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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-18

The ice in Rock river at Milan started
out about 10 o'clock this morning The
break was opposite gohnston's mill and
the swift current them it is thought will
soon clear the channel II the ice comes
out with much force liz will doubtless
break the gorge in thy Mississippi below
the city
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-18
Hard Coal Market

Pea coal, 500; CRATE and egg, IS 25
range, nut and No. 4, $3.50 per ton
screened and delivered all best quality
of anthracite. Extra carriage charged on
orders of less than one ton. Black smith
caoI. Connellsville coke and charcoal
1903 Second avenue. f. e. FRAZER.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-18
Taxes are Due.

The tax collectors office for Rock Isl
and is now open in the county treasurers
office in the court house, where people
are requested to call and pay their taxes.
GEO. E. LAMBERT Tax Collector.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-18
For Sale

A house and lot on Twenty seventh
street and Sixth avenue, by Frank W,
Blockhnger. Inquire of Sweeney x
Walker. 13d3w
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-18

The average age of those who enter
college in this country is seventeenth cen
tury ago it was fourteen
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-19
NEW GUINEA.

Habits and Appearance of a People Who
Dwell in the AntipOdes.
Paper Read before Royal Geographical So
cety.l
The comparatively bare Australian-loo
ing coast range is backed by a succession
of higher ranges, with precipitious ravines
and occasional open valleys, sometimes a
few miles in width, full of rich, deep soil;
the whole watered by fine streams, and
clothed with dense tropical forests, inter
spersed with open grassy patches. In
these intermediate ranges the rocks in
some parts are volcanic, in others a vol
canic breccia is found, resting on meta
morphic strata, consisting of talcose and
pIumbaginous schists and states, with
veins of quartz. The valleys, and in
many cases, tho hillsides are cleared and
carefully fenced and cultivated. Very
fine sugar-cane, cotton and tobacco are
found everywhere, and yams and taro
(among other food sOurces) are extensive
Iy grown and stored, and oak grows there
and pigs fatten on the acorns.
The natives are reported as singulaTly
amiable, honest and pleasant to deal with,
their first impressions Of Europeans, which
were taken from the missionaries, having
happily been confirmed by the general
conduct of subsequent travellers, prospect
ors for gold, and others. Without the AID
they have willingly given as carriers, ex-
plorations would in fact have hardly been
possible. The different tribes seem, how
ever, as rule, to be at war with each
other, and the prevalence of the dobbo
(hOuses built high up in the trees) and
stockaded villages testify to general in
security. At least two types of pOpula-
ton are reported here-one, perhaps, cor
responding to the race with Polynesian af-
fnities, who occupy the neighboring coast,
is fair and taller and more intelligent than
the other, with aquiline noses and high
foreheads; in the other race the forehead
is lower, the nose fat, and the hair, it is
said, inclined to be "woolly," i. e., prob
ably the mop is less elaborate. Others
are described as intermediate in appear
ance, but the observations made are insult
fcient to argue upon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-19
STEAMER KILAUEA HOU,

VIII leave regularly for same ports as Knaues
Hon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-19
old london Bridge.

u.
London bridge had it been destroyed the
other day by the dynamite plotters, would
have left a gap in metropolitan arrange
ments not easily to be filed up. This, how
ever. could not have been said of the old
London bridge The venerable structure
was g15 feet in length. The street that
covered it consisted before the houses fell TO
decay. of lofty edifices, built with some at
tention to exterior regularity. 1t was
twenty feet wide and the buildings on either
side about twenty-six feet in depth. Across
the middle of the street ran several lofty
arches, extending from side to side; the bot
tom part of each arch terminating at the
first story and the upper part reaching near
the tops of the houses. They were designed
to prevent the buildings from giving way;
and were therefore formed of strong timber
bolted in the corresponding woodwork of the
houses that fanked them Thus the street
on the bridge had nothing TO distinguish it
from any narrow street in the city but the
high arches described and three openings
guarded with iron rails, which afforded
view of the river.
But the appearance from the water, it is
stated, "baff1ed all description" and displayed
a strange example of curious defOrmity.
Nineteen unequilaterial arches Of different
heights and breadths, with sterllngs IN
creased to monstrOus size by frequent re-
pairs. served to support range OF houses as
irregular as themselves; "the back part Of
which, broken by hanging and irregular
projections. offered a very disgusting OBJ
iect," while many of the buildings overhung
the arches so as to hide the upper part o.
them. and seemed TO lean in such manner
1sas TO fill the beholder with equal amazement
and horror" Such was London bridge IN
OIdan times
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-19

