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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Jan. Gin their an
nual report to the governor for the year
ending July l. 1885, the railroad and ware
house commissioners of Illinois show that
the roads reporting to the board represent
an increase i'll their capital stock of SIG, $50,
tbs, making the amount of stock per mile
S2S, 2a5. The. aggregate OF stocks an!
bonded and floating debt is 81, 454, IA, IA /.
The aggregate gross income amounts 10
Sl94, $500. This amount in comparison
with the gross income for 1884, shows a de-
crease of SIS, IA, ass; it is principally due to
loss of income from the freight depart
ment An increase of S513, s25 is observed
in the amount of gross earnings from Illinois
business. The number of roads reportinl is
the same as Il year ago, and the increase of
mileage reported is slight, few extensions
having been made
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06
TELEGRAPHIC MELANGE.
PITHY PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM
A WIDE FIELD.
A Couple of Matrimonial Curiosities-
To Safety Through Fire-A Plunge
Through Bridge-Frightened to
Death--Assorted Novelties.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 6-The bridge
crossing Sherman's creek at Duncannon,
near where it empties into the Susquehanna,
gave way as the Huntington local freight
east was passing over it Monday night The
tender was first to be precipitated into the
water. The engine, which had crossed the
broken span, was dragged down with the
tender, and about half dozen freight cars
also plunged into the waters below. p w.
Turbett, brakeman, was found wedged SO
tightly between the stringers of the bridge
that it took four men to extrieate him He
died soon after being released
Frank Knowles, of Duncannon, con-
ductor, fioated down the river about two
miles Ho was found elinging to log and
not seriously injured. 7. D. Baldwin,
another conductor, and A. G. McCahan, as
sistant conductor, of Huntington, are miss
ing.
John s. Miller, fireman, Of Duncannon,
jumped from the train as it left the track
and was rescued after floating a consider
able distance in the river. The engineer
was found in the water, considerably in
iured, but it is thought not fatally. About
two days will be required to put the bridge
in condition to enable trains to run over it
with safety.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06

Our esteemed contemporary, the Chlca'
90 Tribune, has of late branched out very
extensively in verse, one Of its latest ef-
fusions, we are sorry TO say, is mercl-
less attack upon the young ladies OF 81:
Louis That big Missouri town, 1t should
be understood, is in some sense rivai OF
Chicago, and the journalists oil tne TWO
cities employ their wit in attacking eacn
other, favorite point with them being
the ridicule of young ladies' feet A gen>
ius of Chicago will aver that the young
women of st. Lotus retorts with the same
assertion about the young women OF
Chicago. Tho Tribune performs this
exploit in the following extravagant style;
The 81. Louis girl hung up her stocking,
She did,
With its swell from the toe to the clocklns
She did
She ia loved by her kind for all maidens are
And how can maiden be blamed for her feets
And gifts in abundance they showcred on her:
They put 10 u cloak OF the costiest fur,
Abookcsse corset Of latest device.
Roller skates for the rink, and OF steel for the ice,
A furniture get of the style OF Queen Anne
A vase for a mantel. as big as aman,
The nalties: dog cart, to drive in the street,
WIN pony anu ali It's EQUIPMENTS, COuipictt.
A little French clock and toilet by Worth,
pug dog from England, the sweetest on earth,
A photograph album, an ivory comb
An upright piano, God Bless Our Home,
A bracelet OF gold, and hat for their pet,
A brooch OF white coral, another of jet
A box of kid gloves, and a lawn-tennis set,
Or so,
And score of ~ beautiful presents and yet
They didn't half fill up the stockngl
Oh no."
This, we submit, is carrying the joke
very far. As matter of fact the st.
Lonis girls are just as beautiful, refined,
and charming as those of any other town;
and so are the Chicago girls, for that
matter. As for their feet. they are ele-
giant. of proper size. and they all turn out
their toes in walking. The journalists of
the two cities ought to abandon this
ridiculous style of satire. There is no
truth in it. and where truth is wanting
Imagination and humor are Of very little
value Il New York Sun,
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Mrs. Brownlow, the famous parsoni
widow, is still living at Knoxville, Tenn
Ex-senator Stewart, of Nevada, is te
put gold lightning rods on his new house at
Carson.
A heavy snowstorm ragged, Monday, in
southwestern Kansas Colorado and New
Mexico
Mrs Marie Lucht, of Milwaukee an aged
widow, who was bitten by dog two months
ago, died of hydrophobia early Monday
morning
A large clock company has decided to 10
cate its works at Rock Island, Ills, and
will occupy the buildings erected by the
Milan Watch company.
A monument is to be erected at Darling
ton, Wis, to the memory of the soldiers
and sailors of the county who lost their
lives in the war of the rebellion.
A man in White Plains, N Y, has dis
covered crows nest containing two young
kittens They had evidently been fed and
cared for by the crows for some weeks.
J. ". Mccarthy, clerk of the state su-
preme court of California, sailed secretly for
Honolulu, Saturday, and a shortage of over
$4,000 has been discovered in his accounts
Fire losses in the United States and Can
ada during the month OF December, 1885,
reached s., 200, 00J, and for the past year
the losses have aggregated s95, 200, O0o-sl5,-
g00, 900 less than in 1854
The empress of China has no hesitation in
expressing her opinion that reforms in social
and religious matters are needed, and that
China can no longer keep up her isolation
from the rest of the world
The saloonkeepars of Chattanooga, Tenn. :,
against whom the Sunday law is being
Iigidly enforced have sworn out nearly 100
warrants against those engaged in all the
trades and professions who do business Sun
day
For the 2-year-old Fnturity stakes to be
run at Sheepshead Bay, i'll 1888, there have
been already 693 entries, and number of
prominent breeders are yet to be heard
from. The winner of the stake will prob
ably get &50,000
At animated meeting, Monday, at
Milwaukee of the committee of the chamber
of commerce and representatives of the
Northwestern and st Paul railways, the
discrimination matter was dis Us sed at
length, with the result that the railway PEG
pie gave it their ultimatum that they
would make no changes in existing rates
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06
A DEPRECATED COINAGE.

