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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17

INDIANAPOLIS. Dec l7-The golden wed,
ding of Mir and Mrs. Hiram p Randall, of
this city, was celebrated Wednesday. Both
are natives of Massachusetts, and were mar
riei in Cinc!nnnti fifty years ago by DIR.
Lyman Beecher. Henry Ward Beecher was
one of the groomsme1 and Isabella Beechel
and Mrs. r. B. Duncan, OF this city, were
bridesmaids They have only one child liv,
ing-a son. Mr. hanlail and his wife were
teachers in Cincinnati, she being an assist
ant in the school of Mrs Harriet BeecheI
Stowe They are enjoying good health and
are particularly active. Their ages are Sl
and % rrsfEnrLiEelN.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17
THE MARKETS.


CHICAGO. Dec. ii.
On the board of trade to-day the quotation,
were as follows: Nheat-No. Decc,r-
ber, opened .lLic, closed 11tsc January open, c
5777sc, closed i77s-Isc; February, opened .9c.
closed 1880. Corh-Nu. = December, openes
and closed 3Tac; January opened 81 St, closto
SIC: February, opened and closed s. sc. nats
No. December. oIened 25isc nominal.
closed 2556c; January, opened and closed
255sc; May, opened 3fs', closed Jlc. ora-
December, opened SIl.jU nominal, closed Sll At
nominal; January, opened Sll.61, closed
Sll.5O nominal; February, opened Sll.5&la
closed Sil6T15 bid Lard December, opened
and closed $6l7ja nominal.
Live Stcck-The Onion stock yards report
the following range of ir!c,s: Hogs-Niark t
opened fairly active AMI firm with hackers
buying freely and prices 5r higher; light
grades, s3'U@415; rough packing lots. s3st
6bi.l0; heavy packing and shipping lots 81 Il
@S4 81.
Produce; Butter-Fancy creamery, 2id2ic
per lb; good dairy. l1QB2J;; packing, u lI6c.
Eggs Strictly tresh,24c per doz ice-house s0c.
Dressed poultry Chickens, ,6@6tec per lbducbs
and geese. 7le6gSc, turkeys. &c. Potatoes Bur-
banks, 4@5Oc per bu on track; Early Rose, Ii
Gas; Beauty of Hebron, 47t650 Apples-Fair
TO good shipping, sl.75925O per bbl
York. New
NEW YORK, Dec. 16
Wheat-No / red state. 92 92lSc; No. Edo,
SOC; No. red winter January, Sg}4c Corn
No. 2 mixed cash, 4a1Sc; do January Isle
do February, 4934c. Oats-No. | white STATE.
SEC: No. do, 37l4c: No. ? mixed December
3S3Sc. Rye-Dull and unchanged. Barley
Nominal Pork-Duli; new mess 81. .50dl20l
LaId-December, S655; January, cost.
Detroit.
DETROIT, Dec IL
Wheat-No. white cash, Soc; cash Michi
gan. Sic: No. = red cash and December
S013c: January, slice; February SSssc May
SS149SS3sc, Corn-39c. Oats-No =, 29lsc; No
white 31lc
TOLEDO, Ohio, Dee IT,
Wheat-Lower and quiet; cash s0J4c; Jauu,
ary, Sic; May. sS1zc. 'Corn-Quiet; cash
3sl6c; May. 45l6c. 0ats-Dull: cash, .ac
Clover seed-Steady; cash. S4.G0 January
s465; February. S4.10 bid
ROCK ISLAND.
Oats-90c
HLy-Tmothy-S10.0
Hay-Wild-s60 90.
Rye-50s.
Corn-old 43c; New 4oc.
Potatoes-32D40c.
Onions Soc.
Oos,-Soft 10c hard $3.50
Cord Wood-$4.e0.
Straw-S5 $500.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17
A WALKING SKELETON.

