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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-05-22
A MUSEUM FACTORY
1 Concern Which Furnishes Collections
Of Curiosities on Demand.

Doubtless many people wonder
sometimes where all the museums
come from; not the public museums
that are opened on the busiest after
noon in the week for the benefit of the
poor and are filled up with plaster casts
Of things that the laboring man never
heard of, along with a few antiquities
from some New England mandatory;
o yet the dime museum, whose won
ders and curiosities come from the fer
tile brain of the Bowery theatrical
agent, but the educational museums,
the museums whose solemn stuffed
birds and "rocky'' meteorological speci-
mems fill the minds of their young be-
holders with thoughts of the before and
the hereafter. There are in this broad
land about three hundred and seventy.
five able-bodied colleges in full posses
sion of their faculties.
Each has its so-called museum
through which admiring visitors are
piloted by self-important janitors and
enthusiastic freshmen. But if there
we're as many colleges as there are
towns named Washington they would
all have their museums just the same,
and the wonder is where do they all
come FROM A museum would seem
to be a creature of gradual growth, an
accumulation, a collection, and yet
when Jonas Robinson dies and leaves
one hundred thousand dollars to found
Robinson University, the said center Of
learning and culture starts off at once
with Il full-tledged museum.
The explanation of this miracle is
that there is a little museum factory
up in Rochester. The materials for the
regulation museum are there dealt in
wholesale. Birds and animals are lying
about in all stages of stutfedness. One
building that smells like d police sta
ton on a cold winters night contains
skins that are being treated for preser-
walton. Another contains cords OF
preserved skins packed away and reg
ularly labeled: "One gross %kangaroos,
assorted Sizes" or something similar.
One building is devoted to anatomy,
and has the clean-scraped skeleton Of
nearly every species OF vertebrate on
its floor or shelves. Another contains
tons of mineral specimens, geological
formations, raised Typographical maps
and limitations of famous nuggets and
gems. The able scientist who man.
ages the business makes yearly trips
ver three quarters Of the inhabitable
globe to make good the drafts on his
stock in trade. A collection, classified
and labeled, is furnished for five hum
dred dollars. Of course, this isn'ta
particularly expensive one. For five
thousand or six thousand dollars a
complete assortment of the regulation
exhibits can be obtained.
Such a one forms a first rate nucleus
for what may soon develop into a COM
plete and valuable collection of rare,
curious and instructive things. Several
hundred educational intitutions have
been fitted out with museums by the
factory.-M +. Tribune.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-05-22
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS
BE KIND 70 FATHER.

Ny boy, be kind to father.
For he's been kind to you;
He's sought to lead you safely
Your life's brief pathway through;
He's cared for you and loved you.
He's tried to save you pain,
And given kindly counsel
hope not all In vain.
He wants to W you happy;
He wants you to be true;
His hope aud pride is c~entered,
Believe II, boy, in you.
How much Of joy and comfort
Is in your power TO give
This faithful, loving father.
II r~ightfully you live.
Be manly, true and honest
In every thing that's done,
And show him that his counsel
Is treasured by his son;
Be kind when old age sprinkles
Its snow-fakes In his hair,
And make his last days happy
With loving word and care.
-E. Il. Rerford, IN Golden Ddps.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-05-22

worked away. l attended night.
school, too, and by degrees l ros,, till.
as you know, ! am a partner in tn,
house. Now you may judge wheth.-
l believe in luck, OF the Divinity thu,
shapes our ends, rough hew them bo~
we will. '"-Kind Words,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-05-22

Tho ladies Of Los Angeles, CAL.
where q large flower show has just been
held, proposes to have the city park,
= whole block in area, covered with
canvas and hold the annual flower fes.
tival there, These fetes are to be made
the great event Of the spring season in
Los Angeles. The idea Of them origin
ated with the ladies.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-05-22

Sugar cane requires replanting
once in three years in the Southern
States, but only once in twenty in Gu
ba.-C Chicago Times.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-05-22

AT 8 recent Austrian court recep.
ton some Of the titled ladies wore
trains twenty feet long to their dresses
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-05-22

"A popular writer, who sometimes
has q bad .'spcll," wrote the name o.
the illustrious author Of Pilgrims
Progress" a. John Bunion." His
publisher suggested that It b put in .
foot nots,-Albany journal.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-05-22

- porter 10 1 Paris Wholesale drug
house stale enough drugs to set uP ~
apotAscsr7 saop II W own
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-12-31
a Valuable Medical Treatise.

