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Rock Island daily Argus., 1889-06-25
An Unnatural SOM. Crim,.

New BRUNswIoK, N. j., June 25-Thoa
0avan, dissolute young man, demanded
money yesterday afternoon of his widowed
mother. Upon her refusal to give him any
he beat her about the head with a hammer,
He then poured kerosene oil on the floor and
set fire to the house Neighbors managed to
rescue the unfortunate woman, who Is very
badly hurt. Gavan is In custody
Rock Island daily Argus., 1889-06-25
Burke's Extradition Warrant.

WASHINGTON CITY, June 25-The pres
ident, ON his return from Cape May last
evening, signed the warrant for the extradi-
tion of Martin Burke. Owing to some tech
nical requirements, however, the states mes
senger, Mr.. Baker, was not able to leave
with it last night. The warrant was sent to
the state department this morning, and Mr..
Baker left with it for Chicago at IL a. m
Rock Island daily Argus., 1889-06-25
Death Of Judge Leland, of Illinois,

OTTAWA, Ills, June 2h-Judge E. s. lie
land, of this city, died Monday morning at
the age of u years He was a native of
Maine, and was he son OF Sherman Leland.
at one time president of the Massachusetts
aenafa
Rock Island daily Argus., 1889-06-25

CINCINNATI, o., June %. The decomposed
bodies of a man and a boy were found in the
Ohio river yesterday at the foot of Evans
street. The man had on his person a memo
randum book containing the name of VIII.
lam Dooley, as near as could be deciphered.
The boy was apparently IA years old The
bodies are supposed to have come from
Johnstown They were Immediately re.
moved to the orgue
Rock Island daily Argus., 1889-06-25

HARTFORD, Conn, June 25-Governor
Buckley will with hold his signature from the
high license bill on the ground that with a
rrohibitery ameninent pleading 1t is better
b await the result of that election before
changing the liquor laws.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1889-06-25

In is shown in the annual report of
the Illinois bureau of labor statistics that
since 1880 there has been an increase in
land values in 25 counties. a decrease In
2O counties, while in sixteen the values
have remained unchanged. Leaving out
OF the count town and city lots and the
suburban lands of Chicago. the growth
In mortgage Indebtedness on Illinois
lands has been as follows:
Rock Island daily Argus., 1889-06-25

WASHINGTON CITY, June 25-The elev-
enth annual convention of the Roman Cath.
olic union, knights of st. John, opened here
yesterday. About $50 delegates from vari-
Gus cities were in attendance. A parade was
held in the afternoon. followed by a com
petitive drill
Rock Island daily Argus., 1889-06-25
oMINous OF AN OCEAN DISASTER.

Wreckage Coming Ashore at vineysrd
Haven Massachusetts,.
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass, June 25.-
Among wreckage which came ashore yester-
day was life preserver naked @Clty of
Rome, " bundle IF women's clothing, wins
cards Of the Ilaytien Republic, and q
quantity of wood work. Everything points
TO collision bBtween the Victoria and
Haytien Republic, but the life preservsr
from the City of Tome adds to the naxsterx
Rock Island daily Argus., 1889-06-25
Mrs. Hayes Dead.

