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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEW BARBER SHOP.

HHE UNDERSIGNED HAS REMOVED
i his Barber Shop from Palace Row to Harper
Block, on Buffalo street. three doors north of the
Expres. Once, where he will be happy TO re-
ceivs and serve all his old customers, and ss
many new ones Is favor him with . call.
CHAS. ANDERSON.
Rock Island, Nov. %, 1s70.-dly
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24
CHILDREN TO TAKE.

DARTIEs DESIRING TO TAKE CHILD
L rem to bring up, are requested to call on
Supervisor c. B. Knox, Of this ely { There are
eight OF ten bright intelligent girls and boys
aged from one month to eight and ten years.
now at the County House for whom good homes
are desired. Pull legal rights will be given 70
those taking them. For further particulars call
upon Mr.. Bailey OF Supervisor Knox.
decl9 -d.w-tf
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

The growing wheat in Central Illinois is
represented as being in sn excellent cond:.
ton. The snow has served to protect eff:
tactua!ly the unprecedented growth of the
fall.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

Miss kellogg made her very first appear
.ance in oratorio in New York city ON the
evening of the l9.h inst, and the Tribune
says that sin the "Messiah'' che is bette,
than any other singer now in America-Nils
son not excepted.n
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

The Louisville Courier sneers at q man
Covlngton who drank quar-. of whiskey in
two hours, and let it kill him. A quart Of
whlskey in two hours is just no trick at all
to the Louisville editors.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

Anna Dickinson undertook to court Fech
ter by giving him pair OF sleeve buttons on
the evening" of his benefit Mrs. Fechter
shall hear of this
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

Arrangements are completed for three
match games of billiards between Joseph
Dion and A. P. Rudolphe, for 81, 900 side,
each game to be played in San Francisco
soon. Dion allows Rudolphe $3.50 for his
frIn
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

Mark Twain says 81 hare seen slower
people than l am-aud more deliberate peo-
pie thsn | an-and even quicker, and more
li-;less and lazier people than l am. But
they were dead"
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

Philadelphia is coming to the conclusion
tha. i: Is ''overbuilt," and that property
being deprecated in consequence, it needs
rest, to 'enable population to overtske the
great increase of accom- modations."
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

There are 5000 acres of oyster beds in
Chesapeake Bay, yielding ann ually 25,OO0,.
600 bushels of oysters. In Baltimore ND
ward of $l0,OOO,OOO are employed in the
business of canning oysters.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

young lady in the Ohio Suffrage Con
vention said that for her part she loved man,
individually and collectively, better than wo-
man. There isn't man in this town who
would adopt such sentiments as these.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

The first daily newspaper printed in Vir-
ginia was printed in 1880, and the subscrip-
ton price was fifty dollars per annum.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

Investigation into the affairs of the insol-
vsns Monitor Mutual Fire Insurance Compa.
ny, OF Boston, shows its liabilities to be So
900, 763, and the assets S2,oOl,l26.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

Col. Wm. Grosvenor, who has been on the
editorial staff of the Missouri Democrat
four years, retired from that paper yesser-
dsv
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

Pork packing closed at Des Moines on
Saturday. The totals are IL ,8O9 hogs; sv-
erage go pounds. This includes 1900
packed for the city trade.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24
RATES OF kDVERTIsINe,

Ios each square, or the spsss occupied by ,sn
liass Of solid nonpa,en, One Dollar for each H.
ssrtion-
Special Notices, 10 eents per lire. when in
serted months or more, 80 per eent above rsEa-
iss advertising rates.
s.-amunications, or articles inserted amer g
..sS,,e matter, IS cents per line
n.uv AID WRuKLY.-A discount Of Is per
So, iii be made from the Weekly rates, On
yearly and half yearly contr.ets, when the zane
| matter 10 inserted In both Dolly ana Weekl!
Double Columns will bs chssged % Per esa.
| additional.
Tor IL transi.nt sdvertissments advance ~
msnt Il required.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

The town Of Hsrwich on Cape Cod, rails.
go 4, 4,Os4 barrels of Gran nberries last year and
sold them for $i6, 600.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

German poet declares that his country
possesses " as many songs as bayonets -
rather large estimate.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

