bay. Poole
is a married man and has a large family.
Miss Hart says Sunday night size was stay.
ing at the Poole residence; tat Mrs. Poole
was called to a sick neighbor's during the
night, and that while she was q way Mr..
Poole made the a.sault Monday the gill
walked to within q few feet Of Poole Oh the
street and attempted ~ kill him, bullet
grazing his cheek. Before she could fire
again bystanders interlerei. She was ar
rested and later caused the arrest of Poole.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
SELECTED SENSATIONS.
The Work ot the Wilma Rink.

New York, March 1I-An lopement has
Just occurred in Tarrytown shat will fur
nish the -rolor-skating rink people with
new arguments against those places OF re-
sort The clipping couple were regular hab-
tues of the village rink, ual it was there
that they made each other acquaintance.
The lady was the young and pretty l9-yoar-
Nd wife of Harry H. Enman better known
IN the sporting world a "fexas Harry
from Austin, a lam 'us rifle shot,
who gave frequent exhibitions OF
his skill in the roller skating Kinks
throughout the country. He is the proprie-
tor of a shooting gallery in Varrytown and
another in Sing Sing. His young wife is
also an expert with the rifle, and fire.
quently gave exhibitions with her husband.
The man sho has gone away with is Daniel
Cox, clog dancer Ho styles himself on
his hand-bills as the champion jig-dancer
of New York state and points with pride
to various cups AMI medals which he has
won in competitions. He is not Of attrac-
tive personal appearance, has no money,
and leaves behind in destitute circumstances
a wife and two children.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

AN examination of the votes that were
cast on the Pacific Mail subsidy JOB in
congress shows that it Copld not have
gone through except for the support al
most er uassc of the large number Of con-
{ essmen who were not Te>elected. The
cons essman- ELECT is generally pcrverse
animal, but the congressman who has
nothing more to hope for is frequently
found to be beyond the reach of argu
ments that will answer with men who
look to the future This might seem to
furnish strong argument in favor Of con
tinuing congressman in office term after
term, but even that has been found in
practice to be policy that does not al
ways work well. The most effective rem>
edy is in the peoples hands and should
be applied by them. They should pay
more attention to a mans general char
acter than his politics 4 man who is in
cl'red to pix up in jobs, steals and stahs
makes very poor congressman, no mat
ter what party he may belong to.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
CARNEGIE ON THE MiLiTAiR6.
The Millionaire Makes Some Sever
Structures on the Soldier.

The millionaire Makes Some Severe
Structures ON the Soldier.
New YORK, March ll.-One hundred
and thirty-four graduates from the Bellevue
Hospital Medical college received their di-
plomas Monday night at tie Metropolitan
opera house. Hon. William DorsheimeI'
talked a few minutes, end then introduced
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie, who has given thu
college $50, GOO with which to build lab
oratory In the course of a brief address,
Mr. Carnegie made this remarkable allusion
to Col Burnaby; II we consider the mill
tary profession, We find that the physician
is the nntlPole of the soltier. He lives
to kill, you live to s2vc. You all read, the
other week. Of q mar who liked the sport Of
man-alling so well that lie could not rest at
home in peace, but ran to Egypt in pursuit
Of his favorite sport In time came the 'urn
of the brave savages, and they killed him
The cable informed us that he died like Il
true British bulldog. He did, indeed
Having lived bulldogs lie, it was fitting
he should die the death Of adog. / beg par
don of the dog. The hero of barbarism is
the man who braves danger to destroy the
hero of civilization is he who dares danger
to save
The young doctors and the audionce
cheere Mr.. Crana9ie's remarks
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
He Was Too Proud to Live.

