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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-23
IIFELEss AFFAIR.

The ofiics-holdsrs meeting which as
ssmbled here on Thursday, merely to so
through the form of the put-up Hawley job,
was q most tame ard lifelcss affair. he
whole thing was arranged beforehand, and
the nominate, was mere lfeless form.
The ooly man who attempted TO say any
thing was little n. II. Ryan, of Lee, who is
always looking for chance 10 say some
thing and uever has 40 original or atsrac-
tive idea.
Several delegates, after the form had
been gone through With, privately expressed
their disgust al the ring management, and
at the double dealing and indefensible
position OF Mr.. HawleY on several questions
They don't care a fig whether be is elected
or not.
The funniest affair in the show happened
when tie chairman appointed Capt Robin.
son to inform Mr.. Hawley Of his nomina
ton Il produced 'snicker" ell around
the room, as It showei that tie chairman
Understood how closely he ferry company
and Hawlsy we're identified, and that Mt
more proper person than Capt. Robinson
could be found TO inform Mr.. H4wley tina
the job Robinson & Co. he'd previously ar
ranged had been carried ou;-bu! Robin
sons lawyer (Swcerey benevoently in
formed the chairmsu that be had made
mistake. Robinson had taken good car
not to be delegate as that would expos
his little gAme,-so Mr.. Kestor was subsii
tuted. Il was ous of hose little straw
~hich unorriogy show which way ii win
blows
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-23
sTEAMgETPS.
NEW YORK, CORK & LIVERPOOL.
Mew q Full-Powersd Steamships.
The Largest in the World.

OCEANIC. CELTIC. REPUBLIC. BALTIC
ATLANTIC. ADRGArIC. MAJESTIC.
Sailing from New York on SATURDAYS
from Liverpool on THURSDAYS, and CorL
Harbor ths day following.
Fr5m the White Star Dooh. Pavouia Ferry
Jersey City.
Ps''suger accom- noditioss for slIelI'IssJ M.
riVAled, combining
SAFETY, SPEED AND COaFORT.
Saloons, stste.rooms. smokiug room. and
bathrooms Ia midship section where least mo.
ton i' felt Surgeons and stcwa rdessss accom-,
pAny thes' steamers
RATEs-Saloon. go go'd. Storage. $50
currency, 70 Loadsn, Liverpool glasgow. Lon
doudsrrv. and Bristol Those wishing 10 send
Tor friends from the Old Country can now ob.
tain stesraso pre-. paid certificates. go currency
Psssengers booked O. or from I'll parts o.
America to Paris Hamburg, Norway, sweden.
India. Australia. China, etc.
Drafts from & 4 upwards.
For Inspection 81 plans and other inform All IN
apply al ths Company Office, No. ~ Broad way
New ork. SPARKS. Agent
Or to General Western Once, % South Market
street, Chicago.
ALFRED LAuERGRIN, Art
Agsuts 10 Rock Island JOSH BESasroN, Drug
st''' ". y. Jaws, Steamboat Ag't. dwly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-23

GRASD BALL.-The st. Patrick's Bensyo-
lent Society, Of Rock Island, will give a
grand ball q. the Turner Hall, 10 this city.
en- Thursday evening, August 29Gh, to which
oil are respectfully invited. An excellent
time may be expected. Tickets for gco'le
man and ladies' 81, for sale by 7. Carey
NJ. DOYLE, p. Kenuey, Committee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-23
Medical

MASHooDl WoMAsHooD! Who may marry,
VINO nor. Why ImPsdiments, causes AMI
cure; ,o8 pages seat, sasled Tor rs cents. Ad-
dress: Dr.. Whittier, 6l7 st. Charlie, street. St,
Louis, Missouri, who treats all chronic, virulent
aud special diseases. The most useful specialist
Of the age,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-23
mHw ADvnRT1snnaHHrs
JENNINGS SEMINARY !

Send for NEW CATALOGUE, and learn how goo9
advantages and low prices in English branches ian
guages, music and commercial college studies may
be obtained. 14th year opens August Goth. Forty
Send for new catalogue. Address g. W. QUER.
EATT Anrnra- Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-23
METEOROLOGICAL Oh sRRvATIoEs.
Mischief in the Air.

We cannot aualyze the aerial poisons that produce
epidemic and enedemic diseases but the valuable
discoveries which have been made in vegetable phar-
macy enables rs to counteract their maliLu inau-
ence. The most powerful known antido'c TO every
species OF malaria j. HUsteiters stomach Bitter- a
pure botanical medicine, il which the finest anti
-eptc~ tones, alternatives. ana stimulant7 Of the veg
etahia Kingdom are sSiilfully and efectualIy com
h.nad. At seasons Of the year when the atmosphere
Is -nrChar-ed with masmI, and whenever the ~pa-
virus otany infections disease is supposed TO DC
present iu be air this famous corrective should be
taken regularly a. protective. AL who choose to
observe this prscauiion may bid defiance te inter
miteut and remittent feyer, and IT, fact 20 all dsor-
der- generated by foul calculations or impure water
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-23
RARLOM,s INDIGu RLIR.

