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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-31

Ladies, do you want handsome com
plexion? OF course you all do. Well,
then send for box of A. J. Pozzoni S
"Medicated Complexion Powder" 1t will
remove freckles aud sunburn, will allay all
irritation and impart to the skin beauti
full transparent wilderness. 1t is sold at
wholesale and retail by A. J. Pozzoni, st.
Louis. Mo-, and by E. Breunert. Emil
Kehler, c. Speidel, and Benser & Thorn
as, Rock Island ll-l4dIy.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-31

Common sense, and the want of it, is
very conspicuous in mems every day ac-
tons; in the selection of newspaper or
magazine, or the purchasing of any article
of wearing apparel, Tor ordinarily merchan-
die for instance, man generally uses a
certain amount of judgement, in other
words, sense: but when it comes
to medicinal nostrums, where are we
now" While our readers are bordering
over this conundrum. we take the opport-
unity Of recommending for special, and
general family use, the U. s. Castor Oil
Pills, sugar-coated, pleasant, safe, and
very valuable domestic medicine, and as
a;uch superior to the cure alls' with which
they often drench themselves, as common
sense Is superior to the want Of
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-31

oOoMS NEXTDOOR TO TIE TELEGRAPH OF
n hce, Illinois street, Rock Island. All kinds q
Dental Work done in the most approved styles
Charges reasonable. 6-lIdtf
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-31

Livingston just received large stock Of
spring hats.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-31

| hereby respectfully invite everybody
10 call and examine my beautiful stock OF
clothing and furnishing goods.
|. BAMBERGER.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-31

GOT THE BLUES. The reason gener-
ally ascribed is that something has gone
wrong, but if you will question the patient
in regardto health, you will very often find
that Indigestion is the prime cause; thus
is it our duty to guard against the monster
indigestion-and we know of nothing SO
potent to assist digestion as Goes Dyspep-
cha cure 1t has cured some very bad
cases of Dyspepsia of many years standing.
For coughs, colds and all throat and lung
diseases use Goes cough balsam.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-31
BUSINESS CARDS.
JOHN 3, HAWLEY,
p IT. McEI,HERNE.

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
~ and Solicitor In Chancery Office opposite
Rock Island House, Rock Island, Ill. S-3Odwly
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-31
SWEENEY & JACKSON
MRS. PAULINE PILLsBURY,

ATTORNEYS AND CoUNsELLORS AT LAW
~ 0fice-Cor. Eagle and Illinois streets, Rock IL
and Illinois 11-1Sd1y
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-31
GIDEON'S BAND,
oD"<~-- V.EH

Burlington, Racine, County, Wisconsin.
FromW dnesdey. June 23 to Wednesday, June 81
1873,
Inclusive.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06
MAKING THE MOST HIM.
An Alabama Constituent, TO His Rep
resentative.

The following, which is copy of a let
ter to an Alabama Legislator from a consti>
tuent, was brought to this city yesterday
by gentleman who got it from the honor
able party to whom it was addressed, in
Montgomery:
WILsoSyILLE SHLBA KoUNTY ALBANY
Mister Hon. Legislator, Mungumery-
Highly respected Sir: ] hope you wont
take no umbrage at the little Kindness l ak
Of you, as | voted for you and wurked hard
for you. This leaves US all well and hope
when those few lines Gums to hand they
may find you enjoyin the same Gods bles-
sing Money is scarce as you no, and |
have some nice fat chickens tn geese and !
or 5 fat goats and can ketch sum wild tur-
keys. So if it wont be botherin you toe
much, will you see what | can git fur them
aud If mus. ship them to you or somebody
else. They would be nifty nice fur christ
mast. Please write to me in the kere OF
Kurnel Smith. Write soon, so no more
from your friend till death.
J. A., Ex-J. P.
2. S.-Can you sell n few possums Thar
is lots Of EN- round my place.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06
SHOOTING ARRAYS.
Double Tragedy In claiborne CSu"ty.
and Homicide la Dandridgr,


