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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-06

Martin W. Burgh, tax collector of the
citv-township of Rock Island, has opened
an office in the county treasurer's Office,
court house, and is ready to receive the
taxes of 1887, now due.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-06
New Stock

Take stock in twenty-third series of
the Rock Island Building and Loan AS
sociation. Il. II. 6UYER, Sec'y.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-06
For Rent.

Fine house of eight rooms; bath room,
hot and cold water, corner Fifth avenue
and Seventeenth street. Apply to Ii. d.
Mack.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-06

The following is report of the Rock
Island public schools for the month end
ing February 8, 1888:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-06
INTELLIGENCE COLUMN.
WANTED-sIx LADIES To soLIc.

Nv RN AI@b oA-N AhOA1so ~ SOA~bS
w It In the towns of eastern Iowa; must come
AIRY Two Dollars and Fifty cents per day; address
this office, W. j.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-06
PLEASANTS 81 HURST,

A TTORNEY AT LAW. ONCE in Rock Islam,
I! National Bank Building, Rock Island, Il.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-06
THE DISCRETION OF BIRDS
Recommended to Men by Rev. w.
5. Marquis
Au Interesting sermon in the broad
way Church Yesterday MOrDtng-A
Thoughtful Discourse some Good
Lessons.

Yesterday morning, Rev. w. s..
Marquis took for his subject in the
Broadway Presbyterian church, The
Discretion of Recommended TO
Men" His text was from Prov. 1:i7:
Surely in vain the not Is spread in the sight Of
any mind
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-06
the following testimonials speak for themselves:

Rock Island, H., March 5th. 1885.
T.iH. THOMAS:
Sir:-Last October caught a dreadful
ruid, which developed into a cough
which I could not get rid of. in fact, In
the following January 1 suffered with
shortness of breath and night sweats. 1
had tried different cough syrups without
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-18
LAUNCHED AND AFLOAT.

c. H. Sturgeon, the Baptist divine, con- tinues his attacks on the stage, which he recently declared to be as a profession tthe fee both of good morals and relig ion." He writes to Rev w. A. Candler that he has ''never heard of Emma Ab- bott''
 At Buda Pesth recently man S4 years of age attempted suicide because he got tired of supporting his father and mother. Their ages were respectfully 115 and no years. He jumped into the river, but was gallantly fshed out and compelled to re- sume his old profession of begging for a living.
 Representative Holman, who is known to fame as the Great Objector," has made the solemn announcement that he is once more on guard and that he proposes to in vestigate carefully all appropriation bills coming before Congress. The Holman redivivus has caused considerable con- sternation in Washington. The oldest woman in New Jersey is Diana Schenck, a colored curio 115 years of age. She lives in Princeton and is sup ported by the charity of g Presbyterian church. Her little house is on the site of Washington's headquarters. Of course Mrs. Schenck saw the immortal George in her youth and has vivid recollection of his appearance She also remembers the Hessian troops encamped near Princeton during the Revolutionary war. She speaks of them in terms of reproach and says that it always gave her pleasure in the old days to see a Hesslan fly.
 There is now bill before the Maryland | Legislature providing for State Board of Immigration. The board is to consist of three persons, two of whom are to serve without pay, while the third, the presi- dent, is to receive salary of $2, 900 8 year. It shall be the duty of the president to spend four months of the year in Europe and as much time as he pleases in Canada and the various States of the Union, his travelling expenses being paid, of course, | by Maryland The board is to have 8 sec retary with salary of S1 200 year. The | presidents time is to be devoted to per suading immigrants to make their homes | in Maryland. It is seldom that State Legislature is called upon to create more luxurious sinecure than that which the Maryland Superintendent of Immigration will enjoy, should the bill referred to be- come law.
 Austin Corbin, president of the Reading Company, is nearly six feet tall, broae shouldered and weighs over two hundred pounds. Mir Corbin maintains three diff ferent residences the year rOund-One II New York, one in Philadelphia and tf' other at Babylon, L. I. He is man wht avoids publicity as much as possible. H. consistently refuses to have a photograph taken, and the only likeness of him recent ly obtained was the outcome of a strata gem. MT Corbin is fond of the theatre He leads very busy life. He is frequent 1y at his Philadelphia office in the morn ing, his New York office in the afternoon and his Babylon residence in the evening
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-18
N. H. & H. Railroad Time Table.

