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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12
The RHnnrter's SnlrIda.

In our telegraph report q few days ago
was the particulars of Il young mans sui
eide at Quincy. -. 1t wasa reporter named
U. U. Wood, who shot himself after writ
ing an account of the affair. At the time
no cause was assigned for the rash act.
From ]. w War; the Moline Ropublican
now learns that he was Irregular contribus
tor to the columns of the Western I'lou
man. of that city, and a very able writer
He had been furnishing matter for mum.
Der of magazines and papers, but it seems
his literary efforts were not properly APP
preciated, and this may have prompted
the suicide, along with other trouble.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12
Weather PROPHETS.

The weather prophets are getting to the
front once more. A crowd of them as
scmbled in u drug store last night and
aired their views to their hearts content
One man stated we would have no more
mild winters because the land was being
cleared of forests and cultivated.
Another said we would have amid
winter this year because the muskrats had
commenced building and then suddenly
ceased, and what muskrat don't know
about fixing for winter isn't worth taking
any account Of.
Another said we would have mild
winter this year because the corn husks
were thin, so thin, in fact that they were
cracking on the ears.
Another said the squirrels were not
gathering any extra amount of mast,
hence the winter before US would not be
IA hard one.
We pin our faith To the mushrat. the
squirrel and the gray headed roasting
car, and venture TO assert the winter
will be either mild one or severe one,
and perhaps both in spots,
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12
County Building.


0-Ambrose Scarf ct al to John G
Scarf, sci, 10, IL, 2e, and swi, sw} and q
sw and wi WI sci, 90, Is. Be and vi
WI one /, and fri nw4, 30, IS, pc, and mel
mel, 80. is, pc, $500.
j. w. Brockman to Jacob Plaf, Al
fit, lot 7. block 10, Thompson 81 Wells
addition, $400.
John Brennan to Catherine Brennan.
10, s, block 4, Stickney's addition, Rock
Island. 81.
David Bendle to Mary Butman, PIT lot
g. block 80, Illinois CITY, @l15.
NJ, F. Felix to Asa Batmon pt lot 3,
block %, Illinois City, $3.50.
LICENSED TO WE'D
10-Julius G. CAIRNS. Miss Ada Buc
Moline.
Charles B. Burkland, Moline, Miss Ella
Shiden, Atkinson.
William G. Knaack, Miss Sophia Runge
Moline.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12
Lecture

Under the auspices of the G. A. r
Capt. Seeley the eloquent pathetic and
mirth provoking orator will give his
lecture on the Battle of Gettysburg and
Prison Life" in the Central Presby teriaf
church Friday Oct. 10Th, at $50 y. m
"From beginning to end the speaker hold,
his audience in close attention to his
thrilling narrative of battle scenes ant
prison life. His style is graphic ant
pathetic with a vein of the luaicrous
which pleascs and charms his hearers.
Iowa City Rtpubticaa.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12

Yesterdays Meeting---I'e Coarsa 10
be Pursued la RaisiHs funds
to aid p.irnel,.

There was large gathering OF patriotic
Irishmen at the meeting OF the local
branch Of the Irish National LAM
League yesterday afternoon. In the alb
sence of President Cary, Vice President
Thomas Thornton presided. In assuming
the chair, Mr. Thornton said that the
committee appointed to devise means
of securing a contribution to the Parnell
fund, had arranged for a rattle for a hand
some gold watch which had been donate
for the purpose by a sympathzing friend
of the worthy cause. Vice Presid4 nj
Thornton, Secretary Mulqueen and Treas
urer DAILY were thcreupon Constituted a
committee to complete arrangements and
designate date and place of rattle.
Hon. Pat. O'Mara then delivered an
able and patriotic address, setting forth
the objects of the National Land League
and clearly defining the duties of every
subordinate branch, lie Touched upon
the suflerings of Ireland under England's
L
is pursuing Notwithstanding the abnsa
and deprivation he has suffered, even
to imprisonment and urged upon the
friends of right and liberty in Amer
lea. the necessity of their spring.
ing to the aid of Ireland in her
hour of need. If the right course be pur-
sued and each man contributes his mite
Mr.. Parnell will be enabled to complete
the purpose he has so zcalously iabored
for, and Ireland will be u free land such
rs ours. Mr.. OMara stated that ne had
received from Hon. Patrick Egan, prasi
dent of the Irish National league the nee
essary papers admitting the local organi-
cation to the National league, and con
stitution of the same. An ad jourument
was then taken for one week, all present
feeling encouraged over the outlook for u
liberal response from the Il Icii Island
league to Mr. Parnell's appeals.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12
Juvenile Desperadoes

