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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

George Miller's lumber and shingle- mills
at Coleman, Mich, were burned Sunday
night, the loss reaching SIS
A young man in Wallingford, Conn,
recently grthered regular series of four,
five, six, and even seven leafed clover
Near Gresham, Ky, Friday Simon Han
cock shot at James Bass, the bullet killing
Mrs, Bass, who iLterfered in the quarrel be-
tween the two men.
While practicing swimming in the nata-
forum at Springfield, Ills, Monday even
ing, Charles EeaSely, aged Il, was drowned.
The depth of the water is but six feet
The remains of Judge L. ". Lawrence,
who died Sunday at his residence in Belvi-
dere, Ills, were inferred Monday afternoon.
Deceased lived for fifty years in Boone
county.
y I3-year.old girl, who lives forty miles
from Meridian, Miss, has created great ex-
element in the district by claiming that
she died, went to heaven, but returned
again to earth
The price of silver in London has taken
another tumble. 1t is now down to %
pence per ounce The reason is explained
to be the interruption of railroad travel
and freighting by floods in the Punjaub
The Big Marsh near Palmyra, Wis :,
containing thousands Of tons of No hay,
just saved, is on fire spark from loco
motive causing the contagration. Unless
heavy rain speedily falls the entire crop
will be destroyed.
William NJ. Bruce, of the firm of Niles &
Bruce, lawyers of New York city, has dis
appeared, and with him over SD, 900 which
the firm had control of as trustees of large
estates MIR. Niles, the senior partner, is 20
years old, while Bruce is but 81
Senator Blair Monday reported favorably
from the education and labor committee d
Joint resolution proposing constitutional
amendment providing that after the year
1900 the manufacture, sale, and importation
Of alcoholic liquors as a beverage shall
cease
1t is repoI ted that arrangements have
been made for taking about 10000 head of
cattle from Montana to Dakota for grazing
purposes, owing to the almost utter failure
OF the grass crop further west There IS
none too much feed in Dakota, but the con-
1itions there are less miserable than in
Montana.
Gen. Sherman says he is delighted with
his new experience "A suburban farmer.
Instead Of sending his wife and children to
a crowded seaside hotel or fashionable resort
this year, be rented thirty acre farm near
W Washington, where he picks his own PEAS,
digs his own potatoes, and enjoys freedom
from intrusion.
Striking Italians attacked hungarian
railway laborers, between Delphi ami Halle
ton, Pa. Monday afternoon, 400 men par
ticlpating in the battle. The Italians drove
their enemies to the woods and stopped
all work on the road. Several Of the Hun
garians are wounded, and three of them are
said to be diving
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28

NOTHING is more interesting to those
who live on Staten Island or at one of
the little bay-slde villages than to watch
the incoming and outgoing steamers and
vessels on the daily trips up and down
the bay. The first thing that one real
ICES is that Great Britain rules the ocean.
for her blood red flag is found on nearly
every ship, from the colossal Atlantic
liner TO the moribund and leaking tish>
ing smack from Canada. Most of the
British flags, however, are on iron ships.
The wooden vessels that are to be seen
by the thousand in the bay fly the flags
of Norway, Germany, Portugal, Spain
and Italy. A good many of them seem
too rotten TO cross Lake Michigan, much
less the ocean. Some Norwegian ships
come in that are not 100 feet long. But
when you see an American vessel she is
worth looking at, and is conspicuous
among those of other nations by reason
of her towering but graceful masts. long,
sharp hull, trim and taut top hamper and
general tidy appearance. Most of the
sea>going American ships are engaged in
the California trade. Some English
ocean tTampS are seen that might easily
BE mistaken for first class Atlantic liners.
The majority of the iron freight steamers
appear to be engaged in the transporta-
ton of live cattle, and are easily distin-
guished by The rough wooden houses that
run the whole length of the deck. They
lie out in the bay and the cattle walk
aboard from a lighter alongside, when
it would seem much less troublesome and
expensive for the steamer to go right up
to the dock and take the cattle from the
cars thereby saving one transhipment
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28
eoIsoNS LATEST ENTERPRISE.
He Proposes to Hunt the Lightning to Its
Lair in Mother Earth,

