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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

WASHINGTON CITY, Nov. S0-There is
considerable speculation about the posi-
bility of the president extending the CLASH
fed civil service, on the recommendation of
the civil service commissioners, SO as to
make it include the government printing
office The printing Office has about 1000
people in its employ, and it is thought that
with the exception of the compositors and
rressmen the service OF the remainder
might he improved by putting them under
the civil service rules
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

CLEVELAND, O, Nov. 31-A party of
Gallon, o., sports brought 24-pound rae
coon here Wednesday and matched him
against a bull terrier of the same weight
The dog was to kill the coon in twenty min
utes The stakes were SIS side. In sixteen
minutes the owner of the dog gave up the
fight. The coon was unframed, but the
dogs head and neck were almost bare of
skin
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

LONDON, Nov. S0-The case of Valery
Wiedemann against Robert Horace Wal
pole, the heir presumptive of the earldom OF
Oxford, for bl each # promise, was heard
yesterday The plaintiff contradicted her.
self and declined to answer vital questions.
Finally the jury interfered, the trial was
stopped, and a verdict for the defendant was
,anaaral
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

WASHINGTON CITY, Nov. S0-Mr. John
C. New arrived in Washington City from
Indianapolis late Wednesday night, and
passed Thanksgiving with Gen. George G
Williams, at his home on Rhode Island ave
nue. Mr. New will go to New York tonight
and will return to Washington City to attend
the meeting of the Republican national com
mittse next Week
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
SEEMS TO BE LOST CAUSE.


IndianapoIis Strikes Fail 10 secure Active
Cooperation.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov 30-Whie the strik-
ing switchmen are still deavoring to in
duee the operatives in other departments of
the railway service to strike, they are meet
ing with but little encouragement except
from a few local engineers and firemen.
This class is some what radical and would like
to force complete stopuage of all traffic,
but their influence has seemingly been
checked. The superintendent held a short
meeting yesterday, but did nothing looking
toward arbitration. Business in the yards
has been done with no serious molestation
and it is given out by the superintendent
that there will be complete resumption of
work in moving local as well as through
freight TODAY
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

As we'll as the handsomest, and others
are invited to call on any druggist and
get free trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam
for the throat and lungs, remedy that is
selling entirely upon its merits and is
guaranteed to relieve and cure all chronic
and acute coughs, asthma, bronchitis and
consumption. Large bottles so cents
and 81.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

NEW YORK, New. SO,-Mary Connell, aged
AZ, fell, or was thrown, from fire escape of
the tenement l01 Greenwich street, and was
killed, during general fight which followed
a Thanksgiving orgie among number of
her relatives and friends at that place Two
men have been arrested
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

BosroN. Mass, Nov. S1-In tie superior
court " Wednesday the jury returned verdict
of - 6 against the Boston & Maine Rail
road company in the ease of Edward NJ
Foley. aged @ who sued to recover SIS 600
damages for personal injuries sustained in
Somervile on May II, 1897, by being struck
by an engine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

New YoRK, Nov 80 The walking match
score at , m was: Herty, 4I0 !; Little
wood, 435t Moore, 4l4: Cartwright, 404
Hsworth, 394; Dry, 800; Golden, 3S4; Mason
S75; Conner. $40; Noremac, Sa2; Hart, 1888
Campana, SSl; ElSon, 32s; Vint, 297; Taylor
S23; Smith, l47: Peach, 1876
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

List OF letters uncalled for al the Postofice at
Rock Island. Rock Island county, Illinois,
Nov. 30, 1883.
Bowen Miss Ellen Munger Mrs Mary
craig Miss Myrtle "a Murphy Vincent
Carlson Mrs Maria Rice Mrs RR
Croul Miss Allie Schmitt Marie
Haitey Jno Ulch Miss of A c
johnson Mrs Mary Society
Ieeder Caroline Waechtler John
Maddin MD Whitfield Ed
Mcdowell Miss Mary Wilde WI
FOREIGN.
Schmitt Marie.
FOURTH CLASS MATTER,
Lamp 4 E
Give the number of tue list when calling for
advertised letters. A. HI ESfNG. P. M.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
THELAN OfFED AGAIN.
A Mob Breaks luto Jail and Releases a
Condemned Murderer


