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The Portland daily press., 1888-09-07
85c, CSC, SI.25 and SI.5o
Per Yard.
COLORED DRESS GOODS.
IS Cents

lot Gents Imported Blue and
Red Suits, Blouse and Trunks,
marked from
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION.

The Democratic voters OF Rock Island county
and all citizcne who favor reduction of war taxes
and who are opposed to the extravagant system OF
our state administration, which has produced al
increase of state expenses in one year Of 81 i'4oO
200, are requested to meet In their respective town
ships on Saturday April 2sth, 1885, select dele
gatss to the Democratic County Convention to be
held at the Court House at Rock Island, on
FRIDAY, MAY 4th, 1888, AT $50 p. NJ,
which is allied for the purpose OF selecting dele
gates to the Democratic State Convention to be
held at Springfield, Wednesday May 23 1888; also.
delegates to the Congressional and Legislative
conventions TO be thereafter holden, and also to
nominate candidates for Clerk of the Circuit Court
States Attorney, Coroner and County Surveyor,
and transact uch other business as may properly
come before the convention.
The repres ,ntation Of said convention will be
based upon the democratic vote for president in
the election of 1884, apport!onad among the sew
eral townships and wards In the ratio Of one dele
gate for every thirty votes, and one delegate for
every fractional twenty votes and over, as shown
by the following table:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02

The Ranchman's Commissary Department.
A ranchman's life is certainly very pleas
ant one, albeit generally varied with plenty
of hardship and anxiety. Although occa-
sionally he passes days of severe toil-for
example, if he goes ON the round up he works
as hard as any of his men-yet he no longer
has to undergo the monotonous drud2ery at
tondant upon the tasks of the cowboy or of
the apprentice in the business His fare is
simple; but, if he chooses, it is good enough.
Many ranches are provided with nothing at
all but salt pork, canned goods, and bread !;
indeed, it is a curious fact that in travelling
through this COW country it is often impos-
sible to get any milk or butter but this is
only because the owners or managers are too
lazy to take enough trouble to insure their
own comfort We ourselves always keep up
two or three cows, choosing such as are nat
urally tame and so we invariably have plenty
Of milk and, when there is time for churning,
n good deal of butter.
We also keep hens, which, in spite of the
damaging inroads of hawks, bob cats and
foxes, supply us with eggs, and in time of
need, when our rifles have failed to keep us in
game, with stewed, roast or fried chicken,
also From our garden we get potatoes, and
unless drought, frost or grasshoppers inter
fere (which they do about every second year.
other vegetables as well For fresh meat we
depend chiefly upon our prowess as hunters.
Theodore Roosevelt in The Century.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02
ROCK ISLAND, WEDNESDAY. MAY 2, 1883.

This is the generic designation of the
white race bestowed by our copper coll
ored brother, the ''noble savage" The
Caucasian. though many shades lighter,
is not necessarily pallid. But when his
cuticle has the parchment colored tint,
and his checks the hollowness indicative
of want of bodily stamina. he well de-
serves the appellation of "pale face"
These facial indications should suggest
course of Hostetters Stomach Bitters. an
acknowledged rehabilitation of failing
strength and renewer of bodily sub
stance. II is derived exclusively from
botanic sources-is pure and efficient.
Its invigorating action is prompt thor
ough and speedily felt. Can the like be
said of most toncs? Scarcely. Appetite
as well as the ability to satisfy it without
subsequent discomfort, is renewed by II,
and IL efrectually tones the liver and
bowels. 1t fortities the system against
malaria and rheumatism, and remedies
nervousness and kidney complaints.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teethY If so,
send at once and get bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teethirg. Its value is inCalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it mothers,
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dysentcry, diarrhoea, regulates the stom-
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces Inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
ten. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one of
the oldest and best female nurses and phYl
sicians in the United States, and is for
sale by all druggists throughout the
world Price 25 cents per hottie.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02
Something in a Name.

knew a man who spent years and for
tune in getting up a new decoetion OF bit
ters. At last he had it in shape to sell it. He
made about million bottles of it, and had it
advertised under beautiful Greek name,
which he had made up out of the dictionary
specially to attract attention. And when he
advertised it it sounded 50 like some chemi-
cal poison that he couldn't get any body to
believe it was a simple "bitters." he failed.
A name is all patent medicine wants A
patent medicine never makes itself popular
from its merits. You've got to persuade
people it will cure them before they take 1t,
and then it does. The name is everything
practically. Everybody knows that he has
stood at street windows and looked at some
thing he has no use for and longed to buy 1t
just because 1t has an attractive namet-San
Francisco Chronicle ''Undertones"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02

