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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-16

The Committee on Finance presented
the following report, viz:
To the Honorable, the Board of Supervisors of
Rock Island County.
GENTLEMEN:-Your committee to whom
was referred the semi-annual reports of
the several county officers, would respect
fully report that they haye carefully exam
ined the same, and would report as fol-
lows.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-16

COSMOFOLlTA HOTEL.
Corner OF Chambers Street, and West Broadway.
NEW YORK.
ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN.
4 First-class accommodations for 400 guests Loca
ted conveniently to business and places of amuse.
ments. Cars from all depots pass the door. Rooms
from 81 to S. per day. Newly and handsomely fur
nished and decorated,
N. & s. j. HUGGINS. Proprietors.
N Higgins, formerly of Mania ten Hotel. s. j.
Higgins, formerly Of Lovejoy's Hotel.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-16
and drawers Of said clerks Office as he
may deem proper and necessary.
JOHN AsTER,
GEO. g. WAKE,
f. j. WHITNEY.


GEO. @. WAKE,
f. J. WHITNEY,
Committee.
The Committee on Poor and Poor House
presented the following report, which was
adopted
Your committee to whom were referred
the assurances of the county buildings,
would beg leave to submit the following
report on the matters before them: That
they have insured with j. M. Buford,
agent, the following:
Poor house, wash house, furniture.
clothing and barn. in the Hartford In
surance company, for $1,000 for three
years, at per cent premium-$6O; court
house, $4,000-$2,00O in the Franklin of
Philadelphia, and $4,000 in the North
American, for three years at 2 per cent
premium-$S0; total. $40; credit for re.
turned premium, $19,55; amount due j.
M. Buford, $I2O,45.
With Hayes & Cleveland, agents, the
insane asylum, for $4,000 in the Cont
mental, at per cent, for three years pre-
MUM, 800; the stewards residence for
$4,000 in the Underwriters. at l.20 per
cent for three years, premium, $24; total,
$84; credit by returned premium, $29, 40;
amount due Hayes & Cleaveland, $3.50.
All of the above policies expire on the
18th day of December, 1879.
Your committee would recommend that
orders for the following amounts be
issued: To j, NJ, Buford, $l2O,45; Hayes
Il Cleaveland, $5460.
W. LSwEENEY,
THos. KERR.
NILES B,WRIGHT.
Committee
The committee on miscellaneous claims
presented the following report which was
adopted
Your committee on miscellaneous claims
would beg leave to report that they have
examined all claims presented before them,
and recommend the payment of the fol-
lowing. and that the clerk be directed to
issue orders for the several amounts to the
several claimants, to-wit:
4. NJ, Sinnett SIC Sesame Is so. E. E.
Parmenter 10000. Charles Brown l 90,
Continued on next page)
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-16
PadLOcks

Made in the most substantial and compact man.
ner, ana are IN query respect a superior article
We guarantee that no two locks are alike, unless
specially ordered. Each lock furnished with two
keys. Amy number Of locks or keys made to oIder
Adopled by the United states Government. Sam
pies of No. Lock sent to all parts free. on recent
ot &l,2S, Liberal Discounts. to the trade.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-16
REPORT OF CIRCUIT CLERK:

We would respectfully recommend tina,
the same be approved as correct state
ment of receipts of saidiofice for the time
specified, but your committee do not agree
with the officer that there is a deficiency
due him from the county, the law being
very plain that the compensation shall in
no instance exceed the fees actually
collected"
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-16
MEDICAL
~..eI YEARS BEFORE THE PUBLIC.
DR.. c. MCLANE'S
CELEBRATED
LIVER PILLS.
FOR THE CURE OF
Hepatitis Or Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE.

Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
DAM in the right side, under the edge
i of the ribs, increases on pressure;
sometimes the pain is in the leftside; the
patient is rarely able to lie on the left
side; sometimes the pain is felt under
the shoulder-blade, and it frequently ex-
tends to the top of the shoulder, and is
sometimes mistaken fo- rheumatism in
the arm. The stomach is affected with
loss ofappetite and sickness; the bowels
in general are costive, sometimes alterna-
tive with lax +; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is
generally considerable loss ofmemory,
accompanied with painful sensation of
having left undone something which
ought 10 have been done. A slight, dry
cough is sometimes an attendant. The
patient complains of WEAKNESS and de-
bility; he is easily startled, his feet are
cold or burning, and he complains of
prickly sensation of the skin; his spirits
are low and although he is satisfied that
exercise would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few ofthem existed,
yet examination ofthe body, after death,
has shown the LIVER to have been ex-
tensively deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
DR.. c. McLANE's LIVER PILLS, IN
CASES OF AGUE AND FEVER, when taken
with Quinine, are productive of the
most happy results. No better cathartic
can be used, preparatory to, or after
taking Quinine. We would advise all
who are afflicted with this disease to
give them FAIR TRIAL.
For all Bilious arrangements, and as
simple purgative, they are unequaled.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine DR.. c. McLANE's Liver
PILLS are never sugar coated.
Every box has a red wax seal on the
lid, with the impression DR.. McLANE's
LIVER PILLS.
The genuine McLANE's LIVER PILLS
bear the signatures of c. McLANE and
FLEMING Bros. on the wrappers.
B9~ Insist on your druggist or
storekeeper giving you the genuine
DR.. c. McLANE's LIVER PILLS, pre-
pared by Fleming Bros, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sold by all respectable druggists and
country storekeepers generally.
To those wishing to give DR.. c. MCLANE's LIVER
Pills trial will mail post paid any part of the
United States, box of Pills for twenty-five
FLEMING BROS. Pittsburgh Pa
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-16
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ssG a II ID ~ Il II .
HOUSE,
Cor. Michigan Az. and Jackson Stree

Cor, Michigan Av, and jackson Street,
CHICAGO, Observation-Disclosures. ILL.
THIS elegant hotel acknowledges no rival either
| in its management. appointments, or location.
In the latter respect it affords its guests charming
and unobstructed view from two OF its lofty fronts,
OF Lake Michigan as FAR at the eye can reach the
finest waterscape view in America. Is diagonally
opposite the Great Exposition Building and but
one block from the WABASH Avenue AMP State St.
lines of Horse Railway, leading to all parts of the
city, rnd convenient to places of amusement 1t
has ESQ large and elegantly furnisi ed rooms, with
all modern improvements. Including Tufts Passen.
ger Elevator. c. Il, GAUBRRT, Proprietor.
FRANK WENTWORTH, Chief Clerk
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-16

For Book BINDING or RuIing, 90 to
The ARGUS Bindery. No better work
can be done in this vicinity. Prices reason
able, Work done quick, Leave orders at
The ARGUS Counting Room, opposite the
the Post Office.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-16
REPORT OF COUNTY CLERK.

We would recommend that the same
be approved, and that the clerk be in.
structed to pay to the County Treasurer
the sum of one-hundred and eighty and
hfty-two ore hundreths dollars, the sun
shown by his report remaining in hi,
hands of fees collected in excess of SALARY
and expenses of the Office for the half year
, 1876-12-02

A HAPPY WOMAN Here is something
for the fair sex. A happy woman is
not she the very sparkle and sunshine of
life A woman who is happy because
she can't hep it-whUse smile even the
coldest sprinkle of misfortune cannot
dampen. Men make Il terrible mistake
when they marry for beauty, for talent
Or for style. The sweetest wives are
those who possess the magic secret Of be-
ing contented under any circumstances.
Rich or poor high or low, it makes no
difference the bright little fountain OF
JOY bubbles up just rs musicOlly in their
hearts.
, 1876-12-02

