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

Bryan and Elijah Atkinson, both colored,
were hung at Beaufort to day for the dou-
BILE crime of murder and arson in June.
1874. The execution was witnessed by
about 5000 people. Both made full con-
fessions.
NEW ORLEANS, April l6.-Issam
Brown. colored, was hung seven miles from
.Queensburg al 1920 this morning, for the
st. Peters parish.
ST. LOUIS. April 16.-Travis Harris,
who murdered his father-iu-law, Squire
Masterson, at Commerce, Mo-, on the Sd
of last November, was hanged at that
place to-day.
CHARLESTON, s. c., April l6.-Consid-
cradle excitement prevails among the col
ored element in Charleston. caused by the
rumor that Burch, the mulatto policeman
who when drunk murdered an Irish police
man last fall, is to be pardoned by Lieut..
Coy. Cleaves, colored, taking advantage of
the absence of Gov. Chamberlain, who has
gone to the Lexington centennial. Burch
was to have been hung last Friday, but
was respited one week by Gov. Chamber
lain.
PEORIA, April l6.-Last night about l2
O'Clock, Joseph Eads. a cooper Of this
city, aged about 80. was shot through the
heart and killed, by Dan McAllister. the
proprietor of low dance house on Water
street. McAllister claimed that Eads had
cut him in brawl which occurred in his
saloon few minutes before Eads walked
half block with the bullet in his heart
before he fell. A coroner's jury held an
inquest and rendered verdict in accord
ance with the facts. McAllister is in Jail,
having been arrested a few minutes after
the murder. Eads was married man
and had four children. All the parties
had been drinking at the time. though
neither of the two we're intoxicated. The
killing was witnessed by number of per-
sons. st...
ST. LOUIS, April l6,-Mrs. Z. L. Irwin,
Hannibal, Mo-, tied clothes line around
herself and little girl, six years old, fastcu.
ed the other end to a stake in the ground,
then took the child in her arms and delib-
erately walked into Bear Greek. Finan-
cial embarrassment and disappointment
in love is understood to be the cause Of the
act
JOLIET, H., April l6.-The body of an
unkuOW0 na0 was IOunQ In the DeSplal0eS
river, near Hyde's mill, this morning.
He was apparently 4O years of age, and
was dressed in black clothes, with striped
red flannel shirt His skull was broken,
and the coroner's jury rendered verdict
to the effect that he came to his death
through foul means He had been in the
water, it was thought, for two or three
days.
FREEPoRT, ILL.,, April l6.-A singular
case Of poisoning has just occurred in the
family of Henry Brannigan, living at Dutch
Hollow, in this (Stephenson) county. Hav-
ing eaten of canned Holsters. purchased in
this city, the family were seized with vio-
lent cramps. and little girl, aged 4 years,
died in few hours thereafter At this
writing, Mr. Brannigan and an employe
named Henry Lapshere, are not expected
to live.
DETROIT, Mich, April 16-Day before
yesterday Marania Thayar, in a quarrel
with his sister, Mrs. Allen. relative tc
property commenced beating her, when
her boy, Jared, shot his uncle, but perhaps
not fatally.
George Clark. a well-to-do farmer, oi
Charleston, cut his throat on Wednesday
morning, dying in few minutes.
A young man, named Wide, was killed
in mill machinery at Troy night before
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