The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-30
TELEGRAPHTc.
Mr.. Grant Still Sloshing
Around.
Latest from the IOWA r. R.
Robbers.
Project for a New State.
Chinese Women Sold at
Auction in San Francisco.
Cholera in this Country and
Abroad.
Arms for the Cubans.
Fire in the Iowa peniteu-
tiary.
Encouraging Words from
President Mcmahon.
Another Dishonest Radical
Office Holder.
Fire in the IOWA peniteu-
tiary.
Encouraging Words from
President Mcmahon.
Another Dishonest Radical
Office Holder.
Accidents, Fights, Robber-
les, Murders, Etc.


Grant arrived here this afternoon and was
received with great enthusiasm After a
short stay the President took his departure
for Overlook Mountain House. He will
return here on Friday.
CoCNCL BLUFFS. Iowa. July pa
dispatch to the railway officers yesterday
from Officer Bringolf says that five men
crossed the Missouri River from Clay into
jackson County, by a skiff and swimming
their horses Friday mOrning,26 miles from
Kansas City that he was close after them
with posse of sixty men, and expected to
capture them ut daylight this morning
Further advices have been anXiOusly wait
ed all day, but nothing has been received
DEsMoINEs, Iowa, 29.-Detectiyes just
in from the pursuit of the railway robbers,
report that they are in jackson County,
Mo Their names are jesse and Frank
James, Bill Shepard Cole, Lounger, and
Mccoy They are old and well known of
tenders.
Train men, route, and express agents
on the Rock Island Road have been armed
by the State with breech-loading rifles
KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 2q.-It is re
ported that the Iowa railroad roble.s
crossed the Missouri river some twenty
or thirty miles below here, and are now
at their rendezvous in jackson county Il:
DEsMoINEs, July %. Nothing has been
received here to-day from the railroad rob
bers.
MEMPHIS. July 29.-The convention to
form the new State of Nashoba meets at
jackson, Tenn, to-day
JACKSON, July 2q.-The convention of
delegates interested in the formation Of a
new State, met here to-day Kenneth
Raynor, of Mississippi, was chosen Presi
dent After various speeches, a central
committee of fifteen was appointed, with
power to memorable the State Leeisla-
lures and Congress. The Convention ad-
jOurned till tomorrow morning
SAN FRANCISCO, July 29.-Twenty -twC
Chinese females, brought by steamer yes
terday from Hong Kong, were sold at pub
lie auction to-day at Chinese quarters
Young girls brought as high as four hun
dred and fifty dollors each middle aged
woman from two hundred to one hundred
dollars each.
MEMPHIS July 29.-The Union City
Tenn. Courier of the 18th reports twenty
nine deaths from cholera during the week
i'll that village and its immediate vicinity
LOUISVILLE, July 29.-O'Donnel, a la
borer, died in this city of cholera after tel
hours illness
VIENNA, July 29-In the barracks il
the suburbs Of this city there have been il
| one day as many as two hundred cases o
cholera and thirty deaths. Ravages o
the disease have become so extensive tina
the government has been compelled to or
der removal Of the troops to Bruck,
small town twenty three miles southeast o
| Vienna In this city the number of death
| from cholera is reported at twenty per day
| NEW YORK, July 29-The depression il
the tea trade Tor the past year or two ha
caused the failure of the following firms
Mckenzie 4 CO.. w. H. Gillet 4 Co.
Smith 4 Moves, Chas E. Hill 4 Co, Phil
/ ip Dater Il Co. Mckenzie. one of th
earliest sufferers, has made a settlemen
and resumed business. The other firm
mentioned have either made or are making
settlements with their creditors.
The last of the massive iron plates fo
the East river bridge anchorage was plac
ed in position yesterday.
Up to July oath the total number of i'm
migrants who arrived this year was I79,
$40, which is only between 700 and so
less than figures at the corresponding tim
a year ago.
The notorious ives" Allen, the Sin
Sing convict, refused yesterday to Join
party OF his fellow convicts who were bein
sent TO the Auburn State Prison. He re
treated into his cell and armed himseI
with knife. When the prison authori
ties were about to attack him there, h
pointed to a can of nitro glycerine, whlc
ne had with him in his cell. threatening t
blow up the prison if molested. The off
GERS then rereated.
The cargo of war material which tn
steamer Nirginlus succeeded in landin
on the coast of Cuba Tor the insurger
army comprised the following tiy
hundred Kemingtons, fifty Spencers, on
hundred aud fifty needle guns, two hun
dred thousand cartridges, one ton of gur
powder, two hundred sabres, revolver,
matches, etc., besides large quantity {
medicines, clothing, etc.
LONDON, July 29.-The vessel whic
landed a cargo of Remington rifles at FuI
tarIonaba several times ran the blockade
Southern ports of the United States du
ing the late war.
FORT MADISON, Iowa, July GA fiji
broke out at seven O'Clock in the boilt
shop OF the Iowa penitenhary, and burr
ed the boiler shop, carpenter shop, tri
hammer shop, and partly destroyed tt
dry Kiln. Burlington was telegraphed I
for hire engines at s Is; the engine arrive
at s:45; at 1890 the dry kiln took FIRE, b.
the fire was soon stopped by the engin
Loss to State ten thousand dollars loss
contractors twenty thousand dollars Blu
lington boys worked their engine admir-
bly,. At eleven O'Clock the fire was con
pletely under control. No prisoner escape
All were safely locked in cells on the soui
side No lives were lost.
VERSAILLES, July 29.-In proroguir
the Assembly to-day, MacMahon, alludiI