The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-02
The Chicago Races.
The Walworth Trial.
Accidents, Fires, Crimes.
Etc, Etc.

the city CO-uaN were o from Otntr ulS- :
eases, :. Weather favorable No new
cases reported for to-day
CINCINNATI, July There was a large
attendance at the funeral of Jesse R.
Grant, at the Union Methodist Church, in
COvington Ky, to-day Large numbers
accompanied the corpse to the grave at
Spring Grove Cemetery. Rev. J. Schlod-
wich preached the funeral sermon. Pres
ident Grant Orville Grant, and Mrs. Kra-
mer were present.
CINCINNATI, July There were seven
deaths from cholera to-day.
Mayor johnson is nearly we'll
Gen. L. F. York, of this city, died sud
denly at the St Nicholas this forenoon.
ST. Louis, July 1.-The City Council,
tonight, after long debate, passed an or
dinance declaring the track Of the Atlantic /
4 Pacific Railroad, from the eSeventh-street /
depot to the river, nuisance, and ordered /
it to be taken up
In the case of the Government VS.: Bar
ton Able, former internal revenue collector
of this district, for S52, 900 alleged deh- /
cheney in his account, the United States
District Attorney of the District Court has !
entered Judgment for S34,6 in favor OF /
the Government.
Only one case of cholera was reported |
to-day.
NFw ORLEANS, July IA private dis
patch from the Bay of St. Louis states that
a duel was fought near Montgomery Sta
ton this A. NJ, between eX-Judge W M Ii.
Cooley and r. b Rhett Jr. of the Plea
yune in which Cooley was killed at the
second shot The difficulty grew out of an
article published in the Picayune, headed
Hawkins vs. Picayupe, and a reply from
/ Judge Cooley, published in the Times. Of
/ the 7th. Col Rhett was not touched 1t
is understood that Rhett was the challeng-
ing party. They fought with double-bar-
relied shot guns, loaded with ball distance
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MONTGOMERY STATION, Miss, July l.
The parties TO the Cooley duel ar
rived at this place on the same train at 10
O'Clock this morning. Mr.. Rhett was ac-
companied by Messrs Chas Roman and
DR.. Drums and Judge Cooley was attended
by Col Geo. W. Carter and Major McRae-
selph The weapons were double barreled
shot guns, one barrel being loaded. Dis
tance forty yards, The ground was
promptly secured, distance measured and
parties placed in position. At the first fire
Rhetts shot ranged high. Cooley to the
fright; Cooley delivered his fire first At
the second fire both fired simultaneously
and Cooley fell mortally wounded bya shot
entering his left side and passing appar-
entity through his heart He expired in
six minutes without apparent suffering,
only speaking the words to DIR. Holiday,
Il. am shot through the breast The
gentlemen engaged in the affair arranged
the usual civili.ies after the affair and sep
arated with expressions of mutual respect
and consideration.
HARTFORD, Conn, July 4-The House
of Representative Of this State contains q
Democratic majority, and to-day adopted
the following:
WHEREAS, The action of the last Con
gress, increasing the compensation Of its
members and other officers of the Govern,
e ment. was wholly unnecessary and uncall-
editor by the people; therefore,
q Res0loed, That our Senators in Congress;
= be instructed and Representatives request
ed to zealously use all honorable means tt
= procure the repeal of said act at the ear
@ liest practicable moment.
\ WHEREAS, The last Congress Of thu
United States by voting retroactive sala
e ries to its members, has inaugurated ;
- dangerous precedent, subversive Of sOunC
h political morality; be 1t
= Res0IUed, By this Assembly, that we ut
terly condemn and repudiate such prece
n dent, and denounce the authors and abet
tors of such legislation.
CHICAGO, July 1.-The races commenc
ed at Dexter Park this morning with
large attendance The Gardner Hous
stake was walkaway for Motto Th
L Grand Pacific stake was won by Latitud
in I:54.
CHICAGO, July 1-At the races this af
Z ternoon, Albert won the $4,000 purse
oI Fred, Hooper the $4,000 purse and Cap
Race the 5000 purse. The attendanc
G. was quite large, Notwithstanding the rair
= New YORK July 1.-The Walwort
- = trial was continued this A. NJ DR.. j. I
=, :, Gray, of the Utica lunatic asylum testife
z to the nature of epilepsy in said acts con
70 mitted by the prisoner, as declared by tn
~ witness, and showed his case to be one {
y marked epilepsy. His opinion was base
of entirely on the truth of facts stated.
m ns In the Walworth trial, the evidenc
10 closed and OConor commenced summin
/ up for the defence, consuming the rest
the day
Carl Vogt has been remanded to th
!, custody of the Z. S. Marshal for extrad
IN ton to Belgium on the charge of murdel
!" Judge Blatchford having dismissed th
- writs for review of proceedings before [ nj
n ed States Commissioner.
B David Murphy, convicted June 9th, I:
3 of the murder of David Barry, and sci
8 fenced to be hanged in August of the san
year, will be Ie-sentenced to-day.
= LONDON, July IA special from MAJ
rid says the present Spanish Ministry
regarded as satisfactory by all partiese
Since the fall of Khiva, government
Russia has renewed its assurance that i
troops will retire from the counGy whe
| the Khan has been sufficiently punisht
for his treatment of Russian subjects.
The Shah visited the Bank of EnglaI
"A last evening An immense crowd gat
~ cred IN front OF the Bank and loud
cheered.
on. LONDON, July lit became known t
n day that the German government has i
m vested 100000 600 in United States bond
Il principally of five per cent funded loan
The Birmingham and Welverhampt'
+ journals express alarm at the decrease
t orders for hardware from America, and
: the remarkable development of the tra'
in the United States, whose manufactur