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Year: 1868

DR. JoHN BuLL--Dear Str. I have recent ly given your .W6rm Destroyer" several trials, and find it wonderfully effcacious. It has not failed in single instance to have the wished-for effect. l am doing Q pretty large country practice, and have daily use for some article of the kind. am free to confess that know of no remedy recommended by the ablcst authors that is so certain and speedy in its effects. On the contrary they are un- certeain in the extreme. My object ill writ ing you is to find upon what terms l can get the medicine directly from you. If can get it upon easy terms, shall use great deal of it, 1 am aware that the use of such articles is contrary to the teachings and practice of q great majority of the regular line of M. D.'s, but l see nojust cause or good sense in dis carding a remedy which we know to be efll eient, simply because we msy be ignorant of it's combination, For my part, I shall make il rule to use all anu any means 10 alleviate suffering humanity which I may be able to command-not hesitating because some one more ingenious than myself may have learned it's effects first, and secured the sole right 10 secure that knowledge However, l am by no means an advocate or supporter of the thousands of worthless nostrums that flood the country, that parport to cure all manner of disease to which human flesh is heir Please reply soon, and inform me of your best terms. am. sir, most respectfully,

 JULIUS P. CLEMENT, NJ. D.
Year: 1868

pay- Cotton comes in semi-occasion- ally, and was selling yesterday at 213f for low middling. This is very en- couraging to our country friends and we hope that the staple will demand a fair price during the entire season.
Year: 1868

In commercial article of the In =
dependent We find the following:


The extraordinary tightness Of
the money market, which has been
very severely felt at the West, has
given new force to tho demand for
more currency; aud, though for the
present moment Congress does not
appear to be disposed to pay particu
lar attention to the clarnor for green
backs, we have good reasons for bo-
lieving that bill will be past requir
ing the issue Of at laast ffty millions
more cufrency-or enough, at least,
to make good the amount which Mr..
McCulloeh retired under the 81, 1000,
600 a month provision. That this is
a measure that the healthy business
Of the country requires, we do not
doubt; and that the diminishing
amount of revenue will render it es-
sential to tho Government there can
be as little doubt. Congress will not
venture to adjourn, after the impeach-
ment trial shall be over, aud leave
the country subject to the troubles
incident to a diminished currency,
while the people arc absorbed in the
prosecution Of a Presidential con-
test"
Year: 1868

Tho Managers and Republicans
generally are better satisfied with the
situation tonight than at any timc
this week. So far as the character of
the documentary evidence could be
determined by the Managers after the
hasty inspection they were able to
give it, they regard very little of it
as having any direct bearing ON the
oaea
Year: 1868

To The surprise OF The Managers, nt
A o'clock, Judge Curtico announced
that, so far as now advised, counsel
had no more documentary evidence to
produce. Before the defense had
opened their case they expected to
consume two full days with this class
of evidence. From this it is infer
red that they have deemed IL best not
to offer quite portion Of that pre-
nnrnd
Year: 1868

RoRBED.-On Monday Chinaman, on his
way from Horsetown to this place, was stop
ped ON the road by highwayman and rob
bed of thirty five dollars all the money he
had about hun. The robbery took place at
the point where the road crosses Snake IIol-
low. The Chinaman describes the robber as
large and very tall man. number of
suspicious looking characters have made
their appearance in this vicinity lately, and
as. they have no visible means of support, it
might be well to watch their movements.
Year: 1868

DisINFEcTANrs.-Dr. Rowell, of San Fran
cisco, stated before the Chamber Of Commerce
of that city, last week. that he considered
chlorine and bromine as the only valuable
disinfectants; he attached no value to car
bolic acid. 1t was an antseptic and not a
prophylactic. Chlorine can be easily and
cheapIy obtained in any quantity when the
common salt, black ..oxide and manganese
and sulphuric acid can be got
Year: 1868

SMALL Pux.-lt was rumored during the
week that the small pox had made its ap-
pearance in Millville, in this county. but
parties from that locality assure us that the
report is unfounded. One person has been
rapidly convalescing, and stringent measures
have been resorted to by the citizens of that
place to prevent the malady spreading Vac
cination is the most reliable preventive of
this scourge, and this entire community
should Immediately bring this safeguard into
requisi'ion.
Year: 1868

When franchises were granted to the Cen


trail and Union Pacific Railroad companies to
construct railroad from the Missouri to


the Pacific coast, the general public merely


thought Of the enterprise as the building of a
single main line from Omaha to Sacramento.


