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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-14

gov peuses, paid Agents, to sell our new
and useful discoveries. Address b. SWEET 4
CO., Marshall Mich
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-14
1t. louis Market.

0t. louis Market.
Tslegrsphed to the ARGUS.
sr. Louis, Feb. 13.
Flour-Quiet; superhnes4 os@4 25;extsa 81 90;
XXX 81 65a4 so.
wheat--Duil; bat holders hrm No spring
81 81.
Corn-steady at 4sia4ec; mixed in bulk 400
4sc; yeli ow do.
Oa:s In liz ht demand. but holders firm 1t 43s
46 sacked.
BAriey-Dull; No 8 $50.
Rye---Firmsr; at IS.
Pork---el9 00al9 %.
Lard Better; Il3sI33c.
Highwines-Higher At $50.
Hogs-steady; at 6a63c. Receipts 6,oo0-
Cattle---U UnchAnged; 4A6 for fair to prime.
liverpool MARKET.
TslesrSphed to the Argus.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 13.
Flour--26s Sd.
Corn-3ls Sd.
Oats--3s Id for new
Barley ---6s.
Pess.--39s Cd.
Wheat-l0s J0d red western winter whea
lis.
Brssdstuf-Qaist.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-14
FINANCIAL.
NEW 7-3O GOLD LOAN
safe. Profitable. Permanent.
jay Cooke 81 Co.,
oGsr for Sale at Par and Accrued Interest the
First Mortgage Land Grant Gold Bonds
TIE
Northern Pacific Railroad Co.,,

These bonds are secured fret, BY First Mort
gage on the R.iirosd itseIf, its roliDg-stock and
all equipments; second, by a First Mortgage on
its entire Land Grant, being more than Twenty
Two Thousand Acres of Land to each mile OF
road.
The Boads are free from United States Tax |;
the Principal and Interest ere pay able in Gold
the Principal at the end of Thirty years, and the
int erest Semi-annuslIy, ct the rate Of eeyen and
Three Tenths Per Cent. per sAnum.
They Issued In denominations OF <lVo,
$500, 81, 90. g., 900 and $4,000.
The Trustees uudes the Mortgage are hessrs.
jay Cooke, of PbiIadelphia, and J. gar Th IN
son, President of the Pennsylvania Central Rail.
road Company.
These Northern Pacific 7-30 Bonds will At all
times before mstu ity, be receivable at Ten Per
Can't. Premium (or l.l0J. in exchange for the
Company l.nds at their lowest each price
In addition to their absolute s.fsty, these
Bonds yield an income larger, We believe, than
nuy other fret class security. Per.oDs b olding
United States h-20's can, by converting them
into Northern Pscifcs. increase their yearly in
come onethird, end still have . perfectly relia-
hle Investment.
HOW TO GET THEM-Your nearest Ban k
OF Banker will supply these bonds in any desired
amount. and Of any needed denomir -;ion. Per
cons wishing to exchange stocks or other bonds
for these, can do with any of our agents, who
will allow the bight st curreat price for all mar
ketable securities
Tho.e livin z 10 iocaluies remote from banks
may send money, or other bonds. directly TO u
by express, and We will send ba,k Northern Pa
ci6c bonds at our own risk, and without c st 70
the investor For further inforna'ion psmph-
let's, maps, etc.. all on address the under
signed or any of the Banks or Bankers employed
| to sell ths loan. For sale by
FIRST NATIONAL BANK, MITCHELL 4
| LYHDE, Rock Isl and.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK; MANUBAC
TURERs BANK. Moline
| DRvORB SHEPPARD; Z. E. ROGERS
4 SON, Port Byron,
| LUNT. PREsT0N KBAN.
Bankers CHICAGO. Gen. AQfs.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-14
0bicago live Stock.

0blc1g0 xiv0 stock.
Telegraphed to the ARGus.
UsroH SSooK YARps, Feb. ii.
Live Hogs-Unchangsd ct s. 00a7 80 for oom-
mon to extra
| Cattle--Fairly active, steady.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-14
LEGISLATIVE NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

FOaII-S1.ssT CONGRESS.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-14
Warehouse Sale p!
Friday, February I7th. 1871.

| WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION, AT
my Marehouie, on the Levee, commencing At
10 o'clock A. NJ
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-14

LUNT, PRESTON q KIAN.
Bankers, Chicago, Gen. Agfs.
fsb<deodw3A
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-14
C 0 N N { R CIAL.

