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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-26
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4 BANQUET 70 GAEL SEIZURE
The EX-SENATOR rendered .. ConpI-
mentary Dinner by Many Prom
.5..- inent Gentlemen. -

TIE following correspondence has passed
between the gentlemen named and ex Sen.
ator Carl Schurz4: s..spuE-. i'ss s'L
New YoRK April 10, 1875,
To the Hon. Carl Schurz. ~ ts@ --
DEARSIR: We. the undersigned. deep
ly regret that the country is no longer to
have the benefit of your presence in the
senate of the United States. We regret
it ail.the more because, as it seems to as,
there have been few if any periods in
American history when the intelligent and
independent treatment of public affairs
was SO needfut The work of reform must
consist iargeiy.if not mainly In, the resump-
ton of party management by able and
honest hands, and the creation of public
sentiment strong enough to use party ma
chinery for general interests instead of being
used by it for selfish ones We are desif.
aus of offering you some formal expression
both of our sense of the value of your SER
vices in official life and of our confidence
that your retirement-which we hope and
believe is only temporary-will lessen Meth
er your activity nor your usefulness. For
that purpose we beg you to do US the hon,
or of dining with US in the city of New
Y ork at whatever day, prior to your ap-
preaching departure for Europe, may best
suit your CONVENE nee. We are sincerely
yours, -
WIN Do sheimer WE Perkius
Oswald Oftendorfer. Fl C. Lodge - % F.. %. T..
francis z Barlow N VIM EndicUtt Jr. 80
yrus w Field 7--... Henry Lee. n.-
Abram s HeWett Alex RI RnIlock
II d hlnturn, JAS Freeman Clark
howard Potter, David A Wells
Samuel Ward, VIM G Sumner
Henry Selden, Edmund Fl SaIvrer
Edwara Salomon, Noah Hunt Schenck,
B Crittenden Newton Booth
Elliot COwdin, Fred Billings
L NJ Mas, Jacob iICox f.. ..
Lyman Trumbull, Writ Dexter
krackow1zer Joshua Chamberlain,
John Cisco, NJ Halstead, a. j. :.
w Bartlett. Geo Hoauly, e.
Henry Armitt Blown, j B Stallio,
Jio Bidgway. Jr, A Jacobi s..
Wtsendonck, Koerner. =.E
VIM Steinway, Aletin Blair
Theodore woolsey, chss K Goldman.
c F Adams Jr, LlfayetteS Foster,
Francis A Walker. Jos Nj dill,
And many others
ST, LOUIS, April II, 1875.
GENTLEMEN arrived here yesterday
and found your kind letter inviting me to
dine with you some day prior to my depar.
ture for Europe. l accept with lleasurt
the invitation with which you have SO high
ly honored me, and shall be glad. if con
venient to you. to meet you on the 9th OF
this month. Very sincerely yours,
1'. u ."ti si'i'- G. ScHURZ.
Messrs. William Dorsheimer, Oswald o &.
tendorfer, Francis e. Barlow and Others
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Executors Notice.
E1sTATE OF PATRICK MuRRIN, Deceased

E1STATE OF PATRICK MURRIN, Deceased.
he undersigned having been appointed Execu
tor of the last Will and Testament of Patrick
State of Illinois. deceased, hereby gives notice
that he will appear before the County our !
Rork Island County, at the Office # the Clerk 81
said Court, in the city of Rock island at the Jur
term, on the third Monday in June next. at viii
time all persons having claims against said estate
notided and requested IT, Mt end, for the pur
poe Of hav ng the same adjusted. All persons in,
Gebie to aid estate requested to make mme
date payment to the dersign,d.
Dated this 10Th day of April, A. 1875
17-dsaI3w EDWARD MURRIN, Executor.
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The Story or an Arab.