NEW YORK, July IS. Professor Thomas
Edison is engaged in some experiments
that, il successful, will be likely to revolu-
tionize the present system of telegraph. He
said Monday; ~ am going to Florida
shortly to make some experiments with
earth currents. can not do it here be-
cause there is too much mineral in the soil
In Florida it is all sand There are cur
rents of electricity passing all the time
through the earth; their directions how
ever, are unknown. / propose to arrange
eight currents, radiating in as many direc-
lions from a central point l will place a
man at each circuit TO test the power of the
currents. 1t is well-known that if
an earth current crosses wire
at right angles there is but little
if any appreciable effect made upon it
The greatest power is felt where the
wire and currents run in parallel directions.
In Boston have run a wire six hours with
the aurora borealis without battery. If
had had ROD at the time running from
New York to Boston would have had cleo
trio power enough on it to run all the ma
chinery in Boston"
after you understand the earth's cur
rents, what them"
We'll, a knowledge of them may revolu
tionize telegraphy. 1t may revolutionize
the meteorological bureau system, and make
1T possible to forecast the weather exactly.
have an idea that it may do something
still greater, but do not care to talk about
it at present Telegraph wires sooner or
later will he thing of the past, believe
They are expensive and cumbersome, and
why use them ii you can make an instru-
ment that viii lie sensitive To the natural
earth current
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28
DsSTTUTiON IN LABRADOR.


The Number of Dead Estimated at :. 800
So Far.
ST. JOHNS, n F., July 2%-The schooner
Barrett has put IN here, bringing the latest
news from the Labrador coast For nearly
two weeks she was blOckaded in York har.
Dor, forty miles cnst OF Northeast river by
a field of ice. She brings five families who
had reached that point from Sandwich bay,
over 100 miles inland, in sledges drawn by
ponies, on what they subSlsted after their
arrival
\ ork harbor is crowded with fugitives.
but these come from the southern coast.
and know nothing Of their northern neigh
bors, On July 10 a two days snowstof~n
buried eastern Labrador, cutting off all
communication with its population OF
l. 900 people, Tbs snow has closed all the
trails. The relief vessels VIII now 60 direct
to \ crk bay to relieve first the sufferers
there White Bay dispatch states
that whalers report Hudson Bay
strait is again fro en- over, which is
an unprecedented occurrence at this sea-
son. The report that the temperature is 10
below zero is, however, denied. Ii has not
gone lower than 10 above The cold results
from immense masses of arctic ice along
the coast, and it does not extend beyond
200 milts from the sea- / p TO date go sur
viyors have arrived here. The number that
have died Is estimated at 8, 500. Since
Saturday an east wind has blown oil the
banks, increasing tho hrmncsS Of the coast
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28
HENNEPIN STRICKEN OUT.
THE HOUSE WILL NOT ENGRAF
THE CANAL PROPOSITION

Upon the River and Harbor Bnl-Other
Measures Disapprovsd-Pension Bills
in the senate-An Indianian's Romina-
ton Kejected-Amendmen to the Sur
plus Rcsolution-CapftalG Gossip.
WASHINGTON CITY, July 70 The house
Monday spent the latter part of the day
debating the Northern Pacific forfeiture
bill, and adjourned without action
, A report upon tie senate amendments to
the sundry civil appropriation bill was sub.
mitted in the house Tuesday by Randall of
Pennsy lvania, but upon point of order it
was referred to the committee of the whole.
Willis Of Kentucky reported continued
disagreement from the conference commit
tee on the river and harbor appropriation
bill Willis then offered a resolution deciar-
ing it to be the sense of the house that the
item making appropriation for the Portage
Lake q Lake superior Ship canal should be
stricken from the senate amendment and
instructing the conferees accordingly.
Motfet of Michigan spoke in opposition to
the resolution and urged that the item re-
ferred to was one Of the most important in
the bill.
The resolution was agreed to yeas, 100;
nays, G& Willis then offered resolution
instructlng the conferees to insist upon
striking out the senate amendment making
appropriation for the Hennepin canal The
resolution was opposed. by Messrs Neece,
Plumb, Springer, and Henderson of Illinois
The latter declared that tue Hennepin canal
question would not DOWN because 1t was a
question of cheap transportation in the in
terest of the people. tApplausel Hatch of
Missouri, supported the resolution He ad-
miret the persistency with which the gen
derson ami Murphy had urged
the Hennepin canal scheme. Ii the
personal influence of those gentlemen were
lett out OF the question there would not be
more than twenty tive votes in the house in
famor of the scheme on its merits Willis
apes led to the friends of rivers and har.
tors not to engraft the canal proposition
upon the bill, as it might prove destructive
to the whole bill The resolution was
adopted-yeas lS9, nays li22. The conferees
were further instructed to insist upon strik-
ing out the amendment making an appro-
prlation for the Sturgeon bay and Lake
Michigan ship canals, and the house then in
sisted on its disagreement to the senate
amendments
htscock OF New York offered a resolution
directing the conferees to insist upon strik-
ing out of the bill senate amendment pro-
viding for the Improvement OF the Missis-
sippi river from the head of the passes to
the mouth of the Ohio river. The effect of
this action, uiscock said, would be to leave
tue house provision still in conference. The
amendment which he proposed to strike out
recstablishei the Mississippi river co'l-
mission and contained some viciou, legisla
ton.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28
GOOD RESULTS IN EvERY CASE.

