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The evening Argus., 1865-08-26

pudent The girl ordered him out of the
hall, when he called her "a Id Irish
b-h," She stepped to the door aud call
ed upon boy 10 run TO the court house for
Judge Dsnforth. This frighrened the thief
and be made break. through the gate, out
upon the sidewalk and ran with all his might
down Orleans street
The girl describes him as u nice looking
young man, we'll dressed, dark clothes, short
coat with pockets in the sides, open little
bit, behind; dark hair, beard and moustache;
wore SILVER or light colored vest chain
used very good language till he found he
could not get the coat and pants, and then
was very saucy.
1t must be some person who knows the
names OF the editors and the localities of
houses and Offices, but it not likely that he 10
q resident of the civ or he would have been
smart enough not 60 have said the very thing
which made the girl suspect him. viz that
we were going out with Barnes. that was
the kick that spilled the "nilk.
1t is pity that these thieves cannot be
captured and punished. We caution our
rsaders TO look out-there are plenty about
these days.
The evening Argus., 1865-08-26

Messrs. D. W Gould and Charles Mar
graf, successors to Wagner & Fisher, in the
Moline Steam Bakery, are now making inn
meuse quantities of all description of crack
ers, cakes, bread and everything in the line
Of baking. They ship vast amount to coun-
try dealers, and their trade is steadily in.
creasing, from the fact that they furuieh
better article than can be drought from the
east, and it has the merit Of being fresh. -
Those wishing supplies should not withhold
their orders TIL thu last moments as the cakes
n the Moline Bakery general go.of hot
Moline Republicans. sTfsr eaa gsgTa r~eY
The evening Argus., 1865-08-26

Mr. Wagner has not paid for his paper; +; but
owes this Office 81 SO, and the paper has not been
stopped and will not be until he settles his BILL
The aboye is from the Union of Thur
day, and we are requested, by Mr.. Wagner,
to say that he does not owe the Union one
cent. We are also requested by him to say
that he did not discontinue the Uaion because
of it's abuse of the Germans, or their pic mic,
but that he ordered it discontinued some or
8 months ago. for the reason that he was
building, had lite time to read, and felt the
necessity of economizlng In his expenses !;
that he first told the carrier 10 stop it and
bring in his bill; that he then sent written
notice, written by Charley Rtter) to the
same effect; that previous to this, the bill for
the paper had been collected every month, but
after he ordered it stopped no bill was sent
for six months; and then he received and
paid the following bill, which he has a5
Mr.. G. F. Wagner. ---------. $50
To Rock Island Daily Union DR..
To subscription to Daily Union from December
49, 1864, to June 49, 1865 $500 p
81 .---....-- Received Payment h@ 80.
ysazze-E y-s9zs G M. S. Barnes.
He also says that during all that SIX
months he often requested his bill and order,
ed the paper stopped, but he thought he
would pay the S., rather than have any
fuss that when he paid it he again ordered
the paper stopped; that he has since cent an
other written notice written by Mr.. New
bergerl to stop the paper; that he does not
want it and will not pay another cent for it.
And yet, after all this, the Union has
the eFrontry to say that he owes 81 so. and
that he ordered the paper stopped because
it sustains the holiness of the Sabbath and
asks the people to be sober"-both OF which
are outrageous falsehoods.
Neither Mr.. Wagner, Mr.. Deisenroth or Mr.
Fowler owe him cent, and yet he tries to
linjure their business because they do not take
his paper. This is q depth of meanness to
which no decent publisher would ever de
scend. ~ - eRq
The evening Argus., 1865-08-26

Don't wait for somebody else to complain
but 90 yourself, to the alderman in whose
ward the defective sidewalk lis situated and
complain of it and demand that it be put in
good condition. In that way something may
be done. We enter public complaint, now
against the walks around the lst presbyteri-
an church the baptist church the Island
City Hotel !; the man trap of Warren's imme-
diately west of the I'd presby terian church !;
the entire walk on the west side of Deer
street, between Illinois aud Orleans; on the
north side of Orleans, between Eagle and
Buffalo; the walk in front of Palace Row
hasL :A~~ ar Tafarsnn from Illinois
to the river. And we ask the committee in
each ward to see that new walks are built in
all these places, and also to 60 around their
wards and zee what is necessary to be done
and take the proper steps to have it done, al
once 4a@a .tsF# F#
The evening Argus., 1865-08-26
The WahOe Bitters are an