The story of Cincinnati news
boy who found pockef-book,c Ion
tanning 800, and returned ii TO
the owner with contents intact.
reached Philadelphia 10 good sea-
son, and was productive OF consid-
cradle Of sensation among the
street arabs.
One small boy was 80 affected bv
II that he stralghtway determined
To see IN Cincinnati boy. and %
seventeen or eighteen better. He
took another small boy into his
confidence, and the test OF probity
of character Was carried into Ell
feet.
Boy No. 2 dropped 4 well-pad-
ded pocket-ho0k, hich boy No. /.
following close behind, picked up.
Then with a look on his face that
would have done honor to Benja-
min Franklin, the honest little fell
low walked up to an old gentle
man who was passing by, extend
ed the pocket-book and with trem-
bling voice exclaimed: Take it.
sir. Ii Is yours. You dropped Ii
just now. My mother and seven
little brothers are starving, but I
cannot keep It, sir, for 1t don't be-
long to me-"
The old gentleman looked at the
boy, then pulled out his spectacles
and adjusted them for a better
sight. He could not sufficiently
admire the wan visage OF that lit
the street wandcrer, iIIumined as il
was with a glow Of goodness and
honesty.
He patted the boy on the head,
and pulling a five dollar bill from
his vest pocket, handed it to him,
saying: Boy, you will grow to be
great man Take this money for
your starving family, and always
remember that honesty il the best
policy
Then the old gentleman hurried
into the nearest lager beer saloon,
and opened his pocket-book. Then
he began TO dance around and call
heaven and earth to witness that
Ii ever he encountered that boy
again he would fay him alive.
And he continued to crate until
policeman was called In to arrest
him as lunatic, and the only ex-
cuse he could offer for his conduct
was that small boy had robbed
him of five dollars BY giving him
a pocket-book stuffed with old pa
per.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-07-31
Henry Clay and the BILLY
Goat.

Formerly large, well known and
somewhat oted billy-goat, roamed at
large in the streets Of Washington, aud
the newspaper boys, bootsblacks. and
street imps generally made common cause
against him. Henry Clay never liked to
see dumb animals abused or worried, and
on one occasion while passing down the
avenue, large crowd Of these mischiev-
GUS urchins were at their usual sport.
Mr.. Clay, with his walking-stick, drove
them away, giving them sound lecture
ia the meanwhile. As they scampered
and scattered in every direction, Billy,
seeing no one but Mr.. G. within reach,
made charge on him. Clay dropped
his cane and caught his goatship by the
horns. The goat would rear up. being
nearly as tall as the Kentuckian himself,
and the latter would pull him down
again. This sport became tiresome, aud
he could conceive Of no way by which
be could free himself from the two-horn-
ed dilemma, so in his desperation he
sang out to the boys to know what to
do. One of the smallest in the crowd
shouted back: Let go and run, you
fooll' Clay always maintained that
though he signed the treaty Of Client.
yet that ragged boy knew more than he
did
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MRS. BRIGHAM YOUNG
NUMBER IL.
The Prophet Charged With
Perjury While A-WOOiug.

Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Young, the
seventeenth wife of the Mormon
Prophet. Is about to attempt secur-
ing his indictment fur perjury To
this end she was mad, IN aifidavit
against him al Boston II. peculi-
arly outspoken character. Briefly
To recite its contents, she declares
that she was brought up exclusive
~ in the Mormon faith; That po-
lygany was a cardinal doctrine of
the church. and she was taught
from her childhood TO believe in
Ii with an implicit faith, aud that
unless she consented to aud con-
tracted a poIygamous marriage,
she could not be assured Of her
salvation or happiness In the life
hereafter. The Prophet has she
says, by his enormous wealth, his
cunning and address, and his I'M
serupulous character, come to ex-
ercise an almost boundless infiu-
ence In Utah. She was taught to
accept him as Gods vicegerent on
earth, entitled to her reverence
and obedience, and heard him in
variably proclaim, as divine
revelation, the truth of polygamy.
She was further induced to believe
that marriage outside the Mormon
church was unlawful aud adulter-
Gus, and that 10 become the wife
of the Prophet was sure means
OF attaining most exalted posi-
ton i'm the world to come. She
thoroughly believed Mr.. Young 10
be the vicegerent of God, possess
ing miraculous powers and kn0wl-
edge, so much so that he was able
10 read the thoughts in the minds
ofevery person perfect and pure
man, Incapable of any wrong in
deed or word. So great was the
reverence In which she held him
that when he proposed marriage
the very thought of such an act
was revolving to her mind. To in
fiuence her he held out as a truth
revealed from God that those wo-
men who became his wives have
been promised a peculiarly high
and honorable position, so much
SO that they would be acknowledge
ed as princesses In heaven, and
that their families would be the
recipients of very high honors in
heaven. Notwithstanding this
teaching the affiant refused to be-
come his wife, and only consented
to espouse him after he had exerted
his influence on her parents and
threatened TO ruin financially her
brother, and to cut him and all
the other members Of her family
offfrom the privileges ofthe Church
here and the enjoyment of heaven
hereafter. In conclusion she de-
clares that only through her igno-
rance and fears she was induced TO
marry the Prophet, and that he
practiced on her and the members
OF her family through his position,
which he knew at the time to be
false one.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-07-31

The Lynchburg (Va) Republican says
the people living near Wagh's Ferry, in
Bedford county, were thrown into great
excitement on last Sunday by the an
nouncement that Miss Leah G. Tanner,
a highly respectable lady, about thirty
FIVE years Of age, had disappeared in a
very mysterious manner on the Friday
preceding, and that nothing was known
Of her whereabouts. 1t is stated that
Miss Tanner started from her brothers
house mile distance. The road lay
for some distance through thick wood.
She was seen to enter the wood, but
never reached her destination. A Wig
orous search was instituted, in which all
the community joined, but as yet moth
ing has been heard Of the missing lady.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-07-31
The James River and Kan
mwha Canal Project.

Ds kedhcld, staff correspondent OF
the Cncinnati Commercial, IL letter
q thai paper from the Greenbrier White
Sulphur Springs. thus veutilates the
James River aud Kanawha canalex-
tensions scheme:
Talk about canal in he bed Of a
river 1.-THE New tha. falls eight or ten
fret ~ The mile, over bed ef bonlders
ard that has been known TO rise thirty
hve fest perpendicular water 10 single
night Whore would the canal be about
that time and the canal boats7 How are
dsms 70 b. built along such rivera
river the most Wild aud untractabl, Of
any u iss sire iu Amefica9 What few
natives i've a'ong is steep ani inh ospi-
table hanks, thai i. the mountain sides,
say thM IA has been known 10 rise fifty
fssi above low water. aud they give In
sfaoces u this capacity 70 swell which
eapst shake even a canal mans faith ia
mans ability 20 govern IL, O. harness il
- bis use, provided be had any use for
Il. Bet the engineers d the hesapeake
sad Ohio road. when that road was
building. found dfifa in creyiccs and
shelves "a the rick seventy feet above
lew Mater That indicates what mas
be expected ~ the river 10 case Of tre-
mendoas storms apon al % lis tribuirie'
a oocc Il drains couniry embracing
seme 10 900 "a uafe miles u mountain
sides. When tho water ponrs of Of all
those moantains a. once, ike 50 many
house rasis, you can imagine what the
effect will be upon New river below Che
mouth ~ Greenbrier.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-07-31

