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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-20

Agnes, the little 3 year old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Kelly, whose fall into a
vault on the Sth inst, was occasioned by
neglect of the scavengers in leaving the
floor up, is in precarious condit
Dr. Truesdale says the little one has been
poisoned by inhalation of the gases of
the vault, and her ultimate recovery is a
matter of doubt, though he hopes to
bring her through all right.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-20
HILLSDALE, July Is,

Mrs. Chas. Gerhards returned from a
business trip to Rock Island yesterday
The funeral of Mrs. William Parker
took place al Bethesda church today.
Mrs. Parker was born in North Carolina
aud her age was So
Mr.. A. c. Thompson is honoring our
town with visit today in the interest of
the ARGUS.
MIR. ]. D. Bailey is in town represent
ting the interests of the Colby celebrated
washer and wringer, a specimen of which
may be seen any time at Chas Gerhard's
Elm Camp, No AZ, NJ ". A has
taken boom. Things never looked
more hopeful III an now They are taxi
ing in new members every meeting, and
hope before long to take the lead of the
camps in Rock Island county
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-20

Wednesday, July 22d, 1885. on the fast,
favorite steamer Josephine, b A Conge1,
master, Sim Woods, clerk. Boat will
leave Rock Island at $50 p m, for
pleasant ride on the river, returning at
midnight Music and dancing on the
electric lighted excursion barge Billy, the
entire trip. Music by Biehls Rock Isl
aud arsenal band Tickets for gentlemen,
90 cents; tickets for ladies' % cents.
GEO. LAMONT, Agent, Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-20
TIE DAILY ARGUS.
MoNDAY. july &c. 1855

r
Briefs
Semi.annual remnant sale at McCabe
Bros.
Money to loan-228 Main street. Dav-
enpors, Iowa.
Dr-J. W. Stark, Dentist, 1929 Second
sVenue. d1Yr.
Advertise in the half-cent -a>word col.
umn of the ARGUS 1t will pay you.
Mrs. E. P Reynolds is somewhat in,
disposed
DR.. McCan dless, dentist, corner Third
avenue and Twentieth street If
suitry weather bargains in wash dress
goods at McCabe Bros.
John II. Noftsker is closing out at cost
his stock of screen doors and refrigera-
tors.
Miss Louie Hoebein, of Lyons, Iowa, is
Visiting at the residence of her sister, Mrs
. F. Witt. in the city.
Extraordinary bargains in remnants at
McCabe Bros. this week.
Mrs. Dr. Wheeler, magnetic healer,
aaooms at Mrs. Stockwell's, opposite court
house. Examinations made without
questioning. 11d1w
]. nj. Wilmans went to Chicago this
morning on trip combining busin ess
with pleasure.
Marvellous reduction on remnants this
week at McCabe Bros special remnant
sale.
]. A. Boyer and wife will spend the
autumn and probably the winter at
4 Eureka Springs, Ark, for the benefit of
Mrs. B. s health.
Get your awnings, tents, wagon eov-
ers, etc, of G. H. Young, III Main ST.
a avenport, Iowa. apll5dtf
The ladies of the First NJ. E. Church
will have lawn sociable tomorrow
evening, at the residence of Mr. J D
Taylor. Supper at p. m.
The contract for building the Nine
teenth street sewer has been awarded to
Davis u Co. Work is progressing on the
construction now,
Rev, s. s. Cryer, wife and family,
leave for Fremont, Neh, this evening.
fhey will spend several weeks there, when
Mrs. Cryer will 60 to Warren, H., for a
visit with relatives.
Linen D. Irlande India linens, Persian
lawns. Victoria lawns, recent additions
10 McCabe Bros white goods stock. 20 to
% per cent less than last week.
The lawn sociabe of St. Katherine 5
Guild occurs at the grounds of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. n. Drayton on Twenty third
street and Fifth avenue this evening
The business mems supper will be served
at 8 O'Clock for thirty~fve cents All
should attend.
Mrs VIM. Parker, well known lady of
Coe township died on Thursday last, aged
about IS years. She had been sick for
some time. A husband and seven chil>
dren-four boys and three girls left
TO mourn her loss.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-20
Dog Days.

