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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-04-05

cal obligations. The bankers were BAN
quoted at the close of the meeting.
THE keystone Security Company, Of
Larned, capital stock 500, 900, recently
flied articles of incorporation with the Sec
rotary Of State.
The State Bankers Association. recently
in session at Topeka, elected the following
officers: President, John R. Mulvane, of
topeka; secretary, L. l.. Turner. of Tope-
ka; treasurer, d. A. Moulton, OF Topeka
Is "lemon rye' intoxicating?
B. F. SooTT has brought suit against the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe railroad in
the district court at Topeka, for damages
estimated at SO, liz HIS complaint is that
he bought a ticket from Wichita to Empo-
ria; that he boarded train and gave up
his ticket to the conductor, receiving the
latter's check therefor. and before reach
ing his destination he was forcibiy elected
because he refused 10 again pay his fare
from Newton to Emporia, after the con-
ductor had taken up his check.
1t is stated that family in Kearney
County have not bought a pound of coal
during the past long cold winter, but have
depended on corn-staiks for fuel
LxAvENwoRTH claims on increase of 1.5I
in population the past year, and total OF
s., 600.
A TORNADO recently swept over Min
niscah, in Kingman County, which dam
aged nearly every house in the town. The
Presbyterian and Methodist churches were
wrecked, the Herald Office destroyed, Rev.
j. R Millsap's residence swept away.
Cummings store demolished besides many
other buildings. The body OF woman
was found among the debris and men were
searching the ruins expecting to fud
others. The storm also did much damage
in the adjacent country.
A GERMAN named Smith, living near Re
no, had two children poisoned recently by
eating a weed called night shsde. One OF
the children was not expected to recover.
REPuBLIcAS editors Of the State viii
hold conference at Topeka Apri. 81
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-04-05
A LAND QUARREL.

LITTLE Rock. Ark. April 2.-Yesterday
near Wittsburg Amos Sharp shot and killed
John Rice who had become infatuated with
FRS. Sharp and had been annoying her
with his rttautions. Rice's wife was a wit
ness of tn K ling, Sh .rp suddenly enter
ing the house and shooting Rice without a
word. SHARP male his ESCAPE.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20
How Gamblers Read Cards.

We do it in the same way that the blind
man reads-by the sense of feeling But be-
fore we can read these cards they must be
put in shape. This is done with ring which
is worn on the most convenient finger. On
the inside of the ring-I mean the part under
the tngor-is little steel spur not sharp
enough to penetrate tho cards and make a
hole which would be detected, but Il slight in
dentation, resembling a pimplc, ON the back
of the card but so small that with close OBJ
seryation it would not he noticed. This we
cannot see, but we can feel it, and the loca-
tion is the cipher to the denomination of the
card. Of course we have to see and handle
the cards before they can be marked" :" but
as we can handle from five to ten cards each
deal, it does not take long to have all the i'm
portant cards punctured
Heading cards marked in this way il easy
to Inc. l have one system as to the location
of marks, and it is just as simple as telling
the time by the location of the hands of n
clock in the absence of the regular dial
figures Sharp players make their puncturcs
50 slight that they cannot be detected by the
ordinary sense of feeling. The reading is
then done with the ball of the thumb, from
which the outer cutico has been removed by
acid. Tho neither skin is very tender and
readily responds when it comes in contact
with the mark Greeks Of this class can he
detected by watching the thumb of the right
hand in dealing If it has sliding motion
up and down the cards then you can bet two
to one that the dealer has got book for the
blind to read.-ChicagO Herald
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20
An Extraordinary Pher OmenOn

No other term than the above would
apply to the woman who could see her
youthful beauty fading away without a
pang OF regret, Many woman becomes
prematurey old and haggard because of
functional arrangement. What pity
that all such do not know that DIR Perces
Favorite Prescription will restore their
organs to normal state, and make them
youthful and beautiful once morel For
the ills to which the daughters of Eve are
peculiarly liable the "Prescription' is a
sovereign remedy. 1t is the only medi~
cine sold by druggists under a positive
guarantee from the manufacturers that it
will give satisfaction in every case, or
money will be returned. See guarantee
on bottle wrapper.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20
ROCK ISLAND MONDAY. FEBRUARY 20, tsss
Helplpp the klRbt Side.

