The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-09-14
California Excursion Party.
OUTLAWS ON THE c. p. r. r.
Closing Of the California State Fair
General Intellig ence.

New YORK, Sept. l3.-Robert Borr, in
Westchester Jail, charged with outraging
his own daughter, suicided last night.
ALBANY, Sept. l3-The First Presbyterian
Missionary Chapel was burned this morning.
Loss s. 900.
PORTLAND, Me-; Sept l3.-Two more yes.
sells have been towed in dismasted in the
late gale. The steamer Cambridge has
been towed to Bangor for repairs.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept. IA heavy north
east gale is prevailing here. The steamer
Magnolia, for New York, ia detained in the
Gybe roads.
KENosHA, Wis, Sept. b. Bronson &
Cos store was broken open on Saturday
| night by forcing back window. They at
tempted TO blow open the safe, but did not
succeed. After helping themselves to ap.
pies, peaches and cigars, they took one hun.
dred and fifty dollars worth of cutlery and
left. No clue to the burglars.
SAN FRANCIsCo, Sept. l2.--The State Fair
| closed yesterday, and was a success fnan.
cially.
The Western Union and Atlantic and Pa.
| cifc Telegraph Companies have consoidn.
ted
The California pioneers excursion party
leaves for the east on Thursday, the 10th, in
q Pullman palace train, which brings repre-.
sentstives of the United States Grand Lodge
Of Odd Fellows from Omaha.
The Central Pacific railroad company
have succeeded in breaking up a gang of
iucendiaries banded together for the purpose
of destroying its fuel water tanks and sta,
tions east of the mountains. Among the
parties arrested are those who set fire to the
snow sheds near summit few weeks since.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Sept. l3.-The depot Of
the St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad, at OF
tawa, was struck by lightning, yesterday,
and burned, together with its contents and
several cars of oats.
A heavy and almost continuous vain
storm has prevailed since Saturday even
ing.
The railroad bridge across the Mississippi
river here was completed on Saturday. The
tack will soon be laid +. and trains be rum
ming into the Union depot, in this city, some
time this month.
PARIS, Sept. l3.--Gen. Prim has arrived
here.
MADRID, Sept. l3.-The commissioners
have been named to consider the alteration
of the Penal Code for the Colonies, admin
istrstion reforms, and the abolition of slav.
cry 10 Porto Rico.
WASHINGTON. Sept. l3.--Hon. John
Ross and A. j. johnson, British and Amer.
can commissioners for the ad Justment OF
claims under the Oregon treaty. have pro-
nouuced an award of $780, in gold, to
be paid by the United States to the Hud-
sons Bay and Puget's Sound companies, IN
extinction of their rights in the territories
west of the Rocky Mountains, irrespective
of the claim for the navigation OF the Co
lumbia river.
| CINCINNATI, Sept. l3.-The feeling to-
day concerning the proposed exclusion OF
) the Bible from public schools is deeper than
ever. ]. is said ,ha: remonstrances EN-
bracing thirty thousand names will be pre-
sented to the School Board tonight
IypIAxApoLls, Sept. l3.-There Is good
deal of excitement to day over the election
to give sl5O,0OO in aid Of the pro-
: posed Indiana polls, Delphi and Chicago
Railroad, and 100000 in aid OF the lndi'
ana and Illinois Central. The vote Will be
heavy one, and this morning the indlca'
tons are tina. the subsidy will be defeated BY
: q heavy majority.
The argument in the Abrams case, which
). was broken off on Saturday by the illness o.
6 a Juror, was resumed this morning, and vii
. be concluded to-day, and the case given e
the jury.
J, DuBuQCE, Iowa, Sept l3.-The pro
J. grsmme for the Humboldt celebration il
A this city is as follows: A grand concer. i
the evening, and an immense procession tc
= morrow. in which oil our citizens are takin
}. an active part and which promises TO eclips
anything Of the kind ever gotten up in ID