Two boys in the upper end of town
neither of which has yet seen his fifteenth
year. were through the timely discovery
of the parents of one of them on Sltur -
day evening, prevented from taking their
family names down to posterity through
their daring deeds as terrors of the plains
and monarchs of border life. These ju,
venile dcsperadocs, as result of indul-
gepce in trashy literature, had decided to
go west and become cowboys. and to that
end had collected together "A set of pis-
tolls knives and shot guns, aud had made
every arrangement to start Monday
morning, when the father of one of them
discovered the array of deadly weapons
in the coal house. lie approached
his daring offspring on the subject,
when he was Informed that the matter
did not concern him and if he dared to
say one word his "head would be blown
Off, and his blood poured forth like
water" But the "old man" was not to
be frightened and after administering IL
good sound thrashing to the youth put
him to bed to dream over his first exper'
fence rs a desperate. The boys will
not make their western trip this week.
The suppression of the thrilling litera>
turc printed on the five cent plan anC
gotten up for the reading Of halfgrown
boys should be wholly accomplished The
| damage to the minds and morals of youn!
| people inflicted by the authors and ven
| ders of this sort of literary work is meal
culable. The result of this personal lib.
| erty in authorship aud periodical sellers.
| are seen in the records of police courts
and jails 10 after years. Feed boy on
sensational detective stories or mos
picturesque bandits, cniprits, and sucl
stuff, and what a boy will be at twenty
years of age, is not at all IA hard conun
drum.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12
Why PEOPLE Swear.


Some people have been found to say
good word for bad language; but this i:
out of love Of paradox. They have plead
ed that the custom of swearing is analo
that those who are too lazy to think of the
right word to express their meaning drol
out of sheer carelessness into the easv
sipshod style of using explosives. Tn
fortunately it is not merely the ignorant
who might by some possibility be sap
posed not to know the correct term tC
employ in order to express strong feeling
| that are guilty of the improper habit, L
prevails to Il considerable extent in circle
where refinement and education are sup
posed to prevail. Men who have been t'
the university, and possibly have cont
out as tirst class men or wrangicrs, have
been known before now to take the shor
cut road to their meaning which swearin!
unhappily supplies. In such cases, per
haps it may be urged IN excuse that ST.
we're academical training or examination
have 50 rcdnced their stock of bfaiI
power that the discovery of th'
appropriate adjective to apply in
any case. is AS difficult for these
lights of learning as for the plowboy OF
the day laborer. And there may be some
thing in this excuse. Intellectual laZnes
is accountable for good deal of tht
hasty Judgements as well as the hast,
language which is current: aud in thu
rush and hurry of life IL busy man ma.
argue that he really has no time to h'
particular about his phrases This Nigh
be accepted as a legitimate plea if itconld
be shown that strong language is at al
more easy to utter than weak; such, how
ever, is not the case, and the whole thin4
is matter of habit. 1t begins, perhaps
with intellectual lazincss, or the desire tC
appear on Il par W it'll the swearing worIl
around; boys adopt lumcntable varict,
of eXpletives, very often out Of the emu
lative faculty. Possibly the "swelH o
their school thinks it Il fine thing to call .
game of cricket "infcrnally tedious,
whcrcnpon his youthful imtators proceed
at once to g4rnish their ordinary CONVEX
sation with a good deal of imagery Dor
rowed from the lower regions. The pop
ular desire of emphasis in speech mus
not blind us to the fact that it is very il
manners to swear. The habit, whateve
be its origin, is a deplorable one, and car
not be lcgitimately defended by anybody
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12
Court Gu lilngs,

Oct. 8. Chancery; w. H. Appleton v
u. y. Sears. ct al; demurrer overrule1
:. VIM. Dfary ct al Y s. N. Boney, ct nj;
demurrer overruled. 3 \. j. Scarf Y
G. N. Scarf, 1t al: dismissed by complain
ant.
Z. Bill and Injunction; II. D. Blake
more J. ii. Wilson, ct al, petition of
certain creditors to be made party, etc.
CRIMINAL.
Oct 8. Burglary: John ID. Allen;
plea of guilty substituted; prisoner sen
fenced to two years in the penilentiary.
8. Larceny: w. L, Coyne, five i'll
dittments, plea net guilty.
10 Robbery: Louis Richards, J. W.
Linehan. Russell Barth and Henry Kale.
Jury find Richards and Linehan guilty
a,si fix term in peni;entiary at one year;
Bath and kale acquitted
RECEIVING Stolen Goods: John T.
Case4 Nancy Van and Anna Williams;
mol ptos us TO last two and prisoners dis
charged; plea, not guilty by Case.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12
Railroad Racket.

