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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-08
Obituary.

BUFFALO PRAIRIE, H., March 6, 1876
Mrs, Martha Kistler was born in West
moreland county. Pa, November 4. 1908,
married to John Kistler Dec. 81, 1882,
emigrated to Rock Island county, ILL.,, in
1889, settled Oh Buffalo Prairie and lived
there until her death on the 2Sth ult.
She raised family of six boys and three
girls. all of whom are grown to manhood
and womanhood, and with one exception,
1.-THE youngest daughter, Mrs. Patt, who
now resides in Rinsgold county, Iowa..
surrounded her deathbed. She has been
a consistent member of the Presbyterian
church for almost fifty years. She was
universally esteemed by all her friends and
acquaintance, and her loss is sadly felt,
not only in her own family but IN the en-
tire community Her remains were es-
corted to the cemetery by large con
course of people.
Besides her sons and daughters she was
mourned by seventeen grandchildren. 1t
is the first death that has occurred in the
family. Con-.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-08

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Safely. Book with full information sent free. Ad-
dress orders by mail and telegraph to
BAXTER & CO.,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
oil
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-02-03
A recent visitor to the Dismal

A recent visitor to the Dismal
swamp describes it, in Forrest
and Stream, as having lost none
of the characteristics which
gave it its name Bears are
not so plenty there as when the
region was rarely penetrated by
man, yet they still afford sport for hun
tiers. Lake Drummond, once believed by
the ignorant to be bottomless, is really no
in place not more than fifteen feet deep.
Its water, impregnated with the juices Of
uniper AID gum leaves, ia Of the color of
wine and is drank as remedy by con
sumptiVes.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-02-03
A Sleeps Teeth.

l often hear persons disputing
about the age of sheep, to my
surprise, be it said. For them to
tell the age of sheep nothing is
easier. A sleeps front teeth the
first year are eight in number.
appearing all of a size. Second
year the two middle ones are
shed out and replaced by two
much longer than the others.
Third year two very small ones
appear---on either side of the
eight. AT the end of the fourth
there are six large teeth Fifth
year all the front teeth are large.
Sixth year all begin to show
wear-not till then.-Cor.
Exchange.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-02-03
A Convenient Land Measure.

To aid farmers in arriving at
accuracy in estimating the
amount of land in different
fields under cultivation, the fol
lowing table is given:
Five yards wide by 96S long
contains one acre;
Ten yards wide by ASA long
contains one acre.
Twenty yards wide by 24o
long contains one acre.
Forty yards wide by III
long contains one acre.
Eighty yards wide by Coz
long contains one acre.
Sixty feet wide by 126 long
contains one acre.
One hundred and ten feet
wide by 397 long contains one
acre.
One hundred and thirty feet
wide by 363 long contains one
acre.
Two hundred and twenty
feet wide by 1913 long contains
one acre.
Two hundred and forty feet
wide by 1917 long contains one
acre.
Four hundred and forty feet
wide by 80 long contains one
acre.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-02-03
A Young man upon Mari,

A young man upon Marion
county, KY, tried to punch a
rabbit out of a hollow log with
a gun, the other day. The rabbit
came out and so did the gun
some of it. And the young man
will never make his sisters mad
by blowing his nose with his
fingers any more, because he has
no thumb to catch hold of bis
nose with, and if he had, he has
no nose to catch hold of.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-02-03
Ayers
Cherry PeCt0ral,
For Diseases of the Throat aud Lungs
such SIS Coughs, Colds, Whooping-
Cough, Bronchitis. Asthma,
and Consumption.

Among the g7ea'
discoveries Of mUier
science. few are o,
more real value L.
mankind than tllis el-
fectual remedy for al
diseases of the Throat
and Lungs. 4 vast
trial of its virtues,
throughout this and
other countries, has
shown that it does
suralv aud EXTERNALLY
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-02-03

