Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-06
Consolidation of the N. Y.
Central and Erie-Higher
freights the result.
The Texas Pacific r. R.
going ahead-Enormous
profits from Land
Grants.
The Labor Reform PARTY
waiting--The Strikes
dying out.

ST. Louis, July 5.-Ex-Secretary Welles
has written q letter TO friend in this city
which was published 10 the Times OF yester-
day. Ms. Nellss safs in substance thai
while the result at Cine nna'i 10 not wbat
was e1 o. eted and desired Greeley is inn
uitely preferable to Grant, and should be
supported BY tie united opposition
| New YORK, July 5.-The Times will con
tain full particulars of the consolidation Of
the Erie and New York Central Railway
! Companies under the direction Of the F."
I glsh stockholders who elected Vanderbilt
| President Freight aud passenger tariffs 10
the West and North wili be raised
! Budd Dobe driver OF the Goldsmith
Maid. has published challenge offering 10
test Goldsmhh Maid against Bouuer's horses
/ Dexter and Joe Elliott, best three in FIVE
~iIh weights up aud subject 10 All rules for
from FIVE to fifty thousand dollars the race
to take place At Prospect Park or soy Mass
achusetts, PennsylysniA or New York
course The match will be open for one
| week.
The heat to-day has been intense and the
death rate has only slightly decreased.
There have been upwards OF thousand
deaths from sll causes this week up 10 last
night.
rwenty-four persons died from the effect
of heat nl0etY-seven cases of sun strokr
were reported yesterday. TweUtY-seveH
more were killed from cSrelessness 10 using
IRE arms and FIRE works.
The thermometer reached 9S degrees IN
the shade at three O'Clock
There have been l70 d sths in BrooF lyn
from cholera infautum 10 the past five days
While Greeley vas returning from Boston
Yesterday, be stopped at Newport, where he
: met Chef Justice Chase
The band of the Grenadier Gusrds was
accorded most enIb usisstic reception al
the Academy Of MasIo, 10 this ciEy, tough
by enc OF the largest audenc ever as
:. semble in this city. When the Star
9 Spsng led Banner" was played the audience
D rose eu masse aud q wild scene ensued
4" Yankee Doodle aud God Save tht
Queen we're applauded with equaI ehthu-
, ,issm. Horace Greeley was present and
i attracted considerable attention.
i The strike is gradually dying out. The
!. men employed by the sewing machine com
It pXnies will all return TO work Tomorrow o.
II The old terms The h9r-e smiths con-
miltee inteud calling meeting In a frV
dsys TO wiud up the business Of the strikes
7 The leader. Of the metal works coufrss the
a large proportion OF the who srrnci
havr resumed work ol The ten hour system
Probably they cannot be induced to CONF
out again.
LoxG BRANCH, n. j July 5.-The first
race TO dsy, hurdle, two miles, for 5000, IS
~on BY MIlesian. Time AIS; Blind Ton
second. Astronomer Ibird.
PHILADELPHIA. July s. The eorone
reports % deaths from sun stroke yester
day.
CHICAGO, july 5.-A large number c
delegates 20 the National Democratic Con
veutiou are passing through this city e
route to Baltimore The Wisconsin dele
CATION meets at the Sherman House tO-mol
row afternoon, and viii leave 10 body b
the 5 P NJ. train on the Fort Wayne road
An Omaha lerer says the sales of th
la1d department of the Union Pacific Raj
road Conpany tor The month of June wer
90 900 acres, amounting 10 $40 36l 002,
81 An average of 81 so per acre.
NEw ORLEANS. July 4.-Col. Thomas 4
III Scott has contracted vita Bofhnger Il Pc.
e- run for trans poriAtIob to Shreveport OF a
articles required iu the construction, etc,
the Southern Pacific railroad. from pom
I on the Mississippi river and tributaries.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. July The Souther
Pacific railroad party IbOs. a. Scott, Go
Forney aud others returned last aiGernoc
from Texas The road from Shreveport
the Pacific will be pushed through as fast
possible.
lu' CHAELEsTowN Mass, July 5.-Ata lab
- meeting at the Blacksmith aud Ma ;hInist
he Hall this evening Z. Nj Chamberlain So
sc that the call for conference of the lsbo
u, ing party in New York on the 3Oth OF Ju
ms, was al eudeRVor to asse bio those who b
u.s. ieve that the oLly honest course for lab
reformers to pursue was to support the ca
dIt Ateu who stood on the platform propG
ing ex plcii measures for the bsneht OF
bJr; that as neither Grant nor Greeley v
a re prese ntAlive Of the party of that Ide
The labor reformers cJuld go for neither.
, ,f a movement was not inau -urared somewhe
tb- else TO place in the field candidates on
Ns platform guaranteeing the enactment Q
py execution in a short time OF laws for |
convertibility of currency, direct progress
taxation and minority representation, It
H maibed in the power Of the labor rcform'
u, to lnsugurste the p rty of the future
making oul-and out workinPmen's nomin
tions; but that if danger was apr
hended OF being overaved by the advocs
ma Of Grant or Greeley, the nomination shor
be postponed and an endesvor made TO ke
% he labor reformers organized IN hosn Ity
both tor action at @ mere favorable opp
MSS tunity.