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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-14
A RICH FIND.
A Marvellous Discovery of Gold Reported From
Lower California.

SAN Francisco, Cal.-The gold ex-
citement in Lower California near
Ensenada is increasing and many people
are focking from San Diego to the gold
fields. Work on the Cayagama IL San
Diego Eastern railroad is stopped, the
workmeH leaving in body for the
mines. Steamers between San Diego
and Ensenada have doubled their rates
but the rush continues and stages
are now running overland, carrying many
passengers direct for the mines, which
are situated about sixty miles southwest
of Ensenada. The San Diego papers de-
clare that the development covers 100
miles square and that placer miners are
making great deal of money, $4,000 in
gold dust having been brought into
Ensenada and San Diego yesterday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-14

DR.. julius Wresner, from microscop.
zeal examination of the paper from FL
Faijune, preserved in the Austrian mus
cum at Vienna, in the collection known
as "Papyrus Erzherzog Rsiner," has con-
clusively proved that linn, n rags were
used In the manufacture of paper as early
as the eighth and ninth centuries. The
fibre is chiefly linnen, but there are also
traces of cotton, hemp and animal fbres
present. The manufacture of paper out
of rags is, therefore, an eastern and not
a German or an Italian invention, as has
hitherto been supposed. Out of 500 East
ern and Oriental specimens not single
one was raw cotton paper. All these
that were examined had likewise been
elayed like modern papers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-14

The Chicago Mail, has by persiste :
effort, raised fund of about $4,000 for
the Redmond family. This is an act the
Mail may well feel proud of, not for any
vaingIorious reason, but from the con-
seriousness of having done noble deed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-14

TIE latest female vice is intoxicat1On
by nep tha. It is not drunk. The fumes
of it are simply inhaled, inducing, so the
inebriates say, particularly agreeable
exhilaration. Not even hasheesh, it is
understood, begets more fascinating
dreams or mole gorgeous visions of
dor. The girls in the rubber facto
ries, of which there are great NUMBER
in Boston and its neighborhood, are
greatly addicted to this novel form of
drunkenness. In such establishments
naptha is used in enormous quantities to
cleanse the rubber, being kept in big
boilers closed against the air. To the
valves of these boilers the young women
employees readily obtain access and
breathe the exhalations therefrom, some
unlucky accident having betrayed 90 a
chance experimenter the abominable Sc
cret. The notion is said to have been
brought originally from Germany by inn
migrant laborers in petticoats. Now the
manufacturers propose TO put stop to
the evil by keeping the valves carefully
looked.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-14

THB tendency of the average state
legislature is 60 see how little it can ao-
compllsh in the greatest length of time,
and at the greatest expense, is receiving
striking illustration in Minnesota, if the
facts and figures given by the Minneapo-
lis Tribune tell the truth. 1t is admitted
that the present condition of the state
finances does not warrant the expendi-
ture of a oeut beyond what is necessary,
yet one gets the idea from reading the
Tribune's charges of gross extravaganza
that the Legislators are sitting up nights
to devise ways and means for the deple-
tion OF the public treasury, and the news
paper is forced to own that marvellous
ingenuity and industry have been dis
played in inventing items of expense
Some of the other western states are be-
ginning to tire of the dilatory proceed
ings of their solons, and evince a desire
to call halt on frittering away precious
time in useless discussion of trifing mat
tiers. The Nebraska legislature, for in
stanse, cannot get through with its neces-
sary work any too soon to suit the tax
payers, when for every day that it, with
its 137 supernumeraries, remain in Sea-
sion, 1t costs the state $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-14

Between 100000 and 10000, OCo feet
of valuable timber wild be contested for
In the United States Il urt at Chippewa
Falls In few days.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-14

