The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-11-11
One Hundred Millions of
Gold in the Treasury.
The Erie Road Sued for
over a Million Dollars.
A DEFEATED CANDIDATE SUES FOR
ELECTION LIBELS.
Sherman and selknap at Loggerhoads.
Heavy Damages Against a Railroad.
TWO PERSONS AND A HORSE BIT
TEN BY A MAD DOG.
Sherman and selknap at Loggerhoads.
Heavy Damages Against a Railroad
Fenian Excitement in Londen.
ACCIDENTAL INJURIES.

Some Western wag sent Treasurer Spin
ner, to day, large package of dried swami
hags, such as are generally used by cooper
IN stopping leaks III barrels, with the sug
gest'on that they be applied to stopping
leaks in the Treasury.
Commissioner Deano will finish his re
port to day, and will hand it into the Secre
tary of the Treasury on Saturday. Th,
Commissioner goes to Georgia to attend TIE
| Stale Fair.
The President has received from heads Of
Departments data from their annual reports
to be used IN making up his message. He
will commence it in a few days, and will
make il brief.
! 1t is stated that although General Sher.
man had written report Of the war depart
ment, Secretary Beknap repudiates it and
will write one himself, 1t is stated Belk
nap has repudiated an important claim ad.
vised favorably by Sherman, and since that
he has superseded several orders issued
by the general. One of these is said to have
contained instructions to the heads of the
several bureaus, directing them to make all
reports to him personally as general of the
army.
SPRINGFIELD, H., Nov. l0.-The State
Board Of Public Charities met in the office
of the Secretary of state this forenoon, to.
gether with the Superntendents and Trus
tees Of all educational and charitable inst
tutions in the State. They hope to agree
upon plans for building, and for the treat
ment Of the insane which shall conform to
the most humane and enlightened theory of
the age with reference to this class Of unfor
tunates. An organization was effected this
forenoon, and diourned till o'clock this
afternoon.
Folger telegraphed last night accepting
the position OF Assistant Treasurer Of New
York. and will assume the duties of Office as
soon as the money in the vaults can be
counted and q transfer made. Several fe.
male clerks who are expert in counting
money, have been sent to New York to
count the money on hand; this, it is expect
ed, will occupy several days
New YORK, Nov, lO.--The Amsterdam
and London bondholders of the Atlantic IL
Great Western Railroad are going TO sue
the Erie for 81, 800, 900 lease money. They
charge that the Erie corporation agreed TO
pay them 81 800, 600 annually in quarterly
payments for the lease of their road-that
no payment has been met; furthermore, that
Gould got himself appointed receiver Of the
Atlantic few days before the first payment
became due. The suit will probably he
commenced by the banker here--Lewis II.
Meyer, their agent
Brick, the defeated Republican Assembly
candidate in the Richmond district, has be.
gun libel suit against two other Republi.
can politicians, on n charge of circulating
defamatory stories abouts him during the
ca mpalgn.
WAsHIxGTox, Nov. lO.--The cash state,
ment at the Office of Treasurer Spinner
shows that there are over one hundred and
fourteen millions in gold in the Treasury
vaults, thirtytwo millions of which represent
gold certificates outstanding, leaving about
eighty two millions clear cash gold on hand,
and currency balance of about eleven
millions.
MONMOUTH, Nov. l0.-Mr. D. B. Lee, o
well known and highly respected citizen Of
Monmouth, was the victim of horrible
death this afternoon. He WAS engaged in
hauling wood. and while crossing the rail-
road track, two miles this side of Cameron,
was run over by the 7:47 passenger train
going East. The body was conveyed to
Cameron in frightfully mapgled condition.
The horses escaped injury.
BALTIMORE, Nov. l0.-Margaret Beck
and four children (colored) were awarded
$4,000 damages to day against the North.
ern Central Railroad Co., the husband and
father having been killed on that road.
Sixty epigrants from North Carolina,
consisting of men, women, and children,
passed through Bsltieore last night for Iowa
and other Western homes.
OTTAWA, Ill.,, Nov l0.-There was con.
siderable excitement in the streets OF our
city this morning, over the appearance Of a
mad Newfoundland dog, which was running
at large. He rushed into the house of Pat
rick Lawler biting his little son quite dan
geousy, The dog then sprang toward his
daughter. The mother endeavoring to res
cue her child, was slightly bitten on the
arm. The child escaped uninjured. The
dog then rushed out Of the house into the |
barn and there bit one of Mr.. Lawler's hors-
es on the leg. The dog is still at large.
LoyDos, Nov. lO.-There is still consid' |
cradle excitement in ireland on the ques'
ton Of the imprisoned Fsnians. Dispatches
from Dublin to-day state that, lsst evening
during meeting of the Dublin Amnesty |
Association and Amnesty Committee a
number Of men broke into the rooms OF the !
latter, smashed the Tampa, destroyed the |
furniture, purloined the records and com.
mitted other outrages. No arrests
CLINTON, Iowa, Nov. l0.-An old man |
named Delaney. fell, or was knocked from
the Pacific Express last night, abou, three
miles east of Boone, and was severely in
iured. He got back to Boone to day, and
will be able to resume his journey in a few
DAYS. His daughter, who was on the train,
supposed be tsi been left at some station
She awaits him at Chicago.
The steamer Victory, whose accident was
rerorted a few days since, still lies at her
dock undergoing repairs. The man re.
rox.o1 s...Ii,, ;,;orad died xestardav r,.--