The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-20
Party Power Waning.
AS Exhibited in Bill VIII
shire's Case.
Illinois Legislature.
State Oranges Of Kansas
and Tennessee.
Strikes in the East.
Progress of the Woman's
War on Whisky.

ed to-day in seating Wiltshire for the
Third Arkansas district, subject to Cunt
er's right of contest. 1t is the same old
farce, Gunter is entitled to the seat. and
will get it towards the close of the next
session of the Forty-third congress. How
ever, the Radicals were onl able to drum
up bare majority of six on a full vote in
this case, decline Of power which tells
It's own story.
SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 19.-The Senate to-
day rejected the joint resolution for the
appointment OF commissioner to prepare
amendments to the revenue law. The
House resolution requesting Congress to
pass law regulating inter state transpor-
tation was adopted by vote of 26 to 7.
The Senate revision bills on the following
topics were passed Divorce, marriage,
concerning idiots, lunatics and spend
thrifts. Also the House bill relative to
canal companies, and the Senate bill rela-
tive to the salary, etc., of the state ent-
omologist. The Senate again refused to
take recess till Tuesd-y. Subsequently
resolution for recess till Monday was
adopted.
In the House most of the day was spent
on the County Court bill A resolution
was adopted requiring certain witnesses in
the printing investigation to be brought
before the bar of the House for contempt
The revision bill defining the powers OF
the general assembly, and giving commit
| tees authority to administer oaths and
compel attendance of witnesses, was pass
| ed
| TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 19.-The State
Grange to-day adopted resolutions request
| ing the Legissture to pass the prohibltory
| liquor law. and declaring that no retail IL
quor vender Shall be admitted to the or
der. Also the greatest good and the high
est happiness of an enlightened and pros
perous people are the results of education
| difused among the masses. NJ f. Hud-
son was elected Master.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. l9.-The
State Grange met in first annual session
at Gallatin yesterday Nearly 500 sub
ordinate Oranges were represented by
over 500 delegates, including many ladies.
Among the questions discussed was the
establishment of plow and cotton manu-.
factory at Nashville.
New YORK. Feb. l9.-The strike on
the New Jersey Southern railway, which
began five weeks ago, is at an end. The
business on the road is started in accordance
with the bill of the New Jersey Legisla-
ture, which provides for the appointment
of receiver to run the road that has
ceased ten days, and which guarantees
that the employees of this road shall re
ceive two months back pay from the frs
earnings.
There was another strike on the New
York Midland railroad to-day owing t. th,
failure Of the hands to realize on the scril
with which they were paid few week
ago The switches were spiked at Sum
nit and no trains are allowed to run.
| PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 19-I'he cottoI
mills are being closed ON account of tn,
strike of the operatives Two Thousand
hands, mostly women. are out of employ
ment by the strike. They demand anti
panic wages.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 49, The brewers o
this city are holding private meeting t
consider the temperance movement in thi
State One brewer says that Washington
Court House, which took 100 kegs of bee
daily, now takes nome At Xenia to-da
the citizens subscribed large fund tn sup
port the womens movement against th
saloons Jamestown, Ohio, reports sur
| n
Springfield to-day five saloon keepers wer
fined 500 to $3.50 each tor violating tn
Adair liquor law
BLOOMINGTON, Ill, Feb. 19-If indica
tlons are worth anything it is safe to sa
lat inside of two weeks Mclean count
aud the entire central part of Illinois wi
be ablaZe with temperance war, such d
, has been witnessed in Ohio and Indian;
At Lexington, in this county, land at Lero,
the movement has already begun in fu
earnest, and to-day the signs of the time
{ are omnuis in this city. A special meetin
of the Young Mems Christian Associs
ton, which in this city embraces ladies, hs
been called for this evening" and its obiec
as it is supposed, is to lay out plan for th
campaign against whisky. The Grand j,
ry, which has been in session for tv
weeks, has stack of indictments again
the already much harrassed liquor dealer
of this city Further, and importal
developments may be looked for at al
:, time.
). OTTUMwA. La. Feb. TO- Last night tt
clothing store of Joseph Gray was entere
and robbed of clothing and jewelry to ii
value OF $780, A vigorous search is beir
!, made, but no clue to the robbers has v
been obtained.
STLoUIs, Feb. ia party of coal mir
ers of St. Clair county, ILL.,, who al
on strike, went to the mine of Robe
Leman, near Freeburg, yesterday, dro'
off the negro miners who had been Ell
ployed, and robbed their shanties of clot
ling, reyolyers, watches, &c