Trains Leave Waterbury as Follows: New YorkI5.so. se6 1o5s a. m: ess. 7sI D. m. Sunday. @-l5 D. m. Return ,. $. m. I, 1, s-3s m- New Hayen-5S0. s-s6. I0.5s a. m: s4a 7si nm Reiarn. ELS, s-5s a. m, 1, s30 5.ss. -so pn Bridgeport-s-so s.s6, ios4 a. m; s.ss, s.sI; Sun
 day. 1. i5 p. m.
 Return S.15 a-J6 a. m: 2Si 5x6 z gs n m Sunday, T-50 a. m. Sunday. s.l5 p. m. Return. 5.5s. I0s3S a. m Sos ss e IA n rn
 Sunday. se6 a. m Watertown-650. s5a n. @ A. m m 4 m -pr
 m: Saturday. BIS D. m. Return 6.30. 7.55, I0l5 a. m.: a0- 52S sxs
 p- m- saturday. 500 p. m. Thomasion-s.+s, ii-i7 a. m-: a.57, 7i0 D. m: Sun. day. BIO a. m.
 Return, TBS, Io.s7 a. m; ais. s.s7 D. m;
 Sunday. $50 p. m. Torrington-s Il.l7 a. m; sys7. 7.Iop p m: Sum- Return. 7.ss. i0.os 8. m.; Lss. ess D. m:
 Sunday. 3-e6 p. m. "instedIszs ,s li.I7 a. m.; s.S7, 7lo p m. Sunday Return, s,Is, s.4O a m: I.so, s.Io p. m.; Sun. day, 800 p. m-
 O. M. SHEPARD, General sup.t CT. HAMPSTEAD. General Pass. Agent.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-18
IN DEFENSE OF HOME RULE.

Balfour's speech in the House of Com mons last evening was a rehash of similar Tory speakers and presentation of gov- ernmental statistics, the unreliability of which is too well known by those familiar with British tactics. Fortunately MT O'Brien, recently released from prison, was present to nail some of the Tory lies. As MT Gladstone remarked ill his reply, there was little in the chief secretary's speech to assist in getting at the truth of the ques- tions before the House. MT Gladstone de- clined to accept as authentic the govern ment statistics of crime under the Coercion at until the cases cited were thoroughly in yestigated. The only case given in detail had met with point-blank contradiction. He did not disguise the strength of the combination against Home Rule, which in- cluded nearly the whole wealth and all the clements of the social strength belonging to high rank and station in the country But the Irish nation and the grow ing English popular feeling were on the side of home rule. To delay the set LlemenU or QueSIlOu or GnlS KluQ DeCWoou nations were dangerous in the extreme. If the resistance to the national voice of Ireland was pushed too far, those who now guided the mind of that nation might lose their power and be displaced by ruder and more dangerous spirits. Let the gov ernment bethink themselves and consent to legislate for Ireland as they did for Eng land and Scotland in accordance with the constitutionally expressed wishes and per manent convictions of the people, and thus at last present to the world the blessed spectacle of a truly, and not nominally united empire.
 The foreign correspondents agree that the Grand Old Mans speech was the best effort in his career. His voice was, how. ever, at times very weak and he found great difficulty in reading an extract from newspaper.
 Of course Parnells amendment was re jected, the liberal unionists voting with the government.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-18
N.Y.&N.E. Railroad Time Table,

