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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16

LONDON, July 16.-Rt. Hon. and Most
Reverend Edward White Benson, arch,
bishop of Canterbury and primate Of Eng
land; Rt Rev Frederick Temple, ID. D.,
bishop of London; His Eminence
Henry Edward, Cardinal Manning,
archbishop of Westminster, and
Hon Samuel Morley, member of parliament
for Bristol, met Wednesday afternoon at
the Mansion house, and began their work OF
special private inquiry into the evidence
upon which The Pail Mall Gazette bases its
charges of iniquity in London. The lord
mayor and the city recorder were, by in
vitation, present at the meeting.
The lord mayor. in accordance with the
governments decision, as announced by the
home secretary in parliament Tuesday, not
to prosecute The Pail Mall Gazette, has dis
charged the large number of uewsboys who
have been under arrest for several days
awaiting trial on a charge of selling alleged
obscene literature
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
THE SITUATION AT SAGINAW
Militia on Guard and Everything Very
Quiet.


Quiet.
EAST SAGINAW, Mich, July 16. The
situation here is comparatively unchanged.
The report that the Pinkerton men would
be sent back is untrue 1t was
so arranged between the governor
and prosecuting attorney, bat the pri-
vate parties who brought them here
are determined TO retain them until the
trouble is over. The state militia from
Port Huron ana Flint arrived at noon, and
have their headquarters at Beaver hall
Sears & Holland tried to start
their mill but could not got
n crew. MeerSo ohn's ten-hour mil
GermGin & O'Donnesl and Spencer &
Co. S ten-hour mills are running. Repre-
sentative Barry addressed crown of COO in
Knights of Labor hail. and was very de-
denunciatory IN his remarks on the Pinker-
ton men and state militia
EAST SAGINAW, Mich, July is. The
citizens are peaceful, and endeavoring to
induce the men to 20 to work at
the old rates until Aug 10. if the
employers agree to leave the matter to
arbitration of a committee of unbiased citi-
gems. Hamilton & McCiure's mill is running
on the Old basis The militia prove to be
| objects Of curiosity rather than dread The
Bay City and East Saginaw com panies will
exchange oints Of action if called out
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
AN ORDINANCE
For the Construction of Private Sewe

For the Construction of a Private Sewer
Be it Ordained ty TIE city Coaact! Of he City
Of Rock Island.
SECTION /. That r. Champion, T j. Robinson,
administrator of the estate of Wm. Henderson.
A. W. Bruner, Ben. Hartz Aun Dowling, Owen
Lee, Wood b. Hill, Morris 4. Stafford, Wm. Jack
son, assignee of Alvin Hull, Ben. Wilson, Henry
r. Maskery Board OF Education of Rock lslsnd
School District, Robert COyne, Chris. Dindinger,
Jacob SCherer, John Weiss, John Coyne aud any
others who may join in its construction before Its
completion, shall have the right TO construct and
maintain a sewer TO connect with the public sew
er on Third avenue where the same ntersects the
center of Nineteenth street, running thence
south along Nineteenth street to center of the al
ley south of block ten in j. W. Spencers first ad-
dition to Rock Island; thence running east along
the center Ct said alley TO the center Of the alley
running north and south through block One in j.
W. Spencer's second addition TO Rock Island
thence running directly south along the center
line OF said alley TO point on or near the south
side Of Sixth avenue.
SEC g The sum of Two Hundred and Egh
teen (S2lS) Dollars is hereby appropriated to be
used in constructing said sewer across Third
Fourth. Fifth and sixth avenues from the sewer
fund,
SEC. g. No person shall be permitted to con-
meet directly or indirectly with said sewer, with
out first paying 10 the city clerk one-twentieth
0-20th) of the whole Of the original cost of con-
struction thereof, and receiving a written permit
from said clerk to connect Herewith. The mon
e paid to said clerk shall be equally distributed
among the original contributors herein mention
ed, their heirs, executors and administrators in
Guiding as one contribution the city of Rock IL
land
SEC. 4, A violation of any Of the provisions Of
this ordinance, shall subject the person so offend
ing to pay to the magistrate fixing the fine moi
less than Fifty $50 Dollars, nor more than One
Hundred (S100) Dollars.
Passed July 18th, 1885.
Approved
THOMAS MURDOCH.
ATTEST: Mayor
ROBERT KoEHLER, City Clerk.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16

