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The Indianapolis journal., 1885-10-08
Samoa Wants United States Protection.

Washington Special.
DR. Theodore Canisius, of Illinois, after having
spent twenty years in the consular service of the
government, the last three of which he was con-
sui at Samoa, has returned here broken in health
He comes bringing a letter from the King of
Samoa and some gifts. Dr. Cansius was an eye
witness of the recent attempts of the German
government to obtain possession of the Samoan
islands, and the letter which he brings from the
present King, Malietoa, is a sort of plea for the
protection of the United States against those
who seek to annex his kingdom. King Malietoa
now has about forty thousand subjects. Dr.
Canisius and the British consul were present at
TIE time the German war ships arrived at Samoa
erected fort and planted the German flag. and
they made very energetic protest that North
Germany should not seize the group of islands,
and undoubtedly it was in great measure due to
the vigorous protests of these two consuls that
the German expedition of conquest stopped
where it did The gifts which DR.. Canisius
brings are Of the most primitive and of the sim
plest nature. Among them is a drinking vessel
used tor the preparation of the native Samoan
drink, kawa
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-10-08

WashlngtOn Special.
Ex-Congressman Milt Sayler was met, and
asked about the Ohio situation. 81 have seen
and conversed," said he, with quite a number
of my old Democratic friends of Ohio recently.
All of them express themselves as very hopeful
of success. and it is evident that the Democratic
prospects have improved of late. and, from what
| can hear, believe we will carry the State"
'fDo you believe that the Democrats will carry
the Legislature, too2" inquired the reporter.
'Well," responded Mr. Sayler. somewhat hesi-
tatingly. 81 am not SO hopeful of that The Re-
pubicans will trade off their State ticket to save
the Legislature, the loss of that body would
retire John Sherman. l am very much in hopes
that we will carry the Legislature. too. but as I
say that is more doubtful than the State ticket "
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-10-08
Less Haste in Removing Republicans.
nacial to the IndiananuliE Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. There is less haste
than there was few weeks ago in the matter Of
making removals of Republican officeholders
1t is stated semi-officially that the question Of
removing officers on political grounds was dis
cussed for two hours at the second Cabinet meet
ing held after the return of the President from
his summer vacation, and it was determined
that wherever harmony and good feeling in the
party could be maintained there would not
be removals made. This refers, of course, to
the higher officers such as United States mar
shals district attorneys, postmasters of the
second class, revenue and customs officers, pen
sion agents, etc. Men who call at the White
House, on ohice-getting missions, report slower
progress than formerly
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-10-08
He Is for "Reform.~

Atlanta Constitution.
The President is putting In the postmaster
where they will do the most good
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-10-08
Charges Against Superintendent Burt

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct 7.-Alonzo Burt, of Gin
cinnati superintendent of the railway mail serv-
ice for that division, is here. 1t is understood
he comes to answer charges of Offensive parti-
sanship," filed against him by the Jefferson Dem
ocratic club of this city. He is charged with
permitting his men, during the campaign last
year. to leave their posts of duty and to do polti
cal work, and on election day to have permitted
two inexperienced and incompetent men to 60
out on regular runs as substitutes, so that the
railway mail employees could perform campaign
work. The charges were worked up by Dem
ocratic club at Cincinnati but can be proven to
have no foundation in fact. Mr. Burt says his
men did nothing wrong; that the service was not
impaired and that there wild be no removals if
justice is done.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
RASMUSSEN'S CARD.

calling attention the fact that and
Studio making only the decidedly the bsn
vicinity We also wish call DISPLAY of Hne
Photographic work. all recently produced novel and
pleasing positions and effects of light and shadow varying from
miniature 1890 inches We have been
tent critics that it by far the finest display 0
artistic largely due to the fact greater effort TO
excel than unde bring experience as can he
gathered from II continuous service vng Photo
graphic 1857 since which lost x
months either sickness vacaion TO
appreciate the Importance scenic effects Photo opera
ing fitted with mass of accessories consisting of stone WALL
ustrade stone and rustic bridges and fences boat rocks pond containing
water ies saway and variety of back
chairs table statues what Chicago Photo
equaed any gallery in this vicinity plainly (and is
easily demons that gallery this contains
amount our we don't boast that they bought
used by predecessors for 2
makes containing
Voisaende Enycope and Dameye
CELEBRATED LENSES GALLERY
pleased patron the best advertisement and strive
advertisement excellence order
satisfactory results of three
different positions and all of these proofs shown and should
suggest themselves ettngs will gladly be made free
charge Gallery 18th street and End Rock Island
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
River Rlplets.

