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Drop,ics a,e Culcd by Brandreth's l

Drop,ics are CuIcd b! Bran6rcth's pills.
THIS form OF disease Is accustomed by the cx-
haicut art"ucs throwing out greater quantity OF
fluid. than the IDsorhcuts take up. BRAND
RETH'S PILLS convey 10y mage as II were, an
Impulse to the remote eA'rcmltrs, arousng Their
absofbcn;s to action, aud IN case OF swelling or
watcry deposits, awakening the sleeping energies
Of those vessels.
SENATOR BELLENGER, OF licrkmcr, New
York, was a great sufferer from drops'ca alice
tou Of more than wears duratlpn. lie derived
no material help from the prescriptions OF ms
phys clans, who N fact gave INN to understand,
that his case was hopeless, BY apparently the
mcrpst chance, the qualities of BRANDkEI HIS
PILLS were brought To his notice. II" began
their use at once and with strong hopc-i"r ne
comprehended the puncaplc of cure lie pcrse-
ycrrd with the for three months, taking often as
many as Gt,os pills day, but Away smhkIng IT a
rule to tai sufficient to purge ~ the most eject
ugI manner twice or three week. ms Ith-
SENERFANCE was rewarded by perfect r"stor-
atIon 10 health which has continued to TN. time.
Sold by a II respectable dealers 10 medicines.
Feb. Iy-twaw m
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4. II. KNOX,

rNDERTA kER. COFFIN W IL
| house corner Rock River and Madison sts',
Rock Island. fine henrse and team always IN
readiness VIII procure graves to D" aug urn
ssh carriages tor funerals, and take the entire
charge of everything connected w'th t"e PFePal"I
ITO, of the corpse Tor burial. Bodies preserve"
,ny len,th Of time without applying ice to the
l,nLlu rharrns nNhnrate.
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ARTEsgiy WELL PUMPS.

THE subscriber has purchased the right TO
manufacture and sell Christian 4 Bceler's Double
and S!uge-ActIng ArtesIan Well Pump, ana is
now pre- pared to answer all orders tor the same.
The pump is a new invention and superior 10
any now IN use. 1t is proof against frost, and
can be used as fire engine, or to water gardens
Throws a steady stream, and at great distance.
For deep drilled wells 1t is the very best IN
,se. Al 80 for railroad stations, for mining
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AUCTION STORE.

The subscriber keeps an AUCTION STORE, III
Rock island, on Front street, corner Of Eagle,
near the river, at the old stand formerly kept by A.
Butcher, where furniture and all kinds Of property
VIII be sold at auction,
lie also kccpsa
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THURSDAY night, the 10Th, we had heavy
fall Of snow, and on Friday any quantity Of
slush and mud The lee in the river still re-
mans
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JESSE BOLIES

TINE BOOT MAKER. Particular atten-
/ ton paid to nice work, and satisfaction guaran-
teed in all cases Ladies shoes made to order IN
the best manner
Repairing done at short notice.
~. shoo on Illinois street, next door to n.
pprrv'sprocCrY store.
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r,II nEIkLl NRCt>.

Containing nearly nN llr -'1H#n4 matter "ithe
Dtta .r published r,,r Hriu,'uaN moruus-
TEAMS N,urIr ,ubscrnrr', per AMMAN, ~ ADJ
vance. - Uoi i. not pIldm 4aNaa,r - ou.
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TAILOR-Oppositc the Rock Island llou,"
over Evcrts' store. Garments made N the
Attest stylc and best manner and warranted 10 ut.
Particular attention gwen to cutting garments
for customers. All work done IN accordance
with the times and at rcasonb.c prices.
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W, l.. DtI.RNMpLI,

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE and General
j Collecting Agent, Cambridge, Henry county,
III. Office IN the Court House. References d.
Bonar County Clerk \. Could, Circuit Clerk
and Thos. Morris, Treasurer, all OF Henry coun-
~. ID.
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4. e.. JOHNSON.

\NAGON.MAkER. All Kinds of Repair
w ng aud JubJns d0ur al snort notice, ~
the best mluucr auI At reasonable rates. Shop
GA Washington street, near the luHy landing
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PHILIP Il. tIi.i<si.

iTOuSE. SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL
| PAINTER, ~ now prepared, to execute
Win ncatuess aud dispatch all orders IN the
Painting, Glazing. and Paper Hanging Line, and
at the most reasonable prices. Can and give MN
n trial.
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NOTICE.

