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The daily Argus., 1875-02-18

Isn't it pretty near time the Republi-
can committee issued a call for ward meet
ings and city convention? Only twelve
days to election. Union, this morning.
Last Monday we published the list Of
our committees and said no move has yet
been made in any ward towards agreeing
upon candidates. The following is list
of the committees:
First Hdrd-Adam Mauker, John OIlweiler,
Charles Schlemmer
Second Wdrd-James Kinney, Andrew Hoffman
Daniel Co coran.
Third jTdrd-E. W. Boynton, Daniel DAILY George
Fourth Ward Joseph II Kerr, Jacob Dodge John
Driscoll.
FIN Wdrd--George Lamont Thomas Thornton,
Peter Schlemmer.
Of course it is not indespensibly neces.
sary that caucuses shall be had, The theo-
ry Of our government is that voters will go
to the polls aud cast their ballots for who
ever they please, each man making up his
own ticket. But in order to carry out GER
tain principles it became necessary that
men agreeing to these principles should
concentrate their votes upon one man rep
resenting their ideas,-hence the caucus
system. Whether any caucuses are to be
held or not we cannot say. The commit
tees ought to inquire around among the
people and learn whether it is desirable or
not. 1t may be just as we'll for candidates
to announce themselves as any way, That
was the practice here in the early history
of the place.
Our columns are open for all who wish
TO announce themselves-also for calls for
caucnSes,
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18

CoNsUxPTIvEs, TAKE NOTIcE.-Eve,y moment
of delay makes your cure more hopeless, and
much'depends on tn; judcious choice of a remedy.
The amount Of testimony in favor of DR.. Schenck's
Pulmonic Syrup, q cure for consumption, ia
exceeds all that be brought to support the pre-.
tensions ofany other medicine. See i,r Schenck's
Almanac, containing the certificates of many per
sons of the highest respectability, who have been
estored to health after being pronounced incura
BILE by phvsicians of acknowledge ability. Schencks
Pulmonic Syrup alone has cured many, as these
evidences will show; but the cure is often pro-
NOTED by the employment of two other remedies
Which DR.. Schenck psovides for the purpose These
aidit onal remedies chencks Sea Weed ToIlc
and Mandrake Pills. By the timely use of thr,e
medicines, according to directions, Dr. Schenck
ce'tif that most any case Of Consumption may
be cured.
DIR. Schenck 10 professionally at his principal
office. Corner Sixth aud Arch Sts., Philadelphia
every Monday, where all letters for advice must
| be addressed.
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
Extraordinary Opportunity for the Re-
liefof the Afflicted.

The surgeons Of the National Surgical
Institute, located at Indianapolis, Ind,
have finally yielded to the many appeals to
visit the northwest. Three or more of the
surgeons will be at the Newcomb House,
Davenport, Iowa, March I'd and Sd, 1875.
They will have with them great amount
of surgical apparatus, appliances, etc., and
competent assistants and workmen to
change, fit, and make such apparatus as
may be required. They will come espec-
tally prepared to treat all surgical cases:
Paralysis. all kinds of deformities of the
face. spine. and limbs, diseased joints, dis
eased eyes, catarrh, private diseases, piles,
Gstula. etc. On account Of the great ex-
pense attending such trip, they will not
make another; therefore all who wish te
avail themselves of the advantages of the
Institute, without the long journey to In
dianapolis, must do so at this time. NJ
cases will be undertaken without fail
hope Of relief. 1t is needless to say thai
the institution is entirely responsible, anG
the largest and most popular of the kind il
America, curing thousands annually. Re
member the time and place, and com,
early. B9~Send to the Institute for cir
cular.
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18

