The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-03
U. >. g. will celebrate the
Battle of Lexington.
Massachusetts Abolishes
the Spy System and Pass
es a License Law.
Labor Troubles in Penn.
Mass. and Ills.
The Mormon Trials in Utah
The Black Hills Fever
Abating.
The Administration Foster.
ing a Mexican War.
Accidents. Murder, Fire,
ETC., Etc.

New YORK, April 2.-President Grant
to-day accepted the invitation of the COM
mittee of the Massachusetts legislature to
assist at the centennial celebration of the
battles OF Lexington and Concord.
BosToN, April 2.-The Liquor bill, as a
substitute for the present prohibitory law,
finally passed the house yesterday. tire
quires the governor, s signature to become
a law. This bill prohibits the open sale of
liquors oyer bar, but provides for licenses
in connection with hotels and restaurants.
The law also dispenses with the state police
and seizures to enforce it.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, April AT Centralia,
last night, notice was posted at DR.. Pie
vost's colliery that no man or boy should
work except engineers and firemen. Night
men in charge of the pumps were fright.
ened away by shots being fired.
Chief Burgess, of Shamokin, telegraphs
to General Seigfried that he has informa.
tioR that large body of miners will arrive
there from Mount Carmel, Excelsior, Lo
Gust Gap and other points, and asks for pro
lection. The Sth regiment has orders tC
go to Shamokin.
Boston, April 2.-The labor troubles
reported in several cotton manufacturina
towns of this state and New Hampshire
were correct, as alleged by on imperative
order from Fall River, the head center Of
the national union, requiring the opera
tives to demand restoration of the form
er prices The strike at Great Falls, N. III.
is not general, and the corporation claim
that it is now virtually ended. New hand.
being easily procured. no concession in pri
ces will be made. At Lowell, Mass, notice
of an intention to strike was given by tht
mule spinners only in the Massachusetts
Prescott and Lawrence mills, and increased
pay was demanded in all the other facto
ries. The mule spinners' union at first
voted not to strike, but upon the receipt O
imperative orders from the national asso
citation, served their notice upon the mill
mentioned. Agents have uniformly de
clared that the increase demanded will no
be paid, and a meeting of the directors i
to be held in Boston to devise means TO
supplying the places of the strikers. A
Newburyport, Mass, the weavers in al
the mills demanded a full restoration Q
twenty-seyen cents per cwt., and the Pea
body and Maseonomet corporations accee
ded to the demand. The Bartlett an
Ocean mills have not acquiesced, and tn
weavers employed there will give notice o.
Monday of their intention to quit work.
LA SALE, Ill.,, April 2.-The Minon
correspondent Of the La Sale Press say
that the employees of the Minonk coal min
we're paid off and DISCHARGED from servic
on the 3lst ult. !; that il is supposed tina
the mine is permanently closed, and tina
200 people have already left the town O
that account. This appears to be in col
sequence of suit instituted against tn
company for trespass, with damages lai
at $4,000.
SALT LAKE CRY, April In the cas-
of the trial of Geo. Reynolds, for polyg
amy, the defense admitted the first MAJ
riage. The second wife swore she Wa
married to the defendant in August las
Mayor Wells stated he had performed th
. last marriage. The defense admitted th
last marriage, The jury, which is cou
posed of MOrmons and non- Mormous, W.
then charged by Judge Emerson, Wi
quoted the law Of 1862, and said religol
belief had nothing to do with the case an
that the law was constitutional. The iu,
in half-hOur brought in verdict of gui
= ty. The defense moved to set aside tt
verdict for the reason that defendant hs
never been arraigned and asked to plea
e and never had the indictment read
him, which appearing to the satistactiC
: of the court, the motion to set aside W;
5 granted Afterward the defense waived
L new trial, with view of taking the ca
l. to the supreme court The defendal W
{ afterward arraigned, and plead not guilt
! and was set at liberty. giving $1,000 ba
!, Expected that trial of Geo. Q. Cannon,f
polygamy, will commence tomorrow.
It SALT LAKE, April Geo Q. Canno
Il delegate from Utah, being on trial f
a polygamy, the defense claimed that
!. contracted no polygamous marriage with
Is two years preceding the Indictment. L
court held that it was the act of consul
2 2 mating a second or other marriage subs
v quent to the first which constituted t
;. offence under the statement. The defen
ant was discharged.
: PEORIA, ILL.,, April 2,-Rouse's Ope
to witness the spelling under t
auspices of the Mercantile Libra
Three matches were held, and the cont
4 was so close and exciting that the FL
, wind up was postponed until to- morr
night.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 2.-To-d
: Rosenthals noted painting of Flame"
+ Gently purchased by Mrs. g. c. Johns
~ of this city, which has attached thousar
of visitors during the past week. sto
from the art gallery where it has been
exhibition, last night, by being cut fir
its frame.
>. ST. LOUIS, April 2.-The house of
j vanus Keller, in Jasper county, Mo-, ,
+ blown down during the storm of the nj
s of the Doth ult, and Keller, his wife
= five children were buried in the rui
\ Keller was fastened to the earth b
' heavy beam. The ruins took fire, and
. a time it seemed that ali would be bur
! alive; but, by a superhuman effort, (
ler released himself and rescued his ia
to ly, excepting one girl, years old, VIII
eb- head had been crushed BY the falling
r.. re- the house, and whose remains were ba
't IS burned.
US Saturday last party of men, huntin
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