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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Since Jan. l snow fell forty-tive days In
succession at Leadville, Colo.
After June 80 a 2-csnt stamp Will carry on
ounce letter instead Of half-ounca
It is I'D there are over 500, COO 00J
boarded up in the banks of New York city.
Tie day otter the Inauguration an enthu
siastic Blaine girl at Oakland. Cal, paid an
election bet Of 100 kisses.
An exposition OF meat producing animals,
breeding horses, and fine poultry will be
held at Pittsburg next November.
The Missouri legislature is opposed to the
circus. A bill has been introduced to COM
pei circus managers to 10 al that they al
vertse
A bill has been introduced il the Belgian
house Of Representatives imposing heavy
duties on cereals, flour and meal leans, cat
tie sheep and hogs.
fire ut Easton, Pa. Thursday destroyed
the broom factory Of Fable & Singer AMI
also damaged the Burnett house. Edward
Caren. a fireman, was killed.
IN a bicycle race at Minneapolis Thursday
evening for so and gold medal, between
lIGmnleu, Of Chicago, and Bell, a local
wheelman, Bell won in fla
DR.. Moore, who recently disappeared from
Loadon, Ont, giving rise to suspicion that
he had been murdered. is at East Saginaw,
Mich with woman not his wife.
Virgins the Canadian weather prophet,
predicts another fearful storm on CT about
the 18th inst. exceeding in violence any.
thing we have experienced in years.
The wife oi Casper Hornicele Of Lewiston,
Ohio, disappeared recently, and HornjcaI5
was arrested Thursday charged with her alb
duction, and in the jail attempted to kill
himself
The famous Mexican band, now at New
Orleans has been given permission to visit
St Louis in June where it will assist at the
opening of the music hall in the exposition
building.
At San Sabra, Tex, the other day, {
couple were married on the street, sitting
| in buggy, the bridegroom armed with I
| rifle and The bride with q revolver Tn,
feared the brides relatives
| Thomas J. Navin, cx-mayor Of Adrian
/ Mich, who left that city in lSs! on accom-
| of fraudulent transactions and was captured
| In New Orleans several days ago, was place,
in the Adrian jail Thursday.
! Near Browns station, Ohio, Thursday, tn,
capture of wild man" who lived in
cave and subsisted on raw food, was eff
| fected. His body is covered with long hair
and Lis utteranceS are uuinteiligibie He ha
been sent to the Steuhenville poor house.
Mrs Minnie Peck, who was the wife 0
| Elmer Cobb, son Of Ahira Cobb, the Cleve
land millionaire, is accused Of kidnappin
her little boy from Cleveland, and to hav
taken Kim to Brooklyn. Elmer Cobb VIII
had separated from his wife, believing he
to be unfaithfuL committed suicide, an
when his putative child Was born he wa
placed with foster-parentS Ahirl Cobt
father Of Elmer died suddenly without leay
ing a viii, and a suit is now pending to max
Elmer's child a joint heir to the grandfather
estate. Hence the mothers interest in ge
ting control Of her child.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14
lSt. Louis rost-Dispatch, ]

st. LpaIS l'>St -BlSiItGI,l
Ii has been aScerSaiued from reliable
sources tina: the average amount expended
in cigars by an ordinary welLto-do st. Louis
gentleman who is anything of a smoker ut
ALL is about 10 cents a day. Jumping to the
other extreme, and placing the expenses Of
men anil clerks lower down the scale in
wealth at - cents per diem, the average sum
paid per smoking man for q sar, daily i in
the ueighburhnod of - cents
Out Of a population OF ll0,GDl, which St
Louis has. it is safe To say there fully
100000 men. If but one-thiri %; these use
cigars, the average amount OF money ex-
pended every day in this city in mdulging
i'll this expensive habit is some $4,000 or
thereabouts Almost every man who is Mt
all advanced in years and has smoked even
moderately, has blown away several houses
and lots and Il marriage portion for his
homeisst daughter, in cigar smoke. Quite
q number of local merchants, politicians
and gentlemen about town, buy for their
own use as high as g worth of Havana
weeds daily or $3.50 per annum.
In twenty years their cigar bills would
amount to 81 LOCO, and still their wives,
| daughters and sweethearts sigh in vain for
sealskin sacrues
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14

