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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03
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The rooms of the Young Mems Library Asso-
cistion are open from 10 A. NJ. until 10 P. Ii
every day except Sundays. a large sad well
selected assortment of works now OF hand
Tickets three dollars, which eLn always be pre-.
cured OK the Secretary. mHy6dly.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

A BOY up the river, few days since,
said he would take farewell of the ice by
good skate. He came very near taking
farewell of home, country, friends and
life, for be skated into a hole from which
he was with difficulty extricated.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

The STATE FAIa. Four cities competed
for the location of the State Fair, Ottawa,
Centralia, Decatur and Du Quion. The
vote of the Directors resulted in favor of the
latter places; the following is the vote =; Du-
Quoin 10, Ottawa 5.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

CONCERT The managers of the Childrens
Progressive Lyceum will give grand con-
cert at Hulls Hall, Friday evening next.
Il will be the finest, most enjoyable enter.
taihmeus of the kind that has been to a
Rock Island audience for many years. There
will be a dance after the concert. dat.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

CIGAR MAKERS BALL.-The Second
Annual Ball of the Cigar Makers Protective
Association, No l04, will take place at Tur-
ner Hall. on Monday evening, March 9th.
Strssser's bald furnishes the music Tickets
can be had of the mem bers and at R Rein.
er's Cigar Store, il Moline, price $l,OO
ad hitting gent and ladies'.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

The Second Annual Ball of the St. Pat
ricks Benevolent Association will be held Of
Turner Hall on the evening of Eth inst
Tickets 100.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03
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For Moth Patches, EIeckIes

Use PERRY's MOTH q FREoKLE Lo-
~ TI0N. IL Is reliable and harmless. Sold
by every Druggist In Rock Island and elsewhere.
Prepared only by DR.. B. C. Perry, 40 Bond ST.,
New York
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03
ODD Fellows

Rock Inland Lodge No. Is, I. o. o. F., meets
every Monday evening ut Odd Fellows Hall
southeast corner of Illinois and EAg.s stH, .:
u O'Clock p. II.
Gus STENCIL, \. G.
HARRY HAsLKY, r. S.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03
Temple of Honor!

Rock Island Temple of Honor No. Il, meets
every Thursds, evening, and Social Temple No.
S, every Tuesday evening at o'clock, at Odd
elbows Ball, M. BELDIN6, Wet.
A. A. BRoFTUM, ". Il. aee22 dlf
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

Rushton's Cherry PectoraI TrochHs for the
cure Of Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, As tn ma, 30
act like a charm. Guaran teed nicer and better
than any in the market Druggists sell them.
Also Rushton's IF. W Cod Liver OIL the purest
and bsst. dec7s-deod3m
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

RELIABLE AND SAFs. DIR. Henry's Root
aud Plant Pills are mild and pleasant in
Their operation, yet thorough. See advertise
ment In another column.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

LYcEuM CoxCERr.-The children of the
Progressive Lyeeum give a concert at Huli's
Hall this evening. The programme prom
ises we'll for the entertainment, and we
advise all to attend. instrumental and
vocal music, Charades, Dialogues, Panto-
mines, and recisstions fill the bill. After
the concert, ForeY Folsom's band will fur
uish the music for dancers.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

The SLoUGH-The standing nuisance of
this city is the slough. 1t has been an eye
sore to citizens and q source of disgust to
strangers. 1t has driven more people away
from Rock Island than it would hold if i'm
proved. 1t looks like a breeder of ague,
pestience and death 1t is the great barrier
TO the city's progress in that direction. II
piarces her very heart like fostering sore.
Morning Hopler.
Just so. Yet when an effort was made
over year ego to rid the city of this nuts
ance by having the Rockford road 60 there
instead of through Illinois street TO the
levee, and also by transferring the Peoria
and Rock Island road to that place. you
Inslsled that Cable had a niger concealed
somewhere in the wood pile and this you
and your clan succeeded in running the
levee for river business and Illinois street as
an approach to the Island, rather than have
the slough filled.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

We ask attention to the advertisement in
another column, of"Jackson's Catarrh Snuff
AMI Troche Powder good article. d&w
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

The Peoria & Rock Island Railway con-
tlnues to progress. Cars are coming and
BY the time the track is laid there will be
enough to stock it.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

