The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-08-12
gain 2 in the Senate, ,iand Democrats / in

the House.
WASHINGTON, Aug 1.-THE Supervis-
ing inspector of steamboats, viii commence
on Wednesday full investigation into the
burning of the Wawasset, on the Potomac
The number of bodies already recovered is
sixty-seven.
LONG BRANCH, Aug. ll.-President
Grant left for Maine to-day.
New YORK, Aug. lin the cigar
mandatory of Steinhardt Bros, & Schon
lank, 500 Nesey street, this morning, Al
fred Steinhardt. brother of one of the pro
prietors, standing behind Samuel Schon-
lank, shot him, and swallowed the contents
of bottle of poison and shot himself
Schonlank will probably live.
LATER Alfred Steinhardt. who shot
Samuel Schonlank this morning came
from Chicago "a few weeks ago. and was
learning the cigar business. The only
reason Schonlank gives for the shooting is
that he had told Steinhardt to keep away
from his employees, and had discharged
him.
The evening papers report the following
additional; Schonlank is in fair way Of
recovering, but Steinhardt still continues
very low. There is no apparent reason in
the relat ons of the two men for either the
murder or suicide, one man cannot and the
other will not tell anything about it, be
yOnd the bare statement that there are
family matters in the case
In a fit of jealousy, last evening, in
Brooklyn, William Anderson, aged q
stabbed his intended wife, Ann Cunning
ham, aged Is years, seven times, and then
stabbed himself three times. The girl, it
is thought, is fatally wounded
Michael Savage, an old man, fell from
the steps of his residence, in Brooklyn, last
evening and was fatally injured. His wife
was so affected by the occurrence that she
died in a short time.
ALTON, ILL.,, August ll.-Mr. Henry
Schneider, of indianapolis, and his moth
er Mrs. Rosa Schneider, while driving
over railroad crossing, near this city, on
Saturday evening, were run over by IA
freight train and both were instantly killed.
DETROIT, Mich, August II During a
grog-shop alteration on WoOodbridge
street, last evening the proprietor, john
Barker, stabbed Michael McGreevy in the
abdomen several times, and his wounds
are probably fatal
This morning William Spoetter wound up
an Incorporate career by cutting his throat
with razor. He was 63 years old.
JACKSONVILLE, Ill, August l1.-Yes-
terday, at a camp-meeting near Waverly,
in this county, two boys, named BowyeT
and Roach, quarreled, and finally Bowyer
drew knife aud stabbed Roach in three
places. infiicting wounds which are be
Geyed to be mortal
CLEVELAND, o., August IA labore1
named Ben McEwan committed suicide al
Berea, o., last night, by hanging himself
The cause is unknown.
ST. LOUIS, August ll-Michael Gadel-
ske. or Godatzowitz, while walking along
Main street, between Bates street anC
Cass avenue, late last night, was assault
ed by three unknown men with rocks, anC
so badly hurt that he died in a short time
DETROIT Aug, IA horrible case o
muder by poisoning occurred near Owosso
in this State, yesterday. The victim wa,
| a Mrs. nuremberg Her son-in-law
/ Charles Moore, was arrested to-day. HI
contesses having given her arsenic to Obtain
/ possession OF her property.
PEORIA, Aug 1.-THE grand Jury O
I Woodford county has indicted Mrs Work
man for killing Mrs. Hedges, near Enreka
last spring,
/ CHICAGO, Aug. ll.-Eincent Latemer,
was, last night, fatally shot by rufiial
named George X. Ainsworth.
/ CAIRO, Ill, Aug. 1.-Two negroes, on,
of them named Hays, entered the hous
Of colored Ran named Bud Amden, al
engineer of the steamer Cache. yesterda,
morning about l clock, and attacked hin
with a razor and brickbat while in bed
and came very near killing him outright
Bud was cut across the back of the neck
on the jaw and across the face. and on
side of his head was bruised, apparent
with the brickbat. He is almost certai
to die. The party evidently meant mur
der. No arrest has yet been made.
/ COLUMBUS, Aug, lI,-One fatal case G
cholera occurred to-day. The victim die
after eight hours sickness, and was burie
after nine clock tonight