Probably but few of our readers who
have for Il dozen years listened to the
uninterrupted howlings of Wall street
spectators against the continuance of
silver coinage and their assertions that
our money would be thereby deterioratcd
in European markets. are aware that for
nearly a century both our silver and gold
coins have been largely below par in the
London and European markets. The
facts are as follows In the bad old days
before the constitution was formed, when
free trade theories and other subjugations
to British theories bore sway, the Amer
lean dollar as money of account (for
we had no dollar Of our own coinage in
those days. was ordered by congress to
be equal to four shillings six pence Eng
fish currency, or, in other words, the
pound sterling was to be considered at
the custom houses equal to $444 and 10
of cent
After the constitution was adopted and
the first really national congress was
formed, the said congress not only legis-
lated protective tariff in favor of home
industries, but ordered the mintage of our
money. The first act was passed April
2, 1892, and fixed the metallic value of
the American silver dollar at "the value
of Sprnish milled dollar as the same is
now was them current" In 1874 the
first American silver dollar was coined IN
conformity with the said law, but as the
metal it contained was less than the phan>
tom dollar, the ideal dollar, or the dollar
OF account of former years, it dcteriorated
when compared with the phantom pound
sterling, also ghostly, but now material
lied as the sovereign, accordingly ad-
vanced about q per cent, or, in other
words, the dollar fell to about %
per cent discount. By the act of January
IS, 1887. the commercial or intrinsic
value of the American gold dollar
was still further reduced, so that it has
since been at dis count of about o. per
cent when reckoned by the English
pound, or, in other words, the English
standard has 81 per cent more than our
own. Strange that this important fact
is overlooked in the discussions as to the
continued coinage of the standard silver
dollar by its advocates, while their antag-
onlsts, the mono,metallists, are shouting
themselves hoarse in lamentations of the
evils which would affect the country if its
metallic money should fall below the
merchandise value of British coins. Bless
the innocent creatures Don't they know
that always in their life time. unless their
money goes back to 1884, or 81 years
ago. our metallic money has been at a
discount not only in London, but in New
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06

WHEN a bushel of wheat raised by q
farmer is sent TO England IN exchange
for yard of cloth. the farmer only re-
ceives two thirds of n yard because the
government cuts off ore third OF it by
reason Of the tariff AS The tariff restricts
the importation of English goods, The
English government, as retaliatory
measure. now proposes to lay tarllf up
on American productions. This, OF
course, will cut off another third OF the
yard, leaving the farmer only one third
of a ward instead of the whole yard he
would receive were it not for the tariff
And yet, strange as it may seem, there
are farmers who are in favor of the pro-
tectiye tariff.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06

