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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-09

- The ice broke up in Rock river on
Sunday and a portion of it run out. Milan
was flooded but no serious damage done.
Some little injury occurred to the bridges
but hopes are entertained that they will
stand, though they are not yet out Of dan
ger.
The man who was under $500 bail to
appear before Justice Kaufman, in Day.
portion Saturday morning, for examination
on the charge OF adultery, failed to come
to time-was afterwards found on the ISL
and, and taken to Davenport aud placed in
jail.
Mr. John Mcmahon, of the Emmett
House, says that he has no boy nicknamed
''Zeese that his boys attend the Sisters
school that no boy of his attends any
public school In the city: that no boy of
his bought pistol of the Haley boy or
any other boy, or had any thing to do with
anything connected with the Chopper boy
or his pistol that there are other McAia-
hons in town, but neither he nor his had
anything to do with the shooting affair.
He fully agrees with all that has been said
as to the bad example of carrying fire
arms, and don't want it understood that
his boys are allowed any such improper
liberties.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-09
HAwLEy OPPOSES MR.. .coTToN's BILL.
His Reasons for Refusing to Obey the Will Of
Those who Elected Him.

Mr.. Hawley, in letter dated Washing
ton, March 2, 1874, addressed to a Com
mittee of citizens appointed by public
meeting in our Court House, says:
Il cannot think it the part of wisdom to
force this subject a law securing the people
the use of the bridges upon the attention
Congress at this time. *You are
all now enjoying the free use of the bridges
as fully as you desire. 1t it is
doing well enough why not let it alone? :
| submit to you in all candor, wheth-
er it is the part of wisdom to force upon
Congress matter in that connection that
can do no possible good and which may dc
much harm"
In other words-leaye the thing to me to
manage What do you know about your
wants? Just let me alone about it-then
l can, after Congress adjourns, get
the Secretary of War to issue
new instructions, which shall exclude al
loaded teams, OR the carrying of any pack
ages, or the use of the bridge by hacks
and leave it in such condition that only
nice buggies and private carriages shall
use the bridge, and no one be allowed tt
cross without first obtaining pass iron
the commandment of the Arsenal. This
will keep all country people off, all teams
hacks and express wagons, ETC., and com
pei them to go by the ferry owned by M!
friends, Robinson, Spencer, q Go.
That is the amount of Hawley's argu
guments in opposition to MIR. Cotton bill
The people prefer that Mr.. Cotton's bill
shall become law, so that no ring shall
be made up which shall restrict them Ii
use of the bridges The bridges were
opened by an order from the Secretary o
War, and, as things now are, he can Close
them any day he pleases-or make ruiz
that will exclude three-fourths of the PEG
pie who now use them. The people wan
a law of Congress which shall prevent tina
from being done Mr. Hawley opposes it
and thus treats with contempt the peopl
he was elected to serve, and plays into tn,
hands of ferry ring which finds him mon
ey to pay his election expenses.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-09
Opposed by Reprssentativs-Favore by q
Senator,

Congressman HawIey writes to his con.
stituents in Rock Island that he is opposed
to Mr.. Cotton's bill to provide for the open,
ing of the government bridge to public use
saying, Il cannot think it part of wisdom
to force this subject upon the attention Of
Congress at this time'-because he be,
lleves it will engender appropriations fol
the arsenal 1t would be interesting tC
know by what process of reasoning Mr.. H
came to this conclusion
Senator Oglesby writes that he will dc
all he can to forward the wishes of the
people in this matter.-Darenport Ga
rette
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-09
OXFORD. ROCK ISLAND & ST. LOUIS R. E.

aoiNG SOUTH TRAINS LEAVE
At $40 q. IN and 7:l0 p. IN.
ARRIVE FROM LOUIS
AT q 80 a. IN and 900 p.
STERLING TRAIN ..EAYE
500 a. IN. and 715 p. IN.
ARRIVE FROM yTEgLING
Al T:l5 a. IN. and 700 p. III.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-09
Chr 9aiIg Arens.
independent IN Everything.
Monday. March 9. 1874.
Wanted.

To sell or exchange for Rock Island city
property, valuable, improved farming land
in Kansas, situated on the Central Branch
of the U. p. r. r. Address,
J. s. DRAKE, Rock Island, Ill.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-09
The Candidates GreeIine.

