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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18
VlLLAlNOUS OUTRAGE.
A Young Lady Abducted by Ruffians at
NheaIinw.

WHEELING, ". Va July IS William
Henry and young lady of Fulton were re-
turning Thursday night to the latter's home,
when, as they passed Peninsula cemetery, six
men spranG out of TIE bushes at the road
side, seized the girl and attempted u drag
her away. Henry resi- ,ted until stunned by
q blow from a stone in the hands OF one of
the rutlianS. Whoa he recovered soma min
ute>,later thers was not trace Of the girl or
men He ran to Fulton, half crazsd, and
reported the matter "A force Of police went
cut in response TO telephone message, but
no trace of the girl on six men has been
seen though the marks of the struggle in
the bushes corroborate Henry's story.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18

There are large number of baking
powders in the market containing alum
and some that contain ammonia, but in
proportions so moderate that they might
be used in safety when proper caution is
exercised. DIR. Prices Cream Baking
Powder, however, is recommended by
chemists as being free from alum, am
monia and every other drug.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18

By the nfiagging exertions of Mr.. H. Z
Berner, distinguished member of the Nor
wegian parliament and auditor of public
accounts, the university of Christiana has
been completely thrown open to women, and
that highest of rights-the right to a good
education-has been secured to them. Mr..
Berner also introduced a bill to enable
women to take the first two degrees, art and
philosophy, The committee reported unani-
mously in favor Of it. 1t passed without
debate one of the two chambers of the par
Lament with only one dissentient voice-a
clergymnn's. 1t received the unanimous
vote Of the other house, and became law.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18
Opposed to Strong Drink.

"Parker's Tonic is delicious to the pail
ate; It invigorates, but docs not promote
love for strong drink; it cures coughs
and colds; it purifies the blood, thus cur>
ing kidney, liver and lung troubles and
rheumatism. 1t should be kept in eveE
home G. II. Sherman, photographs,
Elgin, Ill. Place it in yours.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18
A CARD,

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretions of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss of manhood, &c.
! will send recipe that will cure you
FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by missionary in Soutl
America. Send a self addressed envelope
to the REV. JosEPH T. INMAN, Station d
New York City
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18
An Italian officer Suicides

CAIRO. July lS-The commander of tho
Italian garrison at Massowah has commit
tsd suicide by shooting himself with re-
velver. He had become mentally de-
pressed by tho death Of many OF his Off
GERS and men t~.m sickness caused by tbs
almost unbearabie climate
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18
Cracked an EDITORS Uranium.

HUNTINGTON, Ind, July IS The Express
published at Andrews, this county, con-
tanned an article Thursday rejecting upon
the professional conduct OF Dr. A. j. BoS-
well, of that place. During the day Boswell
met 1haddeuS Butler, edit of the paper.
aud assaulted him, fracturing his skull
Boswell was arrested
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18
DIDN'T APPLY FOR A PENSION,
But Has Often Wanted One-some Laugh
able Correspondencs,


able Correspondence.
Boston, Mass, July Is. "A Washington
special to The Herald saps: On the 29Sh of
June Gen Black addressed tie following
letter to Samuel Clements, Eima, n. Y, a
pension applicant:
Replying to your inquiry relative TO your
pension claim certificate No. POI SO, il is
proper to state that SO much therein as
Is based on rleumati III, piles, and sore eyes,
was rejected May 49, 1885, on ths ground
that there has been no pension disability
therefrom since June 20, 1854 the date the
claim therefor was filed
Clement claim was being looked after
by Senator Hawley and Mrs. Hawley at
tends to all her husbands pension office llri-
nes. She sent Clements the following
postal card:
| am informed that your pension is
allowed, and ! congratulate you. Very
truly, JOSEPH X. HAwLEY,
Per H. w. HAWLEY.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18
The AngIo-Russian Worry.