Although they may not be will
ing to acknowledge it, the happi-
ness of the race depends to a great
extent upon women. They regu-
late the domestic life; and upon 1t,
more than upon the great events
which all the pages of history, de-
pend individual peace and COM
fort. Probably few things have
more 10 do with the happiness OF
the household than the presence or
absence OF that exquisite tact
which rounds the sharp corners
and softens the asperities Of differ
ent characters, enabling people diff.
fering most widely 10 live togeth-
err in peace, cheered by mutual
good offices. The possession OF
this quality Is the especial charac-
terlstlc, and its exercise one OF the
most delightful prerogatives ofwo-
manhood. We may be willing TO
lose all, to die, liz need be, for those
we love, but Ii we do not, from
day TO day, abstain from the I'M
kind or thoughtless acts which in
terfere with their comfort, we shall
utterly fail to make them happy,
and their hearts will inevitably es-
cape US. The heroic and magnih-
cent acts Of life are few. To many
but one; 10 most, none comes In a
lifetime. Therefore influence can
only come through the right per-
formance Of the s'tritles" which
"make the sum Of human thIngs.r
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Not all Dead Yet.

The Cologne Gazette learns from
South Russia that a new develop
ment of the so-called American
duel" has made Its appearance
there. Two young men, rich, OF
good family, and intimate friends
for long period, recently became
enamored Of an actress. The i'm
mediate result was a GOODNESS and
distrust, which ended In the trans
mission Of a challenge from one to
the other Both men had fre-
quently given proof of personal
courage, beth were familiar with
the use of arms, both were young
and fond of life. It was agreed,
therefore, that the dispute should
be decided by lot In the = Ameri-
can !" style, but without the use of
sword or pistol. The man who
drew the shortest straw was to
give up home, position In society
and wealth, and retire to a foreign
land to begin life anew empty
handed. The drawing duly took
place and the loser, after spending
a few days in the settlement of hts
affairs and the bestowal of his pos
sessions for public purposes, left
his native place on foot, without
knapsack on his back or a coin
In his pocket, to take position as
tutor in the neighborhood, that he
might earn sufficient to pay his
fare to America.
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An Effective plan.

Somebody wrote to the editor OF
a country paper to ask how he
would break an OK. The editor
answered as follows: eff only
one OK, a good way would he to
hoist him, by means ola long chain
attached TO his tail, TO the top OF
a pole forty feet from the ground.
Then hoist him, by rope tied to
his horns, TO another pole. Then
descend on his back a five ton pile
driver, If that don't break him let
him start a country newspaper
and trust people tor subscription.
One Of the two ways will do IL,
sure. - Boston Transcript.
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CNE HUNDRED DOLLARS
I'm GOLD.
CATE OUR PRICES.

Determined to keep up with the times,
and wishing to save the people of Martins
burg and vicinity the trouble and expense
of running or sending to Baltimore and
elsewhere for their goods, we have pur-
chased one of the largest and best assorted
stocks that we have ever offered in Mar
tinsburg, and we confidently assert that
we will sell at less than city retail prices
1t is hardly necessary to call attention 10
our Domestic Department, as the enor-
nous business we do in that line attests
the fact that we must SELL CHEAPER
. than any other house in town and when
we come to FINE GOODS, the difference
is far greater. We will therefore call at
tention to our LARGE ASSORTMENT of
CARPETS and OIL-CLOTHS, which we
are selling at RUINOUS PRICES. Beau
tiful Ingrains at 80, 60, 10, 80, 90 and
100 per yard; Rag Carpets as low as so
cents per yard Floor and Table Oil
Cloths in almost every width. quality and
price. A splendid line of DRESS GOODS,
all the latest styles Silks from ST. up a
heavy Gros Grain for So, as good as you
can get for So so; in Black Alpacas we
defy competition; we have them from 25
cents up to beautiful Silk Warp for 81.
we nave auueu me ana complete line
of MOURNING GOODS to our stock
Australian Grapes, yard Wide, so cts all
wool Delaines, single width, 373 cents
do. 2 yards wide, 81, worth $l.5O; Blk.
Cashmeres 81 to $3.50; Honey Comb Bed
Spreads DIT 81 and up. In Cotton and
Linen ] -pie Damasks, Napkins, Towels,
Ha- .nerchiefs, Hosiery, Ribbons, EN-
Jideries, Laces. Edgings, Rulings,
.Scarfs and Pins, WE CLAIM THE FIELD.
Our stock ofCassimers, Jeans, Cottonades
and Linen Drills, is large and under the
market. Notwithstanding the hard times
we propose to PUT DOWN PRICES to
suit the times, and sustain our reputtion
for selling cheaper than any other house
in Martinsburg. No trouble to show
goods. d. w. TIMBERLAKE.
April ll.-w
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-07-31