The deepest excavation il the United
States is copper mine in Lake Superior.
1t is 300 feet deep.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

iheFe are In the State of New York 1873
savings banks, with ,asse,s amounting to
$220,O0O,O0O
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

TO THE WORKING CLAss.-we are nov
prepared to furnish all classes with constant
employ ment at homo, the whole of the time or
for the spare moments. Business new, light,
and profitable. Persons of either sex easily
earn from 4Oc. to s. per evening, and proper
tional sum by devoting their whole time to the
business. Boys and girls earn searly ~ much
as men. That all who see this notice may send
their address, and test the business, We make
the unparalleled offer: To such as are not vel
satisfied, we will send 81 to pay 10, the trouble
of writing. Full particulars, . valuable sample
which will do to commence work ON, and copy
of The Peoples Literary Companion-one of the
largest and best family newspapers ever pub
lished-all sent free by mail. Reader. il you
want permanent, profitable work, address
&c. ALLEN CO., Augusta, MAINE.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24
Warehouse Sale p!

Warehouse Sale
7 WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION, AT
l. my Warehouse, on the Levee, commencing At
10 o'clock A. M,
Friday, February 18th, 1871,
The following unclaimed goods for freight and
charges, unless sooner called for
J. n. Bacon, l Box sesds.
C. II. stoddard, i Package Boards.
E. Guyne Co., Stave Cutter, worth be-
tween S40O an S5Oo.)
J. A. Gather, Boxes.
II. Willis. | Box.
VIM. Martin, l stsve Machine, boxed.
II. Stegeler, y Boxes.
s. p. whitney, Box with Can.
Munger. lot Grave Stones and Sockets.
Dilley, -
T. Mcguire Box Distillery Machinery,
cost 81 ,5GO.l
No ouHne, Carpet Bags.
T. Kaufer, Box.
Pr, | Box hardware
Nonsus 4 Meat Kegs. Beer keg'.
u. E. Bailey. Sack Husks.
L. A. ketchurl, Box
Js BIweI, . Reaper Platforms.
L. Morgan, 10 Rustic Chairs, Reaper Wheels
lot Miners Picks and Sledges.
J. H. Hunter, Churn, lot sickles, lot Serves.
Z Corn Planters Wheels and Aries
Counter and Drawers.
Small Desk.
After the close of the above sale will sell .
fne assortment of Agricultural Implements, in
GFo. w d HARRIS,
Levee, Rock Island.
Rock leland, Jan. 18th, 1871. dvtd
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

"fANrED-AGENTs. $40 per day. to
sell the celebrated HoxE SHUTTLE SEW
ING MAcHIEE. Has the sn9er- feed, m axes
the clock stitch" (slike on both sides }
and is fully licensed. The best and che ap-
" est family Sewing Machine in the mar
ket. Address, JOHNSON, CLARK L CO., Bos-
ton, Mass, Pittsburgh, Pa, Chicago, ILL.,, or St.
Louis Mo.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

Gloucester district Mass, estimates the
produce of the fisheries for the year at So
924 500
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24
DISSOLUTION.

THE Co-PARTNERsHIP HERETOFORE
i existing under the firm name Of Baboock
Co., 10 this day dissolved by mutual consent,
Porter Mckay aud II. d, Arnold. retiring. The
business will be continued BY T. A. Babcock and
A. s. Wells, under the firm name Of Babcoch
Co., who assume all liabilities and to whom all
debts due to the concern are to be paid.
T. A. BABC0CK,
PORTER MCKAY,
II. d. ARNOLD,
A. S. Wells.
Rock Island. Jan. 18th. ls7I.-2l-dtf
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

