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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-20
LEGISLATIVE.

Both houses met on Me afternoon Of the
10Th and effected = Temporary organization, J. r.
Butler, Of Harrison, WIS made temporary speaker
OF the House. The Democratic members held .
caucus IN the afternoons and made the following
nominniions: Senate Secretary, Thee. Nacht-
wey, Of Aiamskee: Fire, Assistant Secretary,
Arshis Mcdonald, u Van Buren, ounty: Second
Assistant. II. =. Bouquet, OF Marion Sergeant AZ
Arms, J. b. Bisseii, o. Clinton County; Doofkeep-
er, Henry Worden, Of Clayton; Japitor. James
Of Howard County; Engroeslaf Clerk. Ar-. Aisa
Lamb OF Lucas. Hoase-Thsyer, Of Clinton
County, for Speaker; Y. 7. Brown, OF Dubuque
County, Chief Clerk; John stnbernagh, OF Marion
County ktst Asslsisnt ssfs.ssy ~ nominations
made the following nominations: senate-secrc-
tsry j. A. r. Hull Davis County: Assistant, A. I.
McCarger, Worth County. second X. Il. Baird,
Muecatine: Enrolling. Muilia Holiett, Buchanan;
alarms, K X Rinyon; Door keeper, J. Ii. Kog-
gers; Assistant. T. Lehmer, Postmistress, Anna
p. smith< Assistant Mrs. A.. u. RakeT. HonSc-
Speaker, John II Gear Des Moines County: chief
Clerk, J. W. Logan. Black Hawk; Assistant. Ben
Ssn s.s'p Enss,as s ser, s%.
County; Engiorsing, Mrs. kvans, M catine;
Sergeant Arms, N. BuTlinganlsi Docrkseper,
X. q. Kose.
Both houses organized on the morning
Of tbs nth. In the Senate the Republican caucus
nominees were elected. IA Joint resolution wac
offered to amend the State Consultation TO prevent
the Of the public funds for the support Of Sec
tartan schools. which was read and referred 10 q
committee. Adjourned.
HousE.--1he Republican caucus nom.
inees were duly elected The message Of Gov.
Carpenter wss presented. Adjourned.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-20

The English papers are occupied Just
now with one OF the most amazing exhi-
billions Of snobbery ever seen in the Brit
ish army. A young officer, having got
drunk and behaved disgracefully In pub
lie. has been sentenced by the Duke OF
Cambridge to wear his uniform constant
ly for one year. That is. his soldier.
clothes are considered US equivalent to a
conyict's garb, and the shame OF wearing
them when not on duty IS regarded al
equivalent 10 that which the striped jacker
or the gailey.brand brings upon mnoihet
class OF offenders. Nothing, says the New
York Tribune, in commenting on this
affair, could more plainly mark the. differ
ence between the English aud continental
points Of view in respect 70 military serv.
ice. A German is as vain of his uniform
as he is of his nationality. lie would As
soon think Of disappearing Bismarck as Of
speaking disrespectfully OF his picket
haubc. The Austrian trails his saber
proudly through the gravelcd walks of the
Volksgarfen, and the Magyar would
scorn TO deprive the world OF the privilege
OF admiring his shapely legs In their
skin tight integuments. Among the Lain
soldiers there Is the same matter. of Course
acceptance of the theory that an officer of
the army should not object TO wearing It's
distinctive apparel. But in England the
fashion has been set, by those who are
more swell than soldierly, that an officer
shall never be seen in harness except on
parade, and 1t has attained the force of q
social law. Still, il is none the less sur.
prising that the Commandments Chief
should commit the blunder of joining In
this movement against the uniform, by
making it an absolute badge OF disgrace.
After his recent sentence no officer not
under condemnation will dare appear off
duty In his armv-clothes, lest he should
be mistaken for the young BOBBY who
ID compelled 10 wear them.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-20

