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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
VERY LITTLE TO SAY ABOUT 1T.
The British Press Not Able to Do the
Russian Victory Justice.

The British Press Not Able to Do the
Russian Victory Justice.
LONDON, Sept Is The British press has
little to say about the new Afghan frontier,
and for good reasons. Ii is very many
miles south Of the original frontier marked
by England, and in many features it is
identical with the frontier marked
by M. LeSsar, who Sunday evening
was on the Charing Cross platform
exuberantly departing for his Russian
home. Well may England keep silent on
the subject, for the result is Russian tri-
umph. Russia is now. through the protocol
many hundred miles nearer Herat and the
Indian frontier, and she has exhibited her
self to the people of all A>ia-by the PEND
incident as the victor in tine only fight
which occurred. Many farseaing English
politicians are asking: MAY not Ru,sias
prestige become the germ in India of
doubt as to English reputation for vic
toryP The Bears victory over the Bull Is
perfect Russia gets the whole oasis OF
Penideh including Al Tepe, Akrobat, ami
uli-khatum Afghanistan gets MaruSchak
and the whole Of Hhlhkar pass. Col kohl-
berg will he chief of the Russian commis
sion, and NJ Les,ar naNt ia command Both
those headed by Sir Peter Lumsden ani
Gen. Zelenoi. They viii commence work
within two months after the signing of the
protocol, and will probably flush their labor
next August
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

CHICAGO, Sept Is TIE New York cor
respondent of Tho Inter Ocean says in his
financial article: The crops have been
watched with unu -nal interest all the week,
because By the middle of the month they
will he out of harms way. Is is now
safe to depend upon total
wheat crop of S5l,000,00 bushels, which,
though 1872 000, 900 les or nearly one third
1sss than last year, Is little better than We
had been lead to expect 1t is understood
here that farmers generally have been
holding their wheat through Minnesota
and Dakota, and have felt able to hold it
for higher prices. But the rains reported
here Saturday will seriously mjure that
which has not yet been thrashed.
1t is, however, very small per
centage Of the whole The fr0stS
seem to have held off so as to give the corn
crop very good show, and it will he con-
siderably above the average, with the
prospect for the largest yield in
five years There is still some
chance for frosts, but the crop is
now pretty well out of the way. Cotton is
S per cent above last year at this time, and
the plants are vigorous, so that an unprece-
dentedly large yield is certain, unless the
weather through this month should prove
extremely unfavorable.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

indigestion Cured,

| suffered for more than five years with indices-
lion scarscly able TO retain the simplest food on
my stomach The burning sensation was almost
mtolerahle and my whole system was deranged.
| was wakeful and could not sleep. and conse-
lueutly more OF less nervous all the time. | de
cliued in flesh aud suffered all the usual depress-
ION attendant upo' this terrible disease. In a
word was miserable. Al last failing to find re-
lief in anything else, | commenced the use of
Swifrs Specific. began 10 improve al once, The
medicine toned up the stomach, strengthen ed the
digestive organs, and soon all that burning ceas-
ed, and could retain food without difficulty.
Now my health is good, and can eat anything in
the shape of food, and digest it without the
slightest din Guilty, most cheerfully bear this
testimony, because there are hundreds suffering
rs | was, and | am they can be read lily
healed. Take the prescribed dose after eating,
instead of before
JAMES MANN, No. Il Ivy st.
Atlanca, Ga. May Il, 1885.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
Senator Malone bearded.

PETERSBURG, Va, Sept Ii. Butler Ma
hone, son of Senator Malone, has, it is said.
been running a fast gait, and the senator
charges that his conduct is due to the evil
example of his sons Democratic associates,
Saturday afternoon he went down town
armed with a horsewhip a.d discovered his
son in company with Alexander Donnan,
Jr., and Thomas Hunter. lie went up to
them and charged Hunter with being the
author of Buffers last dissipation DOMAIN
was next showered with abusive epithets
by the angry senator. Menacing Donnan
with his whip Mr.. Malone threatened to
thrash HIM within an inch of his life.
DOnnan drew knife, and, seizing the sena-
tor by the beard, he detied the latter to say
another word or move his whip. The two
were at once separated by common friend
and the ARRAY ended
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
Hnadly,s Auswer to sherman.