This is the month of "dog days" usu-
ally reckoned as beginning on the Sd of
July and ending about the 18th of Au-
gust. These days were so called from the
star Sirius. or the dog star, in the constel
lation Of Ca7sis Major, to which the exN
tfeme heat of midsummer was superstiti'
onsly attributed, During these Cypress
lively hot days it was always supposed
that dogs were more likely to run mao
than at anY other season.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-20

ANDALUsIA, July Il.
Good fishing at the dam
Farmers are very busy making hay
Oats will soon be ready to harvest.
We had a good rain last evening, which
was much welcome in this ntighhor~
hood
John Shanback has been very sick. but
is getting some better There is consid-
cradle sickness in this community,
Our school directors have engaged a
Rock Island lady to teach one of our
schools
John Bnifum & son have Just finished
their new warehouse and hay shed. They
expect to bale hay iu large quantities here
this fall
B. A Janderser, our former postmaster,
has left for Kansas, where he expects
to locate his future home.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-20
Plead Guilty

Sarah Nelson and Carrie Wills went
into the county court this morning and
plead guilty to keeping adisorderly house,
and Peter Peterson plead guilty to the
charge of patronizing a house of i'll fame
Judge Adams fined each $40 and costs
and they were committed TO the county
jail IN default of payment.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-20
The Peoria Excursion.

Two coaches bore one hundred and fifty
pleasure seekers to Peoria on the excur-
sion yesterday under the auspices of the
A. U. 0. D. society, The day was spent
pleasantly, and all returned home full of
praise of the way the affair was con-
Quoted
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-20
Court Cuttings.
IN CHANCERY

18--Chancery VIM. H. Appleton, ct
al, David B Sears, ct al; to be decided
ia vacation as of this term.
Foreclosure Rock Island Building
Association Lydia r. Bonham, motion
to quash fee bill sustained, motion to re
lax costs sustained as to one item. Fanny
S. Fish Fred Root, ct al; Masters report
of sale. motion by complainant to set
aside Masters report and sale and vacata
the certificates of purchase and the record
thereof; motion allowed and resale or
dered. Rock Island Building Association
Fanny Ross, ct al; motion to quash fee
bill sustained as to one term
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-20
Wholesale Dealer in
-RASMUSSEN'S Card

In calling attention to the fact that efteI and el
Studio mailing moi only the most complete III
in this vicinity We also wish to call lng
Photographic work all recently produced and containing NAM
pleasing positions and effects OF light shadow yarn in
16x20 inches We lpcna assured y Ia
critics that il by far the finest display made M I
artistic success LARGELY due to the fact that
thanto undersel and bring such eyaarce
gathered fDm II years Of continuous service avnp begun
Sphic carer boy 1867 which ne have lo
mH either by ckes vacation long experience, rna ua ia
Appreciate le lmoltnee OF effects Photo hence al operat
ing rooN isftet VI" mass OF
and tstc bridges fences boat rdf n htaini
lie1 saays screens variety of back oud nos,ns
chairs table Statues what the Chicago Bun nkab is nm
equaed in anygaFy IN this vicinity utNe plainly say and il is
matter easily oNae) that gallery this contnpeAf of the
amount III our lnstnents don't boast that they xhh
pant sale and nsed predecessors for 25 years gNqlRY onr
are :" F latest improved MAKES containing Apng hers the
Noigtaenr Enryspe and Dameyer H rn
CELEBRATED LENsT FOUND IN AEy ru1kT NV mn
pleased ron the and We 1rve senre
the advertisement hthe excellence of our work In hf aea,
satisfactory resuieyery patron given show d TINED or fl nega
tWes different poans and all of these and slid any
improvements sggt themselves rengs will Ii matfree Of
charge Gallery cCer 18th street and 2nl avenue Ilanl
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-20

Many imitators, but no equal has Dr.
Sage's CatarTh Remedy.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-20
CIVIL CAUSES.

