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The weekly Butte record., 1867-06-15

PRocEED-SGs OF TEE DFa<ocEAI1c CoCyZf CoSvES-
uos.-The Democrats County Convention Assembled
in oroyiIle the l2sh instant pursuant 70 the call
Of their County COMMITTEES and called 10 order By
y Plum. Chairman. Lot, ESQ, WIS chosen tenn
po-xrv President and Martin. Of Chco. temporary
Secretary The President .dea briefspeech thanking
the ton or the honor conferred upon him and
aroused the convention fir pitch CT enthusiasm by
zn old As hioned Democratic talk after silence of four
years-
On motion Of Mr. Armstrong. committee Of five WAS
appointed credentials follows: Msssrs Armstrong
Ketchun. Hewitt, Maddox. and Cochrane.
On motion, the chair appointed Messrs OFerrd- Ne-
and West committee organization and order q
business Aessrs Ord and Mcdaniel were subsequently
added to the COMMITTED
The convention then adjourned until NJ
AFTERNOON SESSION
The convention re-asseuabied a. II. when the
uaitsee on credentials reported as follows:
oroviIIe-C F Lott J A Rothschild. n Vance, James
Chapman Thomas Hawkins proxy. Hewitt
Shaeaers-C Nelson. J Holloway, y W Clark proxy,
" VI Ord. c Grant Charles k-be.
Central House-JaInes kerby. Graham, II Kirby,
BidweII Bari R Ketchun-
Chico MArdn, Cochrane- JohI GULL, b
O'Fer-aI Morgan.
Rock Creek B Montgomery Barnes proxey for
Gray
Pine creek-H Docherty. D c Gray.
Nlnlshew-Is2ae Burke, Samuel Mcclellan
CruIn's Rznch-WiliaIn Wallace, II Richardson
Oregon City-John B Crawford. William Logue-
CenIrevlIie-J K Brotherto1, William Mcintyre.
Stringtogn-Joseph Wakenan, Robert Jones
Concoy-A " Thompson.
Wyaadotte-wiiam Armstrong Stevenson.
Thompson Flat-Robert AtheTton NJ West
Cherokee Fat-o Powers, James Armstrong. Thos-
McDanei.
Yankee HiIl-w Farley. James Phelon, W Farley
proxy.
Forks of Butte-w Morris.
Mountain House, Ruggies, J Anthony.
Forbestown-H Maddox. J Price, y D Plum.
Pence's Ranch-George Rothrock-
Magslia-T Burch. James Rowles, T Stryker.
Luinpkin-J Shpley, L Williams. William Marshall
proxy.
Mooretown-willia,n Marshall, John Freeland
Eyansyle-Peter SuIanle, II Vaughn
Dayton K France, H 70 kum. Perkins K
France, proxy.
Mountain Spring House-E RuIllley, John Mitchell
proxy.
Euterprise-John Mitchell.
Bangor-William spauldins. Samuel Young
Morris Rayine-Joseph Henley
The report was adopted.
The committee on permanent organization presented
the following permanent officers OF the con-
venton: For President Charles Lott Vice President
sergeantat-Arrns, D Gray.
And upon the order of business as follows:
denomination of County Judge;
2-Sherif:
3-County Clerk;
4-Recurder;
5-Treasurer;
6-District Attorney;
County Superintendent of Public Instruction.
s-publc Administrator;
9-County Surveyor;
10--Coroner
1.-Two Members of Assembly:
I2-Delegates to State Convention:
13-Delegates to Congressional Convention:
1i-Delegates TO Joint Senatorial Convention:
disappointment of County Central Committee;
We also reoommend that the delegates present from
their respective Revenue Districts nominate their As
SCISSORS the adjournment OF this conventions Also
a Supervisor for District No l.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-08
Another Great Triumph !
T. c.. LIGHTE & CO.'S
PIANOS

uAVE just received the highest premium at
IL the Iowa and Illinois State Fairs, over all
the most celebrated makers in the United States,
On the Committees Award Book, after the en-
try Of the Lighte & Co. Piano. under the head of
Best Squire Pianos, are the following remarks:
lst Premium-Splendid instrument Reasons
why this Piano received the first premium: 1st,
best case; Cd, best ringing tone, most vibration,
taking the same tone and striking with same
power; Sd, best tone 4th, most mellow tone !;
5th, best melody; 6th hest general finish" The
president of the Committee says that 'the mem
Pers each took to themselves piece of paper and
went from instrument to instrument, each making
their own notes without seeing each others pa
pers on the following points, viz: First, ease !;
second, vibration; third, tone fourth, power !;
fifth, sweetness sixth, melody; seventh, general
finish. The committee unanimously gave the F.
C. Lighte Piano the first premium. These
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-08
SINGERS
New Family Machine.

