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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 Mr.. Cones, we would extend an invita-
ton to call on us at our new establishment, and
to those that cannot get suited in Rock Island
and are in the hRbitOf sending east for their gar
ments we would inyite them TO call ana give us q
trial. feeling confident that we can suit them in
every respect. We have o handsome assortment
of fine Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings, together
with large variety of splendid French Coatings
and Trieots in different shades and ooors for fine
business suits. Also fine beavers in different
oolors, for Overeoats,-all of which we will make
to order in the best and most fashionable manner
atlower rates than the same GLASS of goods can be
obtained on either side Of the river. Call and
examine our styles, and compare our goods and
prices with those engaged in the same business


THOMAS MCCULLOUGH,
North sido Of Third Street. near the Post Office,


Davenport Iowa.
Formerly cutter at Cones.


N. B. The cutting department is under our
own supervision. Oy29dly
Year: 1868

Justice who has beca so highly hon
.ored by the loyal party Of the coun-
Try, ought to pause and reflect upon
the inevitable tendency of course
that renders such comments about
him as the above, not only possible,
but entirely too common just now in
the democratic press, for his own rep
utatinn s
Year: 1868

1t is now understood that it is the
intention of the defence, when the
prosecution rest their case, to move
further delay Of a week or ten dav,
on the ground Of the need of prepar.
alton for opening the argument and
the production Of witnesses. 1t is
pretty certain that the request, IL
made, will be denied


Tho counsel for the defence have
applied for and obtained the issue OF
. subpoena to Mack, of the Cincin.
cinnati Commercial, to appear us :
witness in behalfof the President.
tits expected that he will testify 10
the fact that previous to the final re-
moval Of Stanton, the President de-
Tended himself against the charge OF
conspiracy, which was then made
against and now forms the chief point
Of the impeachment articles He
viii be used by the prosecution on
the cross examination TO show that
the President denounced Congress in
private as well as in public.
Year: 1868

man who refuses to avail himself
Of your liberality is either deficient
in gratitude or totally unable to
Care for himself. Your statement
that he was always a "freeman'
will account for his want Of appre
citation OF your generous intentions.
II will be unnecessary fof you TO
forward me any certificate as to
your own character and integrity,
your recent communication being
all the evidence shall require as
to those particulars.


| am unable TO say whether you
will be able to recover any dam.
ages from the man who has hired
him Jerry Scott.) or whether you
Twill be able TO bring him to a
sense Of honor and Justice" If l
knew as much about him as do
OF you, l might venture an opinion
on this last point.


l have, III accordance with your
request, made an carly reply 10
your communication, and regret
that | cannot make it more salts.
factory TO you. Respectfully,


R. X. SCOTT,


Brevet Major Gen, Asst Com, S. G,
Year: 1868

GRAND ARMY.-The Democratic press and
politicians in this State are particularly fierce
just now in their abuse of the Grand Army
of the Republic and denounce it as being o
secret political organization. The Grand
Army is composed of soldiers and sailors who
have served under the Government, and its
leading objects are to provide for the mainte.
nance of the widows and orphans of those who
fell in the service, to assist disabled soldiers
and marines and to uphold the laws and
constitution of the country The charge that
the organization was formed for secret polit-
ical purposes is not founded in truth. The
Democratic editors and politicians who are
SO ready to denounce the Grand Army as a
secret political organization, and therefore
dangerous to the liberties Of the country, have
evidently forgotten that a secret political
organization, composed exclusively of Dem.
ocrats lately existed in this State, and that it
was led by Beriah Brown and other noted
members Of their party. In order to refresh
their memory we refer them to the revela.
tions of one of the Santa Clara Stage rob-
bers, as Published in the San Francisco Flag
in 1865, or to C. B. Mcdonald of the Ore.
gon Unionist.
Year: 1868

TORN BY DoG.-On the Sth inst, Mrs.
John Smith was attacked and badly torn
and bitten by dog, near jackson, while
attempting to tie him. The Dispatch says
her clothes were torn, and the right arm,
near the shoulder lacerated in a shocking
manner He had already dragged her to
the ground before the timely assistance of
T. Shredder could be rendered, which he did
by shooting the dog as he fell back from Mrs.
Smith to attack him. If assistance had been
delayed but few minutes more, in all pro-
ability it would have been too late to save
her life. We are informed that the wounds
are healing kindly and there is prospect of
a l.pid recovery.
Year: 1868

