The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-11
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New Hampshire Repudi-
sates the Administration.
MI. Beck shows how the
Republicans Increase
a Expenses.
The Illinois Soldiers Or
phans' Home.
The Catholic Temperance
Movement.
Attempted Bribery in the
Wisconsin Legislature.
Accidents. Crime, etc., etc

DOVER, March 1O.--Indications are that
the vote of both parties will be as great as
last years. The Republicans are confident
of success.
CONCORD, March lO.-The election re-
turns from fifty-two townships give Me-
Cutchings, 1871; Weston, Sob; Black
mer, 275. Last year the same towns gave
Straw 1858 Weston 7, 36S; Blackmer and
scattering 295 The Democratic net gain
5l2. Weston will be elected by popular
vote.
CONCORD, March 1O.-The Republican
loss in l43 towns is 1892
Returns from l47 towns give McCutch-
ings, 26, 345 Weston, 1865 and Black
mer, I,52l. The Republican net loss is
2,l5S There may be no choice for Cover
nor by the people.
NASHUA. March 10.-The Democrats are
holding jollifcation meetings, claiming the
Governor and House of Representatives,
with possibly the Senate.
WASHINGTON, March lo.-Mr. Beck ad-
dressed the committee and reasserted the
correctness of the statement made by him
and disputed by Mr.. Garfield in regard to
the estimates and appropriations for the
current fiscal year. He asserted that the
appropriations were $3l9,00O,000, exclu-
sive of $4,0OO,0O0 extra for the Navy,
while the estimates only amounted to
$3OS, 100000. So the appropriations for
the year exceeded the estimates SIS 5,00O,-
600 He also asserted that the appropria-
tions for II and ~ were $30l, 900, ,O0O, in
Guiding 1854, 4,oOO, ,00U for the sinking fund,
the interest on the public debt, and all
other items. The appropriations for ~
and '73 were $299, ,00O, ,000, including Sl59,
600, 900 for the sinking fund, ETC., leaving
l$l4O,OO 200 for the regular service while
the appropriations for 10 and IA, inclusive
of the sinking fund, ETC., were $l72,00O,.
900, or $32,OOO,00U more than - and '73
SPRINGFIELD; March l0-Mr Reynolds
from the special committee was appointed
to look after certain charges made by the
State Board of Public Charities, agains
the management Of the Soldiers Orphans
Home, finds that the charges are technical
. iy true, and that there are quite number
OF children retained in the school who are
over IA years old, and that the girls are
employed in the kitchen, dining room and
dornitories, and the boys on the farm, fol
which they receive nothing but their boart
and clothes; and in this way the expense:
have been greatly reduced. The commit
tee think in regard to the girls that th
trustees have acted wisely in not turning
them out at the tender age of IA to luul
out for themselves. They finally recon
mended bill giving the trustees dlScle
J. ton In retaining the boys until they ar
, l6, and the girls till they are Is. III
5. committee will probably report tins after
4 noon.
New Y YoRK, March l0-A fire last nigh
;. at 2ll W WashIngtOn su eet, occupied malnl
- by H. Milliman, a pork and lard dealer
caused loss of about S35.UOO. The ma
! who slept in the rear roou on the first fool
as burned to death.
Detective Leahy. who shot Michael NJ
Namara while looking for Dutch He
mann, gave bail, to-day. in twenty thOu
sand dollars to answer to the charge
manslaughter.
Officer John Doyle, indicted for the mu
der of Mary Lawlor, pleaded not guilty
BINGHANIpToN, March lO.-A boiler
the city water works exploded this lnrrr
S. ing, killing the engineer, demolishing tt
o boiler house and depriving the city Of VI
ter. The Mayor has called the Council
- appoint special patrol to guard again
X fires. 1t will take twenty four hours to clei
away the wreck and get the remaining bl
lers to work.
BLOOMINGTON, March 1O.-Fath
OConnor will deliver temperance lectu
- at the school house near the Catho
!. Church, on thursday evening The Cat
- olics of this city are fully organized in {
temperance cause, and have done mol
work in this direction for the past two
three years. The influence which the
t., societies exert is wonderful and has etfe,
is. ed complete reform among the Irish pc
pie in Bloomington.
MADISON, Wis, March lO.-The Cal
tol was thrown into state OF intense e
RY citement last night by the announceme
as of corruption, in the shape of attempt
!" bribery. Senator Carl Schmidt stat
that a relative OF his had been approach
"s by man, who informed him that if
B.. would get Senator Schmidt to vote agair
the insurance bill he could have $l(
charging the Milwaukee Mutual Life /
surance Company with offering the bril-
This announcement electrified the Sena
and there was much excitement. A CO
nIittee of investigation was raised, consi
g ing of Senators ORourk, K, 4. Day
~ aud Potter.
CHEYENNE, Wy, March 10.-Eip
prisoners escaped from the Territorial z,
N itentiary at Laramie City yesterd
w. They knocked the keeper down and p
orr orr sessed themselves of the Keys. Th
' names are John Shriver, William Ha
: A. Nelson, George Franklin, L. 5. Wor
ington, Chas james, Thunias Burke a
Charles johnson Officers are in h Il p
: suit. as also are troops from Fort Sdnde
N PEORIA, ILL.,, March lO--About 8
p el ok last evening man named GeOl
IG Brown was kn ,cKed down on Jetfers
E street, aud handkerchief saturated "
.T5 ehlurofarn was thrown over his face.
9H was robbed of some money aud wat
3E Detective Watson and Deputy Sheriff *
zie happened to be in the neighborh,
VI aud saw the man running ami captul
4. him. He gives his name as John Dol
H and says he lives in Canton lii. The wa
# and money We're found on his person, i
he was lodged in jail at once.
HI PRINCETON. ILL.,, March lO.-Barnet
= ty, of Rock Falls ILL.,, was found dead
a his room at the City Hotel.
3 LocKpoRT, n Y. March lo.-The C