Trains Leave Waterbury as Follows: Boston-7.30 m, l. 3.40pm
 Return s.3O m, Bpm. Providence-7.30 a. m-: loo. $40 D. ml
 Return, i5 a. m.; 30 D. m. New York-s.00 a. m.: 1.55 D. m.
 Return, s.5i a. m.: 3.3s p. m. worcester-7.3O a. m.: loo. D. m
 Return. GAS, a.3O a. m. Norwich-7.30 a. n.: 100 as0pms
 Return s.s5. 1o.i2 a. m.: 2 35 D. m New London.T.sO a; m; 100, 3:4op.m. Putnam-7.sO a. m.: 100 asopm
 Return, SIS. lo.s5 a. m. willimantic-7.SO 30 a. m: loo. s4Opm
 Return BIO. lI.ss a. m-: 5sS p. m. Springfeld-7.30. 900 a. m.: 340pm
 Return, 7-SO a. m-; S-a0 p. m.. New Haven-yia PlainviIle. 7.sO a. m.; 1oop. m.
 Return. 1I-oi a. m-. 400 B. m Hartford-7.3O, 900 a. m: 100 40 soonm
 Return, 6s5 10 4o a. m.; l2. s, AIS 6.so D. m New Britain-7.30, goo a. m.; 100 & 90 500 D. m.
 Return. 6.So ll-o4 a. m.; le.5s, 4ss. 6.5s pm. Plainyile-7s0, 800 a. m.; loo. s4o soOp.m.
 Return, "O', ll-i5 a. m; l.os- 4-5o, 7.oe p. ID. Forestville-730 900 a. m: $40. soop.m.
 Return, 7l2 II 20 a. m.; fl. .05. 454. f7. .i2 pm. Bristol-7.30. 800 a. m: loo. $40 soop m,
 Return, 7is, ll-a6 a. m.; L14, 500. 7.is p. m. Terryyille-f50 900 a, m.: 100 $40. 500 D. m.
 Return, 7.3O, ll-S7 a. m.: l-25. 5II, T2s D. m Wateryille- a. m: $40. 500 D m Return. 7.4s. ll55 a. m.; 5s77.45 p.m Union City-fs. on a. m: LOS. f5. .3s p. m
 Return, fs.i2 a. m-: ifs. 10. f. Ss D. m. Towantic-fS.O0 a. h.: f2 05 f5 3s psm
 Return. fs.S2, flI.52 a. m; f7.ss D. m. Southford-s00 a. m,: I.55 a.o5. 5as pm
 Return. s.ss, ll.4o a. m.: iee6. 7.3i D. m Hawleyville-s-o0 a m.; 1-55. s.n5. 53s D. m Return, 7-Si. 9.s5. li-59 a. m; 7.oi p. m. Danbury-soO a. m.: 1-5s ao5. 53s pm Return. 7.s0. 9i0 II. .s5 a. m-: 6.50 D. m. Brewsters-s0o a. m: I-5s. 20s pm Return, 6s5, li-s5 a. m.; 6I3o D. m. Fishkill on Hudson-soO a. m.; i-5s D. m Return. Io.05 a. m.: sos D. m.
 A. c. KENDALL. Genl Pass Agent. Boston. c. H. PLATT, supt, Hartford.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-18

IT is believed that the papers of the original plot of land that the proprietors of the Providence plantations, headed by Roger Williams received from the Indians, and the records of all the changes in real estate and deeds down to 1884, have been destroyed in the great fire. The papers were in the possession of Henry Staples &
 Company,in whose paper warehouse in the Chase block the fire started, and were locked up in chest in the office. Henry Staples, whose son is now at the heed of the firm, was the last secretary of the pro- prieturs. A movement was recently set on foot to secure these valuable documents for the State, and on Thursday, the day after the fire, resolution looking to that end passed the Senate, and in the House YsvteEdav was moved Uveg t0 tale Judaraagy
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-18
Entered at the Post Office at Waterbury, Conn. IS secona class matter
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY IS. 1888
THE MINERS STRIKE.

The miners employed in the Schuylkill region by the Philadelphia and Reading coal and Iron Company will return to work Monday morning. They have been idle since January 1, during which time thous- ands of families have subsisted on what little money was contributed by the Knights of Labor. The very thing that the people in the vicinity of the Schuy kill region, month ago asked the com pany to do-the recognition of organized labor-has been agrerd to, but not till the corporation realized that it could not starve the miners into submission. The men will return to work under the old $2 50 basis, and the company agree to consider the question of wages in conference, the company to be asked to pay no more than other companies. This decision, how ever, does not effect the strike in the Lehigh region, and the miners there, who have been on strike since last September for the eight per cent, advance will remain out.
 It was a piece of folly for the Schuylkill miners to quit work to bolster up the strikers of the Reading railroad employees, who refused to handle scab freight. The striking for the continuance of the 8 per cent agreement was different matter The same reasons that existed for that ad- vance in September, when the company grantedthe demands, were appi .alle to the situation in January. Because the op- eratives of the Lehigh and Lackawanna valleys refused to pay anything like fair wages was no reason why the Reading company should stultify themselves. The recent investigation into the strike gives the lie to the statement that they could not pay the 8 per cent advance and compete with other companies. The strike has add ed to the intensity of the sufferings of these people who work for starvation wages, but they have been rewarded with signal victory-the recognition by the Reading company of organized labor.
 Thomas M. Richards, the general sales agent for the Reading Coal and Iron Com pany, told the Congressional Investigating committee that when the company could not supply the demand for coal they put the price up. This company's mines have capacity of O,OOO, ,OOO tons annually an6 only produce :, ,OOO,O ,OOO. The reason for not being able to supply the demand, it would seem, was because the company wanted te get 9 higher price for coal MT Richards being asked whether it was not true that the Coal and Iron Company could furnish coal much cheaper if it were not for the enormous debt upon which it was com pelled to pay interest, he said yes, it could
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-18
ASTRONOMICAL TIDBlTS.
The unkindest gastronomic cut of all lobster salad from the canned article.

