The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-12
GENERAL NE WS
A Boiler Explosion in
Buffalo and It's
Effects.
A Child at Durham Mo-, is
burned to death,


BUFFALO March ia large boiler in
the Phoenix boiler works, owned by
Donaldson il Patterson, exploded this
afternoon. instantly killing six men and
wounding seven others. Patterson. one
Of the proprietors. was among the killed.
The manufacture of boiler 10 the firms
business, but speciality is made of test
ing old boilers The old boiler. belonging
to the tug boat Mary e. Pierce, in use
nearly sixteen years, was being tested,
when without any apparent. cause it burst
literally levellng the works. 100 feet long.
80 feet high and 40 feet wide. Patterson
was, with aIpounderousI mass Of the
exploded boiler. accrss hurled the street
and through a solid board fence to which
a portion Of his entrals and fragments OF
his limbs clung, while his leg was recover a
ed fifty yards further away. Others of
the killed were scattered in all direc-
sions. r.
ROASTED.
QUINCY, Ill. March IL As the passen-
ger train on the Quincy, Missouri and
Pacific Railroad was going into Durham.
Mo-, fifteen miles west OF here, this morn.
ing. the train men discovered the house OF
Mr.. Carter on fire. They rushed over
reached there just as Hr. Carter did. He
burst open the door. rushed into the house
and brought out with him his child. burned
to'death. The bed had caught FIRE while
Mrs. Carter was gone to q store. She
arrived just as the dead child was brought
out. The fire was extinguished without
great pecuniary damage.
ABSCONDED.
QUINCY. ILL.,. March 11.-Dave Howell,
station agent Of the G. B. & Q. at Col
ohaafar III ahso0ndo1 vesfar6av eVanIpC
with $40. 1000 belonging to the Quincy Coal
Company. 1t had been placed in his
charge for safe keeping few hours before.
At noon today he had not been captured.
MURDER.
DETROIT, Mich. March ia mill
fireman, known as French Joe, was muir
dered at Twin Lake, Muskegon county,
Wednesday. by unknown parties He
had sold some pine lands to VIM. Blight,
for $500. to rob of whloh sum he was
struck on the head with an axe, The
body was found in a shanty yesterday.
The murderer is still at large but de-
teetives are on his track.
THE MOLINE THIEF.
DEs MONIES, Iowa. March 1l.-W, Fl.
Parker, alias w atson. arrested at Moline
yesterday, is now IN Jail here. It is now
discovered that the goods stolen were from
several stores. and their value is over
$1,000. His accomplioe cannot be found
SUICIDE.
OMAHA, March 11.-Fred Grossenoach-
er, who came here recently from Toledo.
Ohio. shot himself through the head at
the Omaha House last night. dying in
stan:ly. He leaves wife in Toledo, and
left q letter stating that the cause of bis
death was domestic and pecuniary
troubles, and telling his wife to collect
over ST 200 insurance which he has on his
life. The body is at Undertaken Jacobs.
DAIRY PRICES.
ELaIN Ill. March 1I.-As is usual
about this time of the year. the dairy
farmers around Elgin are having meetings
and declaring what milk ought TO be worth
per gallnn next Summer. A hundred
prominent opes met at Dundee on Tues
day. and voted that they wanted 80 cents
for May, June and July, and 81 for the
next three months. To morrow the Con
densing Company will make its offer for
the supply, which will be accepted or reject
ed by its patrons The former is probable.
Last year they failed to agree. and dead
lock ensued Events proved that the
prices then ordered. though considered
then very low, was larger than that
realized in Chicago or of the cheese fac
tories.
RAIL ROAD COMPLETION.
A special from Deming junction says
the Atchisan, Topeka and Santa Fe rail-
road made connection at this point There
were president r r Coleman, manager of
connection of the Atchison. Topeka and
Santa Fe road: A G Longstreet. of the
Southern Pacific; j Fl Bates and f
Kilalea, of same, and others. A silver
spike was driven by the above named
gentlemen. Engineer Onert, of engine
No. 5O3, of the Atehisou, Topeka and
Santa Fe, was the first engine from Atchi-
son to the Southern Pacific road. No
further demonstration.
COLOR BLIND
Many of the shoVelers on the railroads
near Geneva, Kane county. are obliged to
discontinue work because of snow bind
ness. The eyes become inhaped and
swollen, and entirely sightless. and the
patient has to be kept in darkened room
for several days with his eyes bandaged.
On the Chicago Milwaukee q st. Paul
road north of Geneva 800 shove!ers are
still at work, and most of them are now
wearing colored glasses.
MABONE'S VOTE
WASHINGTON, March IL. -Mahone
laughed when he was reminded that the
selection Of his seat on the Republican side
was taken by some to be conclusive evi-
dence that he will hereafter act with the
Republicans, Fuzzy, isn't 2' he said
they seem to thing the seats going to
vote. ! shall vote as [ please am entire
ly independent; will enter no caucus: and
will be controlled by no CAUCUS"
WIDOW VICTIM.
NEW YORK March l2.-The trial suit oi
Mrs, Catherine Schaefer, wealthy Ger
man lady. against Antonio Tesorieri. q
pretended Italian Count, was terminated
yesterday in favor ct the plaintiff. The
defendant, who is about 30 years of age,
MADE love to the widow. who is about 60.
and she reposed every confidence in him.
and loaned bin $1,000. The suit was
instituted to recover this amount
A FANATIC.
BRADFORD, Pa. l2.-Rey. e. Randall,
VINO lately came to this place to work mp
revival has given up, and now proposes
10 turn murderer. His work was brought