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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
$780,.
NEW DEPARTURE.
Money! Money!l Money!!!

Money. Money!l Money!!!
The Merchants Tea Co., 40l Brady
street, commence their money days to>
day, when every can on the shelves will
contain a sum of money, running in
amount from 10 to $50; no blanks. You
cannot buy a can without getting money
in it. AS this will probably be the last
week this company will give away pres
ents with their cans of tea and coffee, we
wish to give the citizens of Davenport
Rock Island and Moline benefi. before
leaving the city. Money days the bal
ance of this week. Price $1.00 per can,
6 cans for S. 90; 13 cans for so; 81
cans for $50. Orders by mail promptly
forwarded to all parts of the United
States. and must be accompanied by cash
or p o. order.
The following is partial list of fortu
nate purchasers who found valuable
souvenirs in their cans of tea and cof-
fee:
Charles Upmeyer matchmaker, $12 in
silver; w. G. Ward printer, $40 in gold;
Amanda Kerler, Vine street, ten silver
dollars; Lizzie Craig. school teacher, $40
in gold; John Crowley. painter. Moline,
$40 IN currency. also SO in silver; Con r
Crilly, brakeman, Chicago, Rock Island
Il Pacific railway, $15 in green backs;
Henry Hansen, saloon keeper, Rock ISIS
and, $50 in gold; Thos. Travcrs. book
agent S25 in greenbacks; Henry Weller,
coachman, $lS in silver; Winnie Morris,
five silver dollars; Mrs. Kate
Atkins, boarding house, $50 in gold; ii.
N. Nelson, wheelwright, Moline, $50 in
gold; Helen Curry, servant girl, $l5 in
currency; Michael O'Niell. brakeman,
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railway,
Rock Island, IS in can of coffee and $40 |
in can of tea; James r. Garfield, book
keeper, Bi ady street. $15 in silver; Annie
Hansen, dressmaker, $40 in gold; Kate |
Jooney, Iowa street. S5 in silver; Cornell |
us n Ward, baggagemaster. Rock Isl
and, $50 in greenbacks; Hannah S colt,
$50 in currency; George Never,
butcher, $40 in currency; DR.. Lindley, So
n silver; Louisa Albrecht, chambermaid,
10 in silver; p. Mcmahon. railroad man,
Rock Island $50 in gold; Clarence Mat.
hews, dry goods clerk, So in silver solid
,old watch left in can by mistake
ound by - farmer from Jackson county
James r. Cantield, book keeper, Brady
treet, Sl5 in silver Annie Hansen
lressmaker, SEQ in gold; Kate Cooney,
owa street, So in silver; Cornelius N
Yard, baggasemaster, Rock Island, $50
n greenbacks; Hannah Scott (colored)
$50 in currency; Geo. Meyer, butcher,
40 in currency; DR.. Lindley, $3 in sill.
er; Louisa Albrecht, chambermaid, $40
II silver; p. Mcmahon, railroad man,
rock Island, $50 in gold; Clarence Mat.
hews, dry goods clerk, $5 in silver; solid
old watch left in can by mistake found
y a farmer from Jackson county.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
How Tiiden Receivel tho News.

NEW YORK, Nov. IS When the news of
the death OF Mr.. Henirick. reached Grey
stone on Wednesday night Samuel j. Til.
den had gone to bed and it was not thought
best to disturb him. When he came down
to breakfast Thursday morning he read
the news in tho newspapers 1t was a
great shock to him, for his relations with
Mr.. Hendricks hal been OF most friendly
nature, and Mr.. Hendricks had ofton been
a visitor at Grey stone Mr. Tilden at once
directed that the flag on his tower be run
up at half mast. 1t was a conspicuous OBJ
jsct in the vicinity all day. for Greystone
stands on high ground, AMI the tower can
he seen for miles around. Mr. Tilden
hastened to send a message of coincidence to
Mrs. Hend ricks.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
st. Louis Cattlemen,

ST LOUIS, Nov 2S.-Ths cattIemen's con-
vention adopted resolutions on the death of
Mr.. Hendricks Thursday and ordered that
they be sent to the widow. Amendments
to the constitution fixing the admission fee
at $40 for an individual and $50 for an as.
sociation, and the annual dues at s. for an
individual and SIS for an association were
adopted.
The resolution directed against the bure au
OF animal industry caMle up again, and Dr.
Salmon, chief of that bureau, defended
himself and his subordinates in long
speech The chairman OF the committee on
branding reported thers was no other man.
ner of satisfactorily marking cattle than by
branding the hides, but recommended as a
remedy for the present evil that the brands
be made as small as possible and applied to
that part of the animal where they would
do the least harm to the hide.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
Chicago Honoring the Dead.