THE "THUNDERER" BELONGS TO HISTORY
No great public journal of any country
ever appeared in so disreputable an atti-
tude before the world as that OF the Lon
don Times-the "Thunderer" of England
in war and peace in the ParnelI trial
The Times has received the homage OF
generations as the exemplar of public
journalism, and it's voice has at times
been more potential than the edicts of
thrones. 1t has been the undisp uted ora
Gle of English power and authority for
more than half century, and four gene
rations of the Walters have enjoyed It's
rity blasted, its power broken and its
prestige shattered, its profits vanish, as
Is evidenced by the announcement that
its dividends TO shareholders have ceased
Public journals, even with the exercise
of every care, are often imposed upon
but they maintain public confidence by
prompt confession of the error and atone
ment to the wronged parties; but in the
case of the London Times there was not
even plausible ground for the grave &C
cusations made against Parnel. There
was not only no reason to accept the
forged letters as genuine, but every fact
and circumstance surrounding the prefer
as awkwardly incredible and stupidity
criminal. 1t is impossible to assume thai
the Times believed the forged letters to
be genuine. To assume that it did, is to
assume that its management is confided
TO the most bungling of idiots; and there
isno escape from the judgment that the
Times willingly Joined in a monstrous
conspiracy, conceived in crime and main.
tanned by perjury. to overthrow the home
rule leader and his cause when be could
not be vanquished before the people OF
England.
It is idle to speculate about the future
of the London Times. 1t has destroyed
itself, and from the tomb of infamy into
which it has plunged itself there can be
no resurrection. The "Thdnderer" OF
England now belongs to history. It has
ost honor, power, prestige and profit
and it will perish unlsmented at home OF
abroad. Its place as newspaper ha:
long been better filed by more widely
read and more successful journals; and il
can now go down, with all its lustrous
achievements of its better days, without
any taking pause to note or regret its
fall; and the great leader and the great
cause which it attempted to overthrow BY
desperation in crime, will emerge from
the contest with victory fastened by the
madness of their fees.-Philadelphis
Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-14

ONE of the most remarkable engineer
ing feats appears to have been achieved
in China, IN the face of extraordinary
physical difficulties, namely, the success
full stretching of steel wire cable of
seven strands across the river Lunann.
this feat having been accomplished by
the Danish engineer Dalinde, assisted
only by unskiIled native labor. The cable
extends between two points, at a distance
of nearly 400 feet apart, the height of
the first support being abont $50 feet
above the present level of the river, and
second about TAO feet. The cable in
question is said to be the longest in the
word, with a single exception, namely,
the cable across the Kistna, measuring
some 500 feet. There are also two cables
across the Gauges, of 1900 and 1880 feet
respectively.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-14
Fh.5 National Capital

TEE president vetoed the direct tax biz
on Saturday.
THE cabinet officers have been confirm.
ed by the senate.
MONDAY at Washington, was disagree
able day SO far as the weather was con
cerned.
GENERAL NEwBERRY'5 resignation as
Postmaster at Chicago is in the hands OF
President Harrison.
The members of President Harrison s
Cabinet took the oath Wednesday and
were duly indicted into office.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND approved the
bill to forfeit lands granted to the
State of Michigan to aid in the con-
struction of railroad from Marquette to
Ontonagon.
THERE are good many people in
Washington just now who want offices,
and just IS fast as they can get the op-
portunity they are telling President Har-
rison about it.
POSTMASTER General Wanamaker has
purchased from the Frelinghuysen estate
the elegant residence which has been IN
til recently the home of Secretary Whit
ney. The price paid for the house aud q
part of the furniture is understood to
have been S80OOO
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-14

Annie Redmond and were remanded for
trial.
AT Mora, Mimi, William Mating, who
was under the influence of liquor, shot
and fatally wounded Mr.. c. A. Harrison
and Jacob Hanson.
PERRY BENNETT, gambler aud hard
citizen, of Nashville Ind, fatally wound
ed his wife with Ratchet and then tried
to kill his daugh ters. Bennett is only so
years old, and his wife is only ten years
younger.
The United States grand jury at St.
Louis has ordered the arrest of ten colored
men who are charged with colopizipg and
voting two hundred of their race in the
November eIAntion.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis.-Tgo prisoners,
named Mcneil and Olsen, confined in the
county jail ia this city, awaiting trial
for highway robbery, cut their way to
liberty Sunday afternoon. Their escape
was not discovered until two hours after
the occurrence. They have so tar eluded
apture.
WABASH, Neb.-The general merchgn
disc store of Jacobs il Horton, the News
printing Office, Smiths billiard hall and
b4o lOWA Bdll were
night. While the fire was in progress
burglars were discovered attempting to
open George Fowle's safe, but they es-
capped. 1t is believed that they started
the confegration. Loss, $4,000.
A BURGLAR, who gave his name as David
Hill, blew open the safe of Henry Shafer,
a butcher at Evansville, Ind, Sunday
morning, took $500, and was arrested and
| in Jail in half an hour after the burglary
was discovered. The proceeds of several
other ourglaries were found in his room,
and he acknowledged being an 'old-
timer" at the business
MINNEAPOLIS. = Postofice Inspector
Darhellay and Deputy United States Mar
shall Hoy arrested Arthur R. Walker, a
clerk in the registered letter department,
on the charge of robbing the mails.
Walker at first denied, but finally con
fessed that he stole a letter addressed to
A. G.. Lawrence, OF the Northwestern
Mutual Endowment Association, last
Saturday, containing an Enclosure of
money. Af5er his confession, Walker
was taken before IN tied States Commis-
sioner O'Del and held to the grand jury.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-31
III-FOunded Reports.

