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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
TORTURED BY THE SIOUX.
A Scout Tells How He Was Initiate
Into sitting Bulls Tribe.

Frank Grouard, the Indian scout,
who is now living in st. Joseph, Mo-.
has recovered from the surgical opera
ton in which an arrow head was re-
moved from his groin after having been
imbedded there for nearly a dozen
years. He was captured. says the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat, by Sitting Bull
and a small band of followers when 10
years old, and remained with the In
dams during the next six years, a great
err portion of the time in the camp of
Sitting Bull. through whose influence
he was saved from torture and death.
''From the time of my capture and up
to 1S72.'' he said the other day, Il was
not required to undergo any of the self
inflicted tortures of the Sioux, but after
became one of them, to all intents and
purposes. knew what to expect. While
We were camped where G1endive, Mont,
now stands, the whole tribe gathered
one day about and / was informed that
/ was to be put to the test. All the In
dams gathered around. taking positions
where they could watch my face. Sit
ting Bull, No Neck, Gall, Four Horns,
Little Assiniboine and other head men
of the tribe sat near me smoking their
pipes. Four warriors squatted on each
side Of me and with needles raised up
the flesh between the shoulder and the
elbow on each arm and cut out pieces
the size of a pea, taking $50 pieces out
of each arm. The skin and flesh were
taken Off in five rows on each ARM 1t
was not painful at first. but before they
were through there was a stream of
agony pouring from my arms to my
heart that was almost unbearable. l did
not open my lips or make a sound while
they were torturing me, although the
operation lasted four hours. The next
time 1 was tortured all my eyebrows
and eyelashes were pulled out. After
that 1 went through the tortures as stO-
ically as the Indians themselves. even
Including the tortures of the SIN dance
where horsehair ropes were tied in the
muscles Of the breast and back and
torn out by sheer force
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
CATCHING A WILD HeiFER.
Shs Charges 8knlful MAJ and II Thrown
Over In . Jl6y.

Over In . Jl6y.
In WASHINGTON county, Maine, be-
tween New Stream and the East Ma
chias river, the townsmen Of North
field and whitneyville have had con-
siderable fun since October chasing a
Wild heifer. which strayed from Bart
lett Albee's farm in Mortified some
time last summer. She displayed all the
alertness and sagacity Of game animals
in GLIDING capture. Dogs were put on
her in November, but instead Of circling
as deer do when pursued by hounds.
she put straight away like a caribou. to
remain for weeks away from her accus-
toned localities.
Saturday a week ago there was
heavy snow storm in that part Of the
country, and report having come to
whitneyville that the heifer, a shadow
of her former self, had been sighted in
the woods near the confluence of Old
and New streams. which empty into
the Machias east of Mortified, Thomas
Hennessey and Jim Healey, accompa-
MED by some boys, started out to cap
ture her.
Hunger had driven the animal from
the woods to the clearings, but nothing
could induce her to come near a human
being. When sighted, Hennessey and
Healey gave chase on snowshoes, the
deep snow making rapid progress for
the heifer out Of the question. She ran.
however, till her pursuers were close
On her quarters. when she suddenly.
says the New York Sun, turned to give
battle. Her bellowings were terrific and
she looked so frightful when she turned
that Hennessey and the boys gave way.
Healey was game. Two years ago
she bear is said to have freed him, and
he has been the victim of more or less
guying ever since. He is a powerful
young fellow and knows how to handle
cattle.
When the heifer turned he planted
himself squarely in front Of her. She
hesitated. eyed him furiously for a mo-
ment, and charged. When she lowered
her head to give him the toss. Healey
grasped both of her horns, threw all
the weight Of his body on his left hand,
bearing the heifer's head into the snow,
at the same time pushing up and over
on the left horn. It's trick that has to
be done on the instant, and when 1t is
worked as Healey worked it, down goes
the animal, as did the heifer.
Healey held her head in the snow
while Hennessey and the boys procured
ropes with which to tie her legs to.
gether. This being done, she was bum
died into a sled and taken to Mortified.
where she is now putting on fat and
getting used to her earlier surround
ings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
b EVOLUTION EVEN HERE.
The Dogs Bark Has Become More Ex-
preesiye ~ His Culture Advances.