To help the right side is not only com
mendable in general point of view, but
is judicious and prudent when that help
is enlisted in behalf OF the right side OF
the body, Just over the lower ribs in the
region of the liver The most efficient
help is afforded by Hostetters Stomach
Bitters, an anti bilious medicine of in
comparable efficacy. Inaction of the
liver is accompanied by constipation, sick
headache, fHrred tongue, nausea, occa-
sional vertigo, an unpleasant breath, yel>
lowness of the skin and ball of the eye.
The author of these symptoms, liver
complaint routed by the bitters is accom-
panied by them in its flight. Fever and
ague, which always involve the liver,
dyspepsia, rheumatism, debility and kid
new troubles are all maadies to the early
relief and final cure of which this standard
medicine is adapted. Don't use 1t by hts
and starts, hut Systematically, that its
full effects may result in a perfect resto-
ration of health
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20
A WONDERFUL ANALYSIS.
A Simple Physical Trouble Shown TO be
the Beginning of the End

What is a cough? It is an irritation of the throat
and lungs. What causes it? Congestion. StoI
the congestion the irritation ceases and the cougt
is cured. But how to stop the congestion All
there Is jlst where phys clans have always been
puzzled. But it must be checked. or pneumonia
quick consumption some terrible pulmonary
disease will follow. Some doctors give cod liver
oil, others cough sYrups. but the most advanced
prescribe stimulauts. Nature must be assisted
Pure whisky will do IT, See what physicians say
Prof. Austin Flint Of Bellevue (N. " College
SAYS; The judicious use Of alcoholic stimulantr
is one OF the suiking characteristics Of progress
10 the practice Of medicine during the last hall
century" "
Prof. Henry A. Mott Of New York says; 1.-THE
purity of Duffy's Pure Malt wh=ky las simple
analytical tests will readily convince a physician
or IN experu should certainly recommend it tc
the highest public favor
DR.. Wm. T. Cutter, state chemist of Connecti-
cut, says: "Dufy's Pure Malt Whisky contains nc
deleterous or injurious qualities and its absolute
purity. a. well as scientific mode Of manufacture,
must commend it to general use and favor"
Duff-ys Pare Mat Whiskey Is certain cure ant
preventive of congestion. ard shoulc be kept in
every family. II Is sold by III druggists and deal
ers. Be sure and secure the genuine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20
Women Crazy About stenoprapbv

"How many stenographers do you suppose
there are i'll Chicago" was the inquiry of an
employment agency man the other day. The
Stroller would not hazard Eguess about
5000, as near as | can make out, - said my in
terrogator He explained further that their
wages averaged from SO to SIS a week,
few of the most competent getting more
than the latter figure, and great many re-
ceiving less than $40 They are mostly
women, and there is an army of them con-
stantly in search of places The hours are
not hard, usually ranging from or 8 in the
morning to or in the afternoon, with
nearly an hour at noon for lunch But the
work is very combining
1.-The business is entirely overdonen said
my informant. ut has become sort of
mania with girls, and they are going into it
in such numbers that the supply is already
entirely out of proportion to the demand. If
had the education of young girl in charge
| would strongly dissuade her from learning
stenography. In addition to the overcrowded
state Of the profession Edison's new phono-
graph will entirely dispense with the neces-
sty Of stenographers, if it will do all that is
claimed for it, My advice to girls who want
TO fit themselves to earn living is to try
something else than stenography. Chicago
journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20
The Mixer of Drinks.

This is busy age and busy country, and
people do not want to be given unnecessary
trouble through the stupidity Of the mixer
of their drinks. Just in the middle of a good
story, or just as the point of an anecdote has
been arrived at, the stupid bartender gets the
orders mixed and is compelled to ask every
body again or serve you something you never
thought of '"ring. He interrupts the com
pany without c. junction of conscience, and
the company and story are utterly broken VI
and Knocked endwise, He becomes unduly
familiar, but nevertheless never fails to for.
get the sort of drink YOU like, never rcInem-
bers your name, gives you vichy instead OF
seltzer to mix with yolr liquor, and in q
dozen other ways makes you wish he was a
900 miles away or else understood his busi-
ness s-Globe-Democrat.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20
MEN WHO FIX THE WIRES.
Work and Hardships of Teiegraphic Line
men-MmCh Toll nnh LittIe Paw.


