The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-27

official CITY g. COUNTY PAPER
LNGiSLATlVE CORRESPONDkNCE.
SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 26th, 1871.

SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 26th, 1871.
EDITOR ARGUS The Legislature is agail
IN session after Its short adjournment. |,
the mind OF your correspondent there wa.
no possible use for the al journmen, Moth
ing mad been done by either House at th.
time OF adjournment, e1 cept the elect,o. o1
Logan ana the passage OF one law giving
the members their pay. AS soon q the law
was passed they were ready to go home.
ahd renlnded me OF the fellow who always
sed to go to wood chopping" at 1880 A.
M, get bag dinner at II, and then had i'm
portant business away from the point where
the mental exercise was to be displayed.
Upon the reassem bling of the Legislature
the members went to work and business Is
progressing with creditabe degree of rap
ldIty. The Senate has been hammering away
at Fuler's railroad bill. The people can
rest assured that no efforts will be spared to
relieve them from the onopolizing burdens
that have been imposed upon them by the
corporations who have SO nearly brought
financial ruin upon the country.
The Penitentiary committee are q: work
quietly, aod that huge swindle will be over
hsllei. From the Governors message it
will be seen that the penitentiary has cost
the state, in the lssttw years, over $4,000
OF the property now on hand, and as the
property has failed to give sufficient revenue
TO pay the necessary expenses, it follows as
natural consequence that the property is
of no value to the state. There is q general
feeling In favor of the abolition Of the office
Of penltentiary commissioner and the less-
ing OF the psnitentiary to competent and re-
sponsible parties.
An important matter that will come
ostore the Judiciary committee
is the framing Of new
divorce law. Already bill has been sen,
to that committee fixing the trial of all d.
vorce cases By c jury. If any measures can
be taken to stop tns divorce tide it will be
good thing.
Cook coupsy is on hand with It's provision
for giving tol the scounties Through which
Illinois Central railroad runs q per cent. il
tae gross earnings of that road. Under the
provisions Of the charter of the l. C. r. r.
their stock is not taxable and the counties
through which the road runs, and it is the
cgsto;n Of these counties TO go a begging
excursion 10 every Legislature and ask for
p pc. cent of the gross earnings of the
ROAD. The measure will be laid under the
table in short order.
The question Of compulsory education will
no doub. be literally discussed. There are
few very firm advocates of the measure, q
few who ere equally firm in their opposition,
while very large number of the members
don't care whether it issvoted up down.
Mr.. Johnston, of your county, today in
troduced bill of considerable importance
to the agricultural communities of our state.
IL is Is TO protect fruit trees and vines.
It was ordered to q first reading
and while it may not be adopted in the
form presented it will greatly assist the ag-
ricuIturs committee in their deliberations
The House, in Commute of the Whole
adopted the senate bill for the purchase of
coin to paw the State debt.
The committees here have gone TO work
in good earnest, and legislation will pro
gress with fair rapidity in the future.
Please read the following editorial from
ths PIt.sheld Sun, January I, 1866
REyNE's MAGIC OIL.-On Monday last
Mr.. Jacob Traver, of Hudson, n. Y, a gen.
teulan ID MS 79sh year, al esteemed and
influential citizen and one Of the ASSESSORS
OF taat city, called upon US to explain the
wonderful effects Of kenne's Magic Oil, as
applied to his own person, and showed Us
bis llno. For more than 20 years Mr.. Ira
yer has been afH Icted with q sore limb his
right leg below the knee) which was very
Inucn swollen, and occasionally has been
Compelled to use a crutch tor SIX months at
time. He had consulted eminent physlc-
lanS IN his own city, and various parts of the
coaatry, sIl of whom told him that the sores
upon bis leg sometimes as many as Eve in
number and very deep )conld not be healed
sai if healed his life would be endangered,
an agent Of Mr.. Renne having assured Mr..
Traver that ths Magic Oil would effect
cure, if a cure was possible, he commenced
It's use, applying it faithfully. He has used
IS bottles, repeatedly pouring the oil
Into the sores and bathing outside; the sores
have healed, and Mr.. Traver says that be
feels like a new man, and were his age re-
newed he thinks ne could indulge ''she fan
tastic toe" as vigorously as in his youthful
days We consider this cure as one that
deserves particular mention, and that in
calling attention to it we are doing the pub
lie service. Persons similarly afflicted
should call upon Mr.. Traver if they wish ad
dlional facts. He takes great pleasure In
commencing the article that has been of 30
much benei, IN his case. The physicians
whom he had formerly consulted, and who
had treated the case are equally surprised
with Mr.. Traver at the remarkable cure.
To THE PUBL1C.-Mr. Traver called at
my office in Pitts6eld, this week, and stated
that in pulling off his boots, short time
since his boot slipped and came in contact
with the eschsr, where the sores formerly
were on his leg, aud scrsped off the skin,
hurting him badly. He felt alarmed at first,
fearing his old troubles vera to be renewed,
from which he had suffered so much and SO
long; bu: Immediately resorted to the Use OF
the Magic Oil, and in the course of three or
four weeks the leg became sound again. Mr.
Travercalled on purpose to express in person
his gratitude for what my excellent Magic
Oil has done for him, and for what it has
done for others, who have used it on hi
advice. My Magic Oil is wholly diferen
from liniments, and costs almost double, ant
no person but myself knows how to make i,
After using it over 20 years, can sav con
scientiousy, " 1t is safe, clean and deliciou
to USE" Yours truly, WIN. hENNE.
PiHsfeld, Jan. 5. 1871.
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