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Sept l5.-In a speech
at this place Saturday, Governor Hoadly
criticised Senator Sherman's Lebanon
speech, and said that the senator was trying
to rake over the ashes Of the war to find IN
issue. He tainted the Republican party
with having done nothing, although i'll
power, to prevent toe southern out
RACES complained Of, and declared
there we're no facts to base the
charges of southern suppression of the Re
publican vote upon He said: THE colored
men of the south belong to the Republican
party, you say. and would vote its ticket #
not prevented by force and fraud. Some of
them do not vote its ticket. Therefore they
are prevented by force and fraud To
which our answer is that your major
premise is IA pure presumption, unsuStained
by proof, and in point Of fact utterly
untrue"
In conclusion Governor Huadly defended
and gloriea in his efforts in behalf of Lieut..
Muller of the Cincinnati police, who was
sent to prison for preventing colored voters
from voting by imprisoning them, and de-
clared that the lieutenant was blamalsss,
having only arrested Republican reporters
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

In the iall of 1854 | was taken with a case of
malarial fever which Frustrated me both body and
mind. | was drugged af er the old fashion with
mercury and other mineral mixtures. hat with no
good results. My health WAS shattered and my
energy gone My legs and feet would swell. and
! had what everybody thought was dropsy. These
symptoms alarmed me. and WAS ready to grasp
at any remedy suggested. A friend advised me
To try Swift Speech l procured three bottles
and commenced it, use. The swelling soon sub
sided. | have taken the three bottles, which
have made perfect cure, and ! feel like a new
mAH to-day There never was more mcritoroHs
medicine offered 10 suffering humanity. II has
wrought wonders for me. MILLS JONES.
Leesbury, Lee County. Ga, March II, 1883.
sold by all Druggists
Treatise on Blood and skin Diseases mailed free
call on our Ply stefan. No l51 " 5}G ST. y. y
I ons uliat ion free
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co,
DraWel :. ALBANIA. Ga.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
COusumpLIOu.

Notwithstanding the great number who
yearly succumb to this terrible and fatal
diseases, which IS daily winding its fatal
coils around thousands who are uncon-
scious of its deadly presence, DR.. Pierce's
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and purify the blood of scrofulous Impur-
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(Which is only scrofulous disease of the
lungs.) Send 10 cents in stamps and get
DR.. Pierce's complete treatise on CON
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numerous testimonials of cures. Address,
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N Y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

THE moment the democratic party
thinks it safe to do so, )" says the Cincin>
natl Commercials Gazette, they will go in
for the Acknowledgement of the whole
colored race. Judging from the constant
complaining of the COmmerctal- Gazctte
and the other republican organs, it is the
republican party which is dissatisfied
with the power Of the republican vote,
and which would prefer that the race be
DISTINGUISHED rather than that southern
representation be increased.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

TEN dollars is rather high price to pay
for the fun of throwing IA kiss at a wom>
an. but that was the offense for which a
Pitlshurg man had to pay such fine d.
The fact that the woman was married
may have had something To do with the
severity of the sentence, but that parties
ular Piltsburger is not likely to throw
kisses al any woman hereafter A kiss
that was not fiat kiss would hardly lie
more expensive.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
SUBURBAN SIFTINGS.
SOUTHEASTERN WHTTEsIDE, !
TAMPICo, Sept. 12. {