1S-Assumpsit: Rock Island Paper Co.
V Decentralization Insurance Co, set
for argument Sept. -, time for bill of
exceptions extended until pecision of the
case
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-20
County Building.

1S-Estate of Lovena Truxel, deceased
Deposition of l.. d. Taylor, one of sub,
scriblng witnesses 10 will, taken in proof
thereof Q0th). Deposition of Gustaf
Swensson, one of subscribing witnesses
to will, taken in proof thereof and will
admitted to probate Q7th)
Estate of Christian Deahn, deceased.
Petition of Mary Deahn for letter of ad ;
ministration Q7th).
Estate of Benson Huntley, deceased.
Proof of notice to creditors filed Invcn-
tory filed and approved.
Estate of Philip Lynch, deceased Let
tiers testamentary issued to Ellen Lynch,
without bond. September term fixed for
adjustment of claims
Estate of Lovena Truxel, deceased
Bond filed and approved Letters tesla
mentary issued to j. W. Truxel Third
Monday in September set for adjusting
claims.
Estate of Christian Deahn, deceased.
Bond filed and approved. Letters Of ad
ministraton issued to Mary Deahn.
Third Monday in September set for ad-
lusting claims.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-20
CRIMINAL.

IS Burglary; Peter j. Stein, Jr., plea
of guilty fine of 500 and costs, and one
hour in jail
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-20
TRANSFERS.

16-Wm. II. Edwards to Fred L. Ed
wards, pit lots 8 and 10, block 2, Woods
second addition. Moline, 81, 900.
Elizabeth Mccullough to Elizabeth
Johnston, lots 8 and 10, P. W. GaIlup's
subdivision, block "a, lower addition,
Rock Island, $3.50, and city of Rock ISIS
and to Elizabeth Mccullough, same, 81
17-Lowell c Lloyd to F. c. Cradle,
pit outlot s, swf 2, II, Be, and pit outlot
12, sci 3, II, 2e. and sw fri J on Big Isl
and IA, II, 2w; and nj west of railroad
on Big Island, %, II, 2w, $21, 900.
20-Estate of Phillip Lynch, deceased i.
Affidavit of posting notices filed. lnven>
ventory filed and approved.
Estate of Sophia Schmidt deceased.
Final account of administrator filed and
approved. Administrator being only heir
estate declared closed and administrator
discharged.
LICENSED TO WE'D.
20-E. E. Simpson, of Cordova and
Miss Anna Runyan, of Roc k Island
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-20
licensed TO WE'D

20-E. E, Simpson. of Cordova, and
Miss Anna Runyan, of Rock Island
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-09-11
In True Texan STYLE.

The details of a terrible series of murders
committed at johnson City, Banco county
Texas, an interior town. have Just been mad
public Ii appears that the daughter OF Al.
Locke an old resident. was recently discover
ed 10 Ice in delicate condition, and II Is al
lcgel that LocNie's relatives attributed to him
the crime of scducing her. The III alter proved
upon his mind and he let home, intending, as
he avowcd, 10 20 10 John Green's pace 10 Dor
row a sum of moacy. Green aud family were
away. He entered the house and took Green's
Winchester rifle and returned u the residence
of his brother, Berry Locke. He then shot
and kille Berry and his Berry " f..
\ neighbor named John Nicholson rode up
lust then He forced NJ holson b. 90 with
him t. Mr.. Stokes He then shot and Killed
Mr. Stokes There Nicholson was lost sight
of. lis horse was tied there when found, and
T. is supposed he was al q X led From there
locke went 10 his own house and shot and
cut tie throat Of Mrs. Henry Locke of l.iano
county, the wife Of lbs siepson, who was on a
visit 10 him lie also shot and Killed there
Mrs. Stokes, wife of the STOKES lie had killed
lust previous u the killing of Mrs. Henry
Locke. Then he killed his ,a1gatcr. lie
then attempted % Kill lis wife but hi
cartridges being exhausted he could not fire an
other shot and She escaped.
Having failed 10 catch and Kill his wife he
cut his own throat, mounted his horse and
started i'm the direction of Johnson City. After
ling a few wards hc met Thomas Brunswick.
whom he attacked and into whom he plunged
a knife, inilicting fatal wounds. The murder
or then rode 10 Johnson City, but was arrested
within two miles Of it. He was still alive at
acc cunts.
With the @, ception. perhaps, OF the murder
and cremation OF the Lynch family, near
Hampstead. some years ago, this is the most
Texas. BY it about twenty childIen are left
ovulauc
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-09-11
A Terrible Flood.