Rock IsLAyp. February II
THIS Flour market is corrected At Warmers
Mills and the quotations are the ruling prices oil
the Rock island market.
a.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-14

BARR's PECrORAL ELINIa has rapidly won
the favor of patients Who have tried it, aud also
the patronage Of the medical f. Guilty in every
section Of {. e country where II has heen intro
duced. No remedy for the lun gs and throat ever
discovered stands 80 popular after once used IS
this preparation. II i. made under the super
vision of Mr.. T. H. Barr. one of the best practi-
cal chemists in the stste- The success which
has attended the use OF this remedy for the past
sixteen years, where kno~n, has iniTced TO
make il more widely known for the benefit Of the
suffering. Let the afflicted give it fair trial, as
we are confident that relief and perma anent cure
will be the result. Sold by all druggist. in the
section where this Advertisement il published
n. B.-Cireulsrs giving certificates of remark
able cures of the afflicted will be sent on spelies
tion. or they will be found accom psnying each
bottle of the Pectoral Elixir.
The Elixir is pleasant to take, aud is neatly
and elegantly put up in large bottles q; 81 each.
T. II. BARR 4 co., PrOpriet0rs,
TERRE HAUrs, Isp.
& Fuller; Lord & NTH Van Schaack, Steve
son & Reid: Hurlbut 4 Edssll & Burnb m
sen: BlJeki Co.. TolmAn King; Rock
wood d Blocki.
In Niluaukee by Rice & Reising; Dohmen 4
Schmidt; Green Baton.
In St. Louis by Ricbar Co.: Collin:
Bros And throughout the North est by al
Druggistt.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-14
TIL. BAaR L co., PrOpriesors,
TERRE HArrs, Ixp.

Tn St. Louis by Richardson 4 Co.: Collins
Bros And throughout the Northeast BY all
Druggists.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-11-15
Netn advertisements.
8 O'CLOCK.
octl9t&w4w
octI9.t&wlw

QCO6 "A MONTH Horse aud Carriage furnish
u az ed. Expenses paid. II. u. Shaw, Alfred
Me- oct19f&W4w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-11-15
RIFLES. sHoT-GUNs, REvoLvERs

Gun materials of every kind. Write for Price List
to Great Western Gun Works, Pittsb burg, ia. Army
guns and revolvers bought or traded ior AGENTS
wanted. octi3TN"dW
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-11-30
A Coal Nine Caves In.

New YORK, Nov. ia special dis
patch from Scranton reports that the
caving in of a mine at Hyde Pard Gre
ated great excitement. The first shock
was felt about 3 o'clock on the morn.
ing of the 10th, when the people fled
stricken from their dwellings,.
The caving of the ground, which
occurred over the Oxford mine, caused
a settling Of the buildings overhead Of
some two feet. The area of ground
covered IN all is about twenty acres.
The damage to property amounts to
over thirty thousand dollars. Immense
fssures have been made in the princi-
pal streets and avenues. Many houses
have been pulled down, and the post
office has sunk some eighteen inches
and still continues settling. The whole
town is in danger, as the ground is
still settling. The mines are deserted.
At Scranton, the various streets are
crowded with people, discussing the
situation. The VEN which caved in is
known as the Diamond Vein, ana is
24O feet below the surface. It was
worked out ten years ago previous to
its purchase by the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Company.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-11-30
What LiuuOr Drinking Does.

10 persons interested in statistics an
invcsti cation of some of the figures
connected with the liquor trade will
prove profitable and instructive. 1t
has been calculated by the Chief of the
Bureau OF Statistics that the sales OF
spirituous liquors in the United States,
during the fiscal year ending June 80,
1871, amounted to six hundred millions
of dollars. Just think of it; a sum an.
nually expended for spirits, that would
be sufficient in four years to pay off the
national dcbpt, or would complete all
the projected and unfinished public
works in the United States. On this
liquor question the state of Massachu-
setts has good record for the state
liquor-agcnt reports that during the
year ending October l, 1871, only thir-
ty-nine cities and towns ont If three
hundred and sixty-four in that state,
purchased liquors. The sales in 1871
were less by $4,000 than those dur
ing 1870. If the number of towns pur-
chasing liquor of the state agency
should continue to decrease in the same
ratio as during the last six months,
there will not be left by January next
one town to patronize the state dram
shop.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-11-30
Concerning - Drinks ,,

