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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
FIFTH AND POINT.

"A man never fully realizes how in
significant lie is until he attempts to de-
scribe to his wife the dress worn by an
other lady.--N r Journal.
"A Kansas man points with pride''
to the fact that his wife has worn one
bonnet for twenty-five years. The feel
ing with which the wife points to the
husband has not been described Chico
90 Tribune.
-He-Speaking of their marriage: j
think they both made very good
match. She-How can You say SOP
Why, she's birthstone personifed, and
he's a perfect stick. He-Brimstone
and a perfect stick-precisely the es-
sentials to a good match. Pitts6ssrgh
Chronicle.
About sixty patents are issued TO
women every year in the United States.
Anybody who win notice what curious
upon their heads and bodies need not be
told that woman is an inventive animal
Boston Transcript.
-s.Robby." whispered young Feath-
erly, ..did your sister Sadie get note
from. me last night2 1t was written on
pink paper" Il guess she must have
got it, said Robby. '''cause when she
came down to breakfast this morning
her hair was done up in pink curl-pa-
pers. Boston Post.
-.sThen you are studying music this
year. are you?n inquired young lady OF
her friend How do you enjoy it9"
20, it is delightful I have such fun
practicing. nearly drive Aunt Jane
crazy. Mother goes off neighboring
and have the house all to myself.
Come down and hear me practice some
day." 80, dear. no, thank you. The
doctor says must avoid all unpleasant
things Toledo Blade.
II never saw such man in all my
born daysr' exclaimed Mrs Crimson
beak to her husband. who had been inn
posed upon in a purchase she had re-
quested him to make for her. Il never
knew you to get anything without be-
ing cheated What, neverp" said
Crimsonbeak. chestnutically. "No,
neverrn emphatically replied Mrs. Grim
sonbeak ..Well. guess you are right.
I have always been suspicious of it since
the day [ was married" And then he
opened the window to see how far he'd
have to jump to the ground--N. Y.
Maui
-"As usual,'' said Fogg, .'the boys
took to ringing my bell last night. I
went to the door the first time, to
see the young rascals running
around the corner. 1t wasn't long be-
fore the bell rang a second time, but
they couldn't fool me twice. So let
the bell ring half dozen times without
answering it. This morning Mrs. F.'s
mother dropped in. in a high state of
excitement. She said she rang, and
rang, last night, and couldn't raise .
soul Under the circumstances, didn't
feel quite so angry with the boys. L was
a boy myself once, and you can't blame
them for wanting little fun now and
then. Boston Transcript.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
QUEER THIEVES.
Funny Cases of Stealing Reported to thu
Police of a Good City.

Funny Cases of Stealing Reported to tAe
Police of a Coed City.
Two or three funny eases of THEW
ing have lately come to light" said a.
detective recently, as he exhibited a
pendulum clock without any pendu-
lum to it. ..For instance, this clock
was stolen out of house on Hastings
street by a woman living on antoine
street for no other purpose than to get
the pendulum The thief had clock
minus the motive power, and she car
ried this home, put the pendulum on
her clock, and then placed the rest OF
the tin1e-piece on the sidewalk. The
rightfEi owner of the pendulum now
has it in his pocket, and is. at the po-
lice court for warrant
ssFor instance again. petTier 8
wagon was left on HiEa street few
nj ghts ago. During the night the hind
wheels were taken off and another and
voorer pair substituted and it was not
antiI they broke down tkat the peddier
discovered the cheat
..But the funniest cage of all happened
about two weeks ago. A colored woman
living on Beauhsen street had very
nice canary bird and handsome cage.
One day while she was out some one
came and exchanged cages and BIRDS.
Feeling a bit conscience-striken over
the transaction, the thief left silver
dollar in the bottom Of the rickety old
cage az boot money. "-Detrot Frce
Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
TWISTED HAY.

