The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-21
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PEORIA, ILL.,, May 20. AT meeting of
the City Council last night the most dis
graceful proceedings ever witnessed In that
body took place. The Street Committee
had discharged Street Superintendent De-
lehanty for an alleged dereliction of duty.
and his trial was to have come off last eve
nng: Delehanty appeared with his coun-
sci, David McCulloh. and when the latter
rose to speak he was denied that right by
a strictly partisan vote. McCulloh kept on
speaking claiming it as his privilege to de-
TEND his clients interest. He was called
to order in vain by the Mayor and the op
posing Aldermen, and the Mayor finally
ordered the Chief of Police to remove him
from the room, The meeting then broke
up in row.
BELLEvILLE, ILL., May lS.-Henry Stelt-
zereide, of Washington county, ILL.,, was
lodgen in Jail here this evening on charge
Of being concerned in the murder of the
Steltzereide family, near Saxetown, IN this
(St. Clair county, in March.
FULTON, ILL.,, May 20.-Saturday night
Mr.: James B. Reynolds's house was enter
ed by burglars. They had succeeded in
ransacking the house and were making
good their escape, when Mr. Reynolds
awoke and instantly jumped up, seized his
revolver and fired at one Of the burglars
just as he was in the act of getting out of
the window to the ground 1t is thought
that the burglar will die, as the wound is
considered exceedingly dangerous aud
painful
CARBoNDARE, ILL.,, May 2O.-On Friday
afternoon. about o'clock, near Carter
vile, Williamson county, Ill., man named
James Henderson was fred upon while IN
his house by three men with slugs from
shot guns. Seven shots were fired, three
taking effect, viz: in the lungs, groin and
hand, rendering injuries which may cause
his death.
OTTAWA, ILL.,, May 20-A Norwegian
named Ole Oleson came to town yesterday
to see the big show, and afterward went to
the Sand Rock, notoriously hard place,
just outside of the city limits, where vile
whisky is sold and vile women and roughs
congregate. He got into some alteration,
was struck on the head with a slung- shot,
and otherwise beaten, so that he IS now ly-
| ing at one of our hotels in critical condi-
| ton.
CLINTON Iowa. May 2O.-The wife of
William Temple, thrifty farmer in the
southwestern part of this county, disap-
peared on Monday at 5 o'clock, and has
not been seen since, 1t is supposed that
she drowned herself in the Wapsie river
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 20.-Mrs. Wach-
ter, proprietress of beer saloon on the
corner Of Second and Jefferson streets,
suicided las night by hanging herself from
a transom of door with a clothes-line.
CINCINNATI, O., May 20.-This morning
body was found embedded in the mud al
the foot Of Fifth street, which has beer
identified as that of Ada McGee, who left
her home in this city four months ago.
New YORK, May 2O.-A special from
Mauch Chunk, says a horrible murder
was committed at Summit Hill last night
A young girl named Kate Leinback, daugh
ter of a widow, was enticed outside of towr
and murdered The body was found thi.
morning, with wounds on her head evident
ly made by a stone. 1t is believed that {
man who deceived the girl killed her in or
der to cover his guilt
| CINCINNATI, May 2O.-Seven persons
were buried in the house on the corner O
Perry street and Center avenue that fel
last night-Mr. Murphy and wife, three
children, servant girl and a carpenter
who were passing on the sidewalk at tn,
time of its fall The building had beer
cracking all day and Mr. Murphy was pre-
pairing to leave the house when it fell. Al
were rescued. One child five years oil,
and the carpenter died The others sus
tanned injuries more or less serious, bu
none fatal.
A freight train twelve miles north Q
: Logansport ran off switch and was badl
wrecked. The engineer and fireman wer
| scalded, probably fatally