From the Princeton (Ky) Banner.
"Howdy, howdy, howdy?'
"Howdy."
How do you do?''
''Tollable."
How are YOU
'Tollable. ~
'How's all p
''Tollable. "
Your folks well?'
''Tolable.'
"How's yourn?'
"Tollable. -
''Neighbors all well?"
'Tollable."
"How's yourn?'
''Tollable.
"All for me this time? ?"
''SOrter tollable.'.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-09
LOCAL COLUMN.

4 one box Of SsrS-s Soluble EaIS Powder
| will make pint Of REST BLACK INK in five minutes.
Sl25 {, d. SIsJ b. mail! H.G.O.CAEG, GAINESVILLE o.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-09

On Friday the Union published a pre-
tended conversation between Mr.. Norris,
our newly elected Police Magistrate, on
election day, and citizen. We are sorry
to deprive our neighbor of credit for the
inventive genius which he hoped to receive
but we shall have to do it by copying the
following which we find floating in our ex-
changes. viz
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-09
New York Day-Book

A DEMOCRATIC WEEKLY. Established 1850. II
supports White Supremacy. political and social
Terms, 81 per year. To clubs, nine copies for s..
Specimen copies free. Address DAY-BoOk, New
York CITY.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-09
Writing Machines

10000 SOLD IN THE LAST 80 DAYS.
Made expressly for the nervous and people with
| trembling hands. No change of pen or holder.
Can be carried in vest pocket; patented; cannot
out; worth price curiosity. if not for use
Brass, 35c.; erpated, 50c.; by mail. W. EV-
| ANS, Harris Falls, New York.
Saw where you saw this.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-09
SWEENEY & JACKSON,

ATTORNEYS AND CoUNsELLoRs AT LAW
~ Oh'e-Cor Eagle and Illinois streets, Rock Isl
and Illinois l1-tSd1y
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-09
BUSINESS CARDS.
nj M STuRGEON


AT" CpNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
~ Lock island, III. ONCE in Mitchell Lynde's
Blnck aWtf
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-09
E. E. PARMENTER,

Once over Mitchell & Lynde's Bank, Rock ISLAND
Illinois. IL l9d6m
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-09
W. N. HEDGES & CO.,

DAGGET 4 Co, Indianapolis, Ind.
The genuine Champion Baking Powder
is for sale by W. C. WEIGH, J. B. CAR
GILL, BLANCHARD & BAILEY, W. b.
SARGENT, HENRY SCHNTTGER and VIM
SHEARER
And wholesale by
9-23d-sat-ly HENRY DARTS Sons.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-09
P. T. McELHERNE,

I AW AND ABSTRACT OFFICE. ROOMS /
l. Court House. Jno. 7. enworthy jas NJ. Beard
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-24

five minutes, when they departed
The night being very dark, they wero
soon out of sight. When the policemtn
reached the body life was extinct IT,
supposed the lynching was done by fire
-horse-thief societies in thiSlcoupf,,
aided by accomplices in the CITY ~,
nothing definite has been decided vet
The excitement which has ted 10 M.
foul outrage has been growing for SOM
time, several mysterious murders bayin,
been committed here recently-seven IN
the space of four years.
The trial of Howard was prOtraCted ana
exciting, the jury being out for nearly
four days, finally compromising on
verdict of murder in the second degree
1t was feared Howard would be lyncbed
last Friday night, the jury not then aav.
ing agreed, and it being generals
thought they would agree TO disagree
But precautions were taken to prevent
il then, and on Saturday morning yer
dict was returned. Monday afternoon
he was sentenced, and Judge Maxwell
imposed upon him the extreme rigor Of
the law, imprisonment for life. Every
body here in the city seemed satisfied
and the lynching fell upon the city to its
surprise and horror. But Howard's be.
havior during the reading of the sen.
tence, laughing in the face OF the Judge
and receiving his doom with tirmneSs
and his attempt to smuggle a revoly.
er into the courtroom tor the pur
pose, as avowed afterwaId, Of
shooting the Judge as he was de-
livering the sentence; his boast that he
would escape the Penitentiary before
six months, and return and kill all who
had appeared against him in the trial,
and the appeal of his case to the Supreme
Court-all these reached the ears Of the
Vigilants last night, and the result was as
stated above. The whole proceeding is
most bitterly felt by the citizens here,
and the perpetrators are denounced in
the most unmeasured terms
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-24
POLITICAL L..

