The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-21

nlSN ana ~ Ieet VIDE IN the cltdI a he
dam afforded 20 feet head of water, feet
more than the old dam,
| The rebuilding of the works of Hayden
tGore 4 Co., had progressed, besides the
dam, to the completion of the foundry
building, l02 by 40 feet, and two stories
high, while the coal house and pattern
shops are well advanced, The main build
ing, to be 535 feet long and three stories
high, was to have been erected in the
spring. The villagers now fear that this
disaster will discourage the firm, and make
them seek a new location.
| New York, Dec l9.--The following dis
patch has been received from Washington
at the office of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company The state department has a
dispatch that the steamer Japan was burn
ed at sea, near Hong Kong, with fearful
loss of life.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec ia special
dispatch state that collision occurred this
morning on the East Tennessee. Virginia
x Georgia Railroad, . miles east of Car.
ters Depot, Tenn, killing j. Grouse aud
William Wyatt, and injuring five men
| The two engines and several cars were
smashed, and two cars, with their contents,
burned. The track will not be passable
till tomorrow.
SEDALIA, Mo-, Dec, 49, The roof of
| the new Catholic church, in course of con
struction in this place, gave way at $50
| this morning, precipitating three carpen-
| ters distance OF 80 feet to the ground,
Henry Myers was instantly killed, and
| William Hughey and John Galaviu were
| fatally injured.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec 10. 9.-Joseph NJ:
Farlane, d scene shifter and curtain tender
at the Pittsburgh Opera House. while as
cending stairway from under the stage
during the progress of Jetfersons play of
rip Van Winkle, this evening, slipped,
| and falling over the edge OF the stairs,
broke his neck. Deceased was % years
old, and single.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, Dec l9.-Frederick
Hesser, the coroner of Northumberl
county, was murdered at the Coal Run
mines, near Shamoakin, last night. There
is great excitement, and the citizens have
organized committee to investigate the
affair.
AUBURN, N. Y, Dec. l9.--Organized
attempts are evidently making by convicts
to burn the state prison here. 4 few days
ago fires were set in two or three places,
and to-day fires were started in the shops,
only one of which. however, (the collar
shop,) was seriously damaged.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 10. - Stephen B.
House, who was for many years at the
head of the cloak department in Shilito x
Go g store, was yesterday arrested for en-
be. element.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 19,-The body of
Il young woman was found to day in the
Medical College on Ninth street, whittier
it had been taken it is alleged by the po
lice, from the woman's hospital on North
twelfth street. The remains had been
packed in trunk, the q IS being pinioned
behind. DR.. Perpente, alias Dubois, said
to be the keeper OF the woman's hospital,
has been arrested.
| LITTLE Rock, Dec. l9-Marx Green a
peddler from jefferson. Texas, was robbed
Of $500 and Il gold watch and beaten badly,
near Benton, night or two since by high
waymen. The sufferer arrived in this city
| to night.
AUBURN, Dec l9.--rom Ballard, the
notorious Buffalo couDterfeiter, and four
'ther prisoners, escaped from the county
jail here this evening.
LA SALE, ILL.,. Dec. ia menaciug
fire broke out in the business centre of this
city at about 10 o'clock this evening, but is
under control at half past II. A number
If stocks of goods were removed and much
damage has been done by water
Fort WAYNE, Ind, Dec, 49, -ToDight
a barn belonging to the Hon. A. p. Ed
gerton. together with several structures
IN the vicinity, was totally destroyed by
fire, involving "A loss of about $4,000. In
cendlnrlsm is suspected.
LONDON, Dec l9. The iron works of
the Great Western Railway company, at
Reading, were burned to-day Four hun.
dred persons are thus thrown out of EN-
Payment.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dee l9.-The Ea
gle Woolen Mills, at GaIlatin, Tenn, were
burned yesterday. The loss is 100000;
the insurance, $4,000, divided between
the Hartford, Etna, and Phoenix Compa-
MES