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Rock Island Argus., 1896-01-24
1.-The wicklow Postman."

Here are few of the New York
press comments on the production
Of 1.-The Wicklow Postman," to be
seen at Harper's theatre Sunday even.
ing:
Eugene O'Rourke is the best and
most natural Irish comedian seer
here in a long time. The produc'
ton and company were excellent
World.
"A consistent story, the plot is in.
teresting and situations thrilling
Mr.. O'kourke received hearty ap
plause throughout.'-Herald.
''Even without the cock fight The
Wicklow Postman' would have earned
lots of applause."-T;mes.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-01-24
LOOK OUT

For number always the best policy As the winter ad-
and spring draws you will be thinking of reurnshng
or putting down carpets your house. So desire
to let you know that
Rock Island Argus., 1896-01-24
COUNTY BUILDING.

2l-S. W. Wheelock by commits
sioner to Grace sWheelock, lot Z,
Wheelock Place, Moline, 81, ,220.
j. Frank Robinson to William Nc
Conochie, lots s and 9, block 5, lot.
IS and IA. block 6. and lots and 10
block Z, South Park, second add.
Rock Island, 81.
Michael Brahm to Christian Sulser
lot IS. sci 3, Il, 2w, S665.
Licensed to We'd
24-Theodore kaford, Moline, Mrs
Eva Doll, La Sale.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-01-24
Gludness Comes

NJith better understanding of the
w transient nature of the many phys
ical ills which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle eefforts-pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to constipated condi-
ton of the system. which the pleasant
family laxative. Syrup of Figs. prompt
/ ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families. and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without debiiitating the
organs on which it acts. tits therefore
all important, in order to get its bene-
ficial effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine article,
which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep
utable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, then ]axa-
tives or other remedies are not needed.
Ii afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most slzillful
physicians, but if in need of laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well-informed medeverywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
osedand gives most general satisfaction.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-01-24
MCIntyre-ReCk 2y Goods Co.
1909 Island III
Blanket Pie.

Blanket Pie.
Good Pie for this weathe-o pairs io while cotton
pair 45c.
pairs hes woolb
IS single bed comforts, now 49,
Dress Goods Pie.
and nch and juicy A few sample eices
goods worth s5c yard
g 81
novelty value g. - IS
skirt
pieces pads
wool goods, have ben
29c. S2.l0 dress pattern
Underwear Pie.
Pies Pies. We going to close
to give 'em
Men'sh heavy heeced rhir. a. now
Mems gray &C
Q &C.
WOmenS equestrian tights in value u IS. a &c
Eoue.trian lights in value up TO 81 81. II 81 s.
ch ,ce while they
greatly prices
Hosiery Pie.
cd % ave on hand af hesep
Women oil wool black cashmere hose,
for25c.
Cloak and Cape Pies.
s. So vaiue.
ranging in up TO Ses
all kinds minced
Rock Island Argus., 1896-01-24
The Weather.

Generally cloudy weather and
probably occasional light snow to-
night and Saturday; northerly winds
Today's temperature. "a.
+. J. WALz. Observer.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-01-24

Exposure to cold. damp winds may
result in pneumonia unless the sys.
tenn is Kept invigorated by Hoods
Sarsaparilla.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-01-24

Try there sheetipgs once and you'll not Q better
10 pieces beached and brown sheeting at lexc
15pieces bleached cotton a fannel, 6 yards for e5c
Rock Island Argus., 1896-01-24
A Talk About Pie.


nothing
going Pie you Here are
some OF kinds Of " -
Rock Island Argus., 1896-01-24
Muslin and Sheeting Pies.

fou all afford
The
cost ue from IS replace
hat much, ~~-'
61&c brown muslin yard for '-
5xc bolt
" ~-o.e- nv ."N ~ A"1Siius
Fruit and Lonedae beached muslin
the prices we pays o buy better soods N
Sheetings.
Good and cheap Pepuere brown pillow casing
fepperei 45 inch brown pillow casing.
The famous Danve ten
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29
A MISUNDERSTANDING,
No New Factory Going I'm On
Centre Street,

