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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
SOME SMALL TALK OF THE TRACK
News and Gossip Gathered at the Depots
OF the Town.

News and Gossip Gathered at the Depots
OF the Town.
Louis Madison is braking on the
Rock Island.
w. w. Street is switching in the
Burlington yards.
Frank Hopkins, a fiagmar for the
c.. r. /. Il p, is sick.
Brakeman G. Johnson is back to
work at the Rock Island.
Clarence Colgrove is switching in
the Rock Island yards.
Engineer John Daily, of the Rock
Islanu. is laid up by sickness.
Ii. Wilson. Rock Island brakeman,
has returned from Vinton, Iowa.
Engineer Al Hibbard, of the Rock
Island, is ont again after an illness.
Ben Els, who has been sick. is again
at work a brakeman on the Rock ISL
and.
Edward Sexton, brakeman on the
Iowa division of the Rock Island, is
sick.
Henry Trefz has resigned his duties
as blacksmith's helper at the Rock
Island.
Conductor GUY Settle is again on
his run on the Rock Island after an
illness.
A. S. Edwards has received a per-
manent appointment in the railway
mail service.
c. c. Ferguson, Z. l.. Hipsley and
NJ. S. Lamb are new brakeman on the
Rock Island.
Owing to the illness of his wife,
Fireman Dan Flanagan is away from
his work at the Rock Island.
Brakeman A. L. Hughes, of the
Rock Island, who has been off duty
owing to the illness of his wife, is
back at work.
Joe Swisher is temporary clerk al
the Burlington roundhouse while Fay
Bowker pays a visit to his bone in
northwestern Iowa.
Fireman Joe McQuaid was taken
sick on his run at Valley Junction on
the Rock Island last week. He was
relieved by Fireman Wilson.
While Rock Island passenger engine
No. 915 in charge of Engineer l.. H.
Morgan and Fireman NJ. c. Wynes,
was descending hill west of Kellogg,
Iowa, last week, tire flew off, and
that there was not disaster is con-
sidered marvellous. The locomotive,
strange as it may seem, stuck to the
track, aud run Il mile minus a wheel
tire No one was hurt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
Question Answered.

Yes, August Flower still has the
largest sale of any medicine in the
civilized world. Your mothers and
grandmothers never thought of using
anything else for indigestion or bill
iousness. Doctors were scarce. and
they seldom heard of appendicitis,
nervous prostration or heart failure.
etc. They used August Flow
er to clean out the system and stop
fermentation of undigested food. reg
ulate the action of the liver, stimulate
the nervous and organic action of the
system, and that is all they took when
feeling dull and bad with headaches
and other aches. You only need a
few doses of Green's August Flower,
in liquid form. to make you satisfied
there is nothing serious the matter
with you. Sample bottles free at I. II.
Thomas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
A SURE CURE FOR GROUP.
twenty-five Years Constant Use With
out a Failure.

The first indication of Group is
hoarseness, ana in child subject TO
that disease it may be taken as sure
sign of the approach of an attack. Fol-
lowing this hoarseness is a peculiar
rough cough. fChamberlain's Cough
Remedy is given as soon as the child
becomes hoarse, or even after the
croupy cough appears, it will prevent
the attack. 1t is used in many thou
sands of homes in this broad land and
never disappoints the anxious moth
ers. We have yet TO learn of single
instance in which it has not proved
efrectual. No other preparation can
show such a record-25 years con-
slant use without n failure. For sale
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
STORY OF A RAILROAD.
The Great Rock Island System
Has Its Beginning
In lS47.
FIRST RUN OF FORTY MILES