President Touzalln, of the Burlington
and Northern, is at St. Paul, for the pur-
pose it is stated, of making arrangements
for the entrance of the road into that city.
Work upon the road is progressing rap
idly. Considerable new grading has been
done, and nearly all of that graded by the
Winona, Alma and Northern gone over.
Track layers will be started out this week
1t is proposed to have the road ifoned
from St. Paul to ST. CroiN by Jan. i, sd
that the bridge work may be completed
between the st. Croix and Chippewa rlv-
ers by early spring.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12

WASHINGTON CITY, Oct IL. --Tha pre- l.
don't Saturday tnale the following appoint.
mont: To b. mar4ha'3 OF tia Unite
State: Davil +. Waters. ri Michigan She
We 4rn district Of III ChtEan: t"tri
Hawkins. Of Indiana. for the district al
Indiana, vi.,e Robert s., F'ster.
Navy C.mmo lore Stephen b. Luce, u
lac renr-ainiiral; Capt. David b. Harmony,
to ha coninod ore; Lieut.. Commander t'ran'
c- ". Dickens, TO he commanders Lieut..
" Has, T. BnrweIl, to ~ ieuheu1nt c'ri.
mander. ri,s ed si,tant Engineer john
\ scot t. be chief ens .ieor with rai, tivr
rank nT li-ut9aGnt COMMANDER.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12

there is q waste or over consumption of
water in the city, as the pumps are draws
ing two million gallons per day which is
half million gallons more than is cns>
tomary. 1t has been suggested that the
leak might be found in the Knights of
Labor block. or i'll the neighborbood
thereof
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12
AN EDITORS TRIBUTE.

Theron p. Keator, Editor of Fl
Wayne, Ind, "Gazette,' writes: For
the past five years have always used Dr.
Kings New Discovery, for coughs OF
most severe character. as well as for those
of mlder type. 1t never fails to effect Il
speedy cure. My friends to whom have
recommended it speak of it in the SAINT
high terms. Having been cured hy it ot
every cough have had for i've years.
consider it the only reliable and sure cure
for Coughs. Colds etc" Call at lInrt2
& nahnscn's Drug Store and get n FREQ
Triad Bottle Large Size 81 90.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12

Rumors were'rfe upon the streets last
night and this morning that f. A. Cramer,
ex superintendent Of the Rock Island
waterworks, had sucided at his home in
Lexington. Ky. Dilgent investigation,
however, failed to trace these reports to
any reliable source, and they probably
originated in the idle brain of some one
sadly in need of something TO say.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12

Tue Morton is due from the north
The War Eagle will he down tomorrow.
The sparkling SidneY is booked for st
Paul at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
The Lille Turner is now making daily
trips in the Rock Island and Clinton trade,
leaving the Diamond dock at $50 each
afternoon.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12
cnGntr Court

In the County- court. ills morning,
Frank Myers, Geo. Gamble and Clans
Anrinser pleaded guilty to carrying con-
cealed weapons. Juige Adams fined
each S25 and costs and ordered that each
stand committed until the amount be
paid
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12

Mrs. George Dawson Colemnu, of
Lebanon, Pa, nwn"s portrait painted
on a cobweb. The colors are beautifully
laid on and simply perfect as 10 harmony.
1t is said to have cost IS. 600.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12

L. W. Hurst represents the ieadin>
American and Foreign insurance Cos
Policies carefully written al current rates.
Agency established 1874. Office owe,
Rock Island National Bank
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12

100 Doses one dollar" is true only OF
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and it is an unan :
swerable argument as TO strength aud
economy.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12