The unkindest gastronnmic cut of all l: lobster salad from the canned article.
 Look not upon the orange when it is frozen for therein lies several hours of suffering.
 Oysters, temporarily scarce during the col snap, are now in very good supply once moro
 Ice box game is plentiful enough for thos who like it in that very indifferent cond. . tion.
 Dealers and housekeepers say it has been a splendid winter for sausageS and buckwhea cakes.
 In the matter of price, diamond back terra pin are now to be compared with churc steeples.
 New importations of French beans in glas. are voted among the palatable things | winter vegetables.
 Even the English visitor, prone to preju dice admits that our roast beef equals tho best they have at home.
 Snow pudding is certainly reasonable now. and when properly made and served, des- sert by no means to be sighted.
 Sandwiches of grated turkey or chicker very highly seasoned, have had an unusuG run this season at the fashionable luncheo- parties.
 They have new cheese in Paris described as of Upright, golden yellow and very strong" It would not be surprising if ii was found to have come from this country.
 There seems to be an increase of medical advisers who now preach only two meals a day and 'no nibbling'' between meals Those who advocate economy in this life applaud the recommendation.
 They have secured for the phunix Hotel Del Nonte at Monterey, Cal, as chef, the celebrated Jules Harder, so long of the Pal ace hotel, San Francisco, and originally in the services of kings and noblemen of the old world. This means reputation for the Del Monte for superior cuisine, at all events
 Periodical nonsense appears about the al legged luxuries and dainties served to people who frequent Florida hotels at this season and strawberries, fresh peas, asparagus, etc. are enumerated As a matter of fact, none | of these things are served at the Florida hotel as a regular custom, and the table d'hote is ordinary iR every sense, and ofter very inferior to the best hotels at the north 1 Condensed milk and canned vegetables ''havt the call," and most of the ''luxuries" anl ''dainties' come from New York.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-18
NUTMEG CRAVINGS.

The Etna Insurance company of Hart ford has accepted 50 per cent cash for S25O,OOO of Elizabeth, N. J., city bonds The company was one of the heaviest cred itors of the city. The cash was advanced by "a friend of the city"
 The Rev George Leon Walker yesterday consented, at the request of the Church, to suspend his resignation as pastor of the Center Church in Hartford and to have an assistant in the pastorate.
 Edmund Clarence Stedman has been compelled, by reason of other pressing du- ties to decline the invitation to deliver the poem at the dedication of the Putnam equestrian statue on the 18th of June, the statue to be erected at Brooklyn, General Putnam's old home The General was lem), but lived at Brooklyn for many | years, and died there.
 A typothete composed of the firms of Futile, Moorehouse & Taylor, Price, Lee & Co.,, O. A. Dorman, Hoggson & Robinson, Register publishing company, Union pub fishing company, Morning News publish ing company, Courier publishing company B. B. Sheldon & Go. and Stafford printing company, was organized at New Haven yesterday. The organization is for mutual business protection and benefit, and to promote the interests of. the trade in such ways as would be impossible by individual l action.
 l Chas T. Coyle postal clerk who lives in New Haven, was thrown from a mail wagon in New York yesterday. His shoulder was dislocated and he was other wise seriously injured :.
 The Plank of America of New York has presented claim of $45, ,O00 against the E. s. Wheeler insolvent estate, and it's at torney has made application to the probate court at New Haven to have the time for l presentation of claims extended, and l February 24 has been set down for hear lng The claim is late and is the largest l presented.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-18
WATERBURY FIRE .ALARM
LOCATION OF BOXES.

LOCATION OF BOXES. 6-Exchange Place. 1i-East Main Street and wolcott Road l5-cor. Cherry and East Main. ss-iron Bridge. West Main. s4-WateIbury Brass Co lprivate) s'-Corner Johnson and watervIle 3-Corner Prospect and Grove 21-Junc. North Main. Grove and North Kim SCOT Washington and South Main 4-Waterbury Buckle Co tpriyate) S@Benedict & Burnham Co tprivate) s6-waterbury Watch Co. Irivafe, 3sLCor. Grand and South Main 3Ia-coner Meadow and Bank s14-Corner Meadow and Cedar 321-Plume < Atwood Co. lprivate) ss3-Holmes Booth & Haydens Iprivate) sa4-No. 1, Engine House.
 i2-Corner Union and Franklin. 4s-Scovill Mfg. Co. Cprivate) 45-Corner Clay and Mill
 46-No- Engine House
 4T-Corner Dublin and Doolittle Alley 2s-Waterbury Manufacturing Company, priv. 41-Corner of Doolttle Alley and Dublin st.
 fCorner Willow. and West Nam SsS-Corner Simon and Burnham Sts Policemen have keys
 INSTRUCTIONS To KEY HOLDERS.
 To give an alarm open the door, pull the hool down once and let go, then close the door
 Do not pull the hook if the fire bell or small hell m the box IS striking. as that indicates an alarm has already been given Be particular to remain at the box until tbe ay- riyal oi an ofiiccr of the Fire Department who Will release the key. if circumstances win moi permit remaining. then the proper officer win ne. turn 'ne Key To the holder as soon as convenient \ fire. ~ -N~a eSN sN1e | Key Holders upon changing their l~ras;ons viii | please leave word with the Chief Engineer
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-18
BY THE BY.