Alternative, Diuretic and Stomach Tonic.
They act direct upon the Liver, Purifying the
Blood, giving healthy glow to the
skin. They cure
dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Dropsy,
Asthma, sour stomach, Sick.
Headache,
Warm and Strengthen the Bowels, are a prevent
i've OF Dysentery, Summer Complaints, Cholic,
Cholera Morbus, Chills, Intermittent Fever, Fever
and Ague, sc. The Spirits used TO preserve
these Bitters is PURE RYE WHISKY, dis
titled in Copper, under my direction and personal
attention, and is the only spirits recommended by
the Medical Faculty for it's medicinal qualities.
Put up only by myself, the inventor and Pat
entee. L
CAUTION None genuine unless ID. w. d -
1S63-XXX, Z. Dexter LOyeridge, Wahoo Bit
tiers, is blown in the Bottle and bearing label
follows: The Great Indian Beverage, Low
eridge's Celebrated WahOo Bitters.
L.. DEXTER LOVERIDGE,
.az ; .eEf-E -..-f BUFFALO, N. Y.
The evening Argus., 1865-08-26
Taken BY Everybody AZ
And sold by all Druggists ane Dealers
Throughout the World.

The Wahoo Bitters are a Combination oil Ma
ture's Great Restoratives; they are entirely Veg
etable, being compounded from different Roots,
Barks and herbs. under strict chemical analysis.
These Bltters remove the unnatural acidity OF the
stomach, giving 10 it natural and healthy ae-
ton, and when the Stomach Is right the whole
M
The evening Argus., 1865-08-26

Mr.. Gilbert B. Shaw is erecting an ad-
dition to his wooden factory in which he in
tends to put two spinning jacks. The bust
ness of the establishment is to be increased
by the addition of looms. jacks, carding ma
chines,an other machinery to the amount of
five or six thousand dollars. Two new broad
looms have already arrived, and as soon as
the new building is ready for the jack, they
will be put up In the main building The
whole community is interested in this inter
prise Moline Republican.
Mr. Shaw is entitled to credit for the eD-
terprising spirit he has exhibited in getting a
wooden mill started in Moline. With a small
capital he has succeeded in getting up q cred.
liable establishment and deserves TO be en-
couraged by the public.
A woolen mill started in Rock Island
would be q good institution Cannot some
body s'fll the bill ?" -
The evening Argus., 1865-08-26

SIDEwALKs.-We are glad to see that some
improvement is being made in sidewalks.
but there is not one-fourth as much being
done AS there should he. Lumber is cheap,
now, and labor plenty, and there is no reason
why all our sidewalks should not be put in
good condition They are now disgrace to
both the city aud the IN IN who own the prop
erty. zsa
People in each ward should go To the prop
er authority and complain of any insufficient
walk and demand that some action be taken
in regard to it. They should remember that
it is not to the mayor, or the marshal. or the
street supervisor, or the city council that
they should complain-bus to the particular
alderman, in their ward vino is com nittee
on sidewalks, and has charge of the whole
matter for his ward. They are as follows ::
1st Ward Alderman Phillips.
ID 's Sweeney.
Sd A" III uber.
4th Dimick. ~
The evening Argus., 1865-08-26

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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11
Presidential Proclamation.

WhcrCas, BY my proclamation of the
18th inst, Thursday, the 18th day of next
month, was recommended as day of spec
ial humiliation and prayer, in conse-
ouence of assassination of Abraham
Lincoln, late president of the United
States; but
Whereas, My attention has been called
to the fact that the day aforesaid Is sacred
to large numbers of Christians as one Of
rejoicing for the ascension Of the Saviour
.Nor, Mcrcjore, be il kno~n, That |
Andrew johnson, president of the Uni
ted States, do hereby suggest that relig'
ious services, recommended as aforesaid
should be postponed until Thursday, the
lst Of June next.
In testimony whereof | have hereuntC
set nv hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, thi:
osth dav of April, A. d. 1865. and of tn,
Independence of the United States til,
S9th. ANDREW JOHNSON.
BY w HUNTER, Acting Sect cf State.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11
NUMBER 36.
ne EscHtsESs

