Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-11

10 provoke not oIood. In every subject
matter for police discretionary permission,
the inconvenience of the few ought to be
surrendered to the widest security for prop.
erty and person of the greatest number of
persons, and at all times the police should
prevent occasions for disorder rather than to
regulate or suppress it. 1t is very clear, if
any one individual should undertake, by
himself, to produce or occasion irritation
ard excite nent to others in the community,
he would not be in such an act entitled to
police projection, and surely what may not
be done by one individual ought not to be
attempted by the organized many, when the
sggraystion would be so much greater. The
order concludes by iustructing the police to
disperse all bodies of men collecting on
Wednesday next for the purpose of joining
in target exercises or PROFESSIONS.
ALBANY, July lI.--Dr. Barret P. Staatz,
the oldest citizen and leading physicisn
here, died last Sunday night, sged IS. he
had been a member of the Assembly,
Supervisor, Councilman and Mayor Of the
city.
WAsHINGToN, July l.-The Ku-Klux
Committee, yesterday, examined G. D.
Forest, Solicitor of the Rome Judicial Cir
cult OF Georgia, and P. NJ. Shubley, Post
master at Rome. Both testified to their
belief in the existence of a Ku Klux organ
izstion.
1t is stated that Secretary Boutwell, will
visit President Grant at Long Branch to-
day.
Internal Revenue books show that orders
for lager beer stamps now average $40,-
600 per pay. nearly four times as great as
the orders received for the corresponding
time last year.
The Civil Service Commission contem-
plate adjourning this week until fall, in
order that they may in the meantime give
full consideration to the business with which
they are entrusted.
An uusuthenticsted report prevails that
Richard Il Dams will be rendered the office
of United States arbitrator at Geneva,
under the Treaty of Washington. 1t is
certain his name has been favorably men
toned in that oUnne ection, and that the
President will soon formally make q seleo
ton.
The President has appointed James Ne
vile, United States Attorney for Nebraska
The report that the new government loan
has been withdrawn from the market is
] credited here in well informed quarters,
from the fact that it is believed that q pro-
position is about being consnmmated looking
to the absorption OF the whole of the FIVE
hundred millions of the fve-twenty loan of
1862.
Sioux CITY, July 1.-THE great Meth
odst Episcopal Convention meets here to-
| day. Hundreds of delegates are already in
the city DR.. Fowler and Rev. G. 6. Trues
| dell, of Chicago, are in attendance. Sens-
tors Wright and Harlan are both here. Alli-
son has not arrived here yet.
| KEoKUK, July IA station for meteoro
| logical observations under the direction OF
| the United States Army Signal Corps, has
been established in this city, and weather
reports will be received and sent regularly
hereafter.
Gen. Belknap, Secretary of War, is a,
his home in this city After q weeks rec
reRtion he will make g tour of inspection ot
the Govern ment Forts aud Arsenals from
St. Louis along the frontier as far as Sioux
City.
The City Council and Board Of Trade Of
Peoria are coming to this city on en- excur
sion on Thursday next.
CHICAGO, July l0.-At Lsland, III, or
Saturday evening last, VIM. Blair, @ young
man nineteen years old, was shot and killed
by his brother,in law, 8 man named Shep
herd. Blair with an elder brother had gone
to Shepherds house for the purpose of dis
possessing him, they claiming that the prop
erty belonged to their mother. They hsC
commenced throwing out the furniture wher
Shepherd sent a musket charge of sho
through the younger Biair's head. MskinI
8 last effort, Blair rsised hlmsef on hi
elbow and fired four gaote from 3 revolver a
Shepherd, one Of which took effect in hi
leg-then fell back dead. Both Blairs sr
represented as incorrigible villains, whilt
Shepherd is respectable man.
LONDON, July l0.--In the House of Com
mons, this evening, Gladstone explained tha
, the delay in the arrival of Minister Schenc cl
from the United States had caused q pos
ponemeDt of negotiations for reduction @
postage to and from America. They woul
; however, soon proceed.
The little ship City Of Ragusa, from Ne'
York. arrived st Liverpool to-day.
The miners of Lancashire have pledge
Q their assistance TO the strikers in the South
Burt, the released FeuiRn convict, has al
q rived at Cork.