The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-09-18
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Disastrous Fire in Chicago.
It takes from a spark from
a Locomotive.
"a Buildings and half a mil
lion of property destroyed.
A Balloonist on his travels.
Yellow Jack and Cholera.
DR.. Livingston Found again
The President going to visit
Washington for two
whole days.
The Farmers Movement in
Tennessee.
Another Lecherous Parson
More Railroad and Steam
boat Murders.
Accidents, Fires, Suicides.
Et%n Etc
The Farmers Movement in
Tennessee.
Another Lecherous Parson
More Railroad and Steam.
boat Murders.
Accidents, Fires, Suicides.
Etc. Etc.


this afternoon, fire broke out in large
wooden shed on Newberry Avenue near
Sixteenth street, used by the Burlington
Northwestern railroads for the storage Of
hay. The flames caught from locomo-
tive spark, and the structure was soon in
ruins. Famed by stiff breeze from the
southwest, the flames extended to the
buildings on Halsted street. The entire
fire department was called out and the
widest excitement prevailed The dry
goods houses of Field, Letter 4 Co. and
John V. Farwell 4 Co sent their trucks
to the aid of those whose homes were i'm
perilled The fire was got under control
about P. NJ, having burned sixty -four
wooden buildings, the estimated loss being
a quarter of million. The burned dis
trict is bounded by Mitchell street on the
north, the Burlington track on the SOUTH
Halsted street on the west, and Newberry
avenue on the east.
BUFFALO, Sept. l7.-Prof King, after
landing his editorial passengers at Horribly
Steuben county, started alone in his bal
loon Buffalo at two o'clock this after
noon on southeasterly course for as long
an inland trip as possible for him TO make
WHITING PoINT, Sept 1.-THE balloon
Buffalo, passed over this place at four
O'Clock this afternoon. A paper from the
balloon indorsed Prof King, Buffalo, -
dropped on the fair grounds
New YORK, Sept 1.-The balloon
Buffalo, which left Buffalo yesterday
passed. over Brooklyn this morning early.
MEMPHIS, Sept 1.-THE Board of
Health report II deaths to-day 9 from
yellow fever The Howard Association is
Masons are also organizing relief COM
mittee. The fever is not believed to be
spreading, and hardly any deaths occur
among persons properly treated.
New ORLEANS, Sept IA Shreve
port despatch says the number of new
cases of yellow fever to-day is less than fol
the several preceding days, and the mum
ber of interments fell from 80 yesterday
| to % to-day. 1t is not thought, however
| that there is any abatement, but that tht
material for the fever to work on is con
siderably diminished
WASHINGTON, Sept. ia dispatcl
/ from the senior commanding officer at Key
West to the navy department, reports
| that all the cases of yellow fever on th,
Pawnee, some half dozen in number, ar,
doing well. Only one other death, thai
that of Lieut. Commander Mitchell has
taken place, and that of the paymaster
secretary of the Pawnee, who died Oh
shore. There were no cases of fever il
Key West, and the officers and crew of tn,
Saugus were in excellent health.
New YORK, Sept. lT.-Members of thu
cotton exchange forwarded one THOUSAND
dollars to Shreveport to-day The golt
and stock exchanges are raising funds 70
the same purpose.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. l7.-Four thou
sand dollars in aid of the Shreveport suf
ferers were to-day subscribed at publ
meeting.
PARIS, Sept. 1.-THE number of death
from cholera in this city from the 9th t
the l4th inst. is officially reported to b
12l
Mr.. Stone, the English traveller, has ar
rived here from Central Africa. He re
ports that he met Dr. Livingston last June
and parted from him on the first of July
at which time the doctor was in perfec
health.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE Presidep
will probably visit Washington early mex
week, during which time a cabinet meet
ing will be held,
Returns from the cotton crop indicat
an increase in area of ten per cent. an
higher cultivation than in Septembt
last year.
Nashville, Sept. 1.-THE Farmer
| IGonvaption raacoann hla1 Y,i,a Il
and elected W. I'll. jackson, Presiden
General jackson said the tenant syste
would supersede the present plantatic
system, and that the railroads of Il
State, owned and controlled by non-res
dents, had, after the receipt of liber
grants, failed to come up to their full dut
A resolution was adopted commencing II
adoption of the principles of the Patrol
OF Husbandry, as the most efficient meal
OF relieving the farmers of grievances no
2 expressing them, and recommending Il
study OF these principles to the Farmer
of the State.
OMAHA, Sept. 17.-Among the notice
PIE Irelght, going east to-day. were Is c.
loads OF bullion, weighing one hundred al
ten thousand pounds, and three cars
! California salmon.
GRAND HAVEN, Sept. 1.-The Cor
ners inquest Is in session to-day. Fo
bodies are belieyed to be vet unrecovere
1t is now claimed, by persons who kno
that the steamer had been in leaky co
!, dition tor number of days before the q
cident, and it is affirmed that when {
boat was last in this port, which was 81
urday last, she had three feet of water
D her hold.
New YORK, Sept. 1.-THE wife of Re
Mr.. Wiswell, of st. Johns Chapel, Il
I. city, has sued her husband for the port
OF her property, which he has convert