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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

1t. Louis Market.
Tsisgraphed to the Arer,
ss. Lowe. February Is.
flour-Firm Super 4.l0a4.36; X 440a
AIS; XA 5.oOa6.25; xxx 5.60a6.O0.
Wheat-Quiet No. red fall, Local 023 I;
No. dol.lOi No. spring SO.
Corn-frm; mixed bulk 6oae1c; yellow ~
choice white 75aS0c.
0ats--Dlll; bulk 47a47c; sacked 52a53c.
Barley-Quiet; 1876 Minn. fall.
Rye-71a72c.
whisky-94s.
Professionalism.
Pork-$f7 .00s27.25
Dry Salt Meats-Fair business; 10a1rc for
shoulders; lac clear rib; Is clear sides.
Bacon-Clesr sides 16a16ic; shoulders l21c;
clear ribs l5c-
Lard-Choioe steam 153c.
LIVE sTocK.
Csttle-4a53c fair to prime.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

There is likely to be famine among the
lawyers of Indiana, owing to the decision Of
the United States supreme court that divorces
obtained by people who go to that state
SOLELY to obtain them are void.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16
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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

A grand jolb6cation was heldat Green -
vile, Greene county, last week, on the event
of the completion to that point of the Rock
ford, Rock Island & ST. Louis railroad
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

Ten dealers in counterfeit money were
arrested in Pike county III, last Thursday
and Friday, under direction of Col, White
of the United States secret service, and to
ken to Springfield, Ill.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

Rev. James Lemen, the last surviving
member of the Convention which framed the
! first Constitution of Illinois, in 1918, died 81
the residence of his son, near Belleville, OF
! the Sth instant.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

a bright school boy out west, reci,ing in
geography, spoke by the card in defining a
strait to be some thing that would "beat
two pairs"
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

Representatives OF the Louisiana sugar
interest have arrived at Washington, to
oppose the reduction of the duty on sugar
proposed in the pending tariff bill.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

Admiral Dahlgren's wife has Joined the
Womsn's Suffrage Society of Washington.
Being q regular Dahlgren, she will probably
turn out one of the party greatest guns.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

Rochefort is said to suffer from ''deseased
nerves of the neck" DR.. Napoleon tavors
amputation of the diseased part.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

The New ! York Tribune announced that
expensive parties are going out of fashion.
How about the Radical party retorts the
New York Ledger?
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

/ The skeleton of a man, contained in q
starch box, branded Madison, Ind, was
| found on the railroad track at Mattoon, last
| Wednesday. The skull was sawed open.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

The Hartford Crurant thinks that if Mrs
Lincoln had been attractive and popular, she
would have been voted pension long ago.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

Very many of the farmers of Douglas
county are going to turn their attention to
the raising Of broom corn the coming sea-
son.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

4 Boston writer, in alluding to the musi-
cal taste of the Hub, says: "Our ears have
been cultivated till they overshadow our 9th
er organs" Which is true.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

A New York Journal speaks of ''rsre
Ben. Butler" Fortunate is it for the credit
Of decent human nature that Butler ,s:s rare
specimen.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

A spiritual medium in this city declares that
"Shoo Fly" was composed by Byron's ghost,
and dedicated to Harriet Beecher Stowe,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16
Stocks and Money.

Stocks and Money.
Telegraphsd to the ARsus.
Nrw YoRk, Feb. l6.
Coupons, SIS of 81, Lila; 5-2O's, '62, 1,l4s;
"a, l,l4e; '65. liza; new, ll3i; '67, l,l3i; ts;
1,l3; l0-4Vs, 1.l2.
n. Y. Central-95s.
Erie-25.
NOrthwestern-73s. Preferred, 90i.
Rock Island, l,20.
81. Paul, 744. Preferred, ss3.
Toledo 4 Wabash, 46.
Fort Wayne VI.
Western Union Telegraph, 35s.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

Memphis has licensed keno at $500 q
month, faro at $3.50, and houses of i'll fame
at 500 each
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

One thousand men were discharged from
the Philadelphia Navy Yard last week.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