Il the cheapest and best article in the market for
BLUETNG CLOTHES. The genuine has both BAR
LOWS & WILTBERGER'S names on the label and
il put up A. WILTBERGER'S Drug store No 2.g}
North Second Street Philadelphia.
D. ;. WILrBERGER. Proprietor.
Sold by Druggists and GrOcers. mch22dwGm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-23

UsE Msson's Challenge Backing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-23
Free of Oufv.

90 TO HARRIS TEA STORE FOR TEAS
u Free Of Duty. The Best Imperia and
Young Tyson for si.l5aSI.5O Lower grades in
proportion. ie24dtf
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-23

Toilet Soaps Of all Kinds such "a Colgate :,
Lubin's, etc, at the Harper House Drug
Store, T.. BREUNEgT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-23
Wine of Apocyuum,' ~

THROW AWAY YOUR PILL BOXES AND
L US the Wine of Apocynum" for constipa-
ton, all diseases Of the Skin and Blood, Liver
Complaint, DO. Call at Harris Tea Store for
pamphlet iune24dtf
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-23

Passengers leaving Rock I,land on the Q. r.
/. a p. road AZ o.4J p. m. go directly through TO
Leageuworth, kanIas, ArGIVing there a. II n. m.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16
Ii. d. NOBLE, Sec'y.

Congress has been for some time
wrangling over the bill to relieve
Chicago from the expressions of the
tariff, admitting articles entering into
her being built up again, such as nails,
glass, and iron, duty free. Why does
the Republican party advocate this
measure if the tariff does not make these
articles cost more, as measure of re-
lief. If it is urged that Chicago is
poor, and that it will relieve it's people
to suspend the operations of the tariff,
why not aid the poor farmer and
manufacturer in every section Of the
northwest as well as Chicago, and have
the relief general. Chicago ismade up
of individuals, the relief asked by the
bill would benefit individuals directly
in putting up their buildings anew, the
city in the aggregate amounts of these
improvements. Now what is good for
a citizen of Chicago /. e. cheap nails,
glass, door trimmings, and building
material would be good for every man
who wants to build whether in Chicago
or in Iowa. The Constitution prohib-
its the relief asked to Chicago while
taxing the rest of the country; it does
not however prohibit the relief sought
by the bill to all the people everywhere.
Congress keeps the tariff to benefit half
a million manufacturers at the expense of
80, 00o,O labors, farmers, and me-
oh, mics
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16
Price Ten Dollars.
[ Bixby's testimony before the Senate
Committee.

Bixby's testimony before the Senate
Committee.
Q. How are Custom House officers
bribed! A. Oh, 90 poke $40 bill at
them; they will do almost anything fol
that.
Q. Did they get goods away from
you in that way: \. Yes, sir.
G. When did that commence? A. [
think it commenced on the same day
that the General Order business com
menced, and has continued ever since
(laug liter.
Mr.. Bixby is competent witness.
He was in the Custom House business
before the President particular friend,
Col. Leet, came along, and had an
excellent opportunity to see there how
the thing worked. lie might have
been in that General Order business
yet, if he had only come to Leet :
grasping terms as to participancy in
it.
Let i. be borne in mind that this in.
famous General Order business, which
seems to have converted almost the ell
tire Custom House into nest of thiev-
es is an invention of our pure and i'm
maculate Federal Administration, and
that the President himself (see his let
ter to Leet) was among its origina
patentees, if not the original paten
tee.
And yet, in the face of shameful
facts like these, and many others like
them. Radical members of Congress
like Mr.. Kelley, of Pa. have tho
efFrontory to rise up in their places ano
talk of tho frauds of the Tammany
Ring. 1t is no new thing, we know
for Satan to be rebuking sin, but it il
question whether the process was ever
accompanied before by circumstance
quite so odorous of unblushing impu
dencc-N. Y, Express.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16

W. B. Stokes, tried last week under
an indictment for corruptly aiding in
the prosecution of claims against the
United States, while member of Con-
gress and receiving gratuity therefor
ended on the 9th inst. The jury failed
to agree, standing 8 for conviction and
B or'acquital. 1t is just at well as to
convict, aud just as well to
discharge without another trial. for in
the end he would be'pardcned. You sec
he has done the President many good
turn, and besides is in favor of his re-
election.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16

