Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-02

arrangements for the building Of that road.
They have finally accomplished il, and will
20 west on Monday with corps of engin.
eers TO definitely locate the line.
Az abous 22 o'clock yesterday afternoon
an alarm of IRE was sounded from box l6,
quickly followed BY general alarm. In
the rear of the Burlington Hall at the cor
ner of State and Sixteenth streets in . large
block of buildings, which fronted north on
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail
road. This building was known as tho
Burlington warehouse, and was also used
for the storage ofgovernment bonded goods.
The building was owned by s. NJ. Nicker-
son, and was valued 1T s50,00O-fully in
sured The aggregate amount of insurance
on goods burned is abont 100000. The
following are the losers VIM ID. Calvin,
$2, ,000 Joseph Jones, $4,000 s. w. Nc
Bride, $4,000; Culton & Sprague, $500 !;
@. w. Bancroft, $4,000; @. W. Allen, agent
of Woods reapers, $55, 900 Garland, Hol
mes & Co., $4,000; Reed 4 Co.. $2,50a, J.
Keelsr l. Co., $40, 900; Morris l. Co.. $2,-
600; J. M. Chapman, $25, 900 j. K. Fisher
$4,000; Underwood & Co., $500 J. P.
Furlong, 90, 600; John Williams, $4,000 !;
First National bank, $4,000; Herdman T.
Laramie, $2,sOO; Hawkins & Co, $4,000 !;
Taylor & Wright $l5, 900 Carroll & Thorne
SIS, 900; G. T. Boale & Co.. $75 900; W.
L. Hubbard, 1900; McDermid & Wertel,
$500.
DUBUqUE, Iowa, October 1.-The brick
steam Touring mill at Webster city, lowe,
owned by Moore & Selders, was totally do
stroysd by fire last night. The building and
machinery were valned at $4,000 insured
for 5000
The track of the Chicago, Dubuque and
Min nesots Railroad is completed to Gutten-
berg, thirty mules north of this city, to
day Regular trains will at once be put op-
on the road for the accommodation of ship
pers and the travelling public. A large
amount of grain is ready for transportation.
LONDON, Oct. l.--Dispatches from Great
Grimsby give narrowing details of ship
wrecks in fGll sight of the people on shore.
The master Of the American ship, Bertha
Thayer was swep: from deck during the
gale, and drowned, off Lunday Isle.
A dispatch from Constsntinopls reports
seventy deaths from cholera in that city on
Saturday. The season has been very hot,
ing Of the epidemic is feared.
uFh on tue afrCuAIs &c
uum mbers Of fahorers are employ ed has been
suspended in consequence.
PARIS, 0es. l.--General Msnteufel has
replied to the note from Theirs com plsinin z
at the delay in the movements for the evac-
uatiou of the department. of Oise by the
Germans. The General says the halt was
caused by q misconceptjon of the orders for
evacuation, which will be resumed to-day
Bismarck refuses to accept article 3 of the
customs treaty.
Theirs has abandoned the commercis
egotiations for fresh proposals.
| The Journal at Brussels contrsdicts the
rumor that Belgium bad refused to make
any notifications in the treaty of commerce.
with France
Supporters of the empire are becoming
boder in their intrigues, and are agitaiins
plans for restoration. Clement Duvernoes
editor Of the new Bonspsrtist paper, de
clares that Theirs is failing and the country
will naturally return to the governmen
which gave it twenty years peace and order
Assurances are given at Versailles tha
the difficulties in the way Of the ratih hcstior
of the customs treaty with Germany hsv,
been overcome.