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Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03

PARIS, April 3.-The new cabinet was an
nomced Monday rs follows: Floquet, pre-
mer and interior; Goblet, foreign affairs
Freycinet, war Krantz, marine; Ricard, jus
tice; Peytral, finance; Locbroy, education;
Loubat public works; Viette, agriculture,
and Legrand, commerce. Loubat, Ricard,
and Legrand subsequently Withdrew, being
unable to acquiesce in NJ Floquet's pro
grammc, This may force NJ Floquet to give
place to SOM other aspirant to the premier
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03

DUBLIN, April 3-The magistrates in the
proclaimed districts where league meetings
were announced for Sunday but subsequently
postponed until next Sunday, have ordered
the officers of the league in their respective
Jurisdictions TO prevent the meetings, and
warned them that if they persist i'll carrying
out their plans the principal participants
will be arrested
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03

WASHINGTON CITY, April 3.-The Henne-
pin canal enterprise was smashed in the house
committee on railways and canals Monday
morning, the committee voting six to four
against the measure which will therefore
never see daylight again. Chairman David
son and several of the other members seemed
to think that so long as they had voted for
Plumb's Illinois and Lake Michigan water
way they lad done all that they could.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03

ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 3.-The bill direct
ed against the Relief association of the Balti-
& Ohio Railroad company was reported ia
vorably Monday to the senate by the com
mittee on corporations, with amendments re-
pealing the charter of said as
sociation, and giving it until April l, 1889, to
wind up its insurance business and go out of
existence. In this amended form the bill
passed both houses and now is in the govern
Or'S hands
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03

MILWAUKEE, Wis, April 3--A special to
The Evening Wisconsin from Minneapolis.
Mimi, says: The jury in the famous Welch-
Villas libel suit disagreed Monday after being
out forty hours, the vote standing seven for
conviction and five for acquittal VVelch is
jubilant at the result, and predicts an acquit-
tai Mt the next trial
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03
JOHN A. LOGAN AND A MOB.


The Dead Senator's Son Shows That He Has
His Fathers Grit.
YOUNGSTOWN, O., April 3.-At the lime
stone quarries at Carbon, Pa, owned and OPP
Grated by John A. Logan, son of Gen. Lo
gan, n reduction of ~ cents per ton for quar-,
rying went into effect Monday. Several hun
dred Swedes and Italians are employed. An
ticipating trouble Mr.. Logan was on the
ground with the sheriff of Lawrence county
and his SON Part of the workmen accepted
the reduction and went to work About noon
an armed mob of 300 marched to the quarry to
drive the men from work. Mr.. Logan went
out to meet them and ordered them to dis
perse. They refused, when Mr.. Logan and the
two officers opened fire on them. Twelve or
fifteen shots were exchanged the three men
holding their ground until reinforced by four
other officers, when the mob took to the
woods One of the rioters was shot in the
leg, and in the evening ten of the ringleaders
were arrested and taken to Jail Mr.. Logan
intends to pay all the strikers and discharge
them
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03

New YORK, April 3.-In the general term
of the court of common pleas Monday, in a
suit to recover for property lost by passen-
ger in his berth in a sleepingcar it was held
that complainant was entitled to Judgment,
and that railroad companies are responsible
for their passengers and property.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03

CINCINNATI, April 3.-Four hundred house
painters walked out on a strike Monday
morning for an advance of ) cents an hour
and "A reduction of hours from ten to nine.
There are 600 painters in the city belonging
to two unions. Only two bosses granted the
demands of their men-Victor Burnham and
Charles Norton
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03
BALANCES IN THE TREASURY.


WASHINGTON CITY, April -3-The reduc.
ton in the public debt during March amount
ed to Sll $50, $50. and since June 30, or the
first nine months of the current fiscal year,
SIS, ,lG0. .5S1. The net cash in the treasury is
$lOI ,G,3,930, or Sll 100000 moIe than on
March /. The gold fund balance increased
5000, 900 during March, and is now S2lS,-
slS.253, while the silver fund balance shows
"a decrease of S3,OO0,0O0 since March |, and is
now 81, $50 Ts.!. National bank repositories
at present hold SCI ,23I ,GI7 of government
money,::or about S25G0O0 less than month
ngo.
Government receipts duling March aggre-
gated s3S, ,S67. .S13, "A falling or of about 81,
5UO, 900 compared with receipts for March,
1887. Three millions Of this decrease is due
ia Il falling OH in customs receipts, S25O,OOU
to smaller internal receipts, and about 81 =
5O0.OOO to decrease of receipts from miscel-
laneou3 sources. Government receipts from
all sources during the first nine months Of
the current fiscal year aggregated S2s3 20I, =
$50, or about SO, 900 more than during
the corresponding nine months of the preced-
ing year; while expenditure were $500, ,06S,-
l37, or nearly $l3, 3,OO0,0O0 less than for the
corresponding period of the previous year.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03
The Wooden Nutmeg People.