JUsT So, MY BoY.-This excellent rife
shot at the fierce Democrocie" is from the
tantalizing home -thruster, the Dramatic
Chronicle:


Why is it that all the big and little Dem
oeratic organs from Cape Hatteras to the
Heads, and from 1.-THE Arctic home of the
aurora borealis to the torrid latitudes of
HI" are shrieking and caterwauling over
"our crushing debt" seeing that it is so
deuced little of it that the Democracy are
likely to pay? Wherefore are these things
thus?
Year: 1868

THERE is a surfeit of dignity in the Vir-
ginia Convention. Two artists were sketch.
ing that body the other day, when sable
delegate discovered them and jumped from
his seat to "point of order" The Chair
man asked him to state his point of order,
when he said Am dis a Convention or am
it q Photographic gallery" He was in
formed it was Convention, and dignity was
thereupon satisfied.
Year: 1868

A HORRIBLE REPoRr-BIRTH OF Twins
IN A CorrIN.-A German paper of Cincin-
natl says:


On Thursday well known lady died, and
on Saturday was placed in the vault at the
Lick Run Cemetery, it being impossible to
bury her on account of the ground being
frozen SO hard. Yesterday the friends went
out to the burying ground to attend to the
interment. While there they requested the
undertaken to open the coffin, when the
fact was revealed that the lady had given
birth to twins. All three were, however,
dead when discovered.
Year: 1868

A FAIR OFFER.-Gen. Butler has offered
to guarantee the payment of one million Of
dollars per week to the United States
Treasury, if he can be permitted to collect
at his own expense the tax of two dollars per
gallon on distilled spirits. Uncle Sam col
lected last year less than twenty millions OF
dollars yet Butler could pay what he offers
each week and have another million to place
to his own account in the stocks of the nation
as often as he paid one into the United
States Treasury.
Year: 1868

STEAMER SUNK-On Sunday morning the
steamer Victor, bound for Red Bluff, struck
a snag forty miles below the Chico Landing,
and sank in sixteen feet of water. No lives
were lost. We understand that between six
and seven thousand dollars worth of goods
owned by parties in this county were on
board at the time.
Year: 1868

GAME PLENrY.-A resident of the Shingle.
town country informs us that wild game is
remarkably plenty in that vicinity. Bear
and dear are found in abundance and great
number of these animals have been killed by
local sportsmen of late
Year: 1868

In calling the attention of the reader to the ad-
vertisement of DR.. J. C. Young's Institute, to be
found in another part of this paper we feel we are
answering the dictates of honest convictions in
pointing out to suffering humanity the honest and
skiful Medical pra"titiner 1t is the duty of every
man whose knowledge places it in his power to act
as guide to those who otherwise would un whiting
ly take wrong path. There is no need to wear
out life of pain and anguish and in the end fill a
dishonored grave. Hesitate no longer, unfortunate
ones, but turn to the Doctor who can restore Won
giving you in place of wasted energies and an i'm
paired constitution, health, vigor and power


The Institute has been in successful operation
for Seventeen Years, and as it was the Pioneer In
sttute of the coast has been the Pioneer in the
march of progress.


Wesay again to the afficted-read the advertise
ment and follow its advice sI4
Year: 1868

REBEL OUTRAGEs.- from Ten.
which have just taken place in that State,
bands of armed men belonging to a secret
organization known as the Kuklux Klans
rode about the country nightly threatening
white and black lUnionists, and swearing
that every Union man who went to the polls
should forfeit his life. The emmsaries of
this infamous organization are at work all
over the State, and also in Kentucky, clan.
destinely burning negro school houses,
and destroying the fences, barns and dwell
ings Of Union men. Such is the character of
the men into whose hands Andrew johnson
would fain restore the local governments Of
the South
Year: 1868

The subscriber, for the past ten years engaged
as OUTER 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 oustom work to those that have been in
the habit Of getting their garments cut by US,
while at Mr.. Cones, we would extend an invita-
tion to call on us at our new 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 us q
trial. feeling confident that we can suit them in
every respect. We have handsome assortment
Of fine Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings, together
with q large variety Of splendid French COatings
and Trioots in different shades and cOlOrs for fine
business suits, Also fine Beavers in different
colors, for overcoats,-all of which we will make
10 order in the best and most fashionable manner
atlower rates than the same class Of goods can be
obtained on either side of the river. Call and
examine our styles, and compare our goods and
prices with those engaged in the same business.