= This mornings Union contains very
stupid communication from one of our
summer water works ring, signed 'investi-
gator about the most Inappropriate nom
de plan,e possible for one who is too stupid
to investigate anything-even the Erie
canal. The Union places head over it
saying that THE ARGUS disputes the
thermometer, which is not true. THE
ARGUS only asks for rational test, THE
ARGUS has not said the injection Of steam
into the mains has produced no effect. 1t
has called for reasonable test. Nothing
has yet been published showing that the
injection Of steam has produced any change
in the temperature of the water. To place
thermometer in the river and then in the
water at Swan or Buffalo street is no test
that is too silly for anything. What the
people want to see is test Of the water at
Eagle street, or at Wagner's brewry, or
both, before steam is injected, and then IL
or "a hours afterwards, That would be a
sensible. a rational test. No such test has
been made, and it is simply absurd for our
water board to put forth statements of in
creased temperature wittt,l some evi-
dence of the fact.
Investigator" charges TaE ARGUS with
saying that s+. ..
The water board laid the pipes near the surface
intending to keep the water from freezing by the
means of injecting steam
4 This is very stupid and silly falsehood,
Nothing of the kind has eyer been said
or intlmated by THE ARGUS.
Investigator" says:
The fact is the pipes were laid as low as am any
pipes were laid In any western city, except ST. fau
and Minneapolis, and were supposed 10 pc muel
below where rost would penetrate any time anu !
particular persons or boards are to blame ior 'h'
present results.
! Who supposed" that a four foot trench
would place them much below where fros
! would penetrate any time?" Certainly nj
+, one having any experience or knowledg'
, of Rock Island winters. Numbers OF olt
i citizens. having an actual knowledge Of tn
fact, informed the commissioners, befor
the pipes were laid, that the ground ha'
been frozen, here, some winters, to tn
depth of six feet, land demonstrated agains
putting down the pipes SO that they woul
have but little over three feet of earth to
of them. The particular persons G
: boards to blame are the persons who con
e posed the water ard,-chieAy las ever!
d body knows) Messrs. Mitchell, Egglesto
. . and Moore. If they did nnt know ho
i deep the ground might freeze it was the
d duty to ascertain of people who did know
The responsibility is mainly with thes
o three men, and Investigator" can't wri
% them out of it, however much he may b
,e interested in doing so.
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
IN. DC. Gaslight COMPANY.

Readers will see on making calculation
that the average price of gas in the Uni ed
States is $4.32A per 1000 cubic feet. The
average in Illinois is $3.S7. The price to
private consumers in Rock Island is $3.50
or SO cents above the average, and 459
cents above the average of the United
States. Some of the coal from which our
gas is made is brought from Pittsburgh
and some from Pekin.
In Iowa the average is 1852, OR 2 cents
above the price in Rock Island. The pres
ent price in Davenport is $4,27, but it
should be remembered that they have
three times the number of consumers that
we have. Give our gas works three times
its present number of consumers and the
price could be considerably reduced.
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
Great bargains in Under Shirts and
Drawers. -a. i. BAMBERGER,
"Your Government is What You MAX e


That was home thrust that Charles
Bradlaugh made when he said your gov
ernment is exactly what you make it" II
Incompetent or dishonest or idle or vicious
men are at the head It's the fault of the peo-
pie. The men who stand aloof from poll
tics; who say they never attend ward
caucusses who rarely vote; who de
nounce politics as dirty business" are
the towards and traitors who,, by neglect
ing their duties, permit scaIawags and
bummers to come in and run the machine.
Bring the matter right home to the school
districts, wards, towns, cities or counties.
People who stay away from nominating
caucusses, and from the polls. have. no
right to complain about bad officers and
bad management, tor they aided in pro-
ducing the very state of affairs they depre-
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
Nervous Debility.