The most curious imitation which We
find in dogs is as to the measure OF
expression to which they have attained.
Among the savage forefathers of the
modern dog the characteristic of all
their utterance was. to a great extent.
involuntary, and once begun the out
cry was continued in a mechanical man
ner. The effect of advancing culture on
the dog, however. has been gradually
to decrease this ancient undifferentiated
mode of expression by bowling and yelp-
ing, and to replace 1t by the much more
speech-like bark. says a writer in Scrib-
ner's Magazine. There is some doubt
whether dogs possessed by savages
have the power of uttering the sharp.
specialized note which is so character
istic of the civilized form Of their spe-
cies 1t is clear. however. that If they
have the power of thus expressing
themselves they use IT but rarely. On
the other hand our high-bred dogs have
to a great extent lost the power to ex-
press themselves in the ancient way.
Many of our breeds appear to have be-
come incapable of ululating. There is
no doubt but the change in the mode OF
expression greatly increases the capa-
bility of our dogs to set forth their
states of mind. If We catch a high-bred
dog-one with a wide range of sensibili.
ties, which We may find in breeds which
have long been closely associated with
man-we may readily note five or six
varieties of sound in the bark. each Of
which is clearly related to a certain
state of mind. That of welcome, of fear.
Of rage, Of doubt and Of pure fun are
almost always perfectly distinct to the
f6ucated ear and this although the OBJ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
ADVENTURES OF A BELL


In . Church steeple. Buried In River.
Nov h Mormond0n.
There Is q bell now hanging over q
private schoolhouse Of a Mormon
prophet In Salt Lake City which has .
curious and somewhat amusing history.
It was the first church bell that ever
rang out over the plains Of Iowa, hav-
ing been erected in the tower of the
First Presbyterian church of Iowa City.
A few years after its installation trou-
BILE arose between the pastor and the
people over the question of salary.
which resulted in the formers making
an attempt to capture and carry away
the bell to square accounts" The good
man had gone so far as to secure a lad
der and ascend to the roof Of the
church, when the church officials got
wind of the affair and rushed to the
rescue of their property. They permit
ted the bell to be lowered to the ground,
but then seized upon it, loaded 1t in q
wagon and drove away. The ladder was
also simultaneously removed, leaving
the enraged parson wildly gesticulating
from his pulpit in the tower. This ex-
citing event in the early days of Iowa
City was promptly embalmed in verse
by a local poet. The subsequent history
of this same bell has a touch of romance
about it. The pillars of the church
who took away the prize in the wagon
carried it, as afterward appeared, to a
river near at hand and buried it in the
channel AS it happened, one of the citi-
zens concerned in the business after
ward developed sympathy with the
Mormons. He impaired Information
concerning the bell to another Of like
sympathies, and through them it's re-
moval was effected. 1t was conveyed Sc
cretly to the vicinity of Bloomington
now Muscatine-On the banks of the
Mississippi river, and there deposited in
the channel of a stream known as Dew
lis creek. Thence it was carried to a
point near Montrose, ILL.,, where it re-
manned for some years buried in the
sand. 1t was then exhumed and carried
by some MormonS to Kanesville, in the
neighborhood of Council Bluffs. from
which point it was conveyed by them on
their journey across the plains to its
present resting place. 1t was not until
twenty years after that the original pos
SCISSORS of the bell found out where it
had gone. Upon the completion Of the
Pacific railway some parties from Iowa
City. on their journey across the conti-
nent, stopped Off at Salt Lake City.
There they discovered an old bell sur
mounting a private schoolhouse, and
upon it's margin the familiar words:
First Presbyterian church of Iowa
City, 1885, Notice of the fact was
promptly communicated to the officers
of the Iowa City church. Correspond
ence was opened with the Mormon au-
thorities, but so high was the value
placed upon it as spoil taken from the
gentiles, that. strangely enough, it was
decided to let the old bell remain a
voiceless trophy in the far-off land of
its captivity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
THE DRcAYED MUSIC TEACHER.
ne Aas the Bread Taken Ont Of Her
Mouth.


Mouth.
The ordinary parent or guardian OF a
girl with a turn for music" will very
probably make his choice Of a teacher
from those to whom he listens with the
greatest pleasure, forgetting that execu-
tive skill and the gift OF imparting
knowledge are more often found sepa-
rate than together, says the National
Review. The partially successful artist,
then. is wont to fall back upon such
teaching as he can get II he wants to
make a livelihood out Of his profession.
and so enormous is the number of those
who wish to take music lessons, il not
to go in for music thoroughly, that
the moderately efficient teachers have
hitherto had small reason to despair of
getting profitable pupils. These worthy
people, however. will before long be
singing a very different song; in fact,
something like repetition of the dirge
performed by the respectable gentle
women" OF the last generation. who,
after taking to teaching music for a
living on the strength of a dozen les
sons taken when they were young and
comfortably of. found their circle of pu-
pills diminishing as the taste for music
Wiueucu anu ueepeHtu. SUCH as
these the increase in the number and
the rise in the efficiency Of the regular
schools of music has been their, doom,
for not merely in London, where the de-
cayed lady teacher never flourished,
but in every country town the standard
of taste has left them far behind. and
nearly all such centers of their employ
ment are now worked" either by actu-
al representatives of the great educa-
tional institutions of London. or their
places are filled by younger artists, ed
ucated at such places as the Royal
Academy of Music or the Royal Col
lege of Music, the principle of whose
joint organization in the matter of To-
cal examinations and the like. has been
doing a most important work all over
England during the short time of it's
existence. That inefficient teachers Of
art should have the bread taken out of
their mouths is not a legitimate subject
for regret, though hard cases could no
doubt be cited. just as they can against
such a work as that done by the organ
ization Of charity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
THE MARKETS