Which has been over ten years in preparation,
and which has been brought to perfection regard
less Of time, labor expense, is now conf
IDENTIFY presented to the public as incompaTabiy
the best sewing machine in existence.
The machine in question is simple, compact,
durable and beautiful. 1t is quiet, light running /,
and capable of performing range and variety of
work never before attempted upon a single ma
chine using either silk, twist, linen or cotton
thread, and sewing with equal facility the very
finest and coarsest of materials, and anything be-
tween the two extremes, in the most beautiful and
substantial manner. Its attachments for hem
ming, braiding, cording, tucking, quilting, fell
ling, trimming, binding, DC, are novel and prac-
teal, and have been invented and adjusted espe-
cially for this machine.
New designs of the unique, useful and popular
Folding Tops and Cabinet peculiar to the
machines manufactured by this company have
been prepared for enclosing the new machine
These gotten up in every variety OF wood,
such as black walnut, mahogany, rosewood, and
the like asd from the plainest to the most ella
borate pattern ard fDish,-the machines them
selves being more or less highly ornamented, TO
correspond with the cabinets tables for which
they are intended.
JAMES BOLTON.
General Northwestern Agent, so Clark St., Chi
go, under the Sherman House.
w. IT. NORRIS,
dec22dwtf. Agent, Rock Island.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-08
FURBUSH & GAGE
MANUFACTURERS OF
Wooden Machinery
SUCH A

carding Machines, Wool Pickers, Spinning Jacks,
Crompton Looms, Plain Looms, Teasling
Giggs, Fulling Mills, Spooling Ma
chimes, Harness, Frames, &c,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-08
FOR SALE.

TX GOOD BUILDING LOTS, IN GEO. L.
- Davenports addition to the city of Rock
Island. Price frcm $500 TO $3.50
Ten Acre Out Lots, situated on the Camden
road, half a mile from the city of Rock Island,
well situated for gardening and residences.
Terms half cash and balance on time.
20 Acres known as the Cushing Tract, situated
on the Camden road, two miles from the city of
Rock Island, and is beautifully situated for resi-
denees, Gardening, Fruit raising-has good
spring, &C., and is about half mile from the
"Rock River Water Power" Price, per acre,
Si0 half cash and the balance on time.
Also number of lots in Davenport, Iowa City
and LeClaire, and Farming Lands in Iowa and
Nebraska Territory.
Apply to GEO. L. DAVENPORT,
mch27dwtf. at Davenport, Iowa.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-08
OFFICE NO. s. FRONT STREET
HOMES FOR CHILDREN.

Any PERSONS WHO ARE WILLING TO
n take children into their families, of either
sex and ranging in age from three months to ten
years, are requested to apply to S. b. Stoddard,
at Rock Island, or VIM. S. Bailey, at the County
Poor House. may3ldw2w.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-08
Attention, Everybody

Being desirous of reducing my stock, in order
to prepare for the Spring trade, viii offer
from this date to my old customers and all who
may favor me with n CALL
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-08

A WAY with SPEC
n TACLES.-OLD
EYES MADE NEW.
easily, without doctor
or medicines. Sent,
post paid, on receipt of
10 cents.
DR.. f. B, FO0uE,
1870 Broadway, n. Y.
A WAY WITH IN
"A COMFORTABLE
TRUSSES - COM
FORT AND CURE for
the RUPTURED. =
Sent post paid on re-
ceipt of 10 cts. Ad
dress
DIR. E. B. FOOTE,
II30 Broadway, \. Y.
CONFIDENTIAL
~ INFORMATION
TO THE MARRIED!
Sent in sealed envelope
on receipt of 10 cents.
Address
DIR. E. B. F00TE,
author of NJ edicaI
Common Sense, 1870
Broadway, \. Y.
mchl4dw3m.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31
Reanonstrance.

Daughters of Eve your mother did not we'll;
She laid the apple in your fail er's hand;
Ahd,we haFeread, O, wonder! what befell-
The man was not deceived, nor yet could
stand ..-.. .rnr
He chose to lose for love of her, his throne
With her could die, but could not live alone.
Daughters of Eve! he did not fall so low,
Nor fall so far as that sweet woman fell;
Far something better than as gods to know,
That husband, in that homo lett off to
dwell:
For this, till love be recko1ei less than lore,
Shall man be first and BEST forever more.
Daughters of Evel 1t was for your dear sake
The worlds first hero died an uacrowned
king
But Gods great pity touched the grand
mistake,
And made his married love eacred thing
For yet his nobler sons, if aught be true,
Find their lost Eden in their love TO you
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31
- That excellent journal, the

