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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-17
MIR. AND MRS. BOWSER
THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY TRIES TO
CHANGE SOME BEOSTEADs.

He Thinks He Knows All About 1t and
Sails in Despite Mrs. Bowser's En-
treaties, hut the End Came at Last.
No More for Bowser.
Copyright, 1892, by Charles B. Lewis.l
When you go down in the morning I
wish you'd do an errand for me-" observed
MIS-. Bowser as she looked up from the
stocking she was darning.
What is it!" queried Mr.. Bowser.
i want to change couple of the bed
ste ads up stairs, and l want man to come
up from furniture store"
WHAT'S the matter with me doing the
work? L haven't got anything particular
TO do for the next ten minutes. It's no use
IN toohng around week to get somebody
W here and pay him two dollars for a
quarter of an hours work. III do it and
give you the two dollars"
You are real good, Mr.. Bowser. but it's
hard work Juggling bedsteads around. and
you'll-you'll''-
'Ill get mad and blame you, YOU mean?"
Yves"
Never made a bigger mistake in yonr
Ire! You haven't seen me mad in ten wears
ana I'm not the sort of husband to blame
my wife for what do myself. What nut
such an absurd notion into your head?"
Hadn't you just as soon send I'D a
MANI"
Not if the court knows herself! | feel
Just like wrestling with something heavy.
and I'll make the change before YOU can
count hundred"
And you won't blame me?"
Blame you, my dear! When did ever
blame you for anything? And what can
blame you for, even if l was that sort of
hyena?"
Mr.. Bowser whistled merry air as he
took of his coat and cuffs and proceeded
up stairs. The bedsteads were ready to he
taken down and changed. The first thing
was to remove the mattress. He seized it
by the roots, as it were, gave it flip and a
twist and landed it on the floor.
THE idea of sending up a man!' he ex-
claimed as he pushed up his sleeves and
reached out for the springs. "And the
idea of my getting mad about
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-17
DOLLY BROS,
Boots andShoes
80 z
Twentieth ST., Rock Island.
a. goods marked in plain fig
uTes, which will convince
you that they are the
lowest.
, OTICE To c lNTRaCToRs

>.a. p5opo al- will be received at the city
gees liarc, Rock Island, H., until MOndqy.
pun. O.. .,Hl AZ p. m, for constructing the i'm
PROV. 1.i'- prIorcd ny an ordinance OF said city
p.--a. '..prer 20, 1870, and amendments thereto
f-'-. ..cuDer 9l~D', and i entitled ''an ordi-
.. Pup IN" Improvement OF Twentieth stree
.... -1..l line of Ninth avenue TO the north
- .. a---'ceUth avenue Under above Ord-
- .- lrs required for cx, await NJ, grading
with maCadam, but bids are also
...fgl for the improvement OF said TWEEN
-. -..- tg he curted with curb stone and
p. ..-. paving brick a. desired by a mai lrity
.E.- er'y owners ab lifting thereon
- ld pc iicat'on for said improvement Oh
Ell. Try clerk office.
must be acco panied with a certified
.. 4. -. ID. sum Of $500.
o.. - 90 reject any or ali bids OF proposals
received .s hereby reserved.
ROBERT KOEHLER, City Clerk.
"'.E ISLAND. III May IS 1892.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-17

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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-17
A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

-. a''4te Of yd A. Napes, Deceased.
Al. -aaer-igued having been appointed admin
sEat.T Of tue estate OF lydia A. Mapes
Il's ~ rh. county OF Rock Island state of i'll, :
- 5. recessed, hereby gives notice that he will
-h'as before the county court of Rock island
-ss' a' he Office Of the clerk of said court. in
sL % RoCS Island, at the July term, on ths
-.s Monday in July next, at which time all per
.-s having claims against said estate are notife /
IT, 'i "Sied TO attend, for the purpose of haviD 2
... zane adjusted
a. r,Ous indebted to said state are reoues-
. .a ' ma immediate payment to the under
Dated his nth day OF May, A. D. 1892
j. X JOHNSTON,
Administrator.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-17
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-17
Application for Right Of Way.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,

