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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-26


WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 26.-The court
martial which tried Gen. Swain has ser
fenced him to twelve years suspension from
rank on half pay. 1t seems that the court
martial was required by the president to
reconsider the case twice. tho first two ver-
diets being, in his estimation, not conmen-
surate with the guilt of Gen. Swain as indi-
Gated in the findings of the court. The court
found the defendant guilty Of conductto the
prejudice of good order and military
discipline, and acquitted him Of the charges
of conduct unbecoming IN officer and gen
tlemau and improperly drawing forage for
more horses than he owned The first sell
tence was suspension from rank, duty
and pay for three years; and was returned
to the court by the president as not com
mensurate with the otfense The second
sentence suspension from rank and duty for
one year without pay, and then TO be re-
duced to the grade Of judge advocate with
the rank Of major. This sentence also was
returned for the reason that, if anything, il
was less severe than the first, and that the
part reducing in rank was impossible of ex-
ecution by tho executive. The final sentence
suspends from rank and duty for twelve
years on half pay, and was accepted by the
president with the remark that that rather
than have the proceedings fail of result he
approves but cannot understand chow the
court could be willing to have an officer
tried and retained Us a penSioner upon the
army register while it expressed its sense Of
his unfitness to perform the duties of his i'm
portant office by the imposition OF twodiffer-
ent sentences, under either of which he
would he deprived permanently Of his func
tions.H
The verdict is sayagely criticised by the
defendants friends. They say if he was
guilty he ought to be dismissed from the
army, and if that cannot he proven he should
be acquitted 1t would seem that the court
was disposed to treat Swain as harshly
as it dared His sentence prevents
him from ever filling his present
office again, Before its expiration he viii
have reached an age when he wall be re-
tired. Added to this is the loss of one-half
his pay, which, in twelve years, will amount
to So, 900. The president has approved the
ndings. 1t is said that the whole matter
will receive n ventilation at the hands Of
congress next session through the efforts Of
Senator Sherman and others Gen Bradley,
ono of the officers Of the court, says the de.
cision was reached three weeks ago. The
punishment was imposed on the charge of
attempting to collect money in court Of
law when no money was due
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-26
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

GUNSnlTHs'
Wolf, Chas., III Seventeenth street.
HARNESS MANUFACTURERS.
Sanerman, John, 219 seventeenth street.
HARDWARE.
Stewart 4 Montgomery, 800 second avenue.
MERCHANT TAILORS.
Wendt II. 1902 second ayehne
NEWSPAPERS.
The Rock Island DAILY ARGUS published every
evening (Sunday excepted in Argus block, OPP
poste Postoflice Best advertising medium in the
city.
The Rock island WEEKLY Argus; published
every Friday. A fine sob department in connec-
ton with the establishment.
RESTAURANTS AND CONFECTIONERS.
Krell, Fred, 1919 second avenue.
SALOONS s
Westphal, John, 18l2 second avenue.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-26
THE MARKETS.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2j

