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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-08
THIS WEEK.

Night Dresses, cambria, rufie and
lace trimmed. .,.......,..... 25c
Ladies' Skirts, wide rufile also four
tucks and hem, at............ 20c
Cnmbric Corset Covers, plain and
embroidered, only. ........... 2oc
Child's Long Cambria Slips, tuck
front, with sash .............,. Zoe
Child's Cambria Short Dress, RULED 25c
Chemise, full tuck frcnr, lace trlm'd 25c
Choice of five STYLES nicely trimmed
Chemise, ..,.....!.- 80. &dc
Combination Chcmise and rufils
trim'd underskirt limd quantity 25c
Three styles Of Drawers, tuck, ruff,
H. and lace trimmed ...... 25c
Children's embroidered Drawers. 25c
Ladies nice quality ruftied and EN-
brpiiered Night Dresses. ..... acc
made of good muslin and worth Toe
Elegant Chemise, embroidered ard
lace trimmed ................ Acc
Other pr.css we quote at 3sc, 4sc, Csc 75s, SIC,
9!c, aSc and 81 %, ana every genuine bsrgaius
aud worthy prompt after ton. We have not q
space 10 paricuralze furthe Those mentioned
are lair samples Of he entire business.
~ aozed at,..',..t,.-,.. ...,',....lo CO..
~ dozen ht'..'r.'. -...,'''.'...E q cl-'
~ dozen Gt,.,,..,., .-............., ~ cts.
~ dozen at. ............. ...,... 50 cts,
l6i dozen assorted Mt vHriOu- prices,
G@-Watch the scramble. Moline Davenport,
Rock Island all invited No pnrliality; nothing
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-08
THE MARKET rs,

CHICAGO. Feb :.
Following were the quotations on tho board of
trade to-day; Wheat-No March, opened 755kc,
closed 75Ssc; May, opened Sl56-4c closed stlfc:
June, opened 50 go closed Sialc Corn-No Q
March opened 47c, closed 4676c; May, opened
See. closed 5l9sc; June, opened 5l5sr closed
5l!9c. oats-No. May opened ss94c closed
321sc; June, opened and closed 32l4c. Pork
May, opened Si455, closed SIi47IS. Lard
March, opened and closed 81. M.
Live stock-The Union Stock yards report the
following prices; Hogs Market opened active
light grades De- higher, other grades 1Oc higher
light grades, S5OOQ5 IS; rough packing, S5.lU6
$50, mixed lots, S5.1595.55; heavy packing
and shipping lots, S53595.SO Cattle-Aarket
stronger, asking ljc more; beeves, 80 25 dt5 %;
cows, S2.0OiGa 70; stockers and feeders, S225n
800 Sheep SLOW, about SC lower: natives $500
U5sD; western corn-fed S4.5O0 sos; lambs $500
GOES.
Produce: Butter-Fancy Elgin creamery 3On
Sic per Id; fancy dairy, 2302ic; packing stock
l30l5c. Eggs-Fresh laid, 10000 per doz;
ice-house 15&lGc. Dressed poultry Chickens
sIe@sc per lb; turkeys, sQl9c; ducks, 9bI0c;
geese S09c. Potatoes-S5GD95c per bu; sweet
potatoes $2.j064.0O per bbl Apples Choice,
ssS512bo per Dbl. Cranberri IS Bell aud
cherry, 5000 per Dbl; Bell and bugls S92j.
Now York.
NEW YonK. Feb a.
do 9l4c; No. red winter March, s99sc; do
May, 9l2sc COrn-Dull No. . mixed cash 6lISc;
do February, 599sc; do March, 599sc. Oats
Dull No. l white state 4g1a9 43r, No. do,
4O4 41c; No. mixed February SS9sc Rye
Unchanged. Barley Nominal Pork-Dull; |
mess, S5OOG IL 30 for year old. Lard Steady;
February, $500; March, S1.96.
Live Stock: Caffeine trading; dressed bsef. |
dun; sides, 64Sc. Cable advices from Liverpool
today quote American refrigerator beef dull and
lower at size, and American steers barely steady
at liGGl2c for the dressed weights sinking the
oltaL Sheep and lambs Dull, but shade firm |
err sheep S475@5.75 lambs, $575@G75; a car |
load extra sheep, $500 and few choice lambs, |
500 liogs-NearIy nominal; live hogs. $3.50 |
@i.sO. |
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-08
Sc Dav-A Gold Mine