THOMAS MCCULLOUGH,
North side Of Third Street, near the Post Office,


Davenport, Iowa.
Formerly cutter at Cones.


N. B. The cutting department is under our
own supervision. ov29dly
Year: 1868

THE FAITHFUL WIFE. A true hearted
woman always walks by faith and not by
sight no matter that the world forsakes
the objects of her affections, or that he
stumbles and falls AMI repeats his error,
or that lie stumbes and falls and repeats
his error, or that adversely overwhelms
him in his career. she il always in the
right place, her heart ever glowing with
hope, and pointing to the future when all
shall be bright and cheering She assails
the heat of her friend rudely, bnt charms
it by those delicate touches of silent elo-
quence that speak without voice and find
their way to the hearts best fountain, as
heart penetrates and WHITES the world OF
beauty and life.
Year: 1868

The gem cannot be polished without
friction, nor man perfected without ad-
versity.


Married Life often begins with rose.
wood and mahogany aud ends up with
pine.


Why is kissing girl like eating sonp
with fork 2 Because you can't get
enough


FoNp. An amorous swain declare he
is so fond of his girl that he has rubbed
the skin from his nose by kissing her
shadow on the wall a hopeless case
that.


People oftsner want something taken
away to make them agreeable, than some,
thing to bs added.
Year: 1868

Always give the soil the first meal.


Everybody knows good counsel except
him that hath need Of it.


Poverty is the sixth sense.


Better free in a foreign land than a seri
at home.


There is no good in preaching to the
hungry.


Charity gives itself riches, but eovet.
business boards itself poor.


Piety, prudence, wit and civility are
the elements of true nobility.


1t is easier to blame than to do better
Forgive thysef nothing and others
much.
Year: 1868

The Dominion in Canada, it is stated
has adopted the following device for the
new national flag: ~ white field, con
tanning garland of sutumnal maple
leaves, bound with the Order of the Gar,
ter and surmounted with an imperial
crown, beaver and numder of maple
leaves in the centre.
Year: 1868

The Fort Wayne Gazette tells the fol-
lowing story of man in Allen county,
Indiana


"a story came to our ears this noon
which sounds like romance, but which
we have on the very best authority.
Over two years ago a man named Ar
mold. in Eel River township, sold some
land which he had owned in some of
the far Western States. He could never
be induced to tell any one for what he
had sold it or how he had disposed OF
the money; even his wife and children
could not worm the secret out of him
It even oecasioned family differences
Search was made in all directions, but
no trace of any money could be found.
About a month ago the wife died, but
even on her death. bed she was unable
TO induce her husband to reveal his Sc.
cret. Two weeks after his wife died
the man followed her to the grave
leaving no papers which gave any clue
TO the missing money. When the ex
ecutors came to settle up the estate, II
was proposed to sell a lot of buck'
wheat, which had been lying some time
in the barn. When they came to meas
ure it, hidden away beneath 1t was
found over $1,000 in gold and a qSantlt!
of silver coin, undoubtedly the money
which had been received tor the land
more than two years before"
Year: 1868

Some time in October a certain gen.
tleman in this county, says the Abba


Iowa) Union, applied fer and received
a license from the County Judge to
marry certain young lady. A few
days since another gentleman made ap-
plication to the County Judge to marry
the same lady. The Judge did not
know that he had previously issued a
"pair of licenses" to the same lady, and
applicant. No. went away rejoicing
with the papers" The attention of
the Judge was called to the singular
complication, and upon inquiring into
the matter, it was found that the first
gentleman, in the pursuit of happiness,
had obtained a license to marry the
lady in question without her knowledge
or consent, and the consequence was an
inglorious fizzle On his part, and u fail
ure to "strike ile." The blank space
left on the marriage record for the re-
turn of the marriage certificate in the
first application was filled out by the
the Judge in the following laconic style
"Fizzled out-Miss - didn't know
anything about it,"
Year: 1868

