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Year: 1872

CANTON, ILL, August "a horrible
murder occurred about one mile west OF
Yates City, on Monday morning. The
victim was the wife of John Matthew
son. Matthswson and hired man left
the house at daylight to do harvest
work some distance from the house. and
did not return till night, when the body
of the murdered wife was found in the
cellar, with throat cut and skull mashed.
The murderer is not known, but suspi-
ciOnS rest on man who was near the
house that morning inquiring for work.
Detectives are on his track. The par
ticulars as near as we can ascertain are,
that the murderer went into the house
about eight O'Clock and ordered break
fast. While Mrs. Matthewson was pre-
pairing it, he undertook to ravish
her and she resisted. Her clothing
and person showed unmistakable
signs that there was a terrible struggle
for life. Her hand was horribly cut, as
If she tried to grasp the knife from the
murderers hand. fhe family is very re-
spectacle, and among the first in the
county. She had been married but a
few months. Great excitement prevails,
and mounted horsemen are securing the
country in search of the murderer. A
reward of one thousand dollars is offered
for the arrest of the murderer.
Year: 1872

Amongst the worst af1ectations of
which people can be guilty is that Of
despising the ordinary courtesies OF
live. Great men are always courtc-
GUS men j; with them Doors forget
their boorishness, and rise out of
their habitual mire into something
like the cleanliness Of decency. For
rudepcss is akin to dirt it is dirt on
the mind.


Another characteristic OF the men
We mean is their appreciation of the
finer evidences Of feeling to them
We can express more in Il movement
than to others in volume "Our
truo want in life,' snys a modern
philosopher, " is some one who will
make us do what wo can" Great
men supply the want by bringing out
that which We know to be the best
that is in us. Their very presence is
rest to the weary and peace to the
troubled. They shed happiness
around them, but though loved by
the many, they are only appreciated
by the few. The blended passion and
understanding that constitutes in it,
essence, worship, is not gift be-
slowed on all it can only be brought
into existence by the men who use
their greatness in their daily life, and
do not keep it rs too bright and
good for human natures daily food. .


Our great man shows respect to
others in such a way as implies an
equally habitual and sure reliance on
their respect to himself" He trusts
to what he is for asserting what he
wishes to appear. He is NOTES.-The
modesty Of u man who knows accu.
rately what he is, his powers and ca.


pabilities, who never attempts any


thing which requires the gifts he may
, not happen to possess, and if the gif;'
he has not seem to him greater tina,
those lie has, he acknowledges hi
, inferiority aud bows to their super!
ority.
Year: 1872

The man tLA. stands upon his
own soil, who feels that by the laws
of the land in which he liyes--by
tho laws of civilized nations-Le is
the rightful and exclusive owner OF
the land which he tills, is by the
constitution of our nature, is under
II wholesome influence not easily I'M
bibed from any other source. He
feels-other things being equal
more strongly than other the char
acter of g MAJ. as lord Of an anilna-
ted wc.ld. OF this great and Won
derful sphere which. fashioned by
the hand of God and upheld by His
power, is rolling through the heas-
ems, and part is hs5--his from tue
centre of the sky L; is i'll Tue space
on which the generation before mov-
I'd in it's round OF duties, and he
feels himself connected by 4 visible
link with those who follow him, and
to whom he is to transit q home
Perhaps his farm has come down to
him by his fathers They have gone
to their last home but he can trace
their footsteps over the scenes OF his
daily labors. The roof which shelters
him wes reared by those to whom
he owes his being. Some interesting
domestic tradition is connected with
every inclosure. The tayorite fruit
tree was planted by his fathers
hands. He sported in boGhood be-
side the brook which winds through
the meadow. Through the field lics
the path to the village school OF car
her days. He still hears from the
( window the voice OF the Sabbath


bell which called his father to th'


house Of prayer and nearer at h"ne


is the spot where his parents lalf


down to rest, and where, when hi


time has come, he shall be laid b.
his children. These are the feeling


of the owner of the soil. Word


cannot paint-gold cannot buy them


they flow out of the deepest tounda


ton of the heart /; they are the life


springs of fresh, healthy and genel
GUS national character.
Year: 1872

Some men move through life FILL
ing the air with their presence and
sweetness, rs orchards, in October
days, fill the air with perfume OF
ripe fruit. Some women cling to their
own houses, like the honeysuckle
over the door, yet, like it, ill all the
region with the subtle fragrance Of
their goodness. How great q bless
ing it is so to hold the gifts Of the
soul that they shall be music to some
and fragrance to others +! 1t would
be no unworthy thing to live for, to
make the power which We have with
in us breath OF other mems joy /; to
fill the atmosphere which they must
stand in with a brightness which
they cannot create for themselves.
Year: 1872

