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Bridgeton pioneer., 1886-03-18

New Brunswick, was Thursday after
noon reported missing, and $4,000 of
the banks funds cannot be accounted
for and the bank has suspended.
Since Saturday Mr.. Ogilby has not
been at the bank, being confined to
his house on Bayard street, opposite
the court house, utterly incapable of
taking or even thinking about the dis
aster that has befallen him, and all
communications between him and the
bank has been carried on through his
brother, Charles F. Ogilby The bank
continued to do business as usual up
to Friday morning, when Secretary
Wyckoff was instructed by the mana
gers to receive no more deposits and to
inform those who wished to draw out
money, that the bank had determined
to enforce the rule requiring notice to
be given. There are about 1900 de-
positors, all among the mechanical
and working classes, and the bank in
debtedness to them is in sums of from
81 to $500, and as these depositors
have their little all invested, their
anxiety and suspense are great until
they know whether they are to be
serious losers or not. Among the de-
positors are many working girls whose
savings from their wages in the facto-
ries and other places are there. 1t is
believed there are assets available to
pay about fifty cents on the dollar.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1886-03-18

The too frequent excuse of the far
mer-the slow farmer-is that the best
of everything costs too much. The
truth is, it costs no more than to have
the poorest; only you must have less,
oft. Farmers are apt to look too much,
to quantity and not enough to quality.
One good COW will cost as much as
three poor ones, they may reason,
but she may give as much as three poor
ones, and her keeping will cost no
more than one of the poor ones, and
requires just one-third the attendance
The cheapest policy is the poorest pol
icy in farming as we'll as in every other
business.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1886-03-18

The big snow storm in Maine packed
the principal streets III Dixmont with
a drift fifteen feet high, and so solid
that horses could be driven over it.
The young men and boys of the village
tunnelled this drift, and, after two
days work, made tunnel 175 feet
long, z feet high and s feet wide,
through which teams were driven for
several DAYS.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1886-03-18

A celebrated fat hog, Eli" was
slaughtered at Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
last week, and thousands of dollars
are said to have changed hands on
wagers as to his weight. Few bets were
based on less than 1000 lbs, but the
weight of the animal was found to be
less than 900 lbs.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1886-03-18

A prosperous farmer of Owingsville,
KY, a well-preserved widower of over
fifty, has two sons who were both in
love with the same girl. She found
difficulty in deciding which to take,
and the old man solved the problem
by sending the boys off ON business
and marrying the girl himself while
they were away.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1886-03-18

Hamilton Fish thinks that $1,0OO,00O
is too large sum to try and raise for
the Grant memorial in New York, and
that the hundred thousand odd dollars
already obtained will be sufficient to
erect O suitable monument
Bridgeton pioneer., 1886-03-18

Among the prisoners in the city Jail
at St. Louis, Missouri, is Sadie Hayes,
convicted of murder in the first degree.
and William Lacy, a burglar, under a
penitentiary sentence. Both are col
ored. They grew affectionate of late,
and notes of a tender character were
frequently smuggled from one to the
other. The woman assured the burg
lar that he was the only object of her
affections, and requested him, if he
thought as much of her as he pretend
ed, to send her his little finger with the
ring on it, After receiving the note he
tore open the sole of his shoe and ex-
tracted the steel shank and sharpened
it to razor edge on the walls of his
cell. He then cut off the small finger
of his right hand at the second joint,
placed the ring on the severed finger
and sent them to the cell of the woman.
He tied up the stump with a piece of
sting and then wrapped his hand up
in a handkerchief. The Jail guards
discovered the blood and soon learned
what had happened. They took the
disnembered finger from the woman.
Lacy's only explanation for his con-
duct is Il love hern He is perfectly
sane
Bridgeton pioneer., 1886-03-18
THE OREGON SUNK.