A few days since we published an
item In regard to the killing of the
Sheriffof Claiborne county. From tile
Morristown Gazette we clip the follow
ing particulars of the affair:
On Sunday, the Goth inst, a seriors
and fatal difficulty occurred in the up-
per portion of Claiborne county, Ten
nessee, lying next to Lee county, Va.
A number of citizens, among whom
was the sheriff of the county, Henley
Overtou, had met for public worship
at church in the vicinity. During
the services, several lawless persons,
eight or ten in number, assembled on
the outside of the church and disturbed
the congregation by loud talking and
using profane aud vulgar language.
The sheriff went out and remonstra-
ted with the parties, but they
treated him with contempt aud de-
tiaDce. He thereupon arrested the
ringleader of the lawless squad. But
his companions, unwilling that their
chief should be dealt with as his con-
duet demanded, by some means con-
trived to arm him with pistol, which
he Immediately presented and fired,
the ball striking Overton in the breast,
and passing through the right lung.
Overton fell to the earth, aud the des-
perado band assailed him with poles
and clubs; he raised himself on his
left arm, drew his pistol, and sent a
ball whizzing through the heart OF his
murderer. The orderly disposed per-
sons in the church interferred at this
time, or Overton's life would have
ended there and then. He was carried
to house near the scene of the terri
BILE tragedy, where he died ON Monday
following.
SHOOTING AFFRAY IN cambridge.
We find the following account OF a
shooting ARRAY in cambridge in the
New Market NelUS:
On last Thursday night, Henry +.
Enger, town marshal for the corpora
ton of cambridge, shot, aud seriously
wounded a man named John ii. VIII
son, from Greene county. Being in
attendance at the Odd Fellows festival
that night we had just mounted our
horse, preparatory to leaving, when we
heard the report of the pistol, and see
ing the man lying upon the ground,
dismounted, and on inquiry learned
the following in regard to the shoot
ing:
Wilson had been drinking consider
ably during the day aud creating dis
turbance in the streets. More whisky
made him more bOisterous when En-
ger attempted TO arrest him. Stepping
back few PAGES, Wilson drew his piss
tol, swearing he would not be arrested,
whereupon Enger fired, the ball which
was middle size Smith and Wesson,
entering the left side OF the chin, and
ranging round lodged in the back part
Of the neck. Enger was Immediately
arrested by Sheriff Webb, and the
wounded man carried to the hotel,
where medical attention was given
him.
Through our cambridge correspond
ent we learn that Enger has beeu tried
and acquitted, the proof showing the
shooting to be justifiable.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06
NEWS MISCELLANY.

Senator Bayard IL to be re elected
to the Senate without opposition.
James Gordon Bennett, Of the New
York Herald, sailed for Europe last
! week.
The new Supervising Architect Of
the Treasury Department is sou OF
Bishop Potter, of New York.
1t is said that Mr.. Potter will sue
coed Mr.. Mullett, as Supervising Ar
chitect of the Treasury Department
Pere Hyacinthe preached on Thanks
| giving day in the American Episco-
pal church at Geneva, Switzerland, "A
sermon.
Smith d Wesson, the Springfield
| Mass. pistol manufactures, have Ia
ken q contract to make ten thousand
OF their largest sized pistols for the
Russian army.
\ little girl, reading the History
OF England with her mother, and
coming to the statement that Henry
l. never laughed after the death of his
son, looked up and said What die
he do when he was tickled?n
The Nashville Banner of 31st saws
The full complement of machinery of
the Tennessee Cotton Mandatory.
consisting of 400 looms and 1880
spindles, will be put in operation with
in the next month, employing 325
hands. 1t now gives work to 304 per
sons.
The amount of tax paid into the
Treasury by the National banks for
the current year already exceeds S.
DOC, 900. Commissioner Douglass est.
mates that the aggregate, by the 3lst
inst, will reach $4,000, 900; one and a
half million more than was collected
the previous year.
II. /. KiInball, who left the State Of
Georgia under a cloud some years
since. because of his connection with
the alleged fraudulent bonds, has re-
turned TO Atlanta, and has been invi.
ted by number OF leading capitalists
to deliver lecture on the propriety Of
establishing large cotton factory Ia
that city.
In Paris there are contractors who
pay the city $l20,000 per annum for
the privilege of sweeping the streets
perfectly clean. The work Is well
done by men under the orders of the
municipal authorities, and the con
tractors are reimbursed by the sale of
mud and dust, which, when manufac-
tured into fertilizers, il said to Re
worth $G00,00O.
The Chattanooga Commercial saws
Robert johnson, colored, for a lonc
time employed as clerk in the Atlanta
postotfice, has been systematically rob-
bling the mails. He was finally do
tected in an act of robbery, and arrest
ed last Saturday. The principal OBJ
jects of this fellows thieving procliyi-
ties were packages of merchandise
such as are now permitted to pass
through the mails.
The Chattanooga Times says: We
have lived in this city since 1865, and
never saw a holiday season pass of
with 80 little drunkenness, fighting
and general rowdyism as this. This
is one effect of the policy pursued by
Recorder Meyer and the police authoS-
tiles. They are making it too hot for
the gang of roughs and loafers, that
usually come here about this season.
and they are taking themselves off.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06
At Break fast.

