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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-05-13
Z. C. CHOPPER,
Rock Island. Illinois.

Rock Island, Illinois.
HAVING HAD MANY YEARS EXPERT
IL ence as City Marshal, Constable and De.
tective, and having now opened an Office in Blu
ford's Block, exclusively for the Detective ana
Constable business, al matters in that line viii
receive the most prompt and careful attention
AL monies collected will be paid over or remit
ted as soon rs collected. END. ..r-f
REFERENcEs BIT PERMISSION.
Henry Dart, President Board of Trade.
Mitchell q Lynde. Bankers.
n. b. Osborn, Post Master.
J. M. Buford, Cashier LIST National Bank.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-05-13
FOR SALE.

T OFFER FOR SALE MY LOT AND BRICK
i Ssicon, on the east side Of Markst Square,
formerly occupied IN auction room. The To-
cation is one Of the best in town. ga FH
1ksst Il JOB ROSS.
Rock Island, April II, dH iks FsF
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-05-13
DEMoCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL coNvEN-
TON.

The democracy ofthe several counties of the
Fourth Congressional District are requested to
appoint, in the usual way, delegates to attend
Convention to be held at Monmouth, on Wednes-
day, the ~ day of July, 1858, at o'clock P. NJ
for the purpose of nominating candidate for con
grsss, to be supported and elected by the votes
of the democracy and of all other friends of free
government, Of republican liberty, and of the
constitution and the Union.
Each county will be entitled to one delegate
for every one hundred votes cast for the democrat
ic candidate for president four years ago, and On
additional delegate for fraction of fifty votes
or over, sas follows
Adams Warren,-..........lT
Hancock, .........-.29 Mercer .-..........-.1l
Rock Island ......-..l5 Henderson -. ........-.9
THOMAS JASPER, Adams.
B. T. ScHoNELD, Hancock.
J. B. PATTERSON, Henderson.
Al. SWAIN, Warren.
JIG. MADDEN,
D. r. Waters, Mercer,
Vim. EG6LEsroN, Rock Island.
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LOCAL COLUMN.


FIFTEEN CEsrs line viii be charged 70
each insertion of articles under this head.
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Ignoring the Agricultural Interests Of the
&fara.

Some little time before the Peoria conyen.
ton, convention Of farmers and tillers of
the soil met at Decatur, and strennously in-
sisfed that some little representation should
Be given to their intefests IN the state ticket
They named q very respectAble man as their
candidate for lieutenant governor, Mr.. No
BE, of Mclean, who would duly represent
the agricultural interests of this growing ag-
ricultural state. Did he get the nomina-
ton? Not a bit of it. Another general, a
renegade democrat, Gen. Dougherty, was
nominated. So anxions were the radicals
to signalize their love of the soldiers, that
ignoring the rank and file and the farmers
convention candidate, they put another line
officer in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Reggie
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-05-13

EpIroR OF THE ARGus.-The above letter
was found on my bench, one morning. /
know nothing of its author or who left it on
my bench. l showed it to some of the mem
bers of the society, aud have i, published By
their request.
L. N. CoPLIN.
Rncl ISlnnA Mnr 1000
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-05-13
FIREMEN,S NOTICE.

A N ORDINANCE regulating the Fire Depart
n ment Of this city, makes it the duty Of the
Chief Engineer to fx upon q day during the
month Of May, Of each year, for review Of tho
department by the Mayor and Board of Alder
mon. In accordance with this requiem ent the
un dersigned has selected Friday, the 22d inst,
at the hour of o'clock P. NJ. Tor that purpose.
Forenon of companies, with their commands and
FIRE apparatus, will appear in fremen's dress At
that hour On Market Square, and await orders.
s. B. SToDDARD, Chief Engineer.
JOB ROSS, Assistant. may7d3w.
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By Telegraph.
Rock Island, May l3, 1868.
REPORTED FOR THE DAILY Argus.

No report received to day, except Chicago
market.
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Democratic State Nominations

sA-s@s
For Governor,
John r. EDEN, Of Moultrie Co.
For Lieutenant Governor,
WIN. a. VAN EPPS, of Lee Co.
For Secretary of State,
GUS. VAN HooREBEKE, of Clinton Co
- For State Treasurer,
JESSE J. PHILLIPS, of Montgomery Go.
For State Auditor,
JOHN R. SHANNON, of Randolph Co
For Attorney General
ROBERT e. WILLIAMS, of Mclean 20.
Fer Representative in Congress, at Large,
WIN. w. OBRIEN, of Peoria Comfy.
For Penisentisry Commissioners,
JOHN W. CONNETT, of Cook Co.
VIM. GARRARD, Of Lawrence Co.
CALNEH FARLEY, of Win Co.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-06-26
Sheep Husbandry.