Details of the destruction In Canton, China,
and vicinity by recent great rain storm there,
have been received In Washington. The food
was the most serious which has visited Canton
I'm thirty years. More than lO,OO) persons lost
their lives, and a far greater number are left
In a starving condition Entire villages were
engulfed and the rice and SILK crops IN the
vicinity were almost ruined. The price OF rice
has been raised eighteen per cent In conse-
quence OF the loss of the crop. The rain Tell
the latter part Of June filling and overlooking
all the rivers Many of the streets of Canton
were flooded for over week. AT Semi CITY
the water broke through the city wall Ii Is
reported that several thousand people
we're drowned in that place. Embankments #
rivers were broken In numerous places, and The
water swept across the surrounding country,
carrying everything before IT, foreigner,
who was an eye witness Of the scenes Of deyas-
tation, rep rts one night the toat he occUpied
anchored near bamboo grove by morning
the water had risen To the tops OF the bamboos.
At other points Ii rose as hign as 10 feet during
the night time The inhabitants He'd from the
villages and camped on hillsdes. At Kun In,
a market place, situated near an cmbankment
Of one of the Streams connected with the river
which brings water from the North and West
rivers, the majority of tn Inhabitants were
drowned 10y water breaking through the EN-
hankment Some escaped q pit &c 81 rising
ground i'm the neighbCrhood; but the water con
tnued 10 rise and gradually oycrlapped the elc-
vat ON, drowning those who stood upon IT,
seventeen Chinese graduates IN canton,
hearing of the distress and suffering
prevalent I'm their native villages, took
Iassagc on boat with "A view 10
proce ding home 10 render what assistance
the could. On the way the boat was capsiltd
and all who were i'm il were drowned. In some
plac - parents tied their children on high
Breaches of trees whilst they Instituted meas
ures for their general safety. The trees were
washe up by the roots and the hear,-rendering
cries of children were silenced i'm the sutgiug
water. The body of n BRIDE dressed i'm her
bridal robes was found float NJ In the river AT
Canton. A large tub was also seen. IL wa
picked up and found 10 contain boy and
girl. With them was found a paper stating
their names, day and hour of their birth. The
parents had instituted this means 10 save the
lives Of their offspring. The writer adds that
suffering which thousands are enduring is
heart-renderng, parents rcplying with tears in
their eyes 10 their Chldrens request for food
that they had none The people are Obliged 10
use the ilthiest water, and thi., al ed to the
diseases which will ensue upon the subsistence
Of the waters, VIII greatly aggravate the hor-
rors of the situation. Meantime all that is be-
ing done 10y the inhabitants 10 abate their
misery is the beating of gongs, burning OF in
cense and bowling of prayers 10 idols
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-09-11
A New Phase Of the Question.

