The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-10-04
By Telegraph.
More Cuban Expeditions.
United States and Spain
RETURN OF GEN. HANCOCK FROM
DAk0TAH.
-
DEALERS In COUNTERFEIT MONEY
ARRESTED.
Frishtful Accident in Livingston Co.
The Potato Crop Of England Short.
The Philadelphia a Riot--Eleven
Persons Wounded.
oRIMHs AND CASUALTIES.
CRIMES AND CAsuALrrns.

ST' IAUI, MIMI, Oct. e. hree me
were arrested in Rochester yeste rdsy char,
ed with purchasing counterfeit money. On
OF them is said TO be prominent farme
IN that vicinity. One was found counting
considerable sum Of the stuff when taken.
General Hancock and staff returned o,
Thursday evening from tour of inspectio
through Dakota. The tour extended az ia
as Mouse river, it's primary object being t
secure location for military post for tn
prevention Of Illicit trading between tn
Canadians and hostile Indians. The pat
report that beyond the Missouri river
severe drouth prevails, while the contrary i
the case this side of the river.
LONDON, Oct 1.-The potato crop O
England falls short Of the average. Half O
the crop in Cumberland is diseased.
Colonel Still has been appointed Goyerno
of Newfoundland.
PARIS, Oct. 2.-It is estimated that tn
loss by FIRE, among the shipping, at Bor
deaux, will reach a million francs.
| VIENNA, Oct. 2.--It is officially STATED
that the Austro'C Chinese treaty was signed
recently at Tiensin.,,
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 2.-Eleven persons
we're wounded in the riot, last night, be
tween the Keystone and Iuvincible clubs
Three are seriously hurt.
CHICAGO, Oct. "a frightful accident
occurred at the Gardner Coal Mines, il
Livingston County, ILL.,, last Friday night
while four men, employees of the Company,
were being lowered into the shaft, the rope
attached to the car broke, precipitating the
men to the bottom shaft, distance $50 feet,
fatally njuring three, and seriously Grip
pling the other, one Of the men has since
died and another cannot live long; both OF
these men we're horribly mangled.
AT Springfield, ILL.,, yesterday morning,
Edgar Baker, of Worchester, Mass, a guest
of the American House, was found dead in
in the sitting room of the hotel.
LONDON, Oct. I'm view of complica.
tons between the United States and Spain,
the Prussian government has dispatched
vessels of war to the Antilles.
The Saturday Review has an article on
the relations between Spain and the United
States. The writer says "The announce.
ment that the Washington government sp-
proves the communication of Minister
Sickles to the Spanish government is only
partirlly Ineligible, as long as the terms of
that dispatch are unknown. So, also, is the
announcement that America has no inten.
ton to intervene, and was only prompted by
humanity. II is certain the Spanish con.
slider that the subject concerns themselves
alone, and il the government prosecutes the
contest with energy and success no faction
will openly oppose its measure"
FoRT WAYNE, IND, October Near
Ada, Ohio, yesterday, the body Of an un.
known man was found in ditch beside the
railroad track. 1t was covered with mud,
plsnks and ties. His throat was cut, and
all his clothing taken from him except his
underclothes. About two months ago a
ditcher reported that be found $4,000 near
this place. Shortly afterward he left for
New York. 1t is the supposition that he
murdered this unknown man. The author
tiles have sent to New York for him. The
coroner's verdict returned that he had come
to his death by violence from some person
or persons unknown to them.
NEw YoRK, Oct. 1.-The Herald special
from Key West, Oct. |, says:
The Cuban expedition, 400 strong, under
command of Gen. Cristo, that left New
York on Monday morning at five o'clock,
on the steamer Alabama, is safe. She ran
the forts and two revenue cutters and ar
rived on the Florida coast this morning.
She was joined off the coast by the Cuban
privateers Lillian and Teaser, on board Of
which were 500 men under Gen. Goicoura,
10000 Remington and Winchester rifles,
500 sabres and 20 pieces of artillery, rang.
ing from 6 TO 24pounders.
Another body of men under command Of
Gems. s. Steedman and Margrader, are now
at gulf port, embarked on q third vessel
for the common rendezvous off the Cuban
coast.
The Lillian and Teaser, with 1000 men,
about 70 officers, and considerable guam
tity of arms and ammunition, sailed for
Cuba las. night. They will be joined at
sea by the privateers Hornet and Cuba car
rying 10 guns EACH some of which are 100
FOUNDERS. These four vessels will escort
the expedition to its final destination. The
Hornet will cruise about the island, and the
others will 60 to sea in search Of Spanish
merchantmen ani troop-ships.
Volunteering for Cuba is very brisk along
our whole guilt coast, and already 5000 men
are awaiting transportation.
The steamer Euterpe, laden with arms
and ammunition for the Spanish author
ties in Cuba, has been released from govern
ment surveillance, and has probably gone to
sea.
The Hornet is said to have left Mon
tauk point last Wednesday for Cuban
waters.
NORFOLK, Oct. 2.-It is rumored that the
military authorities will take steps TO pre-
vent the contemplated Collyer and Dough
erty prize fight.
CINCIyNATI, Oct. I'm the Leach muir
der trial, the jury brought in verdic', this
afternoon, of acquittal as to Byron Leach,
and finding Montgomery Leach guilty OF
manslaughter, fixing his term in the peni-
tentiary at 10 years.
QUNCY, His, Oct 2.-The person who
was supposed to be guilty of poisoning his
wife near Burton township, was named Geo.
Newbanks, not Newbark, as reported. The |
coroner's jury, while censuring him for in.
humanity, exhibited iu care, found her death
resulted from natural causes.
A person named Sweet was shot and in.
stantly killed by boy named Saunders, IA
years old, his step brother, in Augusta town.
ship, few days since, while duck hunting.
Although he claims the shooting as acci
dental, he has been committed to jail 10
await the action Of the grand jury Of Han.