PITTsBUBG, March l4-The striking
miners were reinforced Friday by accession:
from the Hampton mines, along the lire OF
the Pennsylvania railroad and this VIII in
volve the force employed by tic New y orb
and Cleveland Gas-Coal company, anu
other extensive coal mines. Tine miners
president, Costello, asserts that there is MOI
a single mine On tie Mon nngaheia river il
operation in full. and he says tha
the strike IS She mo { laSarmiuei ever ar
ranged here. Several mills have shut dow
IN consequence Of the failure of the Goa
supply from the miass included in th,
strike. No e.ierts locking toward com
promise have been male.
COALITION. Ohio. March IA meeting @
delegates representing 2,005 miners unGni
mously agreed to hold out for 20 cents pc
ton. A large number Of miners are goin;
elsewhere for work
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14
THE QUESTION OF CASH
BOTHERS A BALTIMORE FIRM TO THE
TUNE OF 100000,
And One or Two Other Concerns for
Less Amount--It Also Keeps
Up the Railway and Col
l;ery Troubles.

BALTIMORE, MI, March IA. -Messrs Pope
& Cole, metal dealers, are said TO have
made an assignment with liabilities put at
81, 600 900.
Much surprised WAS caused in business
circles here Friday morning by the report
that the above firm, had assigned. The
report had been in circulation but
few moments when the announcement
Of their embarrassment was made by the
firm itself The house has long been looked
upon as one of the staunchest in business cir
cles here, aud many express the belief that
its embarrassment Will be only temporary.
1t is now being bruited about that the
cause of the collapse lies III the fact that GER
tain private partie, who have been behind
tie firm, refused to advance any more money
which would indicate that the concern has
been a losing one. The liabilities ere fully
100000
The assignment is made to William Key
SER Messrs. George \. Pope and George
T. Colo are the general partners in the firm,
aud Messrs. J. ". Garrett, William keyser,
George W. Ward and John S Gilman are
the special partners }. ". Garrett had
$4,000 invested. William Keyser SCI, 900,
and G. W. Ward and j. S. Gilman each
| $4,000.
Another cause given for the failure is the
recent shrinkage in the prices Of copper II
| is stated that the firm had made contracts
for the delivery to them of large quantitie:
| of that metal and when the time for delivery
| arrived the prices had fallen SO low that
they were unable to meet the contract price
| Among the heaviest home creditors are thu
| following bank; First National, Secont
| National Third National Merchants Ma
tional, National Union, National Mechanics
and the Manufacturers National.
1t is now said that the assets of Popo, Col,
& Co win probably reach within 300, COU o
| their liabilities
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14
Tic TnhIe, Turned.
Georgia Cor. Chicago Herald !

A story has just come to light here which
aiTords much amusement To the natives at
the expense Of three Boston dudes, whose
connection with the opening of a Georgia
marble quarry has brought them here.
They have had much amusement with
mountain boosters, and delighted i'll showing
of their superior accomplishments While
ON the way to Tates they met two harmless
looking country boys, who, barefooted and
with but one suspender over their shoulders,
vera trudgins to town The Bostonians
stopped in front of them and ordered them
to dance to Massachusetts juba. When
the mouutaineerS became satisfied that the
Bostonians were in earnest. they pulled out
two ugly looking reyolyers and changed the
programme by ordering the dudes TO dance
Thinking to humor the joke, and thus escape
easily, they danced awhile, but the boys
would not let them halt For five hours,
under cover of the revolvers, the Bostonians
danced such jig as has never been seen.
When the time was up one of the mountain
GERS exclaimed: Now, dang it, rum Tho
Bostoniaus were only too glad to do so, and
reached town footsore and weary
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14