A wag, passing livery stable one
day, in front of which several very lean
horses were tied, stopped suddenly, and
gazed at them sometime with counte-
nance indicating the utmost astonish-
ment, and then, addressing the owner,
who was standing near, asked him
if he made horses. Made horses? said
the knight Of the brush and curry comb
No. Why do you ask such question!
Only, replied he, because | observe you
have several frames set up.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-02-03

gloss and freshness of youth. Thin
hair is thickened, falling hair checked,
and badness often, though not always,
cured by its use. Nothing can restorl
the hair where the follicles are de-
stroyed, or the glands atrophied and
decayed; but such as remain can be
saved by this application, and stimu-
lated into activity, SO that a new
growth of hair is produced. Instead
of fouling the lair with pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. The
restoration of vitality it gives to the
scalp arrests and prevents the forma-
ton of dandruf, when Is often so I'M
clearly and offensive. Free from those
deleterious substances which make
some preparations dangerous ana iniu-
rious to the hair, the Vigor can only
benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found so desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it does
not soil white cambria, and yet lasts
long on the hair, giving it a rich, glossy
lustre, and a grateful perfume.
Prepared by Or. ]. C. Aver & Co.,
Practical ard Analytical Chemists,
LOWELL. MASS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-02-03
xarnr ano DARN.

Farm an0 yaifp.
Mr.. Robert Boyd, of Greeley
Col, in 1875 cribbed nearly
5000 bushels of corn.
A l3-year-old boy in Meeler
County, Mimi, on the 1st of
May, 1875, set $3.50 trees.
The total sales of agricultural
implements manufactured in
Minneapolis, Mimi, in the year
1875, reached s64O,750.
Arrangements have been
made to send five of William
Nations premium Devons to
the Centennial for exhibition.
Lake County, O, raised last
year $4,000 bushels of potatoes
Ashtabula 100000, and Port
age $4,000, a total Of 100000
bushels.
A New York man has dis
covered a chemical process by
which worthless tobacco is trans
formed into fne-looking and fair
tasting cigars.
J. J. Mech, the welLknown
English farmer, pronounces the
steam-plow decidedly the best
weed-killer-much better than
the steam cultivator.
During September, October
and November, Great Britain
and Ireland imported 4 ,425,743
quarters (of S bushels) of wheat
and wheat -four.
Fields which are always wet
from springs or tenacious sub
soils are rarely benefited by the
use of gypsum. But drain them
thoroughly, and they respond to
its use as fully as any others.
A correspondent of The Ru-
raj New Yorker boasts of rails
ING one hundred and nine stalks
of rye from single seed. They
grew on land that had not been
MANFRED, and it was not a very
good year for rye either.
Two Allentown, Pa, thieves
went to a mans pen and took
therefrom a fine fat hog. Driv-
ing it to their wagon, a short
distance, they were unable to
get piggy into the vehicle. One
of them returned to the mans
house and got him to go and
help them. When he discover
ed, next morning, how he had
been tricked his language was
very emphatic.
At Point Reyes, Cal, is a
dairy farm Of $4,000 acres, on
which are 5000 cows. This farm
is rented with the cows) in
parts, to several tenants. Butter
making on Point Reyes is quite
profitable to these tenants
They make from $1,000 to
$1,000 a year clear and above
all expenses. The yield from
the cows are exceedingly good.
The poorest average was an
average of $50 pounds Of butter
to the cow which at an average
price of 81 cents, gave an aver
age receipt of $3.50 per COW.
Some of the better ranches
showed an average of $50 per
COW through whole heard of
300 COWS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-02-03
PURELY VEGETABLE.
ROOT and HERB PILLS!

ere a safer surer and every way better Pur
gative Remedy, than has heretofore been OF
fered to the American people. and as vegeta
bic substances are more destructahle from
the action Of the air and time than minerals.
these Pills are put up in glass jars, which
protect them from change tor any length Of
time.
Sutjoiael we gics The different disorders for
ackich these PITS are especially adaPted, and
although tbeY hare mary names. their origin as
the saa,e--derangeme5.t Of the digesttre organs
and impure blood
These Pills operate mildly upon the stom-
ach and bowels correcting its diseased &C
tion and restoring its healthy viitalities.---
For loss of appetite weakness Of the stomach,
and for abitual costiVeness, they viii
found a sovereign remedy.
The Root and Herb Pills cure Sickhead-
ache: the Root and Herb Pills cure Nervous
H7adach the Root and Herb Pills cure,
Heartburn, Sour Stomach. Indigestion, Dir
illness, Pain in the Stomach and Side.
These Pills can Be gipsa 10 children 's'th per
feet salty.
A, J. LEMKE, Prop,
CEWAIkE E. WIS
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-02-03
CAPITAL OF $4,000,

With the privilege of increasing toSlOs, 100
Will buy and sell DRAFTS ON the prn-
sipal cities of tie Union.
Will buy and sell DRAFTS on Great
Britain, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, or
the Continent of Europe, at NEW YORK
RATES, and in sums to suit the purchas-
ers Will sell
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-02-03
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
ManitowoC.

