The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-02
The Clinton Bridge In Con.
greSS.
Seduction and Marriage.
Serious Accident to Little
Nell" the Actress,
Accidents, Crime, Etc.
Spe ial to The Argus.

Spe 1al TO The Argus.
MoDoc CRY, Pa, April Millerstown,
the best business town in Oildom, was
burned this morning. Loss estimated at
S5OO,000 Sixteen persons persisted in the
flames. G. D. GORDON.
PITTSBURGH, April IA MilIerstown.
Pa, dispatch states that fire broke out
at l:30 this morning in the Central Hotel,
from gas used in the building. Seven per-
sons were burned to death and their bodies
recovered. Nellie McCarty jumped from
the third story window OF the Central
House and was badly injured, though still
alive. All the buildings were burned on
the east side of Main street from Freder-
ick S grocery and hardware store, including
the Central and Hanlon Houses, Opera
House, Reed and Durant's hardware store.
and Sink s Hotel, and two other BUILDINGS
Frank ''Shebang" north, inclusive of But
Ter 4 Co. $ bank, United Pipe Lines offices,
express office, Millerstown Saving Bank,
Westman's grocery and up to Schneider S
billiard room; on Slippery Rock street,
north side, from Frederick boot and shoe
store west to Barnhart's grocery store,
from Hook s dwelling, south side of Slip
perry Rock street, to Puff s laundry, includ-
ing sixty-nine buildings in all More per
sons are thought to have been burned, but
not yet discovered The loss cannot now
be estimated.
The loss by the Millerstown fire, to day,
as nearly as ascertained, is $23O,O 900; insur-
ancc $4,000.
KINGSTON, n. Y, April IA fire to-
night IN Rosendale, nine miles from here,
is said to have burned half the village and
was uncontrolled at the last accounts
SAN FRANCISCO, April Law & Frick
liquor store was burned this morning. Loss
$1,000
CINCINNATI, April IA fire on the cor
ner of Broadway and Eggleston avenue
this A NJ. destroyed Hail 4 Conkling'
shaving factory and Whetstone's matrass
factory. Loss 900; insurance $1,000
CHICAGO, April l.-The first boat of the
season arrived this morning through the
Illinois Il Michigan Canal laden with corn
inspected and rejected.
An Inter Ocean special from Appleton
City, Mo, states that Lull wounded in g
fight with the Younger brothers a week
since, appears failing.
PROVIDENCE, April lin the State
election, to-day, the vote was very light
| Henry Howard was rejected Governor
| l2,269 to ] ,509 for Pearce, and loo scat
tering Chas. c. Vanzandt, Lieutenan
lGovernor-7,G ,G79 votes to 6,5l2 for VIM F
Sayles. Joshua NJ. Addiman was re-elec
ted Secretary OF State; Willard SayIes
Attorney General; Samuel Clark Treas
urer. The new Assembly is largely Re
| publican.
SAN FRANCISCO, April IA convention
of old-time Democrats at Sacramento, last
night, adopted resolutions denouncing tht
administration, declaring the State indie
pendent party a failure, and advising Dem
ocrats who had Joined to return and hole
to the party hencetorth, as the only hope
OF saving the country. The attendanc,
was small.
New YORK, April An the employ
ers of this city connected with building in
| terests. are called to meet Tuesday next, t,
take into consideration the advisability o
returning to the ten hour system.
BALTIMORE, April Three hundred
and seventyfve employees OF Galbrill
Sons cotton factory, at Woodbury., hay,
struck, for the ten hour system.
BosToN, April lit is reported that al
| the laborers and section hands on the Bos
ton and Worcester division of the Bosto,
Il Albany Railroad struck, today for high
er wages, and were discharged.
| WASHINGTON, April 1.-The Clintol
(lowa) bridge controversy is still pendin.
in the Commerce Committees of botl
| houses. The committees are divided, bu
1t is understood that majority are decided
that the bridge is not a public highway
but the exclusive property of the ChicagC
and Northwestern Railway Company
One of the most skilled attorneys of tn,
Northwestern-'the mysterious man" O
Wisconsin-has closely watched the com
mittees for weeks.
Boston, April 1.-The eighth ballot fo,
Senator to-day resulted Whole number
of votes, 270; necessary to choice, I36
Dawes 95; Hoar "A Curtis IS Adams / 5
Banks 6; Pierce 2; Washburn, Whittier
and Wendell Phillips one each.
New YORK, April IA heavy bo,
from London arrived in February, and wa,
placed in the United States bonded ware
house, marked to Nv. l.. Rogers. Dixon
Iii. 1t was Yesterday uncovered and re
vealed pine coffin with human body.
SAN Francisco, April IA dispatcf
from Austin, Nevada tells of tragedy il
Smoky Valley, caused by Chas. PeksteiI
because Of his jealousy of young man
named Norton, who paid attentions to hi,
wife. Yesterday neighbor on g,ine t.
Pekstelns house found the naked body o
Mrs. Pekstein horribly hacked and he
head split. At her feet were two children
heads nearly severed from their badiei
and near them the dead bodies of Nortor
aud Pekstein a parently in a death crap
pie. Pekstein had large bloody bowl,
knife and Norton dragoon pistol. Fou
chambers were disharged. There was nj