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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08
A Neat Fit.

In the speech of Hon. j. Y. Brown, OF
Kentucky, abiding to the last fall cleo
tions, the Reputation of the Republican
party by the people, etc. land the men who
proposed to pass the Civil Rights bill, he
said You men, who propose to pass thi>
bill, have been weighed in the balance
and been found wanting"
The speaker informed Mr.. Brown that
he must address the chair.
Mr.. Brown-Mr. Speaker, your couduc,
in this and other matters reminds me OF
the passage in Junius where he describes
bad Tenant having received notice to
quit, breaking the furniture, putting the
house in disorder, and doing all that he
could to vex the landlord.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

When Hon. s. s. Cox rendered his res
ignation as one of the Committee on Rules,
Mr.. Speaker Blaine remarked,in an irrita-
ted tone, that it was done for dramatic
effect" Not long afterwards Mr.. Cox,
when speaking of the Reputation of about
hundred Republican members of the
present congress last fall. remarked that if
the Maine election had occurred in Novem-
Der instead of September the Speaker
(Blaine) would have been left at home
And this" said Mr.. Cox, II say for
dramatic effect l''-whereupon there was q
shout of laughter at Mr.Speaker's expense
The keen sarcasm of Mr.. Cox's words
and manner must be heard and seen to be
appreciated, for he is as sharp and able on
that tack as at fun and frolic.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08
Mrs. Downs Escapes Fine and Impris.

onment.
Mrs. Downs, convicted Of selling liquor
on the fair ground at her refreshment
stand, during the horse fair, last fall, and
liable to 80 days Imprisonment and fine
of 500. went to Springfield and laid her
case before Governor Beveridge. who par
doned her.
That the prosecution was malicious
one we suppose no one doubts, for it is
we'll known that at every fair, probably at
every county in the state, the furnishing
of an ''eye-opener' on the sly is winked at
by all-the fact is that such occasions are
sort of Fourth of July, land the strict let
ter Of the law is never observed, and ought
not to be. If the person quietly furnish
ing the exhilerating fluid permits it to be-
come public nuisance then the managers
should stop it, of course, but when no gen
eral annoyance or disturbance is produced
no notice should be taken of it. IF Mrs.
Downs was to be punished, then everybody
else should be punished also. But no one
was prosecuted except her, which shows
that the prosecution was not dictated by
respect for the law, but in order to punish
this woman particularly and nobody else.
We guess the action of the governor WASH t
far wrong under the circumsi ances.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

Now is the time to be prepared for
coughs, colds and many affections of the
lungs so common during the present
changable weather. There is no surer or
efficacious remedy than Masta's Pulmonlc
Balsom. 1t is prepared by the we'll known
DR.. Masta of Lowell. Mass, who has used
it for years in his extensive practice. 1t
is prepared under the Doctors personal
supervision from vegetable balsams and
the medicinal properties of roots and
herbs, containing no minerals or poisonous
drugs 1t can be taken with perfect safe
ty at all times. 1t should be kept in
every family. For sale by all leading
druggists in Rock Island.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

1t is expected that the appropriations
for Rock Island Arsenal viii be smaller
this year than any year since the work was
commenced. Il ss.asE-=sS ss s1.ssz.
The German English School Society
win give ball in Turner Hall, on WASH
ington's birthday-the 22d, for the benefit
Of the school,. .5u 81 slfai7a.i yea ~.
When B Butler called So. Cox to or
der, 10 an exciting debate. the other day,
Cox neatly retorted that Butler had been
permanently called to order by one Thomp-
i son, who defeated him for congress last
/ fall. Neat hit, wasn't it? -''e -''-~ ~
i The case of Peter Vetter vs., the Peo-
ria & Rock Island Railway Co, for the loss
of cattle and burning hay, before Esqr.
i Pinkley, was decided this !. afternoon
Judgment was rendered in favor Of Vettel
for $l9s, and costs of suit. No one ap
peared for the railroad ~, 40 g.
All trains on the Peoria road are sup
piled with bibles, passenger coaches havin,
lhree and every cabpose has. one. The.
l are placed in a small iron rack bearing tn
, words bible. Read and return. Tn
bibles were placed there by the Peorl
y Counsy Bible Society - os,a 1r .s
! The Japs drew very good houses Sat
s urday and Sunday nights as Turner Hal
= the audience seeming much pleased wit
tue performances. They took in over SCI
Capt Keehler let them have the hall fire
o If expense. They will give an entertain
: ment in Moline this week. ba.HisH 81
1t -McEvoy's Hibernican and Irish con
e edy company gave highly amusing an
!. entertaining performance in Darts Ha
' Saturday evening. They remained at Il
IS Harper House from Friday evening uni
d to:day This evening and TO- morrow eve
ng they perform in Davenport.
, We have received package of new
l. papers from, Houston, Texas. which a
principally, devoted to advertising the 10
terry schemes of Wagley & Lockhart,
! Houston. II the Wagley alluded to is Of
!. VIM. G. Wagley, formerly of Warsa'
70 this state, we advise him to make arrane
i ments to liquidate the debts he owed he
" when he Skipped out after being in Il
. pay of the defunct Warsaw Il Rockfo1
i railroad He was a first class dead bel
y" chile hare
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08
Nervous Debility.