A bride in Washington lately intro
duced the style of having her train
borne by three pages. An exchange
saws if this fashion should spread, court
inc a Young lady would be like reading
a novel. She would never grow IN
teresting until you had turned over sew
eral pages.
Year: 1868

1t was the time for morning prayers
but little John could not listen to the
reading His heart was not uplttrd to
his Father in Heaven. durin1 the sing
iug and not even the dcvout prayer OF
his venerable grandfather. could drive
from his mind the exciting and JOYFUL
anticipationS with which it was filled.
and tix il for little season on things
hca, ynly and divine.


For it WAS muster day. and little John
WAS @oiug TO muster. 50 Is soon Is he
had Jumped up from hIs knees, which
he did the moment the "Amtn' WI
pronounced, he hurried up to the little
attic chamber where he slept, and dress
eI himself in his Sunday best. and when
his kind grandmother had turned away
the snowy collar from his neck, an.
adjusted the bow Of black ribbon under
his chin. and pressed Il kiss upon hi
smooth fair check. he left the cottage.
and with his little heart beating time to
the distant sound OF the drum, he went
down TO the field.


He walked up and down, and his bo-
som swellel with new and strange emo
tious as he viewed the long flies OF men
in uniform, with tall, red, white and
black plumcs nodding from their strange
looking hats, and bri>tliug bayoncts glit-
tcring in the sunlight. His heart seem
ed to come into his throat. with a single
bound. when from the dazzling array OF
brass inStrumcnts-loud and sudden, and
near came Il burst of music, accompanied
wi,h the rattle of drums. which ut dis
tamcc had filled him with mingled awe
and delight, but now completely over
whclmed his timid spirit. He drew
back with hasty steps.


Ever since he came into the field his
hand had been often in his pocket, where
it held in Il tight grasp a bright silver
piece. In his ha>ty flight, he had by
chance come near 10 one of those stands
where Refreshments were sold, and now
his eyes wandered from the tempting dis
play of gingerbread to the glowing con-
dictionaries as he thought what he should
buy. This is good Buy some OF
this" said a bold, bad looking boy, who
stood near,-and at the same time he
laid down a silver half-dime and took up
what do you think, little reader %
Jiy Hgly looking piece o. tobacco


Do you think little Johnnie would
spend his bright silver piece for that
NO All, but doesn't Solomon say
that ''Foolishness is bound up in the
heart of a child ?" Little John did not
know at all how the dark looking stuff
would taste He knew many men chew
ed it. His father did not, when he was
alive, nol yet his grandfather, to be sure;
but then he would like to know If 1t was
good. Besides that, he admired the
smart Independent manner in which the
larger boy had made his purchase
marching up to the table, laying dowr
his money and taking the article, with.
Year: 1868

Trumhull has "A great LEGAL mind
that's what ail~ him. We had some such
in our state constitutional convention
and they were the most impracticable
men in that Observation-Disclosures all the
way through. They think they must put
forth theories, spin out distractions and
argue points peculiar to themselves and
altogether different from the ideas of 9TH
ers They seem to think it great hon
or to take positions antagoni>tic to the
policy and principles Of their political As
-ociates. When man gets '.sreat legal
mind on the brain. he Is pretty much
lost to usefulness, and as for reliability
and consistency, he Is not to be depended
upon at all. Fessendcn i cross and crabb-
ed. He was not made President of the
Senate-Ben Wade was. Fessenden
has become splenetic and dissatisfied with
himself and mankind generally. Dys-
pepsia and disappointment trouble Fes-
.enden. with touch OF great legal
mind besides And so he comes to the
conclusion that Andrew Johnson Is in
nocent, and has really been sinned against
instead of shining. These are the trio
republican leaders who deliberately vote
TO commit the dictatorship in govern
ment to Il law breaking executive.
Year: 1868

activity Of the Radicals. If we can
frustrate all their nice little policies
for avoiding the woman question, and
the rum question, and aHrighteousness,
then the chances are in our favor. II
not, then not. Just here lies our
specially, which party organ like the
Commonwealth call our tncomtrelelSibihtg


