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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18
Why Not?

About ten miles from beyond st. Thomas
the locomotive whistled an alarm, slackened
bit, and thei put ON full steam, and we felt
bump clear lack in the last coach Assoon
Is the train could be checked and backed up
o the highway crossing we all piled out to
ascertain the trouble woman about 40
years old, hat off and hair flying, was picking
some parcels out of the grass and a man Of
about the same age sat on the ground staring
about him in wonder In his left hand he
held pipe and in his right paper of tobac-
co. He had boen crossing the road with his
team
One horse lay dead in the ditch, and the
other WAS limping Off down the road, while
the wagon was smashed to kindlings The
woman gathered up five or six parcels and
started off after the limping horse, never
Speaking word, and by and by the husband
slowly filled his pipe, hunted around for a
match and lighted il, and as he got TO his feet
tn follow the wife the conductor queried:
Didn't you see the train comingf"
"Of course" was the quiet reply
Then why didn't you hold ups"
Didn't you see me comingi OF course you
did Then why in thunder didn't you hold
upr
And he jogSed Off down the road without
another word.-Detroit Free Press
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18
LOCAL NOTICES.

Wanted at once first>class barber
Enquire at AIGUs office.
Wanted-Fifteen girls to peel tomo-
toes at the Milan canning company,
Milan.
A. ID. Huesing. real estate and iusur-
ance agent. Office No. 1908 Second ave.
nue.. Rock Island.
For sale-An old established and CEN
trally located boarding house, cheap.
Enquire at this Office.
The Grown dining hall. No. 17Os Sec
ond avenue, is now ready To furnish you
the best meal in the city for 25 cents.
Buy Mercer county coal of E. B. Nc
Kown at his new coal yard corner of
Fifteenth stree and First avenue.
Sugar cured hams. 'eleven-and-a half
cents, shoulders seven cents, and twelve
pounds OF lard for 81. at Schroeder &
market, on Twentieth street.
The Royal III surance company, Of Eng
land, has the largest surplus of snv fire
insurance company in the world. A. ID.
Huesing. agent. Office No. 1908 Second
avenue, Rock Island.
Modern Houses For Sale
On monthly installments by Guyer &
Sweeney.
Barth Babcock, Dentists.
No, 1924 Second avenue. Special atteu.
tion paid to saving the natural teeth and
inserting teeth without plates.
For Sale.
Fourteen dry lots on four years time.
with six per cent per annum. to any one
wishing to build this summer.
b. DAVENPORT.
To tie Watch Tower.
Cars run To Black Hawks Watch
Tower every thirty minutes on Sunday
afternoons and holidays. and spcial
trains to accommodate picnic parties.
Telephone to the street car barn to COM
plete arrangements for special trains.
Surety on Bonds.
Those who are required to give bonds
in positions of trust, and who desire to
avoid asking friends to become their
sureties, or who may wish to relieve
friends from further obligations as bonds
man. should apply to the agent of the
American Surety Co., of New York.
Ed. LIRBERKNECHT,
General Insurance Agent,
Rock Island, III.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18

IT WoN'T BAKE BREAD. In other
words. Hoods Sarsaparilla will not do
impossibilities. Its proprietors tell
plainly what it has done, submit proofs
from sources OF unquestioned reliability,
and ask you frankly If you are suffering
from any disease or affection caused or
promoted by impure blood or low state
of the system, % try Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The experience of others is sufficient as
surance that you will not be disappointed
in the result.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18

Slop made IF milk, ground corn and oats,
with small proportion of wheat middlinps.
makes an excellent food for the young SOW
When only few hogs are raised on the
farm the bett sr plan is to have the SOW litter
but once a yen, very early in the spring, then
by careful fesding they can be MADE good
hogs by january following.
III your hogs begin to cough, look out for
malignant lung troubles. If they nope and
lie about their beds, intestinal difficulties
may oe suspe6 ted. Plenty of pure air, pure
water ana varied food will scare away malig-
nant diseases
Give the pigs plenty of range upon pasture
and feed less corn That will certainly i'm
prove the qua ity of the pork This does not
mean that they should be managed on the
root, hog, or die" principle, for that is neg
iect or abuse, and neither of these pay
Lewiston journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18
EPOCH.

