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Fergus County argus., 1890-04-17

Six thousand carpenters in Chicago
are on a strike for eight hours as a
DAYS work. 1t looks as though they
would gain their point.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-17

The new tariff bill places human
hair on the free list. This will have
a tendency to discourage hair pulling
AS "A home industry.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-17

Bripa.lier-General Nelson a. Niles
ha. been nominated by the President
to succeed General Crook.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-17

DIR. Liebig Go. are regular graduates in medi-
cine and surgery and special practitioners author.
MSSTASx ,."'nr ~ ,r,, 81 All Shr"n,c Ne9r"s
Private diseases. whether caused by Imprudence.
Excess. OF tontagionl, Seminal Weakness, tnighf
losses), sexual Debility. noss Of sexual power),
Nervous Debility. doss Of iorce. Diseases OF
the blood. syphilis. ,onorrira, nlsrt anh strict
urcl Cured curabic cases guaranteed with life
membership. Charges low. Thousands Of eases
cured All medicines are especially prepared tor
each individual ea,e at Laboratory. No injurious
or poisonous compounds used.
No time lost from business. Patients at a dis
tance treated by letter and express Medicine sent
everywher. free rom gaze OF hreakage
In diseases oi the Blood Brain, Heart and Nerv
Gus system, a. we'll as Liver. Kidney and Gravel
Complaints Rheumatism. faralys and all other
Chronic diseases.
Write for illustrated papers on Deformities,
club feet Curvatur. of the spine, Piles, rumors.
Cancer tatarrh, Bronchitis, Inhalation Flee
irici,y, Magnetism, Paralysis. Epilepsy. Kidney,
Bladder, Eye Ear, skin and Blood. and all surgical
Operations.
Disease Of Women a Specially. separse pariors
for lady patients.
The only Reliable Medical aud Surgical Insti
tuie making a Specially at Private Disease.
All blood diseases successfully treated Syph-
little Poison removed from the system without
mercury. New Restorative Treatment Tor Loss III
Vital Fewer. Person, unable to visit rs may he
| treated AT home by correspondence All com
| munic ations confidential Medicines or lnstru-
| meHt> sent by mail "r express securely packed
one personal interview preferred. Call and con
suit us. send history of your ease. and We will
| send in plain wrapper our Book rsEr explaining
why thousands cannot u, cured 81 Private Special
and Nervous pis.a,,s. seminal Weakness. Sper
| nai"r,h'"a. lmpotenc,. Syphilis. ',"norrilra
Gleei. Naiir"crlr. etc. .tr.
| Dr Iiehie \ 60. are the only ,lualifi-d or .e
slonsihlc Specialists left in Noniaua siu.r the
| new medical Law
| ofio. hours from 9to F., aud to ~ M; or by
| appoint nleni in obscure and urgent cases.
coNst LTATIoN FREE.
NJ Agency for Dr. I.iebIgs luvigoraipr al
/ Room =, \ East Broadway
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-17

The Mckinley bill imposes a tax OF
- per cent. advalOrem on hides I'M
ported from foreign countries.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-17
Strayed or Stolen.
AN MOI N CE N z Mt

AN n q y N G e NJ = Mt
We have "a large collection of Draft Stal-
lions. sired by such well known prize win
ners as ConIu~rer (lM;). Defiance (ib"),
Lord Derby tISJ), Lord Salisbury tl2S).
Scotland's Isle (ISlJ), I.ucks All, and
others. Our collection is complete, con
ssti ing Of Impaired pure bred and grades
Among them Cyslesdaics, Normans and
French Coach.
Also, some fine young trotting bred stat
lions by such sires as Maxim, sire of Ida D.,
2:26: kentucky Volunteer, sire of :. =.
.: -, and Bishop, sire Of Bishop Hero, 2:21
out of dams by such famous horses as
Goldsmith's Aidailah. 2::,o; Cleremont,
o:.o; Ben I.ommond, 2:27, and Smueglsr
2i5.
These are all thoroughly aeelinated, are
sure loal getiers. and add good dispositions
to their Royal Lineage.
To one that has had sad experience il is
needless to say that an acciinated Stallion
| for first Years use is worth - per cent
| more than one Of recent importation.
| These stations are for sale at prices
| greatly reduced over these of ioruner years.
| Also have u few well broken work teams
IN hand.
| Also "a few well broken ,roti ins roa,lsters
! Also. to r..licr our number ri trot ting
bred mares offer u lew Tor sale that will
certainly prove n good invest nent To- the
| purchaser Come aud see us.
| lIrNIIEy a CLAIM,
Toston, \. =. X. L..
10 miles east of Helena.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-06

Biologists say the cradle of the deep
has nothing to do with making the bed
rock.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-06
At the Theatre.

