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, 1885-04-15

PORTLAND, Ore, April l4.-The town
ofMann's landing, on Puget Sound was de-
stroyed by fire last night. The principal
loser is G. ii. Mann, general merchandise,
and hotel $20, 1000. The other losses ag-
gregate $4,000; insurance light.
VICTORIA, B. c., April l4.-One thous-
and men will be enlisted Immediately for
service if a war breaks out. All batteries
arc being connected BY telephone.
, 1885-04-15
Commanding His Duties.

WASHINGTON, April l4-Commission-
er Coleman practically began the discharge
of his official duties as commissioner Of
agriculture to day. He is already famil-
lar with the general working of the de-
partment, but will give himself some time
to study the details of its machinery be-
fore formulating any general plan of ope-
mtions- He will go to Boston next week
to hear the opinions of cattle importers
and Others interested in the removal Of
the cattle quarantine from Waltham to
Littleton. Mass.
, 1885-04-15
THE NATIONS HERO
Gradually But Surely Improv-
ing in Health.
The FrancO-China Trouble Not
Yet Settled.
Military Preparations in Eng
land Continue.
Improving Slowly.

New York, April l4.-Yesterday Gen.
Grants throat was easy but a triae sore.
He desired this condition to continue and
spoke but little. Soon after DIR. Douglas
had issued the 600 a. m. bulletin, and
while Mrs. Grant was in an adjoining
room, the general babe the servant bring
him a pad of writing paper. On it he
wrote a bulletin as follows: 1.-THE doctor
tells me 1 am better this morning. l am
better than | have been in two weeks.
tSigned) L. S. GRANT.
, 1885-04-15

CHICAGO, April 1.-THE ive-story
stone building, Nos. SO % 50 Wabash ave
nue., was burned this morning. The
building was occupied by i've firms, as
follows; Smith & Patterson, photograph
ers' supplies; Mclean & Retterer. hard
ware; Dean, Foster & Dowley, druggists
sundries; Schott h Co., toys; Lowenthal,
Kaufman & Co., tobaeconists. The loss
is almost total, and is fully 500, 900. The
insurance is nearly equal.
, 1885-04-15

Try Now TO Catch on In Good Time.
1t may rain and it may shine, but the
drawing ofthe Louisiana State Lottery goes
on the same on the secoud Tuesday of each
month. On March 10, at the 17sth
drawing, fortune awarded her votaries in
this fashion: The first prize, $4,000.
went to No. 8 ,S47, in one ticket at So to
Geo. A. Spear, a clerk in Bay City, Mich.
The second of s25,0 900 to No. "a, $3.50,
sold in ifths at 81 each; one to Henry i,
Schmidt, a butcher opposite the Missouri
and Texas railway depot, collected through
the Bank of Commerce, Memphis, Tenn. /;
another to Hugh Neil, Mayfeld, KY,
collected through the Manhattan Bank of
Memphis, Tenn, and the other fifths
elsewhere. The third of $4,000 TO No.
1850. sold in fifths at 81 each; one to
Louis HIM, No. 433 Turk street, San
Francisco, Cal; n collected through T..
r. Roach, cashier State National bank,
New Orleans, La; another through
Messrs. Lewis, johnson Il Co., of Wash
ington, d. c., etc. The fourth, each of
6 5000, drawn by Nos. 4,55S and 1854,
sold in ffths, among others-one to
Susan Fegan, No. 402 Hayes street, San
Francisco, Cal; n to J. Hirshfeld; an
other to L. Lalond, both of Frisco, etc. ;
until over 1865, 900 was scattered where it
would do the most good. The whole
thing goes over again on May 10. mt the
ls0th grand monthly drawing, and NJ. A.
Dauphin, Of New Orleans, La, on appli-
cation will give full information. Try now
to catch on in good time.
, 1885-04-15
The Trouble over.