HARTFORD, Conn, April al. G. Root
(Rep) was elected mayor of this city Monday
by a plurality of 257. The Republican can
didates for city treasurer and city marshal
wore also elected and that party secures a
majority of II ON joint ballot of the city
council The board of aldermen stand eleven
Republicans to five Democrats; common coun-
ell board, twenty Republicans to twelve Dom
oCTats.
BRIDGEPORT, Coma, April 3.-Coughlin
CDpml was elected mayor Monday by l,40O
majority over Wheeler tRep) The Demo
Gratis gain three councilmen, electing twelve
out of eighteen. 1t is the most complete
Democratic victory here in many Years.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 3-John S,
Cooper and A X. Kellogg, of Chicago and a
number of Indiana parties are the incorpora-
tors of the Indianapolis & Southwestern rail-
road, designed to extend from this city to
Sullivan, Ind, through the counties of Hem
bricks, Morgan, Putnam, Owen, CLAW,
Greene and Sullivan. The capital stock is
s., 5000
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03

WASHINGTON CITY, April "a dispatch
was received by the department of state from
the American minister at Copenhagen Mon
day stating that the Danish government has
issued an order forbidding, until further no
tice, the Importation into Denmark of pork
or other raw products of hogs, including
bladders and steam lard
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03
Jake Kilrain Writes a Letter.

NEW YORK, April 3,--Jake Kilrain in
letter to friend here says he is doing so well
in England he has decided to stay until June.
Sullivan, he says, surprised every one in his
fight with Mitchell, and showed that he is not
a good knuckle fighter, while his slowness i'll
comprehendiEg the London prize ring rules
was the subject of much remark.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03
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Ganaral AIpar's Room.

DETROIT, Mich, April 3-Gen. Alger, in
an interview Monday, denied that his presi-
Dental boom is simply to place him prom
inently in line for the senate. He says he
does not seek a senatorial seat and will not
seek and does not want it. However, it is
noticeable that he does not say he will not
accept il if offered
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03

WASHINGTON CITY, April 3,-The supreme
court late Monday afternoon dismissed the
motion for rehearing on the writ of error in
the celebrated Maxwell -Preller trunk mur-
der case of St Louis. This exhausts all legal
procedure for Brooks, alias Maxwell, who
must hang unless executive clemency is exer-
ciSei
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03

The new engagement ring in vogue in
Paris is a revival of the old Normandy
betrothal ring in the shape of two hearts.
A rich variation is to have one heart a
ruby set with diamonds and the other a
diamond set with rubies
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03
For the Education of Young Women.

WASHINGTON CITY, April 3-Mrs. Emily
+. Briggs, a-lNell- known newspaper cores
pondent of this city, whose nom dc plume is
"OliVia," has presented to the International
Council of Women the square of ground in
southeast Washington, known as Maple
square, and located between Sixth and
Seventh streets and d street and South Car
olina avenue, for the foundation of an insti-
tuition for the spiritual moral, industrial and
political education of young women. The
property is very valuable Its location is
good and for the purpose for which it is
given. it is admirably adapted. Its accept
ance 10y the council shows that it is proposed
to carry out the intention of Mrs. Briggs in
establishing an institution which will be the
lrst of its kind in the country.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03

WASHINGTON CITY, April S.-Justice Mil
Ter announced an order in the United States
supreme court Monday assigning Associate
Justice Harlan 10 the Fourth circuit-for-
merly the late Chief Justice Waite's circuit
IN addition to his duties as circuit justice of
the Seventh district
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03
Democratic Victory at Evansville. Ind.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, April 3.-In the munich
pal election in this city Monday the Demo
Gratis carried four wards for aldermen and
the Republicans tive. This is Democratic
gain in four wards, the Republicans having
carried every ward in the city in election of
1897. The entire Democratic township ticket
is also elected
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03
The Women Make IA Clean sweep.