BRIGGS & BROS
Illustrated &OeseriiptiVeCata|ogue
OF Flower and Vegetable Seeds,
AND SUMNER FLGWERING BULBS.
FOR 1871.
will be ready for mailing by the middle of Jan
usry, notwithstanding our great loss OF type
paper, en- Dersviugs, DC, by fire, which DESTROYED
the J OBJ Printing Office of the Rochester Demo.
crat and Chronicle. 25sh December, 1870. II
will be printed on Q most elegant new-tiuted pa.
per, and illustrated with nearly
Five Hundred Original Engravings,
And two finely executed Colored Plates-epeci
mems for all of which were grown by ourselves
the past season from our own stock of Seeds Ii
the ori ginality, execution and extent of the en-
cravings it 10 unlike and eminently superior t
any other Catalogue or "Ploral Guide" extant t
The Catalogue will consist Of ll2 pages, and
ss soon as published will be sent free to all who
ordered Seeds from us by mail the last season
To others a charge of Is cents per copy will o.
IN sde, which is not the Va ue of the Coiore'
Plates. We assure our friends that the induce
ments offer to purchasers of Seeds, as to quail
ity and extent of Stock, Discounts and Premi
ums are unsurpassed. Please send orders fo
Catalogues without delay
Our Colorsd Chrome for 1871
| Will be ready to send ost in January. Th'
| Chrome will represent Forty-two Varieties o
| snowy and popular Flowers of natural size anC
| color. We design to make IL the best Plate o
| Flowers ever issued Size, 1924 inches. Tn
| retail value would be at least Two Dollars; W
shall, however, furnish IL to customers at as cts
| per copy. and offer i; as . premium upon order
for Seeds. See Catalogue when sent.
BRIGGS L BROTHER, Rochester, y. Y.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

Milwaukee dispatches report heavy SHOWS
throughout. the State yesterday.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

Tslegfaphed to the An o..
UHIoH e1ocK YAnDs, Jan. "a.
Hogs-16c higher, with sales at 6.S0a7.4'
closing at 6.40a 7.40.
Catte-Dull, no better.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

The lumbermen in Manistee, Mich, ar
cutting 1000, 900 feet of logs per dsy.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24
c 0 N N { R CIkl.

Rock IsLAVD. January "a.
THIS Flour market is corrected at Warmers
Mills and the quotations are the ruling prices OIL
the Rock island market
WINTER WBEAr FLouR-WholesAle... 81. so
d" Retail.........S.4o
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

NEW YORK Safety Steam Power Comfy
IN Steam Engines, with and without cut ofi
and Sectional Safety Steam Boilers, built in
quantities by special machinery. Send for cir
cular, a Courtlandt street, New York.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

IINIVEReALIsM: What 10 it. Send
~ for the STAR IN THE WEST, Cincin'
natl. A large s-psge weekly; established 1927
1t meets all the wants of the family; 81 30 pei
year, Sl.25 six months Try it Specimen free
cinna att, Ohio.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24
OFFICIAL CITY g. COUNTY PAPER

Cotton was frs. planted in the United
States in 1859.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

In st. Louis by Richardson & Co; Collins
Bros And throughout the North ,>st by all
DruCgists
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24
T. II. BARR & co., Proprfetors,
TERRE HAUrr, ISD.

Sold in Chicago at whole,ale by Fuller, Finch
4 Fuller; Lord 4 smith: Van Setback. Steve
son Reid HurIbut & Rdsall L. Burnhsm
SEN; Bloeki Co.. Tolman King; Rock
wood 4 Blocki.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24

In Milwaukee by Rice f Reising; Dohmen
Schmidt; Green Bottom
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-24
NEW GOODS
EVERY WEEK
At THE
PLUMBER STORE
octl9-dtf l.. 6. McCABE b CO

octi9-dtf
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-12

durable, The tAgk ,cks washed and carded
should be boarded b. every farmers wife
for this purpose. IN ostes and villages,
and in the more populons parts OF our
country, those who can aforN good sleep
ing-places generally have them Inc oe,
gree Of refinement and cultivation, a well
as wealth one has attained, may be easily
read by one glance at their sleeping apart
ment Cleanliness and comfort are per
fectly consistent with honest poverty, ior
straw and water are cheap everywhere in
the country, and within the reach of all.
As general rule, the better care man
takes of his body, in feeding it with skill,
clothing it with discretion, and giving it
due and refreshing sleep, the more work
he can do, and the higher quality of his
work. A vigorous, energetic, and hardy
body may patiently endure for series of
years gross violations of its fundamental
laws, but the day will come when it will
demand full retribution for every dishon-
ored requisitiop The rules Of physical
we'll being are IKE those laws that Moses
received on the granite of Mount Sinai
Tobacco, broken sleep, bad fare, cold,
dampness, miasms, will tell on every frame
at last; and when Nemesis comes he re-
quires eye for eye, tooth for tooth, stripe
for stripe, burning for burning. York
Tribune t*t ~ .3f =
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-12

