The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-03
More Failures there.
More Gold coming from
Europe.
Memphis appeals for Aid.
Accidents. Fires, etc.. etc.

CHICAGO, Oct 2.-The movement of |
NOUS, reaching 2.222, 900 bushels during /.
the past four days. The demand for the |
staple productions of the west is increas |
ing rapidly and currency is arriving freely. |
There is little doubt now that the worst
effects of the panic have been felt in this
section Of the country.
Financial and commercial matters here
continue to improve Everything appears
to be rapidly settling to normal healthy
condition. Banks are daily increasing in
strength. The demand for grain is active
and prices higher A false rumor of re-
newed outbreak in financial disturbances
at New York and panic in Liverpool. cir
culated for speculative purposes, caused a
TEN mporary decline in wheat, but the de-
cline recovered
DUBUQUE, Oct AT meeting Of the
stockholders of the suspended Merchants
| National Bank, c. H. Booth was elected
Cashier, vice K. A Babbage, and G. NJ,
| Mitchell, President, vice F. H. Sheffield,
10 settle the bank affairs The Merchants
National Bank of Dubuque is in hquida-
ton. They issued the following order;
1.-The unmatured collections held by this
/ bank belonging to its correspondents will
| be handed to the Commercial National
Bank of Dubuque, to whom all letters per
tanning thereto should be addressed.
(Signedl H c. BooTH, Cashier.
Mr.. Babbage's defalcation is S267, 900,
and Mr. Sheffeld's $4,000.
New YORK, Oct 2.-There was better
feeling in financial circles to-day. Private
advices report an Improvement in some OF
/ the leading cities Of the Union. Some
bankers received kilograms from Cincinnati
and other western cities to stop sending
currency and in a few instances adviees
were received of currency flowing this way,
The railroads yesterday promptly met their
interest and dividends.
The suspension of George Bird Grin
nell & Co, bankers and brokers, is an
nounced. That firm is known as Wander
bilt brokers.
Geo. Bird Grinnell & CO., who failed to-
, day were successors to Geo. B. Grinnell 4
, Co. They were largely interested in Lake
Shore and Western Union stock Then
, creditors have been enjoined and pending
an injunction there is lookup of Al ,00(
shares of Lake Shore Stock for at leas
three months The resumption of the firm
is not certain.
Judge Blatchford, on complaint of Hen
ry Myers, has issued an order citing Geo
Bird Grinnell 4 Co. TO show cause VIII,
: they should not be declared involuntar,
G bankrupts The firm is enjoined from
disposing of its property and creditors en-
Joined from selling securities of the firm
In the case of Simon Kaufman agains
r Jay Cooke 4 Co, in which the plaintiff ap
plies for the removal of Jay Cooke as re
iceiver in charge of certain property, on tn
ground of his being an interested part
o and insolveat, Cookies counsel denied tina
the individual members OF the firm wer
= insolvent. The motion was denied
S The Clearing House Association will tC
e morrow begin the reduction of loan certif
a Gates.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 2-It is probabl
u ers, will be granted an extension. The
y rooose to pay in full with interest, in lie:
st than year.
4, COLUMBUS, Oct. 1.-Two banks in tn
lt city refuse to join in the arrangemen Mt tt
- Clearing House certificates The excit,
~ ment is increasing; meeting of banker
L takes place tonight.
lg LONDON, Oct BY yesterdays steam
o. ers from Liverpool to New FORK, shipmen
he of specie for the latter city amounting
of e244.0O0 were made.
Id DENVER, Col, Oct. 2.-There is il
IS, tense excitement among the settlers al
ne stock men in the Arkansas Valley, sout
at of Pueblo, on account OF depreciation
committed by rowing bands of CheyenI
ee Indians, who have killed several hundrt
US head of cattle The Indians say the viii
I'd men killed the buffalo last winter and /
We them rot on the plains and now they a
I'll going to kill all the cattle of the white
n Thus far no murders are reported, but Il
Indians have visited number of house
G. carrying away blankets and anything ell
ok desired and destroying other propert
an Many families have sought safety in Puet
and the schools have been dismisse
Scouts are going over the country collet
1t, ing men and ammunition and the India
will be severely punished if they can
. overtaken
TOLEDO, Oct 2-It is officially stated
r the new management of the Wabash ro
Isl that the policy Of that road will be one
NE harmony between the interests of the "
a. bash, Canada Southern, Lake Shore a
. New York Central roads; that the Co
pany will not be managed in the exclusi
. interest of any one of its connections.
MEMPHIS, Oct. There were forty-o
interments to-day, twenty-seven from Y
,rd Tdi low fever. The citizens executive CO
be mittee to-day issued the following appe
a To the charitable through the Mayors of the c
Vi OF the United States:
+ The yellow fever is increasing dai
Sickness and death prevails upon ev,
- side. For the sake Of suffering human
! send moneyed relief at once to our {
~ treasury. All our charitable fund are
hausted and private charity is almost
hausted. Memphis has always prom
responded to calls of the distressed in q
TX, er cities. She asks their assistance in
turn to relieve her distresses. The oc
NC sion is so deplorable that we appeal with
lent hesitation. Money is what we need to
,, &C &C nurses, buy food, bury the dead and
led shelter our orphans and helpless. Dir
by telegraph to John johnson, Mayor
tblv the City of Memphis.
ton GALVESTON, Texas, Oct. 2.-The te
etc. of Lampesas was inundated on Satur,
last by q sudden rise in a creek that q,
one through the place. The water was