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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26

| have been a periodical sufferer from
Hay fever Ga most annoying and loath~
some atilietion>. since the summer of
1879, and until ! used Ely's Cream Balm,
was never able to find any relief until
cold weather, ] can truthfully say that
Cream Balm cured me regard it as of
great value, and would not be without it
during the Hay fever season
l.. NJ. GEORGIA, Biughampton, n. y.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26

The babitual use ofpilis lisa sure means
of ultimately undermining heal;h and lay
ing the foundation for some of The most
distressing cases of chronic maladies Use
DR.. Jones Red Clover Tonic, purely
| blood tonic 1t cures all diseases of the
stomach, liver blood and kidneys. Can he
| taken by the most delicate. 80 cents, OF
| druggists.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26
A CHASTITY VILLAGE.
NEARLY THE WHOLE POPULATION
VICTIMS OF POISONING.

twenty at the Point of Death-Two Hun
dred Grains of Arsenic Discovered in
Picnic Ice Cream-specuiation ON tho
Matter-lmportant Discovery by an Ann
Arbor Chemist.
NEW York, June 81 -Pottersville, the
New Jersey village where the picnickers
were poisoned, was CHASTITY place Friday,
White, haggard faces, with dark rings under
dull eyes, were seen at almost every win
dow. Haggard men and women walked up
and down the rough lane that wanders
among the farm-houses Doctors hurried
from home to home. 1t was village of
sick people, and the suspicion that they
were victims of a cold FLOODED crime was
beginning to dawn upon them
The doctors estimate that at least 200
grains of arsenic was introduced into the
ice cream. About twenty of the sufferers
were able to drag themselves out of doors
Friday, but as many more are SO far gone
that death appears to be only a question of
few hours The state board of health
has been notified to take charge Of the
matter
People are now looking for some one who
had a motive to poison the whole village.
Pottersviile and the Dutch reformed church
is one The congregation embraces every
man, woman, and enid in the place
1t is known that the Rev. VIII
lam Schmitz, the young pastor has one or
two bitter enemies He Indignantly refuses
to suspect any one of the crime, aud says
he hopes the whole thing was an accident
Several women have been On trial before
the church, and at least one feud has re
suited Besides this, Mr. Schmitl is not
unpopular with a rather rough set of
young men who gataer on the outskirts of
the village. Several OF them were in the
neighborhood Of the festival grounds on the
night when the village vas poisoned
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26

DANNILLE, HIS, June % Tho celebration
Of st Johns day by the c1lored Masonic
fraternity OF eastern illinois and western
Indiana occurred here Thursday. Visiting
members of the order were present to the
number of -,c0u The Hon. George IL Hill,
the cdssred lawyer of Bloomington, was the
orator of the day. In the prize drills the
sit George Commandery No !, X. T., of
Chicago took the first prize and the Ivanhee
Comnandery No. 8 Of Springfield was
awarded the second
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26

CHICAGO. June 2G-Mis5 Rose Elizabeth
Cleveland Is to make Chlca 20 her home For
some weeks MIR. \. 2. I. Ilder, maDagor Of
tine Ebler Fubi hing company, has been in
communication with her relative 10 .her
coming TO this city aud taxing charge of
the editorial department OF Literary Life
4 dispatch FRIDAY morning from Mr. Elder
states That he has 'onlplrtcd all arrange.
ment5 with Miss tlcyiltnd ana that snc
Will come ON at once TO take the position
nauIel
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26
The properties of Mishlcr's Horn Bill

The properties of Mishler's Herb Bill
tiers are wholly medicinal. 1t is com
pounded gu scientific principles upon I
German formula, 200 Years old Clergy,
men. temperance people, and al olheI
classes who oppose strong drink CT prin-
ciple, endorse and recommend our grea
household remedy. IT is sure cure for
kidney aud liver Gem plaiuts
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26
A WALKING SKELETON.

