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JL THJK AKGUB. WEDNESDAY. Ml LY 15.1891. I) 1 I At .3 11 I CITYCHAT. Music At Spring Cove every afternoon. Frank Garnett, of Coe, wa in the city yesterday. Daniel McNeill, of Watertown, was in town jesterJay. Mattbew Dawson, of Cable, spent yes terday in the city. William Johnson, cf Canoe Creek, was on our streets yesterday. N. J. Emerson, of Osage, Ks.. is vis iting in the city with friends. Bleucr'd full band will play at Black Hawk's tower next Sunday. Miss Mary Maugin left this morning on a visit to friends in Milwaukee. The Davenports and Ottumwas play Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Frank Taylor, of Wabasha, Minn., is visiting with friends in the city. William Denbigh and John Uasson, of Port Byroo, were in town yesterday. Miss Nellie Devine leaves tomorrow on a two weeks' visit to friends in Chicago. Davenport vs. Ottumwa in champion ship games Sunday, Monday and Tues day. L Simon left last night on an extended business trip through Nebraska and ths northwest. Capt. L. F. Dimick and J.E. Malcy, Jr , of Cambridge, were in the city today on business. Mrs. Etnil Eoebler and daughters re turned on the St. Paul today from a pleasure trip to St. Paul. Lost An A. O. U. W. emblem pin marked 'G. W." Finder will receive re ward by returning to Argus office. Music at Spring Cove Thursday niyht. Cars leave Rock Island at 8 and Op. m. Last car . leaves Watch Tower at 12 o'clock. Conductor Bsrber. of the C. B. &. Q , is the latest convert to bicycle riding, and he manipulates it as artistically as be does the ticket punch. Davenport vs. Ottumwa Sandir, Mon day and Tuedav. The Sunday game will be a championship Rame, with Nicol and Sage an a ba'.tcry. Mrs. E. W Hurst. Mr S. B. T. la on and Miss Agatha E.lson left this raoruiDc; on their eastern trip. T&ey were ac companied as far as Chicago by Mr. Hurst. Arsenal Council 11 National Union this afternoon paid over to Mrs. Thomas Glt and sons $:J,KK), they being benefi ciaries of tin. late Dr. Thomas Gilt whose life was insured ia that order. The various performers in the Fore paugh shows yesterday wore a small piece of black and white ribbon ia mem ory of William O'Mara who met such a tragic fate at Clinton Monday afternoon. Hon. Ben T. Cable writes The Aeqtjs that he expects to start for home some time next month with Lis family. Master Cable will by that time, no doubt, be sufficiently robust to withstand the rigor of an ocean voyage. The county court is still occupied in hearing the motions to quash the infor mations in the cases against the Moline parties charged with gsmbling, a numbtr of different motions having been made yesterday and today. The German Lutheran school will have its annual picnic at Elm street concert garden tomorrow, the procession leaving the school at 10 o'clock. Bleuer's full band furnishing the music. A concert will be given in the evening. The Schnell Social and Literary club has engaged the 6teamer Josephine to gether with her double decked barge to give the friends of the club an excursion on the evening of July 22. It is a Btrictly invitation affair and no pains are being spared to make it a grand success. Mrs. W. II. Whisler and daughter Miss Louise, the Misses Gilmore and Mesdsmes Eddy and Dodge were special guests on the F. C. A Denkmann on her outgoing I trip today. The latter ludies go only as far as Clinton, the others, however, mak ing the round trio to Stillwater. The Davenport & Rock Island railway company with the improved electric serv ice handled a grod many thousand people yesterday ond did so without an accident. Last ver wUh horse cars Saperinteudeut Scunitger carted 13,000 people to and from the Barnutn show. This ysar with less of an exertion though wita (quil skill be must ha7e handled u thousand or so more. Ia order to this the supply of trailers rightly belonging on tbU si Je of the river was supplemented by all that could be spared in Daveaport. Among these latter were two little red boxes marked "Davenport Railway Company ' and numbereed 1 and 3. The people of Davenport may to'erate suih excuses for treet cars, but oyer here they are some thing new and are not such as excite ad miration for the system. They caused. am Used ia Millions of Homes more trouble yesterday in getting off the track than all the otber3 