A depressed, irritable state Of mind: weak, ner
vous. exhausted feeling; energy or nimatIon;
confused head, weak memory, often with debilita.
ting, involuntary discharges. The consequence Of
excesses, mental overwork or indiscretions. This
NERVOUS DEBILITY fnds G. sovereign cure in HUM
PAREY's HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC, No %. 1t tones
up the system. arrests discharges dlspels the
tai gloom and dependency, and reluvenaes the en-
tire system. II is perfectly harmless and always
efficient Price s., for package Of five boxes and
La large 90 vial of powder, which is important in
old. serious cases or 81 per single hox. Sold by
ALL Druggists, sent by mail receipt of price
Address HUMPHREYS SPECIFIC MEDICINE
\ CO., Nosbae, Broadway, n. IL - EA
Fol Sale by Otto Grotian IS Illinois Street, Bense
3 Thomas, speidel and Breunert, Rock Island
| and j Richards Moline 3-4dmwfSw1y
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
NorEs HrRE ANp rHERE.

More moderate weather to-day, with
signs of snow.
Excellent sleighing and most people
are enjoying it.
The state board of agriculture by a
vote of 10 to 8 has located the state fair
for the next two years at Ottawa.
Charles Bradlaugh will haye an i'm
mense house in Chicago on Sunday after
noon, at the Grand Opera House. to hear
his lecture on Land and Labor" prepared
specially for that accession.
The ballot the German English School
Society comes off next Monday evening at
Turner Hall, for the benefit Of the school.
The ladies of the several members of the
society will get up the supper in the best
style. ..5- III.
Mrs. j. Ellen Foster. of Clinton, ap-
pears before the supreme court at the
Davenport term, as attorney in the liquor
case of Oswald VS.. Hays. This is the first
instance of woman appearlngas an advo-
cate in q cause before an Iowa supreme
court
That sidewalk in front of Wagner 4
meat market on Orleans street is in bad
condition. 1t is reached by an inclined
plain. covered with ice. Three school
children fell in crossing it to day. 1t is a
dangerous place. We have an ordinance
requiring snow, ice, or other Instructions
to be removed. Has any city officer dared
to put it in force anywhere?
Mrs, Frank Zips, residing on Orleans
street between Otter and Beaver, had &
severe fall last evening. She was takins
two little girls to bed and had got to thu
top of the stairs when she slipped, falling
backwards to the bottom of the stairs, thu
two children falling after her. Her lef
side is badly bruised and her back is be
lieved to be injured. The only wonder il
that she was not killed in the fall.
| Two frail females-Lou Coleman an,
Nell. Wilson-were taken from Negus'
block in Market square to Davenport yes
terday charged with robbing a leatherhea,
from Dubuque, named Charles w. Wal
ton. They are said to have formerly bee
denizens of Arnold's place, near East Day
, export, befo- that was burned out, Th
two prostitutes and hackman name
Frank West, were to be examined befor
Justice Kaufman this afternoon.
The 6rst six days in December, unde
ex- Sheriff. .Payue's administration, il COS
. the city almost four dollars day Ia trif
t over SO. "a day, to be exact, t" keep cit
l prisoners. Under Sheriff Huesing, frol
the time he took possession until Feb
(the date OF the last bill rendered) it Cos
: the city less than 81 day. Does til;
: look as though there would be economy
= hiring building, incurring the expens
;, of fitting up a prison, hiring keeper. fu
nishing board. fuel, lights, water, soap. an
" all the other etceteras? The salary of
r Jail keeper alone would cost more than
!, dollar day, to say nothing Of all the otl
er items.
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
From the Alton Telegraph, Feb. 13.
Water Works.

The committee on water works con-
sisting of Messrs. Pfeiffenberger. Drum
mond, Laird, Perley, Farber, Gulich, job,
Haskell and Hollister, met at the mayors
office yesterday afternoon for consultation.
They decided to start, week from next
Monday, on visit to Litchfield, Decatur,
Peoria, Rock Island. Davenport and Keo
kuk to inspect the water works systems of
those cities.in order to report what plan is
best adapted for Alton. a
The mayor, who is an enthusiastic water
works u,an, is delighted with the person.
mel of his committee and with the man.
ner in which they have taken hold of the
work. - E SO "a q
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18

How common it is to neglect dry,
hacking cough, thinking it will be better
In day or so, and we are not walked up to
a realization of the truth until our
strength begins to fail, and our weight to
diminish, that we are in the power Of that
dread disease Vests Pul.
monary Balsam is sure cure for all coughs,
colds, hoarseness, and consumption in its
first stages. Sold by all druggists. Trial
bottles, 25 and SO cents. Large bottles,
RI IN
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
ASTHM A.