Mrs. Lizzie Burt has been appointed
deputy treasurer and register of deeds il
Waubunsee county, Kansas.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

January averaged eight degrees warmer
than any previous January for forty -eigh,
wears
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

The Office of Mayor. at Cairo, goes beg
ging. Within a week of the election no
candidate can be found.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

Late advices from Cedar Creek ore mines,
in Montana, report favorable gold discover.
les inside the gulches
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16
o1YIoX AL YAP41.
Dailp argus.
X

Prof. Stowe is the guest of his wife, at her
| Florida plantation.
If the empire isn't peace just now, it looks
As if it we're going to pieces in the future.
Brownlow is exciting the hopes of his
constituents by another illness
Kansas farmer sowed six acres of v heat
on the llth day of January.
wife murderer has escaped from Gin.
cinnati
Prince Arthur promises to visit Boston
again in May.
Bishop Early, OF Virginia, is thought to
be dying.
Will Mr.. Dawes consent to special ap.
preparation for burnt cork for Mr.. Butler I?
Canadian Indians prophecy an early
spring.
The peach trees in Charleston are tn
bloom.
Mcfarland has his cell carpeted and hung
with pictures.
A Homeopathic In6rmary and Medical
College is to be instituted in Mendoza, Ill.
Some Bohemian is making q book out of
the adventures Of Fisk, Jr.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

HON. GEORGE SHARSWOOD,
Justice OF the Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania.
PHuAnEIrHIA June I. 1865.
have found by experience that . Ho0nsnds Ger
Bitters Is very good tonic relieving dyspsptis
symptoms almost directly.
GEORGE SHARSwOoD.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

Some Bohemian is making book out of
the adventures Of Fisk, Jr.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

A Homeopathic In6rmary and Medical
College is to be instituted in Mendoza, Ill.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16
HON. JAMES THOMPSON,

Justice of the Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA, April IS, 1855.
j eonsider " HOofand's German Biiters' valuable
medicine in of attacks Of Indigestion or Dys-
pspss- can certify this from my experience Of IL
Your, with respect. JAMES THOMPSON.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

Of any medicinal preparation

q, HON. GEORGE W. WOODWARD,
Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court Of Pennsyvana'
writes:
PHIIADEIPHIA, March I6 1857.
md " "Hoofand's German Biiters'' j. good tonic,
useful IN diseases Of the digestive organs and OF great
benefit in Of debility and want o nervous action
GEO W. WOODWARD.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16
HON WM Z ROGERS.

HON. WM Z. ROGERS,
Mayor Of the city Of Buffalo, y. Y.
MAYoR's OrrrCE. BUFFALO. June ~ 1852
have used 'Hoohand German Bitterr and Tonic"
N nv family during the past year. aud can Tec"n.
mend them excellent tonic. impartinc tone and
vigor 10 The system. Their has been produetlye
ofdecidedly beneficial effects. WM. +. ROGERS
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

Mcfarland has his cell carpeted and hung
with pictures.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16

The peach trees in Charleston are tn
bloom
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16
S<xz
Hoonand's German Tonic

IL combination of all he ingredients os the Bters.
with Santa Cruz Rum, Orange, etc IL is used
for the same di-eI~. l4c EIifrT- IN where
some pure alcoholic -I8m-lu~ J. required Nu0 viii
bear in mind That The-, remedies entirely differ
en from any others aycF1 v, ir Tho Of the dis
eases named. these hrtI scientific preparations Of
medical extracts. while lie others mere decOc
tiou, of rum ia some form The TONIC i decidedly
Of the pleasant and agreeable remedies ever
offered TO the pub ic IL taste j. exquisite 1t is
pleasure to take f. w.4j!- lis Ef-viH-. exharating,
and medicinal qualities have c!-pi II 10 he known A.
the greatest of al luHics-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-09-06
A Heart-rending Calamity.

