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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-11-23

A REMARKABLE FRoa SroRY.-A
remarkable incident occurred at
Brown & HALLS SAW mill, in Aeon,
while a pine log was being sawed mp
in 0 lumber. The outside slab AL one
board had been cut off, and while
the workmen were turning over the
log they were surprised to see large
toad poke his head out of a hole in
which he was imbedded, and where
he Lad barely escaped being cut by
the saw. How the stranger got there
was a mystery, as he was completely
encased in the wond, with no possi~
be means of ingr ess or eg' esq. As
the log was the fourth or fifth from
the butt Of the tree, his position must
have been at least fifty or sixty feet
from the gronnd, and he had no
doubt grown up with it from infancy,
nei Z probably hundreds of years
o:d. The animal was quite fit and
"earh as large as mans mead He
was perfectly blind, but when taken
from his bed he lnade use of his limbs
t" c. 'awl away. The tree was per.
techy sound, with the exception OF a
decnye': spot OF about + OF i'll length
below the hollow place in which lie
Was imbedded. How did he get
'here, and what did be live on9--Tor-
GlObe.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-11-23

The Nashville American solves
The problem when it says: "S,rit.
between the sections and between
races will CEASE "s soon as the power
for evil is taken away from q party
that makes political gains out OF
scenrs OF violence, and the constitu-
ton a authority 10 placed in the hands
"i me" whose political welfare re
qnires that peace shall be preserved
everywhere. ....
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-11-23

During these cool, breezy mrrn-
ings, when the air seems tresaer and
the fields ar" bespangled with dew
diamonds, when all nature seems to
invite man to rOmp, how pleasant
it is. just as the first streaks of day
Iighr steal through the shutters, for
the refreshed, reinvigorated sleeper
to turn over in bed and take anotner
nakl
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-11-23

STATE BoNDs.-The last New York
Herald in it's financial article and re-
ports, says the Southren State bonds
were in moderate request, and already
begin 10 foreshadow the confidence
that will be engendered by an honest
administration of the respective South
crn governments. Already we hear
of renewed inquiry for South
Carolina bonds at higher figures than
have prevailed, and an expression Of
bclief by bankers that they will soon
be fnvorito subjects of Investment
Tennessee bonds were strong, Missou-
RIGS n shade lower, and Virginias and
North Carolinas firm.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-11-23
HAMpr"N's INAUGURAL CHAIR.

HAMPTnN's INAUGURAL CHAIR.
number Of enthusiastic EdgefeId Do
mocrats have ordered a superb re-
ception chair for Governor Ha ~ .
ton, to be used by him during his
term OF Office. The chair will be
carried to Columbia by delegation
ut Lne thousand citizens from Edge.
geld. The boys are afraid that our
Governors reform policy might in
Some way be contaminated by being
b, ought in contact wtrn u cnarr her,
rotore used by unprincipled adveu-
turere.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-11-23

A party of belated gentlemen,
about a certain hour began to rhi k
IT home and their wives diSpleasure,
and urge departure. Never
mind," said one of the guests, "fiftccn
minutes will make 10 difference; my
wife is as mad now rs she can be.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-11-23

1t is potont OF the fate OF tho
Radical party in this State, as we'll as
an illustration of their Wholesale plum
dering, that their organ, the Union
Herald, was fiIlcd on Saturday with
advertisements of lands offered for
sale for taxes. 1t is ominousIy silent
about the result OF the election. Sell
ling land for unpaid taxes may be fun,
and probably is profitable, to tho
Organ, but it is ruinous to the tax
payers. Under Hampton's adminis-
tration the newspapers will not bo
filed with advertisements of forfeited
land sules, for the taxes will be 80
low that everybody can pay them.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-11-23

Ifyou want to make an enemy for
life just stand and laugh at tat wo~
man as she passes you on the flying
iump 10 catch the horse car. 20.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-24

Pera1nal

Mr. John n. Mittleberger, Of ST.
Charles, Mo-, on his way north, is stopping
for few days with his relative, II. p
Hull, Esq. on Moline Avenue.
Mr. Fred b. Laavitt, one of the be st
conductors on the S.. Louis road, arrived
home from the east this morning, He has
been suffering for several months with a
swollen and very painful hand, and it was
feared that amputation of some Of the
fingers would be necessary. He needed
rest aud medical aid and sought it in visit
to the centennial and other points east.
He found physician who has entirely cured
him aud he returns with sound and well
hand-a very gratifying fact to himself
and his many friends. Mrs, Tucker, his
his sister, accompanied him and returned
with him, and they reside in their cozy new
house on Madison street
Mr.. W. w, Wells master of transpor
tation on the St. Louis road, who has beer
down the road on business, returned to
day. He stops at the Harper House,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-24
THE ROCKFORD ROAD.
Which Side is Right !?

