GALENA DAILY GAZETTE

OLD SERIES---VOL. XVI, NO. 173

NEW SERIES---VOL. I, NO. 53

Saturday morning, April 16, 1864



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POETRY


"We are constantly in receipt of what its authors call poetry, with
requests to 'insert in your very valuable and widely circulated paper,'
etc., etc. Many of these communications are written by very amiable and
kind-hearted friends whom it would greatly please us to oblige if it
were possible for us to do so.

The fact is, however, that poets do not everywhere abound; and we
don't believe that more than half the people in Jo Daviess county can
write first rate poetry.

To be serious about it, we think plain prose is generally preferable to
commonplace poetry. Some people seem to think it their duty, whenever a
friend dies, to write out a string of verses on the occasion, and have
them published in some newspaper. Now, we have not the slightest
objection to any poetical feeling that may be indulged on such
occasions, nor to the writing of verses prompted by such feeling, but
the publication of such productions, are a general rule, is in
exceedingly bad taste. Such poetry is often no credit to the living,
saying nothing about an insult to the memory of the dead.

And what shall we say to young people wo fall in love, and straightway
attempt to ventilate their 'pheelinks,' in print? Don't do it, young
folks--don't! Don't put your hearts in the newspapers, we mean."

MINING

"The subject of mining for the precious metal is attracting unusual
attention throughout the country. The high price of gold, the vastness
of the public debt, and the exaggerated reports in regard to the
richness of the Colorado mines, combine to produce the highest
excitement.

We observe that no less than a dozen 'Mining Companies' have been
lately formed in the eastern cities, with a capital (proposed) for each
of from one million to five millions of dollars. The amount is divided
into shares of ten dollars each, and flaming advertisements are
published in the newspapers setting forth the brilliant prospects of the
company. In this way vast fortunes will be realized by the financial
shapers who form the companies; and poor men by tens of thousands will
be induced to invest their scanty earnings, to find in the end that they
have lost 'only ten dollars.'

Any legitimate movement to develop the vast mineral resources of the
country should meet with the hearty approval of every citizen; buy many
of these mining companies, we fear, are buy organized schemes to rob the
people.

Let professional financiers invest in such enterprises if they choose,
but let honest laboring men do their own digging and they will find
themselves on the safe side.

After all that may be said about the countless wealth of our western
mineral regions, the safest and surest place to dig for money is on the
farms of our fertile prairies. With provisions at their present high
prices, an honest, industrious farmer can make money fast enough for all
practical purposes. Let the agricultural resources of our county to be
fully developed, and we can live and prosper without mines."



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OFFICIAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the First Session of the Thirty-eighth Congress



PUBLIC #12

"An Act reviving the grade of lieutenant general in the United States
army."



PUBLIC #13

"An Act to extend the time for the withdrawal of goods from public
stores and bonded warehouses, and for other purposes."



PUBLIC #14

"An Act to authorize the appointment of a warden of the jail in the
District of Columbia."



PUBLIC #15

"An Act supplementary to an act entitled 'An act to provide ways and
means for the support of the Government, approved March third, eighteen
hundred and sixty-three."



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HANDSOME BRICK RESIDENCE AT AUCTION!

"On Saturday, April 30th, instant, J. DEAN & Co. will sell, in front of
our sales-room, the Fine Family Residence now occupied by J. L. JOHNSON,
Esq., adjoining the residence of Dr. J. S. CRAWFORD, on Bench street.
The house is 2 1/2 stories high, with a two-story brick Kitchen and
contains Double Parlors, Dining Room and Kitchen on the first floor,
five rooms on the second floor, and two rooms on the third floor. With
a good cellar under the main building an iron fence in front, and a good
cistern in the back yard, The house is furnished with closets, and
every other convenience necessary for a complete family residence. On
the rear of the lot, which is terraced, 125 feet in depth, is a good
stable. The lot is 25 by 200 feet. This will be a fine opportunity for
any one wishing a complete family residence convenient to business, and
easy of access in all kinds of weather.

Any person wishing to examine the premises before the day of sale can
have an opportunity of doing so by calling at the residence.

Possession given on the first of June.

Terms made known at the sale"



GUARDIAN'S NOTICE

"Notice is hereby given to all persons interested that I shall present
an application to the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess county, Illinois, at
the next term thereof, commencing on the third Monday of May, A.D.1864,
for an order of said Court for the sale of certain real estate belonging
to the minor heirs of Samuel E. PHELPS, deceased.
Angeline PHELPS, Guardian, &c. April 14, A.D. 1864"



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LOST ---$20.00 REWARD

"Strayed from the premises of the subscriber near Hanover, Ill., a dark
brown mare colt, with one white hind foot, star on the forehead, three
years old. It was last seen near Weston, Ill. Any person by bringing
said colt to the subscriber will obtain the above reward."
Jan MARTIN.....Hanover, Ill.



