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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-10
CHAS. FIEBIG,

Is PREPARED To DO ALL KINDS OF LOG
l Work; also to repair Sewing Machines
All kinds OF Safe Work q Speciality.
Shop On Market Square west side, south Of tn
all
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-10
WATCH BUYERS ATTENTION

the purchase q
Watches to the su
periOrity OF the
Nickel Movement
W atches, made by
the Messrs. POBEL
& COTRvoIsTER, OF
Switzerland. Gents
and Ladies' sizes
in Stem aud Key
Windere.
Those Watches
have Equilibrium
Escapem'ts. Chro
nometer balance,
Ruby Pallet, tenn .
pered and harde~
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-10
Enamelled Pipe.

TRY THE ENAMELLED PIPE, IT WILL MOI
] Rust or crack and costs only trife more than
common iron pipe. Is positively THE BEST thing
for water service pipe. hsYe the exclusive agency
for Rock Island. FRED HASS.
Store in Star Block.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-10
McELHERNE g. O'MARA,
CHARLES w. O'NEIL.

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW and
n Notary Public. Office over First Nationa
Bank, Rock Island. 513dw6m
Dodge City times., 1877-06-23
Foreign Notes.

The Queen of Holland, recently de-
ceased, was a special patron of Motley,
the historian, whose death preceded her
only few days. The Queens marriage
relations were not very happy, and she
lived in palace a little out of The
Hague, a mile or two from that inhab-
tied by her husband, King William iii.
Previous to the departure of Queen
Victoria for Scotland, few days ago, a
gentleman of middle stature, rather in
clined to stoutness, and of fresh COM
plexion, arrived at Windsor Castle, and,
announcing that he was King of Eng
land, desired to be shown to his apart
ments in the Palace. He was informed
that as he had not sent notice of his
coming, they were not ready, and he
was requested to take seat. A doctor
was sent for, who pronounced him to
be insane, and he was consigned to the
Windsor Union.
The Japanese Prince, Kita Schiwa-
kiwano Miga, q near relative Of the Mi
kado, was lately married, in German
city, to the Baroness de Tressau, q
young widow. The Prince had been
sent to Germany to pursue military
studies. On asking permission OF the
Dodge City times., 1877-06-23
Odds and Ends.

Consolation is always soothing to
the bereaved. Here is what Western
journalist offers to his readers: lowing
to the death of our chief editor, there
will be no editorial article on Tuesday,
but look out for a regular ripper on
Wednesday,"
The mother-in-law finds defender
in the San Francisco Nail, which says:
:. If old Adam had had mother-in-law
to look after him and his wife, it is more
than probable that to this very day we
might have been able to caper about in
the light and airy costume Of our first
parents.
When you see young fellow who a
year ago used to step up and order lager
for the crowd with the utmost sang
froid, patiently trundling baby ear
riage along thesstreet on Sunday after
noon, and looking chapfallen in his last
seasons hat, don't it speak volumes for
the reforming influence of woman's So
ciety?
When you see man who has been
owing you S5 of borrowed money for
year past skipping home with bran
new shiny plug hat on, and big basket
of early Strawberries daintily carried in
his right hand, it does indeed make you
feel that there are cases which the law
doesn't reach, or where man is fully
justified in being his own ayenger.
Shall American liberty be fettered?
Shall the proud American bird inoult his
feathers in despair and the chords Of
Columbian pride cease to yibrate with
the sweet music of freedom? No?
Then why should we pass law that de-
priyes the American small boy Of the
right to blow his own head of on the
Fourth of July, II he feels like it'
After seeing two doctors hang
around over man for four hours and
use gallon of mixed chloroform and
ether, trying to get him to sleep that
they may saw his leg o6, it grows more
and more q mystery how 3 rubber can
come in. and slap little two-by-four
sponge, saturated with chloroform, over
. clerks nose and steal . whole bank
slick and clean IN les than seven
minutes.
Dodge City times., 1877-06-23
School and Church.