= That excellent journal, the
Memphis Ledger, says the voca-
ton Of gamblers in that city, is
"fallen into the sere, the yellow
Leaf" and their condition desper-
ate beyond precedent. Probably
dozen of the hundred have mon
ey. The others, to use an express
siye phrase, are compelled to "shin
around" and keep body and soul
together as best they may. The
sofa or bare floor of a 'shelr or
restaurant generally serves as a
bed, and "free lunch" often fur
nishes the only meal of a day.
Stripping greenhorn is no longer
the thought uppermost in our
''sport's" mind. It is how to OBJ,
tain a supper and a place to lay
his head. Last winter gambling
"hells" thronged every quarter.
The brilliantgas light dazzled the
eye and proved irresistible. The
tigers jungles were daily and
nightly filed, and the beast fat
tened on the prey. Now, only six
or seven faro "hells" can be found.
and dullness stalks in them like a
specter. Keno has gone by the
board. Its race was early run,
and it's former haunts have ito
let" on their doors. Roulette is
abandoned. The ''eagle birdn has
either flown away or died of star
walton. His screams no longer
deafen and startle.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31
as young men

~ In a speech supporting a
license law, a Connecticut legisla-
tor expressed the conviction that
''there are a class of persons who
are troubled with soarings after
the infinite and divings after the
unfathomable, but never pay
cash. rs... ....
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

u The Democrat has the mel
ancholy intelligence from all parts
of Rapides parish that the cater
pillar is vigorously at work, and
that the cotton crop will be en-
tirely destroyed. 'On 10000 acres
planted in cotton this year there
will not be raised 1000 bales.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

~ All the darkies of sixteen
years of age and upward having
been duly registered by Brown
lows Commissioners, Gen. Carlin,
of the Breedman's Furore, comes
nobly to the rescue of "Young
Africa" and orders that the little
picaninnies of all sizes, ages, com
plexions and sexes be registered
as well. This is a great country
for registering negroes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

WHAT is DUE TO WOMAN
The New York Evening Gazette
says: There never was a man
who did too much for the happi-
ness OF woman, and never did a
man devote his thought and care
to the tastes of "a true woman who
did not reap a rich harvest in re.
turn
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

% A military officer wanted
to compliment a negro by drink
ing with him: "Well, Captain"
replied Cuff, else very dry, SO l
wont be ugly about it. Some mig,
gers is too proud to drink with
milishy Ossifers-but I think a
milishy ossifer, when sober, is just
as good as a nigger-'specially if
the niger is dry.n 81
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

Is The New York Sun wants
the girls to have a chance as
clerks. It says fully three-fourths
of the retail stores Of that city
might employ young women in
that capacity as advantageously
as young men.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

u A man in Cleveland tried
to murder his father, was arrested
and bailed out by the old gentle
man, who preferred to have his
grey hairs brought in sorrow to
the grave by his own son rather
than by the hangman.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

~ Punch thinks the industry
Of the ladies in Paris surpasses be-
lief. They dye-their hair; they
enamel their faces; they gid
their locks; they paint-their
cheeks; and now they bronze
their compilations!
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

u Ladies who have a DISPOSE
ton to punish their husbands
should recollect that little warm
sun will melt an icicle much soon
er than a regular northeastern.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

% According to Halls Journal
Of Health brain work does not OF
itself shorten life, but tends rath-
er to increase the longevity of
man.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

- Ifqyou feel miserable, do
not keep quiet in your unhappi.
ness, but make those around you
as uneasy as yourself-there is
nothing like distributing our
blessings. y
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

~ We are told that q man in
Wales actually wheeled his wife in
q wheelbarrow to the holy well of
st. Winifred, a distance of two
hundred miles, in order to have
her cured Of rheumatism by the
sacred waters.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

~ A man in Worcester cele.
brates his birthday by getting
drunk. The Worcester Gazette
says his birthday comes regularly
every fortnight.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

& u "Are you not afraid your
wife will get married again when
you die :" ~ hope she may, as
there will be one man in the world
who will know how to pity me-"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

% Paradise, according to a
Maine paper, is located at Sebec
Lake, where the mountains are
covered with blueberries and the
streams filled with trout.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

u E'Tommy, my son." said a
fond mother, "do you say your
prayers night and morning. ayes,
that is nights; but any smart boy
can take care of himself in the
day time.n -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31
The G9gEEett Steel Brush
G62e.