combined. The people of Rock Island are united in ap preciation of all the faci'itiea Superinten dent Schniiger can give them, but they do not take kicdly to cattle car ace ra tuaJa'ions, and these two little dumpy fnstitut.oas don't afford anything betur. Kivrr Itiple . The Sidney will be down Friday. The Mary Morton is expected up Fii day. The B. Hcrshey brought down seven strings of lumber. The St. Paul passed dewn today and the Pittsburgh went down. The J. W. Van Sin t and Inverness came down with 15 strings of logs each. The stage of the water at noon was 2:70; the temperature on the bridge 75. The West Rambo, Jo Long, Pilot, Verne Swain and St. Paul came down and the Tenbroeck, F. C. A. Denkmann, West Rambo, Jo Long. Pilot and Verne Swain passed up. Balloons for Naval Purposes. Some experiments have leen lately conducted liy the Freucb. navy which will have an important influence on the future rise of the balloon in time of war. A balloon was constructed with a ca pacity of 11.300 feet, especially for ex perimental purposes. It was inflated with hydron, which was carried in reservoirs under a fressnre.of 100 atmos pheres. A tail rope 130 feet long served to connect the balloon with a ship of the fleet when the balloon was required to be kept captive for reconnoitring pnr poses. It was found that on a clear day all important objects within a radius of eighteen to twenty-fonr miles were clearly distinguished. Another very important rxvint was that tho waters of the sp.i, when observed from a consider able altitude, were found to be singu larly clear, and the details of the bottom were in one of the ascents perfectly dis tinguishable, even at a depth of eighty feet. This porr.rarity allowed an observer in the balloon to follow the movements of the submarine boat Gymnote, during its recent trials, without losing sight of it for a single moment, whatever its depth of immersion. The balloon used on this oceas-on was very stoutly con structed, having been a short time lx-fore towed at a speed of 10 j knots an hour for a distance of 21 knots by a torpedo boat without being any the worse. New York Commercial Advertiser. A Baby with Tvro Heads. Carefully preserved in a small tin casp. in the Smithsonian Institution, at "Washington, D. C. not on public ex hibition, but accessible to medical stu dents and others interested, reposes one of the greatest curiosities of the Nine teenth century. Tho curiosity in ques tion is a baby with two heads; or, per haps, it would bo more propej to speak of it or theai as a double baby. The heads, which are about the size of base balls, are perfect; so are the two trunks, which come together r.t the waist. The four sjoultTers, four arms and two chests are natural and normal. The liips are of the -proper size for an infant of its apparent age, as are also the legs and feet. Every part of the child seems natural enough until the point of union is reached, the place where the ribs of the two boys grow together. From there down the freak is only a single human being. The scientists of the institute regard it as a much greater freak than the Siamese twins, that is, providing it had lived. St. Louis Republic. Queer Vegetable Remedies. Some of the vegetable remedies used in medicine, are exceedingly curious. Doubtiess you have observed what are called "galls" upon trees. They occur upon all trees and upon many other plants of every sort, being caused by in sects which bore into the bark and build around themselves secure places for hiding end laying their eggs. In due time they bore their way out, appearin-r in the shajo of full fledged flies, and leave their empty houses behind them. The oak is most particularly chosen by these insects, and in Asia Minor a large business is made of collecting the empty galls for mai-ket. It is from that part of the world that most of the supply comes. Their chief use in medicine is an astrin gent in diarrhoea. Oak galls contain some thing like 70 per cent, of tannic acid, and it is froia them tU.:t t'lnners obtain their most imporraui: i....! rial for tho prepa ration leather. However, galls from all sorts of plants have very much the fame properties and constitution. Washington btar. The TcuniH Elbow. ilistah Ebony How is youah good health dis mo'nin', Mistah IMack? Mistah Clack Is nil hunkydory 'cept my right a'm, Mistah