"A Sunday-school Assembly to be
held in the Yosemite Valley, California,
in 1879 is announced. DIR. J. H. Vim
cent assumes the responsibility Of its
organization.
The Rev. A. Jurger, the converted
Jew, who was for sorae time teacher
of Hebrew in the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, has joined the
Episcopalians.
The will of Charlotte Harris, Of
ChsrlestOwn, gives $4,000 to Perkins
Institution for the Blind; $40, 600 to the
Charlestown Library, and $1,000 to
other institutions The rest of her
fortune, after deducting private legacies,
Dodge City times., 1877-06-23
goes to tie Massachusetts Geuer.l Hos

goes to the Massachusetts, General Hos
Pital.
Prof. NJ. w. Harrington, of Michi-
gan University, who is now in Europe,
has been offered by the Chinese Govern
ment College, at Pekin, the Chair of
Astronomy in that institution, at sal
ary of "a 900 year, with the perquisites
amounting to 81 900 more.
The Sabbath-school lessons for
1873, as decided upon by the Interna-
tiOnal Committee, will be, for the first
six months, Studies about the King
dom of JUDAH from ii. Chronicles
and Daniel, and for the last half of the
year '' Studies in the Gospel according
TO Luke
A Sunday-school Assembly is to be
held at Lake Bluff, 30 miles north of
Chicago, from July II to 90. Rev. J.
II. Vincent, of New York, will be the
Superintendent. The course of instruc-
ton will be the Chautauqua series, con-
sisting of the first Is less Ons thereof.
The total results of the long strug-
gle between the German Empire and the
Roman Catholic Church may be epito-
mized as follows: The Archbishops of
Gnesen-Posen and Cologne, the Bishops
of Breslau, Paderborn, and Munster,
and the auxiliary Bishops of Posen, six
in number, have been deposed. The
sees of Treves and Fulda have become
vacant by death, and no attempt is made
to fill them. About 600 members of diff
Dodge City times., 1877-06-23
Science and Industry.

The municipal clocks of Vienna are
moved in accord, by means of pneumat-
ic tubes, with a central clock. Every
minute a wave of compressed air is sent
through the tubes, causing the hands to
move.
Only Is years ago China held the
monopoly of tea production; now India
is proving a formidable rival. From
l 800, 600 pounds in 1861, the export
from Calcutta advanced to $1,000, 600
pounds in 1876.
"A Scottish correspondent travelling
in Texas quotes an intelligent Texan
as saying to him that ''the stock of cat
tie in Texas will not last more than two
or three years if Texas has to supply the
British as well as the American mar
kets.'
M. Redier, barometer maker to the
French Association for the Advance
ment of Science, has devised barome-
ter for warning miners when the atmos-
pheric pressure is undergoing sudden
depression, so that they may guard
against fire-damp explosions.
One of the New York obituary writ
ers says that the Harper periodicals
bring in an annual profit of half mil
lion, while the whole manufacturing
business amounts to $4,000, 900 yearly,
one-third of which is profit.
AT Pascagoula, La, there are exten-
sive works for creosoting timber, which
is done by first expelling the sap by
steam, and then giving the wood bath
in ''dead oil, Strongly impregnated with
creosote Besides doubling the dura-
bility of the timber, il protects it from
ship worms.
"A method of burning petroleum un
der steam boilers has been successfully
tried in Italy, 1t consists simply in
pouring oil over a thin layer of asbestos,
which, being incombustible, serves to
retain the oil and provide large
wick. Sheets of paper placed beneath
the furnace were not injured by the in
tense heat.
A committee of the scientific socie-
ties of France has decided that, in fu-
ture, information shall be sent to the
various coal mines of that country of
any sudden or great fall of the atmos-
pheric pressure, as recorded in the differ
ent meteorological observations. 1t is
thought that such depressions have great
influence on gases in mines.
"A substitute for gunpowder, invent
ed in England, is called ''powder pa |
per-" 1t is paper impregnated with a
mixture of pOtassic chlorate, nitrate, /
prussiate and chromate, powdered wood !
charcoal, and little starch. 1t leaves
no greasy residue on the gun, produces
less smoke and less recoil, and is less
Dodge City times., 1877-06-23