THERE is no variety of farm stock that
will pay better in proportion to the
amount of capital invested than sheep Il
you buy fifty ewes and buck inshe latter
part of summer, and give them proper
care, at the end of one year your flock
will be more than doubled both in number
and value, besides fifty one tleeces of wool,
averaging four pounds each, at forty cents
per pound, would be eighty-one dollars
and sixty cents. The profit on the in
crease viii depend ON the quality of the
stock you begin with. Ifyou buy common
sheep, at $4 head, your profit by in
crease will be at least 5000. If you buy
Southdowns, at IS each, your profit by in
crease viii be at least $500, with an in
creased weight Of wool, and at higher
price per pound.
This estimate ismade on the supposition
that the fifty ewes will produce only fifty
lambs, but they will be more likely to pro-
duce sixty-fve or seventy, which viii
greatly enlarge the above estimates. One
noted feature in the above estimates is,
that you will clear twice as much on a
flock of Southdowns as on common sheep,
the keep costing the same.
Whatever kind of stock farmer may
keep, with view of making profit by
it, he should give it his best care. and at
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-06-26
Soap and Water.

'PITY the sorrows of poor old man"
says the moral recitation; and old age is a
famous peg upon which authors hang sor-
row, misery, and all the rags and tatters OF
life, as if childhood had not its cares and
troubles, resting as heavily upon the small
minds as the great woes of life do upon
those of matured growth.
Shake your head, o man of the frosty
pow" thrust out scornful lips; but let me
ask you if you remember being washed ?
| do; and, as pen these lines, memory
leaps the gap of years, and see again a
shiyery, weazen little form standing in a
tin bath-a bath japanned outside of a
dark maroon color for groundwork, and
rudely ornamented with red thumb or
finger-marks, in parallel lines, as if placed
there by butcher; while the whole of
the interior was of dull dead white.
Familiar BATH There was a cross-piece
of tin at one end, in which was a circular
depression, full of holes-when they were
stopped up-for containing the soap, when
it had not slid off the slippery cross-piece
of tin, and dived down amongst ones toes,
where it had to be fished for by Betty !;
while seated upon the cross-piece, ones
feet mischievously thrust aside and con-
cealed the unsavory composition from the
searching hands. Dol not remember how
the tin struck cold to ones person how
the paint was here and there clipped off,
forming patterns grotesque as aught that
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-06-26

tention. Sheep are no exception to this
rule. They should have as wide range
of pasture as possible If the pasture on
the farm is divided into several enclosures,
they should be transferred from one to an
other every week or ten days. They
should be sailed as often as once week,
or what is better, have humps of rock salt
placed where they can have access to 1t at
any time. IF part of your pasture is on
low, flat ground do not place them on 1t
more than two or three days at a time.
Sheen delight to pasture on high ground,
and their health is improved by it. They
should have access to water every day.
The flock master should visit his flock
very often; every day if convenient; he
should familiarize them with his voice and
person, 1t gives them greater assurance
of safety and they will feed and thrive
better. The sheep is naturally a timid
animal and needs all the sympathy and
assurance you can give it.
Every tenth sheep should have sus-
pended to its neck good, clear sounding
bell A small flock more in proportion.
A flock of ten, fifteen or. twenty should
have at least three bells. The music keeps
them together. keeps up their spirits, and
is some security against dogs. A sheep
dog wishes to pursue his depredations in
quiet solitude, he wants no noise; music
has no charm for him in the pursuit OF
en.-ADaer5odn Stock Journal.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-06-26
Grant and the Clergy.

