The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-09

"A large numbers of farmers were in
town to-day,
Marshal Halves is busy notifying peo-
pie to repair or build sidewalks. E
1t is reported that Shields's wooden |
mills,in Davenport, shut down to-day. q
Mayor Davenport has set an example
by building fine plank sidewalk on Elk !
street.
The work of relaying the plank on
Sylvan Water bridge was completed to-
day.
1t is reported that Frank Halves, who
mysterioasly left town this morning, will
not return alone,
j. NJ. Christy, of Moline, has purchas-
ed the Dennison Seminary building,in this
city, and will open big steam cracker
factory there before long.
The workmen engaged in building the
fence across the point of the Island make
slow progress owing to the slow work dig
ging post holes in the rock,
There will be special meeting of the
city council next Monday evening. The
meeting was called by the committee on
markets-Mosenfelder and Davis.
The rectifying and distilli ng establish |
ments of Cochrane, HutchinS & Co. Chica- |
go, have been seized by COVE rnment officers |
On account of irregularities and frauds.
Mr. Jones, of the firm of Gilchrist &
Jones, Of Rapids City, has sold his interest
in their coal mine, to farmer living just
back of Hampton, for the sum of 81 900.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Iowa and Illinois Central District Me- i.
cal Association will be held in the Board
of Education room in Rock Island at 2 p
NJ. on Thursday, Oct. IA.
Rates on east bound freight on the
fourth class to Baltimore and Philadel-
phia have been increased from Chicago
FIVE cents per hundred pounds. These
rates 60 into operation Oct. IL.
There is movement in contemplation
to put a fast passenger train on the New
York Central, Michigan Southern and
Michigan Central railroads, to run be
tween New York and Chicago.
The freight rate on wheat between
Davenport and Chicago, on the Z. r. /. &
P, has been reduced from % cents to Is,
per one hundred pounds. Rates on other
grain remain at the old figure. The new
rate on wheat went into effect yesterday
DaU. Gaz, 9th.
The death of Miss King at the burning
| of the Herndon Hotel at Marshall, Mich,
is ascribed to an overweening feeling OF
modesty, which prevented her in her
unclothed condition from stepping upon a
ladder upon which fireman stood waiting
, to rescue her.
The Texas constitutional convention
has passed an ordinance postponing the
regular state election of December Z, to
such time as the convention may indicate.
In the event of the rejection of the pro-
posed new constitution by the people, the
governor is directed to fix the day of cleo
:, ton, all persons now holding Office to con-
tinue in position till their successors are
r elected and qualified
:: Hiram Price, who is making speeches
J. in Iowa for old Sam Kirkwood, is reported
!. to have said in recent speech that the
. Republicans never supported drinking mer
l. To this charge the Iowa City Press hit.
IS the honorable Hiram off in this manner
TOO true! Last presidential election thu
u 'drunkard, Horace Greeley, while Mr.
r. price voted for that exemplary abstainel
9 Gen. Grant"
IS Congressman elect Frost, of the IVti
st Massachusetts, is evidently good dea
- more of a patriot than a partisan
. Although Republican, he says he shall
IL vote for a hard money Democrat 70
lie speaker, instead of throwing away his vot
e, as a compliment to Republican, thu
, letting soft money Democrat into tn
u :, chair. That is frst-class example 70
y all Republican congressman to follow.
| - a. Al
&c Chicago tribune, in ragard to bible-read
tention of all. Our board of education
should follow the excellent example set b
of Chicago.
lp Now it is that the ''Orangemen" ant
K, the Catholics are at their old feud at To
- ronto. This time it is the Orangemen VIII
. are the aggressors, the mob, the murder
10 ers. On the last Sunday in September
lis the provincial council of Catholics Assem-
ly bled in Toronto and after the ceremonies
81 procession was formed to march to anothe
church. 1t was attacked by Orangemer
= and large number badly injured and on
OF killed. But for awell organized police, tn
G. result would have been still more fata
- grimage from church to church last Sur
1uG duGlUIlltcS CdlIGU Out LEOUl
he and gave their whole police force to pre-
n, vent riot and protect the procession
o. Hardly had it begun it's marc
before shower of stones saluted it. Th
police charged upon the rioters and man
on shots were fired. Quite number of p'
tt, licemen were disabled and many either
NJ wounded. The procession reached il
destination and dispersed.
"A very extensive disaster, so far +;
Us wreckof cars could make one, occurred c
,e, the G. R. | & T. mile this side of Duran
he Friday morning the Sth. Nobody W;
injured, but great damage was done
freight, The freight train which left bel
oy at 6 o'clock had car of heavy stone fl
the new state house, near the engine-an
at the point named, while the train ";
AS going at a good rate of speed, this CT
10, broke down in the center, the stone fallir
in in heap. Then there was piling, al
-. smashing, and rolling, and twisting of ca
'"' such as is seldom seen in the worst disa
ro- tiers of the kind. Twelve cars, several
Re- which were loaded with merchandise, al
tic their contents, were heaped up, under, o
and about them, in all sorts Of shape
"a Some ofthe cars were ditched, some eros
OF ways on the track, some lengthwise on Il
th rails but off their trucks, nearly all smash,
ck at the ends and broken at the sides.
~ was a much worse spectacle than the OF
I'LL on the grade west of this city few wee
OF since.
lie ---- So
ISL State Rights.
ct The following extract from the Republi