LONDON, July s. Although no alarming
news has been received, there is feeling Of
uneasiness on the exchanges. Consols.
which closed Thursday night at 90 SIG,
opened Friday 90 $40 There was litts
fiuctuation, and the same was true of all
other securities The panic which pre-
vailed on the Paris bourse Thursday has
subsidized
1t is reported that the government has
asked the Russian foreign Office for explana
tions and has intimatsd that any further
increase of their forces in Central Asia
should be considered an unfriendly proceed.
ing. The latest news from St Petersburg
is anything but reassuring There is the
same mystery, the same silence that marked
the wanton act of aggression at Penjdeh
There is something more than vague ru
mors for the belief now gaining ground that
France will aid Russia in the event of o
conflict over central Asian territory Ger
many and England, however, are drawing
together, now that Gladstone is out of the
way, and best informed public men incline
to the opinion that the fear of Bismarck will
deter Russia from plunging all Europe in d
sea of blood
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18
Free from Malaria.

In the fall OF 1851 MAS taken with case Of
malaIial fever which Frustrated me both body and
mind. / was drugged af cr the old fashion with
mercury and other mineral mixtures. hut with nc
good results. NY health was shattered and my
energy gone. My legs and feet would swell, ana
| had what everybody thought was dropsy Thcs,
:, mIHoms alarmed me. and was ready 10 gm>l
at any remedy suggested. A friend advised me
to try Swift's Specific. / procmcd three bottles
and commenced it, use. The swelling soon sub
sided. have taken the three bottles, which
have made perfect cure, and | feel Ike new
man to-day There never was a more mcrtorioUs
medicine offered To sUtlerin" humanity. 1t ha,
wrought wonders for NE. WILLIS JONES.
Lccsbur-. Lee County. Ga. March II, 1885.
lie sure and get the genuine, and send for Urea
tisc on Blood and Skin Diseases free.
For sale by all druggists.
rrIIr7 ,y-I r,fU SOr,II.I5 ,A
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18
The spanish Cholera Report.

MADRID, July IS The returns from the
cholera infected districts place the number
of new cases for Thursday at LOCI, and the
DEATHS at G73
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18
Being Ruined by American Tariff Laws

LoNDoNS July 1s-A largely attended
eonference'of sugar refiners was held Fri
day, at which resolutions were adopted petit
tioning the marquis of Salisbury, prime
minister, to interest Tory candidates at the
coming elections to call the attention of the
electors to the injustice done to British in
forests by the prevailing system of bounties
In the United States Oh refined sugar for ex-
port The British refners assert that their
industry is being ruined by the American
system, and they intend making every effort
to compel a fairer competition.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18

Stale bread is no longer thrown away
by New York bakers, as they find ready
customers for it in the Italians, who will
take unlimited quantities at a dollar q
barrel, or about cent and third a
pound
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18

LONDON, July 1S.-The Anchor line
steamer Caledonia, previously reported off
Sicily islands with her machinery disabled,
has arrived at Falmouth. All on board are
we'll
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18

Father, Mother, and Three Sisters Dead.
Mr.. David Claypool, formerly Sergeant
alarms ofthe New Jersey Senate, and now
Notary Public at Cedarville, Cumberland
Co, n. j., makes the following startling
statement: "My father, mother and three
sisters all died with consumption, and my
lungs were 50 weak raised blood. Nobody
thought | could live. Ny work (ship-
smithing)was very straining on me with my
weak constitution, and was rapidly going
to the grave. While in this condition |
commenced using Mishler's Herb Bitters,
and il saved my life. Because it was So
difficult to get it in this little place, and l
had improved so much, stopped taking it
Tor a time, and the result is that have
commenced going rapidly down hill again.
Somehow, Mishler's Herb Bitters gives
appetite and strengthens and builds me up
rs nothing else does, and | must have q
dozen bottles at once. Use this commu-
nication as Won please and if any one wants
TO be xnyinced of its truth, let them write
me and | will make affidavit to ii, for ]
owe my life TO Mishler's Herb Bitters."
Thcsecret OF the almost iuvariahle relief
and care Of consumption, dysentery, diar-
rhua, dyspepsia, indigestion, kidney and
liver complaints, when Mishler's Herb
Bitters is used, is that j. contains simple,
harmless, and yet powerful ingredients,
that act on the blood, kidneys, and liver,
and through them strengthens and invigor-
ates the whole system. Purely vegetable
in its composition; prepared by regular
physician; a standard medicinal prepara-
ton; endorsed by physicians and drug
gists. These are four strong points i'll favor
of Mshler's Herb Bitters. Mishler's Herb
Bitters is sold by all druggists. Price 81 90
per large bottle. 6 bottles for $500
Ask yonr druggist for MIsHIFR's Hmm BiTTFRs
If he does NOT KEEP it, do not take anything else tut
send postal cvfd to HIsHi FIR HERB BITTfks Co
f. Commerce Street, Philadelphia.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18