THE SUBSCRIBERS ARE MANUFACTURERS
] and Proprietors ol DR.. Il. w. Reads Celebratsd
Asthma Relief, which Is undoubtedly the beat
asthma remedy yet discovered. In ,TANr -
LIEF Is GUARANTEED OR PUR HASE PRICE
kAtUNDkD. We pat up the medicine in boxes :
three sizes, which retail 25 cets 50 cents and
a. Persons remittIng re, all price will have tina
medicine promptly forwarded by mail. post paid
so samples sent free to any who desire. Prices
per doz S1.T5; $3.50 and $780, gross price, $1o;
S3C; ga ETHRlDGE, TULLEh q CO.,
Rome, ". Y.
For sale in Rock Island b: John Bengston, Rmi
Kmhler, and n. Rreunert,
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
How 1t Woeks.

The water commissioners tried their ex-
pertinent yesterday to thaw out the
Illinois street main, by having a
hole bored into the main at Jefferson street
and inserting therein the end of small
iron pipe through which steam was let on.
with no perceptible effect, as most peo-
pie had predicted. IF one Joint of the
main was taken out and smaller pipe
run into the main through which steam
could be let on and provision made for
draining off the water from melted ice or
condensed steam, some progress might be
made, but the distance from Jefferson
street to the water is too great to give hope
OF success. The Peoria Democrat says,
"The trouble is. if main once freezes.
it is virtually closed until warmer weather
comes, and is of no more use than an emp
ty cylinder In regard to the fire hydrant
supply pipes. however, we cannct make
so good showing. Since the water in
said pipes is. t. great extent, dead, it
will freeze, and so constantly that the fire
department has to be constantly at work
Many plans have been suggested to pre-
vent said freezing but none seem very feas
ible Superintendent Parrish thinks .
waste water pipe, tapping the supply pipe
below the valve and running back into the
| main would give the needed circulation
but of this We have grave doubts. W.
believe the rush OF water through the large
main would effectually prevent any out
flowing from the small pipe"
The only safe way is to place all th'
pipes below the possibility of freezing ant
have hydrants which will not freeze. Sucl
! hydrants are made. Let US have them
and then our water supply will be certain
in the coldest of weather.
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
Gov. Coles In Dead.

Our exchanges still insist that "Gov:
Coles, who filed the Office of governor Of
Illinois in 1922 is still living in Philadel
phia, at che advanced age of SO years: :"
All q mistake. The ex-governor died in
Philadelphia previous in July, 1868. A
certified copy of his last will and testament
is on record in this county, where he left a
large landed estate.-Alton Telegraph,
Eeb l3fh
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
''It Works Like Charm"
RENNE'S RAjS MAGIC OIL

