davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26
INTO SPACE.

Ella Wheeler Wncox.l
II tae. SAD old world should jump a cor
soo;aA tirn3 in Its dizzy spinning,
AilH 81 or the track with su lden log.
hat an end would come to the sin9inGi
" aat rest from strife and the burdens of
lie
For the millions of people in it;
" nat way out of care and worry and
wear,
All in beautiful minute.
As round the sun with curving sweep
II hurries, and runs, and races,
Should it loss is balance, and go with lean
Into the vast sea spaces;
What blest relief it would bring to the
grief,
AMI the trouble and toll about us,
To be su denly hurled from the solar world.
And let it 90 on without us.
With never sigh or sad good-bve
To loved ones left behind us,
We would go with lunge and mighty
plunge
Where worms nor graves could find lis.
What wild, mad thrill our veins would fill.
As the great Earth, like feather.
Should float thro' the air to God knows
where
And carry US all together
No dark, damp tomb, and no rnourner'.
gloom
No tolling bell in the steeple,
But in one swift breath a painless death
For million billion people.
What greater bliss could we ask than this,
To sweep with birds free motion
Thro' leagues OF space to a resting place
In vast and vapory ocean.
To pass away from this life for aye,
With ppVar q 1aap flo
And world on fire for our funeral pyre,
While the stars looked on AMI wonde edI
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26
Chancery Notice.

STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Rock Island County 80
In the Circuit Court of said Rock Island county,
Iu Chanccry.
Ben Harper vs.. Jane o. PhilIeo, Frank A. Phillco,
Lille 4. Philleo, Addison X. PhilleO, William
II. PhilleO and Trustees of Schools of Town
ship Seventeen, North Range, Two West and
Mary Philleo,-Foreclosure.
To said defendant, Frank A Philleo: Due aftl-
davit of your non-residence having been filed in
said suit, notice is herby given that the above en-
titled suit is now pending in said court and that
summons has besn issued against you therein.
Now, unless you shall personally be and appear
before said court the first day of the next term
thereof TO be holden in the court house in the city
OF Rock Island, in the county Of Rock Island and
state of Illinois, on the first Monday of May next
to which time and place the said summons is made
returuable, and plead. answer or demur TO the bill
Of complaint in said suit filed, the same will
be taken for confessed as against you and decree
entered accordingly.
Dated at Rock and, H., this 21st day o.
March, A. D., 1885.
EDWARD II. BOWMAN, DR.,
Clerk OF said circuit court.
HENRY CURTIS Solicitor for complainant.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26
Chancery Notice.

STATE or ILLINOIS,
Rock Island County So
In the Circuit Court of ROCK Island county, May
Term, A. D., 1885.
Sarah Ray vs.. Samuel Ray, In Chancery.
Affidavit OF non residence of samuel Ray the
above defendant, having been fled in the clerk
office of the circuit court OF said county, notice
is hereby given 70 the said nonresident defendant
that the complainant filed her bill Of complaint in
said court, on the chanCery eide thereof, on the
18th day Of March, 1885, and that thereupon q
summons issued ont OF said court wherein said
suit is now pending, returnable on the first Mon.
dayin the month OF May next, as is by law re
Quired.
Now. unless you, the said non resident defendant
above named, samuel RAY, shall personally be ant
appear before said circuit court on the first day o.
the next term thereof TO be holden at Rock island
in and for said county, on the first Monday in May
next, and plead, answer or demur TO the said COM
pIainant'S bill Of complaint, the same and the mat
tcrs and things therein charged and stated will be
taken confessed. and Il decree entered against
You according TO the prayer Of said bill.
E. Ii. BOWMAN, Jr., Clerk.
EoCh Island, Illinois, March 25th, 1855.
GUYER S SWEENEY, Compt's Sos div
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26
Chancery Notice.
STATE OF ILLINOIS, 90
Rock Island County 90