NEW ORLEANS, April Capt Doane,
of the steamship Heredial which arrived
here to-day from Port Limon, Guatemala.
says the soldiers at that port have been
ordered home. He Says the Central
American difficulties are apparently set
tied by the death of Barrios.
, 1885-04-15

Notice is hereby given that the partner
ship heretofore existing between the UNI
designed under the firm name of Braun
& Latsch is this day dissolved by mutual
consent. Jacques Braun assumes the LA.
bilities Of the firm and is authorized to
collect anything due said firm.
JACQUES BRAUN,
JOHN b. LATscH,
ErHELDA A. LATscH.
Cheyenne; Wyo.. April 4, 1885.
, 1885-04-15
A Chinese Hitch.

LONDON, April l4-Dispatches from
Shanghai, received this afternoon, state
that there is a hitch in the final arrange
ments for the execution of the defnitivc
treaty of peace between France and China,
owing to ONE concessions which China
asks and which Patre Notre, the French
ambassador. refuses to grant.
, 1885-04-15

The Distribution Cigar store at Denver,
will pay IS, 600 to any charitable in
s~titution in Wyoming if any of the adver
tised brands of Nickel Cigars will equal in
quality OF value the 8. NJ. S. brand.
This brand can only be found at G. C..
Peabody's, two doors west Of post office,
who has the sole control of the s. M, s.
cigars here.
, 1885-04-15

LONDON, April 14.-Consul General
Merritt at London, and Consul Packard
at Liverpool, will re-appoint the sanitary
inspectors chosen during the cholera alarm
last summer to examine all vessels sailing
from London and Liverpool to the United
Slains
, 1885-04-15

CHICAGO, April IA. & Cattle receipts
7,4OO; market steady but rather weak on
rough and thin grades; 1000 to 1850
pound steers, s4.4O@5.O0; 1850 to
LOGO pound steers, IS. 5O@6 90; stockers
and feeders, $3.4O(a4.60 {.
, 1885-04-15
For all kinds ofschool books goto Holt

When you feel hat you had been born
tired and never got fully rested, take a
dose of ST. Patrick Pills. They will
cleanse your system and regulate your
liver. Then you will realize the vigor of
health and enjoy using your latent energy.
Sold by w. N. Hunt,
, 1885-04-15

The annual meeting Of the Leader Prin-
ting Company will be held at the Office of
A. H. Reel. on Tuesday evening, April
q, at s o'clock, for the election Of officers
and transaction of such business as may
COM before the meeting.
A. II. REEL Pres.
}, NJ. ToMPKINs, Secy.
, 1885-04-15
The peath Traps of New Yorl


New York, April l4.-With daylight
this morning it was easy enough to see
the cause OF the terrible accident in Sixty
second street, yesterday. The buildings
fell because there was simply nothing to
hold them together. Budduseik, the
builder of the tenements that fell, has con
structed block after block in the neighbor-
hood of Yesterdays accident. Philip
Housman, a builder, said. ''Ihe houses
fell because they were rotten. They were
built of refuse. Look at the bricks that
were being used. They are not brick, but
halves and quarters and chunks of bricks
poorly burnt, the miserable ofal of a
brick yard. There is no mortar on them
at all. The stuff used in laying the bricks
in the wall was simply wet dirt
Gangs of men worked all night on the
ruins of the eight fallen tenement houses
in West Sixty-second street, but turned
up nothing save bricks and broken tim
bers. No dead or injured were found,
and there are no signs of life about the
ragged heaps of wreck. The iremen are
Of the opinion that there are bodies in the
ruins. Hope grows stronger, however,
that this may not be so. Neither at the
hospitals nor at the police stations had in
quiries been made for missing persons up
to 10 O'Clock this morning.
, 1885-04-15

For fine taste ana style the
stock O~fdianOndS and jesU-
eII.y at ZeHneT', jackson "
BWechneT''s, cannot be ercei-
Ted.
, 1885-04-15
NEW LOCAL NOTICES.


