The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-08-09
qHD EUROPEAN WAR.
King Leopold's Announce
ment.
ENGLAND's PROPOSAL TO FRANCE
AND PRUSSIA.
How They Receive it.
Austria and Italy pledged to
France.
Water DefenSes Of Metz.
French Troops at Stras-
burg.
EVANGELICAL CONVENTION POST
PONED.
Effect Of the Prussian Victory on
Gold in Wall Street.
GERMAN MASS-MEET|NeS
Chicago Statistics.
IOWA Democratic Candidate for
Congress-.
GERMAN MlSS-MEE1|N6S
Market Reports.
Reported Expressly for the ARGUs.l

| Ineporeeu Expressly LOT tne ARGUS
PANS, Aug. s.-The Bourse was closed
| to. day.
King Leopold, in opening the Belg ian
| Cham bers, made speech IN which he men
| toned having received written assurances
| from France and Prussia of their respect for
| the neutrality of Belgium. He also &C.
| knowledged the solicitude of the English
government and people toward Belgium.
he also stated that in accordance with the
desire OF the belligerents, Belgium was pre-
pared to maintain her neutrality inviolate.
LONDON, August 9.-Gladstone in the
House of Commons to day stated that the
government had made An identical proposal
| of the 3lst Of July to France and Prussia
that if neutrality of Belgium was violated
by either belligrant that England would
Immediately cooperate with the other belli
gerent power to defend Belgium, but would
| not participate in general war. The PROPOSE
| tIonwss fav orably considered and approved of
| by Austria and Russia. France and Prussia
| favored the principle on which the PROPOSE
ton was based, but France did not actually
accept. Disraelli delivered q warm speech,
and showed the conduct of the government
in the matter with his warm approval.
Authentic information has been received
that Austria and Italy have agreed to act
together concerning the war. 1t is stated
that both have pledged armed assistance to
| France.
| Eighteen thousand French troops garri-
soned at Strssburg, have been prepared for
. siege.
The Moselle river dams have been opened
and Metz will be surrounded with water if
the Prussians are successful in . further
advance.
| The republicans of Paris viii sink party
questions and defend the country,
| NEWPORT, KY, Aug. 8.-The county has
appointed a commissioner to condemn prop
erty for the construction of the Louisville
short line railroad to the Ohio.
A bridge workman on the Newport and
Cincinnati bridge had q leg crushed IN q
shocking manner yesterday.
i FoRT WAYNE, Ind, Aug. 9.-The German
citizens will hold mass meeting to night te
celebrate the Prussisn victory.
The war news has caused great excite
ment here.
DAYTON, O., Aug. AN employee o
Harris distillery, named Anderson, was ter
ribly, perhaps fatally scalded by falling into
q smash tub.
MANSFIELD, o., Aug. 9.-John Norris
} aged 10, died from the effects of a blow re
ceived in e quarrel with his brother William
aged II. Both were in company of thei
sister and cousin, and returning home from
a visit.
New ALBANY, Ind, August 9.-The hot
cholera is prevalent. The loss of stock II
, Clarke county is large.
Delegates to the supreme council of thu
Templars of Honor are arriving.
The war news caused commotlon anon
J the Germans, who had grand Qualification
, last night.
Dies MONIES, Aug. 9.-The democrats Q
the sixth congressional district have ohose'
az their candidate Hon. G. G. Sonelty, of F.
Dodge There is a republican majority .
10000 in the district.
Il During the past two or three days po
, tions of Iowa have been visited with stoi m
which will do much to forward the COL
crop.
The new crop OF wheat which is no
being threshed, is yielding better in bo'
+ quantity and quality than was expecte
Much of it weighs 81 and 63 pounds to ii
, bushel.
New York, Aug. 9.-1t is stated tn at Il
|
to have met in September, has been poi
poned on account of the war, the + REM
d and Pruss,an representatives being u nah
to attend.
/ The operations of the Germans in Il
Q market are conducted on . greater Sos
. than was anticipated. Those operstionr
: carried on with much bolduess. The spe
ulative interest in Wall street cenae
8 chiefly in the gold room, where consi.'srat
i excitement prevails with large bushes ~
l wide fluctuations. The Prussian vi eto
! caused free sale on the part of the 81
2 mans, and money, weakened, was force
follow. This sent the price of gold reel
l downwards, and it took q further plum
/ When it was announced that bonds VI
Z $50 in London and s8@8s4 in frankie
9 the market opened ON the street at an ear
. hour, and the first sales of gold were t
2 1.20i but quickly declined to ,l93 and imm'
8 destely advanced to l,195, where il RENAME
8 short time. 1t was not long. however, be
fore gold Was offered BY the millions, On