Mr.. E. Springer. of Mechanicsburg,
Pa. writes; Il was afflicted with lung
20 a 'ralklEg Skolct0E. Got free tria
bottle of DR.. Kings New Discovery FOL
Consumption, which did ne SO much
good that bought dollar bottle After
using three bottles. found myself ono,
more man, completely restored "a
health, with hearty appetite, and a gair
in flesh of As lbs. Call at llarlz 4
Bahnsen's drug store and get = free tria
bottle of this certain cure for all Lung
Diseases. Large bottles 81 %.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26

PARIS, June % There is great ex.it,
ment throughout the city over the expulsion
OF the princes The manifesto OF the Conte
de Paris protesting against his expulsion has
been printed in pamphlet form and thousands
Of copies have beea sold N the streets The
document seems TO greatly impress those
who have read it with tic injustice OF the
governments course
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26

NEW YORK, June "A Washington
special says the president-Sias notified several
leaders in the house that he VIII not sign ~
single bill, even in the closing hours Of con
gress, without reading it. Hitherto some
bad jobs have been rushed through in tho
last hours OF congress, and presidents have
been unable to give them proper scrutiny.
ANY attempt to food the president with
bills in the present instance will prove
futile
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26

Papillion CLARKE extract of flsx) Skin
Cure, like many other inestimable bent>
fits to mankind, was discovered by accid
ent. The proprietor, engaged in the pre-
paration of certain plants. from time to
time noticed the effect of working in the
pulp vats on the skin. IL there was pres,
eut any cutaneous eruptions. wsrts, blem.
ishes or scrofulous symptoms, all disaps
peared as if by magic. After experiment.
ing ten years. it has become scientific
fact and priceless boon tn the human
race. From giving away few bottles,
the demand has increased until the sale
for the past two years amounts to /. 032,
GEO bottles. Large bottles only 81 For
sale by 81. FL. DeSanto.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26

CHICAGO, June 26. 1t Is understood that
tho list of officials for the reor ganizel
Wabash will be as follows: j. r. Joy
president; A. A. Taiinage. general manager;
James Smith, tra;lic manager; II. IL.
Wade, general superintendent; M. Knight,
general freight agent; y Chandler, general
passenger and tlcAet agent, and James
How, secretary.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26

Glass plates have been substituted fof
copper in the sheathiug of an Italian ship
he advantage, claimed to be an exemps.
ton from oxidation and ircrustatiou
] he glass YVES cut in plates to fl the hull
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26

The senate has passed bin granting =
pension OF $40 month to Henrietta n
Drum HINT, daughter of Gen Drum anf
widow of Lieut.. Henry J Hunt. Of arcs
tic fame
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26

During the year 1884, 1857 divorces
and s,S2l separations were announced in
France. During the same year 2S9 500
marriages were celebrated
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26
CALL FOR DEMOCRATIC STATE
CONVENTION.
Al Springfield. Illinois. Aug. 26. 1856

HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC STATE
CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
SPRINGFIELD, H., June 10. 1886. \
The democrats OF all the counties in the state
of Illinois are requested to send delegates to the
state democratic convention, which Will be held
at Springfield, on
Thursday, August 26, 1886,
at 70 O'Clock noon, for the purpose OF nominating
one candidate for State Treasurer, one candidate
for State Superinte ndent OF Public Instruction,
and to transact such other business as may he
proper for its consideration.
The several counties in the state are entitled to
one delegate for ry 400 votes csst for Cleveland
aud Hendricks in 1884, and one delegate for every
fraction thereof of 900 votes and over, as follows
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
III RDWARE

HARDWARE.
stewart n Montgomery. .soo aecond avrr,uu
rU NSMfTIlS
VI
Wolf, Chas III Seventeenth atr-a'
NEWSPAPERS
The Rock Island DAM AUEua; rul 'i.lr,,..,r,
evening. tSuudaY 'yceItrip in NT.r4 t1,.r ar,
posjte postntiice Bc-t sdvr,ti-,ug r,rd .'.r 10 . ,
Citv.
The Rock Island VERIFY An.r- ruh'r-' 70
every Friday. tr" oh dcrrhn. u ,0r.rr,
ton with the establishments.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26

Owing TO the drought. the corn crop of
Louisiana will be so per cent less than
last year and the oat crop rs per cent
| less
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26

A New Haven firm manufactures ovel
400 kinds of barometers and thermome
ters
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26
j. nj. BEARDSLEY,
HERBERT D. BL.KENNRr,

tTrORNEY IN PATENT CArSES.-rateu,
Hhnsinesa Of all Riuds solicited. Room T. Fir ,
National Rank Building. 2 o Boz GO Roe,
Island, ninoie iu-1S-dNfy
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26
III. III. CORRET,T

hTroItSFY ATIAW. Sulicijn, in .iiut, ~ IN
IL Notary Public Abstracts toau- and t,,l'.,
tons. Office Bufo De Rlodl,. ~ q~our" ovo,
NHkcr's J'wclrv store NOV en,ii,
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-26
What is Itl And What it Is.

(To be continued
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-31
MONEY and BUSINESS.

