The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-04-08
TELEGRAPH1C.
Connecticut Repudiates the
the Credit Mobiliers.
A Democratic Governor by
5000.
The Legislature Close.
Probable Gain of One Dem
ocratic Congressman.
Great Democratic gains all
over the Country.
A Granite Judge in Louis
lana unrecognized.
Lake Navigation Resumed.
The Northern Pacific Rail
road going ahead.
Recovering bodies from the
wreck at Halifax.
The Northern Pacific Rail
road going ahead.
Other Items of Interest.

HARTFORD, April I.-Mldnght-SeV-
enty-fve towns give Haven (rep.l 1866,
Ingersoll dem. 24,120 and g83 against
Jewell (rep %, $40 and Hubbard dem
23,090 last year. Ingersolls majority
over all as far as heard from is 4,I23.
The towns yet TO hear from gave Jewell
l,T3l majority last year. Starkweather is
reported for Congress in the Third Dis
trict and is undoubtedly reelected Gen
eral Hawley runs about 1000 ahead of
the Republican State ticket in his dis
trict and is elected by about l, 200 majori-
ty. Last fall he had G33 Ingersol,
Democrat, is elected Governor by the peo-
pie by 1000 TO 5000 majority. The Leg
istlaure will be close
CoLUMBUs, April The indications
are that Bull, Democratic candidate for
Mayor, is elected
CLEVELAND, April Charles Otis,
the citizens candidate for Mayor, was
elected by about eight hundred majority.
DAYTON, April The Democratic can
didates for city Offices are mostly elected.
DUBUQUE, April THE Democrats
elected A 2. Peaslee Mayor by fifty-eight
majority.
FRANKLIN. La. April Henry Train,
Republican, Judge Of the Third Judiciary
District, arrived this morning and opened
the regular term of the District Court, but
the members of Franklin bar positively
refuse to appear and practice before him.
| WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, April The riv-
er is eighteen feet above low water mark
and still rising Part Of boom broke
this morning and it is estimated that
about two million feet Of logs passed
down
/ SANDUsKY, April THE steamer J A
/ Cooke, arrived here this evening from De
troit, being the first boat across the lake
/ this season, She ran through twenty-five
troit river and Putin Bay
/ OMAHA, April On Saturday last the
bodies of Richard Bell and C. E. Hide
brand were found on Loup Fork, about
twenty five miles north of kearney june
ton. Nebraska A man by the name of
Frank, who was trapping with them. is
suspected OF having committed the muir
! der.
| CINCINNATI, April Mr. j. Dietz, a
merchant from Greensburg, Ind, fell
through a hatehway in grocery house in
this city to-day and was Killed almost in
stantly.
HALIFAX, April The divers at work
to-day report the vessel most awkwardly
placed. Two of them went into No.
hatch, but found no freight on the upper
deck. The passengers and cargo are 50
mixed that bodies cannot be got at. Two
girls were found lying in their beds in the
lower after steerage Holes will be blown
in the ship to facilitate the recovery of the
bodies and cargo. Eleven bodies were got
out to-day, of which FIVE were grappled.
Up to tonight two hundred and twenty
six have been recovered. None oi
those found recently were relatives Of pas
sengers saved, Thereports to the press re
specting the light at Cape Prospect being
mistaken for that of Sambro are false
There is no light at Cape Prospect No
body on board the Atlantic saw any Ggh
while approaching the coast.
SAN Francisco, April THE North
ern Pacific railroad committee, COMPRISING
Vice President Rice, of Maine; Mr.. More
head, of Philadelphia Frederick Billings
of Vermont, and the engineer in chief, W
Wilmer Roberts, returned this mornin,
: from the East, having completed, on favor
, able terms below the estimated cost, al
! arrangement for the extension of the roa,
northward, during the present year, to
practical connection between the road al
ready completed and the waters of Puge
Sound The contractors, on Saturday, b.
telegraph, put men at work on the line
With this railroad connection effected tn
entire railroad system of Oregon, as we
as the navigable waters of Columbia, ar
put in connection by rail with the water
r. of Puget Sound.