Ebony. I's Buf ferin' from de tennis elbow. "Wot you been doin?" "Ceatiu' ca'pet" New York "Weekly. Pozzon.'s Complexion Powder pro duces a s-ift and beautiful kin; it com bines every element o beauty and purity Call on .1 E. Ucidy for lots in Schntil's addition, 1802 Second avenue. isa Powder: 40 Years the Standard King DEVILS INCARNATE. Atrocious Butchery Done Texas Miscreants. By AN ALMOST DTCEEDIBLE SAVAGERY. The Cowan lly Knifes Take Three Chillrm a Time aid Cnt Their Throat in Sight of Their Aged Grandmother The Old Woman Also Fatally Cashed Navajo Indiana Snrround a Sheriff- loe Resauers Start for the Scene A M'oiuan and Her Husband Catch a Policeman's Bullet. New Orleans, July 15. A speeial from Joshua, Jo inson county, Tex., gives the details of f diabolical triple murder at that place tarly yesterday morning. Short o'clock two men visited the house of G orge Xewberry, which is about two miles 1 rom the town, and demanded admittance Mr. Xewberry was absent, and his mo her, who was in the house, thinking 1 e had returned, opened the door. The men demanded money, which they claimed they knew was in the house. Mrs. Xewberry, who is 65 years old, told them she I new nothing of it, whereupon the men seized her and tied her to the yard , F ..l .1 . 1 3 l . . u; c ,u luCu. luCu 8Su U vliroH in a terribl.t manner, supposing that with iuis torture ne wouiu tua&e tne oiu lauv tell where t he money was. no success one of the men Meeting with went into the i house where three chHdren were sleeping. was sht and mortally wounded by Pa-Butche-ed Three Little Children. trolman Batters about 4 a. m. yesterday. He took the oldest, a child of T, out in ; The officer had been looking for Finn, who thevard, tnd asked her where her papa i U the leatler ot a gang of juvenile bur kept the money. The child replied that 1 p,lars: "? ?ame aorft Li,n ?n C,!Uer she did not know, when the .brute cut her JZS S Xthlnt bnt throat He then went back into the house did no furfher harm. Batters drew his and got t he second child, a girl of 5. He revolver and brazed awav, when the youth treated her the same as he had the first ; fni de-perado fell to the ground with a child, finally cutting her throat. . lie then bullet in his groin, mortally wounded. .."v v iliiu, c l" ' chit) oiu, aim I also cut his throat. The murderers es caped, but 1 hey are beii,g closely pursued by officers. Mrs. Xewberry has seventeen gashes in h t throat, but is still alive. Site will surely dis, however, of her injuries. GOT A30UT THEIR DESERTS. Two Tons lis and a Wnraaii Assanit a rolireman With Tragic I'.emilts. Jehsey City, July IV William Bren nan, aired JS years, and his wife Lizzie, were shot it their home, -'it Gray street, Jersey City Heights, about 1 o'clock y .? terday mo -ning by Policeman Johu V. Kyerson. lireuuan was killed outright. His wife v as shot iu the abdomen, and although si e was able o walk to the city hospital, three blocks away, she was mor tally hurt. 'Jhe tragedy was the outcome f a quarrel which the policeman was trying to quell at the wedding of Christopher Wilson and his wife at their home, 0 Gray street. Two Toughs Treclpitate the Row. C'nrisiopber is an express man. He in vited a nnmr of his friends to attend the festivi ies consequent on his mar riage Mon lay night. The locality in which the Wilsons went to housekeeping is a touch ne. The night was warm and Wilson's guests adjourned to a vacant lot adjoining. Here whisky, beer, etc., flowed free'.y. In a short time William Brennan a ad John Iwler, both tough characters, appeared upon the scene. They were uninvited. They helped themselves freely and soon quarreled with "Wilson's guests. llejan Beating a Guest. They weie beating one of the guests named C yne, whoso cries broucht Policeman l.yerson to the scene. The roughs fled and Kyerson followed Law ler to Brennonjs house, 23 Gray street, for the purpose of arresting him, when Bren nan, Lawler, and Brennan's wife set upon him, threw him down and were beat ing the hfe out of him, when he drew his re volver, shot and killed Brennan, and fatally wounded his wife. Brennan Was a Bad Citizen. Brennan xas a driver by occupation, and was notorious for his ugly temper and fighting propensities. He was under bail to answer t' vo charges of atrocious assault. One case covered the beating of his