Gov Woodson, Of Missouri, has ordered an
election on Jan. rs for delegates to the
Constitutional Convention.
The President of the Louisiana Election
Returning Board announced before that body
on the 18th that he had been informed that
armed White Leaguers were stationed in an
adjacent building ready at any moment to
disturb the proceedings Of the Board, and on
his motion an adjournment was had till the
following day.
Petitions from the National Temperance
Society and other temperance organizations
and churches, representing over 100000 peti-
TONERS, were presented in the lower house OF
Congress on the nth, asking for the early
passage Of the bill to provide for commits
sion Of inquiry concerning the alcoholic
liquor traffic which passed the Senate last SEES
sion.
The Mississippi Legislature met at jackson
on the 18th. la his message Gov. Ames
claims that the recent Nicksburg troubles
were brought about by violent white men for
political purposes, and says; At this mo-
ment the State and county authorities are
successfully resisted, and the free action OF
officials is impossible He closes by request.
ing the Legislature to take steps to arrest the
instruction in Warren County and prevent
similar occurrences.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-24

The two words " sit' aud setn are
too often mistaken for each other When
a grammar class is asked, for the first
time, if it is right to say hens set" the
court SETS" one-half Of them, perhaps
will vote one way and the other half the
other. The court means the Judge or
Judges; the Judge sits, court sits, the
jury sits, hens sit, birds sit. Setting
hen" is wrong; hens are not settlers" or
pointers. Set requires an objective case i;
we set a chair, but we sit in it, There
is similar difficulty in the use of 9" lie"
and LAY" In families whose hens set"
everything "lays," and all LAY abed"
The quoted words are wrong Lay means
to place, and requires an objective, as
" the hen lays eggs" Now / lay me"
We should say the book lies on the table
he lies abed; lies low; everybody lies, if
you please, but nobody lays unless he
has something to lay.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-24

was not EuDNue0 uNll4 HtNcldl 4"l ~ W.
houses and their contents were burned ABOUT
four o'clock on the morning of the 10Th thFee
other alarms were sounded in the Immediate
nelghborhood, in Wareham street, where
sparks from the previous fire had lodged ui-
perceived by the tiremen Owing 10
the combustible nature OF the building
in which this last fire started the flames
spread in all directions, and in short
time Vareham street was almost entirety
devastated, everything being swept away that
Law In the path of the fire between the polul
of starting and the wharf, except large piano
factory. The loss from both fires Is yariouSiy
estimated from 100000 to $4,000.
During the progress Of the Boston fire, on
the morning Of the 18th, the neighboring city
Of Charlcstown suffered loss Of Sl5O,OO0irom
ire.
Two men named Mosher and Douglass
were shot on the 18th at Bay Ridge on Long
Island, while committing burglary at Judge
Van Brunt's residence. Mosher was instant
10 killed. Before he died Douglass m"de a
statement that Moshcr was concerned IN the
abduction Of little Charlie Ross The TWO
burglars have since been identified, and there
seems no doubt that they knew Of the where
abouts Of the stolen child, who was believed
on the 18th to be in the vicinity Of New York
city.
The Champion cotton press and other prop
erty in Charleston, 5. G., valued at $3.50
were burned on the 18th,
At Dcs Mones, Iowa, carly on the morning
Of the 18th, a party Of disguised men to the
number Of over 100 forced their way into the
iall and took possession Of Charles Howard,
sentenced to imprisonment for life for the
murder. in June last, Of John Johnson, in
that city They found Howard in bed, and
when they undertook to lay hold of him his
wife made desperate attempts to protect him
but despite her cntreaties and agonizlng
screams they put a rope about his neck, led
him into the street and hung him to a lamp
post.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company's af-
fairs were being investigated by the House
Ways and Means Committee on the 10Th. The
testimony Of Irwin, in the employ Of said
company, was to the effect that in the winter
OF lS12 he was employed as agent OF the com
pany Tor the purpose of procuring subsidy
for the Chin, mail The contract was most oi
it in letters from the company to him, by
which he was to receive certain sums OF
money in full of I'll expenses in obtaining the
subsidy. The amount to he paid was not
to he finally liquidatcd until the entire SER
vice was performed AS the expenses could
DC ascertaincd until that time
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-24