The Forest Register publishes the
following address Of Wade Dyson, a
worthy, industrious and sensible
freedman, to his. brother freedmen,
as to the course he thinks they should
pursue in the approaching election
To My Fsllo'o-fresdm Of Missis-
sippi.


My advice to you is to live in
friendship, lay aside all feeling
against your own color and against
the white man. It is not President
Grant who is TO make You happy.
but it is industry and the love
Of your whole county. Teach your
childlen this important truth that
politeness and good behavior are
cheap and make friends. I believe
that the immortal Greeley will mete
out exact justice to all men without
regard to race. color or previous con-
dition. You say the Yankees are
your friends. Who has worked q
half century for your emancipation ?
Horace Greeley. Let us all work
for the general good. Let MS unite
and elect this old and tried friend OF
our race, and not be led off by the
foolish promise Of forty acres and .
mule.


Your friend indeed,


WADE DYSON.
Year: 1872

Business has been unusually brisk
during the week past. The receipts
Of cotton have been large, although
nothing in comparison to last years
receipts. Cotton picking = virtually
at an end.
Year: 1872

fracas occurred last night in Tuy's barroom,
known as the Una, at the corner OF Myrtle avenue
and Adephi street, in the course Of which Peter
Mulady, who is the proprietor Of a drinking saloon
at the corner of oxford street and Myrtle avenue
had his nose partially bitten OF by Jack Brennan
rather a notorious character, who keeps gin mill


In the Twentieth ward IL appears That Brennan,
MulIady met in Tully's and got into quarrel,
which fnaly led to blows. Muady had to be taken
TO the City Hospital, and the Others were arrested
and locked up IN the Fourth precinct station house
Year: 1872

who assumed the ONCE Of Dictator Of Peru
after having murdered Balta-as We are told
in the telegram-was himself executed By the peo
pie sOoD afterwards He was hanged TO a lamp
post, and his dead body consumed by nre. Cutler
req was an able man. lie came OF very respecta-
bile and influential family but was through life an
ambitious and very intriguing politician.
Year: 1872

The pure, the bright, the beautiful,


That stirred our hearts in youth,
The impulse to q worldly prayer,


The dreams of love and truth;
The longing after something lost,


The spirits yearning cry;
The striving after better hopes


These things can never die.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid
A brother in his need,
The kindly words in grief's dark hour
That proved friend indeed;
The plea for mercy softly breathed,


When justice threatens high;
The sorrow Of a contrite heart


These things shall never die.
The memory of q clasping hand,
The pressure of q kiss,
And all the trifles sweet and frail


That make up LIES first bliss;
IF with firm, unchanging faith,


And holy trust and high,
Those hands have dasped, those lip


have met,


These things shall never die.
The cruel and the bitter word


That wounded as it fell,
The chilling want OF sympathy,


We feel but never tell:
The hard repulse that chills the heart,
Whose hopes are bounding high
In an untaded record kept


These things shall never die.
Let nothing pass, for every hand


Must find some work to. do;
Lose not chance to waken love,


Be firm and just and true.
So shall q light that cannot fade


Beam on thee from on high,
And angels voices say to thee,


These things shall never die.
Year: 1872

shepherd with the sheep be was driving
20 the market.


Still farther on the boy saw two horses
eating, and said, "1hey can have moth
ing to do SO shall go and play with
them" But, as he went forward, . man
came up with haiters, which be put on
their heads, saying, "My little fallow,
my horses must plow and harrow my
fields. l must have oats and barley and
wheat to grind and sell, that may get
money


Then whom the boy saw that every
bee aud bird and beast had something to
do, he said to his sister, well, | shall
20 to school and learn my lessons.
When get home. mother will allow me
good long time to play with the other
boys before | 60 to bed"


Saying this, be ran of to school and
his sister vas glad to get away to do her
own errands Mary Burton, in Little
Nursery.
Year: 1872

While living south, in the summer OF
1868, there was a school house about one
husdred yards in front Of my dwelling,
and between that and our house was an
orchard.