LATE OF IL INOIS,
"".A ISLAND COUNTY.
Jt .-o.. Notice is her by given that on Monday,
no. IN mex the undersigned the Davenport s.
IN , - ana Street Railway Company, will apply
an I.s l''y Council Of the City Of Rock Island for
yg- ance granting it permission to construct,
.a'I o'id operate its line of Street Railway On
ir. ny mn Avenue in tae City Of Rock land
f| tGltuetn sire to hirty-e ghth street.
'''-N Island, Illinois, June stp, S92.
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-17
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-17
CHICAGO, Rock Island & Pacific RV.,,

The Direct Route 10 and from Chicago Joliet Ottawa
Peoria, La Sale. Moline, Rock Island in ILLINOIS:
Davenport, Muscatine, OttuInwo, Oskaloosa Des
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in COLORADO Traverses new areas Of rich farming
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-17
a Dark Mystery.

Good Little Boy-Does majority rule in
this country
Father-Indeed it does
Good Little Boy-Then how does it hnp-
pen that one bad little boy can get all us
good little boys into 80 much mischief
Good News.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-17

Husband don't see why you aever
look on both sides of case.
Wife, can always trust you to look
on the other side.-New York Weekly.
The Portland daily press., 1892-10-03
Average precipitation for this month for
A Disaster of Years Ago.
TBoston Herald


The recent burning of the steamer
Watertown invites attention to the mag
nificent record of the local coast trans
portation companies. Up to the time of
the loss of the Watertown not a steamer
of the great fleet running from this har-
Dor had been destroyed by fire when I'M
der way for IS years. November "a,
1854, the sidewheel steamer Ocean, ply
ing between this city and Bath, Me-, was
struck by the steamship Canada, and the
Ocean was set on fire. She was quickly
destroyed, and some nine or ten persons
were drowned or burned. The Ocean
left her pier on the afternoon of the oath,
bound for Bath. When off Spectacle ISL
and the Canada was noticed ahead,
bound in. AS the Ocean intended to go
out by Broad sound, her commander at
tempted to make his course by cutting
across the Canada's bow. He miscalcu-
lated, however, and the Canada struck
him on the starboard side, abaft the
wheel, cutting into the expressing room,
knocking down lamp and setting the
steamer on fire, There was great ex-
citement among her Is passengers, and
many of them jumped overheard. The
accident caused intense excitement in
this city. The Ocean was, says the Her
aid of November 25, 1854, a fine boat of
600 or 700 tons, five years old, and was
valued at $75, 900.
The Portland daily press., 1892-10-03
ATKINS.

ATKINS. ~SIOOIs
ate of the state university in the class
of 1851, and has served in both houses
of the state legislature. In 1851 he was
the nominee for governor on the Union"
ticket, but was defeated by Austin Blair
He was the Democratic nominee for
congress in 1868 and 1870, but both times
was defeated. In 1890 he was again
nominated for congress and was elected
by plurality of 700. He is a candidate
for second term, and David D, Atkins,
who never before ran for any Office, is
his opponent.
Mr.. Atkins was born in Genesee
county in 1854 and has always lived
there. He was educated in the Flint
schools, taught school, kept books,
travelled as drummer and worked on
the farm before striking his gait as a
lawyer. He is now a member of the
law firm Of Lee & Athens. He is a
thirty-second degree Mason, a noble in
the Order of the Mystic Shrine, supreme
vice chief ranger in the Order of Forest
ers and is way up in the mysteries of
the Royal Arcanum and Knights of the
Maccabees.
The Portland daily press., 1892-10-03
THE EXHIBITS FROM ABROAD.
Outlook for the Foreign Displays at the
Worlds Fair.