STATE OF ILLINOIS, 90
Rock Island County 81
In the Circuit Court Of said Rock Island county,
In Chancery.
Rebecca L Curtis, complainant, VS.. Eliza Beach,
Andrew j. Miller, Mary Miller, James =. Mathis,
Liauna Mathis william T. Baker, Angeline
Baker Isabella Giers and Ii. l.. Giers defen-
dants, Foreclosure.
To the above defendants in the above entitled
suit, and every. of them: Due affidavit of your
non residence having been filed, notice is hereby
given to you, said defendants, and every of you,
that the above entitled suit Is now pending in
said court aud that summons has been issued
against you therein.
Now, unless you shall personally be and appear
before the said circuit court of said Rock Island
county on the first day Of the next term thereof. TO
be holden in the court house in the city Of Rock
Island in the county of Rock Island d state Of
Illinois, on the first Monday of May next to which
time and place said summons is made returnable,
and plead answer or demur TO the bill of com
plant in said suit filed the win be taken for
confessed as against You and decree entered ac-
c0rdingly.
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois, this 2Sd day of
March, A. D., 1888.
EDWARD II. BOWMAN, Jr,
HENRY CURTIS, Clerk of said Circuit Court
Solicitor for Complainant. dow
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26
A DETECTIVES TALK.
How Jealous or Suspicious EIaidens
Learn of the Ways of Their Lovers

How Jealous or Suspicious EIaidcns
Learn of the Ways of Their Lovers
lChicago Tribune.l
Catching criminals is not as good as
tracking husbands, wives and young men
said private detective to reporter. at
pays better, there are no risks in it, and
looking up the whereabouts of criminals is a
business that I've given up"
"Who are your customersN
Take woman who wants to find out how
her husband acts at the lodge or young
woman who is engaged to a wild youngster,
and they'll pay almost any price for the in
formation. They're queer set, and when |
make report to them they read it over and
over. I've got S25 from a woman on a south
side avenue for looking up the actions OF her
would-le husband. The fellow was bad
'un. She thought So but couldn't find out
herself, so was employed. l made report
Of his doings and the result was that the
match was broken, and the youn. fellow
WAS out nice wife and quite fortune
How do You manage such cases"
30, easy enough. Now in the case of a
young woman who has some doubts as to
The morals of the man who is to
marry man who is not the pink of pro-
frety, and wants to find out just how he
acts He'll tell her that he doesn't drin&,
gamble, play billiard, etc. She doubts l.,
and hires one of our men 10 catch him
After they return from the theatre he bids
her an adieu and starts direct fer home. We
follow him. In nine cases out Of ten he
enters the first saloon on his way
and INDUCES in about eight hot
vhisEies. Then he has game OF
Sevea-up with some boon com; aniol
and axes several more drinks. He arrives
Lome at about o'cloca in the morning. We
make regular report and seni it to the
woman. The next time the man calls Oh her
ne is asked if be got home all right, etc He
says he did and then the report is read to
him. He weakens, confesseS and the wed
ding is indefinitely postponed l caught a
bank clerk that way several weeks ago, and
it resulted in disagreement forthwith
This was a nice little story, but it is more
than likely that he was drawing very
largely on his imagination for these "fact.. .
the average young woman, upon becoming
engaged, does not hire n detective To follow
her Young man.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26
Downright Cruelty.


To permit yourself and family to
Suffer-
With sickness when il can be prevented
and cured so easily
With Hop Bttersll
Having experienced great deal of
"Trouble~ from indigestion, so much
so that came near losing my
Lifei
My trouble always came after eating
any food
How light
And digestible,
For two or three hours at time | had
to 90 through the most
Excluciating pains,
And the only way l ever got"
'Reliefr
Was by throwing up all my stomach
contained. No one can conceive the
pains that had to go through, until
AT last?"
| was takenl so that for three weeks
lay in bed and
Could eat nothing!
My suiferings were 50 that | called two
doctors TO give me something that would
stop the pain; their
efforts were no good to me.
AT last heard a good deal
About your Hop Bitters
And determined to try them.
Got a bottle-in four hours | took the
contents of
| One!
Next day was out of bed, and have
not seen a
Sick"
Hour, from the same cause since.
have recommended it to hundreds Of
others. You have no such
Advocate as | am. Gen. Kendall,
| Allston, Boston, Mass.
Columbus AdcOcate, Texas, April 81, SO.
Dear Editor:--I have tried your Hop Bit>
tiers, and find they are good for any COM
plant The best medicine ever used in
my family. II. TALENER.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26