Regular meeting of Uniform Rank K.
OFF. will be held at the Knights ofPythias
hall this evening, commencing at 7:30
O'Clock. A full attendance is requested.
BY order of S. X. c.
, 1885-04-15

Those desiring their ranches located in
their proper place on the new map OF
Laramie county, can do so by sending the
number of section and the forty with the
township and range to my address.
II. A.. Roy.
County Surveyor, Laramie county
p. o. Box 3l3.
, 1885-04-15

The most elaborate Did
st0nds epeT' made, at Zeh-
seer, jackson = BMechnes.'s.
, 1885-04-15

Patti will visit Warren's emporium, on
her return trip, and take a look at the e.
nest assortment of wall paper that has
ever been received in this city.
, 1885-04-15

Gardening work done and bitches ex-
cavated by Charles McGarvey, corner
Nineteenth and Themes streets.
, 1885-04-15
Ferris raises and more,
houses.


Cattlemen are requested to go TO Po-
lacks before QUILTING 1851
, 1885-04-15

All travellers stopping for a time in
Cheyenne can find the best accommoda-
tons in the city at the Western Hotel on
Fifteenth street The location is agreea-
bic and convenient, rooms pleasant and
newly furnished, meals the best a first
class cook can prepare from the finest
materials in the market. walters who I'M
derstand their business. the best liquors
and cigars in the bar room are among the
many attractions of this popular house.
HERMAN KISniE, proprietor.
, 1885-04-15

DO NOT mass the ORperfH-
nifty TO see the largest and
most rGrted stock of presen-
fnttOn lCG1-e at ZehHer,
jackson T. EMechneI.'s.
, 1885-04-15

children, slow in development, puny,
scrawny and delicate. use Wells Health
REVIEWER
, 1885-04-15
A Negro Bow Turning White.

VINcENNEs. Ind, April 1.-THE town
of Mitchell, east OF this city on the Ohio
Il Mississippi railroad, has a curiosity in
the person of a colored boy who is gradu-
ally turning white. The boys name is
Thomas Armstrong. He isabout Is years
old. His parents are both black, and were
slaves in the state of Kentucky long after
the emancipation proclamation was issued.
The ''freak" was born at New Albany.
Ind, and was as dark as his parents until
he attained his fifth or sixth year, when
in a short time, his hair and scalp became
perfectly white. Subsequently, however,
his head began 10 return to its original
color, in spots, which are still seer all over
his Uranium. varying in dimensions from
the size of a ten cent piece to the palm of
his hand. His face, neck. hands, and his
entire body also began a gradual trans
formation from black to white, the spots
growing larger as the boy grew older, and
varying in size at different times-some-
times so much so as TO cause his parents
to think he would eventually become black
again. But, of late, the spots have as
sumed greater prominence, and each season
spread and become more numerous, filling
the parents with the greatest confidence
that their son will be completely trans
formed from black to white, and that it
is only a question of time until he will be-
come as white as an Albino, The youth
is well and hearty, and has always enjoyed
the best Of health. He is a member of
the junior class in the Mitchell high school,
having last year completed the common
studies in the colored school. He stands
high in his classes and is unusually bright
for one OF his age. He enjoys a good
name among the citizens. His parents
are poor and u~neducated, but industrious
and respectable people. Many persons
have offered them large sums of money
for the privilege Of exhibiting their son,
but all offers have been rejected, as the
parents feared that the child might be
stolen.
, 1885-04-15

Riner & johnson have soldiers add.
tional and other land scrips, which they
are selling cheaper than any firm in the
West. Call at 30S Carey block, and get
figures.
, 1885-04-15
..Rnnrh ON pninr pInster

Porous and Strengthening, improved,
the best for ~backache, pains in chest or
side, rheumatism, neuralgia. DC. Drug
gists or mail.
, 1885-04-15

oh, the IOoeEfest designs Of
GOrha9n sterling siIceI'
aCGre. jNEst tM at Zehner,
jackson a RHechMeI.'s
, 1885-04-15

All the latest news and periodicals at
Holffa
, 1885-04-15

Gents furnishing goods in great variety
at Polack's.
, 1885-04-15

Spring suits in all grades and prices a
pnlnckis
, 1885-04-15

Order your coal from Riner & johnson
Telephone 102.
, 1885-04-15

For fine watch repairing, = 1f
DAVID MILLER. Idleman block.
, 1885-04-15
Trlple Tragedy in chicago.

