The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-01

10 few hours. The deceased is married.
80 years old; j. y. Brewer is unmarried.
80 years old; no arrests. IL
VIM. j. Bates, u. 8. marshall. was
fatally stabbed in fight near q bar room
on the Southern road. below Somer set
ky.. "Wednesday night Cooper. another
U. 3, marshall. was killed at the same
time IN little town ten miles distant
Both were active against moonshiners.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
NUMBER OF LIVES LOST AT FERGUS
FALLS.
ST. PAUL, April The Pioneer Press
this morning published the following
special from;F Fergus Falls.giving an account
of very grave accident on the st. Pau
Minneapolis & Manitoba R. r. A
passenger train going south this forenoon
ran into delayed freight six miles north
Eof Rothssy. The caboese took FIRE and
one man was burned to death and six
wounded as fellews: Killed Jas. Briggs
st. Paul; injured Oliver Sischtz. Waletoo
Cola: Martin w alker. residence unknown
right thigh broken and other injuries:
David Cyoupg of Reads Landing. head.
hands back and face cut; William
Messenger Still Water. head and
Henry Kcppell. Has.ings,S thigh and
shoulder fractured, his head and face cut;
Edward Gala Cher, side, back and head
cut. Angus McClelland. Pembina. slight
| ly injured. A special with DIR. Haitian
was Immediately dispatched from here.
The injured were brought in this evening
and quartered at Bells Hotel. Notwith-
standing the fact that the accident occurr-
ed yesterday in the forenoon, and full par
ticuIars were filed for the Pioneer Press
last night. the foregoing meagre account
WAS all that could be obtained over the
wire, which was being held for train or"
aers. 1t is understood here that several
of the passengers reported injured are in
/ z lrecarious condition.
STOREY'S LIBEL SUIT.
CHICAGO. April 1.-The jury in the suit
of Alice A Early, of Rockford. against
Wilbur T. Storey, of the Chicago Times,
| for wilIful defamation Of character. this
morning. after fnal hearing. gave YER
dict for Eve hundred dollars against the
defendant. On one trisi tbs plaintiff was
given $25, 200, and Storey offered $6 600
as compromise. The suit was for $50 O0O
MARROW GAUGE.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, April L. Col. j. w.
Paramore, Of this city. president of the
Texas & St. Louis Narrow Gauge Z. R.,
has just returned from New York, whore
he raised four hundred thousand dollars.
for the construction of a narrow gauge
road from Texarkana through Arkansas
to a point opposite Cairo, LII. A large
force of men are already employed on this
line. and the work will be pushed with
great vigor. 1t is expected the whole road
will be completed this year. This line is
q link in the great narrow gauge system,
which is to connect New York with the
City Of Mexico, via st. Louis.
WEATHER CHANGES.
WASHINGTON, April l. - Upper Miss
Iissippisand lower Missouri valleys: Nor
| therly winds, becoming variable. cold and
generally clear weather during Friday fol
/ LEVIED by rising temperature and falling
barometer during Saturday.
A RAILROAD MOVE.
| The trustees of the Cincinnati Southern
railroad have given notice to the Cincin~
natl Soutrern r. r. Co, now operating
that road under license, that the license
will terminate October 1st, 1881. The
trustees are required to give six months
notice of termination of license. This
action is takeuto indicate the purpose of
the trustees to effect q sale or lease for a
long time Of the road under provisions OF
the act recently passed By the legislature.
GREECE'S REFUSAL.
LONDON, April IA dispatch from
Athens says: Premier Conmonderous
will telegraph the Greek agents in Europe
that Greece cannot accept the Pores pro-
posal.
TENNESSEE DEBT.
| NASHVILLE, April. 1.-The senate IS to
liz rejected the house bill to settle the debt
at par and per cent bonds.
ROBERTSON AT REST,
ST. LOUIS, April l.-Advices from
1 Durango. New Mexico, state that Jack
Robertson, one of a band of noted desper-
ADDE'S, who have for long time been Q
lterror in Southern Colorado. was captured
la few days ago by Thos. Vance and John
Bsnning. While they were taking him TO
IEarmington. they were overtaken by a
Iband OF yigilants who paid them the
Reward that had been offered for Robert
son and then they took that worthy and
Istrunp him up to tree. The particular act
flor which he was hanged was the killing of
tJobn Greaterex at Durango two weeks
ago.
| BEACONSFIELD.
LONDON, April 1.-Beaconsfeld's ply
sicians state that they thought there is
fstill m uch TO contend with The crisis OF
the illness is past, aud there is every hope
of his recovery.
STOCKS.
NEW YORK, April /. - Stocks opened
strong; generally higher. but soon became
weak and declined to /. subsequently
an advance took place TO J. Speculation
fairly active. Grange shares, Uuion Pa
cific and coal stocks most prominent IN
dealings.
| REVENUE.
LONDON, April l. - Revenue returns
show an increase of e., 2,776.233 over past
year.
/ BULLION.
LONDON. April 1.-The amount OF bull
lion Withdrawn for America was 207.O0t
pounds.
RAILROAD RIOT.
ROCKFORD, Ill, March 3l.-Rockforo
experienced this afternoon the novel anc
!, exciting sensation OF the forced seizure o.
| a railroad. About II O'clock one of she