For all diseases of the kidneys and liv.
err, physicians prescribe Hunts Remedy
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18

The medicine that can search and root
out every i'll of kidneys or liver, is Hunts
Remedy.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18

Both New York and London have a
glut of idle money.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18

Cast-of boots and shoes are made into
wall paper ut certain factories.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18

KANSAS CITY, Mo, July lS-Tue jury in
the ca OF John c. Shea, charged with
criminal libel by the 4.ey. Henry d Jardiue,
rector of St Mary's Episcopal church,
brought in a verdict of not guilty Thursday
evening. The verdict is substantial con-
viction of Jarline of all tin charges brought
az INST him by Mr.. Shea, ami he viii proba-
bly, lie presented for an ecclesiastical trial
Tie charges were that Mr. Jariine was
guilty Of immortality in connection with
women. Jardine was booted and jeered as
he reached the street, ami at last had to take
refuge in neigh oring store. 1t is thought
by many that if Jardine does not now leave
town he will be driven cut by the outraged
nnnnlnrn
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18

The number of persons who visited
Florida last winter is estimated at 21O, :
600
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18
AN IOWA MISCREANT'S MISTAKE.
He Cnts His Sister-in-Law's Throat In
stead of His Wife's.


steadoT His Wife's.
ELDoRA, Iowa, July lS-George John
son, farmer living in Buckeye township,
this county, murdered his 81 ter-in-law,
Grace Rand, Thursday night johnson and his
wife had been living together unhappily
for some time, AMI TLu day night she left
his bed AMI went up stairs t. sleep with her
sister. After she had gone. .Iuauson took
his razor and followed her. Ii is supposed
that in the dark he mistook tae sister for
his wife and cut her throat and mangled
her person in a terrible manner To end
the bloody tragedy, he then cat his own
throat, but he Is still alive Miss Rand,
the deceased, is school teacaer, aged about
10, and has been making her home in the
johnson family. johnson was married to
liza Rand, Dec. -, 1879 They have no
children
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18

Montreal is to have a botanic garden
covering seventy five acres.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18

The latest craze among New York so
ciety women is to knit all silk stockings
for gentlemen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18

THE TERRIBLE DRAIN

New York. July IS Miss Cleveland's
book has reachel its ninth edition
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18
The plays the thing,

A pure white robin has been seen in
Central park, in New York city
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-18
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE a N. RAJ,
ROCK ISLAND 4 PEORIA R,,twv
H0CK ISLAND & MERCER CO., i, p

LEAVE ARRIVE
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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-16
STATE NEWS.

At Apalacbicola the sloop Hattie has
been raised after the loss Of a rudder.
Several new houses will be erected in
and around Emporia during the coming
summer.
Thomas Underhill, of Barberville, is
still shipping oranges. He viii receive
So per box net for several hundred box
es, which he held back until tie rush
was over.
Though a little over q tweiye-mCnth
has elapsed since the organization Of the
University Library Association, at Talla-
hassee, the library has now nearly 400
volumes on the shelves.
Lewis Richardson, of Emporia, has
gathered and shipped this season about
1000 quarts of strawberries from one
quarter of an acre of land. The returns
will net him about 25 cents a quart.
The leading business men of Starke
have given a bond of SO, 900 to the coun-
ty commissioners as a guarantee that the
county shall not be taxed for court house
purposes for the next ten years in the
event the county site is changed to Starke
at the coming election.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-16
Singular Tenacity oF Life.

