The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-08-05
The Prize Fighters.

LONG BRANCH, Aug. President.
Grant left for Washington tonight
Mr.. Dent, father of Mrs Grant. is lit |
tie better, but is not considered out of dan |
ger
PEORIA. Aug. 4-0ne hundred and fifty /
Russian emigrants passed through this A. /
NJ, for Omaha-the advance guard of TO- |
600 Mennonities To come.
George w. Sheldon, a brakeman on the /
Toledo, Peoria and Wabash Railway, was
arrested last night, charged with decOying
a woman whom he found at the depot. into
house of ill-fame His trial takes place
TODAY
MADISON, Wis, August. Sunday
passed very quietly here, on account of
the liquor saloons being closed, or not sell
ling liquor, in acco rdance with Mayor
Chaplain order Large numbers, howev-
er, visited the Schuetzen Park, in Bloom
ing Grove, where beer flowed like water.
But one complaint was made this morning
that against Frank Schmitz, for selling
beer.
CHICAGO, Aug 4.-The contractor for
expended 5000, 600 for machinery, aud will
commence work with 600 stone cutters.
The liabilities of T. B. Gardner, who
suspended on Saturday, are between eight
and nine hundred Thousand dollars.
Among the assets is the Gardner House.
ST. Louis. Aug. 4.-The Texas cattle
! fever which has been prevailing in Dekalb,
/ Davis, Nodaway and other counties in the
northwest of Missouri for two weeks past,
! has carried off several thousand head and
/ is still raging In Nodaway county alone
/ the loss already amounts to over $4,000.
| ST. Louis. Aug. John C. Wright, u
well-known druggist, was found dead in
| his bed at the St Charles Hotel this 4. NJ.
OMAHA, Aug 1.-THE break reported
on the Mountain division of the Union
| Pacific Railroad has been fully repaired
| The storm was reported as fearful one,
Of rain, sleet, and hail combined Th e
hail in some places is piled up two feet
Reports from Ononwa. Monona county,
Iowa, and points in the eastern part OF this
State say that grasshoppers descended
about noon on Saturday and have almost
entirely destroyed the corn and oats Pros
poets Of light crop. Wheat is out of
all danger
! NEW ORLEANS, Aug A San Antonio
| special reports a threatened riot, growing
out Of a severe chastisement given TO ne
gro soldier by Capt Tobin, whose daughter
the negro had insulted The officer com
mandlng the negro troops sent word 10 the
city officials that they could not control
their men The citizens Immediately
turned out in force, and the military au-
thOrities ordered the negro soldiers out OF
town, and by their influence quiet was re-
stored.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 4-The election in
this city passed off very quietly. The
Democrats elected the Legislature from
all districts Reports from the State al
large indicate that Jas W Tate was elect
ed State Treasurer by an overwhelming
majority, over Mackee, Independent.
| INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 4-The new court
house and Jail at Richmond, Ind. being
completed. the Commissioners of Wayne
county, at Centerville, the old county seat
this morning ordered the removal of the
records to the former place The wagons
from Richmond were being loaded in the
, court house yard, when the citizens Of
Centerville fastened the gates, sent fol
Judge johnson, of Cambridge, and got
temporary restraining order In the mean
time bells were rung, cannon fired, and the
whole community in the vicinity of Center
vile gathered at the court house. The
widest excitement prevailed for time, and
the wagons were finally unloaded and re
turned to Richmond empty and the excite
ment quieted down
TOLEDO Aug. 4.-The fast train, just in
%aI kI,o -. L
Western railroad made its first trip las
night, arriving here from St. Louis this A
NJ, in the unprecedented time of l3h, 81
m, including the time occupied in making
the western connections at Hannibal Mo.
Quincy, ILL.,, and keokuk, Iowa Its tim,
between the Mississippi river to New Y orl
by this train is IS hours
!? CINCINNATI, Aug, 4.-From 1900 t.
{ 1000 people assembled at Wood Theatr,
tonight, and indorsed the Columbus llat
. form, calling themselves the Hopeless
p Party Addresses were made by VIM
Ramsey, Hon. Geo. E. Pugh and Judg
e Collins. Letters of sympathy were rea,
-, from ex-Secretary Cox and Judge Stallo
: WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Lieut. Col
Braekett reports from Camp Starbargh
W T., that the Indians made an attack o.
= settlement near old Camp Brown on tn
2Sth of July, ard killed Miss Hallarst
; Lieut.. Whalen, with company B, Secont
Cavalry, has gone in pursuit.
+ Yesterday afternoon some vandal enter
ed old Christ Church, Alexandria, famou
1 as the place where Washington worshipped
\ \ and turned the furniture upside down, de
Il stroyed all the music, saturated cushion
and prayer books with oil, removed silve
= plate from Washington pew, besides com
mlttlng many other depredations.
All claims presented to the Souther
CLAIMS Commission sitting at Washingto
], nave now been numbered and registered
ana Their number is found to be 22,295
1. and the aggregate amount claimed to b
something In excess of S56.000,0O0
WHKEsBARRE Pa, Aug. Am ez
a. ploslon occurred in the Diamond Mines {
the Wilkesbarre Coal and Iron Company
this morning, by which two men wer
killed and twoinjured.
y SAN Francisco, Aug. 4.-The tots
loss by the Portland confagration
81, ,l5S,6T5; insurance S2,23l. 1t is pr,
posed to rebuild Immediately, and wide
I the streets. to prevent the spread of fire
- in the future
Hon Ben Ha1Iadav mr. ,posas IN ass;,