Mr.. E. Springer, of Mechanicsburg,
Pa. writes: I was afflicted with lung
fever and abscess on lungs, and reduced
to a aoqlkjng Skeleton. Got free trial
bottle of Dr. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, which did me so much
good that l bought dollar bottle After
using three bottles, found myself once
more man, completely restored to
health, with hearty appetite, and gain
in flesh of 4S lbs Call at Hartz &
Bahnsens drug store and get free trial
bottle of this certain cure for all Lung
Diseases. Large bottles 81 90
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. 17-News of
one of the most cold-blooded and atrocious
murders in the annals of Alabama was re-
ceived here Wednesday night. Fred Smith
was a merchant of Faint Rock, and was very
popular About noon Wednesday man
named Alfred Hawks walked into his store
and asked for pistol. Smith very kindly
loaned the weapon and turned to step aside,
when, to the horror of half dozen custom
ers, Hawks began firing at Smith The
murderer fired five shots into Smiths body,
killing hun instantly Hawks was arrested.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Dec. IA dispatcl
from Kansas City received at 10 o'clocl
Wednesday night says that Charles Grands
is under arrest there as one of the Haddocl
murderers No particulars are given
Granda, or Ganders, as he is better known
is under Indictment for murder and coEspi
racy, and many believe him 10 be the ma
who fired the fatal shot. His arrest is one o.
the most important vet made, and it nov
looks as if the real facts in the case would b.
unearthed at no distant day. Bismarck
wife is expected here to testify. She is nov
in San Francisco.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17

LA PORTE, Ind, Dec. II "A marked pc
culiarity of the hog disease that is prevailing
in this county is that the intestines of all the
dead hogs are literally filled with worms
from one to six inches in length. Many
farmers think the disease is quite different
from the cholera that has visited this country
at former times Some of the farmers have
lost their entire crop and have been obliged
to buy what pork they wantel for family
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17

LANCASTER, Pa, Dec. lI-Forty eight
tramps in the county work house refused to
go to work Wednesday unless they were
given roast beef and vegetable soup. They
also demanded all the chewing and smoking
tobacco they needed. They have fortified
themselves i'll an old building, and one of the
number has confessed that they had in
tended to secure the firearms in another
building to battle with Up to late hour
Wednesday night no serious outbreak had
occurred The authorities declare that they
will deprive the tramps OF food until they
Surr,Idpr
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17
MIR. Chickering's Trust.

NEW York, Dec. I7.-During the pro-
ceedings Wednesday in the case of the miss
ing will of James II. Paine, the miserly
granddaughter of Robert Treat Paine Charles
F. Chickering, the rich piano manufacturer,
stepped up to the witness stand bearing a
small paper bundle which he guarded jeal-
ously In the bundle was nearly S400,OO0 in
bills which had been intrusted to him by the
miser years ago, and was supposed by him to
contain private papers until it was opened at
Paines death Paine lived by begging
and in apparent poverty. When he died
it was supposed he had 81, ,O00 and no
more
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17
PATHS Mexican Season.

CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 11.-Tickets for
twice the capacity of the house have been
applied for for Patti season next month The
prices of admission are - per cent higher
than those fixed by the bogus agent who re-
Gently victimized the public. 1t is reported
that the fugitive, alleged to be Charles
Bourton, is somewhere in the state of Qua
dala jara, making his way to the Pacific
coast.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17
A CHASTITY FIND.
The Body of Coiored Imported Miner
Found Buried ON IA Farm.

The Eody of II Coiored Imported Miner
Found Buried ON Farm.
BRAZIL, Ind, Dec. 17.-As farm hands
were at work on AquiIll Laferty's farm ir
Parke county Tuesday their attention was
attracted 10 suspicious looking mound,
which exa nination proved to be newmade
grave, containing the headless corpse of a
coored man, some weeks dead. Two months
ago miners in that vicinity struck for higher
wages, and colored miners were imported
from the south TO take their places Much
bitter feeling was engendered, resulting in
the gradual displacement OF the colored
miners while the strikers returned to work
The corpse can not be identified, nor is there
any c!ew to the murderer. The general
theory IS that the murder was committed by
Il colorcd miner for money, supposed To be
on the victims person. for the public is slow
to believe that the deed was committed by
the strikers
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17

CARDIFF, Dec 1.-THE farmers i'll the
north of Wales are resisting the collection OF
the church tithes III one section of the
country the farmers expelled the collecting
bailIffS from the farms and escorted them
out Of tine district 1t Is feared that the re-
bpiiion among the Welshmea may lead to
seIiuu. results
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17

any IilOilitLlt- 4iittt
was, in fact, little
prospect of staying
the l'avages of his ia.
tai m alady. NJ +.
Roach is suffer in 9
from a cancer in tht
throat similar TO that
which caused t h
death Of Gen. Grant
An operation was re
Gently performed, a
which a considerable
part of the jaw wa
rap,ayaI buf bse .,f
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17

Krell & Math have very choice line
of French candies, put up in /, 2, 8, and
5 pound boxes, also fine line of Christ
mas trees and Christmas tree ornaments,
all of which are being sold at low prices.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17
Public Notice.