But the companies obtaining the franchises
were looking farther. Recent developments
have unfolded their plans to the public, and
| it is now pretty certain that neither company
will make Salt Lake the terminus of their
road. The Central Pacific. when it reaches
Salt Lake, will be continued on in a south
erly direction, through Colorado and Kansas.
and strike the Missouri about St. Joseph =
From this main trunk tbe.company will ulti-
mately extend branches into Arizona, New
Mexico. and perhaps reach the Gulf of Mex
leo through Texas. From Salt Lake the
Union Pacific Company will extend their
road to Puget Sound. with branches, one Of
which may enter this State by way of the
BeckwouIth or Lassen Pass Thus it ap-
pears that these corporations are bound to
develop into the most gigantic monopolies
ever witnessed in the Western Hemisphere.
But then it is evident that nothing short of a
great combination of capital can ever COM
plete the immense railway system necessary
to develop the mineral and agricultural re-
sources of the Western and Pacific States and
Territories. Great monopolies may be an
evil, but those alluded are also bound to
bring mighty benefits in their train. Mind
can scarcely conceive of the treasures of gold
and silver, besides baser metals, which the
building of these roads will open up, while
agriculture will cause the wilderness to bloom
like the rose.
Year: 1868

STArE APPoRTIoNMENT-The December
number of the California Teacher states that
the State apportionment of school moneys
will be made February 1st, 1869, and will
amount to about g 20 per census child
Ferty-four thousand dollars of the public
school money for the present year has been
set apart for the benefit of the State Univer-
sity, which is q swindle and an outrage upon
the school children of the State
Year: 1868

Low WATER-Miners inform us that there
is less water in Clear Greek at present than
are still engaged in working claims in the bed
Of the creek, near Whiskytown, which is
something extraordinary for this season of
the year.
Year: 1868

WILD GEEsE.-Immense numbers of these
fowls are to be found at present on the
ranches about the mouth of Cottonwood, and
On tne lower portion Of Battle Creek. One
hunter killed three dozen of these birds in
one day on the Reading farm last week.
Year: 1868

GnRIsrMAs WEEK.-In accordance with ouu
usual custom, no paper will be issued from
this Office next week. Meantime we will sci
of hard work and close application incident
to the publication Of newspaper. We also
desire to settle up all outstanding accounts,
in order to commence the new year square
with the world.
Year: 1868

TIE Government of Prussia has cot a
bright idea respecting the management of the
emigrant ships running between Germany
and this country. Since the shippers allow
so many Of their passengers to die on the
voyage, they will be compelled to insure the
life of every emigrant for the benefit of the
surviving kindred
Year: 1868

NORMAL notwithstanding to the new
regulations established by the Trustees of the
State Normal School, all pupils who fail to
obtain Is per cent. credits at the semi-anpual
examinations, Will be turned away from the
institution.
Year: 1868

TnAr's So.-The Marysville Appeal says
that Senator CONFESS deserves the thanks of
all Union men for moving the suspension of
the reading of the Presidents message. the
most scandalous and impertinent State paper
ever sent to Congress.
Year: 1868

The subscriber, for the past ten years engaged
as cutter at Mr.. Cones Merchant Tailoring Es-
tablishment, would inform his friends and the
citizens of Rock Island and vicinity, that he has
opened New Merchant Tailoring Establishment
for the purpose of manufacturing to order first
class fine custom work to those that have been in
the habit of getting their garments cut by us,
while at MIR. Cones we would extend invita-
non to call ON US at our establishment, and
TO those that cannot get suited in Rock Island
and are in the habit of sending east for their gar
nents we would invite them to call ana give
traI, feeling confident that suit them in
every respect. We have a handsome assortment
Of fine Cloths, Csssmeres and Vestings, together
will large variety of splendid French Coatings
and Frrots in different shades and coors for fine
business suits. Also fue Beavers in different
colors, for overcoAts,-sll of which we will make
10 order in the hest aud most fashionable manner
at lover rates than the same class of goods be
obtained ON either side of the river. Call and
examine our styles, and compare goods ard
prices with those engaged in the same business.


