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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

WING & BURsT.-Wing l. Burst are driV-
ing a successful trade. Their groceries are
of the best kind, and supplied by the beat
housaR
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

Few physicians can give safer or more
effectuAl prescription for Group than Nor
mans ChslybeAte Syrup.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

INFLAMMATION of every kind can be quick
" reduced with Norman's Universal Magic
Liniment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

RELIGIOUS q. F. Wallace will
preach in the United Presbyterian church,
tomorrow SUNDAY at the usual hour for
Seryioss
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

SEE advertisement in to-day's paper OF
houses and lots for sale-Also lot Of wood
and hiding stone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

In numbers there 10 safety. lives upep thi,
prinoIpls that the formula Of JuDsoH's Mock
IAiH hsRs PtLLs was prepared. DR.. Judson,
Intending to spend fortune in advertising his
piis, subm'ttsd his resips TO tire revision of the
most Intelligent and learned physicians Of tbs
sge' and the result Ia simple bat most sfics-
eious med icins-ths JuDsos's MOUNTAIN BERs
FILLS; They purity the blood, remove all OBJ
trnetions, cleanse the skin Of ell pimples an
0eehss, and are perfectly sars aad safe iu thsi,
9psrattoa- The JUDsoE's MouETAE Haas
riLLs cure Billisusness, Female Irregularities,
nsadashs, and many Of the diseases ariain {
IRON impure blood and Q dsranged digestion
Use thu Jadson's Mountain Hsrb pills, and
when you have proved their virtss recommend
them to your friends. They ere both sugar
coated and plain. For sale every where.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

B4PrTsF CHURCH-S. W. Corner Orleans and
Elk streets. Rev. J. s. Mabie, Pastor Sunday
services at II A. NJ. and a P. M. Sabbath
School at 81 A NJ. Young peoples prayer
meeting Monday evening at ! ]. General Pra eF
meeting Wednesday evening at ~. S. 3. Teseh-
srs meeting Tuesday evening at u. Seats free
All are welcome.
ST. MAYS lCATHoLIC( CHURCH.-Cor. Rock
River and Dock SIS, Rev. Father J. P.
Roles, Pastor. Mass, Sundays, AT and l03 A.
NJ, and week days AZ AN. Catechism at 2 p N.
Vespers and Benediction at Pm.
EPISCOPAL CHURoH.-Corner Of Green and
jefferson SITS. Services at IL A. NJ. and p n.
Sabbath School at 9:3e A NJ
GERMAN LUTHERAN CHuRoH.-on Madison ST.,
Rev. C. A. Meineeke, Pastor. Services at 100 A.
N. and q Pm.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-0n Illinois street,
Rev Il. A. Newell, Pastor. Sabbath services at
1903 a m and II o. m Sabbath School aad Bibis
classes 81 % .. m. Prayer meetings Wednesday
and Saturday evenings. Pastors residence, Or
leans street. south side, third door west Of Outer
UxIrED PREsBYrERIAN CHURoH.-Cor. Orleans
and Deer SITS, Rev. Henry Wallace, Pastor
Services st 4 A. NJ. Sabbath School at 81 A. NJ
Pray meeting at 81 P. NJ, of Sundays, and 7. P
NJ, " Wednesdays.
ZIos MISSION SABBATH SoHooL.-NeaT Cam
sdn Road, every Sabbath at - P. NJ. Preach
ing every Sabbath sfternoo at O'CLOCK.
NJ. E. CHuRCH.-Cor. Jefferson and Highland
| SITS, Rev. J. II. RheA, Pastor. Preaching ii A
! NJ. and !. P. NJ. Sabbath. Prayer Meeting Wed
nesday evening at Z. Sabbath School at 81 A. N
| Pastors Bible Glass At the same hour.
| DISCIPLES CHURoH.-oorner Orleans and Ell
streets. Elder Rogers, pss tor. Services st 103
A. NJ. and P. N. day School at A. NJ.
GREEsBUsH MIssIos Sabbath School meet il
their school room, in Howard's Addition, every
Sabbath afternoon, at II o'clock. G. L. BRscom
| SPECIFICATIONS.
~Any errors or omissions in any of tn
above notices will be corrected on information
being left at our editorial rooms.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

UEAPPED HAsBs, face, rough skin, pimplss,
ring worm. salt rhsam. and other outsnsous az
| fections. cured. aud the akin made soft and
smooth, by using the JuRipsr Tar Soap madeby
| CasWell, Hazard L Co., New York. II is more
| con venisnt and easily applied than other RENE
pies, avoiding the trouble of the greasy COM
pounds now In use. m-t,weoW,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

Linens! Lineusl! WAdswrth il Parsons
have just opened large lot OF eDery thing
IN linen goods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16
To-Day's Advertiser t.
FOR SALE I!