A DEADLY PRACrICE.--It is a quite
common custom with those who use ker.
oseac lamps, when the light is not need,
ed, and with the idea of saving oil, to
turn down the wick Sufficiently low to
make it smoke, and not low enough to
put ont the flame. The result is the
room Is filled with smoke and the air
poisoned. A case occurred the other
day, in Cayuga county, New York, in
which this practice was nearly fatal in its
result, young lady having gone to sleep
with her lamp thus arranged AMI becn
nearly sutf'oCated. Either allow the wick
to be high enough to burn clear, or else
extinguish the light.
, 1876-12-02

COR BEINT Mr. Allen the enter.
pri,ing mill proprietor at Fall CITY,,
started out on u journey from that great
metropolis to Seattle ON foot, one day
last week. He left Squak valley, on
Wednesday afternoon, taking the trail
for the Seattle mines, he struck out ON u
double quick, believing that by dint oi
perseverance. he could reach the mines
before dusk But the thick, dark clouds
began to gather and onrken the heavens,
and finally the rain poulel down in tor.
rents. Nothing mltcrng, Mr.. Allen dash
ed on until the dense dgrkncsS buried
everything in the blackncss Of an Egyp-
tinn night. Shortly after he found him
self off the trail among the brush and
windhlls. Unwilling to endure u cold
night in the woods. he set out with the
resolve TO strike the trail but failing to
do SO, he concluded il WAS best to en-.
scOncc himself in some sheltered spot
and wait for daylight, At this juncture
he luckily hit upon a large hollow tree,
and being drcnched with the rain and
chilled with the cold, he crawled in and
there awaited the dawning OF day. Day
light finally came, and his chagrin may
he imagined when be found that in the
darkness he had crawlei into an old tree
which had been burned out, that he WIS
all covered with SCOT from hi' head to
his feet, and that he had camped within
n few feet Of the road which leads direct
to the Seattle mines.
, 1876-12-02
FOR SALE

That very desirable piece of property
in Snohomish City, known as the Riverside
Hotel, the oldest hotel in town is now
offered for sale 1t is eligibly situated, in IN
excellent state Of repair, and yields It's pro-.
pretor u handsome income. 1t will be sold,
subject to lease which expires in four years
from February next Applyto
". VI. TIRTLOT,
ylB II agent.
, 1876-12-02

A st. Petersburg paper say that Rus.
sia has at present nearly 100000 men
under arms, and 1870 field. pieces, and
that the army can be increased to 2 2,5O0,-
900 without calling ont the reserves.
, 1876-12-02

The Seattle DiYairh lays the blame Of
Jud>on', defeat on the eastern counties
of the Territory. but probably the Re
publican voters are most to blame for it,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-20
Campaign lettings.

The second number Of the Michigan Independ
emit ought to contain Q column OF favorable
notices Of the Press. ThstI be nice.
In Indiana. the home OF imitation, there we're
only 1850 greenback votes cast. What then
can Moses and bis followers expect in Mlchi-
gan.-Detroit News.
Mr.. Evarts some time ago accepted the invi.
tation Of the Republican committee to deliver
0 speech in favor OF Hayes and Wheeler, at as
early date as possible, in the Cooper Institute.
Greeley, Colorado, the place founded by set
tiers who were partly induced to "go west" by
Horace Greeley, az the recent election gave
924 Republican votes, and only SO votes for
the Democratic candidates.
We know our readers are getting pretty tired
Of these campaign charges, but we don't feel as
il it would be right to suppress the latest against
Gov. Hayes, put forth by a Tilden orator in
Ohio: He (Hayes) never obtained an office
that was not thrust upon him."
A Boston Democrat advised his son, who will
soon cast his first vote, to visit the different
club rooms and see who composed the two
parties, and hear their talk, before deciding
which he would attach himself to. The advice
was followed, and few nights later the son
wore home the uniform Of Hayes and Wheeler
battalion he had just joined. The father was
satisfied
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-20
DEC.fTTR LO(.2LS.

