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The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
SCROFULA.
Vanderhill,s Money Couldn't Buy It.

The Acworth News and Farmer of this week
saws; Mrs Elizabeth Baker, living within three
miles Of Acworth, remarked that Nanderblit :
fortune could not buy from her what six bottles
of Swift's Specific has done for her. Her state
mcnt is as follows: For thirty-one ye RS | have
suffered almost death from that horrible disease
scrofula. For many years was unable TO do any
thing in keeping up my domestic affairs Las
october was induced to try Switt's Specific, any
nsed two bottles and was so much benefited bd
it that purchased four more from Messrs North
cut a. johnson. which has almost entirely relieN.
ed me- / feel like new person and can DO
my own Homework. Befo e ] took the 5. 5. 5.
my life was a burden, as my entire person was
covered with sores, and in this miserable condi
tion did not care to live. ! had tried every rem
edy known and my case was generally regarded
as incurable had been treated by the best ply
sicians to no avail l most heartily recommend
SWift's Specific to the afflicted.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
MOVING TO THE FRONT.
Calling tho Troops at Midnight in Car

Calling tho Troops at Midnight in Cam
ada-An Unsuccessful Pow Wow.
LONDON, Can, April 3. About midnight
Tuesday the Seventh battalion was called to
arms At a. m all had assembled at the
drill shed. Great excitement prevailed, the
sound of the bIsles having aroused large
numbers of citizens who thronged the
streets. An order to move to the front is
momentarily expected. The volunteers at
Belleville left for Kingston at noon Wednes-
day.
WINNIPEG, Canada, April 2-Advices
from the west say Lieutenant Governor
Dewdney held pow-wow with the Indians
at Battleford Tuesday. The result was not
made public, but it evidently was not sue
cessful, as private kilograms report the situ-
alton as precarious The Indians
at Battleford number 500 aad have
been joined by number of half
breeds. The Indians, it is said, asked for
provisions, clothing pipes, and tobacco
which were promised them by the heuten-
ant governor, but the promise has not
quieted them. They we're observed to be
plundering the town and rifiing the Hudson
Bay company's store, and later they made
an unsuccessful attempt to capture the bar
racks
OTTAWA, Ont, April IA and B bat
teries which started from the end of
the Canadian Pacific railway at Dog lake,
over the first fifty-mile gap, have SUCCESS
fully reached the end of the gap, and are
now proceeding over the first isolated
stretch Of railway, which is called the
Ross section. The batteries are re-
ported to be in good shape and GO
Ing forward in splendid order. They
should be at the west end of the track Fri
day night and then their progress forward
to Winnipeg will be rapid. The troops who
left Toronto on Monday passed Sudbury
junction early Wednesday morning and will
reach the first gap in the road Wednesday
night
HALIFAv, N. s., April 1.-The Sixty third
| rifles have been ordered to hold themselves
in readiness to proceed to the north wesi
territory.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, April IA dispatch
| from Winnipeg says: The Stonies and
| Crees joined the other bands Tuesday in the
| attack on Battleford, and killed Jane:
Payne and Gre orge Applegarth, farm instruct
| ors, and two settlers They burned large
number of settlers homes. All buildings il
Battleford were pillaged and burned. 1t il
expected that Big Bears band and the For
Pitt Indians will also JOIN in the rebellion
| Big Rear with 500 warriors, is with Riel
who is now said to have 1000 armed men
but no field pieces 1t is not known wher
Middleton will order an advance of troops
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
The Wages of DESTINATION.

New YORK, April 2.-On complaint of H.
P. King, druggist at IA Union square,
Hiram H. Kimpton. formerly Wall street
broker, was arrested, Tuesday, as a vagrant,
and taken to the Yorkville police court
Kimpton presented a sorry-looking appear
ance when arraignei before the bar. His
clothes were i'll tatters, his hair was unshorn,
and his face haggard from dissipation. Mr.
King stated that Kimpton was a graduate
of Yale college in the class of '62 He be-
came a broker in Wall street few years
after and met with great success At one
time he employed dozen clerks, and was
thought to be worth $4,000, 900 After
awhile he became dissipated and lost his
property in speculation and fast living. He
has been living of late on such money as he
could borrow. Justice Patterson committed
Kimrton, who asserted he was still worth
$500, 900, to the commissioners of charities
and correction for examination as to his
sanity.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02

