The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-01
By Telegraph,
REPORTED ron rur DAILY ARGUS.

CHICAGO, Oct. IA fire or Water street
last night destroyed property to the amount
o. 100000. Childs Il Briggs, wholesale
grocers, are losers to the amount of $4j,.
wy, FULLY covered by insurance.
The failure of L. V. Robbins, president
OF me board Of trade, is announced. His
liabilities are said 10 be 100000. He has
resigned the position Of president of the
board OF trade, but it will not probably lie &C
cepted. The failure is said to be in conse.
quence OF immense losses in corn Other
failures are announced from the same cause.
NEw YoRE, Oct. THE contest at the
French game, 800 points up,played between
Melvin Foster and John Deerey, last night,
at Irving Hall, resulted in favor of the form.
CIR by l6 points. The winners average
was about 24j. The time Of game was a
hours.
The losses by the warehouse fire, in
Brooklyn, yesterday, are estimated at 81
100000
In the series Of races between Lady
Thorn and Mountain Boy, which commenced
last year, Lady Thorn has come out winner
6 times and Mountain Boy times.
Gen. Mcclellan kept himself very seclud.
ed yesterday. In the evening he was enter.
tanned by Mr.. Belmont. This afternoon the
common council resolution will be presented
to him. and tomorrow public reception at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, will be rendered
him, under the auspices Of the Mcclellan
Legion.
The steamer Europe, from Glasgow, has
arrived.
The commissioners of the elevated rail.
way have set aside the action Of the com.
mon council in reference to il, by approving
of the works now in progress, in Cortland
street, as according to the law creating the
company, The common council can't inter.
fere with the construction OF the road after
the works have been approved by the com.
missioners.
At the session Of the catholic synod, yes
terday, the debate on the diocese Of the Bal
hmore council was continued, and one Of
them setting forth that immortality proceed.
ed from pic MICS and dances, it was resolved
that there shall be no more pic MICS or waltz.
ing among the catholics of this diocese.
The officers of the Irish emigration socie.
| ty, with several representatives of the Ger.
man Aid Society, made their annual visit TO
Wards Isand. yesterday, and report them.
selves well satisfied with the management Of
affairs there.
The lottery cases came up before Com,
missioner Osborn yesterday. 1t was shown
that the policy business, as carried on by
ths defendants, was entirely distinct from
lotteries, with which they had nothing to do.
A motion for the dismissal of the cases on
the rendering of this evidence was denied
and the defendants were held for trial.
These examinations are preliminary to the
main cases, which came up on Saturday,
before Judge Blatchford.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. l.-Francis B. Hayes,
president of the South Pacific g. Atlantic
railroad, and his associate directors have re.
turned from trip to Indian territory where
they went to examine lands belonging to the
company aud to perfect Arrangement for a
speedy construction of the road.
The st. Louis excursionsts who went to
Omaha returned yesterday and speak OF their
trip in glowing terms and express opinion
that projected air line railroad between
here aud Omaha will soon be built.
CINCINNATI, Oct. l.-Jacob Flynn, for a
long time Judge of the criminal court ofthis
city, died yesterday.
Theodore Jones, the artist, i9 also dead.