NEW Yoak. March -
Money on cal cay ut ~ pcr cent Prime
mercantile paper tGj per cent Sterling ex-
change firm with actual business In BANKERS
bills ut +eY14SS1z Tor demand and %ssk0
As for sixty days: postel rates 4sS1S 1sy0;
commercial bills 49,.
Silver certificates 63l4 Isl; no sales; bar
silver. %. Mexican dollars. 81.
Cnit~d States government bonds firm;
new As reg. 1.j4; do coupons lDJS: SIS reg.
lI5S<; SIS coupons ll6: IS reg. Ill;
Is coupons les: gs reg Is; Pacific SIS of Vi
lUu.
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO. March ..
Following were the quotations on ths
Boarl of Trade today: Wheat - March.
opened 4 closed Sc: May. opened $50,
closed 5sss;; July. opened ootsc, closed $50
Corn - March, nominal. closed iA3S.; May.
opened 46isc. closed AS5sc: july, opened 46lsc.
closed .Ai5s OAts-March. nominal. closed
nominal: May. opened 2sIsc. closed &c: June,
opened NC. closed sS'. i'ork-May. opened
SI2Oi closed $l20l Lard - May. opened
$d9J. closed $685.
Produce: Butter-Extra creamery, l61f1l9c
PER 10 fresh dairy, l6c; packing STOCK. 90
7c-Esgs-Fresh stock, lo>s Gllc per doz. loss Oh.
Dressed poultry-Sp ing chickens, 90 .O]fc per
Id: turkeys, 6ls tis,sc; ducks, s0l3c; geese. 8
al0c. Potates-Burbanks, good to choice,
5SesI4c Per bu; Hebrons. 63a6Sc; Peerless.
% co6c Sweet potatocs-Ill,uois. 81 5O12 %
per biol C.anberries - Jer-eyA 3uJ03. IS
per box. Honey-White clover. lib sections
new stock. l3lsGlic: brok,n comb. lO9lsc;
DARK comb. POOR packages. &c; strained Cali
fornia. 5G5c. Al. les-Fair To choice. S!.5J0.
4OJ per biol
Chicago Live stock.
CHICAGO, March q.
Live Stock - Prizes at TIE Union Stock
yards today Ranged as follows: Hoy,-Esti-
f,rf ba d,x,
at $35tG+. pigs, S4.3IdD41O light, S4.4O0%.55
rough packing, <LiOtt75 mixei. and 81 $40
49, neayy packing and shipping lots
Cattle - Estimated receipts for the day
400; quotations ranged at S5S5 1635 choice
to extra shipping steers. $j.2JD56b good to
choice do, $47JG5.l0 fair to good, AU1t.6O
common to medium do, <39)143I butchers
steers. sos a5J stockers. SaOGi.p feeders,
sljOct3.6J cows, S3.OJG5.OO heifers, s20o1475
bulls, Sj.OJg5.1J Texas STEERS, ami 81 00a50
V, al calves.
Sheep - Estimated receipts for the day
90U; sales ranged at SS.7Jlt4.O westerns.
s:a5,a4.20 Texans, $2.W14S5 natives, and $3.50
Csc lambs
The Local MARKETS.
. GRAM. ETC.
Coyn-neW, &c.
Oats 71a9c.
.a SOLO :susS sl :s S sRso ''''0
FRUIT AND vEGETABLEs.
Fotatoes-5O0 Sc.
Onions-30c Der On.
PRODUCE
Bufer-Fair to choice, l7c, fresh cream
cry AZ.
Eggs Fresh, 10l
Poultry-Cnickens, &c; turkeys, &c.
LIVE sfOOK.
Cattle Butchers pay for com fed steer
4l6.: cows and heifcrs. 3K04 calves
sAa5c.
Hogs -4e4Zc
Sheep-3e0sc
Spring lamD $30SJ heat.
Coal Soft. 10c.
Wood-S3.5O per cord.
WOOL.
Wool-l3c per pound.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
Results Not Encouraging.