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LOCAL MATTERS...



CHANGED HANDS

"Mr. William HOVER has bought the Melville Mills, formerly owned by J.
BURBRIDGE & Co., and is fitting them up to do all kinds of milling in
the best manner possible."



CLEANING THE STREETS

"Several men, with horses and carts, have been busily engaged during
the present week, scraping up and hauling away the mud and dirt from
Main street which causes the thoroughfare to present a more attractive
appearance than heretofore. Some of our citizens who came to town
during the past winter have just ascertained the fact that our streets
are macadamized."



MURDER

"The Mineral Point Tribune says that Mr. Francis MORRAN, an old citizen
of the village of Highland, Wisconsin, was murdered at his residence in
that village, on the night of Saturday, the 2d inst. Mr. M. lived
alone, and is supposed to have been murdered for his money. No clue has
yet been had to the perpetrators on the deed, though property belonging
to the deceased has been found in the possession of certain individuals,
which may lead to further developments."



TOWN OF THOMPSON

"Mr. Joseph GORDON, of the township of Thompson, in this County, has
recently lost 10 hogs out of a herd of 19. They died of distemper."

"Abram SWACKER, of the same town, lost 12 head of cattle last winter,
from the effects of the cold weather."

"Rev. Mr. KALB, Postmaster at Houghton P. O., is about to remove from
town and a petition is in circulation for the appointment of P. PARKIN
as his successor."



FISHING

"Some five or six Clerical and Legal gentlemen of this city went out to
GEAR's Ferry the other day on a fishing excursion. On arriving there
they found old Mississippi rather stingy with her treasures, she utterly
refusing to yield up to them any of her finny tribe. The aforesaid
'tribe' also refused to come in out of the wet. They coaxed with food
fastened to a piece of steel, but they evidently saw the point and
wouldn't eat. The fishing party finally traveled home and the fish
swam."



BRIEF LOCAL ITEMS

"A new M E. Church building is to be erected in Warren this
season--size 42x60, with basement."

"It has stormed every day more or less during the last three weeks."

"The Freeport Journal says that large members of fish are being caught
in the Pecatonia every day. They were never more plenty, or of finer
quality. A pickerel was caught last week weighing 24 1/2lbs., and a
wall-eyed pike weighing 12lbs."

"Butter is worth, in Freeport, from 30 to 40 cents per pound."

"Catherine KEARNEY, a servant girl, was burned to death in Dixon, a few
days ago."

"Small Pox is reported in Amboy and thereabouts."

"F. R. DUTCHER, Esq., near Amboy, manufacturer of spirits, pays more
tax to the Government than all the rest of that county. The first ten
days after the sixty cents per gallon tax law was in force, his tax was
$4,386--at the rate of $13,458 per month, or $161,496 per year. This
enormous sum is paid by one distiller, but does not affect his business
in the least, as the money very properly comes wholly from consumers."




DUNLEITH ITEMS

"The amount of merchandise arriving in Dunleith this spring, has not
been equalled since the flush times of '56, when this was the most
northern railroad terminus on the Mississippi. Then the goods were, for
the most part, for up-river--now for the West, and not a great ways west
either. It taxes the best energy of managers here to take care of it,
so great is the quantity, and still it comes."

"A number of buildings, of various descriptions, are to be built here
this Spring--some of which are already under way. ROSE, of the
'American,' has the foundation dug for a two story brick 25x40. of neat
architecture. MEYERS is building a brick residence on Jordon avenue,
back of the Post Office. McFARNAN is building a foundation on which to
remove the Advertiser building, on the Avenue opposite the ST. CHARLES,
and Fred REBER is doing his utmost to get into his new frame. There are
improvements of some kind at every hand."

"A man from Dubuque, 'Big Sandy,' got an ugly bullet through his
instep, to say nothing of another through the fleshy part of his thigh,
at the hands of Marshal PITTMAN, the other day. 'Sandy,' I hear, was
pretty drunk, thought Jeff DAVIS a fine fellow, and resisted the
officer. Verdict, served him right, of course."

"A well, sunk by town authority, near SWITZER's hay depot, has been
supplied with a capital pump. It is a popular institution, considering
it only furnishes water, and is in Dunleith."

"Ida-hoers are plenty--with horse, ox and mule teams--yet in numbers no
way to compare with the rush to Pike's Peak three or four years ago.
Jake SHARFFLE, of this place, left on Monday morning with his family,
and there are several others soon to follow, though this is the only
family to go from here, that I know of. May their troublous journey be
rewarded."

"The season of navigation, though opened, thus far has made poor show
for business, in the steamboat line. The boats are, I believe, soon to
make daily trips to and from Lake Pepin. Until the ice gives way up
there, little is to be expected."