The Pittshurg came up this afternoon
with the biggest trip of the season. She
had $50 cabin passengers and an immense
cargo of freight.
The elegant Sidney will be down in the
morning.
The Centennial is due up. She started
out with he Pittsbusg but has not been
heard from yet.
The handsome steamer Sidney lay at
the wharf all day yesterday undergoing
needed repairs to her boilers. A goodly
number of our young men took advant>
age Of the opportunity to call, ostensibly
upon the genial and jolly Captain Best.
but in reality to cultivate the acqnaint-
ance of two charming st. Louis bellies
who were enroute northward. A fierce
rivaly soon became noticeable between a
certain well known insurance man and
the manager of the electric light, and
the way they endeavored to give each
other cold day was comical in the ex-
treme. The insurance man got the lead,
however, for he called four times during
the day, A company of young people
went down to the boat last evening and
reveled in the may dance for several
hours, and first and foremost among the
Jolly crowd was the inimitable Capt. Best
The boat got away on its northern trip
about II o'clock last night. having as ad,
ditional cargo the hearts of two very sus'
ceptible young men of the Key City. who
will doubtless locate in st. Louis ere
long.-Dubuque Times.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
Triumuh in Minstrelsy.

The much talked of Cragg family, the
premiers of the acrobatic and gymnastic
world, are one of the strong features with
Haverly's MINISTRIES, who appear al the
opera house next week. Their work is
said to be revelation to the admirers OF
ground and lofty tumbllng. Instead of
the ordinary dress worn by gymnasts on
the stage, they appear in dress suits, and
perform all their feats without changing
to tights and trunks. They prove to the
audience that there is something in the
acrobatic line which has never before
been attempted, and the majority of Their
figures are entirely new to the stage, while
those that are old are of the most diff
cult kind They are said to be quick and
graceful and seem to work without effort
They display no muscles bullying through
their shirts, strike no meaningless atti>
tudes, and refrain from treating the aud
fence to intermittent doses of bad panto.
mine. They 60 at their work in bust
ness like way and it speaks for itself.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
TRACK TALK.
Rumors that the"Q."i is Aiming at Get
ting Into Davenport.--EehOes
From the Rail.

Monday afternoon General Superinten-
dent j. d. Bessler, Chief Engineer G. G.
Smith and Division Superintendent W.
G. Brown, all of the Great Burlington
Route, were in the city on an official
visit. In the afternoon they went up on
government island and spent some time
with Col. d. W. Flagler The party re-
turned to this city and in the evening
Capt G. w Durham was closeted with
them at the Harper house. An ARGUS
reporter attempted to ascertain the object
of the trip from Superintendent Bessler,
but that gentleman was non commlttal
Yesterday morning the party left for the
south, Capt. Durham accompanying. 1t
is evident that the 90" has some project
in view which will interest Rock Island
and Davenport The actions of the off.
Gals were mysterious during their stay in
the city and they seemed above all things
to avoid publicity, and especially the
newspapers. There is good rerson to be-
lieve the road is again contemplating the
bridge across the river at this point, from
the fact of the consultation with Col.
Flagler and Capt. Durham, than whom
there are no better civil engineers in the
country The Burlington, as is well
known, has long had a desire to get
into Iowa at this point, and by
doing so have double through line to
the Missouri river through Iowa, the
outlet of Davenport being by way of
Muscatlne and Washington, Iowa. Such
move would place Rock Island on di~
rect line between Chicago and the west,
giving the city the facilities which would
naturally encourage growth and prosper
lily.
| Yesterday morning Especial train came
in on the c., b. & @, bearing General
Manager H. q. Stone, General Freight
Agent d. p. Ripley and General Passen
ger Agent Percival Lowell. The officials
give the reason for their trip to be for the
purpose of interviewing the Shippers and
having a general consultation on traffic
along the road.
The Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
railway company has issued a special all
rail tariff, on business from Missouri
river points and beyond, complying with
east bound trunk line tariff of July 13
Last night Assistant General Superin'
dent DIN, of the Cgicago Milwaukee
St. Paul road, came down from Racine il
his private coach and went over to Dav-
export for tour over the Iowa lines.
Supt. II. b. Sudlow, of the Rock Island
& Peoria, started on an Official tour over
the road yesterday morning
| The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy pay
car came in yesterday and made many
souls happy in Rock Island
| The Rock Island & Peoria pay car
went down the road yesterday morning. 1t
will be gone Two days.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
Advanced in Age.

