The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-31
NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Spanish government will sup
press slave whipping in Cuba.
The oil wells in the Balltown district
are yielding 3,346 barrels day.
The car will consult his family be-
fore granting that Russian constitution.
Trichinosis is prevalent and spread
ing in the Harry mountains in Germany.
E. N. Bishop, of Chicago, has sued
The Evening News of indianapolis, for libel,
putting his damages at $4,000
The report that an attempt was made
to resuTect the body of the lat lady, Mrs.
Moses, is a falsehood in all its parts.
Gen. Phil Sheridan has left Chicago
for his new field of duty as commander-in-
chief of the army at Washington City.
There is great suffering in the earth
quake-stricken district of Asia Minor, and the
people are looking to England for help.
A collision between Prussian and ma
tive soldiers at Oldenburg, Germany, is Civ
ing the Kaiser Wilhelm some uneasiness.
Vanderbilt having spent S350,000 on
surveys for the Harrisburg & Western rail-
way, it is said that he will undoubtedly build
the road.
Thos. Brennan, the Irish agitator, ad-
dressed an audience of 1000 persons at Chica-
go on the wrongs of Ireland and the way to
redress them.
Work of construction has been COM
menced upon the La Crosse, Iowa & South
western railway, which is to run through the
centre of Iowa and go to Kansas City.
1t is believed that the authorities of
Washington will adopt the new time system
for that city. 1t will make change of eight
minutes and twelve seconds from the present
time
Among the failures are the houses of
Ivory Beam builder Boston, SIS, 900; H.
Hero g. Bro, Pittsburg, notions $4,000,
and C. Fl. Walker, Baltimore, grain mer-
chant.
Pere Hyacinthe says he still adheres
to the faith of the Roman Catholic church,
and hopes that it is favorable to purge the
church of its errors from within by the peo-
pie and lesser clergy.
A prominent New York dealer in
steel and iron says the imports of those pro-
ducts from England have fallen off 50 per
cent, and that American iron and steel are
cheaper than the British product
Nelson Morris, of Chicago, has sued
the owners of the British steamship Colina
for damages suffered by the loss of forty lone
head of cattle en- ronte to GLASGOW, Scotland.
The complainant ALLEGES that they were not
properly taken care of during the voyage.
The United States imported mer-
chandise during Septemberof this year to the
value of ssh 0s9, ISL and exported So, 9S6, 9O9
| worth. The total value of exports for twelve
months ended September 80 was SSH, 2SG 945,
or Sill, 326, 300 more than the proceeding
twelve months.
| Gen. Singleton, of Illinois, says the
election of Hoadly was unfortunate for the
Democracy, because it divides the event on
the presidential nomination question, which
was unit for Mcdonald. Gen. Singleton
thinks the Democratic national convention
should be held in Chicago.
/ A letter purporting to come from the
missing Mary Churchill, has been resolved
by her father at st. Louis, and he Is positive
that it was written by her. From the fact
that there is no postoffice on the letter which
is said to have he " mailed in Indianapolis
and that it Is very short, it is believed that
the girl is held by some one against her will,
and that the letter was dictated. 1t merely
conveys the information that che is well and
earning her living honestly.
The New York High Toned Scandal.
4 New York, Oct. There are no new
Developments in the Belmont divorce sensa
ton. It is said Mr.. and Mrs. Belmont viii
meet their lawyers on Saturday next and at
tempt settlement Society seems divided
in passing Judgment ON the case, while botl
the young people come in for a largs
share Of sympathy. Belmont is said to havs
made every effort possible for a settlement o.
the case and will live with his wife. bul
she is represented as having put aside all ad
vances very stubbornly, and so Belmont ha'
gained sympathy. On the other hand, friendi
of the young wife say she has good cause t
repel her husband, and that it is useless to at
tempt anything like patching up peace, be
cause to live together again is impossible
/ There is some trouble over child, which i
included in the divorce papers, but it canno
be got at. Belmont remains secluded and re-
fuses to see any person.