LYNCHBURG, Va, Nov. 30.-Wayman Sut-
ton, white, confined in Wytheville jail
under sentence OF death for the murder of
Peter HarwelL fellow countryman. and
who was to have been hanged today for
the crime, was rescued Wednesday night by
a large mob of masked men. The mob
broke down the jail doors and carried the
prisoner away, without serious resistance.
The governor had been petitioned several
times to pardon Sutton, but declined. The
governor has telegraphed that reward of
1900 viii be paid for Sutton's re-capture.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
interest

interest
yourself in life Insurance. You will find
The renewable term policy of the Proyi-
dent Savings Life Assurance society OF
New York to be the best, the cheapest
and the fairest. Avoids the unnecessa.
rily high cost of level premiums and the
uncertainty and insecurity of assessment
insurance. Net cost for $40, 600 for veal
1887. Age %, $4,000; age 35, 1921 80
!, Ere re-. AZ. $f89.fsl; age SO. S199.sO.
ac,or ~a IN. ate ,i~sea4 II osNwTEAD,y
aeross MS forehead, as ii he was awas "a.
ing from dream
> e Ieeiing OF curiosity had prompted me
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
A PROFESSORS VIEW OFT.


BALTIMORE, Nov. 30.-Upon the subject
of railroad pools, Professor Richard F. Ely,
of the Johns Hopkins university says:
do not believe in the principle of competition
as applied TO railroads. The railroad business is
by its very nature a monopoly, and attempts to
bring abour competition among railroads are In
the end very disastrous to the public, At the
same time should dislike to see railroad pools
legalized. should wish first to see a more ade
quate control o public authority over the rail-
roads of the country There can be no doubt
that within q comparatively short period even
the illusory appearance of competition in rail
road business will cease, Monopoly III railroad
business hold to be a good thing. but it ought
TO be monopoly managed by public authority,
and in the public interest.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nov. 80 The board
of health adhere TO the determination not to
allow refugees to return until disinfection is
complete, and they have Issued an address
urging that it is bsst for the city's future to
stamp the disease out thoroughly now, even
at the cost of some further delay and incon-
yeuiaDpa
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

Nrw YoRK, Nov 3O-The Worlds Wash
ington special says that Congressman Oates,
of Alabama, in an interview, says the best
way to break up the solid south is to disfran.
Oh 50 the negroes.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

NEW YORK, Nov. S0-After simple ser
vices at the residence of Gen Sherman yes.
terday the body of Mrs. Sherman was taken
to the Pennsylvania raiIway station in Jersey
City, whence Gen. Sherman and five men,
bers of his family accompanied the remains
to st Louis
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

WASHINGTON CITY, Nov. 30-Congress.
man Matson says regarding the report that
he is at the front of the Indiana movement
of secession from the G. A. R. that he knows
nothing about it except what he has read;
that he has never belonged to the G. A. R.,
and, therefore, can not be a seceder,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

AMEsBURY Mass, Nov. 3O-Mrs Mary
Dargenton died Wednesday night from the
effects of shot wounds inflicted Monday
night by her husband, Jules Dargenton, who
aftrward committed suicide
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
The Great TrOttrrs Misfortune.

