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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-09-14

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|, David o. Reid, County Collector Of
Rock Island county, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is a correct statement of all
county taxes collected BY me for the year
A. d. 1871, as appears from the original tax
lists and delinquent lists on Gle in my Office
Rock Island, H., June 29th, 1879.
DAVID o. REID
County Collector, Rock Island County, IlH-
nois.
Supervisor Anderson was authorized bv
the Board to send Mrs. Davenport, poor
person in Black Hawk township, to her
friends in New York.
The committee on Jail and jAil accounts
make the following report, which on motion
of Supervisor Krell il received and adopted,
viz:
To the Honorable Beard of Supervisors
| Your committee on all aud jail accounts
would report that they have carefully exam
ined the following bill and end it correct
and recommend that an order be drawn for
the same: William Payne, 1913.
Respectfully submitted,
f. s. GATES,
L. f. ANDERSON.
The committee on finance to whom was
referred the claim of Ira NJ Clifford for lost
coupon Of Warsaw and Rockford railroad
for the year 1861 recommend that a county
order be issued TO SAID Ira NJ. Clifford
claimed for 1928 20, and that the coupon
on the issue books be cancelled and REQ, ipt
ed BY said claimant.
The committee on town and town &C
counts make the following report which or
motion of Supervisor Anderson Is received
and adopted BY the Board. w;
f To the Honorable Board of Supervisors Of ROcl
Island county:
GENTLEMEN-You our committee on towI
and town accounts report that the town aud
itng boards Of the several towns in th
! county, certify that their respective town
3 require the following amounts for town pur
: poses, and for the purpose of constructing
: and repairing roads aud bridges for a. D
8 1872 We would therefore recomuen,
that the county clerk be ordered and direct
/, ed 20 extend q per cent. against the taxabl
] property Of the several tcwns for 1872 sufh
tient to prodacs the amounts required.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-09-14

Rock Island, Sept. IA. 1872.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

The annual report Of the War
den of the Southern Psnitsntiary,
shows the number Of prisoners
frow each coun'y, as follows:
Bartholomew,6; Brown,l; Clark,
is; Clay, 5; Crawford, 8; Davies,
4; Dearborn, 1; Decatur. S; Dubois,
/; Fayette, l.; Floyd, II; Franklin,
2; Gibson. 49,; Grant 1; Green. 4;
Harrison. 2, Hendricks, 2; Henry,
.; jackson, Z; Jefferson, IT; Jen-
nings, 5; johnson. 3; Knox. 19;
Kosciusko, l; Lawrence, 10; Ma
rion, 10; Martin. 4; Monroe, 8:
Morgan. 4; Orange, 4; Owen, 5;
Park, 4; Perry. 8; Pike, E; Posey,
II. Putnam, IL; Ripley,6; Rush, 2;
Scott, i: Shelby, IL; Spencer, 8;
st. Joseph 1; Sullivan 4; Swilzer-
land 9; Tippecanoe 2; Union l;
United States District 10; Wander
burg At; Vermilion 8; Vigo SO;
Warrick Washington 8; Wayne
IL; total 387.
: jefferson county stands fourth
on the list with II, while Vigo
heads the list with so. and Van
derburg comes close behind with
48, and Knox comes third with 10.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

Fisk used to often tell about his
frat mistake in life. SAID the Col
onel: when l was little boy on
the Vermont farm; my father took
me up to the stable one day, where
q row of cows stood in the stable
Said he, james. the stable window
is pretty high for . boy, but do
you think that you could take this
shovel aud clean oat the stable?'
Il don't know, Pap said James.
/ never have done it, We'll, my
/. boy. if you will do it this moi ming
I'll give you bright silver dol
lar,' said his father, patting him
on the head, while he held the sill
yer dollar before his eyes. Good,
says James, 'rll try ard away he
went to work He tugged, and
pulled, and lifted. and putTed, and,
finally, it was done, and his father
gave hi n bright silver dollar,
saying, That's right, james, you
did it splendilly, and now / find
you can do it go nicely, / sha'
have you do it every morning, all
wintel!"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