THOMAS MCCULLOUGH.
North side of Third Street, the Post Office,


Davenport, Iowa.
Formerly cutter at Cones.


n. B. The cutting department is under our
own supervision. nov29dly.
Year: 1868

this purpose she ladies Of tho parish have opened fair
At the Everett Rooms Broadway and Thirty fourth
which TO be continued operation for two or three
are holding fair at their new edince,
and The proceeds are TO be oeVotea 10 the
building fund Of proposed new church.
Year: 1868

The nnroach OF the period for the payment OF the dvi
dend nnon Reduced and New Three per Cent stocks was
scrompanied by better supply OF money and gradual
dIin m the rates both for long and shordated paper
nnl there is again difference of per cent between tho
brne many no doubt anxious to place their balances
Icfe Ie actual distribution OF the dividends, when n
creased ease might be expected In the market. Early in
The week the applications for commercial purposes
were upon fair scale, and the demand WAS so'ne-
,mnroyements noticed OF late In certain OF
the manufacturing districts, especially the
iron beng probably the cause through greater require
ments on account OF wages aud such purposes The
mid movement upward In cotton which has already en-
gared the attention OF numerous speculative buyers
whose rash operations have been speedily followed by
reaction and agitation will In the opinion Of some per
Year: 1868

THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD CoM- PANY who are building the Western portion of the Overland Road across the Continent, commencing at the navigable waters at the head of the bay -of-S San Francisco, have successfully carried their track across the snowy crest of the Sierra Nevada, and the whistle of the locomotive is now heard in the Washoe District at the edge of the Salt Lake Basin. To cross the plateau to the eastward will be mere child's-play in comparison to the work that is left behind, and there is fair chance for the through connection being made in 1869. 3 J l7 .5

 Meantime the great mining and agricul- turaI region of the Pacific slope are feeling the benefit of the railroad, which is doing a large and profitable business. Messrs. Fisk Hatch, the Financial Agents of the Company, in their advertisement of the First Mortgage Bonds, in another column, present some interesting facts relative to the progress and prospects of this great work.
Year: 1868

fact is enough ior our present purpose. In
our climate the seed should not be sown be-
fore the first of Jnly. 1t win ripen ordina-
rilly in eight or ten weeks. 1t must be sown
just early, or rather just late enongh, to avoid
the autumnal frosts which are sure death
10 plant and seed if not matured before they
stflke them. The plant is very succulent and
tender and easily killed by even light frost
The nature OF the plant requires cool wealth
er to mature the seed after it comes inio
blossom. The cultivator win note this fact
and govern himself accordingly. The seed
is sown broadcast and narrowed in. To
raise an abundant crop the ground should
be well plowed and properly pulverized. The
soil should not be fertilized with fish or ami
NAL manures as such manures tend to grow
rank stalks and stems, giving too much straw
and too little seed. light dressing of leach
ed ashes and boneduSt will do good.


Next to clover it is the most profitable crop
lands may be restored TO fertility and pre-
pared for raising any kind ofcrops. AS sta
ted above, farmer may grow one crop ID
plow under and another for seed on the same
land in one season. And such tilling will inn
prove his soil for crops another year. What
more can we say to induce our farmers TO
raise this valuable grain? The spring is very
backward, so much so as to prevent perhaps
the successful planting and growing of some
other crops. But there is ample time to sow
buekwheat and we hope our farmers will i'm
prove it.
Year: 1868

Such are.the issues presented in the cnsu-
ing campaign.


General Grant says, Let us haze peace. -


Francis p Blair says, Let us have war, -
and the Democratic party, or rather the
convention Of rebels and repuljat0ys which
lately met in New York, have adopted him
as their candidate for Vice President; their
candidate for President, not having lately
had the courage to avow his intention to
promote anarchy must rest his claim to the
so-called Democratic nomination upon his
attempts to incito riot and arson in New
York on the 4th Of July, 1868.


The Republican party says Let peace
and safety for every man under the protec
ton of law be the condition of all this fair
land; let equal rights and equal representa-
ton be the lot Of all its people; let even
rebels again share in the duties and the priv.
ileges ofeitizenship when they have purgcd
themselves of their rebellious spirit.