FOR AGENT. Graude't Money ,Haklng
Busine ss ever offered. A Golden harvest 70,
The mkt Two months. SIS Per Month an
Capital REQUIRED. No pc :dlms. sample
case OF goods Id Valulbe infOrmrdun and fnll
particulars FIRE 20 HU BUG; we mean inst
whatwe say. Address at once
STANDARD sILYERWAR RE co,
Boston, Mass.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-08

Its only question of time" and q
short time, too, as to whe your rheuma a.
tism will yield to Hoods Sarsaparilla
Try it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-08
DIED.

DIED.
BEFLER-To.day at a. m, OF diphthera
Geo. D., son of Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. BeeIer OF
1928 Ninth avenue, aged years, 8 months and 8
days, Funeral Friday at ZIP. III.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-08

oats-New 31d32c.
Hay-Timothy-
Hay-Wild. SS:C0DS12.OO
Rye--45050c.
Corn. New, 44l545c.
Potatoes-90C
Cosl-Soft lie hard 1900
Cord Wood Oak, S4.25; Hickory, So.
Straw--S7 90: baled S7.5n.
Barley-Old, iOc; new SOC.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-08
BUSINESS CARDS.
WILLIAM JACKSC
PLEASANTS & HURST,

A TToRNEYSA AND CoUNsELLORS AT Law
n Office in Masonic Temple block, over Rock Ia
innd National Ban k, RoCkI Gland. III.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-06

cheating. Blows were passed, and ths
men adjourned to the space In 'front.'
OF the camp buildings to settle
their difference. 1t was agreed
that they should fight to the
finish WITH six-shooters and bowls
knives. The spectators ranged Ia two
lines, with q sufficient space between,
and the d~esperadoes stood back to
back. At q word each walked ten
steps and turned. Then they began
firing. Twelve shots in all were fired,
and only two failed to tell. The
spectators could see the men waver
as each ball struck them, and then
with curses and taunts at the bad
craftsmanship OF the other each
would stagger forwarn, firing as they
came. When the pistols were empty
the bowie-knives were taken; the men
engaged in q hand-to.hand fight.
They were too weak to stand long,
and were soon on their knees fighting
and with both hands. 1t was no
stage combat, no posing, but all work.
They swore and cursed and bit. They
hardly paused. Each was too eager.
to kill the other to waste time in any
thing but cutting. The blades were
in their throats, their sides, near the
hearts. The men literally weltered in
blood. The hardened spectators
turned away asking il the the death
OF one or the other would not soon
end the struggle. At last McClosky,
too weak to longer evade or strike,
received Anderson's knife in the neck.
The jugular was severed and be fell
forward dead. Anderson had just
strength enough left to crawl triumph
antly upon him, and he, too, fell, and
in a moment had expired"
"That was q game fight"
at was, indeed. 1t has been six
teen years ago, but it is still remem-
bered and talked OF In that section of
the Territory.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-06
Crops Benefited by the Rain.