I'VE notes, book accounts and papers Of
Mr.. julius Schalze, saddIer and harness
MAKER. have been left with me for settlement
All those indebted to him are notified to make
immediate payment, or cost viii be made.
HENRY FISCHEL. Justice Of the Peace
Eoc9, Island, Dec ,, 1861.
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HENRY DART ~ SONS.

WHOLESALERS RETAIL GROCERS
w AND COMMISSION MERCH ANTS, and
Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Wines Liquors
and Cigars, No. /, Guyer's Block, Illinois street,
Rock Island, Ill.
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,iusiaess Cards.
u. &. IONNIai.I.N.

4 ITORNEY AT LAW, Rock Island III,
\ Collections, and all other business e"trus'G'
20 Inn viii receive prompt attention, p''"s'
mortgages, and other instruments "ntten an" AZ
knowlcdgcd, ftr~ Also Justice ollhe f...',
T. =. special attention given 10 lne W. ~,
lection ~ pensions, bounty ana srlt'i ~, ~
nav due soldiers, their widow OF minor 'Hh-
drrn. Rctrrt, Mitchell : Lyndc, hlGken'Juos'
wilkinson, Judge Bailey and Mayor davenport
R.,k Island
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4. sfilNsIN;.f.It.

ID ECTlFIER and Manufacturer OF Domestic
IL Liquors, and dealer IN Foreign wines ana
LIQUORS. Palace Row, Illinois street, Rock Island
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THE DAILY ARGUS,

Containing ul tclegrapHc reports ana the la
test news, Is published every evening, except
Sunday, At SIX Dollars . year, payable quarterly
IN advance,
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ESTRiY NOTICE.

NOTICE j. hereby given that on the 18th
\ day Of jan, A d 1862, }. II. CIelend, Of
he Town of Edgingtcn, took up as an estray, one
Dun mare Colt, three wears old next spnne, ana
Is G,lln,,s. " tn small star in her face,
Isrk lrys and dark stripe down her back, and APP
n,a,sed before VIM. q. Montgomery and ). A.
Heath at Forty Dollars, January 5lst, A. D.,
is6l JOS COMET, Clerk.
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Please announce general request 10 Geo. MIA
ter, Esq, that he will allow his name to be used
q. a candidate for member oi the Board OF Eduea-
ton at the coming election
March Goth,
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LOCAL AfF Il 5.
ANNOUNCEMENT.

Enron AROrs,--plcaso announce the name of
Hon. Brn llarprr as a candidate Tor recollection
as "a member oi the Board uI Education,
MNSN WORMS,
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Artesiau Wells Bored

at short notice, snd on reasonable terms. Al
work warranted to give satisfaction. Address,
{. L. MERRILL,
Rock Island. Illinois.
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PREMItNJO H PRINTING.

Indyr-far Jor PRINgINU vli' meet ",th promPt
reasonable rates,
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iNAMllI GROCERY AND PROVISION
L STORE Produce bought aud sold Store
IN the west corner OF orleans and otter street, -
M Green Corner.
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JUSTICE OF THE rEACE,--Co!lcctlons
j autniuIy made aud promptly PAID over. OF.
ice At h,s residence, over kequa's JcwcfN store,
lIIuuls street.
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,NnuLESALG 4 RETAIL DEALER in
w Hardware, Cutlery, Iron, Nl.s, Window
Glass, So, crrnc, ot i.,.or, uI bIN.p streets,
Rock Island, ~,
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EsTR3 l,

n Office is hereby given that on the ia day
OF December, A. d. ls0I' IN the Tow" OF
u'nne David Il. Wood took up as an estray, one
M Brnvn Mar" colt about one year old, which
vas anDra.scd before Ellsworth Mapcs, Esq, a
T,s,,r, nj th. Peace N said town, at Thirty dol
lars. - - '''''' '1'
pnck IsLanN Jnu'y. 10Th ls62.
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4. 4. ItIIli,DSI.I.N,
WILLIAM ~.ii!tRi!R,

TroRNEY ( COUNSELLOR AT Law,
\ Office 10 tlr Court House, kucA Island,
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IIUN. A.. ~ AMBER.

,)OaI1a dAp.tratc aud Ex.otfclo Justice
d. 90. peace. Collections made and promptly
and vrr. Office N Bailey y Boylc's block up
,tiIrs, KocK Island.
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hII.,ERsvRt~s ~ IKIiS,

TrORNEY * COuNSELLOE at LAW,
a solicitor IN Chanccr!, Real Estate a"d Col
eclluu Agent, Moline,
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SPECIAL BUSINESS NOTICES.