A further decline in grain, oil, cotton, the
minor metals lard and COAL and further adj
vance in stocks have been the features of the
past week Tie crop news is generally good /;
doubts are always expressed about cotton at
this time, and generally about wheat, but there
have rarely been fewer croakrrs than now.
The spectators who have been trying to manu-
facture an advance in prices of products have
left that field, and prices are now so low that
the produce markets are not especially enticing
to those who want to sell. Hence there is a
general concentration of the speculative forces
upon the stock market, and the money made by
confidence in cheap wheat is now ventured
upon the rise in securities. The public has not
had much to do with the wheat operations, ex-
cept to sell where 1t could. Whether it will
treat the stock movement in the same way, the
operators would be glad to know. Meanwhile
the railroads are making more money than at
this time last year, though doing less business
In these comparisons ii is not well to forget
that a year ago business was about at its worst
The Lake Shore reports some improvement
over last year, but only in one other year Tor a
long time has the report been as unfavorable
The Reading statement is also discOuraging,
DuC Inc Etc anu Icnnsyi'anla reports are de-
cidcdly satisfactory, and there is little room to
doubt that the railroads generally are getting
more profit out of the business than they did a
year ago. Yet the shipments westward from
NcwYork in May lave been "a per cent below
those of the same month in 1885, whereas the
decline in April was only IL per cent. The
movement of gram from the West for the first
four weeks of navigation this year and last
compares thus:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-31
PERSONAL.

A movement Is afoot in Philadelphia to erect mon
the grave Of Corporal William H. knal, who
the first soldier Of the National army killed when
the rebels invaded Pennsylvania
savanyu JOSH. tho last OF the Hungarian brigands
has been captured and placed trial like any common
criminal. lie n notable rascal in his palny days
When Madame Adam Visited Hungary recently he sem
her a letter OF greeting and his photograph.
Ex-Governor and Mrs. Claim, who have always taker
much interest in Boston University. will today give
the present senior class an elaborate reception 40 their
Newt0nyilie home.
lie Godois PARIS tolls that Victor Emmanuel OF Italy
and one of his mobiles compelled to seek shell
ter for a night in peasants hut The King, noticing
that his companion kept turning his head away from
their host asked what was the matter This man
smells like wild beast cannot stand IT," replied the
other "Nonsense" said the King. zone OF US wou
smell the same II he went week without washing"
try it myself" At the end OF i've days the nobeman
into the royal presence and said "four Majesty
was right"
Mr. Gercke. leader OF the Boston Symphony Orchestra
will sail for Europe on June to spend the summer.
The Countess OF Paris has had a superb prayerbook,
bound In white with the Bourbon ana Braganza
arms the made for wedding present to her
daughter her marriage to tue Crown Prnce OF fort'
ugaL
Dr. Plny Earle who has inst retired from the super
intendence OF the Insane Hospital Northampton
Mass ia said to have collection OF 200 envelopes al
dressed him during the past twenty years on no two
OF which is his name spelled in the same way.
Senator voorhees, thinks the new Pension OHice Is an
architectural monsrosity and his greatest obec
ton to 1t is that 1t is hre-proof
Ex-senator Thomas l. Clingman, OF North Carolina.
spends much time at Washington looking thin, gray
and feeble
Sir Henry Gordon has made public translation OF a
dispatch Arabic written by his iluriols brother at
Kharoum. The dispatch has just come to light, having
been in tho possession of messenger who captured
by the Arabs but rs lately escaped and II bears the
same date December 30 lssf-as that which said:
Kharoum all right could hold ont for years" II is
addressed From Gordon Pacha to the Soverens OF tho
Powers" and runs as foil ,ws: after sautStions,
vould at once. calling to mind what | have gone
through, inform their MaJeses the ooyeregns OF tie
actions of Great Britain and the Ottoman Empire who
appointed Governor General Of the SOudan for the
purpose of apIeasng the rebellion In that country.
During the twelve months that have been here these
Powers the remarkable for her wealth and tho
other military force have remained unaffected by
my situaiion-perhaps relying too much the news
sent by Hussen Pacna Khatfa who surrendered OF his
own accord. AlSough personally am TOO Insignificant
lie taken into account the Powers were bound
theess 10 fn tire engagement upon which my appoint
based to shield the honor Of the Govern
ments. what have gone through I cannot describe.
The Almighty God will help ne"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-31
Nmrermfnts.