Passer ger Train Makes Initial Trip Prom
Chicago to Joliet In October of 1852
Wonderful Growth of the Corporation
r. Il. Cables work-Other Talk of the
| Track.
The Rock Island railway is the sub
ject of an interesting historic article
in a Chicago exchange. The road. it
is stated, had its beginning in 1S47,
when an act of the legislature was APP
proved Feb. u, authorizing the incor-
poration of the Rock Island & La
Sale Railroad company to construct
a line of railroad from Rock Island
Ito the Illinois river at the termina-
ton of the Illinois and Michigan
canal"
The capital stock of the company
was $500. 900. Books were opened for
subscription on Feb. %, 1913. On
Feb. Z, 1851, an act of the legislature
was approved changing the name of
the corporate to the Chicago & Rock
Island railroad, authorizing il to con-
tinue its projected railroad by way of
Ottawa and joliet TO the city of Chica-
go and to increase the capital stock to
So, 900, 600. The work OF construction
begun April 10, 1852, and the follow
ing October the first passenger train
was run from Chicago to Joliet, a dis
lance of forty miles. The full line
authorized by the charter, from Chi
cago to Rock Island, Isl miles, was
completed and placed in operation in
1854. Feb. %, 1852, the Mississippi
& Missouri railroad was incorporated
under the laws of the state of Iowa
to construct a railroad from Dlven-
port to Council Bluffs.
Jan. 3, 1856, this road was COM
pleted to Iowa City and formally
opened for business. Abranch was
soon constructed to Muscatine and
later to Washington, Iowa.
Present Name Adopted.
Work was at intervals continued on
| the main line toward Council Bluffs
but was not pushed with energy I'M
til 1866, when the road then COM
pleted from Davenport to Kellogg and
from Wilton to Washington was Sc
cured by and consolidated with the
Chicago * Rock Island railroad under
the name OF the Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific Railroad company.
The main line was extended to Des
|
10 Council Bluffs in 1869.
Meantime bridge had been con-
structcd across the Mississippi river
between Rock Island and Davenport,
having been completed April 81,
1856, being the first bridge to span
that river.
A railroad from Bureau to Peoria
had been completed in 1854, and at
once leased in perpetuity to the Rock
Island company.
The southwestern division of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rail-
road was extended from Washington,
Iowa, to Leavenworth. Kas., and OPP
Grafton of it's line begun in 1871. In
1872 its line was extended to Atchi-
son. Kas., and in January, 1880, the
road began running its trains into
Kansas City, Me.
In 1878 the line of the Keokuk &
Des Moines railway, extending fcom
Des Moines tC Keokuk, was acquired
by lease, and prior to this time sew
eral branch lines had been constructed
at various points of intersection in
the state of Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
About Truck Farming.

Tee afternoon session was opened
with singing by the public school
choir, with organ compartment.
Truck Farming" was the next
topic before the institute, by W. S.
Mccullough, of Taylor Ridge. He
said truck farming is the raising of
those things not considered staple ar
ticles. The land that is suitable for
onions must be Ievel' and rich, and
should be cultivated at least four
inches in depth. All seeds should be
planted about five times their own
depth, and rows for onions should be
about II inches apart. The land that
is good for onions is good for cab
bage. 1t should be rich and moist,
and plowed about ten inches in depth.
Caulitlower should be blanched by
gathering the leaves together so as to
place the head in shade. Celery
is about one of the best and most val
liable vegetables grown, and the
ground should be we'll fortified with
good strong fertilizer, the roots
should be pressed into the ground
when the plants are first set out, and
little fertilizer placed upon each hill,
and the soil should be gradually
drawn toward the hill until IA ridge is
formed.
special Breeds of Dairy Cows"
was the subject assigned to b. F.
Wyman, of Sycamore. He said he
had heard this subject talked about a
good deal and had had considerable
experience himself. He read an ex-
haustive and lengthy article, which
was mostly a compilation of statistics
showing that it would be to the ad-
vantage of and profitable to all dairy
men to have special bred dairy cows.
The exercises were then concluded by
another song from the choir, The
Farmer Feeds Them ALL" A vote of
thanks was then passed to the citizens
of Port Byron for their generous en-
tertainment, and TO the officers of the
institute for the manner in which
they had performed their duties.
1t was the unanimous testimony of
all that the 2-dsys' sessions had been
the most interesting and profitable of
any yet held.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20

j. a. Lambert. of Rachel. n. C.,
writes: Il heartily endorse Foley's
Kidney Cure. II does what you claim
it will do, and there is nothing equal
to it, and / thank you for the good it
has done me-" All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
There Is a Glass of People

who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocery stores a new preparation
called Grain-O, made of pure grains.
that takes the place of coffee. The
most delicate stomach receives it
without distress, and but few can tell
it from coffee. 1t does not cost over
one-fourth as much. Children may
drink it with great benefit. 10 cents
and % cents per package. Try it.
Ask for Grain-O.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
Consolidation Effected.