Anyone having business with the ARGUS
Office after p. m. Qn the event that the
office is ciosed) will please call at Will
mans & Galt's news stand in the postofice
building, who are authorized to transact
business of every nature for the ARGUS.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17

The bird spider of tropical America has
body only four and one-half inches
long, but is no slouch for all that. lis
legs are seven inches long, it lives on
young birds. and it seems to hatch net
less than l 800 eggs at time.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17

erings continue to be very severe. The ply
sician for the last week has called twice every
day, and Wednesday his visit extended over
an hour. The family of Mr.. Roach refuse
10 make any statement of his condition.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17
HORRIBLY MUTiLATED.
Three Men Killed by the Explosion of
Portable Engine

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. AT Swift City,
on the Indianapolis & Vncennes railroad
wednesday afternoon, porta ble engine
which was being utilized to furnish power
for a saw-mill blew up. A. H. Shoptaw,
owner of the mill was instantly killed, as
were also his son James and nephew, Will
lam Shoptaw. The bodies were horribly
mutilated.. Mr Shoptaw was an old and re
spected citizen. The explosions said to have
been caused by the water in the boiler get
ting too low.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17
HALF-CENT A worn.

The ARGUS hereafter viii publish in this col
umn all advertisements Of Lost Fo1nd, For Rent
For Sale, Boerd or Rooms, Wanted. and similar
notices. at the low rate OF half cent q 1c0rd
each figure word. hut no advertisement less
than ten cents
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17
Many a Lady

is beautiful, all but her skin;
and nobody has ever told
her how easy it is to put
beauty on the skin. Beauty
on the skin is Magnolia
Balm.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17
VIM. McEniry,

Attorney at law, loans money on good
security, makes collections. Reference,
Mitchell & Lynde, bankers. Office in
post Office block
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-17
JOHN ROACH DYING.

Suffering from Cancer similar to III,
One Which Caused Grants Death.
New YORK, Dec, 17.-John Roach is again
reported to be dying. This time his physi
clan, DR. Z. +. Belden, is responsible for the
report. He said Wednesday night that Mr.
Knhch might die at any moment. Thert
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-23
PHYSICIANS

Eomocpati,ist. General practice chronic diseases
Office ana residence over steel 4 sons hardware
store II. Y Main street, W Wichita, Kan.
Of,;ce hours 5 to IOa ID toI u. M. and at night.
d,astf
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-23
MAYoR's PROCLAMATIoN

For special election in Wichita city, sedg-
wick county, KaDsas. In the matter Of the
wichita, Cedarvale & Southeastern Railway
Co.
TO the Qualified Voters Of Wichita City:
Whereas, On the 18th day OF September, 1856.
there was duly presented to the Mayor and
Councilmen Of Wichita, Kansas, (said mayor
and council being duly convened in regular
session regularly called), a petition duly sign
ed by two-ffths OF the resident tax payers Of
Wichita city, praying said mayor and council
to submit to the qualified voters of said city 3
proposition to subscribe thirty Thousand dol
lars to the capital stock Of the Wichita, Cedar
vale & Southeastern Railway Co., all on con-
ditions as set forth in said petition, which
petition, signatures being omitted. is in words
and figures following, to-wit:
Wichita, CedaNa!e &Southeastern Ry
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-23
DR. t. NJ CONKLlNG,
Coz. Main a;d second streets. wichita Kansas
DISEASES OF THE RECTUM
and all CHRONIC DISEASES a Specially.

successor to Or. J. VI. Patterson n the use Of the
celebrated BltIEkEEiIOFF PAINLESS SYSTEM The
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Instruments. once hours 10 1i:30 o. M to s and
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Wichita eagle., 1886-10-23
w. H WELLS

Physician and surgeon. Olicc-Cor. Lawrence
end Douglas aveS Elliott block, room : W al be at
oalce ns sht and day. Wichita kanss.s. @
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-23
w. A. MlNNlCk, Nj. D.

Homoapathist. Onlce with Dr. Il. Mathews Main
street second stairway north O; poStoAice. Resi-
ience. lO1 North Fourth street, near UHiOn depot,
Wichita, Kansas. Telephone No. l4l.
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-23
DR.. CHARLES A. WILSON.

MUSICIAN and Surgeon. VIII continue his profes-
SION IN All It's branches. Consultation free. Office
and Residence AT ~ \. Main ST. over Weller & MI
ler's paint o.ice. IA
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-23
G. NJ. BlBBEE. NJ. .