Whiteside county deserves especial no
tice because of the large number of PEG
pie of advanced age living within its ter
ritory. There is one centennarian, sever
al who have passed ninety, more than q
hundred who are more than eighty, while
those between the ages of seventy and
eighty are very numerous. Lee county
can make q similar showing. Nearly all
the early settlers in that section were
blessed with a fine constitution 1t was
the healthy, those able and willing to en-
dure, who went west to grow up with
the country"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16


The bill referred back to the board by
the committee were taken for considera,
ton. At the request of Supervisors
Campbell, Heath and Cozad the consider
alton of the three bills of the Central
Union Telephone Co. was deferred until
Friday. Supervisor Aster moved that the
bill of ]. w. Potter for $40 be allowed.
Supervisor Cozad moved as an amend-
ment that the bill be laid over until the
September term. The yeas and nays be-
ing called resulted as follows:
Yeas-Supervisor Cozad.
Nays-Supervisors Aster, Barton Bow
man, Burial. Campbell, Elliott. Fisk,
Fitzgerald, Goodlow, Heath, Holliste r,
Martin, Noah. Norton. Ryder, Smart
Swanson. Trumble, Walker, Wrsy. Lost
The original motion was then voted
upon and carried.
To be continued.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
PREVENTION, July Is.
Fine weather

Fine weather.
Corn prospects immense.
Farmers are busy making hay.
Rev. Aughey will preach at the Press
byterian church Sunday morning
MI and Mrs Greenwood, of Suez, H.,
were visitors of W. G. Gray last week.
Rev. Whittier, of Reynolds, preached
at the NJ. E. church Sunday morning last.
Luther Snider, of Milan, was out to sec
his folks Monday and Tuesday.
Thos Gradon and wife, of New York
city, are visitors of David Little.
Miss Rebecca Gray returned home FIJI
day last from Suez, H., where she has
been teaching school.
VIM. Hammond, our supervisor is at.
tending the meeting of the supervisors at
Aledo this week.
VIM. Smith, Bert Trego, Harry Nc,
Even and Chas. Williams, of Orion, call
ed on US Saturday.
Mr.. John Whitsitt, who has been very
low with heart trouble for the past three
weeks, remains about the same. No
change in his condition can be noticed.
The missionary concert held at the M
Z. church last Sunday evening was at
tended by large crowd. The exercises
by the school were very interesting.
The anniversary celebration of thNEoy-
al and True Blue lodges of Preemp'
ton and Reynolds was celebrated
by about 1900 people on Saturday, July
18th. The day was bright and clear. The
procession started from the lodge room
one mile west of Presumption, at $50
m, arriving at the ground at II a. M
The procession was led by Biehl's Rock
Island Arsenal band. followed by two
ladies on horseback in orange, two in pur'
pie, two in red, two in white and two ir
blue, and thirtyfive ladies dressed in white
Miss Mary Doonan being seated above
all as Goddess of Liberty. On arriving al
the ground the band played several pieces
after which the crowd enjoyed their bas-
ket dinners and general good time I'M.
til 2 D. m, when DR.. Reynolds, of Chica.
go, Rev. s. Crockett. of Bowling anC
Rev. j. b. Ollie, of Presumption, addressed
the large crowd. AT p. IN. procession
was formed and marched back to thu
lodge room. Thus ended the largest cell
ebration the lodge ever had. Among the
crowd were people from Viola, Reynolds
Aledo, Edgington, Milan, Orion, Taylor
Ridge Coal Valley and Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
SUBURBAN SIFTINGS.
INTERESTING CROP REPORTS FROM HILLS
DALE AND vICINITY-NEws IN GEN
ERAT