TAMPIco, Sept. 12.
We are to have a new postmistress,
Miss hary Glassburn, who succeeds Mr..
Richardson
MIR. George Wickens, of Sterling, is to
teach the Brewer school this winter. Miss
Lucy Powell is the present teacher.
Mr. W. A. Helm attended the fair at
Mendoza Saturday. He reports good
fair and large crowd.
Mr.. John Devine and Miss Katy NJ
Welch were united in marriage at the
Catholic church last Sabbath by Father
Mcclure.
The G. A. X. post is thinking of giving
an entertainment here in the near future
in the form of drama, entitled AL
toona, representing scenes of the rebel
lion.
The people of Deer Grove were irwin Q
to have their school building enlarged by
another room, the school being too large
for one, for which purpose they had a
meeting and voted the proposition down
by few votes.
Yorktown was thrown into a state of
surprise last Saturday by the sudden
death of Miss Rozella Dow, who was
found dead at the residence of Mr. Will
liam Teach, where she had been working.
Coroner Keener, of Princeton, was called
who empanneed a jury, but they failed
to agree. DR.. A. G. Smith, of Tampico,
then held post mortem examination
over the remains, and concluded that
death was caused by nervous shock.
Had the wet weather continued Thurs
day and Friday, as it was during the first
Of the week, The Sterling fair would have
been comparative failure. A number
of our people attended and they report il
rather poor. Wednesday was to have
been childrens day but owing to the
weather, was postponed until Friday
when a number of the schools among
them the Deer Grove school, entered
free.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
Nervous Debllltated Men.

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

PuTsBuRG, Sept. 10 "A terrific explosion
occurred late Saturday afternoon in the
Yough valley mine of the Yoush iogheny 8.
A,htabula Coal company. near Gufy's sta
tion, on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
Two of the miners, William Bradley and
James Hamilton, were terribly mangled
burned Bradley died Sunday and HamiI
ton cannot possibly survive. One hundred
men are employed at the works, several OF
whom received severe injuries before reach
ing place of safety fhs, explosion was
caused by Bradley digging ilrrough a parti-
ton wall into an abandoned entry,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
Kind Words for CHIEF Justice Waite.

LONDON, Sept Is. The Times says: The
statement will be read with interest that we
have the chief justice Of the United States
among us. II is regretable, though, that
the time OF the year prevents concerted ao-
ton respecting his visit being taken on
the Dart of the different inns of court This
legal profession, however, will extend Chief
Justice Waite that eor,al reception given
by Americans to Lord Chief Justice Cole
ridge on the occasion o. thu latter's visit to
the United States; but it is fitting that the
presence among US of judge yet more emf.
nent in position than Lord Coleridge be
known and recognized by us.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
costly FLAMES in Chicacn.

CHICAGO, Sept. Is. The four-story and
basement brick building at TO- Is and y
Calhoun place, in the rear of liz and ia
Washington street, was completely Quilted
by fire Monday morning causing loss &c
Pitkin q Vaughn, theatrical printers Of
abont SGT, 1000, with insurance of SIS. 900
Other losses are: Z. w. Carr & Co, book
binders $4,000; John X. Barrett & Co,
$4,000; Thomas Wigley, $40 200. TIE orr
gin of the flames is a mystery and it wa,
only by energetic work that "a devastating
fire was prevented, as the location was in
the midst of business block ami not a fro
proof building in the block
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

CHICAGO. Sept Is A dispatch from
Sioux Fall, d. T.. says it is proposed to
incorporate in the instrument 10 be
framed by the Dakota constitutional
convention. now in session there, n pro
vision that all appropriation hill, for per-
manent improvements, aud all laws of gem
eral public interest, shall be drafted by the
legislature and submitted 60 popular vote
for ratification or re lection.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

No medicine has ever been known so
elfectual in the cure of all those diseases
arising from on impure condition of the
blood as Scovils Sarsaparilla, or blood
and liver syrup, the universal remedy for
the cure of Scrofula, white swellings,
rheumatism, pimples, blotches, eruptions,
venernal sores. and diseases, consump-
ton, groitre, boils, cancers. and all kins
dred diseases. There is no better means
of securing a beautiful complexion than
by using Scovill's Sarsaparila, or Blood
and Liver Syrup, which cleanses The
blood and gives permanent beauty to the
skin.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
Wisl.cs He Had Done Better Shontinc.

CHICAGO Sept l5.-Jasper f. Sweet,
who wa' accused of the shooting # DR.
Waugh Saturday night, and who gave him.
self up to the police Sunday, although he at
first denied all knowed of the shooting,
but admitted having sent "a threatening let
ter to the doctor, confessed Monday morn
ng that he shot him. and only wished he
had made sure job OF it by shooting him
twice or more. Sweet claims the doctor
wrongel hls wife AT 10 O'Clock Monday
morning Dir, Waugh's recovery was very
dpuittuI
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
The rree.Thinlers. Demand ;.

