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LONDON, Nov. 2.-The report OF tho violent
eruption Of 3St. Htna, telographed specially
to tho London Daily Ne,os Of yesterday, is pro-
uo4pced falge.
, 1873-11-03

The Virden (nl.) Ne,os gives m account Of a
recent outrage by masked Men upon farmer
named Horny Burns, who lives between Waycrly
sad Visdcn. Two Or three weeks since Mr..
Burns purchased . patent gang~p1ow from
hardware e.s m at waSoy Va sa for or use o pGn hts
taken to pioces, and the smaller parts taken
away. He bought new, parts for the pllow, aud
set it to work again. It was takon to pieces the
second aud tho third timo, oach entailiug
considerable expenso upon tho proprietor,
On Friday last, son OF Gr. Burns vas plowing
In tha fold when two mon wearing black masks
camo up suddenly, aud talsiLg him, bound q
glove over Ais eyes in lieu Of a handkerchief,
tied bis thumbs together with q stout cord. and
be was thrown upon tho ground md ordered to
lay there. Tho mon thon took the pillow to
pieces and scattered tho sarlons parts, took the
horses and hitohed them in an adjoining wood,
aud then left. Tho boy finally made h.s WAY to
the house, some distance away, by following the
furrow, whero he told hia story, stating that one
Of the men was tall and slender, sud th" other
short aud Leavy~set. Mr. Burns il unable to ac-
count for the eorlos OF outrages,
, 1873-11-03
GERMANY,

BERLIN, Nov. -Koonigbmarck, Minister Of
Agriculture. has resigned, and Blaukenbusg has
boen appointed Lis Buccessor.
, 1873-11-03

From! hs Clinton {llo,) Democrat. i,
From Mr. Longsdon, who resides aear Monte-
through Clinton on his way to johnson County,
on last Saturday, re learned the annexed par
t!culare Of tho hanging Of q nian uaEned Tom
Box, aeyeu miles north of Virgil City. In Cedar
County. aud near tho Vernon c9qa!y y lnle: i t.a
torn in tho Penitontiary for cornterfoiting, aud,
On being released short time *got he made hiH
way to the neighborhood Of Virgil CITY, where
he has two brothors-in-law living, ono of whom
was in t1s Renitontefy with Linn; Ihe 3;f othosr o
Thuzsday night Of last woak, about "a Or l
o'clock, = posse Of armed men callca ut
AroKnights house. and asked for Box, who Sur
rendered and was marched away in TUG darkness
as lie valued his life, not to venture outsldo Of
bis door until daylight. Whcn morning came
tho dend bpdy of Box was found suspended s:.om
the limb Of a smal! tree, . short distance away
Ho was hanging &c. that his toes Just tonched
the ground, WIS in his shirt-s'eevea and hs SHIRT
torn, which showed that llo had not submitted
to his terrible fate Without u strugge. The
noxt day WHOM Mr. Longsdou passed. by ha
was still! hanging, presenting .. ghastly appear
: sneo: 4 number Of men WHO live IN tho vcin-
talking over the affair, aud awaiting tho arriya1
Of The Coroner. They seemed to approve ot
the hanging, and manifested no surprise Or ex-
oitement.
1Aeia WAa NV OUp WHO WQNlQ ACkuQWleuS0 u
tho hanging, or who would state anything cou-
nected With 1t, and the only reason assigned for
tho perpotration Of such an unlawful oct. as that
related, rested in the fact that q day or 60 pro-
vious, man who kept kind OF grocery storo
and ggoggcry combined, at Eaaton, point On tho
road near where Box lived, was visited by two
men in disguise, and hratally, II NOT fatally beat
with club aud robbed. They entered his store
with masls over their faces, and called for
liquor and while the grocery-keopor WAS in tho
act Of drawing the liquor, one Of the men strucl K
him terrible blow with onb, folliug him to
the floor: they then boat him over the head,
breaking his jaw-bona, and after rohbing him Of
store eft or cre Il Is sppoasd the the
vigiIanta hung Box, it being assorted TINT lie
was ono OF the partioa engaged in the robbery
and attempted murder Of the grocery-keeper.
, 1873-11-03