| INTERESTING CROP REPORTS FROM HILLS
DALE AND vICINITY-NEws IN GEN
ERAL.
HrLLsDALE, July Is.
p. H. Buckley has begun making hay
Carrie Stephenson drives a two horse
cart.
John Kranty, the jolly blacksmith, still
hammers away as of old.
That good old war horse. Uncle John
Walker, is in good health and bids fair
for many years yet.
Mr.. c. Gearhardt looks better and says
he is better than for some time.
John Liphardt is as hospjtable as ever,
and is one of those fellows that never
does things by halves.
N. ]. Blackman is about building an
addition to his barn. His crops are fine
By the way, he boasts of as fine pair OF
sorrel horses as are in this section.
| F. Taggert is out in all his glory with
his Irvine binder cutting grain, and by the
way, Ferd. thinks what he can't do wi tn
his machine, cant be done. He also
boasts of eight very fine calves.
Mrs. j. T. Fralker received dispatch
on Sabbath from Western Kansas, stating
that her mother, Mrs. Reroad, was not
expected to live, and left on Monday
evening by the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railroad. We hope she may find
her better.
Crops in this section are fine. Corn is
above the average. Wheat good, but q
small acreage. Oats fair crop. Hay
never was better. The farmers are gen
orally haying, and if you see farmer
you see him with either a moving ma
chine. horse rake or scythe. or as they ar,
commonly called the Armstrong Now
err"
: Mr.. c. Dillin and wife were agreeably
surprised on Monday the 18th. 1t being
Mrs. Dillin's fifty first birthday, he
friends concluded to give her a surprise
and show their respect and appreciation
by gathering at the Dillon home one ant
: one>fourth miles southwest of here Mrs
; Dillin, who has been in poor health TO
some time, was persuaded by her daugh
ter, who was into the secret, to go to bed
About two O'Clock the guests began com
ing. and continued to come until thirty
two persons were present, all enjoyin;
themselves After all had arrived Mr.. G
W. McMurphy, in neat little speech
? presented Mrs. Dillin with handsOn
: easy chair, wished her many happy birth
r days, and hoped the chair would be he
t support in declining years. In the even
ing supper was served such as only tn
ladies of this vicinity can prepare
t Among those present were: Mr.. and Mrs
: Schall; Mr.. and Mrs. McMurphy, Mr.. AM
d Mrs. WOODBURY.; Mr. and Mrs. Virgins
MIR. and Mrs. Wreath; Mr. and Mrs Pear
d sail; Mr. and Mrs. Josh Dllin; Mr. ant
7 Mrs. ii. Sell; Mrs. Game aud daughter
) Nervie Pearsall; Alice Schall; Mrs San
) phere; Mrs. Kendall; Mrs. Jas. Dillin
i Mrs. Mamma and Mrs. W. Dillin. Mr. AM
Mrs. Dillin wish to return their SINGER
n thanks to their many friends who hav
made one more milestone in life so pleas
e ant.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
Female Pedestrians.

Several of those ladies who in the close
retirement of ladies tea, at Monmouth a
few evenings ago, thought of and planned
a walk to Kirkwood for Yesterday, and
who, on account of their scheme, have so
unjustly been the subject of much un-
merited ridicule, had the courage to car
ry out their plan yesterday morning A
number were induced to remain at home
on account of the pasquinades and satiri-
cal remarks that have fallen from the
mouths of those destitute of better breed
ing, but the sting of sarcasm was not
able to feaze four of the ladies, and they
are now objects of much admiration.
Those composing the party were Mrs.
DR. Webster, Mrs G. j. Kobler, Mrs w.
NJ Mitchell and Mrs. Minnie Stewart
Nelson. They left Monmouth bright and
early, the time being 5 o'clock and they
reached Kirkwood at $50, making the
journey, distance of seven miles in .
hours and so minutes All stood the
tramp bravely and on reaching Kirkwood
took a rest of 80 minutes before going on
to the Mineral springs, which added an
additional mile and half. The indepene
dent spirit of the ladies is surely COM
mendable.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
poiina Pnints

"Brick" Manroe, hack driver from
Davenport, was fined 81 and costs this
morning by Magistrate Bennett for runs
ming his hack without license. He
paid
Sam Jones was arrested by Officer Cary
this afternoon on peace warrant sworn
out by his wife.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
DISTINGUISHED VISITOR.
Lieutenant Governor j. G. Smith In the
City-.Reason of His visit--'
Interesting Interview.

