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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19

Sherman, in his march to the sea, had his
"bum mers" to gobble up and bring in every
thing movable in the country, except the
tomb stones of the deceased inhabitants.-
Chicago merchants have had their run
nersn or commercial "bummerS~ out through
the Northwest taking orders for anything
from yard Of tape to q cargo OF heavy gro
ceries 1t is safe to say that some quiet,
negative sort Of men in business dread the
approach Of these fellows more than the peo,
pie Of Georgia and South Carolina did Sher-
mans fellows. Now, however, Chicago in
its aggregate capacity, has dispatched about
one hundred commercial "bummers' to the
Pacific and intermediate territory, to solicit
trade for Chicago in general. The party
embraces some Of the Garden Citys most
fluent speakers, ready writers, best drinkers,
enterprising smokers and enormous eaters,
the intention being to eat drink aud smoke
the people Of the country invaded into good
humor, and then talk and write them into
buying goods at Chicago. Boston can nc
| longer be called The "hub." We haEe a
western hub and Chicago is its name.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19

An O'tumwa, Iowa, dispatch of the l4th
says of the weather and crops in that part
of the state, that there were heavy showers
OF rain there on the night of the 18th, &C.
compsnied by heavy winds and thunder and
lightning. The farmers say it has finish,
ed the spring wheat and stopped the corn.
plowing for the season, thus shortening the
crops Of the latter materially. The country
is Hooded with water, and much of it will
be total loss. Oats are Knocked down and
badly damaged The river is nearly out of
its banks and is still raising, which must be
very destructive to farms along the bot.
toms
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19

OF the California wine crop, the Alta Cal.
iforniGn Of June 29th, says; "The grape
crop in Sonora and Naps will be above the
average, but less than that of last year.
There has been no frost in either valley this
season, but in the former the fly has made
its appearance, and will do some damage.
On most of the vines the lunches are set
aud the berries well filled. The vineyards
are generally cultivated with care, and the
owners are zealousy trying to learn as much
as possible about the qualities of the differ.
ent varieties and their adaptation to the va
rinns soils
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19
illinois Street,
RoCK ISLAND, ILLS.
Chancery Notice.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,

SRAIh RA,l i.IaDa Jp lLLnM11S' coao,r' SIS.
In the Circuit Court of tho September Term A..
d. 1859 In Cbanccry.
Sareh b. Cobb vs. Job Ko's, Maria Gould, Aus
tia T., 0oild, and - Gould, wife of said
Austin, and whose christian namo is unknown,
Amended Blll in Partition.
To Maria douii and -- Gould, wife of said
Austin g. Gould and whose christian name is
unknown, defendants in the above entitled suit,
NOTICE Is raby given that the above cnti.
~ tied suit is now pending in said Court, and
that summons has been issued against you
therein.
Now, unless you shall personally be and ap.
pear before said Court on the first day Of the
next term thereof, to be holden in the Court
iouse, in the City Of Rock Island, IN the county
and state aforesaid on the FIRST MONDAY
OF SEPTEMBER NEXT, to which time and
place the said summons is made returnable, and
plead, answer or demur to the amended bill il
said sut fled, that the same viii be taken io
confessed as against you, and decree entered &C
cordingIy.
Rock Island, ILL.,, July 0, A. D. 1859.
SAHUEL 2. HoDGEs,
Clerk of said Court.
OSBORN & CURTIS,
Complaints Solicitors.
july6dw4w.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19
READY GLAZED SASH.

IN CONNECTION with my Planning Mill, l
L have opened Ware Room for the sale OF
Primsd and Glazed Sash, where | will keep con
stsntly on hand all sizes Of these articles, which
can sell st much cheaper rates than they can
be purchased for elsewhere. | obtain my Glass
from the manufactures at Ptts6urg, thereby
saving the profits which others must pay VINO
buy in this market. All Builders, Farmers, and
others in wan. of Sash will consult their own in
terest by giving me call before purchasing else
where as AN offering unusual iuduCements for
this trade IA. BIDDISCE.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19