For several weeks reports have been
busily circulated and many people I'M
doubtedlY afforded occupation thereby,
that difficulty had sprung up between
the G., r. l. & P. railroad and the DAYS
export & Rock Island Railway company
and as result that Mr. Holmes had been
enioined from using the bridge line. The
matter was casually mentioned to Supt
Schnitger this morning:
"Yes, / have heard the reports" he
said, "and you can say from me and for
Mr.. Holmes that there is not word of
truth in them. The articles of agreement
between our company and the c., r. l.
& P. are all signed and are in
my Office in Davenport. We have
as much use of the bridge track
as we ever will or ever want, and will
bring cars over them tomorrow for the
circus crowd, but we have not insugu'
rated the Davenport and Rock island
line for two simple reasons; one is or
account of the difficulty in getting suita-
BILE horses now as farmers are too busy tC
talk selling at reasonable prices-a fac
that is demonstrated when l tell you
have just got the lines on this side full!
restocked-and the other is that we don
want to commence until our double
tracks are completed as far west as Fiji
teenth street. We don't want any NOR
cars in our way than are necessary whil'
the paving is going on"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-31
BOSTON STORE.
Rem nant Sale Thursday. Friday and
Saturday, August L, e and 3--.Ency-
cIypedias Given Away.

Remnant sale Thursday. Friday and
Saturday. August L, e and 3--.Ency.
cIypedias Given Away.
We will sell on the above dates al
the centre counter of room 103 OF oul
store all remnants that have acc umulated
during the great clearing sale. The
great collection consists of remnants and
short lengths of crashes, table linens,
muslins, shirtings. tickipgs. flannels,
prints, ginghams. Innings, sateens. lawns,
laces. embroideries. ruchings, ribbons,
black goods, colored dress goods, pushes
and silks.
We inventory stock next week and
will sacrifice on the prices of these rem
nants that they may be sold before.
But this is not all that will be at the
Boston Store to attract, commencing
with this sale Thursday, Aug. l.
WE WILL PRESENT A DRADBURY's EN-
CYCLoPEDA
of practical information to any per-
son purchasing goods to the amount
of SEQ 90. 1t is not necessary thai
this amount be purchased all at one
time. Tickets will be furnished GUS
TONERS on which the amount of each pur.
chase will be punched and when pur-
chases to the amount of $50 have been
made, we will take pleasure in present
ing the encyclopedia which is large val
liable work regularly sold for So. In order
to secure the benefit of this opportunity
purchases to this amount must be made
prior to Sept. Is. as all tickets remain
ing out at that date will be cancelled.
HARMED. PURsEL & Won MAUR,
101, !03. l05, cor. Second and Brady
streets, Davenport.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-31
Police Points.

Officer Kramer picked up a little name
less wsnderer on Second avenue this
morning, which was soon claimed by
John Schafer.
Marshal Millers report for July shows
police fees, $40 55; fines, $139. 80; lights
reported out, 10; state cases, 81; city
cases, Al; Jail bill for June and July,
IS 80.
In Justice Cookies court this morning
Henry Fuhlendorf and his wife and AL.
bert Redmond and his wife aired theil
neighborly differences. aud the court
after taking all facts into consideration,
fined each family IS and divided the costs
between them. Redmond had been ar
rested twice before and fined for abusive
language on complaint of the Fuhlen
doris. and this morning the Squire
thought little more of the same medi.
cine might work advantageous results to
both sides.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-31
River RIplets,.