The edition for 1887 ct the sterling Med
ical Annual, known as Hostelter's Alma
nae, is row ready, and may be obtained
free Of cost, of druggists and general coun
try dealer in all parts Of the United States
Mexico, and indeed in every civilized por'
ton Of the Western Hemisphere. This
Almanac has been issued regularly at the
commencement ofevery year for over one.
fifth Of a century. 1t combines, with the
soundest practical advice for The preserva
ton and restoration of health. large
amount Of interesting and amusing light
reading, and the calendar, astronomical
calculations, chronological items, &c, are
prepared with great care, and will be found
entirely accurate. The issue Of Hostetter's
Almanac for 1857 will probably be the
largest edition Of medical work ever pub
lished in any country. The proprietors.
Messrs. Hostetter E CO., Pittsburgh, Pa,
on receipt Of two cent stamp will forward
a copy by mail to any person who cannot
procure one in his neighborhood
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-12-31

OHIO OIL AND GAS FIELD.
Next to the utilization of electricity the
discovery of oil and gas in the earth will have
moro influence on the industrial progress of
the latter half of the nineteenth century than
any other agency. These OF! and gas rescr-
voirs are now bubbling up in all manner of
unexpected places. They have at length been
found In limestone deposits, where biologists
have agreed they never would be found. The
latest instance Of this is in northwestern
Ohio, in the region formerly known as tho
Black Swamp.
1t is an interesting question whether this
vast quantity OF oil and gas has been recently
formed in the bosom of the Garth for the us,
OF man. or whether it has existed all these
ages since the world began, and man has
only just stumbled upon it. The probabilities
are that these marvellous illuminants are
recent formations.
The Ohio gas and oil fields include oil or
part of the counties Anslaizc, Allen, Hardin.
Hancock, Putnam, Wood and Wyamlot.
The oil field is especially centerel in tho
region round about Lima, in Allen
county, though gas is found there
too. The heart of the gas region
is at Findlay, in Hancock county Here
flows gas we'll SO tremendous that its light
has been seen sixty miles away. Thirteen
million cubic feet in twenty -four hours is tho
yield of the monster. Tho gas is of quality
superior to that around Pittsburg. A drug
gist said he could no longer give away his
empty boxes for kindling wood in Findlay.
Gigantic manufacturing interests arc plac-
ing establishments in the favored new re-
gions; there is work for everybody and labor
crs are flocking thitber by the thousand. An
unprecedented era of prosperity is predicted
for Ohio. Nine thousand barrels of oil and
over O,000, 900 cubic feet of gas are already
produced daily, with new wells being bored
every day.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-12-31
ALIAS SUMMONS.

I the Justice Court of Dcweys Flat, and County
OF heavcrhead, Territory of Montana, before
Allan Hay. Justice of the Peace.
tcndant. " Wv
The people Of the Territory Of Montana send
greeting to I. A. Carmichael
You are hereby required to appear at my Office
IN me town OF Deweys Flat, County of Beaverhead,
na territory OF Montana. within ten days after the
account file in an action to recover OF YOU the
sum OF $u.5o, alleged to be due and owing
from 20" to plaintiff on board bill. And you are
"s.e"s ho.'hed that IT you fail to appear and an.
swer said complaint as above required the said
paa'nnt will take a Judgment by defaul, against
you , .or 'he sum OF SLIGO. and costs Of suit.
,sen ivy" ""dcr my hand this 9th dav Of December,
'ooo. ALLAN HAY,
s'"+ Justice Of the Pace,
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-12-31

NJ q \RRETr, Horse Prairie, uA-,.
Beavcrhead County, Montana.
:, Brand-catle, on left side,
Horse, same on LEFT shoulder. SXl
Mark-Cattle, waffle on leftiaw.
Hole Basin.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-12-31

and an insinuating
nose, You observe,
sues Philip L. Moen,
ESQ.,, for 100000,
alleged to be due
him on a contract.
There had already
been paid him on
that contract $780,
COO, he says, and it
is admitted that a
very large sum had
been paid. Wilson
was q poor and
illiterate youth who
did not learn to
rcai and write
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-12-31

when he was boy. He never went to
school, He has never given any evidence of
being poor boy who worked his way up till
providence blessed his labol's and made him a
millionaire. On tho contrary, the only
marked ability he seems to have manifested
was a talent for spending money. That
talent he cultivated assiduously and joyously,
till he fairly rivaled Coal Oil Johnny III ca
pacity to run through with wealth.
The defendant in the case is Philip L. Moon,
of Worcester Mass Tho farmers of AnoriC0
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-12-31
PHILIP L. MOEN.