The Democratic party says: Let the laws
of Congress be over-ruled by force under
lead of a President chosen by US, and by
means Of an army controlled by US. Let
loyal State governments be dispersed by the
army of the United States led by the rebel
leaders whom they lately conquered Let
loyalty be disgrace and treason an honor
Give cheers to the butcher Forrest, and
shake hands with the slavc-master Wade
Hampton, not because they have 1epented
their misdeeds, but because they glory 10
them. Give them once more the control,
and let them again oppress the loyal men by
whose aid the Union was maintained.


The Republican party, by the declarations
Of its platform, says, Let US have honesty;
and let us maintain our credit and promote
economy by meeting our contracts as soon
as we can do so. Let US not ignore the
promise of the legal tender notes to pay dot
lars to the bearer on demand, but meet that
promise in real dollars as soon as we can,
and then let US provide for the payment of
our other bonds when they are due.


The democrat party says, Let us refuse to
recognize the promise of the legal tender
notes, and let US force the creditors of the
Government, who hold bonds bearing inter
est, to take in place of them these notes
which bear no interest, and which We never
intend to pay.


The Democratic party says, These five
twenty bonds we're given to men who fur
ished the United States army with shot aud
shell and powder with which some of our
brethren, who else would have been here in
convention with US, were murdered. Shall
we pay such obligations? Nol let US tax
them! let US ignore the fact that the income
of these bonds is now taxed in the same
manner as all other income Let us deceive
the people by the false statement that they
are not taxed, and then under the guise ol
taxation, let US confscatc them. We care
Year: 1868

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE SEXES
What makes those men who associate
habitually with women superior to others?
What makes that woman who is accustomed
to and at ease in the company of men supc-
rior to her sex in general2 Solely because
she is in the habit of free, graceful and
continual conversation with the other sex.
Women in this way lose their frivolity, the
faculties awaken, their delicacies and pecu-
harities unfold all their beauty and captiya-
tionin the spirit Of intellectual rivalry. And
the men lose their pedantc, rude de-
clamatory or sullen manner. The coin Of
the understanding and the heart is inter
changed continually. Their asperities arc
rubbed off; their better materials polished
and frightened, and their richness, hike fine
gold, is wrought into finer workmanship,
by the figure of women, than it ever could
be BY those of men. The iron and steel Of
our character are laid aside, ike the harsh
ness of a warrior in time Of peace and Sc
eurity.
Year: 1868

not for widows and orphans, or savings
banks which hold these bonds; we appeal
not to reason or to principle; our power has
always been in the ignorance of our follow
ers and is so still.
Year: 1868

NEWSPAPER LAws.-We would call the special
attention Of Post Masters and subscribers to the
ISquIEER to the following synopsis Of the News
paper laws;


j. A Postmaster Is required to give notice By
letter. returning paper does not answer the law
when a subscriber does not take bis paper out Of
the Office, and state tho reasons tor its not being
taken; and a neglect to do so makes the PoStmas-
ter repsoasijie 10 the publishers Tor the payment


2, any person who takes paper from the Post
Office, whether directed to his name OF another or
whether be has subscribed OF not is responsible
for the pay.


s. ira person orders his paper discontinued he
must pay all arreaTages, or the publisher may
continue TO send it until payment is made, and
collect the whole amount rhether q be taken tr9Ia
The Office not. There can be no legal diseontin-
uence until he payment is made.


4. If the subscriber orders his paper 10 be
stopped at certain time, and the publisher con
tnues to send the subscriber is bound to pay for
it. II he takes q out Of the Post Office. The law
proceeds upon the ground that o must pay
for what he uses.