?. D. St JOHN. NJ. .,
oflce-els Eas, DoaS las ave. Residence 81 ACl III
Nain street.
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-23

SANkET 8 LAMF EELL
Lawyers wichita. Kansas. Cficc southwest cor
Ter Market street and Douglas ave.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-07-06
MAKING HoUsEKEEPERS.
4 Chicago Institution Which Gives Practi.
cal Instruction to Girls.

Il Chicago Institution Which Gives Practis
cal Instruction to Girls.
Miss Bently gave an exhibition of her
garden pupils recently. Theclass con-
sisted of twenty-four little girls. rang
ing in age from twelve to fifteen, and
representing almost every European
country. Their long, white pinafores,
futed muslin caps, and prim little ties
gave them an appearance that was very
refreshing. They entered the room in
single file to military march. carrying
miniature tables and boxes. In the lat
ter were linen, cutlery and small table
furniture. Brought to a halt, Miss
Bently put the little housewives through
q catechism of domestic literature,
from which the following quotations
were caught:
How often should o room be
swept"
Thoroughly once week, answered
wee bit of Swede with a voice big
ger than herself.
What kind of broom is best for the
corners and edges of room?"
'Whisk BROOM" sang out a maid
with yellow pig-tails, who seemed to be
having her throat sawed by the we'll
laundered tie under her chin
"Why is dust rag better than a
feather duster?"
Because the feathers scatter the dust
instead of gathering it," and such
queries of similar practically.
flor thiS of tho m o. no
girls took out their little table cloths,
the piano struck up series of popular
tunes and the board W spread in a
manner that was calculated to charm
an epicurean.
Before the little beds were made the
class had an oral recitation, one ques-
ton being: ssWhat three things are
necessary for nice bed making?" The
answer being: Level mattress, smooth
clothes and square corners" Then the
mattresses were whipped into shape,
the pillows knocked in form and in an
incredibly short time every bed was as
Eat as the nap on fifteen-dollar ulster,
and the children retired under MUIR
muir of applause. On their return they
carried trays, with which they went
euIOuS1 oCiiCS VI PLt11y hudhCofOicf
the words being suggested by the trio
In Patience Dishes were washed.
and after the place was ''tidied up"
brooms were used for an exercise in
calisthenics. /. is needless to say that
the exhibition was entl usiastically re
oeived. The little girl have been I'M
der the instruction of Miss Bentley for
the last two years, the school session
being held Saturdays on.y. AS soon as
her pupils have completed the pre-
scribed course it is the teachers inten-
ton to provide each graduate with
position in some first-ciass family,
where the intelligence of the girl will
be appreciated. A feature i'm the course
is compulsory education. no pupil being
allowed to take a diploma who is not
able to read, write and understand
enough arithmetic for practical econ
omy.-Chicd0o Tribune.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-07-06
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS;
What the People Of the United States Buy
and Sell.

What the People OF the United States Buy
and Sell.
1t is a little curious that dependent,
as so many of them are, directly upon
the ultimate disposition of the products
Of the soil, and dependent as the rest
of our population is for its own prosper
ity upon the producers, so many people
should be comparatively ignorant Of
or Indifferent to the facts of our ex.
ports and imports. Our foreign trade
aggregates, it is true, only some
81, POO, 600, 900 to 81 400, 000, 900 year,
not a very large sum, by comparison
with the figures of our Interstate
trade. Nevertheless il plays a part
out of proportion TO its relative i'm
portance in dollars and cents. its effect
upon prices and the general economy
of the country. For the benefit of those
who may take an interest, as all should
in this trade, We will give q few par
ticularS of our exports and imports for
the last calendar year. One of the first
facts TO confront any analyst of our
foreign trade is the enormous prepOn-
derance of our exports of agricultural
. and mineral (oiD products. OF our
total exports during 1885 of S613, j93, :
i20, breadstuffs amounted TO $l32. 6i3.-
751; animals, mostly cattle. Sl4.779.-
932: provisions. S9g, S79.386; tobacco
and iiS manufactures, S29. AS. 629: raw
cotton. 1884. 49,. S22: fruits, $685., 701 (;
mineral oils. S49.67I.743 oil cake,
S6.53S. S22: sugar and mOlasses. SlS.-
S03, 40: leather and manufactures of
leather, 80. 125, 59S: wood and manu-
features of wood, S21, 1928. 052. I'm the
case of wood, leather and tobacco. no
figures are accessible from which We
can separate the raw material from the
manufactured, but most of these have
to 90 through some partial process of
manufacture before they are ready for
export, and as far IS that is concerned,
our exports Of provisions, sailed and
preserved meats, butter and cheese.
are all, TO speak, manufactured before
exporting. We may fairly claim the
above list, then, as that portion of our
exports representing the produce of the
soil. These aggregate in round num-
bers, something over 570,000,000 or
very nearly eighty-five per cent. of the
total. There are two or three facts
worth noting in connection with our
imports; one is that we import Sc, 763,-
484 worth of barley, of which cereal
we exported only S153,634 worth. An
other is that our imports of leather
and its manufactures amounted to
S7,375,815. not much less than our
exports of the same wares. Our i'm
ports of sugar and molaSses aggregated
over $50, 900, 900. and we also imported
leaf tobacco IT, the amount of IS, 49,
S59. OF wool our imports were. raw,
Sl2,9lS,547i manufactured. SS5.952,-
16S. "a fax and hemp and their man.
ufactures, products which might be
readily produced and manufactured in
our country, we imported $Sl, 104,917.
National LiUe-!Stock Journal.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-07-06