A PIeasurab1e Winter Exercise of Which
Eastern People Have No Conception.
The custom of using hay as fuel is
confined to Dakota and some other parts
of the West. Men have been born, lived
a prosperous life in Boston and New
York and gone down to honored graves
with monuments on them and never
knew what it was to swear at a hay fire.
And still there are those who viii insist
that these men led successful lives.
The hay is prepared in this way: A
man approaches the stack, looks at it a
moment and swears softly. Then he
pulls out bunch which would make an
abominally large mouthful for a Bad
Lands cow and gives it a sort of a half
twist and puts one end of it under his
arm. Then another half hitch and the
other end is held. This is kept up till
the bunch is twisted into hard roll,
when the small end is tucked in and he
LAYS it down and again quietly swears.
Some of our most successful twlstOlO-
gists stop when about half way through
and work in little more profanity, but
this is not considered necessary except
in very cold weather.
After enough sticks have been twisted
it is carried into the house and admin
istered to the stove in large and fire.
ouent doses. From four to six sticks
every five minutes is considered an av-
erage dose for an adult stove with its
vitality all run down. There is not
much danger of overriding this kind
of treatment and the instances when it
has been found necessary to admins
ter an emetic or stomach-pump to the
stove to save its life are very rare and
not on record.
For infant stoves the operator is
guided by its capacity and the de-
mands of the case. Some small sheet
iron stoves have disproportionately
large seomachs and require more heroic
line OF treatment than the larger ones.
The thing to be aimed at in every case
is to get up a healthful glow with SYM
toms of perspiration all over the body
of the patient
When the digestive powers of the
stove seem to be weak it is a good plan
to jerk open the larynx and pound on
the pipe II the subject continues to
sink and you have fears for the worst 20
out and see if the boys haven't placed =
board over the chimney. In case they
have it should be removed Immediately
and large doses of prairie hay in a
wound-up condition administered TO the
stove internally.
Hay when properly twisted and
burned in the right kind Of a stove
makes a much better fire than one would
snupose. Thousands of families on our
Western prairies hare gone through
more than one cold winter with no other
fuel. The story that men have been
found frozen to death in the act of load
ing stove with another charge of hay
is believed to be campaign lie. An
other that much more warmth rs got
from the work of twisting than from the
fire is known to have been started by
Florida immigration agents who intro
daced it to draw attention from the fact
that the president of their company had
been breakfasted on by one of their pet
alligators.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25

DR.. W. S. Webb, of New York, and
his brother-in-law. who was sufficiently
fortunate to marry Vanderbilt, have
purchased in the town of Shelburna.
Vt. some one thousand and five hum
dred acres of land, and propose to make
it the second garden of Eden. All this
property lies on the east shore of Lake
Champlain, and no pains or expense
win be spared in making it second Long
Branch. The grounds are most pleas
antly located and some of the finest on
the lake shore.-N z. Iribnns.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
Would Save Trouble.

A prominent citizen was seen digging
large hole in his front yard
"What are yoa doingf' some one
asked
'.Making q. pond"
..What, a pond IN your front yardf
What do You meanp"
81 am doing it rs an accommodar
ton. IE was 50 much troable for the
boy who carries papers to throw them in
little puddle during wet weather that
concluded to make pond for him. He
is a gentlemanly fellow, and want to
assist him all I can. This pond win
save him much trouble. '--Arkanso
Traveller.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
fro BE CONTINUED.

I'm looking over lot of Japanese
tools recently we saw q carpenters
saw. These saws all cut on the pull
stroke, and not on the shove stroke
like our own. 1t is said to be rather
more difficult to saw to line, but new
ertheless they have their advantages, as
they will not buckle or bend when
they strike knot or are cramped from
any cause. The pull stroke of three
thousand years ago is the best for thin
and narrow blades asto7s GlohA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
Shadows on the Snow.
BY b. L. FARJEON.
PART H.-CoNrrSxp-

01IHok OF BLADE-o,GRAss:" "GoIDEs
1RAs JOSHUA MARVEL Ere, Ere.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20

New YORK, March 20.-Maurice Vignaux
sailed for France in the steamer st Germain
Wednesday His departure was SO quick
and sudden that the billiard players of the
town knew nothing about it until the big
cavalry man was away to sea on his
way to Paris Vignaux said when he
arrived last fall that he was not
going back to France again until sum
mer When he got so unniefcituiiy wal
loped at billiards last week by Wizard
Schaefer, however, he changed all his plans,
and packed up as quickly as he could ana
left the country 1t is no secret that he
was disgusted with his own play in the re
cent match He believed that 1t had ruined
his reputation as Il player. He had ehai-
lenged George F. Slosson to play hun III
New York, but he did not wait to hear
whether Slo,son would accept or not
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20
ABIGAIL BATES DEAD.
A Bit of History Relating to the RevolE.
tionary War.