~" lud,r,hrshctd hunted uumbofoi spec
llinurtrrs wlIlbrigsrrlrd AZ Iucrnts perfume each
insertion
Ia. SMIrH's ELr,rW, oIr Us selling rapid! ,and
performing many cures. Mrssrs CIaclus Npci-
del hWcsold quite large quantity, already, aud
they -aylt gives universal satisfaction. Sc" adj
eTt,.rmuui.
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II. L..NGLEf, o. W. ~
j. IL. LANGLEY ~ co..,

NENERAL Commission and Forwarding
u Merchants. Dealers IN Salt, Hydraulic &C.
MI Coal. Lime. sr,. Iryer, Rock Island, Ill.
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They Stitch, Hem, Bind, Fell, Quilt
and Embroider without Basting.


The great trouble with sewing machines, thus
tar, has been that those which are good for any
thing, such as Singers, Grover Bakers, or
Wheeler Wilson's, are too expensive. whilst the
cheaper ones were made 50 imperfect that they
did not answer the purpose. Mcssrs. George +.
Collins Co., of Chicago, bring now before the
American public ElhOt's Improved "Pearl''
double threaded machine, which has all the per-
lection, 81 the higher priced machines, and only
costs $50. -GrIHd RapiS lNich.l idrcrtissr.
EHior, "Puyr" S,riag Maclia.-We can
truly say that II I.. for the family, rue invention
of the age. How rapidly aud pleasantly II works!
and what convenience II must be- Wewonder
# lny family will he without them when they can
be- obtained at 50 low price as $50. live had a
wr'o, farm and family, surely We should have
one OF these machines, Tor they are Just the thing
for a armcr's-or, for that matter, anybody's-
family Boston Hcrah.
cheap ant Ssrriceabic.-Wc have, tor some
weeks past, had on trial one o Ellot's Improve
ed "Pcar" Sewing Machines. The price oft
beng cheaper than that tany other machine, we
were somewhat skcptcal regarding Its reliability;
but after thorough and critical trial, will say
1t s every way worthy OF the high reputation sus-
! tanned by IT. lts Cheapncss, instead OF detractng
| from It's worth, makes II the more desirable IN
! these hard times lts stitch Is perfect, and then
| the working of 1t IS simple shat it's is
easily learned To our family friends we fully
! recommend II christian Times.
! Farmers IFirc, and Ddughtcrs-Wc refer 10
| Elhors pearl" Sewing Machine, the simplicity
and usefulness Of which cannot be oycr-estImaed.
II has all the requisites OF good aud scryICcable
machine. aud tno price places II within the reach
# all. To those Ut our readers whO wish good
and, at the same time, cheap machine, We unhesl-
tdtlngy recommend the one above mcntIOned.--
farmers GdsGtfs.
EHiDrS Inprorcd "Pe1rl" SeriHg Machine,
sold for $50, we believe to be as reliable and as
scrviccnblc as any $50 or SO Machine in the mar
kct.-- Northwest ChwChmGa
Every Family IS IHiercstcd.--Our attention was
called, the other day, to an excellent machine,
which we believe to be the best and cheapest yet
| introduced. II seems to be perfect in every way,
! aud IT works admirably, being very simply and
thoroughly gotten up. The price of it ls but $50
/ II is ElhOt's''r"lrl" Machine. No family should
| be without CicreidHE HerGd.
For sale by II. POWARS.
Near She Cor. OF ONO 4 Illinois SITS,
Rock Island, Illinois.
Agent for Geo. +. Collins Coz Chicago, Ill.
Y. B.--Fu instructions gwen.
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T.. Il. HAWLEH. ' J. "'''''
utWLEi ~ ELS.
4 TTORNEYS ar LAW. Rock Island, Ill.
\ Office IN Bailey and Boylr's Block.
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uGH "ANNu' h. 'N"''
.RSD,k ~ NEEiS.

,JANuFAcrCEERS Of Soap and Cam
VI dies, Roo, Island, III. Cash paid for Tai
Iuw aUd GrcIsc.
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J 4 y II = 4 q II t.
SECOND HAND FURNITURE

{ the same place, where he buys and sells Old
,toycs, Rags, Old Iron, Copper, Brass, &c. &c.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-12-03
Java Coffee and Pepper.

