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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-10
LAND!
30 YEARS TIME. 5 PER CENT INTEREST
| have for sale few choice
SELECTED FARMS

in Southern Minnesota that / will sell
cheap, and give the purchaser Thirty
years time, with Five per cent interst, on
about two-thirds of the purchase money.
As bought these lands direct from the
state of Minnesota, | can turn over to
the purchaser the original title papers, =
no expense for abstract. Dealing d.
rectlv with me, the owner, you pay for
the land just what they are worth and
don't have to pay large commissions to a
lot of syndieates. their agents end sub
agents. These lands all lie in well set
tied county, with railroads, school houses
and bridges built and paid for. Only IS
miles from Maukato, a city nearly as large
as Rock Island, and 100 miles south west
from Minneapolis, as good if not better
market than Chicago.
Lumber, coal, wood and merchandise
generally is as cheap as here; prices paid
for farm products as high as here
reason-they are nearer good market
than we are. The soil is rich and deep;
onlp 25 feet to water. As only have q
limited quantity, propose to close these
lands out this spring. Call on or address
OLIVER OLSEN,
Bengstor's Block, Rock Island,
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Coroner Halves went to Andalusia this
morning, and held an inquest over the
body Of Patrick Hirl. man 70 years OF
age, who drowned himself near Princeton,
Iowa, his home, few days ago. The
body was found by Elmer and Milton
Boney yesterday afternoon, and the yer,
duct of the jury was that deceased
drowned himself while temporarily in
sane.
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Successor to J. W. Stark. Artificial
teeth inserted without plates Office
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Public Notice.

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FnrSale

| offer for sale for the next ten day
my house and lot. [d] J. j. PARKS.
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You can get cut rates over any railroad
at Blake's ticket Office 1903 Second
avenue. d1y
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-10

EOR SALE, SIXTY LOTS IN MY AD-
l. ditlons % the city of Rock Island On four year
ly payments, with interest at six per cent per an
uum u DAVENPORT.
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HALF-CENT A W0Rh.

THE ARGUS hereafter viii publish in this col
ann all advertisements of Lost, Found For Rent
For Sale, Board or Rooms, Wanted and similar
notices, at the low rate of one half cent n0rd,
each figure word, but no advertisement less
than ten cents
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
The Mexican lsaIy supply,

Everything concerning Mexico
is of interest just now and it ia
pleasant to he assured that among
the chief productions of the coun-
try are children. Thus the ohser-
want correspondent in that country
notes q large acquaintance of
the people with multiplication In
saying that Mexico is the hot bsd
of children. The land is flooded
with them, and a small family is
unknown. They greeG you, he'says
atevery window, at every corner
and on every woman's oack. They
fill the ca rriages ON the piazza,
they are like swarms of bees a.
round the honeysuckle on
every tiny flower, and hundreds
waiting for their chance. A man
died the other who was followed
to the grave with 81 sons and
daughters and had buried Ii so
thft he was the father to the grand
total of 100 children. There is
another man living in Mexico with
two wives and has living 45 chill
dren. Allowing the average of five
to the family one Gun see how nu-
merous the grandchildren would be.
1 am acquainted, he adds, with a
gentleman whose mother is but
thirteen and half years older
thar. he is, and had eighteen more
Of a family. 1t is Dlesse | thing
that the natives are able to live
in cane hut and exist on beans
and rice Else the list of deaths by
starvation would be something
dreadful.-S+. Louis Critic.
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
Consumption Cured.

An old ply sician, retired from practice,
having had placed in his hands by an East
India missionary the formula OF simple
vegetable remedy for the speedy and per-
manent cure OF Consumption. Bronchitis
Catarrh, Asthma and all Throat ard Luz &
affections, also positive and radical cue
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Com
plants, af er having tested its wonderful
curative powers IN Thousands OF cascs, has
felt Il his duty TO make it known to his
suffering fellows. Aetuatcd by this motive
and desire TO relieye humanity suffering,
will send free Of charge, 10 all who de-
sire it, this recipe, In German, French "a
English, with full directions for preparing
and using. Seat by mail by addressing
| with stamp, naming this paper, w. A
NoyEs, i40 Powers Block, Aochesler
! ~ y.
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
Killed by a Rattlesn.ke.

