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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-14
N!HERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue Of an Execution and Fee Bill No. SOS
issued ont of the clerks Office Of the circuit court
of Rock Island county, and state Of Illinois, and
to me directed, whereby am commanded to make
the amount Of a certain Judgment recently OBJ
tanned against The Eureka Coal and Mining Com
pany, in favor of Morton l.. Marks, out OF the
lands, tenements, goods and chattels of the said
defendant, The Eureka Coal and Mining Compa
n.y. have levied upon the following property, to-
wit:
The unexpired time of ten year lease, dated
0c' ober 10th, 1883, on the VIZ of ne quarter of
section IL, in township II, one west Of 4th p. M
given by Alexander W. Jamierson to W. X. Shep-
ard, and by him assigned to The Eureka Coal and
Mining Company, all in the county Of Rock Isl
and and state of Illinois.
Therefore, according to said command. shall
expose for sale, at public auction, all the right,
title and interest Of the above named, The Eure-
ka &C al and Mining Company, in and to the above
described property, on Thursday, the 18th day of
April, 1886, at O'Clock, 2. NJ, at the north door
of the Court House in the city Of Rock Island,
in the county OF Rock Island and state Of ILL.,
nois, for cash in hand, TO satisfy said execution
and fee bill.
Dated at Rock Island this s6th day Of March, A.
d., 1856.
JOHN M. RETICKER
m"6-dtd Sheriff OF Rock Island County.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-14

The average length OF life is on the in
crease. The science of medicine has made
great progress; many diseases are now
controlled that were formerly thought in
durable. The greatest discovery is DIR.
Bigelow's Cure, which cures consump,
ton in stages that other remedies are of
no benefit Coughs, colds, Group, whoop-
ing cough, bronchitis, and all throat and
lung diseases speedily and safely. Price,
80 cents and 81, of druggists.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-14
AZ CORRUPTED MS MASTER.


lSouihern Bivouacl
a wel-to-do old farmer, in one Of the best
conn les OF middle Tennessee, owned large
number of slaves, and among them an old
iarkey about his own age, and whom he
Lad known all his life. In fact, he was one
of I'll" "ol family negroes" brought out
ir,H E,r-i iia. OH "ssa,n' was faithful.
jr'il' r. allure, Il gr At f1vhr.ts with Iii
raj =. .iu a SORT u. privileged eharac OF
al t!'' Iantsta.ioa Tho ,ld fellow was III.
dn'-I tt an / exemplary in hi, behavior all
tho year round, except during the period
calling from the time when roasting ear:
began to ripen and the earliest appearance
of frost Sam was invariai ly seized at thai
period with an invincibie idea to run
away. Ii required as regularly as a tit Of
shay fever" was as incurable, and like that
unpleasant disorder could only be treated
10y change of air and locality.
Sam, understanding this, preferred &c
take his case in Lis own hands and admins.
tor the treatment in his own discretion. OF
course, in such a case, the usual punishment
'e"iicted On Runaway nigger,' was not &c
DO thought of. Remonstrance was un.
availing Sam declared: He jes' couldn't
No p hissef," and it became settled and
under stood arrangement that be should go
End that the neighhorhood should condone
his raids on corn lisll, and potato patches.
After many such Q. capades, his old master
asked him an one occasion, when the matte,
wa under discussion:
Sam do You really enjoy running away p
Deed. Marse John" said Sam. "i does
Hits lie moa,' fun in lie wurr. Coon huntin
amt no wh;srs to hit
"Well. then,' said Marse John, "ju lei
me know the next time you take a notion Il
start, and lll go with you, and try it q
whiie nay elf"
Sure enough, in due season Sam came up
saying:
ole Mar>e, de times mighty nigh whom
'tleeged 10 lite cut Et you guine wild me
You better lie gettin' ready, fer when dc
'ma comai got t, go qui-k"
'Od Marse" Kept bright look ont. an
when Sam started he was on hand.
They had a deli htful time They fishe
occasionally, caught 'po sum robbed orch
ards AMI watermelon and potato patches
picked blackberriea for recreation, and
haunted Tho greenest and shadiest nooks o
lie forest, all Of which Sam knew well
"Oid Mare had never enjoyed a summer
so much. II fact he was so much please
that regularly afterwarl be accompanied
Sam when the latter went into an annual
retreat At length Sam died. The oia
master grieveI for him sorely, lie wa SAL
also over the reflection that his summer
pa time would in future he delial hia
iint tie anhzem,ht of all his friends, ana
not loss has own, when roastin ,-0ar t.tnt
came again, The fit sezed him AS sirans Z.
'.ver, AMI he ran away by himself
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-14
(,HANCERY NOTICE.
eTATE OF ILLINOIS,