The opposition to Osterberg charge him
with an attempt to run the concern in his
own private interest, and intimate pretty
plainly that he is doing it dishonesty,
They say that he has been repudiated by
the Frankfort Committee" that Mr..
Hausmeister declined a reelection and
that Mr., Baltzer was chosen in his place,
and that Mr. Baltzer has been chosen
general manager in place of Osterberg.
The other side deny this aud the Ga
zette. day or to ago, said;
"A special dispatch says that the meeting of the
German bondholders OF the St. Louis. Rock Island
& Chicago Railway Cnmpany held at Frankfort on.
the Main the 5th inst, was of considerable sig
nifcance. The bondholders heartily endorsed all
that their American represen tatiVes had done, an
pointed the same old committees, with one excep.
ton, and expressed q unanimous wish for the i'm
mediate extension OF the road from Sterling its
present terminus, to Rockford, and from thence
via Byron and the Chicago Pacific road, to Chit
cago
Nothing now remains but to record and file all
deeds, and then the subscription books will hi
opened. R0ckford's proportion of the $4,000, is
about $4,000, which will be easily raised
THE company guarantee the construction of the
road under their supervision, for $500000; aud II
more money is needed 10 complete the extension
than the sum estimated, the company agree to fur
nish it themselves.
The extension from Sterling to Byron is fixed
fact; it only remains to raise the funds alore
the road for the Is mile link between Byron and
Rockford. The latter city must have the line if i
goes TO Byron; for, lift does not, its manufactur
ing interests will be jeopardiZed, as Byron has
water power controlled by rich corporation
| which, with the advantages of such a road au(
| Rockford without, would be competition the Lar
ter city could i'll afford for S75,000.''
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-24
Clubs, Torches and Other Nonsense.

The Hayes and Wheeler folks (run by
Office holders and Office -seekers) held a
meeting Saturday to find men to carry
torches. Quincy Mcneil, Jim Parks and
Sturgeon made the motions. Mr.. Hawley
spoke. Mr.. Gest failed to come to time.
After the violent and bitter personal abuse
of Mr. Hawley. by Gest, to crowd from
Judge Lynde's door steps, it was most too
much to expect that he and Hawley could
speak from the same stand. The mana
gers we're very thoughtless to advertise
such a programme. Mr.. Gest was sensi-
BILE in refusing to respond. for the people
present must have laughed at such farce.
The wire workers wanted Mr. James
Kelly (of the firm of Kelly 4 Retickerl to
act as president of the club, but he prob
ably had not forgotten how the Union
used to denounce him as three-quarters
Democrat, when he was aldermen. At
any rate he refused to serve. Then they
tried Wash. Sweeny and he wouldn' t
have it. Then Quincy McNeal said Gen
tlemen Of the convention, (hicl by Cd, |
want soldier for president of the club,
(hlc) by Cd and [ nominate DIR. Plum
mel (hic) by Cd" Quincy put his
motion, and the Dr. refused to serve be
cause his hearing was poor. Then they
took Aleck Steel
After the meeting they had torch
light procession. There isn't much argu-
ment in that kind of electioneering. 1t APP
peals to mems pockets-or to the office
holders and the office seekers pockets to
foot the bills, but it is lust about as sensi-
Bile an appeal to the judgments
of men in regard to public policy
as it is to celebrate the Fourth OF
July by blowing brass horns, banging On
drums and setting a town on fire with
Chinese crackers Both sides do it-but
it is clap trap and nonsense. They made
a pretty show, though. The uniform is
4 gauiy and handsome and the torches and
flags neat. Most people would have said
there were 200 torches out, bat they mum
bered only between 70 and 50. 1t is &
foolish way to spend money-in fact fully
three-fourths of the money expended OF
both sides for political party expenses il
worse than thrown away. There is nj
difference in parties in that respect One
does it and the other must in order to keeI
r even.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-24
The Volks-Zeiturr.