joseph II. Borland, boot and shoe
merchant in Pittsburgh, was arrested in
Boston for stating that he was acquainted
with John Wilks Booths intention to kill
the president. Borland repeated his as
sertion to the officers after his arrest, and
added that Booth also said. Il am insane
on putting the president through. AID will
do it within eight davS" Borlard states
further that he saw Booth after he came
t. Boston, and that he Was in company
with him at Edwards shooting gallery.
where B,o:h practiced p stol firing IN va
rious difficult ways. such az between his
legs, over his shoulder and under his arm.
The Troy Press Says: The wife Of
Edwin Booth, the second son. and the
best actor III the family, was a young lady
born and brought up in Troy=Miss Mary
Deylin. Her father an Irishman, namcH
Daniel Deylin. kept clothing store on
River street, few doors below Congress
street, sOmc ten years ago, and while re-
siding there the daughter made her debut
on the old Museum stage, as a danseuse
and actress under the mentors ip of Gus.
Eenno, who was then manager She be-
came Il brilliant star in the theatrical pro.
fession, met with Booth. we believe in
Boston; and ultimately married him. She
died in about one year from the date of
hex arriase--regrettcd by thousands Of
devoted admirers.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11

IN Tt,iE oE PEACE PRErs&E ron
WAR.-A young lady of wealthy pareA:-
age, hedsling ircm enc Il our fashiona
Die boarding schools, Il type of modern
elegance was recently united by the
silken tie Of matrimony to the gem of
beau. The mammas and papas on both
sides being surrounded BY ali the con
com:;ants Of luxury. and many an agreea-
bic paraphrenalia bcsrcaking the pos
session of the dust, determined to get
fine establishment for the Young couple,
and accordingly they were fixed" in
mansion on Walnut street: ON the East
End"
few days after this n school compan
ion of our heroine called upon her, and
was surprised to find 50 many servants
about the house.
why, Mary said she, what in the
name of sense have you - many People
about You for -
'Oh - replied madam. Eve havn't any
more than we want. There is but one
cook. one chambcrmaid, two house girls,
one house keeper, and-a-child's nurse.
IN sure there are not too MANY"
"Ah. ha.'' said her friend what DO
you want of child's nurse. Oh =. that
is too funny
well, we havn't amy immediate use for
her, but then. when we were married.
Charles said We would want one, and YOU
know it is not always best to leave things
until the last moment"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11
s.0GGS3ssIc.

Ny dear boy, did you ever go out a
night and lean Oh the fensc for hours il
the spring time, when the fr .es WAS sing
ing in the marshy ground. aud the spot
ted night hawks waz glancinr in the
air, and the bats wls playing tag, and
gaze up iutD hcaTen at the CRATE moon
and the tw;nk!ing stars and want sumthin
and have your ize fill up with Tie juice Of
youYshart, and net think of onryihing al
the time. and couldn't tell Nhat allied Va
Did yu ever steal silly out in big woods
list as the sun fel behind the hill. and set
down agin tree and dream ov nothin til
the twilte ghosts begin tew hurry bi yu
and the warm air begin tu thichcn with
the fust dark oy the nite, and the owl ava
oph in the distance begin TO call out the
toads and the slippery snakes, and still set
there till fear sot you thinking? Did
YOU eyer draw your cheer up before tho
olde hcarthstonc rs the brands begin tew
GROW white ashes. and the krickets had
grown tired oy Their songs and gone int'
their holes. and look stiddy at the dying
fire, waiting fur yure thoughts to cum
back from the weary distance and put yen
to bed ? lave you done all this and
didn't know what allied you' l ken tel
YOU. mi dear boy, what allied you;-it was
lonesome, Twas yure hart that Wa.
thinking.-Josh BHmys.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11
EscnsorsC Os the Murderer.

The human heart" said Daniel Web
ster III that great speech Of his on tho
Cronninshield murder case, and alludug
to the conscious guilt Of the murderer,
was not made for the resident of such an
inhabitant. 1t finds itself preyed upon by
4 torment, which it does not acknowledge
to God or man. i vulture is destroying
it. and it can ask no sympathy or assistance
either from heaven or earth. The secret
which the murderer possesses soon comes
to possess him, and Ike the evil spirits of
which We read, it oycrccines him, and
leads him whithcrsoeyer it wills. lie feels
it beating at his heart. rising to his throat
and demanding disclosure. lie thinks
the whole world sees it in his eyes. and
almost hears its working in the very ST.
lence Of thoughts 1t has become his
master. IL betrays his discretion, it breaks
down his courage, il conquors his prudence.
When suspicious from without begin to
cmbarrass him, and the net circumst;iii-
ccs to enlangle him, the fatal secret
struggles with great violence to burst
forth. Ii must he contessed-it will be
confessed; there Is I'D refuge from contes
sion but suicide. and suicide is confession.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11

