The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-04
Uhe 9 ai1g Argus,
ROCK ISLAND. rIErrors
Reynolds Correspon dence


m, REYNOLDS, June 3rd 1873
There is nothing particularly new y TO
relate OF Reynolds, yet we have our eyery
oay routine of incidents and accidents,
which might be wrought into letter and
prove entertaining to many readers of THE
ARGUS, The ARGUS has said so manv
me things of our town and Of the people
VINO comprises its population, that there
IS a natural reciprocal affection manifested
IN various ways, and none more strike.
lngly than the largely increased subscrin-
ton for the Weekly in the mast
rev weeks. This is not either. the
result OF persistent drumming or canvas
sing and by putting the paper at half
price, as DO some other Rock Island
newspapers, but because of its merits &C
newspaper. which are, SO conspieionsIv
apparent when compafed with other ionr.
nais. when men come to you of their
own accord. without solicitation. and with.
OUT me promise OF extra inducements and
say L want you to put me down for Tho
RdUs; 1t IS the best paper published in
tue county, 1t Is testimonial of which
Tue puoiishers have a right to feel hon
oreo. AS the representative of THE Ar
GUS, II L was permitted, as are the aoants
OF other Rock Island newspapers. to solicit
SUBSCRIPTIONS at anywhere from fiftv cents
10 Two dollars per year there is no douht
out that the list might be doubled, but in
the end the public will come to learn this
game OF dupieity. and as a consequences
there must be dissatisfaction when one
man nnds that he has paid twice as much
tor the same article As his neighbor
HE ARGUS has always had a stropn
hold upon the farming community Of
TINS entire region of country. and
many OF the farmers have been reading II
almost from the first issue. With some
no doubt, political preference was the
motive in inducing them to take THE
ARGUS, but with the majority il was solpl,
because they regarded it as decidedly The
pest and most reliable weekly Journal to
DC had In this section of the state. A
PROMINENT republican, who lives only a
lew miles from Reynolds. said TO me the
other oay' L GU know | am republican.
yet have taken THE ARGUS for eight
years, and | would not do without it for
double the price. The Union is not relia-
able, and the Rock Islander is worse than
reading patent Office reports" MANY
underhanded efforts have been resorted to
Ia the past six months to undermine the
circulate of THE ARGUS. some of them
utterly unscrupulous, and of a nature that
should be beneath the dignity of honorable
men, and with certain degree of success.
put like all little meannesses, thew are
beginning to return to plague the inventors
and IN the long run THE ARGUS will be
the gamer. and the disreputable means
used tor its injury, will assist In giving il q
stronger hold than ever upon the news
paper reading pnblic, This reaction is
already taking place. The ARGUS is
coming to the front. and some other news.
paper is correspondingly retiring,
We have had several weeks of real live
business IN our town, the principal cause
or which was owing to the large amount of
corn daily brought to market. The marked
decline IN corn the past few days causes a
sensible decrease of business, and our
merchants, although doing a reasonably
fair trade, are not doing SO much but that
they are perfectly willing to be troubled
with more trade, even if that trade be
butter.
For small place Reynoldsis red hot on
and the public are reanine
the advantage, while the merchants swear
they are not making a cent. But these
things get noised abroad, and we are
drawing trade from many miles distant.
A short time ago Crandall reduced the
price of weighing ON bis scales to five cents
per load and Oimsted went him one
better and got down to nothing. and Nudge
says II the weighers are not satisfied he
will throw in a cigar.
The new hotel, after having been
throughout. and fitted with new
furniture, will open this week under
favorable auspices.
Work on the new railroad switch, and
on the roads in town, was suspended last
week on account of the wet weather.
The temperance society will hereafter
meet but once month, in consequence of
the church trustees refusing the use of
the church building oftener than that,
The meeting on Friday night last was
by H. s. Wells. r. B.Olmsted
Rev, L. Dorau, Sterling Honeycutt, DR.,
A. Ashbaugh. George Galloway, and Ell.
$. Wellswere elected delegates to the county
The new band have progressed sufficiently
so as to play several pieces IN public, and
they expect to be on hand for an engage
III ent by the Fourth of July.
NJ. l.. Best, of this place, is meeting
with much success as a lecturer in the
temperance field, and he most always has
several engagements to fill each week.
BROMIDE