The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-03


of representation based on numerica
strength, aud advised the rejection of tn
amendment providing therefor: recon-
Congress on the subject of the cotton ta!
and the appointment of an agent in Wash
ington to represent the interests OF tht
planters recommended a memorial to thu
State Legislature for geological survey @
the state, with view of an official promul
cation Of its advantages in minerals. that
Immigration may be thereby induced prom
ising the CO. operation of the State Grange
in the work /; reviewed what is known al
the "deadfall system-that is, small whis.
KY shops established near large plantations
where the freedmen trade stolen produce
for rum, to the ruin of themselves and the
planters, and recommends that the Legis.
lature be memorialized to put an end Ia
such traffic recommended achange in the
system of deputies, by substituting a coun-
ty deputy or general overseer of oranges
in each county who shall represent the
county in the State Grange, and act as del
egrte to its annual session; acknowledges
the obligations of the grange to the nation
al body for the relief furnished to sufferers
last spring and advised suitable acknowledge
ment therefor. He also recommended the
establishment ofa grange organ at some
contral point, to serve as medium of com.
munication between the officers and the or.
der; proposed the holding of grand State
fair next fall, under the grange auspi-
ces, and suggested the propri.ty of
attempting some reformation of the abuses
in the matter of commercial fertilizers
such as the erection OF home manufactory,
under the supervision of resident chemists,
supplied with cheaper and better articles.
In conclusion he reviewed the agency and
cooperative systems, and advised, as the
best means Of getting rid of middlemen in
the provision business, that more attention
be paid to raising supplies at home. Much
OF the disappointment arising from the CO.
operative system. as practically operated,
he traced to the imperfect organization
and the necessary friction in matter so
and 80 new. When southern
farmers shall make their farms self tsustain
ing, there will be less COM laint ofmiddle
men.
New York, Dec. 2.-The Tweed habeas
corpus came before Judge Barrett to-day.
The prisoner was not in court because OF
illness, though it was stated that he was
brought over from the penitentiary last
night. After argument, the writ was dis
missed. and the prisoner remanded and
left to his remedy on writ OF error.
United States Commissioner John White
head, Of Newark, was arrested this after
noon, charged by Margaret Connolly, of
Brooklyn, with embezzIiDg $500 given him |
in trust for her two corildren.
The strike of the longshoremen has |
in jersey City The strickers |
have accedcd to the offer of the Cunard |
Line to pay $3 FER day and IS cents per
lour for over work, but the men must en-
oil themselves as non society men, Near.
y all the strikers from this dock have ac-
,epted the offer
TOLEDO, Dee. 2.-Goodman, the Hog
Jreek, Putnam county murderer, will be
lung December 80, at Ottawa, on the Day
on and Michigan road, the Governor hay
ny decided not to interfere with the SEN
ence.
PLYMOUTH, N. H., Dec. 2.-Conductor
aastmrn's train. leaving Plymouth at 1885 |
\. NJ, ran off the track near Woodville this
The engine and tender were
HiONu HUN VIC tIdCh. OIc pdSSttIbcT
ar went over the embankment, Fred
Brown, brakeman, was instantly killed.
md several other persons we're seriously
INJURED.
ERIE. Pa, Dec. 2, Louis Reed, far
ner of Harbor Creek, near this city, was |
.un over and frightfully mangled by two
reight trains acc a m.. to-d day. His ]
read was taken off and his legs and arms
,roken. 1t is supposed that he attempted
o jump upon the first train and fell.
WILTON, N. II, Dec, 2-!The entire busi-
less portion of the town was destroyed
his morning. The losses aggregate $97,-
100, the principal one being the Whitney
900; the remainder being di
'ided among twenty. five establishments, in
ums Of $4,000 to $4,000.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 2.-On last Saturday
light Isaac Rufin met Melissa Adams,
10Th colored, in the wood near Marion,
Ark, and after outraging her. attempted
% kill her with knife. In the scuffie
which ensued she knocked the knife ont of
he dark. After beating her until he
hought she was dead he went to the house
# her father near by and told him Melissa
vas waiting at the gate for Maggie, her
sister, to help her carry her bask-
It. He then left the house and Maggie,
going to the gate, found Ruffin there, who
,ezing her, violated her person and fled.
Monday morning he was arrested in Mem
Dhis and agreed to go back to Marion with
,ut requisition He was taken back, and
after preliminary examination was com
ntted to Jail to answer, the proof against
lim being positive. Monday night fifty or
sixty armed negroes went to the jailer and,
'orcing him to bring Rufiin out, took him
short distance faom town and shot him
o death, his body being literally riddled
With bullets.