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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

The firm OF Coke Bros & Co. Of Pail
adephis, have notified the residents and
property owners residing on their leased
land on the Beaver Meadow tract that
after April l no intoxicating beverages
can be sold, and no saloons or hotels
where liquor is offered for sale or unli-
censed places will be tolerated,
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09
A photograph of the American brct

A photograph of the American brcech-
loading rifle gun which has successfully
passed. the ordeal at Sandy Hook repres-
ents it rs looking like an immense cham
payne bottle. 1T makes louder pop,
however" says the Boston Transcript,
"as with 265 pounds of powder it sends
a projectile weighing 800 pounds whiz-
zing at the rate of 1910 feet per second =
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

The best on earth can truly be said OF
Grigg's GlYcerine Salve, which is sure.
safe and speedy cure for cuts, bruises
scalds, burns wounds and all other sores
Will positively cure piles, letter and all
skin eruption. Try this wonder healer
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refund.
ed. Only 25 cents. Sold by druggists.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

"To the toboggan slide" read the signs
attached tn n sleigh that led u funeral
train at Saratoga The solemn process
sion had proceeded about Two yards " hen
Il bystander called attention TO the prints
ed cards, which were quickly removed by
the driver
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09
FROM THE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. New
ORJEANs.)

"A general complaint. that spare;
neither class nor condition of person, i,
seated in the liv er 1t may be truly sait
this Is our national disease. and it gives
us great pleasure to hear or read the ties
limony OF persons of well known veracity
and intelligence to the value of Simmons
Liver Regulator as Il remedy. The testi-
mony of SO many friends satisfies us thai
this is one of the exceptions to the gen
eral humbuggery of medical specialties.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

A fond father was greatly surprised the
other day to find that his daughter, who
had been attending tine public schools of
Louisville. KY. for number of years,
had never heard of General Robert f.
Lee
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

II have Athlophoros in stock and have
ordered 1t two or three times. Parties
to whom 1t has been sold speak very
highly of it," druggist Z. P. Marsh Of
Neenah, WIS, writes, recounting bis ex-
perience in handling the remedy FOR
rheumatism and neuralgia.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

The properties of Mishler's Herb Bit
tiers are wholly medicinal. 1t is COM
pounded on scie ntific principles upon a
German formula 200 years old Clergy
men, temperance people, and all Other
classes who oppose strong drink on prin-
ciple, endorse and recommend our grea,
household remedy. 1t is a sure cure for
kidney and liver complaints.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

One of the novel sights seen about the
docks on a recently morning, observes ii
Jacksonville, Florida, paper, was a
schooner discharging a part of its cargo
here, which consisted of orange crate
material manufactured in Baltimore ont
of Florida yellow pine, which had been
shipped from Jacksonville previously in
hulk
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

No dwelling has been burned in the
city proper of Concord, n IL, during
the last thirteen years, and in no instanle
has the damage to that class of property
exceeded 81 GOO. it is stated
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09
MRS. L. L. PEDDfCoRp


Pea; Madam Il j. row over two years since yn.
cnrsi me Of i K headaches which had unnibp
q years | also had pains in nv back and LcIwecr
my shoulders; | still feel we'll and hearty, wei q,
lH@ more lhan ever in my life, for which ! Zee,
very grateful To yon and wish you alp success
any person doubling this will please address me
ho1ss with respect
MRS t. L PFDlfJ OkD
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09
hOsFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE

MARKED BENEFIT IN INDIGESTION.
DIR. A. L. Hall, Fair Haven, N. Y,
says: Have prescribed it with marked
benefit in indigestion and urinary trou,
bles."
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09
AN uSFoRTUNarE PERSON.

The most unfortunate person in the
world is one afflicted with SIGH headache,
but they will at once be relieved by using
DR.. Leslie's Special Prescription. See
advertisement in another column.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

A manuscript epitaph in the possession
of an Italian reads: Here lies Salvino
Armoto dArmati, of Florence, the in
ventor of spectacles. May God pardon
his sins. The year 1878"
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09
SCIENTIFIC TRUTH!
Regarding The Functions OF an I'm.
p0rtant Organ,
or Which the Public Knows hut Little
Worthy Careful Consideration.