d. A. Bradford, wholesale paper dealer
of Chattanooga, Tenn, writes, that he
was seriously afflicted with severe cold
that settled on his lungs; had tried many
remedies without benefit Being induced
to try DR., Kings New Discovery for con
sumption, did SO and was entirely cured
by the use of few bottles. Since which
time he has used it in his family for all
coughs and colds with best results. This
is the experience of thousands whose lives
have been saved by this wonderful dis
covery. Trial bottles free at Hartz &
Bahnsen, drug store.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28

LONDON, July 2S.-Tuesday morning S
News is the authority Tor the statement
that Lord salisbury has protIered to Lord
Randolph Churchill the position of leader
OF the house -. commons, COMBINED with the
Office OF chancellor OF the eXcneqGer, a post
which involves less Office work than any
othel in the government, and has, there
fore, been habitua!ly asso lated with the
position of leader Churchill has accepted
the proposal
The marquis of Salisbury, Lord Randolph
Churchill ami Sir .lIcuaei Hicks Beach had
a long confer, nee tuesday afternoon 1t is
reported that Lord Salisbury is having
great difficulty 10 the wo,E OF filing the
post of cine! secretary tor Ireland, no
suitable mau -sIrinS to GaHe Office under
the new COVE. nmeat.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28

TIE strong testimony given in the
trial of the anarchists tends to show that
Chicago has been sleeping over the crater
of volcano. The GOODNESS and delloer-
alton with which preparations were made
to precipiiate horrors, which have no
parallel or precedent in history is start
ling revelation. Bad as the dynamite
massacre of MAJ was, il is evident that
it was mere bagatelle in comparison to
the destruction which had been designed
by the dynamite fiends
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28

FROM German journal we CLEAN the
following not very tlaJtering description
Of Prince Bismarck and his family: AS
a child, Prince Bismarck Was an enigma
and such he has always remained. There
are those WHO say he has never become
acquainted with himself, that he does not
know TODAY what he will be plense Il TO 40
tomorrow, and that he has for wears
really been controlled by circumstances
in managing the affairs of the world The
great source OF his power, it is SAID is the
facility with which he changes his opiD-
ions, abanduns his friends, AMI pacates
malice of some the hatred of others, and
the pride of ali A critic asserts that his
elastic conscience stops at nothing. He
processes great reverence for The bible
and the Deity, aud is very fond OF sen.
satlonal French novels and romances.
Prince Bismarck's wife is represented as
woman of talent vulgar in manners,
but with 81 kind heart and large fund of
good sense. She entertains for her hus-
band an affection as real as it is deep.
She is not proud OF her position, but
kind, though somewhat aorupt towards
all. The couple have two sons and a
daughter. Count Herbert is a public
character; his brother is serious and
thoughtful. The daughter is married to
the Count Won Rantzau, whom she &C
cepted after the death of the man she
loved. She has superior intellect. is
quick to read character, ard Is 0 mistress
Of satire"
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28
BOTTOMS DISCREPANCY.
A SENSATION IN FEDERAL CIRCLES
OVER HIS ARREST.
Stuart, the Weigher, a Friend Of Robert
Lincoln, Who Goes on His Bond -
Cashier of a Baptist Publishing Com
pany Charged with the Embezzlement
of Nearly $780, 900.

Pahy ShaabOu Win tne EmbeZElem6nL
of Nearly $50, 900.
CHICAGO, July 2S-The arrest Of Col.
Bolton Monday took a large circle of his
acquaintance by surprise. He has always
borne a high reputation; has a host of
friends, and is much-respected member Of
the Episcopal church and OF St James
parish, in which he has held several offices
of trust Col. Bolton was terrible shaken
up over the affair, and seemed dazed and
bewildered His voice shook when he at
tempted to speak in answer to the questions
of officers and reporters, and he generally
refused to say anything except that be was
not guilty as charged 10 reporter he
said before God, if | owe the govern-
ment dollar l don't know it. | hope the
public will suspend Judgment until this
Is cleared up"
He did not attempt to explain the short
ages When asked about them he declared
he knew nothing at all about it, But il
Col. Bolto,fswas agitated, the weighing
clerk, Stuart, was picture of black des-
pair. He had nothing to say, firmly refus-
ing 10 answer any questions, and sitting
| with bowed head and woeuegone expires
sion, as if he were about to he led to the
gall0ws. He is middie-aged man, and has
a family, and it Is sand that he Is a relative
of Hon Robert I. Lincoln The inspectors
trie1 hard to obtain IA statement from him
before the warrant for his arrest was
| served, but no amount OF persuasion or
| threats would move him He would only
| sha he his head, and say: Il guess | hadn't
| better talk
Bolton did not obtain bail until ) o'clock
Monday night, when his attorney, lie Grand
W. Pierce, and j, I. Coles were accepted as
| his bondsmen Stuart made no effort to
furnish bond and was TAKEN to Jail
Cot Bolton is something over - years of
age, and has wife and two children He
| was appointed superintendent of second
| class mail matter by Postmaster Palmer
Jan =, 1871. He enlisted in the Union
| army in 1862, having organized Bottoms
| battery, which was assigned to the Second
brigade, Fourth division, Army of Tenn
essee, Gen Leach commanding. Afterwards
| he was made chief of artillery under Gen.
Logan, being placed on the generals staff,
with the title Of ma ior lie participated in
| a number Of the severest battles Of the war,
being regarded as d capable, efficient ami
| brave officer, the recognition Of his merit
| being that he was promoted to a coloneicy
ReRert T. Lincoln called at the custom
house late Monday night, and was closeted
| with Mail Inspectors Adsit ana Bassett for
about all hour. lie says he has known
Stuart since he WAS ) years Old, and can
not believe the man is guilty OF the charges
| brought against him. Tuesday Lincoln
signed Stuarts bond in the sum of sp,0l1
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28
New Advertisements.