A Gentleman'just from Roane county gives
the particulars OF most heart. rending calami-
ty that happened last week on Spring creek
in that c6unty, and by which one family was
bcreft of four children in less than an hour.
A lady, whose name our informant had for
gotten, residing upon the above named creek,
had gone down to it in tho morning for the
purpose OF doing ''the weeks washing" taking
with her the youngest child, an infant about q
year old. leaving her other three Mt the house.
While engaged at her work she heard sup
pressed screams Mt the house; taking up her
little child from the sOiled clothes upon which
il was sitting, she placed IT in empty wash
tub to keep it from crawling into the creek
during her absence, and hastened to the house
where she met her eldest child with it's head
frightfully disfgured and swollen. She has
tily cleaned from this one that the three chill
dreu had crawlei under the house in search
of eggs; that while under something hurt
them. and that the other two were still under
the house. The mother upon looking under
the house found them dead, with several moe.
casin snakes Ca very poisonous and deadly
species) drawling around their bodies. Tho
neighbors were alarmed, aud by their assist
ance the snakes were killed, and the unfor-
tunate children taken out, their bodies pre-
sentiug frightful and sickeniug appearance.
BY this time the elder was corpse. The
mother in her despair and agony had forgot
ten until now her little one at the creek, and
upon going down to the creek for it, it was
only to find it also corpse in the creek. 1t
is supposed the little child climbed up in the
tub and was holding to the lower edge of
it when the tub upset, rolling the child into
the water beIow and drowning it. Ii is said
the mothers grief was so great that at last ac.
counts she was a raving maniac.
Point Pleasant journal.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-09-06
Rates ana Torrlaa
~ TERMS OF ADVERTISING On
Description of Metz.

Metz is the centre of the triple range of
fortresses with which the celebrated Vauban,
the,architect of Louis XIV. attempted to de-
fend France against Germany from the north
and the east Round these froutiers he cop>
structed no less than eighty'eight tortresses,
of which Falinciennes in the north aud Metz
in the east are the strongest. As said before,
Metz lies in the centre of the triple range. hav-
ing an advanced pos. Thinnville, and in the
rear Nancy. The Moselle here is still very
small. and scarcely practicable for small steam
ers. that go down with the curreptto Thiun>
vile. Sierck and Treves, At Goblen,z il
flows right through the city !; one part of the
river is saltwater
Metz is very irregularly bnilt, has popu-
lation of about 1900, and something like
% 900 men garrisonS 1t is surrounded by
three walls forming two bitches, which are
about eighty feet deep, and being connected
with the river, may be Inundated at Eve
minutes notice. On each side OF the place is
situated kind of natural fort called on the
right side of the river, the Fort Belle Croix,
and ON the left side of the river Mount st.
Quentin. On the top of this latter, command
ing view of about twenty-five miles, is an
optical telegraph, the signals OF which may be
seen from the Cathedral of Metz. The che
de Trise, or .tosse amr Ioups, consist in
deep bitches, filed up with buyouets, swords,
shells, grenades, &c. which are covered with
the ground so carefully that the most practiced
eye is scarcely able to detect them a;
An the buildings outside the place are
wooden framework, so that they can be de-
stroyed at moments warming. The Belle
Croix is completely undermined, aud the
mines are connected with the Arsenal, so that
they can he blown up from this latter place.
The Porte des Allemands' is historically
curious place, and the only remainder of the
old fortress as it had been constructed by the
Dukes of Lorraine. This gate was assaulted,
in 1916, by Charles V. Emperor of Germany
and King of Spain. but the Emperor, victo,
rious on all other points, wps defeated on this
by his eternal enemy, Francis of France.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-09-06

TIGHwAY RoBBERY-On wednesday
night week. as Mr.. Hugh Lewis was on his
way to his father-in-law's living in the neigh
borhood of Nineveh, when near the widow
Hamilton S four miles from Winchester on the
Front Royal road, he was accosted by two me-
gro men, armed with clubs, who demanded,
his money or his life. Mr.. j., told them
that he had uomouey, ,whereupou they searched
him and took his pocket-book containing
some SIS. The negroes then told him to go
and not to come back that way The next
morning, from the description given of them
by Mr.. L.. Deputy Sheriff Kurtz deputized-
1T. John Mesmer, and started him to hunt the
negroes up. Lieut. NJ soon found the track
of them aud followed them until night, when
he found the offenders eating ice cream in
cellar attached to the Messrs Richardson's ice
cream Saloon. He arrested the negroes and
lodged them in jail YIN Neres.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-09-06
WEDNESDAYS NEWS.

