The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-09-09
An Illinois Boy among the
dead.
Gen. Butler in favor of paw
ing the Rebel debt.
Accidents, Fires, Suicides,
Etc, Etc.

State Committee chose Alexander ii. Bull
lock to preside over the Republican Con
veution, and he has accepted.
William CASTOR has been officially noti-
fed of his nomination as Governor by the
Democratic State Convention, and has ver-
bally accepted
The delegates according TO the journal s
returns, stood at eleven clock tonight as
follows Washburne, $50; Butler, 35S;
doubtful, Al At the meeting in the Sixth
ward, the anti-Butler men were elected by
a large majority after spirited contest.
PORTLAND, Me, Sept. Sixty three
towns give Dingley, 1864; Titcomb,
9,l25; Williams, 4SS, being a majority Of
4, PSI for DINGHY. This indicates amajority
of about $4,000 on vote of about so, 900.
One hundred towns give Dingley 20,432;
Titcomb, Is, GAS; Williams, 663; Repub-
lican majority, $500 This shows ma
jority this year Of probably II 900
SPRINGFIELD. Ill, Sept s. = United
States district Attorney Wilson has been
authorized by the Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue to offer reward of 81, 900 for
the apprehension of John f. Harper, the
defaulting collector of this district.
| CHICAGO, Sept S.-Our dispatches re
port slight frost this morning at Springfield,
Bloomington, Havana, and Pittsfeld, H.,
and Dubuque, Iowa, with but little dam
I age.
/ New BEDFORD, Mass, Sept S-The
schooner Abbie Bradford, at this port from
! Hudsons Bay, reports the loss Of two New
Bedford whalers, and brings home a por-
/ ton of the crew of one of them The par
ticulars are as follow: On the l4th of
September, 1872, the bark Oreiay Taft, at
anchor near Marble Island, Hudson's Bay,
parted her cables and went ashore high
and dry and cannot be got off On the
10th of October following, the bark Ansel
Gibbs went ashore at the same place, and
went to pieces The Oreiay Taft had no
oil, but the Ansel Gibbs had $50 barrels of
whale oil and | 600 pounds Of whalebone,
most of which was lost No men were lost
at the time of the wrecks, but both crews
were obliged to live on the island until the
I'd of August last. From the exposure and
a lack Of proper food, they were attacked
by scurvy The winter was tearfully cold,
being the most severe for number OF
years, so that the natives of the island died
by scores and the wretched crew suffered
exceedingly Ten of the crew of the Ansel
Gibbs and four of the crew of the Oreiay
Taft died. Among the dead of the crew OF
the Ansel Gibbs is Murray D. Mcconnell
of jacksonville, ILL., The crew of the
Oreiay Taft and three of the crew of the
Ansel Gibbs will come home in another
vessel.
LITTLE Rock, Sept S.-Several fugitives
, from Shreveport arrived here this evening
F and reported the yellow fever on the in
crease in that place, and everybody leav
ing hat can get away. Of the three tel
egraphic operators at that place, one i:
down with the fever and another has left
, ST LOUIS, Sept. 8.-The Grand OrdeI
of Druids met here to-day. Two hundred
and thirty-two lodges and sixteen State
) were represented.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. S.-Col. B, r. Tay
: lor, an old Utah miner, just t.returned from
t the vicinity Of Boon Springs and Joslin
S reports great excitement there over tht
e richest discoveries yet made at Corn
= wall diggings. They are taking out pur
and solid nuggets Of lead, weighing from
: four to seven tons, within eight feet OF tn
< surface.
D OMAHA, Sept S.-The law raising salool
keepers license to $500 per year, is meet
keepers are holding meeting
Eighty three cars of stock were shippe,
to Chicagotrom this point to-day.
The cholera appeared at Sioux City to
day
A gang of horse thieves, who have bee
operating some months in Western low
and Eastern Nebraska, has been broke
up by the arrest of the leaders at Counci
Bluffs yesterday. Their operations hav
been very extensive.
WASHINGTON, Sept An interpreta
ton is given here of General Buffers LEI
ter to the Governor OF Mississippi, inquir
ing about the amount of the State debt
entirely different from the explanatio
given in that State at the time it was mad
public. A gentleman in high official pos
ton here and well known to be acquainte
with General Butler views and plans
authority tor the statement that immed
ately after the adjournment of Congres
General Butler began to mature plan tC
getting through Congress at Its next Sc,
SION bill providing tor assuming the Stat
debts OF the Confederate States on guarai
teelng interest upon the same, and the lie
ter to the Governor OF Mississippi, whic
unexpectedly became public, is believed |
De simply one OF numerous inquiries
gather data upon which to base prehmil
ary action.
MEMPHIS Sept. Some days sint
quite an excitement was created in ii
eastern suburbs by the arrest of j. !
White, prominent citizen, on the char,
of horse stealing, and within few days i
less than dozen specific charges for sim
sy. lar offences were made public. He was r
= manded to Jail without bail This afte
noon his wife called to see him and spe
"a, half an hour with him. She then came
I'd, the gate and asked to be let out. VIII,
be be the guard opened the gate, White prese
of Of ted cooked revolver az his head and sal
:. Let me out or die L The guard sprul