This first meal Of the day which reuuites
the members Of the family circle after their
separation by sleep, should not be made
basty and unsocial affair. Why should not
the breakfast table absorb as much atten-
ton rs luncheons and dinners Let the ma.
perry be spotlessly white, the china and
glass irreproachable, the plate well polished
the knives like so many miniature mirrors ::
while pretty vase Of fresh flowers should
be gracefully arranged in the centre of the
table; and il is well TO select vase that is
not too tall, a. lofty ornaments in the CEN
tire of a table obstruct the view which one
person naturally likes to have Of others.
Then rs to the cookery: Some people in
dUlge in different sorts Of breakfast-cakes
and hot breads, although they are most un-
healthy and indigestible but il seems 10
be a ridiculous as well as a hurtiul practice
to eat early in the morning substances
which are like sponges, so hard are they of
digestion. Why not be content with good
crisp toast or, il dry toast be objected to,
tell your cook not TO make it dry she will
only be too pleased TO be saved the trouble
Of preparing il thus. New rolls, if quite
cold, are not so unwholsome as hot bread
and cakes, though they are far from being
the most digestib!e food in the world. Bread
q day Old, or brown bread, are far better
than the smoking rolls, etc, one so often
sees. Fruit, too, should always be on the
table 10 the morning. In Summer fresh
fruits attainable by every one in the Win.
ter stewed fruit should replace the fresh
Attention to these details will transform the
average American breakfast from a scram>
bly,, almost uncomfortable meal TO the most
attractive repast Of the day.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06
Salt as Manure.

Common salt has been employed as a ma
nure from a very early period with very
good results. II was cried up so high, at
one time, as an almost universal specific,
that, when the expectations thus raised,
were not fulfilled, it fell into disrepute.
There can be no doubt that it is a manure
Of great value when applied in proper guam
tity at the right time.
When used as a top dressing for wheat al
the rate Of four and five bushels per acre, II
increases the crop considerably at a trifling
expense It is also 8 good top dressing for
grass land. From practical experience made
10 England, it was found that six bushels Of
salt, costing three dollars, increased the
crop Of hay one ton per acre, over that por-
tion Of the field 20 which there was not any
dressing applied while one hundred weight
Of nitrate Of soda, costing $500 caused an
increase Of only twelve hundred weight per
acre
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06
THE BONANZA FEVER.
Exciting Scenes at the San Francisco
Stock Exchange.
San Francisco Chronicle, I'D.

af"e-s 4 a44es7'e III NAASAtt --f-H4
The stock excitement continued yester-
ter at fever heat. The crowd upon the
street was larger than on any previous day
since the.furry commenced, filing Califor-
mia street. between Montgomery and San
some. and extending for 8 square east and
west Of California on Montgomery street.
1t surged up and down and around the cor
ners like the waves Of Il tumultuous sea.
Many were idlers, but most were operators
TO greater or less extent People went
about pale and excited. but hopeful Those
who had made from 100000, walked the
street hardly distnguishable from other
people, except that their bearing was q lit
tie more erect; and their sttire newer and
iidier. They condescended even TO speak
now and then to old friends who hadn't
made a cent. At any spot where curbstone
sale was attempted the streets became
ABSOLUTELY impossible. The board-room was
little more of q pandemonium than ordi.
nary, the excitement eliminating when the
high-priced stocks were called in the most
noisy and demonslrative lunacy, and sub
siding occasionally into subdued rattle of
a pack Of coyotes. Things never ceased &c
be lively.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06