LINCOLN, Neh, Jan 6-Snow has ceased
in this vicinity, bnt the wind continues,
though with less velocity. 1t is the worst
blockade ever known and extends from the
Missouri river to points $50 miles west.
Snow fences have been no protection, as the
snow has drifted over them and across cuts
twenty feet deep. 1t will all have to be
shoveled out, as it is too hard for plows.
The Burlington main line has trains moving
at snails' pace, but all branches are closed
for ten days or longer. The temperature is
mild, not going below fifteen degrees above
zero. There is 10 danger of famine in coal
or other necessities at any point unless
another storm follows close on this one.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06
Bargained to Sell His Wife.

CHICAGO, Jan Ga new branch of COM
merce was developed in Justice Hawkinson' 5
court Monday. Herman Week charged
Herman Junkans with an attempt to run
away with his beloved better hall, whom he
described as the treasure OF his soul He
stated that six month, ago Juakans settled
at his house, ~ Hin5Che street, as boarder
He and his wife soon became very intimate,
and on Saturday last he saw Juukaas coma
out of his wife's bedroom. The accused,
in answer, said that on Saturday morning
he and Week entered into a contract by
which Week made over to him his wife,
child, and household goods, in consideration
of $50, all of which goods aud chattel and
live stock he was to take west with him
Unfortunately, however, he could not raise
the $3.50 in full, and the husband, being a
regular Shylock, stuck to his bond to the
uttermost cent, and had him arrested. The
defendant gave bonds to appear next Satur-
day TO answer to the charge of dealing in
contrabani goods. 1t is suggested, however,
that the parties compromise the matter, ami
that Week take what cash he can get
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND Yesterday APP,
pointed Daniel W Could, ESQ. posmas.
ter of Moline. The gentleman had very
strong Endorsements for the place. and
was recommended by Congressman
Niece The ARGUS takes pleasure in
congratulating the new postmaster aud
the Moline democracy generally, on the
change. II there is any city in the state
where the democrats need little encOuI>
agement from the administration, it is in
Moline, where republicanism has had full
sway from time immemorial. A national
victory has been the means of infuslng
new life into democracy everywhere, and
Moline democrats are not lacking in the
spirit which will eventually carry them to
success. Other Illinois appointments were
also made yesterday, in the postoffice line:
James IIaines. Pekin; Joseph Durham,
brother of Hon Charles Durham.
Geneseo; John Westemeer, Carlinville;
Thos Hennebry, Brnidwood.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06
Working the Telegraph Rack ct"


A well-known crook was en- countered the
,ther day. He bore an air of profound
election He allowed his cigarette t.
out after the second Whit, while he leane !
over a table and scrawled figures with a
piece of chalk.
Whats the troubler the reporter in
quired.
Bad enough he answered. "Oar be7t
man has been pinched in Connecticut, and
has Just got twenty-five wears straight in
the neck Who was it, Why, John Palmer
Of course He was one of the great srti IS
IN the profession and has made thousand
and thousands He wasn't lire ordinary
CT, oks. He was always getting up nav
schemes. He invented the telegraph racket
AMI it wasa daily. How was it workrl
hsl g to hotel at Buffalo and regis,
ter as Charles Adams of New York an /,
fla h earl as representing some manufact
uring concern in the city. He'd rush aroun
and ssll, or try to sell. by sample or by an
advertising book, and had always bring his
would be customers to .he hotel and there
treat them AMI the clerk. He'd tell the
clerk confidentiaily that he expected some
money telegraphel on, AMI to notify him
bhc bhe Cduie- III Tie
afternoon the telegram came from one of
his pals. 1t read:
Y our letter received Mailed you certified
check at 10 o'clock
The next morning the letter came from
New York, and inside was certified check.
o. course it was all forged and very well
forget. He'd show it up to the clerk and
theH walk down to the nearest bank to cash
it. TIE taller refused always until John
was Identified. Hell go lack to the hotei
AMI get the clerk to endorse it. or else 60
down with him to the bank to identify him.
In 10th cases LIE collared the cash every
time He caught on, boss, but you see sue
ca was too much for him. He got careless
il his biz and then, instead of sticking to
hotels AMI banks be tried to work the post
Office. 1t breaks me all up, for I worked
the racket with him
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06