tTATE o F ILLINOIS,
Rock Island County,
In the c'rcuit court 10 the May term, 1876
Cornelius II. Smith VS.. Adolph NJ. L. Lowe, J. L.
Perry and Charles II Ohge.-In Chancery.
AffidavitOf nom residence Of Aldolph NJ. l.. Lowe
and ID. Perry impeaded with the above def l.
Gants hayin. been file in the clerks office Of The
circuii corr, of said county. notice is therefore
hereby given to the said non PRESIDENT defen-
dants that the complainant fled hls bill of com
paint in said court, OF the chancety side thereof.
on the I'D day of March lSS6 and that thereupon
a summons issued CT OF said conrt. wherein said
suit is now pending, returnahle on the first Mon
day in the month Of May next, as is by law re-
qnired, Now unless You, the said nonresident
defendants above named, Adolph NJ. l.. Lowe and
j. u. Perry. shall personally be and appe n before
said circuit court on the first day Of the next
term thereof to be holden AT Rock Island in and
for the said county, on the first Monday in May
next and plead. answer or denur to the said
compartments bill Of complaint. the same and
the matters and things therein charged and stated
will be taken as confessed, and a decree entered
agaist you according TO the prayer of said bill.
+. H. BOWMAN. il. Clerk.
Rock Island, II inois, March BEND, 1885.
NJ VI. CuRBETT, Compt's sol.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-14
A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.
Estate Of Almira d Holt, Deceased

Hs0t'7 Ut zfITTFITH II II'IV' Ut VaEVU
The undersigned, having been appointed Ad
ministra or of The estate of Amra ~. Holt, late
Of the county of Rock Island state Of Illinois,
deceased, hereby gives notice that he will appear
before the county court Of Rock island county,
at the office OF the clerk of said court, in the city
of Rock Island. at the April term. the Third
Monday in April next. al which time all persons
having claims against said estate are notified and
requested 10 ate nd for the purpose of having the
same adj u-ted. All persons indebted to said es-
tate requested To MAKE immediate payment 10
the undersigned.
Dated this 9TH day Of March A. D., 1856.
WI LIAM +. GILMORE,
NIL Administrator
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-14
H0Ck ISLAND 4: PEORIA
RAILW AY.
SHORTEST ROUTE To THE
EAST AND SOUTH

Trains leave Rock island
tO0 a. m. Way Freight.
3.b Fast Express.
10 p. nj. Mail and Express
i 10 Through Freight and Accommodation
Trains arrive ut Rock Island:
80 IN. Through Freight and Accommodation
2, u -. IN. Mail aud Express
SO f." Fast Express.
ttp Way Freight
The FAST EXPRESS, leaving Rock island at s. 30
N. arrives at Peoria % p. ~, ut Springfield
i..5 y. at Decatur 4uUp. M, Jacksonville 90
p m, Alton 20 =. m, st Louis S.I5 p. m. and
rerrc Hagte ll.55p. NJ, Tue SAME DAY Making
this the BEsr aud QUICKEST route to all points
southeast.
The 100 .. IN. lrlin makes close connection NJ
iava with q. b. N l., for points west; arriving at
Giaesbnrg at LIS p. M, at burlington $40 D. m NJ
kcokuk 1925 p. M, and at Quincy lU.05 u. m
Arriving ht Peoria at 30 r. M, making close
connections with the |. d. N " and r. f. Il "
for indianapolis, connecting there with all fast
rains for the east und sonth
~ FAST III ME SURE CONNECTIONS ana
rates IA low ~ by any other route.
K. r.. CABIN, e. &. : fOCkHOJSE
uen'l Supt. Gcn'l Tkt Art.
The 81 D. IN. Accommodation leaves every day
except SUNDAY.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-14

A congress of skat players (''skat' is a
game of cards which has supplanted al
other scientific card games in Germany
will be held at Altenburg, from Aug. IA
to Aug. Is next.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-14

Fashionable people on Murray Hi, New
York, employ man by the year to feed
and take care If their cats
New York Star: The best way to stop
breach of promise suits is for the girls not
~ consider them selves engaged until they
nv I,a--ir
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-14

AT hanging in Texas last wcel
friends of the deceased took up col
lection TO defrsy the expenses of high
toned burial.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-14