CHICAGO. Nov. 2s The expires ;ion OF
grief at tho death of Vice President Hen
tricks is general throughout thi, city.
Flags are at half mast and tho public build
ings arc being draped.
committee was appointed to represen,
the club at the funeral, headed by
M. w. Fuller L. NJ Phelps and NJ. j. Ru sell.
The following telegram was sent to Mr..
Handricks
MRS. THOMAS A. HENDRIcKs, INDIANAp.
OILS, IND: The 1roquois club joins the
great host of admirers of tho life and char
acter and career OF your illustrous husband.
nnd begs to offer its heartfelt conio!enc, at
your own and ,he nations great loss. 1t ha,
bean the treasured privilege of the Iroqlois
club to entertain Mr. Hendricks aud TO near
at it, board his we'll remembered word OF
eloquence and cheer, and the announcement
of his demise fills thu club with sorrow.
ERSKINE NJ. PHELPS
President lroquois Cub
The Cook County Democratic club met
Friday evening AMI passed suitable rssolu.
tions, and appointed committee to repre-.
sent the club at the funeral
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
RiOTING COAL-MINERS.


| Union Men Forcibiy Take Possession Of
Mines In the Fourth Pool.
PIrTsBuRG, Nov. 2S "A dispatch received
here from Wooi's Ran states that q riot
| occurred between union and non union
| miners at the fourth pool early Friday
morning.
Shortly after 8 o'clock the strikers saw
three mon approaching carrying lanterns.
They were identified as James Neal, Officer
Mcclure, and an assistant Behind them
was seen large number of non-nnionists
with their lamps burning The strikers
gave sisn,l of danger by firing several
shots into the air. The men coming
to work scattered in every direction in
their effort to escape. Several of them.
however were caught and harshly
treated. Their dinner buckets we're
torn from them and every man was ordered
to return home as quick as possible. Some
OF them were reported seriously in jured
Constable Mcclure was given to understand
that lie must leave or he would be mobbed.
Mcclure took in the situation and retired
immediately. Two or three of the miners
reached the mouth of the mine before they
were discovered and were fired upon but
fortunately escaped injury.
Part of the strikers then left for the
"oouh Isuil Hine, WueTe ullI d uOZen men
had gone to work unnoticei. They boldly
entered the mine and proceeded to run
them off. There were about 800, who filed
up the entry, shouting and yelling like saw
ages The working miners hearing this
fed by the rear exit, all but one escaping
Thi, one was ordered to go home
lie endeavored to. protest, but lie was
set upon, beaten into insensibiity, and left
lying i'll the mine. from which he was
remoAed by the mine bos.
AT O'clock i'll the morning the strikers
reached the American mine, finding few
men standing about tho entry, whom they
ordered away. The men making no move,
the leader of the strikers shouted: Away
for them, boys" when the whole number
rushed upo them, yelling: "Hang the black
legs" The strikers drove the workmsn to
their homes, kicking and beating them all
the way Great excitement prevails and
the operators have telegraphed to the
sheriff of Washington county for protection.
There "ers no mon working in this section
Friday. the strikers are desperate, and
seem determined at all hazards to force the
non untonist' out Of the coal fields
Sheriff Chambers. of Washington county,
is euroute Tor Woods Run with 200
mounted deputies. The strikers have
brought the Stow Hill miners out. No one
was seriou ly injured. Five OF Neei's
wLo were assaulted in
the mornlns are seriously, and
probably fatally injured Some of
the miners at work in the Old Eagle mines
were badly beaten and sent home The |
strikers are now engaged in putting up |
boards bearing the words Smallpox" on |
them, as IA schem, to fright the sheriirs |
ieputies from tho vicinity of the mines
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28

RANGooN, Nov. 80 An official dispatch
from Gen. Prendorgast, commander of the
British expeditionary forco, states that the
British had successful fight with the Bur.
mese at Hagan on the oath inst and that
he expects to reach Maudalay, the capital
of Burmah, on the 2Sth. Man lalay is
about three miles from the 1rraw wady river
so it will be rather far away for anything
like eife ctive fire from the British gunboats
should they got up to it, There is massive
brick wal! around the four sides
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28

WASHINGTON CITY, Nov 2s.- Secretary
Lamar has decided that until a patent is
delivered in to the possession of the patentee
1t is not boy ond recall by the commissioner
OF patents. Tie question came up in a case
where the patent was signed by the commi
sioner ani secretary, but was recalled befo
it was delivered aud the patentee claimsd
that within the meaning of the law the pat
ant bad teen legally issued to him and
sould not be recalled
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28

