The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-11

Assurance is positive that no war of rates
will occur between the Union Pacific and
the Burlington on Colorado business. This
information is not official, but of reliable
source. ]. s. Wheeler general manager
| of the Atchison, Topeka g Santa Fe, says
the lines west of the Missouri river will
work together on peace basis during. the
summer At the conference to-day of pas
senger agents of lines terminal at the Mis-
souri, river, east and west, it was agreed to
make round trip mining excursion tickets
from Chicago to Denver, dating from July
| 10Th. fortytwo dollars. j. o. Phillips
contracting agent of the Burlington road,
has been appointed general freight agent
OF the Atchison, Topeka 81 Santa Fe, vice
S. B. Kinds.
CHICAGO. June 10. The announcement
viii be made TO morrow morning that a
new telegraph company with a capital
of S21, 100000 has been organized. and
that work has actually begun on its lires
in the east, and that they are to be pushed
rapidly west, connecting all the principal
cities. Elisha Gray, the electrician, gives
the following facts in regard to it: The
principal stockholders are Hon. Geo D.
Roberts and S. B. White, OF New York;
Hon. John B. Alley and Ex Collector
Beard of Boston and Geo. Foster. of Ohio,
who with his friends hold large blocks of
stock. The lines are to be operated with
Gray's patent. 1t is to be known as Postal
Telegraph company. Material reductions
in telegraph tolls are promised. Seven
hundred thousand dollars has already been
paid in for prellminaries.
CHICAGO, June 10-Casper Seybolt.is a
baker, who works at night. Last night when
he left home his wife began preparations
for a horrible deed. They had four child
rem, aged twelve, seven, and two and
half years, and one four months. She
dressed them in clean white clothes, with
bright ribbons, gave them stryehnine, and
when they died laid them out. carefully,
with flowers in their hands, making the
surroundings as beautiful ,as possible. |
She then took q dose of poison herself.
having put on white chemise, with rib !
bons on it. This was just before the re-
turn of her husband, at five o'clock this
morning. When he appeared at the door
she met him, and told him to come in, and
see the children, all dead and gone to
heaven; '.see how pretty they sre with
nice flowers for the angels. One of the |
children was alive but has since died |
Mrs. Seybolt died this morning at seven
O'Clock. The cause of the demented
womans horrible act is not known.
1t appears that MIR. and Mrs Seyboldt |
did not live in entire harmony, that since
the birth of her last child Mrs. Seyboldt |
had not been in good health, and it is be- |
lieved that dependency caused her to COM
nit the deed. From number of notes
written by the oldest daughter, aged 10, |
it appears that Mrs. Seyboldt talked the |
matter over with her and got her consent |
to the terrible tragedy; several are ad- |
dressed to her school mates on childish |
Forgive me; we have left you, but mamma
thought it was the best thing we could do /"
The other ask s him Is. -;..fy them decentIy |
and tells him where she leaves the money
to buy flowers. One addressed to school
mate says: Mother was always sick you
know, and thought of dying often, and
how we would be treated, and so thought
best that all of us die at once, and bought
something to kill us, baby first, Annie sec
ond, Tony third. I after, and then mother
HTa Il ~ e.. ,,.-I.r
all out of trouble" @zA as
The men who were arrested for COM
plicity in the Brighton riots some days
ago, in which Judge Pillsbury was weund-
ed, had further hearing in court to-day,
but their cases were not concluded.