n
For a long time past the fayorite pet of
the editor OF the Columbia (Tenn.) Herald
and Mat was large rattlesnake, aud SO
warmly attached were they 10 each other
that II was generally believed among his
many lady friends that nothing but death
land very violent and sudden death at
that--could part them; but this IL seems
was mere girlish delusion, for he re-
Gently gavehis dear, sweet, innocent pet
10 Mayor Brown, OF that city, and he In
turn presented 1t TO lady who was on the
eve OF starting to Italy, and tits now half
way across the Atlantic--the first OF its
race, perhaps, to plow the stormy waves
Of The great sea. Marble Is very plenti.
full In Italy, and when that whole country
shall have become thoroughly stocked with
rattlesnakes, and the dark eyed infancy
of that beautiful cline shall be luiled to
quiet slumbcr at dewy eve by their melo.
dious rattle, the gratitude of the people
will find expression In q gorgeously-
sculptured Carrara monumental shaft that
shall bathe its lofty summit In the very
clouds, and tell In mute, yet eloquent,
words Of the God.likc beneiac,ion OF the
Columbia editor and Mayor for all time
TO come Louisville Courier Journal.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-20

= Elder Lutz, preacher In Springfield,
Mass, adopted novel method to retain
his congregation on u recent Sunday even,
ing. He advertised a prayer meeting al
half.past six and a preaching service at
seven o'clock In a public hall. The hall
was full before the time for beginning
the first meeting, and the door was then
locked by n janitor, by order OF the Elder,
and the janitor, with the key In his peck
ct, went To his duties as sexton Of a
church The door was not opened at the
time OF closing the prayer. meeting, but the
persons thus trapped early in the evening
finished. The effect Of an alarm of fire
can be imagined.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-20

THE next Illinois state Fair Ia TO be held at
Ottawa, beginning Sept. 4.
THE Louisiana Democratic State Conyen-
tion, In session Ut New Orleans on the 9th,
adopted a series OF resolutions declaring that
"thc usurpstion Of the Government Of the
State VI Louisiana through the pcrversion OF
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-20

AMERICAN officers in the Egyptian
army, collectively and individually, are
very popular, and have all manner of
courtesirs shown them. And they rec;p-
roca,e by drawing their salaries with
charming manly regularity.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-20

-" DO you love me still, Johni" whis-
pered sensitive wife To her husband
"Of course l do. The stiller the better -
answered the stupid husband.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-20
Origin OF the WasllinS t0nIan Organ.
-rs. izatiOns. +rt a.

Hon. Frank w. Miller, a son of one o
the earliest and most consistent members
of the Wasliingtonian Total 4 abstinence
Society, has contributed TO the Portsmouth
On. H. Chronicle brief history OF that
organization. He says: a8srs ea.a
- On the I'd day OF April, 1910, six men
sat drinking in tavern on Liberty street,
Baltimore. Notices had been published
in the papers Of that city that dstn-
guished clergyman (8latthew Hale SMITH
would lecture ON temperance that evening
in one of the churches. This subject was
mentioned by one of the six, and after
some talk 1t MAS agreed that two of their
number should attend the meeting and re-
port This was done and, alter the report
had been listened to and the subject dis
cussed, one of them exclaimed Let US
form temperance society and make Bill
Mitchell President With this under
standing, and after taking another drink,
they separated. On the next evening they
met at the same place-the matter was
again talked over, and they resolved 70
form, and did form, a society, naming 1t
after the father of our country, as 1t was
quite common at that time to name most
organizations after Washington The
names Of these six individuals were
Within MltCHtil, buSlu iio,Sl NH"iiNS
Anderson, George Steer, Bill McCurdy
and Tom Campbell. They then voted to
meet the next night In carpenters shop
and each agreed to bring new member.
These meetings were held almost nightly
and for remarks each related his own ex'
perience at the Court OF Death. As might
be expected, these meetings soon began to
attract public attention, John Hawkins
early became member, but was not one
of the original six These reformed men
were soon invited to visit other cities and
towns, and who of our citizens has not
listened to the thrilling and simple expe.
rience of John Hawkins as he portrayed
the misery of the drunkard and told the
touching story OF his little daughter Han.
nah persuading him to quit the drunkards
drink! The new movement spread from
city to city, and from town To town, unlil
there was scarcely place in the United
States that did not have its Washington
Total Abstinence Society. Men who had
been drunkards for years burst the BANGS
that had SO long bound them and became
temperance retUrmcrs. The name beng
| quite long, il soon became shortened py
daily use, and these organizations became
known throughout the country as ash.
ingtonians.' The Washingtonian S0cieY
was originated in this city in lo4l, and has
o"en instrumental in reciaImina more
than 800 incorporate men, many Of whom
kept the pledge till their dying Day.
Others still live, q blessing to their iaml-
lies and an honor to society. They dem,
onsratcd the great fact that the drunkara
could be saved. While nearly all Tue
societies of this class In the country have
ceased TO exist. the Portsmouth Washing.
tonians have always maintainei the1r
| organization. 1890 y ss,5 f,asv
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-20