To the Editor OF the Scientific American:
Win you permit us 10 make known to
the public the facts we have learned DUR
ing the past s years, concerning disor-
ders of the human kidneys and the or
gaus which diseased kidneys so easily
break down? You are conducting n
scientific paper, and are unprejudiced ex-
cept in favor OF Truth. 1t is needless to
say. no medical journal of Code" stand
ing would admit these facts, for very oh
vious reasons.
II, II. WARNER & Co.,
Proprietors Of Warmers Safe Cure u
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

WASHINGTON City, Feb. 9-Cameron. Of
Pennsylvania, has introduced in the senate
a bill to promote the foreign trade Of the
tDited States and encourage the increase Of
the American merchant marine 1t
recite5 in a preamble that all the
imi ortaEt commercial nations OF the
world have found it necessary to
extend government aid in some form to de
velGp and protect their ocean carrying
trade, and provides that vessels owned or
controlled by Americans under certain
claSsitications named in the bill, shall be en-
ritlel to receive from the secretary
Of the treasury compensation, and as
part consideration therefor carry
without further charge whatever,
mail matter may be delivered to them from
time to time for transportation by the 20, T.
MASTER general Under the bill the rates of
compensation run from to cents per
nautical mile, and are to he computed by
the shortest route. No payments for
ocean postal services are to be made
after Jan. l, 1887 to any vessels other than
those covered by this act The last clause
of the measure provides that after Jan. !.
1905, the rates of compensation shall be re-
dueed annually 10 per cent, 50 that by
Jan. |, 1918, compensation shall entirely
cease
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

MIR. FERDINAND WARD must be aston>
ished and somewhat grieyed when lie
learns that his friend. James D. Fish, can
come to New York at indefinite periods
and enjoy himself at the cost of some>
thing like $50 day.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

Officials of the U. s. Treasury Depsrt>
ment the head of the Baltimore custom
house and postoffice all indorse Salvation
Oil Price twenty five cents.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

The Methodist woman's missionary So
ciety, in Indiana, is about to start news
paper in the interest of the Tzenana mis-
sion, and $35, 600 has been raised for the
purpose
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09
FACT FROM THE CAPITAL
WESTERNERS PETITIoNING AGAINST
COMMISSIONER SPARKS RULINGS.
sherman Intimates That the Senate Ha7
Right to Those Papers-A Proposition
to Investigate Banks and Butler-An
Opportunity for Capital Movers.

to Investigate Banks and Butler-An
Opportunity for Capital Movers.
WASHINGTON Cry, Feb a-The chair laid
before the senate Monday number of com
manicatons, also a memorial of the lecisla
ture of Mississippi favoIing the Eads ship
railway scheme; referred A num-
Der of petitions were presented
praying for the opening up to settlement Of
the Oklahoma lands; also a memorial of the
Kansas legislature (by Plumb, setting forth
that the course of Land Commissioner
Sparks in indiscriminately and Indefinitely
suspending land titles was working great
hardship to bonaiide settlers in that state,
and urging congress to take such steps az
may deemed necessary to secure the earliest
practicable settlement OF the questions in
volved Referred
Hoar from privileges, and elections re
ported favorably bill fixing the time for
meeting of congress in 1887 and every sec
ond year thereafter on the first Monday in
October, and in 1886 and every second year
thereafter on the second Monday i'll Novem-
Der.
At 3:45 p. M, during a discussion on the
Eu It's resolution about the refusal to receive
silver dollars at the New Orleans sub treas,
| ury Sherman took the floor in advocacy of
the resolution He aid such inquiry directed
by the senate to the head of department
was entirely regular; that tn senate had IS
perfect right 10 have acce IS to the exc utiva
files as the president could have, and the pa
pers on this subject, as well as tho 20 relat-
ing to appointments removals and all othes
| subjects, should be furnished when called
| for This remark pre,iptate1 a Iunnin
| partisan debate upon the question Of the
| presidents furnishing papers to the senate
relating t. appointments and suspense ms of
/, federal officers.
Ingalls,, from the committee on rules,
made an adverse report ON Platt's resolution
providing for the consideration OF executive
nominations in open sonata
Plat said he would hereafter take occa-
| sion to submit 10 the ;cnat5 the reasons
| which, in his Judgment, rake i desirable
| that the senate should adopt his resolution,
notwithstanding the auverse report of the
| committee on rules
Blanchard of Louisiana, introduced a
| resolution in the house calling on the
| secretary of the treasury for statement oi
| all moneys or funds seized and collected by
| Gems. butl5r and Banks while in command
of the department OF the gulf during the
civil war; and particularly of all amounts
seized by Gen Banks under Order No 20.
| by United States officers in New Orlean,
from May, 1862, to May, 1853, together with
the disposition of the moneys and funds 81
seized and appropriated by the Uuited
States
| by G'Neil of Missouri, to create com
mission whose duty itshall be toreport upon
the material and intellectual progress made
| by the colored people since 1865.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