CHICAGO, Feb. %
NJ H. Crapser & Co IS market circular of
this evening gives the following range of
prices on the board of trade to-day: Wheat
opened IKE, closed 7615e; May, opened
82&c, closed Sic. Cprn-March, opened
3715c. closed 375sc; April, opened 3734c,
closed 371sc; May, opened Ale, closed 40}sc
Oats-May opened 3054c, closed 30Ec. Pork
March, opened Sl24715 closed s12 60;
May, opened $l2.70, closed Sl2.S214. Lard
March, opened $50, closed ST S714; May,
opened $I02H, closed 705.
Live stock-The Union stock-yards report
the following range of prices: Hogs-Mar-
ket very dull, weak, and prices 1O@l5c
lower; packers doing very little; light
grades, 81 35@4 SO common to choice; heavy
mixed packing, Si.25@i50 common to
fair; S450@4M fair TO choice; heavy
shipping grades, s450@A90 Cattle-Mar
ket Slow aud 1Oc lower; shipping, S425@
$50; butchers, $225@4 40; suckers s.. 80
ga 20. Sheep-Market active and 15@2
lower; s.. 2514 %; bulk, $300@3 25
Produce: Butter-Best creamery, 3l@33c;
good to fine dairy, lsG124c; do roll, 14@ lie;
poor to good packing, 7@l0c Eggs-Fresh-
laid, 25Gg26c; fair TO good picked, l5920c.
Potatoes-Good to be t stock, 50lG5Sc.
Poultry-Fair to fine dressed turkeys. l0@
lie; do chicken, 91l1>; do ducks, 12@l3c;
~ 00dt3 01 per thl Hay--Gool to choice
timotay or upland prairie, $lo.00@l20O per
ton
Kew York.
NEW YORK, Feb p
Wheat-l@l14c lower; heavy and I'M
settled, with AL increased speculative trad
ing No. white, nominal; No. ? red March,
| S9@S9$4c; April. 9JE%90%c; May, 9i%@
92$4c; June, 93@9}54c; July, 93%5@938c.
Corn-1s@1c lower and dull; mixed western
| spot, 5l@531ac, future, 49E@52c Oats
Shade lower; dull; western, 3S@4O4c
| PrOvisiOnS-Beef, quiet and firm; new extra
mess, ll.50@I2 Pork, dull; new mess, Sl4
| @l425. Lard, trhe stronger and quiet;
steam rendered, S7.22T.
St. louis.
ST. LOUIS, Feb 25
| Wheat-Lower, very unsettled and weak;
closing l@E@2e below yesterday; No. , red
| February; S5AMSU5', closing S5l5c,
March; Ss1s@AHc, closing 69t S9%sr,
| May; 90W9l a., c,usia 30. June. Corn
| Firm but inactive; 3Gl5 d3 ~ cash; SG$4c
| February; 3'a031 $; y - ID: b q tLSSc May.
| Oats Firm but SOW; :d1s "a ii: ;f2c asked
MAY. Rye -S;eaiy; o.. Barley-Quiet;
60@sJc. VIII .ky-Steldy; Sl.l4 Provis-
ions-Dull and lower; pork jobbing, $500
Bulk meats-Lnng clear. ST. short rib,
So 30. short clear 81. 81 Bacon Long clear,
800; short rib, s. 10; short clear, $725.
Lard, 81 75@6S0
| Toledo.
TOLEDO Feb. 25.
Wheat--We4k, No. , cash 1S&4c; Wa
bash March 7sc; April, 794c; May, Sic;
| No > soft, Silsc. Coin-Dull; No. . cash,
| 434c; March or May, 43c asked. Oats
Steady; No. cash, BE- asked; March. 3l15c;
May, 5319c asked. Clover-Weak; prime
81 SO, No. p $40
Milwaukee.
| MILWAUKEE, Wis, Feb, 25
| Wheat-Feverish; No. 2, 1880; February
| 751sc; March, 751sc; April, 7594c; May,
| S094c. Corn-Steady No. ., 81 &c. Oats
Firmer; No. .. 2714c Rye-StrOnger; Nc
/, Csc. Barley-Stronger; No 2 544c;
extra No. ), Sic
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-26
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
]. M. BEARDSLEY.
81. C. CONNELLY,

A TTORNEY AT LAw-Office with J. T. Ken
II worthy, I125 Second avenue. sug-1-dw6m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-26

FOR RENT-A large brick house corner First
avenue and 18th St; address box 49,. 6tf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-26

AZ this n4fira
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-30

turning out, how the stock are looking,
the amount of land each farmer has in
his various crops, who is making q
speciality of chicken raising, dairying,
who are putting up wind mills, build
ing houses and barns, raising improy-
ed breeds of sheep, hogs &c. who has
large pumpkins, mammoth potatoes or
Jumbo beets the number of intoxi-
catei men and boys seen in the neigh
borhood, making night hideous, or des.
ecrating Sunday. All of these things
and more. interest and instruct your
neighbOrs. Keep account of your post
age expense and we will at least zee to
it that you are not out Of pocket for
fees to Uncle Sam. If farmers would
tell how they raise, and what are their
best crops. they might materially as
sist each other. In this way the whole
county might form farmers club by
mail, and enjoy weekly meeting
through the MIDLAND JOURNAL.
Try it friends. Help US to make our
paper and we will help you to make
better crops.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-30
Never Give Up.

If you are suffering with low and depress.
ed spirits, loss Of appetite, general debility.
disordered blood, weak constitution, head.
ache, or any disease of bilious nature, by
all means procure a bottle of Electric Bit
tiers. You will be surprised to see the rapid
Improvement that will follow you will be
inspired with new life; strength and activ-
ty will return pain and misery will ceases
and henceforth you will rejoice in the praise
of Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents a
bottle by DR.. L. R. Kirk. 6
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-30

the meeting was general and the pub.
lie invited to participate and make
suggestions. A good deal of discus
sion took place, which rather evlnced
a wish to do something than a def.
mite means to accomplish it. Mr.
Childs thought a vigilance committee
would be good institution to act at
this particular junction of affairs, and
if any of the culprits were captured,
treat them to Judge Lynch's summary
processes Of Justice. After q number
of suggestions, Mr.. T. Braden Giles.
pie proposed that the membership of
the Association should be increased
by systematic effort, which would
embrace the entire neighborhood GOV.
cred by an eight mile radius. This
motion was accepted and committees
were appointed to canvass in each
neighborhood, and forward names
accompanied with initiation fee, as
fast as they conld be secured. By
this enlargement of the membership
of the Society, also the territory in
which it could operate actively and at
o moments notice, it was believed
that the depredations by, what is ap.
parently gang of thieves, could be
stopped. and the guilty parties
brought to justice.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-30
Send Us the News.