Keep 1t Dark" a ludicrous comedy,
was presented to large audience, every
member of which laughed to his hearts
content at Harper's theatre last evening
The production is q musical comedy in
three acts, the story of which serves its
purpose of bringing upon the stage char,
acters whose eccentricities of dress,
speech and manner keep the audience in
a whirl of laughter, interrupted only by
songs and dances, which are thickly
strewn throughout the piece. Messrs
Bryant and Quinlsn both proved them.
selves to be clever comedians. and Miss
Richmond played her part with judgment
Next we are to have Miss Kate CASTLE
ton, who appears tomorrow evening in
"a Paper Doll, another number one at
traction, Of which the Memphis Appeal
says:
"A Paper Doll" proves to be strong
Christmas week attraction, securing large
and enthusiastic audiences nightly. 1t is
a pleasing fsrcical ecceDtricitY, contains
ing considerable fun which creates a good
deal of merriment Miss Castleton ha.
surrounded herself with lot of clever
people who render excellent support and
add largely to the success of the extrava-
gapZa
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-06
HILLSDALE

HILLsDALE. Feb. 4.
NJ. ID. Hauberg shipped a car load of
cattle last week
Little Johnny Colgrove is quite sick
with scarlet fever.
Say, Fred, what do you pay for cream
and oil this month";
Fighting seems to be the principal
amusement in our town at present
The frequent rains don't make much
improvement on the roads at present
Miss Lamont. of Rock Island, spent
last week with her friend. Stella Martin.
What was the difference between the
Busy Cleaners crazy supper and the re-
ception held for the snti>secrecy min
minister
Mollie Woodburn attended the T. ach-
ers' institute at Lyndon, Feb. l. but her
friend-whO was TO accompany her was
suddenly taken i'll with the Grippe"
Some of our strong prohibition MEM
bers boarded the train for Erie last
Wednesday. They reached their destina-
tiun in safety, bat came back rather
boosy.
wonder il il wouldn't show more of q
christian spirit in some people TO remain
al church and not get up and start for
home as soon as the Sunday-school is
dismissed2
Some people who are under the i'm
preston that our minister is wearing q
Masonic badge. should look more closely
in the future and they will discover that
it is only little innocent scarf pin.
Apropos of the present anti secrecy
movement this will be read with interest
Three of our young men started GU,
Sabbath evening we suppose for the pur-
pose of spending few happy hours with
their best girls. Their seems to be quite
mistake about their appointments. as
they started in different directions and all
landed at the same point. However. Pol
lard took the cake. and the other two were
left out in the cold. Whether their meet
ing was by accident or blinded by the
heavy fog and lost their way, is yet to be
found out
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-06
SCHLANK & PRINCE,
Propr's. Windsor hotel, Omaha
For the Gun Factory.

At the meeting of the Davenport city
council last evening, npon introduction
of Aid. Smith. j S. Wylie addressed the
cot neil, requesting that portion of the
expense of sending a representative OF
the city to Washington to aid in the work
of securing the location of a new gun
factory at Rock Island arsenal, be borne
by the city. The following resolution
was offered by Aid. Smith and uusni>
mously adopted;
ResOlUed. That the city council of the
city of Davenport looks with great favor
upon the projected founding of heavy
gun foundry upon the island of Rock ISL
AN ] by the government and. to that end,
pledges its aid to the extent of $3.50,
sharing with the Business Mems associs-
ton of Davenport the necessary expenses
of working delegate TO go to Washing
| ton and work for the attainment of the
| project. provided that the Business
Mems association appropriates an equal
an cunt.
In accordance with the action of the
tri city committee on the gun factory
he'd at the Improvement association
rooms Jan. Goth, President Hass today
designated Mr.. Phil Mitchell and Mr..
Fred Weyerhauser to represent the Rock
Island Improvement association as mem.
bers of the tri-city joint committee to 60
to Washington in behalf of the project.
President Hsss is in receipt of letter
from Congressman Gest. setting forth the
urgency of the local committees being in
| Washington next week, as whatever work
is to be done must be done at once.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-06
1,eachern, Meeting.