THE chaplain of Grants regiment relates
the following incident
When at home, he generally attended
the Methodist Episcopal church. When
Colonel of the Twenty first Illinois reg
iment, he gave every encouragement and
facility for securing prompt and uni
form observance of religious services,
and was generally found in the audience,
listening to preaching
Shortly after | came into the regiment,
our mess were one day taking their usual
seats around the dinner table, when he
remarked:
"Chaplain, when I was at home, and
ministers were stopping at my house, |
always invited them to ask blessing at
the table. | suppose blessing is as
much needed here as at home; and if it is
agreeable with your views, | should be
glad to have you ask blessing every
time we sit down to eat.
A GOOD joke is told of young man who
attended social circle, few evenings
since The conversation turned on Cali
fornia and getting rich. Tom - re-
marked that, if he was in California, he
would, instead Of working in the mines,
waylay some rich man who had bag full
of gold, knock out his brains, gather up
the gold and sledaddle. One of the young
ladies quietly replied that he had better
gather up the brains, as he evidently stood
more in need of that article than gold.
Tom subsidized.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-06-26
Raising BuckMheaf.

TINS crop is regarded by many as a
profitable one on land designed for winter
wheat, in two-fold way-as fertilizer in
retaining moisture, in attracting and con-
veying to the soil the manurial agencies
floating in the atmosphere, and, at the
same time, furnishing, as a result, well
come portion of bread material for family
consumption, without detriment to the
crop of winter wheat which is to succeed.
Instead of letting the ground rest, as it is
termed, in fallowed state, it is made to
furnish an extra crop, counted as so much
clear gain 1t would be absurd to assume
that crop of anything, drawing nourish-
ment from the soil, does not weaken, at
all, its productive force, unless it can be
shown that with the draft made there is
coupled compensating power which
serves to balance the account. This re-
storing force is ascribed to buckwheat by
many who have grown the article, and
watched the effect on the subsequent crop.
On certain occasion a field of ten acres
an old pasture-was summer-fallowed
quite early. 1t was a heavy clay soil, and
after 1t had been turned over couple of
weeks, two acres of it were sown to buck
wheat. 1t was well narrowed, in the di-
rection of the burrows, and very tolera-
bic seed bed secured. The result was a
good yield OF buckwheat, while that of the
winter variety, which followed, was one
quarter better on the buckwheat ground
than that on the portion which was al
lowed to rest and reeuperate in fallow
The stolen crop seemed to give liveli-
ness and elasticity to the soil of the section
used, which the fallow-rest failed to i'm
part to the ainder.-RurdL Neao Yorker.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-06-26
Der of telegraphists will form part of the
the staff Of every commanding officer.

Der of telegraphists will form part of the
the staff of every commanding officer.
DURING the reign Of Queen Elizabeth
q blacksmith made lock and key and fas,
tened to 1t gold chain, all of which arti.
Giles were so minute that the chain was fas.
tened around fea's neck, and the lively
little beast trotted about thus fettered with
perfect ease. DR.. Darwin ought to en-
tighten us as to the effect Of domestication
on the size of flea.
SEA BIRDs.--The question is often asked,
where do sea birds obtain fresh water to
Stake their thirst9 Butwe haveneverse seen
1t satisfactorily answered till few days
ago. An old skipper, with whom we were
oonversing on the subject, said that he had
frequently seen these birds at Sec, far from
any land that could furnish them with
water, towering round and under storm.
cloud, chattering like ducks In a hot day
at a pond, and drinking in the drops Of
| rain as they fell. They will smell a rain
squall hundred miles or even farther off,
and scud for it with almost inconceiyable
swiftness. How long sea birds can exist
without water is only matter of con-
lecture; but probably their powers of
enduring thirst are increased by habit, and
possibly they can go without it for many
| DAYS, If not for several Weeks.-Ep.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-06-26

dark, cherries apartments, insufficient
cothing. and absence of all the comforts
and refinement of social life, and then re-
tn "A to your own with joyful spirit.
Yuu will then be prepared to meet your
husband with grateful heart, and be
ready to appreciate the toll Of selfdenial
which he has endured in the business
world to surround you with the delights
of home; and you will cooperate cheer
fully with him in so arranging your ex-
penses, that his mind will not be constantly
harrassed lest his family expenditures may
encroach upon public payments.
Be Independent; young housekeeper
never needed greater moral courage than
she does now, to resist the arrogance of
fashion. Do not let the AS and BIS de-
eide what you shall have, neither let them
hold the strings of your purse. You know
best what you can and ought to afford.
1t matters but little what people think,
provided you are true to yourself to right
and duty and keep your expenses within
your neans.--iEec1t013ge
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-06-26
General Grant and the Old Soldier.

