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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-11

Lee CAT departs. said, and the gallant
ladies' driven to their respective homes
WHO WERE PRESENT.
The following were present, the gem
tlemen being named with the ladies who
attended them:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-11
BEAUTY'S BALL.
Gallant Ladies Accept the Leap
Year Privileges.

HE leap year par
ty, the long expec.
ted, long planned
event has come
and has gone, and
it has passed into
the society history
of Rock Island, II
occurred last even
ing at the Harper.
1t was a charming
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-11

by the young lady who had requested his
company, ushered into carriage, and
driven rapidly to the scene of the carni-
nival At the hotel he was led into a
comfortable dressing room, where he was
tenderly Invested OF his wraps and where
he was sdmonished that the rule of the
evening was that no gentleman should
leave that apartment unattended Then
was the fair gent given opportunity to
use his powder rag and puff box, take
the curl papers out of his hair, put the
finishing touches to his toilet and await
the time for being escorted into the bril-
liantly Illuminated ball room.
THE BALL.
The ball was gorgeous affair. What
sight it wasl Picture half hundred
of the fairest of the gentler sex, clad in
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-11

Do You suffer with catarrh9 You can
be cured if you take HnOd's Sarsaparill@,
the great blood purifier. Sold by all
druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-11

Things are topsy-iurvy,
Turned about indeed;
Its the girls are merry
viii the fellows heedy
will you wultz with me, sirr'
Thu. the maiden said
She was quite tuasCr-
Face was rosy red,
Bashfully he nodded
Took her protiered arm;
Round the room they plodded;
Wasn't it d charmY
Then the music sounded
Polka or a waltz
Round the room they bounded,
Obvious of faults.
How her heart did nuttCr,
Likewise Il lso hls'n;
Thoughts no tongue can utter
Doth his breast impris'n.
Bnt one wish he voices
on this .eap year day
Which II, THAI his choice Is
II would last for aye
Dancing with the fairest,
In Harper unCihE hall;
Bless me this II pleasant
AT loap YEAR ball.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-11

event indeed, and a novel one in every re
spect. 1t has been argued that leap veal
or its discovery was Dedicated to Cupid
Later authorities assert that Cupid IN
vented 1t himself and got up calendar
and that when the gods assembled OF
Olympus and discovered the fact, they
made the mischevous little cherub q
present of the entire year, and that since
that time he has been running it pretty
much to suit himself to say nothing OF
keeping an accurate watch on the other
years. Be this as it may, it is certain
that the privileges of the
ONE YEAR IN FOUR
are rightly supposed to be unusually cons
ducive to love affairs and by common
consent the gentler sex are given license
to do little choosing on their own nc
count and responsibility. In this broad
happy land the privilege thus accorded,
is viewed more as a huge juke than other
wise, but in countries older than this it
is considered with much gravity, and his
tory is said to record that many couple
have been united in inseperable bonds,
who might otherwise have drifted far
apart, had the damsel waited till her BASH
full adorer found the necessary courage
to speak the sentiments of his heart But
a leap year party of last nights pattern is
modern invention, 1t is a sort of
gigantic masquerade, in which an effort
is made-and was on the particular ocs
casion in question carried out to the let
ter-to totally displace the relations of
the sexes and to burden the one with
the customs and courtesies of the other.
1t is just about needless, in the face of
these conditions, to say that such events
are productive of much unrestrained mer>
riment, aud it is also well to know that
vast deal of genuine love-making and
numbers of connubial contracts have been
beneath the somewhat anus
ing guise of leap year party. or course
in narty of that kind in Rock Island,
nothing of such a nature did or will oc$
cur YET
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-11

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Lett The combination of the various
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@A- The proportion in which the roots
20: herbs, banks, etc, are mixed.
~ The process by which the active
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The result is a medicine of unusual strength
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Unknown to Others
Hoods Sarsaparlla is prepared with the
greatest skill and care, by pharmacists OF
education and long experience. Hence it is a
medicine worthy of entire confidence. H. you
suffer from scrofula, salt rheum, or any dis
ease of the blood, dyspepsia, biliousness, sick
headache, or kidney and liver complaints,
catarrh or rheumatism, do not fail to try
Hoods SarsaparilIa
~ recommend Hoods Sarsaparilla to all
my friends az the best blood purifier On
earth" WIN. CAFE, druggist, Hamilton, o.
floods Sarsaparilla has cured me of scrof-
ulous humor, and done me worlds Of good
otherwise" c. A ARNOLD, Arnold, Me.
A book containing many additional state
ments OF cures will be sent to all who desire.
; Hoods SarSaparilIa
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-11
BUSINESS CARDS.