The Doctors Remarkable epta applying
e h gr e ~ n @ Is n fame u 81
nee
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

The house which Thomas A. Edison is
building for himself at Llewellyn Park,
N. j., will cost. complete, furniture and
all, over $500 600
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

In a cemetery in Ohio there is tomb
stone with the following inscription;
"Christiana Haae, died Feb. 81, 1869.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09
Second Letter from an Illinois Lady.

SEYMOUR, Champaign CO., Ill., June 1886
how have
and DR. Keck TO surprise and
neghbors doing of house work. after
of inability anything and much suffering Can
day without lying down those terrible bad feelings have
nearly all left nehr than life before
appetite and feel though life worth the living troubled
with that cold ard have long
less nights but sleep retire and sleep well all
night took the TRAN Seymour and Champaign DR.
kek short time returning home the and walked
from the depot eighth OF a mile house; this
thing for who had for been pronounced hopees ncuab
Mrs keck being the only who gave me hope People
have during that confined bed
they weud from the dead earnestly
ogoto Mrs Keck and by following her advise implicitly have
done they will, without doubt. be greatly benefited
wv ANnr
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

The greatest depth of the ocean is said
to be 7,70G fath0ms.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

A fourteen pound nugget of gold has
been found in Siberia.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09
MRS. R.kECK's iNFIRMARY,
Corner Sixth and Brady SITS, DAVENPORT, 10

Consultations and Examinations Diseases Speciales
Deafness, Throat and Lung Troubles Diseases the Live
Kidneys and all Female Complaints
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

The Mexican government supports 10,
600 public schools. with facilities equal to
many of our colleges.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09

New Rule for Small Importations.
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb 9-The secretary
of the treasury has received letter from
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-09
A Wealthy Resident Of Lincoln says.

The Pcmeucy following many
Similar could he Given, did Space Permit
The Dawson journal., 1886-06-17
kary's Little Lamb.

Mary had little sheep of COM
prehensive mind whenever Mary
took a car, it trotted on behind.
1t was festive little sheep with
short and active tail; its head SO
hard that it could butt the sliv-
ers off a rail.
And Mary thought tho world and
all cf this her woolly pet; she'd
let it follow anywhere, ON rainy
days or wet.
1t followed her down town one
day and gamboled on the street
and passers-by would stop to
say: swell, amt that mutton
sweet"
1t followed her O dozen blocks,
and then, among host of
horses feet and carriage wheels,
the little thing got lost.
And Mary hunted everywhere, in
quired of all the men, and final
ly began to think she'd ne'eI
see it again.
One day she took her little purse
and went to buy some meat, and
in some sausage that she bought
she found her darlings feet.
No more that little sheep will but
the latches off the door, or gam
boil on the pleasant green, o.
follow as of yore.
Chicago Tribune.
The Dawson journal., 1886-06-17
Most Excellent.

J. J. Atkins, Chief of Police,
Knoxville, Tenn, writes: "My
family and are bene ficiaries of
your most excellent medicine, DIR.
Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption; having found it to be
all that you claim for it, desire to
testify to its virtues. My friends
to whom | have recommended it,
praise it at every opportunity"
DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption is guaranteed to
cure Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis,
Asthma, Group and every Affection
of Throat, Chest and Lungf. Tri-
al bottles free at Crouch Bro. &
Drug Store. Large size, Sl.00.
The Dawson journal., 1886-06-17
A Tale of Love.