The next of Supt. s )uthwell's County
teachers meetings will be held at Rey.
nolds next Saturday. The questions fol
discussion will be. "Is it desirable to sub
stitute for the school reader. in the more
advanced reading classes. some of the
longer selections or entire works OF
suthors3" eff desirable, how should the
teacher be guided in making the selec
tons. in what grades should this work be
introduced, and how should snch reading
exercise be conducted2" There will also
be lesson upon physiology and hygiene
BY Principal j. A. Bishop.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-06
Court Cuttings

The Atwell<Hanson case went to the
jury this morning and the jury is still
out.
The case of James A. Wanerlund, of
Moline, VS. DR.. S. G. Plummer for mall
practice, was called. Wanerlund broke
leg last summer and he claims the doc.
tor did not properly set it. The jury is
composed of Samuel Bowles, ST., j. II
ladders, VIM. Kay, Anthony Wenks,
Reinhold Letsch, James Hardin. Michael
Kane, Steven O'Connor, Jacob Huber,
Geo. Petit, John McDsrrah and Joseph
Grotegut. The attorneys are Messrs.
W. A. Meese and w. r. Moore for the
plaintiff. and Sweeney & Walker and
Msj ]. M. Beardsley for the defense.
Judge Glenn this afternoon received @
ielegraphic announcement of the death
from pneumonia. of Chas. Glib. circuit
clerk of Knox county. MIR. Gibbs pre-
decessor. Josiah Gale. was killed only
asst September. Judge Smith will joir
Judge Glenn at the Harper this evening
ior the purpose of appointing Mr.. Gibbs
successor.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-06
THE PAVING CONTRACTS.
The Council Committee Meets to Con-
slider Them Tonight---some Things
IN hA IN

The Couneil Committee Meets TO Con
TO be Considered
Considerable interest has been awak-
ened over the bids for the extension o.
paving improvements in Rock Island sub
mitted at last Monday nights council
meeting, and tonight the committee or
whose recommendation the council will
probably act. meets to consider the vari'
Gus propositions. 1t is not the mission
of the ARGUS, nor should it be of any
newspaper, to advise the municipal bod y
in matters of this kind, nor is it the in
tention of this paper to attempt to so do.
The council is best qualified to judge of
the nature and character of the bids. and
its action with reference to them will no
doubt be intelligent and with proper
consideration of all concerned.
This much. however. may be said with
propriety; the councils first duty is to the
city, its Taxpayers and its working
classes. There are two local bidders
Tor the work in consideration. II
is natural TO favor home
firm for the reason that more pride will
be taken 10 the work, and the assurance
that home labor will be employed. II
the council can give the contract to a
home contractor without discriminating
unjustly against outside contractors who
have been invited to bid on the work,
and at the same time look to the best in :
terests of those who are to pay for the
improvement, it would. the ARGUS be-
lieves, be warranted in so doing. The
responsibility of the bidder ought to be
considered before mere technicalities as
to his proposal being in accordance with
the specifications. In a word, the most
satisfactory contract will je one that will
guarantee a good Job for the least money,
and the protection of home labor.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-06

When the worlds supply of oysters ID
exhausted c'lamity will fall upon the
people.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-06
NO Home for AZ Here.

Just before the County Farmers insti-
tute concluded its session yesterday af-
ternoon. there was an interesting discus
sion of the subject of sdulterated food
and beef inspection, and the sentiment
was unanimous that America shall adopt
q system of thorough inspection both be
fore and after killing the animal. such a,
10 done in Germany. Rock Island made
a gallant but fruitless effort In that direc
ton 9 few years ago, but its attempts
were crushed at the outset.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-06
That sewer Nuisance.

