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GENERAL MARKET.

Corrected Weekly by 4. ". KecSee &C Co.
GroceTs and Commission Merchants.
East side Public Square.
BACON-.Hog roundI3,z OF II, in demand.
BRAN-sl . per 100 lbs.
BUTTER-Scarce.
BEESWAX-25c per Id.
BAGG1NG-25toS3c per yd.
BEEF TONGUES-Fresh J0c. Dried 81 10.
None in market.
CORN MEAL-1W per bushel.
CORN-in demand, 81 60 .t
.CANDLES-aDc per 10
CHFFEE-20 to BIC per h.
DREESE-Fresh supply new cheese p cts.
DRIED BEEF-xlc, little in store.
EGGS-lJc per doz. and in demand.
FLOUR 00per 100 lbs. Tennessee Flour,
Royal Rose" super Fancy none in market
FRESH BEEF-St to Toe. u
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Caroiina)-S9 pes bI.
HIDES-eireen &c. Dried 10 to Z.
IRON TIES-lOc per D.
LARD-ll to lSc.
$3.50.
MOLASSES-S0c TO 81 q. I
NAILS-S51a to s614 per keg.
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LAST Saturday night somebody broke
into Green Fitzgerald's smoke-house,
near Gravel Hill Church, Knob Creek.
and took therefrom half of his meat and
half of his lard. The thief got in by
boring out the steeple or the lock with
an auger. Mr.. +. was absent ut the
time of the robbery, and no clue of the
whereabouts of the stolen property has
been obtained.
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Called Mcefiur

The President of the Maury County
Memorial Association requests a meet
ing Of the Officers and directors to-
morrow Saturday at O'Clock, at the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. A full
attendance is earnestly desired.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
Asovereign Remedy, Equine"

LADIES will find relief from their headache.
costiveness, swimming in the head, collie, sour
stomach, restlessness, ETC., ETC., by taking
Simmons's Liver Regulator. -sI-
Persons living in unhealthy localities may
avoid all bilious attacks by taking dose of
Simmons Liver Regulator occasionally, to keep
the liver in healthy action. 1t should be use,
by all persons, old and young. 1t is not I'M
pleasant, it is purely vegetable compound, is
not injurious to the most delicate constitution,
and will keep the liver in healthy action.
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St.shed AIme.t 10 Death.

A negro party was given on tho prem
ises of John James Stephenson, in the
Frierson settlement, on last Saturday
night, by Whit Frierson, col, and
James Robinson, col. All went as mer>
~ as a marriage bell until Ike James
and Sam Embry, created disturbance
about prompting, with ALT. Dunlap, col,
who had been requested to do the promp-
ting. Sam and Ike wanted to do the
prompting themselves, and knocked ALI.
down, and both jumped on him. While
they had him down, Ike Jones pulled
out his knife and cut him in the left side.
DR.. Nichols being sent for, sewed up the
wound, and Immediately issued war
rant for the arrest of the parties, which
was placed in tie hands of the lalety
elected and efficient constable of 10th
district, who arrested Ike and Sam,
and brought them before DIR. Nichols. j.
p, who having heard the testimony in
the case, forthwith committed them TO
Mr.. Latta, Sheriff, who placed them in
Jail, where all their enquiring friends can
find them.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

We are authorized to announce W. n. COW
DEN, of Marshall county, as a candidate for
Attorney General OF this Judicial Circuit.
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acknowledgements.

Many thanks to Mr.. SHACKLETT, of the
srierson Settlement, for the gift of a bas-
Aet of ripe delicious strawberries and the
ha 1dsomest and most fragrant boquet
of the season, 1zHf
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Lost.

On or near the square, last Saturday
evening, a pOcket-boOk containing cur
rent money. If the finder is an honest
man, he can find the owner by calling at
this office.
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Pay Cash and Buy the Best.

If you wantlthe best, handsomcst and
cheapest Boots, Shoes and Hats, be sure
to go to SHEEGGG & SoN's, as they have
n full and complete stock of new goods.
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Wrong.