n Hit al HISTORY Relating TO the heVOlk.
tionary War.
Boston, March 9o-Miss Abigail Bates,
so well known as Gne of the two heroines
who frightened away the British during the
war of 1872 by sounding the fife and drum,
died in Scituate Wednesday,, aged So Her
sister and companion in the army of two"
Rebecca Bates, died Dee IL, 1881. They
were the daughters of the lighthouse keeper
at Scituate during the war of 1912. At one
time they We're lett entirely without guards,
even their father being away, and at this
crisis British man-of-war suddenly made
its appearance As the crew made prep
aratlons to land, the girls then aged re
speciively - and Is, Were greatly alarmed,
hut, seizing drum and fife, they went into
a grove of trees. making all the noise they
could. The British, evidently fearing the
presence of large American force, did not
land, but soon sailed away. The clever ruse
on the part of the two girls probably saved
the town and two cargoes of -four then lying
within the harbor. Miss Abigail was the
drummer and the elder sister was the fifer
in what the two sisters We're wont to de
scribe in autosraphic notes, which they
sold to visitors, as the American army oi
two III the war of lSl2'
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20
DR.. NICHOLS,
English Specialist,
511 Brady ST.,
CONSTELLATION FREE
A TESTIMONIAL.

To the People Of Davenport and Vicinity
From no other motive than gratitude to
DR.. Nichols. of 5lt Brady street, Day
export, Iowa, make the following state
ment:
My son GEO years of age) was an inva-
lid for many years suffering from com
plicated spinal disease TO so great an ex
tent that he was unable to walk, stand,
or even touch his feet TO the floor.
have tried many of our best physicians.
but in vain, all agreeing that there was
no help for him. and that he could live
but very short time, but hearing of the
unparalleled success of DR.. Nichols, and
of the remarkable cures he was perform
ing, concluded to take my son to him,
which did on the 18th of November and
with the assistance of friend carried the
helpless sufferer into the consultation
room of Dr.. Nichols. The doctor after
making careful examination. pronounc
ed the case one that could be greatly
benefited, if not entirely cured, and
commenced the treatment. After one
month s treatment my son was able 10
walk about the place, and has since been
steadily improving, and we have every
reason TO hope for a perfect cure, wish
further TO state that DR.. Nichols knows
nothing of this testimonial, as | UNDER
derstand he does not approve of the pub
fishing of testimonials. But the doctor
has brought health and happiness to my
home and feel it my duty 10 make this
statement to the world, knowing there
ore thousands suffering from chronic dis
eoses who know not where to 90 for res
lief Either myself or son can he seen at
any time AT my home in Moline. where
We will cheerf Hly converse on the subject
of my sons restoration to health, as we
feel that We cannot say enough in praise
of DIR. Nichols as skillful physician
| and perfect gentleman.
Il c, WELDON,
Transfer Agent, Moline, ILL.,
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20
HAS WARNER SLOPED2


Terd Wards Receiver Not to BE Found
Going for Il-Gotten Profits.
New YORK, March .0-Wiliiam b. Horn
blower, tn couns / for Julian 7 Davies the
receiver OF Glant 4 Ward, Thursday alter
noon filed transcript i'll the county cler<'s
Office and entered Judgment against William
). Warner for 81, 40l, ,90o. a. He i'm
me lately proceeded TO the sheriff 5
office after he left the county clerks
Office and placed an execution for
the amount in the hands of Sheriff Grant.
At p m Thursday Sheriff Grant, accom-
panied by his tounsel went to Warmers 5
house, "a Fifth avenue, and levied on the
handsome furniture which the house CON
tained. Neither Warner nor his wife were
present at the time of the levy, nor did they
afterwards appear, and their present where
abouts is not known. Suits have been begun
against Mayor Grace and others who got
the profits of the Grant " Ward business, and
a number OF offers have been received from
such parties proposing to settle without
chi
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20

HUNTINGTON, Pa, March 20-Edward
Hughes, pres dent of federation No. 3, and
John K. Iaisley, member of the executive
committee, visited the Bi DAD Top coal dis
trict Thursday and organized a branch of
the federation, securing over 100 members
The officers of the federation verbally ap-
proved of the resumption of mining in this
region, Conditioned that the advance of 10
cents per ton should lie contributed to idle
men in the regions where the strikers are
still out
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20
A Freak of Nature at Rockford. Ills.

