The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-06
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The New Lightning Mail
Train for the West.
The Georgia Negroes Treat.
ed dLenieutly. n
A Radical Row in Miss.
Is It a Hoax? Or was there
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Rev. Workman to be tried
Again.
The Methodist Church
Scandal at Quincy.
Great Corn Prospects.
Accidents, Suicides, Crime
ETC., Etc.

WASHINGTON, Sept THE Postofice
Department has perfected arrangements
for fast mail train from New York,
Philadelphia, Washington and Pittsburg to
Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and all
points in the southwest. The train will
commence running Monday, Sept. l3, over
the Pennsylvania railway and its connec-
tions, making extraordinary fast time SO
as to fully accommodate the immense postal
business between the cities designated, as
we'll as a limited number of through pas
sengers. The schedule of the train will
be arranged and announced in few days.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Sept. 4.-The Grand
Jury of Washington county, before whom
the alleged insurrectionists have been on
trial, presented a report yesterday recon-
mending the discharge of the remaining
prisoners and commencing the Judge and
counsel for the faithful performance of
their duty. Judge johnson then address.
ed the Grand Jury and citizens, advising
the latter to acquiesce in the decision of
the jury, and commencing the people for
the conservative aud law-abiding course
they had persued. All prisoners not in
dicted were discharged and the court ad-
journed until the regular time,
CHICAGO, Sept. 4.-Specials from Cen
trail Illinois state that an immense warm
of grasshoppers, believed by many to be
the Kansas kind, have been seen in many
points of that section to-day. They were
flying at. considerable height.
ALBANY, Sept. A petition for the
pardon of Edward S, Stokes, convicted On
the charge of shooting James Fisk, has
been sent to the Governor.
VICKsBURG, Sept. A difficulty &C
Cured at Radical meeting at Clinton
Miss. to-day. Three whites, Chas Chill
ton, of Clinton, Martin Sively and Mr..
Thompson, of Raymond, are reported
killed. Three negroes were killed and
several whites and negroes were wounded
No positive information has been received
regarding the origin of the conflict
About $50 armed whites from this place
and fifty from Edwards and Bolton armed
at Clinton this afternoon to protect the
town. The negroes are reported arming
and threatening another fight.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 4.-Maj. John N.
Edwards. one of the editors of the st. Loui:
Times, and Col, Emery s. Foster, editor o
the Evening Journal, left, last night for
Winnebago county, ILL.,, to fight a duel
Col. III. B. Branch and w. ID. Barnard ART
the seconds, the former for Edwards anC
the latter for Foster The affair grew ou
of an editorial in the Times upon the &C
ton Of the citizens of Winnebago county il
refusing to allow jeff Davis to speak a
their fair, and rejoinder by Foster in thu
Journal. Nothingihas been received from
the scene of action up to O'Clock.
| A dispatch to the Times says the due
took place at five o'clock this afternoon a
la point five miles north of Rockford, il
Winnebago county. They had one sho
/ each, without effect, both parties firing to-
! high, but making line shots. Majo
Edwards demanded second shot, but a
,, under the agreement to the fight secon,
: shot could not be had unless demanded b.
, both parties, Col. Foster considered he ha
given all the satisfaction equired of hin
and declined to join the demand for anothe
shot, and the matter was settled withou
further difficulty. The weapons used wer
Colts revolvers at twenty PAGES.
E EUREKA, ILL.,, Sept. 8. E. P. Hall, pre-
: siding elder of the Normal district c
Methodist Episcopal church, and Rev. A
e G. Price, pastor at Eureka, the scene c
4 the orkman- Hedges tragedy, were eugae
i. ed yesterday taking deposition and pre-
e pairing testimony to be used in the forth
t coming ecclesiastical trial of L. C. Work
e man, husband of the supposed murderess
+ At the last session of the Central Illinoi
t confere zee, Workman was put upon tria
It for the part he took in the affair by hi
voluminous and amatory correspondent
), with the murdered woman, Mrs. Hedge,
u Hc was found guilty and expelled from th
= ministry and membership of the church
j. He appealed his case to the court of 'triel
e of appeals" and the case was remande
l. back to the Central Conference for a. ne
n trial upon the ground claimed by Worl
q man that he had new and important test
+ mony that he thought would exoherat
him from all blame, and that the printe
: copies of the letters he sent to Mr.
Hedges, which were put in evidence upo
his trial, were not exact copies, but wei
q lgarbled and distorted, and then printe
and put in as evidence upon the trial; tn;
!. this was the only evidence upon which
was convicted, and that he could pro-
|, their incorrectness. The court held tn
while the printed copies might be exa
copies of the original letters, thel
J. was not sufficient evidence to show th
rt fact, and upon that ground the ca
was sent back. It is understood tn
III Workman will deny writing al
= other letters than the one found upon &
= person Of the murdered woman. but t
depositioas which are now being taken al
the afidavits which will be presented
the new trial, it is thought, will show
the ex-reverend the perfect agreement
the letters which were printed, and up
y which he was convicted, and the origin
!. letters produced at the coroner's inqut
5 aud the trial before the civil courts, a
= will also show the author to be i.
\ Workman. At the close of the civil tr
' the court ordered the letters to be ?
. into the hands of Workman. He n
J supposes that by denying their exister
he can escape punishment in the ecclesi
70 teal court. A demand will be made up
8. him to produce the letters and in case
re- re- his refusal. it will be shown beyond a dou
is that the letters named were written
as Workman. and a denial or refusal to .