Mr.. I. NJ. kittrell requests us TO say
that the advertisement of town lot for
sale for faxes in his name, by the Tax
Collector, is a stake. His taxes are all
paid up.
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1lelpn n Uonnnm. -.
And It came to pass that the heavens
were brsssy, the farmers complaining,
the ground thirsty, aud tho crops look
Ing yellow; when in due season the great
Giver Of all good and perfect gifts, cent
to his worthy and unworthy children
alike, the iefrcshing rains. How the
big drops camc dancing to. the earth,
even as when they performed a similar
terpsichorean feat by the side Of the great
poet, on the bands Of ''clear, placid Lee
man." The rain on Monday night wet
the ground about half an inch, and ano-
ther greater shower on "Wednesday NM
istee shc good work. The only COM
plants OF grassy crops come from Beer
Creek. We were much surprised to hear
hat any Of the Bear Creek people were
behind,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27

You need not go to Nashville if you
want Boots, Shoes and Hats, as SHEE-
COG 4 Son are selling them cheaper than
you can buy them there. AZ
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27

We are authorized to az nouncc Col W. 5.
McLEM0RE as candidate fer Circuit Judge of
this District. Election first Thursday IN Au-
gust, 1870.
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We are authorized to announce Capt. JOE
II. RUSSELL, of Waury county, as candidate
for Attorney General of this District.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27

We are authorized TO announce Judge WM.
P. MARTIN as a candidate for Circuit Judge
OF this Circuit Election on the first Thursday
of August next.
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We are authorized to announce Col JOHN
W. BUFORD, Of Williamson county, as a can
didate for Attorney General of this Judicial
Circuit.
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tARRANSAS. ILEARD FROM
Ttimo.r OF Medical Mecn.
srOsEr Forsr. White Co, Ark, May p, 90

sroNEY PoISr, White Co., Ark, May q 10
DIR. JONI BrLI--Dear Sir: last February
was in Louisville purchasing drugs, and got
some ofyour Sarsaparilla and Cedron Bitters.
My sOn-in-law, who was with me in the store, has
been down with rheumatism for some fine COM
ufenced on the Buffers, and soon found his gen
eralhealth improved.
DR.. Cist, who has been in bad health, tired
them, and he also improved.
DIR. Coffee, who has been in bad health for
several years-stOmach and liver affeetetl--he
improved very much by the Use of your Bittcrs-
Indeed the Cedron Btters has gwen yop great
popularity in this settlement. | think could
sell q great quantity OF your medicines tins far
especially your Cedren Bitters and Sarsararil-
IA. Ship me via Memphis, 81 Rickett
Nicely. Respectfully,
C,B. WALKER.
Prepared by DIR. JOIN BrLE at his Laboratory
Fifth street, Louisville, Ny.
For sale by I. b. RAINS, Druggist,
10 he Post Office, Columbia, Tenn.
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District Nc ~.

II Frank b. Craige will consent, we will
elect him Magistrate of the 18th district
fst JOHN.
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A n n D u n G. Il NJ EN- rs
FOR tIIANCELLOH.

l hereby announce myself a candidate for
Chancellor OF the 18th Chancery Division, en-
bracing the counties of Williams on. Aaurv.
Marshall, Giles, Lewis and Hickman. Eiec-
tion on tie first Thursday in August next.
".r HILARY WARD.
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FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE.

We authorized TO announce Judge A. n.
HUGHES as a candidate for Judge of the 1lth
Judicial Circuit, embracing AIaury, Giles,
Marshall, Williamson and Lawrence counties.
Franklin Review and Pulaski Citizen copy,
and send account to this Office.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
Sun.a.x sehaeI Pic-Ns..

The Chappcll Church Sabbath School
Will picnic in the woods near the church
on Tomorrow. Rev. DIR. Smith and John
B. BOn1, Esq, will deliver addresses.
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There are
District No. 4.

HPeter b. Ladd will consent to run
for Justice of the Peace, we will elect
him by large majority. A VOTER.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27

We are authorized TO announce WILLIAM
;. FILMING as a ca rdid Ia GI.Iu ~ IS
this Division, at the ensuing election on the
first Thursday in August next.
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CITY ITEMS.
Remember

Z SHEEGoG & Son can furnish you with
any kind of a suit of clothes made to or
der, warranted to fit and suit, or no sale.
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Iced SOdn Wafer.
At T. b. RAINS Drug Store, next
door to the Post Office. -
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DIED..