DURING the year 1865, an old soldier
named Lemuel Owens was discharged
from the arsenal in this city, owing to
some very abrupt reply he gave to self
appointed committee who were sounding
him upon his politics.
AS Owens had served twenty-six years
in the regular army, and had wound up his
term of service ON the Peninsula, under
Mcclellan, he would allow no man to
question his right to vote, and boosted,
too, that he had served in the Fourth In
fantry, under Grant, when the renowned
chieftain was but Lieutenant.
He told the committee he would go and
see General Grant himself about the mat
ter. They iokingly replied: "Do SO, old
fellow he'll make it all right" General
Grant was temporarily living at Twentieth
and Chestnut streets, in this city, as the
veteran soldier trudged up with his story
to the Generals house He stepped up,
rang the bell, and went into the entry hail.
When the servant appeared and saw the
old, sunburned, poorly-dressed man, he
very promptly asked: " What do you
want?"
"Iwant to see General Grant," was the
calm reply.
"The Generals >engaged, and cannot be
seen. Have you got a card 2"
Just at this moment a little girl APP
peared, and old Owens said to her, isis,
run up stairs and tell your pop an old
Fourth Infantry man wants to see him."
A message soon came down for the old
soldier to come in when he was ushered
into the presence of General Grant. He
shook him by the hand, and said, Gene
raj, don't you know me?" The General
replied that he had seen so many people
of late that it was hard to remember them
all
Owens told him when he served under
him, and that he had been discharged
from his work, and that he had lost his
eldest son from disease in the war, and his
family had nothing to depend upon but
his labor. Grant patiently listened to the
old soldiers story, and picking up il pen,
wrote a few lines to the effect that Owens
should have work as long as he wanted it.
The old man was not long in reaching
his former field of labor, armed with the
formidable order, and when he presented
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-06-26
CnnYaIescnncn.

After disease has been conquered, there is still
the weakness that it leaves behind it to be re-
moved. Convalescence is a tedious affair. If the
enfeebled and flaccid muscles, the shattered
nerves, the thin and watery blood could speak,
they would cry for help. In too many cases such
help as is given them is not of the right kind. The
fiery stimuants of commerce do harm. They
kindle temporary flame, which is a mockery.
Their effect passes, and the last state of him who
uses them is worse than the first Not such is the
effect of HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS.
There is no drawback to its toning properties. 1t
has been found THE GREAT MEDICINE OF
THE AGE for sustaining and bracing up the en-
feebled constitutional matter how much de-
bilitated-as it not only bcstows strength, but
soothes the nervous system and allays all excite
ment of the brain. While this excellent prepare
ton possesses such effective properties it is per-
fectly safe and is agreeable to the taste.
Attempts have been made to rival it, They
have failed Can it be necessary to say why they
have failed? Ask the recovered dyspeptics,
bilious sufferers, victims of fever and ague and
nervous subjects who have experienced its effects,
what they think Of it. Ask THEM, and be guided
by what they say.
As household medicine it is available at all
times in of Indigestion bilious and other
fevers, and all diseases arising from impure
condition of the stomach liver
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-06-26
Rye and Indian Bread.

To KNOW how to make good brown
bread is great accomplishment, at least
few succeed in accomplishing it. Eliza
Prentice, of Dakota, informs the American
Institute Farmers Club of her way, which
we will give for the benefit of any who
wishes to try it: "My method is for a
good thick loaf one pint of rye -four to
three pints of Indian meal, one-half tea
cupful (some say one cup) of sirup, or its
amount in brown sugar scald with boil
ing water-be sure to stir in water enough
to thoroughly scald it; no salt; cover it
over, let it stand until cool, then reduce it
with cold sweet milk until quite thin, or
enough so to pour into your pan; bake all
day, let it stand in the oven all night, if
convenient. IF you do not have luscious
loaf in the morning, then [ am not the
daughter of a New England mother This
is the Rhode Island plan of 80 years ago,
that is, minus the molasses. The Massa-
chusetts and Connecticut people used to
add yeast when coo1 but I much prefer
the Rhode Island plan IF your crust is
too hard to eat, remove it and soak it in
water, then add it to your next Loaf you
will find it richer and superior to your
first-after the second or third loaf you
will need no strip. Another way, that
has been more recently sought out, is, two
cups Of meal and one cup of flour, two
cups of sweet milk md one of sour, one
half cup of strip, one-half teaspoonful of
saleratus, and little salt; pour in two
quart basin, well buttered, steam two
hours, and bake one-half hour in hot
oven; turn the dish bottom-side up on a
plate for half an hour before eating. This
is for small family. You can enlarge if
you like. 1t is easily prepared for din
ner."
Here is another from Dr. Lydia A. Jen-
l1ins,. Binghampton, N. Y. "Three pints
of coarse corn meal, scalded with four
pints of boiling water, when cool, add two
pints of coarse ye-meal, (not four,) mix
thoroughly, put in stoneware pots, covered
over, and place in an oven cool enough
for the bread to warm slowly for two or
three hours, after which bake slowly for
four hours, if made in one loaf; let the
bread stand in cool oven one or two
hours. 1t should be light, moist, and
sweet, with moist, firm crust 1t will
require experience and skill to perfect the
making of this bread; but in health and
deliciousness it pays"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-06-26
No Trouble About Judge Chase's Prin-
ciples.

