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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-31
THE MARKETS.
Chicago.

CHICAGO. Oct. 80
Board of trade quotations for today were
as follows: Wheat-No.2 2 October opened e4l1c
closed 954c; December, opened 95Isc, closed
si14c: year, opened 94lSc, closed a314c. Corn
No. October, opened 5634c, closed 5514c; No
opened 4534c, closed 45l4c. Oats-No. Oc-
tober, opened SOC, closed 1880; December.
opened 2ss4c, closed 29I4c; May, opened 31s4c,
closed 3l3sc. Pork-December, opened $3.50.
closed ss.25; January, opened sll2O.
closed Sl0s5; May, opened Sl1.55, closed
slia lard-November. opened s6o5, closed
$3.50.
Live stock-Prices at the Union Sto, K
yards ranged as follows: Hogs-Market
rather active on packing and shipping ac-
count: feeling firm; best heavy lots advanc ed
DC, and other grades unchanged; sales ranPed
rough packing, -S3.7O94.30 mixed, and $500
i.35 heavy packing and shipping lots.
Cat .le-Market fairly active on local and
shipping account, and feeling steady; prices
unchanged; quotations ranged at $500
lf6-.5 prime to shipping steers, S4.30G5 90
food to fancy do, S30164OO common to
hir do. S3.cOGp AS butchers steers, Sl.S06
100 stockers- s2.0O43lO Texans. Ss50GI60
hnGers, S2.5uG3,25 feeders, Sl5oG3.5o COWS,
h.=,Gy.2.75 bulls and S25nG5.00 veal calves.
Sheep-Market fairly active, and prices
Unchanged; quotations ranged at S3.j0l T. 20
testerns, 50 J0G5.l0 natives, and S350d5.5O
hmbs.
Produce: Butter-Fancy separator, 3lG3c;
llairies, fancy, fresh, 23d25c: packing stocks
fresh. 131l4c. Eggs-Loss off, 20c per doz.
live poultry-Old chickens, &c per ID: spring
lc; roosters, &c; young turkeys. &c: old, SIsc;
lucks, mixed. &c; geese, S6-5o41.J0 per doz
lpotatoes-Home grown, 40QG5Oc per sack; Wis
ipnsin and Michigan, common. 20125c; fair to
lhoice 3O12c per bu; sweet potatoes, Illinois,
ll.J0al.75 per bbl; Jerseys, S2.J0G2..5. Apples
tCommon, Sl.2J1l.50 per Dbl; good, sl.1J6L
loo; choice 10 fancy, S2.25ds2.5J Cranberries
fCape Cod, fancy, S6.5eG7.5o per bbl, Jerseys,
IS.s5a6.00.
New York.
NEW YORK. Oct. 50
tWheat-No. red winter cash, Sl.04I4qL L0ils:
10 December, Sl.0j1s; do January. SIUs
forn-No. mixed cash, &c; November, 653sc:
december, 5714c; January. 5iJ4c. Oats-Dull
ht steady; No. mixed cash, 3634c; De
. fmber, &ssc; January, $3.50. Rye-Quiet
Gt firm; western to arrive. Sl.O0GI0l. Barley
tWeak; No. Z Milwaukee, to arrive, 10c Pork
tSteady; new mess. SIl.00. Lard-Quiet:
december, S6.4O; January, $3.50; February,
b60
Live Stock: Cattle-Market opened active
} Ind closed firm at an advance of l5c per 100
! bs; Texans and Colorados $3.l0G575: bulls
, nd dry cows sl3aG2S0 sheep and Lambs
heep, slow; lambs, weak at a reduction of No
er 10; sheep, S30SG4.25 per 100 lbs; lambs
h.3,lSG5.50. Hogs-Market weak; live hogs,
f.4015.0O per 100 lbs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-31
AFLAME.
Two Counties in Missouri Ter.
ribly Devastated.
E4T, GRAIN, AND FENCES BURNED.