In this county, three miles south Of Cslun-
bia, on the I'D inst, Mrs. Melissa Duke, wife of
Dallas Duke, after a long and painful illness.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
Smiths Tonic Syrup,
An ID FEVER
OR CHILIs AND FEyrt,


Inc proprietor of this celebrated ,,..,..;...
nslly Claims for il asuperiorify over ~ ss.
e.ss ever offered to the public for The sae. 'eae-
ls,n, speedys nd permanent cure Of sue sue Ger,
reSer, or Chi.ls and Fever, wisther 81 s sh ana
long stanaing Her refers to the er,tirs w.. "
anu sertxes;er, country TO bear him t.ss; slime
70 Tie truth OF the assertion, fiat in -,
whatever viii it fail to cure, If the dirrc,s Ssss
strictly followed and carried ont. In III srs
many cases single dase las been srts.,ss 49, -
acure and whole families have bean e,,r'., .o'
sngie bottle, with perfect restor.tion M ,Sa ~
eraI heaith- 10 Is, however, prudent al !.
ever ease more certain to cure. if;s ,,ss - !.
untled N smaller doses for week or -, s ~.
the disease has been checked, more esnsc;.,1. :.
dlhic UT and longstandiDg cases. UsnaIiv ~, =
uieolelhe VIII not require anv aid TO k,c, ,b-
oowels IN good oId der; should the patient, h..
ever, require cathartie medicine. after bar;n.
l I ihrSe or four doses Of the Tonic s;,@-S
S ~;f b =. ~ LIS VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLS
Dr. JOHN BULBS Prinripsi of;c.
NJ u Fifth, Cross Sire,
LOUISVILLE, *
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Hlarrlsge x.aeeesest8aeA
John f. Cooper and Emma Jones.
N. 8. Craig and Mamie Bfaden.
Al. Parker and M0llie A. Pulliain.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
SHEET MUSIC,
COMMERCIAL.
Cotton.

Has continued dull since our last,
with but little offered. A few sales have
been made at 20 cents, for strictly low
middling. The lower grades of stained
cotton selling as low as Is cents.
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FOR CONGRESS-.

We are authorized to announce Hon. DOR
SEf b. THOMAS as candidate for CON-
GRESS at the ensuingielectien.
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Reaper for Sale

:. ~ Reaper for Sale.
= One secondhand woods Self Rake
for 800. Enquire of Col. WIN. NJ. VooR-
HES. tfaplS
= EXTRA SPECIAL NOTICE.
Beware of Counterfeits! Smiths Tonic
Syrup has been counterfeited, and the
countcrfeter brought to grief.
Smith's Tonic syrup.
The genuine article must have DIR. John
Bull private stamp on each bottle. DIR.
John Bull only has tho right to manu-
facture and sell the original John Smiths
Tonic Syrup Of Louisville, XIV. Examine
well the label on each bottle. II nv
private stamp is not on the bottle do not
purchase, or you will be deceived. See
my column advertisement and my show
card. Twill prosecute anyone infringing
on my right. The genuine Smiths Tonic
Syrup can only be prepared by myself
The pup:ic's servant, -
DIR. JOHN BULL.
LOuisy ille' Ky.
For Sale by I. Ii. Rains.
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We now have and intend keeping the
best shop handmade work in the United
States, which will be sold at low prices
Tor cash-all of which we warrant fully,
and II not as represented, viii return the
money. SHrraoa g. Sow.
Eeb25-yl
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Read the Captains Letter audtbc Letter from

Read the Captains Letter and the Letter from
his mother:
Benton Barracks, No., April 80, 1900,
DR. JoHN BULL-Dear Sir: Knowing the Ell
hcaey your Sarsaparilla, and the healing and
eeneiicial qualities it Possesses, | SEMI YOU the
following statement of nv case
was wounded about two wears ago-,r,s Ia
ken prisoner and confined for sixteen months.
Being moved so often, NV wounds have not heal
ed YET. haye not sat mp amoment since was
wounded. am shot through the hips. N,
general health is impaired, need something TO
assist nature. lhave more faith in your Sarsa-
Parila than, in anything else. wish that
that IS genuine. Please express me half dozen
bottles, and oblige
Carr. C. p. JOHNSON. N. Louis.
p. S--The following was written Apr,I 20.
1865, by Mrs. Jennie johnson, mother OF Capt.
Johnson:
DR. JoHSBuLl-Dear Sir: My husband, Dr.
e. ). johnson was a skiIlful surgeon and physi-
elan IN central New York, where he died leaving
the above Z. p. Johnson TO my care. At thirteen
years of age he had a chronic diarrhea and
scrofula, for which gave him your Sarsaparilla.
In CURED HIM. have for ten years recommend
ed it to many IN New York, Ohio. and Iowa for
scrofula. fever sores, and ge1eraldebility Per-
feet success has attcndedit. The cures effected
in some cases of scrofula and fever sores were
almost miraculous. am very anxious for Dy
son to again have recourse to your Sarsaparii-
la. HE'S fearful of citing a spurious article.
hence his writing YOU for It. His wounds
were terrible. but belive be will recover.
respectfully, JENNIE JOHNSON
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TOWN AND COUNTY


