The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-08-15
The Cholera in Cairo.
A Member of Congress
wants his character
Repaired.
Accidents, Fires. Suicides.
etc., etc.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, August 1.-THE
State Board of Equalization met at 10
o clock this forenoon and the following
committees were announced by the Chair
man, General Lippincott:
Personal Property-Wilmarth, W hlte-
side, Diggins Fisher.
Lands-M0ser, Hunter, Parry, McNutt,
McMaster.
Town Lots-Prosser, Dewey, Warner,
McMaster, Savage.
Assessment of Railroad Property-En-
glsh, Warner, Whitney. Parry, Lowry.
Assessment of Capital Stock of Corpor
tions-Miles, Savage, Fisher, McCauley,
Hunter.
General Equalization-Wiley, Diggins,
Whiteside, McCabe, McNutt, Whitney,
McCauley
Mr. Miles was appointed subChairman,
to serve during the temporary absence OF
the Chairman,
On motion, the Board adjourned, tn
meet one week from next Tuesday morn
ing, at 10 O'Clock This action of the
Board will hardly meet with the favor OF
the people who are anXi0usly looking for
the results of the present assessment of
property 1t is true that the returns for
severa leounties have not yet been received,
but very much important work might have
been done while waiting for these.
AGUsTA, Aug IA reception was
given President Grant to night at the resi-
dence of Speaker Blaine 1t was bril-
liant affair and many distinguished per
| sons were present
/ PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 14.-GovernorS Straw
has telegraphed to President Grant inyit
/ ing him TO visit Portsmouth and the Isles
OF the Shoals.
/ PHILADELPHIA. Aug 1.-THE amount
of rain which fell in the late storm IN this
section exceeded seven inches.
! Lone BRANCH, Aug. 1.-THE storm was
terrific all last night, but has now abated
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE funeral o.
the late Geo. \. Sanders took place to-day
from St. AIMS Episcopal Church, OF
Eighteenth street, near Fifth Avenue
The coffin was of rosewood. silver mounted
bearing the inscription, Geo. \. Sanders
born February 81, 1872; died Angus
18th, 1878, and was covered with fora
offerings A number of distinguished per
sons from different parts Of the countr,
were present. The body eswas taken t
Greenwood cemetery for interment.
New York, Aug. l4-A Washington
dispatch says the Secretary of the Treas
ury, late last night, sent by special mes
senger to Collector Arthur of this port, a
order for the immediate removal of nearl
a hundred custom house officers, some c
them occupying responsible places, o.
charge Of fraud and corruption, and tha
the dismissal of another lot of dishones
officers is expected in few days.
LATER Although Asst Sec'y Sawye
was in close consultation several hour
with Collector Arthur to-day, the latte
denies receiving instructions from the SeG
; retary of the Treasury to peremptoril
discharge large number of custom hous
inspectors An officer of customs, how
ever, is reported as stating to-day that til
report has some foundation as recent larg
revenue cases had implicated a number
clerks in dishonest practices. A larg
; number of custom brokers, merchants an
government inspectors were at the custol
l house to-day making anxious inquiries IT
lative to the report
a CAIRO, ILL.,, Aug. 13.-1nformation sal
to be entirely reliable, is to the effect tn;
the cholera in its most pestilential form
q has appeared in neighborhood ten
6 twelve miles east of Mankanda, ILL.,, an
o about fifty miles from this city. 1t is sal
that family named Ramsey, consisting
n husband, wife, and child, who recent
|, fled from Indiana to escape the scourg
+ were stricken down with it, and all we
dead in twelve hours Four or FIVE rel
= tives who came to their assistance were
9 a few hours taken down, and soon died
o is said that the people OF that section a
: so terrified that they are fleeing in eve
direction,
# JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, Aug. 13.-The
Il were two more deaths from cholera yeste
l. day at Exeter, Scott county, making fife,
deaths in the place within eight days in
;e population of about one hundred.
D. JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, Aug. Ia
n few days since a young man and WON
is who stated they were from Peoria, reach
IL jacksonville and put up at hotel /
e. young woman has since been taken 81
and the man has deserted her. Itappes
Is that he was her seducer and that her sic
II ness was the result of malpractice Z
I'D unfortunate woman is at the hotel dang
G, ously i'll.
BALTIMORE, Aug 14-In consequer
he OF the bursting of portion of the Ha
a@ a@ ford tunnel this morning, dividing the wa
o' of dwellings Nos 270 and 272 Bond str
oe gave away, causing the destruction of t
VI VI back buildings. All the kitchen and d
on en ing room furniture was precipitated il
as the stream below. The inmates barely
capped with their lives
Of DETROIT, Aug. l4.-Hon. VIM. St
h dard, of Litchfeld, Mich, committed s
IL eide to-day.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 1.-THE lum'