The editor of the Union, who holds a
position in the post Office and draws
salary for helping sustain the corrupt Re-
publican party,is still abusing Mr.. Winter,
Of the Volhs Zeituag, for expressing an in
dependent opinion on politics and pre-
ferring Tilden to Hayes. The Union
meanly conceals from its readers the true
facts. In the first issue o! the Neue
VOlks Zcituig, On the 30th Of last August,
the editor set forth, to use his own
language, as translated for us, by him, at
the time, and published in THE ARGUS of
the next day, his platform as follows:
THE Neue Totks- Zeituag will freely discuss all
political questions of the day in an independent
not 'neuttal' manne-, commencing what il
thinks good in both parties and condemning in
In each what it thinks wrong"
And that is pricesey what the Tolk;s-
Zeitung has been doing, and will probably
continue to do. There is no ''hypocricy."
no deception" in regard to its course
Those who claim that there is are stupidity
ignorant or wilfully dishonest There are
many newspapers in this country occupy
ing the same position of the V3lks-
Zeit,ma, and notably among them The
Nation, of New York, an interesting aud
able article from which appeared in The
ARGUS of Saturday evening. The Nation
has generally been ciassod as Republican
journal, but no decent man or newspaper
ever accused it OF 'hypocricy" or de
ception." We commend the article from
its columns, copied in last Saturdays AR
GUS, to the consideration OF the Union and
that OF the irate countrymen of Mr.. Winter
who presumed to censure him for ex
ercising the dearest right Of an American
Independence, the right to form and ex.
press his own opinion.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-24
POLICE CASES.
Before Justice Pinkley.

Thos Jennings, from Davenport, found
drunk Saturday night by Marshal Halves,
Fined So and costs. Suspended on con-
dition that he leave town.
Alice Wright aud Ann Roadhouse, found
drunk by Marshal HAYES, Sunday evening.
Fined IS and costs each. Jail for : days
each,
A. E. Brayton was arrested by Officer
German, on charge of vagrancy, but was
allowed to depart on payment of Jail costs
1t appears that he formerly boarded IN
town, but has been away for some time,
and when he returned went to the place
where he had been boarding. and the FAM
ily being away he went to his room and
went to sleep. As it was not thought that
he intended any mischief be was let off as
above stated.
John Smith aud Fannie Hill, Of the
village across the river, we're arrested by
Officer Taylor for being drunk and disor-
derby. Fined So and costs each. Fannie
went to jail for days and Smith paid.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-24

One OF THE VERY BEST of the new
hotels in Philadelphia is the Grand Expo
sition Hotel, corner Lancaster and
Girard avenues, location very near
the centennial grounds, and yet in a
very pleasant and quiet neighborhood. 1t
is supplied with all improved appliances,
such, for instance, rs those admirable
earth commodes made by the
Wakefield Co, of n. Y. Hence danger
from malarie, from sewer gas, etc., is
much reduced. During the hot months,
such points are of great note. The hotel
also has most efficient manager in NJ
Riley, late of the Continental HOTEL Phila-
delphia. The buildings are entirely of
brick, and at the close Of the exhibition
they can be arranged into private
dwellings The hotel is the largest in the
world, is conducted on the European plan,
and is cheaper than any other first-class
hotel. 1t is only Is minutes drive from
the celebrated Belmont Driving Park and
Race Course
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-24
JAMES L. ROCK.
CHICAGO TINES.


He, too, stopped at the Harper Some
how the tribe have peculiar fancy for
first class hotels. Rock visited THE AR
GUS sanctum and on the strength Of his
card, and with desire TO aid the Times,
we gave him two or three notices, calcu-
lated to help him obtain orders. He liked
the Harper very mucil-ipdeed he liked it
so we'll that he seut for his wife Tor a
woman anyhow aud the two lived for a
time clover About the middle OF March
their appeared in the Cambridge ChrOnt'
Gle the following:
Mr.. j. L. Rock, for twelve years commercial edi-
tor of the Chicago Times, in This cty preparing
article for his paper on the commercial interests
of Moline, Davenport and Rock Island will also bt
written up III the same articlc.-H0tjRe ReUtels
We hope he wLn't write up those towns as he die
Cambridge a few years ago, when he started a pa
per here. When he got through writing us up 6
good many people were good Macy dollars on
of pocket. and remain so to this day Cambridge
Chronicle,
Rock must have seen copy of the
Chronicle containing the above, for moi
long after it appeared he and his woman
contrived to get out Of the house without
creating any suspicion, leaving board bill
of SAC unpaid, and that's the last Of Rock
as far as the Harper House knows
Whether the fellow was authorized to act
for the Times is very doubtful He may
have been allowed a commission on what
business ne brought in, when the bids
we're paid. But it is not likely that such .
rascal as he is would be allowed to collect
any bills.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-24
The Rebellion of the Stomach.