STATE OF ILLINOIS
Rock Island County I
Circuit Court Of Rock Island county, May Term,
A. D., 1885.
Mary Dietsch VS., Michael Dietsch In Chancery.
Affidavit of non-residence of the above defen-
dant having been filed in the clerks Office of the
circuit court Of said county, notice is therefore
hereby given to the said nonresident defendant
that the complainant filed her bill of complaint in
said court on the chancery side thereof, on the
10Th day of March, 1885, and that thereupon a
summons issued out of said court, wherein said
suit is now pending, returnable on the first Mon
day in the month OF May next, as is by law re-
quired. Now, unless you. the said nonresident
defendant above named, shall personally be and
appear before said circuit court on the first day Of
the next term thereof TO be holden at Rock Island
in and for said county, on the first Monday in May
next. and plead, answer or demur to the said com
plaiuant's bill Of complaint, the same and the
matters and things therdin charged and stated
will be taken as confessed. and a decree entered
against you according to the prayer of said bill.
Il. II. BOWMAN, DR., Clerk.
Rock Island. Illinois, March 10, 1885.
E. W. HURST, Comp'ts Sol 20d4w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26
Peru's Progress.


The common schools of Peru, despite
political troubles are in n most hourishing
condition, great stress Icing laid by the
popular mind upon the subject of education.
On The rolls are 1900 scholars and teachers
numbering 1000 Peru leads all of her
nciEhJms in agriculture. producing last year
ll00J 900 bushels OF wheat and 1000, 900
bushels of opts. Trere are 15000,O0O sheep
and 100000 cattle. The raisin industry Is
large; oranges. olives figs, and apples are not
fixed in cultivation. Much attention is given
to raising panekaka bark, a peculiar East
Peruvian pro luat. used fer dying kid
leather. selling at $3.50 a ton, and extensively
eyIrrlel
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26
A Remarkable Escape.

Mrs. Mary A. Daley, of Tunkhannock,
Pa, was afflicted for six years with Asth
ma and Bronchitis, during which time the
best physicians could give no relief Her
life was despaired of, until in last October
she procured bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery. when immediate relief was
felt, and by continuing its use for short
time she was completely cured, gaining in
flesh so pounds, in few months.
Free Trial Bottles of this certain cure
of all Throat and Lung Diseases at Hartz
& Bahnsens Drug Store. Large Bottles
81 90.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26

"Thi3,7 remarked the collector, taking up
a big pod at least 2 foot ani half long and
an inch or two wid,, ais the famous storm
bean of tie East Indies. J sant half way
around the world 10 get this specimen.
These pods, which contain number o.
beans, when dry hang in great numbers
from the trees on which they grow. The
least breeza passing through the branches
scss the beans a-rattling in the pods. When
a tornado, such as frequently Wits the
tropics, comes tearing through the fofeS;
the noise of the rattliug st1rm-b beans becomes
terrific. The natives are often frightened al
the unearthly sound, and believe themselves
in great danger from the spirits who are
said to inhabit the Jungle.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26

IVIIIVUIV IIIUITIIV'I
) good story is told of a prominent lawyer
who has figured conspieuously in all kinds
Of reform movements and prides himself
greatly on his integrity and his adherence
Of dishonesty in any form, His firm hav-
ing Of late become identified with a great
many assignments on behalf Of the debtors.
he was asked few days ago by. fellow
lawyer if ne believed all these assignments
to lie straight, to which he replied; q have
no doubt that there is good deal of crook
elness in some OK these failure, but my
reputation is SO high that men who have not
a clear conscience don't come to me but 60
b nv paEtner.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26
Whenever Mishler's Herb Ritters |

Whenever Mishler's Herb Ritters has
been given Il fair trial it has attested lis
great efficacy by performing the most
wonderful cures of modern times. When
ever introduced into community its viz
tues are speedily recognized, William
Ferguson, of White Hall, n. Y, was
cured of chronic dyspepsia that had re-
duced him to Il skeleton. His neighbors
learned of the cure and the population OF
the medicine was established.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26
Rueklen's Arnioa SaIve.

