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The evening Argus., 1867-03-23
N0TIGE.

N0U ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE
l. undersigned, having been duly chosen by
the city council of the city of Rock Island, at q
meeting thereof, holden at the city council room
in said city, on the 4th day of March, 1867, as
commissioners to ascertain and assess the damag-
es and recompense due the owners respectively OF
such lands as may be taken and appropriated for
extending an alley through fractional block 8,
Old Town, and fractional block l6, in Chicago or
Lower addition, the same to be twenty feet wide,
from Swan to Ohio street; and also to determine
what persons will be benefited by such improve
ments, and assess the damages and expenses there
of on the real estate of persons benefited thereby
have appointed SATURDAY, THE 30TH DAY
OF MARCH INST, at o'clock a. M, at the
city council room in said city as the time and
place at which they will meet, and from thence
win proceed to the premises, for the purpsse
above mentioned.
AMOS F. CUTTER,
| HARRISON B0GGESS,
| A. X. PHILLEO.
| pool leland March 1857. mchl Sdtd.
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23
BY CABLE.

PARIS, March 22-It is announced that the
Emperor Napoleon favors confederation OF the
governments of France, Holland Belgium and
Switzerland against Prussia.
The Niantonomah and other vessels of the
American feet are still at Port Mahon.
FLORENCE, March 22.-The national parma
ment was inaugurated to-day by King Victor I'm
manuel, who delivered the usual speech from the
throne.
IoynoS. March 22-The Brazilian mail steam
er bas arrived at Lisbon.
In Rio Janerio active operations were resumed
against Paraguay. The allied fleet had shelled
the fortress Of Huniata. When last heard from
the Spanish squadron had come in sight ana was
nc tho conhined fleets of Chill and I,ers.
P1os sssTowS March Z2.-The steamer City OF
Antwerp. from New York, arrived TO day.
LIvERPooL, March 22.-The steamer Deutsch'
land, from New York, arrived at Southampton
Yesterday.
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

Our State officers certainly work dog
cheap" just look into the appropriations
made by the late Legislature of Illinois
for three of them Thus it stands:
Goyerners Office and mansion. ,o0o
Superintendent public instruction. soO
Adiutant General and office. ..74,Zoo
Total for three offices
One hundred and forty-four thousand dol
lars for three officers in Illinois! Isn't 1t
''dog cheap" How can such great, good
and "lovar' men afford to work for less?
Oglesby Co. is a thriving firm, IS 1T not?
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23
The Old Sterling Railroad Trans
action,

