The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-18
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ELECTION RETURNS.
Ohio and Iowa still in doubt
Great Gains of the People 8
Party.
The Patrons of Husbandry
of the Mississippi Valley.
Their Convention at Keo'
kuk.
More Gold coming here
from Europe.
Great Gains of the People s
Party.
The Patrons of Husbandry
of the Mississippi Valley.
Their Convention at heo
kuk.
More Gold coming here
from Europe.
Accidents, Crime, Fire. etc.

Accidents, CT1m0s 4Tes etc. ra
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CoIuMBUs, Oct. 1.-THE election re- ~ ~
.urns are vet of a very unsatisfactory -
character, and it is impossible to state de-
6nitev who is elected Governor. The 9
Democratic State Committee, from re . .
turns received from 50 counties official, I
and guesses as to other counties, now claim = =
Allen elected by 500 majority There is Il
doubt as to the balance OF the
State ticket but the chairman of the d
Democratic Committee is of the opinion 7
that the Democrats have also elected the .
State ticket with the exception Of White >
for Supreme Judge, and Wilson for Comp a
troller. They also claim sixteen on the
Joint ballot in the General Assembly The
Republicans do not give up yet and claim
that nothing but full official returns can
definitely decide the result The Demo j
Gratis holda iollifcation meeting tomorrow
night at which VIM Allen and others Will
speak.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Oct l7-Aceording to
the returns received, Gov. Carpenter has
majority of IT 800 in sixty-slx counties anu
Vale :. 300. leaving Carpenter net MAJOR
| ity in these counties OF l2,306: In the
same counties last year, Grant had MAJOR
ity of $4,000. Counties yet to be heard
from will undoubtedly increase Carpenter
majority no less than 6,OO0.
DEsNoINEs, Oct. L. Midnight. .-Dehn- |
mite returns have been received by the
State Register from sixty counties, IN
these Carpenters majority over Vale Is
Ia f56 A similar decrease in his maJorl,
~ in the other counties will make his total
majority between "a, 600 and 5000. Inc
Register also has returns from l3f OF the
l5(S members of the new legislature: All
4 the legislative districts but one Is de1nlteiy
= heard from, and in that, " ayne ana MON
, roe. Reck. Republican candidate Is thought
to be elected The Senate stands 50
straight Republicans, lndependent lie
Y n,blicans. and Is Democrats, Anti Monop-
q olists, Liberals. Reformers, &c. Eighty
p seven of the 100 members of the House
= are heard from. Of these a. are Republl-
o cans and 40 opposition. OF the l3 To hear
It from, it is claimed that will be Repub-
l. Ecans, making Republican majority
Iof 5. The Republicans will have on JOINT
ballot a majority of three. This will pro
baby be increased,
le KEoKuK. Oct 1.-THE convention OF
d. 1.-The executive committee Of the State
y Oranges Of Patrons of Husbandry, repre-
Is senting the States Of the Mississippi Valley
he which has been in session here tor the pas
a two days. adjourned sine die this P NJ. Iht
: meetings have been held with closed doors
! and no very large part OF the proceeding
ro have been made public. The following
ty was reported to-day by the committee ol
lst agricultural statistics and adopted by tn
h convention.
" WHEREAS. We regard complete an,
aI accurate agricultural statistics as the four
he dation of our control of the business OF az
ut ricuIture by which we may obtain sultabl
pc and lust rewards for our labors and allo
ne the law of supply and demand to operat
he freely in the regulation of prices to tn
of benefit Of both producer and consumer
md therefore,
hs ResoEoed That we use our best efforts
the establish, or caused to be established,
pat each and every State in our Union, a sy
TEN of agricultural statistics by which
rec can get exact information OF the acreage
Gus the principal crops, the amount OF IL
and stock in the country, the quantity OF pr
owe duce and the number OF animals OF ea
nth kind for market.
un- LONDON, Oct. 17.-One hundred a
sixty-fve thousand pounds were WITHDRAW
rug from the bank of England on balances
.ock day for shipment to America,
ohm JACKSONVILLE, Oct l7-Additional
ports. dated Oct lst, received at the
ice of the National Crop Reporter, in
'eet' cate still greater losses to the corn CT
N than have yet been estimated, the res
- of the corn having been caught IN an |
mature condition by the frosts the
half of September, This is confirmed
reports dated Oct. 18th, received fr
counties in Iowa and Illinois, produe
" more than half the yield Of the two Stat
u No estimates have yet been made, but
! u seems highly probable that the losses
those States will be an increase over /
yious estimates from 10 to 20 per cent
OMAHA, Oct l7,-Eight inches of 81
y II. fell in the western part of Wyoming,
Inder, Il i trains on the Union Pacific due here
Sta, day, are several hours late on account
the storm.
YANKToN, Oct. 1.-Two hund
Brule Sioux made an attack on the
cas-, on the 18TH about daybreak,
we're repulsed, but continued to II
sorties during the day, and a messel
US to Springfield, eight miles below, late
the ev ening, reported twenty killed.
SAN Francisco, Oct 1.-THE rem
of the native Modoc tribe reached Y
\ today under the escort of Capt Hasbr
with a company of artillery, en- rout'
Wyoming Territory. About thirty wa
are used for their transportation.
A delegation of five Pima and Mari
Indians from Arizona have arrived
ncils, MEMPHIS, 1.-THE
tuary report gives 81 deaths from y
fever. and an increase of IL on the
report Yesterday, The other eonditio
the disease are very favorable. The
,uxv mospbere is thick with disinfectants.
ikN er new cases are reported to-day than
I'LL / day since the origin of the epidemic,
PhoRIA, Ill., Oct 17.-An atteml
infanticide was made last night that
near being successful. Cries were
proceeding from privy vault IN the
OF house on Fulton street The
were notified, and by means of low
one OF their number into the vault br
up the body Of young infant about
tlCleS hours old and still alive, Two cuts
found on the body, indicating that s
tempt to kill the child had been mad
>Nc clue to the perpetrator of the act C.
1rs0' found, and the whole affair is shrou
y mystery.
Thornton Wolf, who stabbed a ma
last year has been sentenced to one
confinement in the Penitentiary
The Government seized forty barr
Kentucky whisky in this city yester
ordered account of its being 10 per cent
respect proof.