There is in the south species Of birds
called cat birds, and | believe they are
known in the east as the northern mock.
ing bird.


A pair Of cat-birds had built nest in
one Of the peach trees near one of the
windows, and my wife took great delight
in watching them through Incubation
and feeding the young. My little boy
was taught not to moles. them, and he
felt great pride in having his birds nest.
One day bad boy from the school began
TO throw stones at the birds my son
told him not to hurt bis bird, but stone
struck the female bird and killed her
There was considerable fuss made in the
school about it afterward.


My wife felt grievsd about the ysung
birds, and watched then and the male
bird-the father Of a nest full Of un.
Aedged, mo,herless birds During the
afternoon the widowed bird sent forth
his plaintivs call for lis mate repeatedly
and seemed very discensolats. The mex
morning be was very industrious in feed
ing bis young until about ten o'clock
when be flew away and was gone abou
two hours, when he returned with another
female bird Of the same tribe. She tsol
asurvey of affairs, and hoped around OIL
the tree. The male bird poured fsurtl
several snatches of his sweetest melo
dies, when she few away, and in fsv
minutes returned with food in her bsa
and fed the young birds; from that tim
till they could Ay, she was faithfu
stspmothsr to thsm.-Cor. Phrsnslogica
Journal.
Year: 1872

oOOhON w SOHiO lOul luO H6ll
he had created-"young mani
you who have followed the
counsel of evil companions
here he paused and looked
about, as if trying to find the
man he wanted, while Walter
crept up close to Bud and sha-
ded his face-"I mean you who
have chosen evil pursuits, and
who can not get free from bad
habits and associations that are
dragging you down 10 hell
You are standing on the crumb-
ling brink Of hell tonight. The
smell of the birthstone is on
your garments; the hot breath
Of hell is in your face! The dev-
lis ere waiting for you! Delay
and you are damnedl You may
die before daylight Youpmay
never get out that door! The
awful angel of death is just
ready to strike you DOWN.
Here some shrieked with terror,
others sobbed, and Brother Sod
ON looked with approval on the
storm he had awakened. The
very harshness Of his tone, his
lofty egotiSm of manner, that
which reused all Buds combat
iveness, shook poor Walter as
a wind would shake reed. In
the midst of the general excite
ment he seized his hat and hes
tened out the door. Bud fol.
lowed, while Sodon shot his
lightnings after them declaring
that "young men who ran away
from the truth would dwell IN
torments forever"


Bud had not counted amiss
when he thought that Mr.. Sod
ons preaching would be likely
to arouse so mean-spirited a
fellow as Walter. So vivid was
the impression that Johnson
begged Bud to return to the
office with him. He felt sick,
and was afraid that he should

die before mnrningl He in
sisted that Bad should stay with
him all night. To this Means
readily consented, and by
morning he had heard all that
frightened Waiter had to tell.


And now let us return to the
trial, where Ralph sits waiting
the testimony of Walter j ohm
son, which is to prove his state
ment false.
Year: 1872

'An official report of the opening debate
in The State Senate will be found in to-day's
REPUBLICAN. 1t affords some quaint and
curious reading, especially worthy the con
sideration of the gestlemen who yesterday
terminated with melancholy reluctance
their public exhibitions at the Lyceum Hall.
Year: 1872

We hope our nexs Legislature wili vote
funds enough for the establishment OF q
hospital for the deluded individuals who
come to this State to die This is toe healthy
climate tog such people.
Year: 1872

lkIHEREAS. a petition in writing has been pre-
Wv scented to the Civ Council of the City Of Rock
Island. signed by more than three-fourths of the
egal voters and by the of more than three
fourths in value of the property included within
the limits described in the following ordinance.
praying that the territory described in said petition
be annexed TO the City Of Rock island: Therefore.
Rock iSiIH6:


