Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-05-20
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ARLINGTON, May Zu.-Ot I'he we've
general appropriations bills thref have be-
come laws, and seven are either in confer
ence or being enrolled. Besides these the |
river and hsrbor bill has passed the House |
and has been passed TO the Sen ate, but the |
bill making appropriations for 81 'ndry civil
expenses has not yet passed be House.
Il is supposed that the tariff bill will reach
the Senate about Thursday next. The
House will be prepared to ado rn on the
Sd of June, but the Senate is mol so far ad-
vanced, having yet to acs o1 the tariff
and other important measures, including
the additional section TO the Treaty OF
Washington. The last named, Il is suppos-
ed, will give rise 10 several discussions.
The frinds of Greeley and 4. .rown have
established headquarters az St. Marie
| Hotel. Communications are I'd be address
| ed TO John Dufrees until the Congressional
organization for the campaign IS perfected
! The in transitional prison retoI I'm congress
will open in London on the Sd df July. Dr.
Wines has been for several days in Wash
ington on business connected Y ith the mis-
sion. The committee of the lited States
has already given out sixty eoH missions IN
addition to over twenty issued by Cover
nors of States.
The international committee meets in
London on the oath of June to arrange
business for the Congress.
CHICAGO, NAV 20.-Tbe Tim es this morn
ing publishes a call for Dem orstic State
Convention, to be held nj SP ingheld, on
Wednesday. June 26th, for thb purpose Of
electing forty-two delegates to the National
Democratic Convention at BsI timore, July
9th.
New YORK, May 20.-Y ssterdsy the
messenger of the National Be- ak, while OF
a collecting route, was robbed of a pouch
containing $4,000 in gold ce ti6cates snc
checks and S400 in cash. Th he thieves arr
i known and their arrest is EXPECTED.
The Horace Greeley headq aartsrs for th'
d campaign is established at the Astor Hnuse
y RICHMOND, Va, May 20 The Stat
# Conservative Committee has issued cal
for a Convention at Richmond on the 27t
of June. The members Of the commltte
Z generally represent the feeling OF tn
d State as overwhelmingly in fsvor of Greele
9 and Brown.
, PHILADELPHIA, May l9.-Hlr ire broke on
tonight in q six story bull ding on Doc
street, near Third, built by lPr. Jayne, an
adjoining his building recent J burned. Th
d building was occupied by Leid urinE's piotur
s. ablishment, and number of book bin
s. deries 1t WAS totally destFoteo. The loi
3 has not yet been ascertain ed "he hv
story brown stone building atJo.Iing, oce'
: pied by the Commercial List newspaper, wa
" crushed BY falling wall at entirely d'
I. ssroyed Jayne's building was for sever'
- vaars used as the Philsde phia postotlc
aud for some years tor exhloitlonA fran'
Inns Institute was one OF tn handsoms
granite buildings in the city.
LATER.-9 P. .M.-The FIRE is now und'
control.
New YORK, May IA Scranton specI
aavs rain has fallen Tor the e ist time in thr'
weeks, and that part OF the country Is sa
from further devsstation by hFe. TOoyhsnr
is now out of danger.
A Port JARVIS special of the 18th, oeio
the rains, says in Pike county Pennsy ivanl
a FIRE covering q territory sew en- mules IN e.
tent was sweeping over SO pe OF the be
land in that section. Twelve large ssea
saw mills were destroyed and many d"el
ing houses, also the lumber camps OF Dods
and Meigs, containing severe million iee'
lumber, the inmates OF the cabins narro"
escaping. n
Dozens Of families were compelled 10 u
fo, their lives. A quarter of q million d.
lars will not pay the losses in this secno
The land of the Blooming Grove Park d
sociAtion has been swept over, ana lar
numbers of wild game destroyed.
In Waynesburg, PennsY wanna, the
compelled q suspension OF coal trAnsPor
tions.
. Only three houses are remaining
Sus,ex county, n. j., Sullivan and De
ware counties, N. Y :, and n oore county
burned over.
MADRID, May l9.-The G ortes yes.srt
passed bill providing for bringing
effective force of the regulsr srmy OF sp
up to $4,000 men.
HAVANA, May l9.-Genefsl OF Engine
Ssbolza is the new Governor OF haVA
1n and Oatols is the new captain OF the p
EaO with $50 soldiers, who arrived from op
to-day.
NJ Iou,s. Nav ls.-Coll W. B. Brow
lion wealthy stock raiser residing Jus. out
,Ots, Kansas City, was assassipated lnurs
we'll evening by an unknown person. eupPo
J do to be the young man whose sister Drown
q no alledgsd TO have seduced.
Dps KANSAS City, May I8.-There is no
land 10 the assassins OF Blown. ds fems
ly let's tonight for the north.