I'll
A MApMAS confined in the County Jan
at Bozeman, Col, broke out and started,
coatless, hatless and barefootel, across 'ne
country. Coming to ranch owntd Y.
Two brothers named Hall, lie found once
them laid up with broken leg ana ius
other brother absent He coininanasu
the cripple TO get out of bed and walA,
saying that he was gifted with the healing
power; but upon his refusal 10 do so u.e
maniac seized a razor and threatened W
sever his jugular IL he didn't bcstir nun
self NTH the tonsorial instrument men.
acing his windpipe the owner OF VIC
broken leg was compelled to drill to siihe,
and was under marching orders IN ln1
yard when the pursuing officers arrisea
and took the maniacal tactician In chsfge
WILL the spirit of '1lj be as crOOkeu -
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-20
sonEIsr lsTELLuGENCG.


says the Grand vizicr had rejected the scheme
Of foreign mediation, and was reported 70
have said TO the Austrian representative who
presented II that the Sublime Porte would
give the peoples OF the provinces all the nee
| essary guarantees for reform. It was re.
ported that Montenegro had dispatched
troops to the frontier, had negotiated aloan
OF million dollars and had contracted with
an American firm TO deliver 10000 rifles and
sixty cannon IN March.
CHARLES SurHEns, a cotton.spinner, at
Oldham, Lancashire, England. failed on the
7th for t1.000,O00. tAN JEam i
A nEPoRr that Austria was preparing for
war was authoritstively denied on the sth.
WHILE the Prince Of Wales and hls party
were plg-sticking near Lucknow, India, on
the 9Th, Lord Darlington had his collar bone
broken. 80
ACCORDING to Madrid telegram Of the
sth there had been heavy fall OF snow In
the province Of Guipuxcea, which had great
ly impeded military operations. The au.
tborities had Issued q notice 10 mariners,
warning them not to approach the coast east
Of Bilbao ON account u the danger from
Carlist batteries. {f hHF tf
Tue Beigravc cottonsmills at Oldham,
England, carrying $4,000 spindles, burned
on the Sth, involving loss Of $250,0u0
DIR. STRousRERG, the bankrupt railway
contractor, has been released from I'm.
prisonment, on parole.
AN Odessa (Russia) telegram Of the 9th
says that on the preceding day railway
train filed with military recruits ran off the
track near that place and plunged down y
steep cmbankmcnt The wrecked cars caught
fire and many passengers were burned 10
death before they ould be cxtricsted. The
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-20

WILL the spirit of 20 be as crooked -
that OF 's5y
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-20
IoWASTATE NEWS.