The transition from long lingering
and painful sickness to robust health
marks an epoch in the life of the individ-
nal. Such a remarkable event is treas
ured in memory and the agency whereby
the good health has been attained il
gratefully blessed. Hence il is that SC
much is heard in praise of Electric Bit
tiers. So many feel they owe their res.
toration TO health, to the use of the grea,
Alternative and tonic. If you are troubled
with any disease of kidneys. liver oil
stomach. of long or short standing you
will surely find relief by use of Electric
Bitters. Sold at SOC and 81 per bottle
at Hartz d Bahnsen's drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18
A Great Surprise

Is in store for all who use Kemp's
Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, the
great guaranteed remedy. Would you
believe that it is sold on its
merits. and that any druggist ID
authorized by the proprietor of this
wonderful remedy to give you q
sample bottle free2 1t never fails to
cure acute or chronic coughs. AL
druggists sell Kemp's Balsam Large
bottle so cents and 81.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18
Their Buslnss Booming.

Probably no one thing has caused such
a general revival of trade at Ha1tz &
Bahnsen's drug store as their giving
away to their customers of so many free
trial bottles of DR.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption. Their trade is simply
enormous in this very valuable article
from the fact that it sways cures and
never disappoints. Coughs. colds.
asthma, bronchitis, Group. and all throat
and lung diseases quickly cured. You
can test it before buying by getting a
trial bottle free, large size 81. Every
bottle warranted.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18

The hest on earth can truly be said of
Gr1gg's GlYcerine Sslve, which is q sure,
safe and speedy cure for cuts. bruises,
scalds, burns wounds and all other sores.
Will positively cure piles, letter and all
skin eruption. Try this wonder healer.
Satisfactio guaranteed or money refund-
ed. Oniv 2h cents Sold nv druggists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18

Who of us are wllnouL trouble be they
small or larger The blessings of healti
are best appreciated when we are sict
and in pain. A hacking cough. severh
cold. or any throat or lung disease ar,
very troublesome; but all of these may bt
quickly and permanently cured by DIR
Bigelew's Cure. Safe and pleasant fol
children. Price 30 cents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18
BUCKLEN's ARNICA sALyR

The best sslve in the world for cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains
corns and all skin eruptions, and posi-.
lively cures piles. or no pay required. II
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cents pei
box. For sale bv Hartz & Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18

The lost chord-The ore that was
back of our wood house the night of the
colOred barbecue.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18

Awriter in BIackaooOd's Magazine fig
ures that ancient Rome had probably 4,
| OO0, 900 inhabitants.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18

Gasket-"Y,s. sir; rm self made
man." ''Smotllered voice-"Then you
cheated yourself"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18

FAST MAIL TRAIN with Vestibuled trsine be-
tween Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul and Minne-
apolis.
TRANS-C0NTINFNTAL ROUTE between Chi-
cago, Council Bluffs, Omaha and the Pacific
Coast.
GREAT NATIONAL ROUTE between Chicago
Kansas City and st. Joseph. No.
500 MILES OF ROAD reaching all principal
points In Illinois, Wisconsin. Minnesota Iowa.
Missouri and Dakota.
For maps. time tables, rates OF passage and
freight, etc, apply TO the pearest station agent
of the Chicago. Milwaukee d ST. Paul Railway or
70 any railroad agent any where In the world.
ROSWELL MILLER, A. V. Il. CARPENTER
General Manager. Genl Pass. & 4. Agt.
n For Information In reference to Lands and
Towns owned ty by the Chicago Milwaukee
et. Paul Railway Company, write to H. q. Han.
gen. Land Commissioner Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18

Walker Blaine is reported to be lost.
He is probably in New York waiting for
street car.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

GHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAIL
Way-Depot corner Fifth avenue and Thirty
hrtt street, j. z. Cook, agent
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18
GOING EAST.

