The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-04-02
A Melancholy AssemOlage'
Preparing the Lambs for Sacrifice.


there about a month ago. For radical
crafts, navigation has fairly opened on tina,
stream.
The asscmblage bore a melancholy as.
pect in the highest degree. II. Curtis, Jr.,
was called to the chair and organized the
meeting. NJ. y. Merrill was elected Score.
tary, but declined c. b. Knox was also
elected, and declinsd. Major Beardsley
ditto, f. +, Parmenter ditto. The chair.
man cast despairing look about the house.
A momentary lull succeeded, when the
press.Rang brought Parmenter up to the
scratch, and down at the table. The ball
commenced rolling The Secretary, in try.
ing 10 state the object Of the meeting, read
the wrong call. On being reprmanded, he
tried again with better success when il was
found that one delegate WAS absent from the
FRS, Ward, two from the Second, five from
the Third, and one from the Fourth, 1t
was then carried that the delegates from
| each ward present be authorized 10 cast the
full vote Of the ward. A loud call was then
made for q copy Of the AHGrs to ses what
Offices were to be provided with candidates.
40 one present being in the habit Of carry.
ing that valuable journal about their
clothes, list WAS made out from the com.
bned memories Of the convention.
+. Highly, not unknown TO fame, NOV.
cd an inf, rma ballot for Supervisor r.
Highly moved that the chair appoint Ieliers
| T. Highly and Mr.. Norris were appointed
The latter didn't wish to be seen in bad
company and slipped up to the chair and
whispered out a dechuatiDH. The chair de.
cliued to receive it. The informal ballot
being taken, the chair announced that one
yots too many had been cast. The thing
was tried over, and resulted in the selection
of Mr.. {. b. kuoY. Mr. Koch was then
elected as candidate for Assistant Superyi.
sor, but declined. NJ. D. Merrill followed
| him, but also declined r. y. Tate WA.
| chosen in his place. For Assessor, John
'''N ""' '.''''' ,''"I'' "''' .''''' s'"'''''''"
/ h'''hR o''h OUT o' ounce 80 'o"s a. 10 mp
peal to the sympatbies Of the convention in
! an "VerPo"er!"g manner ior 'o'ec'or'
capt N'nl'eF anu Jon" iio'in4u''' were
| p"' '"t""''' nv '"'''r "'o'e' Hoou' WIN
the suuuir-t Of smiles; his button hole
y'cV'N7 see "'' 70 DASH !" 'N' "a@"nNE ia.
|
''"h'e Vi everlasting nay !" 'he sigh'hcaH'
language u "' "'u'"' "ntn'reF' ne looked
: rs P''"'A"' rs basket OIL ch'P'' ne was
r 'N'uR 'N'mP'heHuoh OF beauty Nhauofned
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'na"n''' Inc announcement was received
= III greatness silence y "e"'"''Ne STIFFNESS
reg .''''
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! O'''"' ms "'''' !" '"'U""'e' o"5 % ~ ID
appreciated by the possessor, Ike all the
other good things OF life. The salary IS good
: -"conSidenng,' aud may be safely estimat
D ed at SD per anhum' Mr.. lioImqaist dldn. I
look as pleasant rs he had been dong, hnl
pec''"e1 WIN d "o'l"' ''S"He' saying Una
ne cou''n Keep MS accounts square win
ms Par'y' Ie' a'oNo 'He township fl.
H'Eoy was nominated out also declined
AMI" u"''eF'"' "'nAEeheh'' Mr. r. L. ar
m'"''r was nominated, t"I Declined Ut
Ut, '"e"''" 'no'eu '""' hereafter no one
'' ""o"e' 10 ue'''''' 'HF''e0' mr. '"c"
son gas nominated lie proved h'mseI
'Iu"l 10 the occasion however by striking
our inc "ofu '""''e ana inserting "eAeep'
" H. '"'HS'"' M H. T. Ha'Son was
"'',''"''u' O'' ue''neu most T'@P''H"y
the '"''eF "oEd einPh"Si"ed' Mr. Netll''
n0'l'""''u VIZ lI"'Per-He uiu" A"o" MS
MS rHn'' 1"' meant 'n0 young mAu' so"
VI o'' .N'' harper, N' he was" '"''e ~
Nec""'' MS "o'n'NN''o" "1' '""1e D',n"'.
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: ;,o,ir, Tns,;ces If tho psoco f,r,owed -
: ,ra am. wanted 70 know if Deacon uawos
w,9,d serve If nominated. DYES voice
-,a,;.l n,.,D ,oLoo,u.h;o.r o,n -iL.
~, bo .,.,os " was tho ro;o;,do, e C,o;il
II l. Tm,ooo " II Jsros + lTo1,nooi..
lanes Dixo, 7, Uigbv. Jobn Anderson
orl II Mary ,,aro alec ,non,;ono1 Not
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