How little it takes sometimes to kill
man, AMI then, again, what wonder
full tenacity to life some men have"
said the red-headed man who was read
ing the paper.
That's So" said the others.
Just listen, said the red headed man.
Here's a brakeman on the Nickle Plate
road, The paper says he fell in front of
the car, which passed diogonally across
his body, and lived
''Begosh, knew a painter who fell off
church steeple and got well again, :"
said the cross-eyed man.
u knowed a man shot bullet through
his heart and lived ten years" said the
man who looked like a farmer.
"There was a man in Salem, where
came from, that had four ton of rock
fall on him and he's alive yet" said the
one-armod man.
"Y-a-a-s," said the red-headed man,
"Lemme see. Where was l? Oh-'fell
in front of the car, which passed diagon-
ally across his body, and lived bnt p few
Moments
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-16
singuIarities of Eminent Men.

Cardiff Mail
Luther and Verulam believed in witch
es. DR.. Johnson objected to going un-
der ladder Byron was a victim to
shyness. His biographer relates that,
while on a visit to Mrs. Pigot, of South
well, when he saw visitors approaching
he would jump out of the window on to
the lawn to avoid them. Shadwell, De
Quincy, Coleridge, and the impostor
Psalmanazsr, were addicted TO the use
OF opium. Fuseli and Dryden ate raw
meat to inspire vivid dreams. Byron
seems to have found poetical inspiration
in the prosaic tipple of gin and water.
Shelley, while composing, was continu-
ally eating bread. Scott wrote best when
children were playing about him. Boyse
wrote his poems lying in bed. with two
holes in the blanket for his hands. Few
people can read or write we'll while mu-
sic is being played in the room; vet Al
feri found it necessary for the compost
ton Of his tragediea He Was also pos
sessed with the strange ambition. rot Of
being the first poet. but the first runner
in Italy. Handel could never bear to
hear the tuning Of an orchestra. Black
stone never penned line without hot
tie of old port at his elbow Melancthon
is reported to have frequently studied the
gravest points Of theology with his book
in one hand and the other the edge Of a
cradle, which he continually rocked
Paley used to go without stockings
Abram Smith was fond of nibbling sugar
on the sly. Spinoza used to laugh till he
cried at spiders fighting. Perhaps it is
not very singular, considering the cruel
ty of the man, that Ivan the terrible
used to go and see prisoners tortured be-
fore breakfast
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-16

led to wait upon a sick child, and in the
six cars full of passengers there was not
voice raised in discomfort. 1t evident
~ seemed to them the natural and right
thing to do.
In the majority of cases, Of course,
the goodwill is shown only in a.smile or
pleasant word; but no one who has not
lived in this perpetual sunshine can un-
derstand it's tranquilizing and cheering
effect.
There can be little use in the union of
the different sections of this country if
the two cannot learn something from
each other. If northerners are, perhaps,
able to teach their southern brethren
some lessons of energy and progress,
they can also learn from them much
that will make life sweeter, higher, and
far better worth the living.
The northerner at heart is, perhaps, as
faithful lover and as kind a friend, but
he keeps his love and kindness for his
personal friends and his own household
and allows very little of either to illu
mine his face, words or manner in the
ordinary associations of life.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-16
Is Russia in the Wrong? ?