John Russell Young, eX-minister TO China,
in recent interview said: "The emigration
question is not understood In America. lmmi-
grafton from China comes from one point
alone-Canton. Canton is city Of lOoOOO)
people, the center of vast province, tie most
southern port in China. Within seven hours
of Canton, by river, Is Hong Kong Hong
Kong is a British settlement as much under
the British flag as Cork or Liverpool All the
traffic I'm the way OF emigration TO America
comes from Hong Kong malnl, through Eng
ish houses. There is no stipulation or treaty,
and there can be none % Justify Us in asking
China To prevent Cinnamon from going
from Canton 10 ! ong Kong.
Once there they are from Chinese innu nee.
If the American government W shes 10 reach
the emigration question II will have TO 20 10
Lord Salisbury and ask him 10 so instruct his
government in Hong Kong that there may be
no emigration. The British goycrnor-general
at Hong Kong, whom | know very well and
whose guest | have been, said he wa. per
iectly willing. If the American government
wished it, 10 stOp the immigration, but | had
no instructions. There is nothing in tn record
To- show China has ever cndcayured 10 cyadc
the treaty. On the contrary she has enforced
/, even more strictly than any request of ours
calls for The Chinese do not ca for the i'm
migration. They would stop the whole thing
tomorrow. They do not, Of course, like the
idea of other nationalities being accepted I'm
America and they being excluded but that is n
question of pride on their part
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-09-11
The vine product for 1885 is estimated at
x ODnO00 gallons.

The vine product for 1885 is estimated al
II, 0Oo, 600 gallons.
New York state has 3, 800 railroad bridges
within its borders.
IL Is two wears since the White House had a
fresh &C at Of paint.
Mlais is the first English painter who has
been made baron.
Florida gooscb,rry "bushesn are really trees,
often 10 feet high.
In London there are G0OO0 families occupy
ing only one room each.
Water sold for 5 cents per gallon last week
at and near Ashland, Pa.
England has ISL Ggged schools, for the edu-
cation Of 10000 poor children.
You can get good dinner In a flrstclass
hotelfn Norway for 10 or IL cents.
The dudes of Lima, Peru, wear petriled hu
man eye balls for watch charms
Fully 10000 900 dozen of birch and lockwood
spoons are made in Russia every year.
II is claimed that Grant voted for James
Buchanan at the presidential election Of 1885.
The culture Of flowers is one of the most ex.
tensivc and profitable industries of the Scilly
Islands.
Poaiifcal high mass was celebrated, for the
the hrs, time since the reformation, recently al
Copenhagen.
English hog rais,rs are worrying over the
malignant character OF swine fever, now quite
prevalent.
Men n Japan never, or hardly ever swear
The Nilest epithet one is likely 10 hear there l.
beat
The oldest living graduate of West Point Is
J. II. Hewitt Of Baltimore, a member of the
class Of ISIS.
A Canadian 1ctor argues that 20 per cent OF
all diseases must BE- ascr.bcd To the use OF
stimulauis.
smu,k having 'sworn or smoking, de
cl, re- tn Z he regards cigarettes rs both noxi
ol q and diculous.
The plan f0r 80 acre botanical garden In
Mount Royal park at Montreal is being pushed
( rward L re .lzation.
About % years ago POTATOES were first eater
in England as swectmeats, bling stewed IL
sack inc and sugar.
a national convention of string bands Is q
meet at III tsburg In September. The cats o.
| the city should got up an indignation meet NJ
Sandwich i'll nd doctors want TO stay Ia,
spread Of leprosy by yaccinatng the peopl,
wit leprosy microbes; but they can't find any
willing victims.
A governor of Kansas once cooked hi
pol teal goose bv declaring that 1.-THE averag,
| Kansas town will vote bonds TO buy can e
tie To a dogs tail
a society of child killers who, pretending q
be nur, e., poison babies "in order 10 save then
/ from the yeXatsons of life,n have their head
quarters at Rostov, Russia.
4 rc-survey Of the lands Of France has jus
be- n completed, 10 reIar the loss caused bl
The lurnng Of the official land registry book
/ IN the days OF the commune in lS1l.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-09-11
Brutal Treatment.