We request our friends, Or rather the
friends of the MIDLAND JOURNAL to
forward US any bits of news that may
transpire in their vicinity, by postal
card or letter. If only small matter
pencil the fact on postal card and
mail it to us.
You need not confine your messages
to gossip. but include crop and stock re.
ports-how the grain and potatoes are
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-30
The Burglary Excitement.

The Thief Detective Association
called an extraordinary meeting on
Friday afternoon last to consider
measures best to be adopted and take
steps to put stop to the wholesale
thieving and burglary which has pre-
vailed for some weeks past in this
part of the the county. The call for
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-30
Another Letter From Earnest Re-
publican.

publican.
This should have appeared last week :,
but was mislaid in giving copy to the
compositors Ed
Rising Sun, Md. Oct. 10th 1885.
The Wing in its Editorial reply to
Earnest Republican, Pin the last issue.
had better guess again. as Earnest Re-
publican is not a candidate neither was
it written in favor of any one particular
candidate, but that it might help the
cause of the whole ticket. The Wing
has twice plead tits own venerable
wrinkles" as plea for not entering
into the political battle of the county,
lift really is in its!dotage, and weary of
the weight OF forty five long years, and
thinks that it has accomplished all the
good it can, politically it had better
step GOWN and out before it is summar.
lily dismissed by the mass of earnest Re-
pabticans of the county many to whom
its weekly visits haze been looked forward
to with pleasure in the years that are
past and who will again welcome it if
it would erase those venerable wrink-
kles" and would cater for t ne wants of
the many instead of the dethrowned
stalwart leaders. But let.there be no
mistake, or misunderstanding, the
writer, and he thinks he voices the
sentiment ofthe masses of Republicans,
when he says he is as bitterly opposed
to Hybridism as the Wing itself can
be. But what is Hybridism ? Where
is Hybridism =? Was not the convent.
ion that made the present ticket legally
organized Did not Stalwart and
Halfbreeds have an equal chance at the
primaries If the ticket did NOT suit
the Stalwart delegates they had the
privilege of boiling and forming tick
ct of their own, which would have been
ten fold more honorable than appear
ing to be satisfied, and then giving the
ticket luke-warm support. If the
"Official organ ofthe party of Abraham
Lincoln" or any of the Stalwart knew
any reason why this ticket should not
be supported they should have the
courage to come out and let it be known
instead of skulking around the hust-
ings and lnjuring the cause of the
men who allowed their names to be
placed on the ticket and are giving
there time, money and influence that
Republicanism may prevail in the
county. And If these Stalwart men
are truly working for the good of the
party of Abraham Lincoln, are they
working wisely Are there not enough
of the opposition, to defeat any Stall
wart in a subsequent election, if this
game is continued =? The sooner each
side understands the other and are
willing to make concessions to each
other the sooner Republicanism must
prevail. and Hybridism will have to 90
because there would be no place for it.
Truly and Sincerely,
AN EARNEST REPUBLICAN.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-30
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 81. 1885.
After This Week,