AGRICULTURAL MAcHINnRY.-In
England there are large firms that
manufacture cultivating machinery
and hire them to farmer One Of
these firms in Kent has elk double
engine sets, while . contractor in
Lincolnshire has now ton sets OF
machinery, representing capital
of 100000. The Northumber-
land Steam Cultivating Company
have 20 sets Of apparatus, consist
ing of 40 engines with implements,
their capital being f42.OO0, and
the area Of land worked per year
about &C, 900 acres. The Durham
and North Yorkshire Company
have 12 sets, with . capital Of
842, 900. The York Campany
have just started with eight sets,
and q capital Of E15,O00; and the
Scottish Company. originated by
Lord Dunmore, have ten sets, with
. proportisnate capital, Of which
the farmers in each district and
county subscribe their share.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

A case came before one of the
Police Justices, in New York in
y hich one Fuller, female magnet
ic physician, charges Thomas
Sproul with stesling her watch,
Sproul in denial Of the charge, al
lodged that the complainant, in
Conspiracy with Col. Gordon, a
medium, sought to have him i'm
prisoned because he threatened
to expose the humbug of their
spiritual sceances .Sproul testified
that Gordon used artificial spirit
faces to make the incredulous be-
lieve in his manifestion powers.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

A Washington correspondent
writes: MRS. Grant is heather
handsome nor stylish. but she has
quite plump shoulders, and round
shapely arms and hands. She 10
so devoid Of consequence or pre-
tention that she disarms criticism
and always leaves an agreeable i'm
preston. To-day she wore q crim-
son velvet that she bought two
years ago. when Prince Arthur
was here, and wore it for the first
to the ball, given to- him by tho
English Minister. So you see she
doesn't mind wearing the same
dress many times, and for several
successive seasons. The dress 10
cut low in the neck. but she wore
white lace cape, with long ends
of lace at the back, forming . sash
The eleves are wide and loose, with
point lace trimmings. She wore
on her head q fine lace barb and
a knot Of flowers.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03
osss'pes ~


T In the Senate thp goth ~ spent
on the superintendent bill, and on
Mr.. Morton's adjournment fssolu.
tion. The former was discussed
ct length, and . vote ordered on
Monday at 4 o'clock. Mr.. 6umner's
amendment to tho adjournment
resolution. providing that there
shall be no adjournment until after
the passage Of his civil rights bill,
was defeated by . vote of Il TO 4.
Mr.. Schurz's amendment was vo-
ted down yeas, -, nays Is. The
resolution for adjounment May %
was then adopted-yeas, 86; nays
H. Mr.. Morton introduOsd . bill
authorizing the construction Of .
railroad bridge ACROSS The, Ohio
river at or near Evansville, Ind.
The bridge fsto have N .unbroken
span of st least 400 feet ever the
main channel. Adjourned.
y In the House tho Senate bill au-
thorizing disbursing olnoers to pay
duplicate checks was passed A
plumber OF pension bills were pass.
ed, but one Of them; gBanting q
pension to Adam Cofreli, was res
considered, charges Of robbery and
murder being preferred against
him, and the fact stated that he
was only hanger on to the army.
The House then went intoa . com~
mittee on the Legislative sppropri-
alton bill, which was fnished An
amendm ent was adopted, aiming to
restrict the public printing. Mr..
Garfield setting forth . the great
extravagance in that. The whole
amount appropriated BY the bill is
Sl7, ,0O0, 900. The pension bill,
appropriating 83, 5000. was
disposed OF, and the committee
rose. The two bills were then res.
ported to the House.. and passed
The House then adjourned.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

The strict accountability to
which the present Administration
has held its officers, and the rigid
ness with which it has enforced
the laws for securing honesty in
the public servants, is shown in
the fact that it has brought to ac-
count for default or embezzlement
forty Internal Revenue officers,
fifteen Custom officers, thirteen
officers OF the Interior Department,
one hundred aud five Postmasters.
sixteen money-order officers, four
officers Of the navy and two OF the
army-one hundred and ninety
eight in all, involving an actual or
possible loss to the Government Of
S2,3Ol ,621. OF this list, one hun :
dred and ffty-nine were appoint
ed by previous Administrations
and thirty nine by the present one.
the loss accruing from the former
being 81, 1,981,513 from the latter
only $500, ,108. This faithful exc.
cution Of the public laws and
guardianship Of the peoples 9 treas
ury, tells its own story. without
any comment, and the people viii
not be slow to understand it.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