THE London Echo says Cleveland is "a
strong and straight man and as politi-
ally pure as Lincoln was" 1t especially
commends the presidents declaration that
those who are selected for the high places
are still of the people and may, do much
by their example to encourage plain livN
ing Hear this, eXclaims the Echo, ''yc
kings with your tawdry crowns, ye dukes
and earls with your tinsel coronets, ye
Lords of the Bedchamber and Gold Sticks
in Waiting, with your salaries drawn from
the hard earned wages and slender re
sources of the thrifty poor-salaries paid
to you for no service productive of good
to the public, but only for playing the
funky and the fooll Is it not time o pa
tient English democracy, for us to open
our eyes and take counsel with OPT wiser
children? The money wasted over the
pomp and pageantry of courts is spent in
bolstering up the pretentions of rank and
birth. Would it not be better spent 10
feeding the poor and teaching the ignor-
anti And it asks in view of the peace
full change from Arthur to Cleveland, is
it not magnificent how the democratic
principal works to new conditions?7 The
despatch which introduces these utter>
ances to American readers says that such
utterances in Prussia would send then
author to Jail, and IN Russia to Siberia
1t is greatly to England's credit that they
can be spoken in London with the utmost
safety, and it is the best proof Of Eng
lish progress towards the democratic idea
that could be had.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14

CHICAGO, March AN. H. Crapscr &
Co, prominent beard # trade firm, a
little before room Friday announced its in
ability to meet its obligations. The firm has
been short OF wheat, and doing little else
than putting up margins for Il week past.
It's money was gone, and it was compelled to
DAY down when the market boomci. The
liabilities in and cut Of town viii amount to
about So, 600
BosToN, Mass, March 14-Henry T.
Wing & Co, shoidy manufacturers of this
city, whose mill is in Lawrence, have failed.
Liabilities, sl25,000, of which So, 600 is Sc
cured by mortgages on tie min property
New York, March 1.-THE failures dur
ing the last seven days, Us reported to
R. G. Dun & Co, number, for the
United States, 25S; Canada, Al; total,
2S2, as compared with pa last week.
The failures seem 10 be on the
increase in Canada but in Now York city
and the eastern states they are below the
average. The southern and western states
furnish two-thirds of the total number ir
| the United States
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14
THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK

1t is very evident, from careful exam
ination of the trades papers and the com
meftial journals generally, that the back
bone Of the depression is nearly or quite
broken. From such centres of the iron
industry as Youngstown Ohio, Troy, n.
y, and Pittsburg, Pa, as well as from
the west and south in the new fields of
iron industry, we hear of furnaces being
blown in, of rolling mills starting up, Of
FORCES at work and generally Of resump
ton of activity, though at reduced rates
so far as wage carners are concerned As
to the iron trade, it s understood that
the Amalgamated association recommend
their 10000 members 10 accept reduc>
ton of ten per cent in wages all around
and this, though the manufa 2turers wish
to double the reduction, argues well for
a fair compromise on both sides. II
Connecticut considerable activity is re-
ported in several branches Of the hard
ware trade as well as in the woollcn and
other mills AT Norwich, Southngton,
Beaver Brook and WestviIle factories,
mills and shops are reported as starting
up again. The great works of the Wills
son Sewing Machine company are reopen,
ed. From New Hampshire there are more
reports of open shops and busy mills
than of reductions of time and wages. A
few shut downs are reported but these
~ are more than cOunterbalanced by revi-
va's OF activity in other pie ,cs. Rhode
Island stands relatively in the same po-
sltion. The chief depression in New Eng.
land. is in the cotton mills. Two great
Massachusetts corporations owning seven
large mills have ordered ten per cent re-
duction. The Pacific mills at Lawrence
have stopped 700 looms and thrown sec
operatives out of work The shoe trade
is also dull, but with signs of awakening
activity. On all sides the clouds are lift
ing. Close examination will show ar
undue anxiety on the part of employers
everywhere to reduce their forces and cut
down wages, thus tending directly tc
accelerate the downward tendency which
shows itself not only in falling prices but
in that under consumption of prime nee
essaries, so often COMPOUNDED with an
over production, which in this country
At least has never existed except in de-
finitiye and limited directions. Stopping
a laboring mans powers to buy is not the
way TO prevent an industrial depression
or give surcease to dull market.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14
THE EO0T1F THE

To thoroughly cure serolrIa it is neccs.
sary TO strike directly at The root of the
evil. This is exactly what Hoods Sarsa-
parilla does, by acting upon the blood,
thoroughly cleansing it Of all Impurities,
and leaving not even faint of scrofula
in the vital fluid. Thousands who have
been cured of scrofula by Hoods Sarsa,
parilla, testify to its wonderful blood pu
rifying qualities. Sold by all druggists
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14