HINTS ON HYGIENE.
May Children Go Barefoot without Injury
to Their Health:

May Children Go Barefoot without Injury
to Their Health?
This question is every now and again
proposed for discussion: and when il
isso,we are compelled to give the same
answer. On physiological grounds, it
is manifestly sound practice to &C
custom children to develop the circu-
latory and muscular systems of the
lower extremities. precisely as those of
the hands are developed, by free use
and exposure. 1t is not supposed to
be either necessary or desirable that
children should wear gloves for hygi-
enic purposes When the hands of
TITLE folks are thus decorated, the pa
rental idea is confessedly to give them
what is conventionally regarded as a
genteel appearance. No one thinks a
child ought to be protected from the
weather, so far as its hands are con-
cerned. On the contrary, it is recog-
nized that the upper eXtremities should
be kept warm by exercise and habituai
exposure. Precisely the same view
ucIuS SOOu Will IS SSoiu W tiiO iO"Ok
extremitieS.
Contact with bodies that abstract heat,
even more than the earth abstracts it.
is an almost constant condition of child
life. In short, it is entirely in defer
ence to fashion and he usageS of
society that children wear foot COW
erinps. There is much TO be said in
favor of a more natural practice. The
loot is an organ of wonorous complex
fty. regarded as a bony and muscular
apparatus II is, moreover, provided
with nerves and blood vessels of espe-
eial intricacy. The softest and most
flexible shoe to very great extent,
and a boot almost entirely, reduces
this organ to the character of a jointed
block with little self movement. Obvi-
ously this reduction must retract not
ONLY from the efficiency of the foot, but
of the organism as a whole. If the
foot and leg are fully developed, as
thev can only be when the foot is
habitually exposed, t quantity OF
blood which the lower extremities car
be made to receive, and, if need be, at
tract for time, is very considerable
We can only say that children who
are allowed to go barefooted enjoy al
most immunity from the danger o
sscold' by accidental chilling of the
feet. and they are altogether healthie
and happier than those who, in obedi
1ence to the usages of social life, hav,
their lower extremities permanently in
qyalided and, so to say, carefully swa the'
and put away in rigid cases. AS re
CARDS the poorer classes of children
there can be no sort of doubt in tn
mind of any one that it is incompara
BY better that they should 60 bare
footed than wear boots that let i'm Ga
wet and stockings that are nearly a
.sways damp and foalotIoR don Lance
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-07-06
Palace Buffet sleeping Cars
Are run by this line on Night Express
from
ST. LOU aS TO NEW YORK
WITHOUT CHANGE IN 50 HOURS.

BEST ROUTE To JACKSONVILLE
And winter resorts in the Southeast.
The double daily lines OF Parlor Cars and
Palace Sleeping Coaches by this road from
ST. LOUIS TO CINCINNATI AND
LOUISVILLE,
Making direct connections at both points
with morning and evening express trains,
having Palace Hotel and Sleeping Cars to
Chattanooga, Atlanta Savannah and jack
sonville without change. No ferries or
transfers BY this route.
For tickets, rates, Or any particular in
formation. call on ticket agents of connect
ing lines, west, northwest and southwest,
or in st. Louis at 10l and 103 Fourth st.
W. ". PEABODY,
Pres. and Genl Manager, Cincinnati, o.
W. B. SHATIUC,
Gen'l PaSs'r Agent. Cincinnati, o.
:. D. BACON
Cen1 West'n Pass Agt, St. Louis, Mo.