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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-05

Charles Durham, Sr., died at his home
in Geneseo Sunday morning, He was the
father of the Hon. Charles Durham, of
Geneseo former member of the legisla>
ture, and for several years the Illinois
member of the democratic national
committee, and Joseph L, Durham, the
present postmaster at Geneseo. He was
an uncle of the Hon Ransom Durham
ex- president of the Chicago board OF
trade, and the present congressman from
the First district. Df. Durham was
born in Mansfield Mass. February %,
1897. He represented Berkshire county
in the Massachusetts, Legislature two
terms. He came to Geneseo IN 1858
and has lived there ever since. His wife
died last .Iuue.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-05
Sensational Discovery.

There is report from near Cordova
which reaches the city via the circuitous
route through the Dubuque newspapers
of the discovery of large cave on an isl
and in the Mississippi filled with articles
stolen from various river towns. The
suppOsition is that it is the rendezvous OF
one Cotton, a notorious thief who has left
the country to escape arrest. Has Null
hatton, the only rival of Eli Perkins, been
in Cordova?
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-05
New Cars.

Two handsome new cars, numbers II
and 12, arrived from the La Clede car
works, St. Louis, this morning Tor the
Moline & Rock Island horse railway.
The cars are of the most modern make
the size of the largest ones now in use on
that line, and will prove quite valuable
addition to the rolling stock of the road.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-05
Hard Coal Market.

Pea coal, SEQ; CRATE and egg, IS, 95
range, nut and No. 4, $3.50 per ton
screened and delivered all best quality
of anthracite. Extra carriage charged on
orders of less than one ton. Blacksmith g
caol, Connellsville coke and charcoal. .
1908 Second avenue. E. u FRAZER
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-05
OBITUARY.
PHILLEO.


One of the truly good women of Rock
Island county passed from earth at her
home in this city at 3:15 yesterday alters
noon. 1t was Mrs Jane 20. Philleo.
widow of the late A. X. .Phi!leo, who
thus died. Consumption. with which she
had been sufferer for seven years, was
the cause. Deceased was born
at Galway, Saratoga county, N. Y,
December 3, 1927, her maiden name
being Jane Kelly She came to Rock Is
land county with her parents forty-fve
years ago, and her home was at Milan
until she married Mr. PhIlleo. Her hus-
band died May Is, 1884. Her surviving
children are Frank A. Philleo, of Oma,
ha, and Lilly A, Mary l.. Ad-
olson K, and William H., of
this city. Mrs. James Dickson, of Milan,
is a sister, as is Miss Mary Kelly of this
city She was one of the pioneer residents
of the county, was widely known and
loved and esteemed by all her acqualn,
tances. The funeral will take place from
her late home, 1112 Third avenue at ?
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon. Friends of
the family are invited to attend
MUELLER.
Mrs Elizabeth Mueller, died at the
home of her son-in-law, Henry Ehrhorn
251S, Third avenue, at $50 this morning,
of cancer of the stomach. She was the
relic of the late Charles F. Mueller and
was born in Bavaria. January IS, 1919.
She came TO America in 1854 and a
year later to Rock Island, which has been
her home since. She leaves q large
family of children; Henry Mueller of
Edgington, Mrs. Chris. Schillinger. Mrs
". F. Schroeder, Mrs. Henry Ehrhorn
J. G.. Mueller, Mrs. L. H. Frinck, Mrs. A e..
Schoessel, of this city. Chris. Mueller OF
Erie, ILL.,, Mrs Doeris of Lone Tree Iowa,
and Mrs. Walter Small of Muscstine,
Iowa. Mrs Mueller vas known all over
Rock Island county and all who knew her
have nothing but kinds words to say of her.
The funeral will be held from the Luther,
an church Sunday afternoon at $50.
Service at the house at 2 Friends are
| invited
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-05

Anyone having business with the ARGUS
Office after p. M. I'm the event that the
office is closely will please call at vii,
mans & Galt's news stand in the postoffice
building, who are authorized to transact
business of every nature for the ARGUS
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-05

Attorney at law, loans money on good
security, makes collections. Reference,
Mitchell & Lynde, bankers. Office in
post office block
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-05
County Building.

TRANSFERS.
Aug. SANDERS J Headstram to Maria
H. Dimock, pit lot 6. block l. Woods
second addition, Moline, 81.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-05
Offerman Island Picnic Grounds

Churches and societies desiring special
rates or transportation, should apply
early to Eli J. Farmland, P. o. drawer
e, Rock Island, H., or call at the island.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-05

Insure in the Boylston Insurance Co. of
Boston, Mass, organized 1872. Assets
nearly 100000. E. W. Hurst, agent
Office over Rock Island National Bank.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-05
Barth & Babcock, Dentists.