In 1850 a sailing car was tried on the
South Carolina railroad. Its trial trip
was made with fifteen gentlemen on
board. When going at the rate OF twelve
miles an hour the mast went overheard
with several Of the crew, and the resule
was general discoUragement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
LEGAL
Executors Notice.

Executors Notice.
Estate Of Phflt mon L. MITCHELL deceased.
The Undersigned having b. EN- appointed exec
u:ors OF the last will and testament Of Philemon l.
Mitchell late OF the county OF kOcS Island. ttate
Of Illinois, deceased. hereby give notite that they
will appear before the county court OF Hook lei
and county at the office Of the clerk Of said court
in the city Of Rock Issnd, at the May term, on
the first Monday in May nex', at which time all
lifted and requested tn sttebd for the purpose oil
having the same adjusted.
All persOLs indebted to faid estate are re-
quee cd to make Immediate payment 70 the IN
dersiened.
Dated this I'd day Of March. A. D.. 1895.
Phil MITCHELL,
VIC. WADswoRTH.
Macy H. WAD-woRrH,
Executors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
Ro..b.sh Over . Thou...d Ye.rs old.

The famous rose bush of Hildesheim.
on the River Innerste in Germany. Is
said to be over 900 years Of age. The
great King Charles is said to have
planted this rose bush in the year 500
A. d. About 100 years ago this rose
bush died down to the ground. but II
has since grown from the same root to
q height Of thirty feet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
PARKER'S
| aundry,

Washes Evsrythlns ltea . 1lns
Si;k Handksrshisf 70 . e2em Tut.
Isss Curtains q Specially,
No. i724 Third Ave.
4. NJ. PARKER.
Telephone No. I2I4.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
turkish DhfA ROOMS

Baths of all kinds, including
Turkish, plain. shampoo, cleo
trio. elec.ro-thermal, etc., may
be obtained at the Sanitarium
Bath Rooms, on the first floor Of
the Harper House.
ROOMS OPEN.
For Ladies-From n. m. to
l2 m. on week days For Gen.
tlemcn-From p. m. to 10 pm.
on week days On Sundays the
rooms will be open from q. m.
to IL q. m. for Gentlemen only.
Electric and Electro-thermal
baths may be obtained at any
time during business hours.
Gymnasium connected with bath
rooms
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23

We oasr special facilities to operstoss large
or small, for trading on Dafgins in sescks.
grains or provisions Markse lstesr fss1sd reg-
ulaxly. giving latest confidsntial adviess- Or
d.rs received on one per cent msrEins- Our
book Speculsfion. Oh HoS 20 Trade" mailed
on receipe Of tvocsua staDp. VAN WINKLE
4 90. sth Aoor Gal Building. L. Sale sessse
CkicS4o.
The Yale expositor., 1895-05-24
Our Dead Heroes.

The veterans of the G.. A. r., OF
Yale and surrounding community will
observe Decoration day this year. On
Sunday memorial services will be held
in the NJ. +. church at 1870 a. m.
Rev. Harrison delivering the sermon.
All are invited to attend. On Thurs
day the G. A. r., citizens and scholars
of the several schools will unite in
honoring the dead by the decoration
of graves. At 10 a. m. w. II. Dunn.
ply Post will meet at G.. A. X. head.
quarters and at 1880 all will form in
line and march to the cemetery where
the floral tributes will be placed on
the graves of our dead heroes. Upon
returning, basket dinner will be
served on the second floor of the
Duffie building at II o'clock. An in
vitation is extended to the speakers of
the day to have dinner with the G..
A. X. At2 o'clock exercises, consist
ing of speeches, music, etc., will be
held in Central hall.
The Yale expositor., 1895-05-24
To Teachers and others.

For the meeting of the National
Educational Association at Denver,
Colo, in July next, the Western trunk
lines have named q rate of one stand
ard fare, plus two dollars for the
round trip. Variable routes will be
permitted. Special side trips at re-
duced rates will be arranged for from
Denver to all the principal points of
interest throughout Colorado, and
those desiring to extend the trip to
California, Oregon and Washington,
will be accommodated at satisfactory
rates. Teachers and others that desire
or intend attending this meeting or of
making a western trip this summer,
will find this their opportunity. The
Chicago, Milwaukee q st. Paul Rail
way (first-class in every respect) will
run through cars Chicago to Denver.
For further particulars, write TO or call
on HARRY MERCER, Michigan Pass'r
Agent, ll01 Fourth Avenue, Detroit,
Mich. 524
The Yale expositor., 1895-05-24
BetteS-M arakIe.