WORK ana h"rnSn,ps o' ifi'sap'i' '
meh-h"'h ioii ana I''''e ray
There are employed III thls country nearly
5,ooo telegraph ana telephone ilheiileii'
lhey are al expert men III ttelI BUSINESS
ana, whlle the WORK Is extremely h"f"' tteS
are talrly wen pald
Their work is peculiar II brelk occurs
IN "lre thcy nave To start out ma II ana
repair IT, 10y instruments no" III use 1t Is
possible 10 teIl pretty heariS Wn'r' th the
trouble 49, bhI IL requires even 'h'l " man
wlth quick eye ana lohE experience 10
hnd 1t out without the Wasting oi much Va-
uaole tiihe' luis is particularly SO III " oiB
el'y' "here sometimes rs hlsh as ioO "lfef
are suruliE on one p"le'
H"nie VI uheSe men aic aole 10 l'ch "uI a
certain "iie ana loiioW IL lor almost any
Instance thoush 1t may DC one ol "ozeh on
thg Pot'
he men III, peslh WORK as erouildilrii OF as
sist'i"Vs' ihey curry tnc "lle hiu atuehu "
,il Iie WorA On tne grouhu, Whlle ine regular
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20
A Wonderful Food Med1clne

known aud used by physicians all over
the world. Scotl's Emulsion not only
gives flesh and strength by virtue of its
own nutritious properties, but creates an
appetite for food that builds up the
wasted body. II have been using Scott's
Emulsion for several years. and am
pleased with its action. My patients say
that it is pleasant and palatable, and all
grow stronger aud gain flesh from the use
of it. | use it in all cases of wasting
diseases, and it is specially useful for
children when nutriment medication is
needed, rs in Marasmus IT. w. PIERCE,
NJ D., Knoxville, Ala.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20

Nearly all diseases originate from in
action of the liver and this is especially
the case with chills and fever, intermit
tent fevers and malarial diseases. TIC
save doctors bills and ward disease, take
Simmons Liver regulator, medicine
that increases in popularity each year,
and has become the most popular and
best endorsed medicine in the market for
the cure of liver or bowel Diseases
TELEGRAPH, DUBUQUE, Iowa.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20

You are allowed free trial Of thirty
days of the use of DR.. Dyes Celebrated
oltaic Belt with Electric Suspensory
for the speedy relief and Per.
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 incurredi
Illustrated pamphlet, with full intorma-
tion, terms, ETC., mailed free by address,
ing Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich.
decd 81 ".
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20

Is natures own true laxative. 1t is the
most easily taken, and the most effective
remedy known to cleanse the system
when bilious or costive; to dispel head
aches, colds anG fevers; to cure habitual
constipation, indigestion, piles, etc.
Manufactured only by the California Fig
Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal.
Hartz & Bahnsen, agents, Rock Island,
I'll
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20
Kept Busy Explaining.

a Philadelphia club of lawyers has called
itself the Burlaw. and since it became fam
GUS and moved into ii fine new club house in
a fashionable part of the city, the members
are kept busy explaining that burlaw was a
sort Of Scottish common law whereby dis
putes between neighbors We're settled ut an
assembage of the people without the delay
and expense of litigatiun.-New York Sun
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20

The average salary of the ministers of
the Southern Presbyterian church last
year was only $552, and the average con
trbutions per member for ministerial
support only $4 .OS In West Virginia
the average salary was S443.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20

In the window of fancy goods store
10 New York is little coffin about three
feet long In it is the body OF stuffed
dog A sign over the coffln reads The
LATEST for dogs 4 bargain
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20
Health is Wealth |

DR.. Il. c. Vests Nerve and Brain ment, a
guaranteed specific for hystera, dizziness, CON
vulsions, fits, nervous neurplgia, heaIache, ner-
vous prostration caused by the of alcohol or
tobacco. wakefulness. mental depression, soften
ing of the brain resulting in insanity and leading
to misery decay and death, premature old age,
barrenness, loss of power in either sex, involun
tary losses and spermatorrhoea caused by over
exertiOn Of the BRAIN self abuse or over indul-
gence Each box contains one month streatment.
81 box. or six boxes for s., sent by mail prepaid
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20