We mean to do our little all to de-
stroy and confound such councils as
Wendell Phillips and Horace Greeley
advise on the woman question, and go
Of the rest Now, if we can in this way
be instrumental; under God, in break
ing up these tactics, dlelp thrust the
Republican party forward, we mean to
do it for the glory Of God and the up
building Of his kingdom. We vote
the Republican ticket, if we do, to
trouble the conservative counsels of the
party. No Rum, Free Suffrage for
man and woman, and America for
Christians so far as they have Christ
within them, is our creed


As to the remaining question, What
of the Republican candidate, General
Grant? All is lost or all is won, just
as he may prove true. Perhaps our
only hope here is in making it SO hot,
as by coal upon a turtles back, that
be will move right. At any rate, it is
safe to make it hot. Keep thrusting
the woman question, the negro suffrage
question, the Christian party question,
and all other questions that involve
right before him. Give him no rest.
Mayhaps if we can keep him sobeEand
clear the smoke SO that be can see
what is the matter with the nation, i.s.,
that no reconstruction that does not
put the black man into power equal
with our own is worth fig We may
with the rest shout, "Hurrah for
Grant"
Year: 1868

Which will be sufficient to duplicate lines to ALL or
nearly all, the paying points reached by the present
monopoly.


The present telegraph Companies of the country
have been consolidated into one huge monopoly
and earning six millions of dollars per
year, or over one hundred per cent on the actual
cost of their lines their present capital having been
watered over one thousand per cent.


The National Telegraph Company have reoog-
milton from the United States Government of the
Importance of their enterprise with grant of the
most valuable franchises ever conferred upon a
Telegraph Company No competing line has ever
had the right granted by congress to this Com
pany to construct and operate lines over every Rail
road and Mail Route in the United States The posi-
tion of this Company differs from that of any COM
pany ever before organized. The question of the
right Of way is forever settled.


The Stockholders of this Company can not be sold
out or transferred to any other Company. The act
of Congress under which this company has been
organized prohibits any transfer Of the franchises
granted
Year: 1868

Men silenced on his faithful lips


Words of resistless truth and power;
Those words, re-echoing now, have made
The gathering war cry Of the hour
They thought to darken down in b,ood
The light of freedoms burning rays;
The beacon fires we tend to-day


Were lit in that undying blaze.
They knew not, when from his old eyes
They shut the world for evermore,
The ladder by which angels come


Rests firmly on the dungeons floor.
They deemed noVision bright could cheer
His stony couch and prison ward;
He slept to dream of Heaven, and rose
To build Bethel to the Lord.
Year: 1868

Congress has given to the different Pa
cifc railroad companies one million and a
quarter acres of land, worth now at least
two hundred millions Of dollars, and in
five years will be worth a thousand mil
liens-perhaps twice as much.
Year: 1868

The Maine lumbermen say that the time
was never better for logging, the swamps
being frozen up solid, and the quantity Of
snow just right for this business. This
makes business very lively in all the lum-
ber manufacturing villages.
Year: 1868

One per cent of the Stock will be required on sub
scribing and subsequent calls not to exceed five per
cent per month. will be made by the Board of Di-
reCtors. from time to time may be necessary. to
upply funds to construct and equip the lines but
no calls will be made after the one per cent is paid
until the entire Capital Stock shall have been sub
sCribed.
Year: 1868

A new enterprise to be known as the Nation-l
Telegraph Company has been organized with val
liable franchises conferred by recent act of Com
gress, for the purpose of establishing Trunk lines
Telegraph all the principal railroads and mail
routes in the United States The stock is to be
issued upon the same principle that of the Mer-
chants Union Express Company, which recently
commenced operations The design is to interest
the entire business community in the enterprise.
This is done, not SO much to dispose of the stock
it to the business of the country through
which the lines pass.


The Capital is to be