The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-01
carrying down the second officer and one

carrying down the second officer and one
seaman,
The accommodation train on the North.
ern Central aud Cookeysville road met this
afternoon on the iron bridge over Lake
Poland, which gave way, precipitating ten
ders and baggage cars into the water. One
passenger was killed and four employees
injured.
An oyster pungy was run down in Ches-
peake Bay early yesterday morning and
six men were drowned
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Nov. 3d. AT
Cloverdale. in Putnam county, yesterday,
a man named Thomas Martin, becoming
offended at something said by his wife,
gave her three minutes to retract At the
end Of that time he stood in the door of
the house aud shot her with pistol, the
ball taking effect in her head, killing her
instantly. A man named Stranton was in
the house and he interfered to save the
woman, when Martin shot him, the ball
taking effect in his shoulder He is ex
pected to die, The wife of Martin had
her babe in her arms when she was shot
and fell back dead, clasping it. He had
been trying to get rid of her and had offer
ed her $500 if she would consent to be di.
vorced from him, as he wanted to marry
another woman, After the shooting Mar
tin pretended to be crazy and went about
telling that, he had killed a man named
Harris, whom he had not touched There
is great excitement and strong probabil-
ity that Martin will be lynched to-day.
LITTLE Rock, Ark. 3O.-Wednesday
night last five masked men, supposed to
be Gad's Killers, went to a country store
on the Petit Jean river, in Yell county.
about seventy miles west of this city and |
shot and killed the proprietor and robbed |
the store. They then robbed trading
boat lying at the bank of the river. The
sheriff gathered posse and started in pur-
suit of the robbers. They separated, two
,omming toward Little Rock and three GO
ng in another direction. The sheriff fol-
owed the two coming in this direction
md came across them yesterday morning
ixteen miles above here. A fight ensued,
n which the sheriff was shot and badly
rounded by the robbers. Both the rob-
'ers were wounded by the sheriff's posse
nd captured and brought to this city and
1dged in Jail Sunday evening. The sher-
+ will probably recover. The three who ,
'ent in another direction escaped.
MEMPHIS, Nov. 3O.-While the steamer
'ity of Vicksburg was lying at the elevator
arly yesterday morning, her cash drawer y
'as robbed of $500. The thief over :
,oked about $4,000 in the back part of the :
rawer. The KEYS of the safe, which con-
lined $25, 900, were also in the drawer, -
ut the thief failed to see them or else was
ared off. No clue as yet to the thieves.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 30.-George F.
ill, Secretary Of the Safeguard Insurance
O., of this city. was arraignel to-day upon I
le charge of being engaged in the ,ircula- |
On of forged bonds. Witnesses testified
counterfeit bonds having been
ven by Hill to obtain money on ]
EN-. Martin c. Skies, treasurer of the HI
hicage & Northwestern railroad, testified ty
the fraudulent character of the bonds ia
t the close of his evidence counsel for al
e prosecution asked that defendant be ii
for further hearing. The case ;,
as one ofgreaterimportance than appeared '
! its face and to extend the hearing of TO- al
~ any further might interfere with fu- al
re developments. Hill was committed p,
r further hearing on Friday next. fe
FREEPoRT, ILL.,, Nov 3O.-Mr. Dawson, pr
dollar store fame ofthis city, committed t..
icide, by hanging himself in the rear end Isl
his store, last night. The cause of this W
sh act is supposed to be sickness in his =
mily.
DETROIT. Mich, Nov. 30.-A young
an named Ransom Sturtevant hanged 4
"~af yeAterday while temporarily de-
nged,