No. 1924 Second avenue. Special at.en
ton paid To saving the natural teeth ant
inserting teeth without plates.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-05

You can get cut rates over any railroad
at Blake's ticket office 1908. Second
avenue. Oily
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-05
ROCK ISLAND.
MOLINE.

First ward-B. F. Peregoy, Frank Eek
lund, Isaac Dawson.
Second ward-George AdelmaD,
Thomas Trumbie,
Third ward-George Stott, Eugene
Lewis, Peter Schlentler, Jr., A. Z. Bry>
ant.
Fourth ward-A. s. Wright, F, II.
Plummer,
Fifth ward-Charles Oswage, Fred
Ch ristiansOn
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03
VERMONT SPRuCE-GuM.
A Chat With the Most Prominent DeaIe,
in This Commodity.


Ten miles from Bennington, Vt,
lives Lou Bishop who is something of
celebrity in that neighborhood He i:
a spruce-gum merchant and talked a:
follows of his business to a correspond.
ent:
Il gathered 600 pounds of spruce.
gum last season. Eve been in the
business thirty years and have sold {
good many tons of gum in that time.
I've pretty near sold out my supply
this season already, and haven't morn
1000 barrels left.
go. the barrels ant big ones" he
explained, when some surprise was ex
pressed that he should have Loo
barrels left out of total stock of only
600 pounds. 1.-The barrels run about
six to the pound. and [ sell EN- at sly
for dollar. The storekeepers sci
'em for 80 cents apiece. Then there's
another size that retails at % cents,
but most of 'em are six for dollar :"
Some SAMPLE barrels were shown,
and they proved to be small in size and
made upon lathe, each out of Il single
piece of wood.
The spruce-gum farmer pointed with
pride to the vehicle which bears hin
upon his business journeys over the
country, for he is his own travelling
salesman. 1t is two-wheeled affair
which years ago saw its best days. a
box-seat mounted upon heavy spring;
was amply filled when its owner was on
the road, and the bulk of his travelling
stock in trade was contained in large
old-fashioned valse carried in suspen-
sion below the axle of the vehicle
When on extended journeys Mr.
Bishops son forwards reinforcement:
of barreled gum to his father by rail.
81 sell gum all through this country
and down in Massachusetts, said the
gum-picker. 'My best customers are
the dealers in the factory towns. Fac
tory girls are mighty fond of gum,
Judging from the demand in those
places. 1t kinder keeps their jaws busy
when they are to work, and cant talk
among themselves.
There's only one kind O spruce
gum, though they advertise medicine
made from red spruce gum, just rs il
there were blue gum or any other color.
There's no use talkin', spruce gum is
good for the stomach, an | advise
everybody to chew it. 1t don't need
any preparing, only just scrapng the
bits of bark off, an then it s ready to be
! sold and chewed. Spruce trees is get
lin scarcer'n they used to be, an you
have to travel good ways further
you used to to get much gum. foot it
on snow-shoes that | made my
self. In winter have some help; men
an boys who hain't nothin to do, an
pay 'em for what they pick. "-BoStOn
GIobo
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03

rum. Every organ of the body is more
Or less disorganized and enfeebled,
and when disease comes, the power OF
resistance being lessened to great
degree, death results far more quickly
than did this state of things not exist
Mr. Nelson's investigations also led
to the following results as to the COM
parative length of life the drinker and
the abstainer may look forward to
with reasonable degree of certainty:
At the age of twenty years, temper
ate man may reasonably expect to live
44.2 years longer; drinking man, only
1876 years. That is, at twenty, drink
ing man can, at most, expect to live
only o7e-tttrG as long as he otherwise
could did he not have the rum habit
fixed upon him.
AT the age of thirty years, a temper
ate man may expect to live 1865 years;
an Incorporate person only 1873.
At the age of forty years, the temper
ate man may look forward to %. years
still before him; the Incorporate man,
only 1l.6 years.
1t is a hopeful sign that the medical
profession is getting aroused to the ire
mendous dangers that menace humani-
ty from rum. 1t is full of promise for
the tuture.-I0ted0 BlGde.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03
TEMPERANCE.
VINoUS FERMENTATION.

