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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-07
Treasury Department.

OFFICE OF CoAPTROLLER OF TzE CCRsEkcY, }
WAsRIzsToS, Oct. 9Th, 1871.
WEKREAs, by satisfactory evidence presented
to the ubdersis sned, il has been made to appear
that "The kock island National Bank. iH the
City Of Rock Island, in the County Of Rock Is
land and State Of Illinois has been duly organ
iEed lnder and according to the requirements of
the Act of Congress, entiIled "An Act to provide
= National Currency secured by pledge of
United States Bonds, and to provide for the cir
culstion and redemption thereof approved
June 5rd, ss&, aud has complied with all the
provisions Of said Act eqslrei 70 be co implied
9TH before commanding the business of Bank
ing, under said Act.
Now therefore, 1, Hiland r. Hlburd, Comp
troler of the Currency, do hereby certify tha,
of Rock Island. in the county of Rock Island,
and State of Illinois. is authorized to commence
the business of Banking un Ter the Act aforesaid.
In testimony whereof witness my
L. g. hand and Sea- of ofics this Tth day
Of October, 1871.
HILAND R. HILBURD,
No. 1889. Com ptroller Of Carrency.
The Rock Island Natiousl Bank will open for
bzsiress ct No. % ". Illinois street, November
lst, 1871.
Ben. Harper,
John Spencer,
Peter Fries,
Edward Burial, Jr., Directors.
J. d. Wilson,
A. Benedict,
TT. Robinson,
II ROBINSON. President.
BEN HARPER Vice Pres't.
A. BENEDICT, Cashier.
October 25. Is71-dsnt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-07
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fulA .ad Secondary Syphilis With salts
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knov no better remedy.
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N0tice TO EchoOl Teachers and
School Officers.
OFFICE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF
SCHOOLS. Rock ISLAND COUNTY.
Rock island III Nov Ist ISL

StHVVIaH. ISLAND
Rock Island, H., Nov. 1st, 1871.
The 4th Annual Session of the Rock Island Coun-
ty Teachers Institute will be held in the Rock Is
land High School Hall. during December the goth,
21st and 22nd. A d. 1871.
The School Law makes it obligatory on School
Directors to allow Teachers wages to continue du-
ring the time they in actual attendance upon In
stitutcs; provided, the time does not exceed six
days in months. Teachers therefore request
ed to make every reasonable effort to attend and
the cooperation of School Officers Is respectfully
asked. NJ. n. STU RECON, County Sup't.
n B.-Entertanment will be secured in private
families for Ladies'. Gentlemen viii be expected TO
provide for themselves. The Hotels and Boarding
Houses will entertain Teachers at reduced rates.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-07

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Jonathan Tones, President.
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charge Writing Department
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Law, Ethics, etc.
Open day and Night.
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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-23
To Hon. C l., Vallandig am.

A most sad occurrence took place
at the East Alabama male college, stu
ated at Auburn, Ala, one day last week
Two young men aged about nineteen
years each, were attending college, and
were room-mates, and of course the best
Of friends. 1t seems that while in their
room they began playing with an apple,
by pitching it at each other, and at last
one Of them threw it rather hard, strik-
ing his friend in the face This so en-
ragged him for moment that he seized a
chair and struck the other over the head
telling him to the floor. When, fearing
he had seriously hurt his roommate, he
picked him up, put him on the bed, and
endeavored to get him to speak The
wounded boy lay thus iusensible for
day and half, while the other one told
no one about it, making some ordinary
excuse when questioned for his absence.
And not until Just before the young man
died did he let it be known what was the
matter. The physicians were at once
summoned, but too late. The fractured
skull had rested upon the brain too long,
and death ensued. He could have been
saved if assistance had been called in
time. 1t is supposed the young man who
gave the blow was not conscious of the
serious damage he had done, and hoping
his friend would soon be owe. it, prefer
red to keep the affair quiet.-AtEanta
{ GA sam.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-23