Front the Wqshtuaton {afo.l Observer.
We have just heard q rumor to the effect that
one William Treppe OF the southern portion Of
tile county committed q murder sonlo days ago
while at = dance, aud tho story goes that tue
next day he commenced quarre1ing with others
him out And quietly hung him to tho first troo.
, 1873-11-03

RAILROAD DEFAULTS,
- NEW YonK, Nov. 2.-The Chesapeake l. Ohio
hansas Pacific. St. Louis i Southwestern, AM
the Central Branch OF tho Union Pacific Rail
roads did not pay their somi-annual coupons O,
Saturday.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14
A sUPERFLUoUs RAILROAD EXPENSE

The railroad managers in the West are
endeavoring to rid themselves of that i'll
cubus upon the passenger receipts, the
gentlemanly ticket agent, who receives a
dollar or two dollars whenever he exerts
himself sufficiently to witness a traveller
purchase ticket of him to Chicago or St
Louis. Inasmuch as the rival lines to all
the great centres Of travel do not cut
fares, it does not appear to the railroad
superintendent that the payment Of COM
missions is necessary. and they cannot see
how harm could accrue to one particular
route should the system be abolished
When a man purchases a ticket between
Chicago and New York, for which he pays
SD, he pays 5000 to the railroad aud
$50 to the ticket agent who has done
nothing to earn it, the traveller having pre-
viously selected his route. That sum
Isl so belongs either to the railroad or
the traveller, and the aggregate of these
sums, amounting to several rsillions of dol
lars, should go to swell the dividends of
the share holders or be RENTED to the
travelling public in the shape of deduction
Of fares. The abolition of the commission
system will be work OF difficulty, since it
is 50 profitable that the agents-who,w while
their salaries nominally range from $500 to
$500 year, are in receipt frequently Of
annual emoluments of from $1,000 to 500
Oo0-are able to divide the plumber with
their official superiors and secure their
silence. The share holders and the trav-
cling people have an especial interest in
the abolition Of all these parasitical sys-
TENS which divert into the pockets of a
ring of officials the profits which should
accrue to the investors or return to the
public.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14
Business in Rock Island.

While business in eastern cities does
not wear look of prosperity, and while
many failures are occurring, and many
manufacturers suspending work or cutting
down the number of hands, and the
number of hours of work, things in Rock
Island are quietly assuming a more heal
thy aspect Our bankers are all doing
business precisely as before the panic, and
no one seems to know how they slid into it
SO quietly it is a fact, and no one
would know that they had ever put on the
brakes at all. We hope there will be such
revival of prices of produce and activity
in the eastern markets as will call for large
shipments and thus enable our country
traders and manufacturers to make colec-
tons and keep things lively the coming
winter.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14

The City MIarshal's office and police
headquarters has lately been improved by
cutting it into smaller rooms--one of
which is fitted up with benches. as a tenn
porary resting place for poor inebriates
found on the streets at night. A good
many such cases are picked up, having no
money and fine does not punish them for
the can't pay it, To commit them to Jail
Is only adding an extra tax upon the PEG
pie for the benefit of the Tailor, aud the
City Marshal thought that saving could
be made by locking them up until they get
sober, in some place where no expense
would be incurred Six such cases were
in the new lookup few nights ago. all
sleeping off the effects of bad whisky. We
suggest to the Marshal to keep a register
wherein all the names shall be recorded.
with date, description, etc, and that this
register be open for public inspection, Sc
that the names can be published. Thai
may possibly be a little punishment t.
some Of them, and perhaps may deter
others from getting into the drunk room
The main Office is comfortably fitted NJ
with stove, desk, table, lounge and chairs
Adjoining is smaller room with shelves
safe, ETC., for the safe-keeping of any arti
cles found by the police, until claimed BY
the owners.
The stairs are Tickety, broken and worn
out, and new steps should be put in; alst
something at the foot to indicate that there
is stairway there. AT present the stairs
! are absolutely dangerous to strangers.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14

