The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-18

| II happened that to 10th end
| horse was htched, they say
They found tree and lied the rope
Unto swinging limb
II happened thai the other end
Was somehow hitched to him.
AT Changers pic mic near Clinton,
Vermilion county, Ind, a couple of broth
ers named Norton were selling liquor, and
the managers determined to put them off
the ground A fight ensued with knives
and pist Is. in which the Nortons and two
Changers were wounded, one, named Ne
no, mortally The Nortons are under ar
rest.
On the 7th inst. Mr.. Benjamin Will
lard father Of Mrs: John Hoyt, Of Daven-
port died at West Dummerston, Vermont.
He was in the S7th year of his age. For
over fifty years he had been prominent
and much respected citizen of the region
of New England in which he lived, 1t
was only in May last that Mrs. Willard
died, then being in her S5th year.
A fond mother in Rails county, Mis-
souri,, has named her daughter Main
Grace AZ neighbor inquired how she
came to select such an odd name. La"
says She II got it out of the hymn book.
The neighbor expressed SURPRISE and said
she had never seen the name in any hymn
book she had used. "You hayen't?' said
the mother Of Main Grace. "Why, don't
you recollect that familiar old hymn COM
mencing Main Grace, how sweet the
sound"
Hans Strohbehn, aged 74,a resident of
Davenport for "A years, and we'll off pecu-
niarily, committed suicide in that place on
Monday morning, by hanging himself to
bed post For ten months he had been
suffering from structure of the 9ssophagus,
and about two weeks ago the construction
became so intense that he could hardly
swallow, and had to be fed through cath
eter for several days He became very
weak and despoudent aud while in ono of
these moods he committed the fatal act.
"A case of shooting, which may prove
fatal to two persons, occurred near the
Catholic Cemetery of Guelph, Can. A
man named Hazel. mistaking a Miss Col
yer for his own daughter in company with
one Hurley, fired at the man, and then at
the woman. The first ball entered Hur-
leys left eye, and the second entered Miss
Colver's mouth and passed out through
the cheek. She fed, pursued by Hazel, |
who fired again, shooting her in the neck |
Both the victims lie in critical condition.
Hazel fled.
Death by suicide, caused by trouble |
and intoxication, was the verdict the Cor |
oner s jury returned in the case of Frank
Wellman, who cut his throat with a razor
at Warrenvilie, three and half miles from
Napervile, ILL., He had been a young
man of more than ordinary promise, but
course of dissiration soon disposedof about
$1,000 left him by his father, when, find
ing himself an outcast, he took his own
lie He left some writing, directing a tel
egram to his brother n-law, and stating
that he left some clothes at the Globe
House in Chicago.
An attempt was made to settle the
dispute about the Catholic church proper
ty at Dubuque, Iowa, known as the Bish-
ops block. 1t came into the possession of
a man named Hintrage by the paying of
the taxes and getting tax-title to the
property several years ago. The block is
situated in the center of the business por-
ton Of the city, and is valued at slO00UO |
tiintrage refused to agree TO the prop osi-
lions made t. him and says that he
will settle for nothing less than half of
the property. His attorneys, Messrs. Grit.
nth and Knight, have Withdrawn from the
suit on account of the unreasonableness of
his demands.
Mr.. Beecher has rescued himself from
his only peril. He has stated the history
Of his relations with the Tiltons and with
Moulton, without reserve. The charges of
Hilton have been supported by no proof. I
The garbled extracts from Mr.. Beecber' 5 !
1wn letters were in our Judgment at least, :
Inconsistent with the truth of Iilton' "A
,harge. But they were such letters as to U
reed explanation, sparing no one, neither I
Elton, nor Moulton, nor himself. Thus at !,
asst proving that he has nothing now to
onceal, Mr.. Beecher dispels the only shad
W of distrust which may have crept over
lis good name among fair-minded and 4,
'ure-minded men,-N y World. "
There is run Of bad luck in the World !"
flee. To attribute the poetry Of the late t,
x Attorney 6 eneral Benjamin F. Butler, tn
this State, TO the very present-we had N
lmost said the mnipresent-Benjamin f.
'utler. Of Massachusetts. was pretty bad W
Tut to confound ThomasH II. Durant, the fore -
lost civil lawyer (siDce the death of Chris
an RoseIius) in the United States, with
homas G. Durant of the Credit Mobilier.
enough to make both Durants start H.
Il suits on the instant The railroad Du- II
mt has done good many thugs which Gu
2 would not want brought to light; but tio
.ver before was any man cruel enough to- gr
,cuse him of running for the United sv'
.ates Senate in Louisiana.-y. Y. Tn 0ls
me. :