Queen Victoria has been Photographic ed
smiling. The photographer brought the
pleased expression on her face by prom
sing her the pictures at half price.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20

But turn, my soul, and
Learn thou the beauty of omnisccnt care'
BE strong in faith, bid anxious thoughts lie sta;
Seek for the good, and cherish it the i'll
Oppose, or bear with Il submissive will
Wordsworth.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20

"Did the wedding go off smoothlyT
about as smoothly as such affairs al
ways go off. The only hitch that oc-
CURED was when the pair stood up to be
united"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20

Fifteen young Moors from Morocco have
gone to Italy to study in the military col
leges.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20

An interrupted prayer. Now | lay
me down to sleep, and-O, L ord, but
your feet are cold!
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-20

A man died last week from the effects
of tobogganing, This miscellaneous
chatting should be stopped
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-21
A FATHERS REVENGE,

A Pension Examiner In Missouri with
Sulphuric Acid Burns Out the Eyes Of
the Woman Who Lured His Son from
the Paths Of Virtue.
SPRINGFIELD, NO., March LION Wednes-
day Dr. George NJ Cox. United States PEN
sion examiner, met woman named Efae
Ellis at the railway station, entered a car
riage with her, then beat her with bottle
containing sulphuric acid, which burned out
her eyes and otherwise disigured her hand
some face The woman was the mistress
OF the doctors son, and. it Is alleged, caused
parents to distraction The doctor gave
bonds in SIS, ZOO on charge of mayhem.
For time lynohing was talked OF, but
when it became known that Miss Ellis
would recover, the projeos was abandoned
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-21
LATER NEWS,

A CALL for a mass convention to be held
at Fargo Oak March 81, to consider ''trust"
monOpoies, was issued on the 18th.
A PETITION was presented in the House
on the 18th from the st. Paul Chamber Of
Commerce asking an appropriation of $780,
600 for the improvement of the Missis ppi
bove st. Anthony Falls.
passed to second reading the bill to e.
tablish manhood suffrage for elections to
the Ontario Parliament.
THOMAS NEWTON, found guilty of the
murder of John 1rego, was sentenced at
Winnipeg on the 18th by Judge Balm to be
hung on April 80.
DIRECT Geographic communication be-
tween New York and Boston was restored
on the 18th. The re emit blizzard necessita
ted the entire rebuilding Of the lines in sew
eral places.
THE Secretary of the Interior on the 18th
gave ca decision in the case OF
homesteader who had endeavored in good
faith to comply with the requirements of
the law, but who was deniel a patent by
Commissioner Sparks because of unavoida-
BILE absence from his claims in favor of the
claimant.
Hon. DAVID GRAY, of Buffalo, avictim of
the recent Delaware, Lackawanna & Vest
ern railroad, died at the city hospital at
Bling hamton, N, Y, on the 18th.
The first section Of the fast mail train
from New York to Jacksonville went
through trestle at point seventy-fve
miles south of Savannah, Ca, on the 18th.
Nineteen persons were killed and thirty.fiv
injured, some of them fatally.
F. CHRISTOPHER, a hardware merchant,
at Madison, Wis, shot himself dead on the
18th in the presence of his wife. Financial
troubles were said to be the cause of the act.
Mr.. PHELPS, Minister to England, was on
the 18th granted leave of absence, and is ex-
pected to leave England for New YORK
April 5.
On the 9Th the Chairman of the griev-
ance committee at Kansas City requested
the engineers and f1remen on the Santa Fe
system to return to work pending settle
ment of their difficulties.
JUDGE DUNDY, of the United States Dis
trict Court at Omaha, ON the 18th decided
n the injunction suit brought by the Bur-
lington against the Union Pacific company
and engineers in their employ that the ell
gineers cannot, under the interstate com
merce law, oonspire to prevent the Union
Pacific from handling Burlington cars, nd
that the strikers are liable to fine and I'M
prisonlnent.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND celebrated his fifty
first birthday on the 18th.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-21
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,