WASHINGTON CITY, July IL The chief
IF the bureau Of satisfies reports that the
total values of tha exports Of domestic
cattle, hog, and Of beef pork, and
larry products during the month
)f June, ISS5, and during the SIN
months ended June 80 1855. also of beef,
and port products during the eight month:
and Of dairy products during the tive
months ended June 3d. 1885 AS compared
with similar exports during the correspond
ng periods Of the preceding year were as
follows:
June, 1885, $S0GG, ,0S7; June. 1854, s.. .S72,.
543; six months ended June So 1885, S4S.
9;S, IA; same period in 1884, S45 S37, 4l9
Beef and pork products for eight
months ended June 50, 1885, Sol, 243. 39G for
same period in 1884, S57 $40, So; dairy prod,
acts for two months ended June 80, 1855
81, 750, sos; for same period in 1854, e., CO.,
AZ,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
SEEMS BENT ON WAR.
RUSSIAN AGGRESSION AGAIN ExcIres
BRITISH APPREHENSION
Report That the Muscovites Are Ad.
vancing Openly on the Afghan From
tier Disastrous Irish Bank Fail
ure-High-Joint Inquisition,

LONDON, July l6. The Times publishes a
llspatch from Its special correspondent on
Tue husso- Afghan frontier, sent via Teheran,
in which he states that the Russians are be-
coming very aggressive, and appear in.
Tent on forcing war with the Al
ghans. The correspondent says that the
Russian forces under Col Alikhanof are
advancing en- masse on Zulflkar pass from
the various points near the frontier held
by the Russians but principally from
Sarlkhs, and make but little effort at con-
cealing their Intentions The Afghans are
much alarmed by this forward movement
OF the Russians, and exhibit anxiety
lest the Russians may take possession
Of the pass and march on Herat
They are determined however, to oppose
any further advances by the Russians with
all the force at their command, and should
the Russians persist in their course IA bloody
conflict can not much longer be avoided
The correspondent adds that he is firmly of
the belief that Col Alikhanoff is secretly
ronn'vlng with the object of bringing on n
fight, and that he is hood winking and de-
ceivins the czar by false reports as to the
ioings Of the troops under his command
The dispatch has caused profound sensa
ton throughout London, and has had II
marked effect on various exchanges. On
the stock exchange consols have declined u
per cent since its publication, while Rus
sian and Egyptian bonds are down fully I
| per cent
The reported advance of the Russians Is
| causing an intense excitement ii. both
| political and financial circles At the close
| Wednesday afternoon consols showed de
| cline of ll-l6 from the opening price, and
Russians" were wildly quoted at from = tt
| 3 lower.
In the house of commons, Lord Randolph
Churchill, secretary of state for India, re
| plying to question by Sir John Lubbock
member for London university, said thai
the ministry were aware of the recent in
crease in the Russian forces at Zulfkar. liz
| further stated that the Afghan commander
| at Herat had become so alarmed a
| the proximity of so large a number
Of troops and the threatening attitude as
| sumed by the Russians that he had invited
the English officers Coils. Yate and Pea
cock, to enter the city This request ha'
been complied with.
! In the lobbies of the house, the opinion j
freely expressed tnat the Russian complica
tions are rapidly approaching another crisi
| and that grave trouble is imminent
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16

from Malone has brought news of an In
dian raid, i'll which fifteen Mexicans wer'
killed. The raid occurred Monday night
forty miles above Eagle Pass, on the Rit
Grande An officer with a small detach
,nent of troops has left Fort Clarke fer thu
scene Great uneasiness prevails in thi
section All the cavalry at Fort Clarke hai
been sent to Indian territory, and tAl
country is left almost unprotected
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
Presidential postmoSterS.

WASHINGTON CITY, July l6 The presi-
lent has appointed poStmasters as follows:
g. A Vanhorn, Mt New London, Ohio;
Thomas Hall, at Preston, Minn Robert W.
Cowen, at Ashland, Ohio; Isaac Horton, at
Northeast Pa. Frank w Platt. st Tunk-
hammock, Pa; Cornelius s. Barrett, at
Charlotte, Mich.
The president has appointed Jonathan B.
Kilbourn, of Pueblo Colo, receiver Of pub
ic moneys at that place
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
An Irish hank Short. -