The Cincinnati Price-Current of the
Both says: Needed rains have fallen to
a considerable extent the past week in
the central west, giving important re-
lief to corn and other crops, but detri-
mental more or less to winter wheat in
the limited areas where the harvest pc
Rod has been reached. Northwestern
crops have made good progress. Corn,
the condition of which was being threat
ened in the Ohio valley, is in good gen.
eral condition, making satisfactory pro-
gress in all the western states, with I'M
important exceptions. It is still back
ward in growth in Iowa, Nebraska and
some other states. The oats crop main
tains a good outlook. Indications as to
the winter wheat yield from the Ohio
valley district and westward where har-
vesting has been in progress or COM
pleted are not such as to materially
change the general outlook. So far as
can be judged from the returns spring
wheat, which got started considerably
later than usual as a rule, has been IA
vored the past month, and there is but
little at this date prejudicial to its gen
eral outlook.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-06
Field and Know1ton of

Justices Field and Knowlton, of the
supreme court at Cambridge. Mass, re-
fused to entertain the motion for a new
trial for Mrs. Robinson convicted of MUIR
der for poisoning her sisters husband
and sentenced to be hanged November
10Th.
"A Montreal dispatch of June % says:
The charge against PItchet, the abscond-
ing bankteller of Providence, r. l., is
that of bringing stolen money into Can
ada; but it is alleged that it cannot be
sustained as he changed his money in
Boston before coming here. In Montreal
he had purchased of the Hechelega bank
a draft on a Partisan band for 100, 900
francs. Another draft from Boston for
e1OO on an English bank, was also found
1t is stated that Pitcher has offered to
give up S40O, 600 of securities he has hid.
den on payment of $50, 900 to him.
"A Lincoln man named Billingsley,
while in attendance upon the national
republican convention in Chicago, had
his pocket picked of 3 $500 gold watch.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-06
A Strange witness.
Cor. WASHINGTON Star.

Cor. Washington Star.
Some weeks ago a young woman
named Scott, who a soon to be-
come a mother. appeared before a
Mercer County pa Justice Of the
Peace and swore out a warrant for
the arrest OF a youngma named VIII
liam Bloodgood on a charge of assault
and battery. Bloodgood was arrest
ed. The young woman swore at the
hearing that a few weeks previous
Bloodgood had come to her house,
and, as she objected to his remaining,
he had choked her nearly to insensi.
bility, and twisted her left wrist, al.
most dislocating it. She said the
marks of his fingers and thumb were
visible on her throat for several days.
and her wrist remained crooked for
some time. She had no witnesses to
substantiate her statements or prove
the assault. Bloodgood admitted
having been present at the girls house
at the time of the alleged assault, but
denied that any had been made. He
was held, however, to await trial at
court.
Few believed that the girl had been
assaulted, and Bloodgood's discharge
was expected by his friends as soon as
court met. The case was called at the
last term of the Mercer court. The
complainant appeared, carrying her
three-weeks-old baby. Herlawyer put
her on the stand, and she swore that
Bloodgood hadassaulted her as stated
and that she was the mother OF the
baby in her arms. A physician cor
roborated the fact of that relation
ship. The lawyer then told the court
that as the defense would ask for &C.
quittal on the ground that there was
no evidence of any assault having been
committed, he offered as evidence cor
roborative of the plainniff' s testimony
the baby she had in his arms. The
prosecuting lawyer took the infant to
the jury, and, u%ncovering its throat,
revealed to them the distinct marks OF
four fingers on one side of it and the
plain and unmistakable impression OF
q thumb on the other. After these
remarkable birthmarks had been ex.
amined by the jury, thelawyer meow
cred the baby's left wrist. 1t was
twisted out of shape and swollen, as if
it had been suddenly wrenched. These
marks c~orresponded exactly with the
injuries the child's mother swore she
had received at the hands OF the pris.
oner, Bloodgood, more than a month
before it was born. The prisoner was
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-06
Just to be English"