Adepressed, irritable state Of mind: weak, ner-
vous exhausted feeling; NO energy or ninaiion;
confused head, weak memory, often with dehllita,
ding, involuntary discharges. The consequence Of
excesses, mental overwork or indiscretIons. This
NERVOUS DEBILITY finds sovereign cure In HUN
PHREY's HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC. No %. II tones
up the system, arrests discharges dispels the men
tai gloom and despond and the en-
TIRE system. It is perfectly harmless ana always
efficient Price s.. fora package of five boxes and
a large g vial of powder, which is important In
old serious cases; or 81 per single box. Sold by
ALL Druggists, or sent by mail on receipt of price
Address HUMPHREYS SPECIFIC MEDICINE
CO., No. SO, Broadway, n, Y. g ssezs
Fol- Sale BY otto Grotjan IS Illinois street Bense
| 8 Thomas, SpeideI and Breunert, Rock ISLAND
and Us Richards, Moline. 3-4dmwf&w1y
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

CONSERVATIVES, TAKE NOTICE.-Every moment
of delay makes your cure more hop less, and
much depends on tn judicious choice of remedy
The amount of testimony in favor of DR.. Schenck's
Pulmonic Syrup, as cure for consumption, ia
exceeds all that be brought to support the pre-.
tensions of any other medicine. See Dr. 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 physicians 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
witch Dr. Schenck psovides for the purpose. These
addit onal remedies are chcnck's Sea Weed To tic
and Ma drake Pills. By the timely use OF tn re
medicines, according TO directions, Dr. Schenck
ce tiff that most any of Consumption may
be cured.
Dr. Schenck is professionally at his principal
office Corner Sixth and Arch Sts, Philadelphia,
| every Monday, where all letters for advice must
be addressed. E+# $50
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08
A very brief telegram from Washington

A very brief telegram from Washington
informs the public OF the fate of the treaty
of reciprocity with Canada in the senate ::
'"The treaty, having but few,if any, friends,
was rejected without division" So it
seems that commercial freedom has few, if
any, friends even in the party tree trade,
hard money. and home rule" as repre-
scented in the senate. That body, which is
theoretically grave. enlightened. and con
sentative. proves itself ever ready (much
more so than the undignifed and turbu-
lent lower house) to make extravagant ap
preparations, to levy oppressive taxes, and
to vote away public money 10 aid of all
manner of enterprises and jobs, but
never willing to take single step away
from the fiscal theories and practices OF
the dark ages in the direction of CONNER
cial freedom. There is no more inclina-
ton in the American senate than in the
imperial ,usehold of China TO keep step
with the march of modern congress il.
matters pertaining tothe commercial in
tercourse of nations. 1t is to be hoped
that the infusion of new blood it is now
receiving will improve it trife. = Chicago
Times
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08
Pretty ROUGH on BE. Allen.

The creditors of B. F. Allen, ''the great
Iowa banker" as he was formerly called,
have decided to put him into bankruptcy.
The Chicago Times. of Sunday, says the
fabulous resources OF this estate have
faded away, and millions of imaginary
wealth that the Iowa banker" and his
friends counted as real have gone like the
prairie mists. 1t is more than probable
that at the final settlement MIR, Allen vii!
be discharged with large share of his In
debtedness still unpaid, although, of course
he will be free" a.. ~.
| From long special from Desmoines tt
the Chicago Tribune, we clip the follow
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08
A Prevalent Disease.