1t is not always that theory can be
most clearly r]ucidated by practical
demonstration. A few days since, Il
party OF gentlemen in Troy On. "
saloon were disputing over the question
whether the American system of treat.
ing, or the European system of not
treating, was preferable. A prolonged
argument only proved that the matter
could not be settled by talking, and SO
a practical test was resorted to. First,
each man took drink by himself. -
Then each man invited ~ single friend
to drink. After that each single friend
returned the compliment. And finally
each plan in the party there were six
Of them asked all the rest to drink
Sngular'y enough, says aloral Journal,
the result of this apparently fair and
impartial test was that not one of the
party could tell where the discussion
originated or what it was about.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-11-30
An Adventurous Career.

General Joseph Harlan, Of philudcl-
pllia, died in San Francisco few days
ago. About the year 1870 he landed in
tlmlnoStan, and Travelled inlun,,
through the British possessions into
regions under tll, native governments
of Asia, which hr penetrated as il scion
titic traveller, and among those Soycr-
cigns he made himself ut home and {,
favortc In Persia, Cal'ul, and Afi-
gllaniStan he spent nearly twenty years
lie rose to high command in the army
OF the ronqucring Dost Mohammed
and introduced modern military tactics
among the Oricntals, At last, return
ing homcward through Egypt, Turkey,
Germany, and Great britain, he re-
snmed the quiet of his youth in Phila-
dclphia. At the risj,1S of the rebellion
Though in his seventh dccade-he
promptly offered his services to the
Government. He wns commissioned as
Colonel, and lei down to tho Army OF
the Potomac the largest regiment Of
cavalry embraced in 1t. which he com
manlcd until severe sickness obliged
him to withdraw.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-11-30
NUMBER "a.
4 SOLAR EXPLOSION.
Wonderful Appearance of a II y'lrogcn
Cloud.

Wonderful Appearance of n Hydrogen
Cloud.
On the 7th Of last September Prof.
Young, of Dartmouth College, was OK
,mining, by means of his spectroscope,
an enormous flame of hydrogen cloud
on the eastern border of the sun; it
was formed of nearly horizontal fila
ments, with its lower surface $4,000
miles above the visible border of the
sun, to which it was connected by three
or four bright vertical columns. The
length of this cloud was 100, 600 miles,
and it's vertical thickness So, 600 miles
It had presented this form and these
dimensions at the noon of the preced-
ing day; he left the telescope 1890 p
NJ, and on returning in less than half
an hour he was surprised to find that
during that interval "the whole thing
had been literally torn to shreds by
some inconceivablc nprush fr, m be-
Meath" In place, he says, of the quiet
cloud had left, the air, if I may use
the expression, was filed with flying
debris--a mass Of detached vertical,
fusiform filaments. When I first look
cd, some of them had already reached
height of nearly one hundred thou
sand miles, and while I watched them
they rose with q motion almost imper-
ceptible to the eye, until in ten minutes
the uppermost were more than two
hundred thousand miles above the So
lar surface.
AS the filanenis rose they gradually
faded away like dissolving cloud, and
at l. Is p. m, only a few dimsy whisps,
with some lighter streamers, low down
near the chromosphere, remained 70
mark the place. But in tho meanwhile
the little "thunder head" before al.
luded to, had grown and developed
wonderfully into mass of rolling and
ever changing fame, to speak accord
ing to appearance, First, 1t was crowd
ed down, as it were, along the solar
surface; later it rose almost pyramid
ally $4,000 miles in height; then it's
summit was drawn out into long fila
ments and threads which were most
curiously rolled backwards and down.
wards, like volutes of an Ionic capital,
and finally it faded away, and by 2.30
p. m. had vanished like the other. X
! Whether the fine aurora borealis which
succeeded in the evening was really the
EARTH response [he refers to the sup
posed physical connection between the
disturbance of the earth's magnetism
and changes in the atmosphere of the
sun to this magnificent outburst of the
sun is perhaps uncertain, but the coin
cidence is at least suggestive, and may
easily become something more, if, as ]
somewhat confidently expect to learn,
the Greenwich magnetic record indi.
Gates disturbance precisely simulta
neous with the solar explosion.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-11-30
A SubtprrAncIn Lake in Illinois.

