Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-11-22
L proposition to improve the
New York Canals.
Boston Items about ths
Fire.
Details of the Ga1va Fire
Murder, Accidental death.
Horse Disease, etc.

| BUFFALO, Nov. 2l.-Ths joint committee
OF citizens and the Board of Trade, ap-
pointed on Monday, reported the following
resolutions on Change this morning, which
were unanimously adopted as their canal
policy:
| FIrst-To complete the Erie and Oswego
canals according to the original policy of
the amendment of the constitution of 1854,
and carry out the laws enacted for that pur-
pose by removing the bench walls and all
other distractions SO IS to make the canals
fully seventy feet wide from Buffalo and
oswego to Albany, and complete the double
locks as per contract west of Syracuse.
Second-To improve The canal from the
mouth of Buffalo River to the lower Black
Rock, so as to give sufficient depth aud flow
OF water at all times for canal purposes
Thlrd-To ask the legislature to pass the
funding bill recommended by the Cham Der
OF Commerce of New York, in order to put
the funds In proper shape to improve the
canal and make it free canal or as nearly
SO as possible.
BosToN, Nov. 21.-Among abe losses by
the fire was the December number of Old
and New, Littsll's Living Age and about
10000 copies of the Wall Spring The
publishers of those periodicals also lost
large quantity Of paper stock, SIS did
Messrs. J, R. Osgood Co.. Lee 4 Shep-
herd, Simpson Il Davenport, publishers Of
the New England Register, the bill pub
llshing firm OF Norwich, Conn, Ivisou l.
PhinRey, Blsckmau Co. aud the Uni
versity Publishing Co, of New York, the
latter firms losses being 10 school text
books
From an official statement of the ship
ment of wool to Boston and sales made
there 1t is estimated that not more than
two million pounds we're lost by the great
Ere.
At q meeting of the leather manufaotur.
ers yesterday il was unanimously voted that
twelve and one half cents be considered a
fair advance on unfinished leather. 1t was
also resolved that as rule all sales of upper
leather be made on q basis Of four months
credit.
BosToN, Nov. 2t.-Msyor CASTOR has ap-
pointed George Bigelow, Charles G Greene,
Charles Ssorrow, Samuel c. Cobb and A.
Fish g committee TO investigate the cause
and management of the great FIRE, in &C.
cotdance with an order passed By the Coun-
Gil
Contributions for Harvard College mp TO
noon amounted to $60,760.
A bill passed the Legislf ture to day for
the prom pit removal OF the Coliseum.
GALvA, H., Nov. 2I-A confederation
which destroyed thres-quarters of the bust
Hess portion of the town broke out shortly
before one o'clock this morning, in S. ?.
j Johnson's tailor shop. The flames rapidly
comm unicAted to the billiard room of David
Wrie ht and Brownlee & Stoddard' q dry goods
store on the south 1t was arrested in that
direction by the large fre-proof building
of j. III. Finch l. Son On the north it
communicated TO the postofice, grocery
store of L. p Jarvis and millinery store
of Miss S. NJ. Wells. From thence it
extended TO the Beck brick block, valued
at $4,000; from thence on the east to
Ayres & Todd's grocery store, Thomas
M0ore's shoe slore. II. 4. Deans news Of
hce, Hunts meat market, ". n. Jones
music store, Anderson j. Engstrand's boot
Apd shoe store, Mrs. J. G. Payne's 10Y and
fancy store, McConkle Bros saloon, Oraw-
ford's meat market and Arnsrrongs obacco
&nd cigar store, in which direction il was
then arrested. From Books block on the
north ID extended to the carriage shop of
Williams d Phillhomer, Mrs E. NJ. Ash l.
Co.'s millinery store and NJ. Fl. Nsgus' shoe
shop. The loss is said to be $500 900 to
100000; insurance about $l75,000.
SAN FRANoIsCo, Nov. 2l-The wife of
Berjam F. Hardy, prominent physician
of this city, took chloroform TO cure neural
gia, and died from the effects Of the dose.
WEsrFIELD, Mass, Nov. 2I.-Last even
ing Albert Smith, railroad employee, fred
seven shots at one Sscket and Miss Bates,
probably fatally wounding both. Jealousy
was the cause. Smith fed the city.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 2l.-Henry Villas, son
of Judge Villas, of Madison, was found dead
in his bed in the house this afternoon, prob
ably from heart disease.
CHICAGO. Nov. 2l.-The horse disease
has SO nearly absted that the West Division
street car lines were restored this morning.
NASHVILLE, Nov. 2l-The horse disease
here has been mild aud spreads slowly. The
disease vie ids to proper treatment
ATGUsTA, Ga, Nov 2I.-The horse mala-
dy is prev Alent here in mild form.
-CINC1NSATI, Nov. % The epizooty is
moderatin in this city, and the sick horses
are coming ous on the street.