The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-17
Co1fax to be invited and the
Tribune made a Grant
paper.
So, 900, 900 new stock in the
c., r. /. g. 2. r. r. to be
issued.
Southern News.
Other Items, Etc.

to raise a fund for the erection Of a bronze /
statue to Horace Greedy includes many /
illustrious names. Andrew H. Greene
acts as treasurer.
Fifty one shares of the capital stock of |
the Tribune Association, constituting a
majority, were to-day sold to William Or
ton. The parties going out besides Mr. |
Sinclair and the Representatives Of the es-
tate of the dead proprietor are George /
Ripley, Whitelaw Reid, John Hay, Thorn !
as Rocker Phillips, Fitzpatrick, and j. c. |
Aver Each Of the old proprietors was
earnestly requested to retain at least a
part of the stock but Messrs. Reid and
Hay refused. OF the fifty one shares pur-
chased it is understood eight are reserved
for Schuyler Coltax, who is TO be invited
to assume the editorship. Mr. Reid was
requested to remain but declined, but f.
nally consented TO remain for the present
week.
1t has been for As hours uncertain as to
which side the rule would probably be
made. The majority Of trustees, who de
sired to continue the paper on the basis of
Mr. Greeley card, with Mr. Reid at its
head, needed only Is shares of stock to
secure a clear majority Mr. Reid offered
10 buv these for $4,000 share cash, or
at considerable larger price, but Mr.
Sinclair had secured enough of them to
prevent him from making up the number
The Chicago, Rock Island 4 Pacific
Railroad Company to-day notified the
Stock Exchange Of their intention to issue
so 600 shares of new stock.
The testimony OF witnesses goes to con
firm the opinion of the FIRE marshal that
the girls at the Fifth Avenue Hotel were
suffocated and not burned to death
Judge Boardman, of Utica, will preside
at the trial of Stokes.
At seven clock this evening two men
named j, Summers and Nicholas H. Dur
yea, both well-known as lottery dealers.
engaged in a struggle in front of res
taurant on Liberty street, and the former
killed the latter
SYRACUSE, Dee. 1G.-The grand jury
of this county has indicted the Binghamp-
ton Railroad as a nuisance. The case viii
come up at the next term of court.
/ New ORLEANS. Dec. l6.-Postmaster
/ Barnes and Deputy Postmaster Brace, Of
/ Bolton, Miss, were arrested for robbing a
mail bag Bail was fixed at $4,000, in de
+ fault Of which they were sent to prison.
+ The Citizens Committee of thirty seven
left this afternoon for Washington A
large crowd was at the depot to witness
their departure.
/ In the ballot for United States Senator
tomorrow Billings, Casey, Durell, Pinch
beck and Ex-Governor Hosen will proba-
bly, be nominated Pinchbeck is regarded
as the strongest, nearly three-fourths Of
the Legislature being cOlored.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 16.-The Legisla-
ture has postponed to January the election
Of L. ). Senator.
/ WASHINGTON. Dec. l6.-The South
Carolina ku uklux case was disposed Of in
the Supreme Court to-day The case OF
Grier was held under warrant issued by
Circuit Court upon an Indictment charg-
ing him with being felon The question
was whether the court had jurisdiction tt
discharge the prisoner on Habeus Corpus
The court is divided in the opinion and /;
writ is denied in consequence.
General Dick Taylor called on the Pres
ident to-day with view of obtaining somt
modification of the executive policy witt
reference to affairs in Louisiana, but re
, tired dissatisfied with the result of his mis-
sion.
WASHINGTON, Dee l6.-The Secretary
of the Interior has asked of Congress al
| appropriation of S2S, 600 to complete tht
purchase of two squares Of ground witt
improvements. in order to increase tht
= area of the public grounds connected witt
the capitol $40. 600 having been hereto
fore appropriated, which has proved to b
, insufficient for the purpose.
MEMPHIS, Dec. ia horrible Grim
was perpetrated Saturday night at
I building just inside the city limits
, About o'clock two negroes entered tn
grocery store of j. B. Ginnactu and asket
q for some cheese While he was servin
e them enc of the negroes struck him wit
wagon standard breaking his jaw an,
telling him They then rushed into tn
adjoining room where his wife was knock
ed insensible Then seeing their littl
daughter asleep on a bed they threw
heavy trunk upon her, and thinking the
. had killed them all proceeded TO rife tn
!, store In the meantime the little girl, wh
was only slightly hurt, escaped and brough
men, who fastened to the scene and fOun
, the aged couple weltering in their bloc
and the thieves gone The police are i
search of them to-day There is no hope
of the victims recovery owing to tn
4 severity of their wounds and their advanc
ed age.
: PHILADELPHIA, Dec 10 The obse
quies of Edwin Forrest took place from hi
residence at 2 O'Clock. The body was lai
out in the parlor of his late home, an
was dressed in full suit of black. Their
was laurel wreath at his head, and eros
of immorteles on his breast; also othe
=, floral offerings were placed around tn
4 room. A large number of actors an
! others attended
CHICAGO, Dec l6.-Three white steer
were driven through the streets to-day a
sample of Christmas beef They wer
raised and fed by j S. Wilcox, of Win
nebago Co, H., and averaged 3,9l
pounds s
ST. LOUIS, Dec 16.-The horse diseas
continues to abate There have been on
hundred deaths since the distemper brok
e out Business has been partially resume
y by the street cars.