This Is a remedy every family should have in the
mouse to use In case Of emergency II is purely
vegetable, and may be used Internally or exter-
naiy 1t Is not an oi y, sticky substance but clean
Qeiclous ana saIe to use, even in inc perencsd
nands. AZ an external n medy. when freely used
penetrates through the absorbents to the seat eli
pain, causing free circulation and giving to weak
ened and over-strained cords and muscles ne,. life
and elas city; It sheaths infamed bruised sur
faces, and cures pain as water quenches fire. Try
il for
WOUNDS, sPRAlNs, NEURALGIA
SokEs, CRIcK IN THE BACK, RHRuMAnsM
buhSs, HEADACHE, STIFF Johns
or any other kind OF pain or lameness As an in
ternal remedy il operates a kind difuslve seda-
tive; tones and corrects The stomach aids diges.
ion and readily cures
COLIC, CRAMPS. Co,yeHs
CHOLERA MORsUs, INDIGESTION, SORE THROAT
and in fact all aches aud pains tnat flesh is heir to-
The immediate and faithful OF Renne's Pam
Killing Magic Oil In case of emergency will often
| save a life. or long and tedious sickness, The
genuine Rcnnes Magic Oil Is put up only I'm panel
bottles, with the name blown In the glaes and up
on the bottle finely engraved steel plate label,
upon which is the likeness of VIM Renne All
other Magic Oils are counterfeit, worthless imi.
tGtions. call for enne's Magic Oil, where YOU
usually trade. Il is pul up in three sizes: rial
Medium" and Large" size. WILLIAM RENNE
q SONS, Sole PrOprietors and Manufacturers
Piitsfeld, Mass. = -4=s4se @-f@ssa 10 0-13d&w1y
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
LOCAL COLUMN.
IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS.

When yoa visit or leave the City of NEW YORK,
save annoy ance and expense of carriage hire and
stop at the GRAND UNION HOTEL, opposite the
GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT 1t has over $50 elegantly
furnished rooms and is htted up at an expense OF
over $500, 900. Elevator steam and all modern i'm
prcvements. European Plan. The RESTAUR-
ANTS, Lunch Counter and Wine Rooms sre sup
piled with the best the market can furnish. The
cuisine is unsurpassed. Rooms for a single person
80 and 81 Ler day rich suites for families pro.
portionately low SO that visitors to the city and
travellers can live more luxuriously, for less money
at the gland UNION, than at any other irst
class Hotel in the ely. Stages and Cars pass the
Hotel every minute for all parts OF the CITY.
G. F. & W. d. GARRISON, Managers.
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
A Very Good Hit.

The Moline editor of the Union says:
Those Of our citizens who went to Dav
enport to hear the Adelaide Phillips con-
cert Friday evening in preference to pat
ronizing Charles Bradlaugh's lecture, are
sorry. Yet were similar case offered
them again to-day they'd doubtless choose
the inferior article. Its so 'toney" to go
to an Opera House. you know, particul-
arly when the performance is missnamed
opera.
And we know several Rock Islanders to
whom the above applies just as well as to
Moliners-and with more force, because
they ought to feel pride in sustaining a
club in their own town which is giving us
some excellent entertainments the last,
and by all odds the best one, at loss to
the club. IF our own citizens had stood
by the club as they ought to have done the
lecture would have been financial sue
aaoa
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18

To BE GIVEN AwAY.-A gross of nice
cups and saucers and mugs, at the Hong
Kong tea store. 4 cup and saucer or
mug given away with each pound Of tea
sold. A large stock of choice tea on hand
at the usual low prices. First come. first
served,
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
For CArARRH-Cold in the Head

For CArARRH in the Head,
Headache, difficulty Of Breathing, Bron-
chitis, Sole Throat. Hoarseness, Loss of
Voice, Foul Breath, and all affections of
the Head. Throat or Lungs, arising from
Colds or Catarrh, nothing has ever equal
ed the Oz,nized Inhalant, used in Crumb's S
Pocket Inhaler. 1t not only relieves in
stantly, but is fund positive and perma-
neBe cure, and has the warmest endorse
ments of hundreds of eminent Physicians,
Clergymen and Public Speakers, and of
thousands of others, of all classes.
Where Catarrh is SD severe and chronic
that the Blood has become corrupt, or
contaminated from it, Crumbs Peruvian
Alternative should be used In conjunction
with the Inhaler, to hasten and pertec,
the cure by eliminating all impurities fronl
the blood and restoring strength and vigur
to the nervous and Physical System
Crumbs Pocket Inhales and Peruvian AL
terative is sold by Druggists.
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18