LOT the past twenty PHILIP l.. MOEN.
years. However, the barbcd wire fence pat
cnt has run out, and Wilson plainly has
gouged him well!
Noon owns a beautiful residence in Norces-
ter, and is highly respected citizen. He re-
fused to pay the 500, 900. hence tho law suit,
which he has won at the first trial. But the
law, instead of clearing up tho matter, has
only leepencd the mystery. What did Moen
pay Wilson SO much money for? However
weak Mr.. Levi Wilson's whiskcrs are, his
power Of keeping secret is sufficiently
strong. Moen denies there was any secret at
all worth speaking Of, and declares it was a
case of pure blacIlnail. But why, then. did
he pay this shrewd young man s35O,0O
SO far, the affair shows that secrets can be
kept, even III our age of the world, in spite
OF newspapers and detectives One surmisc
is that there was woman story in the re-
spectacle Mr.. Moen's case, and that he
wouldn't have had it get out for all the
world. Innocent citizens of the first water
have been trapped by atrociously wicked
women before now. even when the citizen
was GO years old and no handsomer than Mr..
Moen.
But on the other hand, Wilson says, in the
statement made to his lawyer, that Moen
told ME to dress the other man we'll, and
give him everything he wanted, ut his ex-
pense." According to this, it was a man
who was in the case. Wilson claimed only
to be the agent for this other man, and says
the sums of money were got for him. Moen
again vowed that there was no other man.
self" ''' WV"
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CHE 1nlon Gribune.
THE MOEN-WlLSON CASE.

The Principal Parties to u Famous Law.
suit.
At present dates the WILSON, Moen case
stands as the great mystery. Tho watery-
eyed young man who yet has square jaw
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5L.A-NES
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rR1R11NE STEAM JOB OFFICE

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- OANCoNVA AAeecsSs
will Immediately be
in sympathy in a
lump with Wilson.
when it is mention
eli that Moon made
his millions out Of
the barbcd Wire
fence patents, OF
which he is owner.
They will say ,cy
hope Wilson will
gouge him we'll, as
he has gou:,r;l thcr1
with ba,'l,c,l wires
for flla srtx,.n,,+v
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-25
NHERIFF'S SALE.

Byvirtue of an Execution and Fee Bill No 5995
issued out of the clerks office of the Circuit Court
OF Rock Island county, and state of Illinois, and 10
me directed, whereby | am commanded to make
the amount Of certain Judgment recently OBJ
tanned against Peter McCarl and Henry s. shurt-
left in favor OF Simon Heller, Leopold II. Heller
and Joseph B. Schrom, partners, etc, Heller
Brothers & Co, ont of the lands, tenements goods
and chattels of the said defendant, Henry $.
Shurtleff, have levied on the following proper
ty. to-wit:
The west half OF the south west quarter Of sec
ton number two (2) in township number eighteen
u.s., north range number one a., east of the 4th
principal meridian, In the county of Rock Island
and state Of Illinois.
Therefore, according to said command. l shall
expose for sale, at public auction, all the right
| title and interest of the above named Henry S.
Shurtleff in and to the above described property,
on Thursday, the 18th day Of March, 1885, at Z
O'Clock p. M, at the north door Of the court
house in the city Of Rock Island in the county OF
Rock Island and state of Illinois, for cash in hand
| to satisfy said execution and fee bill.
| Dated at Rock Island, this 15h day of February
| A. D. 1886.
JOHN NJ. RET CkER
Sheriff Of Rock Island County.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-25
HOW TO SECURE HEALTH.

Scovill's Sarsaparilla and Stillingia or
blood and liver syrup will restore perfect
health to the physical organization. 1t is
indeed, Strengthening syrur, pleasant
to take, and has often proven itself to be
the best blood purifier ever discovered,
effectually curing scrofnla syphilitic dis
orders, weakness of the kidneys, erysipe.
las, malaria, all nervous disorders and
debility, bilious complaints, and all dis
eases indicating an impure con1ition OF
the blood, liver, kidneys, stomach, etc
1t correcis Indigestion, especially when
the complaint is Of an exhaustive nature
having a tend,n cy to lessen the vigor Of
the brain and nervous system.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-25
A "True Blue" White Elephant,

Thirty Burmese soldiers sit at the entrance
to the palace and watch every movement of
his highness, the Sin-pyoo-daw, with the pro-
foundest interest. The elephant is light
mouse color, with leprous looking flesh
colored forehead, and trunk notified with
black spots His small and wicked looking
eyes are yellow in the iris, with reddish
outer annulus. Like Mark Twain's jumping
frog as compared with other frogs, there did
not appear to be in this elephant any ''p'ints"
particularly different from those of any
other elephant, and the writer ventured to re-
mark this to one Of the attendants The
reply came swift, sharp, stern, and absolute
ly crushing in its unanswerability: 1.-THE
king says it is white That settled the mat
ter The kings ipse dixit was that the
dirty looking nondescript was white, and
thereafter it became as snow in the eyes of
his subjects.
According to the Brahmins, whose ancient
tenets have been accepted by the Buddhist
wise men, true white elephant must have
five toe nails on each of his hind feet instead
Of four; certain number Of holy hairs In
his tail; a white and pinkish eye, and even
though he possesses all Of these peculiarities
yet he sb III not be declared perfect unless
when watar is poured upon him, no does not
then and there turn red.-Cor. Chicago
Times.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-25
SHERIFFS SALE.