An Incompetent Railroad Engineer.
The danger of running on an engine han
died by an incompetent engineer or "A man
who has remained at some other business
long enough to get rusty is not fully under
stood by the travelling world. had an ex-
perience of that kind that drove me or the
road and into more pleasant lines of labor
The Iowa legislature passed law in 1877
holding all railroads responsible in heavy
amounts for loss of life or injuries incurred
in their service, and to offset the liability the
railroad addressed circular to all employees
asking them to relinquish their claims. One
morning had fired up as usual, and run the
engine around to await the freight which we
were to take west from Burlington. Before
the hour an agent stepped up and asked the
engineer to sign the agreement. He refused
and was discharged on the spot A new man
was put in the cab. He had an engineers
license, and everything looked straight, so
far as papers went During the talk my fires
had run down, so L filled in coal until steam
was kissing out of the safety valve, and then
| opened the furnace door.
Having taken our train, an hour later we
were spinning along nicely when turned to
feed the fire. Throwing open the door l OBJ
served the crown sheet and rivets showing
through the fire box, and looked up at the
gauge only to find that we were running with
u dry boiler. lyelled to my partner, and he
started out on the running board with a
hammer in one hand The pump had stopped
working The new man struck the metal
gently to loosen the plunger. That's all
saw. l started over the coal in the tender
and, climbing up on the side of the first car,
was not long in putting twelve or fifteen cars
between me and that engine. Reaching the
caboose and sitting on the cupola, waited
for the explosion. If that fool with his ham
mer had succeeded in starting that pump he
would have gone into eternity the next
second, for the boiler was at white heat
wasn't in a suicidal frame of mind, and that's
why 1 lit out But the old adage about fools
and children proved true, for that engineer
had to stop, draw the fire and wait for
relief engine. We had only run fifteen miles,
but the damage in half an hour took three
to repair. .-Globe-Democrat Inter
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02

We will pay the above reward for any
case of liver complaint. dyspepsia, sick
headache, indigestion, constipation or
cOstiveness we cannot cure with Vests
Vegetable Liver Pills, when the directions
are strictly complied with, They are
purely vegetable. and never fail to give
satisfaction. Large boxes containing 30
sugar coated pills, 25c. For sale by all
druggists. Beware of counterfeits and
limitations, The genuine manufactured
only by John @. West & Co., S62 W.
Madison St. Chicago. Ill.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02

The average length OF life is on the in
crease. The science of medicine has made
great progress; many diseases are now
controlled that were formerly thought in
durable The greatest discovery is DR..
Bigelow's Cure, which cures consump>
tion in stages that other remedies are of
no benefit. Coughs, colds, Group, whoop-
ing cough, bronchitis, and all throat and
lung diseases speedily and safely. Price,
SO cents and 81. of druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02

Is natures own true laxative. It is the
most easily taken, and the most effective
remedy known to cleanse the system
when bilious or costive; to dispel head
aches, colds and fevers; to cure habitual
constipation, indigestion, piles, etc.
Manufactured only by the California Fig
Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal.
Hartz & Bahnsen, agents, Rock Island,
Ill.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02

The fact that the sale of DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pellets exceeds that
of any other pill IN the market, be it great
or small, is on account of the fact that
they are tiny, little, sugar coated gram
ules, and that in most cases one little
Pellet" is sufficient for a dose; that they
are purely vegetable and perfectly HARM
less; and for constipation, blliousness,
sick headache, and all diseases arising
from arrangement of the liver, stomach
or bowels, they are absolutely specific.
A gentle laxative or active cathartic, ac :
cording to size of dose.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02
WIZARD OIL
% cents at the
HARPER HOUSE DRUG STORE.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU."
A Boston Paper Hangers Trouble and
How he Got Out of It-Plain
Words from the Sunny South