brother-in-law, Daniel Covenry, and the latter's wife. The olher was for stabbing a man named Davis duringa drunken fight about three weeks ago. Officer Kyerson, who killed him, served the warrant issued upon Covenry's complaint, and thus incurred Brennan's ire. JUDGE LYNCH NOT PARTICULAR. lie Must Bare Ilia Fun, Cause or no Cause His Latest. Nashville, July 15. A lynching with out an app! rent adequate cause occurred Monday uij..ht at Love, a small station on the Illinois Central railroad in Desoto eonnty.Mississippi. Thevictim wasa negro eml of tbe nrth inning-rain, named Samuel Gillespie. Gillespie was .Association: At Boston-Boston, 5; Cin arrested Monday afternoon for rescuing i S10"."".', At d'Jnw-At.letir 11; ,. . . ..... , , Louisville, 9. At Baltimore Columbus, another ne ro charged with larceny from an officer. Instead of taking Gillespie to Hernando, tue county seat, and lodging him in ia 1, Deputy Sheriff Elder, who l. i i. .. e : -.i i.i. i iz "7V 1 contmod in a room at Love until vesterdav morning. Was a Bad Negro, and VI hy. About midnislit a mob of masked forced an entrance to the room, aud took : ..1 .u.. rri . L. : to a tree a short distance away, tied him, aud shot him to death. The corpse has been found, with twenty-one bullet holes iu different parts of his liody. The coroner held an inq lest, the result of which was a verdict thi t tbe deceased was shot and killed by p rsons unknown. Gillespie was regarded as a bad negro. He bad a fight with a while man about six months ago and won tbe battle. SHERIFF'S POSSE SURROUNDED. The Kavajos Have Them Penned Vslun leers to the Ilencue. Flagstait, A. T., July 15. Sheriff Francis ariived here lat night, having wish him the Navajo chief who was lead ing the ban 1 in their raid on the cattle tien. Tbe sheriff stated that he has grave fears for the safety of his posse, who are surrounded by the Indians thirty miles from here". He asked all citizens to organize ii iraediately and start out at once to their assistance. All the horses and fi reams in thin neighborhood were Becured by Company C, wBo went as citi eens, besidt s thirty volunteers, within one hour. The Iidlaus In Terrible Rase. The sher ff secured the chief while he was quietly ridiug on his pony a short dis- j academy to supply the demand of the tance from his band and made a hasty re- j United States army for second lieuten treat, leav ng his posse. United States ants, and a score of vacancies will have Marshal Brown has telegraped to Fort to be filled by those who have received Whipple for assistance. Marshal Brown their military education elsewhere. says that' the Indians are in a terrible rage at the arrest of their leader, and that they will in all probability come to this place and endeavor to rescue the chief. THr. REVENGE OF A DASTARD. He Fatally Sliv)ts a Woman hi the Fres enee ? Her CuHriren. Gardiner, Me., July 15. A French Canadian named Thomas Vachou, aged about 2S. from St. Raymond, QueVee, shot and fatally lvounded Mrs. Nora Laudry, about midnight Monday, and then com mitted suicide hy shooting himself in the head. Vachou formerly boarded with tbe Laudrys, hut being sick and short of money, he was turned out of the house. He went to the house to kill both Laudry and his wife, but Laudry was absent. He broke into Mrs. Laudry's room, but she and her two children escaped to another room. Vachou followed and shot the i Ionian in the head. She lived long enough Murder by a Cincinnati Boy. Cincinnati, July 15. Monday night a crowd of boys ranging in age from 15 to 18 years were lounging arouud the corner of Hopkins and Baymiller streets. A chunk of mud thrown by one of them struck William Busch in the face. Jluscli became angry and accused William Elder of throwing the dir. A fight followed. Both ..clinched and fell to the sidewalk. Elder underneath his antagonist. Busch , drw a tnife and plunged it into Elder's ! neck. filtallv vmm.rfWhim Killed a Young Desperado. Cincinnati, July 15 Tom Finn, aged From Bance to Brawl. Xashyille, July 15. There was a negro festival at Cedar Hill, ia Robinson county. About li o'clock the dance turned into a drunken brawl, pistols were raised aud the first shot instantly killed Vena Wash ington, a negro woman. Charles Bell was mortallv wounded and Tillman j Manor received a flesh wound. An uu j known negro was also badly