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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19

To-day is the 412th anniversary OF the
birth day of Copernicus, the greatest as
tronomer and mathematician of his time.
He first advanced the theory that the
earth moves in an orbit about the sun
His teachings were at first received as in
opposition 70 the religion OF the ancients,
and after being induced to publish book
promulgating his theory called ''De Revo
utionibus Orbium," he dictated it to the
pope to escape the wrath of public feel
ing. He died before seeing the work pub
lished, the first copy reaching his home
while its author was on his death bed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19
Change IN Officers.

Mr.. George Stephens, who has been
identified with the interests of the Moline
Pillow Company ever since it was organ
lied as a stock company, has resigned
his position as vice president and
director, and will attempt to recuperate
his health. He does not give up his slice
of stock. His successor is Martin King
man, of Peoria, treasurer of the company.
The cashier Frank G. Allen, was elevated
to the position of treasurer.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19
JUST INDIGNATION.
Reply Of ga Mourner" to the lmplica-
items of the Union Cast on
Chinese Gordon.

To the Editor OF the Rock Island Argus
DEAR SIR:-The following editorial
item was published by the 'Rock Island
Onion" last week, and shows such heart
! less ignorance that it should not be passed
over in silence:
The fall of Khartoum should teach
England the folly of the policy which
dictated the rescue of Chinese Gordon
He was an irresponsible adyenturer and
England had no more call to make cru>
sadie in his behalf than the United States
would have to send an army into the Con
90 country if Stanley on his earlier trip
into the heart of Africa had been captured
and eaten by the natives. Several thous-
and lives have been sacrificed in the Sou
dan and the end is not yet"
Gordon was general in the English
army, and was sent out by the English
government, with consent of the Egypt>
ian government, to cndeavor to check the
Mahdi's career, to put down slavery in
the Soud&n, and generally try to bring
order out of chaos. Instead, therefore,
OF being an irresponsible adventurer, -
who had no claims for protection from
England, he really had claims on the
whole civilized world Gordons career
has been grand from beginning to end,
and while the whole world is mourning
over the loss of that noble life, the editor
of the Rock Island Union calls him an
irresponsible adyenturer. Let him read
the Rev Mr. Williston's sermonon Chi,
nese Gordon, delivered at Davenport on
Sunday last, and also the biographical
sketches to be seen on every side, and
then settle down in his editorial chair
and write an article on How to prevent
ingress or engress from Rock Island ex-
cept by the ferry"
Your obedient servant,
4 MOURNER.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19
SUBURBAN SIFTiNGS.
Coal VALLEY, Feb. 1S.

Coal VALLEY, Feb. Is.
James Glenn has been sick for several
days, but is on the way to recovery.
Miss Mary Leper, of Gable, is visiting
her many friends and acquaintance
here.
Mr.. Entwistle, who has been stopping
at Mr.. r. Battersby's for the past three
months, leaves for Chicago this week.
The tax collector, John Dandy, was
around last week notifying the tax payers
the amount of their taxes.
| The vigilance committee of Coal Valley
had their annual meeting on Saturday,
elected their officers and heard and adopt
ed the reports of their several committees.
The young folks had very pleasant
surprise few evenings ago at George
Killers. Something over twenty of them
went from here in sleighs.
Thomas Hudson, the mining inspector
of this district, was visiting the Blossom
burg mines last week. He stopped oven
| night here.
The childrens exhibition at the 2. NJ &.
church was quite a success. A large
number Of performances were rendered,
and the choir sang several pieces. There
was quite full house in attendance.
William Howells was here last week TO
see his relatives and old friends. Mr.. II.
has been in Colorado for several years
He does not seem to have failed in ap-
| pearance since his departure.
The runners that visit our village after
pay day were left on Monday without 6
train to return to Rock Island. Such as
could not hire private conveyances had
to stop over night.
Samuel Scott, of Grundy county, Iowa
was here last week He is q son of the
late VIM. Scott, deceased, of Rural lie
is visiting his mother who has been quite
i'll for some time, but is somewhat i'm
proved at last accounts.
There was quite an interesting party a
Mrs. Guisler's on Friday evening. 1t wa;
gotten up in honor of a daughter of Mrs
Gregg. Some eighteen or twenty couples
were in attendance. Adams band fur
nished the music, a magnificent supper
was served. and the dance went on til
early dawn.
| On Thursday night some clothing il
the house Of James Corns, caught on fire
The smoke awoke them. Mrs. G. was al
most suffocated with it, but fortunatel,
she got the flames extinguished before
they caught the wood work of the house
The damages were S12 or SIS.
There has been a very serious time
with the snow drifts the past week. anC
this one also. The Rock Island & Peori6
trains failed today to bring the mail, and
at present is not open. The narrow
gauge is now open, but has been blocked
twice. 1t only transferred three day:
last and has lost one this week SO far, but
is now ready for business.
The friends Of the incoming admins
tration have decided to have some doing;
on Inauguration day They will fire sew
eral rounds from the village cannon, tloa
their flag TO the breeze, and there will
also be ball in the evening. The seve
raj committees of arrangements have beer
appointed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19
Committee On Waterworks.