hIbbI n VI JhJ hSUNS
4 TTORNEY AT LAW. Ohice in Rock Isian..
y National Bank Building, Rock Island, ID.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-11

Rock Island, Ill, March 9th. 1885.
r. a. THOMAS:
6ir:-Last October caught dreadful
ruid, which developed into cough
which could not get rid of. in fact, IN
the following January l suffered with
shortness of breath and night sweats. l
had tried different cough syrups without
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-11

IT. ""o V"V HOuT0 nj VT I'S''1' ~ " "
the first couple left for home, and several
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08
COTTON TUMBLES.

A cotton panic eusued in New
York on last Monday. A decline in
the market by the increased report
ed estimates knocked the bottom out,
and those who had been specializing
in futures" lost heavily. Mr.. Harle,
of Atlanta, was carrying 100000
bales, and his loss is over S250,000.
Last summer he made 100000 in
cotton futures, but like all men who
bet and win, he doubtless thought
his judgment was infallible and that
others might lose, but his luck
wouldn't forsake him. No matter
how fortunate a man is in this cotton
future speculation, if he just sticks
to it, disaster is bound TO overtake
him in some deal. Mr.. Harle being
a very wealthy man may be able to
pull through and recover his losses
if reaction takes place, but the lit
tie feb will be devoured by the big
ones.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08
THE TARIFF BILL.

Chairman Mills has made known
the provisions Of the Tariff Bill. The
internal revenue reductions are not
touched or included.
The reductions affected by the bill
aggregate about s55, 000,0 and in
clude about s22, 225,000 on account
of the free list, ST., 225, 900 on account
of WOODEN. goods, $1,000, 600 for china
and glassware. s775, 900 in chemicals.
$500, 900 on cotton, 81 500, 900 on fax,
hemp and jute, and s11, 100000 on
sugar. The reductions will reach
such articles of common use and as
china and earthenware, iron, anvils
and fOrgings, steel beams, nickel ore,
sugar, tobacco, rice, raisins, peanuts,
spool cotton, wool, clothing and wear
ing apparel, dolls, toys, fans, Japan
ware, salt, acids, essential oils, iron
and steel cotton ties, dates, plums,
prunes, fruits, marble, stationery,
&c.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.

Aaron Joseph, more tamiliarly
known as Gen. Jackson, a colored
man at Athens, has been paid S25
pension as a wounded Confederate
soldier.
At Decatur rule has been fled
to foreclose a mortgage held by the
Georgia Railroad and Banking Com
pany on the property of the Pendle-
ton Guano Company for $4,000.
The city council of Milledgeville
has passed dog law, compelling the
owners of dogs not only to get out a
badge by paving into the treasury 50
tor it, but also to muzzle the dogs to
prevent them from biting people.
During the revival just closed at
IIawkinsville, one hundred and thir-
ty-four persons made application for
membership in the different churches
as follows: Methodist, 50; Baptist,
So Episcopal, 20
At Gainesville, John p. Stegall
sold last Monday all that lot Of his
land lying east of Western and At
lanuc railroad. The purchaser is
George W. Barber, of Milwaukee,
Wis. The body contains about 200
acres Of land, and was sold for about
5000. 1t is the intention of Mr..
Barber to divide the land into lots
and build upon them. 1t is stated
that he intends to erect 800 dwell
ing houses on the place within the
next twelve months.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08
A MAGNIFICENT HOTEL.