Judge Martin Ryerson, of New
Jersey, made the very most Of his
life. He was long a Supreme Judge
OF New Jersey and was member
Of the Alabama claims court. He
was severely methodical, and
allowed nothing to swerve him
from the worn ruts of his life. He
was taken Ill and became bed fast.
He went on with his business al
fairs Just the same. He directed
his field and gardening operations
by means OF maps which he had
projected for tho purpose. His bed
was surrounded with maps and
with plats He c0rresp0nded with
friends about new varieties OF ear
ly vegetables and the best modes
of treating them. In fact, he went
on with his regular business In de-
fiance of the disease VIII ich was
gna wing at his vitals. One thing
only he came near forgetting, and
that was quite naturai--to provide
for his funeral expenses. His last
act was to examine his bank ac-
count, discover a mistake, have 1t
corrected, and draw a check for
what he considered a sufficient
sum for his funeral expenses. In
few hours he was dead. He appar-
eatly left nothing undone that
could be done.
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HOMICIDE nv AwIDOw.


TAsIoRsyfILE, i4uzerne Co, Pa, July
2l--John Jordan. young man resid-
ing Ia this place. was shot and fatally
wounded Monday about midnight, BY a
widow named Coyne. At the same time
daughter Of Mrs. Coyne was accident
ally shot by her brother. and may die.
Jordan was disappointed sutton Of Miss
Coyne's.
On the night named he got drunk,
and with a gang Of Tonghs went 10 Mrs.
Coyne's house to forcibly eject one Car
nochan, who had supplanted Jordan In
the affections OF the young woman. The
intention OF the gang was 10 ride him on
a rail out Of the town. Arriving at
Coyne's they boistorously demanded
that Carnochan should come out. Mrs.
Coyno went 10 the door and told tie
crowd that he was not IL the house, and
they had better 20 away. They then
began stoning the house and banging at
the door, when Mrs. Uoyne again APP
peared and warned them TO desist on she
would shoot some OF them.
The threat did not have the desired
effect, and she went TO her bureau draw
rand, producing fiye-barrelled reyolv-
CT, stepped to the window and fired into
the crowd. The shot took effect on Jor-
dan, who cried by 49, she's shot
me" and fell to'thc ground. Mrs. Coyne's
son thenran 10 take the pistol from her
hand, and in so doing so IL was again
discharged, the ball this time striking
Miss Coyne, entering her left side.
Young Coyne at once summoned Dr.
O'Brine, and the wounded were attend
ed to, Jordan was shot 10 the abdomen,
the ball entering just below the ribs and
lodging somewherein theiinteslines. The
Doctor said there was no hopes OF bis
recovery. Miss Coyne's wound was Sc
rious, but not necessarily fatal, although
her condition is critical.
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Every year increases the popn-
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their vicinity, in proof of their RESPONSE
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same at our expense, we pay the freight
both ways. 1t is with pleasure we intro
ducs the GOLDEN TONGUE, know
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as it possesses many advantages over all
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the deep vibration of sounds, an evidence
that ii stands first as to merit of all must
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Buckingham's Dye
FOR THE WHISPERS.

As our Remover In many cases
requires too long a time, and too
much care, to restore gray or faded
Whiskers, we have prepared this
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and produces a color which will
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Manufactured by r. p. HALL & CO.,
NASHUA, NIL
Feb o. 1871 WV