When radical polit icians are boasting
of Grants reduction the public debt at
the rate of about 800, 00o, 900 a year,
why don't they say something about
what has become of the balance of the
$S7O,9 S6, S72,06 which the Tribune
Almanac gives as the tota! expenditures
of the last fiscal year, saying nothing Of
the millions that are stolen before it
reaches the treasury? Let them give a
balance sheet of the receipts and expcn-
ditures! No they wisely stop with
claiming that the debt is being reduced,
lest the people should find out that the
expenses were increasing faster than the
debt is being redueed.-Fayette County
Union.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16

1t is said that Bishop Ames has ten
deredthe Methodist Episcopal Mission
to Japan to the Rev. DR.. Newman,
pastor of the church at Washington in
which the President sits under the
droppings Of the sanctuary. This is the
same DIR. Newman who scattered lith-
ographed letter among the Methodists
of Iowa, urging them to do their
'sdarndest" to secure the reelection of
Brother Harlan to the United States
Senate. Brother Newman oughtnt to
60 to Japan. 1t is as much as the
people there can do to get to heaven
now, and, if they suffer him to 60 to
tinkering with their salvation. they had
just as well throw their religion to the
dogs and quit.-Lou;sville Courier.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16
In Circuit Court for Howard
County Iowa.

UaSla j. Davis ana JOnH
j. Jone-.
against
ID. \. Roberts, John b. Original Notice
Jones, Winnie Jones, Ann
Roberts and Andrew J.
Hodges, Dest.
To the Defendants above named:
You are hereby notified that there is on
file in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court, in and for the county of Howard,
State of Iowa, a petition of David T Davis
and John }. Jones Plaintiff above named
claiming of you the sum of thirteen hundred
and eight dollars and seventeen cents and
interest at six per cent since the 18th day Of
August lS6saand fifty dollars attorneys fees
ON your two promisory notes.
And also the foreclosure of o mortgage
given to secure the said promisory notes.
There is no personal judgment asked for
against any of the defendants except d. A.
Roberts and John 3. Jones. There is on
file in the Office Of said Clerk copy Of said
petition for the benefit Of the defendants.
Also that unless you appear thereto and
defend before noon of the second day Of the
next term of the said court appointed to be
held at the Court House in said county,
commencing on the Goth day of February
1872, your default will be entered and judg-
ment rendered against you thereon in ac-
cordance with the prayer of said petition.
A D. WRIGHT,
l4t4 Attorney for Pl'6,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16
!. g.icusturaIsocIeIy Meeting

At the meeting of the officers Of the
Agricultural Society held at Cresco,
Saturday, Feb. 10, 1872, it was dccid-
ed to hold the next Fair at Cresco on
Wednesday and Thursday Sept. 25th,
and Goth 1872.
S. i. Carey, chairman Of committee
to confer with the citizens of Lime
Springs in regard to aiding the Society
etc, reported that his committee
thought best to defer action for the
present.
a. Kimball, chairman of like COM
mittec in Crcsco, reported that the cit
liens Of Cresco would donate to the So
c;ety ten acres of suitable ground with
in one-half mile of Cresco.
The following resolution was adopted:
Whereas the Constitution of this So
cicty does not provide for life member
ship, and that it semes necessary to
alter and amend the Constitution in
this and other respects, therefore
Resolved, That there be a meeting
Of the Howard County Agricultural
Society held at Cresco on Saturday
Feb. "a, 1872, at one o'clock, and
that all members who have paid their
yearly dues be entitled to vote at that
meeting.
Cresco Feb. 10th 1872.
TT II NORIE Co..,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16

The deficiency bill Of 81, 900, lately
introduced in the House to remedy the
costs of the Ku-klux investigation in
South Carolina and elsewhere, is en-
tircly too modest. Such bill, to be
homes. and effective, ought to provide
for the lost cotton crop in nine counties
in South Carolina; for damage for false
Imprisonment Of hundreds Of innocent
and unoffending citizens, and for CON-
pensation for the grief, terror, and dis
organization occasioned to at least one
poor county which was, confessedly by
mistake, embraced in the President s
proclamation of outlawry. Let MEN,
bers see to it. and have this bill prop
erly amended. ........ -.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16
Little's Living Age, No. 1444, ft

Little's Living Age, No. 1444, for
the week ending February 10, contains
some twenty different articles upon im-
portant topics in philosophy, diplomacy,
religion, and literature, from the best
magazines and authors of the day. The
Age is GA page weekly by Little &
Gay, Boston, Mass, and is sent singly
at $500 year, OR for $40 is sent
one year with any American magazine
desired.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16

President Grant is throwing what
obstacles he can in the way of investi-
cations into the Custom House transac-
tions of New York. Having abandoned
Civil Service Reform, and feeling the
necessity Of advocating some measure Of
reform, he is now urging peaitshtiory
REFORM. This salutary measure Of re-
form is thought to be designed as strew-
ing rose leaves in the pathway of his
official friends tending thithcrward as
rapidly as investigation and the logic
of events will permit.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16

