The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-30
ter At that time it contained five persons.
two of whom died before the Scepter
reached St, Helena.

two of whom died before the Scepter
reached st. Helena.
BLooMINGToN, H., Dee ss.--Judge
Scott, of the Supreme Court, has granted
a supersedeas in the murder trial of John
and Patrick Roach, for killing Byron Dun
lap, well known citizen of this county, in
October last. The case will now come be-
fore the Supreme Court in full bench in
January
TERRE HAUTE, Dec %. - Chauncey
Rose, of this city, to-day gave to the ferre
Haute school of Industrial Science $266,
000 and to the Vigo county Orphans
Home $l50,000. He has already gwen
large sums, and has promised $4,000 to
the State Normal school here.
PITTsBURG, Dec. 29.--Wharton Bros
X Co., iron manufacturers, to-day filed a
petition in bankruptcy. The assests of the
firm are given as S393,00O The liabilities
aggregate $4,000. The low price of man
utactured iron, the dullness of trade aud
the backwardness of customers in paying
up are assigned as the cause.
LITTLE Rock, Dec, 29,-Thc two men
captured in Pulaski county a few weeksago
for robbing store aud boat in Yell county,
and who shot and wounded the sheriff in
his attempt to capture them in this county,
were tried in the circuit court to-day, con
victed aud sent to the penitentiary for FIVE
years. The two men belonged to gang
of four who were supposed to be the Gads-
hill men.
ST LOUIS. Dec. 29.-At Lamar, Barton
county, this state, night before last, an nn.
known man rode up to the county Jail, and
through one of its windows shot aud killed
Hyronmus. the murderer of CO... Morris,
and fatally wounded his accomplice, Dixon,
and then escaped.
IA SALE. ILL.,, Dec. 29.-Morris Muir
ply, aged about % years, coal mlner,en-
gagged in the Little Rock mine, in the town
ship of Deer Park, was instantly Killed yes.
terday afternoon by the falling OF mass
of rock,
PEORIA, Dec. 29.--James Mall, an actor
in the Adelphi Varieties here, killed an
other actor named Andy Myers, last even
ing, at the Central Hotel by striking him on
the head with piece Of iron. Mall gave
himself up. Family trouble is supposed to
be the cause. Mall and his wife are now
lying in Jail, awaiting the verdict Of the
coroners jury.
New York. Dec, 29-Dr. Charles
De Moor and his brother have been arrest
ed, charged with killing the ilegitimate
child of the former The mother of the
child, who caused the arrest, is also in
custody.
Patrick Wallace, laborer, residing at
No. SO North Fifth street, Williamsburg,
murdered his wife, Margaret last night,
by knocking her brains out with Il hickory
stick.
CINCINNATI Dec. GA Times special
says Richard Barnum, his wife and two
children were burned to death at Sharon,
Miss, Saturday night. No particulars
are given.
CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 9.-ln Gamble
alley, back of Central avenue, IN this city,
about 10 o'clock last night, Mary Lee, a
colored girl, Is years old, was murdered
by some one who is at present unknown to
the authorities. She was working at the
house Of Mrs Grant, also colored woman
and about twenty minutes previous to the
discovery of the murder she had started
out alone, saying that she was going to
drug store and would return il few min
utes She had been gone about twenty
minutes when M4. Grant heard frantic
knock on the door. aud upon opening it
Mary Lee was found leaning against it,
with her throat cut from car to ear Re
treating footsteps were heard by Mrs.
Grant when sho opennd the door. but it
being dark, rainy night, nothing could be
seen 1t is thought that the motive of the
murder was jealousy.