One Womai Known to Have Lost Her
Life and Other Fatalities Apprehended
-lmmense Damage Done in Oklahoma
The Same story from Portions of IL
inois and Indiana-A Dozen Farms
swept Over Near Momence-Havoc in
North Dakota.
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 3l.-Lawyer willard
Bone, who has just arrived from the west
I'm part Of the state, reports terrible prai-
lie a'es in Gray and Ford counties. For
niles he S,nta f. train, on which he was
i I'-'.a-a", '.aveled with the utmost
'lvs' .asH.-. % sea of fame. with every
''luo" and yeutllator down. From the
'aIh could he seen burning farm build
Llss and stacks of hay and grain, and peo-
pei stock fleeing before the flames.
Must Have Been Loss of Life.
NJ, Bone says there must have been a
-ulloer OF human lives and many head OF
! Ho:A lost in the vicinity of Beaumont,
D4'er county. Thousands of acres of
s'a1lhs land were burned over Thursday
-sn' lences destroyed, and stock burned
'. scattered in all directions. Inquiry at
.ls 'oca. Santa Fe Office failed to gain any
.4lvFmation, although it was said there
:" Was possible for such a state OF affairs
~. %sAi't and the local office know nothing
\ Woman Cremated.
-A'eF details Of the prairie fires say that
.'af Argona Mrs. G. Twining was
s-Iled 10 death in her house. The fire
-.I,OInaed .'., the town OF Argonia, and it
"a nard work 10 save the buildings on
q c's !, oa'sk'ris. \ telegram from Guthrie,
49,. !" received late last night, says that
p.,IIe p,.. nres have swept over the entire
t.'a"a'on-.e e reservation and the adjoin-
S,s s .ouhties, doing thousands of dollars
~ Truage' Hundreds of farmers have lost
TN. H. 'ae'r hay, grain and pasture, while a
NJ of more have their homes destroyed.
~ new settlers were caught on the
-, II ana Their wagons loaded with their
H.. is'enoid goods burned. No lives were
Aaed. "noun' VI i've S'ocA pei
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02
Slavery in NeWtown.

Less than 90 years ago, there were slaves in Newtown,as this record shows, copied from the town records by ex- Town Clerk Peck. Let us hope that in another hundred years, if not before, slaves to drink and lust may be as rare in Newtown as negro bondmen to-day.
 We hereby certify that, on application Of John Botsford and Moss K. Botsford, Jr, masters and owners of Ned Hill, a negro slave to them, the said John and Moss K., we this day enquired and examined into the health and age of the said Ned and do find, on such enquiry and examination, that said Ned is under the age of 45 years and over the age of p, viz: of about the age ot 37 years and that he is in good health. We further certify that, on actual examination of the said Ned we are convinced that he, the said Ned, is de sirous of being made free. Certified by us this 29th day of October, 1s06.-[Asa Chap, man, Samuel c. Blackman, justices of ths peace.
 To all persons to whom these presents shal come, greeting:
 Know ye that we, John Botsford and Moss K. Botsford, Jr, Of Newtown in Fairfield county, do hereby emancipate and make fret Ned Hill, our negro slave and do hereby for ever discharge him, the said Ned, from oul l service. Dated this 29th day of october, 1896 l-fJohn Botsford, Moss K. Botsford, Jr. II presence of Amos Beers, Benjamin Curtis 1 Jf.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

The cream colored horses that draw the queen of England's carriage upon state occasions trace their pedigree back to the time of George the First, horses of that hue having from time immemori- al been in the especial service of the Electors of Hanover. For ordinary use Queen Victoria employs four gray horses driven by servants in dark livery, but the cream colored steeds, known as the ''sacred Hanoverians, ,'' are seldom seen by the public except when they are ex- ercised in the early morning, or when the queen appears at some great pub lie function.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

1.-Two men," says the Rutland, (Vt.) Herald, ''are now hard at work cutting the Lords Prayer in letters an inch deep and six inches high on the face of big rock on the Bristol road. They are hired by Dr Green of Buffalo, who pays them $45 for the job. The rock is as big as house and stands at sharp turn and goes up a steep hill. It is about the hardest place in Vermont for team and, in the season when teaming is liveliest, there is more cussing there every day, than anywhere else in Vermont
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02
What prominent Physician and Chemist says after Analysis and Practical Test.

Dr J Lyster, formerly Of Bellevue Hospital medical college and Long Island college, speaks as follows: New York, October 25, 1890. Gents The sample of your Cactus Blood Cure, which bought tor analysis, have sub jected to a very thorough test and can find not a single trace Of mineral or mercurial in it whatever; and, as have had considerable experience in its constitu- tional effect in certain diseases already known to you, I consider it the safest and best vegetable blood purifier in the market. Yours respectfully, D. J. Lyster, Ph L., M. D. Sold by Samuel c. Bull, Sandy Hook. Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02
Snan;man Gases.