BUFFALO N. Y, March 1l-Francis II
Fletcher, young man, committed suicid,
by shooting Sunday. The last words he sale
were spohen t. his roommate, Thompson
and were: q intended 70 20 to church, hui
have 10 money to put in the contribution
box. am proud spirited and don't like Il
meet any friends ON the street wien ] have
no money in my pocket He then went t'
his room ami committed suicide. 1t is un
derstood that Fletcher was heir to consider
able property, but that he could not get i
till he was - years of age.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

LONDON, March ll.-Soms time ago the
earl of Durham fl,d suit for divorce on
the ground that his wife was not com
panionabie, being very taciturn and re-
served, and in other ways conducting herself
SO as to cause her husband much trouble Of
mind, which conduct he claimed was due
TO insanity, ami on that spe-
cifc ground asked a divorce.
A great deal OF evidence was
taken pro and con, and the case finally
closed, Tuesday, when Sir james Hammer,
presiding in the divorce court, dismissed
Durham's case with costs against his lord
ship In rendering his decision Sir James
Hammer said that a. be could learn from the
evidence which lad bean laid before the
court, the respondent. lady Durham, instead
Of having been insane previous to marriage
had simply loved another His structures
on the conduct of several members Of Lady
Durham's family, the Miners, were exceed
ingly harsh, and he severely censured the
part which they performed in arranging for
the marriage with Lord Durham when they
must have known that she loved somebody
else In concluding his remarks, Sir James
said that the attempt to prove insanity
previous to marriage had completely failed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

A CoUrLE of Kentucky neighbors Killed
each other recently in a quarrel about a
dog. Mr.. Bergh can rest assured that
his ser, iccs W II never be needed in Ken
lucky so long as the natives take the deep
interest in their domestic ar''Qs's that
siona'iZes them at present
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
In the Dear Old DAYS.

We differ in creed and politics, but We
are unit all the same on the desirable
ness of fine head of hair. If you mourn
the loss of this blessing and ornament, t
bottle or two of Parker's Hair Balsam vii
make you look as you did in the dear ole
days. 1t is worth trying The only stand
ard SOC. article for the hair.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
EDUCATED AND XrERl, yCED.

Hoods Sarsaparilla is p, pared by C.
l. Hood 81 Co, Apothecares, Lowell
Mass, who have thorough knowledge
of pharmacy, and many years practica
experience in the business, 1t is prepared
with the greatest skill and care. under the
direction Of the men who originated it
Hence Hoods Sarsapariila may be de-
pended upon as a thoroughly pure, hon,
est, and reliable medicine
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

NV ORLEANS is said to be on the
verge of revolution, great dissatisfaction
being felt relative.to III, municipal gov
erpment. As the affair will in ~ proba>
bi''ty assume the shape of a riot it will be
postponed until after the Worlds fair in
Difference to the guests who visit the
show The guests may cons .atulato them
selves
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, March News
comes from Swain county, North Carolina,
of desperate fight Monday night, in which
the sheriff and two negro Gesperadoe5 were
killed On the night OF the 5ta store was
robbed at Ocona, S. G., AMI burned by eight
negroes-six men AMI Two women. The
thieves fled TO North Carolina and were
overtaken 10y the Sheriff pose. A fight en-
sued in which one of the women killed the
sheriff with an Ak Two negroes were shot
and killed, AMI two of the gang arrested and
mt in iail
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

Ell RES DENT Arthur should pay 4
visit to Apologize Creek, in Southern
Oregon, if he is anxious to 60 fishing
1t is related that a atage was upset in that
creek the other day by rush of salmon
The horses were cut loose, and the driver
escaped on their backs. The salmon
crowded the creek from bank to bank
and the school was over mile long.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
TELLER UNDER ANOTHER c1oup

Chicago Herald: Mr. Teller goes out
of the Interior department and into the
senate with large sized scandal clinging
to him. His predecessor in the senate,
Mr.. Hill, has told some tales out of school,
but the senator from Nebraska, Van
WICK, who is thorn in the side of more
than one jobber, has just called attention
to a more recent exhibition of Teller's
fondness for helping out corporations
whose interests are not the peoples. Ac
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
IN a TICkLlSli POSITION.


