The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-05-20
Appointments in N. Y. City.
The Congressional Excur.
sion through the South.
The Will OF Oakes Ames.
Accidents, Fires, Grimes,
Etc, Etc.

GIs q uulctdl CONVENTION loE tnlS circuit
met at Olney on the l7th Full delega-
tiOns were present from all the counties
The convention, when organized, found
that drunken mob had gathered in the
hall, which tried for nearly an hour to
to break it up, resOrGng to all the tactics
known to roughs. They then tried to in
duce the convention to adjourn without
making a nominations but failed in this.
The convention then proceeded regularly
to business and nominated Hon j. c. Al
len by acclamation The mob was in the
interest Of Judge Decius, and was the most
disgraceful exhibition ever witnessed in
this section. Thecandidates now for Judge
are Decius, who is the nominee of the split
Democratic convention, and Hon j. c.
Allen, the peoples nominee There is
hardly doubt of Aliens triumphant
election.
NEW York, May 19-Olver Charlick,
President of the Long Island Railroad
Company, Hugh Gardner, Abram Duryea
and John r. Russell, are the nominations
for police commissioners sent to the Board
of Aldermen by Mayor Havemeyer.
Gerrit Smith has given one thousand
dollars for the reGet of Cubans who for
cumstances. but are now destitute because
Of the revolution in Cuba.
In an interview to-day with j. Suther-
land, restaurateur, he stated that about a
year ago Gen. FanBuren called on him
and offered him good site IN the Vienna
Exposition building, to open a first-class
American restaurant. and told him he could
make enormous profits, adding. We will
expect, of course. that you will do some
! thing for US in return for giving you such
a good site. Sutherland answered that
he could not accept the proposition.
Work IS suspended on the public parks
i'll consequence Of the failure Of the legisla-
tCre to appropriate necessary money to
keep laborers busy. Over seven hundred
men rre thus thrown out Of employment
Seven thousand eight hundred and fifty
two Immigrants landed at Castle t4arden
to-day
Tammany has elected Abram ;. Hewitt
as Grand Sachem
SAN FRANCISCO, May lq.-The family
Of an officer Just arrived from Arizona say
that 2OO Apaenes fed from Cape Verde
reservation and have gone on the war
path again, No latter news from the Lava
Bed
The Supreme Court has affirmed the
Judgment against Chas. A Russell, con-
vieted of the murder of Jas. Crott,ry, in
this city
No courier from the Lava Beds or Yre-
ka to-day
MARSHALL Texas, May lq.-The Texas
Pacific will commence track laying from
Jefferson towards Marshall tomorrow.
On the Southern, to Dickinson, track is
/ being laid at the rate of two miles per day.
They expect to have the line complete to
Lillors by the first Of July
DALLAS, Texas, May l9.-The congress
ional excursion arrived here at hall past
three o clock. 1t was received by the
Mayor and committee of reception and ar
rangements. The gentlemen of the party
were escorted to the Odd Fellows Hall,
where Mayor Long introduced Capt. d. J
Adams, who extended most cordial vel
come to the excursionists and gave the
members very interesting and valuable
statistics concerning Dallas and the sur
rounding country Hon. Ed. Grassland, OF
Kentucky, replied to Capt Adams in a
brlet but eloquent speech, in which he
heartily thanked the citizens of Dallas for
their warm reception Refreshments were
then served and general good time en-
sued. The party was then distributed
among the hotels for dinner, after which
they boarded the train, and we are now
speeding away for Corsicana.
| Boston, May l9.-The will of Oakes
Ames was admitted to probate on Satur-
day The witnesses are Moses Dillon, n.
q. Ordway, ,and Philteas Sawyer. The be-
quests are as follows To his wife, Eveline
o. Ames, $l00,0 ,00O all the household fur
niture, horses and carriages, and use OF
his dwelling house during her lifetime. To
his daughter, Susan Z. French, s., 600 a
year during her life. To each grandson
now, or hereafter to be, born, $25, 900. To
each granddaughter, $4,000 To his son.
| Frank NJ. Ames, all his interest in the
kinsley Iron and Machine Company, and
in the houses, lands and buildings bought
or received from the estate of Lyman
kinsley, in Canton. To his sons, Oakes
| A. and Oliver Ames, all of his real estate
in Easton, Canton, Braintree and West
Bridgewater with all the machinery, tools
| and fixtures pertaining to or that are il
any way connected with the shovel bus.
mess. An income of $4,000 from sever
per cent Il, r. bonds is to be used for the
support of schools in district No. il
| North Easton. All the remainder is to be
divided among his sons, Oakes A. Oliver
and Frank NJ Ames. Cakes A. and OH.
yer Ames, his sons, are appointed execu
| tors.
| WASHINGTON, May l9-The Court o.
Claims to day rendered judgment for somt
| $500 in favor of retired Major General Ell
Long, as communication for fuel and quar-
ters while he was serving as professor o.
military science at the Indiana State Uni
verslty, under detail of the War Depart
ment. The decision of this test case es
tapilshes the principle that retired officers
as;s assigned e, to such duty, are entitled to re
eelyge tuil pay and the emoluments of theil
rank
Baron Schloezer, German Minister, re
sponded, tonight, at Nav festival of m,
Schutzen-p erein, to the toast-s'fierman,
the land of our birth NAV onr aat;an.
as German Americans ever prove worth worth,
her great renown, and may her latest ST r.. r.;
umphs not be her last
PITTSBURGH May l9.-Hon. Ezek;al n
Cox, father, of Hon S. s. Cox, died at hi
residence in GAINESVILLE, Ohio, yesterday
after protracted illness. Mr.. Cox, for
number of years edited the GAINESVILLE Ga