LONDON, July 16-The Munster bank, of
Cork. suspended payment Tuesday and its
liabilities are believed to be 81, 900 900.
The head office was in Cork city, but large
business was done in Dublin. The bank
had thirty branches in the provinces all Of
which will be forced to suspend pay
mont 1t is feared that the crash
will precipitate many other fail
ures in the south of Ireland, where
merchants, traders and farmers will be
called up at once to meet advances made
by the bank Many people will be beggared
by the disaster A majority Of the share
holders are women who are dependent upon
their dividends for their income Not only
is there an end to dividends for the present,
but a call will be made for 6 pounds 10 shil-
lings sterling due on each share There is
an uncalIed capital of nearly $1,000, 900, for
which demand will be made ut once.
A dispatch from Cork dated Wednesday
| says:
The suspension has caused the widest ex-
element among the depositors throughout
| the southern portion of Ireland. Crowds
Of these Inforrunates are congregated this
morning at the head office in Cork, as we'll
as the branch office in this city Limerick
and elsewhere, clamoring for their
money and denouncing the directors
| Of the institution for their mismanage ement.
| Thousands of small farmers had all their
savings deposited with the concern. and
should the bank fail to liquidate its obi
cations great suffering must ensue The
| police have taken extra precautions 10
| guard against an outbreak. A strong force
is ON guard At the various offices of the
bank, but the crowds are hourly increasing,
while the excitement grows apace, and
| trouble is feared before the day passes,
Public confidence in the bank had been
5hakon for some time. The directors had
been quarreling, and recent litigation
| showed that advances to directors and their
friends were not properly secured The late
| chairman If the directors Mr. William
| Shaw, Nj. p, owes the bank 500 900, not
| one.haif of which is secured That the bank
was very loosely managed is confessed.
The bank will probably be reorganized.
The directors claim that the uucalled capi
tai, the reserve fund, and the good debts
will not only meet all liabilities, but wit
leave a handsome sum toward tho reSump
| ton Of business
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
Davitt Denounces a Government Plan,

LONDON, July 16 Mr. Michael Davitt
the Irish agitator. in speech on the land
question, strongly denounced and con-
demned the land-purchase scheme proposed
by the government and characterized it as
a palpable swindle by which only the land
lords would be benefited
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16

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, 1885-07-16

At Mr.. Beckett Denison's recent sale
the Duke of Hamilton bought back some
of his own pictures for half the price he
had given for them.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
Growing Worse Again.

MADRID, July 16 Fifteen hundred and
fifty five new cases of cholera and 653
deaths from the disease were reported from
the infected districts of Spain Tuesday.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16

"For economy and comfort, every
spring, we use Hoods Sarsaparill, . writes
an intelligent Buffalo, N. Y, lady 100
Doses One Dollar.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16

MILWAUKEE, Wis. Ju

MIL " : Q TEE, " Is, July ID.
Wheat Strong; Milwaukee No Q
S51ac, Augu t. S91sc; September, 9lHc
Corn Steady; NJ :, 464c Oats-Tame;
No >, size Rye--Nominal; NJ !, 5Sc
Barley u uminal; 60c.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
Toledo,
TOLEDO, July l5

IVIsEUOi VUIy I'I
Wheat-Frmar but dnll; M. rad cash
and July, 9334c; August, 934c asked;
September, 9Ia9e; October, 96c; No. 4
soft, 9ScgSL Corn Duii;N No. = cash and
July, 49c; August 49h4: :; September, 491Sc.
Oat.-Quiet; No cash, 3Szc; August,
27c bid; September, 2615c biz
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
HALF-CENT A WORD.

FOR sALE-old papers for sale IN any quantity
of this Office, cheap.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
Detroit


UETHOIT July 10.
Wheat-Unsettled; No. l white, 95Hc
cash, aud July; 9513c nominal August; No.
red, 975sc cash and July, 97ac asked
August, $3.50 September; No 3 red, Sshc
Com-No. , Ale bid cash and July. Oats
No. , white, SIZE asked; No. ,, 331c
asked cash and July.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16

WANTED--Two young men are anxious TO re-
ceiye instructions in Shorthand from compe-
tert teacher, at evening lesson in the city. Ad-
dress "a ARGUS office. l5-3t
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16

FOR SALE-Sixty lots in my additions to the
city of Rock Island on four yearly payments, with
interest at six per cent per annum,
d-6-m B. DAVENPORT.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-06-03