One Of the most Trustworthy indica
tons of the country's increasing prosper
ity is the growing activity of southern in
dustries. Florida has recently made her
self conspicuous as one of the most
progressive of the Southern States. The
Florida fruit exchange, which has been
recently established, has given new
value to the great and growing fruit bus'
ness of the flowery peninsula, and the
Forestry congress, which will soon meet
at the call Of the Governor, will add a
new impulse to her commercial prosperity
1t needs but the opening of the vast min
eral mountains of the southern Appala
chan range. and especially of its rich
spurs on the east toward tide water, and
the South will again become as rich as
any portion of the Union.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06
Certainly the Best.

.Papillon (Clarke's extract Of fax Cat
auh Cure, from an experiment, has
grown to be the acknowledged superior
of any remedy for similar purposes
Purely vegetable and scientifically pres
pared it is absolutely harmless. and
effects cures where all other known re.
NEEDLES and the most learned medical tall
ent fail That it is favorite with all
classes is evidenced by the fact that dur
ing the past two years. $4,000 gallons
have been sold. Positively cures catarrh
hay fever, colds, etc. etc. Large bottles
only 81.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06
GUIDO RECK

A RGllirHCT- st cond Avenue. over Peoplei
n National Bank f,ock Island. Illinois
nOv-tq-dly
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06

EVEN the iron makers OF Pennsylvania
are beginning to feel the i'll effect OF pro-
lection. They are suffering from an ore
famine. to which western mine owners
have subjected them. The Pennsylvania
mills, 10 make certain kinds of iron and
steel, need to mix foreign metals with
their own This they can procure from
Missouri, Lake Superior, Cuba, Spain or
Morocco There is. however, prohibit
tory duty of seventyfiye cents per ton on
i'm ported iron Missouri and Lake Sup
erior are taking advantage of their con-
troll OF the market, and the Pennsylvania
protectionists are enjoying the vulgar
pleasure of being fried in their own fat,
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06

PHILADELPHIA, Jan 6.-Sales of crude
iron for tie past week will foot up between
$1,000 and 1000 tone of forge and foundry,
at ST for forge, ST. for No. > foundry and
SIS to $40 for No l. Inquiries are i'll han for
large lots of merchant steel and iron, lin con-
tracts will be placed IN few days for sev.
eIal thousand tons at 81 20 to Sls0 Nails
are weak at So 80, and reductions have taken
place in several eastern factories Thirty
thousand tons of steel rails were sold thi,
week at S34 to "A 80; small lots at So The
tendency is upward in structural iron.
plate, sheet and tank, and, orders in skelp
iron, with orders months ahead, ana pipe
makers calling for material
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06

New YORK, Jan. 6.-Mrs. Joseph ellison
is psnniless, and her rich husband is Oh his
way to Scotland. He eloped with his own
daughter Monday. Gibson, who is one of
the wealthy officials of the Standard Oil
company, has resided at Bergen Point, N
j., for number OF years Christmas, 1888,
he was married to prominent lady, Lut a
few months later middle-aged lady and
one of 20 appeared on the scene, The elder
one was his wife and the younger one his
daughter, Gibson supported them but con
timed to live with wife No. = Last week
wife No. died He buried her. and Mon
day he collected every dollar he could, and
with his daughter started for the continent
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06
Closed All the Saloons.

ArcHIsoN, Kan, JAN 6.-For the first
time in the history of Atchison every saloon
closed Monday The decision of Judge
Brewer, demanding the cases from
his county to the state courts,
has created panic among saloon
keepers, and, fearing further pros
ccutions they have closed voluntarily. July
the government licenses are payable, as
also is the city tax collected from them
monthly. To avoid these and not caring to
take further risks are the main factors.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06
DR.. lESLiE'S

SpeciSl Prescription This remedy stands to dan
without rival, aud With scarcely competitor it
the world thousands Of physicians jhroughou
the country have acknowledged their inability Il
cure it, and arr now prescribing DR.. Leslie:
Special Prescription for all cases of sick
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06
Emperor william Issues a Re,cript.