ROCKFORD, Ills, March Ca most ex-
traordinary freak of nature is species of
hybrid OF cross between hog and calf, to
which COW be onging to s. Comngs gave
birth Thursday In everything but the
head, which was that of calf, it exactly
resembled hog. 1t was born dead, and the
local scientists have taken charge of the car
cass 1t is thought that hog which was
confined in a pen adjoining the barnyard
frightened tho COW with this strange result
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20
ESTEE INDICTED.
He Denies His Guilt and Says He VIII
Prove His Innocence.

IroVe HIS innocence
GENEVA, Ills, March 20,-Henry M.
Estee has been indicted for the murder of
Officers Grant and McNett. In testifying
before the grand jury Matt Pinkerton
answered the charge OF having confined the
accused from Jan. , till Tuesday last with
out giving him an opportunity to consult
counsel, by producing letter written and
signed 10y tstee, in which the latter makes
virtual acknowledgment of his guilt, gives
the names OF his accomphces and requests
as favor to be detained by inkerton as
long as possible, AS he feared to be sent to
the Jail in Geneva The names and aliases
of his accomplices are John Hunt, alias
Ross, alias Larkins, AMI Henry Monegan,
alias John Parkman, alias W II. Bell, alias
Frank Bell, alias Tip the Frenchman. Estee
denies his guilt, and says when his trial
ONES on he Will be able TO show that he
had nothing to do with the murder and that
the Sensational story told by Matt Pinker
ton about his tEsteesl career is manufac-
tured for Il purpose.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20
INDUSTRIAL FIELD NOTES.
Quiet Reigns Over the Gould Lines-A
Telegram from Could.

ST LOUIS, March 20 The strike situation
is still quiet, the contending parties seeming
to have declared a truce pending the decis-
ions of the conclaVe at Kansas City and
the outcome of negoations looking to an
arbitrament of the case of Mr. Hall at Mar
shall, Tex. The companies are running only
passenger trains No signs of weakness are
apparent among the strikers. 1t is known
that Mr.. Powderly has asked Mr. Hoxie to
name p,ace OF meeting when and where
the strike may lie discussed and some peac-
able settlement arrived at The attitude Of
Mr. HoXie Is, however, unknown.
Jay Gould has t.legraphed from
Charleston, = c., to citizens of Greenville,
Tex, who denounced by resolutions the
neil hols OF the strikers, thanking the
citizens, aud saying that when the people
realize that they have to pay for these
disturbances of the commerce of the country.
they viii adopt means of stopping them.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20

OTTAWA, Ills, March 20.-The supreme
court Friday handed down opinions in
number of cases, one of taem being that of
Joe Mackin The decision is that the mo-
ton for r, hearing in the state
case against Maclin is granted
This will necessitata reargument
of the case in which Mackin was convicted,
and it is probable that the arguments will be
made in the course of week
The decision will have no immediate
effe.t 20 far as Mackin's liberty is con-
cerned, as he must remain in confinement in
the penitentiary until the whole case has
been rearranged.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20

MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 10 An i'm
portant damage suit for breach of contract
has Teen ,om.nenc. d here 10y Miss Gertrude
NJ. Tesch against Heary Niedecken, Sr., one
of the most prominent merchants of the
citv. The plaiatiif S case Is dismissal with
1lt reason or recon ense from the position
of honsekeeper, which she had filed from
IN. y.af ls.,s till thu fall of lso2.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20

BETHLEHEM Pa, March - The indica-
tions are that in a few days the surviving
members Of the Sesenbach family who were
stricken down a month ago with trichinoss,
will follow the deceased members to the
grave Hattie, the surviving daughter, is
slowly sinking and her sufierings are said to
be terrible and her features distorted. The
grief f-stricken father, who had recovered
enough to be able TO get about, is again
rAY-
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20

