Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-08-21

Parliamentary Troesediugs- News
from Versailles Garibaldi not
dead Comments on the new q
psr cent. Loan-cholera.
Market Reports.
Reported Expressly for the ARsus.1

NEw YORK, Aug. l9,-The Tammany Off
eial records of county expenditures for the
years 1868, 1869 and 1870 show ths, there
was PAID for furniture and repairs of public
buildings, stationery and rebinding and re-
pairs of books, the sum of $6,O39,l67.
Mary Kelley lies dead, of Asiatic cholera,
At the Bellevue Hospital
Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co, of London,
report to-day thA, although bonds for sub
scriptions to the new per cent. loan do
not open until Tuesday next, they have al
ready received applications Tor eight and q
quarter million that one and squsrter
per cent. premium is bid, and it is cslcula-
led that the subscriptions will amount to one
hundred and fifty millions.
From indications here it is believed that
the whole per cent. loan will be closed out
next week.
New YoRK, Aug. 20-From the evidence
obtained the Coroner is satisfied that Mary
Kelly, who is supposed 30 have died with
Asiatic cholera, really met her death by
cholera morbus, caused by excessive drink
ing and eating 9 quantity of unrips fruit.
The foot aud mouth disease has broken
out among cattle and hogs near Oxford Fur
mace, Warren county. in this StSte.
The president of leading insurance com
pany on.Brosdway is under arrest for for
gerry Of ten thousand dcllar bond.
The Italian procession on the 25th is to
have police escort.
The horse plague still RACES, over in
Brooklyn.
SARATOGA, Aug. l9.-The attendance at
the races to-day was immense. The Il
Il ~ I Fali hn al
loped over the course with no contestants.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, Aug. l9.-Thres more
escaped Sing Sing conviots have been re-
captured.
BUFFALO, Aug. 20.-Two mammoth
| buildings on Franklin Square for the &C
comm odRtioH of the international industrial
exhibition are connected with the skating
rink BY strong bridge, sprung over Frank
lin street. The buildings will be open tc
receive goods on Sept. 4th. Entries are
coming In rapidly. and great success is An.
ticipated.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l.-The Board o
Inspectors, appointed by Secretary Boutwel
TO inquire into the cause Of the West6eld
explosion, have reported that in their opin
ion the explosion was produced BY press
ure of not much in excess of u pounds o
steam that the flaw IN the boiler was il
when it was made: that the inspector die
his duty conscientiously but the flaw w.
where he could not ace it, and that the en-
ginser, Robinson, was guilty Of direct an
wilful violation of the law in carrying m or
steam than the inspectors certificate allow
ed that Superintendent Braisted ought t.
be equally held responsible with the en-
gineer. They suggest that no enginee
should be employed who cannot read an
write, and that carrying an amount c
steam in excess of that allowed by Ia,
should be sufficient TO oause revocation G
the license.
The Secretary of the Treasurey has issue
new circular TO customs officers an
inspectors Of steam vessels.
The brat number Of the of the Be ries ,
specifications Uddrawings of patents gran
: ed BY the United States, published unde
the new laws and regulations of the Pateu
Office, has just been completed.
Gen. Cushing, cousel for the Unite
States government before the Intern ation.
, Com mission Of the United STATES and Spail
has enclosed to the claimants copy of tb
Convention under which the Commission hs
been organized, and of the regulation
adopted BY the same copy for tho guidane
of claimants, to oil of which he solicits the
immediate attention. Several claims hav
thus fer been filed much time, howeve