CHICAGO, April l4-About l1:3O
O'Clock this morning, Edward Lambert,
aged %, walked into the little notion
store at No. 134 South Desplaines street.
kept by his msther-in-law. Mrs. Anna A.
Mulligan. He walked to a rear apart
ment, where his mother-in-law was sit
ting, and his wife, Teresa Lambert, about
20 years of age, was engaged in washing
clothes. Lambert greeted the women
cordially, but both of the women refused
to have anything to do with him. Sud
denly Lambert drew a 32-caiber Smith
& Wesson revolver and shot his mother
in-Lw in the left breast. Mrs. Mulligan
screamed, "I am dyingl' Mrs. Lambert
at once dragged her into an adjoining
bed room, and laid her on the bed, where
she died n minute later. While this was
Transporting Lambert placed the smoking
revolver against his left breast and fred.
twice. Just at this time his wife entered.
from the bed room of her mother, and
again Lambert fired, the ball taking effect
in his wife's arm, just below the elbow.
The wound is not serious. Lambert was
taken to the county hospital, and his death
is hourly expected. Before going to the
hospital he made a statement. He is a
shoe burnisher by trade, and until recently
worked in Detroit and Cincinnati; and
about FIVE months ago he was married to
Teresa Muligan, but they separated a short
time ago, owing, Lambert says. to the in
reference of his mother-in-law. He said;
"Her mother made me and my wife
very unhappy. | sent the latter a note
last week, and asked her if | could give
her money every week. She replied that
she had somebody else to take care Of her.
This morning | went to the house for the
purpose of settling the matter up. My
advances were coldly rejected. I became
desperate, and before I knew j, had shot
Mrs. Mulligan.'
The latter has three adult children liv-
ing with her. They refused TO ray any
thing about the tragedy.
, 1885-04-15

For fne atationery go o HoltIs.
, 1885-04-15

Try Ellis's fresh homemade taffy.
Only 30 cents 4 pound W
, 1885-04-15

Schuttler wagons and a full line of hard
ware at Arp & Conway's.
, 1885-04-15

WANTED-A situation for ii man and
wife on a ranch. Apply at Simmons
House. a-
, 1885-04-15

Boots and shoes just received at Po-
lacks. lEa NTW
Hardware, stoves and tmware, at Arp
& Conway's. =
, 1885-04-15

WANTED-A girl for general house
work. Mrs Colin Hunter, corner Six
teenth and House streets.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-21
Ruford Post

Buford Post had its first inspection last
night un der the new orders from the G..
A. r. headquarters of the state. Major
G. W. Halves acted as inspector in place
of Capt. Beardsley, who did not arrive
home until too late to attend to it. The
post was found to be in excellent condi>
ton in all regards. The membership
showed an increase, and the records of
the adjutant and quartermaster were
found posted up In good shape. The post
agreed by vote to attend the dedication of
ting Henry county monument on Wednes>
day next Post Commander Bowman
appointed committee consisting of Capt
Koehler and Capt. Abel to attend to
to invitations for Memorial day. Mai
Halves was appointed chief marshal of
the day, with authority to select his own
aids Capt. J. NJ Beardsley and the Gem
etery committee will have charge of the
decorations and exercises. By Memorial
day the members of the post will all have
uniforms. Those who have not already
got them have ordered them. The uni>
form consists of plain blue flannel coat.
or blouse, with brass buttons, and the or
binary regulation military fatigue cap
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-21
A NAW Affranflnn.