Fort Gaines Star.
Several of our COW owners Craze
their cattle in Sutlive's pasture on
the river near the depot. Several
mornings since, upon going to the
pasture, one of our citizens found
his COW dead; but no definite con-
clusiou could be arrived at as to
the cause. A few mornings after
another fine COW was found dead
near the same spot. Persons who
know say that both COWS died
from the bite of rattlesnake that
makes its home under the railroad
bridge.
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
ASADCASE. A
Two Women Walk Two Hundred
Miles to Ask for Pardon.

Two Women Walk Two Hundred
Miles to Ask for Pardon,
Richmond State.
A few days ago Mrs. Ray, a
poor old white woman of Patrick
county, walked to Richmond with
her daughter to apply to the Gov
ernor for a pardon for her way
ward son who is serving a term in
the penitentilry, having been con-
victed in 1885. The mother and
daughter reached Richmond foot
sore and tired and without money.
The mother said that her son was
the only support she had and now
since he has been in prison, "the
wolf had been at her door," aud
that starvation is staring herself
and daughter in the face. The
mother is old and feeble, and the
daughter looks pale and haggard.
They walked alone over two hun
dred miles, and the long tramp
over the rough and rugged coun-
try through which they had pass
ed was too much for the old wo-
man, as it put her in bad health
aud prevented her from going
with her daughter to-day to see
the Governor. The two women
have been staying at the city
almshouse sinca their arrival In
Richmond, and the mother re-
manned at that place to-day while
her daughter called on the execu-
tive.
The Governor received her with
his accustomed courtesy, and af-
ter listening to her story address,
ed communication to the com
! monwealth's attorney of Patrick
county to ascertain the facts in
the case. The poor girl then left
the Capitol and hastened to the
almshouse to tell her aged mother
what the Governor had done, and
as she passed down the long steps,
not paying any attention to the
new elevator, she was heard to re-.
mark III q soobing way to all ell
lerly lady who accompanied her:
"It the Governor would pardon
brother my mother would live ten
years longer"
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
A WOman'S Idea of Men,
New York Mercury.

New York Mercury.
"What do women love best in
men?" was asked q quizzical an
alyst Of human nature the other
day. "Sir," said she, ''they like
force! Give me a man with cour-
tesy and polish, without force,
and he is like linen collar with
out starch. The texture may be
fine, but it needs stiffennlng. Wo-
men tire of forceless men and
would prefer a vigorous, hearty
woman to scented, nervous
dude of the drawing room" Don't
YOU like to see a man dance" l
oueried. "L would rather see
him digging a trench, or hewing
a tree, or driving a team," said
she. "To me a dancing man, a
lion tapping milk or an elephant
playing a guitar are all alike.
Men, lions and elephants were
meant to be strong and masterful.
When they fail of their destiny
thew become caricatures."
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
a Lady Swallowed IA Snake.

Ten years ayl, when bats yeas
Of age, Mrs. Henry Jameson, OF
Detroit, swallowed q tiny water
snake. From that date to the pes
ent she has been in p1or health.
She was treated for dyspepsia up
to couple of m NTH ag), when a
Detroit physician who WIS con
suited de5ided that som thing more
than dy31sp,ia WAS tr0lb in /, the
young wamln. His treatm 3nt was
in conformity with his slspicioa,,
and Friday Mrs. jameson was re-
lieved of a green water snake n
bout two feet long anil half al
inch in diameter. Mrs jameson
says that for years she has be Il
forced tn eat ravenously in order
to satisfy the demands Of her
strange boar Ter. Sh' experienced
constant gnawing in the Ston .oh,
and while drinking water the snake
invariably rose to her throat. On
several OCCASIONS she aim )st
choked to death. While th. reptile
was dying it wolll cpil itself up
then ulc,il an | With reat force,
causing the patient intense agony.
Mrs. Jameson is severely prostra-
ted
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
NO. IL.
The other Strawberry,