Inc Olu Anxiety Oh nope ana Ie&r
among candidates. will end next week
succeeded among the elected, by the
weighter feeling of responsibility.
There happens to he but one issue or
question in legislative matters which is
at this time exciting much interest
among the majority of the people of
this county, which is the present Lo-
cal Option law. When it was ascer-
tanned that the sentiment of the county
in favor of prohibition was too strong
to be ignored by olticians, or over rid
den by the rum interest, that prohib-
tory law was demanded in such strong
and pronounced terms that it must be
Obeyed, the enemies of the measure re-
sorted to strategy. A so called Local
Option law was passed, but framed SO
loosely that a coach and fou- could be
driven through it, Its violation was
made purposely easy, and the enemies
to the measure at once set about carry
ing out the programme to its finish.
Violate the law in every conceivable
way and continually, and publish the
violation from the housetops and pro-
claim it in the streets. but resort to ev-
cry possible expedient to shield from
justice the violators. Let the rum party
CRY from morning till night, that Lo-
cal Option is II farce. Behold its effcts
More whiskey is drank in Cecil county
than ever before under the license law
This bold lie constantly repeated, we'll
nigh served its purpose, and numbers
OF tried temperance people, who mis-
took the false Cry for truth, were ready
to give up in despair, and adopt the
f1attering deception of high license,
measure that every well heeled grog
seller has advocated for the last half
century. This fraud will not win. The
sober second thought has satisfied the
people that there was trick played on
them, and the law, though bad as de-
signing men could make it, is yet in
finitely better than the high license
remedy. Hence the activity of the de-
ciples of Bacchus to effect it's repeal.
The election being over and none of
the candidates pleged to any policy in
relation to Local Option, it becomes the
duty OF the temperance element of the
county to organize and actively pro.
coed 10 crystalize public sentiment in
favor of modification of the present
law. Have the cider clause stricken
out, and such other changes made as
will make the law easy of execution
and as plain as a turnpike. Let this
thing be well matured before the legis-
AZURE meets and draft of a modified
law framed so that our delegates can be-
come fairly cognizant of what the
great majority of their constituents
do wish, and that they can depend on
being backed up and supported in the
action to amend and perfect the law,
there will be no trouble in having a
Local Option law that will catch and
hold the ''varments" whose trade ia to
rob the community of its health and
integrity. Let the temperance people
get fixed firmly in their minds eractlv
what they want, and march up toward
its accomplishment without wagering.
Such course would strengthen public
sentiment and faith in its power to
override and put down the evil and its
promoters.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-30

"The year of jubilee has comet as
sung by the chosen ones after Tuesday.
"rhe melancholy days have Gomez
as sung by the defeated candidates on
Wednesday.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24
"Ex- Rebel" Republicans.

In estimating the merits of sex
Rebel Brigadiers,, about whom our
Republican contempones are prone 10
prate, it seems to make considerable
difference on which side of the politi-
cial fence they happen to sit.
Thus "exItebel Brigadier" John S.
Wise, who is the Republican candi-
date for the Governorship of Virginia,
was "a brave Confederate soldier but,
like, "ex-Rebel Brigadier" Malone, he
is Gin thorough sympathy with the pro.
gressive thought which has ruled in
the North"-a pleasing paraphrase..fo
the Republican party which rules less at
the North and considerably less at the
South than it did some while ago
and hence, according to the Tribune,
"there is marked difference between
such exContederates and men like
Lamar and Fitz Hugh Lee, who con-
tinue to mourn for the lost cause
This periodical palaver about the
'lost cause maybe summarily settled
by saying at once that there is no
such mourner over the 'lost cause" as
that same "ex-Rebel Brigadier Malone,
who has lost the only cause which
prompted him to join the Republican
party. He has lost the Federal patron
age in Virginia. "Ex,Rebel Briga.
dier" John s. Wise. whose father,
when Governor of Virginia, hung the
Iribune'S martyr, John Brown, has
only been Unidentified with the Repub-
lican party since 1877, when he joined
his POLITICAL fortunes to those. of Nah
one in the hope and prospect of Re-
publican plunder. The Republican
party in Virginia-what there is left
of its made up of Repudiationists
and what Falstaff described as the
composition of his ragged regiment
"corporals, lieutenants, gentlemen of
companies, revolted tapsters, ostlers
trade-fallen, ten times more dishonor-
able ragged than an old faced ancient, "
and, as the Tribune very Justly says,
markedly different from the men who
never have sold themselves for mess
of POLITICAL pottage.
But while the Tribune goes out of
its way and goes back on its record to
especially glorify an "ex-Rebel Briga.
dier' because he receives Republican
nomination, the Republican CONNER
cial Adcertiser deplores the proceed,
ings of the Virginia Republican Con-
vention las of kind to make Repub-
licans elsewhere previously ashamed"
and it justly concludes that SO far as
its own party is concerned "Virginia
politics is in particularly bad way"
And the result of the election may i'm.
press the Tribune with a similar opin-
ion-N Y. 1VOrIH
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24

