The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-22
Rock Island Illinois, Tuesday, December %, 1874.

to get the fire under control, the captain
decided to abandon the vessel, and at |
o'clock Friday morning all hands were
transferred to the boats. They remained
about the vessel until noon Of that day,
when all proceeded for Swatow. The
mails were not saved.
New YORK, Dec 2l-The Pacific Mail
Steamship Company has received the fol
lowing Dispatch
HoNa KONG, Dec. 21.-Arrived from
Swatow, the captain, European, and fifty
of the Chinese crew. F.W. Croker, has ar
rived from Japan. Two boats and the
RATS have not been heard from yet.
CAIRO, ILL.,. Dec. 2l.--Louis Henry Jor
gerson, the Grand Generalissimo of the
Grand Commandery of knights Templai
| of the state of Illinois, died in this city
this morning. Mr.. Jorgerson was in the
43d year of his age, and an old resident OF
Cairo. He was native of Denmark, and
has served all Masonic bodies in the capac-
ty of presiding officer, and was much be-
loved,
CINCINNATI, Dec 5l.-Suit was enter
ed in the courts at Lexington, KY, on Sat
urday for the recovery of &c, 900 shares of
the stock of the Big Sandy railroad, valued
at $2,60O,000, by the city of Lexington
and the counties of Fayette, Clark and
Montgomery, KY, on account Of alleged
fraud in obtaining subscriptions.
New DIRK, Dec. 2l.-A new civil suit
has been commenced against William M.
Tweed, in which Edward Mariner is join
ed as a defendant, on behalf of the city,ts
recover from both $3.50, 900, alleged to have
been fraudulently charged by Mariner for
supplies to the street department, and
fraudulently certified by Tweed as street
commissioner for payment, There are
thirty-one bills of Mariners alleged in
the complaint to be in this category.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec 2l.-A collision
occurred yesterday morning three miles
north of Grenada, on the Mississippi Cen
tral, between freight trains Nos. s and 9.
James Valentine, engineer, was instantly
killed. Both engines were demolished.
New YORK, Dec 2l.-Three children
named Vreeland were drowned IN the Nor
ris canal near Paterson, on Saturday, by
the breaking of the ice.
ATLANTA, Ga. Dec. 2l.-Col. Samuel
J. Anderson, formerly the private secre
tary Of Governor Crawford, committed sui
eide this morning. Financial embarrass-
ment was the cause.
WHEELING, W. Va, Dec. 2l.-At a
meeting of the bailcrs of this vicinity, on
Saturday night last,a resolution was adopt
ed justiying the action Of the Pittsburgh
baiers, and offering them pecuniary assis
tance during the suspension of work. The
meeting vas very large. President Har-
ris, of the Pittsburgh Union, address,, d
the assemblage
DEs MONIES. Iowa, Dec, 2l.-The re.
ported hanging of George n. kirkman, by
| Vigilants,in Washington township was un
true. The State Registers reporters did
not return until O'Clock Sunday morning
when it was too late to telegraph the facts
No violence has been offered to kirkmal
since the Tuesday night following the
burning of Binsmaster' barn. His own
relatives were among those who took hlnl
into the woods at that time and threatened
him with hanging. Saturday he made his
will, disinheriting all of his relatives that
we're concerned in his troubles, bequeath-
| ing his property to an unmarried son and
daughter. He is said TO have property
valued at $500, The report sent out
from here Saturday by unreliable parties
that the vigilants appeared here on horse
back Friday night somelO0 ormore is en,Ie.
ly untrue. The horsemen were party Of
twenty young boys, who had been in the
country two or three miles to spelling
school
Every thing is quiet here and there are
no fears Of further violence without further
provOcatlOn.
The Governor has offered reward of
$500 for the capture and conviction of each
of the ringleaders in the lynching of How
ard, and $500 each for the other parties
concerned,