It was Mrs. Parvenu who wanted her dressmaker to furnish her with Zone of them elegant French robes, in the directory style!"
 Madeira is to be one of the new spring colors, but if based on the hue of Madeira wines we have nowadays will be difficult to recognize. %@
 As men are said to be known by the com pany they keep, so the imitation sealskin sacque is detected by the miserable odor of dye it emits.
 The true lovers knot in silver is new de- sign in umbrella handles which is silly enough to indicate that the designers have got to the end of their rope.
 Spring trousers are to have welted seam or cord of tho same material down the side, and, if tailors are prophets, will be just as wide as they are now.
 Dainty little sewing baskets, filled with all the fashionable sewer is likely to require, have come out in advance of the meetings of the Lenten sewing classes
 A man who goes about with @ shawl over his shoulders may be a philosopher, or phi lanthropist, or both, but he looks like Farmer Wayback, all the same. Fashionable phraseology becomes less and less elegant, if more expressive, and has lately revived some slang that gentle people hoped had been forgotten. l Specialists will soon be required for the many women whose use of lotions and cos metlcs for the complexion has distorted and paralyzed their ugly faces.
 "Now you're in the height of fashion, said young Guy to the lady at reception, over whose dress he had upset glass of ice water, i ''for you have on a watered silk" | Musical boxes operated by electricity are something new in Europe, and at receptions, one writer says, take the place of band of music This, however, may be ''harmony in falsehood."
 Emmeline Raymond, The Bazar's Paris correspondent, says, apropos of gloves, that the very ightest tints,. almost white, are more and moro used by ladies for ceremoni. GUS eftaruoou calls in the French capital
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-18
SCIENTIFIC SQUIBS.

The luminosity of phosphorus is impaired by a dense and increased by a rarifed atmos phere. At pressure of sixty pounds to the square inch, or four atmospheres, phosphorus is non-luminous
 Glass blowing is an art nearly I, ,OO0 years old, perhaps older: yet there has never been any device discovered to take the place of the human lungs in the blowing. Bottles, how ever, are blown with mold and mechanical bellows.
 The value of condiments ill the preparation of food is being discussed. Authorities that may be considered reliable assert that red pepper and salt are specially valuable as aids to appetite. ard digestion. Various herbs and spices are also good, while all the condiments used in salads promote digestion and the as- stimulation of food
 Extended observations at Paris and at Munich indicate that tho sanitary condition Of locality depends on the amount of water contained in the ground. The years in which there has been large quantity of ground water present have invariably been the healthiest while those in which there has been smaller quantity have invariably been the unhealthiest.
 The apparent paradox that the most trans parent water is at the same time perfectly opaque from a certain point of view is shown by simple experiment. Partly fill a glass goblet with clear water and hold it little above the level of the eye and distant foot | or moro. No object can be seen when held lust over the surface of the water, but the
 water surface appears like furnished mirror. Russian observations have shown that teeth decay in a quite regular order, the lower | third molar being the first attacked, then the | upper, then the lower fourth molar and so on, the lower incisors and canine teeth being the last affected. Upper teeth, as rule, are more durable than lower, right than left, those of dark persons than those of blondes, those of short persons than those of tall.
 The bacillus of whooping cough is the latest arrival. It differs from other bacteria, but is somewhat like Friedlander's pneumonia bacillus. Dr. Afansieif, the discoverer, de tected the bacillus in tho sputum of his own i and other children That was stained with methyl violet, and the baciM were detected in the pus corpuscles with magnifyin power of FOOL 900 on 8 L-12 oil immersion ob- jective.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-18

THE Blair Educational Bill has been referred to that popular undertaking firm, the House Com. mittee on Education. Notice of funeral hereaf ter.-New York World.
 Senator Platt of Meriden will be one of the chief mourners.
 The New York World says that Cover nor Lounsbury of Connecticut is said to be nursing Presidential boom-on lemonade, of course. No, he is not. He has his hands full working for a renomination fol Governor, and Republican gubernatorial boom can not be nursed on lemonade wher Mayor Morgan G. Bulkeley is in the van