THERE must be a fight between Russia
and England or one or the other must act
the part of a cowardly and Inundated
blusterer. The party to back down cans
not be Russia, for she has been making
preparations for this fight FOR years and is
the aggressor; and it cannot be England,
who will submit to further Russian ad-
vance at the peril of her Indian posses.
sions and in the face of war spirit al
home which will brook no timid and un-
certain policy.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02

ScovilPs Sarsaparilla and Stillingia OF
Blood and Liver Syrup will restore per-
feet health to the physical organization.
1t is, indeed, Strengthening syrup, pleas
ant to take, and has often proven itself to
be the best Blood Purifier ever discovered,
effectually curing Scrofula, Syphilitic dis
orders, Weakness of the Kidneys, Erysi-
pelas, Malaria, all Nervous disorders and
Debility, Bilious Complaints, and all dis
cases indicating an impure condition OF
the Blood, Liver, Kidneys Stomach, etc
1t corrects Indigestion, especially when
the complaint is of an exhaustive nature,
having a tendency to lessen the vigor OF
the brain and nervous system.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02

England TO possess her soul in patisnce, for
Sir Peter has been awaiting the Russian
commissioner ever since last September.
New YORK, April 2. "A London special to
The Times says: The temporary relief
caused by the pacific talk of the marquis OF
Harrington is almost wholly dissipated by
the statement that Russia comedies no single
vital point at issue. The war preparations
are going ahead as briskly as ever, and there
is absolutely no real reason to count ON a
peaceful solution Of the trouble.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

The four senator's from South Carolina
and Arkansas have only five legs under
them
The failure of the Farmers and Me-
chanics' bank of Crsstlins, Ohio, is an
nounced
The first thaw of the winter began Tues
day in the straits district the thermometer
rising to 56.
The Ohio house, Tuesday, adopted d reso-
luton extending sympathy to Gen. Grant
and his family.
The Illinois senate Tuesday passed the
Chicago Citizens association bill for regu-
lating primary elections
James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier poet,
is to be married to Clara l. Bottsford, an
other Indiana writer of verses
The Democrats of Toledo have nominated
DR.. S. F. Forbes for mayor The Democrats
of Dubuqus placed John Glab in the field.
1t has been decided in Iowa that druggist:
cannot sell liquor under the pharmacy law
without permit from the county super.
visors
The New York friends of s. s. Cox are
preparing to give him a banquet before his
departure for his new post of duty as minis
ter to Turkey.
Maud S. was II years old Saturday.
About 500 Philadelphians attended a recep-
tiUn given in honor of the event by the little
mares trainer, William ". Bair.
Governor Gray, of Indiana, has signed the
bill authorizing the state finance commit
tee to borrow $500, 600 for the capitol fund
and bids will be at once advertised for.
Near Petersburg, Va, Tuesday. C. W.
Harris, II years old and highly connected
boarded passing freight train and fatally
stabbed the conductor, Capt James Raj
| ferty.
Two young ladies have been debarre1 from
the skating rink at YonKers, N. ", because
of their beauty. The young men quarreled
over them SO much thai they are denied ad
| mission.
Thomas Stevens, the author of a series o.
| papers enlisted "Across America on a Bi
cycle" purposes to make a trip of about 10,
| 900 through Europe and Asia ON his bicycle
| this coming summer.
| Dun's agency reports the business failures
| for the quarter ended Tuesday as 365S
with S46 lS1, ,95l liabilities, against 3,29'
failures in the corresponding period of 1884
with liabilities of S4) lS6, 97S.
Francis Xavier Beaudry, the Canadian
| miser millionaire, who left an estate wcrti
$50, 600, 900, bequeated S200O,000 to the Ro
man Catholic Order of Sulpiciant to fount
an orphanage for destitute French Canad
ians.
| At the recent marriage Of the count o
Colonna to the the daughter of Bonanz'
Mackey, the latter slipped unostentatiousl,
| into the hand of the bridegroom check 70
81, 009,O0 on the Bank of Naples. Mis-
Mackey has in her own right only 5000
| year income.
| The Bell Telephone company held its an
nual meeting Tuesday at Boston, re-electet
| the old board of directors, and chose William
R. Driver as treasurer The years net earn
ings were sl,7l0,00O, against 81, 475,0 900 tn
the previous year. The number of miles 0
wire Dec 81 were 101, 900, and the sui
/ scribers numbered 1874 COL.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
Communication,