Passenger trains arrive and depart from Uuion
depot Peoria
Accommodation train leaves Rock Island AS
p. m. arrives at Peoria 80 a. m Leaves Peoria
7;l5 p. m arrives al Rock Island :05 q m.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18

THICAGO. MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAIL
~ way-Racine & Southwestern Dvision-De-
pot Tive, tieth street between First and Second
avenue, f. ID. W. Holmes, agent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18

BURLINGTON ROUTE c., b. & @. RAIL.
D way-Depot First avenue and Sixteenth st.,
NJ j. You g, agent,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18

Accom-. Ac ON. Accom- lAccom
400 pm go an lv r. Isl'd ar sos am 8 no nm
90 pm 1920 am ar Rey'lds lv 7.1G am l45 pm
5 IS pmI!2 90 am ar Gable .lv. $50 am IL so pm
Chair on Fast Express between Rock Island
and Peoria in both directions
Fl. B. SUDLOW, RSTOCKHOUSE,
superintendent. Gen'l Tkt. Agent.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-01-18

LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
PORTLAND, Me-, Jan. IL, 1889.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-01-18
FARMiNcroN's :hARosHIps.
A gill Which u Passed VIII Help the
Town Along.
Especial to the Press.1

AUGUSTA, Jan. 1.-THE bill introduced in
the Senate this forenoon by Senator Merrill,
will bring before the legislature the peculiar
hardships Of Pennington. The bill provides
that the property of literary institutions not
occupied by them for their own purposes,
shall be liable TO taxation as other property
is. AT present all such property is exempt
Senator Merrill tells the PRESS correspond
ent how Pennington is burdened by the pres
ent law. In the fire Of 1885 Pennington
people lost s265. 200. They went pluckily to
work to rebuild. Just then Mrs. Belcher
died and her will. transferred $4,000 of real
estate, most of 1t in the very heart of the
village, to Bates College, taking it out Of the
way OF taxation. Part Of this property
is row of wooden buildings which
are the most risky property
in the village. On account of the
the lack Of an adequate water supply, the
premiums have been raised 80 per cent. and
the extra amount thus taken for insurance is
estimated at $1,000 yearly,-a large tax on a
village Of 900 voters. Last year the village
raised S2Soo for fire purposes, and they are
now discussing the advisability of paying
$500 annually for water supply. This
makes the taxes very high indeed. But not
one cent towards these taxes does this
property pay. Under the present
law Bates College could buy $4,000 worth
more of property, and then another $4,000
worth until there might not be a piece of
taxable property left in Pennington. The
bill presented by Colonel Merrill puts litera-
ry institutions on the same footing with all
religious associations, which pay taxes on all
property except that used by them for their
own purposes. The bill would relieve Farm
ington. and would apply to every other town
or city:that may find itself in the situation Of
Pennington.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-01-18

Guptill, of Saco, waited on Gov. Burleigh
this forenoon and urged the confirmation of
Col. Guptill for pension agent.
The bill to amend sec. 6, chap, 6. of the
Revised Statutes relative to exemption from
taxation provides that the property of all
scientific and educational institutions shall
be on the same footing as regards taxation,
as that of religious institutions. Under the
present law all the property Of the former is
exempt from taxation, but this bill taxes
the real and personal property of these,
which is not occupied by them for their own
purposes.
The Secretary of State presented the
records Of insolvency cases for the past year
as required by law, there being returns from
four counties: in Kennebec county there
were Is cases Penobscot, "a York, %.
About IA members of the governors staff,
among them Colonel Charles Clark of Port
land, were in Augusta this evening. while a
tailor from b. f. Haley 81 Co., Of Newman
ket, N. H., fitted their new uniforms. The
uniforms are to be very magnificent, surpass-
ing anything in the line ever seen before.
The chapeaux cost S15 each and the whole
uniform for each man will not cost much less
than $175 The style win follow strictly the
United States regulation style. Each mem Der
has coat, pants, vest, French folding
chapeau, fatigue coat and cape and caps,
besides the belts, knots and epaulets. For all
this fnery the members OF the staff pay
out of their own pockets; While on duty
they get a per diem pay; but in a year this
the gauntlets. The company who furnish the
uniforms, b. f. Haley & Co., are now max
ing the new uniforms of the Portland Ca
dets
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-01-18
PC-Partly Cloudy,
GEN ERAL NEWS.

