The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-25
Washburne having made
Grant, Grant is going to
make Washburne.
A Nice Little Ring to Keep
Things under Control.
The Bourboun Straights
consist of the Three
Warehouses.
Judge Murphy Likely to get
Muscatine County.
The Independents make a
good nomination for Sem
ator in Sangamon Co.
A. Miscellaneous Lot of
Crime. Accidents, Fires.
Etc, Etc.

the Republican party for the next Pres
dency, and that President Grant will us
all his influence to this end. 1t was wit
this view that Grant rendered Washbur
the portfolio of the Treasury Department
and it was because he thought it would il
lure his chances for the nomination tina
Washburn declined the offer. The sam
authority asserts that there is perfect ur
derstanding between Grant and Washbur
on this question,
SPRINGFIELD, H., Aug. 24.-But fey
of the Bourbon Straight Out Dcmocrac
have arrived as yet to attend the Joe Led
lie convention tomorrow. From presen
indications the convention will not be nun
erously attended General Singleton an,
W. A. Richardson, of Quincy, are here
and if any others are, they have escape,
| detection
CoNcoRD, N. H., Aug 4.-Mr Beech
er to-day drew up legal document deny
ing all charges alleged against him in Til
tons charge of adultery.
OMAHA, Aug. 24.-Gov. Twinas, in ;
circular, states that while the crops in rh,
State are shorter than usual, they are b,
no means failure Help will probably
be required in some quarters however.
Myriads Of grasshoppers are going south
ward to-day.
MUscATINE, Iowa, Aug. 22--The Anti.
Monopolists of Muscatine county held their
convention this afternoon in this city, to
nominate candidates for county officers and
appoint delegates to the Congressional
Convention at Maquoketa next week. The
meeting was stormy one, and lasted three
and a half hours. A straight Anti Mo-
nopoly ticket was nominated The Con
gressional delegation was not instructed,
and will divide their votes for Murphy and
Judge Brannan. ID. G. Cloud, heretofore
prominently named for Congress, has with
drawn, and it is understood that Judge
Brannan will not accept a nomination.
This will leave the field to Murphy, of
Scott, and Merrill, of Clinton, though
Judge Thayer, of Clinton, may yet be
brought forward.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Aug. 3.-The Inde-
pendent Reform County Convention met
at the court house Yesterday, and nominal
ed Hon. N, b. Broadwell for senator for
the Thirty-fit district p. Breckenridge
and Geo. Caldwell for representatives j.
j. McGreedy for sheriff A. II. M. Bell,
for coroner. A delegation was appointed
to attend the Congressional Convention to
be held Sept. l.. The convention reaffirm
ed the platform adopted by the State Con
vention of June 10.
The Democratic County Convention was
held to-day. Hon. A. Starne was chair
man. Hon. w. f. Shut was nominated
for senator on the first ballot f. Gehring
al l. taA
resentatives, Z. o. Connor for sheriff, and
Ed. Pierce for coroner. The delegates to
the Congressional Convention were in
structed to vote for Hon. NJ Springer, which
insures his nomination.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 90. Gilbert
Lowry. young man whose parents reside
in Louisville, KY, and who was employed
as brakeman on the Indianapolis, Bloom
ington q Western Railroad was murdered
in brawl at Fitzgerald's saloon, on Loui-
siana street, this Saturday night, by
Thomas Ford, the barkeeper, and Richard
Goode, the cook. The murderers were
arrested
Mr.. Myers, an old resident, was found
in dying condition, under a shed in the
Southern Park, last night, and was taken
to the Surgical Institute, where he died 10
a few minutes. Myers had been drinking
quite freely, and is supposed to have died
from the effects of landanum, half bottle
of which was found in his pocket.
SANDWICH, ILL.,, Aug. 24.-Parties en-
gagged in dragging Fox river for the re-
covery of the body of Mundy, drowned at
Posts dam last Wednesday, procured the
cannon at this town, which was fired over
the place where he was drowned during
the afternoon of that day. In the evening
the body rose to the surface of the water
and was recovered. The last cause assign |
ed for his drowning is that in jumping from |
the boat it rapidly showed from under him \
when he was diving, causing him to fall
upon his face and breast in manner such |
Is to knock the breath from his body, and
thus unable to care for himself he drowned |
and remained on the bottom.
JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, Aug PA horri- !
bic murder was committed at Naples, Ill, |
N Saturday night about o'clock. Viii !
lam Barlow and c. Osborne, two residents |
IF that town, quarrelled about some tri- |
7ial matter, when Osborne drew a large |
Knife and stabbed Barlow In the side, kill |
ng him instantly. Osborne fed immedi- |
ately after committing the murder, and had |
not been arrested at last accounts. Barlow |
was a member Of the business firm Of Mop |
pin L. Barlow. of Naples, and, it is said, !
was a good man.
OTTAWA, Ill. Aug. 4.-Albert Schaf-
fer, German saloon keeper, on the West
Side, had his foot badly crushed in at
tempting to cross the track of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad this noon.
He undertook TO 60 between the freight /
cars, aud in doing so, the train backed up 1
and caught his foot between the bump 4
ers. 1t will have to be amputated this af.
ternOon.
CLINTON, Iowa, Aug. 24.--Pat Connors,
aged "a years, and unmarried-a a farm hand. 4
was killed by an extra train on the Mid /
aud railroad, at 0'Brien Station, this coun-
y, at O'Clock this morning. CoDnors was
drunk and had been vomiting on
The track and on his person. The top of
1f his head was completely cut Of and his |