There il no disease 90 prevalent in America %
dyspepsis and certainly none which has so aeuer-
ally bsfled and defeated the skill Of the medical
profession. The onlv remedy for this distressing
complaint is pure medicated stimulant Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters whose essential principle Is
sound rye. is admitted by medical practi toners to
be the only Alternative, corrective and restorative on
which they can rely. The Bitters the best pos
sibie specific for fatulency, dizziuess
irregularity Of the bowels, and all indications OF
confirmed dyspepsia. They do not excite, Dat
sooth the irritated stomach and bowels, and may
be taken by ersons Of the most delicate and sensi
tive organization, who are unpIeasantly affected
by the use # the ordinary stimulants OF commerce
Though their effect il most decisive, yet thsy are
mild and benecient in their operation as to be
| suitable to children as well as TO adults.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

The rare treat-the lecture of the sea-
son--the able and eloquent English repub-
lican agitator, Charles Bradlaugh, will de-
liver his lecture on Washington and Crom-
well, in Darts Hall, next Monday evening
Tickets SO cents. Can be had at .Cramp
toms. No extra charge for reserved seats
Speaking Of his lecture in Chicago the
Times says. 1.-The address was one of thu
finest efforts made in this city, running
over the entire gamut of feeling" >
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08
Receiver Ferry's Report for January

The Sunfdy Times mas the following:
A report from w. H. Ferry, Receiver
OF the Rockford. Rock Island and St.
Louis Railroad company, was filed iu the
U. 5. circuit court He states that the
road has been in operation for length of
time without undergoing repairs, and is
consequently in deplorable condition.
Unless it is in measure reconstructed he
states that when the ground is released
from frost it will become absolutely dan
gerous to travel over. He estimates the
cost of repairs and procuring material,
consisting chiefly of ties. rails, and road bed
supplies, to be indispensable to its secur.
ity, at upward of half a million of dollars.
He also presents long list of balances
due creditors, and asks that they may be
adjudicated- The road has now in opera
| ton l27 cars of all classes valued at about
$4,000, but they Deed repairing to be
adapted to their several uses.
The court directed that he receive 81
600 for services for the month of January,
and that he continue his administration of
the company's affairs. He is further d.
rected to take testimony in regard to the
claims submitted with view to hquida-
ting such as are equitable.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

There is a deep anxiety to get down
into the bowels of Aliens asset statement,
which. as telegraphed yesterdaysds regard
ed as largely mythical If the unknown
assets prove as worthless as the known, he
will not pay 10 cents: on the dollar, He
is not known to hold dollar worth of
property anywhere. his homestead even
being hypothecated. n -
"A rumor is prevalent here tonight
that some one OF Mr.. Aliens creditors 10
this state will at once commence erimi
nal prosecution. The report comes from
c.. icag0 through prominent banker, blu,
the particulars are wanting" e
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

a gentleman in Cummington, Mass.
writes: My horse stepped on my foot
30 that the heel cork went throug h IN,
foot; | Immediately applied Renne' Pain
XII ling Magic Oil, which promptly curet
the wound without soreness or pain.
have tried other liniments highly recon
mended, but for reliable family remed
your Magic Oil is worth more than al
others put together. Sold by all Drug
gists and Grocers. 51E5t .EE.ikAf;t0
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08
ROSSMAN'S CURE.

Positively cured-also Blind and Bleeding
Piles, FistuIa. Salt Rheum, and all dis
eases of the Skin. by the use of
ROSSMAN'S CURE.
ITCHING PILES is generally preceded by
a moisture like perspirarion producing a
very disagreeable and distressing itching,
particularly at night. after getting warm
in bed. No humbug-as trial will prove
For sale by all respectable druggists.
RossMAN & McKINsTRY, Hudson, N, Y.
Proprietors. -.
Sent BY mail for 60 cents. &
IF YOU HAVE A COUGH,
Cold, As.hma. raising of Blood or any af:
iections of the Breast or Lungs, leading to
Consumption, use
DIR. HOUSEMAN'SG GERMAN COUGH
DROPS,
as prepared for over thirty years by j. j
Davis lnow deceased) and you will be sure
to find relief Address. ROSSMAN &
MCkINSTRY, who have succeeded to The
Proprietorship, and sold by all druggist.
and dealers in Medicines For sale by al
Druggists in Rock Island,
Sold by Avery & Tyler, Lafayette, To
diana. Fuller & Fuller, Chicago, wholesal,
agents.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