Safes Whose Combinations Have Been
Lost
washington start
81 Locksg Locks won't keen burglars
out. Why, can open any kind ef lock
that has ever been invented, without key
or continuation said a Washington lock-
smith. ''That is, open safes when the
locks are out of order or the combination
lost. Sometimes man will oil the lock Of
his safe, but it gets gummed up so that
the tuDblers won't work, and he can't
get it open. Some men are forgetful and
lose their combinations. Safes are sold at
SneriR's Sale sometimes, and the owner,
being mad, won't give up the combination.
When anything of that kind happens they
send for me.
=" No. If the lock is broken that IL
won't work, drill a little hole alongside
the dial and pick the lock with a small bit
Of wire. If the lock is all right, only the
combination is lost. go TO work TO find it,
and don't deface the safe at all. 1t takes
me from three seconds to six hours 70 open
q safe, according TO the kind and the
method 1 employ"
'But how can you find the combination?
Does it not take a long timer"
Spy testing. AS to time, it depends upon
circumstances. If knew the man who set
the combination 1 can find it in very few
minutes. II don't it takes longer. You
see / study the character of the man. Safe
openers are dangerous IN a community
They are always watched by the police.
They keep an eye on me ali the time. l
have them trying my doors all hours of
the night, and there's generally one sOme-
where around"
"Could you open burglar proof time
lock?"
81 can open the best lock that was ever
made in five or six hours. These little
office safes wouldn't put that much time
on. They don't pay enough. just take a
hammer and break the knob off, and get
into the safe in about three seconds"
"What do you get for opening a safe:"
''For little three-second safe l get SO.
For large safes such as they have in banks
and brokers' offices, and where they don't
want the lock injured, 1 get $3.50"
"Could you open the great safe in the
United States Treasury"
easily 1 could get rid of the time lock
and everything in six or seven hours, and
wouldn't make any particular fuss about
it, either. No safe was ever made but it
had some weak point known to the maker,
so he could get into it in case the lock
should refuse to respond. If there wasn't
they would have to break the concern all
to pieces if the lock broke. Now know
where to find these weak places. L can
strike within quarter of an inch of ii
every time. It is generally covered over
by thin sheet of steel or boiled iron, and,
by cutting away a block three or four
inches, which is easily done, could drill
into the best safe that has ever been made.
1t would not be any trouble for burglars to
get into the Treasury safe if they under
stood locks as [ do"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-19

PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser
STEAM BOOK AND JOB
PRINTING OFFICE
Is prepared to do all kinds of
Commercial & Legal Work
CORRECTLY AND WITH DISPATCH.
Having just Received Complete and New
Assortment Of
job Types and Ornaments
OF the Latest STYLES, from the most Cele
brated Foundries of the United States,
and employing only Experienced
and Tasty Workmen. we are
prepared TO turn out
Letter Heads.
Bill Heads.
Circulars.
Note Hen,is.
Statements.
Bills of LRdIHE,
Contracts.
Mortgage Blanks.
Leases.
shipping Contracts.
In Hawaiian & English,
Calendars.
Blank Checks,
stock Certificates.
business Cards.
Meal checks.
milk Tickets,
Bank Cheeks
Orders.
Receipts.
Marriage Certificates.
Diplomas.
Catalogues.
BIOttIng Pads
And in fact everything which a first-class
office can DO.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-19
ABOUT LOCKS.

The Modus Operandi of Getting Into
Safes Whose Combinations Have Been
Lost.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-19
YOLO MILLS,

a. F. HIM.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-19

Binghamton Republican: There was an
unfortunate thing connected with my mar
riage." said Mullethead. You see, we eloped,
and the rope was thin and had to reach from
a three-stOry window" And 1t broker
questioned a breathless listener mo, the
blamed thing held"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-19
STEAMER MOKOLIl,
LMcGregor. Commander.