WETuMPKA. Ala, Sept. ., lsS4.-About six
years ago became afflicted with very disagree
BILE skin disease, with large. dry sores and many
pimples on my face, hands and shoulder, The
sore on my shoulder eat ont hole nearly an inch
deep, and the canccrous appearance of one Of The
sores near my eye alarmed me very much tried
all kinds of treatment, but found nothing that
seemed TO affectIhe disease. finally decided to
try S. s. S on advice of physician, and in a
short tine the scabs dropped from the sores and
left my skin smooth and well. / consider 5. s. $.
the greatest blood medicine ever made, and the
only thing that will cure the disease with which
was afflicted. l think my trouble was the result
of aterribe attack of mslarial fever, contracted
while farming in the Tallapoosa river swamp.
can be found at my office in the court house al
Wetumpka. You can refer to me.
]. l.. RHODES,
Dep. Sheriff ElmoFe Co, Ala.
Treatise on blood and skin diseases mailed free
THE SWIFT SPECIEIC Co. Atlanta. Ga.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02

Ihave been a sufferer from rheumatism for e
years, at times with almost intolerabe pain.
had the best medical treatment, and took all sort
of remedies. but without relief. Being reduced
al most to a skeleton, and not being able to wall
even with crutches was induced 10 try Swift's
Specific and it acted like a charm, and L sm to
day entirely relieved. Have thrown away m!
crutches and am in excellent health. | believe
switt's Specific will cure the worst cases of rheu
matism Mrs. EZRA MR9sHoN,
Macon, Ga. Aug 4, 1854.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02

WHEELING, w. Va, April 2.--Dispatches
from interior counties assert that there is
much less distress arising from the droutl
of last summer and the severe winter thar
has been reported. Exaggerated state
ments have been sent broadcast, and the re
suit has been the receipt of voluntary con
tributions from New York, Chicago, Cincin
natl, and other cities for the relief of tn,
sufferers A correspondent who has investi
gated reports says that in no county is ther
mead of ontSide aid
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
READ IN THE SENATE.
Dispatches Announcing Gen. Grants Con-


uihAOh-OihSE AbuSihSsS
WASHINGTON CITY, April 2.-After the
reading of the journal Wednesday in the
senate the chair laid before the senate sew
eral communications which he had received
touching the failing health of Gen. Grant
and asked if it was the pleasure Of the senate
that they be read. Several senators re.
sponded in the affirmative, and the dis.
patches which had been furnished by the
press associations, were read
On motion Of Sherman the chair wa:
authorized to select the special committee
ON reduction of the senate committees con
templated by Allison's resolution of Tues
day, and Allison, Platt, Plumb, Miller, OF
New York, Cockrell, Harris and Payne
were appointed.
The senate then went into executive ses
sion, and confirmed the following nomina-
tions: Postmasters-Michael J. Dougherty,
Galesburg, Ills. Ansel Watrous, Fort Col
lins, Colo; Patemon Wiley, Central City,
Colo; Wilbert F. Horn, Idaho Springs
Colo
Brown, Shipley Il Co, London, Eng
land, to be special fiscal agents of the
navy department Capt. William J. Volk
mer, Fifth cavalry, to be assistant adjutant
general with rank of major. Capt George
II. Burton, Twenty-irst infantry, to be in
spector general with rank of major.
At l p. m. the doors were reopened anc
the senate adjourned.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
A Remarkable Eacapa.

Mrs. Mary A. Daley, of Tunkhannock,
Pa, was afflicted for six years with Asth
ma and Bronchitis, during which time the
best physicians could give no relief. Her
life was despaired of, until in last October
she procured bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery, when immediate relief was
felt, and by continuing its use for short
time she was completely cured, gaining in
flesh so pounds, in few months.
Free Trial Bottles of this certain cure
of all Throat and Lung Diseases at Hartz
& Bahnsen's Drug Store. Large Bottles
81 90.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
The Sun Behind a Cloud.