June 3. 1888, the various lines built
and acquired by the Chicago, Rock
Island ~ Pacific Railway company
were consolidated into one corpora
ton.
An extension of the south ives tern
division of the road was con pleted
from Altamont, Mo. to st. Joseph,
Mo, in 1855, and in 1886 work was
begun on the line of the Chicago,
Kansas II Nebraska railway; and by
the wear 1889 the latter company had
constructed and placed in operation
| / ,459 miles of road extending into the
states of Kansas, Nebraska and Colo
RADIO. Soon thereafter its line was
EXTENDED through Oklahoma and In
dian territories To the Texas border
at Terral, 1. Il.
| April 20, 1891, under the terms of
the mortgage, the Chicago, Kansas Il
! Nebraska railway was sold to the
Chicago, Rock Island Il Pacific Rail-
way company and made part of that
system.
In 1887 the Des Moines & Fort
Dodge railroad, extending from Des
Moines to Ruthven and Fort Dodge
Iowa. was leased to the Rock Island
company
In 1890 the Rock Island company
constructed line of road from South
Omaha 10 Lincoln, later extending it
to Fairbury, Neb.
The aggregate mileage of the main
line and branches of the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railway is now,
in round mum bers, $500 miles.
Its lines extend through or into
eight states and territories. its earn
ings average over $50. 900, 900 per
year, and it gives employment to over
| Is, 600 men.
Work of X. X. Cable.
r. X. Cable, chairman of the board
OF directors of the Rock Island road.
is an old and experienced railroad
man. He was born in Ohio, but
moved TO Illinois In his early life, To-
eating in Rock Island. where he was
engaged in the coal mining business.
Later he became interested in the
railway business, and as early as 1870
was president of the Rockford, Rock
Island x ST. Louis railroad. a line
extending from ST. Louis through
Rock Island to Sterling. Ill
Mr.. Cable was elected director of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
FARMERS At SCHOOL,
Timely Discussions Before the
Annual County lnsti-
tute.
EDUCATION IN RURAL DISTRICTS.

Superintendent Ferguson Points Out
Means of Improving Conditions --Omcers
for the Year EIected-TsIks on Hard
Roads, Truck Farming, Dairy Cows, Etc.
A Successful Meeting.
Port Byron, Jan. 20.-Thursday
evenings session of the Farmers insti-
tute opened with quartet singing by
Messrs. Coddington and Ruger and
Misses Zollinger and Albrecht. with
Mildred Metzgar as organist.
Supt. S. j. Ferguson then addressed
the institute on. Our Country Schools. -"
He said he would first speak of the
teacher, who should be a lady or a
gentleman, and as children seldom
forget first impressions we should be
careful as to who we employ to form
those impressions. One of the great
mistakes made is in hiring one we
know but little about as to their high
moral character. A teacher is ent ted
to his own religious or political opin-
ions and these questions should never
be brought against him. He had no
sympathy for the idea that farmers
sons and daughters do not require any
more education than TO be able to read
and write and cipher a little. He
would have directors of schools to
allow their teachers Ito visit other
schools so many days in the year, be-
cause teachers can all gain instruction
from each other. He favored the es-
tabl' shing of central township schools,
and that child en- should be taken and
brought from school in a conveyance
This would be no experiment, because
it has and is beng adopted and has
proved to be satisfactory and success
full in quite asnum Der of states.
Election OF Omcers.
Yesterday at the morning session
the institute elected the following ofli-
GERS for the ensuing year:
President-W. II. Wheaton, Rey-
nolds.
Secretary-Eli Corbin, Carbon Cliff
Treasurer. b. StrAyer, Rock ISL
and.
Vice President-(For the upper
eud), Henry Saddoris, Coe ownship;
vice president (for the lower end) H.
b. Carpenter, Edgington.
Delegates to the Congressional Dis
trict-Eli CJrbin, w. ii. Ashdown, w.
II. Wheaton.
2 Delegates to the State Institute
Thomas Campbell, w. S. Mccullough,
DIR. William Lyford.
Executive Committee-T. Camp
bell, w. S. Mccullough, w. II. Ash
down, Fred Osborne and j. b. McCOn-
nell.
Henry Carpenter and +. A. Wood,
of Edgington, not being present to
speak upon the corn question, b. +.
Wyman, of Sycamore, addressed the
institute on hard roads. He first
stated our roads were good 10 months
in the year, aud that water was the
cause of our bad roads. In order to
have good roads at all times, we must
get rid of the water, which should be
done upon the same principle as we
get rid of water upon our landry
thing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
No Time to Cough