ALBANY, n. Y, sept i5-The free
thinkers convention opened at the Leland
opera house Sunday morning and was al
dressed 10y James Parton, OF Massachusetts,
]. E Renisburg, Of Kansas; Horace Leader,
Of Boston. and Helen IL Gardner ResuIu-
tions were adopted demanding a repeal of
all laws exemptmg caurch property from
taxation, the prohibition Of appropriations
of public money for secular offsets and
favoring the granting of suffrage to women.
Col Il e. Ingersoll addressed the evening
session.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

Elephants are not numerous on the
western slope of equatorial Africa, being
found only along the fertile river valleys,
and rarely ever going near the banks OF
the Congo until the hilly aud barren
country is passed Above Stanley Pool
they increase in numbers and roam ia
large herds, seldom being molested or
hunted by the natives.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

CHICAGO Sept Is. The thirty third an
nual State fair, under the auspices Of the
Illinois state board OF agricultIre, opened
Monday morning on the grounds of the Chi
cago Driving Park asaocietio-I with bright
sun and clear sky overhead, but with
= very wet AMI muddy earth
beneath. The attendance the first
day was principally confined to exhibitors
and there was an army Of them, while
erybody was busy arranging the exhibits,
which are very full AMI interesting. The
fair gives promise OF being the most succe ~
hi ever heidi
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

THE poet knew what he was about
when he propounded the query, Whats
in manner" This is proved by the fact
that man named Daft has invented an
electric motor which has been accepted
by the New York elevated railway, prov
fng that the man may be Daft and yet be
endowed with wondrous wisdom.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
VERY REMARKABLE RECOVERY

MIR, Geo. V. Willing. Of Manchester
Mich, writes: My wife has been almost
helpless for five years. so helpless that
She could not turn over in bed alone.
She used two bottles of Electric BItiers
and is so much improved. that she is now
able to do her own work.
Electric BilteIs will do All that IS
claimed for them. Hundreds of testi-
mnnials attest their great curative powers.
only fifteen cents bottle at liarfZ u
Bahnsen's
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
"A Perfect Flood of suushlne.

will iii the heart of every suffering wnm-
an if she viii only persist in the use of
DIR. Pierce's "Favonte Prescription. 1t
will cure The most eXcIuciating periodI-
cal pains, and relieve you from all irregu-
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positively cure internal inflammation and
liberation, displacement and all kindred
disorders Price reduced To one dollar.
Bv druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

The following extracts from letter of
Mary A. Yost, of Pittsbnrg. shows how
a life was saved II take pleasure in lay
ing before you the fact that have res
covered from the effects of that dreadful
disease scTofula from which | have suf~
fered terribly Tor nine months Il
was recommended by Capt. Gallagher to
take Mishler's Herb Bitters. did so,
and thanks to the effects of your buffers,
find myself entirely cured and my mouth
and nose restored to their natural shape
and appearance.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
Recommended To Pray Cor Dry Weather.


CHICAGO, Sept. l5-The St Paul passeu-
ger train on the North western road due
here at /: IS Monday afternoon met with an
accident just south of Clybourn place
BY the spread Of the tracks the rear
sleeper was thrown over on it, side and
down an embankmeut One of the passeu-
gers, Miss Moore, of ST. FauI, was severely
and it is feared, fatally injured Several
others we're more or lass hurt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
Starting I'm the Mills.