Tssyas Honolulu each Monday At s p. m. for
tEonnetakai Kamalo, Pukoo I.ahaina, Lanai, Moa-
mi Ualayva Wailau, Pelekunu and Ralaupapa. Re
turning leaves PukoO Friday6 a. m. for Honolulu,
arriving saturday morning
nF- The Company will not be responsible for
any freight or packages unless roceipted for, nor
for personal baggage unless plainly marked NOT
responsible for money or jewelry unless placed in
charge of the Purser.
All possible care will be taken of Live stock, but
the Company will not assume any risk Of accident
SANI'L q. WILDER, President.
y. 3. ROSE, Secretary.
OFFICE-Corner Fort and Queen streets.
69-Iy Mar 80
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-19
HIM a PIagemann.

Manufacturers Of Extra Family, Graham, Ry
Buckwheat and Rice Fl ur: Rye, Dat. Corn an
Feed Corn Meal; Sage, Tapioca, Fartna- Buck
wheat GrORts, HOminy. Cracked corn Ftari ba'
ey, Ground Feed, etc, etc.
Dealers in Grain and Feed Of all kinds. Grinding
done to order, i25 aug26 ~
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-19
WILDER'S STEAMSHIP Co.,
Limited.
STEAMER KINAU,
Limited.

Leaves Honolulu as per following schedule,
touching at Lahaina, MaalRea, Makena, MANU-
IONA Kawalhae I.aupahOehoe. Hilo and keauhou:
Commencing MONDAY, October 18th, and
thence on the first Monday following the arrival
of the alameda" and s'NIaripOsa," on the Sth
and 22d of each month:
The steamer Einau viii make the VOLCANO
TRIP reaching Keauhou on Wednesday morn
Ing. giving tourists two days and two nights al
the VOLCANO HOUSE,.
Wien the sth and 22d of the month fall on
Monday, the Kinau will leave that day.
TICKETS FOR THE ROUND IRlP 10 mn
VOLCANO, FIFTY DOLLARS, WHICH PA "
ALI. CHARGES.
The Kinau will arrive in Honolulu Sunday
mornings on Volcano trips. On Hilo trips, VIII
leave Honolulu on Tuesdays, and return saturday
morning.
PASSENGER TRAINS will connect with the
Kinau at MahukOnR.
The Kinau WILL TOUCH at Honokaia and
Paauhau down trips from Hilo for Passengers
II a signal is made from the shore.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-19
VIM. PLA GILMAN

NE Corner Mission and Main streets SAN
FRANCISCO, Cal.
Telephone No Sos.
, 1886-02-19
The "peseret News, walls

SALT LAKE, Feb ls.-The Descret
Mems, referring to the capture and treat
ment of George Q. Cannon, says; When
captured. Cannon was quite i'll, suffering
from an attack of diabetes. On his re-
turn the marshal engaged the staieroom
for himself and prisoner, During the
night the oppressive air of the statcroom
caused Cannon 10 open the door and 40 on
the platform when near P%romontory. BY
a sudden lurch, through the train round
ing n curve, he lost his balance aud falling
to catch the hand nail he fell off the tain,
striking full length on the frozen ground.
His injuries by the fall were severe. Sew
eral bad cuts on the face and head, and
his left arm and thigh were badly disa-
bled. Cannon being badly stunned, arose
with difficulty and wandering aimlessly
along the track till he was met by the
deputy from the train and bath returned
to Promontory for aid and medical treat.
ment. No one there believed an attempt
to escape had been made, and the manner
of alighting on the ground was conclusiy,
proof that the fall was entirely accidental
besides he had much better previous OPP
portunities if he desired. The bread and
bottle of water found in his pockets
stated as proof that his escape was in
tended, is Incorrect, and Cannon claimi
that he had the bread to avoid the neces
sity of exhibiting himself as a public
spectacle in eating houses. The waite
was used for medicinal purposes, and TIN
bottle was several times filed in the pres
ence of the marshal. lie utterly rcpudi
ates That his escape was intended. Tn
Nelcs considers the whole proceedings un
warranted and unprecedented, as tn
crime of which Cannon IL accused, unlaw
ful rehabilitation, is punishable only bv 81
months imprisonment and n fine Of $500
, 1886-02-19
The opposltion,s Policy.