A STRANGE PREsENTMENT.- The
Scranton PENN Republican tells the
following sad story of one of the victims
of the late Pittson disaster:
William james expired about three
o'clock on the afternoon OF the Tuesday
following the catastrophe, and was the
last added to the list Of those upon whom
the death angel laid his hand in that aw-
ful havoc, He was a Welchman, and
had been in this country about seven
months. On the morning of the dread
full day in question he had taken his
breakfast, and his wife had made ready
his dinner, and set the pal beside him.
For some time he sat wrapped in thought,
his arms folded, his eyes fixed vacantly
upon the stove, and deep melancholy
appearance brooding over him. He
was aroused from his reverie by his wife
telling him that his dinner was ready,
and that he would be late, as the bell
had rung. He started to his feet, and
gazing upon her for moment with a
look full of tenderness and significance,
/ said to her, eff should not come back
alive would you be in such hurry get
ting me out" The wife answered "No,
but remarked that eff he was going at
all it was time he was gone" He lifted
his pail without saying word, and after
kissing his wife, kissed his four little
children, who were sitting, playing on
the doorstep. When he had got about
fifty yards from his home he returned
again, and kissed his wife and children
once more with great fervency. His
wife noticed that he was the victim of
gloomy foreboding, and as he turned
away was about to entreat him not to 60
to work if he apprehended any danger
But hope and courage and the pressing
necessities Of their family overcame her
intention, and she let him go. She stood
in the door and watched him 60 on his
way to the fatal pit. When at point
where he turned out of her sight, he
paused and cast wistful look toward
his home and little ones, and seeing his
wife, waved with his hand last adieu.
He "parted with his loved ones forever"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-23

KuKLux IN North CARoLINA.-A
body of about 90 disguised men recently
attacked the office Of the Star, repub-
lican paper, published at Rutherfordton
Rutherford county, N. c., whose editor
was absent at Washington, where he had
been summoned as a witness before the
congressional committee on the kuklux.
Breaking open the doors and front win
dows, the mob rushed into the building
in body and destroyed printing presses,
stands, type cases, forms and other fix
lures. The marauders then proceeded
to the residence of Mr.. Justice, late re-
publican representative in the Legisla-
ture, broke open his house, took him in
his night clothes into the streets, in the
midst of rain storm, beat and NAL
treated him in a brutal manner, carried
him to the outskirts of the town, threat
ened his life and forced him to promise
he would never reveal what had been
done, and that he would cease his opera
tions against the convention and the con-
sentative party, after which they releas.
ed him and he returned to his residence
through the storm.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-23

The WIDDER DEMocRACY.-The
story applied by Mr.. Atkinson two or
three years ago to Massachusetts poll
tician, is equally applicable to the De
mocracy and its "new departure" A
green looking Vermonter appeared at
the Office of a chemist with large bun
die in yellow bandana, aud opening it
exclaimed: "There, doctor, look at
that" "Well," said the doctor, 81 see
it," "What do you call that, doctor ?"
81 call it iron pyrites. what, isn't
that gold?' "No" said the doctor, and
putting some over the fire it evaporated
up the chimney oval" said the poor
fellow, with woe-begone look, there's
a wilder woman up in our town has a
whole hill full of that, and I've been
ana married herr The stuff which the
Democracy offers under the name of the
"new departure" is nothing but worthless
pyrites and no gold at ALL The country
will beware how it marries the wilder
Democracy.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-23
Horrible Rum Murder and Suicide.

Another Of those frequent rum muir
ders occurred in New York city on Sun
day afternoon last, at house occupied
by DR.. James j. Connolly, who has late
ly been drinking very freely. AT foul
o'clock in the afternoon, a resident of the
neighborhood called at the Charles Street
Police Station and reported that there
had been disturbance in the house, and
had heard woman exclaim, Give me
my children Bring my children down
Q, God give me my children !"
Captain Washburne sent two officers
to the house, where they were met by
Mrs. Connolly, who told them there was
no trouble there. She refused to admit
them, and as they had no warrant, they
retired. The captain then went to the
house in person, and insisted upon inves-
tigating the affair, every obstacle being
placed in his way by Mrs. Connolly.
Eventually, however, he made his way
up stairs.
On the second floor he found a room
door locked, and asked Mrs. Connolly
for the key As she refused to give it
up. he burst open the door, and saw a
sight which Mortified him. On the bed
lay man and two children, cold and
dead, weltering in their own blood, which
had already become clotted. The chill
dren's threats were cut from ear to ear,
as was indeed the case with the man.
Investigation proved that DIR. Connol-
ly had been drinking to excess for some
time and that Mrs. Connolly's opposition
to the entrance of the police was caused
by natural desire to conceal from the
world the drunken condition OF her hus-
band, Her agonizing cry was caused by
his having taken the children into the
room with him and locking her out, al
though she does not seem to have feared
anything half so horrible as what actu-
ally happened.
The unhappy man, Iaboripg under an
attack of delirum tremens, had taken
to the room with him a large carving
knife, with which he first murdered the
children, and then cut his own throat,
all being done so quietly that the anx-
ious wife and mother did not hear a
sound.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-23