selves do when dry. Fat is made from the
heat giving food, and q portion of food by
no means incensiderable goes to keep up
the warmth Of the animal, and large guam.
titles of ice-cold water taken at once must
subtract much from the animal heat. As
q confirmation Of the soundness of these
views, regarding the superiority of boiled,
over raw TODD for dairy cows and fatten-
ing Of cattle and hogs, we have only to
consider for moment what actually takes
piA &c every day in the case Of man. We
here see how greatly substances which
have b. en- submitted to the action of. the
heat, such as bread, meat, soups, broths,
and other a ticles, surpassed those used in
their natural state. A small quantity oil
wheat, maize, barley or rice, well boiled
and eaten warm with little milk, gains
in nutritive matter AN immense superiority
to the same quantity Of these substances,
eaten without this preparation. The same
remark is applicable to all kinds OF grain.
american Stock Journal
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-12
Hard Beds.

| THE idea that the soft side of plank
makes the best couch when one gets used
10 IL. was long ago exploded. People who
know what is what" who read the news
papers, and mean to be somebody, don't
believe word of it. Those who have set
tied down to a Diogenes in-the tub life ac-
cept the doctrine. 1t is true that the tired
man or woman will sleep soundly on a
hard bed, and habit may make the
hardness dear to them. It is also true that
Napoleon's soldiers slept while on their
march homeward from Russia, and some IL
them may have become attached to loco
motion and sleep united. Notwithstand-
ing all this, those who have once felt the
almost human kindness and warmth of
hair mattress beneath them cannot go back
to straw and husks without pang
Look at the matter physiologically. The
spinal column is composed of twenty -four
pieces of bone fastened together by car
tilage, with little cushion of highly elas-
tic cartilage nicely fitted in between each
to prevent friction and to permit perfect
freedom of movement. The spine is not
straight, bat curves in, as everybody
knows, at the small Of the back, and curves
out again. In q perfect bed every part Of
this vertibral column will be supported;
but in hard, unyielding surface this is not
possible. One portion of the body rests
firmly on the bed beneath it,
while another in line with it receives no
support. Sleep on such bed viii not re-
store the wearied frame nearly SO well as
repose on an elastic couch where every
part of the body is equally supported.
We do not recommend softness but elias
ITCHY. Feathers, except in very cold
weather, are, unwholesome, because they
retain an excess of warmth about the body,
and also because they absorb the insensible
perspiration thrown off by the pores, and
permit the body to reabsorb the excremen-
titious matter. A bed Of soft, fresh straw,
evenly distributed and covered with thin
cotton or WOODEN mattress, may be a good
resting place, and furnish sweet sleep. But
how can man or woman rise refreshed
from q couch Of straw or shuck mattress
which has been in nightly use without re-
ncwal for series Of years. Yet there are
portions of this very land Of plenty where
travellers are put to sleep upon Just such
beds - this. sHf
Every man IN grazing districts may own
. dozen or two coarse wooded sheep. These
and their increase win In short time
giveh wool mattresses, than which mono
ere more pleasant more wholesome, or
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-12
CHRISTMAS MORNING.

