The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-17

Severe Weather all over
the Country. =
The Pennsylvania Miners
getting Sick of the Union.
The Merchants Getting Sick
OF the Credit System.
Hangings, Suicides, Muir
ders, etc., etc.

New ORLEANS, April l6.-The House
recorganised by electing Estelle, compro-
mise conservative, speaker. Estelle was
supported by Gov. Kellogg and the solid
Republican vote. The vote stood 66 for Ees-
telie to 80 for Whiltz.
PROVIDENCE, R. l., April 16. The
second trial in this city to-day to elect a
Senator and nine Representatives in the
General Assembly resulted in the choice
Of the regular Republican ticket, sup
ported by the liquor interest. This pro-
badly secures the election of Henry Lip
pitt for Governor. and the repeal of the
probationary and state constabulary laws,
Several arrests were made for bribery and
illegal voting.
new YORK, April 16.-The President
Mrs. Grant, with members of the Cabinet.
arrived last night and left at 10 O'Clock
this morning for Boston. The committee
of the Massachusetts Legislature Joined
the Presidential party. They all had to
purchase tickets before entering the SPEC
ial train in which they left the city.
Boston, April l6.- President GRAM
aud suite arrived at $50 o'clock. Gov
CASTOR informally received and welcomed
tLC ouu pdiIJs
OMAHA, Neb., April 49, The higt
water which for several days past has de
layed trains on the Union Pacific. has
finally become so high that travel is en-
tirely suspended between Laramie City
Wyoming and Ogden, Utah. The water
is six feet deep in many places and still
rising. 1t is impossible to predict wher
travel will be resumed. The canyons are
reported full Of snow and it is well known
that the snow OF last winter is the deepes
for many years. The location of the pre-
sent trouble is Bitter Greek valley 3Ot
miles west Of Cheyenne. Passenger train
which left here on the l4th aud 18th ar,
lying at Laramie City and Rawlins
Those which left Ogden since the 18th ar,
lying at points west OF Green river. Al
are in good quarters and well cared TO
The Union Pacific officials advise travel
ers for Utah and California not to star
till notice of the blockade being broken i
given.
| A despatch from Fort Laramie to da
says that Capt. Mix's company, who wer
sent after the mining party at Harne
Peak. has secured the whole of them
consisting of sixteen men, one woman an
a boy, They will arrive at Fort Larami
on the 18th. There are heavy SHOWS i
the Black Hills, and high waters ever
where.
SAN Francisco, April l6.-Trains du
since the l4th have not arrived Troubl
exists in Bitter Creek valley. which ha
been inundated by the melting snow
Two bridges are gone. The track ha
been washed away in several places. Th
trouble extends for distance of ten mile
, 1t isimpossible to tell when train will rul
: CHICAGO, April l6.-The Signal Sc
p above zero at Fart Garry, A aboy
at Pembino, 1Oo above at Breckenridg
lO7 at st. Paul, 70 above at Duluth. 6
e at Escanaba. l50 at La Crosse, I4o
Milwaukee, 2Oo at Chicago, 22o at Ke
+ kuk. 2l9 at Omaha, l77 a. Yankton. 33
Cheyenne, 90 at Leavenworth, 270
Il st. Louis, 467 at Memphis, Ga at Ne
e Orleans. 3O7 at Louisville, 32o at CT
y, cinnati, 3Oo at Pittsburgh, 259 at Tol
: do, l67 at Grand Haven. 25 at Buff
y 10. 347 at Oswego, 45o at Albany, 3S
II at Montreal
J. Rain last night at Oswego and Pitt
e burgh. Showing this morning at Cinci
:. natl, Cleveland, Louisville and Graz
r, Haven. High winds this morning throug
V out the west. the east and the southwe!
\ GREAT FALLS, N. H., April LET
II splnners' strike here is over, the men I
y turning to work on the terms proposed
!. the original emllyes.
Is New YORK. April l6 "A Puttsvil
r Pa. dispatch says the secret of the la
e c,,ntinuance of the strike, and the mine
living 81 Comfortably aud keeping So b.
Is front. lies in the credit system alwa
= heretofore pursued by the merchants
was impossible at the outset to refuse
). credit regular customers. who had alwa
hitherto paid promptly, and as no @
knew how the suspension would end, I
U'erchants were Obliged to keep on thro
\ ing good money after bad in the desper;
hope that favorable turn in the financ
tide would bring it all back again, but
crisis is at hand. Wholesale dealers ha
: taken the alarm and are refusing to s
n goods in this region except tor cash. a
~ without fresh supplies the retailers '
y soon have nothing tor their customers
4 empty shelves. One firm Of general dc
ers is credited with $42,O00 already inve
ed in. the strike. Many others b,
5000 to $1U,OOO on their bucks. j
ID Siney, President of the National Labor
= sociation, is quoted as saying that
4 strike is on its last legs. The Philadelp
and Reading railroad has adopted the p
= ofrunDlng pioneer engines ahead OF all r
y senger trains and have Sound it an adya
age in So doing. The miners themsel
Y are becnm!ng very sick of the contest.
are leaving in considerable numbers
other parts of the country. It is said t
10 the way they anathematize the UniO
re. snmething fearful, but they know bel
ct than to bolt. Not enough of them
ns. h. leave TO make any material difference
the quantity Of coal mined.
}. CHARLESTON, s. c., April l6.-Sc