The greatest mcdicalwondero of the world
Warranted to speedily cure burns, bruises,
cuts, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, can
GERS, piles, chilblains, corns. letter, chap
ped hands, and all skin eruptions, guaran-
teed to cure in every instance, or money
refunded. % cents per box. For sale by
Hartz ~ Rahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26

The selling of decorations, subperfec>
lures and other diguities in Paris proved
n very lucrative business, but it has just
been broken up and the managers SEN
fenced to Imprisonment.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26
Prince DemidoT's warming.


Prince Demidor, who was the grandest
seigneur in Paris under the late empire, died
last week at his villa near Florence. He
spent his riches in patronizins art and artists
He it was who said Beware of blondes,
put 10 faith in brunettss, and avoid all The
0thirS.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26

The Oldest ex~congressman in the UnI-
ted States has been found in the person
of David Fisher, of Columbus, Ohio. He
Is in the ninety first year OF his age, and
is full of "reminiscences.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26
Assignee'S Sale.

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
County of Rock Island, %
In the County court of said county, February
Term, 4. ID. 1850
In the matter of the voluntary assignment of B
d. Buford Il Company.
In pursuance of an order Of the Cont made and
entered in said matter on the Fourth (4th) Gav OF
March, A. ID 1885; Notice is hereby given that
on Tuesday the Seventh {7th) day of April, A.
D. 1887. AT the honr of ten C0) O'Clock, A. M, al
the north door Of the Court House in the city ol
Rock Island in sail county tie undersigned
mes NJ. Heford, ASST NEE al sald 3 Il. EnioT
y Co, viii sell at public auction. 10 thr highest
bi dct Cor cash ia hand, all the git. title and in
Irrrst, in him vested 10y the said deed of assign
mcnt, IA and 10 the follow described premise.
situate in the city Of Kansas city, in the county OF
Jackson and state Of Missouri. tO-wit: Lots nam
her twenty five (95l twenty siy t36l and twenty
seven ga in bl 'cll three 90 in West Kansas al
ton No Two ~. aa addition 10 the city o; , an
sas, lots fronting seyenty-two (12l feet on Tulr.
tcgnth I'D street AND running back one hundred
an tWcn'y-scven tl27) feet 10 an alley.
Dated this 4th day of March A. D., 1885
JAMES Nj. BUFORD,
Assignee OF Is. ID. Bnford a Co.
W. II. GEsT ATTY for AZ si1nec.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26

Admonilion! Cure your cough thor
oughly with Hale's Honey of HOrehound
and Tar,
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one
minute.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26

II placed the Athlophoros in the hands
of young woman who has suffered long
and severely with rheumatism. She has
used it with good results Rev. +. N.
Greeley, New Haven, N. Y.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26

uABITs OF YOUTH AND FXGESsES Of
Ilmanhood cause more suffering, suicides, ner-
vaus debility, impotence sterilty. structures va
ricocele, diseased PROSTATE gland, bladder, kid
neys, heart dropsy. diabetes and Bughts disease
than anything else, and cannot be cured with sto-
mach medicines alone, electricity crayons, belts,
COMBINATIONS, sounds, catheters or cutting. The
European and American Medical Bureau will send
a Treatise for 25 cents, giving the remedies and
directions which cure these otherwise fatal dis
eases at home without pain privately. Offices
1888 Broadway. N. Y. City mch24-dw1m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26
The Acme Ledger
AND
BILL HOLDER.

device for keeping small and trnsicu! &C
counts the latest and best: necessity TO every
business man; unexcellcd for strength, beauty
and convenience.
Some of the advantages to be derived from the
use of this Ledger are;
/. All the small accounts are by themselves in
4 safe place and made Tin bill form, with one to
three writings saved.
9. For collection the book may be carried in
the pocket If the bill is paid il is tom ont; If not
it is ready for the next time.
8. When parties call to pay, mech time is saw
ed as the bill is ready TO be receipted.
The Ledger is not limited to any special bust
ness but can be used TO advantage in any retail
business.
Any business man who is on the lookout for
PRACTICAL and time-saying inventions cannot af-
ford TO pass this without II trial, which involves
no risk as the bills furnished alone worth the
money for the purposes oi bill heads or state
ments.
County Rights for Sale.
All orders promptly filed. Price of Ledger,
with ,0lU bill heads, neatly printed. S3,7j.
All orders for the Ledger, and all requests for
county rights, must be addressed to
j. W. POTTER,
ARGUs OFFICE, Rock Island, III.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26