That all that tract Of land in the County Of Rock
Island. and State of Illinois embraced within the
following boundries. to-wiJ: Commencing the
south branch Of the Mississippi river where the
east line Of township eighteen tlSl. north range
terseets said south branch Of the Mississippi river
thence running Ca-tcrly and noTthearieTy along
the south branch Of said river to d point Ha id
south branch OF the Mississippi river where the
half section line running north and south through
tho middle of section thTty-one (31i III township
eighteen tlS. north range one tl}. west of the
fourth principal meridian in said County and STATE
river; thence south on said half section line and
the half section line running north and south in the
middle OF section six (. IN township seventeen az
north range one l., west Of the fourth principal
meridian 10 the half section line running east and
west through the middle of said last mentioned
section six 90; thence west on the said last men
toned half section line the east line of township
seventeen t11l. north range Two (2D west OF the
fourth principal meridian: thence north on said
lasi mentioned township line. and the east line of
township eighteen as. north range TWO t2l west of
the fourth principal meriaiau to the place of be
Clty Of Rock Island and said annexed territory l.
hereby constituted part OF the Fourth Ward OF
said City Of Rock Island


Signed AMI approved November 18Th. A d. 1871


THOMAS MURDOCH. Mayor


Attest: JOHN BAR6E- City CLERK. 14d3t
Year: 1872

These Invaluable Pills are unfSiling in lie
cure of all those painful and dangerous discs dses
to which the female constitution is subject
They moderate all eIcesses and remc~s all pb-
structions from whatever cause
Year: 1872

A FINE ARGUMRNT.-Thela late murder
Of the unhappy girl Maud Merrill by her
uncle in New York, has developed a new
phase in the art ot murder. The murder.
er had no enmity towards his victim; was
neither her lover, her father, nor her
brother; was not annoyed or wrongel by
her In any way. She was simply leading
a course Of life of which The disGpproved,
lie tried TO win her from 1t, but in vain.
lie then coolly shoots her, walks down
stairs, tells the people in the house what
he had done, goes forth into the street,
and is seen no more till he delivers him.
selfinto custody, next day. He was not
excited for a moment, from the beginning
to the end of this strange adventure. He
was neither tipsy, insane nor angry. He
had nothing to gain by his crime and
everything to lose. The papers have al.
ready began to question his sanity. The
more phllAnthropic journals have com
menced to argue that he tried to save q
soul from perdiion, and, failing to do so
prevented it from becoming more deeply
stepped in sin by sending it to It's account.
Bis motive they claim was good though
his act was arbitrary and unwlse. It will
open the door to murder too wide, II it is
granted that man may perform mission
ary work with the Bible In one hand and
q pistol in the other.
Year: 1872

A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION Is pro-
posed in Indiana, Among the changes
in the Constitution, which It is urged
should be made, are the repeal Of the ar.
ticles prohibiting colored people coming
into and settling in the State; law pre-.
scribing term Of previous residence as q
qualification Of voter and a change which
will permit Of a revision ol the judicial
SYatRn1.
Year: 1872

been upon the beach and received the full force of the blow, they must have been struck to death. Their implements bottles, baths, plates, everything which they had proposed using in their art, except their camera, which had been, fortunately, perched upon hill and left there in the morning--were either carried bodily away or made wreck of.

 Waves of considerable though not dangerous magnitude followed, and it was quite half an hour before the waters were at rest. And there before us, float ing in the sea, above which its crest rose hundred and forty feet, was glitter ing mass of blue-a lapis lasuli, quarter of mile in diameter, set in chased silver--for the sea was but mass oi foam. And this was the monster that had made the mischief. An iceberg had been born.

 Thus had we not only seen an iceberg born, but had felt it's terrible power when set in motion from the parent glacier, tc tread the blue waters of the deep, and through many years to come to cast into the sea, little by little. the crystal drops of hardened snow which have for ages lain upon the Greenland hills.

 Upon measuring this iceberg after ward, I found it's crest to be 40 fec above the water and since fresh ice floating freely in the sea, has seven parts of it's total depth beneath the water, it$ total depth must have been upward o1 | 100 feet
Year: 1872