Since the less wealthy counties OF Gal
latin and Alexander paid taxes respective
ly $SS47 and 500. 20 more per town and
city lots than that belligerant county, it is
time that the balance Of the State was get
ting rid of that tax-dodging locality. if this
is to be the rule governing Cook county in
the future And now Chicago finds fault
because she is prevented from repeating
the same game.
Now let Chicago look at the average val
ue of town and city lots returned by the
township assessor this year from Rock Isl
and and Chicago The State journal says
the returns from Cook county this year, of
town and city lots made by the assessors,
shows an average assessment of S4O5 per
lot. This, we suppose, means the average
for unimproved lots The return made by
our township assessor shows that unlm-
proved lots in Rock Island are assessed an
average of SjO37l per lot.-which Is
SOS. II more on each lot here than in Chi
cage and Cook county We propose that
Rock Island be erected into State and
that the National Capital be established
here, unless our assessment can be re-
duced.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14
The State Of Chicago.

The Chicago newspapers are trying to
make a fuss over what they call the enor-
mously outrageous assessment of property
there. In relation to the assessment OF
joint stock companies, they have the same
grounds of complaint as other parts of the
State. That, of course, is not local
complaint, and Chicago has not been
more unjustly dealt with than Rock Island.
Still, Chicago papers, like a pouting boy
at play with his fellows, get mad and say
they won play any more, unless they
can be a State. We have not examined
the assessment enough to compare the
average with other places in the State, but
on town and city lots, We think Chicago
has no reasonable ground of complaint
while other places have The Springfield
Register says The auditors report for
1869 shows the following assessment
paid on town and city lots for that year,
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14
The Patrons of Easbaudry IN Illinois.

From the Rock Rive Farmer for October
The first Grange IN Illinois was organ
lied in the Prairie Farmer office, Chicago
1t was puny from the first, and city air and
habits soon stitled il to death, This Grange
was the progenitor Of five others. all OF
whom inherited the same fatal disease, and
expired in infancy This gave the Order
4 great set back in Illinois, and those who
ought to be its friends, did not even con
slider it entitled to respectful cOnsidera-
ton.
The Rock Rieer Farmer was the first
paper that showed Itself steady friend to
the Order, and that advocated its claims
successfully. A series of articles in its
columns, calling the attention of farmers
to the aims of the Order and the advanta-
ges it promised. having attracted the at
tention of the Secretary of the National
Grange, a Deputy MIR. Wilkinson, Of
Iowa was sent to the Office OF this paper
in the summer of ISL, and commenced
his labors. He first organized Rock River
Grange, and, in respect to those who had
gone before, it was numbered :, with A
Colder, the present head of the State
Grange, as Master In fact, then. this is
the first Subordinate Grange in the State,
and Dixon Grange No, comes second.
The Illinois State Grange was organized
by .. H. Kelley, Secretary of the Nation
al Grange, at Dixon, H., March 5, 1872,
Twenty-one Oranges were represented. and
the present State officers elected The
next annual meeting was at Dixon on Dec
~. 1872, and forty-tgo Oranges were rep
resented The next annual meeting will
be held next December at some accessible
point near the centre OF the State. We
have now about 650 Oranges, and, as the
fall and winter are most favorable for or
Ganizing, we expect at the Illinois State
Grange, December. 1878, delegates from
500 or 900 subordinate Oranges, represent
ing q membership Of about 10000, two
thirds of whom are voters, landowners.
and men Of influence.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14
Army OFFICES AT ROCK ISLAND.