A ROLLER coaster" is being constructed
at Central Park. across the river, which
consists of railway track supplied with
cars capable of accommodating eight per>
sons at time. The track is $50 feet in
and two rides will cost five
cents, or two and half cents apiece.
The track is elevated twentyeight feet
from the ground at one point and midway
round descends to within one foot of the
ground. The momentum gathered by
the car in its descent from the elevated
portion enables it to ascend the incline
and reach the starting point, when the
car starts ON another round. Two gen.
tlemen named Russell and Botham have
paid $40 for the privilege of operating it
during the Sc ason and it may prove quite
an attraction to the visitors at the park
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-21
A Fizzle.

After all the blow, after all the delight
and JOY expressed by Rock Island repub>
cans over Gen. Logan's final success in
getting to be his own successor in the
United States senate, and after the ex
tensive preparations for last nights jubi-
lee. the whole affair PANIED out fizzle
Yes, worse than fizzle, because there
was no demonstration at all. During the
evening several of the party bosses gath
cred on various street corners and dis
cussed the situation, but no one seemed
desirious of ''bossing that job, or of go
ing ahead and celebrating. There was no
one to begin the iollitication, so it ended
without beginning. The republicans of
Rock Island are, it is said, now thinking
of telegraphing Senator Logan their con-
gratulations some time In the course of a
month or so. Perhaps they'll have cell
ebration about that time, too.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-21
RASMUSSEN'S CARD.

have refed m
Studio making the complete but decidedly handsom
this vicinity We also wish call attention of fine
Photographic work. all recently produced and containing and
pleasing positions and effects of light and shadow varying
1920 inches We have been assured by old CONNIE
critics that by far the finest display made this city Our
artistic largely the fact that make greater
than undl. and bring aid such experience
gathered from II of continuous service ang begun
graphic which time
months either by sickness vacaon long experience enables
scenic Photo ope
with of accessories consisting of
urae and rustic bridges and fences boat rocks pond containing
es sarways and variety of back grounds
statues what the Chicago
equaled any gallery this vicinity, buWe plainly nd
easily demonsraed that gallery this contains half
of Instruments don't boast that they bought
predecessors CONTRARY
of the latest improved makes containing
Voaende Eyope and Dmeye instantaneous Lenses THESE
LENSES GALLERY
patron the best advertisement and strive
excellence of work In order better
satisfactory patron given show of three four
different positions and all of these proofs shown and should
suggest themselves resttngs will gladly be made
charge Gallery avenue Rock Island
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-21
HENRY .C0UNTY,s MONUMENT.
Arrangements for its Dedication Next
Wednesday.

The long looked for event in Henry
county. the dedication of one of the hands
soonest soldiers monuments in the state by
the patriotic citizens of Henry and ad-
joining counties, takes place next Wednes-
day. Every care has been taken for the
success of the occasion, and indications
are that il the weather is favorable on
that day, there will be the largest con-
course of people present ever assembled
in the county. The hotels, restaurants
and churches will prepare to feed all they
possibly can, and many of the citizens
will open their houses.
An ample stand and seats have been
prepared in the shady grove west of the
monument, for the accommodation OF
visitors
The G. A. r. posts and militia will
rendezvous in the court house; and the
old soldiers who DO not belong to the G
A. r. will rendezvous in the county court
room. where they will be furnished with
appropriate badges, and will be expected
to march. as an organization. under the
command of Lieut.. H. G. Griffin.
The following is the programmes:
Procession will form at / O'Clock p m. sharp
and arrive at the monument at 80.
Music by the glee club,
Prayer
Music by the glee club.
Address by Gen. Thos. j. Henderson
dwelling OF monument during music by the
glee clab.
Dedication services by G. A. R.
Move to the main stand during music by thu
band.
Poem by Geo r. Parrish.
Music by the glee club.
Grafton by Gen. VIM. H. Gibson.
Music by the glee club.
Volunteer speeches.
Music by the band.
Music by the glee club.
The Rock Island & Peoria, and St
Louis division Of the c., B. & O., will
sell tickets at one and one third fare for
the round trip. and one fare for round
trip for organizations The main line OF
the c.. B, & Q. will give one and one
third rates for all. A train will leave
Cambridge for all points west at $50 p
M, and for all points east at 7:30 p. m
The delegation from Buford Post, OF
this city and many others will attend
from Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-21
River Riplets.