The condition OF affairs in
Louisiana calls for sweeping con-
demnation. both factions are in
the wrong. The telegraphic re-
port of the situation does not give
q clear idea Of the merits of the
controversy. One party We OBJ
serve has demanded q Congress
sional investigation. There is no
csuse for any such proceeding yet.
It is too small q quarrel. Ii the
people of Louisiana are net satis-
fed with their rulers they can dc
with them what they will. It they
really want to get rid OF them
there are ways enough to accom-
plish it without making use OF th'
machinery of the Government.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

The death OF Mr.. Hine. Of Ar.
kansas, bad been announced.
Among others, Muggins delivered
a eulogy, end, in ths course Of his
affecting remarks. spoke ~ follows
MIR. Speaker, l learn from those
better acquainted with the deceas-
cd than myself, that Of all o: which
is mortal Of our friend lies in the
churchyard, Of his native village
in New York. and that, Mr.. Speak.
or, these remains will rest till tho
angel Of Gabriel snaps the resur-
rection gun, aud sounds the catas-
ttophe ofnasure.' The roar which
followed was as il the 6 un had
snapped. and the catastrophe had
come. - 80
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

A few days since, . thief was
detected in this city by . rag
showing what trifles may lead to
the detection of a criminal. About
half past 4 o'clock in the morning,
William Thompson, Of 457 West
Thir:ysecond street, Was awakened
by some ones rummaging shout
his room. Mr.. Thompson sprang
out of his bed, whereupon the thief
ran with q bundle down the back
stairs into the yard, closely pursu-
ed by Mr.. Thompson. The thief
dropped the bundle and escaped
over the fence, but Mr.. Thompson
had taken q good look at him. In
scaling the fence spike tore off a
piece Of his trowsers, which Thomp
son secured. In the bundle were
about $86 worth of clothing. q sill
yer watch valued 825, and $24
A description Of the thief was left
at the Thirty>seventh street sta
tion. About 6 o'clock Officer
McElroy arrested John Body, who
was identified by Mr.. Thompson.
The piece of cloth LETT on the spike
correspondsd with rent in Body .
trowsers.-[N. Y. Observer.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

Boston has opened Working
women's Home for the accommo-
dation Of working-wonen. The
Intention is to establish q lodg-
ing house for shop girls. and to
have o restaurant connected there's
with The lodging, library, and
employment departments were
planned by Miss E. w. Philbrook,
who is Superintendent. Mrs. Nye
will superintend the restaura at
which was established by Mrs.
James T. Fields. and which will
be known as the Holly Tree. The
building has twenty-four rooms.
aud will accommodate thirty lods-
ers.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

A Western paper speaks of the
house-cleaning season as that when
woman has her own way at the
house, while the ssold man" takes
his solemn repast from the -four
barrel, and in sleeping enjoys the
freedom of the interval between
his bed room and the front fence.
It is o season of meditation, white.
wash, and cain, unimpassioned
profanity.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

The Superintendent of Public
Instruction reports for the year
ending December 3let, the total
enumeration Of children in the
State between the ages Of six and
twenty-one at 622,72s, 8,328 Of
whom are colored. The Common
School Fund amounts to 81, ,625,.
226,O3; Congressional Township
Fund 82,351,6 $50. 40. The Com >
mon School Fund OF the State il
88.58S, 305,03. sr "a
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

A Baltimore lady who had been
exceedingly annoyed by boys who
rang her door bell and then ran
away, finally set trap for them BY
which pail Of WATERWAYS to be
spilled upon the next person that
rang the bell. In . few minutes
her pastor called, and was baptized,
but retired without making visit.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

The New York Mail perpetrates
the following: Some one thinks
that the Episcopal marriage SER
vice should be altered and the
lady made to say with all my
worldly goods thessanh,' when once
those with = largeshit healia~,on OF
worldly goods are tho ones most
sought after by the young men Of
the present day in this CITY, =
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