FREMONT, o., May 25.-Mrs. Hayes
died at $50 O'Clock this morning. The
funeral will take place Friday afternoon.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1889-06-25
THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO, June "a
Quotations on the board of trade to-day were
as follows: Wheat-No. June, opened 7aL,c
closed SIC; July, opened 77asc. closed ,,sSc:
september, opened 75lkc closed 75sAcc. Corn
NO. July, opened 35c, closed Yis-l,c.
August, opened 35ssc. closed s5lec: SEN
tember, opened Ssssc. closed sss4-Ssc Oats
no. July, opened 22s4c, closed ss.5sc; Sep.
Ju,y, opened and closed closed i sff.,o forkr a1-
gust opened $ll2se, closed $lI.77Is: Septem-
Der, opened and closed SIl.s5. Lard
-Suiy, opened $3.50, closed $855
e. sS en.ock-ihe Union stock yards report
the Following prices: Hogs-Market opened
iairiy active, with prices 5dIOc lower;
hight grades. $4.as14bO: rough hacking.
sAiosU49 mixed lots $425Ia sOc heavy
packing and shipping lots, &4..ob4S. Cattle
market stronger natives 5G10c higher and
g4:a'' bulk. $3'6G4.o5: Texans. $s.e56u3 a.
bulk, $26sG3OO natives cows, si.Bgl2 so
stock cattle, y. 2.3O1350 Sheep Market fairly
active aud unchanged: natives: Sa.5Oa4 go;
04.00 per head. S~''S
Produce: Butter-Fancy Elain creamerv !,
GA per ID; daries in line, I0Dlsc; roll butter.
&C. Strictly fresh, I2c per doz. Ponl,
ny-Live chickens, S,<Gs1so per lb; roosters,
&C; turkeys, lose; ducks s9ec. Potatoes
Shoice burbanks, 45c per bu; Beauty of He-
bron, SS9,Oo; mixed lots, a0a}o: sweet pot.toes
Sa..oeesW y per bbi Apples-Choice greeninxs,
So.ooGs.'o per Dbl; poor lots, 75c0$l0O Straw
Oerries-SLso0s.6o so per 24-Qt. case
New York.
-, NEW YORK. June "a
Wheat-No. red cash. s51kc; do June
$40; July. e35<c; do August, s3,4c, Septem.
Der, SSlSc. Corn-No. 3 mixed, lslSc cash: do
July, 40; do August, 421Sc. Oats-Quiet; No
mixed cash. 2s,fc; do June, 2sssc; do July.
Ssssc do August, ssssc. Rys-DulI Barley
Nominal Pork-Dull; new mess, SIS 2oalaO.
Lard Quiet: July, sssI; August ss.ss; Sep
tember, $3.50.
Live stock: Cattle-Common to extra na.
tive steers. SS.S50%.75 per 100 lbs; bulls and dry
cows, el.s58S.so. sheep and lambs-Steady,
sheep 4o.7515.00 per 100 lbs; lambs, SS56ns ~
Hogs-steady; live hogs, s4-60G4.90.
ROCK IsLAND.
prairie, $500
$70s.00.
dAy-Wfd, S6.000Se DO
Rye-5Oc.
Oorn-26c0
rurni pc -16.
lilo hard 600
oord Wood-0ak, el.a6; Hickory. ..
Rock Island daily Argus., 1889-06-25

Camels are to be employed on line OF
coaches in New South Wales, the sultry
climate being very severe on horses.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1889-06-25

Inc commissioners are of the opinion
that the mortgage Indebtedness of I'LL.
nois farmers for borrowed money has
increased % per cent. since 1890,
and that this is more than twice
the ratio of increase in the value of
the farm lands upon which the mortgages
rest. A similar condition of things would
no doubt be revealed by equally careful
investigation in every agricultural state,
and 1t shows how productive to farmers
is the ''home market" Workers who
must sell their produce at price fixed in
a free trade market in competition with
all the world. and who must buy what
they consume in protected market
where prices are artificislly raised by op-
pressive tariff taxes. must be in the ma
ture of things eventually run in debt.
Mortgages on farms are the natural and
inevitable result of protective tariff
st. Louis Republic.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1889-06-25

There are six newspapers published in
Iceland.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1889-06-25
That Chippewa Outbreak"

WASHINGTON CITY, June 25-The ad-
jutant general has received from Capt Han.
nay, of the Third infantry, through Capt
Stouch of the same regiment, who command
ed the battalion sent to quell the Chippewa
outbreak in Minnesota, the following ex-
PLANTATION of the trouble: "The shooting of
the white man was the result of drunken
ness. Three families who left the neighbor-
hood of the Indian camp were new arrivals.
They were Swedes and were frightened off
by drunken Indians They went about six
miles off. The Indians will deliver up the
one who did the shooting, Wadena, as soon
as the sheriff comes for him. He will not
leave his present whereabouts" He adds
that there is no danger of an outbreak, and
that the whisky trade is the worst feature of
the situation
Rock Island daily Argus., 1889-06-25
Officially Censured.
Milwaukee's Postmaster Falls
Under the Rod.
THEoIvIL SERVICE BOARD REPORTS