AWAKE, dear mamma. and do come and see
What Santa Claus left in my stocking for me:
I've doll and sofa, and many fine things;
What beautiful presents old Santa Claus brings!
There's whip and horse for dear Johnny, and
more,
The eyes of my dolly they shut and they open,
Much better, you see, than the old ones that's
broken.
Do. dearest mamma, do wake up and see!
How strange that on Christmas you sleepy can
And Sissy pulled ont from her own little stocking
tiny bit chair, all cushioned and rocking;
And bid us good night" when our prayers were
thought would listen, for wanted to hear,
Old Santa Claus come with his tiny reindeer.
/ tried very bard my eyes open TO keep,
At the funny old man to steal a sly peeps
So looked at the chimney az hard as could,
To watch till the fire had burned up the wood;
For wondered, mamma. how It ever could be,
From the SCOT and the fire he'd keep the things
free;
So looked and looked, as hard as could
For nursey had told us, II we would be good,
He'd come down the chimney, as SURE AS HE
CAME,
And oil up each stocking, for he knows well the
name
OF every GOOD child, and the house where he
lives,
And to all that he loves pretty presents he gives,
So tried very hard to keep open one eye.
But II kept shutting just as fast as Id try;
And the first thing l knew, was Johnny's loud
call,
merry Christmas! dear sisters, dear nursey and
ALL"
Then ran to my stocking as fast as could be,
And found it filed up with nice things, as you
see. -.
am very sorry! indeed am go.
For wanted 10 see them dash through the snow;
Little Dasher and Dancer, and Pranccr and Vixen,
Little Comet and Cupid, and Donder and Blixen.
Obi nursey has told me such wonderful things,
OF the sleigh, and the deer and the presents he
brings;
OF old Santa Claus, and his funny fur clothes,
His cherry red cheeks and his pipe, and red
nose,
Where he places his finger, with blink Of his
eyes,
And away up the chimney in a moment he flies.
oh, dear! don't you think, when I'm older next
year,
I can keen WIDE AWAKE, to see the reindecrs
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-12
A Working Suit for Farmers.

FARMERS and mechanics need some
kind Of substantial working dress-one
that is cheaply made and easily put on and
comfortably worn. 1t is very expensive
working in good suit Of clothes and ex-
posing them to the various kinds Of labor
incident to farm life. Put on a pair Of
new pants and get into an apple tree to
trim or graft it, or go to repairing fences,
and you will be sure to make a rent in
them before they are day old. Such q
thing rarely happens TO an old pair. We
invented dress several years since which
we have used and recommended to others,
much to their satisfaction. II is sleeve
vest closed in front, and trowsers in one
piece, with only one fastening with strap
behind the neck. The sleeve may be made
sufficiently large enough to wear over a
coat. The material should be made of
blue drilling.
Thus at trifliDg expense a man can
be readily fitted to grapple with any kind
of work without constant fear Of tear
ing or soiling his clothes, while the cost
is not one tenth part OF suit OF ordinary
clothing. II will often be found conyen-
lent TO wear in hot weather without any
other clothing than shirt. Any clever
hOuSekccper VINO Csu uinAC q Pnai VI '"
mer pants, can make one OF these most
useful articles. The only difficulty usually
is not buying cloth enough to have them
made sufficiently large. The suit should
be large enough to wear over other gar
ments, if necessary, and when the days
work is done it may be removed. Others
substituted, and the farmer is in complete
Trim 10 sit down Of an evening dressed in
clean clothes and ready TO engage in con-
versatiOn, reading, or any other amusement
suited to ! rational and intelligent mind.
The cost Of such B suit II ti6ing, and ID
more than made up by Whist II saves Of
other clothes. H0inl EdeSsSr.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-12
How to make Hens Lay In the Winter.

A WRITER in the Western Farmer says:
Being an old hand at the business, and I
think successful, wish to give, for the
benefit Of those interested, my system Of
feeding poultry to force them. I chop up
pretty fine meat Of any kind-baked,
roasted or raw-and to about pound OF
meat | put about half teaspoonful OF
cayenne pepper. mix thoroughly then
feed the meat to them, always being careful
to have them fed about an hour before,
with grain or other food.
If meat is not to be had, then make mush
Of either corn meal, oat meal or buckwheat
-four, using one teaspoonful for about
twenty hens.
Never soak your corn. Itisa poor plan.
Poultry must have hard feed of some kind.
or they will have poor digestion, and then
of course other diseases. / feed the mix
ture as much as twice week. In very
cold weather feed oftener, and have no
neighbor who can show more eggs from
the same number Of hens than can,
neither have they more vigorous, healthy
stock.
Old mortar broken up, charrcd bones,
charcoal. ETC., are very good especially fox
winter. III,
1hEEN WOOD.-dTecu WOOO ID b Vcx8~
ton at the best. Besides this, 1t involves
a loss Of nearly fifty per cent. comparing
it, when taken directly from the log, with
what has been dried under cover for year.
But sometimes it must be used, and the
best way to prepare it for the fire IL to
bake it beforehand. Keep the stove.oven
full when not used for other purposes, and
when taken therefrom and put into To
IRE, combustion viii be greatly aided, ana
not little iuconyenlence 0ayed