This Bank is organized under the pro-
visions of the National Banking Law, with
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-02-03

control Them The testimony of our best citi-
zens, of all classes, establishes the fact, that
CHERRY PICTORIAL will and does relieve and
cure the affecting disorders of the Throat and
Lungs beyond any other medicine. The most
dangerous affections of the Pulmonary Organs
Weld to its power: and cases of Consumption.
cured BY this preparation, are publicly known.
60 remarkable as hardly to be believed, were
,hev not proven beyond dispute. As a remedy,
it is adequate, or which the public may rev
for full protection. By curing Coughs. the
forerlnners of more serious disease. it saves un-
numbered lives, and an amount OF suffering not
to be computed. 1t challenges trial, and con-
vinces the most sceptical. Ever : family should
keep it on hand as protection against the early
and unperceived attack of Pulmonary Alice
tons, which are easily met ar first, but which
become incurabe, and too often fatal, if neg
iected. Tender lungs need this defence; and il
: unwise to be without it As safeguard to
children amid the distressing diseases which
heset the Throat and Chest of childhood, CHERRY
PICTORIAL is invaluable; for, by its timel Y use,
nultitudes are rescued from premature graves.
and saved TO the love and affection centred on
them. II acts speedily and surely against ordi-
nary Gods, securing sound and health-restorlng
sleep. No one viii suffer troublesome EnRu-
enza and painful Bronchitis, when they know
how easily they can lie cured.
Originally the product of long. l&bOrious, and
successful chemical investigation. no cost or toi
IS spared in making every bottle in the utmost
possible perfection. II may be confidently relied
upon as possessing all the virtues it has evel
exhibited, and capable of producing cures 81
memorable as the greatest il has ever effected.
PREPARED BY
D.. !. c. AVER & CO., Lowell Mass,
F'-..ct: caI and Analytical Chemists.
GOLD ny Att DRUGGISTS EvEEYwHERE,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-13
Minor kilograms.

ASSAroLIs, January 12.-John Lee
Carroll was inaugurated Governor Of
this State to-day.
BosroN, January l2.-It is reported
that Green & Stevens, dry goods dealers
OF this city, have failed.
LITTLE Rock, January l2.-The negro
murderer, who was to have been executed
on Friday, has been respited till his ap-
peal to the Supreme Court can be heard.
New ORLEANS, January 12.-Jako
johnson, (colored) longshoreman,
fell into tho river from the steamer jose
phine and drowned.
CrSCINSATr, January 12.--Thomas 8.
Flannery, OF tho firm OF Flannery &
Winkler, died at the hospital to-day at
noon from the effects Of wound in the
head inflicted On Sunday night by some
one unknown.
LOUISVILLE. KY, January l2.-The
balloting for U. S. Senator was continued
at Frantort to-day, but no election was
effected, Beck still leads, with Williams
only five behind.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, January ia
gentleman from Hannibal says that 1t is
reported, by telegram in yesterdays
Chicago papers, that application would
be made by tho creditors OF the Hanni-
bal & St. Joseph Railroad for receiver.
1t is without foundation.
TOPEKA, January 12.-Thc House
partially organized to-day by the election
Of Mr.. Haskell Of Lawrence as speaker
and Henry Booth, chief clerk. The Sen.
ate elected Mr.. Hubbard (cOlored) chap
lain. The Governors message will be de-
livered tomorrow.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-13
st. Louis Makes a Bid for the
National Convention.