fits, and has over 6,0OO, 700 people on
its books, more than one-third of whom
/, are children. 1t gives employment to
10000 people.
The local agencies for the companies
with the baby insurance feature have
been in operation for about three years
Lancaster, with its many comfortable
homes and thrifty people, offers not
the same field of operation as indus
trial cities like Scranton, Reading and
Harrisburg. Yet as seen by the fig
ures given above, it marages to keep
up with the procession.
The advocates of baby insurance di.
late upon the beneficial results of the
system in providing a fund for the
burial of a child of parents who find
it nearly impossible to lay up money
for such purpose. A death in the
family will frequently seriously EN-
bariass an industrious workman, and
the baby insurance people claim that
their system is the only one that salts
factorily meets the difficulty.
On the other hand it is asserted that
this mode of insurance tends to de-
velop the mercenary instinct in parents
to the detriment of affection for their
offspring. That parent must, however,
be. most inhuman who can look with
satisfaction on dying child because
of the insurance money that its death
will bring in. 1t is even darkly hlnted
that fiendish parents may hasten the
death of little ones for this cause
But for the credit of humanity but
few instances of the latter enormities
have been discovered among the vast
number of insurers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24
The 0leomargarine Law.
AN AMICABLE SUIT BEGUN IN DAUPIIlN
COUNTY COURT TO TEST ITS coNsrI-
TUTIONALITY.

The legality of the act passed at the
recent session of the Legislature forbid
ding the manufacture and sale of oleo
margarine, butterine and kindred prod
ucts is about to be tested in the courts
of Dauphin county. Some weeks age
it was rumored that q Pittsburg firm
had determined to test the act, and
would send its product to Harrisburg
for sale, in order to have the case tried
in the Dauphin county court as soon
as possible, the Allegheny courts being
so far behind in their business that de-
lay in reaching a decision might be
prolonged indefinitely. The case was
to be an amicable affair.
One day last week the Duquesne
dairy company, of Pittsburg, concern
manufacturing and dealing in oleomar-
garine, sent to Powell & Co., whole
sale provision merchants, Harrisburg,
tubs of Oleomargarine the name of
which was plainly stamped on each
tub. County Detective Harry Hopes
was promptly on hand, and purchased
the oleomargarine from Powell &c Co.
at wholesale rates. Then he brought
suit before Alderman Jackson under
the recent act. Mr.. Powell waived a
hearing, and gave 5000 bail to answer
the charge of having in his possession
and selling the product known as oleo-
margarine. The case will be tried at
the next term of Dauphin county court
of quarter sessions, beginning August
3lst. Hon. Wayne MacVeagh, ex-
Senator James Gay Gordon, Lyman D.
Gilbert and d. T. Watson, of Pitts
burg, will appear for the defense.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24
Sheridan's Pow-wow.
iIk HAS BIC TALK WITH THE DIS
SATISFIED INDIANS.

lie HAS A BIo TALK WITH TIE DIS.
SATISFIED INDIANS
FoRT RENO, July 22.-The dssatis.
Indians were given an opportunity to
talk with Gen. Sheridan. The confer.
encc was confidential and private, but
1t was learned from the Indians that
the elements represented in the talk
were the Stone Calf and Little Rob
autfite that have been creating so
much trouble ont in the western part
OF the reservation. Since Canton.
ment has been abandoned as a mill
tary post. the two bands have been
making headquarters at Fort Supply
instead of the agency. They assured
Gen Sheridan that they were glad to
see 30 illustrious visitor direct from
Washington, and the talks about the
Cheyennes wanting to fight was all lie
On the contrary, they were now and
always had been entirely peaceful /;
that they had some causes of COM
plant; that they did not like their
agent: and they were opposed to grass
leases.
On this account they would like a
large portion of the reservation set off
separately for their own use, so they
could have their own agent and lease
their grass to their own friends. Pow
der Face, the Arapahoe chief, was
present and made speech, in which
he told Gen. Sheridan that for many
years his people had never fought the
whites, and that he (Sheridan) will
know that the Arapahoes had refused
to join the Cheyennes in their last war,
and that in the present trouble the
Arapahoes had remained by the side
of the whites; that, thus having been
friendly for so many years, he thought
the Arapahoes' statement should have
such weight as that the turbulent Chey-
ennes presented, who were always
trouble: that the Cheyennes
who talked against grass leases were
only very small number of the tribe,
and that large majority of the Chey-
ennes and all the Arapahoes were
strongly in favor of grass leases, that
money had been promptly paid them
for the use of that which would other
wise have simply rotted or been burn.
ed up; that leasemen had always acted
honorably, kept their promises, and
that he powder Face) wanted the gov
ernment to distinctly understand that,
with the exception of few who had
talked, all the Indians wished the grass
leases to run for the full term, ten
years, for which they had been made.
Gen. Sheridan is very willing to al
low the Indians TO amuse themselves
talking until such a time as he can
make a suitable disposition of his
troops, when he will talk.