CHICAGO papers are talking about locst-
ing the State Capitol there. Whist pity
1t is that the whole State cannot be moved
w 70 Chicapo
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

The directors Of the county fair ass cia-
ton meat at The Harper House tomorrow
afternoon at clock.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

bright, healthy emile is a perennial spring
Of JOY IN every weIl-reguloted family, and where
Is that father who after the strife and turmoil OF
business, on retiring to his home, s not beguiled
OF care by the innocent prattle of his chiIG /?
Per hsps this father is a worldly man, and mak.s
gold his idol, he mt have been a successsu m an,
and amGssed riches. Yet place his child on the
sick bed and ali his gold is the disposal of tbs
physleian, and the only he asks 10 the res
toratlon OF eAlth to his child Fathers Moth
era would you preserve your child in health /?
Then listen to US. There is one prevailing cause
OF the disease in children, and that cause is
worms If tins cause of disease is not removed,
your child will slcken and die, finger q suffer
ing invalid for life. We present to you an infal-
Ii bic remedv for worms. in i.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

As a dressing, NATURES HAIR RESTORATIVE
goes ahead of any in the market. See
advertisement
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

DoN'T forget the drawing of Charley
Graham's paintings at his studio this eve
ming.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

OLD newspapers for sale-in packages of
fifty or one hundred-at the
ARGUS OFFICE.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

ton, will start for Europe shout the FIRST o.
April
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

Two ladies in Chicago have decided to
hold street meetings to take measures to
prevent the legislation of the social evil.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

The Board Of Supervisors will meet in
this city on Monday next, March 9th.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

SHAwLs AND ARABS. - We have lust
opened large line of spring Shawls and
Arabs at very low prices. MAY BRos.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03
OPENING AND CLOSING OF KAILs.

This mail arrives on TUESDAYS and FridAys.
ADD departs Wednesdays and Saturdays This
Eoute terminates a. Now Windsor.
ARRIVES. CLOSES.
ALapo NAIL 5:SU p. m. $500 q. ID.
Mail matter for Camden Mills, AndalusiA,
ElGngton, Hamlet, Porryton, Aledo, Aigh
Point, New Boston, KeithsburE, OquAwkA, g.
OIaA~ks junction, (SHgetown), also for PieassnI
E'dSo, AAzhtt, Buffalo Prairie, Illinois City
Dtary, Copper Greek. and MilsrsburE, goes By
enls route.
HOsNUUTH VAIL 7:GO D. IN TOO m m
1nis mail arrives Mondays, Wednesdays ana
Friiaysj departs Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
uTdtys. All mail matter for Presumption, Sues,
VioiS, North HendersOA, Spring Grove, Rich land
Grove and Monmouth, should be ssHt by this
route. Also Centre Ridge on ThuradaVs
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03
DR.. Judson's Dead Shot Worm CANDY

and is put up in the form of a stick of candy, and
so pleasant to the taste, that children greedily
tease for it. 1t is purely vegetable, and cannot
nurt the smallest child. Ask for DR.. Judsod's
Dead Shot Worm Candy. For sale eyervwhar.
at 20 cents per package. W. II. COMsToCK,
deco Sole Proprietor.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

THE last day of the FOrty-6rst Congress
March Sd, to-day.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

Police CoUTR.-No cases.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

ASK your friends about Parsons Shirts
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

Loo AL NOTICES.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-03

A. NJ GrLD, Prop. NJ. G. BARBER. Clerk.
The following persons have srriV ed at the
above house within thc last ri hours:
Josiah OAudor, Hamlet S Graham, Gales
burg John Gray, J Park. r; Jas Me
Gully, Milwaukee Miss RetAeI, Gen-seo Miss
Call, Moline V q Paxson, Moline Geo Dodge
Port Byr c Ayres, Bay City, Mich 0 NJ
SGhee. Iowa City Mason jackson Colorado; A
Purinton, II D. Adrisn, Mich l. Brownin z,
Davenport; WIN CasWsll. Knoxville :; J Hilder
brand. Iowa City Darwin DeWolf. Louisville,
Ky Il Walker. Easton, Pa; V Q 0'TooIe, Des
Moines Mrs NJ Smith and son, Mrs Bennett
and daughter, St Louis
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-02-16