EDITOR OF THE ARGUs.-In looking over
Yesterday Daily was much pleased with
short but pointed editorial relating to the
transfer of the Sterling & Rock Island rail-
road to the Chicago & Rock Island railroad,
as also your comments on letter from Mr..
n. Belcher, published in the Union, who was
one of the directors at the time said transfer
was made. 1t is practice among lawyers
and some other public men to say great
| deal on the details sometimes OF case, for
| the purpose of covering up the main point
or getting it under fog. This is good
practice among lawyers, but then 1t is very
| appropriate to the case of MIR. B. and others
| who consummated that gigantic swindle, not
| ON one person only, but on whole commun'
| ity. | believe it is also strong point IN
law that, in the absence of direct proof.
where parties are benefited by or through
the results of fraud or any other crime
that the presumption is very strong that they
are more or less guilty, as in the case O
stolen property when in the possession of
man, it deyolves on him to prove that be
came by it honestly
From these well understood premises
will proceed to analyze that transaction
And, first, / will enquire what parties wer
benefited? l answer
First, the Chicago & Rock Island Railroa
Company, by putting down competing lin
{ of road.
i Second. Port Byron, by making it tn
. terminus of short piece of road connectin
with Rock Island and Chicago, together wit
! the coal beds which necess arily made it a
important point, both as regards the shil
f ment of grain or produce and great depo
, for coal. r
Il Third, any officer of the selling-out boar'
who received more than a just and fair con
; pensation for his services, is. to that exten
II in possession of contraband property, whetl
/ er it be cash or in other material that accrue
: to his special benefit. Mr.. B. admits that h
was allowed $4,000, and Mr.. Henry $1,000
and how much more deponent saith not.
Can it be believed for moment that the
q services were worth these amounts to tf
( Sterling and Rock Island Company? thin
S not. Mr.. B. was not q member OF the boar
i for the first year or two, when the create
IS amount of time and labor were necessary
8 organizing the company, and we have no e
l. idence that he ever went further than Ste
ling, and once to Chicago, on business COZ
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nected with the road. Il
Can there be any good results connected
with the interests of the Sterling ROCK
Island railroad traced - him ? He says ne
was fearful from the frst that Carver was IN
the interest Of the Chicago u Rock usiahI
company, md fought against it manfaily.
cAn name uthers that fought we'll at hrs' IN
otherregards, but we're induced to take tne
opposNs side at the last. 0fher directors,
who had aabored more and spent more money
than he had were not allowed the HIS. reu.
| I leave it for the public TO. reeonclie, pos
sible. these inconsistencies with falr aho non
| est dealing.
We're they entitled to receive these large
| sums Of money from any benefit received at
their hands or do they merit the execrations
| of the public for treachery and peculatlon
An the people in the vicinity OF this place
and Princeton took stock freely and gave
mortgages, to be used las they were assured
only as a basis on which to raise money, and
not to be collected; bat were hnaly com
nelled to paw the last cent that could be col
iected. The original stock taken at these
points amounted to about $6o,000, drawing
10 per cent. interest. Some lost all they
| had while others were more or less hnancl'
) ally crippled while the company, either thro
the incompetency or treachery OF Its board
of directors. or of those who represented
, them. had used their means to build the roae
and then put it into the hands of the Chicago
, 4 Rock Island company it being well un
l derstood that so long as the Chicago Roci
Island company could control Its manage
: ment the road would never be completed
I ! and all the stockholders would be swlndie'
e out of every dollar invested!
|. / win here state that the committee VIII
r | went to Chicago went there to close spec
Il fic contract with Carver, which was then b.
= fore the board of directors, and not the ne'
J. contract presented by Carver and signed o
said committee. This fact exhonerates,
3 think, the balance of the board from an
's participation in this most infamous 'ransa
y ton. =,
! Now have clearly shown, / think, tn
there was great wrong committed on
lg large community; and who, L would as
II, were benefited Z? Why, manifestly, the pa
er ties before named But, thanks to the we
OF tern Union Road, which has opened comm
dS nicat;on for us with the rest OF the world 81
er set us on equal footing with those vi
ir- sought to make us tributary to their int
n ests, and now we can 60 on and use the
ed sources of our beautiful site and producti
and wealthy surrounding country, untrat
IA meled by the restraints attempted to
on placed over us, either by incompeteney
:. base rascality.
lty will now submit this transaction to
ne generous public. have not intended to
cd, aggerate. / have laid down my premis
and drawn my swn conclusions. Others
do the same: I have simply endeavored
give the facts. If am mistaken in relati
| st to either the facts or conclusions it will G
ro. me great pleasure to make all right as SO
as made known. lool
ION Cordova March 20, 1867.
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23
EXCELSIOR! EXCELSIOR :!
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Fer Removing SuperAuous Hair.

To the ladies especially, this invaluable dePila-
tory recommends itself as being an almost indis-
pensible article to female beauty, is easily ap-
piled, does not burn or injure the skin, but acts
directly on the roots 1t is warranted to remove
superfuous hair from low foreheads, or from any
part of the body, completely, totally and radical
iy extirpating the same, leaving the skin soft,
smooth and natural. This is the only article
used by the French, and is the only real efectual
depilatory in existence. Price 70 cents per pack
ace. sent post paid. to any address, on receipt of
an order, by
rs 2S5 River street, Troy, N. Y.
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BOARDING HOUSE.