Mikado TO marry, great surprise wAs ex-
pressed At court at thssdea Of member
Of the royal family being welded to .
Christian. Orders were sent for his i'm
mediate return, but he preferred an i'm
mediate wedding. He then wrote that
he was married, and is now awaiting
reply. II the Mikado should refuse 70
sanction the union, the Prince will make
Germany bis home.
A clerical manifesto has been issued
in favor OF opening English museums
and picture galleries on Sunday after
Moons. Among the signers are Dean
Stanley, Canon Duckworth, and the vi
ears of several prominent parishes, some
of whom are Broad Churchmen, while
others are Ritualists. They took the
ground that this would bring within the
reach of the working classes a new
means of intellectual improvement, and
even of Christian influence that it would
relieve the church from an injurious
misconception which alienates many
people from religion; that it would di-
rectly counteract, by the competition of
an innocent recreation, the manifold
temptations to drunkenness and other
vices; and that it would indirectly pro-
mote the moral and religious welfare Of
the people.
BY royal warrant from Queen Vic
toria the decorations styled the Albert
medal, first and second class, are to be
extended to cases of gallantry in saving
life on land. Hitherto they have been
conferred in cases Of bravery at sea.
The medals are to be awarded on the
Of the First Lord of the
Treasury "to those who, in saving or
endeavoring to save the lives Of others
from accidents in mines, on railways or
at fires, or other peril within our do
minions others than perils Of the sea,
have endangered their lives" The
medal of the first class is to be a gold
oval-shaped badge, enameled in crim-
son, with monogram composed OF the
letters v. and A. in gold, surrounded by
a garter in bronze, inscribed in raised
letters of gold, (" For gallantry in saw
ing life on land" surmounted by q rep
of the Prince COnsort crown,
and suspended from crimson ribbon
in four white longitudinal stripes. The
medal of the second class will be Of
bronze. The heroic rescuers of the
miners imprisoned by the recent colliery
ut Troedyrhiw, Wales, will
receive these medals.
Dodge City times., 1877-06-23

William COnnor, a painter, fell
from scaffolding a distance of 60 feet
and was instantly killed, at Waterloo,
Neb.
BY the premature discharge of a
blast in a stone quarry near Bethlehem,
Pa, James Walton was instantly killed
and Abraham Fry fatally injured.
Tom Peterson, a well known saloon
keeper Of Burlington, Iowa, dropped
dead in his own saloon from an over
dose of laudanum, which he was taking
on a physicians prescription to recover
from the effects of "a spree.
Eddie Howe, little boy years old,
was sitting in wagon at Monroe, Wis,
when the horses became frightened and
dashed off, throwing the boy to the
ground so violently as to tear off one
side of his head, and scattering his brains
along the street.
Mr.. G. Vreecslaar, wealthy farm
er, living three miles east of Otley, Iowa,
stepped into the yard among his cattle,
when he was attacked by large bull
and gored in fearful manner. One
horn penetrated his side in the vicinity
of the heart, causing almost instant
death.
-Curiosities of suicide: j. p. Lalle-
mand, of Memphis, an upholsterer,
threw himself from the balcony of the
jail to the flags, some 80 feet below,
causing death instantly. He had been
suicide for some menths, and
was arrested to prevent him from de-
himself. He leaves a wife and
five children.-Edward Lee, convict in
the Minnesota State-prisOn, recently
sentenced for 80 years for rape, hung
himself in his cell with his bed-clothes.
He left letter in the cell with messages
for his sister and mother saying he did
not commit the crimes charged upon
him; warning homeless young men
against women and dissipation, and ask
ing that his body might be thrown in
Lake st. Croix to serve out there his 80
years. sentence.-George d. Unler, re-
tired and wealthy Brooklyn clothing
shot himself through the
head for some reason unknown. He was
56 years old, leaves a wife and four chill
iren.-Charles Axt, a baker, aged 35,
suicide at Wilkesbarre, Pa,
BY hanging himself with BEDFORD.
Cause, dependency ami inability
o procure employment.-The
Rev. DIR. Morlen, of London, Ontario,
shot himself in the public street and fell
lown dead. Deceased was dressed in a
inc dress-coat, white kid gloves, and
ancy velvet vest, having gotten himself
up in the most presentable style He
,ad of late been canvassing for church,
'ut unsuccessfully, and it is also said he |
vas lately disappointed in love. On
lis person were found many Scriptural |
exits, written apparently to justly the
Iced.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-15

We visited DR.. J. C. Legare's Sou
venir place, Wednesday evening, and
found the work of sugar making NOV
ing along smoothly and as satisfac-
torily as could be expected, consider
ing the unpropitious season. The
Doctor had 40 acres of cane standing
when the first freeze occurred, but he
promptly placed it nearly all in wind
row and cut the remainder for the
mill, thus escaping the large percent
age of loss which was sustained By
many other planters on account of
the cold snap. During this weeks
run, up to the time of our visit, DR..
LIS cane was yielding about II hhds.
to the acre, but the warm weather
since prevailing has probably reduced
the ratio.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-15