The Prince Imperial is reported to have
gone to Mezieres. which place is considered
impregnable. The headquarters of General
McMahon are at Sedan, in the d .partment of
Ardenncs The London papers are said to be
perfectly bctogged as to the position of the
hostile armies, and late kilograms have made
confusion worse confounded.
The citizens Of Paris, of every rank and
station, have been enrolled for its defence
The newspapers are increasing in their calls
upon the people to relax no effort in prepar-
ing to meet the enemy, and, iu any event, to
be ''ready"
The bombardment of Strasburg continues
with guns of the largest calibre. and says
despatch from Carsruhc, its surrender is
merely a question of time. From London it
is stated that Prince Frederick Charles had
been led to depart from his original plan of
operations and go in pursuit of McNlahon,
because his line OF communications would be
seriously endangered with so large an army
in his rear.
The Ministry is on the eve of departure for
Tours. The Emperor was asked to accompany
them but replied that his place was with the
army near Verdun, where "a great battle was
imminent"
The work of preparing Paris for a siege
will, it is said, be completed this week. The
halt of the Prussians will give time for the
arrival of enormous reinforccments, now on
the way from the Provinces. The Opinion
NuhomoIe says that if Prussians shoot coun-
try people. France should retalate by taking
no prisoners, and the war will become one Of
determination.
1t is stated via London from the French
war Office that Bazaine has l20 900 men, and
is not shut up in Metz, and that McMahon
has 100000; that the two Marshals are steal.
ing marches on the Grown Prince, who is two
days ahead of Prince Frederick Charles
Belgian troops are Fastening to the frontier
in anticipation of the great battle impending.
1t is thought that they will be necessary to
protect the country from invasion.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-09-06
-P0ETICAL.
tFOs the Spirit OF JefIerson.l ]
EDGAR A. POE.


The following striking poem on Edgar A. Poe
is contributed by young citizen of this county,
possessing poetical genins in no common degree
This poem, at beautiful and pathetic, evinees
both admiration for the genius. and sorrow for the
misfOrtuues of virginia's most gifted Bard:-
Like the lightning flash from the cloud,
A moment seer, then lost
Like a star. from the heavens uubowed,
Gliding down through the twinking host,
Which, ere the finger of one
Can point to its place, is gone:
So The Bard We lament ashed forth
Seen by all from the South to the North!
For in his soul was bnried deep
A grand and golden store
OF music, which anon would sweep
p Our thrilliug heartstrings DER,
Like the sea against its shore.
Dying-nevermOre-never
He scared aloft. but alas! ere long,
His ma gic harp uustrung,
No longer echoed back the song
That late to the snundin chords he sung
For the voice was hushed that framed those words
And the hand was still that touched those chords!
For in his breast was treasured up
A demon that he could not quell,
And that demon the brimming cup
Filled from the deadly watts of hclli
O. many noble. gifted soul
Hath duenched its light In the msntling bowl!
He seized the cup, he drank. and 10,
BY the poisonous dra ight o'erthrowu, he fell
From the mount of Fame to the vrIe below.
And this falling star was the poet Roe.
At once pride and grief, eur joy and voc.
JEFFERsoSIAS
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-09-06
Horace Greeley'S Advice to his Colored
Fellow Citizens.