The War Eagle is due for northern
ports this afternoon.
The Josephine went south with several
well loaded barges.
The Diamond JOS Josie ought to be up
tomorrow night.
The trading vessel, Alvia, of Dubuque,
is lying at the levee.
Maj. Alex. Mckenzie and Capt. DUR
ham were in to Clinton to superintend
improvements on the bridge there. The
Clinton draw bridge has been an annoy
ance to steamboats, for years. and the
Northwestern railroad, which owns it,
has at last agreed to repair it, Capt.
Durham will be engaged in improvements
along the river the rest of the season.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-21
CITY CHAT.


Sheriff sale this evening.
Good music at the rink this evening.
DR.. A. T. Hawley, dentist. corner Sev~
teenth street and Sixth avenue.
Sheriff sale this evening.
Annual ball of the fire department at
Armory hall ON 2sth inst
DR.. J. W. Stark, Dentist, 1722 Second
avenue. d1yr.
The Central shoe store has an elegant
stock of goods.
Mrs. Maddox and Miss Lizzie Sherrard,
of Reynolds. we're in the city today.
Pillow case linen and linen sheeting at
McCabe Bros. special sale.
The Golden Eagle will furnish the next
sensation. 1t will be better that circus
DR. McCandless, dentist, corner Third
avenue and Twentieth street. If
Mr.. and Mrs, Jacob M. Wilson, of Ru>
raj township. were in the city today.
Bates crochet bed quilts 81 cents at
McCabe Bros.
Ladies free and good music at the rink
this evening.
A stock of notions win be sold at sher-
ifs sale this evening.
Mr.. John Forgy of Bowling. was in
the city today.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Mack have gone
to Chicago for weeks trip.
This evening sheriff sale.
Firemen's annual dance at Armory hall
on 28th inst.
Be sure and attend the sheriff's sale
this evening on Eighteenth street.
Ladies free at the rink tonight. Music.
House plants, the latest varieties, at
Miss Annie E. Sutcllff's, Second avenue,
west of Harper's theatre.
Go to the Central shoe store for first
class goods.
Mr.. and Mrs T. w. Myers, of St.
Louis, are spending few days in the
Lefty.
Special bargains every day this week at
McCabe Bros. linen and white good.
| sale.
Notions at sheriff's sale tonight.
The Rock Island skating rink will close
Saturday evening with the AmentsNich,
folsom combination. Admission % cents
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-21
Suing the Bishop.

Peoria Journals: Suit has been begun
by the vestrymen of St. Paurs Protestant
Episcopal church, in this city, against
Alexander Burgess, D. D., of Quincy, in
his capacity as bishop of this diocese.
The object of the suit is to obtain circuit
court sanction to the leasing or sale of
land grant made for the benefit of the
parish by John Birket. in 1857. The
property in question consists of seven
lots in Birket's addition, which the flock
is too poor to improve and not permitted
to use for burial purposes. The grantor
left it in care of Bishop White
house, for the parish, but since then
the diocese of Illinois has been divided
into three smaller dIoceses, and the bish-
op of Quincy represents the interest orig
inally vested in the bishop of Illinois.
His title to the property has been fully
established, but as there are now 500
taxes due against it and danger of a
forced sale in June, it has been deemed
advisable to obtain sanction, if such be
possible, to so far set aside the intention
of the granter and make other use of the
unimproved lots. 1t is specified in the
deed that the ground be used for the
building of church and rectory and fol
burying purposes, and this is the hitch
that prevents the parish from either buy
ing or selling the tract. W. J. Randall
G. B. Allaire and Matthew Griswold, Ell
oil, are the interested vestrymen.