The Advertiser last evening heard a re-
port from we'll known builder that the
tenants had been ordered out from tb cold
Printers Exchange at Gorham's Corner
and the property from Fore to CONNER
oiai streets leased by parties who would
erect factory thereon.
A reporter of the PRESS called on Mr.
D. W. Clark of the Richardson Wharf
company who own the property and that
gentleman said the report was probably
due to misunderstanding. For some
time the company had taken under con-
sideration turning the old Printers Ex-
change building into other uses as the
tenants that occupied the property were
frequently of an undesirable character.
The company owns the building at the
foot of Centre street formerly occupied by
the Diamond Wrench company, and
there had been some talk Of leasing that
building to a manufacturing COMPANY
but thus far the negotiations had not re-
suited in anything definite. He thought
that with two factory buildings alre ady
on hand, one unused by the lessons al
though they paid rent and another in ex-
cellent condition open to lease he saw no
special occasion for new factory.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29
DRUGS FOR THE MILLION.
Interesting Scenes in the Wholesale Dis
trict of Gotham.
New York Letter in Pittsburg Dis.
patch

New York Letter in Pittsburg Dis
patch
There is one dingy spot in this grea
city where the products of the entir,
globe are brought together. 1t is tn,
wholesale drug district, and Gold stree
is it's artery. Gold street is narrow ant
busy and ill-payed. 1t leads from Full
ton street into network of dingy streets
that are never crowded, save now and
then with wagons. That network Of
narrow, crooked and seemingly deoayed
streets is one of the busiest in town
1t is here that the wholesale drug trade
oenters. Spacious drug shops uptown
seem to contain enough medicines to kill
and cure the whole town, but there is
scarce one OF them that upon any unusu-
al demand for the commonest drug would
not have to draw upon the wholesale dis
trict. You find in that downtown net
work of shabby streets almost everything
In the materia medioa in crude form or
prepared. The region is redolent of spi-
Gerry and reeking with opium and ASA
foet1da 1t has samples in bales, pills by
the barrel, and the cheap drugs by the
ton. There are casks of liquids SO preo-
1ous that they must be dealt out at re-
tail by the drop to save waste. There is
the potable gold of the old chemists, and
there are essential oils at fabulous prices
per ounce.
The wholesale drug region seems to
bring together the ends of the earth. 1t
does bring together the agents of houses
the country over. Every concern that
distills helpful agents from plants, or
congresses long prescriptions into tiny
tablets or grinds quinine or refines crudi-
ties OF prepares standard drugs by special
processes must have an office in this
maze. You smell the gardens of Asia at
one door, see gums from Soudan at the
next window, and buy dried plants from
Australia across the way The man on
the fourth floor will supply 100 barrels of
epsom salts, and his neighbor owns half
ton of cough drops. The frequenters
of this strange region are teamsters,
messengers from the drug stores uptown,
clerks, drug manufacturers and whole
salers, and persons of kindred occupa-
tons. The stranger to the trade occa-
sionally strays in, who finds dead and
quiet street much of the Jime. The older
houses take pleasure in signs that threat
en- to fall apart, and many of the sign
boards bear inscriptions that convey
nothing to the lay mind. Noon time
finds bit of uuwonted oommotion in
the streets, when men are hurrying out
to luncheon. There are moments. too.
when line of teams blocks the narrow
streets encroaches on the sidewalks, and
explains the worn appearance of the
curbstones. There is scarce new tall
building in all the region. Nightfall
finds shutters closed, lights out, and the
streets silent and deserted. All who
doubt the truth of the old saw about
competition being the life of trade should
take peep at Gold street and its shah
bier neighbors.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29
FRENCH MINISTRY COMPLETE.
Nj. incline Succeeds in Forming a Cabine I
for President Faure.

Paris, April 2S.-It is announced this
evening that M. Meline has practically
completed his cabinet. AS now ar
ranged the cabinet is composed as fol.
lows: M. Meline. prime minister, min.
lister of justice and minister of agricult.
ure; M. Hanotaux, minister of foreign
affairs; nr. Barthou. minister of interi.
or; Gen. Billot, minister of war; Admi.
raj Besnard, minister of marine; M.
Cookery, minister Of finance; M. Ram
baud, minister of public instruction and
worship; u. Lesson, minister of colonies.
No definite selection has vet been made
for ministers of commerce and public
works. Tho future ministers assem- blsd
tonight at the residence of M. Meline, to
discuss the policy they will follow and
arrange programme for presentation to
the Chambers. The cabinet will appear
n the Chamber of Deputi es Thurs day,
when the programme will bs read.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29