From Our own Correspondent.
promised some weeks SINCE to give you the
aggregate number of bushels Of wheat pur-
chased on the streets OF Decatur from July
31st, 1876, to October LIST inst, period OF two
months. give it to you below, and the entire
amount has been purchased by the wagon load
from producers who usually do their marketing
at Decatur.
The entire number OF bushels Of wheat pur-
chased as above are eighty one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-fve. OF this amount Messrs.
Rawson g. Knight bought $4,000 bu.; Grosven-
or Tarbell, 1918; Newton Chamberlain, IL,
1914. Rawson 4 Knights and Lewis Barter &
Co. (Which last named firm own the Decatur
Touring null bought for themselves, while Mr.,
Tarbell bought for Messrs. Dudgeon & Cobb OF
Kalamazoo, and Mr.. Chamberlain for Mesers.
Merrill McCourtie of the same place. The
above Is exclusive of good many car loads
purchased by Mr.. Clarence Barter OF L. Barter
& Company, and large amount purchased in
the same way by Messrs. Rawson & knight.
Also exclusive OF 764 bushels bought by Mr.,
Tarbell at Glenwood.
Now, we want to know If any other village
in this county can make better showing than
the above, which is from the books OF the sew.
eral buyers and is correct exhibit. Also, We
want to know If there Is any other village il
the State OF the size OF Decatur that car
honestly exceed the above showing. II there
Is such village, let us hear from them. Most
of the above amount OF wheat. ia OF the crot
OF 1876.
There are not as many apples being marketed
as usual IN Decatur this season. owing mainl,
to the low pnce and the close culling by buyers
Prices range from so cts. to 30 cts per Dbl.
There is to be grand rally aud mass meeting
OF the Republicans Of the county aud surround
ing country at Decatur two weeks from mex
Saturday. Hon. Thos. W. Ferry and J. G
Burrows are TO be the speakers, and no failure
squadrons and companies of mounted men ar,
coming from Keller and other towns, and sew
eral brass bands are TO be in attendance
Everybody is invited and everybody is coming
Business will go on just the same. Due notlc
will be given by posters, programmes. ere.
October 18th. 49,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-20
Men and Women.

Sojourner Truth is one Of the objects or
curiosity at the centennial.
1t was a woman-Priscilla wakefeld-who
founded the first savings bank.
DR.. Holland has tried 1t, and says that au-
thorship does not pay in this country.
The New York board of education proposes
to forbid the employment OF married women
as teachers.
Rev. Miss Ada c. Bowles is appointed to
preach the sermon before the next Pennsyl-
vania Universalist convention.
Prof. HUXLEY Melted $4,000 by his three lee
lures in this country. He was offered but de-
clined $500 for his address before the John
Hopkins university.
WATERFOWL. Mass, resigned because woman
was elected member, and their action has been
rebuked by the election OF two women on the
new committee.
II suffer not woman to teach" said the
Apostle Paul. And yet the late Mrs. Bartlett
teacher IN Spurgeon's Sunday school, is said to
nave had the largest Bible class in England.
Mr. Elihu Burritt and his Sanscrit class have
presented to Mr.. Longfellow Sanscrit trans
laton OF his psalm of Life" IN an elegant
album, which contains also the class's auto.
graphs.
commendable work is carried on by Mrs
Spurgeon, the wife Of the eminent London
! clergyman. She has already raised one thou
sand pounds for 81 Book Fund" to help poor
ministers whose libraries are scantly supplied
1t is certainly settled that most useful and
proper business for women is that OF house
architect. No one knows as we'll the advantages
and disadvantages Of the arrangements OF the
interior Of houses, and the hundred little things
thought trivial by man by woman are known
to be important. She knows the steps it saves
10 nave the store-room IN the right place. how
much breakage is consequent on the want Of q
proper china closet the inconvenience Of hav
ing the closet door open on the wrong side, and
the trouble OF having the hooks too high
When a man builds house for himself and
his wife helps to plan it, every woman who
succeeds her in it takes comfort in the little
conveniences, which, though seeming almost
trivial, are Of great importance to the house
keeper. New Century for Women.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-20
Items for the Girls.