PTrsBURG, Nov. S-A telegram was re
ceivei, Friday morning, from James A.
Henderson agent for the Cincinnati Packet
line of steamers stating that the passenger
steamer Emma Graham had sunk to her
boiler-leck at Ripley's landing, near Park
er,burg, w. Va The message does not
state the cause of the disaster, nor whether
any lives were lost The wrecked steamer
was one of the finest passenger boats on the
upper Ohio river.
Only one person is known to be lost, Fire
man Cooper, but it is supposed ssveraI
deck hi ands are drowned, as they can not bs
fDunl
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28

WASHINGTON CITY. Nov IS The sec.
retary of the navy is informed of the ar.
rival of the Powhattan at Key West with
the rescued mon from the Island Roucador.
in the Caribbean sea, whom the vessel was
sent to rescue All, including the passen-
gers, are reported we'll. They were left on
the island by the guano vessels to whose
crews they belonged and suffered great
h6riShips
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
FUNERAL OBSEQUIES.
Full Episcopal Rites VIII he Observed -
President Cleveland AID His Cabi-
net to Attend Both Houses of
Congress- To Be Represented.
lNDIANAPoLIs, Nov. 2S.

The following named gentlemen have been
selected to act as pail bearers at the funeral,
with Mrs. Hendricks approval: Governor
Isaac T. Gray, Ex-Governor Albert G. Por.
ter, Hon. William A. Woods, judge Of the
United States court; Hon. John L. Nc
Master, mayor of indianapolis; Aquiila
Jones, David Macy. and Judge Frederick
Rand all Of this city.
All social fraternities have been invited
to attend the funeral services. A movement
is on foot to organize a committee to receive
funds to erect monument in memory of
Mr.. Hendricks.
K II. Parks the famous sculptor, has
taken plaster cast Of the late vics presi-
dents features, from which q statue will
probably be made for this city.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 2s-The large and
elegant passenger depot of the Chicago
Mil waukee & ST. Paul railway at Western
Union junction. on the Chicago line.
twentythree miles from here and eight
miles west OF Racine. was DESTROYED by fire
at half past 10 o'clock Thurs Law evening.
The fire was caused by the explosion of a
lamp in the building. The loss is about
s., O1C; covered by insurance.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
Governor HIll'a prncInInaiInn.

ALBANY. N. v. Nov. 2S.-Governor Hill
Friday issued proclamation. eulogizing
the many virtues and long public life of the
lat, Vice President Hendricks; also calling
up IN all public bodies and private ctizsns
throughout the state to show appropriate
and sorrowful recognition OF the nations
loss up to AMI including the day of tina
funeral
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28

f. W. Hurst represents the leadin-
American and Foreign Insurance Co.'S
Policies carefully written at current rates.
f-gency established 1874. Office over
Rock Island National Bank.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
Hard Coal Market .

Pea coal, $500; CRATE and egg, 81. 70;
range, nut and No. 4. $500 per ton;
screened and delivered all best quality
of anthracite. Extra carriage charged on
orders of less than one ton. Backsm smith's
caol, Connellsville coke 'and charcoal.
1908 Second avenue. E G. FRAZER.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
Failures for a Week.

NEW YORK, Nov. IS The failures in the
Unitel States and Canada for the past
seven days reported to r. g. Dun & Co., OF
the mercantile agency, were PA as COM
pared with total of ~ Tor last week, and
2S3 for tho weak previous To the last
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
COLLECTOR Of Custom, nt Toledo.

TOLEDO o TO- NV. ga wsshingto ton
dispatch stats that j. b. BattelIs, collector
OF customs at this place. will soon te SUPER
sedei By William NJ. Lyman Mr. LYMAN
is indorsed by Senator Payne
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28

ROCHESTER. N. Y, Nov. as. The ca ket
In which the remains of Vice President
Hendricks will bs inferred, is being made
here, and will be Forwarded to Indianap polls
as soon as complstsd
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
Are Vermont Thormome..r. Rs,,ah,s

NcRTuFIELD, Vt. Nov % The ther
mometer Friday morning was 10 below zero
here. i3 nj WiIliamstown AMI l6 at Morn.
town.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
Gov ArnOr Hoadly's Order.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 2S Governor
Hoadly has ordered his military staff to
report in full uniform at Indianapolis to
attend the funeral of Vice President Hen.
drickS
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
NHERIFF'S SALE.

