Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-26
Market Reports.
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New York, July 25.-Jodn Kellum, G
well known architect, died this morning at
Hempsted, Long Island. He Was the arch
itect of the Brooklyn City Hall, New York
Herald office, Stewards retail store, and
other buildings. He leaves fortune of $l,-
900 900.
Susan Mssterson, whose disappearance and
supposed add uction from her home In Will
iAmsburg, six years ago, she then being
twelve years old created Q great excitement
has been heard from, her parents having
| this morning received letter from BAlti-
more from the girl herself, saying abe Was
almost heart Or oxen, and begging her friends
to come 10 her rescue. The letter was the
first in,elhgen ce her parents had received of
her fate, thong h she had previously written
Eve letters. Communication has already
been had with the Baltimore police for the
recovery of the girl.
Peter McCAnn was arrested at New York
yesterday, on the charge Of numbering his
daughter.
The working gmen of this city have resolved
to hold 9 parade and an indignation meet
ing some time in Septe mber, IS g protest
against the non~enforcement of the eight
hour law.
Charles Dixie, Engineer on Robert Full
ton, first steamer to Albany, died yesterday,
aged 95 years. Mr.. Dyke also engineered
the first steamer down the Ohio and Missis-
sippi rivers to New Orleans.
An unsuocessfnl sttsmpt was made few
nights ago, 10 burn the Irish Protestant
church in Williamsburg.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-The testimony o:
Hon. Thos. HA.:deman, ex-member of Con
gress, from Macon, Georgia, before the Ku-
| Klux committee, was very brief. He said
he knew OF no Ku-Klux organization in his
| District, and had not heard of it's existence
there. Instead of colored persons being
intimidated at the polls, the colOred persons
had intimidAted white persons, and taken
possession of the polls There was no vio-
lAtion of law except IN one case q number Of
negroes threatened to punish another negro
was suppressed.
Gases OF attempts to smSggle goods along
the Canadian border are becoming very frs
suent, and regulations ara becoming more
stringent, and will be enforced more rigidlJ
by the Treasury Department.
The liberal system of granting furloughs
which has heretofore prevailed in the Treas
ury Department, particularly among th'
heads of Bureaus aud other high officers, ha
been curtsiled. The Sec 'etary has issued ,
general order stating thGt no more thai
thirty days absence in his department viii
be allowed in any fiscal year, under an.
circumstances whatever, and that no sppea
from this decision will be considered.
About $850,000 will be r. quired to pa.
the quarterly interest on the funded loal
due Angus. let. This money viii not b
sent direct to the money centres as hereto
fore, and the change made in sending inte,
est direct to the bondholders, meeta wit
favor in the West. That section of coantr
has always complained that New York ha
} had an excess of floating capital, owing, I
government disbursements being mi I'd
there, and. therefore, the rates of exchan 9
: we're fixed at at low rate il that cit ]
while In the western States il was at hlg.
. ratea.
4 BUFFALO, July 25.-Five horses from
cnicAgo, eleven from Cincinnati, and fv,
rom inoisnspolis, are now training at Buf
iaio DRIVING Park for ,he Angus. races.
NIAGARA FALLS, July 25.-Senator Fen
ton was serenaded this evening at the Ca,
, aract Hotel. a crowd of two thousand
assembled. In response to calls. the San
stor appeared, and, in the course of his re
marks, said: II have been credited in som
quarters with entertaining special coucerl
as to the personality Of the next President
with desire to give the nomination this o
that particular course. The suggestio
lmisconceives my feelings. However unim