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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

A New jersey girl who heard tina; some
of her callers liked mixed drinks, provid
cd four kinds of water. rain, spring, well,
and melted snow.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

NILN UhEE. } an .
Wheat-Frmer; No ,, 5S13c; January,
7Ske, February, 1850; March, 19asc; May.
S5Ac. Corn-Steady; No. >, y6c Oats
Que.; No > 26jsc. Rye Higher; No. !,
No 3 4.c
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

Sweet potatoes are selling at 25 cents a
bushel in Palatka, Fla, while good wills,
Ky can't be bought for less than 80 cents
a glass.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

INV lDNh, jan. 4
Wkeat-Vayiahle, irregular and lower:
active business: NJ. | white. nominal; No.
J red January: SO q 934c; February, 9JI4
lgl$tc; March. 9b.Wa}r; ApIi, 93s. "a
a. May. o i-@9i4c. Corn o"+uaI
lower int later rca te-. mixed western spot,
50a5S <: futures, = o. 5344c Oats-, .,cI
Western. IA 4nc. troyiSioGs-Beef, qu!et
and pncaanEei; uew extra. SiLhiH J.. a.
Pork, firm: Gsw mes, 81 '1y1!3JJ. Lard,
fifm aud Il. her; team, SIS.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

A TToRNEY AT LAW, Solicitor in Chaaearv and
IL Notary Public, Abstracts Loans and collec-
tons. Office, Bufords Block, ID avenue. over
Bakers Jewelry store pov-2a.iIy
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

A TToRNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Il 0fice in Masonic Temple block over Rock is
land National Bank Rock Island, H.
spnt-a6 dWtf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

Senator Fair is defendant IN tax suit
in San Francisco for over $50, 900 His
city property is assessed for over "a, 900, :
ONO
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
81. C. CONNOLLY.

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
II Rock Island, Ills. Office in Post Office Build.
ing, over Mitchell & LJnde's Bank, Rooms No s
and TO- nov aI-awry
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

In Brooklyn young lady found
poodle dog in the card basket she hung on
the door knob.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
The Best Fruit Of medical science

Dyspepsia is Immediately relieved by
Benson's Capcine Plasters. Quick acting.
highly medicinal
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

Dickens Weller" who has just died
was the grandfather of Elizabeth Thomp
son, the artist.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
M. M. STURGEON.

i TToRNEY AT LAW, Office No. l7fg Second
a Avenue, between nth and 18th SITS, mp stairsl
Rock Island, Ill. decll2dly
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

1t is believed in Paris that Mapleson is
plotting to gain control of the grand
Opera house there.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
GUIDO BECK.

A RCHITEcT.-Seeond Avenne, over Peoples
n National Bank Rock Island, Illinois.
noy=29-d1y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
New Advertisements.

BY addressing =. ROWELL & co,
10 Spruce St, New York. can learn the
exact cost of any proposed line Of advcr-
Using in American Newspapers. 100
page pamphlet, loc
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
L. ID. SWEENEY. c. L. WALKER
SWEENEY 81 WALKER
nj. III. CORRETT

A TToRNEYS AND COUNSELLoRS AT LAW
1iotiiee In Bengston's block, Reck Island, Iii.
ang-l -dwY
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
The DAILY ARGUS.
THURSDAY, JAN, 8. 1885.


Only Democratic Daily In the Eleventh Con-
gressional District
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

ROCK ISLAND DAILY ARGUS,
ROCK ISLAND WEEKLY ARGUS.
OFFICIAL PAPEEs OF socz ISLAND CITY AND COUNTY
Argns Block, Opp. Post Office
SUBSCRIPTION RATEsl
DAiLI-l2A cents per week, or 30 cents per
month, delivered by carriers to any part of the
city
wEEKLY-S2,O0 per year, postage paid.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
J. III. BEARDSLEY.
T.. w. HuRST

TToBNEY AT LAW-Ofiee with j. T. Ken
worthy, l1a5 Second avenue. ng-ltiwgm
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-21

A CHECK DRAWN BY Z. G. JONES FOR
IA $500. made payable to N. Simonsen, or
was lost on the Sd instant. Payment
has been stopped. Any person having found
said check will confer Q favor by returning 10
to MORRIS q LEVY,
Eureks, Oct. 9, 1885. DIST
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-21

SOUTHExN FEELING.