c. A. Van Bokkelin of New York, cX-United
States consul general at Port au Prince. has
returned 10 this country. He tells remark
able story Of his outrageous treatment 10y the
Hayticn government ~ the end of his con
.uship he married an llayt en- woman. For
buying a piece Of land at Port au Prince, con
trary 10 the laws of lIayti, which restrict real
property ownership tO native, he was impris-
Oned by President Solomon i'm loathsomc
dungeon, eight feet by four, dripping with
water and infcstc with vermin. The small
prison was sometimes crowded with nearly 200
convlcts most Of them degraded Negro murder
ers and desperadoes. Here he suffered from
March, 1884 TO June %, lsSj. hs health,
which was robust when he was first imprisOn-
ed. Is now entirely hrokcl Gown, and he has
become victim 10 both consumption and
chronic catarTh, while his face is pale and hay
gard and gives every evidence II long suffer
ering Mr.. Van Bokkelen says no attention
was paid by President Solomon 90 letters from
Secretary Frclinghuysen and he was not re
leased tn Secretary Bayard wrote the Ilaytien
president stating that II he was not released n
United States man of-war would be dispatched
10 Port an Prince with instructions 10 adopt
severe measures II necessary.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-09-11
Moving Cattle.

An Indian Territory dispatch says the re
moval OF cattle from the Cheyenne and Ar
rapahoe reservations l. progressing as rapidly
as conditions will permit, Several of the
largest cattle owners have removed their
herds, excepting such stock as escaI ed I'm the
recent round up. Within the past two weeks
more than 5000 head of cattle have been
driven oil the the reservations, which number
added 10 those already removed make total
Of over 100000. The estimated number re
naming Is between GO,0J0 and 1900 head
These will lie taken out as speedily as possible.
Only few days beyond the dat fixed 10y Prcsi-
dent Cleveland's proclamation will be require
TO clear the entire reservation of all cattle
VIII oh do not rightfully belong there. Cattle
men accept the situation cheerfully. Concert
eel action among them To comply with the
executives mandate for the removal will cause
a loss estimated N all the way from $1,000 10
$1,000. The bulk of the cattle is being driven
or shipped 10 western ranges.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-09-11
Lost in the Ice.

The steam NOVA Scotia, arrived In Hall
fax, y. =, few DAYS since from Liverpool
bringing from ~. Johns " f., Capt. Sea
blossom and tv, nty ON, of the crew of the
Amcri, an W. aling brig Isabella, vi ich Was
la sail Il from New h diord May %, / 81, and
entered thc ice park July II. she was crush
cd In the ice on the ? IN of tn same month
twenty miles north of No th Bluff. All Of
the crew, twenty c in numb r, and "A stow
away were saved. They wand rcd about ON
the ice for four days suffering intens IN from
the cold. Trey finally reached a settlement
called Acaler and remain d tlere until Sept
o, VIII II the whaler Eric arrived oil the place
and they were all taken on board and kindly
cared for but owing To the scarcity of food on
the Erie both crew had To be- put on short al
lOwance. While on board the Erie one of the
Isabella's crew. a Swedc named Francis Penn
ro. died Of scurvy. The rest of the men are
all In good health
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-09-11
The willy Widow" After Cleveland.

Considerable interest is aroused by the proc
lamat.on of President Cleveland ordering all
cattlemcn To quit the Araphpe ami Cheyenne
land within 40 days. The time expired SCI
lst. hut from dispatches received in Washing
ton II is evident that the cattlemen are NOV
Ing their herds as fast as Los IDLE. There is
one cattle owner however, who proposes 10
test the power OF the executive IN this matter
and that is no less a parsonage than Gen. b
+. Butler, who has already taken the initiatory
step. toWarl suing Prc,id mt Cleveland. Ben
S the proprietor of several large rancho, well
stocked, and has several clients and personal
friends who Ia c millions OF dollars OF capital
thus rested. Men OF this tlmp do not propose
10 submit tamely To whai they regard as an out
rage, and the rcdoubtable Ben proposes 10
lead the OppOsitiOn.