Scovill's Sarsaparilla and Stillingia OF
Blood and Liver Syrup win restore per~
feet health to- the physical organization.
1t is indeed, a strengthening syrup, pleas
ant to take. and has often proven itself to
be the best Blood Purifier ever discovered,
eifectually curing Scrofula, Syphilitic dis
orders, Weakness of the Kidneys, Erysi-
pelas, Malaria, all Nervous disorders and
Debility, Bilious Complaints, and all dis
eases indicating an impure condition of
the Blood, Liver, Kidneys Stomach, etc.
It corrects indigestion, especially when
the complaint is of an exhaustive nature,
having tendency to lessen the vigor of
the brain and nervous system.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14

Rheumatic torture ends with the first
dose of Athlophoros. 1t Is direct remc>
dy. This is great gain. The dawn Of en-
enlargement is the beginning of cure.
Says. s. r. Denncn, D. D., New Haven,
Conn. "No disease flesh is heir TO is
more annoying to patient and patience
| than deep seated rheumatism. For years
| have suffered everything but death, and
for months was kept out of my pulpit.
Recently had sudden and painful a.
tack On Friday | began to take Athlo~
phoros. On Sunday was in my pulpit.
On Monday went TO Boston well, and
have been so ever since. In this instance
know it saved me months of suffering,
the thought Of which made me shudder.
Have seen it tried in other instances, some
of which were rheumatic cripples of ycarS
standing. One case was a man Of -
years who had not walked without
crutchcs for q years. He now moves
freely without aid and without pain
Others when despaircd of by their pbysi-
| clans are now at their business.
This is the testimony Of thousand,
equally worthy Of belief. AtLlophoro,
means something from the start II don't
let you drag out weary months in anguish
of body and mind. As pain fees despair
fees. The patient is assured. Hope aid:
| the direct remedy. Health comes smiling
~ back. As the same reverend gentleman
said; "For your wonderful specific the
present generation will bow before you
and future generations will call yor
blessed"
And then as to timei The clergyman
time was precious. But not a whit mort
50 than that of thousands who depend o.
their toll for daily bread. One cant rca-
lie that time is money 50 fully as whcr
down with rheumatism, It may be fo
months or for years Says Rev, J. L
Seares, N. y. City; Have seen AthIo
pboros administered in many cases among
my congregation, some Of which wert
| free from pain and about their accustom
cd business in twenty four h0uIs, II
scores of cases the relief was immediate
and the final cure complete. The mos
| efTcctual remedy vet discovered.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14

SECRETARY LAMAR has called halt on
the Backbone" land grant proceedings
Mr.. Van Wyck, the senator from Bitter
creek" will be apt to take upon himself a
little credit for this action. In speaking
upon the question the other day IN the
senate "the old man is said to have
pounded three desks, while making it de
cidedly uncomfortable for ex-Secretary
Tal1ar
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14
PUT YOUR HAND

In a vice, turn the screw untli INC
pain is all you can possibly bear,
and that's Rheumatism; turn the
crew once more, and that's Nen-
ralgia. Such was the definition OF
these two diseases given his class
by a Professor in a medical college,
aud he added: Gentlemen, the
medical profession knows no certain
cure for either" The latter state
mcnt is no longer true, for it has
been proved time and again that
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14
An Effect Climax.
Chicago Tribune,I

a melodrama was being performed in a
provincial city, and the closing act was to
witness the death Of the heroine from poison
administered by her lover. The end ap-
preached, when the lover said, Il have for.
gotten tie vial Kill me with pistol or
a dagger" whispered the actreS> 81 have
neither "Kill me quickly, for the audience
is inpatient she exclaimed. An inspira
ton seized him, and as she turned he gave
her a kick She falterei and fell, oxcIaim-
ing: II die by the hanl Of tho poisoner." 1t
was an effective climax.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14

WHEN the gas and steam pipe compa'
'nies have occasion to tear up the pave
ments in New York they do not repair
the concrete foundations, because they
say it was not properly laid in the frs
place and ought not be repaired, Theil
apparent neglect is caused solely by theii
solicitude for public welfare, of course.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14

1t is well understood by the community
that DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
has constituted for years past one of the
special domestic staples. 1t is unquestion-
ably. if the opinions of chemists, physi>
clans and all classes Of consumers arc
worthy of acceptance, the purest and best
Baking Powder ever placed in our mark
eff
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14
They are Not Sorry.