By virtue of an Execution and Fee Bill No
$3.50, issued ont of the clerks office of the cir
cult court of Rock Island county, and state of
Illinois, and to me dire cted, whereby | am com
manded to make the amount of certain ludg-
ment recently obtained against Francis r. Bisant
in favor Of Thomas Thornton, ont of the lands,
tenements, goods and chattels of the said defen-
dant, Francis X. Bisant, have levied upon the
following property, to-wit:
West half (4) OF southwest quarter "a Of sec
ton three 49, and east half (1s) southeast quar-
ter "a Of section four (i) both in township sew
enteen (l7) north range one east of 18th p. NJ. in
the county of Rock Island and state of Illinois
Therefore, according to said command, l shall
expose for sale, at public auction, all the right.
title and interest of the above named Francis r.
Bisant in and to the above described property on
Saturday the 18th day of December 1885, ata o'clock
p. m. at the north door of the urt hou in the
city of Rock Island, in the county of Rock Isl
and and state of Illinois, for cash in hand 10 sat
isfy said execution and fee bill
Dated at Rock Island, this 2Sth day of Novem-
Der, D., 1885. JOHN NJ. RETICkER
Sheriff of Rock Island County Illinois
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-30
History Of the Machine Clip.

A Chicago barber tells the story as
follews this down East Yankee
went tb work on the moving machine
idea. In two, weeks he had his first
machine constructed. Here, Sam, he
says to the brush boy, I've got little
moving machine here for cutting hair,
an I want to try 1t on you The trial
was made. But it wasn't success. Hair
few all over the room, the chair was
turned, and Sam screached like a straw
berry vender. You see, the first machine
was geared little too strong, and it
pulled. Oats no mowin' machine, says
Sam, says he, ''its a potatoe diggah, dat's
what it am That night Sam resigned
his place. The next night the new boy
quit with white streak down the side
Of his head. The third boy stayed two
days, and his mother then apprenticed
him to wig maker. The fourth boy
stuck nearly week, and then Joined
Juvenile pantomime troupe to play
'Humpty Dumpty.'
''But In less than a month the Yankee
had his machine down fine She worked
like charm. just then farmer came
along to have his hair cut. The barber
hltched up ms Ittle lhhchlhe anu
around his head, making the hay seed
and thistle down fly like chaff out OF
threshing machine. Good job, says the
farmer, says he, how muchf "ren
dollars and q quarter says the barber.
What, $1O.25 for hair cut4' Yes, an
shell out, or I'll let the sickle bar down
two notches an NOW your hair out from
the roots He got his money, borrowed
81, rs from another man, and applied Tor
a patent. A patent was issued, and he
made 5000, 900 in five years. When
they first came out the clips sold at $40
each. Then they came down to 81, and
now they are only -. Every barber
sbop in the United States that's worth
having a painted pole has clip, and
some of 'em has dozen"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-30
THE Rev. Hugh Gull Is still well re.

The Rev. Hugh Gull Is still well re.
membered in Wayne county, Ind, where
he lived for more than half a century, and
died at the advanced age of 1O4 years.
During the last four years of his life he
was afflicted with a sort of hypochondria,
and every once in while imagined he
was dying. On one such occasion he
mounted his adopted daughter on q
horse and sent her to notify the members
of his family, who lived at some dis
tance, that his end was near, and it they
desired to see him die they must come at
once. While she was gone on this
GRAND, he happened to think there was
no wood cut and that his children would
be cold when they got to his bedside,
as it was in the middle of winter. So,
forgetting about his near approach to
death, he got up and went out to the
wood pile, and his children, when they
arrived in haste in obedience to his sum-
monds found him cutting wood to keep
them warm while they watched him
die.
A GOOD story is told of an old settler
who had never killed deer, but was
fortunate enoGs b to entrap one in d
snare. "NoS, sid he TO his wife,
'I'll have it to say that I've killed one
deer" So he tied rope about the ami
mails horns and fastened it to tree
Carefully loading his big-bored rifle he
stepped off few yards and aimed de-
liberately at the bucks head. Bang
went the gun, the dust flew from the
rope, and the deer bounded off, free and
unfettered, to enjoy the pleasures of his
haunts in the green wood. The bullet
had cut the rope in twain.
A VERY near-slghted gentleman and a
very white handed dude sit next to each
other at one of the prominent hotels at
Asbury Park, N ]. In the midst of
dinner recently, the guests were startled
by piercing yell emanating from the
mouth of the dude, and there was a
rush to see what was the matter. The
dude had rested his hand for moment
ON the edge of the table, and the near
sighted man had took it for piece of
bread and jabbed his fork half way
through it.
A HIGHLY patriotic citizen of Vaca-
vile, CAL, who detests the heather
Chinese, recently refused to sell native
OF the Celestial Empire lot Tor 81 ,OOO,
but sold it to an esteemed Yankee friend
for $500. With an eye to business, the
esteemed Yankee friend sold it to the
heather and pocketed profit of $500,
and the patriotic citizen now has a
"Chinese washee" sign floating next
door. He Is not on speaking terms
with his Yankee friend
A GENTLEMAN and two ladies called
on one of the oldest attorneys in Ban
gor, Me. recently. One of the ladies
was stranger, and it was suggested by
her two companions that the attorney
guess who she was. He Immediately
called her by her maiden name, though
she is grandmother and he has not
seen her for so years. Fifty years ago
the woman went to school to the attorney
in Maine.
GEORGIA has 143,4 colored voters,
the largest number of any of the South
ern States. Mississippi comes next with
l30,27S, then Virginia, 1913, ,257; South
Carolina, 11s, 1888; Alabama, 11s, 423;
Louisiana, 1879 North Carolina,
105, ,01s; Tennessee, so,25O; Texas, 49,
83S Kentucky, So, 643 Arkansas,
88, 6e7, and Missouri, 80, O42
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-30
A S1aver's Ruse.