Chairman Bennett, of the council
waterworks committee has called meet,
ing Of that committee, to be held tomor
row morning at the city clerks office, tc
revise the ordinance on water rates. AT
addition to the old ordinance will proba
bly, be made, establishing rate for water
motors. Any other changes, if made, will
probably be in minor details Of the ordi'
nance.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19
For What II Is Worth.

The Voss,Greigg $4,000 damage suit
appears TO be great attraction, being
witnessed by packed houses daily in the
court house over the river. We would
suggest that date be secured for Har'
per's theatre, and an admission be charged.
1t would be better card probably than
some of the travelling shows that are try
ing to make it pay.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19
Forbid den TO Wed.

An application for marriage license
was made over the river yesterday by a
man who wished to wed with the daugh-
ter of his deceased wife by her first huse
band The license was issued and then
withdrawn as the Iowa law makes it a
crime to marry a woman bearing such re
lationship with.a penalty of ten years in
The penitentiary.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19

For previous Inauguration balls, the
tickets could only he had in Washington,
and the great rush for them, of the thous
ands of visitors on arrival, created confu-
sion and consumed much time, Now all
who visit Washington can secure their
bali tickets without waiting until their
arrival there, while the many who desire
them for souvenirs may readily procure
them at the B. & O. offices, either by per,
sonal application or letter,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19
A Card.

In behalf Of the W0men's Hospital
Guild, l wish to thank in general the pub
lie for the fine turnout at out concert
Tuesday evening. The well filed house
gave some idea Of the number OF tickets
that had been bought, and the generous
applause and frequent encores showed
how well all were pleased with our efforts
to entertain them. The gross receipts
are a little over $3.50. To the generosity
Of the following persons VIC owe it that
We have hardly any expenses to meet, and
to all of these persons wish in behalf of
the Guild to 7, tuIn thanks:
First, to Mr.. Harper, whose generous
oift of the use of the theatre for the even.
ing and of the services Of the stage assist
ants and the ushcrs made it possible for
Us to have the concert; next, TO the seye-
raj artists who gave their services: Mrs.
Haas Mrs. AtwiH, the gentlemen of the
Davenport glee club Mr.. Corus and the
other gentlemen of the Quartet; Mr.
Franklin and Mr., Smith, of Moline, who
played the banjo so delightfully."-; to the
two young ladies who played with the
bell accompaniment, and the members
OF BIeuers band; Mr. Bowlby, who loaned
the piano and Mr. Kerr, who sent
his team and man for one Of the
singers to Davenport; Mr. John Nolk.
who gave us picture frames; and last but
not least Mr. e.. Loosely and Mr.. Fred
Kinney. who sold tickets and kept the
door Tuesday evening, and all of the gen
tlemen who helped so kindly in the tabs
IeauX The ladies, both those who ar
ranged and those who appeared in the
tableauX, are members Of the Guild.
While the newspapers, which besides do
ing our printing, have inserted SO many
articles 10 advertise the concert. l feel
that a separate word of thanks is due.
with the comforting assurance that this is
the very last Of the many notices
In behalf of the Women's Hospital
Guild Mrs NJ A LYNDE. Pres.
Rock Island, Feb. IS.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19
The Country Roads