E'*ltit SNtt u NRltil
LANCASTER Pa, March IA convul
sion Of nature, now beloved TO have been
an elth4ualla, occurred in this city and
county about S 2. IN. Sunday, the magnl-
tudo Of which was not fully realized until
Monday At the Moravian church loud
AMI revera,rating noise was heard, accom-
panied with very pareeptible vi
bTatjnn If the earth Many of
the wolyhipars wera not little
alarmed. Tie sonl and sensation a sing
away in few seconds, little more was
thought of the occurrence until morning
when people began comparing notes. George
NGuman, prominent member of tae bar,
LIVING in ;hn extreme eastern part of the
city heard the noise ii distinctly, and it
snunled 70 him like thunder while Jacob
Bausman, president Of the Farmers Ma
tional bank living in the western part
Of the city, heard the nose and felt
the shock Just as distinctly He at
tributad it to the falling OF coal in the
cellar hundreds of others had similar ex-
periences Less than year ago p shock
was felt here, though far less perceptiblo
than this, and one scientist held to a theory
originated many years ago and still believed
ia, that Lancaster was built over an i'm
menSo subterranean lake the nlets to which,
if there he any, have never been explored
and that the noise and vibration, of Sunday
night arose from the falling OF great masses
OF earth and rock from the roof Of the cave
into the great gulf below,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
DIR. Rurchard' Retires.

New YORK, March 1.-THE Rev. DR.
Burchard, of rum, Romanism and REBEL
ion" notoriety, has been retired On account
of old age He will receive an annual pen
sion of $500 For several years be has re-
ceived salary of sc, 1900. His famous alIit-
GRAFTON, however drove so many disgrun-
tied Republicans away that the congrega-
ton could not raise such large sum. The
church is hard up, and a lower priced clergy
man will lie invited to take DR.. Burehard's
I'll
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
pIlr YOUR HAND

In a vice, turn The screw untIi INC
Dqin is all you can possibly bear,
and that's rheumatism; turn the
crew once more, and that's Neu,
ralgia. Such was the definition of
these two diseases given his class
by a Professor in medical college,
and he added: Gentlemen, the
medical profession knows no certain
cure for either" The latter state
ment is no longer true, for it has
been proved time and again that
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

QUITE a number of the radically repub
lican newspapers Of this eat and gIoi->
Gus country speak in the kindest terms OF
President CleveIands inaugural address,
Amt that nice
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

4 lie cabinet has been appointed, cons
firmed and sworn it; and the reading pub
lie mnst look back to the many columns
of cabinet speculation in some of our
contemporaries as a drealy waste Of gush.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

A DEMOCRATIC president has been in Of
fee for five days, and democratic cabinet
was swo in on Saturday. STU the sun
rises end sets, and there are no startling
upheav' s of nature. Indeed, the sun is
brighter than usual, and the ground hog
prophecy is in danger of getting BLACK
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
FIRE IN A HOTEL.
Glowing Gale aud Water Hard to Get
4 Fireman Killed.

q Fireman Killed.
STECBENyfLLE, Ohio, Ma rch l1.-At $50
Monday evening fire Wa discovered Issuing
from tie roof Of Mossgrove'S Unitei States
hotel The wind was blowing a gale, and
as great dficulty was experienced in get
ting water, it was feared for a time that
half the city would be destroyed. By
the almost suparhgman efforts of the
firenen, however, the flames were
confined to the hotel and adjoining
block, including Cochrans dry goods
store Mofrat's dry goods store, and May
Bros clothing house. These were entirely
destroyed During tho fire many exciting
incidents occurred. When the flames We're
raging their fiercest the east wall of the
hotel fell with terrible crash, killing An
drew Bickerstatf, tiremen, and endanger-
ing the lives of several others. Mrs Moss
grove, vito of the proprietor of the hotel,
was lying i'll when the fire broke out, and
she was carried from the burning building
in an insensible condition, The loss will
reach Sl3j, OJ9, on which the insurance is
Sal, 600
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