A verdict has been rendered for the plain
tiff 10 the Snow-Alley case for $4,000.
The store ship Monongahela, at San Fran
cisco. will go to Samoa with supplies for the
fleet.
w. w. Washburn has received the caucus
nomination and will be the next Senator
from Minnesota.
School district No. 42, in Kansas, is agi
tated over the location of a school house. The
trouble took the form of revolver fight sew
eral days ago and several men were wounded.
Two beautiful Corean ladies, the wives of
members of the Corean delegation are in
this country on their way to Washington.
They are the first Corean women to visit this
country and very likely the first to leave the
land of their birth.
The summer residence OF Hiram f. Mills.
OF Lawrence, on Prospect Hill, North An
dover, Mass, was entered by burglars We'd
nesday night and numerous household arti-
cles were taken, but no valuables could be
found: There have been many depredations
committed In that town recently, including
five burglaries in one week.
The report of the New York State Conn
missioner in Lunacy, DIR. Samuel Wesley
Smith, states that there are now 1882 mem
tai incompetents in the State. of which H.
722 are lunatics. The number of private
asylums is growing, and this has led to many
investigations of alleged abuses which the
10 Olbbu Cfillcu upOu W ndhc.
1t is generally found that charges of cruelty
are unfounded
There is general belief in Senatorial cir
Giles that Senator Allison will be offered the
treasury portfolio, and his Western friends
think he should accept in that event. He
remarked Tuesday, in alluding to the sub
jec,, that he could not see his way clear in
that direction, as the probable renewal of the
question of tariff revision in the next Con-
gress would open more useful field to him
than in the cabinet
j. j. Powell and p. Robinson of London
arrived at New York Wednesday on the Gal
liza. Their coming caused stir on the
street, where 1t was reported that they had
crossed the water to investigate the big Elec.
trio sugar collapse in the interest of certain
English shareholders, who had got badly
caught in the smashup of the company. Mr.
Powell declined to say exactly whom he rep
resented, but told reporters that he was ''go
| ing to spend the next fortnight in finding ou
why things had gone to smash so suddenly
At session of the school board held il
Haverhill Wednesday night a Subcommittee
was appointed to enforce the law in regart
to pupils attending the French parochia
school and in case the law was not compiled
with the committee was authorized TO caus'
the truant officers to prosecute the parents q
children attending this school. Father Oh
yer Boucher, who has charge OF the school
has failed to make the changes necessary T.
meet the requirement of the school law ant
so a conflict las arisen between the sch00
board and Father Boucher, which threaten
to be OF a serious nature.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-01-18
MICHAEL DAVTTS OPINION OF RuSSa.
He Called the Fiery AgItafor .
Blatant Ass.
sIsmarck's Indictment OF ceffcken
with English Comment.
Messengers from khartounn Bring
News Of Lupton Bey's Death.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE eross-examlnatlon
OF Delaney was resumed before the ParnelI
commission today. The witness persisted IN
declaring that he saw Boynton point out 10
the Invincible, Brady. the chairman Of the
prison board, Burke. for assassination. De
laney was positive he had often seen Davitt
In company with Carey. Until 1879 the
FeniGn party was without money other than
the few pence weekly subscribed by the
members. Some pawned their watches 10
send delegates TO America. Carey, after the
Invincibles were organized, obtained funds
from the League and started in business as a
contractor. Being shown the photograph Of
man In uniform. the witness declared that
1t was Invincible Mol.
Justice Hannen ordered Delaney tolbe held
In London IL case he should be wanted. At
torney General Webster then read the cor
respondence between Matt Harris and
Michael Davitt with reference 10 land agfta-
tion. The only letter thai attracted interest
was one from Davitt to Harris, written Ia
New York. in which Dayitt said Perhaps
you are not aware that John O'Leary Is here.
He came from Paris TO upset nv Land
League endeayors. He will 90 back a wiser
though sadder man. He Is sun
ported BY nobody, save q few fsl-
lowers OF that blatant ass. Rosa. The
nationalists on this side are common sense
men. OLeary failed 10 get up a crusade
against the League In America. Rosa Is now
trying his hand. He will achieve more suc-
cess upon your side than upon this. He Is a
eowardly, low rufian who has not the cour-
age TO resent the insult offered him IN the
Herald. He has not sufficient courage 20 set
FIRE to British hay stack. Do your utmost
to keep the people within bounds"
Justice Hannen asked II the letters OF Mr..
Parneu would be shown the Parnellite eoun-
sci, as the court seemed 10 be within a rea-
sonable distance of getting at them. AttOr-
ney General Webster refused 30 be pinned 20
definite time for the production Of the let-
ters. Justice Hannah then expressed the
opinion that both sides should show the LETT
ters In their possession to be used for com
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-01-18
THEIR-sAFETY LIES IN FLIGHT.
Deportation OF Foreigners on the
Isthmus Recommended.