Farmers in from Audalusia report the
roads in very bad condition. They are
tracked down every day, but during the
night they blow full again, sometimes as
much as four feet in depth What the
farmers want is either thaw that will
stop the drifting or let up from the res
gion where the wind comes from.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19
Hard Coal market,

Pea coal $3.50 CRATE and egg, $S.25
range, nut and No. $3.50 per ton,
screened and delivered; all best quality OF
Anthracite coal Blacksmiths coal. Con.
nellsville coke and charcoal at 1903 Sec
ond avenue. DIFF L. G.. FRAZIER.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19
Will Supply Ice.

The patients at St. Luke's hospital will
not suffer for the need of ice during the
coming summer, for George E. Lambert
has announced his intention of supplying
the hospital with all of the ice needed,
free of charge.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19
IHE DAILY ARGUS.
THURSDAY. FEB. 10, 1886.


A grocer in Davenport purchased 1000
bushels of onions, last October, at 10
cents to Is cents per bushel. and stored
them in safe cellar Yesterday he sold
the whole for $t.45 per bushel. They
are to be shipped to Chicago produce
house.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19
Pleasure for All.

The annual festival of the Old Settlers
society to be held tomorrow evening at
the Armory hall will not be devoid of
interest to the young people, as special
efforts are being made to entertain them
right royalty. After supper there will be
dancing until late hour
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19

Pork tenderloins, spare ribs, leaf lard,
pigs feet, sausage meat, breakfast bacon.
fresh or cured hams, at Gilmore's pork
house, First avenue, between Fifteenth
and Sixteenth streets. #
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19

The B. & 0, is the only line in the
world running limited express trains with
out extra charge, and the only line making
Limited" time without making its pat
rons pay the more for il Taking out
small stops, Strengthening many curves,
laying the heaviest Of steel rail, and ball
lasting with rock and improving the
whole line most thoroughly, has enabled
the B. & o. to beat the best on fast time
without in the slightest increasing the
ratio Of d anger.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19

Z. W. Hurst represents the leading
American and Foreign Insurance Cos.
Policies carefully written at current rates.
Agency established 1874. Office over
Rock Island National Bank
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19

w. A Glockhof, the ticket broker has
the agency for Rock Island for the sale
of steamship tickets on fourteen different
steamship lines representing the most
prominent companies, which are sold at
cut rates. If
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19

The taxes for Rock Island for the year
1884 are now due and should be paid at
once TO the collector al No. 1919, Second
avenue. y. F. kRELL.
dwtf Township Collector
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19

Justice Cook was in trouble yesterday
afternoon. The waste pipe from his Of
fee froze up and he was using hot irons
to thaw it out After getting hole
through the frozen part, sewer gas en-
anated from the pipe, making the atmos>
phere in the Office unbearablc. and the
Justice wished he had let it alone
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19
Attention. Kniehtal

st. Paul Lodge No. 107, K. of p, meet
in regular convention Friday even
ing at 7;30, sharp.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-07
SPIRIT OF TaE srArE PRESS.

MAYOR HARRISON is doing exactly right in
appealing to the majesty Of the Jaw FOR pro.
lection sgainst the malicious assaults upon
his character by an unprincipled and I'M
scrupulous press. 1t is time these journal
istic scsveagers were taught lesson.-South
Bend Times.
IT is a common popularity or men OF gen.
JUS TO puzzle and battle the Comprehension
OF ordinary mortsls. This probably accounts
for the fact that when q President of the
United States is shot the surgical wisdom of
wrong side of his body, and when an ex-
President has Q sore throat the learned doc
tors call it cancer-Putnam Democrat
AT the rate at which the present admins
trstion is gaining in favor with the people it
seems likely that, by the end of the Presi.
Dental term, there will be not enough OF the
opposition left 20 even make a nomination.
And still the country lives and prospsrs and
is quietly and sRugly adjusting itself to the
new order of things. We bslieve the elple
are satisfied with ''the change."-Seymour
Democrat.
IT IL ain using 10 oosel'e Tue enOfts oI 1Se'
publican journals to break the effects of the
moderation aud wisdom displayed by the
Democratic administration. The President
and his advisers are steering their course so
wisely, aud the prospects of prosperous
voyage are 60 ENCOURAGING. that the Rspubli.
cans are getting alarmed. They are afraid Of
the future-of the growing popularity OF
Democratic rule and of the constant increas-
ing cloudiness of Republican chances of re-
gaining their hold on the federal offices. So
] T. al their predictions have miscarried. The
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-07
COUNTING THE FUNDS.