As frequent inquiries are made in re-
gard TO the name, rank, etc., of officers
stationed at Rock Island, we give a list be-
low, as follows:
ENGINEERS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES RIv-
Err IMPROVEMENTS.
j. n. Macomb, Colonel Commanding
Col. Macomb is a native of New York, and
was appointed to West Point in 1882.
A. II. Burnham, Captain and Brevet
Major. A native of Vermont; appointed
to West Point in 1864.
Amos Stickney, Captain and Byt. Major.
A native of New York; appointed to West
Point in 1864 Mai. Stickney is now in
charge of the Lower Rapids Improvement.
ORDINANCE DEPARTHIENT-RoCK ISLAND
ARSENAL.
Daniel W. Flagler, Captain and Bvt
1t Col. Commanding. A native Of New
York; appointed to West Point in 1861.
! j. Pearson Farley, Captain. A native
of New York; appointed to West Point il
1861.
VIM. S. Beebe, First Lieut.. and Bvt
Major. A native of New York; appoint
ed to west Point in 1863 Maj Beebe is I;
new officer here, recently reported for duty
and is now in Philadelphia for his family
He will occupy one of the new stone man
sions at the Arsenal.
Isaac W. McClay, First Lieutenant
native of New York; appointed to Yves
Point in 1864. Lieut. McClay is under OF
ders, but has not yet reported for duty
We presume him to be son of Hon. VIM
B. McClay, member Congress from Ne,
York City some fifteen years ago. We ar
also told that Lieut.. McClay is son-in-la,
of Mayor Havemeyer. He is expecte'
here soon.
Edward W. Wright Second Lieutenant
r A native of Indiana appointed TO Yves
Point in 1866.
Charles Shalcr. Jr., Second Lieutenant
A native of Pennsylvania appointed t
: West Point in 1861 Lieut. Shaler a
, most of our readers know, is a lay
. of p. L. Mitchell, Esq. banker, in thi
l. city
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

Texas lately exemplifed woman's rights
by lynching three female horse thieves.
On tombstone at Stenday, Prussia, is
inscribed the epitaph She died of 4
corset"
Shack Nasty Jim's soul has been en-
gagged to make pictures for Harper
Weekly.
A contemporary comments on the dill
atoriness of English law because the Itch
borne trial has lasted one hundred DAYS
And Stokes?
A good article of whisky is called ''Old
Velvet in Vicksburg, and the people de-
light in clothing their insides with it as
with garment
" A man who can marry and does not
ought to be damned, what the Rev. j. F.
Wicks, of San Diego Cal, is reported to
have said in sermon on marriage.
The St. Louis Democrat announces
three deaths in that city within two days,
from kerosene, and styles the article the
great American obituary provoker."
Nusbaum wants good gutter laid in
front of his store, which will carry off the
water. The mud puddles along there are
a great nuisance to the numerous ladies who
throng his fashionable store
| Measures are on foot in Connecticut to
organize all the people who have been Grip
pied on the New Haven Railway into a
grand association, which is expected to
exercise an important influence in political
and social affairs.
Gorham, n. H., makes special boast
that game is so plentiful in its neighbor-
hood that every railway train runs over
partridges )" just as if trains didn't nee
essarily run over part ridges and part val
leys throughout that billy State.
| Henry Ward Beecher astonished the
Evangelical alliancers from abroad, the
other day, by uttering this pleasing little
sentiment Now, had rather have been
the prodigal son than his brother. He was
too stingy to get drunk. He was too eau
tious, too cold, too sympathetic to sin lasi
viously He was lean, mean, stiff, and
proper. He was going to heaven like a
mummy
The advent of Jacob Norris and Major
Burnham, at Swan Lake, broke up the
camp, and all hands returned this morn
ing They pretend that they caught all
the fish and shot all the ducks, but they
can't prove it by the quantity they brought
home. The fact is they went into camp
too early. They should have waited for
colder and rougher weather for ducks,
! uhpSP. etc
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14

CHANCE FOR BARGAINS Mrs. Frank
ZipS, will sell at public Sale, at Milan, ILL.,,
on Monday, Oct 20, 1878, at 9 o'clock A.
NJ, the following property, to wit:-The
building, subject TO a three years lease
Three horses, wagons, harnesses, butcher 5
utensils and a general lot of household
goods The terms of sale will be made
known at the time of sale ll-d4t&wlt
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14

GRAND OPENING OF FALL STYLES IN
MILLINERY AND FANCY GooDs -oN
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Ger. 10TH AND
18th. Just returned from the Eastern
market, | inform the ladies' of Rock Island
and vicinity, that l selected one of the f.
nest and choicest stock in the above line.
ever brought into this city, which | shall
sell at the very lowest prices.
Inviting the ladies to give me a call. 7
call their particular attention to nv very
elegant variety Of Partisan and New York
patterns, bonnets and hats.
Keeping also constantly on hand the
most complete stock of Bergmapn's cele-
brated Zephyr worsted and Germantowns
| am confident to suit any patron.
l4-d2t. Miss W. PETERSEN.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14
AT THE HARPER HOUSE.


