The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-30
The NEWS IN BRIEF.

Lord Coleridge has sailed for Eng,
land.
The British steel industry is reported
to be snif ring from German competition.
The sultan has decided that Turkish
ladies must wear thick wells and dress simply.
A society of shoemakers in San Fran.
cisco has nominated Ben Butler for presi.
dent
4 niece of the composer Wagner is
living in abjeet poverty at IS Forsythe street,
New York.
Coz. Cameron, of Virginia, says the
ReadjustoIs will carry the state again with.
out doubt.
The duke of Leinster recently re-
fused to accept the order oflthe Garter from
the hands Of Mr.. Gladstone.
English papers say that the Fenians
have marked Lausdowne, the new Canadian
governor general, for assassination.
The stay-at homes IN Ohio numbered
s., 32S at the recent election. The judicial
amendment was the only one 'at carried.
The fat woman, Mrs Moses, was
buried Saturday, and that night an unsuc-
cessful attempt to resarrect the body was
made.
Judge Holman, of Indiana, while
duly thankful for The Suns boom, declares
he is neither candidate for president or
governor
Senator Coke, OF Texas, is for Nc
Donald for president, for tariff for revenue
only, and against the denomination of the
i'old ticket
The Washington Republican de-
clares that its interview with Rosecrans was
correct and that the general did say the hard
things reported.
Renewals of the earthquakes at the
eastern end of the Mediterranean have caused
unknown but considerable loss of life and
great loss of property.
The cursed fool who Didn't know it
was loaded, made his most recent mistake at
New Castle, Pa, where he shot a 6-year-old
boy through the brain.
Referring to the recent reports as TO
correspondent bridges the difficulty by de
claring that nobody knows
Michael Davitt says the land league
has created demand for Irish manufactures
in ireland, and that since the agitation began
their sale has largely increased
A "Ilife of Nero" by Florentine
Monk devotes its attention largely to the
loves of the tyrant and is said to be spicy
reading, which is probably true.
Slosson, the billiardist, returned the
cushion carom championship emblem he wor
in his match with Sexton, at Chicago, to the
donor, CeIIender, on the ground, practically,
that he didn't want it.
From the utterhnces of Gov. @. Can
non, delegate in congress from Utah, during
an interview, a correspondent thinks that thu
remedy to apply in Utah is the abolition Of
suffrage in the territory and a marriage law,
requiring the some publicity for Mermons as
is pracriced among other citizens of the
country.
Billy Edwards, the boxer, accom-
panied by a lady, ON Church street, New
| York city, was insulted by truckman win
proposed to rub in the insult with thrash
ing. There was short sparring exhibition
| and when the truckman picked himself vi
off the ground for the fourth time, he re
marked that he had enough and went hi
way.
| A passenger train on the Pan Handl,
crushed into freight on the Michigan Cen
trail at Joliet crossing, demolishing both en-
gines, killing Peter Callie, fagman; VIM
Norris, of LogansporF, engineer of the Pan
Handle train, and John Kelly, head brake
man on the freight train. John Donegan
engineer of the freight train, was severely in
jured and crazed, John Gorman, fireman
badly hurt, and an unknown passenger seri
ously injured.
universai suffrage Agstnuon.
BRUSSELS. Oct 30 The universal suf
fragists OF Iiege favor great public demon
stration IN Brussels in January next to fur
Their the movement.