The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-19
ALEDo, Nov. nth. 1875

lating to the administration of estates. On
Monday, young man named Cameron,
from Ohio Grove township, was adjudged
insane, and Tuesday morning Sheriff Pax
son took him to the asylum at Jackson
vile.
Circuit court will commence Monday,
with but thin docket. No cases of more
than local Importance will be brought
before the court this term.
Monday night we had quite a fall Of
snow, followed with pretty cold weather on
Tuesday. To-day the weather had moder
ated considerable, but tonight it is grow
ing much colder, with the promise of more
snow.
For the past three weeks it has been ruy
mored in our streets that William Drur-
of New Boston had made an offer of
hundred thousand dollars toward building
a college in this county, provided a like
amount was contributed by citizens. Both
the newspapers, anxious to secure and
publish the good tidings, addressed letters
TO Mr.. Drury. asking tor positive iEforma-
ton in regard to his rumored proposition.
In reply, he proposes to give hundred
thousand dollars toward the establishment
of an institution of learning in the county,
on condition OF the citizens raising another
hundred thousand. But his apparent
muni6cence is so environed with restric
tons and stipulations that it absolutely
utilities whatever of benevolence IS im-
piled in the gift. Mr.. Drury is a man Of
hol.nr
", be is skeptic, holding to the views
and accepting the doctrines of those known
as spirtualists. In his proposed gilt for
the founding of college, he expressly
stupulates that it shall be non sectariau,
and yet seeks TO enforce the creed OF spir-
itualsm. This at once renders the scheme
so obnoxious that very likely no effort will
ever be made to raise the amount required
to offset Mr. Drury's gift
Mr.. Samuel Whipple, last week. sold
out his entire livery stock 70 Brown Broth
ers, of New Boston. These gentlemen
will add some fine new vehicles to their
present stock, and run first class livery
the only one. They also take charge Of
the mail route from here to Edgington.
A new brick drug store was commenced
last Monday, with the intention of having
IL Ill Teduy OCCupdNlOu SuIlotmdo
The Banner Office has procured nice
little steam engine for its jobbing depart
ment. Under the excellent management
of the present editor, Mr., y. L. Arthur,
the Bdnner has steadily improved, until it
may now be ranked among the best week
lies in the state. The job department of
this Office is unequaUed outside the cities
Long may it wave!
l. 80 ho II ID
gave q mush-and.mllk festival in the
church building last evening. They in
tend building in the spring, anu they
have commenced raising the funds.
Quite an accident occurred at the festival,
by which gentleman came near being
scalped. Some boys let a large jug OF
milk drop from the gallery on the head OF
one Of the visitors, which came very near
making mush out Of his occiput.
The Methodists are at present having a
season Of revival, just fairly begun, and as
yet not attended with very great harvest
of sinners. There is fe1rfullot of sinners
in this town, few in particular, who il
only converted and made to walk in the
path OF righteousness, it would prove g
blessing to the community at large.
We came near having 6rst-class sen
sation last week, when an erring wife con
fessed to her husband that she had beer
unfaithful to her marriage vows and re
vealed to him list of names of those will
whom she had been having illicit inter
course. The list embraces some of oul
best citizens. Not anybody shot yet, blu
some of the revealed parties are keeping
quite dark.
And now after few unimportant tri
umphs, mostly gained by fraud, the Re
publican newspapers. all over thejland, re
sumo their old task of the past decade
that Of writing funeral panegyrics on III
Democratic party. Ever since 1864, radi
cal stump orators and radical papers hav
yearly proclaimed the death of Democr q
as beyond all hope of resurrec ton. ltha
been 50 oft asserted, aud reiterated. tina
many, no doubt, have come to believe il
There are too, many firm and faithful Dem
ocrats who seem to have lost all hope o
ever again gaining the ascendency. Blu
such gloomy forebodings are absolutely un
warranted. The people Of the Unitet
States have been running wild every sine
the war, and fraud and peculatio
have usurped the place of honesty, al
under the name of false patriotism
originating in the reckless and lawles
times begotten Of civil strife, which Great
ed an ephemeral property calculated t,
delude the masses. Gradually, but sure
ly, the public mind is being awakened t
this false condition of affairs, that is rapid
ly rushing us forward to national bank
ruptcy aud ruin.
Let us revert to the actual status of tn
Democratic party to-day, following tn,
elections over which the Radicals boast s.
much, and see if there is really any caus
for dependency. In twenty-four out O
the thirty.seven states composing tn
Union we have Democratic executive of
fcers. In twenty-one states, we hav,
Democratic legislatures. We have MIC
working majority in the lower branch o
congress. Counting the electoral vote O
the states, and assigning to the Democrat,
only those known to be almost positively
sure, we have a majority of seven, Will
such states as Pennsylvania, Ohio, New
Jersey, Nebraska and North Carolina, ar,
not by any means guaranteed to the Re
publican party. In most of the state
here enumerated, the Democracy hav
every reason to hope for the electoral vote
providing they adhere to the old part
landmarks, and nominate on the president
ial ticket a representative Democrat. l
there anything in this outlook that shout,
cause the Democracy to feel in the leas
respondent as regards the future. Oh
the contrary, the Democratic horizon neve
looked brighter with auguries of faire
breath. Success is within our grasp, be
yond peradventure, unless we throw ava,
the opportunity by the pursuit of sucl
criminal political heresios as characterized
tho Democratic campaign in Ohio. Tn
lesson administered there, and in Pennsyl