T,HE SUBSCRIBER HAS OPENED A REGu,
i lar Boarding House in the brick block on
the north side Of Union Square. where permanent
tran sient, or day boarders can be accommodated
Meals furnished at regular hours.
Ma- A few GOOD boarders car find rooms ane
board nj 81 per week if application is made soon
A. H. OSBORN.
Rock Island, Aug. Il, aH. l.ssa,
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

The New York Times does not attempt to
prevert the Presidents reported conversa'
ton with Gen. Halpine, but says "his warn
ings against Reputation are timely and trae'
Congress viii much better perform It's duty
by needing and acting upon them than by
;mpeachine him for uttering them"
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

A mob was raised in Pekin H., on the
2lst inst, to take man named Williamson
fwho had been sentenced to be hung but
respited by the governor) out of jail and
hang him. The frmness of the officers and
a few citizens who sustained them frustrated
the designs of the mob.
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

There can be no doubt but that the tax
payers of Illinois would ike to know, as
matter cf curiosity, just what per cent, of the
$74,20O which the Legislature of Illinois has
given to Adiutant General Haynie, is to be
devoted to electioneering purposes.
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23
A RUGGY FOR SALE.

A ONE HORSE OPEN BUGGY, Strong, Neat
n and in good running order; newly trimmed
and painted Price SIS. Inquire at Mrs. Drum
boarding house, south side of Illinois St., on the
second block west of the Court House.
Rock Island March 90, 1867, DIT.
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23
SIDEWALK NOTICE.
CRY CLERKS OFFICE, l

Rock Island. March IA, 1867.
DUBLIC NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVENTHAT
L the city council of said city on the 4th day
of March, 1867, passed an order for sidewalks, as
follows:
Ordered, That sidewalk of the second class be
constructed along the east side of Madison street,
commencing at Cable street and running south to
the Indian Boundary line. Also along the south
side of Spencer street, commencing at the west
side of Cherry street and running thence east
to the west line of Dock street, on or before the
18th day of May next and in conformity with
the ordinance relating to sidewalks.
Now, unless the same shall be constructed by
the owners or holders of the lots parts of lots
in front or adjacent to such sidewalks, in the
manner and within the time above required, they
will be built by the supervisor of streets, and tht
expenses assessed on the holders of the lots ol
parts of lots chargeable Herewith. g
c. E. DODGE, City Clerk.
5dIOt
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

Republicans ask pertinent questions, some
times, for example-"If the blacks of geor-
gia are entitled to votes, and are intrusted
with them without any qualification, on what
pretence are the blacks of Ohio and, Illinois
and Michigan to remain branded with poiti
cal inferiority 2"
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