In extent, Java is about seven hundred
miles in length, and 1T varies from eighty
TO one hundred and forty miles in with.
Its area is less than twenty thousand
square miles. The face of the country is
more or less broken by mountains, but
the soil generally is rich and productive
The products are rice, sugar, coffee, pep
per, spice and a profusion of the finest
tropical fruits Coffee Is cultivated to as
great perfection as IN almost any other
part Of the world 1t grows upon large
bushes, and the grains of coffee are found
two IN berry about the size and shape
of our common plum. The skin OF the
berry is about as thick as that ofthe plum,
and the color when ripe, pale scarlet
The bush is very productive Every
branch is loaded with the berries, which
grow two in place, on the opposite sides
of each other, and about All inch an1 a
half apart When ripe the SKIN bursts
open and the grains of coffee fall out up
on the ground; but more general way
is to spread something under the bush and
shake the coffee down. After the outer
skin is taken off there remains a kind of
husk over each kernel which is broken
OH (after being well dried in the SUM by
heavy rollers The coffee after this, needs
winnowing in order to be freed from the
broken particles of the bush. 1t has been
said bv some writers that one bush with
another, will not average more than
pound of coffee.
Black pepper is also raised to some ex-
tent on the Island of Java but Sumatra
which lies just across the straits is by tar
the most celebrated for this commodity.
Her pepper is, perhaps, the finest ana
most abundant of any country in the world
Black pepper grows on a vine very much
like our grape vine. 1t grows and looks
when grown, very much like cur currants
There is this difference, however the cur
rant has each its own distinct stem, but
the pepper has not, each grain grows hard
on to one common stem, just as each grain
of Indian corn does on the cob. The col
or of the pepper when first ripe, is almost
a bright red, and changes to the dead
black by being exposed to the heat of the
sun.
The white pepper is nothing more than
the common black with the skin taken Off
1t is first soaked till the skin bursts open,
which is then rubbed off and the grain
dried. The white is not considered so
pungent as the black though it is nicer
and more expensive, as more labor is nee
essary in order to prepare it-.ScientJfc
iHlertcdn-
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-12-03
Vexation Repeated.

We are yet without paper sufficient for
q whole sheet None 10 be had in Galena
or Warren We have winters supply
somewhere on the road between this place
and Beloit, which we hope viii be here in
time for next weeks issue, but as every
thing pertaining to this world is uncertain,
we may be again disappointed, though we
have the assurance Of the Express Com
pany that it viii be on hand. Supposing
we were sure of receiving a supply in
season, to accommoda ate friends we lent a
part of our paper on hand, and others than
ourselves have been disappointed We
have done the best we could, and as angels
can DO no more we hope TO be pardoned
for the failure to come TO time
We give all the reading matte; IN this
half sheet that we have room for.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-12-03
Camp Mc1udoe.
West Bend, Washington Co. Wis.,
Nov. 9th, 1852.
Aessrs. BLIss and Son,
Dear Sirs-

Aessrs. BLIss and Son,
Dear Sirs
Taking Il for granted that your people will
be glad to learn the whereabouts of the 3oth
take this opportunity to post them up.
Seven Companies of our Regt., B, C, D,
E, F, G and II. left Camp Randall on the
morning of the 10th for Camp Washburn
Milwaukee, whittier we were sent by the Gov
to assist in enforcing the draft in that city,
should there be any resistance.
To our Disappointment we had no use for
either bali or bayonet as the draft went on
without any trouble.
Last Saturday morning at two O'clock, we
received orders to be ready to march at Sew
en-. The boys were soon up and ready with
knapsacks packed and havasaeks filed.
Go. Ii, returned to Camp Randall the day
previous IN charge of squad of the Fort
Washington Rebels.)
We marched to the La Crosse Depot and
took cars to Schleissingaville, where We dis
embarked, and marched across the country
twelve miles TO this place, the scene of dis
graceful riot two weeks ago, when the Com
A-4-e1-Nia~- A%NNAltNtN ~ AA4--hI A-4G hEAtb lOE
this County. West Bend is thriving town
of about j 200 inhabitants.
It is on the Milwaukee river, and affords
e1celant water power for the numerous -four
ing mills TO be seen in this and the adjoining
villages.
The draft was resumed day before yestcr
day, and CT course it went off quiet in the
presence Of so many soldiers
-Four Companies of the Regt. are quartered
in the Court House, and two in large Hall
down town.
There are go secessionists here now. They
hide their heads. The Stars and Stripes
we're raised the evening We arrived here, the
only time in the three months excepting the
first day cf the draft, when they were obliged
TO take the flag down. There are many good
union men here of course, as may be seen
from the treatment which the soldiers receive,
The people firm the country bring in a
good many provisions, and the citizens take
US home with them to meals.
The boys are in good spirits and are well
pleased with their quarters.
L pSrsINe we VIII De htE't A-SEc q L4uL4DNI
of days TO bring in the conscripts if they fail
to report.
The soldiers are anxious to have duty of
that sort to perform They would as leave
fight rebels in Wisconsin as in South Caro-
lima
Provost Marshall MeIndoe is with and
viii not be backward in enforcing the laws.
Company A, of our Regt- is at Green
Bav, and we sre informed that they have had
a fight and taken some prisoners.
We expect to return to Camp Randall as
soon as We are dore here, and viii then be
anxious to go South
The Regt- Is becoming very proficient IN
drill, and makes good appearance on Dress
Parade.
Wishing success 20 the censcripts rom
Iowa County, | remain, yours truly,
aBn
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-12-03
TIE Anglo Rebel Navy.