FEhFECT HEALTH
Ia impossible if the hi
gestlon is impaired, the
Liver inactive, or ,he
Bow els Constituted
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 2>.-The two story
brick building i0J Morgan street collapsed
Monday night The second floor WAS occu-
pied by John Gamble and family. The lat
ter were in bed at 1880 O'Clock, when they
were awakened by loud crash caused 10y
the falling of the floor. Fortunately the
roof remained in its position, but rs it was
the three children of Mr. Gamble Were badly
bruised, as was also his wife
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28
THERE'LL Be ONE IDIOT LESS
When Graham Gets Through with All His
Projects.

Projects.
NIAGARA FALLS, n. y, July &S.-There
were thousands of excursionists here Sun
day. and most OF them saw Graham and
Ills barrel at the whirlpool rapids park The
cooper sid atterward that he had begun
his experiments for going er the Horse
shoe tails, and had about finished plans for
the barrel 1t will be built OF twoinch
slaves with a cork covering two inches
thick. The hammock inside will be shaped
more like bali, and will lie more elastic
and stronger than Inc other hammock.
Graham proposes to get into his barrel and
be showed OH one OF the bridges across the
gorge before going over the alls.
Il would like to jump from the railroad
suspension bridge into the head of tine rap
ids, be said Sunday night but shonld |
he killed people would never know whether
the fall or the rapids killed me. If | 90 off
the bridge at Prospect park my barrel can
be caught by boat before the Whirlpool rap
Ids are reached, and could be rescued if
it were found tine oil had stunned me"
An Old 5uile at the fails expresses the
opinion that Graham would not be harmed
by t tip in his proposed cork casket over
the falls Graham has received a large
Dumoer OF letters from lovesick or romantic
mai0eus.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28

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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28
j, III. REAPnQTpy
HERBERT u. HI,,KFy0pT

ATf0kSEY IN PATENT CATrsFS Pat,
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28
PANIC IN NsWARK. N. ].
People Afflicted with a Disease Marvel
ously Like Cholera.

ous!S Lake tholera-
NEWARK, y. j.. July eff the Eighth
ward Of this city is not afflicted with genu-
inc cholera it is afflicted with something
marselouslv like it People for block or
two OF Fifth street have been taken with
dysentry, accompanied by hemorrhases
during the past forty eight hours One
death occurred Monday in the person of a
Mrs. Bennett. She was only sick twenty
four hours The phi, sicians are thoroughly
alarmed, ami are holding consultations and
doing all they can to relieN the suffering
Further deaths are expected during the
next lev days 1t Is impossible To ascertain
the causs of the trouble, although it is be.
lieyed the water III the book has much to
DO with it. People in the vicinity are tor
ribly frightened
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28

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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28

AFTER the revelations in the Crawford
case il should not he considered as "a rec
ommendation Of anything that it is
English ye know" Some English
things are very bad things particularly
the conduct of portion of its aris,oc.
racV
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28

LAFAYETTE, Ind, July 2S.-The state en-
campment o. the Indiana Veteran Legion
began in this city Monday, and will COP
tinue eight days About thirty i've com.
panies are now III camn, AMI many more
are expected. Fight thousand troops will
be in attendance. ON Wednesday Gov
ernor Gray. Ex-Governor Porter, AMI the
state officials will attend the reunion 1t i,
estimated that 2l,gOJ strangers are in the
CITY nlrenlY.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28

MEXICO must show more regard for in
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United States citizens, or We shall be
compelled to Chastise her in way she
won't forget. She has business enough
on her hands Just now in attending to her
own Yaquls without inccnsing the Yam
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-28
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