A young colored man named Zeke,
employed at Mrs. NJ. Israel & Co.'s
was shot in the thigh by a ball from
a Monte Cristo rife, while standing in
front of Schonberg's stables, Thurs
day afternoon. The wound is pain
full, but not dangerous. We under
stand that the attending physician has
used his probes but can not discover
the whereabouts of the bullet. The
shot was fred by one of the young
men in the stable, who did it "only
in fun,p professedly, not anticipating
the serious result just noted. He
must haye a remarkable appre-
citation of humor, to indulge in such
serious sport. 1t is scarcely prob
able, however, that he will practice
upon such large game hereafter with
his toy gun.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-15

The exhibition at st. Joseph's
Academy last Saturday evening for
the benefit of the cadets, proved, a
successful entertainment in every
way. A large audience was present,
and the exercises passed off with
much eclat. Capt. DE. Jones, prin-
cipal of the Academy, opened the
evenings entertainment with few
we'll considered remarks on educa-
tion aud schools. A musical duet by
Messrs. Ayraud and Vom Hofe fol-
lowed then drill by the cadets,
whose familiarity with the manual of
arms excited universal admiration !;
then beautiful banner was pre-
sented to the cadets on behalf of the
ladies of the Catholic Church congre-
CATION. Miss Mary F. Keefe of the
St. Vincent school made neat pre-
sentation speech, which was replied
to by Cadet Jean Matthew 10 fine
style. We shall publish both speeches
in next issue. The concluding exer-
cises of the exhibition were: A mu-
steal duet by Messrs. Comes and
Ayraud the 0ne-act French farce,
I'm Habit Noir Pour Deur more mu-
sic, including solo by Mr.. Felix Gau-
threaux; and, finally, the laughable
English farce, Very Pleasant Evening.
About $40 was realized from the sale
of tickets, and after paying expenses,
$50 will remain to be applied towards
meeting the cost of the muskets with
which the young soldiers of the Acad-
envy were recently supplied.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-15

District Court will open for the
December term on Monday and the
session promises to be a busy one. 1t
is probable that the petit jurors will
be discharged and all criminal mat
tiers deferred until after the holidays,
with the object of devoting the first
week of the term to civil cases only,
in order that appeals to the Supreme
Court, when desired, may be filed in
season for consideration during the
January session of that tribunal. A
further consideration favorable to
such a course is, that most of the ju-
rors, witnesses and others concerned
in criminal prosecutions are employed
upon the sugar plantations, and to
take them from work at this time
would be a hardship both to them
selves and their employers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-15

The dreaded warm weather is upon
US and proves still further drawback
to the sugar interest, reducing the
yield materially. Cane seriously af-
fected by the recent freezes is turn
ing sour, and we hear of some instan-
ces in which the staple will make
only an Inferior quality of syrup.
These cases are exceptional, however,
though all planters are affected more
or less by the unfavorable change in
the temperature.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-15

Alfred Guide, colored boy about
is years of age, who has been in Jail
since September on a simple COM
mitment from the Justice Court of the
sixth ward, wherein he is charged
with being a dangerous character. was
brought before Parish Judge Maher,
Monday, on writ of habeas corpus,
and discharged from custody. Guide
is a mere child, and that he should be
imprisoned nearly three months on
such frivolous charge, is an instance
of the loose and reckless practice pre-
vailing to great extent among our
Justices of the Peace. No papers in
the case were forwarded to the Parish
Judge, and the boy might have re-
maiIed in prison an indefinite period
longer had not the Tailor called law
yer Pugh's attention to the case, and
the latter brought it to the notice of
Judge Maher by the writ of hGbeas
corpus.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-15

On number of the smaller sugar
plantations in this parish, the grind
ing of the cane crop has been COM
pleted. Mr.. Ben Gibson informs US
that all of his neighbors excepting Mr..
Kenner are through. Messrs. Gibson
and Kenner have about two weeks
work yet before them. This afternoon,
as we write, the steam whistle of
Capt. j. T. Nolan, Jr., proelaims the
close of the grinding season there. A
number of places will wind up during
next week.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-15

At Mollere's offee-house, on Cres-
cent Place, Wednesday evening about
dusk, a lamp was accidentally knocked
over and the burning oil created an
extensive blaze. The carpenters en-
ployed on the Lemann building were
passing at the time, on their way to
supper, and rushed into the saloon.
One struck the lamp with his coat,
sending it out the door to the side
walk, from whence another knocked
it into the street in the same manner,
thus preventing damage to the coffee
house.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-15
For Sale.