5. The courts have decided that refusing to take
newspapers and periodicals from the Post Office,
or removing and having them uneaIled for, is
PriRG JGcja evidence of Intentional fraud.
Year: 1868

PUNCTUATION PUzZLE.-The following
article foreibly illustrates the necessity Of
punctuation. The Montana Herald says it
can be read in two ways, making very bad
man or very good man, the result depending


wholly upon the manner in which it Is
punetuated:


He is an old experienced man in vice and
wickedness he is never found opposing the
works Of iniquity he takes delight in the
downfall Of the neighborhood he never re-
joices in the prosperity Of Of his fellow
creatures itU is always ready to assist in de-
stroying the peace of society he takes 10
pleasure in serving the Lord he is uncom-
monty diigent in sowing discord among his
friends and acquaintances he takes no pride
laboring to promote the cause Of christianity
he has not been negligent in endeayoring to
stigmatize all public teachers he makes no
exertion to subdue his evil passions he
strives hard to build up Satan kingdom he
lends no aid to the support Of the gospel
among the heather he contributes largely to
the evil adversary he pays no attention to
good advice be gives great heed to the devil
he will never 60 to heaven he must 90 where
he will receive the just recompense Of re
ward
Year: 1868

the air containing impurities settles to the
bottom. An open CRATE with fire
reheats it and passes it through the chimney
to the outside Of the building without crea-
ting dangerous drafts Of air, and is the best
means of ventilating apartments. When
cold air is admitted the impure air must be
drawn ofat the top off the room, but unless
it is passed through heated fues the ventila-
ton will be very imperfect. The admission
OF cold air is liable to create injurious drafts,
and is therefore not to be recommended.


The plan of heating rooms by steam, and
yentilatiDg BY means of CRATES and fues
with an apparatus for supplying fresh pure
and warm air to take the place Of the air
drawn of, and jets to keep it properly
saturated with moisture. is probably open
to fewer objections than any other. -Setea-
tjfc Anle74can
Year: 1868

SERVED HER RIGHT,-A COW belong
ing to Amasa Willis of West Brattleboro
recently lost large part of her tongue by
its being bitten off by horse standing ii
an adjoining stall. The cow was accus-
toned to steal the hay of her neighbor
who showed his resentment by depriving
the eulprit of the 'unruly member.
Year: 1868

CONNECTION. - The item which We
copied few days since, from an exchange
paper TO the effect that another had been
added To the list of victims hy the Harlow
bridge disaster by the death of Michael
Healy of CRANKY, C, T., was incorrect
Healy was alive Saturday night, and We
learn that he is likely to recover.
Year: 1868

The Corinth (Mississsippi) GItnoaqE
of the 22nd instant says:
A strange and surprising incident oe..
cnrred last week in the country some miles.
north of Corinth. A Mr.. Mangrum killed
a young man during the war, and few
days since Mr.. Mangrum was on a deer
drive, and while at one of the stands he
saw an object approaching him which so
alarmed him that he raised his gun and
fred at it. The object, which resembled a
man covered with sheet, continued to ad.
vance upon Mr.. Mangrum, when he drew
his pistols and emptied all the barrels at
the ghost.


None of tSe shots seeming to take effect,
he climbed tree to make his escape. By
the time he was a short distance up the tree
the white object was standing under him
with It's eyes fixed upon him, and he de-
clared that it was the spirit of the young
man whom he had killed. Mangrum was
so startled at the steady gaze of the eye
that he had been the cause of laying cold
in death that he tainted and fell from the
tree. His friends carried him home, the
ghost following and standing before him
constantly, the sight of which brought up
the recollection of his guilt with such
force to his mind that he died, in great
agony, after two or three days suffering.
Year: 1868

Every department Of business has an imme
diate interest in tho markets Of the country, and
In its financial auetuntiens and condition. The
man who fails to keep himself properly ad-
vised as to the rise and fall O. tho markets, as
controlled by tho laws Of demand and supply.
and tho relative condition Of the currency. is
exposed to constant loss. and must necessarily
lall behind his more intelligent and enterprising
nsghbors. In order to make our paper valuable
as well as interesting. we shall continue TO
make this SPECIAL FEATURK. Our Daily
Market Reports domestic and foreign, By tele-
graph, and our City Reports. gotten M at heavy
expense, have challenged the commendation OF
our hest business men while our current Finan-
oial Reports from all the leading n.oney contre


-the country are fuller than have ever


published by any other journal in Tennessee
Year: 1868

to stir up an interest in Free Masonry,
and 1t Is 10 be hoped that he viii be abba
F to stir up an interest at home in the numer-
{ ous lodges Of his worldwide order in the
Holy land, and to infuse something Of hi,
own Christian spirit into a society which
processes to do so much for humanity.