The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-09

in fishing for the bucket found the lfeless
remains of his son.
Council BLUFFS, Iowa, July IA boy
named John Powers was drowned in a
branch OF Macquito creek, near Nicola last
evening, while bathing. His body was re-
covered.
HAVANA, N. Y, July 7.-Charles Cap
peli, a son of j. F. Cappell, of Havana,
fell from a freight car at Cantell. on the
Springfield and Northwestern railroad,
south OF this place, hurting his head and
shoulder badly.
JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, July MT
George NJ. Metz, a most estimable young
man OF Chambersburg, was out with fish
ing party near that place yesterday, when
he was accldently drowned in Mickey S
creek.
BRIAR BLUFFS, ILL.,, July IA young
daughter OF Peter Boylan, aged about 10
years, while klndling a fire with kerosene
oil, this evening about 6 o'clock, was
severely burned on her body, arms. legs,
and hands. There is some hope of her
recovery.
GOSHEN, Ind, July This evening a
brakeman on the Cincinnati, Wabash and
Michigan railroad, had one of his hands
badly crushed while coupling cars near
here. 10
URBANA. ILL.,, July Last night about
II O'Clock as J)hn Graham, of Cham
palgn, and two male companions, were
driving out of town on West Main street,
the horses by some means got off the
the grade into the creek, and the trio were
upset into the muddy water, and but for
the fact that beer and water do not mix
well together, the consequences might
have been serious for some of them, as
| the carriage turned bottom side up, com
pletely enveloping them beneath Help
soon arrived. and after little skillful man
euvering they were landed on terra frma,
wetter, but sober men.
CINCINNATI, July Mrs Stringer, a
married woman, 40 years of age, found
the kindling- g-wood in her cook stove this
morning too wet to burn, when a match
was applied, so she took the coal-oil can
to pour little oil on it. The rest need
not be told, except that after five hours of
the most acute agony, she died.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, July THE body
OF William Penn was found at the Menom-
once river to-day and brought to the
morgue. The coroner held an inquest and
returned verdict of accidental drowning.
Penn went in the river bathing on the 4th
OF July and was seized with cramps and
sank to the bottom of the river. Penn
resided at the corner of Scott street and
Second avenues. He was employed as a
teamster in Pfeister's tannery.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, July An eight
year old son of Thomas Price was drowned
in the mill race here to-day. He, and two
other boys were driving through the mil
race, when the horses started suddenly.
jerking the little fellows out of the buggy
backward into the water. 1t is just a yeaI
to-day sluce another son was drowned.
MCHENRY, ILL.,, July S.-Miss Nettie
liam Holmes, went to the drug store of A.
Gilbert, at o'clock this morning, and pro
cured five grains of strychnine One
hour after she swallowed three grains Of
the poison, paper containing the other
two grains being found in her POSSESSION
At 3 O'Clock she was still alive, but cannot
recover. Domestic trouble is the supposed
cause of her rash act.
New York, July S.-Joseph Doyle, WI {
was indicted for the murder of PHILLIP
Sheridan, the Jersey City saloon-keeper
on April 70, pleaded guilty yesterday, but
under the provisions of a New Jersey stat
ute, the court took the evidence to deter
mine the degree. To-day a Judgment 0
guilty of murder in the second degree
was recorded, and Doyle sentenced to TWEEN
ty years confinement in the state prison.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-July 9.-On Monda
evening at Brownsville, Tenn, Captain j
B. Phillips, of the firm of Phillips, Leak
4 Co, wholesale grocers, was assaulted b,
X. kautrowitz, an ex-sewing machin
agent. and stabbed in the thigh and sid
with an eraser, ,severng an artery. Phillip
then drew pistol and fired four shots a
keutrowitz. The last taking effect in hi
back, passed through his liver, and fror
its effects he died yesterday. Phillips
still confined to his bed from his wounds
and was admitted to bail in $4,000 to a
swer. The remains of Kautrowitz wer
brought here for interment in the Hebrev
cemetery.
Last Tuesday blacksmith named Joh
: Henly. living near Horn lake, Miss. had
" quarrel with woman named Martha Mo
It gan, employed by him as a cook. Ths
n night, while Henly was asleep, Mrs. Mo
e gan approached his bed, and with razC
h cut terrible cash in his throat. Henl,
l. awaking, attempted to catch her arm, bu
caught the razor which was drawn throug
1t his hand, inf1icting an ugly wound. Mr.
o Morgan then seized her child and fled
e the woods. Henly lies.in a precarious col
n dtion.
o DETROIT, Mich, July 8,-This morning
e while Deputy Sheriff A. w. Bradford ha
d a negro thief, named George Hector,
J. charge, on visit to Hectors uncle, to Sc
J. tie business matters previous to the thief
!, confinement in the penitentary, he struc
d the officer on his head with hammer, ar
continued the blows until the officer, groy
: ing weak, fired four shots into the ruffia
D. 1t is expected that some OF the bullets wi
d have afatal effect.
Ie This morning, while the Hon. Abe
d Prince. of Sandwich, Can, was bathir
.e near his residence, he was attached vii
n cramps and drowned. He was a memb
lie of the Canadian Parliament. and one of tt
Of prominent men of the Dominion.
ut ST. LOUIS, July S-The extensi
IS Touring mills ofLouhardt & Schnech, 3
a, Lombard street, were burned about
id 'clcck this morning. The loss is abo1
ct $4,000; insurance $4,000.
D. Ala and pnrfer