Mr.. Hawley's response to Mr.. Burchard's s
positions not only annihilated them, but
proved an unpardonable ignorance on the
part of Mr.. Burchard of some things which
any man. especially from his locality in IL
linois ought to have known before attempt
ing to discuss the Hennepin canal bill
Davenport Gazette.
The vote in congress seems to show that
Hawley was annihilated. ......
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18

A Druggist Of " Webs er, Mass, writes.
4 split one of my fingers open down to
the first joint, and shattered the bone.
immediately dressed it with Renne's Pain
Killing Magic Oil. keeping the finger wet.
1t healed very rapidly, with very little
soreness, and no pain. | consider it the
best thing in existence for Cuts, Bruises,
Sore Throat and Canker. Try it, reader.
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18

CURE Your CoUGHs AND Colds
There is no cough or cold so obstinate but
what it yields at once to the expectorating
and healing properties of Goes Cough
Balsam. 1t is the best known remedy for
Group, hOarseness, sore throat, bronchitis
and all disorders Of the throat. chest, or
ungS.
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
DOLLARS

TO THE AMOUN@ OF TWO MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED TH, USAND ARE TO BE DIsTRIB.
UTED ON THE 27rH FEBRUARY BY TIE
tJBLIC LIBRARY OF kY., UPON THE uCCA-
SION OF THEIR EIsTI AND LAST CON-
CERT.
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THROAT AFFECTIONS AND HoARsENEss
All suffering from Irritation of the
Throat and HOdrseness will be agreeably
surprised al the almost Immediate relief
afforded by the use of ''Bro,on's Bronchial
TrOches
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18

KIDDER.s AsTHAMA PAsTILEs have,
without any putting OF extravagant prom
Use, quietly worn their way to public favor,
and now are afording sure relief to thou
sands. Their grateful odor and quick et-
feet render them peculiarly acceptable, as
the patient is relieved from the most dis
tressing symptoms while inhaiing a de-
lightiul perfume. Price 4U cents by mail.
Stowell i Co. Charleston. Mass. 1920
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
Cost of Gas.

The New York Tribune publishes an
itemized showing of the net price of gas
throughout the United States, giving the
average price in each state. which that pa
per makes on the authority of the Washing
49, n ~ G.oEohs Gonn,pv
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18

Five cents worth OF Gurbett California
Soap Plant will do as large a washing as
fifteen cents worthsof ordinary soap For
cleaning floors, woodwork or washing
dishes it has no equal A trial is invited.
For sale by all grocers. 11-3dtf
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
Death of Gov. Bram1ette--Action of the
Trustees--A Successor Appointed
No MoreP Postponements--Draw-
ing Certain February 27th. A

AT a meeting Of the Trustees of the
Public Library Of Kentucky, Jan. 10.
1875, it was resolved that Z. NJ Briggs,
esq, who under the late Hon. Tho. E..
iBramlette was the real business manager
of the gift concerts already given 10 aid
of the Public Library of Kentucky, be and
he is hereby authorized to take the place
made vacant by the death of said Bran
lette, in the management of the affairs of
the fifth and last gift concert, and that thu
drawing ann,unced for February 81, 1875,
shall positively and unequivocally take
place on that day without any further
postponement or delay on any account
whatever.
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18

Jonas Bears Clothing House is known
as the depot of the Racine, Wis, trunk
manufactory, and also for selling good
goods at reasonable prices. 5-5dly.
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18

Livingston says he sells the genuine
Racine Wisconsin Trunks with the i'm
proved patent lock bolts, at very low
prices.
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
Drawing Certain or Money Refunded.

For Tickets or information address
TO. e. RAMLETTE.
AGENT AND MANAGER, Louisville. Ky.
EB For tickets or other Information applyt E.
Breunert, Rock island. a-i0d&w
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY.
The daily Argus., 1875-02-18
CITY.

WANTED.-A tirst-class girl to do gener-
al house work in small family. Enquire
ut this Office,