Local hOrsemen are very anxious con
----afdE ;he condition of Jay Eye, See, the
fomous trotter owned by j |. Case, and
valued at $40 600 and which has been
stated heretofore, was discovered in a
pasture at Hickory Ridge farm almost
dead from loss of blood The animal had
stepped on a piece of glass or other
sharp substance and severed the artery of
one of its feet. Present indications are
that the horse will recover. Mr.. Case has
recently built a handsome new barn at a
cost of Sl2 600 and which is one Of the
finest in the land. The Racine Journal
says it is constructed Just below Racine
college and ''is the handsomest and most
convenient structure of the kind in
Wisconsin, and the entire cost will
not fall far short of $12, 900. The body
OF the structure is built in the shape of a
cross, driveways running each way
Around this is the track, and eighth of q
mile long and sixteen feet wide, upon
which Mr.. Cases string of blooded trot-
tiers will be exercised All is under cover
and the track can be used in all kinds of
weather. The angles are filled in with
torty-fOur stalls 14x45 and 14x20 feet IL,
dimension, besides bed rooms, harness
rooms, offices, store rooms, etc There
are four ventilators and cupola, the sides
OF the latter being of glass so as to admit
OF plenty of light. The barn has oil the
latest modern improvements in the inte-
rlor and is supplied with water. There
is one tank of 1000 barrels CAPACITY
and two o. seventy,five barrels, so ar
ranged that water from the roof is caught
therein.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

A newspaper man in Liverpool secured
the names of 1852 sailors. and only two
among them were named Jack. In all
his talk with them he never heard them
use nautical expression.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

Dr. other causes, Col. Walker says, neither he
nor the department commander-general are
aware of that fact. He denied emphaticaIly
that the G. A. R. had in any way been
turned into political machine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

MADRID, Nov, 2n-The cabinet have ap-
proved the bill granting the suffrage to all
citizens p years of age, with two years resi-.
enee in their district. Soldiers paupers, and
criminals are alone excepted
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

PRovlNCETowN, Mass, Nov. 30-The
body of Capt. Daniel Morrison, of Shelburne,
n. S, was found in the wreck of his schoon-
er, the NJ r. A. Morrison yesterday. The
rest of the crew were doubtless washed over
hoard and drowned
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

DETROIT, Nov. 30.-A. 7. Rice, Pitts
burg coal dealer, was robbed Wednesday
night of $3.50 and a gold watch and thrown
into the river for dead. He managed to get
ashore and is recovering from a blow on the
head inflicted with a sandbag
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

NEW YORK, Nov. 3D.-A meeting of the
executive committee of the National Associa-
ton of Democratic clubs, has bsen called
for Dec. IS at the Abemarle hotel this city.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

A Brunswick, Ga, minister says that
he once received two chickens as a fee
for marrying couple from the rural
districts.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

Mary Anderson has brought over with
her TWO or three new lyrics by Tennyson.
which she will recite during her next
reason.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

Two Delaware county citizens returned
a day or two ago from ride of over four
hundred miles on horseback. They vis-
tied the old battle grounds around the
hsav X 49, 100
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
lNTERFERED WITH THEIR SPORT.

No further news has been received regard
ing any vessel answering the description.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

Duck shooting is now at its height in
Missouri. The streams and lakes are GOV
cred with these birds now on their south
ern migration.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

A squash that was five feet four inches
in diameter was exhibited at fair in
Boise City, Idaho.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

At a steepechsse on Oct. 90 horse on
whom tracheotomy bad been performed
a fortnight before won a race of over two
miles.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
COMMENT AT THE CAPITAL

Much Expected of Consress-specuiatioR
on the New Cabinet
WASHINGTON CITY, Nov. 0.-Representa-
tive Thomas, of Illinois, has Just returned
from indianapolis When askei what the
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

RACINE, Wis, Nov. 30.-Ed Bither re-
ported last night that Jay Eye See is beyond
| all danger and that he will certai My re
r0Var
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
FOOT BALL EOR CHARITY.
Great Game IN Which the Ann Arbor
Man Mpre nYerwheImaL

CHICAGO, Nov. 30.-A game of foot ball
was played at the Chicago ball park yester-
day between a team from the Michigan uni
versity at Ann Arbor and another made up
of university men of this city, the latter be-
ing graduates of Yale, Harvard and other
colleges The teams were made up as fol-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

SANDusKy, O., Nov. s0-Albert Walker
was killed yesterday by the explosion Of some
dynamite, which he was thawing.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
NON-PARIIsAN PoLlTlcs.
Purposes of a New Labor Union Now in
Process of Formation,