By virtue of an Execution and Fee Bill No.
5000, Issued out OF the clerks office of the cir
cult court of Rock Island county, and state Of
Illinois, and to me directed, whereby | am COM
manded to make the amount of certain 1udg-
ment recently obtained against Henry Tompkins,
In favor of Simeon Z. Roberts, out of the lands,
tenements, goods and chattels of the said defen-
dant, Henry Tompklns, | have levied npon the
following property, to-wit:
The undivided one third of the east half Of the
northeast quarter of section number THIRTY five,
In township number seventeen, north range, num-
Der four west of the 4th P. NJ all in tHe county
of Rock Island and state of Illinois. said uudl-
vided one third % being the property of said
Henry Tompkins.
Therefore, according TO said command, | shall
expose for sale, at public auction, all the right,
title and interest of the above named Henry Temp
kins in and to the above described property, on
Saturday the 10th day of February 1885, at O'Clock
p m, at the north door of the court house in the
city OF Rock Island, in the county of Rock Isl
and and state of illinois, for cash in hand to sat
isfy said execution and fee bill
Dated at Rock Island, this SGth day Of January,
D., 1886 JOHN NJ. RETlCkER,
Sheriff of Rock Island County, Illinois
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-25
ADVICE TO norHEEs.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
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send at once and get a bottle of Mrs.
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-25

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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-25

In the pursuit of the good things OF
his world we anticipate too much; we
eat out the heart and sweetness of world
ly pleasures by delightful forethought OF
them. The results obtained from the use
of DIR. Jones Red Clover Tonic far exceed
all claims II cures dyspepsia. and all
stomach, liver. kidney and bladder
troubles 1t is perfect tonic, appetizer
blood purifier, sure cure for ague and
malarial diseases. Price. so cents, OF
druggists.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-25

"There is one pleasant feature about box
office life" said Treasurer Prior the other
day, "and that is the absent mindedness of
people who purchase tickets 1t not unfre-
quently happens that men or women select
two seats, throw down a five or ten dollar
gold piece, and walk off with the tickets
without waiting for the change Few such
persons ever return for what is due them
They think: oh, they won't remember me, ;
and charge it up to profit and loss This
morning lady purchased a matinee ticket
and gave me $40 gold piece gave her
the seat and $40 in change. She refused to
take the money, and said had made a mis-
take, and-you may laugh, but I'll swear to
it on Jeffrey's Guide-I had to argue with
her for three or four minutes before could
convince her that it was not a silver dollar
she gave me. What stupid creatures some
women are!"
Later: Mr.. Prior has just informed me
that his cash is $40 short. -Chicago News
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-25
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Estate of John Moeller. deceased.
The undersigned, having been appointed admin
istrator Of the estate of Iohn Mocller. Of la,e
of the county OF Rock Island, state Of Illinois,
deceased hereby gives notice that h. will appear
before the county court of Rock Island county. at
the office OF said court in the city of Rock Island,
at the March term on the Second Monday in
March next, at which time all persons having
claims against said estate are notified and re.
quested 10 attend for the purpose of having tue
same adjusted. All persons indebted 10 said es'
tate are requested TO make immediate payment
TO the undersigned.
Datea this 5th day of January A. D.. 1856.
JOHN T. HASo, Administrator,
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-25
ONE BOTTLE CURED HIN.

A. H. Thompson, Rockford, ILL.,, writes
II have been troubled with Catarrh fol
years, nothing helped me until l tried
Papillon Catarrh Cure. followed di.
rections. and with less than one bottle,
am cured" Papillon (extract Of flax
Catarrh Cure will positively cure Bronch
ial Cstarrh, Acute or Chronic Catarrh
also Rose Cold and Hay fever. Large
bottles $1.0O, for sale at drug store.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-25
pov u II r.;,ou m oa;to- ~

Rev. II. H. Fairali, D. D., editor of the
Iowa Methodist, says editorially, in the
November 1883 number of his paper
I'VE have tested the merit of Ely's Cream
Balm, and believe that. by thorough
course of treatment, it will cure almost
every case of Catarth. Ministers. as a
class, are afflicted with head and throat
troubles. and catarrh seems more prevs-
lent than ever. We cannot recommend
Ely's Cream Balm too highly" Not q
liquid nor snuff. Apply to nostrils with
the finger.