The st. Louis Democrat gives pub
licity to the following:
Mr.. McGinncss, living near the
village Of Loami, in Sangamon county,
ILL.,, in sinking we'll recently, came to
a body Of water which appears like a
subtcrranean lake. A most remarkable
feature about this strange body of wa
tel is that, almost ice cold, it is stirred
by some hidden force, and boils and
bubbles up to the height of several
feet al'ove the level when at rest, AID
that this commotion Of the water ,c-
ours at regular intervals--an hour of
rest, succeeded by an hour Of the
bubbling, and SO on alternating
from calm to troubled waters. A gen
tleman who reached here to-day IRON
Loami, says that "Its boiling and
swelling make noises like the roar Of
the ocean or the Gulf If Mcxico-and
it's pulsatiions, Which accu, every other
hour, sound like the beat Of; t+ror drum,
ald the vibrations, or TIL boiling wa
ter, shake the gr"un,! near Ivy like the
trembling of an earthquake. tappears
to be a ncver-ftilinS lake of water, and
furnishes splrn,li'l opportunity for
meditation and scientific investigation
rarely met with in this country"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-11-30
Sh,l"ck Amrng the Hospital Stewards.
The Washington Star tells this sto-

The Washington Star tells this sto-
ry:
EARLY in the present year a certain
clalm agent Of this city, who was for
mcrlJ Chief Clerk of a Bureau in one of
the Departments, made an arrangement
with forty-ninc hospital stewards, who
bad been appointed from the clerical
force of the War Department., by which
they were to pay him ten per cent. on
all the amounts of pay which might be
found due them under a favorable rul-
ing, which he thought might be
made "through his influence"
securing them extra pay, but which
ruling the War Department and ac-
counting officers of the Treasury had
refused to make. BY means best known
to himself, he asccrtaincd that favor
able ruling would be made in their
cases, upon which he demanded twen-
ty per cent. Seventeen of the stewards
refused to consent to collection of their
claims at that rate, but twenty nine
consented to the additional demand.
The favorable decision was soon
forthcoming, but day or two before
its PRONUNCIATION the stewards were in
vitcl and told that as there was some
uncertainty in the case they had better
sell their claims for fifty cents on the
dollar. Most of them consenting, they
were then taken to the Office OF Nota-
ry Public, where they were paid fifty
per cent, with an additional deduction
on the gross amount of five per cent,
which left them but forty-tive per cent.
6 o1,;,n. u, @l,;., 1:tE1~
game the purchaser secured an aver
age of 1926 Oh each claim and tn
claim agent HE fec Of twenty per cent.
lover $lOO upon each. 1t is said that
this ex-Chief Clerk secured over one
hundred and fifty claims.
on each of which he gets
twenty per cent. for collection,
while the purchasers make fifty pcr
cent. The cx-Chief Clerk now claims
tIat he has /. lien upon the pay checks
of the seventeen hospital stewards who
refused to be victimized by him, and
who filed their own papers in the pro-
per quarters. As he holds written
agreement with these gentlemen, by
which he was to receive ten per cent.
Of The amount Of their claims, he insists
upon considering them his debtors,
Notwithstanding the fact that he viola
ted the terms of the agreement by de-
mnndiuE twenty per cent. The hospi-
tai stewards ullcgc that as they with
drew their claims after this demand,
aud prosecuted them themselves, he
cannot possibly lazy claim to any per-
ctntagc 1t is understood that the Sec
retary of the Treasury has been made
aware of the facts i'll the case, and will
take measures to protect the hospital
stewards against the demands of this
Shylock.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-11-30
Singular Freak OF Eccentricity.

A singular incident occurred on the
steamer Bristol one evening last week
as she was going through He]lgate on
her passage from New York. a
we'll dressed gentleman of about 35
years of age wrs standing with other
passengers on the upper deck. Hail
ing Il tug boat which was close at hand,
he enquircd of thu captain if he would
pick him up if he should jump over
board. Receiving an affirmative reply,
greatly to the surprise of the passeng-
els, who supposed he was joking, he dld
jump overheard going down feet fore
most as skillfully as if he were the Or
iginal Sam Patch come to life again.
There was much screaming and some
fainting among the ladies who saw the
feat, and it was 80 long before he came
to the surface, far in the rear of the
vessel, that the cooler ones looking for
his temperance feared he had struck
some Of the sunken rocks in the chan
mel. Finally he came up, swan after
and picked up his hat, which was float
ing away, and was then taken aboard
the tug. His reason for this apparent
ly fool hardy act is a mystery.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-11-30
A, A. HARDWOOD, Editor and Proprieto
Thc Squirrels Bavgain.