To give brilliancy to the eyes shut them early
at night and open them early in the morning.
Mary II. Graham of Flint, the first colored
girl to enter our University, entered on diploma
September 20.
There are one thousand Young Mems Chris
tian Associations IN the United States. How
many are there for young women?
An old bachelor having been laughed at by a
party Of pretty girls, told them, g You are
small potatoes !" 1--WE may be small potatoes
said one of them, but we are sweet ones! !"
A fashion report says that bows form most
Of the trimming about dress nowadays. When
We were youth with transparent SOUL beau1
ussd to hang around dresses pretty profusely,
Whitehall Times.
Covington. Kentucky, has a lady billiard
player, Miss Blanche Worthington, by name,
who - said to handle the cure with much grace
and skill. The way she beats concerted mascu-
line players is surprising. and often causes
them to wonder " how she did it,
Two young ladies' living IN Joliet were nearly
frightened to death recently bya tramp sud
denly and boldly entering the house. Recover
ing quickly, however, they pretended TOT a.
g the man of the house." and the tramp sfapFet
out as suddenly as he came in.
The affectionate and far-sghted daughter
now places her fathers slippers carefully before
the fire when he comes home from the Office,
and as she lovingly smootbes back the hail
from his brow audibly wonders il Kate Wander
grif is the only girl on that street who is going
to wear sealskin jacket this WINTER Rochester
Chronicle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-20
ANN ARBoR, Oct. 18th, 1876,


The new State Hospital connected with the
University is now ready for the reception Of pa
tents. There are male and female wards, en-.
trely new, and fitted up with all the necessary
improvements. Medical aud surgical services
to the patients are faith ily and gratmtously
rendered by the Faculty Of the College, the
only charges being for board and for expensive
appliances, when such are required.
Medical, surgical and opthalmic clinics, gra-
tuitous to patients, will be held at the College
on each Saturday until the last of March.
Clinical patients. especially medical cases,
must be at the College promptly by o'clock,
A. NJ.
The faculty and students OF the College will
be under obligations to members Of the medi-
cal profession and others who may direct cases
OF interest to the hospital or clinic.
Any further information respecting either
may be obtained by addressing
\. B. PALMER, NJ. D.,
Dean of Faculty.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-20

A VALUABLE REMEDY.-It may be worth
knowing that one or the most certain remedies
known for the cure Of Consumption and all
diseases that lead to it, such as severe Coughs,
neglected Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, etc., is
DR.. Marshall's Lung Syrup. 1t seems that our
best Physicians highly recommend the use OF
1T. The formula from which it is prepared is
acknowledged by the medical journals to be
superior to any ever known before. We car
safely assert that nothing equals Or. Marshail's
Lung Syrup, for all cases OF Coughs, Colds, OF
diseases OF the Lungs and Chest. 1t never fails
to to give perfect satisfaction. The price is q
cents per bottle; large size 80 cents.
For sale by G. W. Longwell & Co.
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-20

A grand hunt is to take place on Tuesday
next between party Of forty-twenty on eact
side-under the captaincies OF VIM. III. Kirk
wood and George W. Rooms. The following
are the names of the participants;
Captain-W M. Kirkwood; Louis Melchor,
William Gleason, Charles Butler, A. V. Schell,
Bruce Cummings, William Youngs, W. III. Gid
den, - sharpstein. James Leech, Allen Engls,
M. c. Wheaton, Oramel Butler, William Pike,
A. Finn, Ed Hutz, P. 1. Bragg, o. W. Row
land, A, w. Showerman, Charles Earl.
Captain-George w. Rooms; Ed Gilman,
William Thayer, Charles Emery, Fred Lord,
Asa Glidden, Charles Melchor, j. E. Shower
man, John W. Free, Charles Pike, Winter
Reynolds l.. W. Andrews. Ford Murch, jeff
Averel, John j. Paige, s. t. Conway, George
Earl, Charles Rowley, G. A. Harrison, Dan.
Morrison.