The political world offers very little
new this week. The old pro-slavery
wings of the South threaten to split off
from the democratic party, on account of
the new departure of the democrats
North Let them split, If TIE demo-
Gratis of the North have come to the con-
clusion to adopt the present state of
things and make no further opposition to
the republican reconstruction legislation,
all right. Per contra many northern
democrats refuse to adopt the "new de-
parture," so that democratic harmony is
not yet perfect, but the advance step
some of them have recently taken is
highly gratifying.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-23

= How to fight French womap.-
In the revolution of 1913, at Paris. a
woman armed with a revolver confront.
ed Lamoriciere, and snapped of the weap-
on at his breast On the instinct of tae
moment the general drew his sword and
then for the first time seeing who it was
that had attempted his life, in a spirit of
chivalry which would have done honor
to Bayard, instead of cutting down his
assailant, he removed his hat, and bowed
low before her. The woman at once
flung the pistol into the gutter.
The boosted courtesy of the South
was lately shown up at public teachers
meeting at New Orleans. A Miss Nor
ris, whose name was on the programme
to speak, had just finished, when a scion
of the first families arose and from notes
be had taken, ridiculed her opinions.
and minicked her popularity of voice
until he drove her weeping from the
stage.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-23
Death of c. l.. Vallandigham.
HE Is SHOT BY ACCIDENT.

The Hon. c. L. Vallandigham, o
Ohio, died on Saturday morning last
from the effect of pistol shot the even
ing before, and is himself the victim o.
the careless handling of firearms, so fire.
quently recorded in all parts Of the
country.
Mr.. Vallandigham is the distinguished
Ohio politician of whom so much has
been heard the past ten years, and who
recently headed the "new departure" OF
the democratic party. The particulars
of the accident and of his last hours will
be of interest and are thus reported:
1t appears that Mr.. Vallandigham
was one of the counsel for the defense Of
Thomas Mcclellan, now on trial at Leba-
non, Ohio, for the murder of Myers at
Hamilton, Ohio. While in a room with
Ex-Lieut Gov. McBurnay, who was as
sociate counsel with Mr.. Vallandigham,
the latter attempted to show how Myers
might have shot himself, Gov. McBur-
nay having expressed some doubts in re-
gard to this theory, which Mr., Vallan-
digham sought to establish,
Picking up pistol from the table, Mr.,
Vallandigham said he would illustrate
his theory in half second. Two pistols
we're on the table, one unloaded, and by
mistake took up the loaded one, put it in
his pocket and Withdrew it, keeping the
muzzle next to his body Just as it was
leaving his pocket, twas discharged, it is
reported at nearly the same part of the
body where Myers was shot, He at once
exclaimed, "Oh murder !" and said he had
taken the wrong pistol. While the ex-
animation was going on, he watched with
eager eyes, and even assisted them in
searching for the ball. The ball entered
the right side of the abdomen below the
ribs, and appears to have taken down
ward course in the direction of the blad-
der. The wound at first was not consid-
cred mortal, but at later hour of the
night, Mr.. Vallandigham commenced to
sink very rapidly, vomiting often. All
hope Of his recovery was then given up
by the attending physicians. He con-
tinued to gradually siak during the night
and at 9.45 on Saturday morning he
breatheI his last
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-23

ANOTHER SwINDLE.-For about a
week past few roughlooking sharpers
from New York have been operating in
the country, an exchange informs us,
swindling the farmers by what is known
as the cloth dodge. They went around
by twos, and played their game in the
following manner: One of the two would
go to house and offer for sale piece
of cloth at a very low price. If be sold
the cloth there, his pal would reach the
house soon after he left it, and ask the
inmates whether man had sold them
any cloth. When the cloth was shown
to the second conner he would instantly
claim it, saying that it had been stolen
from him, and the purchasers, to avoid
being implicated in any trouble, would
of course surrender the cloth, and lose
what they had paid for it.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-23

TIE GALAxY.-The GALAXY will enter
upon its twelfth volume with the forth
coming July humber, and will celebrate
the event by appearing in new and clear
er type, which will greatly add to its APP
pearance, The publishers are triumph
ant over the success the magazine has
had during the last year. Its circulation
has not only vastly increased, but the
gain has been steady and sure in all parts
of the country. The GALAXY has good
reason to feel proud of the literary posi-.
ton which it has attained, and the
strong hold it has on the respect and in.
terest of the reading public.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-23

The FATAL PTsroL.-It appears that
Mr.. Vallandigham, with his associate
counsel, had been out on Friday evening
experimenting, with view to how near
the muzzle of pistol could be held to a
cloth without burning it. The test was
made and they were returning, two balls
having been fred from the pistol. Mil
liken, one of his associate counsel, urged
him to discharge the remaining three
balls, but Mr.. Vallan iigham replied /:
"No, never mind, and, although Mill
ken repeated the suggestion, Mr.. Val
landigham declined to discharge them
and took the pistol up stairs and laid il
beside an empty one which he intended
to use in the argument on Saturday.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-23
A Worker.