Whoever will try alum and honey,
small portion of each, will never suffer much
from hoarseness.
Camphoratei water, stepped in q cloth
saturated with the liquid, will force germi-
nation in seeds, the vitality Of which is al
most extinct.
Young cattle ought not to be exposed to
cold rains. Bring them in early from the
pastures, and give them good mess of
bran and meal, with hay and stalks.
The Southern Medical Record says
that castor oil applied to the corn, after par
ing closely, each night before going to bed,
softeus the corn, and it becomes as the 9TH
er flesh.
The best time to mulch strawberry beds
is Just after the ground is frozen. Place the
litter three or four inches deep between the
rows, and one inch over the crowns Of the
plants.
Nicely cured clover, cut short, and mix
4 ed with corn-meal and cooked, is one of the
| best kinds of winter food for pigs. On this
/ when in a warm pen, they gain about as
/ fast as upon meal and clover in the sum
mer.
Many housekeepers Danish palatable and
nutritious dishes from the cuisine because o.
the unpleasant olors arising thereirom dur.
ing the process Of cooking. This objection
may be overcome by putting a small piec,
Of red pepper the size Of q wafer, into tb'
meat or vegetables when they first begin tC
boil.
For furniture polish, make mixture o
three parts Of linseed oil and one part spir.
its Of turpentiue. Il not only covers III,
disfgured surface, but restores wood to it
original color, and leaves 4 lusier upon tn
surface Put on with a wooden cloth snt
rub with wooden.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06
lie FINALLY WENT.
Unsuccessful Effort OF u German GEN.
Iemnn To Heat Down a TIcke ct Agent.

From the Detroit Free Pres
Yesterday afternoon an old man APP
peared before the Detroit aud Lansing
railroad ticket window at the Central
Depot, and asked
What you charge for ticket TO
Lansing ."
Two sixty, sir" replied the agent,
wetting his thumb and reaching out
for the money.
1.-TWO dollar und ziXty cents" ex-
claimed the stranger, pulling his head
out of the window.
Yes, sir; that is the regular fare.
"Then ] sthays here by Detroit
forty years !" said the man, getting
red in the face. ~ have never seen
me sush'n swindle as dat ~
TwO-sixty is the regular fare, and
you will have to pay it If you go,n re,
piled the agent.
shurst get you two dollar and no
more" said the stranger.
No; / can't do it,"
"Nell den / sthays nit Detroit TIL /
dies" growled the old man, and he
went away and walked around the de.
| pot. He expected to be called back al
he left the window, as man is often
| called back to take it alongn wher
he has been chatting with a clothing
/ dealer. Such an event did not occur
and, after few minutes, the old mar
returned and called OUT
Veil, l gef you two dollars and ter
cents'n
mo, can't do it," replied the agent
"Vell, den ! don't go, so help m'
grashus ! have lived in Detroit three
yare, und shall bay bolice tax, sewer
tax, und want to grow up NIT dis town
und / shall not be swindlet."
He walked off again, looking bach
to see if the agent would not call him
and after a stroll around, he returned
to the window, threw down somt
money. and said:
"Nell, dake two dollar und twenty
cents, and gif men dickette."
My dear sir, can't you understand
that we have a schedule Of prices here
and that | must go by it ?" replied tn,
agent.
Vel, den, | sthays NIT Detroit Vol
dousand yare" exclaimed the stran
ger, madden than ever. bays DO
lice taxes und sewer taxes, und shall
see about this by the Sheaf Of Bo
liceW
He walked off again, and as he saw
the locomotive backing up to coupl
on the train he went back to the win
dow and said:
"Gif men dickette for two dolla
and thirty cents and rides on de plat
form %
Cant do it," said the agent.
"Vell, den. Ply golly, spikes to yol
what / doses Here is dem two dolla
and sixty cents, and goes to Lansing
and never come back, or shall com
NIT de blank road bays taxes b,
dem bolice, and by dem zewers, md
shall show you dat / shall hat nod
diug- NOR. 20 Do mir dis town.
He went ~ the train.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06
THE ILL.FATED CospArRICK.
Four Hundred and SeVenfy-Eour
Lives Lest.

LosDoS, December 29.-Special dis
patches from Madeira to the London morn
ing journals give the following additional
particulars of the burning of the emigrant
ship Cospatrick: The fire broke out mid
night Of November II, and within half an
hour enveloped the vessel nearly its entire
length. The scene was one of the widest
confusion, but two boats succeeded in get
ting away, each Of which contained thirty
persons. These remained alongside the
ship until the 18th of November, when her
hull was completely burned out, and she
sunk. The two boats then started for land.
They kept together for two days, when q
gale arose and they were separated One
of them has not since been heard Of. The
other was fallen in with by the British ship
Sceptre. At that time it contained five liv-
ing persons, two of whom died before the
! Sceptre reached the island Of St. Helena.
LONDON, December 800 A.M.-Further
details of the Cospatrick disaster have been
received. When the vessel was discovered
TO be on fire eighty persons, mostly women
rushed into one Of the boats, which was cap
sized, and all in her were drowned Soor
after one of the masts fell, killing many o
the passengers. An explosion Subsequent
| ly occurred in the stern OF the vessel, com
| pletinC the destruction. The total humber
of lives lost by the destruction Of the vesse
! Is 5T4
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06
$4,000
STANTON, VA, Dec. -, 1874.