ONE FRAME HOUSE AND LOT, PRICE
" 1890; One-nalf cash in hand, balance in
one year with interest.
One frame house, Cooper Shop and let, price
| 81 ,00o, one-half cash in hand, balance in enc
| year with interest,".
Also. 60 cords dry oak wood, and 4e0 perch
of bailding stone. B. DAVENPORT.
Rock Island, Sept. 10th, is7I;-dIm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

THOUGH somewhat unpleasant to take at
frat. nothing is superior as an appetizer to
Norman's ChslybeAte Tonic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

Hyou Do aot feel we'll you send for dossor
% calls upon Jon, looks wise, sorawls soms
hisrcgly pixies upon picos Of paper which you
take TO drug store and there pay 50 cents 70
" 90, bsaidss the DEBTORS fee, for remedy
nlne times oet Of ten not half 90 good ~ Dr..
Morss's Indian Root Pills, which costs han %
cents per bsx. Do you think the former TIE
best, because you pay the most for III Hyou
90, We advise Jon to use, just ~ an expert
msnt, thu Morse's Indian Root Pills. They
are PREPARED from q formula, pronounoed By
the most learned physicians Of our country, to
be the best and most universal Of family me-
dicinss. The Morss's Indian Root Pibs cure
Headache, Liver 90 mpiaint, Indigestion. Dys-9
pspsia, Female Irregularities, Be-, and are put
ap beth sugaS-ssatsd and plata. Give then .
vial. ssld ~ ell dealers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

Dos'r shake to pieces with Agus, when
one to three boxes of Norman's Ague Pills
will positively cure you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

81. e. MAYO sells the celebrated Tag
hArb0T carpet warp.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

A bright, healthy chile is a perennial spring
OF Joy In every vsii-resuiotsd family, and whsr,
Is that fstAsr, who after the strife and turnoH o
business, on retiring to his home lie not hsguiie
Of care By the innocent pEattls of his child
Peghaps this fsthsr ia q worldly man, and makes
gold his idol, he ms have beer successful man
sud Amassed riches. Yet place his child on the
sick bed asd ell his gold 10 81 the disposal Of ths
physician, and the only return he asks 10 the res
torstion of health 70 his ahild- Fathers Moth
ersi would you preserve Jour child In health
Then listen 20 Us. There is one prevailing cause
Of the disease In children, ana that cause IL
worms. IL tnis cause Of disease is not removed
your child will sicken and die, or lingsr suffer
ing invalid for life. We present to you an infal-
libls remedy for waKms. il /.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16
Or. Juaeoa's Dead Shot wo,m CANDY

and 10 put up In the form Of e stick of candy, and
20 pleasant to the taste, that children greeGiIy
| tsase for 1t. Il purely vegetable, and cannot
hurt the smallest child. Ask for DIR. Judsod /.
| Dead shot Worn Candy. For sale every whore
| at 20 cents per package. ". Il. o0MsT0CK,
osoe Sole Preprietex
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

Room to rent at Mrs. Kieser's, corner
Eagle and Orleans streets. l5-d2t
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

HIGHEsr cash prices paid for old iron,
brass, copper, etc, at the Rock Island Iron
Works. BABcOCE, BREADY i FLEMING.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

Go TO WAdsworth & Parsons and see
their New Goods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

WHITE and colored Kid Gloves at q. q.
MaYo's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

Y.M. C. ACCOMMODATION In the Post Of
zoe Block open to all every evening
Daily Prayer Meeting at IL A. NJ, and closin e
at M.
Young Mems Prayer Meeting every Friday
evening
Monthly business meeting of the Association
on LIST Tuesday evening, and monthly meeting OF
City Mission and Tract Committee and Visitors
on I'd Tuesday evening of each month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

LA RUE's Alabaster Cream for sale by
John Bengston.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16
TO DAILY SUBSCRIBERS.

We earnestly desire that when any of our sub
scribsrs to the Daily fail to get their papers
delivered by the carrier boys, that they will I'm
msdiately report that fact to the Office. diff
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16
Closing ont aase.

AIxHS is now selling good fast color Lawns
st 2Oc; Freash Organizes worth 6oc at 40s ;
French Lawns worth hGc at soc; PeFczlts worth
500 at zoe; French GinghAms worth S5c at Csc,
do worth S5e at zoe; Summer POplns worth 60
and 100 At 43e; do worth 40 and Soc at 25ci
Plsids, POplins worth 40 and soc At Csc; Tan
urtiues worth 60c al +oc; a few Lace shawls very
cheap; Summer Saawls at half price; LAces ave
White Trimmings very cheap.
Aiken will will sell any kind of goods nluci
below regular prices, as he is determined to &c
out of trade. je3dtt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

For Moth Patches, EIeckles
AND TAN.