The Cuban patriots" who started little
while ago to Cuba from New York, and
made little diversion from their original
plans by dividing into two parties, some
cspturipg some New York revenue cutters
and taking them back into that port under
command of the U. s. Marshal, and the
Others seizing Gsrdner's Island ia Ions
Island Sound, have concluded not to wagi
the war any further, and have surrendered
Col. Ryan and his lieutenant colonel have
not ret capitslsted.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19

The Chicago Times says the managers OF
Dexter Park have perfected arrangements
for grand steeple.chase race, to take place
on the 2lst of next month, for purse OF at
least 5000. The grounds will be prepared
with hurdles, bitches, hedges, etc the course
extending three miles Five horses are al
ready promised as entries for this exciting
dash, and there is reason to believe that sew
eral more will enter
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19

French newspapers say it is now certain
the new ministry will be as follows: Min
lister of the interior, Foreadea Rouquette
minister of justice, Devergier; minister o
foreign affairs, Auvaiegue; minister o.
finance, Pierre Mague; minister Of com
merce, Alfred Seroux; minister of public
works, Grecier; minister of marine, Admirs
Generilly; minister of war, Marshal Neil
NJ. Rouher will be president Of the enate.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19

A London dispatch says that Mr.. Bagley,
of this country, had an interview on Friday
with Earl Granville, with reference to the
release of American citizensnowimprisoned
oa charge of Fenanism. He presented Pc
titions on the subject signed by members Of
the Amerirsn Congress and British parlia.
rnant
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19
8 not yet been announced.

The International Young Mems Christian
Association in session at Portland, Me-, dis.
c1ssed on Saturday how to conduct meetings
and the qualifications of membership. The
latter discussion grew heated, some main
tanning that Unitarisns are not Christians.
The excitement was allayed by singing and
prayer, and the question referred to spe'
cial committee.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19

In the examination a few days ago Of the
negro Turner, Grants Postmaster in Geor-
gia, on the charge of issuing spurious
Treasury notes, his only defense was an at
tempt to impeach the prosecuting witness.
About twenty persons, white and black,
swore they would not believe the witness
on oath. The decision Of the commissioner
has not yet been announced.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19

The Chicago Times complains of the
Tribune for making of the whole cloth two
sensational canards, fashionable suicide
and an elopement. Would that such items
were always eanards. As canards they
may be endured, but as realities they are
auful
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19

The governments of France and Prussia
have recognized the Spanish regency. The
session Of the Constituent Cortes has been
suspended till October. Previous to al.
journment the cortes appointed committee
to supervise the affairs of the country during
the intermission.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19

Advices from Rio Jsneiro, to the Goth ult,
fully confirm the reported victory of the al,
lies over Lopez. The Paraguaysus lost FIVE
hundred killed and wounded, three hundred
prisoners and twelve guns. The allies are
establishing a provisional government for
ParApnaY
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19

An official count Of the vote Of Virginia
shows Walkers majority to be 1850. The
vote for the constitution was G,922-
against 3,4S7. The majority thus far
against the test oath is about 1000
against the disfrauchisement clause about
10
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19

Paper clothing, manufactured by newly
invented process, is being introduced and
worn. Paper shoes and shoddy clothes,
our late volunteer army is familiar with,
but Il suit of clothes made from paper will
will be novelty.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19

Wheat already harvested in southern por-
tions of this state has been materially and
generally injured in the stack by the heavy
rnine
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19
Chicago Market.
Tslsgraphsd 10 the ARavs.

Tslssraphsd 20 the AHast.
CHICAGO, July ~.
Flour quiet held firmly at unchanged prices.
Wheat 1,32al,
Corn dull No Q 76as.
Oats steady Scat.
Rye dull LOG.
Barley nominal.
Highwines firm higher Lou.
Pork steady 80.
Lard lS4.
Shoulders steady IL.
LIVE sroCE.
UEIos srooK YARDS, July 10.
Cattle opened dull, subsequently became toler
ably active at decline of l0al5c; rects $685.
sales 4I0 at i,30; butchers; 6,75a7,5O good
to choice; an extra lot sold $50.
Hogs moderately active; rects 1913; sale 2l75
at s,75a9,2 % fair to good; 9,35a5O choice.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19
New York Market.