An officer who was patrolling
Mallet street the other day saw a
crowd OF people at a corner and he
hastoned his steps to discover a
man sitting on the ground with
his back turned to a tree, while a
score IF women AMI children sur
rounde d him. When the officer
made inquiries us to what had
happened, a short. stout woman
with her sleeves rollel up con-
fronted him and replied:
"He's my husband. He's n
good-for-nothing lazy-bones of n
mln, and we've had row."
"What about?"
"Well, I've hal to support him
by washing for the last year, and
he's been humble eaolgh up to a
week ago. Then he took fifty cent
of my monay aud went to a for
tune-teller. She told him that |
would die very soon. and that
he would marry a strawberry
blond with $4,000 in cash."
"Seventy-fve thousand dollars
my DEAR" sighed the mn on the
grass.
"You shet up! He came home
stepping high, aud feeling smart,
and half an hour ago he hal the
cheek to tell me that stood in
his rond. In fact he wanted to
know when l was going to die, "
Il merely inquired" groaned the
husband.
"And | merely left my suds and
jumped into him." she continued.
at was a pretty even thing in the
house, but when l got out
where / could swing my
right hand l gave him couple
below the belt and tied him mp.
Strawberry blonde SIS, ,000-sec-
ond marriage humph! I'm his
strawberry! When l get through
with him Ill make that fortune
teller see strawberries for the rest
Of her born days"
"Well, be gentle" continued the
officer, as he passed on.
ooh! won't hurt nobody nor moth
ing" she replied; and as the officer
passed on she lifted the man to his
feet and hanged him up the
steps and into the house in a doub-
le-entry style ofbook- keeping tha
ratified the shingles. -Det. Free
Press.
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
The Latest.

A lady on main street left a
bowl of milk standing'on the pantry
shelf. Out came the mouse and
spied cool drink of tie delicious
beverage. Unfol tunately for the
little feaster, it fell into the flow
ing bowl. Now, to die from the
flowing bowl the mouse felt would
be great disgrace. But the ques-
ton was to sinkorswiln. The mouse
Immediately put on its think
ing cap aud began churning the
milk by swimming back and forth
In couple Of minutes the butter
came, and then this smart mouse
stood upon it and iliAped out up :
on the shelf, but with quantities.
of the butter sticki1 G to its paws
for it tracked all about the clean
pantry. This mouse story of churn-
ing butter, which is a true one, is
a great witness in favor of the hon
esty of our milkmer, for had il
been as poor in quality as some
milk, the mouse would have: :been
drowned. --Danbury News.
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
Snvnll His Iifn

Mr.. ID. l. Wilcoxson, of Horse
Cave, KY, says he was, for many
years, badly afflicted with Phthis.
ic, also Diaoetes; the pains
were almost unbearable and
would sometimes almost Ethrow
him in;o convulsions. He
tri cd eElectric Bitters and got
relief from first bottle and after
taking six bottles, swas entirely
cured and had gained in flesh
eighteen pounds. Says he posi-
lively believes he would have died
had it not been for the relief af,
forded by Electric Bitters. Sold
at fifty cents bottle by Crouch
| Bros.
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
The BareioOted boy.

You have all read of Benjamin
Franklin, and how he rose to dis
tinction, amid privation and toll.
But there is one anecdote which ]
have never seen in print. 1t was
told me by u gentleman in Boston,
who remembered the old house in
which franklin was born. "Of-
ten," said he, "have l looked at
the tumble-down building on Milk
street, and imagined the barefoot
ed boy sitting on the doorstep
learning to spell FROM an old post
bill"
A young miss, daughter of a
distinguished citizen, passed him
one day while thus engaged, and
the boy overheard her words of
ridicule as she spoke to her com
panion, laughing at the eagerness
of the poor lad, and deriding his
beautiful spelling book"
But there came another day
when Franklin was our ambassa-
dor ut the court of France. A
wealthy American lady, who was
present at one of the festive oc-
casions made in honor of Frank.
lin, desired an introduction to hel
distinguished countryman. II
was obtained and great was hel
surprise to hear him say, "Aye
aye, we have met before" She
could not remember when, and
Franklin added, "You do not re-
member the barefoot little boy on
Milk street, studying his lesson
from the muddy post bill"
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
YOUNG AMERICA. i.

ugusta Chronicle.
There goes young'inan.
Just in the prime Of life;
He neither works nor can
Enter the toll of strife.
He is mothers pet.
y A darling fret,
Hes looking for wife!
His coats 'cutawav,"
His pants are quite tho small,
His shoes are very gay,
His hat is very tall.
And then, you see,
lie Is on spree;
That's why they love him all.
He took u college course
Returned, mcthinks, in June
And learned the very source
OF every dance and tune.
Ay, he's dude,
And it was rude
To.eall him knave or loon.
What is his future plan?
How does he earn his brea1a
Oh, he's gentleman.
And by his folks is fed. p
Between us two
1t is too true
II, takes sometimes, tits said,
But is he not afraid
Where honest people dwell,
To ply 80 fine a tradel
How is it, pray tell2
Why, he is sharp,
He plays the harp,
And sparks the village belle,
He'll marry soon they say,
A mighty pile at thatl
Oh, he'll be rich one day,
And big and round and fatl
High Il be his name
On roll of fame,
For he knows how to chat
JoHN A. METTE,
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
Miraculous Escape.

