The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-09
Reported Reward for the
Gad's Hill Robbers.
Death from Trichina.
Railroad Accident near Al
bany, N. Y,
Farmers Meeting i'm Ogle
County, Ill.
Stephenson Co., Ill. Farm
ers in Council,

ST. Louis. Feb.7-The National Grange
held one business session to-day. The call
of States was continued to-day. Master
Hudson, of Kansas, presented memorial
regarding the establishment of Terrific
rial Government over the Indian Territory
Referred to the Committee on Commercial
Relations
Gen. Vaughan, of Massachusetts,, pre-
sented claim from Master Lewis, of Lou
isana, also one from the national Deputy of
the same State Referred to the Commit
tee on Claims.
Master Chase, of New Hampshire, Of
fered resolution to have printed 500 cop
les of complete list of members of the
National Grange present with their wives
and their post office address also list of
committees appointed. Carried.
| Master Porter, OF Nebraska, moved
Committee on Statistical Crop Reports, and
the Committee on Constitution and By
laws was appointed such Committee.
| Several other resolutions were referred
to the Committee on Resolutions and Con-
stitution and Bylaws
The evening session was devoted to con-
ferring the sixth degree on Masters of
State Oranges and their wives, they being
the only persons entitled to receive it.
4 good deal of interest centres in the
forthcoming report of the Committee on
Transportation, of which Col Smedley, of
Iowa, is Chairman, and which is expected
to embody the main points of the address
recently delivered by that gentleman before
the State Grange of Iowa. This address
has already been published
LoGANsPoRT, Ind. ,Feb.7 AT meeting
of the Board of Managers of the Wabash
4 Erie Canal, last night, it was resolved
to turn the canal over to the Trustees on
the 10th of May, and its operation after
that time will depend on the Trustees.
TOLEDO, O., Feb. THE Board Of
Tradeao-day adopted series of resolu-
tions in favor of the enlargement of the
Wabash & Erie Canal from this city to
Terre Haute, Ind, and its extension from
that point to ST. Louis. The resolutions
set forth the peculiar advantages of this
proposed water route, which will afford con.
venient and cheap transportation facilities
between the Great West and tide-water
A committee of three was appointed tC
present the resolutions to the Nationa
Grange, now IN session at ST. Louis, anC
the Secretary of the Board was instructed
to send copies to the ST Louis Board Of
Trade and to all Western Senators anc
Representatives in Congress.
JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, Feb. THE Ma
tional Crop Reporter publishes to-day es
Inmates of the last cropof barley and rye il
the hands of producers Jan. Is, in tht
States of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, anC
Wisconsin The percentage of barley OF
: hand at the date named in the five States
= which produced in 1873 some 9,500,00(
= bushels is placed at 81 $40 per cent. TIL,
rate of consumption. by which is mean
4, both shipments and home consumption, i
highest In Kansas and lowest in Wisconsin
being respectively rs and &c per cent.
The percentage of rye on hand aver
ages 26 6-lO per cent, which, with a tota
production last year of about 4,300,0O
bushels, indicates an amount now on han,
equal to trife less than 1,143,O0O bush
els. The consumption is heaviest in Kan
sas-S0 per cent-and lightest in Wiscon
sin-7O per cent Returns relative to tn
condition of the growing grain iDdicat
| slightly increased prospects for FEB. | a
! compared with the indications Jan. Is. 4
special canvass of the fall sown grain, ant
/. of the fruit crop, will be made March l.
q RICHMOND. Va. Feb. John G. Hen
ry, Chief Clerk of the United States Rev
= enue Office at Lynchburg, has abscondet
with large amount of money, said to b
100000.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. The Toledo
Wabash & Western and Springfield & Ill
inois and Southeastern Railways have join
ed the Chicago & Alton in the resistanc
to the collection of tax on their capits
stock. Application will be made mex
week for an injunction before Judge Trea
to enforce the collection. 1t is said that
/, meeting of attorneys of other roads of tn
State will be held in this city some da
next week, to agree upon concerto
- movement.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. THE Republ
cans Jefferson City correspondent says
Governor Woodson has offered rewar
l. of $4,000 apiece for the outlaws wi
IL robbed the Iron Mountain Railroad trai
at Gad's Hill. Mo-, few days ago." b,
no official announcement of the fact hi
tn yet been made,
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Benoni Howard,
.. millionaire matchmaker, convicted OF cou