Saws The New York Journal of Com,
merce at is Of paramount Importance
now to look to the future course of the
administration on the currency of the
country, OH the questions oi high tariff or
free tardc. on the methods of raising rev.
enuc. on the relations we are to sustain to
foreign nations, and on subjects of this
general kind. These ara the political
subjects into the discussion of which the
peol le are to pass; and on the decision of
these will depend to 4 vast extent the
prosperity of the nation and the rcunity
of the interests of all people. north and
south. 1t concerns us at once to estab-
lish on a firm basis the business interests
OF all the people. The pacifying power
and influences of commerce and prosper
Gus trade cannot be overestimated This
alone will inyigoratc the industry of the
whole country, and give the people eve
rywherc opportunity to cultivate the arts
OF peace, so that they may forget the en-
ployments and passions OF war. The old
questions of political economy resume their
primary Importance now in the eyes of
wise citizens. For ourselves we confess
freely that we have more interest in know
Jag what are President Johnson's views
on the tariff question, and on national
banks, than what he would do with jeff.
Davis; and we are firmly of opinion that
these questions are the more important"
u, IL
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11

\ Nashville correspondent writes as
follows: II learn that the widow of a
former president, james X. Polk, who has
been in sympathy with the confcderacy
from the first, draped her house and gate
ON the day of the funeral obsequics % tho
lamentcd President Lincoln. with tho
Grape that was used ON the occasion of her
husbands death, and has been treasured
up by her as sacred thing ever since
As she brought it out, with tears, she said
''she felt that it was due to the country,
to herself, and to the memory of the pres
ident.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11
A<~>k<
7FsGs:iic.
4 Mobile correspondent says :

4 Mobile correspondent says:
"Gn .he morning CT the 18th: tie Gin
cinrati tue struck a torpedo and was
blown Up. killing two men and woundln9
one Shortly afterwards the Ida struck
another torpedo and had her port side
completely broken IN. Two men were
killed. three missing and three wounded.
II hile running across to the city on the
same day the transport Laura, vhic had
been used as general headquarters, struck
Il pile and Is also wreck. 1t ) o'clock
the Itasca WAS struck by torpedo, and is
a complete wreck. She lost several killed
and wounded Vt o clock the Rose was
blown u3, having two men killed and three
wounded. These casualties occurred south
If the distractions, in the channel that
was formally used by boats going to Mo
bile. Torpedo rakes have been put Oh
board OF al vessels and boats are working
day and night hunting for torpcdoes.
Still many hundreds yet remain in the
bay, and j. will be dangerous for some
time to navigate the western channel to
the city.
The city presents dismal appearance
All stores being closed, aud many of the
inhabitants in a most dcplorable condition
OF want. Those who are in better cir
cumstanccs, and were not compelled to
leave, have kept indoors. Nothing Of con
sequence was destroyed by the rebels be
fore leaving. The day the city was taken
it he'd tie appearance Of charity distribu
ting day. The rebel authorities had col
lectcd large stores Of CORN, wheat and
bacon for the siege, which were placed in
the various cotton presses throughout the
city. When the rear af the rebel column
passed through the streets leading from
Mobile, furnished women rushed to the
warehouses and frantically seized al they
could lay hands on.
The iron-clad Octarora was the frs
boat to proceed towards Selma, folleweC
by tie Winnebaeo." The latter does no
say, however. how far they assembled.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11

CoaREcr SpEAKING-We would ad-
wise all young persons to acquire. in early
life, the habit of correct 81 caking and
writing; and to abandon as carly a. posi-
bic, any use of slang words and phrases.
The longer you live the more difficult
the requirement of correct language will
De; and if the golden age OF youth. the
proper season Tor tie acquisition Of Ian
guaee, be passed in its ..buse. the unfo :.
tunate victim, if neglected, is very prop
e,ly doomed TO talk slang for life. Money
ls not necessary to procure this education.
Every man has ii in his power lie has
merely To use the language which he hears
to fern his taste from the best speakers
and poets in the country: to treasure up
choice phrases in his memory and habitu-
ate himself TO their use. avoiding at he
same time petanic pcrcision aud bombast
which show the weakness of vain ambi-
ton rather than the polish of an educated
mind
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11
WP Parted,

Twas by the rustIinS sa.low
That droops above the pond;
The plow stood in the IA low,
On the dusky slope beyond.
We lingef'd near the farmhouse door,
With fingers fast entwined,
While the sinking sun went down before,
And the moon raised up behind;
We stood there in the quiet hour;
Vecould not say" "larewell,"
Our tears dropp'd down Oh grass and flow i
And glistencd where they fell.
Our bitter tears fell fast, we sigh'd,
But ne 'er word we said,
I-uondor il the daisies die
On whic; that dew was shed !
We parted IS .ho crimson light
Just faded from the west,
When halft the SKY with stars was brigb.,
And all tie world =. rest.
We neutrality-suspicious.
III fair OF stormy weather,
TO meet again by sea or shore,
Or see the SIN together.
And if knew that sun would rise
No more upon my sight,
How gladly would close my eyes
And say my prayers TO night !
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11
Where EsCefs; E.icS.