A Number of Flaws in His Reform Meth
ods-A Severe View Taken of His Al
legged Evasions of the Law-severa
designations Called for at the Treasury
Department-Rcport on the Chippews
Outbreak-An Indian Bill to Pay.
WASHINGTON CITY, June 25-The civil
service commission, which has been on a tour
of investigation among several of the larger
postoffioes throughout the west, has returned
to the city. Among the postoffices invest
igated was that at Milwaukee, Wis. 1t was
found that the postmaster at that office had
repeatedly violated the civil service law.
Commissioner Roosevelt, In speaking of the
matter, said that in 1885 the civil service
commission gave the postmaster at Milwau.
kee authority in a special case to draw from
the upper eligible list to hal a lower position
Made 1t Too Comprehensive.
The postmaster had construed that into q
continuous authority, without any shadow
Of right, and thought he could take any man
from the upper list and then gerrymander
the lower lists so as to have that man certi-
fled to. In one case he even had the board of
examiners remark a paper, and mark it down,
thereby getting one candidate out Of the way
Of another The commission severely con-
demns this action of Postmaster Paul in their
report, which is signed by all the commits
sioners
Repeated Violators of the Law.
They say: Having Investigated the man.
agement of the Milwsuk kee postoffice, in SO
far as il Is affected by the civil service law.
we find that during the past four years the
postmaster, Mr.. G. III. Paul, has repeatedly
violated said law, and in many cases has
manipulated the list of eligibles so that the
perSon whom he preferred should be certified
to him. If Mr.. Paul hal any considerable
portion of his term to serve we would recon-
mend his immediate removal.
The Oficial Censure.
But we have determined not to make such
recommen alton in view of the facts that his
term has already expired; that no satisfactory
proof has been adduced to show that his action
In making appointments was due TO political
considerations, and that his construction of a
letter of the commission written in 1855 may
partially excuse portion of his misconduct
The commission therefore report that Mr..
Paul should be, and hereby is, severely
cenSured.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-13

An interesting paper ON the food and
care Of working horses was lately read be-
fore the American Street Railway Associa
ton, at Minneapolis, 10y Mr.. Geo q. Null
hern, of Cleveland, Ohio. In this paper
and in the discussion which followed, con
siderable valuable information was elected
Mixed ground feed in small quantities
and at short intervals is now universally
conceded to he the best food. The feeder
should always have the same horses under
his care, so as to become acquainted with
the habits aud wants of each animal
When team comes in from a trip, IA hand
full of loose hay should be given, When
feeding time comes, which should never he
just before or just after trip, the horse
should have from six to eight quarts of
ground oats and corn mixed with cut hay
aud dampeued Should he groomed twice
"a day. This makes the horse feel and do
better. Mouth aud nostrils should be
sponged every trip. After the horses have
stopped feeding, the feeder should see that
each feed box is thoroughly cleaned. This
is very important for the health of the
horse Iron aud wood feed boxes should
be avoided The best feed box is the
enamel lined box, as the inside does not
rust and is easily kept clean If wooden
boxes are used, the corners get foul, aud it
is difficult to clean them
Il is Of the utmost Importance that horses
should have pure water 10 drink Perhaps
the stables of no city are better supplied
with water than New York, .ss the Croton
water is soft aud good. But, like all river
waters it contains microscopic germs; and
great advantage is found from its iiltra
ton and the addition of a little sulphur.
An easily made filter is as follows;. over
each trough "a barrel is arranged u receive
the Croton, which is made To flow through
the barrel 10 the watering trough. Fill the
barrel one third full Of coarsely ground
charcoal, over which sprinkly little pow
dersd sulphur Upon the charcoal place
some brush, aud ON this place clean gravel
uutil the barrel Is half full or a little more,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-13

We received a letter recently from an al
lance organizer working in one Of the hest
counties in the state, who had been taking
the trouble to find out what proportion of
farmers read agricultural papers. He was
in the habit, when he organized an alliance,
to call ON the members who took and read
agricultural papers to rise in the meeting
He was greatly surprised and disappointed
at the result In some meetings of thirty,
forty and fifty farmers, not u man W0uid
rise
1t is truly "a deplorable state of things.
1t is difficult to imagine man 50 far he
hind the times rs not to read paper even
in regard to his own business There is no
wonder that farmers are held in derision
aud spoken Of contemptuously as igno-
ramuses They surely take the right course
to he ignoramuses, and to deserve the title,
when they will not even read papers print
ed about their own calling.
1t seems a strange thing that man
should have enough intelligence TO farm at
ALL and not know that it will pay him to
take and read papers. AS to the farmer
who 'has not time to read, the Montana
Live Stock Journal thus tersely speaks:
occasionally farmer advances this rea
son as an excuse for not subscribing for az
rlcullufal OF SIOCk papers, NO Jlllle W
read. In this age Of progress this is a
melancholy confession of inability to keep
abreast of the times. Too often it is the
advertisement Of long series Of misfor
tunes The farmer who entertains the
slick tougued swinder, and finds his name
attached to an iron clad promise to pay a
little later on, is the man who has no time
to read and post himself on the important
fact that villainy is keeping pace with virtue
in this bustling world of ours. In one fell
swoop that farmer loses more than he would
by waste of time, if waste it were, in read
ing away two thirds of the afternoon of a
harvest day. The farmer who buys machn
cry that is out of date, and eclipsed by bet
ter and cheaper aids to agriculture, is the
man who has no time to read The farmer
who buys poor stock, when blooded animals
are ON the market at the same price, is the
man who has no time to read. The farmer
who buys shoddy clothes from peddlers, and
colored salt to keep Kerosene from explod
ing, and paints that will stop prairie fire
| if applied to board fence, is the man who
don't, and has no time, to familiarze himsel
with the ups and downs of life. 1t is econ
omy to find time to read Lop off an ex
ira acre or two, sell few steers if neces
sary, but do not carve for yourself Mich,
in the temple of ignorance by saying tina
| you have no time to read. journal o
] IptIe,,Jfuya
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-13