BERLIN, Jan emperor William has
issued a rescript respecting the twenty fifth
anniversary of his accession TO the Pr1lssian
throne In it he says: What touches me
most is the confidence of my people in me
and their faithful and unalterable affec-
ton" His ma jesty returns thanks for the
very numerous expressions of attachment
and generation for him, not only from all
parts of Germany but from places far be-
yond the German frontiers, wherever the
German language is spoken.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06
Will Speak if Not Hurried.

CAMBRIDGE, Md Jan. 6--Charles Williams,
colared, will be hanged here next Friday.
His crime was a brutal outrage on Mrs.
Eliza ]. Keene. Williams is unconcerned
about his fate and cares nothing for reli-
gion. He sings or whistles most of the time
lie said Monday that he expected to have
another and a fair trial before Gods judg-
nent-seat, and he would make it hotter thai
hell for his enemies that day. He Emiled
as he looked at the gailows, and sail II
am going to make speech Friday if they
are not in too big hurry to get a nigge,
out OF the world"
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06
Want the Law Rigidly Enforced.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Jan. 6.-This city
has been thrown Into considerable excite
ment by the announcement that the saloon
keepers, against whom the Sunday law is
being rigidly enforced, had sworn out
nearly 100 warrants against those engaged
in all the trades and professions who do
business on Sunday. The whisky men say
they have been Disseminated against and
propose to test the law to its full scope The
warrants include newspaper publishers, liv-
erymen, and street car company officials
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1885.

THE tory proposal for local self>9ov-
eminent in Ireland is not satisfactory to
freshmen. 1t does not go far enough. II
proposes only that each county have con-
troll of its own affairs. 1t does not touch
the real demand of Irishmen. They Will
be satisfied with nothing less than an in-
dependent parliament for the island.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06

ST. LOUIS, No, Jan 1.-THE committee
of the school board which has been investi-
eating the charges of drunkenness brought
against Professor H H. Morgan, principal
of tue high school, by Superintendent Long,
sent in its report Monday night The com
mittee finds the charges sustained, but on
account of the professors long and faithful
services the report recommends his suspen
sion until February next, when the board
meets, at which time it will be decided
whether to dismiss or reinstate him. Pro-
fessor Morgan has been principal of the
high school for nearly twenty five years,
and is well known throughout the country
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06
The Women Cast Their Votes.

TORONTO, Canada, Jan 6-The following
mayors were elected Monday: Toronto, W.
H. Rowland; Guelph, William Stevenson;
St Thomas, ]. Z. Smith; Hamilton, Alder
man Mckay; Brantford, C. B. Heyd; King
ston, Mr.. Whiting; Belleville, Mr.. Ininch
London, ThomasD Hodgins Women voted
here for the first time. They took great
interest in the election and polled large
vote They were almost a unit in favor Of
Rowland, the temperance candidate
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06

PITTsBURG, Pa, Jan. 6-Near Uhrichs-
vile, Ohio, Monday, James Parker, a
farmer, took load of grain to Kail's mill
There being no one but Mrs. Kali on the
premises she went out to show Parker where
to put the grain. While he was unloading
Parker fell in fit and rolled on the ground
in fearful commissions, shrieking, grooming,
frothing at the mouth, and tearing his flesh
with his finger nails till his face was Gov
cred with froth and blood The horrible
spectacle 50 frightened Mrs Kali, who was
in delicate health, that she ran to the house
and fell upon the floor, where she died in
less than five minutes.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06

Ell PASo, Tex, Jan. 6-While Nj Rob
ert, of the firm of Bossilier & Robert, brew
eTs at faSo del Norte, was III his office. he
Was approached by several men armed with
revoiyers and ordered to open the safe He
started to comply, when his partner, Bos>i-
lier, entered and interposedL The robbers
fired, killing Bossilier and badly woun ling
Roberts. The asSassins escaped The muir
dared man was one Of the most prominent
citizens of Paso del Norte
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-06
Bread for the Million.

CHICAGO, Jan. 6-Visible supply Of grain
in the United States and Canada Wheat
5S,452, as9 bushels; corn, 1850. 543 bushels
oats 2,GG9, 2225 bushels; rye, 755, 4s4 bushels
barley, 2,2l4, g2s bushels
Chicago elevators, as per official returns
contain A. $50, 64s bushels of wheat, :, 504 $50
bushels of corn, 270, 53l bushels of oats, 81 :
III bushels of rye and @2s,696 bushels OF
harley, making a grand total Of 1851 10,
bushels