I'D TAN.
TIsE PERRY's MOTH 4 FREoKLE LO-
~ TI0N. Il il reliable and harmless. Sold
by every Druggist in Rock Island and elsewhere
Prepared only by DR.. B. c. Perry, ~ Bond St.
New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

James M. Beardsley, Chairman Of the n
nance Committe OF the Northwestern Sol
diers' he Union, made the following report
which, on motion of Sup. Flickinger, was
approved by the Board, and the money re-
ported unexpended ordered paid into the
County Treasury viz;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

New print. jus. received at H. h. MayO's
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16
CITY BULLETIN.

OHIoAso, ROCK IsLAED PAoIFIo n. n.
Trains P-ss hook Island--soIKe East.
LAY express and Mail, 7,25 a. IN.
Rock Island Accommodation, A.OOp. m.
Nigh' Express, 1880 ,. IN.
CONE WEST
Day Kxpress and Mail, 64ba.m.
Rock Island Acso nmOdatiOn, 1926 N.
tSAt HxPrsSs, S:4S p. m.
Rock Island Aseomm odAtion.
Ar. Bureau function. Leaves Bureau Junction
500 D. IN. $50 q. N
The Day Express and Mail leaving here at
';zS q. m, connects at Bureau Junction 81 lO:lo
.. m, for Peoria.
The Night Express leaving here st 1889 I'm.
ssansets At Bureau Gs 1850 p, IN for Peoria
WESTERN UNIoA R.k.
soINa North LEAVE. ARRIVE
Express 4 Nail, $50 .. m. b5O p. m.
mixed Passenger, $3.50 p. IN. lli2b EN-
oOnnesss with all roads for the east and west
ROCKFORD, h. ISLAND AsT. LOUIS B. R.
Going North LEAVE.
Express Rock Island At $50 .. IN
Mail $50 IN
Going South LHAVA.
Mail 7:45 Q. IN
Express " 700 p. IN
Freight 500 .. IN
Freight 7:SOp. m
These trains leave Moline going south ID min
utos In advance Of Rock Island time; going
ROrth 10 minutes after leaving Book Island.
Trains leave Camden going north 10 minutes
- advance Of Rock Island slime going south
10 minutes after leaving this city.
Trains leave ooSl Valley going forth S5 min
utes in advance Of Rock Island time; going
sOuSh 30 minutes after leaving this city.
RvQK BLAND PEORIA R.R.
EAoH AsoK ISLAND TO COAL VALLAE.
Leave. Arrfv
Book Island TAO N 1900 p q
" 2I0pm $3.50 n
DAVENPORT ST. PAUL 2. z.
GOING NORTH.
Accommodation Depart 8:26 p I
Mail 50 1880 4
GOING SOUTH.
Davenport Express Arrive IL 40
Accommodated and Mail % 1880
This road connects ct the C. 4 N. W. orossin
with the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
for pOinto east and west.
BURLINGTON, cEpAR RAPIDS y MINNIE
sofa r. q.
From Pook Island 90 Burlington.
@Asssu gers from Rosk Island going over Ii
lac will take the regular train going west on Il
diVlSiJn OF the O. Il. /. d p. r. B., oonnsetin
ct Columbus junction, - fOlloWsi--
ToB arlington, ESQ .. m.
F,osk Is1and, 9:35A. m. sos P.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

Orders for Job Printing viii meet With prompt
attention ~ the ARsUS 0FBIon, and be executed
the very host manner asa ct reasonable rates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

The COMMITTEE would recommend that Primary
Meetings be held in all the towns
On Saturday, the $50 Day of September,
at three O'Clock F. NJ, except Rock Island and Mo
line and in those towns at eight O'Clock p M OF that
DAY 49,, -
The usual Township Committees are expected 20
see that arrangements are made for holding the
Primary Meetings. ,-,,..
john Kistler, II z. Gonnely,
lanes Tayler s s. Hurlbut,
i n Iarue c. B. Marshall,
Ambrose Searl, Luclus Wehs,
Fred S,orkins John X. Warner,
+. f. Rogers, Jacob Adams,
YIN Moore John Forgy,
/ n Kenworthy, Silas Drury,
County Committee.
Rock Island, ILL.,, August 3Oth, 1871,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16