NEW York, Nov 3O.-A Tribune special
from Pittsburg, Pa, says: Charles Litch-
man, John Jarrett, Eccles Robinson, and
other labor leaders are arranging for an en-.
tirely new venture in the labor organization
line. 1t is to be a non-partsan society, to
deal with political questions involving the
interests Of labor John Jarrett says of the
proposed order:
The movement is in its infancy. This organiza
ton will not he in opposition to the Knights of La
Dor, to the Amslgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers. the American Federation of La
Dor, or any other labor organization. The new
order viii have its special work to perform. II
will be composed Of intelligent workmen for the
practical discussion of economic questions and
TO take such action will be for the best inter
ests of American labor.
The Iribunes special also SAYS: The mem
bers OF the Knights of Labor legislative com.
mittee will meet in Washington CITY on Dec
|. There are two measures that they will
look after particularly. These are the for
FIXTURE of the railroad lands where the rail
roads have not complied with the law, ant
the passage OF the telegraph bill They d.
not expect to take up the tariff question.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

Eastern stee!-rail manufacturers Wednes-
day made the minimum price of S24 per ton,
tidewater delivery, and decided to adhere to
the August agreement
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

NEW YORK, Nov. 30-A Times special
from Columbia s c., says: Colored farm
tenants in various parts of the state have
become imbued with the idea that they will
not be required to pay their rents now that
Gen. Harrison has been elected president
and many of them are squandering their
hard-earned money in the purchase of must
cal instruments and other Injuries. In
Orangeburg county and other sections some
of the colored small farmers are turning out
their stock to Craze at large, as they think
that Presdent-Eect Harrison will wipe the
fence law out Of existence when he goes into
nfta
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

or the two teams Michigan outran Chi
cago, and in some respects did better team
work. The Chicagos, however, were the
heavier men, and some individual players
far outciassed their opponents. Crawford,
Farwell, P. Hamlin, ami Lamb are among
the best foot ball players in the country,
while the only man Michigan had who could
rank with them was Duffy. The prize
offered for the game was handsome sill
yer bowl, eight inches wide AMI fifteen high
On one side are the letters &c u C. F. B."
and on the other the names of the winning
team. In the future it will decorate the
rooms of the University club. The receipts,
which will exceed $1,000, will be given to the
Geneva fresh air fund and kindred charities.
The score was as follows:
Chicago
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Two goals -.-..-.......-.... -..-. A
One safety touch down. Observation-Disclosures. 2
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01

The forest land in Norway is in extent
as compared with the arabic land as
thirty to one. Of course the expectation
of timber is one of the chief resources of
the country, bat the woods are well pre-
served, q forester resides in every district,
and no waste or desnr1ction'of such valu-
able possessions Is allowed, as has un-
fortunately taken place in America. The
land that is cultivated, except In few
favored spots, seems poor, and the people
themselves have, evidently. few Of the
Injuries of life. There are not many
villages. Norway differing from Sweden
In that respect; the farmhouses are scat
tered. and the dwellings Of the peasants
are usually small wooden huts, and often
are ruinols.
But, though poverty is great, there is
no beggary. We have never been I'M
portuned for aims, nor have fees been ex-
pected for trihing services, as in Italy or
the rural districts of England. The peo-
pie have somewhat sad, or rather O
sufMued look. such as solitude often gives.
The women, with handkerchiefs pinned
over their heads, look at US with grave
eyes. The little white haired children
never shout after the passing carriage. or
play monkey tricks to earn a cent. They
arc q gentle and quiet race, civil and
pleasant spoken, but not jolly and talka-
tive like the Germans. Their voices are
of peculiar melody-a musical rise and
fall in the pronunciation Of their words,
which has been analysed by the students
of such peculiarities, and which it is i'm
possible for stranger to irnitate.-Cor.
San Francisco Chronicle.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
Fattenine the aeese,s Liver.

