The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-21

sifaI, who Immediately went to the hotel
TO arrest Harvey, who asked to see the pa
pers. The marshall instantly ordered him
to follow him, and Harvey, not needing,
was shot dead.
| CHARLESTON, s. c., July 20-A special
TO the Nescs and Courier from Central.
Piekens county, says Thomas L, Brayton,
United States Deputy Collector of Internal
revenue at that place, was murdered this
morning by illicit distillers
| ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 2O.-Col. John G..
Wood, an old man of 10 years, living near
| Grays Summit, Franklin county. this
state, was mysterious1y murdered last Sun
day. His body was found about thirty
feet from his door with his throat cut in
two places and two or three other knife
wounds on his person. He was evidently
murdered In his bed and afterwards car
| ried out doors, but by whom or for what
motive Is entirely unknown. Woods was
man of some wealth, but lived alone, and
it is not known by his neighbors that he
had any enemies.
New York, July 2o-Geo F. Coles,
who was shot last night by Mrs. Coleman,
died tonight at the Chambers street
hospital.
A storm about noon to-day, accompan-
led by severe lightning did some minor
damage to property. The Bridewell was
struck by lightning and three inmates in
jured, but all are in a fair way to recover.
One little girl on Archer avenue was killed
by the electric fluid.
The race was postponed on account of
the heavy condition of the track, but an
attempt will be made to crowd them all in
to the allotted time,
PHILADELPHIA, July 20.-Geo. w. Sc
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while going from door to door in this city
soliciting aid to defend the assassin -Gui-
teau. In reply to question Seward wrote
on slate: "Guiteau is Frenchman. L
am a Frenchman. He is all right to xiii
Garfield" The prisoner was arraigned
this morning and remanded for further
hearing.
CINCINNATI, July 20.-News Of boiler
explosion comes from Watertown, near
Marietta, Ohio, where the boiler of a port
able saw mill was literally blown to atoms
from lack of water. The casualties are:
| Herman Brockway, Eugene Barckey, in
stantly killed; Isaac johnson, since died;
Robert Alexander and VIM. Carnes, proba-
bly, fatally injured.
DULUTH, July 20.-All that remains of
the burned Winnepeg is mass of charred
! timbers just above the level of the water.
| No effort has yet been made to recover the
remains OF the men who were burned.
| MARsHALLTowN, IA, July 20-In the
celebrated defalcation case Judge Duff1e
rendered decision to-day in favor of the
bondsmen and against Marshall county
The suit was for $50, 600 1t is the second
| of a series of cases in which the county has
been defeated and the universal opinion is
that further prosecution of the bondsmen
should now cease, and the enormous cost
| to the county in the way of lawyers fees,
etc, be stopped
Frank Click, aged is, son of DR.. George
Click, of this city, was drowned by the
upsetting of boat at Clear Lake yester-
day afternoon. The funeral to-day was
the largest ever seen in Marshalltown, as
Frank was an universal favorite.
DETROIT, July 21.-The wholesale drug
store of J. E. David & Co. was burned out
from the second floor to the roof this after
noon. The first floor and basement were
flooded with water Loss estimated at
$50, 900; insurance $1,000. A fireman
named Thos. Mcqueen was killed by the
sudden falling in of the roof.