INV SVuijTci nIiSH'h.
uy REV. vuEn,N BROWN.
Tom Blink W., thrifty squirrel,
Who laid IL, t.,lts t,> Il! pnind
With ,l,rh in H., hank he irast'd and drank,
And chattcrru The whole year round.
Quc!h Tom - am fat and wealthy,
And the poor Shall work for mr
To add this fall t" the heap In the wal
And my store i'll the holluw tree"
!" l." Id his plan to his nrishb'rs:'
"H". squirrels, striped and red,
Ten "aluuts Il day to rash I'll pay
To do my work, he said.
Md tn" squirrels lamhc,l when they heard it,
'ilI r.t'r.',l over l'y tNIrIss--
Chig.,,r nd Tir, and Flicker and Snip.
Frisa, Whsk, and all their c",>il,s.
Oh. ncrrillv went the harvest
From forest and field and gr we!
\u', pr;.:nrl Tom Blink with il knowing wink
70 Sc. how his trrlSi,r. trovc.
Fruit of the oak and ha7"',
Shag bark and chcstnr: brown,
AuG the k'rnclrl gold "f thr husky void
Into his chest dropped down.
Till once on morning windy
Came a chipmunk, as pert as sq'iire
With notice, to Wit, his pickcrs would quit,
Or hr must double their hire!
u
right merry ruSue'S receipt!
Such bullying briln franz :. hackneyed tribe
Is sauce Without any ni'~t.
"Eght hours and double their wages!
They'll take it in waiting, guess.
III give them morc--th' whole twcnty-four,
And say g,Otl-hyc to the mcss.'
Sc he sent and paid OF the strikers,
And 10! ere the day gone,
To the door of Bluk came what do you think?
The tawny rat, Longtail John.
Hire me ?' says the rat t., the squirrel.
"What terms 2" says squirrel f. lin.
40, every morn give me three grains Of corn,
And III siit YOU to Il whn.'
Twas Il bargain. John worked lik" beaver,
And boarded himself i'll the wall,
And got for his pains his daily three grains,
While the shirKS got nothing at oil.
Then the little striped aud rcd loafcrs
Began to look vrr. hlu".
Twas shame, they said, giving squirrels bread
TO the chnp with that ugly cue.
What right had that squint-eycd pagan
To-" stop! Tell yr what Wen do
IF labor's cheap. let's make hrap,)
Wen lire John Longtail tool"
Done by the nuttcrs in council,
And tie rat was fam to agree
But ah very quick he stole their trick,
And called for double fee.
Tom Blink looked on. and he chuckled
AS he gat he red his crops alone.
" All, work has its price, but they spend it twice
Who sneak from doing their own."
JOHN drudgcd for Frsk and for Wigge,
John drudgcd for lazy old Gray,
And still, as they shirkct, nc worked aud worked,
And struck for plcntirr pay.
Till bold in their bad example,
He claimed half the nuts on their shelves,
And balkcd Of their gain, quoth they, "'ris plain
We nuzt max" living ourselves"
So al went back to their picking,
Each ono for his hole and trro,
And folk may learn, what they have they must Carl
Yankee or John Chincc.
For work and pay find their level,
Get wages never 80 high;
Your grain is trash, for dollar in cash
Is worth only what it'll buy.
The rat must live by his ni',bic;
For his meat the squirrel must gnaw.
Mau's wit may stretch what his hand can fetch,
But work o" starry" is tn" law.
-E1unincr and Chronicle.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-11-30
A Singular Discovery.

While some men 1T the Torpedo
Station were at work inside old Fort
Wolcott, last Friday, the wheel of thei,
cart sank deep into the ground. Re-
moving some of the earth to find a
cause for this, one of the men struck
his spade against what seemed to be an
iron plate. This excited the curiosity
of ali, and they set to work with a will
to dig away the earth above the
plate. Soon their efforts were re-
warded by the sight of an iron
door fastened with rusty bolt. On
breaking this open, they came upon a
flight of winding stairs, which they de-
scended, and arriving ut the foot they
found themselves in dungeon whose
gloom was made more marked by tho
ray Of dim light which solitary loop
hole at the top admitted. Striking a
light to dispel the darkness Of the dun
gcon, they found upon the floor few
withered bones, skull, and lantern,
The lantern is of such an old-fashloned
construction aud shape that it must
have been made over 50 years ago.