All purely personal cards win be inserted in
The HERALD rs advertisements.
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state Of Tennessee Bank Notes
Bought and sold at Bank Of Columbia.
May 6-1m
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70 % COLUMBIA be would b accommodated = |
soon ~ be landed. Further your writer ;wri-
teth not. Sol TARE.
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have received many testimonials from pro-
fessiona! and medical men, as nv almanacs and
various publ ations have shown, all of whichar re
genuine. The following from a highly educated
and popular physician in Georgia, is certainly
one OF The most sensible communications have
ever received DIR. Clement knows exactly what
he speaks OF, and his testimony deserves In no
written in letters Of gnld Hear what the Dr..
says of BULLS WORN DESTROYER:
VILLiXow, WALKER CouxrY. GA;
a.-.v ..fs =. June 90, 1866.
DR. JouS BJLL-Dear Sir: have rcccrtIv
give1 your g Worm Destroyer" several trials
and mad u wonderfully efiicacious II has mi
Iliieu N single instance to have tie wished-for
elect am doing pretty large country ,rac-
nee, and have daily use for some article OF the
End am Tree to confess that | know of no
remedy recommended by the ablest authors that
Is so certain and speedy in its effects. On the
contrary they are uncertain In the extreme. Nv
object IN writing you is TO find out upon what
terms can get the medicine directly from YOU.
IL can getit upon easy terms, | shall use n
great deal OF ii. l am aware that the use of
such articles Is contrary TO the teachings and
practice OF great majority Of the regular line of
N. D. 5, but see no just cause or good sense in
describing remedy which we know TO be eli
Gent, simply because We may be Ignorant of ;ts
combination. FoI my part, | shall make Il a
rule to use all and any means to alleviate suffer-
ing humanity which may be able to command
not hesitating because some one more inren
ious than myself may have learned its effsctt
FIRST, and secured the sole right to secure that
knowledge. However, 81. By no means an ad.
v0eate or supporter of the thousands of worthless
nostrums that food the country, that purport TO
cure all manner Of disease to which human flesh
is heir. Please reply soon and inform me Of vorr
best terms. am, sir, most respectfully,
JULIUS p CLEMENT, MD
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Wanted.

Use Equine Remedies and be your own doc
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BULLS
WCRRs DESTROYER

-
10 nag United .ScfGs and World ,c;e,e
- ~. Readers.
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Ice Cream and Strawberr,e.

A combination of the best things
going. y delicious sweet thing and
a sweet delicious thing makes thing
two times delicious. Henry Holman
is dispensing these tropico-North Pole
luXuries at his old stand, opposite the
Masonic Hall. and facing the old
State Bank. 1t is a nice, pleasant
place, and very convenient to the la
dies
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j. S-The following was written April 80,
1865, by Mrs. Jennie johnson, mother OF Capt.
Johnson:
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nED.car.
DIR. JOHN uld.,

han'l's'''EeF and ssoder OF ,bs relocated
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EXTRA SPECIAL NOTICE.

eware of Counterfeits! Smiths Tonic
yrup has been counterfeited, and the
,untcrfeter brought to grief.
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its golden light-the morning and even
ing-the earth and its flowers endure
then their greatihearts burst and with
the characteristic devotion of their sex,
they began to gather together the frag<
ments of the great battles which had
been fought. Woman, this work is well,
and fit crown for your merciful mission
on earth! Better far to be Injured in the
hearts of our people than be victors on
the bloOdiest fields of our story, and yet
these men are worthy of your tears, your
labOrs of love, your flowers, your cere-
ments. They gave for you and this our
beautiful land, all they had togive, their
hearts-their arms-their liyes-as..freely
as gushes the waters from the hills i'm
whose shadows they first saw the light of
life.
We will not speak in detail here of the
many virtues and vices of the dead SOL
der. "Men's good deeds are often in
TERED with them while their evil actions
live after them," is a fearful forewarning
of retributive justice. Eye has eaten the
fruit of death, Adam has fallen and
universal moral lethargy has fastened
upon the vitals of our perishing race.
but yet the fiend of darkness is not ap-
peased, and the voice OF the Serpent of
Eden is vet heard i'm the land, kissing.
kissing, forever Kissing, and although
we instinctiveiy feel propensity to put
our heel on his head and grind him into
the earth, when we hear him whisper
ing the word traitor over the graves of
our brothers in arms, still remember that
the Great Proclamation Of God is s.Ven-
gance is mine," and we confidently: look
forward to the day of settlement. I |
know that our wrath will still rise, like
a towering fame, against these instru-
ments of our ruin-that we will forever
feel like throwing ourselves i'm this Ma
CARA which has swept cur Young and fair |
from the land, and LeOnidas like, die |
striking for the green graves of our ia
thers-this feeling. natural, honorable,
noble, and often blessed of heaven, must |
still be kept i'm allegiance, nursed for the |
day and the hour Of wrath when it shall |
come in its fiery and. bloody majesty;
As a corOllary to this we find combined |
in the character of the Southern soldier
those inseparable elements of true great |
ness, gentleness and heroic bravery. In |
the hour o. widest battle he never forgot
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-06-02

