The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-15
TELEGR,AP1HIC.
A Anniversary of the Pope's
Saith Birth Day.
The Federa1s and Confeder-
ates in Ark. unite for
Decorating Graves,
Council Bluffs Feels Good.
Z. d. Sine's Lottery Money
Orders to be Stopped.
Whisky Frauds and Dis
honest Ohce.holders.
The Grasshoppers at Work
Big Indians on their way to
Washington.
Whisky Frauds and Dis.
honest mce.holders.
The Grasshoppers at Work
Big Indians on their way to
Washington.
A Dishonest p. NJ, in Ala.
Accidents, Murders. Fire.
ETC., Etc.

ANEN L OnAs A1dy cpCSidI uAoptAeSh
from Rome states that the Pope's birth
day anniversary was celebrated with ex
traordinary rejoicing. Deputations, let
throughout the day. Twelve preceding
Pontifs have reached the age of S4 Pic
Mono alone surpasses the years of ST. Pet |
er in his chair The Marquise of Stack
poole has been appointed Secret Chamber
lain.
LONDON. May 1.-THE Inman Line
steamship City of Brussels, which sailed
from Liverpool yesterday for New York |
went ashore on the Irish coast. but got off
without damage or assistance and pro-
ceeded,
LITTLE Rock, May l4.--Final arrange
ments have been made by the Confederate
and Federal soldiers for joint decoration
day on May 80 The colored people are
included in the arrangements.
The crop prospects are more favorable
| than at any time since 1865.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, May l4.-There will
be celebration tomorrow evening in this
city in honor of Judge Dillon's decision
declaring the bridge across the Missouri
river at this place to be constituent part
of the Unicn Pacific Railroad. Council
Bluffs is therefore the legal eastern ter
minus of the Union Pacific.
New YORK, May 1.-THE investigation
into the operations of the so called silk con-
spirators shows that of the silk placed up
on the market in this city the government
was defrauded of 81, 100000.
| WASHINGTON, May l3,-The Postmas-
ter General to-day issued an order forbid
ding the payment by the postmaster at
| Cincinnati of postal money orders drawn
to the order of L. d. Sine, who is engaged
in conducting gift enterprise. All reg
istered letters addressed to Sine are to be
returned to the Office from which they are
mailed.
Whisky frauds are still receiving atten
ton by the treasury department and Solic-
itOr Wilson is continually unearthing
| frauds. Further evidence was discovered
to-day against the Union Copper distillery
at Chicago, and $50 barrels of spirits were
seized also their works, Three hundred
barrels were seized at st. Louis, belong
ing to Berris & Frazer Fresh proof has
been obtained against them. Photograph
ic copies of the internal revenue returns
are being made at the treasury depart
ment and forwarded to officers in the diff
ferent cities to aid them in substantiating
their charges. Among those made to-day
was one from the gauger at Cincinnati GER
tifying that certain number of barrels of
spirits had been emptied and the stamps
destroyed. Upon further search
the same lot of spirits was found in Chica-
go in the original packages, thus conclu-
: sively showing collusion of the gauger with
distillers,
PEORIA, Ill.,, May 14.-Some apprehen
; sion is felt here among the distillers re-
e garding the whisky seizures throughout
the country. Two were seized at Pekin
yesterday, and government detectives have
been at work here for some weeks. 1t is
thought there will be no trouble here, but
e all will breathe easier when the officers
d leaye town.
0 CHICAGO, May l4.-An Inter Ocean
: special from Kansas City, Mo-, says the
4 grasshoppers in Clay county and in many
t other portions of the state are making &
0 clean sweep of corn, oats and wheat, a:
well as meadows and gardens. The fence:
in some localities are almost black with
them. They are moving in northwestern
: ly direction. One pecullarity about these
!. grasshoppers are that they cannot fly.
e ST. PAUL, MIMI, May l4.-Gen. Terry
# to-day received dispatch from Fort Ran
If had just brought in the Andrews Wharton
y party, en- route to the Black Hills tro1
: Sioux City, consisting of ~ men, six wag
y ons and % horses. The party had reach
ed within 90 miles of Harney's Peak.
CLINTON, Ia May l4-Spotted Tail
delegation of Sioux Indians, en-route t.
d Washington, passed here this forenoon fo
Il Chicago.
: Martha Robinson has brought suit in tn
district court against George Crane,
wealthy farmer, for SANDER, claiming SIS,
!, 900 damages. She claims that Gran
circulated reports derogatory to her char
acter.
E' MCGREGoR, Ia, May 14.-An Inter
Ocean special says Albert Young, son c
ex-senator Young, of Wisconsin, shot hi
father to-day, He then committed suicide
= The father will recover. 1t is thought tn
4 son had committed forgery and resorte
" to this plan of escaping the consequence
} PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, May 14.-Th
4 morning four convicts boarded an engin
while it was going through an arch
Sing Sing state prison, and presenting r,
volvers to the engineer and fireman, too
n possession. They cut the engine loo:
= from the train and started southwark
: abandoning the engine few miles sout
:, Of Tarrytown.
\ DUBUQUE, Ia. May 14-Michall Hoga
' check clerk in the freight depot at the Ill
o nois Central railroad depot here for te
J years past, committed suicide this NOR
ing by plunging into cistern at his res
- dence He has been in poor health Fl
b, several days, was depressed in spirits, an
re- leaving his bed went to the celler in
ct Is drawers and in fit of emotional insanit
us- passed the great beyond" He was
years old, native of the county Clar
ireland, and a faithful, popular emplo