DUBLIN March lL-Dr Walsh, president
of Waynooth college, has been elected arch.
bishop OF Dublin to succeed Cardinal Mc.
Cabe, deceased. The election is subject to
the approval Of his holne $ Che pope. Dr.
Walsh is a moderate home ruIar in politics.
and his election to the arrhbishopric is re-
garded as It triumph for tho followers OF
Nj Pnrnnll
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
A.tonishad EverNIfndY.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, March 1.-THE
election here for mayor astonished the Re
publieans as well as the Democrats. The
Republicans elected the mayor and one couH-
Gilman, feat they have been unable to ac'
complish for many YearN
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

THE anxiety of the republican brethren
who edit about the duties of the prcsi,
dency worrying the life out OF Mr.. C!evc-
land is manifestly unnecessary, Mr..
Cleveland is We. cool and self possessed
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

MARLBOROUGH, n. Y, March IL Smith
Sherman, of Clinnon, a railway postal
clerk, lost the use of his legs year ago by
injuries received in a collision on the New
York Central railroad. He brought suit
for $50, 900 damages TIE suit has just been
COMPROMISED at $I1 800
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
SONG Renorts About the nIahdi.

KoRTI, March / Authorization from ma
tive sources has reached here to the effect
that the Mahdi has started for Abbah which
Is on the Nile 100 miles south of Khartoum.
1t is further said that the Mahdi is in great
dread of assassination owing to the wide
spread feeling Of discomfort which has taken
possession OF many of his follower.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

The Thomas Clyde, of Philadelphia,
so well known in Connecticut with the
Clyde Steamship company. leaves for>
| tune OF S2,590,00o. His interest in the
steamship company is appraised at 1906
00D
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

THE pool sellers of Brighton Beach
have run against snag in the shape Of
the penitentiary. The unexpected always
happens.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

MEDFOEl. VS., Marck Il.-Mrs w. b.
Manney, wife of a homcstealcr, living
twelve miles west of thi, pIa &c, gave birth
to four girls Sunday, each Weighing three
and one hall pounds All are doing well, tbs
mother included.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

THE "fool3 friends" and insidious enc
mics of certain well known democrats dc
not seem to have Welded powerful inhu-
ence with the administration
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

NORFOLK, Va, March IL Intellgence Is
received of destructive fire at Ncwbern,
n. C., Monday night. The Central hotel
and twenty hou es ami stores were destroyed
Loss. 800. 900; Insurance. 800 uU0
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
Resignation of a halfway oe,cial

BALTIMORE. March 1l.-Tne resignation
Of Mr.. William NJ Clements, master OF
transportation and general suparinten ieni
Of the Baltimore Il Ohio railroad is tn
bounced to take eject April |,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11

THE new cabinet gains in pubic favor
every day, and will continue to gain for
a long time 1t bears close and protract-
ed examination.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
ANOTHER TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.

Two Men Blown to Pieces in a GIyeerine
Factory.
BRADFORD, Pa, March 1.-THE glycerine
factory belonging 70 the Rock Glycerine
company, at Custer, Pa, exploded at noon
Tuesday with terrific force. The explosion
was distinctly heard here, and shook build
ings in this city. W. H. Harrington, one of
the firm, and II. V. Pratt, an employe, were
blown to atoms. Searching parties found
portions of the bodies near the ruins. The
cause Of the explosion is not yet learned.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
& ErrSrriet fer 25 Xenrs.

AuEUEN Ma, sept 9, 1854 i am an old phar-
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kinds OF boue purifiers. and do not heSit5to 10 say
that Swft's Specific Is the best and has giyeumo
general satisfaction than any o:hcI ] have ever
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and the sores disappear q, liz throat healed mp
and his skin cleared OF, His flesh was smooth
and fresh as that Of child. and lac has gained
ten pounds ! scarcely knew him when he re-
turucd after an absence of several weeks i5c
claimed to be renewed in flesh and spirit. uuG
Der Of other cases less malignant have come AN
der my ohsp rv4tion, ana all with the best Of To-
suits. Swift Specific Is an excellent tonic and
as an anliGole for malaria has 10 superior, many
ladies using il As tonic fer general debility,
and find il the most satisfactory one ever used.
have been draliu- iuSwift'S Specific for years
or more, and am satisfied thar DO not place too
high an estimate upon liz merits.
G. ". DIXON.
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