A very pleasant affair took place at
the home of Mrs. s. G. Bettes, We'd
nesday evening of this week, since
which 1.-TWO minds have but single
thought. two hearts now beat as one. "
the contracting parties being Mernle
Marakle and Miss Helen Bettes, two of
our prominent young people. The
ceremony took place in the presence
of number of their friends, Rev. Har-
rson tieing the puptial knot with the
usual grace and alacrity demonstrated
by ministers on such occasions. Will
lam Bettes, of Port Huron, and Miss
Mary Bettes, of this place, brother and
sister of the bride, acted as bridesman
and bridesmaid for the occasion. The
bride was the recipient of many useful
presents from her friends. The
guests, after listening to some very
pleasing selections of instrumental
music by Mcclellan Bros, sat down to
a table well filled with the delicacies
of the season, and after partaking of
a sumptuous repast, all proceeded to
the evening train, where, amid show
ers of rice, the newly welded couple
left for short wedding tour to Port
Huron, Detroit and other points. May
their lives be Miracle of peace, hap
piness and prosperity.
The Yale expositor., 1895-05-24
CARD OF THANKS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bell desire to
express their sincerest thanks and graf
itude to their neighbors and friends
who aided in their sad hour of sorrow,
also TO the KOTM, and for the beauti-
full floral offerings from the LOTM and
other ladies'
The Yale expositor., 1895-05-24
cure ror r1eaoacne.

AS remedy for all forms of Head
ache Electric Bitters has proved to be
the very best. 1t effects permanent
cure and the most dreaded habitual
sick headaches yield to its influence.
We urge all who are afflicted to procure
a bottle, and give this remedy a trial.
In cases of habitual constipation Elec-
trio Bitters cures by giving the needed
tonic to the bowels, and few cases long
resist the use of this medicine. Try it
once. Large bottles only fifty cents
at Grant Holden 81 Bros. drugstore.
The Yale expositor., 1895-05-24

Please Accept Our Thanks.

"The Yale Expositor entered upon
its l4th year last week as bright, newsy
and prosperous II newspaper as is in
the Thumb. Here brother Menzies is
our hand for the success of the Ex-
positor for the next l3 years 10 come"
Brown City Banner.
"'rhe Yale Expositor has just started
on its 18th year. Brother Menzies has
always given the people of Yale good
paper and the advertising columns of
the Expostor indicate that the people
appreciate his efforts. Long may he
expostulate. y MayYille Monitor-Say-
ings.
The Yale expositor., 1895-05-24
Final Examination of Seventh and
Eighth Grade PupiI9.

The final examination of the seventh
and eighth grade pupils will be held in
the Second Ward school, Port Huron,
May 3lst and June lst. Work will be-
gin at $3.50 Friday morning. Paper and
ink will be furnished the pupils at this
examination; the pupils are to furnish
pens and penholders.
Those who pass the seventh grade
examination will receive cards of pro-
motion to the eighth, and those who
pass the eighth grade examination will
receive diplomas of graduation, which
will enttle them to admission, without
examination, to any high school in the
county.
We sincerely hope that all pupils of
these grades will be encouraged by both
teachers and parents to attend.
X. Il. FAIRMAN,
County Commissioner of Schools.
The Yale expositor., 1895-05-24

LosT-On Friday night, May 10Th, at
the Newsted farm, Greenwood town
ship, or between that place and the
Kenockee town hall, a small plain gold
watch, marked on inside of casing
"Jennie, Dec. 25th, 1892, with short
chain. Finder will be rewarded by
leaving same at Kenockee post office.
The Yale expositor., 1895-05-24

HOUSE AND LoT.-For sale in Yale a
two-story brick cottage with cellar, on
Mary street, with one or more lots. For
further particulars and terms, enquire
of John Black. 33m3
The Yale expositor., 1895-05-24

For SALE-The store building oc-
cupied by NJ. Fitzgerald d Co., Yale,
will be sold on easy terms or will trade
for real estate. For further particulars
call on Fitzgerald d Co. 46-4
The Yale expositor., 1895-05-24

FARMERs--Andrew Staley, of section
50, Fremont township, has a thorough
bred Short Horn Durham Bull for SER
vice. Insurance fee Sl.00. 45-4
The Yale expositor., 1895-05-24

FARMERS READ. - A Thoroughbred
Tamworth boar for service II miles
south of Yale. Terms of service, Sl.00.
Spot cash. 81 WM. WEIGH.
The Yale expositor., 1895-05-24

WANTED-A farm team for which
will be traded a 5-year-old standard
bred mare 49, hands high. weight 100.
Enquire at this office.