When we are in trouble we cry for help. When
we are relieved we often forget to be thankful.
But not always. Mr., W. w. Griffin of Trout creek,
ST. Clair Co.. Ala, writes: II had bad attack OF
chills and fever; my system was fun Of malaria.
For two years was scarcely able to work Vt all
Some times my heart would palpifate for two
hours at II time: my legs would get cold to the
knees, and fully expected 10 di,. In September,
1881, bought bottle of Shaker Extract of Roots
or Seigel's Curative Syrup Of your agent. X NJ.
Kin and before had taken the fist bottle I I 1t
better, and in short time was able TO go 10 work.
May God bless you for the good you have done"
Mr., VIM. j. Mccain, 90 Randall street. Boston.
writes: six months ago began to throw up my
food after eating. thought WIS going into con
sumption, | soon began to have pain in the chest,
stomach and sides. got little sleep and woke all
tired out. once lost five pounds in four days.
began using Shaker Extract of Roots, or Seigel's
syrup, and when had finished the sixth bottle |
could eat three squire meals a day, and 60 to
sheep the minnie struck the bed. am paper
hanger by trade and have worked every day since
took the second bottle, and gained eighteen
pounds. l ought to be thankful aud am"
This remedy opens all the natu' al passages OF
the body, expels the poison from the blood and en-
ables nature TO rebuild what disease has de-
stroyed.
shsker Extract Of Roots or seigel's Syrup, is
sold by all druggists send to the proprietor, A
j. White 81 Warren street New York.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02
Democratic Senatorial Convention

Democratic Senatorial Convention.
The counties of Rock Island and Henry, com
prising the Twenty-frst Senatorial Distric,. are
requestedto send delegates to convention to be
held at the Court House in the city of Rock Isl
and on
THURSDAY, MAY II, 1885,
at 2 p M, for the purpose of nominating can
didate for representative, appointing senatorial
committee and transactiDg such other business At
may properly come before the convention.
The basis Of represention will be one delegate
for every two hundred votes cast for Cleveland
and Hendricks in 1884, and one delegate for every
fraction of one hundred votes, as follows:
Rock Island County, 27s5 votes-14 delegates.
Henry 2070 10 "
l.. G. BLANDING,)
WIN. McENRY, Com.
L. II. DINICk.
Rock Island, III, April a5 1858.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02

PROPOSALS FOR FU Ell, FORAGE and STRAW
L aud for Hauling Stores and Coal. Rock Island
Arsenal, Ills., April 30, 1888: Sealed PROPOSALS,
in tripliCate. subject to usual conditi ons will
received at this office until dive O'Clock noon,
May 81 1888, at which time . place they will
be opened in the presence of attending bidders.
for furnishing and delivering at this Arsenal, the
Anthracite and Bituminaus Coal Oatz, Hay and
Straw required by the Quarterma-ters Depart
ment during the fiscal year commencing July LIST,
1888 and for hauling between the Arsenal and the
various depots and steamboat landings in the
cities Of Davenport, Rock Island and Moline, and
between the Arsehal warehouse and cars the
Arsenal tracks, all public stores and property 70
be shipped by and consigned 10 the Post Quarter
master at the Rock Island Arsenal. The Gov
ernment re serves the right to reject any or all
proposals Preferences given 10 articles of do
nestle production and manufacture. conditions of
price and quality being equal. and such prefer
ence given to articles OF American production nd
manufacture produced on the Pacific coast, 10 the
extent OF the consumption required by the public
service here. Blanks and full Ipformation will be
furnished from this office on ap deation Envel-
o3es containing proposals should be marked Pro
posals for Fuel, Forage and straw or Hauling
Stores aud Coal" and addressed TO the under
signed. JAS. ROCKWELL, JK.,
Captain Of Ordnance, A. A. Q. NJ.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02

The caucuses in the different townships will be
held at 3 p. m and in Moline and Rock Island at
7;S0p.m IN.
Byorder of the Democratic County Com.
AUGUST HUESlNG, Chairman.
WM. McEERY, Secretary.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02

The speaker of the house-your moths
erin. law
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02
jdly1-dw
Health is Wealth |!

Dr. E. G. Vests Nerve and Brain treatm ent,
guaranteed specific for hysteria, dizziness, con
vulsions, fits, nervous neuralgia, heaIache, ner-
vous prostratlon caused by the use of alcohol or
tobacco, wakefuness mental depression, soften
ing of the brain resulting in insanity and leading
to misery, ay and death, premature old age,
barrenpess, loss of power in either sex, involun
tary losses and spermatorrhoea caused by over
exertion of the brain, self abuse over indul
genCc. Each box contains months treatment.
81 box, six boxes for s., sent by mail prepaid
on reccipt of Drice,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02

Frenchmen are the fellows who liv
duel lives.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02
ANNOUNCEMENT.