The clergy, and especially the Epis-
copal clergy, who I bound by strong
ecclesiastical traditions to England,
show this interest in things English in
their speech and dress. Many of them
have adopted the remarkably broad
sound of the letter ga" that is supposed
to be so lawfully English They are
very careful to give the open sound to
the letter 'u'' in such words as 'tune''
and TUESDAY Indeed l have recent
ly heard an Episcopal clergyman 60 so
far as to give these words the pro-
nunc:ation of ''chune'' and "Chuesday''
which to an American ear is simply
atrocious. And l know a delightful
little Ritualistic prist. whose whole aim
in life is to be Anglican when he is not
Roman, and who defines the Trinity to
his people as ''lhree Parsons and one
God" Moreover. in the Episcopal
church it is getting so that the clergy
man who says "A-men" and ''either''
and neither is a marked man. He
may possibly succeed in getting a par
ish which is not up in religious asthe-
tics but if he wants to be in the eccle-
siastical swim he must say "Ah-men''
and either" and "ni-ther."-NeV
York Tribune.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-06
On a Peculiar Mission,

Washington dispatch: Colonel A.
Longendycke, a western Kansas cattle
man, is in this city on a peculiar mission.
He is here to open negotiations with the
Brazilian government, through their
minister in Washington, for a grant of
land in Dom Pedo's dominion. The OBJ
ject of the grant is the formation of a
great American cattle company in Brazil.
Col. L~ongendycke has been in the cattle
business in Kansas and the southwest
for many years. and he believes that the
days of the ranchman in this country
are numbered. He further believes that
South America offers a fine field for the
cattle industry, and that from the grassy
plains of Brazil and the Argentine re-
public must come the cheap beef of the
future. With that in view, he and his
associates have informally organized
themselves into a syndicate, and have
undertaken to secure a grant of land
from the Brazilian authorities. They
will ask for Z, 1000, 900 acres to be located
somewhere in the valley of the Amazon.
Mr.. L~ongendycke will go before the
Brazilian minister in a few days and
present the matter to him officially. He
hopes to have his company's proposition
transmitted to the proper authorities in
Brazil for early action, and if favorably
received, steps will then be taken toward
permanent organization and the imme-
date Inauguration of the enterprise.
Mr.. L~ongendycke has already had a
conference with the Brazilian minister,
and has received most fiattering assur-
ances. At present Mr.. Longendycke is
connected with an Indian Territory cat
tie syndicate, with headquarters in
Dodge City, and he states that ample
capital for the proposed new enterprise
is already pledged by the members of
the syndicate and other wealthy cattle
men, who are anxious to try their for
tunes in South America.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-06
COmplimented by Napoleon.

Lady Buchan, whose death is re-
corded at the ago of 81 years, was one
of the last surviving persons who had a
distinct recollection of Napoleon the
Great. Her father Col. Wilks was
governor of ST. Helena in 1915, at the
time of Bonaparte's Punishment. and.
on the term of his governofship ex-
piring, Miss Wilks was DESTROYS Of
being introduced to the ex-emperor.
Il have long heard from various quar-
tiers of the superior %eloquence and
beauty of Miss Wilks, and now | am
convinced from my own eyes that re-
port has scarcely done her sufficient
justice" said Napoleon to her. "You
must be very glad to leave the island"
he said. ''Oh, no. SIRE" was the an
swer, Il am very sorry to 60 away"
''Oh! madamoiselle, 1 wish l could
change places with YOU" Napoleon
presented her with a bracelet in men,
DRY of this visit.-PaU Mall Gazette.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-06
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS AND NOTES.