w. W. Reed, druggist, of Win
chester, Ind, writes: Zone of
my customers, Mrs. Louisa Pike,
Bartonia, Randolph county, Ind,
was long sufferer with consump-
ton, and was given up to die by
her physicians. She heard of DIR.
Kirg's New Discovery for Con-
sumption, and began buying it of
me. In six months time she
walked to this city, a distance of
six miles. and is now so much i'm
proved that she has quit using it.
She feels she owes her life to it. +"
Free Tlial Bottles at Crouch
Brothers Drug Store.
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
man they did not show it by sign
or word. He was carried down q
hill and a clearing was reached.
A SHOCKING SIGHT
A SHOCKING SIGHT.

VI "oius ne WAS Carried GOWN 0
hill and clearing was reached.
A SHOCKING SIGHT.
"Near the stream was growing
a little sappling, and at that the
crowd halted. The murderer was
then chained 10 the tree and che
spectators asked to gather fagots
and pile them around the human
offering on the shrine of revenge.
Only a few lent their assistance.
There were several little children
of the doomed negro who had fol-
lowed the procession from the
yard. They saw the white men
gathering brush and piling it at
their fathers feet and innocently
set to work. Up to this time a
number of the white men present
did not believe that the mob would
carry out their threat, and they
hurriedly held consultation. 1t
resulted in Colonel Clark spring.
ing upon a stump and begging
the mob not to resort to any such
brutality, but to let the man be
tried and executed according to
law. But Col. Clark was ord cred
to keep his mouth shut or he
would get into trouble himself.
cat this time a match was
struck and the funeral pyre igni-
ted. The fuel being very dry, it
at once blazed forth, and for the
first time the murderer realized his
doom. He cast a most appealing
look at his tormentors and ex-
claimed aloud:
"'Great God, white folks! You
amt going to burn a man alive?
"He was answered with jeors
from the crowd, and fresh fuel
was thrown ON the blaze. 1t was
a most horrible sight. never want
to witness such another scene, for
it haunted me for years afterward.
While the negro did not speak
again, | could see that he was suf-
fering all the agonies Of the
damned. The flames would raise
great blisters on his flesh, and
these woul ,on burst. His
body and limbs would brown and
wither. His contortions were
horrible. He tried like q mad
man to tear himself loose from
the chains, and would squirm and
writhe about i'll great agony. A
sickening odor Of burning flesh
foated in the air. At last all
struggles ceased. More brush
was heaped around the now dead
body, and finally cremation began.
The limbs would burn off and fall
to the ground, and the head drop
ped from the shoulders. AT
length pile of charred flesh was
all that was left of living human
body. This was raked up in a
heap, with sticks and pine-knots
and chunks of wood heaped there
on. At last it was supposed that
everything was consumed, but 1t
is said that the next day a curl
Gus neighbor passed the spot, and
raking in tho ashes found the
murderer's heart shriveled and
dried, but still unburned. He dug a
hole at the root of the tree and
buried il"
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
MOTHER, MAY / SLUG THE UNI
PRE-?

The following lines are dedica
.ad 10 the lovers cf baseball al
over the country without any ex
ira charge:
Mother, may slug the umpireS
Nav slug him right away,
so he cannot he there, mother,
When the club begins to play?
Le, me clasp his throat, dear mother,
In dear, delightful grip,
With one hand and the other
bat him several on the lip.
10, me climb his frame, dear mother,
While the happy people shout;
~, not kill him, dearest mother
I will only knock him out.
Let me mop the ground up. mother,
With his person, dearest do;
n The ground can stand it, mother,
don't see WHY you can't too.
Mother. may slug the umpire
Slug him right between the eyes?
n You'll act me do it, mother,
You shall have the champion prize.
Washington Critic.
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09

Malaria! The very mention Of II Is n
nightmarel Whoever has suffered from
this bligllting disease knows what a
dread scourge it is, and how ii seems
almost impossible TO eradicate it from
the system. SMITHS BILE BEANS
will most surely destroy the germs Of
Malaria, and afford permanent reicif.
Dose, ono bean. 25 cents per bottle.
For Salc by all druggists and dealersln
medicine, or sent postpaid ON receipt Of
price, 10 any part Of the country.
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09

A good nurse is a blessing to
every family, and all sensible
nurses recommend that innocent
but effectual remedya for all the
pains and ills that oefall a baby
DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup. Price 25
cents.
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
CURE FOnslCK HEADACHE,

For proof that DR.. Gums Liver
Pills cures Sick Headache, ask
your Druggi-t for free trial pack
age. Only one for dose. Regular
size boxes, % jconts. Sold by w. G.
Kendrick.
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
STARTLING BUT TRUE.

