The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-24
TEMPORARY TROURLES.

| TEMPORARY TROUBLES.
DETROIT, March 23.-Cornelius Van
derbilt and Augusta Schell, trustees fo
the bondholders of the Toledo. Canad,
Southern u Detroit Railroad Compan,
have begun a suit 10 the United States
Court of this city for the foreclosure oe +,
mortgage for 81 500 600 against the roae
on the ground that the interest has no
been paid since July. 1875. The Court il
also asked to appoint temporary re-
ceiver.
ON TINE.
ST. LOUIS, March 23---The Republican,
Kansas City special says the first trair
from San Francisco over the Banana lint
arrived there this morning. The run was
the most remarkable on record. the trair
having left San Francisco on time, was OF
time at every station on the long line o.
2, 300 miles and arrived here on time.
TIMBER BELT ROAD,
MILWAUKEE,. March 23.-Articles o
association of the Great Northern Timber
Belt Railway Company, capital 81, 500. 900
have been filed with the secretary of the
state of Wisconsin. The line will run from
Green Gay to the st. Croix river, Wis
eonsin.
MASKED ROBBERS.
ELMIRA, N. Y, March 24.-For some
| time past daring robberies by masked men
have been committed in isolated portions
of counties iu the southern tier. On the
night of March the house of George
| Kemp, an elderly farmer In the town OF
Newield, Tompkins county, was visited.
Kemp and bis wife live alone. About the
first Of the month Kemp received a pay
ment of several hundred dollars on a
mortgage. On the night OF the 9th. after
Kemp and his wife had retired. they were
aroused by a knock at the door. The old
farmer opened the door and the masked
| men spraug in. They seized Kemp and
bis wife, The former they bound and
gagged; the latter they forced, at the
point of pistol, to give them all the money
tnere was in the house. Fortunately
Kemp had deposited all except $50 in
the band the day before. The latter sum
was given to the robbers by Mrs. Kemp.
She was then bound and gagged. and the
robbers made their escape.
Henry Ballou, q young man of question
able character, disappeared from the
vicinity day or so after the robbery.
Officers were placed on his track. He was
found at Breespor. Chemung county, and
arrested. He at once confessed to being
aided. he said, by Charles Duell, but the
robbery was planned by William Coates, a
well known resident of Newfeld. They
had driven to and from Kemp's with
Coatess horse and sleigh. Ballou also
said that Coates was the leader of a gang
that had perpetrated similar crimes in
southern New York, and that a number of
others were planned for the future.
Coates and Duell have been arrested, and
all three of the robbers are in Ithaca Jail
SEORETARY'S CIRCULAR.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-The Secret
ary of the Treasury, Window. issued a
circular to day saying: Congress has failed
sufficiently to provide for the require
ments of the public service under the ap-
propristion for fuel, light and water. and
miscellaneous items for the public build
ings for the fiscal year, custodians of pub
ic buildings under the Treasury depart
ment are notified that the amount of the
appropriation available is insufficient to
provide for labor and for supplies not
embraced in existing contracts beyond the
3lst inst therefore custodians will notify
all persons employed in the buildings, and
all persons or corporations furnishing gas
water or other supplies paid from aiore-
said appropriation, that the department
will have no means available for the pay
ment of such services or supplies beyond
the date above specified.
MORMON'S In NEW JERSEY.
CAMDEN, March 24-A Justice OF the
Peace in Ancora Township communicated
to District Attorney jenkins the inteli-
gence that party of Mormons had settled
in that township and had announced their
intention of forming a colony where poly
gamy can prevail. A man named Spauld
ing and another named Allen. who are the
leaders in the movement, have purchased
large piece of land where the Mormons
can live aud the farmers want the author
tiles to interfere.
SAWDUSr WATER.
ST. PAUL, March ga special to the
Times says: The question of damage to
navigation interests by deposits of sawdust
IN the Mississippi river is again being agi.
tated by rivermen and citlz sne. Col.
Allen, United States engineer. says: i
suppose no one has ever questioned for
moment the deieterious effects the deposits
ing of sawdust from the Minneapolis mills
had upon the channel of the Mississippi.
1 have expressed my views on the subject
more than once, and have no reason to
change their tenor Of course the sawdust
hurts the river. | cannot speak by the
card for the Mississippi river. for the river
below St. Paul is not under my charge.
nor any part of it, but | have supervision
over streams into which sawdust is thrown.
Doubtless the Minneapolis deposit is met
with as far down as Lake Pepin." Col
Crooks says: The deposit of sawdust in
the river is to be deplered, and the whole
matter should be placed under the super"
vis,on of the chief of engineers Of the army,
as congress will take no steps to
remedy or prevent ths evil. j.
n. Reany, a veteran eamboater. says:
- bar formed of sawdust and sand is
worse than of sand alone, as the latter will
wash out, but nothing except dredge will
remove the sawdust Twenty-Five years
ago. when a boat could :cross the lower
rapids of the upper rapids. it could get to
st Paul on the same stage of water but
now it can not get above Prescott on ac,
.ouut of the bars formed of sawdust and
sand. When boat gets aground OF one
the bars and stirs it up. it is plain to see
that it is composed of sawdust." Henry
D Matthews said that while the river.is
convenient receptacle for sawdust from the
saw mills. the practice ls
,onstans detriinent to the Hour milling