The steamer Oregon was run into by
schooner between three and four
o'clock Sunday morning while east of
Fire Island. having two holes stove in
her. She commenced sinking at once
Part of her passengers were transferred
to a pilot boat and part to schooner
and they were all subsequently trans
ferred to the steamer Fulda. There
were over eight hundred passengers
and the crew of the Oregon on the
Fulda The Oregon was entirely aban
doned. She sank at p. IN.
The Oregon was built by John Elder
& Co., at Glasgow, for the Guion Line,
and was launched on June 81, 1888.
She arrived here on her initial trip
October IA, 1888, making the run from
Queenstown to New York in seven
days, eight hours and thirty minutes.
At that time she was the most mag
nificent, most powerful and fastest of
the transatlantic vessels. With the
exception of the Etruria, of the same
line, she retained a record for the fast
est speed. In August 1884, she made
the run from Queenstown to New York
in six days, nine hours and forty-two
minutes, this being nearly twenty-four
hours shorter than her first trip and
the fastest on record. Her dimensions
were: Length, 500 feet, beam 54 feet,
depth of hold, 4Oa, and gross measur-
ment 1880 tons. She was built of iron
with nine transverse water-tight bulk
heads, five iron decks and a strong
turtle back deck, forward and aft, as
a protection from the heavy seas. She
was fitted to accommodate $40 saloon,
63 second cabin and 1000 steerage pas
sengers.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13
A SHAKING REGION.
STRANGE STORIES TOLD BY RESI-
DENTS OF NINETY-slx, S. c.

Earthquake Shocks Felt for the Last
Eighteen Months-The Disturbances Ac-
companied by Loud Reports-An In
habitant who Felt Pretty Bad"-The
Noises Said To Be Volcanic.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Oct. ia local
scientist known to be an accurate observer
was recently.seIected to investigate the story
that earthquake shocks had been felt at
Ninety-Six, s. c., about ninety miles from
the Georgia line and 100 from Charleston for
eighteen months past, and were increasing in
frequency and vigor. His report confirms it.
One influential farmer, J. Med Kinard, liv-
ing at the seat Of the trouble, says he first
heard the underground noise in January,
1885. 1t was then brief and dull like the re-
port of a cannon fired several miles from the
observer. All others who were inter
viewed gave the same account of
the noises but did not notice
them until September of last year. Mr..
kinard heard the noises frequently the first
day, but did not hear them again for sew
eral weeks. The longest period of rest be
tween the sounds, all agree, was Just before
the Charleston earthquake. The sound of
that movement was not similar-it was like
the roaring of train of cars and lasted
longer than the Others. The others were dull
booms, without repetitions They all caused
houses to shake ond sashes to rattle. A party
of railroad graders camped near Mr. Kinards
several months ago were badly frightened.
For the two weeks before last week the
noises were heard night and day, and few
persons had single night of sound rest
Ten reports were heard Sunday night of
last week, two of them so heavy that DR. 7.
S. Blake, whose scientific attainments make
him a credible witness, says he twice
arose thinking thunderstorm was passing,
but the sky was clear The reports have
been heard at intervals ever since. John
Williamson says one shock of that Sunday
night made his house, new one, tremble for
half minute He had peculiar expert
ence the Monday evening following. He
was picking cotton and was on his knees
when shock came which iarred him
all over and made him feel pretty bad :"
These shocks come from the southeast, and
seem to be almost vertical impulses The dis
tance affected is about ten miles square, Gov
ering what is known as the Cambridge
lands" The soil is tenacious red clay of
great fertility The country is traversed by
two creeks which unite in Cambridge creek.
The surface is gently undulating except in the
central portion, where the force of the shock
is the greatest. Here runs high ridge on
each side of which is deep and dusty hol
low
Oscar Hamilton arrived from the shaken
region Tuesday. He says the rumbling was
more continuous Monday night than he ever
knew it to be before, and the shocks We're
only surpassed by those which were felt when
Charleston was so badly shaken 1t was in
that neighborhood, in a deep valley. that
odd Jockey Walker" used TO hear the bonn
harding at Charleston during the war, and
count the reports. DR.. Lake insists that the
noises are volcanic.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13

WASHINGTON CITY, Oct 13. The annual
report of Mr. j. T. Bates, superintendent of
the free delivery service, postoffice depart
ment, shows that on June 80. 1886. the end of
the last fiscal year, there were ISL free de
livery offices, an increase of three over the
previous year. At these ISL offices 4,s4I car
ries were employed. Mail letters to the num-
Der of l0,5l0 305 were delivered during the
year, an increase of 1913, ,463; mail postal
cards delivered 109, S29, OBS; local letters de
hvered III. 416, 2S4; registered letters deliv-
cred 3,407, 140; local postal cards delivered
Sl, ,265, ,9aO; newspapers, etc, delivered 800
l3s,S50: letters collected 53l, ao6, ,636; postal
cards collected 1900 ,294; newspapers, ETC..
collected 81, 81, l22 The whole number of
pieces handled was 1919 59O, 500, an increase
over the previous year of Les per cent. The
total cost OF the service was S4,3l2 3O6, an
increase of s IS per cent. average cost per
piece - mills decrease of one tenth of a
mill The amount of postage on local matter
amounted to s., S3g, ,242 The excess of post
age on local mail matter over the cost of the
service was 81, ,526, ,956, or II. 90 per cent
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13
When Sherman Was Second IIeutenan,