Since Mrs. O'Leary's COW got her name in the papers the whole envious bovine family are cutting up didoes to secure an equal notoriety. The latest exploits are by COW belonging to Mrs. Lambert of Bay City, Michigan. Exploring the back yard on recent evening, she put her nead into barrel, which she couldn' t get off, and becoming very much fright ened at her condition she blindly forced her way into the woodshed, thence into the kitchen, and thence into the dining room of the house, becoming all the while more furious. From this room she made her way into the parlor, throw ing down and trampling under foot ev- erything that came in her way. Mrs. Lambert aroused her husband, who arose, but finding he could do nothing, went for help. The COW next rushed iA, to the bedroom, where Mrs. Lambert, with little baby and one child, occu- pied bed, and another little child 6 crib in front of it. The enraged animal mounted the bed, and help arrived, but not an instant to soon. The window was raised from the outside, and neigh, bor attempted to enter, when the barrel gave him a blow which knocked him back against the fence. The children were at last secured and passed through the window, and Mrs. Lambert soon fol

 lowed. The door of the bedroom was then closed and the COW left to herself

 She finally became soothed, and walked out aftef depolishing all thenice furni

 ture ia the lower part ot the house.
Year: 1872

Another eoal-mine explosion in Great Britain and eleven lives lost Science seems helpless to prevent these disasters in the bituminous mines of England and Wales. In America nearly all our acci- dents are the result of gross negligence and defiance of statute laws on the part

 Of the companies nearly all of them oc- cur, too, among the anthracite mines of Pennsylvania. Our bituminolis coal is mostly taken from near the surface of the ground, the "shaft" being often mercy horizontal passage cut in the side of a mountain, with ramifcations on the right and left. Even our anthracite mines have in few cases extended deeper than six hundred feet. In England and Wales, however, the shafts sometimes extend distance of three thousand feet more than half mile underground.

 The miners life is like that of the pearl diver he constantly faces well-under- stood danger for the sake of livelihood.

 In entering the mouth of pit he leaves behind him not only the light and beauty of the world, but the sense of security on which the comfort of most men de bends. He passes even beyond the pro- lection of science, as 1t now is. Science, however, has done much for him. Ii has provided him a safety-lamp, and its efforts to ventilate the mines have been partially successful. How many more lives must be lost before the success is complete The record of the last yea; has not been nencouraging.-N.H Y. Paper
Year: 1872

FATAL1sM ILLUsTEATED.-Am minister living somewhere on the frontier of Mis- souri, was in the habit of saying to his family and church, ,-' Friends, you need not take any unusual care about your lives; the moment of your death was 'writ'' before the foundation of the world, and you cannot alter it." His wife observed when he left on Saturday to meet one of his frontier missionary engagements, that ho dressed the flint of his rifle with unusual care, put in dry powder, fresh tow, and took every pains to make sure that the gun would go in case he came upon an Indian. It struck her one day she saw him with his rife on his shoulder, as his conduct contradict ed hls teachings, and she said to him. My dear, why do you take this rife with you? If 1t was writ before the foundation of the world that you were to be killed this trip by an Indian, that rifle won't prevent it, and if you are not to be killed, of course that rifle is unnec essary; so why do you take it with you at all?" "Yes," he replied, z: to be sure, my dear, of course you are right, and that is very proper view; but see here, my aear-now- ally-but- t-then-you see my dear-to be sure-but then-sup- pose should meet with an Indian while l am gone, and his time had come, and l hadn't my rife with me, what would he do? Yes, my dear, we must all con- tribute all we can toward the fulflment of the decrees of Providence"
Year: 1872

THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE met in Washington and issued a call for a convention of the Union Republican party at Philadelphia on Wednesday, the 9th of June next, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States,
Year: 1872

Many people, particularly children, suffer with the headache and for the besefit of such we give sure but simple remedy. Put in two or three drops of JoHNsoNs ANoDYNE LINIMENT, stop the ear with undressed wool, bathe the feet in warm water before going to bed, and keep the head warm at night.
Year: 1872

AP-YEAR.-Tho year just commenc- ed is what is generally known as leap year. February has twenty. nine days. It is one of the three in which the calm conservative order of things is supposed to be overturned very violently, in which the ladies arc supposed to lay aside their coquetry and the privilege of saying " Yes," and to assume the delicately discriminating task of selecting their own Husbands.
Year: 1872

ON farm at Ogdensbure, two year old Ayrshire bull and yearling ram re- gently fought desperate battle, which continued two days at short intervals. In the last round the bull was knocked completely out of time, and fell dead,

 having succumbed to the fearful putting of the lighter but more active assailant.
Year: 1872

warranted not to cut in the eye--not head
ache in hhds of tit is no sooner In your
belly than It's on your back in pound of beet
and it carries bead like necklace; for
sale by


GEORGE AUSTIN.