but plenty of time TO eat. drink and
he merry after you have taken a few
doses of the cough medicine we are
now selling with such good results in
every case. You will feel like new
person. can eat, sleep and work as
well as play. We can confidently
recommend il as the best remedy of
the kind we have ever handled. Only
25c bottle.
Bahnsen's Drug Store.
Corner 4th Avenue and goth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20

CAsTo RIA.
B..r.ths The Kind YuB Haze llEsIs Bought
''s; : &szzzz1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
If Banner saIve

doesn't cure your piles, your money
will be returned. II is the most heal
ing medicine in the world. All drug.
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
81. 05 a Pair.

40 pairs OF womeu'S black kid shoes.
lace and button, with kid lips. sl.65
T. little more than Onc-half regular
price
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
6I.O5 a Pair.

> sOD p airs OF wOmens black OxfordS,
with KID uppers and cloth kid tops
81 % i Just one half regular price.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20

We should be taxed to our utmost capacity by this
carefully The
waiting opened needed There will be fault
These with others mentioned make
appeal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20

Subscribe for TIE ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
ST. IS a Pair.

Over 900 pairs OF women : lace and
button tan and BLACK kid shoes. coin
and wide round toe with kid tips and
medium weight sOies. si.25 l. less than
One-half regular price
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
81. 40 a Pair.

$40 pairs Of wOmen's tan Kill lace
shoes with medium weight upoers aud
soles. sI.IO in less than one half regular
p ice.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-28
Gambling in High Life

Commenting ON the report of the grand
jury at the last Criminal court in Char
lotte, In which card playing in high life
is called to the attention of the court,
the Raleigh Christian Advocate says:
1--WE have never been able to see that
gambling in the game of progressive
euchre clubs and parlors, is any less
sinful than gambling in the saloon or on
the creek bank" The fact that this
''gilt-edge' vice is winked at by ecclesias-
teal and civil law. and practiced by some
of the shining lights" even in staid old
Methodism, only illustrates truth which
has been demonstrated ever since cleav
age began in society-that the safest
place for sin is in the upper strata
of society, so-called. 1t hides behind the
imposing form of some individual, promi-
nent in church, society, or the State, ami
says, ''Shoot if you dare Then an
omino,ls stiffness often reigns in the pull
pits, religious papers, and civil courts.
The evil is allowed to tlaunt itself and
grow, because it is scented and Hd-gloye'''
you know"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-28
VANCE MONUMENT UNWILLING.
It Will be a Great Occasion For the
State,

1t Is puIposed to make the unwilling OF
the Vance Monument here next May
probably the 20th-a memorable Occa-
sion.
The Confederate Veterans, Associa-
ton this year meets at Louisville, KY,
too far away for many veterans to at
tend. SO it is the intention OF the old
soldiers of the State to make the unyeil-
ing of the Vance monument a sort OF
reunion. And in this, it is understood
that they will be largely joined ~ the
veterans of South Carolina.
The railroads have already indicated
their purpose to give low RATE for the
occasion; and it is expected that his,
together with the love the people OF
North Carolina bear to him whose inon,l-
ment is to be unveiled, will bring a great
crowd Of people here. And this will Ger.
tainly be true if the people OF Raleigh
promptly take the matter in harl in time
and do their duty.
1t is not too early to begin now. A
little more than three months and Nav
Goth will be here. Both the local camp
of veterans and the Chamber o: Com
merce ought to appoint committees IL
secure low rates, provide hotel accom-
modations and make preparations gen
orally, not only to get a big crowd here
Mt the unveiling, but to properly care for
them when they come.
With little effort the occasion can
be made great one for Raleigh and for
North Carolina. The people Of the city
owe this much to themselves and the
people of the State owe it to the Great
Commoner whose memory it is to revive
and perpetuate.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-28
THE OPERA LAST NIGHT.
The Wilburs Will Leave Today For
Wilmington.