CLOSING CRACKS IN STOvES.-It may
be convenient to know a ready method OF
closing up cracks, which are not uncom-
mon in cast-iron stoves; and we are as
sured that the following receipt is relia-
BILE one:
Good wood ashes are to be sifted through
a fine sieve, to which is added the same
quantity of clay. finely pulverized, togeth-
er with little salt. The mixture is to be
moistened with water enough to make a
paste, and the crack of the stove filled with
it. This cement does not peel off or break
away, and assumes an extreme degree OF
hardness after being heated. The stove
must be cool when the application is made.
The same substance may be used in set
ting in the plates of stove, or in fitting
stove pipes, serving to render all the joints
perfectly tight.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-02-16
Everybody Knows Us.

Some of our merchants say that it is no use
for them to advertise, that they have been in one
place of business all their lives and everybody
knows them., They seem to forget to take into
consideration that our country is increasing in
population nearly forty per cent. every ten
years, and no matter how old the place may be-
there are constant changes taking place-somt
move to other parts and strangers fill theil
places.
In this age of the world, unless the name of q
business firm is kept constantly before the pub
lie, some new firms may start up, and, by judi
cious advertising, in very short time take the
places of the older ones, and the latter rust out
as it we're, and be forgotten. Keep your busi-
ness before the public. Noman ever lost money
by iudicious advertising
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-02-16

and partly decomposed under the water,
and thus formed seam of coal. The land
sunk and the ocean again swept over it,
and formed another stratum of sandstone
or depositeda layer of mud, which hard
ened into stratum of shale. Then there
was another elevation of the land, and
vegetation sprang up, and another coal bed
was formed. This process was repeated
until all the coal beds were formed. The
coal plants were mostly without flowers.
Man, birds and mammal were not then
created, and no sound was heard in the
vast forests save the croaking of the Ba-
trachian frog and hum of insects. --.r,
In after ages, the great upheavals came
The earth cooled and shrank, and its crust
wrinkled, cracked and folded up, and our
mountains and ridges were formed by
some parts being elevated while others
were depressed. The coal beds of Carey
vile and Coal Creek, for the most part, re-
sisted the pressure and maintained their
position hence they lie nearly horizon
tally. The Cumberland table lands did
the same, but Walden's Ridge is an up
heaval, as can be seen by the dip of the
strata.
The class returned OH Saturday, and, in
the language of one of the minor poets,
would exclaim:
90 glorious time we seniors had,
Out geologizin'-
Seein' how the world was made!
Amt it awful sprizin
How they put the layers down,
One ON top o. other,
Spreadin' in the mud and leaves;
What amazin' bother!" STUDENT
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-02-16
Illness Of the Emperor of Germany
Resumption Of HosliIiiies Apprehended'
Destruction of Gnns at Mont VaIerieu'
AIcorn Declines the o. S. senatorship.
MISCELLANY.



FRENCH NEWS.
BORDEAUX, Feb. 14.-Trains from Lille
Parisward are stopped. Trains thence
northward are uninterrupted.
The republicans were badly beaten in the
department of Somme.
Garibaldi, seeing that his mission is fin
ished, resigns command of the army, and
the Government accepts his resignation.
He has gone to Caprera.
ENGLISH NEWS.
LONDON, Feb. 14.-Granville said ia the
House of Lords, that the high commission
were without power to settle questions
they were only authorized to frame plan
of adjustment.
GERMAN NEWS.
VERSAILLES, Feb. 14.-The Emperor is
very unwell, but persists in his intention
of entering Paris.
The resumption of hostilities is strongly
apprehended at headquarters.
The destruction of the monster guns at
Fort Valerien has been ordered.
1t is reported that the city of AIgiers has
been declared in state of siege.
BELGIAN NEWS.
BRUSSELS, Feb. 15.-The latest advices
from France show that both the imperial
lists and republicans were badly beaten by
the monarchists.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-02-16
Trade and Traffic.