London Truth.
IF we are to assume, as a rule OF pa
triotism, that we are always in the right,
and that all who venture to differ with
us are always in the wrong, argument is
unnecessary, and much trouble will be
saved. But if we are to look at the At
CHAN question. in its relation to us dis
passionately, | am inclined to think that
the Russians may perhaps be not SO en-
tirely in the wrong as our journalistic
friends would have us believe. Let any
one carefully examine q map of Asia.
He Will perceive that between Afghanis-
tan and the great Central Asian plains is
a range Of high mountains. From Tur-
kestan to these mountains the plain is
prolonged, and in this extension Of the
plain dwell the Sarik Turcomans The
question at issue between us and Russia
is whether this plain belongs to the latter
as the ruler of Turkestan, or to Afghan
istan as the ruler of Herat. 1t is clear
that to avoid complications frontier be-
I" ecu t1lG tHC states lLGSb 10 Ntl " H. ACI
no one pretends to say precisely what
the present frontier is. A joint com
mission was therefore agreed upon. In
the meantime the Afghans pushed for
ward and occupied some of the villages
of the plains. The Russians met this by
occupying other villages. Our newspa-
pers at once jumped to the conclusion
that the Russians were criminals, and
urged that they should be ordered, under
pain of immediate war, to withdraw.
Fortunately their advice has not been Ia
ken, and matters are to remain in statu
quo until the frontier line is decided
upon.
Now, am inclined to think that this
frontier line ought to be the natural and
the chronological one, that is to say, as
near to the mountain range as possible.
These Turcoman villages can be of no
benefit to Afghanistan. They are on the
Russian side of the mountain the Tur-
comans, bota in this plain and in those
of Turkestan, are nomads, and endless
disputes would arise from the two iuris-
dictiOrs
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-16
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Brick" Pomeroy entertained ST.
Patriok's Temperance Society at Wash
ington, Sunday night, with an address
on temperance, for which vote of
thanks was rendered him.
-. az Mr. Randall said the other day: Mr.
Cleveland reminds me more than any
man l know of what Mr.. Garfield said
to me: I wouldn't give an ounce of
pluck for ton OF luck Like Garfield,
| believe in results"
Gen. Barrios, the dead President of
Guatemala, is said to have been ''the
only man in Spanish America who spoke
and acted promptly on all occasions, ="
and who utterly disregarded the con-
ventionalities of Spanish etiquette.
Samuel Sherwood Smith, of Cincinna-
ii. recently dead, a brother of "Sol
Smith, . who delighted the playgoers of
the last generation, was the smallest Of
eleven brothers, and survived them all,
attaining the age of 50. His death was
hastened by q severe fall.
AS a rule, whenever The Hunchback'
is performed, there is quarrel between
the representatives of Julia and HE
lenn From London comes the report
that Miss Mary Anderson and Miss Bate
man, who are playing the two roles, are
no longer friends, though they have for
years been on the most intimate and
kindly terms.
Gen. Barilless, the new President of
Guatemala, is Of high birth and liberal
education, and has been more than or
dinariiy successful in business, politics
and military ventures. He has not yet
passed forty, bat Is married and has a
very interesting family. In personal
appearance he is tall and finely formed,
with dark eyes and flowing black beard.
He has rendered distinguished service as
4 Senator, ah1tvo years ago was elected
First Vice President of the republic OF
Guatemala
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-16

the island urtil the meeting took place.
The seconds waited on the mainland un-
til after o'clock, when they heard three
gun shots and angry cries, then all was
still. At daylight, as had been agreed
on, the seconds went to the island, and
found Jackson lying on the ground in
sensible from the loss of blood, and his
antagonist lying across him dead. Jack
son recovered, but would never relate
his experience on the island, nor was he
ever challenged again. He died in
Washington city, while serving his sec
ond term as a Senator, March 10, 1906.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-16
His Last Duel.
Field of Hnnnr.

Field of Honor.
James jackson, of Georgia, who had
been and afterwards was a United
States Senator. was the challenged par
ty. He was an Englishman by BIRTH
He killed Lieutenant Governor Wells, Of
Georgia, in q duel, and he finally deter
mined to accept a challenge on such
terms as would make it his last duel. So
upon his next challenge, which was
from Col r. Watkins, also Of Georgia,
he prescribed as the terms that each par
ty, armed with double-barreled gun,
loaded with huckshot, and with :, hunt
ing knife, should row himself IN a sziff
to a designated point on opposite sides Of
the Savannah river When the city
clock struck Il. each should row his
skiff to a small island IN the middle of
the river, which was wooded and cover
ed with underhfush. On arriving al the
island each was 10 moor his skif, stand
about for ten minutes, and then so about