<You look" said an Irishman to pale
hageard smoker, "as if you had got out OF
your grave to light your cigar and couldn't
find your way back again.
ats very sickly here" said one of the
sons of the Emerald Isle, the other day, to
r,o.har ssYos,' s..id his companion,
great many have died this year who never
| died before
aIf fyou had avoided rum, said arumsell-
| er to a customer, ''you could now ride IN
vour carriage .And if YOU had never sold
rum said the bacchanal, ''you would have
| been my driver"
Mrs. K, after expressing her love for her
| Young children, added, tenderly, And how
| do vou like babies, Mr.. Lamb?' His answer,
immediate, almost precipitate, was, "Boi-boi-
| boiled, madam
| A Frenchman cannot pronounce "ship."
| The word is 'ssheep" in his mouth. Seeing
an iron-clad, he said to a boy, "lsh dish a
war sheep?' 'No," answered the boy, Its
a RAM"
At Morrisville is an epithaph on one Sam
Mclaughlin mortatous, with the addenda
'If all the leading politicians and priests go
to heaven, want to get off at some other
station"
Buckingham palace is said to be the cheap
est building ever erected, tor the reason
that it was built for one sovereign and altered
for another.
4 lady being asked to waltz, gave the fol
lowing sensible and appropriate answer
'No, THANK you sir, have hugging enough
at home"
What air does the young mouse sing tt
the old mouse, when biting his way through
the scenery at the opera2 "Hear me knaw
, ma"
;. A person asked an Irishman why he wore
his stockings wrong side out. because,
said he, ''theres a hole on the other side"
# sit is we'll to leave something for thos
n who come after u.s." as the gentleman salt
It who threw barrel in the way of Constabl
d who was chasing him.
y "Im afraid you'll come to want" said q
IS old lady to young gentleman. II hav
't come to want already" was the reply; g
n want your daughter"
f. II do declare, Sal, you do look good ei
h ough to eat" "Well, solomon, amt eatin
,e as fast as l can" replied Sal, with her mout
" ull."
OF Men are like wagons, they rattle mo
a when there's nothing in them.
An old Scotch lady had an evening part
7 where a young man was present who W,
about to leave for an appointment in Chin
ro AS he was exceedingly extravigant in b
conversation about himself, the old lady sal
.d when he was leaving, "Tak" guide care o'ye
no sep when We are ava; for mind ye, they e
puppies in China"
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

AN INCIDENT OF FSHILoH.-During the bat
tie of Shiloh, an officer hurriedly rode up to
an aid and inquired for Grant.
That's he with the field glass" said the
aid.
Wheeling his horse about, the officer furl-
ouslv rode up to the general, and, touching
his cap. thus addressed him &:
''Sheneral, wants to made one report
Schwartz's battery is took.
"Ahl" says the general, show was that 2
'Vell, you see, Sheneral, de sheshlnists
come up in front of US, and de sheshenists
flanked u.s. and de sheshenists came In de
rear of us, and Schwartzs battery was took,
''Wen, sir" says the general, "you, o'
course, spiked the guns
"Vatr' exclaimed the Dutchman, IN as
tonishment, ..schpike dem guns, schpike den
new guns! No, it would schpoil demf'
"Well, said the general, sharply, "wha
did YOU do p
"Do? w, we took dem back againE
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

Advices from the route between Nevada
and California speak of the snow being TWEEN
ty-two feet deep! "a ~ -
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23
To-Day's Advertisem' ts.
ANNUAL Town MEETING.

rTsHE CITIZENS, LEGALs voTRRs OF THE
I IL town Of Rock Island, HI the county of Rock
thsf the AnnnAl Town Mesting Tor said town
wiif be held atahe Court Hsnse in said town, on
The Second day of April next being the first
'Fuesday in said month, for the purposes follow
ing:
]. To choose Moderator to preside at said
meeting.
2. To elect one Supervisor, one Assistant Sup
eryisor, one Town Clerk, one Assessor, one Col
lector and one Overseer of the Poor.
3. And to transact such other business as may
come before the meeting. -
Which meeting will be called to order between
the hours Of Q and 10 o'clock in the forenoon,
and viii be kept open until o'clock in the after
noon. i. - q Z. Esss .E g%&E.
Given under my hand this 22d day Of March,
A. D. 1857.
- L. w SPENCER Town Clerk.
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

A bin appsopriating 500 900 for southern
relief, has passed both houses of the MARY
land legislature.
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

Congress has passed the bill approprlat.
ing 81, 100000 to relieve the soifer'ng peo'
pla of the south.
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

Gen. Lee is said to favor the calling Of
constitutional convention under the recon-
strdction act.
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