NOW, E%4ally MIS-. bfOWn, hlo"
we cannot do better,
You see yourself the goods are
as represented to the letter;
But, really Mrs. Jones, / can't
decide just yet,
And before | shall purchase |
want to see another set.
You've heard of the village on
the other side of the creek,
And there we will go at the end
of the week,
l don't object to have people
look round,
To see where the best goods for
the least money are found.
s. | know that | cannot be under
sold,
However, if | say so, they think
| am bold;
l want to treat every one fair
and square,
Tn this way ! think ! will get
my due share.
My business is built up on prac-
teal experience,
And spiced from the start with
true perseverance;
It's hard to start without any
money,
And those who have tried it
know it is not all honey.
The next week my customers
came back as expected,
Their tour of exploration they
had just perfected;
No where in these parts could
they do so we'll, "
So they decided to come back
to G. G. KNELL.
They admitted that my styles
in every way did excel,
And there was more to select
from they could truly tell;
My stock entire was ahead of
any they had seen,
For through every store over
there they had been.
To sell them now was as easy
as rolling a off log,
For the skies had got clear and
they were out of the fog;
They concluded hereafter it was
useless to look around,
For right here in Rock Island
to buy they were bound.
Why carry the money away
from the town,
While all that is spent here
helps us all around,
We shall support home industry
every time if we ken,
For | make most my goods and
employ a number of men;
They all have to live and spend
their money right here,
And that is the way to keep the
machine in good gear.
Now in conclusion my friends,
Just wish to say,
If you want Furniture and Car
pets just come this way;
And if perchance, | cannot suit
you,
There is no harm in seeing what
| can do.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12

Two ladies went out to buy up
some goods,
To make a success they hunt up
every nick Of the woods;
To start let us see what KNELL
has got,
For at home here we will COM
mence on the spot.
They look through the stock
and think it's immense,
The assortment is large and the
style, elegance;
Every story and department is
as full as it can be,
And how it pays here we really
can't see
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12

Now, really Mrs. Brown, | know
we cannot do better,
You see yourself the goods are
as represented to the letter,
But, really Mrs. Jones, / can't
decide just yet,
And before | shall purchase |
want to see another set.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-22
FOREIGN sTEAMERS Due Ar THIS PORr.
SHIPPING NEWS
PORT OF NETWORK. SUNDAY JUNE q. 1885
ARRIVED


ARRIVED.
Steamer Greece Br Foote London June T. with mdse 10
W J Hurst. Arrived AZ tile Bar At a M y ,-,. -
Fnme 10 Rod U.s. 81 Naples o. with mdse and
Bros Limited Arrived at tie Bar al
Steamer yidette Fuller 6 days with fruit to
Merritt Fruit Co. Arriveda the Bar at m :, A.,
Steamer Francisco (span) Cualda, NstaDzas y days,
with sugar vessel Corts Arrived at the Bar
Steamer Aparyis (Br Black Cardenas days with suga
Steamer tallahassee Fisher Savannah 2 days with
Steamer Wyanoke, Hulphers Richmond, CITY POINT ana
Steamer Seneca Walker Newport News West Point.
W mdse and passengers TO Old Dominion IS Co 90.
steamer Gen whitney bearse Boston WIN muse 10 il
steamer Kanawha Greenwood. Providence for Newport
News.
sUNsETwnd az SANDY HOOK moderate ss"ic'oudy' Al
CtyIslanh. light sW cloudy.
Arrived yesterday
Steamer Orineco Brj Garvu. Bermuda DAYS with mdse
and passengers 10 outerprdge Co Ar'eo ~ 'nS DAT
Bark Olimt Nor Olsen cenfuegOs ID days with sugar
BARK Walter ) Massey of Philadelphia. Phean. cardenas
June 49, Philadelphia with and ossscs 10 ieauo
Co; vessel to JAS W Elwell & Co
SAILED.
Steamers Explorer. LIVERPOOL; Albany Hong Kong
Bark Nj Foley. for Port spain
Goth Barks Br0drene for Batavia Antwerp Rotteruam
big Krosprinz Won Preussen. for santos
THE MOVEMENTS OF srEAdGas
PoREI9S PoRrS
QUEENSTOWN June II Arrived. steamers Lord Dough Bf
Hughes from Philadelphia june on bei way 70 yeIpooi
10 Liverpool land proceeded). -
sailed steamers Etrnris Ssr' COOK and Wisconsin '1r
ABsaDEEy June l9Arriysd steamer Teutona IBr' eri'
fths from New.York May ~. m,
Kennedy from York Juno her way To Queenstown
and Liverpool.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-22
FALLING HALF NILE WITH A PARACHUTE
From The Philadelphia Times.
M <.rootoat balloon feat | ever witnessed