One quiet day in leafy June,
when bees and birds we're all in
tune, two lovers walked beneath
the moon. The night was fair, so
was the maid; they walked and
talked beneath the shade with
none to harm or make afraid.
Her name was Sal and his was
Jim, and he was fat and she was
slim ;he took to her and she took
to him.
Says Jim to Sal, "By all the
snakes that squirm among the
brush and brakes, l love you bet
ter than buckwheat cakes.''
Says she to Jim, "Since you've
begun it, l love you next to a new
bonnet"
Says Jim to Sal, "My heart you
have busted, but / have always
gals mistrusted."
Says Sal to Jim, II will be true.
If you love me like I love you, no
knife can cut our love in two"
Says Jim to Sal, Through
thick and thin, for your true lover
count me in; I'll court no other
gal again.
Jim leaned to Sal, Sal leaned to
Jim, his nose just touched above
her chin; four lips met-went-
ahem-ahem! And then-and
then and then. Q, gals! beware
Of men in June, and underneath
the silvery moon, when frogs and
Junebugs are in tune, lest you got
your name in the paper soon.
The Dawson journal., 1886-06-17
WAIT FOR NE.

Seaward runs the little stream
Where the WAGNER eools his team,
Where, between the banks of moss,
Stand the stepping stohes TO cross.
Der thom comes little maid,
Laughing, not bit afraid,
Mother, there upon the shore,
Crossed them safely just before.
This the little lassie's plea
Wait for me. wait for mc.
All, so swift the waters run
One false step twas all undone;
Little heart begins to beat,
Fearing for the little feet;
Som her fear will all be lost,
And the stepping stones are crossed
Three more on which to stand
Two more --onc more then on land
'Tis the little lassie's plea
Wait for me, wait for mel
All, for you my laughing lass,
When the years have come to pass,
May One still be near to guide,
While you cross Life's river wide,
When no helping hand is near,
None, if you should cal, to hear
Think, however far away,
Mother still knows alfyou soy,
Fen in heaven heeds you plea
Wait for me, wait for mel
The Dawson journal., 1886-06-17
People Who Eat Dog Meat .

Christian Glauser, residing at
Reading, Penn, is engaged in a
curious business. 1t is that Of
killing dogs and furnishing the
meat to certain families who eat
it. They consider it very palata-
be and healthy. He constantly
keeps in his yard a number of
dogs, which he fattens and kills
as he finds a demand for the meat
He also extracts the fat and sells
it to persons afflicted with colds,
rheumatism and affections of the
chest. He says: 81 often eat dog
meat; in fact, we have it on our
table. Why, fat dog, two or
three years old, makes the finest
kind Of meat. It is better than
lamb, veal, beef or pork. The
meat of a fat dog has a rich, deli
cate f~vor that everybody relishes
who tastes it, and there is no finer
looking meat than dressed dog.
When [ lived at home father
slaughtered big dogs and salted
down the hams and sides same as
pork, and we oil ate it same as
other meat, and liked it. l have
some in the house now. Will you
have q piece?"
The Dawson journal., 1886-06-17
An O.d Citizen Speaks.

Mr.. J. M. Norris, an old resi-
dent of Rome, Ga, says that he
had been badly troubled with
Kidney Complaint for a great
many years and with eczema for
three years; at times could scarce
ly walk ana had tried many reme-
dies without benefit, until he be-
gan taking Electric Bitters and
amounting his hands and feet with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. This
treatment afforded him great re-
lief and he strongly recommends
Electric Bitters to all who suffer
with Kidney Complaints, or need
a Blood Purifier. Sold by Crouch
Brothers.
The Dawson journal., 1886-06-17
A TERRIBLE DEATH.
A Young Lady Dies in Great Agony
from the Bite of q Rattlesnake.