a State convention of colored men is called
to meet at Saratoga on the 10Th inst. AS one
who wishes well to their race in common with
all other men, we volunteer the following
hints to said convention and its constituents
l. Never resent nor deprecate the applica-
ton to yourselves of the term negroes. 1t
means only that you are in contradistinction
to your fellow citizens black; aud that is the
literal fact. 1t is in your power to make the
designation one of honor and pride by simply
behaving better than other men-which can
not be very difficult. Let who will call you
negroes in welcome, so that you prove your
selves true men.
H. Be far more anxious to give your sons
good trades than to push them into Office
Office is unstable and feeting, while trades
are enduring.
III. Don't waste your scanty means in
starting distinctive organs or getting up negro
churches. where you are allowed equal priv
ieges with others in existing Journals and
churches. If you are excluded from these,
you must of course act and speak for your
selves.
". Warn your people against spending
too large a share of their earnings on tiue
clothes, dancing, drinking and other modes OF
sensual qualification If they had saved half
the money they have thus wasted, they need
now ask tavors of no man.
V. Turn your attention largely to the cui>
tivation of the soil. 1t is your fathers CALI
ing; and you can succeed in that if in any
thing. Earth air and water are as free and
as bounteous to you as to others; you might
settle whole counties if you would, and thus
choose your own neighbors and manage your
own schools Don't say you lack money for
nine-t tenths of the pioneer settlers of all lands
have been quite as needy as you are; but take
hold and hew out for yourselves farms and
homes from the public domain or elsewhere.
VI. Wait and serve, shave and black boots
while you must, and never doubt that any
kind of useful though humble industry is
preferable to idleness and dependence; but
do not accept this as your inevitable destiny.
Plan and save while you are in it to getout
so soon as possible, and never rest till you live
in your own houses and till your own farms.
As. 4 saddle for sale at this Office.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-09-06
ED4UeA Tlo.N Al.
0T4s urarerD's @nAssrctr
HIGH sCHooL.n

w ILL open it's First Session in the New Build
ing, on the 1st Monday of September 1870
and close the last Thursday of June, 1871. This
Sci oil is designed to prepare young men for the
Inquest of best Colleges for the Univer
SHY of Virginia, for the active pursuits of life
Special attention will be given TO the thorough in
stru ction in our own language, which is sometimes
sadly Sighted IN Classical Schools. The Session
will be divided into two terms of months each, at
June, there will be public determinations.
This School is not designed TO he "Sectarian."-
All may exercise their right to determine on
what religious services their shall attend pro-
vided, every pupil shall regularly attend some
Church ON the Sabbath.
LoCaGion.
DufTied's is Station the b. & o. r. r., in
Jefferson crunty. w Va. in the most beautiiuland
midst of a popuIation distinguished for frugality,
industry. sobriety and Christian morality. There
is not anywhere within the reach of this School, a
place where liquors and their concominn for the
sedu:tion and ruin of youth. be procured.
BOARD may be mad in the most moral and re
spectabe families from SIG to $50, including
ever ything except washing and lights.
TUITION:
English Branches, for 10 mon this. .......S $40 0O
English a nd Classics. .........- .......... 43.OO
The entire expense for Board and Tuition for the
Scholastic year may vary from $500 to $3.50. For
fuller information, apply to
BEY. JNO A: SCOTT, A; Nj,
JNO. A. SCOTT Jr.,A B.,
Associate Principals.
Dufielda Depot, Jefferson County, w. Va.
August 2 ,lS1O-6t.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-09-06
TuEsDAY's NEWS.


TUESDAYS NEWS.
The Paris correspondent of the Courier
des Flats Lnis says that there is pow assurance
of communication between Marshal Mcmahon
and Marshal Bazaine at Metz The French
victory at Stenay and the Prussian repuse at
Verdun are confirmed. 1t is believed that
the invaders are approaching Paris by DIFF
ferent routes, but.the entire circumference of
the fortifcations are in Il formidable state of
defence, and much.confidence seems to be felt.
Sixty thousand troops from Paris have
passed Scissors ON their way to join McMahon.
They are described as being full of spirit and
confidence
A proclamation from General Trochu orders
all strangers, natives of countries at war with
France, to leave Paris within three days It
was reported in Lopdon yesterday that great
battle had taken place between the Crown
Prince and Mcmahon, in WHICH the latter was
defeated.
1t is now said that it was Bismarck who
gave the order to continue the march on Paris.
Though his Generals opposed it, the King ac.
quiesced. A Berlin telegram states that the
Prussian army advancing upon Paris is 22O,-
600 strong.
a telegram from London says that the En-
perors headquarters are at Vouziers that the
Crown Prince is marching northward as is
also General Steinmetz, and that the French
advance had repulsed the Prussians at At
tigny, a few miles northwest of Nouzlers.