WILLS POINT, TEXAS, Dec, l 1885.
After suffering for more than
three years with disease of the
throat and lungs, | was so low last
spring | was entirely unable to do
ANYTHING, and mv,cough was so bad
| scarcely slept any ats.night. My
Druggist, Mr.. II. i. Goodnight,
sent me \ trial bottle of DR.. Bo-
sanko's Cough and Lung Syrup
II found relief. and af-
ter using six 81 90 bottles, | was
entir ely cured.
J. NJ. WELDEN.
Sold by W. G. Kendriek.
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09

"May your troubles only be lit
tie ones, and may you always have
DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup handy"
said an old bachelor to q newly
married couple.
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
CORRESPONDENCE.

Correspondence containing items OF
carrent local news. briefly told, is earnest
ly solicited from all sections Of the county.
The columns Of the JOURNAL will be al-
ways open to free discussion of any sub
isct touching the general welfare of our
people or country.
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09

Mr.. Cleveland is one President
who is living up to his promises
made in his letter of acceptance
and his inaugural address.
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
The Ishmaellte,s Incredulity.

The Sparta Ishmaelite thinks
Atlanta's prosperity has been
wonderfully overstatod, or a world
of lies is told now. 1t says:
"Our credulity is not equal to
the strain of believing that a city
of foundries and factories, of
schools and colleges, of churches
and charitable institutions, of
mammoth mercantile establish
ments and live, progressive jour
malls, is threatened with IN ,ral and
ISaterial desolation simply be-
cause the average red-nosed patri-
OF cannot lay the dust in his sep
ulchural throat, three or thirty
times a day, with barroom fluids.
1t is not hard to believe that the
old guzzler whose hands are Sha-
Ky. whose feet are shambiing,
whose head feels mountainous
without and cAvernous within,
whose threat is as dry as the dust
of forty generations of Pharaohs,
should think that not only Allan
ia but also the whole prohibition
earth outside of it is parched
and withered and desolate because
he finds it hard work to wet his
arid wastes with firewater, but it
isn't worth the while for him to
ask less diStempered being than
himself to believe it. The red
eyed patriot of the dusty throat
and par boiled stomach will pass
on. He cannot find a sympathiz-
ing or believing audience here"
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
= MONDAY,
September 9Th, 1886.

THE above tuition will, in every case,
be due at the end of each scholastic month
- the incidental fee at the end of the first
month.
Tuition will be charged for each pupil
from lime Of entering school till close Of
term, and no deduction will DC made for
lost time except in case of protracted sick
ness and IN 10 case for less time than two
weeks.
Board in good families can be had at $40
per month,
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09

chattanooga has elected color
~ man clerk of the circuit court
9y l'49s majority. His name is
S"lln James Irvine; was born a
S'ove IN Virginia; worked as a
,. ,afm hand in Alabama; afterwards
,"Sa worked as a railroad engineer and
~. 'a.aTciilnist. He has served as con-
"."ole o., tor three or four years,
.n Wen place he will give up TO o c.
o"ny o'y The responsible Office ~ cic-
'''' clerk Of Hamilton county.
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09
Put 1t Together.

Rev. 7. Dewitt Talmage says:
Gather up the money
that the working classes have
spent for rum during the last
thirty years, and I will build for
every working man a house, and
lay out for him a garden, and
ciothe his sons in broadcloth and
dress his daughters in silks, and
stand at his front door q span of
pranclng sorrels or bays, and Sc
cure him life policy of life in
surance SO that the present home
my be well maintained after he
Is dead. The most persistent,
most overpowering enemy to the
working classes is intoxicating
hquor. It's the anarchist of the
centuries, it has boycotted and is
now boycotting the body and
soul of of American labor. It is
70 1t a worse foe thin monopoly
and worse than associated capital.
~ annually swindles industry out
ot a large percentage Of its earn
ahgs. 1t holds out it's blasting
solicitations to the mechanic OF
operative on his way to work,
and at the noonspell and on his
way home at eventide, or Satur.
"ay' when the wages are paid, il
Snatches large part of the money
mat might come to the family and
sacrifices it for whiskey."
The Dawson journal., 1886-09-09

ALL accounts are payable on demard.