The symptoms of catarrh are at FIRST yszS
slight Persons find they have a cold, that tney
have frequent attacks and are more e., nnnHsn
the changes of temperature In TINS eonoissl =
the nose may be dry, slight discharge, iL
and acrid, afterwards thick and adhesive
ensue- -, ,:h .--..
As the disease becomes chronic, the dischasGe'
o-a increased in quantity aud changed IN quanS
they are now thick and heavy, and are hawke g
coughed off. The secretions are offensive ca ~
bad breath the voice thick and nasai{ q
eyes are weak; the sense of smell is Jesse
DESTROYED deafness frequently takes place
Another common and important symp |.
eatarrh is that the person is obliged to e. q
throat in the morning of a slick or shiny 1eoS,
vhicb has fallen from the head during the @aGel
When this takes place the person MAJ -
last his disease is on its way to the ~ a
should lose no time in arresting 1t.
| The above are but few of the many !
symptoms Write to our labarato Tor our
let describing fully all symptoms; it VIZ - q -
| FRRE to any address. Also directions DAefe
procure the medicine :,
We are receiving letters tren 81 Pslss : -
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The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

<You look" said an 1rishman to a pale
haggard smoker, ''as if you had got out OF
your grave to light your cigar and couldn't
find your way back again"
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

"If you had avoided rum said arumsell-
er to "a customer, 'you could now ride IN
your carriage ''And if you had never soid
rum said the bacchanal, ''you would have
been my driver"
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

Quincy is to have horse railroad, to be
in running order early in the coming sum.
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

'It's very sickly here" said one of the
sons of the Emerald Isle, the other day, to
o.bar eyes, ss.id his companion,
great many have died this year who never
died before
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

Mrs. K, after expressing her love for her
Young children, added, tenderly, "And how
do You like babies Mr.. Lamb HIS answer,
immediate, almost precipitate, was, "Boi-bol-
boil-ed, madam
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

4 Frenchman cannot pronounce ship.
The word is sheep in his mouth. Seem!
an iron-clad he said to boy, "lsh dish
war sheep?" "No," answered the boy, 1T
n RAM"
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

At Morrisvine is an epithaph on one Sam
Mclaughlin mortuous, with the addenda
'If all the leading politicians and priests go
to heaven, want to get off at some other
station"
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Rock Island, March l6, 1867. L
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

An old Scotch lady had an evening party,
where young man was present who wns
about to leave for an appointment in China.
AS he was exceedingly extravigant in his
conversation about himself, the old lady said,
when he was leaving, "Tak' guide care oyer
sep when We are AVA; for mind ye, they eat
puppies in China"
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

4 lady being asked to waltz, gave the fol-
lowing sensible and appropriate answer :
"No, THANK you sir, have hugging enough
o+ homo y
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

nchl5d10t.
The evening Argus., 1867-03-23

What air does the young mouse sing tt
the old mouse, when biting his way through
the scenery at the opera? "Hear me knaw
ma" .#
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-23
Ara Expensive Luxury.

The smoker OF foreign cigars hardly knows
the extent to which his luxury is taxed in
order to protect the home produser At the
present rate the foreign luxury mast be pres.
emily abandoned by the common people.
The Treasury department, TO raise a large
internal tax, imposes enormous rates on the
domestic articles to raise revenue. This
done, the home manufacturer demands iu-
creased duties on the foreign a.ticle By way
of protection. After this another i'm post is
added to reduce the balance to an equipoise
In the meanwhile the consumer pays all the
expenses. The smoker is severely punished
for his bad habit. a. it is said to be, though
few smokers acknowledge it to be evil At
all events, the consumer is in the end the
paying party
That the fellow who puffs the GLORIOUS
weed" may understand how he is punished.
we annex the cost on an invoice of ten
thousand cigars, two packages OF five thou>
sand each:
Two cases, containing ten thousand cigars,
shipped iroaa Hava..-. ~. 900 pen tIIvueatr-Iy
$3.50. Upon these The charges in Cuba in
gold amount to 1882. The whole aost
there being $355.92, or $3.50 per thousand.
On arriving at New York or New Orleans
Sj6.23 is added as du;:es,ItSc. making the
total cost to the consumer in gold per thou>
sand $l02.82, leaving 4 bounty to the home
manufacturer of S6G23, being nearly two
hundred per cent.