There are fourteen recent graduates
of Yale college engaged in journalism
in New York.
Women are the state librarians Of In
diana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Lou
%isiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
A barber of Newburg, n. Y, has in
vented a chair which registers the num-
Der of persons who sit in it during the
day.
Cases of abduction of handsome and
attractive children occur so frequently
in Chicago as to lead to the belief that
the city has an organized band of kid
nappers always on the lookout for prey.
At Fernandina, Fla, q band of negro
burglars got themselves up in white
ghostly garments, and, passing as
spooks, robbed the town with impunity
till one of their number was caught.
The new Japanese minister at Wash
ington was in 1877 sent to prison for
five years for a political offense. During
his confinement he ira nslated John
Stuart Mills work on political economy
into Japanese.
Elderly ladies who used to charm
their beaux by singing "Do They Miss
Me at Home?" will be interested to
know that Miss Caroline A. Briggs, who
composed the verses, is now Mrs.
The song was first published forty years
ago.
Prof. G. Y. Riley, government ento-
mologist, solemnly asserts that the
'tseventeen-year' locusts are due in this
country this year. These locusts evil
because they fail to appear once in sew
pearing" has never been discovered,
however.
Queen Victoria recently celebrated
her sixty-ninth birthday. Only four
English sovereigns have attained a
greater age-Queen Elizabeth, seventy
years; George III, seventy-seven; George
III, eighty-two; William ", seventy
two. Victoria has reigned longer than
any of her predecessors excepting
Henry III, who reigned fifty-six years,
and George LII, who was on the throne
for sixty years.
An amusing story is told of the Rev.
Myron Reed, of Colorado, who ten
years ago ran as the democratic con
gr%essional candidate in that state. It
seems that during the canvass the rev
erend gentleman was interrupted in the
midst of a public prayer by a man who
shouted "Louder!" Reed stopped
short, looked at the in~terrupter, and
said coolly: 81 wasn't addressing you,
sir. I was addressing the Almighty"
Then he went on with his prayer.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-06
Very Interesting Pet.

Skunks are not often seen, even by
country people, and those who do see
them seldom stay for any very careful
observation OF there habits. All the
better worth reading, therefore, is this
description of one, which evidently
made an interesting pet. Farmers, at
least will understand that an animal
so exceedingly fond OF grasshoppers
and mice cannot be accounted alto
gether q ..
Two m ago | was the happy
master of the cieverest young skunk
that l have thus far CHANGED to meet.
For q name he received the title of his
genus, and we called him "Nleph" for
short. By way OF precaution, | re-
moved his scent sacs, and he made q
rapid and complete recovery. While
driving about the country in the per-
Torrance of my professional duties,
he usually slept i'll my pocket.
After supper | commonly took q
walk, andhe always followed, close at
my heels. If / had CHANGED 20 walk
too fast for him, he would scold and
stamp with his fore-feet, and if | per-
sisted in keeping too far ahead. would
turn about disguised, and make off in
an opposite direction; but if Istopped
and called him, he would hurry along
at a sort of ambling pace, and soon
overtake me.
We used to walk through the woods
to q large meadow which abounded
in grasshoppers. Here Meph would
fairly revel in his favorite food, and 1T
was sport to watch his m~anmuvres.
When q grasshopper jumped, he
jumped, and have seen MIN with as
many as three in his mouth and two
under his fore-paws at one tine, He
would eat so many that his Oyer-dis-
tended little belly actually dragged
upon the ground, and when so full
that he could hold no more, would
still catch and Stay them.
Ere many weeks he ventured to at
tack a mouse, and the feroclty dis.
played in it's destruction was truly
astonishing. He devoured the entire
body, and growled and stamped if fanny
one came near before the repast a.
I'VE
His nest was in O. box at the loot OF
the stairs, and before he grew strong
enough to climb out by himself, he
would, whenever he heard me coming,
stand on his hind legs, with his paws
resting on the edge Of the box, and beg
to be carried upstairs. II l passed by
without appearing to notice him, he
invariably became much ~enraged, and
chippered and scolded at q great rate.
stamping, meanwhile, most vehement
ly. He was very sprightly and froIic-
some, and used to hop about thefioor
in search of something to play with,
and frequently amused himself by at
tempting to demolish my slippers.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-06
thousands OF Families Homeless.