Last weeks wall of complaint over the
Seventeenth street sewer has hardly died
away and the expense of cleaning it out
settled. when now the tale of woe is re-
peated with more emphasis. Back water
is flooding the cellars of adjoining prop
erty owners and another assessment will
be necessary to afford relief. viii the
sewer committee please get a move on
itself and order the new sewer to be laid
at once.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-06
The HOSPITAL,
Following is the hospital report 70

Following is the hospital report for
January:
Expenses $50; nurse $40; ser
want S12: groceries Sl1.22; butcher
&c 80; druggist 81 20; David Don 81 As;
whisky 81: total $93.22. Donations
Hansgen. $2 in groceries; Members of
Hospital Guild, ten night shirts: Mrs. j.
G. Junge. four bottle of wine; "a
Friend" one bottle of wine; Mrs. Ben
nett, pickles and fruit; Mrs. Call and
Bean. old linen. There is great need OF
old linen or muslin at the hospital; any
person having such to give away will
confer favor by sending them to the
hospital. NJ. Z. HOFFMAN, Secy.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-06
Mass Meeting.

1t is rumored that some of the paving
C ,ntractors will attempt to evade the
eieht-hour ordinance of this city, and the
friends of the eight>hour day are warned
70 be vigilant in regard to this matter. A
public meeting will be held on this SUBJ
iect at Killers hall on Tuesday evening,
Feb. IL, to consider this matter. Every.
body Is invited. Rally and I'll the hall.
GUSTAV KLoTz,
Prest Eight-Hour League.
ED. BURRILL, JR.. Secy.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-06
1mUor,ap, ,p,orm.,,ou 70 IN. Ladies.

On and after March 18th next the ia
nous Clsrk's 30. N. IT, spool cotton on
white spools, which has become 30 very
popular with the ladies and dressmakers
and milliners of Illinois on account of the
fast black and particularly its smooth
running on sewing machine. will be sold
by McCsbe Bros. Ladies give US a call
and try this famous thread; you will use
no other IL you do.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-06

The Forger Use. alias Thatcher arrested
at the Rock Island house Monday night
Tor attempting to pass forged check for
1888 80 on the Saxton National bank at
st. Joseph Mo-. and which he had en>
dorseo in the name of H. B. Leavitt, is
not at all new to the fine working business
in which he was apprehended here
through the efforts Of Landlord Negus
and Chief Clerk Bloom. as the ARGUS as
serted Tuesday night.
Proof has come to hand that he vic,
timized hotel-keepers at Omaha, St.
Louis and Kansas City, and perhaps at
other places yet to hear from. In the
Chicago Daily National Hotel Reporter of
yesterday appears the following which is
self-explanatory, and which throws con-
siderable illumination on the past career
of the variegated rascal.
WINDSOR HOTEL. Omaha, Jan. %
EDITOR NATIONAL HOTEL REPORTER:
On Tuesday. Jan. 2lst, q young man
ca ling himself Charles Adams, stopped
at the Windsor hotel He claimed to be
a theatrical manager connected with NJ
b. Lssvitt, and that he was 10 the city
for the purpose of securing talent for an
All Star Specially company" to 90 on
the road next season under Leavitt's di-
rection. After being here about four
days he received from St. Joe q check,
drawn By M. B. Leavett on the Saxton
National bank for $40, and certified by
the cashier of said bank. A few
days later he received similar
check. But these checks the
proprietors endorsed for him and he OBJ
tanned the cash on them. He left sud
denly Yesterday, leaving his hotel bill un-
paid and taking with him the night
clerks overcOat which he had borrowed
The fellow is TALL dark compexioned,
with small features. small black mus
| tacha; he has peculiar stutter in his
speech and uses the word NOW" fire.
quer tly; he has slight s9uint in his
eyes and occasionally uses glasses. The
certificates on the checks are forgeries
We understand that hotel keepers in st.
Lou $, Kansas City and other places have
been yictimized by this fellow and we will
gladly do all in our power to bring him
to justice il we can find him We write
this hoping that through the columns of
your paper this may reach the eye of
some one who may give us information
which will enable us To arrest and punish
him Respectfully.
SCHLANK & PRINCE,
Propr's. Windsor hotel, Omaha.
The signers of the tbove communics.
ton have adopted the proper course TO
bring the rogue to justice-resnrted to
the press rather than bothering with de-
tectives. etc. MessTs Schlank & Prince
will find their man in the Rock Island
county Jail and the clerks Overcoat
which he doubtless carried off wholly ac-
cidentally-at the Rock Island house.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-06
THAT'S HIS BUSINESS.
The FOrger Ise and His Fine Work
at Omaha.

