The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-17


Children's and BSys' Linen White and
Fancy Marseilles Salts, the nobbiest styles
IN town. at Lo$E
A Ludicrous Scene.
A ludicrous scene occurred on Black
Hawks Watch Tower, on Sunday. A
large, fine looking gentleman. with long
grey hair and beard, and dressed in a neat
army blue suit, suddenly appeared on the
brow of the Watch Tower, and, scanning
the glorious landscape around, he COM
menceda series of pantomime performances
which attracted much attention. Not a
word was said by him, but he kept up his
dumb oratory for several minutes. He
then unrolled a banner on which was paint
ed series of legends, etc. At the head
of this banner were the words The New
Era," followed by the legends, peace.
Hope and Love" 1.-The Golden Rule"
Liberty Equal Rights Purity"
fraternity" The design is surmounted
by an arch Of stars, under which is a
large figure of an eye; then female figure
with dove on one hand. There are 7
groups Of stars each; also figure Of a
man on one edge of the banner and wo-
man on the other edge-both looking as
though they were on the ragged edge Of
despair" He hung this little banner on a
tree, but said nothing. His eyes were
occasionally closed, and his lips moving,
but no sound. By this time there had as
sembled, from the groves around the
Watch Tower, quite little audience of
gentlemen and ladies who looked on the
mysterious movements of the strange man
with no little interest, many thinking he
had escaped from some lunatic asylum.
He paid no attention to any one, but,
drawing a white handkerchief from his
pocket he tied it to the end of his cane and
stepped majestically to the brow of the
Watch Tower gracefully waving his white
flag, first to the west, down Rock river
valley, then south towards the Bowling
bluffs, and then towards the east, the
Mound Farm and vicinity, all the
while reckoning the denizens of The
valley to the Watch Tower, and in
loud Voice uttering what was supposed to b
an Indian speech. interlarded with an &C
casional whoop and whoop zee. No ont
interrupted or disturbed him. He thel
walked with majestic step to the front o
his banner in the tree, and commenced, II
good plain English, speech. His eye
were closed, and he seemed to be a id
die man" between the spirits of just mel
made perfect and the unregenerated il
habitants of earth. 1t was most uninte
igible jargon of words about new era Q
government, Black Hawk, Osceola, Re
Jacket, Tecumseh, appeals to divine prov
: idence, denunciati0n of thieving office
| holders, beating swords into pruning hook
. of human usefulness calling on the re
! braves to march forth and clean out til
t wicked in high places" wanted an Anne
lean gigantic clock time piece governmeI
e whose dials should be set by the hand {
6 providence" etc., etc., and thus runnin
r on for half an hour with that sort OF di
l. jointed and senseless talk Then he struC
q a lively gait On women's rights and W;
! more uniteligible than ever, winding L
{. with an appeal to women to pierce II
II hearts of the desert with her fiery tongl
! and arouse the people to a sense OF the
- ignorance and superstition"
y The whole performance was too fun
al for anything.
n We learned, afterwards, that the man
s. name is Chauncy Barnes, Of Connection
J. spiritualist, who came here to col
t. municate with the spirit of Black Haw
h, He said he had never met Black Hay
~ in the flesh but he had often shaken han
y with him in spirit" He said he was c
Or dered by the spirit of Black Hawk to COZ
n to his Watch Tower and communicate wi
70 his people. He said he had all the gil
Il of any Of the apostles to prophesy, to raj
the dead, to cure sick by laying on hanC
es etc., etc, He said his life was the mt
Ve wonderful ever known and if written wou
o. astonish the world; that he never went
D. school but he often spoke in different la
Ii guages; that he followed the spirit dire
&C. ton, and that his mission in the west "
i. to gather up an invisible spirit army
control and govern the world by pea
be love, harmony, and eternal happiness.
u, And in that strain he will talk for HOT
together, with no system or apparent a
or object, but as disjointed and nonsensi
as can be imagined.
River News
ts Keokuk- Northern Line-The MinneaI
ed lis is expected on Thursday. The R
IN Wing down tomorrow. Freight pleI
IN both ways, The Alex. Mitchell took q
he load of merchandise from Peoria road
DIV the up river towns.
nd Diamond 10 Line,-Diamond 10 do
se tomorrow.
tie The Arkansas was stuck on a sand
near Belleview with two barges until y
of terday when she succeeded in getting tn
ne off
Sc Yesterday the Nellie Thomas, a r
III boat with raft in tow, sprung a leak a
TO beached near the wharf boat The fe
We boat Rock IslaDd towed the raft below
ce. ferry landing The leak in the Ne
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