The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-17
A Drunken Negro Kills a
Railroad Agent.
A Drunken White man kills
an unoffending Negro.
Other News Items.

Other News items.
CHICAGO, Aug. l5.--ln the Circuit
| Court this morning Judge Williams rem
dered adeclsion ia the Cheney W hitehouse
case. Last spring the counsel for White
| house made application for an Injunction
restraining Rev. Chas. f. Cheney from
longer preaching in Christ church and the
organization from the use of the church
property. The case was argued and taken
under advsement by the court who gives
the opinion to-day. The decision is that
the objections were not well taken and are
overruled. The decision has these points :
The property, though originally taken in the
name of the trustees, is for the benefit
of all attached to worship in the Protestant
| Episcopal church that it was held for the
benefit of that church and not for the low
church party that all churches in the
United States are regarded in law only as
voluntary societies, and the laws and reg
ulations are regarded as stipulations be-
tween the parties that the existing canons
are stipulations by which Cheney agreed
to be tried; that the court for the first
trial of Mr.. Cheney consisted Of five as
SCISSORS and four only being present at the
trial and final decision it was not court in
the meaning of the church canon, and its
action was void; that upon the second
| trial the court had no jurisdiction, and its
decision was void; that the Bishop had
no power to sentence except in pursuance
of the finding of the church court, and
such finding being invalid his sentences
we're also void, and Cheney was never le
galy deposed from the ministry. The
bill was therefore dismissed for want Of
equity.
CAIRO, ILL.,, Aug. l5,-Many of our citl-
zens were aroused from their slumbers this
morning about oclock by terrific ex-
plosion, which shook the earth and houses,
and made the windows rattle. Many be-
Geyed that steamboat or steam mill had
blown up, and expected to hear the ring
ing of the fre-bells, but as this did not oc.
cur they passed an uneasy and sleepiess
night. This morning the explanation was
given by parties who were awake and on
| watch at the time mentioned. The sky
yos clear, when an enormous meteor, des.
cribed to be as large as the full moon, and
almost as bright as the SUI, appeared IN
the northern heavens, moving with great
rapidity, with tremendous stream OF fire
following it, toward the horizon. Before
reaching the horizon, however, it burst
with a terrible noise, into several fragments
some of them bursting in their turn. Fol
nearly half minute the streets were light
enough to read. 1t was beyond doubt the
grandest phenomenon ever witnessed IN
this region
New YORK, Aug. l5.-Complaint has
been served upon Broadway Bank, basec
lupon formal demand which has ALREADY
been made upon the bank, to pay the city
some sc. 800 900, assumed to be still stand
ing to the city's credit. The case for thu
city rests on the principle that the Broad
wav Bank is liable for the return to thu
treasury of the money paid out during tn
rule of the late ring on warrants bearing
forged ENDORSEMENTS. and the Validity sup
posed to be lent to the fictitious signature
} by the initials or the full name OF i. A
Woodward is an entirely illusory one.
CORNWALL, Pa, Aug. l5-An acciden
: happened to the American Mechanics ex
cursion train on the Trenton railroad, nea
Eff pgham, this morning The alleee'
t cause was a misplaced switch. Five death
: are reported and fourteen persons serious
ly injured.
CHICAGO, Aug. l6,-A bold and success
ful robbery was committed last nigh
about Il:30 o'clock. Mr.. Henry Tiffany
travelling agent of the Singer Sewing Ma
chine Company, was walking adthat time
Adams street, between Clark and Deal
born, and when midway on the block wa
suddenly beset by two negroes, one c
whom held him tightly around the nee
, while the other proceeded to rifle his pocl
ets. He struggled desperately, while th
negro who held him squeezed him so tlgh' M
: ly that he was nearly strangled. The
: dealt him several heavy blows IN the al
domen, and finally left him insenslble o
4 the walk. Some minutes elapsed before D
{ recovered sufficiently to give an alarm, bt
, il was of no avail when he did. lhe ga
roters had flown, and noEa policeman VIZ
: about.
Il JOLIET. ILL.,, Aug. 15-James Bowers,
4 ,,oung man and a citizen OF Joliet, W;
drowned this morning in the Desplaln'
river. near the acqueduct, within a fe
miles of Channaon.
PEORIA. ILL.,, Aug. IL. The, trial
Thomas Fitzpatrick for the murder OF
p wife, in this city, last March, closed ye
u terday at Metamora, Woodford count
r where the case had been taken en- cham
of venue, with verdict OF Not guilty
= DWIGHT, H., Aug. l5;-Three Ponti,
men were injured yesterday blythe enpl els,
sion of the boiler of the fire engine Inc
= names are Morrow, ,Cayanaugh aud Drlgs
AT the sham fight between the DSig
and Fairbury military. companies o.e
% Turner, of Dwight, had his arm badly %
re. re- and his side burnt by the premature exp
e. sion of a cannon.
Us, PRINCETON. ILL.,. Aug. l5.-The PM,
ton City Mills, owned by George Cre9s
l& Co., was this morning entirely consu