He Operated successfully There I'm.
der Another Ficticlous Name the
same Game Attempted In Rock Is.
land.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-04
UNImPRoYED AKEAs.

Nothing strikes the traveller in this State
more forcibly than the vast areas of uncul-
tiyated land through which the railroads
run. The counties traversed by the coast
branch of the Southern Pacific are among
the Oldest settled portions of the State.
They contnin prosperous and populous
cities-San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Jose,
Gilroy, Aptos, Santa Cruz, Monterey and
others. They have regular railroad COM
munication with San Francisco, and such
of them as lie on the coast have maritime
connection as well. 1t cannot be said that
they are unable to develop their resources
for want of market. As TO soil and eli
mate the inhabitants of San Mateo, Santa
Clara and Santa Cruz counties have nothing
left to desire. Their level fields and their
sunny slopes are covered with a rich layer
of alluvium in W hch every tree and every
herb will flour ish without manure. The
rainfall, while not overcopious, is not
SC anty irrigation is not an absolute neces-
sity.
Yet between San Jose and Santa Cruz
the cars pass at regular intervals vast
stretches of prairie land or slOping up
lands, which are seemingly virgin. Whether
the sod was ever broken and abandoned,
or whether it still remains as it was left
by tie herds which roamed over it in the
days Of the missions, old settlers can prob
ably tell to the modern observer These
tracts bear no evidence of ever having been
veXed by the plow. Similar scenes are seen
in other States from the windows of pass
ing ears, but they are explained by the fact
that the soil is barren, stony, too broken
for tillage, or covered with forest growth
which it would cost more than the land is
worth to remove. In our southern counties
the areas to which we refer are not wooded
save in spots here and there by clumpS of
chaparral or few picturesque scrub oaks.
The land would probably yield an average
of twenty bushels of wheat to the acre;
and planted in fruit, with adequate labor
for cultivation and picking, it might return
from $50 to SIS an acre per year TO the
oIehardist or the vine-grower. Yet there
it lies, idle and waste, with no purchasers
but SPECTATORS, who grow tired after
while of paying taxes and waiting for
buyers.
There is fortune lying in wait for some
owner of these thousaud-acre stretches
who will make it his business to cut up his
land into farms and coloniZe it from the
East. We know that the thing is being
done, on pretty extensive scale, by real
estate operators; but the trouble is that
most of these people want to sell farm land
at the price of city lots, and they repel
buyers. Eastern settlers know too much to
buy unimproYed land at the price of vine
yards in full bearing. They want land at
not over S25 an acre. and when a great
landowner, who picked up his holdings at
81 or 81 an acre, values them by capitaliz-
ing the income which they may yield when
planted in apricots or prunes or grapes,
they turn their backs on him and 90 to
Oregon or Washington, where people have
not all lost their senses.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-04

struggle to exist in competition with East
ern manufacturers, who enjoy the advant-
age of larger capital, larger market and
cheaper labor. The portion Of the protec-
ton we enjoy is derived from the cost of
transportation from the East to this market,
and from the natural tendency OF our peo-
pie to stand by their own industries. 1t is
scarcely necessary to add that most articles
manufactured of general consumption can
be made more cheaply in Illinois or New
York than here; and with a continent to
supply, the Eastern manufacturer can vary
his styles to suit every taste. Our makers
of goods can only look for buyers west OF
the Missouri River-beyond that point the
San Franciscan is handicapped by distance,
and the market west of the river is small.
Still, we make here a boot and blanket
which is not duplicated in New England;
there is no reason why, with the same en-
deayor. we should not attain the same
degree of excellence in other products.