The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-16
The News in Brief.

-Four business blocks burned at Eliz-
abeth City, n. C.
]. ". Lewis s. Co, oyster and fruit
packers at Baltimore, have failed.
There has been shipped to New York
from Macon the first crate of Georgia peaches
for this season
Mem Chatsworth. Ont, Joseph Lam.
bert, aged 20 killed his father to obtain posses,
sion OF the farm.
A. 5. Hatch has been elected presi-
dent of he New York Stock exehanga. defeat.
ing W Il D9ckerman.
Adlle. Litta, the prima d onna, is seri-
ously Ill at Negaunee, Mich, and all engage
nents have been cancelled.
In the first game of the cushion
ROM billiard tournament at New York. Dion
defeated, Nignaux, 500 to 4o4.
c. ". Alderman, butter and cheese
maker at Ontarioville, Ill, has failed for sl2.
ooJ, and i alleged to have disappeared,
Henry f. Hudson, an alleged spirit
ualist, poet and writer, was arrested at North
Adams, Mass, for robbinga hotel cashier of
JeWelry and money
The Board of Excise Commissioners
of New York have refused saloon license to
Joe Coburn, the pugilist, the ground thai
his general reputation was bad
'Ehe jury in the case of Patrick Con
don, charged with the murder of Hugh Ward,
in Chicago, found a verdict OF guilty, and
fixed the punishment at ten years
A frame school house at White Pig
con. Mich, filled with children. was over
turned by a hurricane, one boy being killed
and several little ones badly injured
Major WATSON, the defaulting army
paymaster, says he used tbs funds to assist his
father in his mercantile embarrassment, and
intended to pay later through the conscience
fund.
The town of Qu'appe1le, Manitoba,
almost destroyed by fire. The dominion
governments immigration buildings, stored to
the roof with settlers effects, was consumed
The loss IL placed at $780, Uo
Suits in behalf of the creditors for
$500, 900 have been begun against the defunct
First National bank of Buffalo 1t Is claimed
that amount was lost during the presidency of
Lee, who Is now IN the penitentary.
The Western Unitarian conference,
in session at Chicago, advocates the acceptance
OF the Hon. j. H. Wade's offer to donate $3.50,
600 toward a college, provided $3.50, 600 more
rs raised, and it offers to subscribe $50, 0o0
The New York Tribune publishes re-
poit5 VI tHG NlhtSN NHSdt CTDp from
correspondents, and on the whole takes a
favorable Wow of the situation 1t estimates
the yield for 1888 at between Az, 900 600 and
49,, 900 600 bushels.
Pistols, knives, and bats figured IN a
game of base ball at Petersburg, Va, one
player being stabbed and two seriously
wounded The injured ones belong to col
ored club of Richmond, who came TO play the
Petersburg nine.
The remains of Amasa Stone, the
Cleveland millionaire, after services at his resi-
dence, have been placed in the vault at Lake
view cemetery, where they will remain until
again he hold 1t is not known whether MIR.
Stone left will
The gross exchanges at the clearing
houses last week-S1 ,UlS, All Gi3-exceeded the
figures of the previous week by $50, go I33,
indicating quite an Improvement i'll general
trade As compared with the same period last
year however, the returns show decrease of
So per cent.
Judge Newman decided at Lacrosse,
Wis. Monday, on the Washburn will contest,
arriving at the same conclusions recently
reached by Judge Veland at Minneapolis The
estate will net 5000 100, of which the widow
gets $500, 0O0, and the parties in Minneapolis
and Lacrosse SIPS, 900, leaving more Than
$500, QUO to be applied in the manner set forth
Ia the will and is supposed to be ample to
cover all buquests.