There are two magnificent sources of
wealth in Australia, one of which has
been imperfectly exploited, while the
other is almost untapped. The first
consists OF the subterranean channels
OF ancient rivers, which have long since
ceased to flow and have been buried for
ages beneath the superintendent
strata through which the enterprising
miner now sinks his shaft. Each of
these must have been a veritabIe Pac-
tolus, and their golden sands have
yielded a rich return to many an
adventurous company. The second
source OF wealth is also subterranean,
and will probably prove to be more
precious than the first. We refer TO
tho underground rivers which have
their origin III the great central depres-
sion of the Australian continent, where
some superficial streams and the heavy
tropical rains disappear, percolsting
through the penetrable soil, and FORM
ing hidden reservoirs, from whence at
least two great bodies of water issue
southwark and find an outlet in the sea.
Ever and anon one of these channels
is pierced by the welI-sinker, and there
rises to the surface perennial spring
of the precious element in the midst of
a vast region that is liable to be parched
with drought. Such a discovery has
Just been made at Moree, in the electo-
raj district of Gwydir, about 800 miles
north Of Sidney. Water was struck at
a depth Of 130 feet, and it rose AZ feet
in three hours. "The value of the dis
covery," we are told. "cannot be oyer
estimated, as the country in the vicinity
has hitherto suffered terribly IN dry
seasons" The question arises whether,
inasmuch as the country is beginning
to be dotted with various points at
which similar discoveries have been
made, it would not be possible by sys-
tematic Investigations to determine ap-
proximately the course of one at least.
of the subtenanean rivers-t that which
is believed to have its outfall near Port
land-so that boring operations might
be conducted for the time to come on
these places only where there is rea-
sonabls prospect of success.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-06-03
Caught on the Last Turn.

"Well, how did this inveterate gamb-
Ter, this Tom Mallory, come out, fin
ally?" asked the reporter.
He Iost every cent he had, " said the
man with the Ight-colored pantaloons, "
lost every cent he could borrow, and
finally WAS driven to the necessity of
going to the College Hospital when he
Was attacked with typhoid fever. There
he died. The night he died there
we're several of us who had not heard of
his illness before present, and 1 will
never forget the scene There were a
physician, a minister, and three or four
sporting men standing around his bed
in the ward. When / came III he said
to me:
"Frank, old boy, how goes it?"
"Alright, Tom," says l; how goes it
yourself?"
"Well, feel pretty bad" says he,
''and don't know whether l am going
TO pull through or not"
he is not going to pull throtgh,"
said the minister, "and l have been
trying to impress upon him the neces-
sity OF preparing for the next life
Mr. Mallory" he continued, "the
physician here will tell you that you
cannot live"
"Cannat live?" said Tom.
NO." SAID the physician, ~ think
it but right to tell you the truth-yOu
cannot live an hour longer"
"Now, look here" said Tom, rising
in the bed and looking like AN animated
ghost, his eyes as big as moons. and the
hand of death plainly marked upon his
face. ''you fellows say cannot hve an
hour. I'll tell you what well do. i'll
put up my pants against any pair of
pants in the house that l live two
hours"
81 knew it would please him, so /
said; CAN right, Tom; it's CO."
"In an hour we saw that his last
hour had come, and / made his head
easier on the pillow, When we were
expecting to see him drop off he rose
and said: Lost again, by gingerl /
should have coppered that bet," and
he sank back on the pillow dead.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-06-03
Russia In CentraI Asia. 4.

A little east of the narrow tract now
in dispute between Russia and Afghan
istan is that extensive protuberance
called by the natives The Pamir, or The
Roof of the World. This wonderful
plateau, furrowed by deep valleys
through which How the head streams of
great rivers, is the loftiest in the world
and stretches away for some hundreds
of miles from 10000 TO 1900 feet
above the sea. 1t is an elevated isthmus
connecting those almost impossible
mountain systems of Asia, the Than
Shan and Altai on the North, with the
IIIndoo kOosh and Himalayas on the
South. Here history places the cradle
of the European races. Here lived our
Aryan fOrefathers, who leaving the
Pamir slopes, followed great rivers
westward, and finally pastured their
herds in Europe Hither are returning
now their descendants, the SlavS and
Anglo-Sa8ons, sooner or later to con-
tend for the supremacy of Asia upon
the historic ground from which their
primitive progenitors are believed to
have migrated.
The Pamir sent its waters west to
fertilize the Turkestan desert, gave the
nations a passage way through noun
tain barriers along its streams that
poured eastward into the Tarim and
southwark into the Ganges and the In
dus, nurtured the civilization that
Genghis Khan and Tamerlane founded
in Turkestan, and made possible the
advance of Russia into Central Asia.
Though Peter the Great dreamed of
extending Russia's power far beyond
the Caspian, it was not greed of con-
quest or commerce, but the need of
defending herself against the barbarOss
neighbors across the Ural that first
turned Russia toward Central Asia.
Ivan III. put an end to the terrible
Tartar invasiOns that for centuries
wasted half of Russia and laid its chief
cities in ashes. But his successors did
not free Russia from the pest of pilla-
ging Klrghiz and TurkOman tribes until
they established the MucOvite power in
the large territory between the Ural
River and the Aral Sea They sank
wells in the USt Urt plateau to facili-
tate the operations of their army,
marched against the turbulent KirghiZ,
and after several hard campaigns they
subdued these 2 .000,0O nomads, who
for over twenty years have paid their
cOnquerors without a murmur their
annual tribute.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-06-03
The Caimucks.