THE best shot ever heard OF has been
made in Calais, Me, where gentleman
fired, in midnight darkness, at the bark
of dog, and the next morning found
the animal dead, the bullet having hit
him IN the throat.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-24

Out Of 7,4lS,1l1 bushels Of Indian corn or
maize exported to the Provinces of Quebec,
Ontario and Manitoba for the fiscal year
ended June 30 1873, 1866, 727 bushels were
exported from the ports of Chicago, Detroit
Toledo and Port Huron TO the Provinces
named. 1t also appears from the Canadian
statistical reports that during this period
there were exported from the Dominion Of
Canada to foreign countries GAP $40 bushels
Of Indian corn not the product Of the Domin-
ion; hence it is fair to presume that it was
the product Of the United States.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-24
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
Senate not in session on the 18th. In
| the House bills were passed allowing the home
stead and presumption settlers in Iowa, Mime
| sofa, Nebraska and Kansas, whose crops We're
! destroyed By grasshoppers in 1874, to leave and
be absent from their lands till May, 1876 without
prejudice TO their rights; Senate bill for tn" APP
pointmcrft Of George Bancroft 10 fill the vacancy
| IN the Board OF Regents Of the Smithsonian In
| stitute "A resolution wac adopted drecuugthC
| arrest of Richard Is. Irwin. in
| New FORK city agent Of the Pacific
| Mail Company, for contempt in having failed to
| obey the summons of the Committee OF Ways
| and Means, who sought his testimony in the in
yestgation into the Pacific Mail subsidy begun at
! the close Of the last session OF Congress. Mr.,
Irwin had promised to be on hand by the 18th 49,.
! Adjourned
In the Senate, on the 14th, q petition
! Of the colored men of Indiana was presented,
! protesting against the recent decision of the Su-
| premc Court of the State on the question Of cdu-
! cHtiOual rights, and asking that the proper law
| officer of the Government be directed to
| appeal the case TO the Supreme Court of
! the United States "A conference com
| mittce was ordered on the bill, postponed from
| last session, to amend the Customs and Internal
| Revenue laws and for other purposes A bill
was reported and passed providing that settlers
who left their lands on account Of the raFagcS OF
| grasshoppers shall not be deprived Of their
Rights to such lands. and authorizing
| the Commissioner of the General Land
ONCE to modify the Homestead lay
are also made applicable TO settlers who may be
compelled to leave their land for the same cause
neXtyear Messr-. Cameron and McCreery were
appointed as the Senate committee ON the recep-
ton of King kaiakaua. Adjourned.
In the House, on the l4th, several bills
were introduced, among them the following: For
free banking and to retire lcgal-tonder notes re.
ducing letter postage to one cent; for the relief
of the Southern States by compromise and the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-24
immigration and Commerce.


NA>HINGION, UNC. II.
The report of the Chief Of the Bureau OF
Statistics has the following table, containing
comparative statement of immigration by
countries ethnologically grouped for the four
fiscal years from July /, 1870, TO June 30, -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-24
THE NEWS.
Bismarck Tenders His Resigna
ton.

Bismarck ienueFS HIS heSlSild-
ton.
His Differences With the ReichStag
Finally Adjusted.
Another Great Fire IN
Boston.
The Boy Pomeroy Found Guilty OF
Murder in the First Degree.
Shooting of the Abductors of
Charlie Ross.
The Matte King Spiritual Manifestations Prove
To Be Humbus.
Lynch Law at Dcs Moines--A Man
Hung to Lamp-post.
Etc, Etc, Etc, Etc, Etc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-24

Etc, Etc. Etc, Etc, Etc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-24

1871. 1872. 1913, 1874.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-24
Countries sihHOiOqi-
caHy grouped.


England, Scotland
and Wales. ........
Ireland ....... .....
Teutonic: Germany.
Austria and Meth
erlands ...........
Scandinayiap: Swe-
den, Norway and
Denmark ..........
Latin; Belgium,
switzerland, Italy.
France Spain aud
Portugal. ......
SCla ionic: Russia
and Poland ......
China. ..... ..y....
British North Amer
lean Provinces
Spanish and Portu
guese Colonies {:
NJ q Xico, South
America, Cuba and
Porto Rico .......
All other countries
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-05-22
TO Kill Weeds Cheaply.