ST. LOUIS, January 12.--At very large
meeting OF merchants on Change to-
day the following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
Resolred, That the members OF the Mer-
chants Exchange Of St. Louis. hereby
tender to the respective Executive Com.
mittees OF the Democratic and Republican
parties the free use Of their grand hall for
the purpose Of holding their National
Conventions this year, and they unite In an
earnest request that they consider favor
ably our city as the proper place for hold
ing said Convention.
The meeting attracted unusual atten-
ton, and very great interest was taken in
tho proceedings. There was not a single
dissenting voice to the passage Of the res
olution. This hall is the largest and
handsomest room in the country, and can
be arranged to seat comfortably about 4, :
000delegates and give them plenty Of room
to transact their business easily and
quickly,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-13

ONO COUNTY SoHooLs.-Mr. John G.
Faris, Superintendent ofschools outside
the city district, writes as follows to the
West Virginia Educational MOnthly in re-
gard to the present status of the schools un-
der his care:
"rhe schools in Ohio county are now
all in successful operation, except that in
Leatherwood Independent District. !
have visited all the schools Of the county
since the first OF September, except three.
The smallest school saw had ten schol-
ars, and the largest, with but one teacher,
had iorty.fyc. Inmany Of the schools are
classes in algebra, history, philosophy,
and in some physiology. find one diff.
Guilty in introducing the higher branches
into our schools, j. e.: the teacher has not
the time to hear recitations in these
branches without neglecting the A B c
scholars. In our graded schools, where
we have two teachers, one for the prima-
ry and one for the advanced pupils, they
seem to be almost u complete success. We
have n few more male than female teach
era About one.half now hold No. Ger
tifcates, and are improving with every
examination.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-13

The Register seems shocked and dis.
tressed at the suggestion that the Repub'
lican County Committees OF West Virgin,
ia should send delegates to a convention
for the purpose Of nominating delegates
to the National Republican (Presidential)
Convention. 1t considers such u sugges-
ton as a sort OF "ring" trick. There may
bc flavor OF ringism in convention
thus called, but considering the diameter
ofthe ring, ,havingeight or ten radii in each
fthc ffty.four counties OF the state, or u
matter Of about 500 in all, it has the
merit Of being of such dimensions
as to be plainly visible to the naked eye
The traditions and antecedents OF the
Register are so much mixed up with little
microscopic back office rings that they
hang like a cloud over the eyes of the
present regime, and prevent them from
seeing the immense periphery Of our
proposed ring.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-13
ALnrge Land Crab.

SAN Francisco, January 12.--In rela-
ton to yesterdays dispatch mentioning a
rumor in Sacramento OF q land grab by
which the State had been swindled in a
large amount, u resolution was offered in
the Assembly to-day to appoint COM
mittee to inquire into the title Of the
Golden City Homestead Association to
certain tide lands in San Francisco. 1t
is alleged that the patent was procured
under fraudulent pretences, by which the
State is loser to the amount Of ST, 900, 900.
The matter in brief is that the associa-
tion holding the ground bordering on the
tide land tack procured patent to the
latter on the condition Of filling it from
the highlands, but had failed to do SO and
divided the land among its members. A
committee was appointed to investigate
the matter without delay.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-13
Tho Patoka Crooked Whisky
Cases.

INDIANAPOLIS, January 12.-The United
States Court was occupied to-day in the
hearing Of the evidence in the McGriff
case. George Hagan, one OF the ring,
gave testimony that, being in charge OF
the barrel room at Patoka, he frequently
allowed spirits to be withdrawn and
shipped on oldstamps, which would after
wards be returned and used for the same
purpose. John F. Crisp, who was general
inside gaugcr and kept books for tho
Bighams at Patoka, testified that during
the last half Of the year 1874 there were
about 200 barrels a month Of crooked
whisky shipped from Pa,oka to Evans
Vile. The government has rested on the
case until John W. Bingham arrives to:
morrow. james K. Hill was released
from custody to-day on $4,000 bail. The
court agreed 10 grant a continuance in
the case OF Louis Bashcr until the third
day Of the May term OF court. He will
be required 10 furnish satisfactory Sc
curity for his appearance at that time.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-13
New Hampshire Democratic
State Convention.