OsKALoosA, Kan, April 3.--The successful
aldermanic ticket Monday was composed en-
tirely of women A woman mayor was
elprt,41 also
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03

Never does man believe so strongly in
the attraction of graviation as when he
sits down in chair and finds it gone.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03
Brutal MnrIerer Sentenced

CHICAGO, April 3-zephyr Davis, the
mulatto who killed Maggie Gaughan some
weeks ago in the Green Brothers heel manu-
featuring establishment, was found guilty by
the jury Monday, and his penalty fixed at
death on the gallows An attempt was made
to get him of on the insanity plea, but it
wouldn't work. Motion was. of course.
made for a new trial
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03
THE MARKETS.


CHICAGO, April J.
Board of trade quotations to-day were as fol
| lows Wheat-No May, opened hi 9sc,
79s94c; July, opened 77jsc, closed 77Ts.7sc.
Corn-No May, opened 53lEc, closed 535sc;
june, opened r214c, closed 529sc; July, opened
b256c, closed 521Sc. Oats-No. May opened
3111c, closed 31ssc; June, opened 3l9Ac, closed
9116c; July, opened Sic, closed 9O34c. Pork-May,
opened and closed S13.4O; June, opened $13.45,
closed S13,47l9 asked Lard-May, opened and
| closed S7.5I1G.
Live stock-Foowng were the quotations at
the Union Stock yards Hogs-Market opened
steady at Saturdays prices later weak and prices
5G410c lower; light grades, S5150535; rough
packing, S5.1j@5.25; mixed lots, $5.20064o;
heavy packing and shipping lots, S., 300 5.55.
Cattle-Market slow but values steady to firm;
becvcs, poor to fair, $3.5o@4.2O; good to choice,
$i50@5oO; cows Si75dD34O stockers and
feeders, S2,5Od3.75. Sheep-Weali; poor to good
natives, S4OO@59O westerns SIS 5O015s so; Tex
ans, S275D4.s0; lambs, S50oGG.5O.
Produce: Butter-Fancy Elgin creamery, 2sQ
coo per IL; fancy dairy, 23@2ic; packing stock,
13QQ14c. Eggs-Fresh laid 1idl 1416c per doz;
ice-house SC. Dressed poultry-Chiekens 110
1119c per ID; turkeys, 11@l4c; ducks, 1o@1lc;
geese, 9010c Potatoes-S5@90c per bu, sweet
potatoes, $2.5O@4OO per bbl. Apples-Choice
s.. .5Ol3 50 per Dbl. Cranberries- Bell and cherry
$500 per bbl; bell and bugle 1925.
New York.
NEW YORK, April =.
Wheat-Strong; No, / red state, 92l56D 93c mo. 2
do, 9l3Ic; No. red winter April, SOC; do May,
90c. Corn-Stronger;; No. mixed cash. 6694c;
do May, G2les do June, 603sc bid Oats-Steady;
No. white state 43c; No do, 3s6Q39r; No ,
mixed April, SSIzc Rye-Quiet. Barley-Nom-
inal. Pork-Duu; mess, $i4 250l4,50 for year
old. Lard-April, ST90; May, $3.50.
Live stock: CattleLimited demand, with slow
sales but prices 25@40c U 100 bs higher; poor to
good steers, Si2oG5.95 u 100 lbs; prime do S555G1
5.75; bulls, $275939O. Sheep and lambsA shade
tlrmer with fair business; sheep, si.25Q7O0 q
100 TBS; lambs, S6.O0@7s5 for yearlings. Hogs
None offered alive; nomnally steady; 5000
$50
ROCK ISLAND.
Oats-New Soc.
Hay-TmolnS-S15.00.
Hay-Wild. S10:U0l1$12.00.
Rye-456D50c.
Corn--New. 47Gl4Sc.
Potatnes-S0c.
Turnipe
Cosl-Soft lie hsId go
Cord Wood-Oak, $4.25; Hickory, s..
Straw 81 90: baed 81 80.
Barley-50c.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03

1t was a backward debtor who said ::
The dues YOU saw"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-22
A Hired Girls Cheek.

New YORK Letter
number of prominent men were discuss
ing, few days ago the question of the hired
girl, and the difficulty experienced in getting
one who would not desert the family the very
evening on which company was expected to
dinner. Each one related how he had been
beautifully left on some particular occasion
when the services of the hired girl were most
indispensable. They came to the conclusion
that the average servant girl is a tyrant at
times.
Yes" said Col. Elliott F. Shepard. who was
one of the number present. Il know of case
which illustrates their tyranny. 1t WAS Mrs.
VIM. II. Vanderbilt's French maid whose SER
vices had been engaged in Paris at some little
cost. Mrs. Vanderbilt brought the maid over
to America. and was at first very much pleased
with Eloise. which was her name One fine
morning the lady announced to Eloise that the
family were going soon to Saratoga, and that
she had better begin to pack up.
Why said Eloise. don't let's go there.
We were at Saratoga last year. YOU know.
don't think ! care TO go TO the same resort two
seasons hand running
Mrs. Vanderbilt was so much taken back
that she told the French maid that her resig-
nation would be acceptable at an early hour
and ElOise left just when she would have been
most valuable"
Col. Shepard said he'd had similar expert
ences himself, but never hired a girl with
greater cheek.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-22
Saturday Smiles.