SAYS tle Washington correspondent OF
The New York World
I'he secretary OF war, without instruc.
tiops Of any kind. committed to colonel
Lafayette G. Baker. Of the secret service
the stark corpse of J. Wilkes Booth
The secret service never fulfilled its voli>
tion more secretly. "Nhat have YOU done
with the body said to Baker
THAT is known" he answered, "to only
one man living beside myself 1t is gone
/ will not tell you where. The only man
who knows is sworn to silence. Never til
the %rea; trumpctcr comes shall the grave
of Booth be discovered And this IS true
Last night. the 9th Of April, small row
boat received the carcass OF the murderer
two men were IN il; they carried the body
OFT in,o the darkness and out OF that dark
ness it viii never return. In the darkncs,
like his great crime. may it remain iorey-
CT. impaipablc, invisible. nOndcscript. con
demned to that worse than damnatiol an.
nihilation.
The river bottom may oozc about it laden
with great shot and drowning mana cles
The earth may have opened to give it that
silence and foreiyncss which nan Will
never give its memory. The fishes may
swim around it, or the daisies grow white
above it; but we shall never know Mvs-
ferrous, imc}mprchcnsibIc. unattainabIe,
like the dim times through which we live
and think upon rs i We only dreamed
tl,o,,, =, ,,arFurl,cI fa,-o,. rho -.s-.-i, Of -
nations head rests somewhere in the Gle
ments, and that is all; but il the indig-
nant seas Or the rrofancd turf shall ever
vomit this corpse from their recesses. and
il receives human or christian burial from
some who do not recognize it, let the last
words those decaying lips ever uttered be
carved above them with dagger, 20 tell
thc history Of . young and once promising
life w. 'ese rSctesS.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11

Mason, Nichol5on, Polk. Pugh, Rice, Sc
bastian, Thompson and Wigiall-19.
Nays-Anthony, Bingham, Chandler.
Clark. Dixon, Doolittle, Durkec, Fesscn>
den, Foot. Foster. Grimes, Harlan, King
Morrel. Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull
Wade, Wilkinson and Wilson %
LCongressional Globe p. l 100.
Mr. johnson also, oil the same day, vo-
ted Tor the Peace conference PROPOSE
tons along with Crittenden, Douglas
and others Congressional Globe p. 1405
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11
2pts,,T.
Or;sntal e.i:eru dstahle.
FEED d. EXCHANGE

horses and Carriages always on hand TO let at
reasonable rates. We also pay the highest mar
ket price in cash for Horses. Horses boarded
by day, week and month on reasonable term
HESS Il NESSEL
IL outh Indiana March 26th 1863
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11

Dr. w II. Davenport, Surgeon Den
tit. will visit Plymouth regularly on thc
second and last Tuesdays and Wednesdays
of each month, making two visits each
month. instead OF enc. as heretofore.
Teeth set on Gold. Silver. or Rubber;
ali work warranted. Rooms at the Ed
wards House [v9n36-ti
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11

Husband, why did you destroy all
my sweet Williams in the garden, and
leave all the bouncing Betsics?" s4l
''Betsics are all fayorites of mine, and |
won't have any sweet Williams about my
premises"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11

LEGAL sugertiscments 81 per sqlare ior caci
insertion. charged to parties publishing them
COMMUNICATIONS TO promote pirate ih'efe'''
must be paid for at the regular adVe:t'Sea f"'es'
M.RRiAGEs AMI DEATHS are published as nc"s'
ADVERTISEMENTS. unless the number OF inSer,
,;ons desired i snecIfied, will be continued TIL
or,Ierad out and charged at regular rates.
Local notices 40 cents Cor each liae.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11

A window to view the funeral process
sion in Washington cost s25.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11

We subjoin the vote in the senate
March =, 1861, on the "Crittenden propo-
sitions"
Yeas Bayard, Bigier, Bright, Crit
teuden, Douglas, Gwin, Hunter, JOHN
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11
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