S. H. Clifford, New Cassel. Wis, was troubl. ed with neuralgia and rheumatism, his stom- ach was disordered, his liver was affected to he was terribly reduced in flesh and strength. Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, H., had q running sore on his leg of eight years stand ing. Used three bottles ot Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Buchlens Arnica Salve and his leg is sound and we'll. John Speaker, Ca tawba, Ga., had five large fever sores on his leg ;;doctors said he was mcurable. One bottle Electric Bitters and one box Arnica Salye cured him entirely. Sold by E. F. Hawley.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

On Saturday, June 6, little steam barkentine called the Kite sailed from q wharf in Brooklyn, bearing the North Greenland expedition of 1S9l-2. There were 34 men on board, including the commander, Lieut. k. k. Peary; but in addition, the party held an important member who took precedence, in point of interest, over all others. This was Mrs Josephine D. Peary, wife of the con- mander, who dared to brave the perils and rigors of an Arctic season in order to be with her husband. The obiaaten- the party is to explore thrn whether or land and epff1nent. A party of scien- Jfssts accompanied the explorers in order to investigate the various natural and glacial phenomena of the country. Ear ly in September,a letter came to the New York Sun from Lieut. Peary, dated at Mccormick bay, in which he states that after AS days battling with arctic seas and ice packs the party have ''moved within the midnight shadow of the snow capped cliffs that line the northern shore of Whale sound.n A house that was car red along in sections has been erected and the provisions have been stored on shore. The scientists that accompa- nied him have gone>to the west coast of Greenland and Lieut. Peary and his brave wife, together with five men, have been left in the Arctic regions to battle with l ba Ia Ot next May, they will start on their sledge journey northward and hope to return to their present location about the fol lowing August, when they will start for the habitations in the south in small boats. But the party that took leave of the handful of explorers believed that they saw them for the last time, unless relief party goes to them, next Sum
 mer.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

There are POO Protestant Episcopal clergymen in the State, of whom the old est in service is venerable Rev Dr E. E. Beardsley of New Haven, who was or dained in 1885. There are 147 parishes and churches in the State, embracing lS,- 19S families and 26,640 communicants. There are 30 chapels and missions.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

. The shortest speech on record-and that, too, made by a woman-is heard of in Indiana. A woman walked 70 miles to hear sermon and the pastor he called upon her to tell the congrega- tion how she came there. Rising slowly, she looked them over with great so- lemnity and said; II hoofed it. Then she sat down again.-[Detroit Free Press.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

''On April 22,'' says the Chicago Her aid, ''Jay Gould shattered both the long and short distance speed records on a run from Council Bluffs to Chicago, over the Chicago and Northwestern. From El- burn to Geneva, H., distance of eight and half miles, the run was made in five minutes, according to the time regis tered by the operators who sounded time to the operator at Turner as the train passed their stations. This time is lO2 miles per hour.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

A. B. Fancher closed his Hawleyville store, Friday and Saturday, and positive ly refused to sell goods; mail was pass ed out of the rear window. The store was opened again, Monday, MT Fancher having assumed full charge.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

The true test of newspapers real val ue is not the amount of original marter it contains, but the average quality of all the matter appearing in it's columns, whether original or selected
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

Our Washington-who belonged to the same great line of English rulers which began with Alfred and was continued through Cromwell and Chatham, down to Abraham Lincoln-was literally and lineally the descendant of jovial cava- Her parson in the midland counties of England whose brothers fought against Cromwell.-[ MT Sanborn in Boston Ad- vertiser.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

No Bobby" said his mother, "one piece of pie is quite enough for you ,' Its funny" responded Bohh- "nNious injured air, ''you properly and yet for me toJ even give me chance to practice. '-[ Washington Hatchet.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02
A. G. BAKER.

P.S. After reading what have written above, it strikes me that some may size me up" as a or one posing strictly as public benefactor, an educational instruotoA, g minister of the Gospel, or one who does nothing but go about doing good. am none of them, l sell fur niture for a living at Hawleyville, Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

A man never fully realizes the wealth of information he doesn't possess till his first child begins to ask questions.-LEl- mira Gazette.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

Hawleyville was full of newspaper men, Friday, and an artist or two from New York papers as we'll.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

L.F. Camp bought pair of Devons of s. r. Averill of South Britain and, last week. visited Bethlehem and Watertown's fair.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

Miss Lenore Snyder, the promising young prima donna, sang in the Presby- terian church in Indianapolis attended by President Harrison when she was on- ly l i years old.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

