Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-05
monster dem monstration-2 2iot-
speech of Gladstone-6etz to
be restored to francs.
Market Reports.
[Reportsd Expressly for the ARGUs.l

NEW YORK, Sept. "a policeman who
was remIss IN his duty at the time Mrs Gen
ersl Sherman was assaulted by rowdy hack
men at the Hudson River Railroad depot
in this city, has been dismissed from the
force.
The Secretary of Wars letter to Mayor
Hall, declining to allow the Federal troops
IN New York harbor to become subject to
the regulations of the New York Board Of
Health, is, 10 the city authorities, an unpal-
AtAble and rather Unexpected conclusion.
The Board Of Health feel that it part2ins to
their duty to become cognizAnt of the exist
ence OF any contsgion among the soldiers,
in order that the city might be appraised OF
the facts Last summer, when the small
pox was epidemic in Governors Island, the
Health Board we're troubled about it, but
government took no action whatever in the
premises, and at Rny moment the conta-
gion among the soldiers could be intrOduc-
ed into the city, if no one had a word of its
approach.
Rev. Geo. Thrall, rector of Emmanuel
Ch urch, Fifty seventh street, has, at tbs re
quest of his congregation, adopted the Lit
urgy of the Union Prayer Book, which diff
srs from that In use in the diocese of New
York Mr.. Thrsil states that this ritual is
the work of q number of divines of both
this country and England, was free from the
passags which hss given rise to the contro-
versy and contention in the church. The
congregation seemed pleased with the
| changes made in the old form, and respond
ed with great hsar.iness. This withdrawal
from the Protestant Episcopal Church, it is
thought, may prove the beginning of a seri
ous sohism.
Some accounts of county expenditures
are again published to-day. These accounts
are said to be taken from q list furnished by
the Mayor and Comptroller, and show that
in 1869 and 1871 nearly thirteen and hall
millions were taken from the public treasury,
of which five and three-quarter millions went
to Ingersoll il Co., nearly three millions to
A. j. GArvey, and q million and quarter &c
Keiser & Co. Three-quarters of q million
dollars are said to have been paid to j. O.
Smith, who is believed to be q myth.
: The Irish are beginning action in REFER
, enos TO the alleged frauds in the city treasu
ry. At meeting of Irish Democrats OF
Saturday, resolutions we're passed calling
=. upon the Comptroller TO resign, and de
. nounoing generally the peculAsing ring.
IL is underatood that Governor Hoffman
will investigate the case of Evans, the al
legged de!aulting State Agent of Pennsylva
MIA, who is now in this city, before respond
+ ing to Governor Gesry's requisision for III
d fugitive.
The steamship Vandalia, from Hamburg
. has arrived.
= WASHINGTON, Sept. At is not yet know
= what course the Secretary proposes to pur
D sue In relation to the three hundred million
of Eve per cents, which remained of the ne
loan under the funding bill; but the imprsl
= sion prevails, in fnancial circles, that n
s more new bonds will be offered for mont
= to come, and that when Boutwell, decides
T. place more of the new loan on the marke
he will offer all three classes of the fundin
i act in equal portions of each, unless Coz
grsss shall in the meantime authorize hi
to withdraw the and AZ from the mark,
altogether
The Secretary of the Interior, as Trustt
for the KiokApoo Indians, has invested
the five per cent. loan of $4,000, beir
the amount realized by the sale of lands.
GEEEsEo, H., Sept. 1.-The Henry cou
ty Agricultural Sociey's' sixteenth annu
Fair, held at Cambridge, closes to-day, al
- although the weather was very bad at Il
= opening il has been the largest and be
y tair ever held there. The horses, cattle al
- hogs displayed we're larger and better thr
= ever before exhibited in the county. T
- sruit, vegetables and grain were betts
- though perhaps no larger than some here
zs fore. ThHty-6ve hundred dollars was
y fered for one stallion, and some cows wor
81. 600 each. There were fifteen races
lth all, and a sweepstakes trotting purse
in Eve hundred dollars. Nicodemus, owned
ur. Downing, of Galesburg, took the first mon
a. time, 2:37, and best running half m
heat So.
OTTAWA, ILL.,, September 4.--The COT
ty Court of La Sale county opened q
BIC morning, Judge Gilman presiding. I
docket consists of lei law, end 81 chanc,