The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-08-09
Arrest of an would-be As
sassin.
Arrest of an Ex-Penitentia-
~ Convict for Burg
larry.
Other Crime. etc., etc.

superintendent reports the finding in
large malt house in this city some ten thou
sand cases Of tea, the cargo Of the ship
Petersburg. which was wrecked off the
Bermudas This tea has been submerged
several months and soaked with salt water
1t Is now proposed to wash and dry this.
mix it with other tea and put it on the
market. The Superintendent adds, i
recommend that this matter
be referred to the proper authorities, to
have this fraud prevented. The Board
of Health has accordingly prohibited the
sale of any deleterious preparation from
which drinks are made.
LONG BRANCH, Aug 8.-The ball for
the benefit Of the Portland sufferers has
been postponed until Wednesday next
Mr.. Dent. having recovered, the President
has decided to visit Maine on Monday
WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 1t is
manifest that the officially published denials
regarding the health OF Nice-President
Wilson are Of a diplomatic character
There Is the best of authority for the state
meut that his physicians contemplate the
application Of a seton in the base of the
the brain as the only possible cure for the
disorder, and 1t is also certain that his most
intimate friends have the gravest appre-
tensions Of the result 1t is stated that
this application has been delayed in order
to permit Mr. Wilson to SO improve his
general health that he may endure this
radical treatment with more safety.
NASHVILLE. Aug. S.-E'ive new cases of
cholera in Chattanooga to-day, three fatal
MEMPHIS, Aug. S-Cholera has again
made its appearance in the northeastern
portion Of this county.
TERRE HAUTE, Aug. S.-One fatal case
of cholera here to-day. The disease has
/ disappeared from Mt. Vernon.
/ Hanbest, lawyer of eccentric and miserly
habits, died here yesterday, leaving an
| estate valued at nearly a million dollars.
lie leaves brother and two sisters His
will left the bulk Of his estate to charitable
institutions, but becomes imperative, hay
ing been made only one week prior to his
death, when the law requires at least one
month.
CHICAGO, Aug S,-Antouia l.. Theley
of Peoria was arraigned before the United
States Commissioners on charge of using
/ government stamps twice. The case was
continued to August Is
The new directory of the city contains
lS3,043 names, the localities of u.
churches, 100 public streets, shows s,
newspapers, and 81 railroad companies
and population Of 465, 40 persons on the
regular basis of computation
| WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-Treasurer Spin
ner has addressed the following letter to
bank cashier in New England
SIR Your letter of the lst inst. wa
received yesterday by the Adams Expres
\ Co. There came enclosed, as therein
stated, two United States legal tende
notes, one of the denomination $500, ant
the other 500. Both these notes are en-
tirely new, having never even been foldet
and are perfectly clean, being withou
spot or speck For some bad purpose
probably fraudulent one, with view +
the raising of other United States notes O
smaller denominations to the status 0
these, more than one tenth of each ha
f been scissored out with clean cut Unde
the old regulations of the treasury depart
ment. that existed for more than ten years
these two notes could have been redeeme
for only nine-tenths of their full value
Sixtydollars would, under the old rules
< have been deducted for mutilations. Thes
q rates.. unfortunately for the government
have been lately modified so that this per
: atty cannot be enforced under this NOR
than generous modification you claim t
nave returned to you new United State
notes OF like denominations, under the GOV
ernment contract at the expense of tn
= United States. The charge to the govern
ment by the express company for thei
l. transportation both ways would be ST.
For the dog days, | consider this reque,
= decidedly cool. First you or your clier
wilfuly multilate clean new notes, an
then ask the government not only to r,
place them with other new unmutilate
d notes, to be in their turn, for ought
n know, multilated and returned with a lii
e request for other new notes, but to pa
/ the expense and run the risk of transpo
! tation both ways. This, to my mind,
pilng it on pretty steep. You not on