Little does the over fed sybarite know
what cruelty is often practiced 80 thas
his dainty palate may be sufficiently
tickled. Harper's Bazaar has this to say
concerning pate de foie gras: Livery.
body knows that the pate de foie gras OF
Strasburg is the best in the world, but
very few of us have more than vague
idea of the methods employed for enlarg-
ing the ivers of the geese from which 1t
is made. Now the liver of the goose 80
trained if we may uss the expression
Is twelve times as large as nature IN
tended it to be. In order to obtain this
result the unfortunate geese are sub
iected to torments unknown even to the
early Christians. The first thing done Is
to nail the feet of the geese fast to
planks, SO that they may not arrest the
desired tumefactlon Of the liver BY even
the slightest movement. Secondly, their
ewes are put out, that no glimpse of the
world they have left may disturb them.
Finally, they are crammed with nuts, a
delicacy Of which they are extremely
fond, but they are not allowed to drink
q drop Of water, although they suffer
such fortunes from thirst that they utter
piercing cries Of agony. The Epoch.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
The Output Of Our Mines

It is a very imposing showing that the
bureau of mining statistics makes In Its
report of the production Of metals in the
United States for 1857. The aggregate
value of the output OF our mines Is set
down at 1888, 056, s45-fgures whose
significance can only be fully graspcd BY
comparing them with values in other de-
partments Of production. It is difficult
to estimate the amount of labor that
went to the making of this enormous
total. The census Of 1880 ranked as
miners some 234, 28S persons, not inciud-
ing 7,s4o oil well operators, and not
counting at all those engaged IN the care
Of mining machinery. Il would prob
ably be safe to put at $50. 900 the number
of those who are now directly engaged
in all departments Of mining industry,
and such calculation may at least serve
as basis for determining the productive
value Of the army of laborers thus en-
ployed. The Epoch.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
A Popular Summer Fashion.

That suitable garment for tropical
clinate-the light wooden shirts fast
making itself popular in our tropical
summer weather. But the mandate Of
foshion still is that the WOODEN shirt is
'snot gentlemanly" in town or on the
cars-the two places where it is most
needed. A gentIemanly dress will never
offend the sensibilities of others A neat
flannel shirt is certainly less offensive
than the sweat soaked handkerciliefs
with which the wearers of Numbered
linen try to hide the wilted rag that was
once glossy and heat inclosing collar.
A ear full Of gentlemen with pocket
handkerchiefs used as bibs is Q ridiculous
commentary on slavery to a foolish fash
ion.-New York Evening World.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
Laughter Indicative Of Character.

An authority on laughter says: 1t has
been observed that laughter is indicative
of particular temper and character, &C
cording to the sound Of the vowel that
prevails in exclamation. Persons that
laugh in broad Latin ga are open
hearted, honest people, fond of noisy jo-
cundity, but perhaps Of voluble mood.
Excessive jerking laughter, however. is
an evidence of vulgarity. Those laugh
ing in a dry ga" are respectable. but
little expansive, and a hard lot of people.
When the Latin 'E' prevails there pre-
walls also phlegmatic, melancholy tenn
per. Tmorous, unsteady people, also
those imbued with maignity, laugh in =
kind of swelling 81" Laughter in 20"
is the utterance of proud, bold, impera-
tive, somewhat bantering people. Be-
ware of those that laugh in 100 (u).
They are traitors, haters, scornsrs.-New
York S1,n
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
Evils Of Chewing Gum.

A physician tells me that chewing gum
is a practice in which grown people should
not indulge and which parents should not
tolerate in children. lis it worse than
chewing tobaccor' asked. "a thou
sand tines was the reply. GA girl
viii do enough chewing on a cents
worth of gum to masticate her food for
whole week. The hinges of the jaw are
made for the ordinary work of an ordi-
nary life and they won't stand any more.
Chewing gum is something like drinking
whisky-one nip calls for another and
one craunch begets another. It ezcites
the nerves which lie about the jaws to a
Kind Of perpetual motion, which doesn't
cease until their strength is exhausted.
We haven't been chewing quite long
enough to see its i'll effect, but our
Jaws are made like the jaws of other peo-
pie, and we might learn true and use
full lesson from history. "-Chicago Tri-
hume