The evening Argus., 1865-11-20
NJ. Port Byron. ILL.,"

received ~ votes, Daved Is. Sears D, and Geo.
W. Lynde L. Mr.. Wells was nominated.
and elected sheriff of the county.
In the third number of the Mississippiaa,
bearing date Nov. 5. 1910, is published an
article from the pen of Hon. John Went
worth, then editor of the Chicago Democrat.
He had been IN a trip to the western coun-
try, and wrote the following Of
STEPHENSON, ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Never were we more disappointed in the
size, beauty and prosperity of a town, than
on our arrival at this place. 1t contains three
taverns, as handsome and costly q Court House
as there is in Illinois, one copper and tin
smith, two brick makers, nineteen stores, six
lawyers five physicians, two druggists, one
dentlst, two blacksmths, one steam saw and
| grist mill, one carriage maker, four cabinet
makers, one distilery, one tanning mill ma
ker, four carpenter shops, two lumber yards,
| one saddle and harness maker, one cooper,
| five groceries, one baker, one jeweler and
| watch maker, one botanical physician, six
masons, three private boarding houses, and
an academy under the charge of Mr. jerks,
| the celebrated writer upon common schools,
and son Of the Rev. Mr.. jerks, of Boston,
who has been engaged. with the assistance of
his son, in writing biblical work. 4 very
neat brick building is now being erected for
a school house and lyceum.
There are large methodist baptist and
pres esbyterian societies here. Also soclety
called the Stephenson Religious Society,""
over which the Rev. j. P. Stuart, a graduate
of Jacksonville College, is placed. His con-
gregation is said to be the most numerous,
| but we did nov learn its articles of tath.-
| The county Jail is a very strong and beauti-
full building. build of heavy logs, and sur
rounded by brick. There is another beauti-
full public house nearly finished, by Mr.. Buf-
fun, early emigrant to this town. A
number of other very elegant and durable
buildings are also being erected of which
those of Messrs Buford, Andrews. Lee and
Cham berlin deserve to be mentioned. A new
building is under way intended as building
for the post Office. printing Office. reading
room, dc. This will be very attractive ar
ragement TO the town. There has been more
building in Stephenson this year, than ever
! before in so short a period. What COM
mentory upon the hard times, of which we
have so heard much.
There are three papers published here
one devoted to the cause of the democrats,
one to that of the wings, and one TO the cause
of agricultural and common school educa-
ton. The latter Is published monthly, and
edited by Messrs Gould and jerks. This
county is whig Us majority, casting 800
whig to 225 democratic votes at the recent
| election"
But il is not our purpose now, to enter
/ upon history of the early times of Illinois
/ or of Rock Island we have not the time or
space to d. that, now. But We wish, in the
shortest possible space to give mere cut
| line of the newspa pers, confning our re-
{ /. Go.
/ &c.
| The Aississippian probably was never
owned by Daniel Crist, or edited wholly by
him. tie was printer, by trade, and the
paper continued tn be published in his name
until somtime in 1914 1t is believed that
| DR.. Silas Reed afterwards surveyor general
/ of the state) furnished most of the editorial
matter. though many others are supposed TO
/ have aided a. writer's for it. 1t was about
the size ofthe Banner, somtimes five COL
umn paper, and sometimes a six column pa
per, and probably had various real owners
and editors In Dec. 1914 il fell into the
hands of Harmon e. Reynolds Esq, who
made q dem )cratic paper of it. II. c. Ran
dalPs name appears as q partner of Mr..
/ Reynolds, in lS45, and soon afterwards as
sole publisher and proprietor. January 10Th
lS47 we find one copy of it with the name of
jonah IL. Case a. proprietor and publisher
This is the latest copy we have been sbe to
TO find. but from the best information we can
/ get, the psrer ceased to exist In April lS4T,
! for want of support from the party. But
/ Mr.. Reynolds, from the time he was fret
connected with il until it ceased TO exist,
was the sole editor-the ruling spirit aud
/ genius of the paper. He was man IF in
/ dustry and ability, and had ne been sustain
! ed, as he should have been, by the demo
/ cracy, Rock Island county would probably
always have been numbered among the dem
ocratic counties of Illinois.
NORTH WESTERN ADVERTISER AND Rock Is
LAND WING.
Sometime about the month of November
ls45, six column paper was started here.
with the above title. This was the third pa
per started here. We cannot procure any of
the early copies, but, near as we cau learn
the paper was started by Rev. DR.. Gatchell
clergyman of the christian persuasion. who
Is represented able man and an accom-
plished writer. The paper was under DIR
Gatchell's charge during the excitement in
relation to the murder of Col. Davenport, and
he is represented as having rendered very ef-
fcient aid in ferreting out and bringing TO the
gallows three of the murderers. who were
executed in this city.