There are very few gardens, the soil
Of which has not been allowed to be-
come filled more or less with the seeds
of weeds. When crops spring mp, the
weeds spring up with them. If numer-
Gus, the weeds get above the crops.
Hard work at hoeing and laborious fin
ger weddings follow The crops are
overborne and become small. Back
aches and discouragements are devel
oped. More weeds give a plentiful
seeding another year. With industri-
GUS gardeners, who take time by the
forelock, much of this trouble and loss
are prevented by destroying the weeds
when they are very small. When only
half an inch high, the bulk of a weed
is not a .hundredth part as great as
when six inches high. It has not yet
drawn hnndredth part as much on the
crop and on the soil. A single move
nent of a steel rake at this early hour
will kill fifty weeds but when they
grow six inches high, the rake will do
nothing, and the hoe must be ground
sharp and applied with many hard
strokes. There is a better way still
Kill the weeds broa least, just as they
are coming up. The main thing is to
do this right. The seeds of nearly all
garden weeds are small. Very few will
find their way Up through two inches
of soil. Now, get your ground or beds
all ready to plant, but do not plant yet
A little. warm weather will start the seeds
for about an inch down and as soon as
you see the first green or yellow point
peeping up through the black mould,
then is the time for action Do not
wait till the next day nor till afternoon,
for they will now spring. up amazingly
fast. Take your steel rake and go over
the surface two inches down, raking and
cross raking, till you have torn all the
de icate little plants to fragments. Now
then, there is pretty fair chance for a
clean surface, for very few that are deep
er than two inches will get up to the
light. It would be safe, however, if
you can afford the time, to wait few
days, and give your beds a second rak-
ing. If your soil IS good, you viii go
over it thus with great rapidity-twenty
times faster than after the sowing of
the crops, and you will pulverize the
soil admirably. The few days delay
will be more than made up by the clean
surface, freedom from choking weeds,
and by the vigorous crops Country
Gentleman.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-05-22
What I Know of Berkshires.

The Americans consume more pounds
of pork per head than the people of any
other country, and, therefore, it stands
them In hand to produce this staple ar
ticle of diet at the lowest rate. I do not
wish to be considered ultra in nv pre-
objections IN favor of any breed, for
there are several breeds entitled to Gull
tiyation but I think the tendency to-
ward moderate sized hogs, now fast
growing into favor, even with pork
packers, entities Berkshires to special
consideration. I have raised them for
several years, and find them, so far as I
am able to compare with others, the
most economical pork-producing breed.
The Poland China has many good
points, and when hogs of five hundred
pounds weight were sought after, they
were entitled to stand at the head with
the corn-produeing west, for eighteen
months to two years would put them
| beyond thu weight, and it IS not so
easy TO bring the BerkshiI es up to it.
The Berkshire, by long breeding pure,
has a remarkable prepotency, and pro-
duces its like with so great certainty
that any number of them may be pro-
duced, with the same food and care,
differing little 10 shape or weight at a
given age. A pig that viii give the
best return for the food consumed du-
ring the first ten months of its life is
lust the one wanted I viii not under-
take to say that the Berkshire is that
pig but I can say that it is the best
one have tried, There is no practical
difficulty in reaching a weight of 300
POUNDS at ten months, and that is the
most profitable weight for market.
The following is a part of the char
acteristics of this breed, given at the
Swine Breeders convention g Face
short, fine and well dished, broad be-
tween the eyes, ears generally erect,
but sometimes inclining forward with
advancing age, small thin, soft, and
showing veins jowl, full neck, short
and thick shoulders, short from neck,
to middling deep from back down !:
back, broad and straight, or q very lit
tie arched ribs, long, well sprung, Civ
ing rotundity of body, short ribs, good
length, giving breadth and levelness of
loins hips, good length from point of
hip to rump; hams, thick, round and
deep, holding their thickness we'll back
and, down to the hook; tail, fine and
small, set on high up legs, short and
fine, but straight and very strong, with
hoofs erect, legs set wide apart size,
medium length, medium bone, fine
and compact offaI, very light"
This Is a terse description Of this
concentrated machinery for working up
food into pork. When the Berkshire
is expanded into 3O0-pound hog, at
ten months, it is the perfection of swim
ish beauty. What could You add to
improve its proportions or increase the
value of its makeup? The food all
goes to lay on valuable flesh. From
comparative tests I can freely say that
one hundred pounds of Berkshire pork
can be made from the same food that is
required to grow seventy pounds upon
the scrubs generally fed. COTTespOn-
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