The stomach obstinatey rebels against all efforts
to make it digest supcrabundant or indigestibIe
food. When fit of dyspepsia has been brought
on by overndulgence in the pleasures of the table,
or any other cause, the Invalid can obtain from
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters prompter and more
complete relief than from any other source. This
admirable specific not only reIders digestion active,
but regulates the secretions and distribution of the
bile re-establishes "a regular habit of body when
cosiveness exists, restores the appetite, soothes
and nvigorates the nerves. and. if taken before
retiring, facilitates sleep. Under these happy
conditions the dyspeptc or bilious subject regains
lost flesh, his spirits recover their elasticity and all
the various aud harassing bodily and mental
symptoms of chronic indigestion disappear.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-24
SPENCER TOMPKINS.
Peoria National Democrat.

When they left they all paid their bills
except the Individual named. He re-
manned day or two longer than the others,
and when he was ready to leave he asked
for his grip sack, took it aud started. The
clerk modestly suggested that he had for
gotten something, whereupon the individual
laughed and said, 20 MOI never pay
any hotel bills" He sloped and that
hotel has not heard from him since. 1t
can hardly be possible that he was repre-
sentative Of the Peoria National Demo
crat! Certainly if he was he has never
rendered any "squiy for his hotel bill.
Last July there was another OF the tribe
around who presented card as follows:
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-24
TIE GREAT RAILRoADYIGHT.
Fares Reduce6--A Public Benefit.

Never in the annals OF railroad history
has there been SO great inducements offered
to carry our people eastward at rates next
to nothing. Every patriotic individual OF
cur forty millions have, within the last
year, encouraged themselves with the hope
Of visiting our National Exhibition In
Philadelphia, the immensely of which
makes hope brighter and faith stronger in
the perpetual existence and future of our
Great Republic The gathering of ten
millions of our country people in the grand
legendary old city of Philadel phia and the
viewing of the traditional hall of our first
congress, the old bell that rang out our
independence, the spot wherein our firm
foretathers indited that instrument which
forever dec AIRED us unshacklcd and a free
people, the broad graphic Delaware, rich
in history of our struggling ancestors and
everything that could tend to awaken d
feeling of reverence and inspire awe is en-
bodied within the limits of that sacred
dear old city. The prominent revolution
airy events, which transpired over cell
fury ago, are being lived over again, and
the rising generation refreshed by history
of our suffering, brave and plucky patriots
The DaOmeatous affairs of our country $
DdpIlSu III piDou 10 uUN uUsb HllJ cODl-
memorated by the vast concourse of all
nations who cheertuIly lend their aid in
celebrating most properly in Philadelphia
the peace and prosperity which has been
brought about within a century. Then
let US celebrate. The magnificent Eft.
Wayne 4 Pennsylvania Railway Centen-
NAL tickets are on sale everywhere, and
this is the only line which runs its sleeping
coaches, hotel cars, and drawing room
palaces without change, to their new cen
tennial depot, on the centennial grounds.
1t must be remembered that boarding can
be procured at froHl one dollar to five dol
lars per day, in Philadelphia, and some of
the largest and most complete hotels in the
world are within five minutes walk of the
grounds The great 1T, Wayne & Penn
sylvanla have hundreds of new and elegant
coaches constructed purposely for the cen
tennial, and are prepared to run, add
tional to their three centennial daily trains,
when required, to accommodate the multi
tude The schedule has been so arranged
as to make direct connections at all railway
functions
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-24
NERVOUS DfsksEEI,EY.

a depressed, irritable state of minds
a weak, nervous, exhausted feeling.
NO energy or animation; confused
head, weak memory, often with de-
btlitating, involuntary discharges. The
consequence Of excuses, mental overwork or
indiscretions. This NERVOUS DEBILITY
finds a sovereign cure in HUMPHREYS,
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC, No. as.
1t tones up the system, arrests disehA. e dispels
the mental gloom and desponden.. nj rejuve-
mates the entire system. It is PERFECTLY harm
less and always efficient. Price IS, for package
Of five boxes and large q 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 HOMEOPATHIC MrQCINE CO.
No. 563 BROADWAY, II. 7.
eHS See large advertisement.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-24
Religious ead-Beats.