Among the names registered at the
Harper House are those Of G. Fl. Cuth-
bertson and wife, Troy Ohio; John
Stewart and wife, Alton, Illinois; j c.
Cornell, and Geo. H. McIntirc, Stone
boro Pa; Geo e Smith, Islip, L. l.; c.
5. Carr, DesAloines, Ia; S. r. Stimson,
Cleveland, O.; J. II Allen, Philadelphia
II. c. Puffer Springfield. Mass; S. NJ
Etter, Bloomington, His; Geo. W. Good
rich, Hartford, CT; f. J. Riley, L. May
". A. Fitch, New York J. A. Lamb, f
Poindexter, Chicago; G. w. Chapman, St.
Louis; J. Il. Hilliard, Superintendent
=. & X. Il. r.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14

RosADALlS is used in the practice Of, and en-
dorsed by some of the leading Physicians through
out the land. They induced to do this from the
fact that its formula is published around each bot
tie, so that the physician knowing its component
parts, and being already acquainted with their
properties, prescribe ii with all confidence.
NIcHoLAsvILLE, Ky, Feb, II, 1869.
Gentlemen:-l have seen the effects of 'Rosadal-
Is on patiente in my own practice, and take plea
sure In attesing It's merits very powerful al
terative In of Scrofcla, rheumatism Sec
Very truly yours j S SPARKS, NJ. d.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14

A special despatch from Washington to
a New York journal announces that the Ad-
ministration is having letters written to AL
corn and Ames, in Mississippi, to induce
them if possible to adjust their quarrel so
as to prevent the total disintegration of
the Republican party of the State The
rupture in that party in Mississippi is now
so complete, one would think, that not even
the proffered nursing of the Administra-
ton can cure it. But the despatch signif-
cantly adds that the Administration is de-
sirous of reconciling the factions without
Federal interference 1t has then come
to this complexion, that in no Southern
State can the interests of the Republican
party. or rather of the Administration
branch Of it, be'imperilled without danger
of a resort to President Grants easy meth
of letting those States have peace-to wit :
Federal interference
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14
The schinalsr shnoting-

John SCHNEIDER has employed Sweeney
4 Jackson to prosecute the Nowalks and
an examination was to have been held be
fore Magistrate Chopper at 10 o'clock this
forenoon but it was postponed to the 10th
by request of Mr. Olson, attorney for the
Nowalks, who wished to study the case a
little before holding the examination.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14
DIED.

shAfEh in ZGma, October sth, 1873. OF ty-
phoid fever, Mary shafer, daughter of John sbafsr
aged Is years and 81 days s'i@'ei
me deceased was teacher in the Leafy Bower
saooath school She died as she lived, loved and
respected by all who knew her, large number Of
people gathered at ihe shaier school house To nav
her their last respects. Funeral service by A. r
RUSSELL from Msthew 9Th chapter xiv ve,se.--
THE Maid is NOT dead but sleepeth.n
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14
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The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14
Held for Trial.

An examination before Magistrate Crop
per resulted in holding VIM. Smith lcalled
One-armed George for TRAITOR burglary.
His bail was fixed at $500, for want of
which he concluded to boardwith the sher-
if n while
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14
Sour Grapes

The report that the appointment of Chief
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court has been rendered by the President
to Hon. Roscoe Conkhng, of New York,
is denied, and it is alleged by Senator
Coukling' friends that he would not accept
il even if offered to him.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14

MAsoNIc.-Special convocation of Bar
rett Chapter No. Is, r. A. NJ, this, Tues
day, evening, Oct. IA, 1873, at clock.
Work on the NJ NJ. degree. Sojourning
companions cordially invited.
By order of
Fl. G.. CLEAvELAND, II. p.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-14
Grants Ability as a Financier

Some good things aud a few sensible
things have been said about the panic, its
consequences, and the best way to allevi-
ate the distress of the banks, but Grant,
letter, written from the executive mansion,
comes in neither Of these lists The rem
edy he proposes is, that the banks which
declare they are unable to pay their de
positors as rapidly as the currency is call
ed for, should adopt liberal policy, and
by generous system of discounts give re
lief to the country This is Bunsbyism
with Vengeance