NEW YORK, April 2-The Sun, which
was the strongest opponent to Postmaster
Pearson's reappointment, says: an ouI
judgment the appointment will produce q
considerable shock in the Democratic party
of New York; yet perhaps we are mistaken.
Our Democratic friends may console them
selves with the reflection that while they
have Republican for Eostmaster, he will
make as good a postmaster as any Repub
lican could be expected to make"
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
ELECTION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday the nh
day OF April, A. D.. 1885, in the respective wards
or precincts and at the usual voting places in the
city Of Rock leland, an election will be held for
the following officers, to-wit:
CITY OFFICERS,
One Mayor foritwo years,
One City Clerk for two years,
One City Treasurer for two years,
One CityaAttorney for two years,
One Aldermas in the First Ward for two years,
One Alderman in the Second Ward for two years
One Alderman in the Third Ward for two years,
One Alderman in the Fourth Ward for two years
One Alderman In the Fifth Ward for two years,
One Alderman in the Sixth Ward for two years,
One Alderman in Seventh Ward for two years
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
One SUPERVISOR or one year,
-Four Assistant Supervisors for one year,
One Assessor for one year,
One Police Magistrate for four years,
Two Justices OF the Peace for four years,
Three Constables for four years.
Which election shall be open at O'Clock in the
morning and continue open until Z o'clock In the
afternoon Of that day.
ROBERT KoEuLER,
City and Town Clerk
Dated Rock Island, H., this 18th day of March,
A. D., 1885.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April .. "A destructive
fire broke out at 3 O'Clock Wednesday morn
ing at Gambler, Ohio, small town near
Mount Vernon. The drug store and billiard
hall of Fred Smith were entirely destroyed,
as was also the residences of Dr. Welker
and Mrs. Colville The loss is not learned,
but will be quite heavy.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02

DAYTON, Ohio, April "A duel in the
dark in a stable was fought here at 3 O'Clock
Wednesday morning between William
Turner and Charles Doniphan, colored.
They commenced firing at each other
and never let up until every
chamber of both revolvers was
emptiei. The police entered Immediately
afterward and arrested the two men and q
white woman, who was the cause of the
trouble. Turner was hit in the left breast
and his pistol hand, while Doniphan escaped
to ough three balls went through his clothes
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02

1t is surmised that France has some
thing to do with the Barrios outbreak.
Perhaps, now, France, in view of the sit>
uation in China, will be sufficiently occu
pied if she attend to her own business,
and will best crafty her ambition by
keeping her army at home.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02

IT is laughable to see the same old cry
in the republican press day after day
about the hungry and thirsty demos
Gratis" Are there none such as hungry
and thirsty" republicans who find them
selves shelved after a quarter of a century
of possession? If there are none, what is
all the trouble about?
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
A Victory far the RIinars

PITTsBURG, April 2. The situation of thu
miners strike in the fourth pool has assumed
an entirely different aspect in the las
twenty-four hours. The miners working al
the reduced price in J. S Neels lower mine
were met by delegation of $50 of th'
strikers, and forty OF the fifty employed
were induced to quit work and join the
strikers. This is regarded as great victory
for the miners, who are now more than evel
confident Of success
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02

THE failure of the royal family to visit
Ireland has been the cause of much CONS
plant. Now that the Prince of Wales
promises to go there, however, the Feni-
ans say he has no business three and they
will kill him if he goes. There is appar-
entity but one way, His royal Highness
must split the difference and cut for the
woods
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
The Indiana Wheat Crop.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 2.-Alexander
Heron, secretary of the state board of agri-
culture, said Tuesday: "Wheat in southern
Indiana will be hardly half a crop 1t will
eall from ten to fifteen bushels at least be-
ow last years product Fayette county
wheat fields promise the poorest crop ever
known in that section" Mr. Herons OBJ
servations were the same as those of others
who make crop study speciality.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
A Contest of Telegraphers.

New YORK, April 2.-There is no little
excitement among the downtown telegraph
operators over the impending contest Of
rapid transmitting te!egraphers which is tC
take place on Sunday next. The large din
ing-room on the sixth floor of the mair
building of the Western Union com
pany has been selected as the place ol
meeting, and the tournament will commenc,
at II a. m. sharp. There are three prizes o
s25, SIS, and $40 each, or gold medals of thu
same value, to be competed for, and it i
thought that the fastest telegraphic recort
will be beaten. The prizes are given by
prominent electrical instrument manufactur
ing firm of this city. A number of the mos
expert telegrapherS in the country are en-
tered.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
ROBERT KOFIlLER

City and Town Clerk.
Dated Rock Island, H., this 18th day of March
A. D., 1885.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1885.
". POTTER. EDrron AND PUBLISHER.

