The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-06-30

guarantee that the persecution should
cease? 1t was a duty she owed herself
she said, not to put them in possession of
what she knew of it, unless she was con-
vinced that they were acting in good faith
She continued at some length, speaking of
conversations with Mr. Beecher and Mr..
Tilton, telling Mr. Bowen Of the latter
gentleman's repeated threats that he
would use up Mr. Beecher and Mr. Bowen.
Mr.. Bowen, who had listened patiently
to Mrs. Woodruff, said that he regretted |
that she thought he was not acting in good
faith. He and Mr. ClaAin were both
friendly to her. He had come from his |
country seat in Woodstock, Conn, ex-
pressly TO see her, and hoped that she |
would favor him with what facts she had !
to supplement those in his possession. He |
had wife and two children, and trusted |
that he would not 90 to his grave with blot |
upon his name 1t had long been his de- /
sire to have the scandal made clear to all |
and ne assured her that, should she favor |
him with what she knew, he and Others |
would try and have the persecution brought !
TO an end He had arrived at the conclu- |
sion that something must be |
done, and this was his first Step |
1t seemed to him that she was in
possession of facts which he should have, !
and with them his duty would be clear
| He wished her to disabuse her mind of the
thought that he was in a conspiracy to in
/ jure her
| Mrs. Woodruff said that she was to be
! tried to-day on charge Of obscenity,
growing out of her attack on Mr., Beecher,
and should she escape punishment,
which she believed the authorities. with
the strong pressure of Mr. Beecher
friends backing them, where determined to
infiict upon her she would then tell all
she knew, and convince them by documen-
tary evidence that what she had already
said about Mr. Beecher was true
! Mr.. Claflin said that he came in the in
terests of Ny Bowen, and with him trust
ed that the whole thing might be made
clear,
A long consultation followed, il which
all took part Mr. Bowen, in speaking
OF the covenant signed by himself Mr.
Beecher, and Mr. Tilton, and which was
recently made public, said that the publi--
cation undoubtedly had had very DANA
gng effect upon himself Mrs Woodruff
emphatically declined TO give up the docu-
mentary evidence until the termination Of
the trial Her counsel agreed with her
that She did right,
1t was understood that one or two other
prominent citizens Of Brookhn would take
part in the discussion, but they did not at
tend.
WASHINGTON, d. c., June IS. 1t turns
out that the certificates Of Indebtedness OF
, this District which have been fraudulently
obtained by sharpers from a printing es-
adjustment, were not engraved as custom
ary, which Is essential to security against
fraud in the usual way, but were printed
from common type, the legitimate authorl-
ties relying upon the signatures to be ap-
> pended. These sharpers presented 10 the
printers what purported TO be an order
from the Governor Of the District for twC
books Of blank certificates. receiving which
they also carried away the order. Thest
: certificates. being blank, can be filed up Il
/ any amount As yet the detectives have
been unable to overtake the perpetrator
I Of this sharp practice.
e MoNDoTA, H., June Passengers OF
!, the southwark bound train on the IIlinoi
Central Railroad. that arrived here las
evening at clock state that when thei
:. train was about four miles south of Free
= port.the locomotive Of the train struck tw
., cedar rails that had been purposely place
), ON the track. with the evident intenti G
" throwing off the train down an embauk
ment close by The rail was pushed il
!, front Of the locomotive about twenty rod,
= when the train was stopped.
:: The eastward bound passenger trail
: from Mendoza, on the Chicago, Burlingto
= x Quincy Railroad, ran into pile G
= stones about half past clock this morn
/. ing, near Meridian, that had been gathere
from a culveru close by and heaped u
- with view TO injuring the train, Tn
\ locom0tiue was not injured, and the trai
y, was not seriously DELAYED but the west
= ward bound train ran into another pile O
: stones a short distance further east. tC
= ward Earlville, on the double track, whicl
y resultedin the entire dissblement Of the Ell
y CINE and a delay Of two hours tothe trail
I Fortunately, in all these cases, the train
= were not thrown from the track, and n
=, one was seriously injured
= There seems to be an organized move
ment on the part of some desperate villain
% to work murder and destruction upon th
:, railroads in this section Various surmii
=. e are afoat as to the cause Of these dis
~ bolical acts Some even 90 sofar as to at
- tribute this scOUn1Telism u the farmer,
- movement. We feel sure. however, thS
~ farmers would lend no sanction to such
81 crime 1t Is more likely that the railroad
- would hire some scoundrel to do the job
- order to lay it n the farmers
he CINCINNATI Juue 2s.-Fourteen deatl
" from cholera to-day, including that of d
,r- C. F. Diyan.
iu NASHVILLE, June 2s.--Eight deatl
en- from cholera to-day-four white and fol
at colored. Scarcely any more new cases al
reported
Parsons, Kas., June 2S.-The whe
G. crop Is nearly all harvested in this part
a Kansas, and is saved in good order L
'ds bette county alone will raise half milli(
: bushels Of wheat this year against thr
Z. hundred thousand last year
tn LASALLE, June 2S.-The earliest staI
re of corn on the prairie farms south Of II
a. city was badly Frustrated by the win
II storm OF yesterday, and cultiyating will
d difficult IN consequence.
an BALTIMORE, June 2S.-In the crimin
'at court this forenoon James West, colore
81. was convicted Of the murder of Anna Gi
ba son, and Lew Palmer, colored, Of rape
He a white girl and sentenced to be hanged,
no COLUMBUS, June 2S.-David Webb, pa
of senger agent Of the Baltimore 4 Ohio ra
ain road at this point, and Mr. Houseman, ,pU
lrv chased a large quantity Of fireworks
lry the 4th OF July and while taking them
ION to the country in hack lighted Gig
ler fell into the package, exploding the who
ers lot blowing the carriage top off and thro
rs ing Webb into ditch. He was SO bad
led burned that he died this noon in gre