It was . favorite saying OF DR..
Franklin's father, in the old oan-
die shop: "Seest thou = man dill
gent in business. he shall stand
before kings" No man ever liv-
ed more diligent in business than
Benjamin Franklin, and no man
ever stood with more Of the digni-
ty Of upright manhood and before
kings.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

Relative to the nomination OF
Col. TAomAs A. Scott. Vice Presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania railroad,
for President Of the United States.
it is remarked that that gentleman
connot really be prevailed upon
to accept, unless he can get lease
of the office for nine hundred and
ninety-nine years.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

A gentleman in Keene. N. H !,
recently received by express q
package containing . watch, on
the outside Of which the sender
had made the following endorse
ments: Only o watch-bang it
through-toss It around-drop il
twice at least. Merely q watch
simply q watch, knock it about,
Second. attempt in one week to gel
a watch over the. road whole
The watch was received intact
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

The Senate of Ohio, being equal
ly divided, the redistricting of the
State under the present apportion-
ment stands very little prospect Of
success, and, in consequence, it 10
proposed that the extra member be
elected from the State at large, -
in Illinois. 80.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

We go through life like q man
with q dark lantern, throwing light
only on the few steps before, but
since. little by little, all the miles
of mysterious darkness shat strech
beyond our sight will become the
few steps before us, the light,
thank God! is enough for the whole
way.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

Mast hits venerable Horace q
hard ono in the last Harper. On
one side Of full-page cartoon he is
going JED Davis bail. with bend
ed head and humble courtesy; on
the other, spitetully enraged, he 10
throwing Tammany mud 1t Gen.
Grant. ps.f.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

Near Jordan Village. in Owen
County, Ind, lives q man by the
name Of Hiram Worlcy, whose first
wife is living, and who has twenty
seven childrcn-twenty- five boys
ana two girls. aud all twins! Tho
children are all still single and all
live at home with their parents.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

ton of the disorgonizers, both in
and out Of Congress, to convince
them Of this fact and this effort to
divide and distract the party upon
questions Of such vital importance,
will recoil with deserved fatality
upon the heads Of its authors.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

Soma CoRN.-Johnson Il ClemI
ents, of the Madison Starch Facto
ry. have now in store 100, 900 bush
els Of corn, and % car loads OF
the track, unloading. This is the
largest stock Of corn ever stored
at one time, in this city. The fac
tory consumes. on q average, LOO
bushels daily.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03
R RICHMOND.
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COURAGE TO DO RIGHT.


W1 may have cnurags, Ill of ~
To start at honor's call,
To mest . foe, protect friend,
Or face . cannon bali
To show the werld one hero lives
The foremost in the light
But do We always manifest
Ths courage TO do rightf
To answer No! with steady breath,
And quick unfaltering tongue,
When fierce temptation, ever near,
p. Her syren song has sung
To care not for the bautering tone,
The just, or studied slight;
Content if we can only have
The courage to do rightl
TO step aside from Fashions courss,
Or custom 3 favored plan;
To pluck an outcast from the street,
Or help = fellow man
If not, then let Us nobly try,
Henceforth, with all our might,
In every cause to muster up
The courage to do right.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

A tipsy fellow, who mistook
globe lamp with letters on it +
the queen OF night. exclaimed.
will be blese if somebody hail
stuck an advertisement on Il
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

Good words, liae the golden
ear rings Of the Israelites, are val
liable in themselves; but If onoe
elected into golden calf to bs
worshiped and relied upon, are
damningly pern'cious.-fT Toplady.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

Bsnjimen Tilbert, of Owensville.
Gibson county. while out coon
hunting last SATURDAY. evening
drew his gun toward him by the
muzzle. He drew his last breath
the next day. Act 16.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

