The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1862-01-07
The Rock Island Argus.
TO THE FRIENDS OF THE UNION.
ESTABLISHED IN lsjlI

The firm aui Undertaking support given 10y the
Rock Island .ifyN 30 the administration IN 1t,
efforts to put down the rebellion, punish treason
and maintain the government, rummrnds the pa
per to all union men "a. journal which truly re-
feet, the popular wIl and one which ought TO
be- sustained But il r. ouly hy extending It's sub.
srriptiou li,t pui by increased advertising aud
Job printing patronage that the establishment
can .ustaip itself We have no county patronage
aU which to rely for support and the weekly eN
prn,cs Of the Office exceed its receipts, because
the people are 50 negligent about paving.
Men of al parties say the .irg'H ought to hc
sustained Hut the only Say to sustain It is to
subscribe tor it, and pag for Il, aud urge your
friend, and uri ubur- 10 do the same. Will every
man who reads this act Immediately upon this
suggr,liony Aud will every man who owes us
ANYTHING scnd in the small amount, at ouecY
The IrGits i, the largest und most handsomely
priurrl paper In thi, county, aud is the only pa.
per In this or any adjoining county that takes
Geographic reports, II l. thNs enabled 10 furnish
IT, readers with later news than any other paper,
no matter whore II T. printed This considcra,
tI9u alone ought tu induce the pvup" OF this, and
adlp,uiu. counties to give it anbcral support
fulhr people of our own county 1t Is, We think,
deserving OF their hearty support, IL speak,
their sentiment. IN regard to the war, without
reserve, aud ha, done 80 from the ccommcnccmcnt
hi most 'llNH-lll'l ll lhllllNl'N AlA'lN WIN Wv
latest news In addition 10 this, II i the only
paper in the county which publishes full reports
of all county matters, such a. the proceedings of
the board ot supervisors; the proceedings Of the
,Ity council the proceeding. OF the courts the
proceedings OF the agricultural society; the pro
rrpliug. or local conventions, county mcctiugs,
teachers institutes, full election returns home
markets, etc, etc The local news, which every
person IN the county ought TO know, cannot be
had IN any paper printed outside of our county,
and no paper printed within the county gives 50
full complete and reliable county news as the
Iul,, Whv then, should not the people OF our
county, a. well 4. adjoining counties show their
desire to sustain l' by subscribing for IL, and pay
iu- tor IL. now
To CLUBS.
We are not anAou, to extend the system OF
clubbing. because it give u- no profit on our la
bor, but in order to accommodate thos" who
would not otherwise take the paper, We will iurn-
i.h auy person, vino send, u- ten dollars, with
eleven rupic, OF tine Weakly itgE, one year.
W" want only tie name oi the person To whom
thr package Is to bu seat, A., at one dollar year.
w. cannot afford to keep account, with every
subscriber and mark the name on every paper
II j. carried Tree, ~ the mails, TO all -ubscIlbrrs
who live inside the county limits Outside the
county and anywhere within the state, the postage
i u cents quarter OF !" CENTS Il N''I' '"N'!ut
the state the postage i 20 cents year.
We hope our friends in every nrIShborhuod
will make immediate efforts to send u, a. many
Subscribers ~ possible.
.9-AII postma-tcrs are authorized to act as
our agents.
TERMS OF THE WEEKLY:
Single COPIES, Cash IN Advance. 500 Year
II not Paid 10 Advance. 300
In Clubs Of SIX and less than Ten,
Cash ~ Advance md sent TO
one man.. ....'''.''. l,JU
In Clubs OF Ten or more, Cash IN
Advance, aud sent to one man. loo "
one copy wIu be sent free to every cIuL oI
ten.
Ec~ We also publish the DaHy d,sa8, con-
tanning the tclegraPhlc news, for 80 year, pay
able quarterly N advance. Address
DANFORTH \ JONES,
Rock Island Illinois.