hurt. The , murderers, Abe Jemison and Washington i Burns, fled and were pursued by the sLerill aud a posse ! (.ltahtly Discovery. Denver, July 15. The badly decom posed remains of three men have been found in a lorcly spot in Mosquito pas near Fairplay. Two of the untortunates are supposed to be Xels Anderson and Andy Peterson, from t. Paul. The third is yet unknown. It is siposed to be a case of murder for the purpose of roblery. The coroner will make a thorough investi gation. EDUCATORS IN COUNCIL. Fifteen Thousand Delegates to the Na tional Kdneational Association. Toronto. Ont., July l.V The twenty first annual convention of the National Educational association of America was called to order at Hc'M) p. m. yester4;y in the pavilion of the Horticultural gar dens. Over 15.000 delegates and visitors are in the city from all parts of the United States aud the Dominion, and the conveu tion is one of the largest ever held. A half dozen addresses of welcome were de livered, which were duly responded to, the speaking taking vp the whole after noon session. At the evening session a nnper by Francis W. Parker, of Chicago, was read on "The School of the Future." and discussion followed by Suierinteud ent Marble, of Worcester, Mass.: Inspec tor Hughes, of Toronto.and several others. Proceedings of the National Council. The national council of education held its final session yesterday morning, pre paratory to the meeting of toe national association. The committee on educa tional statistics reported and the subject "An attempt to ascertain what items of school statistics are useful and what terms should le employed to designate them" was discussed. Following tins there was an executive session at which officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, J. H. Baker, Denver: vine president, E. W. Coy, Cincinnati ; secre tary and treasurer, X. C. Shaefer. Kutz town. Pa. Helena and Seattle are leaders in the struggle Sor the next convention. On the Base Bull Diamond. Chicago, July 15. League base ball scores yesterday ware as follows: At Cin cinnati Cincinnati, 1; Philadelphia, !'. At Cleveland Cleveland, 1; New York, At Chicago Boston, 0; Chicago, 4. Pittslmrg-Brooklyn game called at the !; Baltimore, 8. At Washington Wash ington, U; St. Louis, Jl. Western: At Miuneupolis Milwaukee, . - " :; Aiinueapohs, ;s. At ."s.oux .it v Jliiluth. T: Sioux City, 10. At Lincohi-Kat.sas .... . uy, t. lincoin, k. .t Deliver I'.onie club given game, owiug to Omaha not a;v pearing. Illinois-Iowa: At Joliel Juliet, 14; Cu rl n r Iuriiil A flt-t.. nitnnn ill. f wii.iou, iv. en port, y. At lSxkford Rockford, J; (juiucy, 2. Britishers Buy the Glucose Factories. Chicago, July 15. An English syndi cate has succeeded in obtaining control of the glucose manufactories of the country. They are situated in Buffalo; Glen Cove. I X. Y.; Davenport and Marshalltown, Ia.; aukegan, is ; East St. Louis, Peoria and Chicago. The factories are valued at li,0u0,000, and to operate them it is said that the syndicate -has raised $'20,(W0,O0i). for which they will issue stock at par. I The final steps by which the syndicate ac- ' : a u .. 1 x , i 4Uiicu luc jirupcrij mere Lfl&cu txuuuaj. Cnt On the Top of His Head. Cixcixxati, July 15. William Leive, a Irorkman employed at Schreiber's iron works on Eggleton avenue, met with a horrible death yesterday. While engaged in shifting a belt bis clothing was caugut, and he was drawn into the machinery. The upper part of the unfortunate man's ! bead was cut off. and the body, from which life had ned, fell heavily to the ground. I Short of West Point Graduated. Washington, July i3. For the first time since the war there were not enough graduates from the West Point Military SVSc J MIRE Warm Weather Bargains. Satines. One lot formerly 12 l-2c, we close at 9c. Challies. Twentv-five pieces reduced to 6e. McINTIRE BROS., Rok Island. Illinois. GLEMANN & SALZMANN ARK NOW SHOWING Three Times as As acy other similar CLEiif No?. 1525 and 1527 Second Avenue, And Nos 124, 128 and 12S Sixteenth Street, BOCK ISLAND. rt Goodsi We have everything used by Artists. OUR Etchings. Engravings - and Picture Frames Have all been REDUCED, Give us your patronage and you will be treated well. ADAMS WALL- PAPER CO.. 310, 312 and 314 Twentieth Street. 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