Tarcntum, northeast OF Pitts burg, is thu
second in importance of the city's gas
fields. 1t is Il thriving little town planted
in magnificent valley, bounded by pic,
urc>que balls, which extend for miles IN
sltlier direction, following the course OF the
neautiu Alles hany river Through ths
discovery OF natural gas the valley for
distance OF four miles has been den,ely
populated In reality, it is SO extansivel,
decorated with factorie; and dwellings that
the observer, unacquaintei with tbs facts.
would pronounce Tarentum AMI its thr,s
'eghhoring Villages ons municipality TIE
Bun Creek valley, north of the town a short
distance, is studded with the derricks 81
natural gas we'll. From these wells the
'arge't plata glass factory aud the largss,
salt works in the United States receive
their supply of full Each factory own a
we'll the product of which is more than i
required. AM the other walls convey their
pr,t!uct through pipes to itt,bur5 The
plate glass works. now covering eight acres,
sill LES double that s:Ss a year henca, a.
new works are being con ,tructsl by tina
tirni
Passenger who ride among the derrick
railroads Of western Pennsylvania wiul
viii e surprised, if the journey DO at night,
to see mIrIads of spectral, banner-llle flame,
waving IN the cool ni.nt air AMI casting
wierd and shaduwy pictures on the hillsiiss
and the valleys 1t is a fairylani. Night
is turned into day. On dark night Pitts
burg can trace its gas fields by the lurii
glare in the skies that overhangS the wav.
ing flames. The nisnv industrial towns OF
we,tarn Pennsylvania have this same ruby
sky suspended over then. The oil towns
that were nearly abandoned when the sup
ply of petroleum failed have assumed new
life since the introduction of natural ga.
into their languishing industries. Capital
lists are fast centering about these gas cen
tiers. There are Butler. Titusville, Bra1
ford Newt Castle, Rochester, and n scort
more of gas towns which are rapidly devsi
oDino into manufacturing csnters
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-14
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.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-14

az For notices in reference to Special Excnr
rOus, chlnses Of time, and other items Of interest
In connection with the Chicago, Milwaukee St
this paper
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-14
TEE GAS FEVER.

People came many miie5 to sss the won.
ierful phenomenon. A syndicate offered
800 900 for it in ca-h AMI were refused
Property owner Of the F. asst End took tho
gas fever and talkei of putting down ga'
wells among their fl1wer beds Within
week after the great Washington gusher
was struck preparations were being made ta
put down half dozen wells in the neigh
| borhood. BY August We>tins house well
No. had touched the gas, and only 10 bring
sore disappointment TIL, volume of gas
sent out by it did not bear comparison with
the great gusher near it.
Meanwhile the latter la / continued light
ins the heavens with its flame and burning
hoe in the darkness, but there began to
he noticeable diminutioa of its volume
Its owner thou sht the gas vein had
been impaired in some way, and hal it
torpsioel with only a temporary i'm
provement BY this time the beautiful res
ident places of the ga t end were ,lotte
with derrckS, and many dancing drill, hur-
ried on to thu unexpiorei re- ions of the
earth in their search for the much de ,;rel
gas Seventeen wells in all were pnt down,
and the re ut was failure; $4,000 would
hardly cover the cost of drilling each well
The piping expenses, to-. were considerable,
| ani were almost u complies loss.
To-day ut FIVE wells produce gas that is
worth collecting. The total amount pro.
tlnce by them is insi, nfcant In one day
| they do not yield a. much gas rs the great
We tinghou7e giIsher dil during it fir
month in ohb ii tif iut. It i now lttls
moro than year since the Homa WOOD ter
ritoy was first discovered, yet during that
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-14
NATURAL GAS.
THREE TERRITORIES WHICH SUPPLY
THE CITY OF PiTTsBURG.
The Wonderful Westinghouse Gusier =
MurraysvlIe's Reservoir OF Free Fuel
--Tarentum and ITS Three Neigh-
boring Villa res -Gia,. WORKS.


New York Iimes
Three distinct err.tor4s sun ,iy 7 t. hur;
with natural "a H NAV 80. 80 ari -
cratic distri.tJ, tha city; M ray ,viile, six
teen miles t. tho east. an Tarentum,
twenty miles to the northeast Homewoo
has a history which reads like the romance
Of a mining camp or an oil town. No tinan-
cial venture promised greater profits than
the city's gas field, and yet fe " have beea
such complete disappointmentS
When gas was struck on the beautiful
grounds of George Westinghouse on May
2S, 1884, it was confidently as erted by OK
pertS in drilling that the whole East Liberty
valley Of the city was underlaid with a
great aud practically inexhaustible supply
Of natural gas. The Westinghouse guSher
predicted all this and even more The fnrce
Of the gas fiowin. from it was so strong AS
TO battle any attempt at measure ment The
sound of its roaring coul lie heard dis
tinctly four miles away IT. flame, tower
inc for 100 feet in the air, illuminated tho
surrounding country for many miles and
turned night into day The we'll that was
drilled to supply the wants of Mr. We ,tin,-
hou es private 10 ,ilenee was large enough
Co furnish fuel for a half dozsa of tile
large It rolling
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-14