Says the New York Herald: Because
Soatherners do not fall upon their knees,
confess themselves ex.traitors and then
pray that they may be taken to Blaine's
bosom when they die, there are Norshern
Republicans of the Sherman.H oar schocl
who insist that the war is not over. II
these gentlemen cannot afford to travel
in the South and correct their impress
sions by active use of their eyes and ears,
they can at least look occasionally into
Southern newspapers for Indications OF
the temper Of the people. Here, for in.
stance, is a bit from the Memphis Appeal
1.-THE South needs the North, but no
more than the North needs the South.
We need each other. The verdict of the
war was that the Union was indissoluble
that we were destined to live together
and the Southern people would not
change that verdict if they could" Such
talk abounds in the Southern newspaper
press; why do not Republican editors at
the North ever reproduce any OF it? 1t
certainly is as patriotic as anything that
emsnates from their own loyal brains.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-21
eureka Dailp 9eutinel.
WEDNESDAY -. OCTOBER 81. 1885.
LEGITIMATE MINING.

More men will embark in mining en-.
terprises and make money out of them
when they cease to regard mining with
suspicion, and judge it as they do other
occupations-by the records of success
and failures. Says the Denver Tribune.
Republican: A little mining failure can
travel farther and create a more profound
furore than a dozen big commercial fail.
ures. If other business callings were
held to as strict an account as mining is
by the general public, there would be
precious little confidence attaching to any
of them. Bradstreet's and other agencies
give publicity to hundreds and thousands
OF failures in so.called legitimate bust
ness enterprises, but these reports do not
create either excitement or consterna.
ton, although hundreds of thousands
and millions of dollars have been
lost, but a few thousands lost in mining
furnish topics Of conversation to multi.
tudes, while the cranky press Of the ma
tion airs its Ignorance and prejudices
through silly articles, supposed to be ex-
ceedingly profound. If any business
man Except he happens to style himself
q miner fails he has merely been unfor.
tunate or foolish, and prejudice stops
right there and goes no farther. but let a
miner fail from whatever reason, and he
is regarded both knave and fool and the
mining industry suffers in the estimation
of the public. This kind of snap judg.
ment is all wrong and the men INDUCING
in it are fools. There are less failures in
mining than in almost any other reput.
able avocation, and fewer than in any
other when properly conducted. Lack
OF personal attention to mining invest
ments causes the majority OF failures,
and this would cause failure in any other
business. Still, hundreds and thousands
OF men make money in mining, notwith.
standing this unbpsiness-like conduct.
Money has been lost by investors who
could not find the location of their 30.
called mine, but we never heard of q
merchant failing from q like cause.
Many men strain their finances in the
purchase of mining property, and thus
have no resources with which to carry
on the business of mining. A merchant
might as well spend oil his capital in the
erection of q store building and then
curse merchandising because he could
not secure a stock Of goods. 1t take,
both capital and sense to succeed 10 min.
ing as certainly as in any other oocupa-
ton.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-21

The New York Journal of Fabrics and
the Dry Goods Balletiu says: Since Au.
gust the prices have advanced Is to 80
per cent in domestic woods from the low.
est point touched for many years. Tho
qualities chiefly affected were mediums
and low grades. The dependency of
wool men in Europe and Australia over
the last London sales is very great, esLe.
cially SO in fine woods. Low as the prices
ruled before the London sales, they suf.
fered adecline as the sales progressed.
The principal support to the Englisa
market anne then from America. A
cablegfam just received from Australia
states that the auction sales of the new
clip have opened at a decline of 5 to Is
per cent. With such a tone in the wool
centers Of the world, it is useless to
speculate on the continued rise, or ever
a sustainment OF the present prices for
any long period.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-21
OVER THE WATER.