Horace Greeley says: One million families
are trying to live by selling liquors, tobacco,
candy, ETC., in our cities, who could be spared
therefrom without the slightest public detri-
ment, and if these were transferred to the soil.
and set TO growing grain, meat wool, &C., or
employed in smelling the metals or weaving
the fabrics for which we are still running into
debt in Europe, our country would increase its
wealth at least twice as fast as now, and there
would be far less complaint of dull trade and
hard times"
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-02-16
A Call for State Convention Of ColOred Men
and Their Friends. 81

and Their Friends. "a
FeNo,O Countryn,en Of the State of Ten
aesSee:
You are called upon tomeet in the city of
Nashville, on the 22d, 23d and oath days of
February, A. D., 1871, to devise means to
promote our national interest, mutually,
as citizens of this great Republic. After
much consultation, it is the unanimous
opinion that we are approaching an epoch
in our history that calls for response in
each bosom to unite our sympathies and
to concentrate our efforts to elevate and
ameliorate the condition of our. race. To
effect this end successfully, it is earnestly
hoped that every colored man and woman
in Tennessee will take lively interest in
this effort. We call upon each one to meet
in their neighborhoods, districts and cOun-
ties, to send delegates to this convention,
and send with them reports of the number
of schools, the number Of pupils, the num-
Der of children not attending school, the
number of churches, and the various oc-
cupations followed by eolored men, women
and children, and their wages the num-
Der of outrages committed on them by des-
peradoes, and the amount secured to la
borers after making the crop, and all the
facts generally necessary to inform us of
our need and requirements, every way
pertaining to our comfort and welfare, poll
tically, socially and Intellectually. To this
end, we will meet on the 22d, Esd and 24th
days of February, 1871. The delegates
will bring means sufficient to pay expenses
for printing the minutes of the conven-
| ton, etc. f8 ft8E EeF#9ss fR
James Roberts, Charles Runnels, w. NJ
Butler, J. p; Richard Ware, A. Menifee,
Alfred Gordon, G. A. Sumner, J. P; John
81: McGowen, Samuel Lowery, Charles H.
White, George Trimble, r. J. Campbell,
J: p; John Cockerill, A. Savage, w. H.
Morse, of Davidson county; Jessee P.
Price, of Rutherford; b. S. Thompson,
Jefferson Brown, A. A. Wendell, Peter
Johnson, H. Mccall, Andy Avant, Harry
Ransom, Sam Tinsley, and many others.
Pursuant to the above, we, the colored
citizens of Knoxville, call meeting at
Logan's Chaple, tonight, Thursday, Feb
ruary the 10th, 1871. Bring with YOU any
information relating to the subjects i'm the
above call. j. B. YOUNG,
A. B. PARKER,
| sft1T w. f. YARDLEY,
Executive Committee of Knox County.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-02-16
WASHINGTON.
REPEAL OF THE TEST OATH.
1t Becomes a Law Without the Presidents .
a Signature. e - q