No intelligent man who has Loted what
the Mormons have accomplished in Utah by
irrigation or the results achieved in South
ern California, will deny that of all classes
of farming land, that which is watered by
supply comfortable 10y man is most desira-
bile and profitable. In fact, the greatest in
crease in value in farming lands, either in
this country, India or South Africa, has
been in that which has been artfcally wa
tered. There is no tax which the farmer
rheerfully pays except that for his water
supply, as it makes his crops certainty
aud enhances the value of his land many
fold hence, wherever irrgating companies
have furnished sure supply of water, they
have uniformly paid handsome dividends :
and as IA form of investment have proven
as safe and reliable as the best mortgage
ever given upon real estate, Today, in
Great Britain the stock of irrigating com
pauies is most eagerly sought as an invest
ment, because of permauency, security, Ger
tainty and absolute enforcement from com
petition. The most conservative officers of
the engineer corps and geological survey of
the United States place our land redeema
hle by irrigation at 100 O00, 900 acres, an
area larger than France As irrigating
companies in Arizona. Colorado and Cali
furna have paid very large dividends. in
some cases over % per cent it will be seen
that here is the most inviting field for cap
ital in the United States. large number
of extensive works are now under way, the
largest being one to utilize the waters oil
Bear Lake, a supply practically inexhaust
ible and which is intended to irrigate 4Sl
square miles in northern Utah of as gooC
land as there is on the continent
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-13
THE HOUSEHOLD.


Burning sulphur in the Sick Room.
The practice. often prevalent, Of burn
ing sulphur in the sick room or in the hah
table rooms of house during the contin-
uance of IA case Of diphtheria or other con
tagious disease, is productive Of evil and
should never be allowed We have often
found the air almost irresprablc from this
cause, practiced under the belief that the
! continual burning Of little sulphur would
destroy the germs or poison of the disease,
and thereby protect those Of the household
not already infected This theory is wholly
an erroneous one. Many experiments have
been made, which show that the density of
sulphur fumes Csulphurous acid must he
much greater than can ne tolerated by a
/ human being, in order to destroy the germs
of disease.
The air Of the sick room, bad enough at
the best, should he kept as pure as possible
it should not he vitiated 10y the fumes OF
burning sulphur, which act as AN irritant to
the air passages besides consuming some Of
the oxygen Of the air which is so necessa-
nv to the support Of life, thus doing posi-
| tive harm to the patient Still more, it i'm
pairs the natural powers of resistance to
| disease. Agreeable deodorants may he
used in the sick ROOM and disnfectants in
solution should always be employed.
The following is the correct method OF
| fumigating with sulphur, and the only one
of practical value in infected dwelling
houses The house must be vacated. Heavy
clothing, blankets bedding and other arti-
cles which cannot be treated with disnfect
ing solutions, should be opened and exposed
during fumigaton, as directed below Close
the room as tightly as possible, place the
sulphur in iron pans supported by bricks
| placed in washtubs containing little wa
ter set the sulphur ON fire by hot Goals or
with the aid of spoonful of alcohol, and
allow the room to remain closed for "a
hours For a room about 10 feet square, at
least three pounds of sulphur should he
used, for larger rooms proportionally larger
quantities. Heavy wooden clothing, silks,
| furs, stuffed bed covers, beds and other ar
ticles should be hung in the room during
fumigation, their surfaces thoroughly ex
posed and pockets turned inside out AT
terward they should be hung in the open
air, beaten and shaken. Pillows, beds
stuffed mattresses, upholstered furniture
etc, should be cut open and their contents
spread out and thoroughly fumgated Car
pets are best fumgated on the floor, bu
they should afterward he removed to tn,
open air and thoroughly beaten. -Sdmiior!
| IDlltufppr
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-13
Choking.