The readers OF the JOURNAL have
doubtless heard of the palatial Ponce
de Leon Hotel at St. Augustine,
Florida. 1t covers five acres of
ground and cost tour millions of dol
lars. Its furnishings are very co tly
and elegant. 1t has one small table
inlaid with pearls that cost one thou
sand dollars. Chairs ten and forty
dollars a piece. 1t has clock that
cost forty-two thousand dollars, it
strikes every quarter of an hour and
plays delightful music. You enter
this hotel through eight glass doors,
which fly open as soon as you put
your feet on the top steps. Thirteen
fountains throw up streams Of water
in the front yard. Bands day and
night discourse music. 1t is truly
gorgeous and magnificent. The pro
prietor is Vice President of the Stan
dard Oil Company whose income is
seven million dollars per annum.
This expenditure of money of course
looks as il it was extravaganza run
wild, and that it could be used
to a better purpose in charitable
ways. But if one will stop and think
that this vast expenditure of money
gave employment to hundreds of me-
chanics, artizans, &C., and is now en-
ploying hundred or more men and
women, giving support to numerous
families, it is doing good in a manner
that must be praised. 1t is better to
spend this money lavishly in giving
employment to the industrious, than
to distribute 1t loosely in the encour
agement of Incidence or hoard it away
in a bank.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08
AUSTELI.

Capt Healy & Co have set out beau
titul grove nenr the Spring and have clean
ed of the yard around the pavilion. A
good deal OF mineral water is being shipped
The hotel will be reiurnished and re.
opened April LIST
"A negro was arrested here Saturday
night for stealing some clothing from a ne
ggo at Dallas He was sent to Dallas.
Oats are being sowed extensively.
Those that are up look fine
Mr.. d. X. Love is very sick.
Mrs. Irvine, wife of Mr. A. II. Irvine
died on last Friday night Of consumption.
She leaves a husband and two sweet little
children. We extend our sympathy to the
bereaved
Mr.. L. W. Medlock and family moved
to Roswell last Tuesday GETuP.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08
DIE WEST.

Rev W Dupree will preach on
Wednesday night next at Haggins.
The young people will have "A singing
next Sunday night at Henry Goodwin Sc
Mrs. VI, Z Born has been quite sick
for some time, but her many friends hope
she is improving.
Some talk Of trying to have a post office
at Judge Born's mill We suggest the
name of Dixie" One reason we wish a
post office here is to accommodate the young
man who receives so many love letters
Two young men a short time since es-
corted two young ladies home from party,
got scared and run so fast that they set the
woods on fire. Young men be careful,
March is bad month for fire to be out
9 clock came all too soon for one
young man several nights ago.
The Debating Society is prospering
AMOR
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08
POWDER SPRINGS.

The effect of whisky is less noticeable
in our community since the blind tiger"
has been routed from his lair near Austell.
We Lave but one case of sickness, that
OF Mr.. A Warner, who lives just out
of town.
Miss Lily Mcintosh, of Douglasville.
visited her old home at this place last Sat
urday and Sunday.
MIR. Posey Florence, who is cerking
for j NJ. High in Atlanta, visited his meth.
err Sunday.
ED r. Baber, OF Marietta, spent few
days in town last week among old friends.
The first quarterly meeting OF this cir
cult for this year, was held here last sun
day. The presiding elder, Mr. Roberts, de
livered a very eloquent and impressive ser
mon,
Preaching and baptizing BY Fld A J
Morgan next Sunday morning
We congratulate DIR Murray and wife
on the introduction of fine girl baby into
the Christian community The advent of
little stranger at Mr. Pearly Parkers is also
reported Thus the Influx Of population
continues
Doctors II Hunter and W + Butner
have returned home ,tter graduating at the
Atlanta Medical college on March LIST They
both took a high and creditable stand in
their class DR. Hunter, although laboring
under the disadvantage Of having lost CON
siderable time on account Of sickness 10 his
father family bore off the second honor In
a class OF fifty students. We hope they will
locate among US They are both clever, in
tellgent and very promising young men
and Powder Springs feels proud OF them.
QUASyUS SUFgyGly.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08
AN UNKIND INsINUATIoN.