Dor ..' l1v j. an inclined cover which
"s a.rH .-1m entering; attached to the
rr.rlm Gre springs which keep
.Naal when the top cover closes
f-. . Won know that your paper
a- .taH finest invention Of the age.
.'.ut u The city for these box
.ula. 70 the ARGUS subscribers
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26

Thousands of cases Of Nervous Debility, mental
and physical weakness, lost manhood, nervous
prostitution, results of indiscrCti ms, excuses OF
any canse, cured by kervita, No remedy ever
offered to the afflicted has met with such unprece
dented success. II has TO equal for curing all
forms of NERVOUS. WASTE. EXHAUSTION. DEBu.-
TY or DECAY. Its beneficial effects are immedi-
ately perceptible. in a few weeks after COmmenc-
ing its use feeling of renewed vigor and strength
is apparent. IL cf1ec- prompt and radical cure,
aud is the only safe and effectual remedy known
for curing ali forms of NERVOUS DEBILITY from
any cause. Its effects are permanent: 10 matter
how aggravated your case, how many remedies
you have tried, or how many doctors have failed.
When the disease has ha1ed the skill Of the abest
physicians, when melancholy and despair have Ia
Ken the place Of hope, and the world looks blank
dreary. NerVita i'll inspire new life and per
ma q nv cure body and mind. a % eases cured
by its use in 1884. Strong faith that it will re
every ase prompts me TO send trial pactacC on
receipt of 10 cents for postage, etc. Name this
paper. DR.. A. G. DIN,
mar-1-dw1 Box e12. tmCAGo I'LL.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26

.l.,-s.s- 1aroaits At the rate Of
.s-s''' ~, s,T -s1S psr Aaarm'
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26

= n !. n. 70 J J. Nh anu VI 7 uVh
..-..eGu'y i-''' ..n-is7 Egeaings from Ito
fa' t'' s. 0'1'ooS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND G. PACIFIC R'Y,

Being
Southeast
aes
rsI-ta
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-26
Chancery Notice.

HENRY CURTIS, Solicitor for complainant
, 1885-10-07
acknowledgements

R ANLEDNING af at der til un-
- dertegnede Skifteret som be
handlende r &. KNIGHTS B0 er
fra Eierne af Pl B%eestonhill, Col
dcngrove og Negrobay gjort Forslag
ON Afgj0relsen af 3 Bemeldte 30
tilh6rende Pantefordringer j navnto
Plartager mod contant Betaling,
indkaIdes herved Boets Creditorer
til Ell Samling, der Vii blive afholdt
paa Thinghuset i Frederiksfort
FREDAGEN den lode October d.A.
Eftermiddag III l.
Frederiksteds skitterct, St. Croix den
26dc September 1889.
r. PETERSEN.
, 1885-10-07
Notice.

epHE undersigned Dealing Court
Cd as administering the Dealing
Of r. G. KNIGHT having received
from the owners Of Estates Beeston
hill, Goldengrovo and Negrobay a
proposal Of the settlement Of 3
mortgage claims in the said estates,
belonging to said dealing, for q
cash payment, the Creditors are
hereby requested TO meet III a SEES
sion to be held at the Courthouse
in Frederihsted on FRIDAY the
10th October next at ! o'clock p. m.
Frederiksted's Dealing Court, st. CroiX
2Gth September 1880.
II. PETERSEN.
, 1885-10-07

UNCLAIMED LETTERS IN FREDE
RIKSTEDS POST OFFICE.
2 A D.
John Ernest, Margrait Ann Taylor,
Unpaid.
George Ellis, V. Fressta, Albert A.
Ferdinand, Margaret Isaac, w. c.. Mckay,
Charles Kray, G. MOrtensen, William g.
Mckay, Christion Petersen, Catty Pc
t~ersen, A. Phillips, John Quinn q pa
persl, w. Williams.
Fre.deriksted's Post Office, st. Croix Goth
September 1885.
L. RICHTER,