LANCASTER, Pa, Sept. Is The Columbia
Rolling mill, operating ten pudding and
One heating furnace, was stSrtei up Mon
lay after long su pension, giving employ
nsnt to several hundrel hands
READING, Pa. Sept II. Furnace No. l,
Of the Reading Iron works, which was idle
over two years, was started up Monday,
giving employment to about sixty hands
The Keystone Iron works. which have been
idle for year and balf, will start up IN
two or three weeks The works give en-
ployment to several hundred hands.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

The poor sufferer that has been dosing
himself with socalled Troches and there
by upset his stomach without curing the
troublesom cough, should take our adj
vice and use at once DIR, Bulls Cough Syr-
up and ret we'll
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
A Curious Case Against a Postmaster

CHICAGO, Sept Is About a week ago
Mr.. William Fl. Gerhrick. of Cicero Ills
sent to his daughter in this city package
of envelopes addressed to himself and duly
stamped, binding them together with slip
CT paper. The mail clerk, surprising each
envelope was "A letter, Cancelled all the
stamps Mr. Gerbrlck complained, but
upon sonding u second package, it was
treated the same way. He therenpon
brought suit against Postmaster Judd for
81 6S-the GS cents being for the stamps,
and the SO for time lost The case is still in
court
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

A CINCINNATI paper answers the cues
ton, Has negro the right to marry a
white woman in Ohio?' with an emphatic
MOI This is a reminder of the lawyer who
gazed through the bars at his imprisoned
client and declared, "They can't put you
in Jail" But, d--n it, retorted the 9TH
er. don't you see they have put me in
..H1n
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
NY EENER.

Ebs Cream Balm WAS recommended
To me by my druggist ms II preventive 10
Hay Fever. Have been using ii rs direct
ed since the 9lh of August aud have
found it a specific Tor that much dreaded
ami loathsome disease, For ten years OF
more have been great sufferer each
year, from August 9lh till frost, and have
lucd many alleged remedies for its cure
hsl Ey's Cream Balm is the only plcvcn.
tive | have ever found Hay fever sui
trrers ought to know of its efficacy
Frank A. AinSworth, of +. b Ainswo rth
Il Co. Publishers, indianapolis. Ind,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
Auditor Brown, of Iowa.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Sept l5.-It is re-
ported that committee Of Auditor Browns
friends, headed by Maj Anderson and
Judge Nourse, waited upon Mr.. Larrabee,
the Republican nominee for governor, last
week, and asked him what he would do for
Brown If elected. He replied; 81 regard
Browns removal as an outrage, and If
were governor | would reinstate him in
thirty minutes" Browns friends are jubi-
In,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

The celebrated violin which Ole Bull
used during md after his American tour
has lust been sold to Herr Won Creyty,
IN Brussels. He gave 81, 900 for it. The
violin was made by Gaspare di Sale in
l532, and The end was beautifully orna
menlrd and carved by Benvenuta Cellini,
the great Italian sculptor.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

Have used Tongaline in some six cases
of neuralgia, besides other nervous affec>
tiOns, and am prepared to say that, so far
as my experience extends il is one of the
most reliable remedies that has ever come
into my possession. J. A. Ward, NJ d.,
Troy. Mo.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

RosToy Sept, l5-At & p. m. Sunday.
Winthrop Rand, aged IL, aud Robert Nc
Ninch, OF tine sams age, were amusing them
selves with humping together two Dump
ears on the track OF the Boston & Albany
railroad. As McNinch was pushing one car,
Rand went between theM and got his head
caught between he iron bumpers pnd was
"A
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
A CARD.

To all W ho are suffering from the errors
and indiscrctions of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss Of manhood, nc,
| will send a recipe that will cure You,
FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
W. discovered 10y a missionary in south
America. Send a self addressed envelope
to the REV. JosEPH r. INMAN, Station ID
New York City
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
Bad Bank Failure m Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. Is The Jsn.
nings County bank at Vernon, Ind, failed
to open its doors Monday morning, and the
town is frantic with excitement The bank
is reported as holding $40, 900 of fraus ulent
township trustee warrants which had been
placed in the east. There have been thrown
back upon the bank, causing its suspension
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

A roof that sheltered two such worth>
lies as Daniel Webster and Red Jacket,
The chief, is to fall at the touch of Time S
finger. this wise. 1t is that over the Pratt
mansion, a historical building in Buffalo,
where, in the march of improvement,
even old Corlnthian columns are leveled.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

The apple crop is immense in Connec-
ticut this year Another piece of news
from the same state is that an invention
has been patented for making out of cider
beverage closely resembling CHAINS
payne.