The Marietta Journal thinks the Ninth
Congressional District should elect Judge
George n. Lester because he would be
great improvement on the present member.
We fear the journal is prejudiced in It's
opinion. The seventh failed to see judge
Lester 5 ability as the Journal now views Il,
Judge Lester would no doubt make a good
congressman, but il is saying great deal
TO intimate that he would make a better
one than does Col Gambler By-the-way.
Col Gambler seems 10 be doing more IN
congress than the seventies clever represen-
tatlve. has the seventh better man thsn
Col Clements? Canton Adrance.
The Canton Advance is informed
that Judge Testers ability was fully
appreciated in the Seventh district.
as evidenced BY the fact that he poll
ed the largest white vote ever given
any candidate in any race for con-
gress in this District, and the insin-
uation to the contrary by the Ad-
vance is unkind TO Judge Lester and
is intended to weaken him before the
people Of the ninth district. That
he would be en- improvement on A.
D. Gambler is an opinion shared in
by others and that he will make a
better congressman than the present
incumbent can only be demonstrated
by giving him fair chance to prove
it.
Judge Lester has proven himself
in war or peace, as citizen or Judge,
in rugged honesty and kindness of
heart, the peer Of the bravest and
best, whose moral and religious char
acter is without stain, and whose
intellect and oratory made him a
match on the stump for the brainy
and eloquent DR.. FELTON, in every
combat, both of whom Henry Grady
characterized as the greatest stump
orators in Georgia. If Judge Lester
was in the seventh district now, the
brave and courageous fight he made
in carrying the banner placed in his
hands by the organized democracy,
when the Independents glory was at
its very zenith Of enthusiasm and
strength, he would be remembered
by grateful people by an effort to
give him the place he deserved, and
many believed he fairly won if all H.
legal ballots had been thrown out.
Judge Lester is honest and capa
BILE, and should be given a position
worthy of his ability and commensur-
ate with his loyalty to his party.
AS for Congressman Clements he
has made brilliant record in Con-
gress, unsurpassed by Gambler in any
particular. AS Chairman of the Civ
il Service Reform Committee he has
gained national fame for his work
and sentiments, and we see his name
mentioned in the newspapers and
Congressional Record more thau,sve
do that of Gambler, and while the
Seventh is proud of him, we are not
prepared to assert that we have not
other men in force of character and
intellect that would do equally as
well, although Congressman Glenn
ents fills the place with credit and
honor to his constituents. 1t is the
same in the ninth; there are brainy
men there who would do as well, If
not better, as Gambler, and Judge
Lester is one of them. Give him
trial and see.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08
MONDAY.

Judging from the last few nice DAYS and
the chirp of the birds spring is now on its
way from southern climes.
--Messrs Robin Red breast and Coal
Black are nur most constant visitors and our
lads are having fine sport at their expense
The happiest nan now is Oscar Ben
son it is a nine pound boy
We learn that Woodstock now has sew
eral cases of well developed chicken pox
We are glad to see Mr. George Defer
again able to resume his work
Mrs W H Dean, of Woodstock has a
quilt made by her own hand and of red and
white cloth, which contains 5000 pieces
Can anybody in the county beat that PIT
so, let us hear from you
Mrs DR.. Pace, OF Calhoun. was on a
visit to see her fathers family, Mr.. G. b.
Bently, few days ago
Mr.. D A Durham has added another
veranda to his dwelling and is having his
dwelling painted. CRIcKET.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08
$l25 o.
W. N. GRIsT, Treas


Mayor and Council:-Since my last re
port have made II arrests II fined $2t
and paid in cash s discharged by The May
or New business tax collected $40. Tax
fifas for 1856 81, 50 S5; street tax warrant
81 10 Total amount in cash $3.50 IS, for
which hold Treasures receipts
JAMES A. VIM, G. NJ
Mayor and Council The number Of ar
rests made for February are as follows: j.
A VIM, cases paid $Il | case discharg-
ed, total 5 W Sanges, s cases paid ten
dollars; eases discharged, total s d ii
Parks 3 cases paid five dollars, ! case dis
charged total 4, Number of cases II.
Amount paid $26.
Il j SCHGNTHAL, Clerk.
Sexton reports interments for the month
of February, whites 3, colored g. total 6.
ID. b PARKS, SR., Sex Gem.
We, the undersigned members, of the Fl.
nance committee, made careful examina-
ton OF the books OF H. J. Schoenthal, for
mer treasurer and find them correct
r N. HOLLAND, Jharhln.
j f. MozLEY
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08
Electric silters.
Ii J. ScHoESTHAL. Clerk.

This remedy is becoming so well known
and so popular as to need no special men
ton. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song Of praise A purer med.
iciue does not exist andsit is guaranteed to
do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will
cure ali diseases Of the Liver and Kidneys.
will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and
other affections caused by impure blood -
win drive Malaria from the system and
prevent as we'll as cure oil Malarial feyers.
For cure OF Headache, Constipation and
Indigestion try Electric Bitters- Entire sat.
staction guaranteed, or money refunded. -
Price 30 cts and $l00 per bottle OF DR.. n
I.Wy,gbis Drug Store.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08
UPSHAW.