ECONOMY. Aside from their excellence
there is economy in buying DR.. Prices
Flayoring Extracts, as the bottles hold
one half more than others purporting to
hold the same quantity. They are the
most natural flavors made. and in strength,
quality, and quantity there are none like
them. With, Dr. Prices Cream Baking
Powder and DR.. Prices Flavoring Elk.
tracts, we can have articles Of our daily
food made palatable. enjoyable, digestible,
and healthful- The cheap articles in this
line are .odious comparisons with DR.
Prices preparations, which in quality are
fit for the highest in the land, yet at 8
price within the reach Of the poorest.
Buy the powder only in cans securely Ia
belled, not in bulk, as many have been de
ceived thereby. -- go
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

The following were the books added to
the library during the month: remor-
les of the Duke of Sully, vols; Machiar-
eile's History of Florence; Strickland 5
Lite OF Mary Queen of SCOTS, 2 vols !;
Autobiography Of Cellini; Mechelet's Life
Of Martin Luther; Life of Wellington
Bacon's Novum Organam; Works Of Sir
Thomas Brown, 8 vols; I. Oakley's His
tory of the Saracens; India Pictorial. De-
(scriptive aud Historical; Carpenters Eoo-
logy, vols; Bailey's Festus ! Jerusalem
Delivered Buffers Hudibras; Pope 5
Iliad; Pope's Odyssey; Dante's Dinue
Comedy; Our Village, 2 vols; Robinson
Crusoe; Masterman Ready.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

The American Newspaper Advertising
Agency of Geo. p. Rowell & Co., New
York. is the only establishment OF the
kind in the United States which keeps it
self persistently before the people By adj
rertising in newspapers. They evidently
receive their reward. for we have it from a
reliable source that advertising orders
issued by them for their customers have
exceeded three thousand dollars dav
since the commencement of the year, and
this as not very good gear for advertising
either,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

Gen. Butler, as usual, was the provo
ker of the dissensiou. This gentleman
has been more successful at in,iting
scenes in congress than in anything else he
has ACCOMPLISHED during his congressional
career. His responsibility for the rowdy
element of congress is greater than that
of all the other members combined; and
this popularity was one of the elements
that led to his defeat and the temporary
rebuke which the Republican party1has re-
ceived from the people on his account and
on account of kindred spirits which had
become identified with that organization.
He has been permanently called to order,
however, as MIR. Cox suggested the other
day, by one Mr.. Thompson, the gentleman
who defeated him at the last election
Chicago Tribune.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

ST. JosEPH's DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION.
The popular and talented association is
rehearsing THE Maid of Munster" and
the farce of Boots at the Swan" to be per
formed at the ballot st. Joseph church, on
Tuesday evening the 9Th. This wall be the
last entertainment for the present, and
rare one we expect it will be.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08
-ASTHM A.

THE SUBSCRIBERS ARE MANUFACTuRERs
] and ProprietOn OF DR.. r. w. Reads Celrbrated
Asthma Relief, which Is undoubtedly the hest
asthma remedy yet discovered. INSTANT RI
LIEF Is GUARANTEED OR PUR HASE PRICE
Rat UNDKu. We put up the medicine in boxes :,
three sizes which retail IS cents, cents and
medicine promptly foiwsrded by mail. post, paid
A so samples sent free to any who desire. Prices
per doz. $1.T5; $3.50 and $780, gross price, $15
$50; $7a. ETHRlDGE, FULLER & CO.,
Rome, N. Y.
For sale 10 Rock Island b: John Bengstop, Emil
RRhler, and *. Breunert.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

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
remeve freekles and sunburn. will allay all
irritation and impart to the skin I a bearti.
full transparent whiteness. 1t is sold at
wholesale and retail byyA, J. rPezzeni, St;
Louis. Mo-, aud by r. Breunert, Emil
Kehler, G. Speidel, aud Benser & Thorn
as, Rock Island. @ y \l1-l4dlys
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

CURE Your CeUeHs 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
lungs r.l r., ~
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

SORE THROAT, COUCH. CoLD. and simi-
lar troubles, if suffered to progress, result
in serious pulmonary affections, oftenaimes
incurable. ''Bro,on's BronchiiaJ 7roches'
reach directly the seat of the disease, and
give almost instant relief. 81 : -
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08
Death of Gov. Standardization of the
Trustees--A Successor Appointed
No acknowledgements Draw
ing Certain February 27th.