IT was the Rev. DR.. j. c. keener, mot
Turner as the telegraph aunouucedl who
was elected Bishop of the Methodist EPis-
copsl Church south last Saturday. John
Christian keener was born in Baltimore,
February It'll, 1919, and is consequently 81
years of age. He was graduated from Veg
evan University in 1873 /, under the presi-
dency of Dr. Fisk. He was a wholesale
druggist in his native city until 1910, when
he became Methodist preacher. In the
division of the church, n 1874, he sided
heartily with the southern branch, Of which
he has ever since heen an earnest partisan
For several years past he has edited the
New Orleans Christian AduocGte, the OH
c.al organ OF his church in the southwest,
and has shown more than ordinary ability
a. writer and newspaper conductor. he
Is the author of book called Post Oak
Circuit" which had 10 its day an exteusive
circulation. His doctorste OF divinity wa
received from LaGrange College, Alabama
Dr.. Keener will doubtless make al able sn'
acceptable presiding officer in his churcl
though his election, if it signifies anythin!
beyond the appreciation of his brethren 70
his personal qualifications for his new office
would seem 10 indicate in the General Coz
ference q prepondersnce of anti-union fee
ings with the northern church.
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THE WEATHER AND THE WORLD.

One Of the many life-like personsges who
come together in the animated pages OF Mr.
Disraeli's novel of "Lothair" is made BY the
author to agree on purely scientific grouhas
with the apocslyptie DR.. Cumming IN sn'''
mating a, an early dsy 1.-THE end OF things
created" "The action Of the sun, observes
this parsonage Baron dozeiios oy
,.ua-s.bss become 80 Irregular that l
think the chances are 10 favor of the de-
strnc,ion of our planet" This is but one Of
many illustrations scattered through Mr..
Dsraeli's novel Of the freshness and fulness
of the writer's mind in regard to oil the
current thought and action Of our times
And who shall say, in the face of the weather
Of the ls.st few days, that the Baron Gozehus
is wrong? A month of May which came in
upon us with the glow of July goes out with
the chill of January. In all parts of the
seas storms rage, and in every quarter OF the
dry land earthquakes alright the jewellers
thereon. From their scientific eyries, the
students OF the sky in Europe and America
meanwhile report to Us fresh and fiery per-
turbations of the vast surface of the sun
upon a scale more tremendous than ever
before witnessed.
va, the Republican majority IN congress-
instead of smoothing our last days by aiieVi-
.,;,v the burdens of our taxation, 60 on
wringing millions from our pockets, under
the futile prerence ofpsying off national
debt which may at any moment be obiiter-
s.cd BY the sudden blazing up OF a few mil,
lion IN lies Of hydrogen gas
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-06-02

The third exposition of the Wooden Man
ufacturer's Association Of the west and south
is announced to be held IN Indianapolis,
commencing August I'd, and TO continue
four days The exposition will be held in
10 the large skating rink, which Ia one OF
the fines. buildings for the purpose in the
west. The objects OF the exhibition are to
make known the extent, variety, and present
condition OF the manufacture Of textile
fabrics in the west and sonth, and the
objects TO be exhibited will be textile fab
RIGS, staples OF fabrics, material used In
manufacturing, and machinery empio, ed,
comprising every natural or artificial pro
duct directly contributing to, or resulting
from, the manufacture of wooden, cotton,
silk, or flaxen goods. The two preceding
expositions-at Chicago and Cincinnati
contributed greatly towards enlisting public
attention to these important elements OF IN
dustrial wealth, and the forthcoming one
promises TO be still greater success. After
due elaboration, the managers have thought
il best TO dispense with premiums.