There are about 100 people at present en-
gagged in counting the money in the Treasury
vaults at Washington City. The Washing
correspondent of the New York Sun gives
some interesting information in regard to
the count. There were two counts during
Treasurer spinner's time. The first time
there was q surplus OF just one nickel, but
the second count showed up minus dime
The Treasurer was out just I've cents on
both counts. The cash that has been
counted and is yet to be counted consists Of
100000 in silver dollars and s. SOC, 900 in
gold coin, in al nesrly 800 tons in weight
In addition there are about S175. 600. 600 in
paper, most of the denomination OF s. and
under, and 1925 600 coo in bonds held in
security for the National Bank circulation.
The hard money is in bags, each containing
LOCO silver dollars, weighing fifty nine
pounds three ounces, tsmped ~. 8. Tfess.
ury, 1000 dsllaTs, Washington, d. c." There
was time when each bag was dumped and
each piece OF money handled and counted.
When the present count began limited
number OF bags were emptied and the coin
counted, but that was suspended and the
plan of weighing each bag adopted. The
scale for this, OF course, is exact in its work
ing, the very slightest variation being de-
tected. The bags are brought from their
resting places in the vaults by men, who
and it no easy work. kept up for hours to-
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-07

sorts and doctors offices were nothing less
than unlicensed drsm.shops, where few
samples were kept in order to retain the
odor of medicine, but where the real stock
in trade was liquor. The physicians in town
owned these drug stores. and were quite
willing to give 3 prescription for dose of
quinine and whisky without any other con-
siderstion than that the sick man should get
1t filed at one OF their stores. The authori-
ties are compelled to wink at these transac.
tons, as they are not violations. but only
evasions OF the law. The fact is, that a man
who wants whisky will get II despite al the
laws in Christendom.n
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-07

commerce. and industrial institutions of the
country are prospering steadily. Our liber
ties appear quite safe, the colored meu IN
the Southern States are getting along quietly
and happily, the confederacy is not sin the
saddle" but peacefully at home and at work,
and altogether the first days OF Democratic
rule are attended by the happiest auspices
Shelby Democrat.
THE place 10 settle family quarrels is in
side the family circle. The place to settle
quarrels or differences between Democrats is
inside the party. Make your fights in pri-
maries and conventions, and if you get
whipped yield gracefully. By so doing you
win the respect of your enemies and do not
exhibit q sore toe or sore head to your IN
fortunate friends. For a man is unfortunate
who has friends that ara everlastingly max
ing complaints.-NewA Albany Ledger.
DURING the candidacy and after this cleo
ton OF President Cleveland certain class of
Republicans we're loud in their expressions
OF sympathy for the unsophisticated man
who was to assume the Office of Chief Exscu-
tive and had never, as they said, even visited
the National Capital. Whether he had Wis
tied Washington City or not, Mr.. Clevel and
seems to handle the machinery OF govern
ment as IL he had been used to running il
long enough at least to become quite al ex-
pert at that kind of business.-Connersyile
Examinar
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-07

THERE is a class OF Democrats, and Ii is a large
Class, too, every whit as obnoxious TO people
whose wish Is for wise, honorable and clean gov
eminent, as any politicians can be. They are as
dead TO the new day of the nation as James Blu
chanan or Boss Tweed Even when they are hon
est, they represent nothing but the ideas preva-
lent in the dark ages OF American politics -Bos-
ton Advertiser.
How much worse are they than the bour-
bombed bloody shirt organs, orators and
their followers and imitators OF the Republic
can party? Does the Boston Advertiser
imagine that the parties named will ever
hear anything quite 60 soothing as the flap OF
the bloody shirt? There may be none such
in Boston, but their name is legion in the
West
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-07

