The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-02
The Ticbborne Claimant
Sentenced to IA Years
Penal Servitude--Great
Excitement in Eng
land.
A Preacher charged with
Licentiousness at the
Planters House,
st. Louis.
He sues the Democrat for
O,O0O.
The LaSalle Co. Tax-ColIec-
tor Enioined.
Killed by jumping from a
Train.
Accidents, Crime. ETC., Etc.

LONDON, Feb. 2S.-The trial of the Itch
borne claimant, on the charge of perjury,
which has lasted lS0 days, resulted this
morning in his conviction on all the charges,
and he was sentenced to fourteen years
penal seryitude. The jury was only short
time out. There is great excitement over
the verdict, and extras have been issued by
the papers.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 2S.-The Rev R,
NJ Barnitz, of New York, Sunday-Schoo
Secretary of the American Bible Union,
filed petition in the United States Circuit
Court this evening, asking $4,000 dam
ages of the ST Louis Democrat Company
for defamation of character, in alleging
that, on the Sth of January, while guest
at the Planters House, he permitted one
of the female boarders of that house to
share his room with him. The Democrat S
article was based on statements made by
the proprietor and clerk of the Planters
House.
OTTAWA, ILL.,, Feb. 2S.-Judge Leland,
of our Circuit Court, this morning granted
temporary Injunction to the Ottawa Gas
and Coke Company, to enjoln the Collector
| from collecting the amount of their State
and county taxes, amounting to about 500.
DETROIT, Feb. 2S.-Dispatches received
tonight from the upper lake ports indicate
an unusually early opening Of navigation.
At Marquette and White Fish Point the
ice is fourteen to twenty four inches thick
in the harbors, but there is little outside.
In st. Marie river the ice is twenty inches.
The ice in Mackinaw Straits is lighter than
for many years, being only ten to fourteen
inches. A week of warm weather will
probably clear the Straits. There is very
| little ice in Lake Huron and that is quite
thin.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. 2S.-A laborer
named Ellis Horner, attached to the roll
ing mill near this city, got on freight
train on the Chicago 4 Alton Railroad, al
the depot. this morning, to ride out to the
mill. When the train reached the mill
and was running at the rate of twenty
miles an hour, opposite the mill, Hornel
jumped off the train and fell on his head
The conclusion mashed his skull, and pro-
duced instant death, He was a married
man.
JOLIET, ILL.,, Feb. 2S.-The body o.
Thomas II. Blake was discovered in the
river, at this place, about noon to-day, De
ceased halls from Adrian, Mich, anC
leaves family He has been in the city
but few days. He is supposed to have
committed suicide, the impelling cause be
ing financial difficulties.
Chauncey Brown, about Is years of age
son of Erastus Brown, prominent coloreC
citizen of Joliet, was caught under a trair
oD the Chicago & Alton railroad last nigh
near Lockport His arm and leg wer,
severed from the body, and his condition
is precarious.
| CINCINNATI, @, Feb. 2S.-A boiler il
Louis Snider & Sons paper MILL at Ham
ilton, O., exploded this morning, Instant,
killing Clark Ross and wounding Guy Nc
Nicely and son of McNeely.
RICHMOND, Feb. %. - Two brother
named Normally, were killed to-day in tn
the Clover Hill coal mine by the caving O
the earth.
CAIRO, ILL.,, Feb. 2S.-A lady, Mrs
Madder, was dangerously, and, it is feared
fatally, burned here last night by the ex
plosion of an oil lamp and can while film
the lamp with oil,
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Feb. 2S.-Ninet
weavers of the Lyman Mills, at Hollyoke
have struck for the restoration of anti-pan
ic prices.
Boston, Feb ,c8.-The State Constable
to-day seized 81 800 worth of liquors at th
Revere House.