The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-09-08
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The entire Anti-Monopo1y
Ticket elected in
San Francisco.
Butler claims to be ahead
in Mass.
Another Republican office
holding thief.
Democratic Convention in
Texas.
The Cholera and Yellow
Fever.
Democratic Convention in
Texas.
The Cholera and Yellow
Fever.
KuK1ux in Indiana.
Acct 1 ents, Fires, Suicides.
Etc, Etc.

this morning, eight precincts to hear from,
the whole Anti Monopoly legislative ticket
is now l,275 ahead 1t is believed that
the entire Legislative ticket is elected.
BoSToN, Sept g. 6-Reports from But
ler's headquarters in this city make the
delegates To the Republican State Conven-
ton stand 2l6 for Butler, to 2l3 for Wash
burne
WASHINGTON, Sept G.-Chas S Rolls
burg, deputy collector of taxes for the Dis
trict of Columbus. was arrested to-day on
information by Collector Slater, charging
him with receiving money ON account of I
taxes in Georgetown, for which he has fail |
ed to account 1t is supposed the detalca- |
| ton will be from $4,000 to $4,000. He /
/ admits that ha collected the money, and
gave as an excuse that he had used it in
order to relieve himself from pecuniary
/ business embarrassment and with the ex
pectation of being able to replace it.
Mr.. DYER. of the Indian Peace Cnmmls-
sion, who is here, says that in the recent
war with the Modocs our soldiers only
killed fonr Modocs, while the MOdocs killed
two soldiers for each Modoc engaged in the
war
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept 6-The Demo-
cratic State Convention remained in session
till . A. NJ The platform congratulates
+ the people on the repeal of many odIous
and oppressive acts; declares the Democ-
racy will rise superior to the government
in such manner that every citizen OF
whatever politics. religion, nationality or
color shall feel he is really and practically
safe in his life, liberty or property that it
is the duty of the State to maintain an
efficient system of free common schools
and encourage the construction OF railroads;
that we deprecate the action of the Demo
cratic members of Congress in cooperating
with the Republican MA jlrity and Presi-
, dent Grant in the passage Of the back pay
bill and heartily concur in the resolutions
passed by the Ohio Democracy in their re
cent convention respecting the Kellogg
government IN Louisiana.
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 6.-The death rate for
; this week is lS5, Of which were by chol
: era and Is by cholera intantum.
CAIRO, Sept. 6.-Parties direct from
I MurphysborO, jackson county report
eight deaths there on Thursday from chol-
era, and eight new cases yesterday Five
members of one family, named Griffith,
e near J0nesboro. Union county, died from
the same disease 1t appears to bespread-
ing through the low ground west of the
i Illinois Central Railroad, near the NIissis-
n sippi river.
e SHREVEPORT La. Sept 6-Owing to a
4 prevailing malignant fever in our city caus-
- ing panic in the country, our city has
b" been quarantined by interior points, and
trade is in consequence paralized
AUSTIN TEXAS, ,6.-Great anxiety is fel
g regarding yellow fever in Galveston anC
E. Shreveport A private telegram states
= that Houston has quarantined Galveston
70 thereby stopping all through travel
q SAN Francisco, 6.-The men who wer,
p snffocated with foul air in Lincoln mine
- in Sutter county, were John Collier, j
he Frazer, w Combs, J. Bath, Dennis Lynch
s. W. A. Rule two Austrians and three Ital
10 ians unknown. Three escaped The sicl
y are not expected to live. The bodies can
:" not be reached this morning on account o
he the bad air
tn An affray occurred last night at Truckee
- between two gamblers Andy f. Rigate ant
,o Jack White. Six shots were exchanged
and each man received three shots Boil
'h are dead
e ST. Louis. Sept 6-Mrs Duncan, VIII
Mt was shot by her husband Thursday morn
ing died last night
er HoRGEN, Sept, Immediately afte
the close of the exhibition at the fair her
to-day, an alteration took place betweel
y John Hall and Joseph Wright, i
so which Hall was instantly killed by pistt
m, shot. Both were drunk.
BE Fort WAYNE Ind, Sept. Ga Negro
lie, who had located himself in j Jefferson town
he ship, Adams county, about twenty mile
70 from here, was ku-Kluxed few night
since He had settled there but a wee
le or so ago, and had Just completed hi
he home and moved in. A large number {
a men visited his house, drove the negro ou
and then razed the house to the grounC
Die and threatened his life if he returned. Th
- parties engaged in the outrage are uI
Ith known.
= The barn Of Nicholas Burger, in Adam
county, was burned day before yesterda,
en- together with the contents, consisting of
large quantity Of grain, hay and agricultV
raj implements. The fire was the work
an incendiary. An attempt was also mac
to fire his residence, which was only part
successful. The total loss is estimated
tu- $4,000, without insurance.
DETROIT, Sept 6.-The coroner's iu,
at Muor, on the D. & NJ railroad disaste
-
of express train, and c. Riminaldy, guilty
disobeying the order of the eonductc
nc nc knill, to go back further toward Il
SIT freight train; also find conductor Shu,
Ell engineer Montreal brakemen Catney al
IN the Law, of the freight train, guilty of neg
ity, gence; engineer for running at great
IN N speed than the rules of the company
the low; conductor for not having brakem
'eh- at their posts and brakemen for not bel
uh, at their posts. The men are all in custoC
OF except Brown, who is in Canada.
,I ,Iio DETROIT, Sept. GA portion of t
IuiI I,aT roof OF the new round house of the Mic
Noi- igan Central railroad, at Detroit JunctiC
.,r fell Yesterday, killing j. s. Chwort, and
Iu !ue Monk, fatally wounding another
ohm oennoah, WIS. sept: "a scaii'
- aid' s house, precipitating two men q
tance of eighteen feet One man nam
BATHS, fell on a pile of stone, killing h