Umnxovxp land in Sac Cousty il
wonL FROM 3 . so perscre. q
on the eth II Muscstine the Mississippi
was as clear OF ice Is il was last 4ih OF
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-01
Hendricks not an inlationist

Just now it seems to be favOrite pOin
with the Republicans to charge Gov
Hendricks with being an ''infationist,
and 10 insist that one part of the Demo
cratic ticket is 10 favor Of hard money
and the other soft money" The proc
they offer is simply assertion in relation t.
Gov Hendricks, for they quote no utter
ance of his which squints in that direction.
Nor can they. The truth is he is not an
''inAationst" as the following extract from
his speech at Jancsyille, Ohio, in the can
yass of 1875 shows
No one desires a return to specie pay
ments more earnestly than myself, for |
believe gold and silver are the real stand
ard Of values, universal and permanent
As had occasion once before TO say, the
existence Of commercial mediums of differ.
ont Wholesome description Of money for
one class and purpose, and another for a
different class aud purpose-is too serious
an evil TO be long endured All the
money of the country should be of uniform
value and readily convertible. But we
are not in that condition. Our paper
money exceeds the coin by nearly five
dollars to one. How will we bring them so
near together in quantity that they may
approach and meet the value? Shall we
commence at the top and tear down, or at
the bottom and build up2 Business, en-
terprise and labor, every important in
tercst Of the couhtry, demand that the
volume of the currency be maintained to
meet their requirements; but every in
tcrest will be strengthened by increasing
the supply of CON. How is that to be ac-
compished? By encouraging an increased
production Of our great staples that com
mand the foreign market; by reducing our
expenditures in foreign purchases, and by
reversing the fatal policy which has
sought to make our debt foreign debt.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-01
zx.solic. tor Wilson's res tim ny.

We regret chat our space does not per
nit us to publish the testimony of Hon.
Il. Wilson, Of Illinois, before q committee
of congress investigating the whisky suits.
Maj Wilson was attorney for the treasury
under Brstow. The Chicago Times pub
fishes the testimony in full, and says:
Bluturd Wilson has finally stripped the
covering irom the treasury skeleton and
more startling, humiiating exhibit has
never been put upon the head of a great
nation since the scandalous excuses of the
Georges drew down the scorn and execra-
tijn OF the English people. No man can
read this history of the inside workings of
the government in the most momentous
crisis OF Grants second term, without in
expressible shame. The most intolerant
partisan can find no comfort in an exhibi
ton like this which almost convnces the
sceptic that popular government is a dis
astrous failure. That the president of the
United States did not enter heartily into
the prosecution OF tue men who were re-
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-01

There is a silly attempt made By some
Republican journals to spread report that
Governor Tilden will promise in his letter
Of acceptance not toremOye any Office hold
ers in case he is elected. One of the chief
purposes of his election is the turDng-out
Of the innumerable scoundrels who have
grown fat andinsoleut in office aud dishonest
through the temptations of office. T;lden is
going TO reform the government, and, if he
should bind himself to leave the rogues
that have got the places, in them, there
would be no possibility of reform and no
necessity for any opposition to Hayes.
No, gentlemen, the Democracy are fight
ing to overturn and root out Grants in
famous administration; and that fact
might as well be understood at once.
There shall not one stone yet be left stand
ing upon another.-N. T. World.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-01

sponsible for the enormous whisky frauds,
no well informed man or woman ever
doubted, but that he tacitly aided in shield
ing the guilty-only such an official ut
terance as that of the late solicitors could
lead the public to believe. There is no
installing the meaning of the narrative,
nor Of the presidents conduct, nor of his
relations with Babcock until upon a new
charge reluctant dismissal was finally
extorted.
The president of the United States, in
other words, refused to separate himself
from man whom cabinet minister pro
nOunced law breaker. He knew on the
testimony OF Brstow and Wilson that
Babcock was betraying his position. that
he was aiding the ring of thieves who
were wasting 1.-THE substance of the coun-
try. la this situation, instead of putting
the culprt on probation and giving him a
chance to prove his innocence, the head of
the nation enters into a. vulgar intrigue
for the interruption of proceedings, com
mands, as if he had the right to, all the
evidence in the conspiracy to be related to
him, and then pours it into the ear of the
confederate of the ring.
But the president does not stand alone
in this scorahng glare of disasters. Sena-
tors and representatives were the props
Of the presidents wrong-doing. 1t was
the counsel Of such men as Logan and
Spencer which held the chief magistrate
steadfastly to the work of protecting the
guilty and impeding the measures of pun.
ishment and reform. No word of com
ment is necessary to emphasize the re-
voting story. No language of denuncia-
ton could begin to hold the strength Of
Solicitor Wilson's temperate narrative
The exposure cannot be called a surprise
it is confirmation of the things no honest
man cared to believe, Can it be that
people in their senses will risk a contnu
ance, no matter what the alternative
might be?
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-01
Heaven's own Child.