A Suit Against Mrs. Langtry o
Household Debts - A True Bill
Found Against Editor stead-A
BaItimOrean Mobbed fn Scotland
-WarIike Demonstration.
SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
LONDON, Oct. 20.-The case OF Mrs.
Lsngtry, who was summoned to appear be-
fore the County Court of Chelsea for re.
fusing to pay household debts while living
with her husband, came up for a hearing
to-day, but was postponed till November 3
at tho request Of her counsel, who pleaded
that bis client could not appear. owing to
professional engagements, which could not
be broken without serious damage to the
defendant. A number Of dressmakers'
bills are among the items mentioned In
the summons. Mrs. Langtry claims her
husband is responsible for the debts. Mr..
Langtry's friends state that he is unable to
pay the bills, as the only source Of income
he has at present is an annuity allowed him
by his wife on condition he does not modest
her. I'll
The Grand Jury has found a true bill
against Mr.. Stead, the editor OF the Pail
Mall Gazette, and the other prisoners 10
the Eliza Armstrong case, for abduction.
conspiracy and an indecent ASSAULT =,
BIRMINGHAM, Oct. 20.-Seven hundred
unemployed workmen in this city to-day
marched to the residence OF Chamberlain.
The Chief OF Police. learning their inten.
tions and fearing violence, sent a large
force Of police by Q shorter route, and
when the procession arrived OF Mr..
Chsmberlain's house they found it sur
rounded by policemen. After o consulta.
ton q %deputation Of three Of the unem.
ployed men were admitted to SEQ Chamber.
lain. They detailed their grievances, and
fatty accused Mr.. Chamberlain OF making
arrow with the wealthier classes to ALLEVIATE
the sympathy for the suffering poor for
personal political ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Mr..
Chamberlain refused to attend the meeting
in aid Of the distress fund. The men then
returned to their place Of meeting, howl.
ing against Mr.. Chamberlain.
ATHENS. Dot. 90. The Council Of Candi,
the largest city 10 Crete. has voted in
favor Of a union with Greece. but the
populace refuse to revolt against the
Turkish Government before Greece de-
clares war. The Greeks are wild with
enthusiasm. Thirty thousand men Of re-
serves have been enrolled during the pas
FIVE days. and thousands are arriving from
all parts OF Greece. The people are clam.
oring for war.
EDINBURGH, Oct. 20.-The action OF Mr.
Ross Winans, OF Baltimore. and a million
aire. who owns. an extensive deer park in
Northern Scotland. in closing the roadway
on his property SO angered the people In
that vicinity that they mobbed and stoned
him oil Sunday last. Winans has offered
$500 reward for the capture of the culprits
PARIS. Oct. 20.-A telegram from St
Petersburg was received at q late hou,
this evening that says Russia has made
preparations to land 10000 troops in
Varna, a seaport town of Bulgaria. Ia "a
hours in case Of need.
P~HILLIPPoLIs. Oct. 20.-Prince Alex
ander has summoned khe whole Of the
National militia Of Bulga.is and Eastern
Roumelia for immediate service In defence
of their country.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-21


Tho lowest death rate ever recorded in
the city Of London was that Of the sec.
ond week in September, when it was 49,
per 1000 inhabitants. Low though this
Is for the city of London, when expressed
In the actual number of deaths il il
startling. The city of London has now
q population of about 1900, 600 inhabit.
ants. and therefore at this rate there are
90, 400 people die in that city every year.
and every day more than 10 people look
upon this world for the last time. But
1t is with reference to the population OF
the world that the figures appear the
most startling. The population Of the
world is about !. 800. 900. 900 inhabitants.
At the London death rate there are more
than 10000 0 people die every year.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-21

PIrTsBUnG, Oct. 20.-Ex.First AssistAn
Postmaster General Hays died ct 6:s
o'clock this morning Of consumption.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-21
The Pioneer Matchmaker.

The best watch and clock, jewelry and
optical work done by ]. Straus. pioneer Of
TO in Eureka and pioneer practical watch.
maker Of SO on the Coast. Having worked
in the largest watch establishments in
watch glasses % cents, watch hands rs
cents, pins in brooches. repairing Of specks
Is cents. watch cleaning So, and warranted
for one year. Call and see. n
New ginghams-at Harris & Mathews.
New hosiery-at Harris & Mathews.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-21
R ( LIST
.....oF... - n
M. vi. LEY.