Cumberland. IS.
At the Court of County Commissioners
begun and holden at Portland, within and
Tor the County OF Cumberland, on the first
tuesday OF January, Ammo DOmini 1896 to
Wit, at regular session thereof on the first
tuesday of April, Ammo Domini, 1896.
On the foregoing Petition it being satisfac-
torily shown to the Court, that the Petition
efs are responsible, and that an inquiry into
the merits is eXpedient, it is hereby Ordered
tllat the County Commissioners will meet at
the store of r. G. Harding 81 Son. in said
Gorham, on Saturday, the sixteenth day of
May, A. D., 1896, at eleven o'clock in the
forenoon, and that the Petitioners give
notlce to all persons interested, by causing
an attested copy of said Petition and this
Order OF Court thereon, to be served upon
the Town Clerk of said Town of Gorham and
also by posting up copies of the same in three
puDllc places IN said town, and publishing
The same once week for three weeks sue
cessiyely in the Portland Daily PRESS, a
newspaper printed in Portland, in said
County, the first of said publications, and
each OF the other notices, to be at least
thirty days before the time of said meeting (;
at which time and place, (after it has been
satisfactorily shown that the above notice
has been duly giVen) the Commissioners will
proceed to view the route set forth in said
Petition, and other routes and loads CON
nected Herewith, and after such view thpy
viii give hearing to the parties and their
Witnesses at some convenient place in the
vicinity, when and where all persons and
corporations interested, may appear and
show cause, il any they have, whv the
prayer of said Petition should not be
granted.
Attest,
b. C. STONE, Clerk.
Copy of the Petition and Older of Court
thereon.
Attest,
B. c. STONE, Clerk.
8pIl3 dlaW3WW
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
To the Honorable Commissioners of
the HarbOr Of the City of Portland !,
and the Tidal Waters Connected
Herewith.

The undersigned Atlantic and st. Law
renee Railroad Company and its lessee, the
Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada,
IN THIS, their petition, respectfully show:
THAT they own and control a certain
wharf situated in the city of Portland, in
the State of Maine ana extending into the
tidal waters in front of lands in said city of
Portland owned and controlled by them,
said wharf being the wharf upon which the
Grand Trunk sheds, No. 4, No. and No. 6,
are situated.
2-That by reason of the increase of ship
ping, commerce and traffic at said wharf,
and the great length of steamships and
other vessels using said wharf, it has be-
come absolutely necessary that said wharf
should be enlarged, heightened and ex-
tended futher into said tidal waters, and
your petitioners desire and with your con-
sent and permission intend to enlarge,
iengthen and extend said wharf by build
ing it straight out into said tidal waters a
distance of 50 feet, more or less, to the Har-
Dor Comm ssioners' Line of said harbor of
the city of Portland making the new part
OF said wharf the same width as the pres
ent structure, to wit, 345 feet. Sa d wharf,
when extended a. enlarged in the manner
hereinbefore described, not at any. point to
extend beyond the Harbor Commissioners
Line aforesaid, but to be wholly outside the
waters inclosed by said Harbor Commission
ers Line.
Wherefore the undersigned petitioners
pray that you, the said commissioners of
the harbor of the city If Portland and the
TIDAL waters connected Herewith, will or
der such motion on this petition as NAV by
law be required and that after due exami-
nation of the matters herein set forth you
Will give you petition ers written consent
and permission, allowing them to make,
build and maintain the enlargement and ex-
tension of said wharf in the manner herein
before described.
Dated at Portland, Maine, this 25th day of
April, A. d. 1886.
The Grand Trunk Railway of Canada.
By A. A. STROUT,
Its Solicitor.
Atlantic and st. Lawrence Railroad Com
pany.
By A. A. STROUT,
Its Solicitor.
,, Upon the foregoing petition it is ordered
Inat nearing be appointed for Friday, May
5ih next, at 4 O'Clock p. M, at the Harbor
Commissioners office, No. Exchange
street; where all maps may be examined
and all parties interested may be heard; and
1t IS hereby further ordered that a notice of
the above petition, together with this our
order thereon, be given by publication in
the four daily papers published in Portland
PRESS, Argus, Express and Advertiser
for seven days previous to said hearing.
SAMUEL B. KELSEY,
HENRY FOX,
g. II. FARLEY.
Commissioners of Portland Harbor
Portland, April 81, 1896. apr28-7t
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29
For Poison

