The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-11
TELEGRAPHIC,
Struggling Election Re-
turns.
Bad Financial Condition of
Virginia.
Desfitution and Suffering in
the Grasshopper Region.
How Manufacturers Keep
up Prices.
Railroad Accident.
Suicide. Fire, Crime. Etc.

nluEWdy, iOT STATE treasurer, lol.SUo
Carol. 81 .633 Gore 60, 232 Etter, 1853,
$50; Powell, l34,567. Ten counties, in
cluding Cook, are yet to hear from, whicl
will reduce Ridgways majority about halt
and in,rerse Etter's in ab)ut the sam
| proportion.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Nov, 10Th,
General Assembly met today and et
tected Il permanent organization. Brad
ley Is Enrich was elected President in tn,
senate, aud A. Pennington, Speaker of tn,
House. The Assembly adjourned with
out tranSacting other business. To.mor
row the election returns will be read, and
new members of the Legislature installed
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov lO.--Re,urns from
ninetythree counties give Hardin, Demo
crat, for Governor l25. .754 Gentry, In
dependent. ST, 400 The entire delegation
OF Cungressmen will doubtless be Demo
cratic, though returns have been received
from no districts as yet
ATHIsoN, Kan, Nov. l0.-Official re-
turns from tilty-tour counties, and accurate
returns trom the remaining sixteen, show
Osborn's majority to be l4,222 In the
First District Phillips, tor congress, has a
LJdJ'iiy VI c'o--I'
ST PAUL, Mimi, Nov. l0,-Vcry near
y complete returns Of the late election in
this state show that the Republican state
ticket was elected by over 5000. Dunnen.
Republican,, for congress in the First Dis
trlct, is elected by 3, ,40l majority King,
Republican, for congress, in the Third Dis
trct, has 2,3l majority, with a few pre-
cincts to hear trum In the Second Dis
trict the result is still uncertain. The
straight Republican candidate for con
gless has 50 far 907 majority and is proba-
bly, elected The Legislature is Republi
can by twentyseyen majority on joint bal
lot, but In this count are included several
independent Republicans and Anti Mo
nopolsts whose votes are uncertain,
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. TO- AT the CON
ference Of the Governor, Treasurer and
the holders OF state bonds to day, reports
were submitted BY the Governor, Treas
er and the committee appointed to conSid-
er the same and report. Hon. Hugh Nc
Culoch, late Secretary of the United
States Treasury, made speech represent
ing the views Of the holders Of Virginia
bonds in England, He stated that foreign
bondholders were inclined to be lenient
toward the state. Nothing more is known
of the Governor report than that it gave
a most woetul picture of the pccuniary con
dition of the state.
The bOndhoiders adjourned at II O'Clock
tonight They decided that, despite the
condition of Virginia, taxa
tion would support the state government,
pay the interest on the funded debt AID
two-thirds of the unfuDded without serious
inconvenience Arrangements could be
made with the bondholders to effect this.
New ORLEANS, Nov 10--The Amcs-
SimmS trial came off yesterday in Hanna
he coroner's jury all colored, returned
verdict of jus;ifiable homicide. Simms
was Immediately released.
From 1000 to lU,OO) knights Tcmpar
from all parts OF the Uuion are expected
to attend II convention here December LIST,
and great preparations are being made to
receive them.
- CHICAGO. Nov. lO.-The Chicago branch
of the Nebraska Aid Society have received
money aud supplies from various sources
to the amount of $1,000. Collections are
still being made and the work is being ac
lively pushed.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 9.-Dr. H. II. Mitchell
and DR. ". i, Morse, prominent citizens
OF St. Joseph, Mo-, and members OF the
society for the relief Of Kansas and Ne
braska sufferers at that place, have arrived
here in the interest of the destitute people
of those states. They bring credentials Of
the highest character from Gov Wuods0n
and other distinguished citizens of the
state. aud will commence their labor of So
licting AID from the citizens OF St Louis
at once At u meeting Of the hoard OF di
rectors of the merchants exchange this
afternoon, the gcntemen were cordially in
dursed, aud the benevolent OF the city were
earnestly requested to contribute in behalf
of the needy settlers of our ueighbOring
states. Prot. A. b. Smith, ex president
of Arkansas Valley Collegiate Institute,
will publish a statement of the condition Of
the settlers Tomorrow. He says there
are fully 10000 people in Kansas and Ne
braska who are either now or will shortly
he in absolute want of the necrssaries of
life, aud he earnestly appeals not only to
the citizens ot st i ,uis, but to the people
of the whole country, to send theui and III
the shape of provisions aud clnthlng a.
speedily as possible.
New YORK, Nov. l0.--Upon the ad-
inurumeut OF the annual meeting of the
National Ass ,ciatiOn uf Woulen Manuiac-
turers the manufacturers Uf fancy cassi
meres assembled to discuss the advisability
uf decrease in the production OF goods.
The COMMON feeling was that the condition
OF the trade demanded lesseHing Of the
production, and while many objected to
sign the paper agreeing to this, about TWEEN
~ five mills. through their representatives,
agreed 10 stop p per cent. OF their ma
chinery for three months. Nery many
companies whose names are not upon the
paper have adopted the curse advised.
] he necessity Of such plan Is felt by all
Fine cassimeres which sold at s. per yard
in Jus" aow bring only IS or $3.50. aud
many medium grades have fallen from
: o. u 81 per yard The sales are small
aud stocks much larger than can safely be
carried
NORWICH, Conn. Nov. 1O.-The man.
moth cltt0n mill OF the >Uragues at Baltic,
ten uilcs north of this city. tn day resum-
ed work after three aeeks suspension.
caused by the strike Of mule spinners.-
4 few of the strikers have returned, aud
fresh spinners will be employed it the rest
ID not yield. The Spragues run on full
iime. not having entered into the two
thirds time league. !