There is one thing nobody regrets
that is, the day thay first adopted Paiker's
Tonic as their regular family medicine
Its range is so wide, and its good effects
so sure, that nothing else, except GOOD
nursing, are needed in a great majority Of
cases. Buy it, try it. and afterwarsis il
will not require any praise from Us,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14

NEW YORK, March Il. A telegram from
Jay Gould was received Thursday, stating
that he was just leaving Havana in hi
yacht for New Orleans, whence he will CONT
to New York by rail. It is supposed that ht
has shortened his trip or account of thi
strike Of employees on his railroads.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14

Things in the Bottom Drawer" is the
caption in local journal. Ten to one
they are the husbands things. No mar
ried man ever yet was allowed to keep his
things in the top drawer of the bureau.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14
.,sssas @6


had spent so much for medical treatment that we
were TOO poor to buy. on the agony of that mo
ment, Health and happiness within your reach
but too poor to grasp it. / applied. however, TO
those VINO were willing and able 10 help me. and
| have taken Swift's Specific, and am now sound
and well once more. SWift's Specific IS The best
blood purifier in the world, and is the greatest
BLESSING uf he aye
MRs T. W. LEE. GreonyilIe. Ala.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14

TALBoTToN, Ga. Sept y. lSSi.-Ny little son.
now seven wears old. broke ont when babe three
weeks with what the doctors called eczema, be
ginning on the head and gradually spreading over
his whole body. He was treated for five years or
more By various physicians without rcHct, ana
The little boys health was completely broken
down Abont q year ago was induced TO use on
him Swilt's Specific and Two bottles cured him
sound and well, and there has been no sign Of q
return, ri thc disease T. q. NoLNES.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14

The London Sportsman of February 81,
contains the following advertisement:
WANTED "A cultured gentleman, capa>
BILE OF milking goats. A university man
preferred. Applications, with testimon~
ials as to proficiency, to be addressed
ato
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14

Enough slate is quarried every year tc
cover 10000 squares Of this city. Sc
long as there is so much slate in this
country the prohibtionists have very 1T
tie chance to carry general election.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14

Northwestern Christian Advocate; Crime
is so differently reported by two distinct
classes Of dailies that change from one to
the other ought to produce the impression
TINT the world has suddenly grown very
wicked.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14
a nrrnrist for Is Xonrs.

AUBURN. Ala, sept .. 1884. j am an old phar
macist, have had to do largely with blood diseases
for over twenty five ycors. | have dealt in all
kinds Of blooe purifiers, and do not hesit5tcto say
that SWift's Specifics the best and has giNCnmoru
general satisfaction than any other | have ever
handled. Last year a young student came TO my
store cmacated and covered with sores. I rec
commended 5. ;. :. He took only three bottles,
and the sores disappeared, his throat healed mp
and his skin cleared OF. lis flesh WAS smooth
and fresh MS that of 4 child, and he has gained
ten ponds. l scarcely knew him when he re
tHrucd after an absence Of scvcra! weeks. lie
claimed to be renewed in flesh and spirits nun
her Of other eases less malignant have come Uu-
der my observation, and all with the best of re
suits. SWifts Specific is an excellent tonic Iflt
as an antidote for malaria has no superior, many
ladies using itEs tonic for general debility,
and find it the most satisfactory one ever used.
have been dealing in Swift's Specific for ii years
or more. and am satisfied that do Rot place too
high an estimate upon lis merits
G. ". DIXON.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
TIL SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14
The Irish Ncrortunity.

New YORK, March Il The threatened
hostilities between England and Russia have
caused activity among the advanced Irish
Nationalist throughout this city. A NUM-
ber of leading Irishmen have been
called upon. They all admitted that war
between England and Russia would be a
golden opportunity for patriotic Irishmen
to take the initiative in struggle for the
freedom Of their country, but declined to
say what any Of the organizations were do
ing just yet
The Baltimore & Ohio Goes to New