WASHINGTON, -1z.-Mrs-Adam
the United States Consul General at Panama,
on Jan. 2, received communication from
the Secretary General of the Department Of
Panama, stating that disturbances Of the
public peace might follow the suspension Of
work on the Panama Canal, which suspen-
sion Is expected soon. In transmitting this
information to the State Department Mr..
Adamson says: '.In view Of what may be
anticipated. the Governor of the Department
suggests that the foreign consuls should so
licit authority from their respective govern
ments to send home their countrymen who
may thus be deprived of the means Of sub
sistence. The work on the locks still con-
tinues, and 1t Is understood that Mr.. Elffel,
contractor for that part Of the work, had
large advance placed to his credit with a
third party before he commenced. The sup
position Is that he will continue, and until
that advance Is exhausted. Work has
stopped at Bas Obispo, and will be stopped
at Cubbra on the 9th instant. We appear TO
be on the verge OF a crisis, and grave result
may well be apprehended. Fortunately,
there are comparatively few Americans en-
ployed upon the canal"
The Secretary Of State, in his report to the
President, advises that the matter be laid be-
fore Congress, that IL may. II it sees fit, ap-
propiiate money TO secure the deportation Of
the Americans on the Isthmus.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-01-18

conditions OF the act making provision for
the construction Of the ship she Is guaran-
teed to show q mean speed Of IT knots. The
total cost Of machinery and hull, estimated
by the bureau Of construction and repair, is
S2,S44,5O3 The Maine Is the largest ship at
present in the service, her displacement be-
Ing 6648 tons.
One Of the new cruisers authorized by the
last Congress has a larges displacement, be-
ing In the neighborhood Of 1900 tons. Plaus
for this vessel are now being prepared by the
the board Of officers recently appointed BY
Secretary Whitney. 1t Is their intention TO
make her the finest ship afoat. Work on
the Maine has been progressing very well.
The first frame was bent September 10. and
since that time work has progressed as fast
as the steel could be secured from the con-
tractors.
The battery for the ship Is now being pre-
pared under the direction OF the bureau of
ordnance. The six inch guns are all ready,
as are the carriages. The other guns, which
are In the main battery. four 10-inch breech
loading rifles, have not been started yet.
Contracts for forgings for these guns have
been made with the Bethlehem Steel Works,
and now that their new plant is In working
order, 1t Is expected they will be delivered at
the Washington Gun Foundry at an early
date. The Maine. like her sister ship, the
Texas, Is belted cruiser and Is expected to
be completed in about 20 months.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-01-18
the SKY ABLAzE.
Pyrotechnic Wonders to Usher In the
New Administration.

New YORK, Jan. 1.-THE Herald prints
the following: "The Inauguration of Presi-
dent Harrison will be the occasion of the
grandest and most costly display Of fire.
works, public or private, over seen in Amer
lea, even eclipsing the gigantic symphony Of
colors that dashed its glories against the sky
on the night following the opening of the
Brooklyn bridge. This exhibition will cost
$4,000, and the Inauguration committee has
awarded the contract and adopted the pyro-
technic programme, which will cover an
hour and half, beginning at O'Clock in
the evening.
A presidential salute of aerial marroons.
exploding at height of 500 feet, will open
the affair 1t will close with Simultaneous
flight of $500 immense rockets. Those who
remember the swish and roar and sudden
confagration in the clouds when 1000 rockets
were fired together from the BROOKLYN bridge
can get faint idea Of what the effect of this
tremendous bouquet of fire will be. AS the
thousands of large rockets reach their high
est altitude they will burst, and fiji the air
with purple, gold,. silver. crimson, emerald.
carmine, blue, yellow, and every hue or tint
that Imagination can picture, as IL a thou
sand rainbows were struck by lightning.
with fiery dragons and golden rain twisting
and dropping through 1t all. This will he
the largest flight of rockets ever fired in the
United States" The remainder of the dis
play will be equal in magnifcence to the be-
ginning.