[From the Liverpool Mercury, Oct 81
1t was rumored in Liverpool on We'd
nesday that a mysterious steamer had
sailed from Mersey .'on a trial trip" 1t
was reported, and believed by many, that
the vessel is sister ship to the notorious
''29o, alias the Alabama Although zeal
Gus inquiry has been made, we cannot
trace the rumor to any reliable source.
From the London Times, Nov.
The vessel alluded to is the Columbia,
of the Galway line She has been rebuilt
by Messrs- Laird, and made a successful
trip on Wednesday The statements re-
specting the building Of rams, DC, on the
Mersey, are false. Since the dispatch of
the Alabama, or 800 no further contracts
have been undertaken The confederate
agents are purchasing vessels of known
speed, and drawing little water, such as
the Clyde vessels Iona, Clydesdale, Gil
raffe, &c
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-12-03
NUMBER 4s
DR.. Roback's Remedies.

We publish in another column of to-
days paper, an article copied from the
Cincinnati Times, descriptive of Dr.. Ro-
backs extensive medical establishment in
that city By the way, DR. Roback's Rem
edies have obtained a great and deserved
popularity with all classes. 1t las oeen
but short time since his Pills were in
troduced into our section of the counsry
yet nr. Brennan, DR. Robacks agent in
this place, informs US that his sales of tho
Blood Pills and Blood Purifier now far ex-
coed those ofall other medicines Of which
he ia the agent combined TIE reason for
tins, is, that they have stood the test Of
practical experience. We know this not
only from the months OF others, but We
have used them in our own family, with
the very best results For all diseases of
the blood, general debility, whether pro-
ceeding from sickness or from natural
weakness, indigestion, and all kindred al
iments, we recommend the Scandinavian
Remedies as the rery best medicines ex
| tant They are destined to achieve not an
ephemeral success, but permanent and
deserved reputation, which will render
| them necessity in every family -Napo-
leon o., North West, March,
See advertisement
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-12-03

On the passage of Kirby Smiths army
out of Kentucky, via Cumberland Gap,
they captured Capt Ii. King and fifteen
other Home Guards and hanged then with
out any charges being made against them
or giving them the benefit of triai Tn
ion men of the vicinity are determined to
retaliate, threatening death TO all rebel
soldiers between Mt Vernon and the Gap.
The threat was carried into execution, on
finding nine rebel stragglers on the road
on the sixth instant They were hang
ed to trees. Two were executed ut Hook
ney's, near Big Rock Castle River, two
more at Putnam Corners, and the remain
der beyond London.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-12-03

ATLANTIC MONTHLY The December
number has come to hand. As usual 1t is
filed with choice reading matter As we
have often stated, the Atlantic is, TO our
taste the best American Magazine publish
ed The new volume VIII commence with
the January number, and its prospectus
viii be found in another column, TO which
cur readers are referred In selecting
Magazine for the coming yearrdon't forget
the Atlantic. Address Ticknor Il Fields,
I35 Washington St Boston Mass, or call
=. the Post Of6ce in this city
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-12-03
CoHBAT BETWEEN A Hawk AND A SNAKE

CoHBAT BETWEEN A HawK AND A SNAKE
We have been informed of singular
combat that tcok place in Pelham \. H.,
a few days since between a hawk and
blaak snake. Mr. Tristan F. Palmer,
while walking in field in in Pelham,
came upon hawk and black snake ID
a life and death struggle From appear
ances the hawk made descent upon the
snake with the expectation of making an
easy prey of it but the result was fatal TO
both The snake was firmly held IN the
talons of the hawk, which had managed
get n coil around ono wing and one leg in
such a manner as to prevent the bIrd from
disengaging itself, but the snakes body
had been picked and torn by the hawk,
whose head and neck were at liberty. Ap-
parently the hawk stood the best chance
of winning the fight, as the snake appear
ed to be pretty nearly used up but the
struggle would have proved fatal to both
had not the gentleman put an end 20 1t by
dispatching the combatants. The snake
was #. 10 in long, and unusually heavy
for its length. The hawk from tip to tap
Of the wings measured exactly the same.