HJHE NEAT RESIDENCE. containing
three rooms, with kitchen attached,
situated ON Railroad Avenue, next lot but
one to the eOrnerlof Claiborne street. Rooms
papered and property in excellent state of
repair. The ground is parish lot, lease
eight years to run at So per year.
Will be sold in reasonable terms on ac-
count of departure.
Apply to or address the undersigned, at
DonaldsoRville, La,
oft K. j. GREEN.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-15

Notice is published elsewhere of the
death of DR.. Philip W. johnson, at
Biloxi, Miss, on the Sth inst. DR..
johnson resided in Donaldsonville
and practiced his profession here a
number of years prior to the war.
Many of our older citizens were we'll
acquainted with him, and will read
of his demise with regret.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-15
Sale of Market Lease.
TREASURES OFFICE,
Dno 10 10

1REASURER'S UFFICE, I
Donaldsonville, Dec. IL, 1877, {
TN OBEDIENCE to the ordinances of the
L Town of Donaldsonville, will offer for
sale to the last and highest bidder, at the
Courthouse in the Town of DOnaldsonville,
on
Wednesday, the ed day of January, 1878.
The LEASE OF THE MARKET-HOUSE
for the term of one year from the 10th day
of January. 1878, to the 9th day of February,
1879, both inclusive.
Terms and Conditions
The purchaser to furnish his twelve prom
issOry notes, with good and solvent security,
payable to the Treasurer, at his office, at the
end of each and every month. The purcha-
ser shall besides furnish bond with good Sc
curity in the sum of one hundred dollars for
the faithful performance of lis duties. The
sureties ON notes and bond to be accepted
by the Common Council.
FRANCIS VICKNAIR,
Town Treasurer.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-15

An advertisement in to-day's CHIEF
conveys to our readers the informa-
ton that a Photographic gallery has
been established in Donaldsonville
by Mr.. Henry Carte, formerly of New
Orleans. The proprietor invites in
spection of his work and refers to
many prominent citizens for proof OF
his accomplishments as an artist. He
takes pictures of all styles, sizes and
prices, from a tiny locket photograph
to life size portrait, the price list
ranging from 90 cents upward. Give
him call, corner of st. Patrick and
Mississippi streets, next door to Mr..
Jos. Gondran's residence.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-15

Tuesday morning the Ouachita
Belle touched at the Donaldsonville
wharf with the heaviest load she has
yet carried this season. Our obliging
young friend Emile Leblanc, Esq,
who has recently been promoted to
second clerk of the Belle, handed us
the following summary taken from
the manifest: 900 bales cotton, 1877
sacks seed, 103 hhds. sugar, 636 bbls.
molasses. The boats guards were
partly under water.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-15

John Murphy, who has been in jail
several weeks charged with forging
the name of Mr.. Feely to an order
for board and lodging at Wiese's, was
released to-day after an examination
of the case by the Parish Judge. 1t
seems that Murphy can't write, hence
could not have committed the forgery,
and that Mr.. Wiese did not desire to
prosecute the case, but was in meas
ure coerced into signing the affidavit
by the declaration of the Justice of
the Peace that he would not release
the prisoner until costs were paid and
would hold Mr.. Wiese responsible for
the amount.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-15

The injunction sued out in the case
ofThos. Shoor rs. Adolphe Wiese hav-
ing been dissolved at the late term of
the Parish Court, the Sheriff re-adver-
tises for sale the property originally
seized in the suit, to-wit: the building
occupied by Mr.. Wiese as saloon, on
Mississippi street.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-15

An exhibition of Dan Rice's circus
was announced to take place at the
Bowden plantation Monday night, but
Gen. Brent, manager of the Bowden
and Ashland plantations, refused to
allow it to be held, on the ground that
it would compel suspension of op-
erations at the sugar-houses in the vi
cinity. We hear that while the troupe
were still at Bowden a steamboat ap-
preached with officers on board who
placed the circus boat, horses and
other paraphernalia under seizure. No
further particulars of the affair have
reached US.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-15

Parish Court convened Monday
morning pursuant TO adjournment.
The final account of the administra-
tor of Joseph Moore's succession was
homologated, and there being no
further business, court adjourned to
next regular term.