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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10
SHERIFF'S SALE.

Byvrtue Of an Exc culion No. &, 147, issued ou
OF the clerks office of the circuit COur of RoeR
Island county, and state of Illinois, and to me
directed, whereby am commanded TO make the
amount of certain Judgment recently obtained
against James Fret and In favor OF Claus Tn
tiedt. out of the lands tenements goods and chat
tells of the said defendant James First, l have
levied upon the following property, tO.wit:
All that certain tract or parcel Of land situated
in the county of Rock Island and state of Illinois
bounded and described as follows, viz: Commenc
ing at the point where the east line of lot number
one ~ iu block number fifteen (i5} Ia that part OF
the city of Moline known as the original town
Of Third avenue, formerly KNOWN as Main street,
thence running nOrtherly parallel with the street
forme rly known as Will street tnug kodmau ave-
nuel three hundred and twenty-fhree (323) feet
thence westerly parallel with said Third avenue
formerly Main street, Que hundred and eleven
and three tenths tili l0) feet; thence suuthery
three hundred aud twenty.three and one hall
t3S3HsJ feet 10 q point In the north line of said
Third avenue formerly Main street, one hundred
and thirty (l30) feet to the place Of beginning
said tract of land being the part of wafer lot
number five t5l and is situated opposite to the
double opening In the water power wall which
was the sixth day of February. A. D. 1877, first
west of the single opening in said wall, a. sltn
ated In the city Of Moline, county OF Rock lslahd,
and state of Illinois. -
Therefore, according to said command. l shall
expose for sale, at public auction All me right
FIrst In and 10 the above described property, on
wednesday. the 18th day OF February, ISIS, al .
o'clack n m at the Dorth door Of the court
bonss in the city Of Rock Island in the county Of
Rock Island and state OIL .L5 tSE cAS In hand
Dated at Rock Island, this a5th day Of January,
A. d 1888. T. s. SILNIS,
Sheriff Of Rock Island county, Illinois.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10
pocToRINa A BIG BIRD.
How Gen. Dan sickles Saved the Life Of
a South American Condor.

n south american tonuOis
"Just after the war of the rebellion" said
Gen Daniel E. Sickles the other morning as
he sat before his looking glass with razor
in his hand and lather upon his face, Il
was sent TO Bogota by the United States
government on q diplomatic mission. While
there in one Of my numerous excSIsio ms
about the city, saw condor and was in
strumental In saving its life. The man who
owned this bird had captured it when very
young. II was fastened by chain around
one leg to a stake driven into the ground.
The sight of the bird made great impress
sion on me 1t was about seven feet in
length, and the distance between the tips Of
its wings when Outspread was about sixteen
feet. 1t stood nearly three feet high, Its
talons were as long my fingers Its eyes
were us large as pigeons eggs and blazed
with a light which no captivity could subdue
~ saved that condor's life. One of its legs
had been attacked by a little insect peculiar to
South America, which has habit of worm
ing its way into human and animal flesh,
and multiplying with such frightfu rapdity
that the victim dies in n few days in excru-
ciating agony have seen natives lying be-
side South American roads, their bodies
swollen as large as a barrel from tho intiam-
nation produced by the ravages of this in
badly laCerated by the mroads of this in
sect. | told the owner of the bird that
could effect a cure, but he laughed at me,
Said he; You dare not 90 near him. He
has killed three dogs. have seen him take
"A dog by the scrutf of the neck with his beak
and then tear pound Of meat from his ribs
told his owner that would take the risk
81 went to the forest and cut a strong,
Witty sapling. From this sapling l made a
yoke, such as is used to put over the necks of
geese to keep them from getting through
fences. This yoke | succeeded in putting
over the condor's neck The condor was
thus unable to use his formidable heak, al
though he tried hard to do 50, Two men
held his sound leg while dortored the dis
eased one. The treatment | adopted was to
bandage the condor's leg in cotton soaked in
oil. Three days later paid another visit to
the condor. This time | cauterized tho
wounds and the result was that the leg he
came completely cured. The owner of the
bird had doubted my surgical skill, and had
said that ii | cured the bird could have
him l began to make preparations TO have
the condor transported to Central park. |
found, however, that the expense would be
enormous, involving relays Of some thirty
natives to carry the condor TO the coast, be-
sides his care on shipboard; and so Central
park lost probably one Of the finest speci-
mems of the great South American condor
which has ever been taken alive. New
York Evening Sun.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10

