The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-05
Accidents, Murders, Etc.

The dispatches to-day are merely con
armatory of those of last night
Wisconsin has repudiated the Republican i
party.
So has New York
So has Chicago.
So has Peoria.
Massachusetts has cut down the Repub-
lican majority from $4,000 to less than TO-
OO0 Ii
Virginia repudiates Grantism by 10000
Great gains everywhere for the Anti
Monopoly party.
New YORK. Nov, 4.-The investigation
of the affairs of the Central Bank. by the
commit ,e of the clearing house association
shows that the capital of three millions is
impaired to the extent of $4,000. The
deposits are amply secured.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. At is stated
that over three hundred thousand dollars
in the notes of the California 4 Texas Con
struction Co went TO protest to-day. The |
liabilities of the company are reported to
be seven millions, four and half millions
of which are in notes maturing within 90 |
days. The resources are ten and a half /
millions, the first mortgage bonds of the /
road for three hundred miles completed, |
and a thousand acres of land per mile from
the State of Texas, two millions of unpaid |
construction stock and private property of
individual indorsers, which is large.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4-The Comptroller
of the Currency issued a circular to-day
requesting all the national banks to forward
special reports of their condition at the
close of business, Monday, Oct 18th, and
Saturday Nov lst The publication of
these reports is not required and they will
only be used for preparing tables of the ag-
gregate condition of the various banks.
! Treasurer Spinner's report for the fiscal
year shows falling off of customs receipts
of SIS, $50, 764, and internal revenue Sl6,-
9l2, TS6, while the expenditures are largely
in excess of previous years. The Treas
urer tavors legal tender issue convertible
into bonds bearing interest at 3 65-l00 per
cent.
MEMPHIS, Nov. A meeting of citizens
resolved to prosecute ex acting Mayer CT
Gala for fraud in dealing out supplies for
the poor The mortuary report for the
past "a hours, ending at noon, gives 7 yell
low fever deaths and from other causes.
New YORK, Nov As. Gaylord Clark,
former editor of the knickerbocker Maga-
zine, died to-day.
BLOOMINGTON, H.. Nov. 4-On Satur-
day night brakeman of the Chicago K
Alton Railroad was knocked from train
by bridge near Pontiac, receiving injuries
which will necesstate the amputation of a
foot
George Charles, of Danvers, the boss
!; fence builder of the Indiana, Bloomington
, and Western Railroad is in jail here on a
charge of attempting to commit rape on
girl IA years of age.
Thomas Barrett and Jeremiah Shannon,
: accused of the murder of Joseph NJ. Mar
$ lott, of Low Point, Livingston county, ar
rived here for trial, by change of venue,
! yesterday.
, ST. LOUIS, November A dispatch
from Fort Gibson, l. T., says that Choc
r taw Indian, who was a prisoner in the
hands of Deputy Marshals Wilson and
Ayres, shot those gentlemen at the Greek
}, Agency, on Sunday night, mortally wound
d ing the latter He also shot and killed
n Perry Duval, a guard. The murderer was
IS subsequently shot and mortally wounded
ny SICSh IHutdu
e WATERLOO, Iowa, November A ter
- rible accident occurred at Jesup, on Satur
= day night, to Mrs. Jacob Schultz A cat
. purring around on the table, pushed off
- lighted lamp. The scattered oil Instant,
= took fire and Mrs Schultz, in endeavorin.
i to extinguish the flames, was herself set OIL
=, fire and so badly burned that she died tn
same night
Il ROCKFORD, ILL.,, November A pris
,e oner named Byington, under sentence
g the Penitentiary at Joliet for theft, man
ID aged to give Sheriff Peats the slip, and es
Iv capped from the new Jail by concealin
Il himself in bath-clOset, when he was SUI
er posed to be locked up last night
of ALTON ILL.,, November 4.-Last night
man named John Dorsey stabbed a saloo1
keeper named Steiner, in his saloon, il
tiieting a dangerous wound in the breas
OF LEBANON, Pa, Nov. Am attempt vs.
is made last night to burn this city. 1t W,
if fired in different places by incendiarie
who hewever only succeeded in burnir
. two barns. =
ID DETROIT, Nov. 4.-The schooner Alb
hit nian is ashore and scuttled in Waiska Ba
of The schooner Frank Perew, at Fox Islam
be is total loss. The schooner Sunny-Sit
tb is at Sheboygan with her canvas gone.
ng New YORK, November 4-One Botot
lid nj, an Italian, and his wife, who have be,
ce, travelling over the country with perforr
k ing bear, arrived at East Newark, n. J
lck yesterday, on their way to New Yor
ra- where they hoped to lodge the bear duri
at the winter. The husband came to this
Use ty to make arrangements, leaving the al
use NAL muzzled and tied to post on the roa
1t side, away from any habitation, and und
ing the watch of his wife. When he return
T. he found the bear growing 6ercely a
a. holding his wife tightly in its arms. s
l'a was already dead and horribly bruise
= 10 trampled and torn The bear was SUBJ
ng- quently killed
,en QUINCY, ILL.,, Nov. 3.-Five prisont
on confined In the county Jail made desi
mn M rate. effort to escape last night. Th
an made long rope out of blanket, a
ap 'rp when the turnkey entered the corrid
'io oe three OF them attempted to lasso hi
oi while the other two attacked him with
,Io- brick and heavy piece Of wood T
ays turnkey evaded the attack. knocked I
-. of them down with heavy pad lock a
ecu drove the others into their cells. One
the prisoners was SO badly injured that
= is thought he will die. The turn kew. "
had no weapons but the lock, is receiyj
- great praise for his pluck.