Queen victoria has remarkably fine head of hair, for a lady of her age but her son, the Prince of We.les,is quite bald. Had he used Ayers Hair yigor earlier in life, his head might, o-day, have been as well covered as that of his royal mother. It's nor too late yet
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

If we remain united. we can drive the devil out from hell.- Bismarck address on Germany unity.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

The annual State.W. c. T. U. conven- tion will be held in Danbury, October P , 2S, 29..
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02
NUMBER 40.
Advertising Rates.
Local Notices in Brevier Type, 1oc. Line.

l listen, and overhead I hear the prattle of children Merrily going to bed; And envy not the monarch On his gold and ivory throne, As reign in my little kingdom, With every heart my own.-IJessie SheI
 herd.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We frs, endure, then pity, then embrace
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

He that hath a thousand friends Hath not friend to spare, But he that hath an enemy
 Shall meet him everywher e. Emerson
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02
A CARD

To the many now engaged in Bakers word making contest" want to make few words of explanation. While intended giving an exer- else of magnitude enough to require some study and be of positive benefit in it's results, did not intend inficting so great a task as the combina- tion now seems possible of. The idea struck me that while such contest would be good one for me from commercial standpoint, it " ould al- so be good one for every contestant, whether old or young, from an educational standpoint and such mutual benefit advertisements in these days are as scarce as hens teeth. So mailed this one at once and sent it off to the papers, not thinking the task too great if made no restrict i've rules. The contest at once became T very popular one. Requests for blanks came tloeking in from every town and hamlet in Western Con necticut and many from New York State and, ere next issue of the papers. the work was too far ad vanced to admit of change or restrictive rules. The list will undoubtedly be so long that many who have commenced it will lack the time need. ed to successfully compete and will naturally drop out of the race. No change to make the task less arduous can now be made and the broad rule first stated, of admitting all words allowed by Webster or Worcester, must be adhered to
 no proper names to be used feel somewhat guilty for giving an exercise of such lengt but am consoled by the fact that not minute of tht time spent cVer 1t is thrown away. Many new words and the correct way of spelling them vii
 be brought to mind and one contestant in fami Iy is sure to improve the chirography of th' whsle family; at least for the immediate future Many invalids and victims of accidents, whes time would otherwise hang heavily on thei
 hands, are working out the list with pleasure a
 well as profitSo please ohide me as gently as yc, can and remember that the task of the judges i
 much greater than yours But their duties shal be faithfully performed. Go ahead with your lists Yatrs Trnlv
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

Miss Florence Hull of Stratford has visited Miss Sarah M. Camp.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

leyville hotel is having his buildings painted.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02
TO INVESTORS

10 per cent Debentures issued by the Building and Loan Association of Dakota, fully secured and guaranteed; $20oe of mortgages deposited with the trustee to protect each 5000 invested. Can be had in any amounts of S100 and up. Also their installment stock, on which there has been declared 24 per cent. dividend per annum since it's organization. Illustration showing estimat- ed cost and profit on 10 shares of installment stock:
 Admission fee, S1o Monthly payments, $6 per month for S3
 months, S49S
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

Trust in Him, for He knows; Fret not, nor ask tor sign, But live true hearted to Him, While to live and to work may Ee thine.
 -[JOhn Stuart Blackie.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

Miss Alice Vile of Danbury has visit ed Newtown friends.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02
W.
 McCORD.

A woman buys bordered Tapestry Brussels here. She may have been rash. She drops into another shop. Doesn't want carpet; merely to know what sort of carpets are going. We had told her that bordered carpets were in favor. She asked to see bordered carpets.
 "Bordered carpets out of fashion"
 Why, I am told they are fashion itself"
 Not at all. They are done with We ought to know. We are leaders in carpets"
 She looked the town over and found nothing as good as she had already bought. Next day, she came and told us.
 Why -'s prices are higher than your's."
 Her bordered Tapestry was satis- factory; so was the price of it. That's the story point.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

Miss Charlotte Nichols is visiting friends in New Milford and Sharon.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

know then myself, presume not God to scan The proper study ot mankind is man.-[Pope
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02
S49S

The fact that, for the last two or three years, bee use of short crops in the West and conse- qusnt difficulty of making collections, while some mortgage and trust companies have been forced to the wall, this company's assets have been constantly increasing, is evidence that investors were right in their estimate of them as careful and conservative; indeed, many of their largest loans are backed by a second mortgage placed by strong company. The abundant crops in the West mean a return of prosperity and lower rates of interest soon. This company is about to issue year per cent. Debenture. Parties wishing to avail themselves of the 10 per cent. guaranteed Debenture will need to make an early application for the same to
 JAMES c. JOHNSON.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26
I Hints for Christmas.

