The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-30
Rock Island, illinois, Tuesday,

heaVy mass OF Ice twenty feet square Hoat-
ed near upon which nine of the party got,
hoping that it would drift towards the shore
ice, and they could thus save themselves.
When it had foated three hundred feet
from the ice upon which were their com
rades it grounded, and the unfertunates re-
mained upon it for three days and nights.
during which six of them died of want
All the food they had in that time was a
small white fish which was frozen in the
ice. The eighteen men remaining after
the nine foated off, made their way back
to the abandoned brig. All expected to
die in her, and some of them had lost their
senses before reaching her. The brig re-
mained in the ice for a week in sight of
and, and the fishermen were on her ten
days. The narrator says he has family
OF six children and some of those who died
leave families equally large. The ten men
will be taken in charge by the British CON
sui to-day, and be sent home.
MADISON, Wis, March 29.-The last leg
islature passed law for the appointment
of commission of three, for the revision
OF the statutes. The supreme court has
appointed as such commission the Hon.
David Taylor, of Fond du Lac :; J. P. G.
Gottrill, of Milwaukee; and Colonel VIM.
L. Villas, of Madison. Their compensation
ls to be SIS per day for actual service.
Benjamin E. Brown. prominent and
highly esteemed farmer, of the town OF
tltchburg, in this county, was gored to
death by bull, which he was leading to
water yesterday afternoon. aes -
FREEPoRT, Ill, March 26.-Last night
John Nolan, having removed his overcoat,
stepped out of his house, and this morn.
| ing his dead body was found in mill race
near his residence. He is thought to have
been intoxicated.
Recently, IN Pecatonica, young woman
| was, shot in mysterious manner while
standing before the kitchen stove prepar-
ing the family meal-the ball passing
| through her hand and entering the abdo-
men. No clue to the perpetrator.
CHICAGO, Ill, March ga box, bear.
| ing the following: With care, drugs, fol
Aldrich Gibbs, West Liberty. Iowa" to-
gether with its contents, is awaiting a
claimant at the armory Itwas left at the
express Office in the Rock Island depot
Saturday for transportation Prior to the
trains departure, blood trickling from the
F'package" caused an examination, wher
it was found to contain the body of an ole
man, who had been dead but short time.
| There were no marks of violence, and it is
supposed to have been a dlsseeting stiff
No arrests.
| CLINTON, iowa, March 29.-Three mer
entered the residence of farmer named
John Costello, near Charlotte, in this
Icounty, on Saturday night, shot Costello
twice, knocked his wife down, secured
$3.50, stole horses from his barn. and rode
to town, where they broke the lock of
hand car and rode to Lyons, where all es
capped. The wounded couple were not Sc
iously injured.
A boy named John Hatfield had foot
amputated by switch engine on Satur
day.
A mover, name unknown, attempting t.
cross the ice at Lyons, on Saturday, broke
through into fifteen feet of water, but say
ed himself, his family and mules, and los
his wagon and all his household goods.
i DEs MONIES, Iowa, March 29.-Satur
day afternoon the police discovered tn
body of dead infant secreted in a ches
in room occupied by woman and fou
children. 1t had been there five days
} The coroner investigated the case, an
found that no crime had been committed
The woman was alone and sick, and coul
get no one to bury the body. The ches
: was used for table and the family at
their meals over the putrid corpse.
SAN FRANCISCO, March GA board
ing house filed with occupants, wa
burned this morning at clock, at Ben
cla. The inmates escaped by jumpin
from the windows. Several were severel
burned. Three men perished in tn
flames, The building and contents wei
d a total loss.
JEFFERsoNvILLE, Ind, March 29.-A
II O'Clock this morning fire burst fort
. from the pattern shop of the Southwes
y ern Car Company, located inside the ma
). walls OF the state prison, burning /
: $4,000 worth of patterns belonging to Il
;. Southwestern Car Company, the J. M.
: N. Railroad Company, and the Louisvil
o and Paducah Railway Company. IT
q q portion belonging to the Southwestel
+ Car Company and the machinery we
g partially insured. The 10, to the sta
;, will reach $4,000. 1t is not definite
:. known how the fire originated. Thou!
. the excitement ran high among the co
victs, they behaved we'll. The main pc
ton of them wore locked in their eel
- At one time it was feared the whole pris
building would take fire, and two fire G
"a gines were telegraphed for from Lou
y vile, but before they reached this 81
y ~ of the river the flames were under contr
u . This is the third time the same buildi
& a has been burned. ...-..-