At meeting of the Trustees of the
Public Library of Kentucky, Jan. Is.
1875, it was resolved that G. NJ. Briggs,
esq, who under the late Hon. Tho. 4.
Bramlette was the real business manager
of the. gift concerts already given in 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 the
drawing announced 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. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

KIDDERs .AsTHAMA Pastries have,
without any putting or extravagant prom.
Use, quietly worn their way to public favor,
and now are affording sure relief to thou
sands. Their grateful odor and quick eff
feet render them peculiarly acceptable, as
the patient is relieved from the most dis
tressing symptoms while inhaiing a de
hghtiul perfume. Price 40 cents by mail.
Stoweff & Go. Charleston. Mass. 1920
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

Five cents worth Of Corbett's California
Soap Plant will do as large a washing as
fifteen cents worth of ordinary soap. Fol
cleaning floors, woodwork or washing
dishes it has no equal. A trial il invited
For sale by all grocers. 1-odu
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

Snacial IN the Chicago Tribune.

Special to the Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. G. Feb. 6.-The Hen
nepiu canal bill was discussed during the
entire day, and IN adjournment was had
pending motion to table it. The pros ]
poets of its passage are not as hopeful as
they were q week ago. The protracted
political fight of the last two weeks has So
embittered the Democrats that they seem
likely to 7ote almost q unit against the
bill. They were not pleased when Haw-'
ley, of Rock Island, refused to allow them
tn use the bill as foot-b ball to defeat the
civil rights bill when it had the right t"
the fionr, as against the latter bill. The
most formidable opposition, ho,eever, has
come from the Republican side, in the ex
hibit of the condition of the national
treasury made by Mr.. Dawes, and on the
motion made to table by Gunckel, OF Ohio.
The bill has fallen upon peculiarly evil
times, and the most earnest friends to
night admit that the vote will be very
close.
What comment is this upon the posi-
ton taken by the Davenport Gazette, the
Rock Island Union, j. B. Hawley, ct I'd
on,ne genus, They didn't want any Dem
ocratic help. They said the Republicans
had the power to pass the bill and could
and would do it; that it was necessary ir
order to save the party" And nov
comes a special telegram to the Chicago
Tribune that the most formidable opposi
ton comes from the Republican side.
The Chicago Times says:
''The canal would be of great benefit II
the people at large, but there's not mil
lion in it. J" and it received the c,d shout
der from the eastern members. 1t is real
ly too bad that a Credit Mobilier cannot b.
organized In connection with matters o
great public concern. Without such al
appendage they stand but slim chanc
before congress"
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

One C. j. Sumner, for some time in
the employ of j. H. Kaufman, marble
dealer in this city, left here last November,
and it is ascertained that he had.i various
ways, swindled Sir. Kaufman several hun
dred dollars, as we'll as many other people
here and in this vicinity,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08
Library Meeting.

A meeting of the library board was call
ed Saturday evening, but there was no
quorum present.
The report of the librarian shows that
1884 persons visited the library during
the month ending Jan. Goth.
The following shows the number of
and kind of books taken during the month !:
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

TAX NoTIcE.-These who have not paid
their taxes are requested to call immedi.
ately at my Office in Star block, and save
costs by SO doing. Office hours from to
S and 6 to 9P. M. aaa
~, .,gs B DAVENPORT, Collector.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08
JOHN s. CAIN, Secretary

Hereafter all communications relating
to the 9th Concert should be addressed to
the undersigned, and / pledge myself
that the drawing shall come off February
9th or that every dollar paid for tickets
shall be returned.
G. NJ. BRIGGS, Agent and Manager,
Room 4, Public Library Building.
'>sa f Louisville, Ky.