Due originally to unhealthy J
Seeretions of diseased
Organs and aggravated by
Poisonous medicines,
Resulting in a complete
Decentralization of the
Entire system,
Take Kickapoo
Indian Sagwa
Natures own remedy for
All complaints commonly
Known as Consumption,
Dyspepsia, Bright's Disease,
Biliousness and other kindred
MaladieS resulting from an
Unhealthy condition of the
Kidneys, Liver, Stomach and
Blood. Health and long life
Attend its use.
Ham-never.
SI.oo a bottle, 6 for $500.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

PROPOSALS will be received at the office of
Jordan < Richardson, Civil Engineers,
81 1-2 Exchange street, until May 18th, at
p. M. for work incidental to proposed i'm
Maine, which calls for about 1900 cubic yards
OF rubble masonry, about J 90 cubic yards brick
masonry about 1900 cubic yards, ledge ex-
cayatlon; A separate proposal for timber
dam, rock filed. containing 100 thousand B.
III. OF 65O cubic yards more or less, will be
received
Plans and specifications of the work may be
seen at the office above mentioned
Ihe right IS reserved to reject any or all bids,
JORDAN & RICHARDSON,
aPZ9d2W Engineers in charge.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29

Baltimore April 28.-Daniel A. Stuart
arrived here last night bringing the arti-
cles of agreament for fight between
James j. Corbett and Robert Fitzsim-
mons and tried to induce the latter to
attach his signature to the contract which
had previously been signed by Corbett's
representatives William A. Brady. Fitz-
simmons was very firm however in his
refusal to have anything to do with the
exclamation for the time being.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29
AN HONEST MAN,

Dear Editor: Please inform your readers
that if written to conIdentially, 1 will mail in
"a sealed letter. the plan pursued by which
was permanently restored to health and manly
vigor. after years of suffering from Nervous
Weakness, night losses and weak, shrunken
parts.
have no scheme to eXhort money from any
one whomsoever. l was robbed and swindIed
by the quacks unJil l nearly lost faith in
mankind. but thank Heaven, l am now
well, vigorous and strong. and anxious to
make this certain means of cure known to
all.
Having nothing to sell or send G. o. ID. Iwant
no money. Address JAS. A. HARRIS,
Delray, Mleh., Box 356
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29
Bangor Played Good Ball.

Springfield. April 2s.-The game be-
tween Springfield and Bangor this after.
noon was interesting, both teams playing
good sharp bali. Springfeld's victory
was due principally to their sharp play al
critical times. Coughlin and Gildea held
the hits down and received good support.
The score:
Springfield, 0 90 O o.
Bangor, 0 0 0 O 0 0 0-1
Base hits-Springfeld, 9; Bangor, 8.
Errors-Spring1eId, 8; Bangor, g. Bat
teries-Coughlin and Coogan; Gildea and
Roach.
Other Games.
At Observation-Disclosures, s; B ock-
ton, 6.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29
High Rates Didn't Work.

Chicago, April 20. = Owing to the rules
Of the juint traffic pool the Lake lines
are capturing three-fourths of the total
east bound freight traffic out of Chicago.
large percentage of the lake ship.
ments will go TO New York by water, GO
ing from Buffalo via the Erie canal to
escape the arbitrary high rates of the
trunk lines.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29
Forest Fires in Connectie ut.

Winsted. Conn, April 29.-A forest fire
broke out in the woods between Winsted
and Burrville yesterday noon ard is still
burning. Over 200 acres of woodland
extending from BuIrville Centre to the
Four Corners on the north and from
Winsted road to considerable distance
over the mountains on the west, were
burned to ashes. A large number of
farmers have been at work continuously
sincs yesterday noon. trying to eytin-
gnish the blaze. The origin of the fire
is not known,
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29
Postponed for One Week.