No DEMOCRAT need hesitate to give his
support to Judge Chase on the score of
principle.
"These suspenders," said an auctioneer,
"are elastic-long enough for any man,
short enough for any boy, and warranted
to fit"
Here we have an epitome of Judge
Chase's principles. He is hard money
man; yet, as the Irishman, when he saw
donkey, declared that he had found the
father of all rabbits; so we find in Chief
Justice Chase the father Of all greenbacks
in fact, Old Greenbacks himself
Pendleton is not ahead of him on the
bond question; he is behind him; for it is
we'll understood that although Judge Chase
made greenbacks legal tender, he is now
in favor of declaring Lem not to be le-
gal tender for any debt incurred since the
war. He is, of course, in favor of paying
the bonds in greenbacks; for the bonds
must be paid in them when there is no
other use to put them to.
When the Chief Justice says he is in ia
vor of approaching greenbacks, he is sup
posed to speak in a Piczwickian sense,
and to mean that he is in favor of appre-
ciating Old Greenbacks-that is, Of having
him better appreciated.
Judge Chase is emphatically in favor of
the National Banks, and will receive their
combined and powerful support. He is
also in favor of large appropriations on
the banks Of the Mississippi, to prevent
that river from OVERLOOKING, and to cause
the hearts of the planters to overflow with
gratitude and political support towards
him.
In verifcation of the wisdom of his
financial policy, Judge Chase may point
proudly to Jay Cooke, as an illustration.
If it has worked so well for him, why
should it not work well for everybody?
The Democrats might think that Judge
Chase would be squeamish in his selec-
tions for office; but he is not over particu-
lar about men, so that they are his friends ;
for while he stands himself erect, over six
feet in his stockings and immaculate err
mine, can he not point to Callicot in his
parti- colored suit as one of his confidential
friends?
Judge Chase's notions on the negro ques-
ton will do no harm with the Democracy
of the Southern States for while he is in
favor of allowing intelligent colored
gentlemen to vote, he would rather leave
it to their former owners to decide whether
they shall be permitted to vote or not. II
they do vote, of course he expects them to
vote for him and that no Democrat can
object to, provided the Chief Justice is the
Democratic candidate.
In short, Judge Chase is willing to go as
far as he can in every direction, for every
thing and against everything, if he can
only be elected President. He does it, too,
with such dignity and such perfect con-
sistency that no one can find any fault.
The Democracy cannot have more fault
less candidate.-Neao York San, (Ctase
Oludnl
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-06-26
Advantage Of Years.

You are getting into years. Yes, but
the years are getting into you-the ripe
rich years, the genial, mellow years, the
lusty, luscious years. One by one the
crudities of your youth are falling of
from you, the vanity, the egotism, the in
sulation, the bewilderment, the uncertainty
Nearer and nearer you are approaching
yourself You are consolidating your
forces. You are becoming master Of your
situation. On the ruins of shattered plans
you find your vantage ground. Your
broken hopes, your thwarted purposes,
your defeated aspirations, become a staff
of strength by which you mount to sub
Inner heights. With selfpossessionT and
selfcommand of all things, the title deed
of creation, forfeited, is reclaimed. The
king has come to his own again. Earth
and sea and sky pour out their largess of
love. All the crowds pass down to lay its
treasure at your feet.-Lk Marc&.