Telegraphic communication, which
has been interrupted for several days by
floods, has been restored, and particu-
lars of the terrible disaster on the Mexi-
can Central railway, particularly at Leon
and Cilao, are obtained.
During the past ten days the table
lands between here and Lacatecas have
been visited by unprecedented rains,
which have flooded all the streams.
Many cities and towns have been mum
dated, and Leon and Silao have been
partially destroyed. The first intima-
ton in this city of the floods was tele-
graphed from Silao on the 18th inst. Il
said: The rains have flooded the low
lands, and the town is being flooded.
About $40 adobe houses have been de-
stroyed. The station buildings are oc-
cupied by the homeless people, who are
unable to obtain anything to eat except
the fruit found floating on the water.
The rain has been general, and the whole
eral dykes have given way. The floods
have been more destructive in Leon
than in Silao. Monday night brought
the city one of the most terrible
cenes ever witnessed in this coun-
try. People who believed themselves
secure from the food went to bed
in the unfooded parts of the town
without fear. The steady downfall OF
rain caused the river to overflow the
greater part of Leon. Houses tumbled
in rapidly and the loss of life COM
menced. As the buildings fell the I'M
fortunate sleepers were either crushed
to death or drowned. A night of terror
followed, men, women and children fled
to the streets in their night clothes,
some to find shelter in higher grounds
and others to be swept away by the
flood. Wednesday afternoon the rain
ceased falling, and the waters com
menced to recede. The people recov
cred from their fright, though the
water was still covering a portion of
the city. One hundred and eleven
bodies have been recovered without
moving any of the ruins of the houses,
where are supposed to be hundreds of
bodies buried. The destroyed houses
are estimated at 1000, and the loss at
49, 600, 900. Many other towns have
been badly damaged, but the loss of life
is only reported from Siloa and Leon.
The Mexican Central has suffered very
severely. The state of Guananjuate and
the federal government are doing much
to succor the victims of the flood.
Information has been received at Ell
Paso from the flooded districts in Mex
leo saying that fifteen hundred lives
were lost by the inundation and that
1000 bodies had been recovered. Leon
is a city of 100, 900 inhabitants and a
large part of it is in ruins. 1t is stated
that 100 miles of the Mexican Central
road is impossible and that it will be ten
days before the mails can get through
and twenty days before freight can be
nnva6
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-06
His Life Was Saved.

Il am truly sorry to give you pain.
Mr.. Hankinson," said the young lady,
'but please do not allude to this SUBJ
ject again. 1 can never be your wife"
THAT is your final answer. Miss
Irene?" 1T it" Nothing can in
duce you to change your decision?"
'.My mind is firmly and u~nalterably
made up" Miss Irene" said the
young man. rising and looking about
for his hat, ''before coming here this
evening l made a bet of $50 with Van
Perkin that you would say no to my
proposal. 1 have won. 1t was taking
. great risk, but I was dead broke.
Miss Irene" he continued his voice
1uivering with emotion. you have
saved a ~despairing man from the fate
Of a suicide and won the life long re-
spect and esteem of a despairing and
grateful heart. Good evening"
Chicago Tribune.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-06
Murderer Quickly Disposed OF.

Minneapolis (Kansas) special: At 2
o'clock this morning a party of forty or
fifty masked men from Fountain town
ship, in this OTTAWA county, neighbors
of Mike Dorsey who was murdered in
his bed a few days ago by Chubb Nc
Carthy, came into this city and with
sledges and a bar of railroad iron, pro-
ceeded to break down the outside doors
of the jail. One outside and one inside
door were broken open and then finding
greater resistance than expected they
overpowered the jailor and compelled
him to open McCarthy's cell. Mccarthy
was taken out, bound, removed to the
Geisen bridge across the Solomon river
about three miles from town and then
hanged. The mob was well organized,
heavily armed and quiet. The city mar
shall, hearing the noise, went toward the
Jail, but was stopped by the guards and
held up until the mob got away with the
prisoner. The sheriff was kept in his
room by armed guards. Citizens who
were on the streets were held as pris-
oners until the mob got away.