Mr.. Benjamin Rice who got his lie!
broken, recently, is improving nicely.
Miss Norah Rollins who has been sicl
with pneumonia is better
Chicken pox among the children.
Miss Ida Willoughby is visiting in Pow
der Springs Mrs Morgan is visiting here
Mrs Lucretia West, of Alabama, is Wis
ting her father, Mr.. James Rice.
Farmers meeting Wednesday tight.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08
A BORROMED CORPSE.

In January, Joseph B. Dudley
(cOlored), is alleged to have died in
Charleston, S. c. He was insured
in the United States Mutual Acct
dent Assurance company, and the
Traders and Travellers company,
both of New York, each company
having issued a policy on his life for
$4,000. Suspicion of foul play arose,
and the company sent a Pinkerton
detective TO Charleston. The inves-
tigation, which has been in progress
for about six weeks, resulted in the
voluntary confession fr IN two colored
men that no such person as Dudley
ever lived, and that the corpse alleg
ed to be his was obtained in color
ed graveyard and represented to be
the body of the fictitious Dudley.
The entire transaction was a scheme
10 secure the insurance money.
Dudley's alleged wife has made her
escapA They are vi IeGgVea
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08
SMYRNA.

Miss d Haskin sermonizei to our PEG
pie recently
Capt. Terrell and Capt R Dempsey,
hurt recently on the W & A r r.. are both
improving.
MIR j Payne is going to be one of us
again.
Fifty acres Of the Bowie fields will be
put in corn and cotton this year, the first
time since the war.
Rev. Mr.. Oslin is visiting every family
in the Smyrna circuit and is reviving spirit
ual interest
The Baptist have revived the Sunday
School at Bethel
Mrs Latimer has been sick more than
a week
Mineral Springs are being found all
around Smyrna. We may have santa
rum here yet
Mr. Tom Robinson, tax collector OF Hall
county, visited relatives here last week.
Mr. Woodbury. once of Toronto, Cana
da, smiles upon our winter and does not
care to desert our latitude after enjoying
the sweets which it affords in climate.
Miss Durham, pretty sweet fifteen, is
visiting relatives here.
Capt Joel Mable seems tn be rising in
the estimation of R R officials as capable
engineer.
Prot. Powers school is prospering.
Capt TerreIs beautiful iron gray
matches are the equine pride of Smyrna.
Over one ana quarter miles Of. side-
track here. No village on W A X Il has
as much
Drs Moore and Hurt have as much
practice as they can attend to- TT j.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08

The largest cotton mill in the
world is said to be located at kran-
helm, in Russia. The establishment
contains 100000 spindles and 2,10C
looms, disposes of a force of $500
horsepower, and gives employment
to 1000 hands.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08

The building in St. Louis in which
the Democratic Convention will meet
is about in the center of the city, a
few squares from the principal hotels,
and occupies two full city blocks. In
the centre OF the building is a grand
music hall, with parquette, dress cir
Gle and balcony, and with enough
elegant opera chairs to seat II, 900
people, arranged 90 that each auditor
is III full view OF the stage. The hall
is we'll lighted from the roof during
the day, and by the incandescent
light at night; well ventilated, and
Is said to have the finest acoustic
properties Of any hall of its size in
America"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08

London has now several women
carpenters, and a commenter remarks
that thus women are entering anoth-
er new field. Well, it's hardly prop
err to call it a new field, inasmuch as
women have always been "bent'' Oh
s.matching'' and '.ioining."
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08

Ex-senator Tabor, of Colorado, has
an income of over 81, 900 a day from
his Vulture nine, near Tucson, Ari.
He recently received from the mine
a gold brick weighing 633 ounces,
and valued at $4,000, which repre-
scented the product OF the mine tor a
little more than a week.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08

The first number of the Blue
Ridge Post" by W. G. McNelley, is
before is. 1t Is bright and credita-
bic sheet, and has our best wishes
for success.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08

1t is thought now that the Geor-
gia Railroad Commission viii reduce
the passenger fare on all roads to
q cents per mile. The Commission
meets on March 18th TO consider the
idea
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-03-08

&c. Bruffey, the well known news
paper reporter, will leave Atlanta
Thursday for Sedalis, Mo, where he
will marry Miss Lolle Jaynes.