The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-08-22

on the Marietta road collided with the
freight train. killing three train men and
wrecking both engin:s W W. PEABODY.
Superintendent, telegraphs that the coils
ion was due TO the watch of the conductor
of the freight train being Is minutes slow
He says the conductor and engineer ran
away as soon as the accident occurred, but
Conductor Puet was captured and a war
rant mas been issued for Engineer Smith
both of whom will be prosecuted for mnr
der
LOUISVILLE, Aug 2I.-Mary Ann
Burns has commenced suit in the Scott
county Circuit Court against Ben Osborne.
a white man, for the killing Of her husband.
LAYING her damages at $1,000.
FoRT ScoTr, Aug. 2I.-At Les Cygne,
last night, Kelley was lynched by the infu
rated people Gen. c. Blair vainly att
empted to save the doomed man
New ORLEANS, Aug. Q. John Yeager
residing on the corner of Clayborne aud
Sixth streets, upon returning home from
his carpenter work, found his wife, Gather
inc eager. aged y, lying dead in the yard
with buckshot wounds in her breast and
left arm. NJ clue to the assassin.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. Disclosures
made by the police department to-day re
veal sad state off affairs at the city
morgue. The body of Thomas Munce. il
wealthy farmer of Washington county
who left his home in the early part Of July
last. has been found picked III the disscct-
ing room of the University. 1t had been
sold to the college by some one connected
with the morgue. The family of the dead
were in the city to-day and identified the
body The discovery was made by tindina
the watch of the deceased in a pawn
brokers office. where it had been pawned
by one McEwen, who was driver Of the
coroners wagon. Munce was found
drowned on the morning Of July Sd, and
McEwen removed the body to the morgue
on the same day On the 9TH it found its
way into the college. McEwen has been
arrested.
RACINE Wis, Aug, 21-A fire at
/ Waterford in this county, early yesterday
morning. destroyed Meages' brick store.
occupied by Heg Il Christoansens shop,
Harder's carriage shop, and Hottenbaker :
/ blacksmith and wagon shops. Loss est
mated at $4,000.
! DETROIT, Aug. 21.-Grcat fires are rag
ing in the woods of lasco county, Mich.
near the village of East Tawas and Tawas
City The latter place is in some danger
EAU CLAIRE Wis, Aug. 20-Hcn
Philetus Sawyer arrived on yesterday even
ing. and has been closely watched by hi,
relatives He accompanied his son to tht
store OF yesterday, who, engaged IN wait
ing on customer. missed him Searci
was Immediately instituted, and he wa
found few moments later in the cellar
with eight gashes in his throat, dead.
Hon Phietus Sawyer, was a citizen O
Oshkosh, Wis, where he resided for ?
years. He was engaged in the lunberin.
business where he amassed large fortune
He was born at Whiting, VT, Sept. -
1916. He received common school edu
cation, and in the year lS+7 removed t
Wisconsin. He was elected a member @
the Wisconsin Legislature in 1877, an
again in 1861 During the wears 1868 an,
1864 he served as Mayor Of Oshkosh Fl
was chosen representative from the tittI
district Of Wisconsin, in the thirty ninth
t0rtieth forty-frst. and forty second Con
crosses. The appoTtlonment based 0n th
census Of 1870 placed his county in tn
Sixth district, from which he was eIecte
to the torty-third Congress. receiving IS.
S03 to II. 35S for Lindsey, Liberal Ecpuf
Hcan. Mr.. Sawyer was chairman tn
committee on public expenditures IA tn
I forty second Congress. and stood second o.
the cummJtle on commerce.
, JACKSONVILLE. ILL.,. August pa gil
aged about I3, III the employ OF j. G. Il
, Lanning, Of Petersburg, was buried {
death on Tuesday afternoon by al expl,
! sion of kerosene, which occurred willie sh
/ was attempting to kindle u fire with som
{ of that Iuhammable matter.