There is a man in this state that we
don't think will ever die. His name is
Amasa Lord, and he lives in Elgln. Some
thing less than half century ago, we re-
member of receiving from him little slips
of paper, with articles and statistics about
the bible. He was bible agent. and
lived by begging contributions to the
bible cause" These scraps he wanted
country publishers to publish. He was
the grand generalissimo of the col
porteurs," that noble band of religious
dead beats, who look down upon the gutter
dead beat with pity and contempt. We
don't suppose it ever entered into any
body's head that there were religious,
pious, well-dressed dead-beats, as there
are ragged, profane and drunken dead
beats. But the fact remains. Any able
bodied man, who seeks to get living
without work, whether as colporteur or
hummer, is rightfully classed among the
army Of dead-beats. The one may be we'll
dressed, may stop with respectable fami
lies, and have the best bed in the house.
But he is none the less sponging his living
off of honest labor. And if there were
less of this class there would be less of the
other class. For, the mass Of unthinking
humanity, seeing these well-dressed beg
CARS living on the fat Of the land and
yellow-legged chickens, come to regard
labor as degrading, and seek by every in
direct way to git Twin without work. |"
So the cutters are filled, and the roads are
lined with tramps. Peoria National Dem
Ocrdt.
Very true. We indorse it ALL And
there are other classes of dead beats that
deserve notice also-and notably the
book agent and newspaper dead beat
Hotels, transportation companies, and
newspapers suffer most from these fellows.
The newspaper dead beat is the fellow who
claims transportation when he has no right
to it and has nothing to render in return
for it, or if he promises advertising and
notices as payment never keeps his
promise. He registers at hotels as james
Drinkwater, of the Podunk Gazette, hoping
thus to impress upon the people in the
hotel offices the idea that if they charge
him no bill they will be much benefited
by the notices his Journal will contain in
favor Of the house lie also manages ia
some way to sponge a notice in some loca
paper if possible. In cases out of j the
person who registers at a hotel as o.
some newspaper ! is a dead Here i:
is an instance:
In March 1874, when the great cana
convention was held here, there arrived
quite large delegation from Peoria, in
Guiding the city council and other officials
Among them the register at the Harpe
House shows the following:
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-24

The First National Bank, WILL on Au-
gust lst, remove to the store now oocu-
pied by A. Loeb, the Illinois street CLOTH
ier, and in view of the removal Mr.. Loeb
has determined to offer his entire stock of
summer goods, gents underwear and fur
nishing goods, etc., at greatly reduced
prices. Those who desire to seeare bar
gains will do we'll to give him c& as the
stock is the fiuest and most stylish in the
city. The well known reputation Of Mr.
Loeb as business man aud his uniformly
low prices are sufficient guars htee that all
goods will be sold as represeg fed. Special
bargains are also offered in fhe merchant
tailoring department, as IF is determined
to clean out the entire sttk previous to
removing, A fine line u light worste2.
English goods, French cassimeres, etc.
Mr.. Loeb is conceded tdbe the most cyl
ish merchant tailor in ae CITY an3 besides
carrie: heavy apd we1 assorted line of
ready made clothing, u hich will be sold at
prices which defyl coy petition. The sale
August LIST. " dtf-1.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-24
STATE CoNvEN-
TON.
Excursion Rates.

The Peoria 4 Rock Island Railway, will
sell tickets at reduced rates to Springfield
aud return, good from July Goth to 3lst
inclusive. Delegates and others will find
this the best route as through coaches will
be run from Rock Island to Springfield.
\ train will leave from the c., Il. l. & p.
depot, Rock Island. at 600 A. NJ. July &c,
on arrival of morning trains of Western
Union and G., Il. |. & p. roads, reaching
Springfield at P. NJ same day. Return
ing, will leave Springfield morning after
convention adjourns, ARRIVING at Rock
Island at 600 P. NJ An excellent oppor-
tunity is now offered to those who wish to
visit the new state Capitol. Go and see
the New State House
J. II. billiard, Receiver,
JAS. V. MAHoNEY, Gen'l. Ticket Ag t.