Are people of the Mongol race inhabi-
ting part of Russia and China. They
were divided into four tribes. One es-
tablished themselves on the upper Tabel
and became vassals to Russia and dur
ing the last century took possession Of
the steppe between the Don and the
Volga, and were associated with the
Cossacks of the Don. The Calmucks
are described as being in appearance
one of the ugHest of all the tribes of
men. They are of medium size, robust
and broad ShOuldered. Their complex
ion is swarthy, face fiat, assures of the
eyelids narrow and oblique, and the
eyes small, black and regular, ears long
and prominent, head large and fiat, and
haIr coarse and black. They have long
legs with feet turned in toward each
other. Their ugliness is their title to
purity of race. The marriages that
some of the Cossacks have contracted
with them have produced some hand
some women. Their language is harsh
and abounds in gutturals. They are de-
scendants of the Scythian barbarlans of
an iquity, and perhaps of the Huns,
who, under Attilla terrified the nations
of Europe, as much by their hideous as
pect as by their ferocity, A small num-
Der of the Calmucks have adopted
Christianity, and others Mohamedanism
but the religion of the great majority
of them is the Lamaic form of the
Buddhism. They are taught to obey
their parents, and to treat their wives
and elders with respect. Theft is pun
ishable by castlgation, and murder for
the first time by fine and branding.
The CalmuckS are nomads moving
about in tribes. Their tents are of a
conical shape, the floor is covered with
a carpet of felt, and In winter with the
skins of animals. The household idols
are placed on kind of altar made of
bags, Golfers and horse equipage. Their
costume consists of long caftan, a
short Jacket, trousers and boots. Their
arms are bows and arrows and lanceS,
they rarely use guns, although gunpow-
der has been know to them from time
immemorial. Divorce is forbidden by
law, but usage allows a man to send
away his wife. At eight years of age
the boys are sent to the priest who teach
them to read and write. They marry
early, the males at fifteen, the females
at thirteen. The marriage ceremony
consist in the couple holding shoulder
of mutton wrapped in cloth, and pledg-
ing their troth before their idols. They
are extremely superstitious and will
never enter upon any transaction with
out first consulting priest, They are
not deficient III intelligence, have q
strong memory and great keenness of
the senses, especially that of sight.
They do not reckon from any fixed date,
but count by cycles Of twelve, to which
they give the name of some animal.
The year is composed of thirteen
months, each of which also bears the
name of some animal.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-06-03
.,EfTSG AND MEETING.

.t.,I.. shadows Of grief by :ly door
A.. =, - f,.,. sweet music Of Spring,
AZ - The sor.Es We shall sing
iLinh r,rd where the glorItied sing
-a,I il viii be when this life shall
NJ .,ns from its fette7s is free,
90 ~ ~. living 50 loTed, and the loving
anr- dead,
,-.ir r.jlIJei 10 be.
,a..,e life we are living IS blosSoming
-. s,u-fs sweet-scented with love,
" ~ ''-, arRcrs ..h.oom on the heavenly
9, -,ai.r.> Of ba'ufS above.
-.,t ,sd l.e tie rar:ing for you and for
ming We 80 much dep!ore,
--......,...r ~ indeed. will the happiness be,
-, p ,,e meet on tie evergreen shore.
..tsugbt d, 50 cheering, The prospect so
r.sg iFhrru the pressure Of pain;
80, in Gods time we shall meet
over there
I'm dear ones. in glory, again.