The Worcester Mass. } Spy (radi-
cal makes this good hit at the New
York Times
If Lcet & Go. g monopoly, with its
yillainous charges and proceedings, were
a buccanecring contri,ancc of Tweed
& Co., the just rage Of the New York
Times against it would be irreprcssi-
BILE, aud the vocabulary Of the English
language would be insufficient to give
it's feelings full cxnressi0n. ....---..
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16

The Daily Progressive Age says that
Julius +. Hartwell, convicted Of en-
bezzlement of Government funds, has
been pardoned by Mr.. Grant. That
we suppose is what that p. F. calls
Civil Service reform, pardoning crimi-
mails, and rewarding rogues, while inno-
cent men are punished for crimes never
committed.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16
John w. Furney of the Philadelph

John W. Forney of the Philadelphia
press has been induced to resign the
Office of collector of that port. The
reason of his resignation is that he
doubted the wisdom of Grants re-
nomination, and the president don't let
any man hold his Offices, who in return
don't give an equivalent either in dol
lars and cents or support.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16

The New York Sun, a rampant Re-
publican paper with sufficient honesty
to expose fraud and corruption in its
own party, charges that George S.
Boutwell,, Secretary of the Treasury, is
defaulter in the accounts of sales of
revenue stamps over six millions of
dollars. Protecting his accounts from
investigation the Sun denominates the
"last job of Congress. The swindled
Taxpayers of the country will be de-
lighted if this is its ''last job for the
indications are that such jobs are to
multiply Or I. s. G. will go to the
dogs.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16
DEALER,
Publishing the laws.
". n. MEAD. Editor,

The Legislature seems to be disposed
or . portion of it to take some action in
regard to the publication Of the laws,
By the country papers. Our own opin-
ion Of tho policy of the law for their
publication is that'it is wise and ex-
pedient expenditure of money fully JUS
tilted in the general good resulting
therefrom. Reared and educated in
. State where this practice has prevail
Cd, and witnessing the almost universal
intelligence among the people there re-
garding the management of their local
affairs, and the legal rules and lrinci-
ales applied thereto we have looked up
on the practice with favor.
If the Legislature desires to ccono-
mize in the expenses Of the people, it
will give to the towns and the people
the management of their own affairs, as
in New York. Make the people re-
sponsible for the proper conduct of their
affairs, and give them the means of OBJ
tanning the intelligence needed to their
honorable conduct. In this there is
both economy and safety. The press
of Iowa we believe can better afford to
do without the meagre compensation
allowed than the people can afford to
be deprived Of the information thus inn
parted.
In all frankness we must say we do
not believe economy is the motive,
though the pretext. The leader of this
movement is striving to secure to Des
Moines an immense appropriation to its
new capitol, and to this end is willing
that every other interest should be sub
servicnt, aye tributary. Justice and
economy unite in demanding that all
county work, including printing, should
be let to the lowest bidder. In this
alone the people pay unnecessarily, more
each year than the expense of publish
ing the laws in every paper in the State.
IF John A. Kasson and his associates
are honest they will adopt this, real
measure of relief, asked for by the PEG.
pie, instead Of one in the interest OF
DesMoines and the new capital alone.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16

Gears Illustrated Mechanical Advo-
cate is the title Of monthly published
at Boston Massachusetts,, with its first
year nearly completed. It's subscrip-
tion price is 81 per annum, and to the
inventor or mechanic, we should think
it invaluable.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16
~ A LECTURE
- 10 Young Men

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By Robert J. Culyerwell, NJ. D., Author
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The worll .renowned Adthor, in this admi.
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cure at once certain and effectual by which
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Sent under ssal, to any address, in plain
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Address the Publishers.
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16

DR.. Mary Walker, who insists upon
having the DR.. written before her name
by the reporters, declares that she
"never was Mrs, and never will be. "
In tlis all mankind, we believe, have
cheerfully agreed to let her have her
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16

The New York Times that bawled 50
Justify over the frauds Of Tammany as
to impress some with the opinion that
it was in favor Of reform, is now apollo
gising for the greater robberies under
Grant, because, as it alleges, these
things were always 80. Such an apollo
e. is worse than none, for while Tweed
should be punished for stealing So
600, 900, Boutwell, should not be allow
ed to escape with similar steal, and II
Tammany combined should be punished
for $50, 900, 900 steal, should not the
400, 600, coo steal of the administration
and its friends exposed by Senator Fen
ton have come attention!
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16

We shall discontinue all advertisements
as soon as present contracts end, thereby
saving an item of $3.50 per year-an useless
expense which we shall turn to the benefit
of our customers by a further reduction in
prices. This will be found a fact on ex-
animation Of our stock.
BONES & NILES.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16

Grant is said TO have resolved to take
no part in the contcs. among his party
friends in Arkansas rs neither faeti@n
propqa t. pay anything for hs iaf,l-
enPA.