The st. Paul is due down from La
Crosse.
The Golden Gate took an excursion to
Port Byron today.
The Pittsburg will be down at 4 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon.
The Sidney will be up Friday evening,
through to st. Paul without change.
A rate war is raging between the Dia>
mond Joe and Saints Line Packet COM
panies, and the 10 line is carrying pas
sengers from keokuk to st. Louis for 81
for the round trip.
The Burlington Gazette of last evening
says: The steamer Mary Morton ar.
rived here from the south at 8 o'clock this
morning and departed shortly after l
O'Clock this afternoon on her way to st.
Paul. She is a day late on account OF
the difficulty experienced in getting a
crew of deck hands at st. Louis on heI
| last trip down The officers found it i'm
possible to get full crew and were
obliged to leave light handed. A num-
Der of roustabouts were engaged at this
point"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-31
SEPTEMBER PETIT JURORS.

Those Who Will Serve as Gentlemen
of the Jury at the Next Term OF the
Circuit Court.
This morning Sheriff Silvis, County
Clerk Donaldson and Circuit Clerk Gam
BILE drew the following panels of petit
Jurors to serve at the September term OF
the circuit court:
FIRST Panel.
Cordova-E w Elliott.
Coe-Theodore Marshall. VIM Dillon.
Port Byron w Williamson.
Hampton-Joseph Albright.
Molne-J K Groom. Flemming,
James Ewing, Joseph Kipp. Ed Comps
son.
South Moline-Joseph F Smith John
Weckel. B F Simpson.
Rock Island-Chas. Hodges, Sewall
Dodge. John F Bollman, II Brockman.
II Kirsch, w Scully, S J Woodin.
Michael Corcoran, John Taylor. w P
Quayle, Dennis Coleman, John Schafer,
Ii G Mcconnell.
South Rock Island-Wm Ross.
Coal Valley-Keene Crockett, Robert
Patterson.
Rural-James II Waters. L E Wilson
Edgington-W ID Mclaughlin, J V
| Reeves.
Bowling-Francis Connolly, A W
Clarke.
Andalusia-Seth Lehman.
SECOND PANEL.
Cordova-Joseph Forsyth.
| Coe-Geo Hunt.
Zuma-Samuel Bryant.
Hampton--Anton Fielder. James Cook,
Moline-Fred |. Edwards. Chas AS
wege, J A Sholen. Geo A Lovejoy, August
Schafer, Fred Shaw, Peter Kneberg
Eric Munson, VIM o Long, John Brandt,
W Sanborn.
South Moline-A F Need.
Rock Island-Charles Rite, John
| Stewart, Ii II Robb, Geo Perry, j w
Stewart, A Ramser, Jacob Ohlweiler
Henry Empke, Henry Kinner, w h
Starr.
South Rock Island John Behan.
Black Hawk-Miles Kehoe, Fred Hev-
erling. VIM Kale, John Mckinley
Coal Valley-Chss Evener.
Bowling-A Martin.
Rural--James Sollenberger.
Edgington-Oscar BTuner.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-31
The Electric Alarm

The fire and water committee of the
city council and the chief and assistant
chief of the Rock Island volunteer fire
department, gave an audience to Mr..
Rolf, represen sative of the American fire
alarm telegraph last evening, and the lat.
ter offered to put in satisfactory service
for SO 900 and not ask for money until
1891, after which the amount would be
payable in yearly installments of $1,000
each with interest The committee, of
course, could co nothing but consider the
proposition and agree to refer it to the
council. It is very reasonable and the
council would do well to accept it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-31
Lutte DIMICK'S DEATH.