The meeting of the general committee
on the new Masonic Temp le which was
to have been held this evening has been
postponed for one week to Wednesday
evening May 9th.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29
Governor Sold LIQUOR

Burlington, VT, April 2s.-The libel
suit of Gov. Woodbury. vs.. the Rutland
Herald, begun today in the Supreme
Court. The testimony showed that
liquor was served by bell boys and wait
ers in the dining from the hotel owned
by the governor, and these facts were
well known to the governor,
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners:

We, the undersigned, Selectmen of the
Town Of Gorham, res pectfully represent
that the true boundaries of the highway in
Road leading from the square opposite the
store Of r. G. Harding 81 Son, Gorham Vii
lage to Westbrook line, are doubtful, I'M
certain OF lost. We therefore request you to
locate and define the limits and boundaries of
said road. Dated at Gcrham, this 18th day
Of April, 1896.
GEO. R. SPINNEY,
CARL W. SHAW,
Z. II. +. SMITH,
Selectmen of GOrham
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29

from buying diseased stock, and the state
receiving any more diseased CATTLE
In regard TO our late quarantine of cat
tie from any point of the compass, it had
come to the knowledge of our board that
several droves and car loads of cheap
cows were being brought into Maine
along the line of the Grand Trunk rail
road from New Hampshire and Vermont,
and were being distri buted and sold
among the farmers along the line. many
of whom had sold off from their herds
much more desirable animals such as our
drovers are selecting every week for the
Brighton market, and many of which
command fancy price in Boston owing
to the now undisputed fact that Maine
COWS are practically free from tuberoulo-
sis and that we have the minimum,
amount of any New England State.
This being conceded, our drovers are
seeking out and purchasing class of
COWS, of which the supply will soon ba
unequal to the demand, as they select
only the best, and while discarding COWS
that are too old or too young, or farrow,
they are able to offer the farmer few
dollars extra price for his best milch
COWS, often leaving behind two that can
not supply the amount of milk or butter
Of the one sold, leaving him two to care
for and two to feed, to obtain the equal
product of The one let go. If the COWS
that were being brought into Maine at a
lower price compared fayorably with
those being sold out of our state, there
would not have been so much objection
to them, if tested before admitted. but
they were as a rule old cows that were
being discarded from farms in other
state and that would compare fairly with
the cheap oows that were being brought
into Maine by the car load previous to
our first quarantine against Massachu-
setts.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29
AT BALTIMORE.

Washington 0 / 0 l l 10
Baltimore 8 0 0 0 0 90
Base hits-Washington 10; Baltimore
z. Errors-Washingt 2; Baltimore 2.
Observation-Disclosures, Boyd and Mcclure;
Pond and Bowerman.
AT PHILADELPHIA.
Brooklyn o / 90 / 8 Oh
Philadelphia 0 0 0 O-5
Base hits-Brooklyn 30; Philadelphia
TO-. Errors-Brooklyn 8; Philadelphia 4.
Internationally and Burrell; Orth,
Inks and Grady.
The National League standi ng.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-29
GUILTY. uUWH 10
THE TUBEHEULIN TEST,

which ls now almost universally adopted
by all veterinarians and state official as
the best and safest diagnotioe agent yet
discovered, we have had in this state, as in
all others, plenty of sceptics and oppo-
nents who are always ready to condemn
in advance any rev departure from old
customs, only to have the conviction
forced upon them that 1t is an agent at
onca reliable and far more to be depended
upon than any physical examination by
our most experienced men. OF course,
we have always had to depend upon ply
sioal exami nations before tuberoulin was
discovered, and suon an examination has
not lost its usefulness now in any cases
where the disease has reached q faIr de-
velopment, but as it has always provided
that appearances in this disease are of the
most unreliable nature since tuberculln
has supplied SO we'll q long felt want, IL
only resolves that We can safely rely upon
such tests, il the tuberoulin can be de-
pended upon and the tests are made by
competent men. The veterinarians in
this state who are making tests every week
for drovers who buy for Brighton, who
are all members of the Maine State Vet
Urinary association have recently adopted
a resolution that they will for the future
uSo O DldAu VI UuU6fCullu LII but
making of such tests. The popularity of
tuberculin tests has forced upon the mar
ket the product of rival chemists and i'm
poiters, until many different kinds were
being purchased and employed in this
state the indueement being furnished in
many casessby the price at which it could
be obtained, and, without oondemning
any of the brands that have heretofore
been used, the Association have now
agreed upon Kooh's as this has so far
furnished uniformly reliable results, almost
equally with that furnished by the ''Bu-
reau of Animal Industry"at Washington.
The Government tuberculin is never sold
to veterinarians and is only furnished to
boards of cattle commissioners of the
several state free, upon conditions bind
ing them not to allow 1t to be used in
private practice and only for official
work.
Early last spring our board had several
consultations with the Board of Health
of the City of Portland in regard to tho
inspection of all