The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-08
A Chicago Post Office Re-
publican Thief.
A Kansas Republican Ex-
Governor Thief.
Shocking Accidents, Muir.
ders. Suicides, Riots.
Fires, ETC., etc.

have also carried the Senate by one or two
majority. The 'Reformers" propose to
hold grand jollifeation on Saturday
night,
BosToN, Nov The Manchester, n.
H., print works have closed till December
lst, throwing five hundred hands out of
employment
The mills of the Great Falls Manufac-
turing Company will be run on three quar-
tiers time after Monday. The Amesbury
woolen mills are running on half time, and
the Salisbury mills on quarters time
The Merrimac Co. will close tomorrow
for November
The workmen on the Maine Central
bridge have struck on account of reduc-
ton of wages The Maine Central Rail-
way has just discharged three hundred
workmen.
New YORK, Nov. Eleven hundred
laborers were discharged from the lumber
yards, city works, and cabinet factories, to-
day
ST. LOUIS, Nov. ALI the iron works
have reduced the wages twenty per cent.
Some have partially closed, throwing about
| 900 hands out of employment. Many
manufactures are reducing their wages.
DETROIT, Mich, Nov. THE Biddle
| House is to close tomorrow. 1t is one of
the best known hotels in the country.
! OMAHA, Nov The Union Pacific en-
ployes wages have been reduced ten per
cent.
/ NEW YORK, Nov. THE bricklayers
are still on strike The Central Council
of the united order Of American Brick
layers met last night in secret session. 1t
was stated that a compromise was suggest
ed that the employers should only deduct
25 cents from the days pay instead of 50i
PHILADELPHIA, Nov 7.-Schoepper
Bros manufactures of dress goods, have
suspended They are reported to have
ample assets.
PTTTsBURG, Nov. THE banking house
of McNay & Co. closed this morning.
LONDON, Nov. There are decided
symptoms of a panic in the stock market
here The quotations have fallen off, and
the Bank of England has advanced the
rate of discount at 9per cent.
+ LONDON, Nov s. 6. A. M--The with
drawal of Sl75, 900 specie from the Liver
pool branch of the Bank of England foI
shipment to New York by to-day steamer
is understood to have been the determin-
ing cause in the bank rate.
New York, Nov. Judgment ha,
been given for the defendant in the suit Of
VIM A. Britton, of New Orleans agains,
Gen. Butler, to recover the value of the
notes seized by the latter while command
ing at New Orleans
The Pennsylvania Railway declared ;
scrip dividend of five per cent, redeema
BILE in March 1875, with the reserved op
ton to redeem at any time after si1
III onths The scrip is so be receivable a
5 par for unpaid stock The directors de
cline the rendered resignatiog of Vice
President Scott.
The Grand Jury of Suffolk county hav,
found indictments against several for tn,
G murder of c. q. Kelsey. Rudolph Sal
\ mer is the only one arrested
p John Ruckty has commenced suit againt
the detectives for arresting him on tn
u charge OF completely in the Goodrich muT
der, ON the statements of the notorious Lu
cette Meyers.
: CAICAGo, Nov. Col J. W. Young
d the postal money order forger, plead guilt
n in the United States Court, to one of tn
IS indictments against him, and was to-da
: sentenced to three years in the peniter
e tiary.
!, CAIRO. Nov. 7.-Drummond and Morr
son, charged with the abduction of tn
IS Watkins girl, were discharned for want {
o evidence. The girls story is believed
L be fabrication
! EVANSVILLE, Nov. The girl Wa
T. kins, said to have been kidnapped frol
i" here, is believed to be bad character an
!; willing to be captive.
,e OMAHA, Nov. .-Ex-Goyernor jam
G. has been indicted in Lancaster county f
I'd appropiating to his own use $4,000 Of Il
Iv State moneys.
d. ST LOUIS, Nov. Hopkins and Bale
er old citizens of Brannerton, had an encou
Of ter Wednesday night, and each killed Il
other.
WEsToHEsTER, Nov. THE Uddt
zook murder case was given to the ju
of this afternoon.
is PARIS, Nov. Five of the men ART
if ted in the conspiracy to abduct the ME
of President McNlahon have been &C
:, victed and sentenced to various terms
ID Imprisonment.
hit MEsHPIs, Nov 7.-0ne fever death
of to noon. 1t is clear and warm.
he Two fever deaths occurred during the p
~, "a hours.
New YORK, Nov. Nine police p
= nS cincts return over $4,000 contributed
I'D the polling places on election day, for
ce, Memphis sufferers. The police have c
K tributed $1,000 for the police of Mempl
,ck KNOXVILLE, Nov. THE railroad l
ra- continues. An attempt of the Comp;
at TO- send out o freight train this morn
.;so tailed, owing to the engineer being prev
10Y ted by force from taking the engine Fl
use the round house. The Company has s
1t hundred strikers in the Circuit Court
ing nan a million damages, and the She
E. served notices this evening The Com
ny has also sued another hundred strib
ita- in the Chancery Court and obtained an
n is Junction restraining them from obstruc
.ug the business of the Company An attic,
try will be made tonight to start fire.
hen trains to Bristol and Chattanooga.
ron WILMINGTON, Del, Nov This e,
up ing five masked robbers attempted to !
zap and gag the cashier of the Bank Of D
pro- ware and his family, with view to rob
of the bank. They gained admittance to
oto- house by strategy, handcuffed the casl
rays and then, with drawn pistols, attempte
silence the ladies, but one escaped and
.eet, the alarm Two police arrived in tin
m see the robbers escaping and shots