TNhis celebrated COTTON GIN, is
l. again manufactured under the
supervision of the Patentee, B. D.
Gullett, with greatly improved faoili-
ties; and we. as agents for the South
west, now offer it as the best gin made.
It's advantages are !:
LIST. The quantity Of cotton ginned
in given time is much greater than
by any other gin of equal number of
saws
Cd 1t separates from the Cotton
al notes and dust and leaves it clean
from nap
Sd. The Steel Brush straightens
out the lint, removing all kinks and
knots. ...
4th The Roll cannot be broken by
over feeding.
All Gins are tested before leaving
the ia tory Cotton from this gin will
sell for an advance in price. sufficient
in so Bales TO pay for the gin, because
it is freed from notes, dirt and nap.
1t has been in use extensively in tie
Southwest ten years, and wherever
used it supercedes all other gins.
Send for special descriptive circu-
lars
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

u Thepolice are creating great
commotion among the gamblers,
OF st. Louis. The fraternity is be-
ing ''gobbled" en- masse under the
vagrant act.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

A Coon MANS FAULTs.-Ift the
best mans faults were written on
his forehead it would make him
pull his hat over his eyes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

% Cato, the elder, said that
wise men learned more from fools,
than fools from wise men,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

u There are a good many ri
sing men in Montana and Nevada
about a dozen a day. They rise
at the end of a tight rope Lou.
Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

Monuments 5sssa Va Nhs
Teombs. ID . Il a 8a
Tablets, s.
frs al Cottages and Head stoHe
Of pure Italian Marble, vf the -
approved workmanship. 0ur w
has been tested for several yesrs -
has given general satisfaction Tnask
FOL for past favors, we again soi'cs
yorr patronage. Please call and g.
anime the rough ASHER and So
pc rfected nv the tools ofFeady wess~
men. tga Y .xr
Shreveport. La. sseaS
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31
Cotton Presses.

We are manufacturing for the crop
of 1867, an Improvement on the Bull
lock press. will meet all the require
ments of cotton packing. 1t can be
worked by hand, horse, or steam pow
or. Can be used out doors or in q
building; is rapid in its working; of
immense power, and makes bale of
exactly the proper size.
Small Portable Engines.
Horse Powers, Corn Mills and Mill
and Plantation Machinery and Agri-
cultural Implements of all descriptions.
TH0S. B. BODLEY & CO.,
No. 9 Perdido Street, New Orleans.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

e Habit is cable. We weave
a thread every day, and at last
we cannot break it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31
Ready Made Clothing,
Ds'gsgs and Medicines,

-I~F Our Goods having been selected
with the greatest care, and being es-
Pfcially adapted TO the wants Of this
country, beside having been bought
Q atireiy for cash We are enabled to
offer great Inducements to buyers.
ONEiLL & JONES.
Benton. La, April, 1867. a
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

IL A woman's tears soften a
mans heart; but f1attery his head.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

u ~ Never give counsel where it
IS not asked of you, especially to
those who are Incapable Of appre-
ciating it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

- A '1adies' shoemaker ad-
vertises himself as one of the lu-
minaries of the ''sole-her system"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-31

~ He that hinders not mis-,
chief when it is in his power, is
guilty of it.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-04-03

The Proposed Taxation of Churches.
THE bill now before our Legislature proposing
the imposition of taxes upon churches the
same as upon other corporations, is creating
NO little excitement in the religious commu-
nifty. The exact terms of the bill are that
no churches shall be exempt except such as
receive an annual revenue " from the sale or
rent of pe,Os'' of less than $2500, or such as
have their seats or pews free to all without
payment of rent, and whose annual revenue
from all sources does not exceed $2500.
The first thing that strikes us in this propo-
sition is that it reaches city churches almost
exclusively. There are few country or viii
lage churches that have revenue exceeding
$25OO per annum and yet they may be pro
portionately as able to pay taxes as the city
churches. There are few city churches that
can get along with less than $25OO income
while there are not many in the country that
reach that amount. A country church with
$4,000 revenue is a far richer church in pro-
portion than a city church with $4,000.
Again, no matter what may be the real
value of a ehurch's property, if it do not
raise a revenue of $2500 from its pew-rents,
it goes untaxed, unless it be a church with
free pews, and then it is untaxed if its total
revenue from all sources does not exceed
$2500. But what is to be deemed in these
cases the "revenue of church," Many of our
churches contribute largely to various
charities are these charitable contributions
part of their revenues
L I ~
are not established for purposes of gain. They
do not declare dividends to their stockholders.
They are not conducted as commercial enter
prises. 1t is true that some of them become
articles of luxury, ministering to the pomp
and pride and vainglory of those connected
with them. But such is not the character of
the vast majority of them. Many of their
edifces are costly, but they are objects of
public taste and culture. A noble church or
cathedral has public utility, merely as a
work of art, which is worthy the attention of
the intelligent legislator. We believe it has
not been usual among the nations of the earth
to tax such things as these.
We do not allude to the higher claims of
churches as the promoters of public morality,
the dispensers of charity, the educators of
youth, and the conservators of order and
civilization generally. These may or may
not be grounds upon which they are entitled
to exemption from taxation. We do not
think the measure likely to prove either
popular or a wise one. We have no fears,
however, that it would result in a general
closing of our churches. It's simple result
would be to add so much more to the cost of
maintaining them.