When Sherman Was Second Lieutenant
Gen w. 7. Sherman recalls the time when
"a beautiful young city-bred lady, married
poor second lieutenant, and followed him &c
the plains, where he lived in a dug-out. This
little lady had her Saratoga trunk, which was
the chief article of her furniture, yet by
means of rug on the ground floor, q few
candle boxes covered with red cotton calico
for seats, table improvised out of barrel
head, and e iirenlace and chimney excavated
in the back wall OF hank she had transformed
her hole in the ground into most attractive
homo for her young warrior husband; and
she entertained me with IA supper consisting of
the best of coffee, fried ham, cakes and jellies
from the commissary, which made On my
mind tn impression more lasting than has
any one Of the hundreds of magnificent ban
quets have since attended in the palaces and
mansions Of our own and foreign lands. -
Exchange
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Merse are becoming numerous in Maine,
es a result of well-enforced game laws
The Beck & Marshall Carpet company Of
St Louis failed Monday for $4,000, the
principal creditors being in Chicago and Gin
cinnati
One Oh the leading Paris newspapers, in
discussing the need of neutrality in Egypt,
Monday, says that England's annexation of
that country would amount to casus bell
The eighteen window-glass factories in
New York state and others factories in
the northern district will resume operations
at once, the wages question having been set
tied
The visible supply of wheat and corn is,
respectively, 20, 49, ABS and Il, ,577 6f2 bushels
Since last report wheat increased !, ,567 ,03
bushels and corn has been augmented l52, ,612
bushels
Prairie fires in Mcintosh county, Dakota
have destroyed barns, houses, hay and grain,
in some instances rendering families desti-
tute. The county is reported to be black
ened waste for miles in all directions.
At Detroit Monday Judge Brown, of the
United States circuit court, decietied that the
law against importing labor is constitutional
The otfense was committed by one John
Craig, who imported ship carpenters from
Canada.
West-bound freight traffic on the Pennsyl-
vania, Panhandle, Fort Wayne and Balti-
more q Ohio roads has increased to such an
extent that blockade prevails at Pittsburg,
W here all the yards are filed with loaded
cars.
George Swartz, aged -, of Amity, Pa, a
wealthy live stock dealer, went ont driving
with two strangers who pretended to be cat
tie buyers. When some distance from town
Swartz, at the muzzle of gun, was com
PEELED to sign a check for s5,o00 on the
Third National bank, of Washin eton, Pa
after which he was elected from the buggy
and compelled to walk home Payment of
the check was stopped
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13

WASHINGTON CITY, Oct. 13.-The collector
of customs at San Francisco has complained
to the treasury department of difficulties en-
countered by him in the enforcement of the
Chinese restriction act He saws that he is
unable to compel the departure of Chinese
persons who have arrived at San Francisco
in transit from New York TO Hong Kong
and fears that they propose to remain per
manently. He also alleges that the courts viz
tually nuify the restriction act by admitting
Chinese arrivals on habeas corpus and re-
leasing them on bail The acting secretary
has replied that the questions raised are for
the law officers of the government to decide,
rather than the customs officials. and the fact
should be submitted TO the United States dis
trict attorney at San Francisco
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13

BALTIMORE, Oct. l3.-The wholesale and
importing hardware firm of J. b Cook & Co.
has assigned for the benefit of creditors. The
assets arc about sloom0; liabilities few
thousand more The Scott Manufacturing
company and the Walker Horseshoe com
pany, of which J. r. Cook, the senior mem
Der of the firm, is president, are also in
volved, and receivers are to be applied for.
Expensive lawsuits in the protection of patents
and the depression i'll hardware since lss2
has caused the crash
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13

MARBLEHEAD, Mass, Oct 13-The third
and last of the series of the races between the
American slOop Thetis and the English cut
ter Stranger was Sailel off Hallway rock
Monday, and the Stranger won. The wind
was light and the sea smooth From 10
o'clock until noon the wind did not blow over
five miles an hour, and at no time during the
race did It's velocity reach eight mile Both
yachts crossed the line at Hos The rhetis
took the lead after crossing, hut kept it only
few minutes, and not afterward did she
come within speaking distance of the
Stranger. The EnglishIrar won by eleven
minutes in sail of five hours
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oct. 13,-The Glenviev
Stud farm one of the finest in the country
comprising nearly 100 acres, situated sever
miles from Louisville, was purchased Tues
day by J. l. Case, the well-known horsemar
of Racine, Wis. The price paid was SIG pei
acre. M. Case expects to run the place as
stock-farm investment purely, AMI did not
purchase any of the celebrated Nutwood
stud, which was sold at the same time.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13

