The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-09
The National Grange Head
quarters
To be Moved to Louisville.
The Next Meeting to be held
There.
The Liberal Democrats of
Iowa Challenge q
Discussion.
A Grant Barnac1e.
The Deadly Climate of
Washington.
Storms, Accidents, Crime,
Fire, Etc.

WASHINGTON, July S.-The executive
other session to-day. After considerable
discussion, by vote of three to two,i was
agreed to remove the headquarters of the
National Grange from Washington to Lou
isville, Ky. They also resolved to hold the
next meeting of the National Grange at
Louisville on the third Wednesday of No
vember next Headquarters will be re-
moved to Louisville within month or six
weeks. The committee will adjourn to-
morrow.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, July S.-The can
didates and state committee of the Dem
ocratic party held general council yester-
day and decided to inaugurate an active
canvass, having Sheppard Letter, their
nominee for Governor. challenge Governor
Kirkwood to joint discussion.
WASHINGTON, July Fired Grant and
wife arrived here this afternoon. Freddie
is not sure whether he is ready to give up
the .loafng of his army life or not, until
fall. He had intended to resign and go in-
to his nice new bank tomorrow, but he
said to friend, this afternoon, that now
that the bank was running along SO nicely,
he should not hurry about resigning. He
will 60 on and see what his pa at Long
Branch thinks about it first.
The hot weather in Washington has in
creased the mortality rate in high degree
as shown by the mortality table, for the
week ending June &c, which gives Total
deaths, l47; white males, l3; females, IL
colored males, 6; femeles, 10, Minors
White males, 20; females, 27; colored
males %: females, 80. OF this number,
II were less than one year DID, and 81 over
than the previous week, or at the rate of
So 96 per 1000 per annum. The rate of
mortality of the white population was 33.
sc per anunm, while the mortality of the
colored population was $3.50 per 1000.
for the same period. The rate of decrease
of the white population, by deaths over
Births is 5.24 per 1000, while the decrease
of the colored people by deaths over births
was CLIO per 1000 per annum.
DEs MONIES, July S-The crops are
rapidly recovering from the effects of the
storm. Wheat and oats, which were blown
down, are rising again and the cultivation
Of corn has recommended.
CHARLTON, Iowa, July The storms
of the past week were particularly severe
IN this section The lightning struck not
less than thirty houses and barns and killed
one person, Mr.. Robinson, ten miles south
west of here. The food was unprecented,
hundreds acres of corn and meadows being
submerged.
DEcATUR, ILL.,, July 8.-Rain is very fire.
auent and abundant in this vicinity. 1t is
thought by many that crops of all kinds will
be materially injured.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 7.-The recent
severe storms here have caused terrible
damage to the railroads of this state. Or
the line Of the north Missouri, near Bruins
wick, 100 miles of track under water, and
the road is abandoned. No trains have
passed since Sunday, and it will be impos
siblo for them to run by Friday. Hundreds
of hogs, cattle, and horses have been drown
: ed and farmers sustained heavy losses b.
the ravages OF the food, which surpasse
even that of lS43. Yesterday train wa
sent out from Brunswick with loads of boat
to rescue people who we're imprisoned il
E houses by water. The company is makin
= strenuous efforts to get the track cleared
5 CINCINNATI O., July THE recen
heavy rains have so swollen the streams i
southern Ohio that railroad bridges hav
been carried away on the Portsmouth
branch of the Marietta andCincinnati raj
: way and the track badly injured
LoGANsPoRT,. lind. July AT abou
. noon to day John Campbell undertook t
Y ferry across the Wabash river, one mil
t east of herein boat a scow, having o
= board portable steam engine, with tw
:. horses attached. When in mid-stream th
/ horses became unmanageable, and plunge,
l. to the side of the boat upsetting it. CamI
s bell, in trying to quiet them became ental
t gled, and the man and horses were drown
b., ed Campbell resided at Walton, Ind, an
d leaves a wife and three children.
u MONROE, Mich, July This after
: noon, about o'clock, small boat, col
n tanning a party of fishermen, was capsize
= in the river Raisin, two miles below tb
city, and two of the occupants, name
: John Schmill and Charles Eiler, wei
drowned. The latter was a married ma
and leaves family. Every effort was mao
to save the drownitg men, by a party
gentlemen in another boat, not far distal
, but they were unable to rescue them, /;
they sank almost Immediately, and prob
, bly becoming entangled in the weeds di
not rise again. The bodies have not "
been recovered,
:. ADRIAN, Mich, July IA little daugl
TT ter of John Bradley, of Ogden, this coul
ty, yesterday got bottle Of laudanum fro
a cupboard, and, before it was taken fro
j her, she had drank SO much that death Ell
sued in few hours.
Mrs. Couples, of Tecumseh, this count
on Saturday last took dose of strychnin
by mistake, for quiniue, and died within g
hour.
ROANOKE, Ind, July The noon e;
d press train westward, on the Wabash roa
ran over a man, four miles east of tn
] place, who was asleep, killing MIN instan
! ly, cutting his head completely of, seve
ing his legs from the trunk of his bod.
aud mutilating the body so bad that ii
Q remains were picked up and put in sma
! sized shoe box, and sent to Fort Wayn
where an inquest will be held. No OF
10 who saw the body could recognize it, or Il
b. papers on the body, but it is suppose
e that he is farmer living on the prair
is near here.
is BURLINGTON, Iowa., July IA htt
son of Chris Darius, on South hill, W
drowned yesterday afternoon. The faith