.r.n,,,x or NrsrC-9-Memorial Exercises of G. A. K
1,,nn t,p.p, uouss-2 aud s--The Bridal Trap
1asrxo- and s-Erminie
CosvoroIiTAN HALIr-Japauese Village
BAYS lHE slRr-S-Rosina NoKes ana 'o'hPa"H
FDfN acknowledgements
CRA~p OpRRs HOUsk-s-frivate secresarS'
iYcFrN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
n .DIsoN SorARE GARDEN-s-Racing. -,
n ADDISON SQUARE, THEATRE and s:So-irlnce MT.
MApIso>-.yF AND 59rH-sT-9a- Ia. to IL T. h.-AAeiii
mac and Monitor Naval Battle.
NIi os GARDEN-2 and S-East Lynne
POI q CEoyNDs-Baseball.
eTANp,Hp THEATRE and S-Tin Soldier.
THEATRE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
WAIIAcKs-2 and s-The Growing Hen
gqB AvFNUR THEATRE and S-little TYCOON.
llTr STREET THEATRE aud S-Oxygon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-31

In tho lattcr the nude women hid behind ths bars
OF some popular and splendid music II performed
above Twclfth-st,, In building owned and controlled
largely by church members. and that those stockholders
got large dividends from tho Immense audiences Of
Christian ladies and gentlemon."
A son Of ~. Prudhomms Is accostsd the boulevard
by person who tasks he reco9nizes him: pardon.
monsieur bnt might no, eFchance be tho Of NJ
Balaudardp "No. monsieur" replied rs with dignity
81 not the OF NJ. Baaudard, and II wo-il
have you understand that 1t would not be BY chancc
French joke
Oscar II. Cooper who has just been chosen stats
superintendent Of Public INSTRUCTION In Texas. is only
twenty eight years Of ago. He Is graduate Of Ysle
College, aud young man OF distinguished ability. Tho
school fund OF larger than that OF any ten othsr
States In tho Union.
Another grand old man In England ono who 70 not
afraid TO tell truths, Mr. John Bright. says; "The
powers Of monarchs are lesseniDg and the Influence Of
the aristocracy is fading away. who the power tho
people IA Increasing. They don't mind such talk
Ia England They say 1t is BrghTs disease. -lNev
orleans Plcayune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-31

week by Fl, 600, 900, showing rapid surrender
Of bank circulation.
Tho decline in wheat reached 3l4 cents on
Friday, and after little Improvement Saturday
was still pa at the close for the week. Corn
also declined l cent, and oats 1l2, while rye
and barley were steady. In provisions there
was a slight decline in lard and advance In
tallow. As usual mt this season, butter and
cheese tend downward; butter fell half cent
and eggs and cheese three-quarters each. In
spite of improvement in refined sugar, raw
sugar yielded sixteenth, but coffee rose
quarter. The fall in copper to 10 cents for
Lake was accompanied last week by flood OF
statistics and by decline Of cents per 100
pounds in tin and lead. Coal also fell cents,
though the consumption is large, and prices OF
iron products are steady, except of nails, which
declined about Is cents. New and large wells
gave oil another tumble of 33s cents, and re-
fined yielded an eighth. The cotton market was
affected by rumOrs of excessive rains, but the
price yielded sixteenth, and print cloths
yielded trihe. OF last years crop The Findn
cidl Chronicle reports 6,327.294 bales already
in sight, an Increase of 7G7, 623 over last year
to date. But the stock at ports and interior
towns is still 722, 400 bales, against 507,275
at the same date last year.
Bat for the bank exchanges it might easily
be inferred that business is smaller than year
ago, if for no other reason, because rail tonnage
is smaller, and the level of prices generally is
lower, close to the lowest point ever known.
But the exchanges show actual payments cx-
ceeding those of last year over 20 per cent at
Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago, over II per
cent at St. Louis Baltimore and New-Orleans,
and probably a little more at twentyone other
CITIES The large volume of business that con-
tinues, regardless Of speculative fluctuations
and labor disturbances is the one fact of
weight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-31