Choking arises from food or fluids or
other substances sticking in the throat or
passing into the air passages. In bad chok
ing, where the patient suddenly turns dark
in the face, no time is to be lost. Open the
mouth and push your foreiinger in deter
mined way over the tongue, right back, and
try to hook away or push aside the hin
drance. If this does not succeed, you may,
by pressing the hinder portion of the
tongue, bring ON vomiting, and so secure
relief. A good plan is sometimes tried with
children viz, that of pressing the chest
and stomach against something hard as Il
table or a chair, then slapping or humping
the back between the shoulder blades. In
this way air is driven from the lungs
through the windpipe so forcibly as often
to expel the obstacle. When the obstruc
ton consists of IA coin, as often in the case
of children a good plan is at once to take
the child up by the feet and at the SAME
time give it a shake or slap its back. FISH
bones can sometimes be got rid Of by swal
lowing a mouthful of bread If these rem
edies fail, medical help should at once be
called in-ScOtrh Ruie
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-13

Young man, avoid debt. 1t has made
more drunkards, peopled more asylums,
filled more iails and ruined more lives than
any other one power ON the broad earth.
1t tempts men to steal it goads them into
lying it entices them into deception. 1t
is the father of murderous thoughts the
boon companion of treachery; the ira
Queer of character, and the assassin OF
good credit. 1t destroys conscience il
weakens courage; it makes towards it de
moralizes honor it winks at trickery, and
embraces rascality. 1t poisons the mind
scars the conscience embitters the heart
robs life of its pleasures, and fills it with
gall. 1t drives men from palaces to pow
erty from sanity to madness from hilar
ity to hopelessness from heaven to hell.
- Christian Observer
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-13

The special announcement which appeared IN
our columns some time since, announcing spec.
ial arrangement with DR.. b. }. Kendall CO. Of
Enosburg Falls, Vt, publishers of "A Treatise on
the Horse and his Diseases" whereby our sub
scrbers were enabled TO obtain "a copy of that
valuable work free by sending their address Ia b
J. Kendall Co, land enclosing II two-cent stamp
for mailing same is renewed for limited period
We trust all will avail themselves of the oppor
tunity of obtaining this valuable work. To every
lover of the horse it is Indispensable ii treats
in a simple manner all the diseases which a1ict
this noble animal Its phenomenal sale throughOu;
the United States and Canada makes II standard
authority. Mention this paper when sending fol
''Treatisa "
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-13

with the iltering material This filter will
last for six months or more without clean
ing, aud viii supply clean water that the
horses love to drink, aud by the use of
which they are kept IN first rate health,
without COLES or other sicknesses In the
country, pure spring or we'll water, always
filtered, should be provided.
The stables should he well lighted and
ventilated Disnfectants should he used
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-13

As soon as the first cold wave appears,
many people seal up their houses with the
apparent belief that all air must he avoided.
Many forego the custom of airing their
rooms in the morning and do not notice the
peculiar, disagreeable odor which permeates
the house before spring. One excellent
rule to remember is that pure air actually
makes n room warmer. If the room i,
chilly, open the windows few minutes and
you will find the atmosphere more comfort
able after they are closed. In case of con
valescence, if the weather is very cold, the
invalid will derive great benefit by walking
about well wrapped up, in room in which
all the windows are opened. Sun and fresl
air are distinct curative agents.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-13

There was man of our town and he was won
drOus wise. He jumped into n brambe bush and
scratched out both his eyes And when he saw
his eyes were out with all his might and man,
he bought bottle of salvation oil, and rubbed
them ia again
The freight rates our trunk lines have been
advanced. but this will have no effect ON the price
If Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup which Is sold at the
old price. of - cents "A bottle.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-13

American dairymen are not the only ones
who have imitation butter to contend with
German chemists have discovered in the
cocoanut IA fatty substitute for butter, and
it is being produced in large quantities at
Mannheim. One factory turns out 5000
pounds per day, worth 10 cents per pound
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-13
Children Cry for Pitchers CastOria

When Baby was sick, we gave her castoriA.
When she was a Child, she cried for CastoriA,
When she became Miss, she chung To Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them CAstOriA.