The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-20

-California trains next Sunday over the
C. B. & @. r. R.
THE ARGUS was Is years old on the
18th inst, and is now in its 26th year.
The reunion of friends of Henry
Woltman last evening was great success.
Will the pardon of the whisky thieves
bring proper reward to their more lucky
pal, Sour Mash CullomY
The New York World says: 1.-THE
last wind which blew from the west
brought with it no end of "straws' but
very little Hayes"
Jack Tarr sends us an amusing
account of the little gathering of kerosen
bearers at Hampton to hear Gen. Hender-
son. and we regret that other matter more
pressing precludes its publication.
At Johnny Logan's army of the Ten
nessee meeting, the other day, st. Paul,
Sept. 9. was chosen as the place audi time
of the next annual meeting, and Nose
Bane, of Quincy, was elected orator.
| Miss Mary B. Harris, 1924 Monroe
street, Memphis. Tenn. and Mrs; Clarissa
Robinson, lib Chrlsty avenue, St LOUIS
No., are the latest victims to the stupidity
of persons who cant read the lettering on
THE ARGUS box,
BIB Ingersoll is to speak'at Chicago
on Saturday in defense of Hayes and Jul
lom. The last time he addressed public
| meeting there it was in defense OF Oar
| Mum, one of the Republican whisky ring
Indicted for robbing the government of it
revenue.
The article 10 the Union of the 8th
HEADED "A Dignifed Official, We are in
formed is base perversion and misrepre
sentation of facts and does great injustic
to MIR. Kerr, of Milan. 1t can do MIR
Kerr no harm at home, but only raise
him higher in the estimation OF all goo'
people.
The Hayes organs want to make ln
diana's majority for Williams appear a
little as possible and the Georgia majorit
.ol Colaultt as tremendous as REASONABLE
lying will admit. Solid south and intimi
da,ion of the darky you know. Well, tn
, official figures are 10, and instead of $500
, Colquitt's majority is 39,737.
Franz Sigel, who fought the battl
of Carthage, Mo-, who conducted the re
treat from that battle in such a masterl
manner as to nearly destroy the pursuin
force, is one of the soldiers who took par
f in the great Democratic soldiers meetln
at indianapolis, which meeting the organ
of public p under deneminates gather
ing OF repeaters, pick pockets and thieves
The St. Paul Pioneer (Rep.) attack
Gov. Tilden flor refusing to aid cripple
soldier or destitute widow" The edito
of the st. Paul Pioneer misappropriateo
when pension agent, several thousan
dollars OF the money designed by govern
ment to aid the crippled soldier and dest
tute widow, and compelled his successor
: the destitute daughter of a crippled so
I der. to make good the deiciency.-Nel
York World
Water Works Superintendent Ere
Cramer has just sold three of his pateu
combined water telegraphs and pressur
regulators two to the city of Peoria an
one to Decatur. This is very valuabl
Rock Island patent and is being adopte
by The cities having the Holly system {
wxter works-as it not only saves til
enormous expense of wire telegraph fir
alarm but it also regulates the pressure
the water in the mains.
2 Gen. John A. McClernand, one of til
!, heroes OF Belmont, Shiloh, Donelsol
o Chickasaw Bluffs and Black River Bridge
the hero of Champion Hills, the captor
t Arkansas Post, and the leader of ths
/ charge against Vicksburg, on May 22c
1868, which lacked success only because
lacked support, is one of the soldiers VIII
, attended the Democratic soldiers meetin
at indianapolis on Oct 9Th, and one of th
soldiers whom Republicans denominat
a ''Tilden tramp:."
Zach Chandler is besieged With a,
T plications for money and speakers iror
I the Republican clubs of New York, Cor
!, necticut, and New jersey He is squeezin
5 more money out of the officeholders, an
D trotting around Bob Ingersoll, Jobbe
D Blaine, and Carl Schurz in desperat
attempt to save tine party. Let the ~
e position meet him at every point. Wit
+ union, energy, and method they will wor!
: the enemy, who relies on money and til
. stirring up of fierce sectional animosities
s get new lease of power.