The city OF Utica would seem 10 have reached a
point in Eer career when the elocutionist rather
than the grasshopper is a burden and when such as
60 up and down the land delivering lectures no
longer find favor in her eyes. 1t is pretty evident
that so far as Utica is concerned the man that
treads the lyceum platform must 90.
One has this conclusion forced upon him on read
ing the report lately submitted to the Utica Ne
chanics' Association. The report from the en-
tertainment committee for the season OF 1sS5-'S6
They secured seven lecturers and one elOcutionist
but although they added the sugar coating Of two
concerts the "course" was financial failure.
The balance sheet shows that the expenses were
ahead of the receiDts to the tune of 1882 40
1t is not surprising, in of these
figures that tia committee IS moved to assert that
"thc result is not particularly encouraging" To be
sure matters might be worse for it appears that the
course cost 81 1870 10. The fact that the deficiency
was considerably less than that proves that
there were persons who purchased tickets But
such persons were only numerous enough to figure
exceptions and the report Of the committee winds
up thus sadly: "Your committee is Of the opinion
that there are few people comparatively who care
anything for lectures and there are but few men on
the lecture platform now that able to draw
paying house,
Ii may he some comfort to Utica to reflect that
her experience in the lecture field is by means a
peculiar one A quarter of a century or less ago
the lyceum platform was marked success.
Any place of any size East or West had
its winter course of lectures, and the majority of
the lectures made money. Beecher, Chaplin
Curtis Phillips, Starr King, Bayard Taylor DIR.
Holland, Gough-all discourscd the seasons through
to crowded houses Stimulated by their reception
crowd of other lecturers, most of whom had nothing
-. I,o, foo rad lx-h 70
get on the courses. The American people are un-
commonly good-natured for a while. and they
listened to the shallow newcomers with respectful
attention. Then they discovered that they had
lost their taste for lectures. To-day the that
pays seems to be the exception. few lecturers
draw as well as ever. but lecturers a class
not popular.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-31

is BROOKLYN TO HAVE RAPID TRANSIT?
Before the Bridge was completed many
Brooklyn people believed that when the weary
years during which that structure slowly rose
came to an end rapid transit on the other side
of the East River would not be long delayed.
But they have hoped in vain. One elevated
road has been built, it is true, but it meets little
of the demand. Others have started out prom
isingly, only to fall untimely by the way,
swallowed up in the slough of financial diff
cuties or enmeshed in legal tolls. The people
of Brooklyn have been singnlarly and per-
yersely blind to their own interests. The city's
capitalists have not felt disposed TO invest in
home enterprises, and when by means of
foreign capital railway companies have been
put under way propertyo Owners have promptly
sought injunctions to embarrass if not wholly
to stop schemes that were bound in the end to
benefit those who opposed them. Then unwise
laws relating to compensation for damages were
passed, and it took years to undo them. Hence,
although six different commissions appointed
from time to time by different Mayors hay g laid
out routes for rapid-transt roads not one of
these routes has yet been built on.
The work of the last commission, which is
nearly completed, gives promise of substantial
results. The road laid out runs the entire
length of Atlantic ave-. and the plans provide
for three tracks in one part and four tracks in
another part OF the avenue, SO that both EXPRESS
and way trains may he run. If proper con-
nections with the Bridge can be made this road
will Supply large part of Brooklyn with all
the rapid transit which it will need for many
years. 1t is hardly likely that parallel road
will soon be built in FultOn-st., only block
distant. If the prescribed conditions are
carried out, the Atlantic Avenue Elevated road
will remove the steam railway with its attend
ant evils from the surface of that street, and at
the same time furnish quick transit to C0ney
Island and quick connections to all parts of
Long Island. 1t is highly important that these
conditions should be rigdly enforced.
The builders of rapid-transit roads in Brook
Ign should resolve to be contented with moder-
ate returns upon their investment. We believe
they will err if they propose to charge more
than five-cent fare at all hours. The number
and character of the travellers and the widely
spread territory over which the city extends
will not warrant higher rate. A considerable
network of roads will be necessary to carry
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-31
THE FRESH-AIR FUND.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Total, May 20. 1886.
SUM FROM BROOKLYN CHILDREN

GOOD SUM FROM BROOKLYN CHILDREN
To the EdttOr OF The Trtb"as
SIR: The enclosed check for 81. % represents the
net proceeds of fair managed By nstle Florence Can
tre assisted by bcvy Of Ia is and lassies. mostly me
beers OF the Sabbath school OF rompkins Avenue Congre
cation Church. Brooklyn. and ciyen up)a the grounds
of Doctor Cautre in the nelgh5oraooi OF the church
The chdrens ages range from six 10 thirteen years.
and they wish the money 70 10 To the TRIBUNE fresn
AIR Fund hoping 1t may lie the means OF hepipg Tug
klud Editor 10 send good many poor CITY boys anu
girls ON an excursion TO tho country next Summer .e
ara ths names OF tho young workers; FREDDIE Ient,
cost Daisy Pympion. Leila Chaplin, Ltlel sconea
Msnel Holland Harry Follett. Leslie Towaer' ha'T
AcLermail. Louso Moore. Gussle ilarcourI
Ntw- York May 81. 1885. H."