The Wilbur Opera Company closed a
weeks successful engagement at the
Academy of Music last night with THE
Pirates of Morocco" or ''Girofe- Girofia,"
This opera, which is an old one under
a new name, was indifferently sung to n
small house.
Harvey, the comedian, was as usual al
right. In fact he was the life Of the
performance and was ably assisted in
his commemorate efforts by Chas. a.
Fuller, Miss Margaret Baxter and the
piquant Miss Alice Hare.
AS to the rest. Well, they forgot
their lines and just let things wag along
any old way. Though not altogether a
bad show, it was not all that it should
have been or all that the Wilbur Opera
Company can make it.
The company will leave this morning
for Wilmington, where they will play
q weeks engagement.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-28
Plumbing at the State Normal.

Col. A. w. Shaffer, Of this city, SAM.
tary engineer of the State Board of
Health, has this week been in Green's
boro making a careful inspection Of the
plumbing work being done at the Nor
NAL and Industrial College. He express
ed himself to a Record man as we'll
pleased with what had been done, and
added: 'AMy inspection showed that
everything has been done right up 10
specification; not thing has been ne
elected, and / am prepared to say that
when it is all completed 1t will be as
fine job of plumbing as has ever been
done anywhere. Whatever turns up in
the future l don't think it can be charged
to the sanitary condition OF the prem
ises.'
Col Shaffer will prepare his report to
the board along the lines here sug-
gcsted.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-28
OLD CORN LIQUOR CAUSED IT ALL
Negro Called at Station House for his
Bottle and Got 20 Days.

There was rather a funny case in the
mayors court yesterday--a case in which
a negro's desire to recover lost bottle
of liquor cost him twenty days on the
road.
Last Saturday night a negro named
Allen Bell was arrested for drunkenness
and disorder. Next morning being Sun
day the mayor did not care to hold court
and so he released Allen on his own
recognizance with the understanding
that he was to return for trial Monday
morning.
But he did not come back and nothing
was again seen of him until Friday night
when he went to the station house and
asked for the bottle of whiskey that
was taken off him when arrested the
Saturday night before.
Instead of getting his liquor Allen
got locked up and yesterday morning he
got 20 days on the roads.
HIS bottle of whiskey will be kept for
him until his sentence expires.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-28
AT CONN ENCEMENT
ADDRESSES TO BE MADE BY THE
PRESIDENTS.
GROWTH Of A QUARTER OF A CENTURY
In 1875 the University Had SO Students, Now
il Has $40. Work on the New Build
ings. The Small Pox Situa-
ton Well in Hand.

The next commencement at the Uni
versity of North Carolina will be a
memorable one.
1t will be the twenty-ffth anniversary
of the re-opening of the institution after
the war.
That was in 1875, and since then the
University has grown from AN institution
with 50 students in attendance to one
with $40.
To celebrate the quarter centennial of
this re-opening, to review the progress
made during the time and to make
plans for the future will bring together
at the next commencement many Of the
most prominent men of the State-for
large per cent. Of the post-bellum
alumni are still living and will attend.
The speakers for this part of the pro-
gram will be ex-Presidents VIM. b.
Philips, Kemp p Battle, George II. Win
son and President Edwin A. Alderman.
These four will trace the re-birth and
development of the institution, from
1875 up to the present time.
DR.. Winston, Of this city, and Mr.. A.
+. Redd, Of Alabama, are the only sur
viving members of the faculty Of the
University at it's reopening.
President Alderman who was in the
city yesterday, said the occasion would
be a memorable one i'll the history Of the
University and he is expecting a very
large attendance of old students, alumni
and friends of the University generally.
THE institution now he continued,
as in very healthy condition. About
2S new students have entered for the
Spring term, making q total Of $40.
1--WE have the small pox situation we'll
in hand and there is no danger Of its
further spread. Only one student left
on account Of it. He was telegraphed
for by his father
The roof is now ON the Carr building,
President Alderman says, and the Me
mortal building is finished up to the
second story. Work on both buildings
is progressing satisfactorily.