! hereby announce myself as an independent
candidate for the ofice OF States Attorney.
M. M. CORBETT
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02

A serious reflection--a solemn bore's
image in mirror.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES

To cure any case. With each order received by
us for six boxes, accompanied with s., we will
send the purchaser our written guarantee 10 re-
fund the money if the treatment does not affect
cure. Guarantees issued only by Marshall Il
Fisher, Harper house drug store, sole agents,
Rock Island III.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02
Cause is in the Liver.

and one thing more is equally certain, no
one will remain a dyepeptic who viii
Iron County register., 1888-01-26
Teachers Association,

The association was called to order at II 80
A. NJ, by the chairman. After sin ging, the
Lords prayer was repeated in concert, min
utes of the previous meeting were read and
approved. The meeting then proceeded to
the days work. Miss Gussie Kaths, OF Pilot
Knob, read paper, the subject of which was
"School Amusements." The discussion of
Miss Kaths' paper lasted until about 1920
p. NJ, when an adjournment was taken until
the afternoon. The afternoon meeting was
called to order at 1880. Mr.. S. Z. DeHaven
read a paper entitled "Three Factors in
Education" The discussion lasted for some
time. State superintendent of public
schools, w. E. Coleman, was present and
favored the association with instructive talks
both in the forenoon and the afternoon. At
the afternoon session there were several Wis
itors, some of whom offered few remarks
and brought out some strong points. The
select reading by Mr.. James FL. Chase was
rendered in elocutionary style, and was very
much appreciated by the audience. On
tended to Superintendent Coleman and Mr..
Chase Il vote of thanks. The presence of so
mNy visitors is very encouraging indeed.
Friends, we invite you to come and try to
get others TO come. The next meeting will
be held at the public school building in Iron
ton, Saturday, February 1S. Again we say,
comet SECRETARY.
Iron County register., 1888-01-26
Our Bridge.

Ed RegiSter-No doubt you, as well as the
community at large, are disappointed in re-
lation to our bridge across Knob creek. /,
as county commissioner, rise to explain: the
bridge was let to the lowest bidder; the con-
tract entered into, and, as matter of course,
with ifs aud ands as to :mpossibllities, ac-
cording to the contract, the bridge was to be
on the piers by the 10th of December, 1887.
On the 9Th of December | received a letter
from the manager of the company, stating
that our bridge, with two others, had left
the mills for their points of destination and
were wrecked on the road and so badly in
jured that they had to be sent to the mills
for repairs, but was promised again in two
or three weeks. The bridge did not come.
wrote to the managers to know what the
matter was. He answered me by saying
new bridge had to be made, which is now
nearly ready. When completed, wish you
would say to that man that had taken six
glasses of beer and had much ado in find
ing the foot bride across the creek, that the
new bridge will be 16 feet in the clear and
will be free for bipeds, quadrupeds, carriages
and loaded wagons, and if he should happen
to take ten beers in crossing he might be
run over and his innards mashed out.
4. w. II.
Iron County register., 1888-01-26
Pilot Knob Items.

Mr.. Ed. Craine returned from Murphys-
boro Friday night.
Val Efinger had his icehouse filled last
week with ice from the dam.
Mrs. NJ. A. Slagel, of Fairfield, Iowa, is
visiting the family of Mr.. G. w. Craine, her
brother.
a party of Pilot Knob young ladies invad-
ed the premises of Mr.. John Schwab's last
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. NJ. Diltz left Thursday
afternoon last for Iowa, where they 90 to
visit relatives and friends.
We are little short on locals this week,
hut as we have a new "Drifter" that is as
snrv as a kitten, he will doubtless make up
for our deficiency.
A surprise party at the residence of Mr.
los. Price Monday night was well attended
and general good time ensued.
Moonlight coasting has been the feature OF
amusement during the past week. Outside
of a few upsets, no accidents have occurred.
We observe that Mr.. Taylor, who is en-
w.,.ad in "wielding the rod'' at Graniteville,
Us in our town last Saturday and figured
ouite prominent with some of our young
ladies.
CON. Kindel seems TO be the champion
r.bb,t hunter of Pilot Knob. He slaughter
oa six one day last week, and is now pre-
narinp for an extensive hunt, when ne eX-
meets to exceed all previous records.
Iron County register., 1888-01-26
ARCADIA yAIIEy Januarv % 1sss