The Chinese new year comes next
Monday. and the few Mongoliaus in this
city are actively engaged in preparing for
a fitting observance of the event. The
great day oe the Chinese new year comes
on q different day each year. and this
year has fifteen months, an intercalary
month, that brings the new year day on
the twelfth Of this month, which is on
Sunday, but as the almond eyed celestials
don't observe the chriHtian Sabbath they
do not put off the celebration until Mon
day, as we do in this country in like
event. The ceremonies in celebration of
the day will begin before dawn and con-
tinue through Saturday. the 11th, as the
new year comes in by II o'clock Saturday
night
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10
A pecuIIarIY Russian Incident.

A daily paper at St Petersburg, Russia,
recently printed the following amusing para
graph THE peasants of Il village in the
province of Saratof resolved to close the
school and use the building as a saloon. The
aldermen undertook the management them
selves They determined to sell their spirits
on credit taking their customers notes for
it. Tho old men Of the village were appoint
ed bartenders waters and bookkeepers. All
the prelminaries settled, the hurlyburly
commenced, everybody present drinking as
much and us fast they could draw the
liquor. The school children, perceiving how
jolly their sires were, and well acquainted
with tine locality, effected an entrance into
the cellar and started picnic of their own.
Soon the men up stairs found their waters
Of life running short, and going down into
the basement they found their youthful i'm
itators all stretched on tho ground dead
drunk, and all the barrels empty What had
not run into the little stomachs had flowed
into the ground. The little fellows were so
drunk that they refused being awakened by
the terrible castigation their seniors inflicted
on them &C Chicago News.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10
Pipes Again in Fashion.

Pipe smoking is on the increase" said a
Fulton street tobacconist. Years ago it
was not unusual to meet half dozen men
pulling on brier roots during a walk of as
many blocks, but until recently the custom
has been regarded as vulgar, and Patsey with
his dudheen was the only man who brayed
popular prejudice and sauntered home with
pipe in his mouth. During the past few
months it is surprising how many pipes have
been sold. Nearly all the old stock is gone
and the manufacturers are smiling at the
prospect of rush for the holidays The
profits are not meager, but of course they are
nothing to those we make on cigars The
male portion of New York begins smoking
nowadays at the age of Z years and never
quits until death. Cigarettes, or coffin
nails" as some persons call them, are bought
by every one. Even young women, school
girls and old women, blow a cloud occasion
ally. We should all get rich if there were
fewer in the business The man who doesn't
smoke something nowadays is a rarity. ~
New York Mail and Express.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10
Tho Struggling of the Future.

One of the newest automatic groups seems
well suited to express the progress of aesthetic
taste here in Boston. 1t represents the vari.
Gus actors in glove fight; the principals in
ring costume going through the motions OF
striking blows which fall short of the faces
they seem designed to hit, thus cleverly
satirizing the weak points of the average
sparring match. In opposite corners are a
man holding "a sponge which he Jerks IN
and down, but never has a chance to use.
and bottle holder who also goes through
similar Intellectual motions. But the most
amusing figure of all is policeman who is
perpetunlly raising his billy" as ii about to
stop the fight, which seems bound. like Ten
nyson's brock, to go on forever Boston
Post
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10

You are allowed Il free triai Of THIRTY
days of the use of Dr. Dyes Celebrated
Voltaic Belt with Electric Suspensory
Appliances. for the speedy relief and FER.
manent cure of Nervous Debility, loss OF
Vitality and Manhood, and all kindred
troubles. Also, for many other diseases.
Complete restoration to health, vigor and
manhood guaranteed. No risk is incurredj
Illustrated pamphlet, with full informa-
ton, terms, etc. mailed free by address,
ing Voltaic Belt Co.. Marshall, Mich.
decd r. "
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10
LOCAL NOTICES.