SEDALIA Mo, March 21-The farm
hands of Petts and Saline counties have de
manded of their employees an increase from
Sl5 and board to $50 per month and board.
The demand was at trst refused, when no
less than fifty men quit work, The employ
ers conceded to their Demands however.
and nearly all the strikers have gone back
to work at the increased scale An organi-
Zation is to be perfected and the projectors
hope to have the demand become general
throughout the state
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, March 20-Judge
Baxter, Thursday, on application of the
Central Trust company, of New York, or
dered the sale of the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia g. Georgia railroad, not later than
May 25, for not less than sle,00o,o00 The
total indebtedness is sl6,000,0D The pres
ent bondholders interested in the reorganiza-
tion scheme will Doubtless bny the road in.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20

COLUMBUS. Ohio, March 2O-The street
railway company ran one car over the line
under the requirements of the charter, Thurs
day morning. The police assisted, and on
the return trip the men endeavored to take
possession of the car, but were clubbed Off
by the police, and one man was badly
bruised. The may or made speech to the
men, assuring them of his sympathy so long
as they indulged in no violence. He has the
strikers in good control, ready to obey his
orders The mayor is not inclined to allow
further police interference.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20

New YoRK, March 20 Sixty more bags
of the Oregons mail were brought in by
pilot boat Thursday night The addresses
on all but one of the letters are legihle, and
the contents will reach heir destination
though in a somewhat damaged condition
The ink on the one letter referred to seems
to have been entirei} obliterated by the wa
ter, and the mis,ive will go to the dead let
ter office
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20

ATLANTA, Ga, March 0.-The announce
ment that ex-Chief Justice A. o. lochrans
has left ths Episcopal church and decided te
become a Baptist has caused quite stir In
religious circles. The judges .iivity in
prohibition work threw i.im IN COMPANY
with some prominent Bapt'sts, and MS ao-
mlration for their doctrine Is supposed 10
ha ee then originated.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20

New YORK, March 20 There were POI
failures in the United States aud Canada
reported to II. G. Dun 4 Co, OF the Mercan-
tile agency, during the week, against 2a;E
for the week efore and PIG for the week
previous th the last.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20

CHICAGO, March 20-James Ward and
William kare pleaded guilty in the crimi-
nal court Friday morning to the Mount
Forest, ILL. postofice robbery and were given
nine years each III the I,nitentiary.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20
ROCK ISLAND, SATURDAY. MARCH 90. 1856.


LONDON, March 20-Reports Of the con-
tinued illness of the Princess of Wales cause
much regret 1t is feared that the princess,
who is the only member of the royal fam
lily, who really possesses the affections of
the people, is becoming a confirmed invalid
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20
Cheap Mail Boxes.

The finest mail and paper box ever IN
vented is for sale at the ARGUS office at
the low price of 81 each. The same ooA
is sold everywhere at $1.50. Call and ex-
anime them.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20

New ORLEANS, March H0-The remains
of the Hon. Michael Hahn of the Second
congressional district, under the escort of a
congressional committee arrived here
Thursday evening The funeral took place
at 4 O'Clock Friday afternoon.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20

SOUTH BEND, Ind, March 20-The settle
ment of the Studebaker strike is about com
pleted, and work viii be resumed Monday
at a satisfactory adjustment of wages
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20
For Sale.

A house and lot on Twenty seventh
street and Sixth avenue, by Frank W.
Blockllnger Inquire of Sweeney q
Walker, iouS"
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20
ROCK ISLAND.
March April May

When the weather grows warmer, that
extreme tired feeling, want of appetite,
dullness, languor, and lassitude, affiict
almost the entire human family, and scrof-
ula and other diseases caused by hnmors,
manifest themselves with many. Ii Is I'M
possible to throw off this debility and expel
humors from the blood without the aid OF a
reliable medicine like Hoods Sarsaparilla.
81 could not sleep, and would get up In
the morning with hardly life enough to get
out Of bed. l had no appetite, and my
face would break out with pimples, bought
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-20

At no other season is the system so sus-
eeptible to the beneficial effects Of a re-
liable tonic and inyigorant. The impure
state Of the blood, the deranged digestion,
and the weak condition of the body, caused
by It's long battle with the cold, wintry
blasts, all call for the reviving, regulating
and restoring influences so happily and
effectively combined in Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Hoods Sarsaparilla did me great deal
of good. | had no particular disease, but
was tired out from oyerwork, and it toned
me up" MRS. G. L. SIMMONS, Cohoes, N. Y.