Outlook for the Foreign Displays at the
Worlds Fair.
There is a general desire to have foreign
nations do the nice thing at the Worlds
fair, and with few exceptions they
are doing SO. England is, of course, in
it. Business is business with her, and
politics never stands in the way of a
trade or even showing her wares. But
there is loud complaint that she is not
acting handsomely in the case of India.
The fact that the British authorities
have not done more to promote an ex-
hibit from India than to appoint an In
dian committee to see what can be done
in the matter has provoked criticism in
the cities of India, especially in Bonn
bay. Recently a large meeting of Euro
pean, American and native men was
held at the rooms of the Royal Asiatic
society in the townhall of Bombay to
consider the subject Of Indian represen-
tation at the fair. The money was
pledged and the exhibit will be made,
but it will be that of private men and
lack official guidance.
From all the provinces of Australia
come assurances of fine exhibits. New
South Wales especially will make a
truly great and representative display.
From Sydney will be sent remarkable
astronomical clock. This clock is forty
five feet high and twenty five feet square
at the base. Within it is exhibited the
motion of. the sun, Mercury, Venus and
the earth revolving on it's axis around
the sun and the moon around the earth.
The sun is to be represented by an cleo
trio light which will illuminate the sur
rounding planetary bodies.
In France there is some talk about the
Mckinley tariff in connection with the
exposition that at this distance sounds
illnatured. Mr.. Bernard, secretary of the
Paris chamber of commerce, fatty de-
clares against taking part because
French exhibitors twill not be allowed
to sell their goods" Several other mem
bers agree with him. Others are more
friendly. NJ. Thiebaut, the eminent
bronze founder, sums up in sentence,
which shows that he knows a good deal
about Chicago, thus: Public opinion
here varies greatly in the view that is
taken of the fair, but from what l know
of America and Americans am per-
suaded that the Chicago exhibition will
be either an enormous success or ire
mendous fasco. There will be no half
way business about it"
From all other countries Mr.. Walker
Fearn, chief for foreign affairs, reports
a great and increasing interest. The ex-
hibits of all the old nations and the most
civilized of the new nations will, Of
course, be interesting, but one import
ant feature of recent expositions has
been the new nations, SO to speak, which
have come in-Siam and Farther India,
Arabia and Northern Africa, Java,
Anam and others-all these are old
enough, but their appearance in Paris
surprised and delighted the western
world. Even more will it do SO at Chi
cago.
The Portland daily press., 1892-10-03

flushed. In an instant they rise about
you as if suddenly created from dust.
One was less than a yard from your feet,
yet you did not see it. Their fight is
peculiar one, Rising to a height of from
twenty to fftyfeet they take horizon
tai course, churning the air rapidly with
the stumpy wings until momentum is
acquired, then sailing with outstretched
pinions for many rods. A prairie chick
en- is never awkward or ridiculous ex-
cept when in the air. On taking flight
the birds do not, like quail, go as flock,
but radiate in every direction, SO that
he is good gunner indeed who makes
both barrels count.
The prairie chicken is nonmigratory.
and, like quail, turkey and rabbits,
might be preserved for all time if af-
forded a reasonable amount of protec-
ton. Grouse and quail can stand COM
paratively close settlement of the coun-
try, at least one as close as most parts of
the west will admit Of, and with the
proper enforcement of rigidly drafted
game laws, as well as a manly forbear-
ance on the part of the sportsmen them
selves, would preserve the now unequal
ratio between the increase and slaughter.
AS it is now there is practically no pro-
lection, and from June to December the
markets Of western cities show forbid
den game. 1t is not alone grouse, but
quail, wild turkeys and other varieties
suffer. Poachers go with dogs out of
season and bring in loads of the pretty
game, and it finds it's way mysteriously
into the stalls of the cities.
Kansas and Nebraska have laws pro-
hibiting the killing or offering for sale
of birds except from Sept. to Jan. 1.
Yet so fagrantly has the law been
violated that it has become necessary
for sportsmen's clubs to offer purses for
information regarding violation in order
| TO prevent entire determination. 1t
will take but short time to put an end
TO the sport at the present rate of de-
crease.
The famous civilian scout, Burgess,
who is attached to the government post
in Yellowstone park; gives some inter-
esting facts regarding the increase of
game since severe measures have beens
taken with the poaching trapper. The
elk, he says, are now in such abundance
that they promise to give game to the
hunter in season for many years to
come, while the buffalo are increasing
to such an extent that the park will soon
he well stocked. The same kind of Wig
orous measures will be necessary if the
western prairies are not to be stripped of
the smaller as they have been of the
larger game. q. III. HARGER.
The Portland daily press., 1892-10-03
PASSING OF THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN.
He Has Been Almost Exterminated by
Ruthless Sportsmen.
TSpecial Correspondence.l