LONDON, Feb. lS.-Leading members
OF the Conservative party met at the Carl
ton club at noon to-day, to confer upon
the course the party shall pursue in re-
gard to Irish affairs on the rcassembling
of parliament. Salisbury presided. Ran
dolph Churchill and 100 other prominent
Tories were present. The meeting was
very enthusiastic on the part of the Con-
servativcs to offer the most strenuous OPP
position to any measure presented by the
Liberals c~onccding home rule in ireland.
Salisbury predicted union with the con
sentative section of the Liberals which
follows Harrington and Goschen. He
urged the Conservatives to do all that was
possible to bring such a union into effect.
Some of the speakers commented severely
on Churghills attack upon the Catholics
and his intimacy with members of the
Parnellite party. The meeting resolved
u make home rule the test question in
the commons. and for this purpose will
support the Parnellites in their demand
to have it precede land reform in the CON
sideration of the house.
, 1886-02-19
Pacific Railroad Legislation.

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veys n"a conveyance nave oee" paiu 70
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lanu oi"ce' WITHOUT iui'ner appropr'A''on
,o' '"e p'oSc'u,'o" VI surveys "''ns '"e !,
,i"eS u '"e roauS ""'' al .ne A"uS S""h
nave oeen SURVEYED """'" Ninety u'ss
Ai'ei inc passage VI = "u' ,"' ,'
pa"' = ,o'""'o 70 ~ '''N an"
omces ,neit "S' u se'e'''o"s =, iAnu
1,a'ine1 " 'ne"n, anu ueros'' WI" u"e
o"i'eu o"a'e' - VS. VI eu.vSi"s 'e
, 1886-02-19
GENERAL GOSSIP.
The Grand Old Man An
nOunces His Policy.
The Parnellites COntented with
His Statement.
Mrs. crawford Will Retire to
Italy and Seclusion.
Gladstone Announces His Policy.

Gladstone Announces His Policy.
LONDON, Feb. s.-Parliament reas-
sembled to-day. Gladstone stated in the
commons that after the government had
concluded the financial business which
they had to place before the house, they
would be able to state a part, if moi the
whole, Of the Irish measures they in
tended to introduce. He expected, he
said, to be through with the financial
business about the ID of March. Glad
stone announced. further, that the gov
eminent had no intention of renewing
coercion in Ireland. In the house of
lords Earl Granville, secretary Of state for
the colonies, announced that the govern
ment would not introduce any Irish meas
ures into parliament before the LIST of
March. Abiding to the foreign policy of
the new government, in the commons,
Gladstone said he would follow the East
ern policy inaugurated by Salisbury.
, 1886-02-19
A Missing Man.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-Mr. William In
glis, who has for years been superintend-
ent OF the machinery and paper depart
ments of Rand, MeNally & Co print
ing house, has been missing since early
Monday morning, and his friends fear
that some calamity has overtaken him.
MIR. lnglis left home at 6 O'Clock Monday
morning to go TO work, but he did not ap
pear at the printing Office, nor did he re-
tuIn home. His failure to appear created
considerable gossip among his fellow en-
to Mr.. James McNally. He employed
detectives to search for him, but as yet
they have not found any trace of the
missing man. From Mrs. Inglis it was
learned last night that her husband has
for a considerable time past been worried
about the exposure of a conspiracy among
some of the employees of Rand, McNally
4 Go. to rob the firm. Those employees
were directly under his supervision in the
paper department. anu nt uuu hpt iht
slightest idea that they were dishonest
until they were arrested. He was worried
more by the fact that the firm placed
private detectives at work in the ape
and machinery departments, without
notifying him, to detect the .co~nspirntors.
than he was by the actual exposures. For
a week past he has been growing worse
and Mrs. Inglis thinks he was laboring
under a form of mental alteration when
he left home Monday morning. She
docs not believe that he committed suicide,
but is more inclined to think he wandered
away. Mr.. lnglis is 80 years old, is about
six feet in height, and of heavy build
He lived with his wife aud W adopted
children at No 1856 North State street.
, 1886-02-19
Tho Republican Senatorial Pro-
gramme.