Reading Pa Eagie
A little girl in town recently saw an old
drunken man lying on a doors step, the
perspiration pouring off his face, and a
crowd OF children preparing to make fun
Of him. She took her little apron and
wiped his face and then looked up so
pltitully to the rest and made this remark,
20, pray, don't hurt him. He's some
bodys gra.dpa.'
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-01
Shed a Tear Sympathy Here,

From the Burlington (Ior0) Ha,ck-Eye
The authorities took a poor man from
Happy Hollow, one day last week, and sent
him out TO the poor. house The parting
between the poor man and his eleven dogs,
which he distributed among his
sympathizing relatives, was affecting in
the extreme. We believe the man had a
few children, too, but not enough to make
a fuSs a hout
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-01
MEDICAL.
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DR. &. MCLANE'S
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FOR THE CURE OF
Hepatitis or Liver Complaint
DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE.
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.

Symptoms of a Diseased LIVER.
DAIN in the right side, under the edge
OF the ribs, increases on pressure ;
sometimes the pain is in the left side; 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 for 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 a dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is
generally considerable loss ofmemory,
accompanied with a 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-
biljty; he is easily startled, his feet are
cold or burning, and he complains of a
pticlly sensation of the skin; his spirits
are low; and although he is satisfied that
exercise would be beneficial to him, yet
lie can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
,ymptoms attend the disease, but cases
lave occurred where few ofthem existed,
determination ofthe body, after death,
als shown the LIVER to have been cX-
.casiyely deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
Dr.. G. 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 al
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For all Bilious arrangements, and as
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FLEMING BROS. on the wrappers.
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Sold by all respectable druggists anc
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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-01

New RULING MACHINE at THE ARGUS
BINDERY. Paper ruled in any style OF
any colOred lines. Leave orders at TIL
ARGUS COUNTING Rooms, opposite the
Post office. If
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-01
"'G - IA Sd ~ e. R
HOUSE.

Cor, Michigan Az, and jackson Street
CHICAGO, --.......... ILL.,.
THIS elegant hotel Acknowledges no rival either
! in its management. appointments, or location
In the latter respect il affords It's guests charming
and uUOhstrrctrG view from two Of its lofty fronts
of Lake Michigan As far AT the eye can reach the
finest wat"fsCapc view in America l. diuganaiy
opposite the Great Exposition Building. and hut
one block from the WABASH Avenue amp State St.
lines Of Horse Railway. leading to all paris of the
city. rnd convenient to places of amutement. II
has 80 large and elegantly furnis ed rooms with
all mo Tern improvements. including TUf,'s Passen.
ger Elevator. {. IL. GAUBERT Proprietor
FRANK W FNT.7DIsTIl. hiVf c K
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-01
xHCMAS YATES

Is PREPARED TO DO PLUMBING IN ALI. IT'S
branches, also, Gar and Steam fittne
Call aEG have tstiiGa,c isH before ordering vol,r
work dome by ether parties.
THOMAS II 70. Leyce IEucS !sland
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-01
Enam8lIed Pine

TRY TUE ENAMEitED PIPE. IT Will. Non
! Rust or crack and costs only tribe more than
common iron pipe, Is positively rGF BEST thing
for waite service pipe. have the exclusive agency
for Rock Island. FRED uASS
Store In Star Block
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-01
CHAS. FIEBTG.

Is PREPARED To DO ALL KINDS OF LOG
! Work; also to repair Sewing Machines.
All kinds of Safe Work Speciality.
Shop on Market Square, west side, south Of In
Alley " "