he Has Been Almost Exterminated Dy
Ruthless sportsmen.
Especial Correspondence
ABILENE, Kan, Sept 29.-The exhilar
rating sport of hunting the prairie chick
en- on the plains of the west will soon DO
as extinct as that of shooting buffalo.
The quick whir-r-r of the bird is heard
less and less frequently, and the hunt
ers encounter a far greater wariness
than of old Only few years ago and
the sportsman was in clover when he
reached the prairies of Kansas. Special
cars with hunters aboard stopped in the
midst of the level plains, and when the
men came back 1t was with shoulders
heavily laden with the toothsome and
attractive game.
But the heartless and indiscriminate
slaughter in season and out of season to
which the different varieties of grouse
and quail have been subjected during
the past decade has almost ruined the
sport on the plains of Kansas, Nebraska
Iowa and other sections of the west. 70
be sure there is yet game. but it has SO
decreased in quantity that the present
season sees not one-tenth the amount
that existed few years since.
There is little sport more enticing
than the shooting of prairie chickens
or pinnated grouse. Nothing can be
compared to it except the hunting OF
wild turkey. While turkey is sought in
the timber of the bottom lands the prai-
RE chicken lives boldly out on the plain,
and trusts to his keenness of vision and
rapid fight to protect himself. To creep
upon a flock of the fowls at home is
sight to be remembered. The RICH
plump bodies of the hens shading from
dark grayish brown on the breast and
wings to light gray neck and dark
head, and the larger build Of the males,
with the distinguishing long black feath-
ers on the neck, reaching down like the
ends of a yoke, make delicious con-
trast for the lover of q rifle with the
green of the prairie sod.
They are large enough to make a good,
legitimate prey; they are excellent eat
ing tender, rich, gamy. But their out
posts, hear you, and quick clucking
warning is given. In an instant every
head drops, the bodies crouch close to
the ground and apparently disappear.
Unless you are practical hunter you
will declare that half a second has suf-
feed for some of the birds to sink into the
earth. But they are all there. This one
behind a little grass clump; that in
tiny hollow made by some pony's foot;
another spreading its wings as it squats
at the base of a weed stalk. To the anna
teur eye it is remarkable if without con-
siderable search more than two or three
can be detected, SO closely do the colors
of the birds blend with the shadows and
tints of the sod.
The professional knows that they are
all there, and the bunch is speedily
The Portland daily press., 1892-10-03
POLITICAL NOTES.

The few Democrats in the Maine leg
islature-elect propose to stand back fol
the young men. The two candidates fol-
the complimentary nomination for Speak
er are Messrs. Geo. E. Bird of this city,
and John Scott of Patten. Mr.. Scott
who is Bowdoin graduate, was a mem
Der of the House in 1887, gaining dis
tinction there by his speech on the Me
gantic railroad bill. We rather think Mr.
Bird will get the nomination, but he will
have worthy opponent.
The Portland daily press., 1892-10-03
CITY OF pEERINa.
The Exploits of a Smooth Tongued Young
Man.