An oyster never gets sin the soups church
fair.-CdrfOOg.
Belle was asked where her little brothers.
aged four and two, were. She replied: They are
sitting on the doorstep talking about old
times. "-BostoH lOut.'s Companion.
No man is wholly bad A mas in q western
penitentiary for killing his wife and two child
rem says he never read line Of BrowninR's
poetry.-Norvisto,ca Herald.
Court the fresh air day and night" says .
medical exchange. That's good advice for
the girls, but il you are Q young man you bad
better court the fresh heiress. - Doas cile
Breeze.
When you make calculations for a merry
Christmas remember it il more blessed to
give than receive. Forget the fact that IL il
also more expensive.-Burtingt0n Hascksyw.
A Nebraska man has just died from the bite
OF mule. This is the first actual proof We
have had that the mules bite 10 % deadly as
his sting.-Cdrthage, No.. Democrat.
ATerrible Dissppointment.-Mother
my dear, what's the matter? Something has
happened at Mrs. De Music's party, I know.
Tell me all about il, my child"
Daughter-"B oo-ho0! Mra De Music asked
me to play. and-and when told her was out
of practice, she said she was $50 sorry" and
didn't AK me again, Notwithstanding York
A Nssdsd Contrivsnce. Dot latter
getting her handkerchief perfumed, lead
pencil. an envelope, paper and stamp and
numerous other useful articles from the auto
matte nickel machines in great hotei) -"Oh,
amt they funny, msmma2 Are there any
more?"
Mamma--"Perhaps there sre;we'n look"
"Well, let's hunt till We and one that says:
Drop nickel in the slot and get Q little
brother ~ hiiodeiphia Rscovd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-22
Christmas.Tree Fixiuys.

How TO BEAUT1FY THE PRIDE OF TIE PARLoR.
From the Detroit Free Press.
A pleasing effect is produced By brushing the
prickly foliage of the tree here and there with
mucilage, and then sprinkling common salt
upon it. Among the cheap, homemade orna-
m ants to hang upon the tree may be enumCr-
ated empty egg shells adorned with decalco-
m anie pictures, waluuts wrapped IN tin-foil or
gold paper. pine conesoarnished. then bronzed
or sprinkled with salt: cranberries or popcorn
strung on twine, gold paper chains, made by
FASTING one tiny ring within the other. colored
tissue paper. &c. The tissue paper ID cut into
long strips about four inches wide, and closely
cut across, but not entirely across. II is then
slightly dampened and held over hot stove,
when It curls up and looks well when thrown
here and there across the tree.
1t does not require much skill to fashion
balloons, gondolas, bird-cages. coaches. &C.,
out of stiff paper and aftorward covering it
with gilt or silver paper. Figures cut from ad-
vertlslng chromos or colored Bankruptcies can
be fastened to the balloons. gondolas, &c. and
really look very pretty. The same skill can
adorn the base of the tree in landscape style.
with tiny picket fences, rustic bridges, an old
mil, &c, using moss for meadow. red sand for
roadway white or silver sand for paths. twigs
or cedar for trees, a piece of looking glass
fringed with moss for a lahelet. &c. Bunehes
OF ivy-berries for the tree can be variously col
ored by first dipping them into hot but weak
solution of starch. and then into blue. red or
yellow powder or into powdered bronze.
Notices for the tree or around il can be made
of white cotton wool. The letters are cut out
of card paper, to which the wool is glued
When dry pull the wool. SO as to give it puffy
or snowy appearance. Trim the letters care
fully afterward and fasten them on a dark
background. Letters decorated with rice have
the effect of carved ivory. Cut out the letters
on cartridge paper. cover them with q thick
coating of paste or glue. and while vet warm
drop the grains of rice into it. The rice grains
can also be made TO resemble coral by dipping
them into red sealingwax dissolved in alcohol
Letters covered with crumpled tinfoil have
good effect and resemble frosted silver,
or they can be made of holly. and have a rich.
cord-like appearance. The leaves are strung
with needle upon Irvine of the proper length.
passing the needle through the center Of each
1aaf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-22
Does Any One Know

