The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-03-22
Another Hanging sac This
time in Boston.
English Enigrants to Bra
zil Disguised and going
home.


New YORK. March 21-About 1880 .
to-day fire broke out in the ferry house
of the Erie railroad at the foot of PavOnia I
avenue. Jersey City. All the vessels in
the vicinity were removed out of reach OF
danger. The fire was got under control
about half past two The depot for west
ward bound freight was saved and all
books and papers of the company were
saved. The freight burned consisted Of
| 900 bales of cotton 200 hogsheads Of to
bacco and some oil cake. The loss will
not exceed half million Of dollars.
/ GALyA. Ill, March 2l-A fire here
this morning destroyed the grain elevator
OF F. Field, together with several thous-
and bushels Of grain. Total loss, about
50, 300; insurance on building, $4,000.
ALEXANDRIA, Pa, March 2I-A por-
ton OF the building Of the Orange Rail-
road Companys shop was burned last
night. Loss $4,000.
/ B0sToN, March 2l-The case Of VIM.
0. Glover. convicted more than a year
since Of being an accessory in the robbery
of the Bovleston Bank, is decided, the Su-
preme Court having overruled the excep-
ton. Glover will be sentenced to-day.
james McElheny, who murdered his
wife, was executed at Suffolk jail here at
twelve minutes past eleven clock this
morning About 400 spectators were
present. The prisoner walked firmly to
the scaffold. He left $4,000 worth OF
property to his child.
e The Grand Jury have indicted John
f Savage. .Jr.. late cashier Of the Lechmere
= national bank, for embezZling Sl4,0oO Of
! its funds.
2 New ORLEANS, March 2l-A brief let
e ter signed by John McEnery, Goxernor O
= Louisiana, advises the organization of taz
y resisting associations throughout the State
=, Chicago. March 2l.-The Daily Com
I mercial Bulletin gives the number OF cat
: tie packed here this season as Is, 155, ant
= Of hogs. ,42j.07q. j he number Of bar
II rels of pork made was l02, $50; lard, loo,
4 054 tierces
Il At an early hour this morning maske
man entered brothel on South Conkli
street and robbed the inmates OF money
watches and iewely valued at 8, 900
= New YORK. March 2l.-The steamshi
- Merrimac. which arrived from Brazil YES
d terday, brought thirty-fve EnghshmeI
AZ members of party Of three hundred VIII
n left England for that country in Novembt
70 pretended to be the Brazilian Colonizatio
Of Society The whole party suffered heavll,
r as they were victims Of deception. Mar
no died Of starvation and others were unab
ns to leave for want of means
n Chas. Goodrich, brother Of Hon. ". v
no Goodrich. was found this morning in Il
in basement Of one Of a row of handson
brown stone dwellings, which he had ju
NJ erected near Fifth Avenue, Brookly
a. with pistol shot wound through his he;
,Iv and a deep wound over his right ey
in leaving but very little doubt that he m
RI his death at the hands of some burgla
m The deceased was widower, 42 years
Of age, and was a man of considerable meal
ID Daniel Hickey is charged with causi
the death of his wife by throwing her O
x of the window of their residence. lie sa
his wife leaped from the window and
endeavored to restrain her
err VIM. killett, of Brooklyn, while acco
OF panying an elderly lady to her home
ou, Newark last evening was attacked by thu
nd n& men and probably fatally stabbed.