MRS. ELLEN UPPER, an entomologist of
continental reputation. died at Ell Paso,
Tex, on the 18th.
The Prohibitionists of the First Kansas
district on the 18th nominated Rev. d.
Shumaker for Congress-
ILLINOIS Democrats will hold their State
convention in Springfield on the 23d of
May to choose delegates to the National
convention and nominate State officers,
and the Prohibitionists will meet in the
same city on May Is for the same purpose
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-21
Does Not Want q Pension.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March l6-Mrs Hem
bricks, the widow of the late Vice-Presi-
dent, complains that she has been grossly
misrepresented in recent interview cred
iting her with censuring the Democratic
party because it had not procured a pension
for her She says: 81 never at any
time felt or expressed myself in terms COM
planning that the widows of Generals Lo-
gan and Black should receive pensions I
am rejoiced to know that those ladies are
likely to receive pensions 1t is a great
mistake that I ever alluded to pension
for myself I have thought. and so ex-
pressed myself, that the Government
should give me the salary that would have
Oeen due nv husband.'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-21

placed at $40, O0O,0 600
MISSISSIPPI river navigation opened on
the 18th at Quincy. Ill, the first boats of
the season arriving from st. Louis
A TRAIN was thrown from the track on
the 14th at Newkirk, Pa, by broken frog,
and one man was killed and sixteen other
persons were injured, two fatally:
H. c. LEAv1TT. one of the men implicated
in the murder of Rev. Mr.: Haddock at Sioux
City, Ia, is under sentence to hang April
80 for the murder of cow boy over a game
OF cards at Dodge City, Kan, to which
place he went after leaving Sioux City,
In Chicago on the 18th Judge Gresh am
decided in the Burlington Wabash case
that it was the duty OF a railroad as a COM
mon carrier to receive and deliver fire. ght
that may come to it in the regul ar course
of business, and that a road could not law
fully suspend reciprocal relations with q
connecting road through fear OF precipitat-
ing strike. He, however, did not think
there was any cause for complaint against
the Wabash. AS to the Brotherhood strike
the Judge conceded the right q individuals
to cease working for a railroad company,
but denied their right to combine in the
Gripping of road.
THE annual encampment of the @. A. r
Department of Michigan began at Lansing
on the 18th.
NEAR Polo, ILL.,, on the 18th Samuel Whit
meyer shot and killed George Albright, a
young farmer, sent bullet through the
head Of Albright's sister, and, going to the
barn, shot himself The refusal of Miss Al
bright to marry Whitmeyer caused the
tragedy.
JOHN SKINNER, desperado, was taken
from jail at ,Hopkinsville, KY, early on the
morning OF the 14th, carried four miles out
CT town and hanged to tree.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-09-22
District Court.

The following cases were tried this
week:
State of Louisiana vs.. Joseph Wilfred,
Alexandra Jacquet and Baptiste 'Minan,
assault and battery, acquitted.
State Of Louisiana VS.. Cora David, as
sault and battery, convicted and senten-
ced to pay fine of Sl5 and in default
thereof to imprisonment in the parish
Jail for a period Of ten days. She paid
the fine.
State of Louisiana vs.. Jerome Ellie. as
sault by willfully shooting at a person,
convicted.
State Of Louisiana VS.. Adam Joseph for
murder the jury brought in a verdict of
guilty without capital punishment, that
is, the balance of his life in the peniten-
tiary.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-09-22
Horrible Murder.

A negro woman was brutally murdered
by four white men about a mile from
the town of Breaux Bridge during the
night of Friday the 14th. inst. The wo-
man was pregnant of twins of S months
one of which had bullet through the
head.
The particulars are about as follows ::
The murderers went to the cabin and
called the husband of the woman it is be-
lieved to whip him. lie being afraid to
open the door asked who was there when
the reply came that it was the Sheriff.
The name of the Sheriff reassured the
woman who opened the door and as the
moon was shining brightly she recogni-
zed one of the four murderers and slam
med the door when she was shot through
the belly with a rifle.
The mother of the dead woman saws
that before she died she made deposit
tion to Coroner Gnilbcau who was imme.
diately called to the bedside Of the dying