Ed. Regtster-Haying had the benefit of
hearing fine lecture at the Ironton court
iiouse on Saturday night,the subscriber takes
the liberty of making a few comments on
certain points in the discourse, to which
some people might take exeeptions-e. e.,
an old gentleman at the close of the lecture
stood up IN the audience and asked the
speaker (who was no less parsonage than
w. L. Coleman, Supt. of public Instruction.
If he favored Compulsory Education. !"
Mr. Coleman replied, "No; and if his hear
ers desired he would give his reason" A
grey beard near the door said, sYes, we
would like to hear your reason" Then Cole
man stated ait had been already tried
In thirteen states and the people would have
no more of it; the machinery necessary for
Its enforcement being too expensive and
adapted only TO military governed countries
like Germany" Grey-beard near the door
asked one or two other questions of rather
facetious character, which seemed to put
the very intelligent-indeed. intellectual
audience in good humor, as, for instance,
why say "Down from st. Louis, when ever
ybody knows that Arcadia Valley is nearly
900 feet above the level of that town upon
the Mississippi riyer?" On the whole, the
lecture was excellent, though unstuded and
informal-so replete with valuable and var
led statistical matter as to deserve hearing
from San Francisco to Boston, from Sitka to
New Orleans. III.
Iron County register., 1888-01-26
From GOOdWaIer.

Ed. RegiSter-The winter has, with US,
been quite open, which, with the existing
scarcity of feed and money with many of US,
is blessing.
AT different times during the past two
weeks Messrs. Jordan and Walker, of Iron
ton. delivered speeches, favoring local op-
ton, at our schoolhouse. On the evening Of
the 9th inst, Mr.. Fry, of Charleston, Mo-,
spoke at the same place on the same ques-
ton; he was followed by Hon. W. T. Crock
er, who espoused the cause of the "wets;"
Mr.. Fry's reply to him was answered by
David Cureton, Esq. On the next evening
the debate was continued by Messrs. Fry
and Crocker; as is usual in debates and con-
troyersies, both sides claim decided victory.
1t would be interesting to ascertain whether
single vote was gained on either side by
many or all of the many speeches for and
against local option in this county; am
sure no such results are believed to have
been reached by any effort made in this
community. Nor could such results be
reasonably expected to follow any canvass
that is characterized-as unfortunately most
(if not ALI canvasses ale-by blow and hlus-
ter, rather than by a proper manifestation of
gentlemanly demeanor and due respect of
the speakers for each others feelings.
On the morning of the 9th inst, your cor
respondent with number of others from this
vicinity attended the corouer's inquest over
the body of Alexander sumpter, deceased,
at his late residence on Neils' Greek, few
miles south of Red Point. David Cureton,
Esq, in the absence of the coroner, officiat-
ed as acting coroner. The jury was compos-
ed of the following gentlemen: ID. S. Love,
Nelson Hawk, Thomas E. Crocker, Isaiah
Bolick, Henry Nelson and Marion Msyberry,
Iron County register., 1888-01-26
Docket.
merit alone.

Iroa County Missouri, February Term, 1888
= Commencing Monday, February 9Th,
1888;
Bice, George, deceased, Martha Bise,
administrative.
Bauman, Jacob, deceased, j T AXE, ad-
ministrator.
Block, Martin. deceased, Louisa Block,
eyecutriX.
Childers, Josiah A j, ct al, minors, Sarah
2 Childers, guaI dian and CURATOR
Carr, Albert, deceased, Mrs d p Carr
Administrative,
Henson, andrew, deceased, VIM Henson,
Administrator.
Rutchman, Mary, a minor, Lena Rutch-
man, guardian.
Thomas, Riley, deceased, Mrs E Thomas,
ADMINISTRATIVE.
Townsend. Edward, minor, w Watt,
guardian and curator.
Townsend, j w, minor, " S Watt, guar
dian and curator.
Townsend, W A, minor, w S Watt, guar
dian and curator.
Watt, Minnie, minor w S Watt. curator.
FRANZ DINGER,
Judge of Probate.