CoNceRNISG the payment of Internal Rev.
enue Collectors appointed by President
Cleveland since the adjournment of the 5 an
ate, the Treasury Department officers are
not losing any sleep. They say, says a
Washington correspondent, that all talk OF
doubt az to the authority OF the President to
make such appointments and the right Of
such appoiDiees to receive salary until the
meeting of Congress is raised in Republican
circles and emsnates from the friends of the
suspended officers. Section 1,76S of the Re-
vissd Statutes defines tho powers OF the Pre;i-
dent in the premises, and provides TOR the
payment Of officers from the time their bonds
are filed, and it is commended that no subse-
quent legislation modified this statute in the
least. A prominent officer. in discussing the
subject, disposed OF the matter by saying
that the Republicans could raise all the
points they pleased, but the new men would
be paid right along, and If the Senate did
confirm them they would have their money
anyway, and no power that he knew of could
make them return it.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-07

1T is rumored that Hon. Henry r. Jack
son, recently appointed Minister to Mexico,
is hesitating about accepting the mission.
and that be may do as Mr. Lawton did, and
decline. His case Is precisely like Lawton's,
and, while the Attorney General has decided
that pardon removes disabilities, and that
IN the meaning OF the fourteenth amend.
ment, there may difficulties and litigation
arise concerning the payment of salary,
which, as a prudent man, Mr.. Jackson is not
inclined to run into. Tie disbursing officer,
regardful of his obligations and his bonds.
men, may refuse TO pay, and the Republican
Court Of Claims and Supreme Court may
disagree with the Attorney General
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-07

Mr. kelley has qualified as Minister to Austria
and Is at last full hedged Envoy Extraordinary
ana Minister Observation-Disclosures Courier.
Yes, and he is Just about ready to sail for
Europe when there comes "a objection that
his wife is Jewess As IL that could or
should be an objection. This is direct in
suit to the entire Hebrew race, and we trust
that it may be so considered. To object to
an American Minister or bis wife upon any
ground of race or faith is insulting. II Mrs.
Kelley werea female Bob Ipgersoll, we should
never have heard an objection on that score.
Let rs have done with all this nonsense.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-07

THE Etruris. the new Cunsrder, which has
Just finished its first ocean voyage, Is said to
be the largest steamer that ever entered the
port CT New York, with the exception of the
Great Eastern. The Esruris is $50 feet long
over all; breadth, 81 feet inches; depth to
upper deck, Al feet, and to promenade deck,
40 feet, with gross tonnage of s 600. She is
entirely built of steel throughout, and is
divided into ten water-tight compartments.
The steamer has accommodations for over
200 frst-class passengers, 1000 steerags pas
sengers. and SEQ others. including sailors,
firemen. stewards. etc, making total of
over 2.000. Her speed. recently tested. will
sversge. under favorable circumstances,
twenty miles an hour. She can carry 500
tons of coal ard 000 tons of cargo.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-07

A GENIUS In clay has turned up in Leav-
enworth, Kansas. He is boy, only seven
teen years old, and special from that town
intinstes that he has the abilities for sculp-
ture in marble If he has the opportunity.
He has had only three months schooling, but
can read and write fairly well. His general
intelligence only seems to be about the aver
age of colored boys of his sge. HIS genius
lies in his ability to pick up a piece of clay
and model it in few minutes to almost any
form that suggests itself to his mind with q
life.likeness truly astounding. He hss been
at work down by the river bank for some
days and from the common red clay there
found 10 abundance, without tools of any
kind, without any models or designs, he
forms his statues of men and his models of
horses, dogs, cattle. men on horseback, ne
groes with pipes in their mouths, and other
creations that suggest themselves TO his i'm
sginstion, with q wonderful reality and no
uncomfortable artistic talent.