GALENA DAILY GAZETTE
OLD SERIES---VOL. XVI, NO. 169
NEW SERIES---VOL. I, NO. 50
Tuesday morning, April 12, 1864




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ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
Estate of William COMSTOCK deceased
Monday, 23d day of May, A. D. 1864
John E. COMSTOCK Adm'r

ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
Estate of Martin ARNOLD
Wednesday, the 25th day of May, A. D. 1864
Solon WAY Adm'r

ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE
Estate of Samuel RANKIN
7th day of May A. D. 1864
Thomas C. RANKIN Adm'r

ADMINISTRATRIX's SALE
Estate of George BOWMAN
19th day of May A. D. 1864
Front of PRATT's Hotel in Elizabeth
Lovina BOWMAN Adm'x

ADMINISTRATRIX's NOTICE...SALE OF LAND
Estate of Joseph FOUGERE
Monday, May 16th, 1864
Virginia FOUGERE Adm'x

PROBATE NOTICE
Estate of Lucius C. CROWELL
3rd Monday of April, 1864
John D. PARKS Adm'r
Mary A. CROWELL Adm'x

LAND SALE FOR TAXES
J. S. NOBLE
Land purchased 23d of June 1862
Buyer T. R. BIRD

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GUARDIAN'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
Estate of Ira L. TOWNSEND

Jasper R. TOWNSEND, Emily S. TOWNSEND and Sarah H. TOWNSEND minor heirs 23d day of April A. D. 1864
Geo. N. TOWNSEND Guardian
TRUSTEE'S SALE
Amos E. BRENIZER and Sarah, his wife
18th day of April, 1864
Lucius S. FELT, Trustee

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PEN AND SCISSORS

--"Gold-mining is no humbug. Some have made largely by it, though not so rapidly as by getting up companies and selling the stock. That business always pays, so long as greenhorns can be found to buy the stock. But digging, blasting, grinding, crushing, washing, retorting, are very prosaic operations, whereby a few make money in the end, while the many lose. Capital, talent, experience, business tact, and economy, will generally make money in Mining-not so uniformly, nor in the average so much is in breaking up and fencing Western prairie, sowing it with grain, and is due time covering it with cattle and swine. Such undertakings can hardly fail; while mines, especially of the precious metals, often disappoint and baffle the stockholders, under the best management."

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--"Counterfeit $10 greenbacks, printed from genuine plates, but without stamps, were circulated in New York on Wednesday last."

EXPANDING THE LUNGS

"Step out into the purest air you can find; stand perfectly erect, with the head and shoulders back, and then fixing the lips as though you were a going to whistle, draw the air through the nostrils into the lungs. When the chest is about full, raise the arms, keeping them extended with the palms of the hand down, as you suck in the air, so as to bring them over the head, just as the lungs are full. Then drop the thumbs inward, and after gently forcing the arms backward and the chest open reverse the process by which you draw your breath, till the lungs are entirely empty. This process should be repeated three or four times during the day. It is impossible to describe to one who has never tried it, the glorious sense of vigor which follows the exercise. It is the best expectorant in the world. We know a gentleman the measure of whose chest has increased some three inches in as many months."

--"As Captain S. and his company once engaged in chasing some bushwackers not far from the Arkansas line, having been in the brush for some time, their clothes had become so torn and disordered that they appeared not unlike a crowd od revel tatteremalions. While in this plight they overhauled a fellow under rather suspicious circumstances, and determined on having an explanation. Capt. S. demanded of him whether he was a Union man or rebel. The fellow was sadly nonplussed how to answer, as it was evident he did not know in whose hands he was. If he said "Union," and his captors were Confederates, he was fearful of being shot--if "Confederate" and they were Union soldiers, he apprehended the same fate. He was slow to answer. Capt. S. therefore directed a file of his soldiers to aim their guns at him, as he thundered out "Union" or "Rebel?" "I'm----I'm a Conservative!" gasped the poor trembling wretch at last, evidently thinking he had exactly split the difference."

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LOCAL MATTERS

JO DAVIESS UNION COUNTY CONVENTION

"The Union voters of the County of Jo Daviess, who are unconditionally in favor of maintaining the supremacy of the Constitution of the United States, of the full, final and complete suppression and overthrow of the existing rebellion, with everything giving aid, strength and support thereto, of the vigorous prosecution of the war, and the employment of all efficient means to that end, and the restoration of the Union upon a basis which will hereafter preclude any attempts at, or inducements to, secession--and of the full, faithful and cordial support of the National Government, in all its apt and proper measures to attain these ends, and who approve of the principle of freedom contained in the proclamation of Emancipation issued by the President January 1st, 1863, are requested to send delegates to a County Convention, to be holden at Warren, on the 22d day of April, instant, at 1 1/2 o'clock, p.m., for the purpose of selecting delegates to the Judicial Convention to be held in the city of Chicago on the 27th of April, and the State Convention to be held in the city of Springfield on the 25th of May.

County Committee:
L. P. WOODWORTH
C. R. PERKINS
W. A. LITTLE
J. D. PLATT
Henry FRICKE
S. T. NAPPER
Milton CLAYPOOL
William CARY

The different towns in the county will send the same number of delegates as at the County Convention held at Elizabeth in October, 1863, viz:

TOWNS:
Apple River--2; Berreman--1; Council Hill--3; Courtland--5; Derinda--3; East Galena--4; Elizabeth--5; Guilford--2; Hanover--3; Menominee--3; Nora--3; Pleasant Valley--2; Rice--1; Rush--3; Stockton--4; Scales Mound--2; Thomson--2; Vinegar Hill--2; West Galena--13; Woodbine--3; Ward's Grove--2"

UNION COUNTY CONVENTION

"In this issue we publish a call for a Union County Convention, to be held at Warren on the 22nd inst., for the purpose of selecting delegates to the Judicial Convention, to convene at Chicago, on the 27th inst., and to the State Convention to be held at Springfield, on the 25th of May next. It is hoped that the different townships will hold primary meetings and appoint delegates to the County Convention.

The Judicial Convention at Chicago, is to nominate a candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court from the Northern District of Illinois.

The State Convention at Springfield will be, perhaps, the most important one ever held in this State. Its business will be to select thirty-two delegates to the Baltimore Convention, and to nominate candidates for Presidential Electors, and also to nominate candidates for State officers."

DIRTH OF LOCAL NEWS

"Yesterday was such a rainy day that it was impossible for us to find anything in the shape of local news that would be of interest to our readers. We intend, hereafter, to give, at least one column of local news each day, if possible."

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WANTED TO LEASE

"By the subscriber, on Bench Street or near the business part of town, a building containing six or eight rooms." Address.
Church COLE, M. D.
Box 717, Galena