The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-12

days. lie was deck-hand on a river
steamer, judging from his apparel. and
was about 36 years old. His skull was
fractured, and the index finger of his left
hand gone. The coroner's verdict resulted
in found drowned" whereupon he was
buried in Dunlieth.
The steamer Tidal Wave, Of the s'Dia-
mond 10 Line" was robbed to-day while
lying at the wharf discharging freight.
The money-drawer in the Office was forced
open, apd from thirty to forty dollars
were extracted. The crime is charged
upon Mat Connell, the cabin-boy of the
boat, who is undergoing trial
CLINTON, Iowa. June 11.-Messrs. Lamb
4 Son launched the hull of their new ferry
boat on Tuesday. The boat will be l0l
feet long, 80 feet beam and feet depth
of hold, and will be the largest ferry north
of st. Louis, with the exception of the one
at Rock Island.
| Some unprecedented quick time in raft
ing has been accomplished this year ly
the Chauncy Lamb, of this city. Captain }.
| E. Short. This boat has made eight trips
to La Crosse and back within month,
averaging but eighty hours to the round
trip, the distance being 46O miles, and
VI luSLlS uOWu Hcdfy tOW cdCu llluc.
Very few pilots can boast of such record.
NORWICH, Ct, June 1l.-Charles c.
Fuller. president, and j. T. Momery,
treasurer, of the Champlain Paper Com
pany, absconded to day. Outstanding OBJ
legations $4,000.
LOCKPoRT, n. Y, June ll.-Daniel
DOran, under sentence of death in this ci.
ty, has been respited until Friday, July g
POUGHKEEPsIE, June 11.--Orders have
been issued to start the print works at
| Wappington Falls on full time. They
have been idle near two months, This
will set 1900 hands at work.
New YORK, June IA dispatch from
Montreal says Mr.. and Mrs. Bloom, OF
Green Bay, Wis.,, were among the cabin
passengers of the wrecked steamship
Vicksburg.
MONTREAL, June 1.-THE steamship
Vicksburg was an iron vessel ard consider.
ed the best ship of the Dominion line She
was about $500 tons burthen. Her value
is stated to be $325,OOO She was fully
insured in England. Her cargo consisted
of $4,000 bushels of wheat, 1900 bushels
of peas and ninety-two head Of cattle
Torrance & Co., agents of the Dominion
line, say that the Vicksburg had only ff
teen steerage passengers on board
Messrs. Torrance & Go, have hearC
nothing further about the wreck of the
Vicksburg. They have been in communi
cation with the government as to sending
out steamer in search of the missing
boats.
OTTAWA, ONT, June IA passenger
by the Dominion steamer Quebec wht
arrived in this city yesterday, reports thai
that vessel spoke the Vicksburg just as
the latter was about enccuntering the ice
and that the captain of the Quebe,
warned the captain of the llfated vesse
not to risk the passage, as it was only will
difficulty that the Quebec was enabled &
get through.
NEwBURGH, n, Y, Jnnell, l,-Th,
Mount Sunapee House burned this morn
ing. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $1,000
LEBANON. N. H., jane 1.-THE mail
building of the agricultural works of thu
village was burned this morning, tOgethe
with the machinery and stock Loss $33,
900; PARTLY insured. One hundred AM
fifty workmen are thrown out Of emnloy
ment, and they lost all their tools.