A story is told of an English flagship
going out of Simon's Bay bound to
the Mauritius. When off Cape Hang
kip, late one afternoon, a very Taklsh,
suspicious, looking craft was sighted,
carrying an unusual number of stay
and studding- sails, who, upon seeing the
man-of-war, hoisted Spanish colors and
her number in Marryatt's code, and re-
quested to be reported. She passed
quite close, and was apparently a pas
senger ship of about 500 tons burden,
for as she neared them about dozen
ladies in very smart bonnets, wells and
parasols, were observed to come on deck
and wave their handkerchiefs with every
demonstration of cordiality to the officers
of the flagship. She seemed to have also
a large crew, and was very clean and
smart. Suspicion was quite disarmed,
and she was logged as passenger ship
from Manila to Cadiz. The Admiral
was alone in his opinion that all was not
right, remarking that the ladies waved
their pocket uncommonly
long and vigorously to mere passing
ship; he also thought the handkerchiefs
unusually large, and further, he men,
toned that as she passed, he was look
ing out of the door In the stern gallery,
and faint curious Whit came down on
the wind, reminding him of something
long past. He could not remember for
a moment of what 1t did remind him,
but 1t suddenly occurred to him several
hours after that the faint passing odor,
as the strange vessel swept by, recalled
the smell of slaveship which he had
navigated into port years before. And
he was right. Fhis same vessel was taken
off the Havana, on her subsequent voy-
age, and proved to have been Spanish
ship from Fernando Veloso River, in the
Mozambique Channel, full of slaves for
Cuba. Her Captain explained with
much pride his meeting with the flagship
off the Cape, and how seeing large man
of-war bearing down upon him with the
certainty of capture and no hope of es-
cape should the ships character be
known, he adopted the clever expedi-
ent, doubtless not for the first time, of
dressing up number of their men in
woman's attire, ruse that was in this
case entirely successful.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-30
LYRICS OF HIGH CULTURE.
TKH kAIDKN's suITo1s.

S4itor No. I.
Sweet maiden, with the face SO fair
And eyes that like the diamonds shine
Bright maiden with the queenly air,
Once more I ask, wilt thou be mine?
Oh, give consent and be my wife,
Some pity kindly show to me;
Hove thee better than my life,
And cheerfully would die for thee.
The Maiden.
Oh, do not tease me now pray;
Talk love to me some other day.
Suitor No. 3.
The reason why I've called to-day
Is this-er-well, upon my life,
I Iscarcely know just what to say
And-er-well, will you be my wife2
You'll never know life's cares or ills
In silks and jewels you shall shine,
I'll foot your millinery bills
And-weli, in brief, will you be miner
The Maiden.
This is 30 sudden But-ok, la
think you'd better speak to pa
Boston Courier.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-30
The Valuable Cork Oak.

In Sardinia, Sicily, and the region
around Naples, large cork plantations
are being destroyed in the improvident
haste of their owners to realize profit
from the superior quality of tannin af-
forded by the bark, and from the car
Donate of soda made out of the ashes of
the wood. The French have planted
this valuable oak largely in Algiers,
where there is now over 500, 900 acres in
good condition. The number of trees
in Spain is also increasing. 1t continues
to grow for 150 years, and reaches the
height of fifty feet. The wood is not
valuable except for fuel. 1t is thought
that the tree would thrive in California