2o9 Washington street, o. Ill.
For sale BY eli Grocery Dealers and Boot
Makers. ssptle-dm,wAwsm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-16
CITY.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEES

in County Convention in the city of Rock Island in
the Court House,
On Monday, September SSth, 1871,
at one O'Clock M, for the purpose of selecting SIX
delegates to the State Convention, which meets a.
Springfield, Wednesday, October 4th, 1871 non,,i r
ing candidates for the Offices of County IreAs SUI
and County Surveyor; appointing County S sDcb
mittee for the ensuing year, and 70 haSors The
other business may properly be oroug lii he the
same ~ in the last County Convention, VIZ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-03-04

bates. Such expressions tend to beget
and increase the good will and agreement,
which is the rule of logic and rhetoric
and indispensable to the discharge of our du-
ties. Not alone in committee but in the
House there Is great need of amenities, de-
bate, moderation and benignity at times is al
most impossible. Clamor will sometimes
rule here and no officer can calm it. Let us
cultivate charities in debate and the feeling
will indeed extend to the people of all Sec
tons. We may thus not only remove many
of the prejudices and reproaches so often
hurled at this branch of Congress by the I'M
thinking, but illustrate those christian virtues
which make up daily the beauty of life, and
ftus for the final home of dissolution II is
because thu" Speaker has been kind, gentle,
prompt, able and honorable, and has won our
universal respect by contributing to the effu-
sion of good will and the Punishment of bit
terness, that have been delegated by friends
on this side to offer this resolution. If we
cannot have general amnesty from our leg
islative difference, we can at least have per-
sonal and social amnesty, and in this spirit I
trust the resolution will have unanimous
concurrence. The resolution was adopted bv
reclamation. only one voice, that of Munger
of Ohio voting mo"
The Senate amendments to the House bill
relating to osean telegraph communication
between the United States and foreign coun
tries. were agreed to.
The Senate bill to provide for the redenp-
ton of copper and other token coins, and the
resolution to pay Thomas Baird, of Georgia,
$4,000 for contesting his seat, to which ne
was not entitled, were passed.
The House then took recess
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-03-04
DR.. Hebbard's Lecture.

There was very good attendance last eve
ming to hear the Doctor lecture to men ex-
clusively. We were glad to see SO many
young men present, and some old bachelors
who ought to have been married long ago,
but who are not too old to learn some things
they never dreamed of in their philosophy,
and which the Doctor brought home to them.
He told them how necessary it is to keep
their bodies pure and healthy, and especially
if they ever expect to become fathers of fami-
lies. If the parents eat sour grapes the chill
dren's teeth will be on edge. 1t is law Of
nature and cannot be annulled. We have
heard that the children Of the third and even
Of the fourth generation, have suffered in
consequence Of the transgrcssions Of great
great raudfathers. But we have not space
to enter into particulars. This lecture was
one Of the Doctors best, and many valuable
lessons were taught, which, we trust, will
not soon be forgotten. Let the young men
ponder well the lessons he gave them. The
government Of our country will soon be upon
their shoulders, and upon the shoulders of
their children.
1t will be seen by an advertisement in an
other column that the Doctor commences
second course next Tuesday evening. The
tickets are placed at a low price, and our
readers will at once see the importance of
securing their seats, as the number must be
limited to the capacity of the hall.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-03-04
FROM WASHINGTON.

Washington, D. c., March 8. The Texas
Railroad bill which passed both branhces of
Congress, and now awaits the Presidents sig
nature, differs but little from the Southern
Pacific Railroad bill, which lately passed the
House. The land grants are upon similar
terms as those to the main line, and the right
of way conceded to the New Orleans, Barton
Rouge & Vicksburg road, which must be
opened from New Orleans to Marshall, Tex,
within five years, and to the Southern Pacific
Railroad, California, from Fort Yuma, VIA
Los Angeles, to point at or near Tahechapah
Pass.
The Executive Committee of Friends on
Indian affairs, representing nine yearly meet
ings in twenty-five States, to-day presented
to the Indian Commission a formal protest
against opening the Indian Territory for the
settlement by whites.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-03-04
STATE NEWS.