Don't ask your child what he
wants unless you intend to give it
to him.
Though money makes the mare
eo'it makes Santa Claus come.
Don't buy your best girl 9 pres
ent on the installment plan, As she
might jilt you before you had made
all the payments.
Rub the price mark off the pres
|enssunless It is an expensive one.
If you wish to surprise your girl
never ask her what she would like
for Christmas.
When you have the Christmas
tree upsit doesn't mean that you
have il fixed up.
AT, Christmas time it is we'll
enough to ape the English as far as
the plum pudding Is concerned.
Some persons never wish you a
merry Christmas unless they think
they will get something for doing so.
Santa Claus would never make a
schoolmaster. Whatever is good
he puts at the foot of the stocking.
If we don't have baseball at
Christmas we have the cricket on
the hearth.
The bachelor who puts his thumb
into the boarding-house Christmas
nin ia ant to null out a collar but
ton.-Judge.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26
Protected His Willow.

One hundred years ago a Mr.. Marr
of Cape Elizabeth, Me-, set out q
willow slip, which grew to be good
sized tree. Mr.. Marr was an oblig-
ing sort of person, and he kept his
grindstone-one of the few in that
vicinity-under the willow by the
roadside for the convenience of his
neighbors. Some of the neighbors
were ungrateful yokels, for often
when they had done. grinding their
axes they would try the blades
upon the sheltering tree, so that its
beauty was spoiled and its life en-
dangered. Then Farmer Mari drove
lot of spikes into the trunk, COW
ering the heads artfully with bark,
and when the neighboring vandals
had spoiled a few axes they quit try
ing edges on the willow. Marr and
his neighbors are all dead and for.
gotten these fifty years, but the will
low still fourishes and the ak marks
are obliterated, while the protecting
spikes are grown deep in the heart
of the great trunk.-New York Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26
The Horseshoe Superstition.

The custom of mailing a horseshoe
over the door of a house or other
building as a protection against
evil spirits and as an assurance of
good luck is widely spread over
the United States and England. Il
also fourishes among the Teutonie
and Scandinavian races, and has
been recognized as far east as Hin
dustan. The horseshoe unites with
in itself three lucky elements-it il
crescent-shaped, is has been, or is
to be, in contact with a horse, and
is made of iron. Popular supersti-
ton has for ages endowed iron with
protecting powers. The Romans
are known to have driven nails into
the doors and walls of their houses
as an antidote or az preventive of
the plague. The Arab who is over
taken by a simeon in the desert
seeks to propitiate the Jinns by
shrieking: "lron! Iron! !" In the
mythology of England the horse-
shoe has always been considered a
"luck bringer.' Aubrey, in his "Mis-
cellanies," tells US that in his time
most all the houses in West London
had a horseshoe over the door. Lord
Nelson nailed one to the mast Of
the Victory.-St. Louis Republic.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26
The Unloaded Pistol.

The frequency with which cas-
ualties occur from the misuse of
pistols presumed to be unloaded
compels the abandonment of the
term accident in connection with
such affairs. When a person takes
q pistol, puts it against the person
of another, pulls the trigger and
mortally wounds the victim, it is
clearly a misnomer to call it an ac-
cident, even though, the person who
does the shooting did not know the
pistol was loaded.
Anybody who will aim a pistol
at another and pull the trigger is
either fool or q criminal and
should be dealt with accordingly.
If fool he should be sent to the
asylum for the feeble-minded, where
he could be taken care of and not
permitted to handle weapons; if a
criminal he should be convicted and
sent to the penitentiary, where he
would be equally secure from the
chance of injuring anybody else.
It has passed almostinto a-prov-
erb that no kind of asweapon is 90
dangerous as an un1oaded one, and
while this is an exaggeration, it is
easy to see that the saying has arisen
from the great number of cases in
which persons have been seri ously
injured by weapons supposed to- be
unloaded. The laws regarding such
matters should be made much more
stringent and should be rigidly en-
forced, tor human life is too valua-
BILE to be at the mercy Of gun or
pistol with a fool behind it. In
every such case, where death ensues,
verdict of manslaughter should
be rendered and term of impris-
onment follows. F. Chronicle.