The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-16
Canal Statistics Reperted d
to the Legislature.
No Choica Yet Sor Senator
in w. Virginia.
Death of Congressmen
Roman Catholic News.
a Trick to make certain
New Senators show
their Hand.
Outrages by Sheridan's
Drunken Soldiers.
One of them meets his Pun
- ishment.
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Accidents. Fire. Etc.
Accidents. Fire. Etc.

the Canal Trustees for report upon GER
| tain questions, they submitted the follow
ing information: Canal Trustees, for 1870,
paid salaries for officers and agents, $3l,-
30l. 25; Canal Trustees, for the last year, |
paid salaries of officers and agents, $l9,
052 excess of the old over the state sys- |
tenn, $l2, ,249 25. "a
Total number of tons of freight passing
through the canal for the last fifteen years, |
g, 944, 720; average per year, the last
three years, 78l,73l tons. A comparative
statement. showing the amount of corn
shipped over the canal for the two years
of 1873 and 1874, stated it at 12,722,569
bushels. Length of the canal and its im-
provement, l24 miles.
Over the Chicago & Alton railroad. a
competing line, for the same time ,766,
&c. Length of the main line of the road
and its branches, $40. F58Ea
| Over the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacif
ic road for the same time, 8,547, 1877 bush
els. Total length of the line of this road
and its branches, $50 miles.
Decrease of corn on the canal in 1874, 20
per cent Decrease on the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific road, 81 per cent. Aver
age freight on corn, per bushel, 3.47-l00.
The distance is seventy-two and one=half
miles.
Comparative railroad freight for the dis
tance fixed by the railroad commissioners,
for the same distance, eleven cents per 100
pounds Actual freights charged by rail
roads. thirteen and one-half cents per 100
, pounds, or seven and one half cents per
bushel e r.f
The total benefit derived to shippers on
all accounts is five cents bushel, which,
when estimated on all the corn shipped
over the railroad, amounts to $lS, ,322. &c.
HUNTINGTON. W. Va, Feb. 15.-The
Joint ballot in the legislature for United
States senator. to-day, stood: General
Jackson 26, Walker %, Price II, the bal
ance scattering,
WASHINGTON, D. C.Feh. l4.-The Hon.
ISamuel Hooper, representative in congress,
from Boston, died here this morning OF
pneumonia, after an illness of two weeks.
This is the fourth death among
members of the lower house since the be
ginning of this session of congress. One
J. senator has also died. The members are
0 Hooper aud Crocker, of Massachusetts,
Hersey, of Maine; Rice of Chicago, and
Senator Buckingham, of Connecticut. Mr.
Hooper was very rich and benevolent
man. At meeting of the Massachusetts
delegation, held this afternoon, it was de
a cided that, as all the immediate member!
' of his family are in Europe, the funera
services shall be held in the hall of tn,
house of representatives, Tuesday, Febru
ary 16, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, afte
which the remains shall be deposited in
}. vault at Oak Hill Cemetery. Judge Hoa
will announce Mr.. Hooper's death in tn
house Monday, at half past o'clock.
New YORK, Feb. l5.-A cable Telegram
'. announces that Rev. James A. Healy. O
G Boston, has been made Catholic Bishop 0
- Portland, Me- Very Rev. Thos. Golberry
II the Augustinian Bishop of Hartford
'-' Rev, Krantbayer, Of Milwaukee. Bisho
!, of See created for that city Rev. job
= Ireland, of St. Paul, Minn. Vicar Apos
81. tolic of Nebraska, and Abbot Seiderbusf
are the Benedictine Vicar Apostolic for pal
VIC of Minnesota. Also that the Pope has cor
'iA firmed the promotion of Boston, Philade
phia, Milwaukee and Santa Fee as Arci
,se episcopal Sees.
50 Rev. Father Byrne, the President of tt
eth eth Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Amer
> ca, has written a letter advising that tt
organization should not take part in tt
parades on St. Patrick day, partly on Il
! mi ni ground of excessive expense, and part
for the reason that parades detract fro
the religious associations of the day.
81, DUBLIN, Feb. Archbishop Guile
in PASTORAL letter, condemns the missit
ST., of the revival preachers, Moody and Sa
- key (of Chicago), who, he says, promi
salvation by foolish sensatlonalism witho
nter requiring repentance.
bes WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. l5.-Sen
ked tors generally admit that there is nc
f tSe little doubt that an executive session W
ave be called to consider the Hawaiin treat
eed r. is not expected that the session W
and continue more than one week. Twen
ung three new senators are then to be swo
1asi 1nsi lin, One of the political purposes of t
and extra session, which does not appear up
light the surface is that Angus Cameron a
To5SS s@S Judge Christiancy. and whatever 9th
,ish, senators may be called Independent, "
can be compelled to define their political po
phet phSt ton as regards the Republican Senator
lress caucus. IF they shall choose to act vi
!. Sprague. Fenton and Schurz who c
themselves Independent, but do not atte
~ the Republican caucus, they will be hk
w to be assigned TO very different positions
q committees than they will be in case tt
- classify themselves as Republicans on
Philadelphia platform. The invitation
senators to attend caucuses never cont
the word caucus" but request all Sc
N tors who indorse the principles of the
- publican platform adopted at Phiadelp
:. in 1879 to attend The acceptance of t
= invitation Is regarded under the code
= political honor here as recognition of
q Philadelphia platform, ani of party
putlicanism. This feature # the ext
? ' tive Session will be of considerable iuI
tance to the new senators, as the conn
tees will be reorganized at the begim
kle Si to of the executive session. and will doubt
us re- remain as then constituted until the
nnect- of the next succeeding long session.
is + aus. New ORLEANS, Feb, l5.-Henry
char (colored), while returning f
Ion. church with some friends, was assailed