Earths fairest fruits mature but to decay;
And sweetest Juices have Il transient day
a hasty ferment introduces woe.
Soon rs the well-fll cup doth overflow,
The LIQUID beverage will intoXicate
And cause thirst IL can not sat!ate
But strange! while rotten fruit is thrown
away,
AS worse than worthless, hunger to alay
The COMPRESS d juices. having undergone
The fatal change. are priced by man alone,
OF all the creatures, who dependent are
Upon the fruits. he cultivateS with care.
Deceived by that which moves itself Alright"
And by Its color caDtivates the sight
He plies his native ingenuity
To make the subtle subtler in degree,
BY distillation-wOfl of modern art
Which has procured for 1t a ready mart.
And now. deception, link d with interest
That S selfish. giveth an increasing Zest
To all the mutitudinous array
OF Satan's willing tools, in this our day.
lie takes the stand point, alcohol is good,
And for his hCa til as needful rs his food;
As one of God good creatures unto man
CTake* in moderation il he cam,
And as beverage, justities its use,
Like other good. wrong only IN the abuse.
IhlS is the Stand-p point which so many take,
and this the promise which so many make;
What wonder such should ever seek in Naiu
conclusions which are proper to obtain!
Reason, and common sense, and Bible TRUTH
Are 50 erlookd, or mystified forSooth!
Ihey can not sec, tho with the light of day
All teach alike the salutary way
OF abstinence, from all appearance" cen,
vi that which is the world besetting sin.
i. H. Williamson, M ". \. Witness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03
INTELLIGENT ELEPHANTS
A Siamese Kings Amusing Story About
One of His Pets.


The Siamese, says Forbin, obtain
considerable service from their ele-
plants. They use them almost as do
mestics, and especially for taking care
of children. They take them up with
their trunks and put them to bed and
rock them to sleep, and when mamma
wants them she has only to order the
elephant to 90 and bring them to her.
Numerous instances which testify to
their intelligence and docility are well
known. Can anyone believe this. which
a Siamese King reported of one on
which he was mounted? asks Victor
Meuner in his thrilling Great Hunts"
''This elephant had not long since a
groom who half famished him by de-
priving him of a portion of the food al
lotted to him. The animal had no other
means of complaining but by his cries.
and made such horrible noise that he
could be heard all through the palace.
Not being able to divine the cause of
his crying so loudly, but suspecting
the real fact, | gave him another
Slooih' VIM polilS IioIc ldlIHluI anu
having given him, without wrong, his
full measure of rice, the elephant
divided it into two parts with his trunk,
and when he had eaten one-half he set
up his cry again, indicating thereby to
all who ran to see what was the matter
the intidelity of the first groom, who ac-
knowledged his crime, for which |
caused him to be severely chastised. :"
st. Louis Republican.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03
THE FESTIVE OYSTER.
Some of Their Strangely Interesting and
Wonderful Peculiarlties.

Some of Their Strangely Interesting and
Wonderful Peculiarities.
Now that oysters are off-that is,
away on a vacation-some instances OF
the peculiarities of the insects may be
proper to relate.
1t is fact that they are lazy and
shell-fish. They make their beds
where the pure waters will lave them,
and never leave these till forcibly
assisted therefrom.
AS they are apt to grow more she'll
fish while doing in their beds, so they
become quite grabbed, and acquire Il
crusty nature.
When taken from their seaside
resorts, among associations of refined
gentlemen and delicate ladies thev
exhibit Il propensity to get into broils
and stews, which causes these persons
to run them down severely.
The shuckers are foes to the peace
of the oysters. After tussle with
these the bivalves frequently find
themselves in pickle. 1t is war to
the knife between them. Individual
and family ties are ruthlessly sundered.
Oysters R-well mono, not in sum-
mer.- Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03

cat the same time he pushed with
his foot large, round stone from its
resting place, and it went splashing in
to the waters of Lake Pepin. AS soon
as Winona touched the earth she and
her Chippewa lover ran to the water
where the canoe of Little Coon wa.
lying, and they padded away. TIL;
long rope was taken with them. They
swept quickly up the smooth surface
of the pretty Pepin, and when the light
came they were hidden in thicket
where Little Coon had left some food.
when the sun went down again
they hurried away from the big river
to the east and when light came they
hid again. After long journey they
came to another river and when this
was crossed they were in Canada.
Here they lived with new names and
became friends of the whites and no
one knew the trnth The Dakotas
knew Winona was dead and the Chip
pewas thought Little Coon killed at the
hands of the enemies. L have heard
the story many times"
"And did they never return to the
Mississippi" asked.
mo, they never went back to their
people and their people never knew
they lived"
"Where did Winona dwell?"
1.-The pretty squaw and Little Coon
lived eighty years together in this grand
forest. They led the free life of the
red man, and but a little time ago Wi
mona died, leaving her old and feeble
companion alone. She died in this very
lodge, and is buried beneath the pines. "
Then you are the companion?"
Eyes, am Little Coon, the Chippe-
wa, &C. Leon Meredith, IN Detroit Free
Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03
A MONSTER VESSEL.
Design of a Steamship Which is to Gross
the Atlantic in Eighty Hours.