1t pretty generally understood thai
if there is any man who has to work more
hours than any man ought to, it is the
editor of daily paper; but there is one
such editor in this State who takes upon
himself almost double the labor usually
falling to his class, and still he lives We
refer to Henry Clark of Rutland, who, if
he doesn't break down soon, may travel
all over the Cannibal Islands with perfect
safety, as he will everywhere be known
to be tougher than billed OWL He is
Secretary Of the Vermont Senate, Secre-
tary of the Grand Masonic Lodge, Sec
rotary Of the State Agricultural Society,
and Secretary OF half dozen smaller
bodies, in every one of which he per-
forms an immense amount of labor and
performs it WELL As Secretary of the
Grand Lodge he has during the last year,
besides keeping the records, written thir-
ty-fve hundred letters and received more
than FIVE thousand. Just think OF it!
and this is only a small part of his work
Look in upon him during the Sc sion of
the Legislature and you would think he
he had work enough on hand for an en-
tire year. See him at the State fair and
it will make your heart ache as the I'M
systematic bu; exacting "roll upand tum-
bic up" to pour business by the cart
load upon his table. Enter his sanctum
and you will be reminded of miller's
chopper" and will only wonder as you
read the Herald the next morning to
see that the grists are nota little mixed"
lie is the secretariest man alive. We
move that he be chosen grand secretary
of the Workingmen's Union.-& AZ
bans Messenger
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-23

The butcheries in Paris have subsidized,
but the city is still drenched in blood,
the government showing little mercy.
The horrors are said to be worse than re-
ported in the prints, Eighteen thousand
persons were shot after the Versailles
government got possession, among whom
were hundreds of women, and over two
thousand women were last week SEN
fenced to transportation.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-23

CAsUALITIEs.-A few DAYS since Mr..
Austin c. Dodge had one of his hands
badly torn by an iron staple while bat
Ting with refractory COW. The first i'm
pulse was to send to the village for a
physician, but his good wife said no,
took charge of the hand, carefully sewed
up and dressed the wound, which is now
rapidly healing. For an emergency
there is nothing like brave and reso-
lutte woman. Capt. Mann, at work on
the Sugar River Railroad the other day.
had knee and The connecting muscles,
&C., badly wrenched while endeavoring
to avoid caving bank C2aremoat ~
III. Advocate.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-23
FURTHER PARTICULARS.

Mr.. Vallandigham shot himself with
his own pistol, Smith & Wesson. He
Immediately telegraphed to his physician,
Dr. Reeves. Dr. Reeves, in company
with Mr.. Vallindigham's son, instantly
proceeded to Lebanon, reaching there at
midnight. The wounded man was glad
to see his friend and physician, and press
ed his hand and asked for something to
relieve the pain in his body. A brief
consultation was held between him and
his physician in an adjoining room, after
which DR.. Reeves had the patient turned
over and examined the wound. The bed
was saturated with blood and the dying
man groaned with pain.
DR.. Reeves desired all present to leave
and close the door, for private con ference
with his patient. Ia few moments he
reappeared and called Charley to his
fathers side The interview was brief
but of most affecting character. There
were several spectators present ard all
shed tears. Mr.. Vallindigham patted
Charley afiectionately on the head and
said, "My son, my son." His voice was
husky, but distinct in its utterance A
few words more from the fathers lips and
his son was desired by DR.. Reeves to go
to bed
At eight o'clock this morning Mr. ",
was sinking rapidly, and when asked if
he was suffering, he replied by nodding
his head He was conscious to the last
and only a few minutes before his death,
remarked that he felt but little pain.
Even when shot he did not fal or move
out of his tracks, but tore open his clothes
and showed Governor McBurney his
wound. He was conscious from first OF
the danger and probably even expected
fatal results, yet be exhibited no signs
of alarm.
| Previous to his death Mcclellan, in
the prosecution of whose case he lost his
life, was taken from Jail to his bedside,
and shed tears as he beheld the dying
friend who had appeared during the
progress of the trial to summon all his
energy and legal acumen in his defense
Mr. Vallandigham was to have COM
menced'his argument in McGehan's be-
half on Saturday evening or this morn
ing. Mrs. Vallandingham was not able
to be with her husband in his dying hours,
having started for Baltimore on Friday
evening to attend the funeral of hei
brother John V. L. Mcmahon, who died
in that city on Thursday.