WASHINGTON, d. G. Feb. ls-Senato,
Edmunds to-day redorted the following
resolutions from the senate committee on
judiciary, accompanied by u long report
Resolcea, That the foregoing report of
the committee on the Judiciary be agreed
to and adopted,
Resoired, That the senate hereby ex-
presses its condemnation of the refusal
Of the attorney general, under whatever
influence, to send to the senate copies of
papers called for by the resolution of the
18th Of January, and set forth in the re-
port of the committee on Judiciary. as in
violation of his official duties and subver-
sive Of the fundamental principles of the
government and Of the good administra-
ton thereof.
Resoired, That it is under those cir.
eumstances the duty of the senate to re-
fuse its advice and consent to the proposed
removals of officers. the documents, and
papers in reference to the suspended
official, or the personal misconduct of
whom are withheld by the executive or
any head of Il department, when deemed
necessary by the senate and called for in
considering the matter.
Resoirea, That the provision OF Sec
ton l754 of the revised statutes declar.
ing, that persons honorably discharged
from the military or naval service by rea-
son of disability resulting from wounds
or sickness incurred in the line of duty,
shall be preferred for appointments to
civil Offices provided that they are found
to possess business capacity necessary for
the proper discharge of the duties of such
Office ought to be faithfully and fully
put into execution. and that to remove or
to propose to remove any such soldier,
whose iaithiulness, competency and char
aeter, are above reproach, and to give the
place TO another who has not rendered
such service, lisa violation of the spirit of
the law, and the practical gratitude which
the people and the government of the
United States owe to the defenders of
constitutional liberty and the integrity of
the government, all of which is respect
fully submitted. tSigned.) Geo. f. Ed
munds, John j. ingalls,, s. j. II. Me-
MILAN, Geo. F. Iloar, Jas. +. Wilson,
Wm. NJ. Evarts,
Senator Pugh, of the committee, said
the report Of the majority of the som
mittee had only been read in full com-
mittee this morning, and the minority had
opportunity to prepare their report.
He gave notice that such a report would
be presented Monday next. The Ed
munds' resolutions were laid over.
The FItz John Porter bill passed the
house-yeas III, nays ll3.
, 1886-02-19

Mr.. Hedges, of Bear creek, Wyo., has
been feeding sheep through the winter
near Schuyler, Nebraska. The sheep
were raised in Wyoming. average liz
pounds, and bring in the Chicago market
s4.75 per head.
Cow ponies are scarce in this market,
and, being in good demand, bring fair
prices.
To all present appearances spring will
commence with unusually fair prospects
for the cattlemcn Of Wyoming. lsoss
this winter among stock is very small, and
young calves are numerous and doing
well.
Col. Stoddard, manager for the Stod-
dard 4 Howard Cattle company, has
rooms at the Pacific house.
On the 18th of February twenty-five
carloads of beef from the west were re-
ceived in Chicago.
Kansas papers say that nearly 10 per
cent. of the stock in the Arkansas valley
has persisted This winter.
The Wyoming Meat company shipped
yesterday to Chicago a carload of dressed
beef.
, 1886-02-19

SEATTLE, Feb. ls.-When the China
men were driven out of Snohomish City
last week three who had property interests
were allowed to remain, but were notified
that they must leave by Monday last.
On Monday when told to go they refused
and said they intended to remain. Late
Monday night a dynamite cartridge was
exploded under their house, wrecking the
building but not i%njuring the Cinnamon,
The latter pluckily moved into the part
of the building that wa not destroyed
and reiterated their determination to stay.
This morning a number ofshots were fired
into the house, but none of the Cinnamon
were injured and at last accounts they
were still holding the fort and declaring
that they would not leave.