the Atlantic in Eighty Hours.
And now comes Prof. r. H Thurston
with a paper suggesting that ship
can be built that will cross the Atlantic
Ocean in little less than three and a
half days, the average speedo Of the new
ship being forty-seven mile; per hour
The leviathan suggested by Prof
Thurston as the ship to cross in eighty
hours, he makes 800 feet long, so feet
beam, of % feet draught and $4,000
tons burden. To make tie speed OF
the Oregon, such vessel, under a rule
of naval architecture, would require
$4,000 horse power, as against 12,00G
in the smaller steamer. The law ia
that to double that speed, or raise it to
40 knots, eight times the power needed
for 20 knots would be required; but in
asmuch as the law of resistance becomes
much more favorable at these higher
rates of speed, Prof. Thurston fixes the
limit of the probable power required at
$50, 900 horse power.
The weight of the steam machinery
for the new ship he estimates at 1900
tons, or the total tonnage of the Oregon,
and the consumption of coal at175 tons
an hour, 5000 tons day, or 10000
for the voyage. The weight of fuel
and machinery would therefore be
$4,000 tons. Allow $4,000 tons, or,
according to the present construction,
about one-third of the total displace-
ment, for the weight of the hull, and
5000 tons would be left for passengers,
crew and cargo. G0odaLrS Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03
THE HUBBITE AND HIS SON.

SLOW big, papa, is Sullivan,
That people call him great?
Is he as big as mas mamma
And can he shy a plate?"
80, no, my son, about as big,
Perhaps, as Paddy Ryan;
His skill it is that makes him great
, When with him gloves you try on"
"His skill so great? I know his name
Is famed in Boston circles,
And that his dukes when clad with mittS
Resemble shells of turkles,
But can he knock one silly, pa,
This hero of our Hub,
Or are the stories that / read
Sensational fiubdub?"
''Theyr re true, my son; he's Boston's pride
! Fame clusters round his name;
A glory almost deified
Because, you know, he's gamN
We can not all be Sulivans,
Nor with him ever cope,
Nor pose as Ajax in the show,
But where there's sand there's SOAP"
But pa, if to Harvard went,
Or even unto Yale,
Could not hope to learn to spar
! And make the people quail?'
80. yes, my son, perhaps you might,
But better learn to pitch
Good pitchers snatch the Whyness
From the baldest- headed Which"
Merchant Traveller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03

IT is question just now from which
side tho strongest Temperance wave
is coming. In the West it is swelling
high, but in the East also high flood
time seems to be drawing nigh. The
arrogance of the saloon and the utter
lapse of conscience and integrity on
the part of those who court the friend
ship of the saloon, as of more conse-
quence to them than the respect of the
moral portion of the community, are
forcing a long-suiiering people to arise.
in righteous indignation. And the roe
popUH of such an issue is not to be dis
regarded. - Chicago Standard.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03

"A miner from the Grand Ronde
placer diggings went to lie Grande, Ore, ,
with three hundred dollars worth of
bright, clean gold dust--the result Of
twenty-five days work of two men.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03

The national statistics show that
"the amount of permanent investment
in school sites and buildings in the
United States is S240. 63S, 4lG. and the
current expenses of the schools in 1884
were $40. 567. 567." Both of these
items would not half pay our national
whisky bill, annually spent in the in.
terest Of distillcrs and saloon keepers.
Christian ECaRgeLiSk
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03

Rhode Island is the most densely
populated State in the Union. 7.
Sun.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-03

A voluntary contribution Of Ssl va
made for the benefit OF the president,
Mrs. Robinson, In prosecuting the mission
work. In the report OF yesterday was
accidently omitted the election Of Miss
Lon Covert, recording secretary.
The society met promptly at PIP. m.
Devotional exercises were conducted by
the president, Mrs. Robinson. Miss Liz
zie Bridges was elected secretary pro
TEN. A report from the Paris Juvenile
society was read The report on memoirs
was read and adopted. A special service
tomorrow night willIbe held in commem-
Grafton of deceased members OF the past
year. Mrs. Howell presented @ resolu-
ton with regard to the w. NJ. Advocate,
which was adopted. Mrs. DeShiel pre-.
sented resolution that the members OF
the w. M. S. observe the hour OF sunrise
for special prayer for the success OF the
missionary cause each morning during
the year. Adopted.
Rev. f.. W. Anderson occupied the
pulpit tonight.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-03
PARIS.
Henry Nj cDaniel is Brought Bnck from Al
kansas to be Tried for Murder.