Does any one know what's In your heart and mine
The sorrow and song,
The demon Of sin and the angel divine,
The right and the wrong:
The dread Of the darkness, the love of the day.
The ebb and the now
OF hope and Of doubt forever and aye.
Does any one known
Does any one dream Of the love that Is yours
The heart that Ii mine:
The depth and the width Of the cup which each
pOurS
OF richest red wine:
OF the hate that Is dark as the midnight of grief
The anguish and woe,
The doubt clouds Of hating and blind unbelief.
Does any one know
Does any one see what we have in the heart
To love and TO hate;
OF life every motive an intricate part,
OF chance and Of fate;
The mem y Of kisses, Of starlight, Of songs,
OF ros . and snow,
OF womens sweet eyes, Of prayers and of wrongs
Does any one know?
Does any one hearken to music Of bells,
And the sigh of the sea,
And the whisper Of woodlands that murmurs and
swells
For you and for me;
The sound of fond voices that ever respond,
In tones soft and low,
To the prayer We are breathing into the beyond,
Does any one known
NIXON WATERMAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-22
The Dying Poet.

From the writings OF Persian poet of the twelf'
century
Tell thou 10 my friends. when weeping,
They my words descry;
Here You find my body sleeping,
But il Is not /.
Now i'm life immortal lowering,
Far away / rCa,n-
This was but my house, my covering,
Ills no more my home;
This was but the cage that bound me,
j, the bird. have flown:
This was but the sEei around me,
i, the pearl, am gone.
Over me. o er treasure,
lad a spell been cast;
God hath spoken at his pleasure,
am free at last
Thanks and praise 10 him be given
Who hath set me free;
Now fOrevermore in heaven
Shall my dwelling be.
There stand his face beholding
With the saints i'm light;
Present, future, past, unfolding
In that radiance bright.
Toiiing through the plain leave you,
have journeyed on
From your tents; why should it grieve you,
Friends, To find me gone?
Let the house forsaken perish;
Let the shell decay;
Break the cage; destroy the garment
Am far away.
CAN not this my death, pray you;
Ills my life of life
Goal Of all my weary wanderipgs,
End Of all my strife.
Think Of God with love for ever,
Know his name is love;
Come 10 him, distrust him never.
He rewards above.
behold each deathiess spirit,
All your ways view;
10, the portion inherit
Is reserved for YOU.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-22
THE MISTLETOE BOUGH.
Quaint Legend Of the Origin of &
FavOrite Christmas Custom.

To this period Of superstition is to be
attributed the very pleasing fiction Of modern
times relative to kissing under the mistletoe,'
says a writer on Christmas customs. In the
good old times the custom was very quantity
defined. Every berry on the mistletoe bough
hung in the center of the hall entitled young
gallant to kiss from any member of the fair
sex who passed beneath it. After exacting the
penalty from the maiden he had to pluck a
berry from the bough and hand it to her as a
peace offering. To be strictly correct the
young lady then had to throw the berry on to
the burning yule log in the open CRATE and
decide by the time it took in cracking her luck
during the ensuing year. Nowadays the
custom has been shorn OF all its formaiities, but
the leading feature of it has not been forgotten
or abandoned. Scores Of legends abound as to
the origin of the custom, one OF the quaintest
Of which is worth recording.
A prince of royal blood and Of fine physique
got separated from his companions while out
hunting. He wandered through the woods all
day and at night arrived at an old ruined
castle. He knocked at the gate, and having
satisfied the Waterman that he was not rob-
Der or a dangerous character, was allowed to
enter. The only inmates Of the castle were a
hideous old baron and his lovely daughter.
The welcome accorded to the wanderer was not
Of the most enthusiastic character, and when in
the morning he paid some well-worded compli-
ment to the baron's daughter he was seized
rudely by command Of the irate parent and
turned out of the CASTLE He wandered about
for several days and, when almost dead from
fatigue and hunger, encountered fairy. to
whom he told his adventures.
She informed him that if he returned to the
castle armed with mistletoe bough the power
of the baron over his lady-love would cease,
and he could win her with kiss. But the
bough must be plucked from hollow oak
growing by the side of stream on the oppo-
site bank of which stood weeping willow with
all its leaves torn off save two. For weeks the
love-sick prince searched for this particular
oak. but without success. Atlast he fell asleep
one night under an oak tree, and when he
awoke in the morning he observed to his sur
prise a rivulet just at his feet and a weeping
willow on the opposite bank, which answered
exactly the fairy's description. He speedily
climbed the tree, plucked bOugh of mistletoe
which grew at its summit, repaired to the
castle and won his bride