CAPE GIRARDEAu, No, Oct l3-The
bodies of the persons drowned in the La
Mascotte disaster are now making their ap-
pearanse Judge Hagers boiy was found
about three miles below where the explosion
occurred, and brought here Saturday night
Sunday night at dark the bodies of William
OBrien, first engineer, and two roustabouts
were caught at Moccasin Springs by Daniel
Webster, of Willarl's Monday Mac Hughes,
the hero Of the disaster, caught the body of
Mrs. Wheeler and one other that could not
be identified. George Davidson, the carpen-
ter, died in the hospital on Saturday night
The rest Of the survivors are improving
slowly
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13
THE MARKETS.


| CHICAGO Oct T.
On the board of trade to-day the quotations
were as follows: Wheat-No. ? October
opened 70c, closed 7OII-ssc November. opened
13sc, closed 176-73c: December, opened
'3'4c, closed 73s45sc. Corn-No, October
| opened S3lec nominal, closed Sasc; Novem.
Der, opened 34Ac, closed 3i5Sc; December
opened S1asc, closed 357kc, Oats-No. > Octo-
Der, opened BE; closed 2sssc nominal; Novem.
Der. opened 24sse, clo;ed 1850; December
opened 25ssc, closed 259sc. Pork October
| opened sSS nominal. closed 500; November
opened ss.a5, closed s9o2Is; Year. opened
ss.6, closed SS.95. Lard-October, opened
| S5.57l@, closed $500.
! Lave Stock-The following were the Quota
tlons from the Union Stock Yards to-day,
| Market active and firm, about all sold; prices
| lOc higher; city butchers bought 100 head
the others sold 10 shippers; light grades
S3s094Jl rough packing. S37Ga42l: heavy
packing, s425tDi.sl Cattle-Strong for good
| common dull; beeves. S3jUd5 In: butchers
SlN93n, stockers. S2.2Od3.lN sheep -Good
strong. S3.i0d4 Ii. common dull. S2NG3m
Produce: Eutter-Chuice to fancy cream
cry, 2t'e-Ic Per III: fancy dairy. .0t2tc: rack
! ing, 6't'h. Eggs StrStly trcsh l6t5dI7c per
doz. Poultry Chickens. 7lsc rar IL; ducks
| 81: turkeys 81, gees. >dotMSn rer dol. 20
tatoes- Early rose; 4WS,c reg In on track
| BuIbanhs, 5jc.
/ ne" NpfN.
| New YORK. Oct. l2
| Nheat-No. | red state Sic: No , do. s3sfc
| No. 3red winter October. s!c; November. Sc
| December. 4iir. tCrn-Nn , mixed cash
45I%c: November. 4ilac. Cats-No I whit,
| state, Be. No. do, %. Rye-Dull: ncmj
| nal. Barley-Nomiually unchanged. Pork
Dull; new mess, $1,000 10 10 Isrt-Ortober
Sb.ue November, S6.tE.
st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. II.
Wheat-StronGer and ssdisc higher: No. (.
red cash, i2l4N 72;sc, November, i3aIc; De.
| remher, sjisc bid May, SIC bid Corn-Firm:
No. mixed cash, &3SaS}c; November.
Sp4c; December, S{,c; Nav. :75ac. Oats.
Higher; No. mixed cash, 2isa ssjc: octo.
Der, 25c: November. s5I4c bid: Nav. Tss, bid.
kye-'4c higher; islic. whisky-Firm; Sll3
Pork-Easler. s9.S1ls19ei0 20 Lard Steady: 81 81
Detroit.
DETROIT. Oct. IL.
Nheat-No. ! white cash. "a bid; cash
Michigan red, 15iic bid; No 2 red, i5llc hid
i9,s4c bid Move nher: 7.Ssc bid December: S5Ist
bid May. Corn -s1l.c. Iats-No p .1lsc;
No. 2whitr, BIC. Clover seed $40 Noycm
Der.
Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE. Wis. Oct. l.
Wheat Firm; cash. .ac: November, ;0lsc
December. 7254c Corn-Steady; No. :, 49,.
Oats F run-r No. =. spsc Ryr-Dull No
Sic. BarI-y- Higher, No. =, 5s,ac.
ROCK ISLAND.
oate--2Sc
HLy-Timoihy--S1O 90.
Hay Wild-ss.0n.
Rye-45c.
Corn old 4sc; New $50.
Potasoes-3sI4tc.
Onions 40c
Ooal-Sort Zoe hsid IS 50
Cord Wood $4.0O.
Straw $500.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13
His Wife Does Not Recognize Him,