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The feature in
the Gulf Steamship Line bill directing
outgoing and incoming steamers to touch
at Galveston excites much opposition, and
the Interpretation of It may defeat the
measure in this Congress.
The calculations of the New York pa
pers are unfavorable to the identification
of the Tennessee as the vessel seen on tho
28th ult. The Herald thinks it was the
Severn, while the Philadelphia Record
places the fillibuster Hornet in that place
on that day.
No reliable news of the steamer Tennes-
see has been received at the Navy. State or
Executive Departments, though every
means has been used to that end
The President allowed the Test Oath bill
to become an act without his signature.
The President says of the bill "If this
were bill repeating the test oath required
of persons appointed or elected to offices of
profit or honor, it would meet my approx
al. The effect Of the law, however; is to
relieve from taking a prescribed oath all
those persons whom it was intended to ex-
clude from such offices, and to require it
from all others. By this law the soldier
who fought and bled for his country is to
swear to his loyalty, while the general
who led hosts to overthrow the Govern
ment is admitted without it. 1 cannot
a1nX my name 10 law which dlscrIml-
mates against the upholders of the Govern
ment. believe, however, that it is not
wise to exclude those by an oath of office
who are not excluded by the Constitution,
and who are the choice of the loyal
voters.'
The Trustees of the Washington Pea
body Educational Fund are In session, and
will continue four days.
The New Jersey Senate has ratified the
10th Amendment.
The jury in the Bowen case has been
out since two o'clock. eE
The following nominations were made:
VIM. s. Chichester, Surveyor of Customs,
Lavaca, Texas; John Bruce, Judge of the
Eastern District of Texas; E. w. Foster,
of Arkansas, Surveyor General of Louis
lana; r. II. Isabelle, Pension Agent, New
Orleans; Cyrus X. Osgood, Postmaster at
Savannah, Ga.
Among the festivities at the carnival
will be the grand masquerade ball at the
National Theatre. Experts i'm decoration
and arrangements for affairs of this kind
are coming from abroad. The journalists
of the city have made excellent arrange
ments for the entertainment of editorial
visitors.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-02-16
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-House resolu-
tions declaring National Cemeteries the
property of the National Government,
and forbidding their taxation or control
by State Governments, were presented, but
went over under objections.
Morton called up the joint resolution of
the Indiana Legislature withdrawing the
assent of that State to the 18th amend
ment. Morton spoke i'm favor, and Blair
against the principles of the amendment.
The Senate is in session tonight.
HOUSE.
, The bill to amend the enforcement act
was taken up, and long debate ensued.
The 18th section was amended by striking
out all that requires the military authori-
ties to obey call made by a United States
Marshal or his deputy, and the bill passed
by nearly party vote-1A to ga. 1t con-
tains 10 sections, covering "a printed pages,
and is principally an amendment Of some
of the details of the act of May 81, 1870, on
the same subject. 1t provides for the ap-
pointment, by the United States Circuit
Judge, of two supervisors of elections, OF
different politics, in cities and towns hav-
ing over &c, 600 inhabitants, and prescribes
their powers and dut 'es. 1t also authorizes
the United States Marshal to appoint spe-
cial Deputy Marshals to assist the snper-
visors of election, and preseribes their
powers anu uutieel anu autHofiles Lueiil 10
call to their aid the bystanders or posse
con1itatus of the District. 1t also provides
for the appointment in each Judicial Dis
trict of chief supervisor of elections, and
prescribes his powers and duties. It ex-
tends the jurisdiction of the United States
Circuit Court to all cases, in law or equity,
arising under the act. 1t also provides
that hereafter all elections for representa-
tives in Congress Ito which the whole bill
is confined) shall be by ballot, written OF
psinted, anything in the laws of any State
TO the contrary notwithstanding.
The House is in session tonight
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-02-16
Executive Committee of knox County

To Stop BLEEDING.-It is said that
bleeding from q wound on man or beast
may be stopped by mixture of wheat
flour and common salt, in equal parts,
bound on with cloth. If the bleeding be
profuse, use large quantity, say from one
to three pints. Itmay be left on for hours,
or even days if necessary. The person who
saved the life of horse which was bleed
ing from a'wounded artery; the bleeding
ceased i'll five minutes after the applica-
ton.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-02-16

MEAT CRoQUETTEs.-Mi cold chick
ems very fine moisten with rich gravy !;
season with pepper and salt. Shape them
by pressing tightly into a jelly glass or
long, pear-shaped wine glass, bush over
with beaten egg after they are shaped, and
roll in bread crumbs and fry in lard.
Drain, and send to table hot. Or, beat to-
gether one pint of cream and one pint of
minced chicken, three tablespoons even
full of butter, salt and pepper. Fry in
lard
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-02-16

Hiram Powers has made six copies of his
Greek Slave. They are valued at S., 900
to $4,000 apiece, though Powers, it is said,
did not receive for any of them much over
81, 900. AS the Peorian remarked when in
formed of the probable value of the Venus
of Milo, at the Louvre, "Stone gals must
have riz lately.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-02-16
CORRECT PhraseoIo-y,
Gail Hamilton has funny way of putting
the old, old maxim of
Every gray goose, or soon or late.
Finds some poor gander for mate"

Every gray goose, or soon or late,
Finds some poor gander for mate"
In ornate, Boston phraseology, she thus rem
ders that sentiment: "a molecule of oxygen
roaming lonely through space seeking other
faces, but finding none all of sudden, in some
hidden nook, descries moleeule Of hydrogen,
when lo there is rush and an embrace, and
there is neither any more oxygen nor hydrogen.
but a diamond drop of dew reposing on the
white bosom of the lily" See what it is to have
a Boston education