Telegraphed to the ARsus.
New YoRK, July ~.
Plour-U nchanged. ,...r
Wheat-Steady at l ,49ai.
Corn-Firm at 95as3
Qats--Quiet at 62a3.
Pork-Firm at J2,25a31.
Lsrd--l9x.
Whisk y-Dull.at 80.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19

Bankers and brokers in large numbers
have been arrested in New York for viola.
tlonS OF 'Ne stringent usury laws of that
State,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19

Griffin, the engineer of the Erie railroad
slaughter.house train, is reported to be un'
der arrest.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19

New York reports 126 deaths for the week
ending Saturday.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19

1t is stated that the rye and oat crops in
Jefferson county, Iowa, are good, and will
exceed in quantity those of last year
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19
pailu argus.
OFFICIAL PAPER.

Cholera has made its appearance in Ho
boken and Jersey City, New Jersey.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19
1UsINHss CARDS.
BLYTHE d STODDARD,
WAGON MANUFACTURERS,
Rock TsIapd- Ultimate

MAEUPACTURE all kinds of Wagons
" carriages, Sulkies, Skeletons, Farm and
HiPre" Wagons, dc. Every description Of r.
pairing done at short notice. Particular attep-
"on psld to manufacturing to order.
may26dly.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19
In HOLMES,
AND
Superintendent of Buildings,

Ofice in Palace Row, Illinois Street,
Rock Island, Illinois
Plans, with careful and minute specifications
ana reliable detailed working drswings, fur
nishel for all kinds OF buildings. Aso, al
kinds Of
MECHANICAL DRAWING sr rICrrED.
I shall aim. through the PRODUCTS Of the
SQUARE and PENCIL, to m, dt public patron,
| age.
Work and fee satisfactory. aprl5dly.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19
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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-19
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printing,
All work done neat, quick and cheap.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-08

mass have credit solid and substan-
tial. A few in the Southeastern part
OF the State are seriously in debt, but
1t is debt that has come down on
them from former years. Ten or twelve
years ago bonds were issued to aid in
the building of railroads. BY virtue
OF the reason that the railroad build
ers did not perform the letter OF their
part of the contract, the people have
been trying to effect compromise, so
that they will have to pay only tor
what they have got. The accumula-
ton of interest has dropsied the debt
until it is quite large, but negotiations
are now IN progress for the adjust
ment and settlement Of the bond-hold-
ers' claim.
They are the only counties of Iowa
which have been by the people serious
ly plunged in debt. We have at least
score of counties that are able to
cash all demands upon them, and we
have no counties, with the exception
of those named, which are involved to
an extent they can not speedily remedy
tIlU TcIllOSc.
The Post paper may therefore pos.
5000 ;to al la ,eace, ana not fret about
Iowa or the counties of Iowa. The
people Of this State understand what
they are at, and all of them know, if
the Post does not, that the railroads
they are building must be built by
money from their own pockets, as we
have no law enabling us to vote tax
for that purpose. We are able to at
tend to our own knitting and we pro-
pose to do it. If the Post must med.
die let it dip into State where it can
arraign the people with facts and not
| with falsehoods. We take pleasure
| IN informing itthat we are by no means
! suffering for want of its lectures, fol
we have State Government that il
out Of debt with half a million cash or
hand, and a government in each coun'
ty that is able to hoe its own row to
an honorable line. When our State
gets into as bad fix as Illinois or any
of our counties as deep in the mire as
the county of Cook, it will be time for
| the people as far off as Chicago to tell
| us what to do and how to do it,
State Register.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-08

SHORT TERMs.-We are glad that the
feeling is becoming general in relation
to the necessity for longer annual
terms of school. In our county we
average about six and three-fourths
months to the year, which is plainly too
short to accomplish much. We make
advances, it is true, but constantly
lose part Of what we gain. Rev.
Jacob Abbott has said: "It our schools
were under the charge of teachers pos.
sess,ng the right intellectual and NOR.
al qualifications, and if all the children
were under the influence of the schools
for ten months in the year, the work
of training up the ,ehob community tc
intelligence and virtue would be &C
complished as completely as any hu
man end can be attained by human
means" Let us have more schooling
in the coming year than ever before.
Do not talk of the cost, for, be assur-
ed that ignorance costs more than ed
ucation,
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-08
Selttt aMistellaup.
Misrcprcscnlilsg iowa.