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Oct 13-A half
Enoch Arden romance came to light in this
place day or two ago. Seventeen years
ago Patrick Mccoy, miner in this county,
deserted his young wife and went TO Cali
fornia He said he would return when he
made his fortune. After being gone five
wears and not receiving any word from him
his wife gave him up as dead Recently
Mccoy returned with few thousand dollars
in his possession, and called on his wife. She
failed to recognize him, said he was another
man, and would not have anything TO do
with him. Mccoy recalled the days of his
boyhood and the date of marriage, but all to
no avail. The wife says he is another man.
When he went west Mccoy was very spare,
now he weighs over 80 pounds None OF
his friends recognize him. He is heart
broken over his wife's refusal to recognize
him
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13
Public Notice.

Anyone having business with the ARGUS
office after p. m. (In the event that the
office is ciosed) will please call at vii,
mans & Galts news stand in the postoffice
building, who are authorized TO transact
business of everv nature for the ARGUS
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13

CINCINNATI, Oct. l3.-Loss on f. r. Long
head 4 Co.'S planning MILL destroyed by fire
Monday night, is estimated at $4,000, with
s90,00D insurance. Isaac Graveson & Sons
stone yard and office, and Strootnan &
Schoomakers box factory We're also injured
to the amount Of about S2o,0O0; fully m-
snrei
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13

NEw YORK, Oct l3.-Tuesday night at the
Alexander musee Princess Lulu, real name
Fisher, twenty-seven inches in height and Is
years old was married to Gen. Joseph Rhine
back, thirty-six inches high and 2l years old
The beidemaid was Miss Annie Bell, the fat
lady who weighs +'i5 pounds
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13
Dropped Dead While Danciuy.

PORTLAND, Me, Oct l3.-Mrs AdeIbert
Baker, aged b, dropped dead Monday even
ing while dane ing at ball here Shs was
formerly nu at tress with the Fanny kprsh
COMPANY
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13
Cheap Nail Hoxea.

The finest mail and paper box ever in
vented Is for sale OF the Aheus Office al
the low price ef si each. The same box
II sold everywhere a. st.se. Cell sad ss,
kmlrs shess.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13

NEW YORK, Oct l3-A Washington spe
cial says: 1t is stated here on good authority
that after filing his annual treasury report
Secretary Manning will retire from the cab,
met permanently.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13

LeSpede,a etliata is epreading all over the
| southern stat Bet don't he alarmed It is
| not new hi50nso. bnt oniy 4 useful kind of
| Ciovcr.-New York IOmm-rgial Advertiser
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-13
A Great Victory
A Terrible Case of Scrofula
Cured by
Hoods SarsapariIla

In the winter of 1879 was attacked with
Scrofula in one of the most aggravating forms.
At one time l had no less than thirteen large
assesses over and around my neck and throat,
continually exuding an offensive mass of
bloody matter disgusting to behold, and
almost intolerable to endure. 1t is impossible
to fully describe my sufferings, as the case
was complicated with Chronic Catarrh. After
three years of misery, having been treated by
three physicians, I was worse than ever.
Finally, on the recommendation of W. j.
Huntley druggist of Lockport. was induced
10 try Hoods Sarsaparilla. And now, after
having taken twelve bottles, within the last
twelve months. the scrofulous eruptions have
entirely ceased, and the assesses have all
disappeared, except the unsightly sears, which
are daily becoming smaller by degrees, and
beautifully less do not know what it may
have done for others, hut do know that in
my case, Hoods Sarsaparilla has proved an
effective specific indeed. As an evidence of
my gratitude I send these facts unsolicited,
and l am ready to verify the authenticity of
this cure, by personal correspondence with
ERTs, East Wilson, N. Y.
This statement is confirmed by W j. Hunt
ley, druggist, of Lockport, N. Y, who calls the
cure Il great 1'ictory for Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Sendfcr book giving statements ofmany cures
Hoods SarsaparilIa
Sold by all druggists. 81 six for IS. Made
only by C. /. HOOD & Co, Lowell, Mass.
100 snoseS Ono noIIar