Macon Telegraph.
The remains cs Miss Gertrude
Martin passed through Macon
last night on their way to Fort
Valley.
Miss Martin left Fort Valley
about n month ago to visit her sis
ter, Mrs. Oberry, in Tatnall coun-
ty. Her brother-in-law. Mr.. Ober-
ry, is of the firm of Oberry, Pea
cock e. Co., of Cochran. On
Tuesday evening Miss Martin, ac-
companied by her sister and an
other young lady, went to black
berry patch, about half mile
from the house, to pick blackber-
ries. About sundown, just as the
party was about to return home,
Miss Martin cried out that she
was bitten by snake. Her sister
ran to her, and pulling off the
shoe and stocking of the wounded
limb, saw only a slight sctratch as
if made by a pin. She 1T once
pplied her mouth to the bite and
tried to suck out the poison; but
the limb began swelling at rapid
rate. She stopped sucking and
taking her handkerchief tied it
around the leg just below the
knee.
In the meantime the young la
dy had gone to the house for as
sistance. In about an hour she
was taken to the house where ev-
erything that was possible was
done to relieve her. The swelling
continued until her entire body
was swollen all ont of proportion,
and in five hours after the snake
had fastened its fangs into her
flesh she was corpse. Her
death was horrible one, and yet
she was conscious to the last mo-
ment. Her writings were terri
ble to behold.
The Oberry home is thirty-fve
miles from the railroad, and in
order that she might be buried at
her old homo, the body was taken
at once TO Lumber City and
brought to Macon on the train,
reaching here at noon. 1t was
then transferred by Messrs. Wood
& Bond, the 1hdertakers, to the
union depot, an2 went down to
Fort Valley last night in charge
of her sitter and two gentleman
friends.
Miss Martin was about sixteen
years old, and was a daughter of
Mr.. A. j. Martin, of Fort Valley.
She was a most worthy young la
dy, and her terrible death will be
a sad blow to her father.
The Dawson journal., 1886-06-17
Inst What They All Say.

Hon. D. d. Haynie, of Salem,
ILL.,, says he uses DIR. Bosanko's
Cough and Lung Syrup in his
family with the most satisfactory
results, in all cases of Coughs,
Colds and Group, and recommends
it in particular for the little ones.
Sample bottle free at w. G. Ken
bricks.
The Dawson journal., 1886-06-17
The GuileleSS Granger.

1t looks as il our farmers, as a
class, are the most easily swindled
people in the country. Some of
them are shrewd enough, but many
of them are gulled by every hum
bug that comes along. The other
day a man went though Webster
county with a lot of colored salt
put up in jars, which he represent
ed was o stump consuming powder.
Hls instructions were to bore a
hole in the stump, fill it with
powder, plug up hole, let it stand
sor Six weeks and then fire the
stump, and it would burn way
down below the ground. The
farmers bought it readily those
'hat had the money. The six weeks
Vime was used by the agent in
getting out of the way. An exam
anatlon of the powder" showed
up ITS worthlessness for the wol k
II was to perform, and those who
oought it are trying to get their
mules to kick them so they can
escape the redicule of the man who
nad no money to invest.-Ameri-
Gus Republican.
Narrollton Free Press: There has
peen one OF the creates mysteries
discovered in the way of snakes
Ie"r the Black Jack mountain that
we have ever heard of. The facts
are as follows: A Mr.. Hill, a
'ehant OF Mr.. j. I'll. l.. Benford,
was cutting and splitting rails
FHu cut down a post oak about two
109c IN diameter, and cut off acu t,
IPut 1t open, and to his surprise
Me found a chicken snake about
rnree o9 feet in length right in the
center of the heart. The tree was
@auiEely sound where he cut it off
az both places ali but one little
tecayed spot in the stnmp. Tbs
o,t olee had been deadened four years
?so, and the snake must have g oI
~ m II before it died. The question
now now Is how long had it been il
1efo aud what did it live on?
The Dawson journal., 1886-06-17

The manager of the Fort
Wayne, Ind, Gazette, Mr.. B. NJ.
Holman, says he has read OF the
wonderful cures effected by st.
Jacobs Oil. Recently he sprained
his ankle and invested in. cane
end a bottle of st. Jacobs Oil.
The latter proved the better in
vestment, as it entirely cured his
ankle.
The Dawson journal., 1886-06-17

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretions of youth, nervous weak
ness early decay, loss of manhood, &c, /
will send recipe that will cure you, FREE
OF ouAgGE. This great remedy was dis
covered by missionary in South America.
Send addressed envelope to the REV.
JOSEPH I. lSAAN, Station ID. New York
City. July 30th, 80, -yr.