Chicago, it seems, has got all the
railroads she wants, and is now at
work to prevent other folks from hav.
ing any. In the Post, a daily paper
published in that city, we notice an ed
itorial article which calls the States oi
the Union to account, separately and
by name, for not doing just as the ed.
itor OF the Post thinks they ought to
do. Drawing them up in row, it pro.
ceeds to read to each State list oil
its sins and then on top of that pours
out lecture of its own, manufactured
especially for the occasion. In its
arraignment the main count in the
indictment Of the mass Of the States is,
that railroad building with them has
got to be SO general that il has become
a sin. It is a sin because it has devel-
oped into a mania. And more as
founding and more imprudent than all,
it is practiced mot only by the popu-
lous cities, but has become the common
resort of counties and unimportant
towns' 'In the West the frenzy is es.
pecially violentr How evil the day,
when farmers and the people of small
towns take it into their head to build
railroads of their own, just as though
they had right to do and act like
the people Of populous cities?' The
West, too, has actually got SO impu-
dent that it is going right along and
building railroads without asking the
East anything about it. And more
than that, the Legislature OF Indiana
has passed a law granting the MAORI
ty OF the people in every township the
right to vote aid to railroads, and not
ask ed leave Of Chicago to doit.
Neither do the people of Kansas see
MT to do without railroads, and that
vexes and frets tho soul of the man
that makes the Post. And there's
Iowa, whose people are always dong
something the Post don't want them
to do. Not content with abusing the
State in the lump, it takes It up by
counties and puts it's blistcrs on sep
aratcly. 1t stands aghast at what il
sees, and exclalms:
"In Iowa. almost every county that we hear
from is, ifit has not already abused its credit,
getting reldy to do So"
In making this statement the Post,
is either willfully green or willfully
mean. The counties in Iowa in the
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-08

Finette was young, Finette was fair,
And never lover had she;
Finctte, she cried. In her young despair,
"'Twere better we never should be;
the dance will 60 and it irks me so,
Here by the lonely tree"
Geiome was hale, but Gerome was pale,
For lover he fain would be,
And he would not know though we told him 81
That the maiden he chose was free;
So Gerome he stood in the dusky wood,
And sorrowful wight was he.
Finette she said, as she raised her head,
somebody watches for me-"
Geromc, he said, with lofty head,
"My lady is looking for me-
Gerome came one, Finette came two,
Two little steps half way;
Gerome he sighed, and Finette she cried,
But never tear had they.
The dance is done but the game is won,
Merrily ends the day.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-08
Selett Yostrg,
From Appletons Journal.
Only the Clothes that She Wore.
BY N. @. SHEPHERD.