For mlps time tables, rates Of passage aud
freight, etc, apply to the nearest station agent
OF the Chict gp, Milwaukee Il st. Paul Railway or
10 any RAILROAD agent anywhere IN the Undcd
States or IaunII
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-14
THE
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE,
AND ST: Paul
RAILWAY COMPANY.

owns and operates nearly 5000 miles Of thor
ghly equipped road in Illinois, Wisconsin Iowa
Minnesota and Dakota.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-20
A Fatal Ring.

The VoIloire tells d story of a GER
tain fatal ring worn by the late King
Of Spain. Amongst the presents
which Don Alfonso gave to bis first
wife, Donna Mercedes, there was a
magnificent ring, ornamented with a
lsrge black pearl encircled with dia-
monds. The Queen wore it until
the day of her death. The young
King, af.er the loss of his first wife.
presented the ring 10 his sister, the
lnfanta Pillar, who also wore it until
she died. The superstitious may
easilv have suspected, in such land
as Spain, that the ring itself was not
wholly uncOGDected with the rapid
ly successive deaths Of the two beau
tiful Young ladies who had worr it.
The King would not give it to
third lady, but he wore it himself
until he also died Queen Christina
who drew the ring from the finger of
the dead monarch, debated for
a while whether she would herself
wear it in memory of him or would
place it among the historic family
Jewels. She decided to take the lat
ter course. A satirical fellow w-coun-
tryman of Cervantes, in the Spanish
Court is reported to have asked
"Why did not her Majesty send that
ring to Don Carlos ?" To which an
other courtier replied: The Pie
tender would have marched straight
TO the pawnbroker's with it. and so
it would have tailed to produce the
result so desirable for Spain"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-20
Exploring New Guinea.

I Capt. Everell's expedition to New
Guinea, which was reported to have
( been massacred, has returned home
without the loss of man. Like
Livingstone, on one occasion the
twelve whites in this party were re-
ported by runaway servants to have
been killed by natives. The expedi-
ton, which was organized on an un-
usually large scale, and contained
enough collectors and specialists 10
man three or four exploring parties,
appears from the meagre reports
that have reached us to have been
comparatively unsuccessful The
explorers, however, visited eonsid-
cradle new country, and demonstrate
ed that the interior of New Guinea,
after the very wide belt of malarial,
marshy Jungle of the coast is passed,
is well worth the efforts that are be-
ing made 10 penetrate its secrets.
After steamiDg for 11O miles in
their little vessel up the Fly River,
which D'Albertis, in 1876, navigated
nearly 500 miles, they found who'll
ly unknown tributary, which they
ascended for about 800 miles in a
northeasterly direction, until they
reached range Of mountains. On
their return to the Fly River they
mounted that stream for some dis
tance further. and reached a splen-
didly grassed and mountainous re-
gion. Unfortunately their supplies
were giving out, and they were oblig
ed to return home without exploring
the best and most interesting part of
the country they had seen.
They say the natives in the interi-
or are very numerous and treacher-
Gus, but are easily frightened. In
one place they gathered by thous-
ands on the river bank, arrayed in
waI-paint, and evidently prepared
to attack the party. Three terrific
blasts from the steamers whistle
sent them scurrying into the woods,
leaving hundreds of bows and ar
rows and other implements of war
behind them. They assert that the
party was strong enough to keep a
thousand natives at bay, and that
they were in no danger of being
massacred. They have brought
back with them twenty new birds
and large variety OF curious and
beautiful insects. The naturalists,
however, regret that they kept to
the water instead of taking to the
mountains, where much richer col
lections would have been found.
The return of this party will only
whet the appetite for more intorma-
ton about the interior of this vast
island, which is believed to be a
comparatively elevated plateau,
hemmed III by mountain ranges
Mr.. Forbes, the we'll known travel
Ter, is now pushing toward the cen
tral regions from the south, in COM
pany with Mr.. Chalmers, the intre-
pid missionary, who has done more
than any one man to explore the
southern regions.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-20
a Boston Girl Not spoiled by EIa,tery.