Insure in the Boylston Insurance Co. of
Boston. Mass, organized 1879. Assets
nesrly 81 900 900. E. W. Hurst agent,
Office over Rock Island National Bank.
Insure Your Property
with ] E. Loosely & Co, Successors to
Hayes Il Cleaveland) general insurance
agents. Fire. tornado, cargo. life and
accident insurance policies written at
lowest rates given by any reliable COM
pany. Ocean steamship passage tickets
for sale. Office removed to No 1913
Second avenue, next door east of Me.
Intire & Co.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10

is incompetent to communicate the mex =
pressibe satisfaction and incomprehensl
BILE resulting from judicious admins,
tration Of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescfip.
ton, preparation designed especially
for the speedy relief and permanent cure
of all female weaknesses, nervousness
and diseases peculiar to the female sex.
The only remedy for woman's peculiar
ills, sold by druggists, under a positive
guarantee, to give satisfaction. See
guarantee on wrapper of bottle. This
guarantee has been faithfully carried out
for many years by the proprietors.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10

TO the Good name at home" won by
Hoods Sarsapanlla. In Lowell, Mass.
where it is prepared, there is more OF
Hoods Sarsaparlla sold than of ali Other
medicines, and it has given the hest OF
satisfaction since its introduction ten
years ago. This could not be if the med
icine did not possess merit. If you suffer
from impure blood, try Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla and realize its peculiar curative
mower
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10
a Genuine Real Estate Speculation

A Washington correspondent says that the
best real estate speculation in that city dur
ing the past summer was that of Gardiner
Hubbard, the father-in-law of Bell Of tele-
phone notoriety, He paid $50, 600 for IA tract
of hill and hollow on the line of the Massa-
chusetts avenue extension, put 800 men at
work with carts and shoyels and barrows;
thus spent SlO0OOO in improving the prop
erty, and has sold over 500, 600 worth Of lots,
and has some of the original tract on hand
Chicago Herald.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10

George Wyatt, the Yankee manager, could
''don Macbeth with five people. Just
tack them two speeches together, and, Mac
beth, Won go on for MacduiT, till you como
to the fight, and I'll get cut of the
witches time enough to kill you he said
once to an astonished tragedian who took q
starring engagement with him at Derby,
Conn. Brooklyn Eagle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10
SKIN SCALP
BLOOD.

Having been a sufferer fortwo years and hal
from oisea e caused by bruise on the leg, anC
II wing been cured by the Cuticun Remedies
deem II my duty to recommend them, siteC
hot springs to no avail and tried several doctors
without su Cess and at last our principal druggist
MIR. John p. Finlay, Ito whom | shall aver led
grateful spoke to me about Cuicura, and con,
scented to give them a Trial with the result that
am perfectly cured. TIL re is now no sore about
me. think can show the largest surface whe
my snferings sprang from of any one In toe state
The Cuticnra Remedies the best blood and
SKIN cures MANUFACTURED refer to druggi-t Johr
T. Flnlay and Or, g, Monlgom ~, both Of this
place, and TO DR.. Smith of Lake Loe. Mics.
ALEXANDEV BEACH, Greynville, Miss.
MI Beach used the Cuttcura remedies at oui
Request, with results a. above stated.
A. Is FINLAY ~ Co, Druggists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10

We'll, Nellie, does your husband still
drinki'
YES, mother, and its worrying the life
out of me-
Did You try the plan of breaking him of
the habit that | suggested to youH
Yes
did you put whisky in his cotfeef"
Yes
what did ne sayfn
He said l was the only woman he had
seen since his mother died who knew how to
make coffee Us II should 10 made. Lincoln
Journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10
Being Mora Plaasant

To the taste. more acceptable to the
stomach, and more truly beneficial in its
action. the famous California liquid fruit
remedy, Syrup of Figs. is rapidly super
sed;ng all Others. Try it. One bottle
will prove its merit. Hartz 81 Bahnsen,
Agents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10