Henry nj cDaniel Ia brought Back from Ar
kansas to be Tried for Murder.
Special to tho Gazette.
PARIS, TEX, Oct. Judge Scott, hav-
ing recovered from the dengue, opened
district court again on yesterday. There
were thirty-eight cases disposed of, most
Of them divorces.
The Lamar hotel that has been open for
lodging ever since last April, when 1t
suspended business, was, Today, closed
against dodgers.
Dick Moore, who was shot in last
Saturday nights ARRAY, is reported by his
physician as getting along as well as
could be expected.
Deputy Sheriff Polk Burris came in
from Little Rock, Ark, on the noon
train to-day, having in charge Henry Nc
Daniel, who is wanted here for the MUIR
der of Clark France, in 1885. Mcdaniel
is boy, only about nineteen years old,
and was arrested near Mulberry, Ark, in
cotton patch. Joe, a brother of Henry,
was arrested about three months after
the murder, and now has sentence OF
thirty years hanging over him. Henry
was jailed here to-day.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-03
HE WAS ASSASSINATED
En- DRY A. Siorrs, the Greai Advocate,
Byngged TO Death by Men Who
Feared His Power.
Digitaiis Pi.ecsd in the stimuiants he Took
did thu work of Destruction.
Hired Murdertrs


ST. PAUL, MINI, Oct. IA local pa
per prints this morning story purpoIt-
ing 10 show that Emory A, Storrs Of Chi
cago was deliberately assasslna,ed while
at Ottawa, H., presenting the case Of
Jos. G, Mackin to the supreme court. A
gang, the leaders OF which, the story
goes, who dreaded Mackin, found means
to close his mouth, and make away with
Storrs. The lawyer was settled with
digitalis, not In hurry, but the drug
was administered day after day in the
liquor which Storrs drsDk Maclain, IL Is
stated, had given away completely the Sc
crets OF the election fraWds TO Storrs, ana
the fear by the gang Of following the lit
tie boss to Joliet was what prompted the
attempt TO get Storrs out of the way.
Stoirs, after taking charge OF
certain extent to the use Of stimulants.
This made the work OF settling him, when
that had been determined on, a matter Of
considerable ease, for any alcoholic liquor
is safe vehicle for the criminal use of
digitaline or digitalis. IL was some days
before the lawyer went to Ottawa tnat
his assassination was first contemplated.
The initial attempt was made one evening
In bar-room on Michigan street near the
jail, and later the same night In saloon
connected with the Revere house.
Storrs poured out his drink at the coun-
ter and stepped back with 1t to steam
heater, on which he placed the glass,
and deadly dose found its way into the
| liquor while the intended victim was
busy in conversation. Then turning, he
raised the poison to his lips, but merely
tasted it. He got enough, however, TO
make him seriously i'll, and he was unable
to leave his hotel that night. The next
day he had recovered, but had no
suspicion of what caused his
sudden ailment. He only remarked that
1t was queer that two or three
drinks Of an evening should effect him so
and passed on his way, and went to
Ottawa September IL, to make an argu-
ment before the supreme court, and
among those who fingered about him dur
ing his leisure aud cornwall moments,
were two men who had the work cut out
for them in advance. There was to be
no hurry, but the job was TO be done.
Liquor and cigars aoounded, but In the
liquor there was an insidious poison
which piled up in the system of the
doomed man until that fatal Friday Il
clutched his yitals and landed him
corpse in his bed at the hotel early
Saturday morning, September ~. Thu
story concludes as follows; A partia
confession has already been obtained
from one of the tools who we're instru
mental in Storr's assassination, and tn
man is now under the constant surveil
lance of detective.
WITHOUT FOUNDATION.
CHICAGO, ILL, Oct. 2.-The EyenIn
Journal this afternoon prints interview
with large number of people respectin
the sensational story telegraphed from 81
Paul, which stated that Emory A. Storr
, died from poisoning. The inferenc
drawn from the interviews is that there
no foundation for the statement.