CONCORD, n. H., January 12.-The
Democratic State Convention met to-day
and nominated Daniel Marcy for Gov
ernor and Thos. Densmore for Railroad
Commissioner.
The platform adopted recognizes as
final the settlement OF the issues involved
in the late civil war and the binding force
OF the constitutional amendments, favors
the return to specie payments, reform Of
all abuses IN the State and national ad-
miniStration, retrenchment and economy
in public expenses, equal and Just taxa
tion and tariff for revenue only. The
resolutions upon the school question and
third term are as follows:
ResoIued, That our system OF common
schools and our no less valuable scheme
OF religious toleration are the workman.
ship OF Democratic hands and tho fruit
ofthe Democratic policy, and that it is
the exclusive-right and duty Of the State
to provide for the education Of its child.
rem. 1t is the unalienable right Of every
citizen to worship God according to the
dictation OF his own conscience, and no
political disabilities should be excused
BY reason of religious belief; and while
we defend these principles and in
stitutions TO the fullest extent, we depre-
cate all attempts to raise sectarian issues
in politics as utterly uncalled for, and
meriting the condemnation OF every good
citizen.
Resolved, That while the illustrious cx-
ample of the spirit Of our insti titutions
is opposed to third Presidential
term, the present Chief Executive by
using tho great trusts intrusted to his
office for personal family aggrandizement,
by inlaming sectarian animosity and by
interfering with the cause Of public jus.
tice toward defaulters OF the revenue and
their abettors, demonstrates the wisdom
Of our fathers and eniorces the belief that
a third term would be dangerous to the
liberties OF our citizens and the prosperity
Of the nation.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-13
Hills Speech in Answer TO
Blaine.

The city's annual statement published
yesterday morning,reccived at u late hour
the night before, crowded out much OF
Congressman Ben Hills speech that We
would liked to have published. The
Washington correspondents Of the New
York papers, coming to hand by the fast
mail train last night, generally concur
in regarding the speech as failure, and
also as a damage to the Democratic side
OF the House. The Worlds correspon.
dent telcgruphs thus: 81 regret to say
that it was by no means wise or polite
address," The HeralfS correspondent
says that "his speech was felt to be very
injudicious." Also that the Republicans
like itso much that they talk Of reprint.
ing it for general circulation as cam
paign document.
One OF the Interruptions during the
delivery Of the speech that upset Hill
badly was the production by Blaine OF
the following resolution, offered by Hill
when n member OF tho Confederate
Senate:
ResOIued, That any person pretending to
be soldier OF the United States, who
shall be captured on the soil OF the Con.
iederate States after the lst Of January,
1868, shall be presumed to have entered
the territory OF the Confederate States
with intent to incite inSurrection and
abet murder, and that unless satisfactory
proof be adduced to the contrary before
a military court, before which his trial
shall be had, he shall suffer death.
The above was piece of-history that
Hill never expected to hear from, and
that he seemed to have forgotten when
confronted with it by Blaine. Itunsettled
his equanimity not a little. The cores
pondent Of the New York Times telegraphs
as follows in regard tpit:
The Northern Democrats are sadly dis
appointed at its tone and temper. A
prominent Democratic Senator, who was
asked this evening II he heard toe eulogies
pronounced in the Senate over the late
Andrew Johnson, replied: "No; but |
heard Ben Hill's eulogy in the House
upon the Democratic Party" Holman,
when asked his opinion Of the speech, re.
piled: at was most Improbable speech" "
while Randall thought the defense Of
Andcrsonville was mistake and the ar
raignment OF the North for cruel treat
men, Of prisoners blunder. Williams,
Democrat, Of Michigan, who was Union
soldier, says Hills speech will lose the
Democracy in his State 10000 votes, and
he is very much diSgusted with it. All
the Northern Democrats think the speech
will tend to damage their party in the
North. The Republicans are well pleased,
and believe its effect will be to make cer-
tain for the Republican candidates sew.
eral States that were hitherto doubtful.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-13
GheQmtelIiaenre

THE National Republican Committee
meets to-day, at the Arlington houSe IN
Washington City,t 10 decide upon the time
and place Of holding the next National
Convention OF the party. Cleveland and
Cincinnati will be prominent candidates
We fear that Wheeling has no show. II
We can no. get the Republican COuven-
tion tho next best thing is to put in for
the Democratic Convention. West Vir-
eipia is SO powerfully. represented at
Washington by glib takers and expert
manipulators, men OF brains and
greenbacks, that we ought to stand
good chance for the Demo-
cratic Convention. II the delegation
couldonly find time to let up for day or
two with their multitudinous appropria-
tion bills and attend to this business they
might stand a chance to achieve some
thing practical. Col. Ben cannot do half
as much any other way to re-elect himself
to Congress, so far as this end Of the dis
trict is concerned, as to persuade the
Democratic National Committee to locate
their Convention hero next summer.