Only Democratic Daily In the Eleventh Con-
gressional District
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
Heavy Losses in Tonquin.

PARIS, April 2.-nispatches received
Wednesday at the war Office state that the
retreating French army ia Tonquin is suffer
ing heavy losses. The retiring column is
being continually harrassed by the Chinese,
who are massed on its fanks and rear in
large numbers
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
Kentucky Criminals Get AWAY.

Mt. STERLING, KY, April .-Th rec of
tRs greatest criminals in eastern Kentucky
effected their escape from the county jail
here Tuesday. The names are Montreville
Hatfield, Floyd S. Williams, and William
F. Caskey. They are charged with
murder. During the night the three men
managed by means of an iron bar to
pry tie cast-iron door frames. News just
received from Morehead states that six men
stopped the midnight express train Tuesday
night covered the engineer with their re-
volvers, and forced him to hold the train
until they could get on. 1t is believed they
are the same men.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
Turkish Women on the War Path.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, April 2.-The govern
ment is in arrears to the soldiers for several
months pay, and Wednesday the wives Of
the soldiers attempted to secure attention to
their husbands demands by appearing in
force at the Office of the minister of finance
Bands of women collected to the
number Of 1000 or more at a point
near the building occupied by the
cabinet officials. At an appointed
hour they marched in body to the office
of Minister Off. Pushing past the guards.
they entered the Office, and confronting the
minister demanded the pay due their hus-
bands. Policemen were called in and tried
to expel the infuriated women, but they
turned on the officers and drove them back.
The finance minister made plausible ex
cuse for the delay in paying the men. Tne
women deemed his answer unsatisfactory
and made a rush for him he. however,
escaped by jumping out of back window.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
THE CRISIS IN FRANCE.


PARIS, April IN De Freycinet will
probably hold the portfolio of the depart
ment Of the interior, as well as the position
of premier in the new ministry. NJ De
Courcel will be secretary for foreign affairs
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
Shocking Deprayity.

SHELBURNE FALLS, Mass, April 2.-Wll
lam H. II. Bemis was arrested Monday
charged with incest with his two daughters
aged is and Is years respectively. He wa,
bailed in 5000, but his bondsmen surren
dered him Tuesday He will be examined
Monday.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02

Have used Tongalinc in neuralgia and
it is certainly specific in that class of
disease. Frank o. Young, M. D., Lexing-
ton, Ky
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
The New Jersey CapItal.

TRENTON, n. j., April 2-The bill to re.
move the state capital from Trenton to New.
ark came up in the house Wednesday morn
ing. 1t was lost by one vote and mo-
tion to reconsider was laid on the table.
-Four supp rters of the bill were absent, and
il may come un again
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
Cut His Head on with an Az.

TRINIDAD, Tex, April , Near Trinity
river, Tuesday, two negro woodchoppers
named Tobe johnson and Sam Taylor, quar-
relied over game of cards, and johnson Gu
Taylor's head off with an ak at one blow
the head bounding into the bushes. a posse
is hunting the murderer
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
Rarrios Rea.s a Retreas.

CITY OF MEXICO, April 2.-Dispatcbes 9.
have been received here stating that Presi-
dent Barrios, the Guatemala dictator, at
tackled the Salvador army Tuesday, and was
compelled to beat hasty retreat after a
sharp battle.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02

II am very glad to say that the Athlos
phoros obtained from you seemed to en-,
tirely cure the rheumatism from which |
had suffered for year and half Il s.
Chandler, The Independent, N. Y.
There are 200,000,000 Mohammedans
in the world.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02

Salvation Oil, the greatest cure on earth
for pain, as an auodyne has no equal in
the market. 1t is without doubt the best
liniment. Price twenty FIVE cents bot
tie.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02

Admonitionl Cure your cough thor
oughly with Hales Honey of Horehound
and Tar,
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one
minute,
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02
Candle EactorxRurned.

CINCINNATI, April Thomas ]. Emery's
Sons candle factory, corner Front and Vine
streets, was almost entirely destroyed by
6re Wednesday noon Loss, 100000; in
urance $4,000.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02

Two thousand varieties of apple trees
are now cultivated.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-02

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