Lieutenant Governor John G. Smith
arrived from his home in Chicago at 6:15
this morning and was driven to the resi-
dence of Mr.. W. L. Sweeney, on Fifth
avenue, where he was visited by an ARGUS
reporter General Smith said the object
of his visit was to off1ciate at the consol-
idation exercises at Moline tonight of the
J. o. Harris Encampment, No "a, OF
Cleveland, and Moline Encampment, No
155, Independent Order Of Odd Fellows,
he being Grand Scribe of kthe Grand En-
campment of the state.
On being questioned as to his opinion
of the work accomplished by the recent
Legislature, the lieutenant governor said a
glance at the record of the proceedings
was conclusive and convincing evidence
that although much comment had been
made upon the length of the session and
the unimportance of business trans
acted the work accomplished was
of more general good, that more
good bills would become laws
and less worthless bills had been passed
than by any legislature since the consti>
tutional convention. Another proof of
this he said, was the fact that the govern
or had not vetoed a single important bill
passed upon.
Regarding the new soldiers home,
General Smith said that the state was
to have as good au institution of the
kind AS could be found in the county, and
the best possible management and place
for location would be secured. Where
the location would probably be he could
not say, as he had not the remotest idea
His preference, however, would be some
where on the banks of the Rock Fox or
Kankakec rivers All of these stream:
having high, rolling banks. with purt
water which would afford the best mean.
Of sanitary protection. Here on Rocl
river would be an excellent place, ant
: Rock Islands chances-if the prope
steps be taken--he said, were as good a
those of any other city.
About 10 O'Clock General Smith cam,
I, down town, and was greeted on all hand
by his many friends. Later he was visite,
< by delegation fran Moline encampment
and was escorted to Moline, where h
4 viii remain until after the exercises thi
S evening. After the consolidation, initia
:, ton will take place The affair will be al
event to the members of the order, an
will close with grand banquet and bal
i at the Peal house. Rock Island Encaml
ment No. II, and Uniform Division Nc
8, will go up and participate in the exer
J. cises.
!" General Smith was elected lieutenar
e governor on the ticket with Governo
y Oglesby last fall; he has been promi
nent figure in state politics for a numbC
D of years, and was state treasurer for tw
8 terms previous to his election to lieuter
Il ant governor He was brave soldier i
the civil war, and came out with the It'll
e of brigadier general He is worker in til
II Odd Fellow society. of national repu ia
h ton.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
Dislntere sted Preferences.

The location of new soldiers home
is attracting the attention of various cities
and towns of the state. Among the towns
in this section which are endeavoring to
secure II are Rockford and Rock Island
OF the two Rock Island would be the
preferable location, as it is beautifully
situated, very accessible and would seem
to fill all the requirements.-F
R3yllefiD
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
VERY REMARKABLE RECOVERY

Mr.. Geo V Willing. of Manchester,
Mich, writes: MY wife has been almost
helpless for five years, so helpless thai
she could not turn over in bed alone
She used two bottles of Electric Bitters,
and is so much improved, that she is now
able to do her own work"
Electric Bitters will do all that is
claimed for them Hundreds of testi-
monials attest their great curative powers
Only fifteen cents bottle at Hartz &
Bahnsen's
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
Ano Their School House Needed

A petition is being circulated on the
hill in the region of Elm street for the
erection of school house in that part OF
the city on account of the crowded con-
dition of the Fourth ward building, the
capacity of which will not allow children
of the first and second grades to attend
more than one half the time. Another
point raised by the petitioners is the dis
lance; in severe weather many of the
smaller children are compelled tC
stay at home There are more thar
fifty families living in thai
palt of the city who represent over one
hundred children between the ages of foul
and nine years. The petition asks only
for n school for the first, second and thirC
grade, and for the present one story
wooden structure would answer. The pc
tition is being signed by all of the resi-
dents of that part of the city, and it il
certainly worthy of favorable considera
zion, as it asks for much felt want
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-16
A Taolhardv Trick

Near Rockford the other day, lad OF
fourteen years came near being dragged
to death by couple of cows. He was
watching Che animals as they grazed by
the roadside. and thoughtlessly attached
to his person the rope with which they
were tethered. They became frightened
and ran away at their best speed, the boy
becoming entangled, and but for the
timely aid of a neighbor would have beer
killed