VIM. Thompson, Esq, formerly publisher
of the Bangor Times, is suffering from q Sc
we're attack of paralysis of the right side.
The dwelling house and barn of Elder
Maddox, in Hollis, were destroyed by fire
Thursday morning. No particulars.
A new Masonic hall at Addison Point was
dedicated Wednesday night. G. NJ, John
H. Lynde, Of Bangor, delivered an address.
The Republicans of Lewiston unanimously
nominated Hon. John NJ. Frye, for Mayor.
The Democrats are to nominate Hon. Alonzo
Garcelon The election will be held Monday.
Patents have been issued the past week to
L. Durham, Lincoln, for cooking stoves; +.
III. Palmer, of Foxcroft, for countersink; G.
S. Wood, of Vassalboro, for medical COM
pound.
Iii expected that the annual session of
the Grand Lodge of the Good Templars of
this State which is to meet in Portland, will
be held on Wednesday and Thursday, April
18th and 18th.
Celia Spinney, of Phipsburg, about two
years ago, was so unfortunate as to have
some trouble with her ear Measures adopted
for her relief have resulted in the expulsion
of beetle bug, three-quarters of an inch in
length.
meeting of the stockholders of the Som
erset Railroad will be held at North Arson
Thursday, March 10th, to see if they will
vote to mortgage the road, and for what
amount, time, rate of interest, and for what
portion thereof shall be mortgaged.
VIM. Morgan, Esq, prominent citizen of
Brewer, died on Wednesday evening at the
residence of +. g. Harlow, Esq, at the age
of SO years. The Wing says Mr.. Morgan
was for several years Postmaster at Brewer
was frequently elected to offices of trust in
his town, and was held in high estimation by
a large circle of acquaintance and friends
The mills owned by Messrs. Hallowell,
Rice & Co., at Orneville are doing very
baisk business working up large quantities OF
poplar and white birch into excelsior ana
spool timber, which at present finds ready
market, and commands high prices. Large
| tracts of land in that town are covered with
this growth which until recently has been
| considered nearly worthless.
The Somerset Reporter says last Thursday
a sad accident occurred in Canaan village by
which Moses Mason was so seriously injured
that he died the same night. horse was
going through the street at a moderate speed
when he caught sight of a dog lying in the
road, which caused the horse to spring sud-
denly, striking Mr.. Mason, throwing him vio-
lently upon the ice.
The Observer says last Friday, Mr.. w. d.
Blethen, landlord at Dover, came very near
| dying by eating clans, which had been dam
aged by being frozen and thawed during the
warm weather few days previous. The
joints OF his wrists and fingers were set, his
tongue and mouth became livid and swollen
and he was rendered speechless for several
n..A q ~
Burbank had the desired effect, and he wa
ON Saturday pronounced out of danger, an,
has now almost fully recovered from tn,
effects of the poison, having tested the virtu
of clans for the last time during his natura
life, as he AYERS.
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FROM NEW YORK.

New York, March 8. Gen. Halpine the
Fenian exile, has accepted the invitation of
the joint high commissioner to visit WASH
ington and lay before them the case on which
he proposes to sue the English government
for damages by his imprisonment
Steamer Connecticut from Troy, arrived
in this city this morning having cut her pas
sage through the ice from Tivoli, where she
had been detained three weeks.
Coal retailed in this city to-day at from
nine to twelve dollars ton.
The examination of Capt. Peabody of the
ship Neptune, for cruelty to the crew, con-
cluded to-day, and will result in his discharge
Nominations.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, March 3. The Re-
pubicans to-day unanimously nominated II.
G. Eastman for Mayor. ss
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workmen are busily engaged in rebuilt

Workmen are busily engaged in rebuild
wick. There is lonesome look about the
scene of the late fire-blackened timbers and
ashes where few days ago the hum of ma
chinery made music. The shops that were
destroyed had recently been renovated and
thoroughly repaired and were never in better
condition. New and improved machinery had
been purchased. very small amount of
which was saved. The business of Bruins
wick village and the interests of the entire
town, require the speedy rebuilding of the
burnt district, and we have no doubt it will
be done.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-03-04

Just at the time when the Legislature was
debating whether to appropriate small sum
of money to be devoted to the expense of dis
tributing the reports on the Water Power
Maine, that are now accommodating dust in on
of the rooms at the State House, there wer
two capitalists from New York visiting differ
ent parts of the State, in company with Mr.
Walter Wells, for the purpose of ascertainin !
the best locality for investing one hundred an 4
fifty thousand dollars in manufactures. Thes
gentlemen were drawn here by noticing stra
copy of the report in book depository, whic
they secured and which they carry with them
as they find it contains just the Information dc
sired in regard to the various water-powers
the State. This is a startling commentary o
the action of the legislature In killing the re
solve appropriating the small sum needed I
properly distribute these reports throughor
the country. The photographic survey
Maine has turned the attention Of enterpri'
ing capitalists Throughout the country to o,
immense water-powers, and the inducemen'
offered by towns for the erection Of manufat
turing establishments, but if we keep the gre'
bulk Of this Information locked up among tn
spider webs at the capitol, we shall miss u
great good which the reports, judiciously di'
tributed, will bring to the people of the State
1t is the most glazing instance Of putting OF
light under bushel.