Ever since can remember. my mother has SUI
fered from milk leg Nothing would do her any
good She had the best medical talent. but they
all did her no good. She suffered with her leg fol
thirty years and never knew t. well day. She would
have TO ait mp half the night. holding up her leg
and moaning. She had no peace. She use all the
best known remedies In the country without cf'
feet asked her to try your ca icura Remoiie.
Got her bottle OF Cuticura ResOlytnt, and she
took II, and has taken In all about six or seven
bottles, Hnt now she Is well woman today. Her
leg ia ent rely healed, and her health was never
better. She can go out every day, something he
has not done In ten years, so you see cannot help
Remedles, \ on have saved my mothers Vie.
cannot md WORKS 20 express my gratitude, have
advertised yoar Cutlcura Remedies far and near.
EDWARD UEDsR, 1896 Broadway, n. Y,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10

n woman of Apologize, Ore, recently
found in the interior of a goose that she
was preparing for the table. piece of
gold worth so cents. She is wondering
whether If the goose had lived, it might
not have in time begun to lay golden
eggs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10

This life is too full Of work, of duty.
and OF pleasure to be wasted. But every
body don't think so, or they would not
tribe with cold. or a cough. when DR..
Bull's Cough Syrup, the only reliable
remedy, can be procured for 25 cents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10

Miss Meuk Meyer, a grandniece of
Anton Rubinstein and the pupil of Lszt,
is the musical prodigy of Vienna. She
is not yet eighteen years old. but she has
composed the music and written the
ibretto of an opera
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10
A Wonderful Food Medicine

Known and used by physicians all over
the world. SCOTS Emulsion not only
gives flesh and strength by virtue of it's
appetite for food that builds up the
wasted body. Il have been using SCOTS
Emulsion for several years. and am
pleased with its action. My patients say
that 1t is pleasant and palatable, and all
grow stronger and gain flesh from the use
of II. use it in all cases of wasting
diseases, and it is specially useful for
children when nutriment medication is
needed, as In Marasmus IT W. PIERCE,
NJ. D.. Knoxville. Ala.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10

Elopements are treated seriously In
Russia. A young woman has been sent
to prison for four months and will lose
her share in the family property because
she married without the paternal con-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10

Cardinal Manning recently said NE.
cessity has no law, and starving man
has natural right to his neIghbor's
bread" This little text has set all Eng
land talking.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10

TRANSFERS.
S-Wm. Seidler to Peter Wertz. e4 81
swf, 8. 10, 4w, $500.
Joseph Huyett to Geo. R. Sydnor. lot
, block Z, Milan, 81 900.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10
AdvertIned Id.t or I,.tter. SoIo

List of letters uuCaed for 81 the PoslOilce al
Rock Island, Rock Island county Illinois, Feb
10, 1888.
Countryman Henry McNeal
Dunn Thomas MatLhAe Mrs Nj
Heck Mattox p
HYATT Emma C Frank Murray Rev j A
Seymour Peterson Amanpa
joyce Mrs Mary Phillips Mrs AuRud4
johnson Mamie Sherwood John
Kinecesow George 1ubbs Della
williams Robert
Give the number Of the list when calling for
advertised letters. c. W. HAWE5. ?. NJ
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10

The average salary of the ministers Of
the Southern Presbyterian church last
year was only 1862, and the average con-
tributious per member for ministerial
support only $408. In West Virginia
the average salary was SAB
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10

Sold everywhere, Price: CUTIcURA, so cents
soar, 25 cents; REsoLvENT, 81. Prepared by
POTTER DRus AND CHEMICAL Co., Boston, Mass.
Send for How to Cure Skin Diseases"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10

Modesty is regarded as chic in Paris
now, and dresses are worn long.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10
Drunkenness

Or the Liquor habit, Positively Cured by
Administering DR.. Haines' Golden
Specific.
1t csa be given in a emp Of coffee or tea wltnoll
the knowledge OF the person taking II: 1t is aosO-
lutely harmless and will effect permanent aud
speedy cure, whether the patient IS moderate
drnker or an alcoholic wreck. Thousands OF
drunkArds have been made emOerate men who
have taken Golden Specific in their coffee WITH
out their knowledge and to-day believe they ql,i
drinking OF their own free will. 1T NEVER
FAIL :. The system one impregnsted WITH the
Specific, It becomes an utter impossbility FOR the
liquor appetite TO exist For sale by 7. ii. IhOm ls
and Marshall & Fisher, Druggists, ROCK IsIanl.
Ills. feb 27i"lF
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10
Sneezing Catarrh.