- Recently, at the Morgue in this city,
the attire of drowned person alone remains
ed for identification.
TThe following tender but tragical lines
only foreshadowed the death Of the author.
They were, we believe, the last he ever pened.
Within q few hours after parting from US
and receiving the price Of his verses, he died
from the effects Of intemperance. This was
on Saturday, the twenty>second of May. MT.
Shepherd was we'll known ae contributor
to the magazines, and as writer of fluent
and often excellent poems, and distinguished
in certain circles in New York as represents
ative Bohemian. He had wit, genius, and
prepossessine manners but was ruined by
his passion for drink. His literary industry
was of the spasmodic kind, which only ex>
hibitcd activity when he was pressed by want
and then he would rapidly indite few stan.
zas Or u brief sketch, and, Fastening with 1t
what ho could obtsiI IL poem subjoin ed is
marked by parios aad tenderness; it Illus
trates on incident full of tragical suggestions;
and its whole mounful spirit may be accepted
as o requiem for its author, as we'll as for the
victim whose unknown fate it endeavors TO
imagine.
THERE is the hat
WIN the ulue Vull tnTOWH rouuu ~, Juos 90
they found 1t,
Spotted and soiled, stained and all spoiled
Do you recognize that2
The gloves, too lie there,
And in them still fingers the shape Of her
fingers,
That some one has pressed, perhaps, and ca
ressed,
So slender and fair.
There are the shoes,
With their long silken laccs, still bearing
traces,
To the toes dainty tip, of the mud of the slip,
The slime and the oozc.
There is tho dress,
Like the blue veil, all dabblcd, discolored,
and drabbled-
This you should know, without doubt, and, ifso,
All else you may guess
There is the shawl,
With the striped border, hung next in order
Soiled hardly less than the light muslin dress,
And-that is all.
All, here's . ring
We were forgetting, with pearl setting;
There was only this one-name or date?-
nonel
A frail, pretty thing
A keepsake, maybe,
The gift Of another, perhaps brother,
Or lover, who knowe him her heart chose,
Or, was she heart>frec?
Does the hat there
With the blue veil around it, the same as they
found it,
Summon up fair face with just trace
Oi gold in thc.hair?
Or does the shawl,
Mutcly appealing to some hidden feeling,
A form, young and slight. to your mind
sight,
Clearly recall?
A month now has passed,
And her sad history remains yet q mystery,
But these we keep still, and shall keep them
until
Hope dies at last.
Was she the prey
OF some deep sorrow clouding the morrow,
Hiding from view the sky's happy blue!
Or was there foul play?
Alasl who may tell2
Some one OF other, perhaps fond mother,
May recognize those when her child's clothes
she sees;
Then-will II be we'll?
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-08

"No man has a right to bring up his
children without surrounding them
with books. 1t is a wrong to his fam
lily. He cheats them. Children learn
to read by being in the presence Of
booksl The love of knowledge comes
with reading, and grows uponit. And
the love Of knowledge in a young
mind is almost warrant against the
inferior excitement of passions and
vices.
"A little library, growing larger
every year, is an honorable part of 8
young mans history. 1t is a mans
duty to have books. A library is not
a luxury, but one of the necessarles O.
life. u Beecher.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-08

New HousEs.-We have spoken OF
several new houses already in use this
season. Sub-District No. I, Indian
Village township, has finished one, 2s
feet square, and had school in it for a
month past. No. Z, Carlton, will be
finished in month more and opened
for school. So also the new Gallaghe,
school house ir Howard This is tc
be the best one in the township. The
new Union house at Tama City has
been somewhat delayed by wet wealth
or
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-08

1. Never teach what you don't quite
understand.
2. Never to tell a child what you
can make him tell you.
5. Never to give piece of informa
ton without asking tor it again.
4. Never to use hard word If an
easy one will convey your meaning
and never to use any word at all, un.
less you are quite sure it has "a mean
ing to convey.
5. Never to begin an address or a
lesson without a clear view of its end.
6. Never to give an unnecessary
command, nor one which you do not
mean to see obeyed.
Z. Never TO permit any child to re-
main in the class. even for a minute,
without something to do, and mo-
tive tor doing it.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-08

ISsrITUrE.-We desire to state thus
early, so that teachers may "govern
themselves accordingly" that the
County Institute will probably be
held in the first week of November
Notice Of the exact time, however,
will be given from a month to six
weeks beforehand 1t is expected that
every teacher in the county will be
present.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-08

TauE EpucArIoN.-Educate your
children to activity, to enterprise, to
fcarlessness in what is right, and to
cowardice in what is wrong. Educate
them to make for themselves the no
blest purposes of life, and then to fol
low them out. Educate them to de-
spise suffering that stands in the way OF
the accomplishment OF many aims, and
count it as a little thing. Make them
free by lifting them up into the arms
OF life, and not by covering them with
soft and downy plush.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-08

ScnooLs NOT Governed BY RuLE,-It
is difficult if not impossible to lay
down definite rules by which the
teacher, following as ritual, can gov
ern or instruct school. There are
certain qualifications, certain kinds OF
talent and of tact, certain qualities OF
the head and of the heart, necessary for
such a task; and as the teacher pos
sesscs or acquires, develops and uses
those qualifications, or is wanting in
the possession and use of them, sue
cess or failure will follow,-IMas
chusetts Teacher.