The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-29
Accidents, Crime, Fire, etc.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 26.-The steamer with
the prize fighting crew left here this morn
ing, and was captured by Illinois authori
ties and is now tied at the East St Louis
dock. Jack LOoney and other managers
were arrested, but Allen and Hogan were
not aboard
EAST ST. LOUIS. Oct. 2S.-Chambers,
one Of the prize fighter seconds, just es-
capped from the police by jumping out of
the window. The police are in pursuit.
Looney. the other second, says the fight
will 90 on to-day if he can get away. Ho-
gan and Allen are down the river waiting.
A large crowd of desperate roughs are
here, and desperate row is expected.
ST. LOUIS Mo, Oct 2s-Jack Looney,
/ the generalissimo of the prize fight, was
released from arrest this afternoon on
/ bonds to appear in St. Clair county Jan
uary next, and Madison county next Mon
/ day in answer to violation OF the law
against prize fighting. The captain and
mate OF the excursion boat are held hve
! hundred each to appear on Wednesday.
Allen and Hogan returned to the city this
evening and it is said that the fight is post
poned till two weeks from to-day. The
roughs are quarreling about the tiasco and
are fearful of arrest.
CHICAGO. Oct. 2S.-In lively gale this
morning, the roof was blown off the public
school building of the West Side Minol
damages were done.
/ VIM. Clanse died from sheer destitutior
this morning on the North Side in thickly
settled portion Nearly a million dollar.
are in the hands of the relief fund holders
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S-Nearly foul
hundred mechanics and thousand labor
ers were discharged from the navy yard
owing to money being short IN consequence
of summer improvements.
New YORK, Oct. S.-The extensiv,
print works of Garner Il CO., at Llttlt
Falls, Cahoes, Rochester, Pleasant Valley
5 Newburgh and Haverstraw, were stopped
on Saturday and 10000 men are out o
employment The firm paid s50O,OO0
month to its employees and most of the fac
tories in other places have either stoppet
work or reduced the time and wages.
r ALBANY, n. Y, Oct. 2S.-Phelps, tn
defaulting cashier of the State Treasur
Department, was committed to jail in de
fault of Sl5, 900 bail.
e MEMPHIS, Oct. 2S.-The deaths frol
noon yesterday TO noon 10 day were ffteer
: There was a hard freeze this morning, an
. the temperature is still falling. There
e a decrease in the number Of new case
a Mayor johnson resumed his official dutit
this morning.
d MEMPHIS, Oct 2S-The yellow fevt
~ deaths for the past "a hours were IA. Cit
venturers feel that an hour of relief h;
ST come, that the scourge has yielded to ii
l, ice king 1t has been a cold day, and I,
1t night ice is forming in the cutters,
le MARSHALL, Texas, Oct 2S.-The nun
ber of yellow fever deaths since its appea
ance here has been sixty, of which twent
Z two occurred last week There was got
u frost last night. and the ice is an eighth
ne an inch thick. Fifty cases are under trei
of ment Owing TO the cold weather, the
terments are expected to be large to- me-
III row. Five nurses arrived from New Z
IS, leans tonight
he CUMBERLAND, Nd, Oct. 2S.-Llo
at Clary, the editor of the Times, shot yestt
day by John NJ Risly, died last nigl
80 Risly was arrested. The shooting gr,
&C out of an editorial reflection on Risl,
us father, who is clerk of the court
nd WILLLAMsPoRT, Pa, Oct. 2S.-Jo
We Mclaughlin was found dead in the 70
TN yesterday with his breast and throat N;
IN gled by charge Of shot His cousin, W
whom he was on bad terms, is supposed
lg- be the murderer
,cA T PHILADELPHIA, Oct 28.-During
I'LL trial this morning of James Kingswell
the murder of Francis Malone, while
an,,rcol fnr tba aao,,caJ mas aJJ JraoS,,sy
,e' jury, son Of the deceased made an att;
with a dagger on the accused. The b
. was turned aside by an officer and the
lp sailant, with another, who abetted, W
- arrested, when the trial proceeded.
.;es a;es New YORK, Oct 2S.-John Donal
and and and Michael Tailor died to day, from
it. is effect of drinking a lotion they mistook
1ed ID cherry wine,
Josiah Warren was committed to-
- for fatally stabbing Ellen Staples mate
@ the ship Ellen Myor, on q voyage fl
D Queenstown.
Charles Broadman, an Adams exp
messenger, was killed this evening By
lass collision with street car.
- George II. Harris, of Chicago, was 70
will dead in his room at the Libby House
evening.
Two weeks ago a box containing a o.
cs tity of bonds belonging to John Seeb
min was stolen from the Long Island Saw
8 by Bank, Brooklyn On Saturday Seel
ve1T gSe received letter, asking if he would
am $500 for the return OF the bonds
Abijah Richardson, messenger for
I great railroad bond forgers, has been
rested on a charge Of swindling the Flu
n ton Cigar Company, of Joliet, out of |
FA 000
'-''''~ CiNcrNNATI, Oct. 23.-Four barges, i
with 10000 bushels of coal, sunk
evening by striking pier of the rail
~ bridge. Loss $4,000.
! A Fort Wayne dispatch saws it has
discovered that the bond Of j, r. Brou
Treasurer in that city, who is accuse
embezzlement, is worthless, the sigma,
~ of the bondsmen having been cut from
f0y bond. His predecessor attached his
without being before discovered.
.' SPRINGFIELD, I'll, Oct. "a nul
fresn- of lists have been published or
xstore groups" OF railroads formed by the /
of railroad and Aar5hausa n ,on,iss,