Dian Plies, BlackheadE, chapped and oily skin
Nv prevented by CuTIouRA INDICATED SOAR
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10
Depot, Moline Avenue.
J. r. COOK, Agent. Rock Island,

CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & Quincy.
LEAVE. ARRIVE.
st. Louis Exprese..... 6:45A ANA T25P.b
Denver b Kan. City tx. 100 p. mo 100 b
at. Iouis Fast Ex. $50 Mo G:2OA.hG
a. Paul Fast Ex.- 8 rs P.Ma 1:3j A. NJ a
Lacrosse Ex,.....,,..ln:Ep NIB b:IOP. =
Beardstown Passenger. 400 p. NIB T:25 p. M
Way FREIGHT (Monm'th) 700 A. MO 1850 p. NJ :
Way Freight (Sterling) s:45 A. NIB 0'05P.
Sterling Passenger..... $40 A, MO G!65 r. Nj.
QDaily. Daily ex Sunday.
NJ. j. YOUNG. Agent.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-02-01

A Wisconsin court has decided that
a husband can open his wife's letters.
Now, if there was only some way of
getting a law passed compelling a hus-
band to mail his wife's letters some
time the same year that she gave them
to him the women wouldn't care a
snap about this other decision. And
then, perhaps, in the interest of uni
versal peace. it should be made a peni-
tertiary offense for a wife to give her
husband any letters to mail; or, if she
does, she should eve again refer to
them In any way. How is q man to
feel happy, how is he to have any feel
ing Of peace or content in his heart all
day, when in the morning his wife
stands before him, holding one hand
hidden behind her back, and says,
sweetly, Ibid you mail that letter l
gave you Yesterday" How does he
know whether that letter is still in his
inside coat pocket, whether he may
not, in a moment of temporary insanity
or transient alteration, have mailed
it? How can he be positive that he did,
even if it isn't in his pocket, while she
stands in that misleading attitudeY
How does he know what to say? HOW
does he? / say, there's heaps Of law
needed on this subject before it a be
satisfactorily adjusted.-Brdette.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-02-01
Has Been Around the World.

Imagine the surprise of an American
who, wandering fifteen hundred miles into
the interior of Africa to Zuiuland and the
home Of the white race Of "She," who must
be obeyed, and the white queens Of Hag-
gard. should by chance gaze OF some big
rock On whose side was painted in big black
letters, the familiar epigram, "Rough on
Rats" His thoughts would be given an
other violent shift homeward, when upon
entering a city nearly two thousand miles
inland as large as New Haven, a newsboy
offered him q daily paper for II cents, twice
as large as the largest New York daily, on
whose title page the same "Rough on Rats"
stared him in the face.
The people of Africa, India and Austria
liza seem TO be troubled more with rats and
rabbits than anything for which there are
American specifics. This has been discov-
cred by the ever progressive Yankee, and
Trough o n Rats" is more extensively ad-
vertised in these countries than anything
else. Tho power Of euphonious ~allitera-
ton seems to be as great among the Turks,
Calcuttians and Australians as here. Rough
on Rats in a display head line of a vernac-
ular Indian paper is tremendously impress
sive. The proprietor Of Rough on Rats"
has spent 2 1000 to secure q copyright Of
the name in these countries, and is ship
ping immense quantities Of the great
"Rough on's" to those countries and En-
gland. Americans should be proud Of
Trough on Rats" 1t accompanies and
makes him feel at home in every land
NeW Haren Register.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-02-01
She Found Out.

A patrolman who was going up
Macomb street the other night was
joined by a resident Of that street who
was on bis way home. When the two
reached the house it was nearly mid
night, and the citizen jokingly said:
II guess / can get in without the
old lady hearing me. Some wives are
mighty particular you know"
He passed around to the side door
with a key in his hand, but in about a
minute the officer heard a terrible yell,
followed by shouts of help. A chamber
window was thrown up and a head
thrust out and the officer asked what
was the matter.
"Oh, nothing much,'' answered a
woman's voice, 81 wanted to know
just what time he got home tonight.
and so I set a steel trap on the door
step. / think Icaught him. You can
go on about your business and I'll go
down and let him in"
The officer obeyed the suggestion
and was heard to say as he promenaded
his beat:
at beats all how many pointers a
Teller can pick up after ten o'clock at
night!"-Detroit Free Press.