The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-08
FOREIGN FACTS.
REPORTED CONDITION OF The
GRAIN TRADE In
ENGLAND.
Proceedings Of Parliament
Relative Of the
Armistice.
WRECKS NEAETScoTLAED-- THE
PLAGUE IN MEsoPcTA1gIA.

LONDON. March THE Mark Lane
Ezpress in q review of the British grain
| trade for the past week says: In conse-
qusnce of changeabIe damp weather the
agricultural prospects at the beginning OF
NJ arch were serious Little sprogress in
| sowing mas been made since Christmas.
The young wheat crop is IN favorable COZ
dition. Good home grown samples from
| their mere scarcity advanced Is Cd (9 2s
on Friday, both in London and the pro-
vinces. Bad wheats were unchanged and
neglected. Foreign wheat, untiIthe middle
of week was improved; American red
winter and Australian to the extent of Is
The advance however were solely due to
the paucity of supplies and buyers are
are now waiting for prospective supplies.
Flour has generally advanced Sd. For
eign -four is in temporary small supply
Foreign oats in small supply and holders
firm. but buyers are waiting for re
lopening. Maize on spot. though in short
supply, improved cd. bat the demand was
inactive. The eff coast market was bare
during the week. Sales of English wheat
for the past week are 81 ,525 quarters at
Ais 81, against 20,430 quarters at AS Cd
for the corresponding week last week.
PARLIAMENT.
In the House of Commons, Gladstone
) confirmed the report of the conclusion OF
the armistioa with the Beers. until the
l4th inst, in order to give time for reply
from Paul Kruger to Gen. Colley's and
subsequent communications, made with q
view to the peaceful settlement of affairs
Arnold, Liberal. gave notice of vote o.
confidence in the Ministry as an amend
! ment TO Stanhope's resolution.
. The House went into committee on the
: Arms bill this evening. Several Home
Ruis amendments were offered and reject
ed, a proposal that persons suspected o
carrylng arms shall be arrested and taker
,e searched by the poIioe, was inserted iu thl
b bill. Clause one es the Arms bill VA
8. adopted.
u TEMPORARY TRANQUILITY.
h Various answers TO questions in Parlia
p imeut TO-DAY show that the governmen
b. has approved General Sir Evelyn Wood
is action relative to the armistise. Bot
b parties promise not to make any torwar
1n movement. but to retain the loety t
| move within their own lines. Only sro
f. visions, not ammunition, are to be sent :
"a Rarrjsons, Joubert undertakes to inforl
0, the garrison of the armistlce and Will u
he his influence to induce the Boer CON
to wounded in the garrisons to Natal, Jo'
by bert will also undertake TO pass provision
is. for the beleagured gsrrisons through II
in Boer lines. On arrival of provisions
,'s the garrisons, blockading and beseige
ry parties are to suspend hostllities for eigt
in days.
he WRECKS.
LONDON. March, THE snow ster
lae k,t - ho
pe davs before railroad Communication ia r
re stored. About nine vessels have been lc
1t on Abedeenshire coast and one hundr'
lid passengers drowned The ship Benrhyd
IN log from Calcutta TO Dundee was wreck
ne near Aberdeen and thirty persons droR
" ed Two or three small vessels were lC
lr with al hands, on the cost of Northumb be
land
Twenty vessels were wrecked on &
.r. coast of Forfar, Kinoardine and Aberdee
70 shire. Scotland. and neerly 200 perso
er are drowned. Que vessel was LiverpC
a ship Ben RhyddiDg. from Calcutta, all {
ed crew, thirty in Dumber. perished with
,es sight of land, the rocket apparatus bel
as unable to reach the vessel. The see
il after ine Rhydding struck, was heal
ed rendering. Some of the crew were Sc
cIiugiue 10 the rigging, while others Whe
"a hanging from it dead. When the ms
a gave way, twelve men went down with I
he main mast and four with the foreme
No such storm is remembered within
i century as the one that ragged IN Scotia
ca from Thursday to Saturday,
1s' THE PLAGUE.
Ie.
be CoNsTANTINoPLE. March The exi
lly ence of the plague in Mesopotamie is fu
sr confirmed There have been Is deaths
Meier and 80 at Cusaro. Most emerge
k, measures have been to prevent Its spres