From the American Newspaper Reporter.
II the tariff on type used by the
American printers were removed,
type could be bought for about
three-fifths of the present price. Il
it be claimed that pe-founding is
an American industry that 10 en-
titled to protection, we answer: so
is printing an American industry,
hundreds of times more impor-
tant-employing hundreds. per.
haps thousands Of times - many
mechanics and as much Of capital
a. type founding. Printers are
Manufacturer of no small inpor
tance. Any bountv or tax. upon
their tools and implements is q tax
not only upon one of our great in.
dustries, but . tax upon knowledge
and education. Tax on type makes
the primer and spelling book cost
more to all children Of the land
to say nothing Of its being . clog
upon all public and private libra
ries. 0i
Ifit be true, as we state above.
that the printing of the United
Strtes pay two>ffths of all their
type purch ases, as tax to . mon :
opoly, is it not about time they
represented the fact to their mem,
bers of Congress2 This tax does
not 90 to the Government, because
scarcely any type is imported. II
can be removed in three months
if every newspaper publisher will
address o letter to his member oi
Congress simply asking to have il
removed. No fine spun theory Of
protection will help retain tai
so unjust to 80 large an industry
so useless for revenue purposes
and 20 detrimental to the educa-
tional advantages of the nation
Jast one page Of manuscript from
every editor that reads this vii
remove the tax, az surely as the
people rule.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03

The Connecticut Convention ssx-
presses undiminished confidence
in the patriotism, int sgrity and
ability Of President Grant.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03
A sprcrAL nArun.

The PHHN1x will contain, as an sspeesa!
feature, Q more compile record Of incidents ana
results OF the late terrible fie, than can , be
fouud d in any book, paper or other publication
IN the country. So numerous and inaccu-
rate have been the accounts sent forth. that
somsthine reliable and readable is eagerly
sought at this time, and the PHESIx will NIL
the bill. -
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03
rur FIRST NUMBER,

The drst number will bs issued on Satur.
day Nov. l1th, and will be the paper wanted
bv evorybody, a. . record worth preserving
OF 70 send away, and for its accurate illus
tratiens.
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HApPY HOURS.

That beautiful literary journal, "HAPrY
ana : nsper 10 meet the public demand, after
the awful are, has BEEN merged into Ut.
srary department of the PaENix, which will
smbr>co the contributions Of more than sixty
Of The most popular writer's of the day.
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For the purpose Of rapidly Increasing our
subscription list before the close of the pres
eut year, We will give to every person who
subscribes for the Phenix during the month
Of November, . beautiful steel plate engrav-
Ing. worth $50, half dollar more than the
priss Of subscription. No such opportunity
was svsr before given, and probably never
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Or delivered at this Office, - subscribers may
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READ THE FOLLOWING

4 popular weekly paper for the times, em-
braeing the leading features Of those Journals
destroyed BY the terrible confagration. and
combining Just such . corps Of writer's -
viii give The public oil the news Of the week.
In Q sopdsnSsd compilation Of the leading
Journals Of the nation, and the world.
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JOB N II. PIP,
q TTORNEY AT LAW and NO.
"A. TARY, Ofioe No. 33, Main-street
8 .hmond, Ind: attends to the collec
Sion Of al claims in any State the Union
viii practice in any Of the Courts ofIndiara
and Ohio. Execute Deeds, Mortgages, and
Powers of Attorney, either inland or for.
ADAD, il Cincinnati, (German Consul) and
HILtlH . Co., Of New York, ] am enabled to
forward and receive any money packages or
other valuablss, - we'll. IS to attend to the
transit Of persons from any part ofEurops
OF from this country. 1d7-47
All business strictly confidential and
pouptly attsuded TO-. ssf J.H.P.
July 7th 1862 asqsT il0tf
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Il will bs illustrated with engravings "a
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ser;es Of PsRPHcf vIxws, not obtainaole eiSe-
vhere. and the first number will contai| sne
ouiy cotrset map Of the burned city.
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NEW srBscRlBERs.

TO any person who gets Us three new SUBJ
scribers. We will send The Phenix for one
year free, or ono of our beautiful rrize, steel
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IT'S BASIS.

n n 4 consolidation of other journals, and
therefore on . solid foundation, continuing
their former circulation.
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CHICAGO AND THE NEWS.

Il will, for time, be devoted especially TO
ira uast. present and future Il Chicago, be-
sides being the most complete weekly news
paper in tAs world.