The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-05
engaged in clearing the tracks, and trains
will probably run as usual tomorrow.

will probably run as usual tomorrow.
AURORA, ILL.,, Feb. f. 4-Yesterday and
last night gave us the most severe weather
of the season. The streets being perfectly
covered with ice, with hurricane sweep
ing up every street and down every alley,
made the locomotion Of pedestrians almost
impossible. People in many cases could
only cross the streets by crossing on their
hand and knees; posture and mode of
travel that quite number OF our citizens
various places of business. The thermom-
CHICAGO, February 4.-The Signal Ser
wee reports very cold weather throughout
the Northwest this morning, the thermom-
eter at clock marking 80 - below zero
at Breckenridge. 250 below zero at st.
Paul, 199 below at Duluth, lSo below at
La Crosse. Is below at Milwaukee, l5o
below at Rock Islad,9o below at Chicago.
ze o at st. Louis, 15o below at Omaha,
.7o below at Levenworth, Ice above at
Cheyenne, 24o above at Salt Lake, So
above at Denver, l6o above at Santa Fe,
l4o above at Memphis. 4lo above at
New Orleans, l50 above at Nashville, 70
above at Louisville, 70 below at Indian
apolis, 6o above at Grand Haven, 60
below at Detroit, % above at Cleveland,
e. above at Cincinnati, 100 above at
Pittsburgh. % above at Buffalo, 6o
above at Rochester. lie above at Os-
wegoo, IA at Albany, 70 above at Mon
treal and Quebec.
Snow last night at Milwaukee. Grand
Haven, Buffalo and Halifax Rain last
night in the New England States.
Showing this morning at Marquette,
drand Haven. Erie and Kingston. Can.
High winds in the lake regions and east
ward to the Atlantic. At Erie, Pa, ter
rifle gale is blowing, with snow.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, February 4.-Den-
mis- Ryan and his wife. an aged couple
were found dead last night. at their home
in the east part of the city. The Coron-
er's jury found that their deaths had re-
suited from poisoning with arsenic, but
by whom administered is unknown.
DETROIT. Mich, Feb, AT Lapeer
yesterday Augustus Wagner committed
suicide by hanging himself in his barn.
He had wife and eight children, and the
difficulty of procuring a livelihood for
them all is regarded as the cause for the
act.
New YORK, Feb. A train on the
branch of the South Side railroad, on Long
Island, ran off the track last evening, and
the engineer, fireman and conductor were
killed.
PRINCETON, ILL.,, Feb. A fire broke
out at $50 last evening, in the building
owned and occupied by Mike Higgins as a
saloon, in Neponset, ILL.,, destroying it and
an empty building owned by Mr.. Smith.
Higgins loss is about $1,000; insured for
ST. 900. Smiths loss is about 81 900; no
insurance. The cause of the fire is un-
known.
CINCINNATI, Feb. A fire early this
morning, on the corner of Plum and Fif-
teenth streets. damaged Klien's rag ware
house and Lambert & Heller's furniture
factory to the extent of $4,000.
RACINE, Wis, Feb. 4,-Taylor Hall, the
building for the collegiate department of
the Racine College, was burned to the
ground this morning. The fire was frs.
discovered in the attic at about 4:30 A. NJ.
and spread so rapidly that hardly anything
was saved from the burning building
The college library and apparatus were en-
tirely destroyed. Many of the students
were compelled to leave the burning build
ing in their night clothes, losing everything
The entire grammar school building, chapel,
dining hall and all other buildings are
saved and the grammar school Is going as
usual. A recess of two weeks will be al
lowed in the collegiate classes, when they
will resume their studies. No lives lost.
Total loss about $4,000; insurance $29,
900. - '..itH t J.