The smooth tongued young man whom
Deering people trusted in last year to
their sorrow, is around again. He pre-
tends to be an agent for the Ladies
Home Journal, and offers that publica-
ton and So book for $1.50 Having
collected the $1.5o he disappears, and
those who have trusted him receive
neither the paper nor the book Many
people at Woodfords have been deceived
by him.
The Portland daily press., 1892-10-03
Coin is Scarce.

Money in Chilli is so scarce just now
that pasteboard notes of hand are used
instead of coin. Merchants state their
name and certain SUN on q scrap OF
pasteboard, which circulates as money
till at last redse1ated by its original pro-
Queer.
The Portland daily press., 1892-10-03
Earn Their Money.

Victoria's maids Of honor, who are
paid $1,000 year for their services,
earn their salaries. They are obliged to
appear before the queen in a new gown
every day, and to be in readiness to
attend her majesty at any and every
hour of the day.
The Portland daily press., 1892-10-03

Mr.. Thomas Evans, farmer, st. Mel
Ions, England, while blowing in one of
his fields, unearthed a jar containing
nearly 800 Roman coins of the Second
and Third centuries.
The Portland daily press., 1892-10-03
AT CINCINNATI.
First Game.
SIXTH MICHIGAN DISTRICT.

Sketches of the Rival Candidates for
Congress.
Byron G. Stout, of Pontiac, and David
Atkins, of Flint, are the opposing can
didates for congress in the Sixth Michi-
gan district, the former Democratic and
the latter Republican. Mr.. Stout is
sixty -three years old, has lived in Oak
land county sixty-one years, is a gradu-
The Portland daily press., 1892-10-03
BASE BALL.
The National League.

The following games were played Sat
urday:
At Observation-Disclosures 7; Chieagos, 2.
At Pittsburg-Firt game, Pittsburgs, 10;
i.ouisvilles, s. Second game, Louisyllles, z;
2ittshurgs, 6.
At Brooklyn-Br ooklyns, 10; Baltimores, 8.
AT Boston-W ashingtons, Is; Bostons, 8.
at New Philadelphias, 4; New Yorks,
B.
At st. Louis Cieyelands, IL st. LOUIS, 10.
Sunday Games.
/ The following 6 ames were played yes
terday:
AT CINCINNATI.
First Game.
Cineinnatis. ......1 2 4 0 0 o 1 O 4-12
st. Louis .......8 0 2 0 0-10
Base ts-Cincinnatis, II; St. Louis, 9. En-
-Cincinnatis / ST. Louis. 4, Batteries
Sullivan, Meekin and Murphy; Breitenstein,
Caruthers and Buckley.
Second game.
Cincinnatis. .................1 1 2 O O. 4
st. Louis. -...--O u
Base hits-Cincinnatis, s st. Louis 1. En-
ors-Cineinnatis 0; St. Lonis, 2. Batteries
Chamberlain and Murphy; Caruthers and Buck
ley.
Called on account of darkness.
The Portland daily press., 1892-10-03

The Young Mems Democratic Club of
this city have selected the following del
egates to attend the annual meeting of
the National Young Mems Club, which
is held in New York this week: George
L. SWEET, J. FL. Bradley, George E. Bird,
Samuel j. Knowles, Virgil G. Wilson, A.
f. Moulton.
The Portland daily press., 1892-10-03

Mean temperature for this month for 81
Total excess in temperature during the
month. ...-.---. 81
Total excess in temperature since Jan.
ISL. go
Prevailing direction of the wind. ..SW So
Total movement of wind. -. ........5762 miles
Maximum velocity of wind direction and
date. Observation-Disclosures. 80, s, on 14th
Total precipitation (inches) ............. 2.89
Number of days on which .01 inch or more
of precipitation fell Northumberland.
The Portland daily press., 1892-10-03

Schooner Silver Spray of and from
Thomaston, for New York, is at Vine
yard Haven, with her main boom broken
and sails torn. the result of a storm off
Cape Cod.
The Portland daily press., 1892-10-03
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