The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-03
Snow and Cold, in May
Bccidents. Fires, Murder,
fy Hanging, Etc.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. May IA report has
obtained currency that the supreme court
has decided that cities, towns, and villages
must pay for sidewalks out of the general
fund of the city and town, and that these
municipalities have no authority to tax the
owners of adjacent property for such pur-
poses, In consequence of this report, the
attorney general is in receipt of numerous
letters asking for an opinion on the subject.
He has not given in any case an official
opinion, but he to-day, in answer to a letter,
called attention to the fact that the consti-
tuition of the state authorizes municipalities
to make just such improvements by special
assessments on the owners of adjacent pro-
perty. He also says he knows of no opin-
ion of the supreme court touching the
question. ~
Ex-State Treasurer Rutz was in the city
to-day, and called on Thomas s. Kidgway,
the state treasurer, and informed him that
the injunction restraining him from paying
over $4,000 now iu his possession, of the
7-36 tax had been dissolved, and he was
therefore prepared to and would pay the
amount of money into the state treasury
next week. This settles the matter, so fal
as the fund in the hands of the state off
GERS is concerned. Eighty-six counties have
al;eady received their share of this funC
from the state treasurer, and but few
counties remain to be paid. These will b,
paid at any time when they call for tn,
amounts due them. The working of th,
law has developed the fact, however, tina
the county treasurers will get handsom
slice of the funds in the shape of commis
sions before it reaches the taxpayer, fo
whom it was intended.
ST. PAUL, May l.-Bill King arrive
home at Minneapolis last evening. TIL
Dispatch to- day welcomes him by publishin
in full his testimony before the COMPRESSION
al committee in February, 1873, when h
swore positively that he had received n
money, directly or indirectly, from the Pa
cifc Mail Company, on which testimon
the charge of perjury against him in Wash
ington is based.
New YORK, May Mayor Wickhal
to- day nominated to the board of alderme
General William G. (''Baldy'') Smith fo
police commissioner; Joseph J. ODons
hue, park commissioner John r. Hay
ward, commissioner of taxes Vincent
King, fire commissioner; DIR. Edward c
Janeway, health commissioner and Towl
send Cox, commissioner of charities. Pr
badly for the first time in the history
municipal nominations in recent years, a
V the nominees were unanimously confrme
: On motion of the Republican aldermen, IL
4 4 thanks of the board were voted to tt
i, mayor for making such excellent nomin
# tions. Mr.. O'Donahue is well known t.
e merchant, always a Democrat, but oppose
r to the Tweed regime, and an associate
y Mayor Wickham on the sub committee
the committee of seventy for the detectiC
of frauds.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-The public de-
). statement shows a reduction during APP
;. of 81, 1886, 346.
The public debt shows total debt
- $2,239, ,26s, ,29S; total interest, $35, ,26S'2e
o New YORK, May Miss Ida Greele
n, the elder daughter of the late Hora
,e Greeley, was married to-day to Color
ell Nicholas Smith, of Covington, KY, at t
P residence of her aunt, Mrs. John s. Cley
ii land. The Rev. Father Farrell, an 9
ii. friend of the Greeley family, perform
:" the ceremony, according to the rites of t
il Roman Catholic church. There we
rs present a large number of invited CUES
including judges and military and prof
no sional men. After the ceremony the b
dal party embarked in the steamer Alb,
Dc sinia for Europe.
81 CHICAGO, May The jury in the Stol
he libel case have failed to agree.
it'll New YORK, May 1.-The widow of I
ice late Dan Bryant has applied to Surrog
Did Hatchins for letters of administration W
no her husbands estate. She sets forth
t. her petition that the property does not
of ceed $2OO,and there are five children to
'ut supported.
no Cardinal McC Closkey, the Papal Ambas
at dors, some Bishops and number of Gle
ces of the archdiocese left to-day for Bos
eed where tomorrow Bishop Williams will
red raised to the dignity of Archbishop.
.a DETROIT, May l.-Dispatches from
.ha Mackinaw this morning say the Str;
! ., are open and vessels can pass without
in ficulty.
o, MEMPHIS, May 1.-The Somerville( Tel
div Falcon estimates the loss of horses
rec- mules in thatcounty (Fayette) from
by buffalo-gnats from last Friday night
Monday at from 300 to 500 head,
= PoTTsvILLE, Pa, May There is
prospect of settlement between the q
. ers and employees here. No serious tt
q bic has yet occurred between the special
a lice and the miners.
- 1t is stated that the miners at Scrar
and Wilkesbarre will forward $l0O,
next week to the strikers here.
7Ol SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May Lit has T
- ed here steadily since last night at Il
4, clock, and now cold north wind is b
e ling, which makes one feel as if it was I
g winter.
q FREEpoRT. ILL.,, May IA snow ste
accompanied by high wind, has been
|, 7 vailing since an early hour this NOR
over the northwest portion of the 81
At o'clock the mercury stood b
" vsSo 10 freezing point. There are no May gu
is re- fooling around in this locality.
a ui' Is EVANSVILLE, Wis, May IA ht
sus. snow storm has prevailed here since q
to noon to-day, ,and five inches Of snow
y ifallen,