The greatest DdllOOD ltdb CNti "hhNnoo'
was in septrmber 1857 Upward Of $4,000 people were
at Lemon Hill and along the banks OF the schuyikl 10
see Monsieur GODDARD 20 up in balloon along win ms
brother drop the latter out from among tns ciouus
i'm parachute is said that the feat had lever Deen
ATTEMPTED before In the history Of ballOonng IL was
startling novelty and the people crowded 20 see ~,
When the balloon sailed gracefully upward "osldc othe
enclosure Monsieur GODDARD and two friends we're 10 ne
basket while below IL Monsieur i. GODDARD MS Dlv,hcr,
was seated upon small bar OF wood attached 70 the
parachute II looked like an immense Umbrella Tue
balloon went over the Schuylki IN sonthw.stefy
direction and after 1t hal reached an altitude 81 about
900 feet began slowly descend Then the parachute
began expand. When within about 5000 f,s Oh tne
earth the cord cut and the parachatr rsPiiny
descended with GODDARD hanging on to tts Oar. Inc
balloon shot upward again. The descent ~ the para
chute was keeny watched by the thousands OF speca
tors and many expected to see the daring man dashen 10
the earth in the twnkling Of eye. IL was observed
however that the TO earth the parachute came
the descent slow and easy AT last the man ana DIS
Zig umbrella faded Of sight over the hills and We
learned next morning that he came down all right on ms
feet like cat about half mile west OF the old Ben
Tavern on the Darby road. The balloon landed In els
ware County, the Philadelphia line Godarh ana
his brother were Frenchmen. They returned to thei
native country and. believe. were valuable TO thel
counrynen during tho Franco Prussan war; Gambetta
sailed out Paris Tours In one OF their balloons
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-22
TO STUDY CHOLERA AND OFFER GERHS.
Tho polvtechnic School of Medicine and ST.

The POlVtecnulc SCUOOl VI anu
eery has set apart portion OF the upper moor OF It's
building In East Thirty -fourhst. for the new Iath9
Bacerisogieal Laboratory. under the charge OF DIT f.
s. Billings. There is plentiful scattering Oh hi i
scoues aud Instruments with keen edges ana sharp
polsts The laboratory is modelled after that OF d.
Koch of Berlin, and It has been established 10 enaole
physicians connected with boards OF health 10 take
spccal in bacteriology, Win relation 70 sno
case Diseases especially contagious diseases ana 70
study their natures. . - e.-s.w a.,
shown. TO professional men and experts, as wen as
Others SEINE genuine cholera bacil, when nau Deen
arcally coored because OF being so nearly transpdr-
emf IN their natural state. We have lie SAID, every
facility for cultivang cholera baci. anC shai MAKE
exnericnts to determine in what kid OF SOIL these
thrive best what temperature they ye ana az wnat
temperature they die. Then they will be treated win
of under various conditions 10 snow
how they may modified" Bacill OF all sorts OF AIS
will be cultivated The school Will DO openco on
July 10.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-22
Jersey CITY.

Charles Edwards a colored dude" from Workers TEL
among the Phstinss Yesterday He was on his way 10
R,Itmore but stopped In Jersey City 70 nave u ntuo
1racket" After visit 10 a grogshop in Raroad-ave,
frequented by of both SEXES ,orS
friends would not recognize him. His clothing was
his face scratched and bleeding and his dudsh appear
ance had disappeared together with his watch ana cn
and $50 in money He gave the police sralhc @
of his xperience from the time he attempted 10 KISS
coored damsel who serving out beer unti ne "as
kicked into the street. x, .-,.-ho
is believed he boarding house sneak thiei VINO mas
been essfully operating for the last month, MaS
tured on Saturday Yesterday he was positively ldeh
fed by the keepers OF five clearinghouse whcR ne n
robbed and there many more 10 near rom John'
,ops plan was to engage state that his baggage
was coming by express and then retire to rest from me
fatigue OF his Journey. As as opportunity oneteu
tie boarder disappeared with everything por'aoe
that he could pick
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-22
NEW,S FROM The SUB URBS.


About 10000 people filled the Sno Oo1aans
were turned away unable gain admttance Inc over
flow went to the summer parks and peer garue thro
was music and revery In the Shooting PARK az ., ~,
the prze turning OF the North American turner ,bs
The rehearsas of the eight DIVISIONS Oh ho
prize turner's were held In the mo .,,a
and in the afternoon o Ine Corapr uresent
participated the exercises These consisted OF p
hand over hand on ropes, swinging Indian clubs aha
other cashenc exercises In the evening her Sy
prize singing by the different DIVISIONS anu With cleo.
prchesras The park was brilliantly lighted Win ~
trio lights vast amount Of beer was consume hum
Srs6 hart.nders ana waters. The prze turning win
be continued to-day, and tonight vocal ana So
mental concert will he siyen by the German SINGING no
n,stes of Newark During the parade OF the turner
Societies on saturday night number OF spectators were
relieved of money and jewelry