Approved b. SEARS,
Gen'l Ag' Peabody Educational Fund,
DR.. Sears says that he can make no
payments in advance, the amounts
above to be paid at the close of the ten
months term of the schools named.
The entire sum allowed Tennessee for
the present scholastic year is $50, 600.
4 balance of s., 200 is yet to be distrib-
uted. Ofthis sum Davidson county
has reserved for it s., $50, and Gibson
county, 81, $50. The applications from
these two counties are greater than
the amounts issued for them. There
are now good many applications in
the hands of DIR. Sears awaiting his
action with regard to the amount still
to be apportioned.-N Banner.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06
4 Good word for the Negro

It will surprise some Of our readers 70
learn, as they may from Auditor Taylor.s
annual report, that ,78i negroes out of Il
total Of gs,07l pay captation tax Of 81 10
the state-or, in other words, pay $57,7ei
into the treasury. We had not supposed
that the negroes paid that much on prop
erty and on their heads both counted to-
gether Of the whites, l30,955 out Of to-
tai Of l52, 292 pay the cspitation tax. One
white in 7 ia delinquent, while one negro
in 2 T. delinquent HioiDlOpd Dispdtch
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06
Southern versus Northern N"nufae

Alta recent meeting in Charleston, s. c.,
a letter was read from a Northern manu-
facturer, from which the annexed extract is
taken: "While have only met expenses
in the North in running twenty frames,
1000 spindles,) the return ] have from my
sixteen frames Of the same machinery, in
the South, for the last six months, have
been 81 900 clear profit. Our company has
decided to sell out our machinery North.
The South enjoys an advantage Of not less
than twenty per cent over the Northern
manufacturers.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06
Le,eI M.ads in Georgin

We are much pleased 10 hear from all
quarters that the farmers are putting in
heavy crops Of small grain. The testimony
Is concurrent that a larger area has been
devoted this year 10 small grain than any
year since the war. With good seasons
Georgia will harvest very heavy yield
next summer, and thus make one step for
ward in the only path that leads TO genuine
prosperity.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06

There is an aDecdote going the ROUNDS
about old General Sedgwick and General
Grant in the Wilderness, which is a trise
inaccurate. This is the way it was: The
day before SedgwiCk was killed, and while
his infantry WAS fighting to the left of Mine
Run, two battries of his artillery were
waiting for orders about half mile in the
rear of the line Of battle. Grant came rid
ing along, accompanied by two Of his staff
probably Rawlins and Rabcock-and asked
a sergeant Of artillery, who sat on his hcrse
by the roadside, where General Sedgwick
was. The sergeant did not recognize Grant
who wore no insignia Of rank, SO he turned
TO a comrade with
God'lmighty, Bill, here's man look;n
for old John Sedgwick in the rear!'
At this Grant bad started to ride along,
and the sergeant called out after him:
81 say, mister, you amt much acqusla-
ted with old John, are your"
Grant laughed heartily, and replied Ina.
he " used to know old John"
In the estimation of the men he had 60
long commanded, and who afiectionsteiy
called him "old john" it was proof posi-.
tive of lack of acquaintance with Genera
Sedgwick to be looking for him in ,5e
rear.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06
PEABODY EDUCATION FUND.
Applications To the Amount Of eli. 900
Approved

The following isa list Of recommen-
dations by the State superintendent
of Public Instruction, for Peabody aid
for schools in Tennessee, forwarded
December %, and approved, as will be
seen, December 25, and returned by
DIR. Sears:
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06

Hon. Alvah Crocker, member Of
Congress from the 10Th Massachusetts
district, died 81 hi9 r"''"cnoe I'm Pitch
'.fr. ~tru.d. I..t. tOngrsrirU ~
the lungs.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06

One watch set right will do 10 try
many by but, on the other hand, one
that goes wrong may be the means OF
misleading whole neighborhood ;
.Uf q g saWe may Ice said of the TX
.ui l- $500 mdi, ,du.Hy set 20 those
...lftfta as.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06
FIELD AND FARM.
Title 10 Mountain Lands.

TO tic Editors Of the Clroaiele.