Miss Wipslow, the American beau
ty who has been dividing with Miss
Chamberlain the admiration OF the
gay world of Homburg, belongs to
well-knOwn Boston family. Her
father was the late George >. Wins
low. the wealthy dry goods mereh-
ant, and her mother IS a member of
the Roxbury family of Train, of
which the late EnOch Train was In
his day a conspicuous representative.
The Winslows used to live in the
swell-frOnt brick house on BOyleston
street, opposite the Common, which
is now tenanted by the Boston Whist
Club. They lived elegantly, but not
ostentatiously. Their parlors were
adorned with choice paintings and
engravings, and their receptions
were in the best taste. Miss Wins
low, W ho Is handsome blonde, liked
10 draw around her literary and
artistic society, and among the art
lists and men of letters who were
most frequently met with in her
drawing rooms were Rowse, whose
erayon heads have gained him such
a wide reputation, and Henry james,
whose novels have made their mark
in two continents. One of Rowe's
best Efforts was the likeness of two
children's heads Of SURPRISING beau
ty, one Of which crowns the shout
ders of Eleanor Winslow, the "Bos-
ton beauty" whose attractions have
been acknowledged in the most fas-
tidious courts Of Europe. She is tall
and stately in her person, with reg
ular features and the air that people
call aristocratic. She came nat
urally by her personal attractions
through her mother, whose portrait,
painted by Porter before be bad be-
come fashionable. preserves the feat
ures of one OF the most beautiful
women the Hub has known. Miss
Winslow has been well brought up
and is not spoiled by attentions
which would turn the head of ordi-
nary girls.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-20
Hawthorns's Modesty.

| once saw Hawthorne under cir
cumstances that had a touch of the
ludicrous. Ii was at commence
ment dinner given under tent on
the campus" of Bowdoin College,
Of which institution. it will be re-
membered. he was a graduate in
1925. Longfellow being his classmate.
Hawthorne had secured the high
place which he ever after held in the
republic Of letters, and it was deem
ed a great thing that his presence
had been secured To grace the festive
occasion. When the time came for
the speeches, everybody rejoiced at
the prospect of hearing Hawthorne.
Bowdoin was Justly proud Of her
gifted son, and to see him, ard es-
pecially to listen to him, was an
event not soon to be forgotten. In
fitting terms the president, Leonard
Woods, Jr, announced the next
speaker, our distinguished son and
most welcome guest. and. as be pro-
ceeded in his laudatory terms, nat
urslly all eyes were turned away for
the moment from the guest to the
speaking host.
Finishing his remarks, the presi-
dent called for a speech from Ma
thsniel Hawthorne Every body
looked to the spot where Just now
"the distinguished son and welcome
guest" bad been sitting. But be was
not there. While the president bad
been lavishly pouring out his prais-
es, and extolling the wonderful gifts
of this eminent progeny of alma ma
ter, he had quietly lifted the can
vas of the tent, crept out and gone
to parts unknown My recollec-
tion is that there was hearty laugh
over the matter, and everybody said
it was Just like Hawthorne, who
dreaded making an after dinner
speech more even than he did the
critics. His constitutional shyness
never forsook him. long as be lived.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-20
curious Christian Names.

"What name that young man
has" 4" said a clergyman yesterday to
-gatherer as the person in
dicated left his presence
What is it?"
"E. P. Baxter, he writes it. Moth
ing remarkable about that, but what
an amount Of foolish patriotism Is
concealed in these initials. The
young man was born on January 3,
1868, and his parents named him
Emancipation Proclamation Baxter
IN honor Of the occasion.
That's pretty Dad"
Yes. but there are some parents
with cranky ideas on the subject of
naming children One boy | chris
tened Perseverance Jones. en-
deavored to dissuade the father, but
he said the child's mother was called
Patience, and he saw no reason why
he should not be called Perseverance,
because the two always go together.
Within few PAGES of the graves OF
Deborah and Bepjs min Franklin, in
the old cemetery at Fifth and Arch
streets, there is headstone bearing
the inscription, Sacred TO the mem
ory of S. l.. L. Lloyd II the own
er of that name were living now his
friends would probably call him
'Celuloid ; | had a colored man,
named Alexander, doing some work
around here once. | used to hear
the other woIkmen call him 'Trib'
and Hole, and it occurred TO me
one day to ask him what his name
was.
'Tribulation Wholesome Alexan-
der, sab. he replied.
1t may have been some relative
of his who came to rae with twins to
have baptized.
"What names will you call them,
madam ?'' | asked.
"Cherubim and Seraphim,' re-
piled the mother
why ?' l asked, in astonish-
ment
'Becase, she said, de pra'r book
says de cherubiun and seraphim con-
tinually do cry, an desc yere chil'en
do muffin else.'
The Ne,cs-gather edged towards
the door, and. when he got into the
lobby, shouted "Chestnuts," and
skipped down Phila. Daily
NeUs.