The Verdict OF the COrOner's Jury as
to it's ause---The Funeral This
Morning.
The coroner's jury in the inquest over
the body OF Lutte D. Dimick finally ar
rived at conclusion shortly before 8
o'clock last evening, when verdict was
returned that Dimick came to his death
by pistol shot wound. said pistol being
then and there In the hands of his wife,
Mrs. Elizabeth Dimick. on the night Of
the 9th day of July, A. D., 1899, in a
certain house, No. 1T Nineteenth street,
in the city OF Rock Island. county of
Rock Island ard state of Illinois.
There seemed to have been decided
difference of opinion among the members
of the jury as to their jurisdiction.
| Some believed it their duty to usurp the
| powers of the circuit court, while one OF
the number be lieved verdict of acciden-
tai shooting iustifiable. The jury in the
end, however, brought its decision as
nearly within the range of consistency
with the evidence before as it could have
been expected. 1t makes no charges,
and under the circumst snces had no right
or reason to.
Early this m orning Undertaken Clough
took the remsins of L. d. DImick to
the home of his father, o. j. Dimick, on
Elm street, wnere the funeral services
were held at O'Clock. Only the menu
bers of the family. the widow and her
relatives and few very hear friends
were present. 1t was an event of deep
sorrow and gloom, such as can be
better thought than expressed. There
were some beautiful floral designs, in
Guiding an anchor and pillow with the
letters IL. D. D." and wreath, those
contributing the flowers being Conduc-
tors T. V. Strain and John Sullivan, and
Messrs. Chas. McHugh, VIM. Stengel
Henry Frick ard Mr.. Woods. The solemn
ceremony was conducted by Rev. J. II. c.
| isohui VI thC + lSt bdpllst NhuiCu VI Hio-
line, who made few touching remarks
on the inexIre ssible sorrow and mIsfor,
tune of the affair. and commended
the stricken ones to look for counsel to
One who knew all sides of the case and
who alone could give strength sufficient
to bear up under the severe affection.
The T. X. quaTtette, of Davenport, sang
impressively Consolation, Cast Thy
Burden on The Lord" and Abide With
Me-"
The pail bearers were Messrs Adair
Peasants, VIM Stewart, Thos. Strain,
John Sullivan, Chas. McHugh and Robert
Fullerton. At the grave the T. K. quar-
tette sang as it alone can. Lead Kindly
Light" and after brief service the body
of l.. D. Dimck was shut ont from
human view forever.
The mother of the deceased was toe
Frustrated to attend the funeral, while
the father and wife, both of whom have
borne up with heroic fortitude all along,
broke down completed Rwhen the last OF
the one for whom 10Th had so often
shown their I'm flinching love and devo-
ton, was lowered into its final resting
place
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-31
The Eihl Arson Case

The preliminary hearing of the Law
renee Eighth arson case was resumed be
fore Magistrate Wivill this morning.
Hans Shredder testified to the effect that
he had had considerable trouble with
Eihl on the subject of Mr.. Albrecht's
daughter, whom he (Schroeder) married
matter; and that he lived in the same
block with Schneiders grocery and had
heard of serious threats on the part OF
Eihl.
Ferdinand Roth swore to having heard
Eihl make threats about Schroeder on &C.
count of him marrying his girl and had
heard him say he would shoot her if she
married Schroeder.
Eihl swore that on the night before the
fire he sat up all night with his sick
father IN company with Peter Summers
member of the Druid society, and was
home at 430. the time the fire was dis
covered, and went to the Cable host
house and Joined his company when the
alarm sounded; that he was not ava,
from home prior TO that time that night
Peter Sommers testified that he sat VI
with Mr.. Eihl Saturday night and left tn,
house about half past four. Lawrenc,
Eihl, the defendant, was at home wheI
he left. He did not think it was to ex
coed ten minutes from the time he lief
EIhl until he heard the fire alarm. Thi
was important evidence for the defense
Miss Lizzie Eihl was the next witness
and stated positively that her brother lief
the yard in response to the fire alarm.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-31
The street improvements

Larkin Il Stephens are putting in the
curbng about Union Square and will be
in readiness to lay the brick walks in q
short time.
Atkinson & Oloff have ordered all the
brick they want for the paving of Second
avenue, the brick for all except the stree,
car tracks from the Galesburg Pressed
Brick company, and that for the car COM
psny from the Bardolph Brick company
The limestone for the curbing has been
shipped from Anamoss and is expected
daily. On its arrival the paving will
commence in earnest, and it is to be hoped
that all the necessary piping will have
been completed by that time.