Cheese, from 100. to zoe. and from ESQ. to
TO $50. per pound.
Pioneer Flour, So IS to 81 12k per 100
pounds.
Crushed, Granulated and Brown Sugar,
l0k to 12k cents per pound.
Oatmeal, %10-pound sacks, from 75c. to 9Oc.
per sack.
Corn Meal. 10-pound sacks. Goo. TO Toe.
per sack.
Eggs, 28c per doz. to 8 doz. for 81.
Bacon, lac. to l8c. and zoe. per pound.
Hams, Ito. TO zoe. per pound.
Butter. from Csc. to 90c. per roll.
Mess Pork, from lao. to l8c. per pound.
Coffee, from zoe. to 33c. per pound.
Tea, from 400. to 81 % per pound.
Rice, from Sc. to 1880 per pound.
Coal Oil, from SIS per case TO 75c. per gal.
Beans. from SIC. TO Sc. per pound.
Crackers. from 1870 TO 25c. per pound.
Eagle Brand Milk. 25c. per can.
Kirk Soap, from Sc. to l0c. per bar.
olstf NJ. II. LEY. South Of Courthouse.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13
THEY SUPPOSED
Lamar Mistaken for Ben Butler

Washington Letter to Globe-Democrat.
One Of Secretary Lamars characteristics
is sympathy for inebriates. This kind OF
philanthropy, however, has its drawbacks.
The other day an individual tottered into a
street car where the secretary was riding.
The first thing he did was to throw dollar
through the opening in the front door. By
and by the driver passed back the change
done up in little package. The drunken
man showed it in his pocket. Pretty soon
the driver opened the door and called out
sharply: ''Put in your fare" The drunken
man stared, but didn't move. People be-
gan to litter. "Neyer mind" said Mr..
Lamar, looking benevolently at the befogged
passenger, ''I'll fix it for YOU" and he
stepped up and put nickel in the box.
The situation was still misty, but the
drunken man recognized that in some way
the secretary had done him friendly act.
He extended his hand and Mr.. Lamar shook
it, saying: That's all right"
The drunken man gaZed steadily and
earnestly at his benefactor for nearly five
minutes. Then broad grin spread over
his face as he reached out his hand and
said: ''How dye do, Gen. Butler? |
thought l knew'd yer; fit with yer at New
Orleans"
Mr.. Lamar accepted the hand again, but
with less suavity. Il know'd yer," con-
tinued the drunken man, and he kept on
grinning while the people began to smoker.
You don't think he takes me for Ben
Butler, do yOu?" asked Mr.. Lamar. rather
painfully, of a friend who sat beside him.
The secretary wasn't left long in doubt fol
after another hard look the drunken man de-
lightedly pointed to his left optic and broke
at New Orleans, hain't yer?"
Mr.. Lamar dropped out at the next cor
ner, with an effort to look responsive to
the smiles which followed him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13
Two American Noblemen.

Boston Record.
Thackeray, though he satirized snob-
berry with pen of fire, appreciat ed the adj
antages of high rank and all that it I'M
plies, and he did not hesitate to write that
even the heart of stern moralist would
threb with pleasure if he could be seen
walking down Pail Mall arm in arm be-
tween two dukes.
While standing in the window of the
fashionable Somerset club, looking out
upon the passers-by, Thackeray said to a
friend:
81 haven't seen in this country any men
with the stamp of high social caste-such
men as combine brains and blood in the
British peerage. Have you no such men in
American"
The Boston club man replied that we
had, and was going on to illustrate the sub
ject when Thackeray's quick eye caught
sight of two digniied and courtly-looking
gentlemen walking arm in arm on the OPP
posite sidewalk.
There" he said, ''are the sort of men
1 mean. They look as if they were born
dukes!"
The great writer had seen two of the
most Democratic of Bostonians, both OF
whom. however, had more brains and dig.
nifty than most wearers of coronets.
They we're Edmund Quincy and Wendell
Phillips.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13
CAR1TAS.

Heavens pure-souled painter, Fra Angelica
His calm brush, angel-guided, noon and
night
Startling the clOister silence with fresh
light
From some saint face-unconscious lent the
glow
OF beatific peace to souls below
Until $50 famed Gods vision on his sight y
Cleans of his own ineffable delight
Played round each outcast in the realm of
woe.
No less, to-day, rare souls there are who live
In touch with all things just. and pure and
-. true
Sweet love, their gracious and abiding
guest
Who from their own white heights grudge not
to give
The sinner and the publican their due,
Nor care to judge mankind but at its best.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13
Character and Stockings.

If there is bashful young man about to
read this article, he had better skip it. Ii
may cause him infinite harm to know what
/ am about to write. If he once finds that
the feminine stocking is an unerring index tc
the nature of the wearer. who knows to
what extremes he may go in his wild search
after truth? The trembling innocent OF
yesterday may be metamorphosed into a
bold bad man who haunts the avenue every
wet or windy day. Let him stop before he
goes deeper into the subject. Let him hes
itate before he tastes of the forbidden fruit
this article, to-wit-which will throw be-
fore him, in vivid oolors and in true light,
that mystery of w ,aan's dress-the stock
ing! Let him pause and consider say,
before he dares to read what am about to
make known. Let him pass his eye sternly
on to the next column. Letshim shun this
screed as if it were bookkeeper Chestnut
csc for adder, and keep his mind free from
the unholy knowledge. What! You wont?
Then don't blame me for the consequences
that's all!
An eminent literary light and shrewd
observer of humanity (why should conceal
his identity? 1t was the author of that
GlrlllOS Ratchet C6Tidl, n queer case, -
once remarked in my hearing that he could
Immediately tell the character of any fe-
male whose stocking he might see 1 have
been since then wonderfully amazed at the
justice of this mans assertion. Not the
face nor the eyes nor the frock gives half
as clear an insight into the feminine nature
as the stocking! Many years of laborious
study have l given to the subject, and they
only go to prove the truthfulness of his
remark. The outcome of my studies may
be given to the public in the following
brief statement:
Striped Stockings-Young man. beware
of the owner of striped stockings! The
gaudier the stripes the more she should be
Stunned. She is lion, seeking whom she
may devour. She is the ice-cream girl, the
soda-water girl, the fried-oyster girl. She
is the girl who wants you to take her to the
theater, to the skating rink, to the National
rifles fair. And if you won't go with her
she will give you the g. b. and go there with
somebody else. All, my young friends, the
sirens should be painted with striped stock
ings and am surprised that Ulysses never
said word about it in his narrative.
Blue StOckings-As a newspaper man /
ought not to say much against bus blue.
The blues have very little beauty, as rule,
but they make up for it in their wit. If
you have good, level head and are not
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13
GAY GIRLS DRESSES.
Clara Belle Tells How Fashionable Girls
Take Advantage of Costuming
Opportunities.
Oorsages Which, Though Cut Low, are Very
Deceitful in Their Appearance
at a Distance.
Something New in the Way of Dis
tinction in Perfumes for En-
gagged Girls.
An Ambitious Refermatory Scheme
of Murray Hill Bellies Comes
to u Sudden End.

New YORK, Dec. A bright. mild al
sernoon, such as we have two or three
times every December, is the most eXquls-
ltely satisfactory of all times for a fashion,
lbly-dressed woman to promenade in Broad
way, You see, it is just this way: In
summer. spring or fall every girl in the
whole big city, whether her gown be silk or
calico. is CARRIED in a light, airy mode that
would, if not so multiplied, fascinate the
masculine observer There positively is
no chance to be distinguished. But in De-
cember, when women with Scant or moder-
ate wardrobes have strained their purses in
getting a stock of cold weather duds along
comes an almost sultry day. That's the
luxurious dressers' opportunity. [ saw
two of them this week, and here is a picture
Of them. Their suits. as you see, were in
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13

Is made of chestnut-brown boucle trimmed
with silver fox fur. The Russian fez is
made of the same material, and fur muff
with brown satin ribbons and fur bands
about the top of the shoes completes this
comfortable and jaunty outfit.
Jackets and cloaks without fur trim
mings are ornamented by large metal but
tons. and have little pointed hoods in the
back lined with bright colored satin. Plaid
satin is much used for this purpose and is
effective.
A pretty cloak for girl of ten or twelve
is made out of hunters green boucle with a
skirt box plated in the back and buttoning
at one side over the hip with two large
steel buttons. A bow of white green otto
man ribbon holds it at the throat, and the
pointed hood is lined with primrose yellow.
A little round jockey of the cloth trimmed
with a bow of feather-edged green ribbon
and stiff yellow feather is worn with it.